The tyranny of Satan, discovered by the teares of a converted sinner, in a sermon preached in Paules Church, on the 28 of August, 1642. By Thomas Gage, formerly a Romish Priest, for the space of 38 yeares, and now truly reconciled to the Church of England.
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             The tyranny of Satan, discovered by the teares of a converted sinner, in a sermon preached in Paules Church, on the 28 of August, 1642. By Thomas Gage, formerly a Romish Priest, for the space of 38 yeares, and now truly reconciled to the Church of England.
             Gage, Thomas, 1603?-1656.
          
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           THE
           TYRANNY
           OF
           SATAN
           ,
           Discovered
           by
           the
           teares
           of
           a
           Converted
           Sinner
           ,
           in
           a
           Sermon
           Preached
           in
           
             Paules
          
           Church
           ,
           on
           the
           28
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           1642.
           
        
         
           By
           
             THOMAS
             GAGE
             ,
          
           formerly
           a
           Romish
           Priest
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           38
           yeares
           ,
           and
           now
           truly
           reconciled
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Tho.
             Badgor
             ,
          
           for
           
             Humphrey
             Mosley
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Prince's
           Armes
           in
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           M.DC.XLII
           .
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honorable
           ,
           ISAAC
           PENNINGTON
           Lord
           Major
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           the
           Sheriffes
           ,
           and
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           same
           City
           .
        
         
           
             SIRS
             ,
          
        
         
           MAy
           it
           please
           you
           ,
           
             Saul
          
           that
           great
           Persecutor
           of
           the
           new
           beginning
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           enemy
           who
           breathed
           out
           threatnings
           and
           slaughter
           against
           the
           disciples
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           after
           he
           was
           cast
           down
           from
           his
           horse
           ,
           and
           his
           pride
           was
           quelled
           by
           the
           might
           and
           power
           of
           Christ
           ,
           he
           was
           by
           the
           Lords
           order
           committed
           to
           the
           care
           of
           
             Ananias
             ,
             Acts
          
           9.
           11.
           
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Ananias
          
           answered
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           jealous
           and
           fearefull
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           because
           he
           had
           heard
           by
           many
           ,
           how
           much
           evill
           he
           had
           done
           to
           the
           Saints
           at
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           13.
           
             v.
             
          
           But
           the
           Lord
           replyed
           no
           more
           unto
           him
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           should
           not
           feare
           nor
           mistrust
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           turned
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           a
           chosen
           
           vessell
           to
           beare
           his
           name
           before
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           and
           Kings
           ,
           and
           children
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           &
           that
           he
           would
           teach
           him
           how
           great
           things
           he
           should
           suffer
           for
           his
           names
           sake
           .
           Let
           it
           please
           your
           Honour
           and
           Worships
           to
           behold
           here
           my
           own
           case
           deciphered
           ;
           for
           if
           
             Saul
          
           persecuted
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           I
           my selfe
           have
           persecuted
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           by
           opposing
           the
           doctrin
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           preaching
           and
           teaching
           contrary
           to
           it
           ,
           by
           procuring
           to
           seduce
           soules
           from
           it
           ,
           by
           writing
           against
           it
           .
           But
           now
           it
           hath
           pleased
           that
           mighty
           and
           powerfull
           Lord
           ;
           against
           whom
           there
           is
           no
           resistance
           ,
           to
           cast
           me
           down
           upon
           the
           ground
           ,
           to
           quell
           my
           pride
           ,
           to
           lighten
           me
           round
           about
           with
           the
           beames
           and
           light
           of
           his
           mercies
           ,
           to
           make
           me
           know
           how
           hard
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           kicke
           against
           the
           will
           &
           calling
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           with
           trembling
           and
           feare
           to
           make
           me
           say
           ,
           
             Lord
             what
             wilt
             thou
             have
             me
             to
             do
             ?
          
           If
           
             Saul
          
           was
           sent
           to
           
             Damascus
          
           to
           
             Ananias
             ,
          
           a
           chiefe
           and
           zealous
           follower
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           by
           him
           he
           might
           be
           protected
           from
           the
           
             Jews
          
           and
           enemies
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           doubtles
           hearing
           of
           his
           change
           and
           conversion
           would
           have
           cruelly
           torne
           and
           slaughtered
           him
           if
           they
           could
           have
           found
           him
           .
           So
           I
           my selfe
           by
           a
           secret
           and
           inward
           order
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           found
           by
           God
           delivered
           to
           my
           Soule
           ,
           have
           judged
           it
           meet
           and
           fit
           to
           search
           out
           in
           this
           City
           some
           zealous
           
             Ananias
             ,
          
           some
           religious
           follower
           of
           Christs
           pure
           doctrin
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           be
           safely
           sheltered
           &
           
           protected
           from
           the
           violent
           attēpts
           of
           the
           Lords
           enemies
           the
           Papists
           ,
           who
           I
           know
           will
           endeavour
           to
           do
           me
           all
           the
           mischief
           they
           can
           .
           Therfore
           let
           it
           please
           your
           Honor
           and
           Wps.
           who
           are
           well
           known
           to
           be
           as
           
             Ananias
          
           in
           
             Damascus
             ,
          
           zealous
           and
           truly
           religious
           followers
           of
           Christs
           own
           doctrin
           ,
           and
           favorers
           of
           the
           pure
           Word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           cast
           your
           eyes
           upon
           me
           a
           new
           converted
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           to
           shelter
           and
           protect
           me
           from
           those
           that
           plot
           my
           mischief
           .
           O
           when
           surest
           they
           are
           to
           hinder
           my
           perseverance
           in
           the
           truth
           ,
           by
           plotting
           and
           studying
           my
           destruction
           ,
           let
           them
           find
           me
           hovering
           under
           the
           wings
           of
           your
           protection
           .
           O
           feare
           not
           !
           nor
           say
           what
           
             Ananias
          
           said
           ,
           
             I
             have
             heard
             by
             many
             of
             this
             man
             ,
             how
             much
             evill
             he
             hath
             done
             to
             thy
             Saints
             ,
          
           but
           praise
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           me
           ,
           who
           hath
           opened
           now
           my
           eyes
           ,
           who
           hath
           brought
           me
           now
           out
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           made
           me
           confesse
           my
           sins
           and
           iniquities
           with
           a
           sorrowfull
           and
           contrite
           heart
           .
           And
           as
           it
           pleased
           the
           Lord
           to
           shew
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           was
           converted
           how
           great
           things
           he
           should
           suffer
           for
           his
           names
           sake
           ;
           even
           so
           be
           you
           confident
           ,
           as
           I
           my self
           am
           that
           this
           my
           calling
           &
           conversion
           is
           purely
           &
           meerly
           from
           above
           and
           from
           the
           Lord
           ;
           from
           whom
           I
           have
           receiv'd
           this
           testimony
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           shewed
           me
           already
           how
           great
           things
           I
           must
           suffer
           for
           his
           names
           sake
           ;
           for
           I
           must
           for
           him
           suffer
           many
           injuries
           and
           calumniations
           from
           the
           Papists
           ,
           I
           must
           suffer
           the
           losse
           
           of
           all
           my
           kinred
           ,
           I
           must
           suffer
           the
           losse
           of
           that
           maintenance
           ,
           which
           I
           was
           wont
           to
           receive
           from
           them
           ,
           I
           must
           suffer
           want
           and
           poverty
           .
           But
           for
           whom
           ?
           For
           the
           Lords
           sake
           ;
           for
           the
           teaching
           and
           preaching
           the
           precise
           rule
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           for
           abjuring
           all
           
             Popish
          
           errors
           ,
           for
           renouncing
           all
           supertitions
           ,
           for
           abhorring
           all
           idolatries
           .
           Let
           these
           my
           sufferings
           serve
           to
           your
           Honor
           and
           Worships
           for
           a
           true
           testimony
           of
           my
           conversion
           ;
           let
           these
           my
           sufferings
           remove
           from
           you
           all
           feares
           and
           jealousies
           of
           my
           perseverance
           ,
           that
           thus
           with
           your
           favorable
           protectiō
           I
           may
           rejoyce
           in
           my
           calling
           ,
           I
           may
           freely
           teach
           the
           pure
           Word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           I
           may
           oppose
           all
           
             Antichristian
          
           doctrin
           ,
           and
           by
           my
           example
           may
           draw
           many
           wandring
           soules
           to
           the
           true
           Faith
           &
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
           And
           I
           shall
           alwayes
           pray
           to
           the
           Lord
           to
           keep
           your
           Honor
           and
           Worships
           in
           grace
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           may
           so
           rule
           &
           govern
           this
           City
           by
           your
           conscionable
           and
           upright
           actions
           before
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           truly
           here
           be
           called
           zelotes
           of
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           you
           may
           have
           your
           seats
           above
           in
           the
           triumphant
           City
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             .
          
        
         
           
             Your
             Hon.
             and
             Wor.
             humble
             and
             faithfull
             servant
             ,
             in
             the
             things
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Christ
             .
             THOMAS
             GAGE
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           Sir
           SAMUEL
           OWFIELD
           ,
           A
           Worthy
           Member
           of
           the
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           now
           assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           my
           boldnesse
           may
           reach
           so
           far
           upon
           your
           patience
           ,
           I
           shall
           briefly
           touch
           what
           
             Iohn
          
           in
           the
           fift
           
             chap.
          
           of
           his
           Gospell
           writeth
           of
           a
           poole
           which
           was
           in
           
             Ierusalem
          
           called
           
             Bethesda
             :
          
           About
           this
           poole
           were
           wont
           to
           lye
           a
           great
           multitude
           of
           impotent
           folke
           ,
           blind
           ,
           lame
           ,
           and
           withered
           ,
           waiting
           for
           the
           moving
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           by
           an
           Angel
           ,
           who
           went
           down
           at
           a
           certain
           time
           into
           the
           poole
           and
           troubled
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           then
           whosoever
           stepped
           in
           ,
           was
           cured
           of
           whatsoever
           disease
           he
           had
           .
           But
           one
           lying
           there
           38
           years
           ,
           who
           in
           all
           this
           time
           could
           never
           be
           cured
           ,
           because
           being
           of
           himselfe
           impotent
           (
           as
           he
           answered
           to
           our
           Saviour
           )
           he
           had
           no
           man
           ,
           when
           the
           water
           was
           troubled
           ,
           to
           help
           him
           or
           to
           put
           him
           into
           the
           poole
           .
           I
           will
           not
           stand
           to
           moralise
           this
           holy
           story
           unto
           you
           at
           large
           ,
           least
           you
           might
           justly
           say
           that
           I
           abuse
           to
           much
           your
           patience
           ,
           by
           confounding
           the
           stile
           of
           an
           Epistle
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           brief
           ,
           with
           the
           division
           ,
           parts
           and
           order
           of
           a
           Sermon
           .
           Only
           I
           beg
           your
           patience
           so
           far
           as
           to
           peruse
           this
           my
           ensuing
           
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           in
           it
           you
           shall
           find
           an
           impotent
           man
           ,
           not
           only
           blind
           ,
           but
           deafe
           and
           dumbe
           ,
           and
           truelly
           beaten
           by
           Satan
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           expulsed
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           may
           truly
           say
           )
           lying
           in
           this
           misery
           neare
           3●
           years
           .
           The
           discourse
           of
           my
           ensuing
           
             Sermon
          
           will
           informe
           You
           that
           I
           my selfe
           have
           been
           this
           impotent
           man
           .
           Many
           times
           my
           Conscience
           hath
           been
           moved
           and
           troubled
           from
           above
           with
           good
           and
           heavenly
           inspirations
           (
           which
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           send
           into
           my
           soule
           )
           by
           my
           considered
           aberration
           from
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           waters
           of
           my
           teares
           and
           inward
           sobs
           from
           my
           heart
           have
           been
           also
           moved
           with
           the
           troubles
           of
           my
           soule
           .
           So
           that
           I
           would
           many
           times
           full
           faine
           have
           stepped
           and
           entred
           into
           the
           true
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           where
           all
           diseases
           of
           the
           soule
           are
           most
           surely
           healed
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           mine
           own
           impotency
           and
           weaknesse
           joyned
           with
           my
           long
           blindnesse
           ,
           hindred
           the
           execution
           of
           my
           good
           resolutions
           ;
           temporall
           respects
           and
           feares
           kept
           back
           my
           steps
           .
           Many
           times
           I
           feared
           I
           should
           want
           a
           man
           and
           a
           friend
           (
           as
           the
           cripple
           at
           
             Bethesda
          
           did
           )
           to
           helpe
           me
           ,
           to
           encourage
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           further
           my
           good
           desires
           .
           I
           feared
           the
           high
           Assembly
           of
           
             Parliament
          
           would
           rather
           mistrust
           him
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           years
           hath
           been
           an
           enemy
           to
           the
           State
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           than
           now
           in
           these
           times
           approve
           his
           penitency
           and
           contrition
           ,
           which
           might
           rather
           have
           seemed
           unto
           them
           a
           fained
           hypocrisie
           .
           All
           these
           feares
           kept
           back
           for
           a
           time
           the
           forwardnesse
           of
           my
           will
           and
           heart
           .
           Untill
           at
           last
           I
           resolved
           to
           disclose
           and
           discover
           unto
           Your
           Worship
           ,
           these
           troubles
           of
           my
           heart
           ,
           these
           diseases
           of
           my
           soule
           ,
           even
           the
           want
           of
           a
           man
           to
           help
           me
           .
           God
           whom
           I
           sought
           too
           pleased
           ,
           with
           my
           request
           ;
           I
           found
           that
           assistance
           from
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           so
           earnestly
           desired
           ,
           for
           ,
           I
           found
           a
           man
           ,
           I
           found
           a
           friend
           ,
           I
           found
           a
           comforter
           ,
           I
           found
           an
           Advocate
           to
           plead
           for
           my
           pardon
           before
           that
           high
           Court
           now
           assembled
           .
           For
           by
           Your
           meanes
           I
           have
           been
           quietly
           brought
           into
           the
           Church
           ;
           by
           Your
           meanes
           also
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           henceforth
           protected
           against
           all
           slanderers
           ,
           who
           will
           whet
           their
           tongues
           against
           me
           and
           seeke
           to
           trouble
           me
           ,
           and
           grudge
           at
           my
           good
           ,
           as
           the
           Jews
           excepted
           against
           the
           Cripple
           and
           impotent
           man
           ,
           who
           was
           cured
           by
           our
           Saviour
           .
           I
           shall
           always
           be
           ready
           to
           render
           due
           thankes
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           
           next
           to
           You
           ,
           for
           Your
           blessed
           help
           towards
           my
           Conversion
           ,
           and
           first
           fruits
           of
           my
           Vocation
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           humble
           .
           Work
           of
           mine
           ,
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           knowne
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           remitting
           my
           further
           expressions
           to
           better
           occasions
           .
           And
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           praying
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           be
           pleased
           with
           his
           powerfull
           hand
           to
           supply
           to
           You
           ,
           and
           Yours
           what
           my
           heart
           can
           wish
           ,
           but
           never
           will
           be
           able
           to
           perform
           according
           to
           the
           full
           measure
           of
           so
           glorious
           a
           Worke
           ,
           which
           truely
           next
           to
           God
           the
           beginner
           and
           Author
           of
           all
           goodnesse
           ,
           by
           Your
           meanes
           hath
           been
           accomplished
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Worships
             humble
             and
             ever
             obliged
             servant
             in
             Christ
             THOMAS
             GAGE
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           Tyranny
           of
           Satan
           ,
           discovered
           by
           the
           teares
           of
           a
           converted
           Sinner
           ,
           In
           a
           Sermon
           Preached
           in
           
             Pauls
             Church
             ,
          
           on
           the
           
             28
             of
             
               August
               ,
            
             1642.
             
          
        
         
           
             LUKE
             22.
             31
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             And
             the
             Lord
             said
             ,
             Simon
             ,
             Simon
             ,
             Behold
             Satan
             hath
             desired
             to
             have
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             sift
             you
             as
             wheat
             .
             But
             I
             have
             prayed
             for
             thee
             that
             thy
             Faith
             faile
             not
             .
             And
             when
             thou
             art
             Converted
             ,
             strengthen
             thy
             Brethren
             .
          
        
         
           DEarely
           Beloved
           ;
           These
           words
           I
           have
           chosen
           to
           declare
           unto
           you
           this
           day
           ,
           as
           most
           fit
           to
           lay
           open
           before
           your
           eyes
           my
           own
           most
           wretched
           estate
           (
           wherein
           I
           have
           continued
           almost
           40
           years
           )
           the
           tyranny
           of
           Satan
           over
           my
           miserable
           and
           afflicted
           soule
           ,
           as
           also
           by
           the
           sight
           of
           so
           hideous
           a
           sinner
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           slavery
           wherein
           a
           sinner
           groanes
           under
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Devill
           ,
           to
           terrifie
           you
           all
           that
           here
           are
           present
           from
           yeelding
           to
           his
           crafty
           and
           subtile
           assaults
           .
        
         
           And
           secondly
           ,
           to
           cherish
           and
           comfort
           all
           those
           that
           find
           themselvs
           seduced
           by
           this
           mortall
           enemy
           of
           all
           man
           kind
           ,
           with
           the
           mercies
           of
           a
           most
           loving
           and
           mercifull
           Father
           above
           ,
           who
           not
           desiring
           the
           eternall
           death
           and
           destruction
           of
           a
           sinner
           ,
           but
           rather
           that
           he
           may
           turne
           from
           his
           wickednesse
           and
           live
           ;
           when
           poorest
           we
           are
           and
           most
           in
           want
           ,
           then
           doth
           he
           shew
           and
           discover
           unto
           us
           the
           riches
           of
           his
           mercy
           for
           his
           great
           love
           wherewith
           he
           loveth
           us
           ,
           as
           
             Paul
          
           witnesseth
           in
           
           the
           2
           to
           the
           
             Ephes.
             3
             ,
             4.
             ver.
          
           When
           most
           dejected
           and
           comfortlesse
           we
           are
           ,
           then
           doth
           he
           comfort
           us
           ,
           and
           shew
           himselfe
           a
           God
           of
           Comfort
           ;
           as
           also
           
             Paul
          
           doth
           teach
           us
           in
           the
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           4.
           
           Who
           finally
           when
           he
           seeth
           us
           most
           in
           darknesse
           and
           in
           the
           night
           of
           sinne
           ,
           than
           doth
           he
           dissolve
           those
           mists
           of
           blindnesse
           and
           ignorance
           from
           the
           eyes
           of
           our
           understanding
           ,
           an●
           shineth
           into
           our
           inward
           hearts
           ,
           with
           the
           rayes
           and
           light
           of
           his
           Grace
           and
           mercy
           .
        
         
           Blessed
           and
           praised
           be
           thy
           name
           ,
           O
           Heavenly
           Father
           ,
           that
           hast
           vouchsafed
           this
           day
           to
           lighten
           me
           in
           the
           horrid
           darknesse
           of
           my
           sins
           ,
           that
           hast
           visited
           me
           in
           my
           Aegyptian
           slavery
           ,
           and
           hast
           brought
           me
           out
           of
           that
           thraldome
           of
           Popery
           ,
           into
           a
           land
           of
           Milke
           and
           Hony
           ,
           abounding
           with
           the
           sweetnes
           of
           thy
           Grace
           and
           Mercies
           .
           Continue
           ,
           O
           Lord
           ,
           these
           thy
           favours
           towards
           me
           so
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           by
           my
           Conversion
           be
           an
           example
           to
           all
           sinners
           to
           forsake
           their
           wickednesse
           ,
           by
           laying
           open
           unto
           them
           this
           day
           two
           principall
           and
           essentiall
           points
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           danger
           and
           horridnesse
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           thy
           unspeakable
           mercies
           ,
           that
           thus
           I
           may
           perform
           what
           thou
           commandedst
           
             Peter
             ;
          
           and
           that
           my selfe
           being
           converted
           ,
           I
           may
           strengthen
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           calling
           them
           from
           sin
           ,
           and
           strongly
           settling
           them
           in
           the
           true
           ,
           ancient
           ,
           and
           Apostolique
           Faith
           .
        
         
           Dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           The
           first
           point
           which
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           is
           the
           tyranny
           ,
           which
           the
           Devill
           practizeth
           over
           a
           Christian
           soule
           ,
           contained
           in
           those
           words
           of
           Christ
           our
           Saviour
           spoken
           to
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           
             Behold
             Satan
             hath
             desired
             to
             have
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             sift
             you
             as
             wheat
             .
          
        
         
           The
           desire
           of
           Satan
           is
           not
           any
           way
           to
           do
           us
           good
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           mischiefe
           he
           can
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           he
           hath
           got
           us
           into
           his
           claws
           ,
           he
           produceth
           (
           as
           far
           as
           lyeth
           in
           his
           power
           )
           ,
           Sentence
           of
           damnation
           against
           us
           ,
           he
           prepareth
           us
           ,
           and
           putteth
           us
           in
           readinesse
           for
           the
           fire
           of
           hell
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           preparation
           which
           hee
           maketh
           for
           our
           soules
           to
           burne
           everlastaingly
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           which
           shall
           happen
           unto
           every
           damned
           ,
           and
           cursed
           soule
           at
           the
           day
           of
           the
           last
           and
           dreadfull
           Iudgment
           ,
           when
           the
           Angels
           shall
           separate
           the
           wicked
           from
           the
           good
           ,
           as
           Christ
           our
           Saviour
           foretold
           us
           by
           S.
           
             Matthew
             ,
          
           in
           the
           13
           chap.
           in
           the
           Parable
           of
           the
           seed
           ,
           in
           the
           41
           
             ver.
          
           saying
           ,
           
             The
             Son
             of
             man
             shall
             send
             forth
             ,
             his
             Angels
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             gather
             out
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             all
             things
             that
             offend
             and
             them
             which
             do
             iniquity
             .
          
           As
           a
           so
           in
           the
           same
           Chap.
           of
           
             Mat●h
             .
          
           we
           reade
           in
           the
           Parable
           of
           the
           net
           cast
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           gathering
           of
           every
           
           kind
           ,
           which
           when
           it
           was
           full
           ,
           they
           drew
           to
           shore
           ,
           and
           sate
           downe
           and
           gathered
           the
           good
           into
           vessels
           ,
           but
           cast
           the
           bad
           away
           .
           
             So
          
           (
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           
             verse
          
           49
           )
           
             shall
             it
             be
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             The
             Angels
             shall
             come
             forth
             ,
             and
             sever
             the
             wicked
             from
             the
             just
             ,
             and
             shall
             cast
             them
             into
             the
             furnace
             of
             fire
             .
          
           Behold
           how
           the
           nearest
           preparation
           for
           the
           fire
           of
           hell
           is
           the
           separation
           of
           the
           wicked
           from
           the
           just
           .
        
         
           And
           after
           this
           followeth
           immediatly
           that
           dreadfull
           sentence
           of
           damnation
           ,
           which
           ye
           shall
           find
           in
           
             Matth.
             25.
             41.
             
             Depart
             from
             me
             ye
             cursed
             into
             everlasting
             fire
             ,
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devill
             and
             his
             Angels
             .
          
           If
           this
           be
           a
           horrid
           thing
           to
           consider
           ,
           and
           which
           ought
           to
           make
           our
           haire
           stand
           upright
           ,
           and
           our
           flesh
           to
           tremble
           ;
           let
           not
           us
           laugh
           ,
           but
           feare
           and
           tremble
           to
           fall
           into
           Satans
           hands
           ,
           hearing
           out
           of
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           that
           his
           only
           desire
           is
           to
           sever
           us
           from
           the
           elect
           and
           godly
           ,
           to
           prepare
           us
           for
           the
           finall
           sentence
           of
           Iudgment
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           ready
           for
           the
           curse
           of
           God
           and
           everlasting
           fire
           of
           hell
           .
           For
           what
           can
           more
           plainly
           be
           understood
           by
           these
           words
           of
           our
           Saviour
           to
           
             Peter
             ?
          
           
             Satan
             hath
             desired
             to
             have
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             sift
             you
             as
             wheat
             .
          
        
         
           What
           doth
           the
           Husbandman
           ,
           when
           he
           sifteth
           his
           wheat
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           help
           of
           the
           wind
           separate
           the
           chaffe
           from
           the
           good
           grane
           ?
           Even
           so
           the
           Devill
           striveth
           and
           endeavoureth
           to
           sift
           us
           as
           wheat
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           to
           separate
           us
           from
           the
           Elect
           and
           chosen
           people
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           from
           the
           good
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           from
           the
           good
           and
           wholesome
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           This
           was
           the
           only
           endeavour
           of
           Satan
           the
           night
           of
           the
           Passion
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           to
           sever
           and
           separate
           not
           only
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           but
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           disciples
           from
           the
           company
           of
           their
           master
           like
           chaffe
           from
           the
           true
           grane
           :
           who
           said
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           grane
           that
           was
           to
           be
           buried
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           that
           afterwards
           he
           might
           spring
           up
           again
           with
           great
           increase
           for
           all
           his
           Church
           .
           O
           if
           every
           Christian
           soule
           would
           take
           this
           point
           to
           consideration
           ,
           how
           the
           Devill
           desireth
           and
           endeavoureth
           to
           sever
           us
           like
           chaffe
           ,
           fit
           for
           nothing
           but
           for
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           dreadfull
           sentence
           of
           damnation
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             ye
             cursed
             into
             everlasting
             fire
             ;
          
           Doubtles
           we
           would
           feare
           to
           commit
           the
           sins
           which
           daily
           we
           commit
           ,
           doubtles
           we
           would
           tremble
           to
           yeeld
           to
           the
           power
           of
           such
           a
           tyrant
           ;
           doubtlesse
           we
           would
           take
           no
           rest
           in
           sin
           as
           we
           do
           ,
           if
           we
           did
           but
           consider
           that
           by
           it
           we
           are
           become
           dry
           chaffe
           separated
           from
           the
           heavenly
           grane
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           severed
           from
           all
           those
           fruitfull
           granes
           and
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           standing
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           shall
           through
           their
           fruitfull
           
           Faith
           at
           last
           be
           laid
           up
           in
           that
           storehouse
           of
           everlasting
           blisse
           and
           felicity
           ;
           when
           the
           sinner
           like
           chaffe
           already
           severed
           from
           the
           grane
           by
           the
           Devils
           endeavours
           ,
           expecteth
           nothing
           but
           death
           to
           burn
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           
             In
             the
             12
             Chap.
             of
          
           Judges
           
             and
          
           6
           ver.
           
             I
             have
             observed
             a
             pretty
             History
             for
             this
             purpose
             ,
             where
             the
             Scripture
             speaking
             of
             a
             battaile
             fought
             betwixt
             the
          
           Gileadites
           
             and
             the
          
           Ephraimites
           
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             men
             of
          
           Gilead
           
             smote
          
           Ephraim
           ,
           
             and
             put
             the
          
           Ephraimites
           
             to
             flight
             towards
             the
             river
             of
          
           Jordan
           ,
           And
           the
           Gileadites
           tooke
           the
           passages
           of
           Jordan
           before
           the
           Ephraimites
           ;
           And
           it
           was
           so
           that
           when
           those
           Ephraimites
           which
           were
           escaped
           ,
           said
           ,
           Let
           me
           go
           over
           ,
           that
           the
           man
           of
           Gilead
           said
           unto
           him
           ,
           Art
           thou
           an
           Ephraimite
           ?
           If
           he
           said
           Nay
           .
           Then
           said
           they
           unto
           him
           ,
           say
           now
           Shibbobeth
           ;
           and
           he
           said
           Sibboleth
           ;
           for
           he
           could
           not
           frame
           to
           pronounce
           it
           right
           ;
           Then
           they
           tooke
           him
           and
           slew
           him
           at
           the
           passage
           of
           Jordan
           ,
           and
           there
           fell
           at
           that
           time
           of
           the
           Ephraimites
           fourty
           and
           two
           thousand
           .
        
         
           Dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           two
           things
           I
           would
           wish
           you
           to
           note
           in
           this
           History
           of
           Holy
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           passages
           over
           
             Jordan
          
           these
           
             Ephraimites
          
           were
           examined
           who
           they
           were
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           because
           they
           could
           not
           say
           
             Shibboleth
             ,
          
           but
           insteed
           of
           it
           they
           said
           
             Sibboleth
             ,
          
           therefore
           they
           were
           slaine
           .
        
         
           
             Shibboleth
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           true
           translation
           signisieth
           
             An
             eare
             of
             Corne
             .
          
           And
           
             Sibboleth
          
           signifieth
           the
           chaffe
           or
           the
           straw
           that
           remaineth
           when
           the
           corne
           is
           separated
           from
           it
           .
           So
           that
           we
           find
           that
           the
           sword
           killed
           all
           such
           as
           could
           not
           say
           
             Shibboleth
          
           or
           
             Eare
             of
             Corne
             ,
          
           but
           instead
           of
           it
           pronounced
           
             Sibboleth
             ,
             Straw
             or
             chaffe
          
           separated
           from
           the
           corne
           .
        
         
           O
           Christian
           and
           devout
           Soule
           ,
           take
           out
           of
           this
           a
           lesson
           of
           morality
           ,
           and
           judge
           thy selfe
           a
           rebellious
           
             Ep●raimite
             ,
          
           always
           warring
           against
           thy
           God
           and
           Maker
           .
           When
           thou
           sinnest
           ,
           what
           doest
           thou
           but
           rebell
           against
           thy
           Creator
           ?
           who
           at
           last
           will
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           thee
           .
           But
           when
           ?
           When
           he
           shall
           meet
           thee
           at
           the
           passage
           over
           
             Jordan
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           as
           water
           thou
           shalt
           slide
           away
           .
           
             Omnes
             morimur
             &
             quasi
             aqua
             dilabimur
             ,
          
           we
           do
           all
           dye
           ,
           and
           like
           water
           slide
           and
           fall
           away
           .
           O
           what
           a
           day
           will
           that
           be
           ,
           when
           thy
           Soule
           is
           to
           passe
           away
           from
           thy
           body
           ?
           When
           thy
           Soule
           is
           to
           passe
           over
           from
           this
           world
           to
           the
           other
           yet
           never
           seen
           ?
           O
           then
           shall
           meet
           thee
           the
           true
           
             Gileadite
             ,
          
           against
           whom
           thou
           hast
           rebelliously
           fought
           with
           the
           Sword
           of
           Iustice
           
           in
           his
           hand
           ;
           then
           shall
           begin
           thy
           tryall
           for
           thy
           life
           or
           death
           of
           thy
           Soule
           ,
           then
           shalt
           thou
           be
           commanded
           to
           say
           
             Shibboleth
             ,
          
           to
           say
           if
           truely
           thou
           beest
           an
           ear
           full
           of
           weighty
           and
           fruitfull
           grane
           of
           fruitfull
           Faith
           :
           But
           if
           thou
           canst
           not
           say
           but
           
             Sibboleth
             ,
          
           that
           thou
           art
           fruitlesse
           ,
           that
           thou
           art
           a
           light
           straw
           ,
           a
           little
           chaffe
           separated
           from
           the
           true
           grane
           Christ
           Iesus
           ;
           then
           expect
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           expect
           the
           the
           bloud
           of
           his
           sword
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           expect
           if
           he
           find
           thee
           among
           the
           wicked
           separated
           from
           the
           good
           ,
           that
           this
           thy
           being
           sifted
           ,
           this
           division
           and
           separation
           of
           thee
           from
           the
           just
           and
           righteous
           shall
           be
           a
           fore-running
           messenger
           of
           that
           finall
           sentence
           of
           damnation
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             you
             cursed
             into
             everlasting
             fire
             .
          
           God
           forbid
           that
           in
           this
           Congregation
           there
           be
           any
           such
           chaffe
           ,
           any
           such
           dry
           straw
           separated
           from
           the
           fruitfull
           granes
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           fit
           only
           for
           the
           flames
           of
           Hel.
           
           I
           hope
           ,
           the
           Devill
           hath
           not
           so
           far
           prevailed
           with
           any
           .
           But
           of
           my selfe
           with
           shame
           (
           I
           may
           say
           )
           that
           I
           have
           been
           that
           rebellious
           
             Ephraimite
             ,
          
           that
           have
           almost
           40
           years
           warred
           obstinatly
           against
           my
           Lord
           and
           Maker
           .
           I
           am
           that
           wicked
           
             Ephraimite
             ,
          
           not
           able
           to
           pronounce
           since
           my
           first
           use
           of
           reason
           this
           word
           
             Shiboleth
             ,
          
           not
           able
           to
           say
           I
           had
           ever
           any
           fruitfull
           Faith
           ,
           or
           have
           ever
           been
           a
           f●uitful
           grane
           ,
           but
           have
           always
           pronounced
           
             Sibboleth
             ,
          
           have
           alwayes
           beene
           like
           bran
           sifted
           from
           the
           white
           flower
           ,
           like
           chaffe
           separated
           from
           the
           grane
           ,
           fit
           onely
           for
           the
           fire
           of
           Hell
           .
           For
           what
           fruitfull
           Faith
           could
           be
           in
           me
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           worshipping
           only
           my
           God
           and
           Lord
           ,
           have
           bowed
           my
           knee
           so
           often
           to
           worship
           for
           God
           a
           peece
           of
           bread
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           damnable
           doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Papists
          
           (
           which
           now
           I
           abjure
           and
           renounce
           )
           who
           teach
           that
           in
           their
           Communion
           is
           no
           substance
           of
           bread
           or
           wine
           ,
           but
           the
           true
           Reall
           and
           Physicall
           body
           and
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           ?
           A
           thing
           so
           against
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           teacheth
           that
           Christ
           since
           his
           glorious
           Ascension
           can
           be
           no
           more
           upon
           the
           earth
           ,
           much
           lesse
           in
           severall
           places
           and
           severall
           peeces
           of
           bread
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           must
           be
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           untill
           that
           last
           Iudgment
           day
           ,
           as
           ye
           shall
           find
           in
           the
           3
           Chap.
           of
           the
           
             Acts
          
           in
           the
           20
           ,
           21.
           
             vers.
          
           saying
           ,
           
             And
             hee
             shal
             sena
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             which
             before
             was
             preached
             unto
             you
             ,
             whom
             the
             heavens
             must
             receive
             untill
             the
             time
             of
             restitution
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             spoken
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             all
             his
             holy
             Prophets
             ,
             since
             the
             World
             began
             .
          
        
         
           What
           fruitfull
           Faith
           could
           be
           in
           me
           ,
           who
           so
           often
           have
           kneeled
           to
           Images
           ,
           worshipped
           them
           ,
           burnt
           Franckincense
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           praid
           unto
           them
           ,
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             make
             unto
             thee
             any
             graven
             Image
             or
             any
             likenesse
             of
             
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             in
             Heaven
             above
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             bow
             downe
             unto
             them
             ?
          
           So
           contrary
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           teacheth
           that
           no
           Saints
           are
           to
           be
           called
           upon
           ,
           no
           Saints
           are
           to
           be
           Mediators
           between
           us
           and
           God
           ,
           but
           only
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           as
           ye
           shall
           find
           in
           the
           1
           Epistle
           of
           
             Paul
          
           to
           
             Tim.
          
           in
           the
           2
           Chap.
           and
           5
           verse
           ,
           
             For
             there
             is
             one
             God
             ,
             and
             one
             Mediator
             between
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
        
         
           What
           fruitfull
           Faith
           hath
           been
           in
           mee
           ,
           who
           have
           beleeved
           and
           taught
           a
           Purgatory
           ,
           a
           place
           of
           satisfaction
           for
           sins
           ,
           derogating
           by
           this
           most
           damnable
           doctrin
           from
           the
           infinity
           of
           Christs
           satisfaction
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           aboundantly
           nor
           infinitly
           satisfied
           for
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           our selves
           ought
           in
           fire
           and
           torments
           to
           adde
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           made
           by
           his
           most
           pretious
           bloud
           .
           O
           good
           God
           ,
           how
           do
           I
           now
           perceive
           my self
           to
           have
           been
           sequestred
           from
           thy
           just
           and
           righteous
           beleevers
           !
           to
           have
           beene
           sequestred
           from
           thy
           true
           Apostolike
           and
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           to
           have
           be●n
           sifted
           like
           branne
           from
           the
           flower
           ,
           like
           chaffe
           from
           the
           corne
           .
           O
           most
           mercifull
           Father
           ,
           if
           in
           these
           40
           yeares
           ,
           I
           had
           met
           with
           thee
           at
           the
           passage
           of
           
             Jordan
             ,
          
           at
           the
           passage
           of
           my
           Soule
           from
           my
           body
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           say
           
             Shibboleth
             ,
          
           what
           could
           I
           have
           expected
           but
           to
           feele
           the
           smart
           of
           thy
           sword
           ,
           to
           receive
           the
           wound
           of
           everlasting
           death
           ,
           to
           heare
           that
           dreadful
           curse
           of
           thine
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             you
             cursed
             into
             everlasting
             fire
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           think
           not
           ,
           Dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           that
           Satans
           cruelty
           is
           satisfied
           with
           thus
           separating
           a
           sinner
           like
           chaffe
           from
           the
           corne
           ,
           by
           making
           him
           ready
           for
           Hell
           fire
           ;
           O
           yet
           his
           cruelty
           goeth
           forward
           ,
           yet
           he
           sifteth
           further
           a
           Soule
           .
           Though
           properly
           to
           sift
           in
           our
           English
           tongue
           ,
           be
           to
           sift
           the
           flower
           from
           the
           branne
           ;
           Yet
           this
           word
           
             sifting
             ,
          
           in
           Greek
           is
           more
           Emphaticall
           ,
           for
           the
           true
           word
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           in
           Greek
           ,
           according
           to
           M.
           
             Cameron's
          
           explication
           ,
           signifieth
           
             Cribrare
             ,
          
           which
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           containeth
           two
           things
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             illa
             concussio
             &
             agitatio
             ,
          
           that
           thrashing
           and
           beating
           of
           the
           wheat
           ;
           and
           also
           
             illa
             divisio
             &
             separatio
             ,
          
           that
           division
           and
           separation
           of
           the
           chaffe
           f●om
           the
           corne
           .
           So
           by
           Satan's
           sifting
           a
           Soule
           as
           wheat
           ,
           we
           must
           know
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           contented
           to
           separate
           a
           Soule
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           fruitfull
           granes
           and
           members
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           his
           cruelty
           goeth
           forward
           ,
           for
           he
           knoweth
           Gods
           mercies
           are
           great
           ,
           and
           touch
           the
           soule
           of
           a
           sinner
           daily
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           repentance
           ;
           therefore
           he
           desireth
           our
           perseverance
           in
           sin
           ,
           our
           obstinacy
           and
           hardnesse
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           no
           way
           return
           unto
           our
           Lord
           .
           He
           useth
           yet
           more
           tyranny
           over
           us
           by
           sifting
           us
           ;
           he
           beateth
           us
           yet
           with
           blows
           ,
           even
           as
           the
           corn
           is
           beaten
           with
           the
           flaile
           ;
           with
           one
           blow
           hee
           
           beateth
           out
           our
           eyes
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           see
           the
           hideous
           estate
           we
           are
           in
           .
           With
           another
           blow
           he
           striketh
           at
           our
           tongues
           ,
           and
           breaketh
           the
           mouths
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           call
           upon
           God
           for
           helpe
           and
           succour
           ;
           with
           another
           blow
           he
           shuts
           up
           our
           eares
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           heare
           nor
           give
           eare
           to
           the
           truth
           when
           it
           is
           preached
           .
           Even
           as
           a
           Captaine
           when
           he
           besiegeth
           a
           Castle
           ,
           taketh
           up
           al
           the
           high
           ways
           ,
           wherby
           any
           maintenance
           or
           provision
           may
           come
           to
           these
           within
           the
           Castle
           ;
           So
           doth
           this
           cruell
           enemy
           of
           ma●kind
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           separated
           a
           soule
           from
           the
           good
           and
           righteous
           ,
           he
           shuts
           up
           all
           the
           high
           wayes
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           hearing
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           understanding
           ,
           that
           so
           no
           maintenance
           ,
           nor
           spirituall
           food
           may
           enter
           into
           it
           .
           This
           was
           figured
           in
           
             Mark
          
           9.
           17.
           18.
           where
           it
           is
           said
           that
           one
           of
           the
           multitude
           brought
           unto
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           his
           son
           which
           had
           a
           dumb
           spirit
           :
           And
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Whersoever
             he
             taketh
             him
             ,
             he
             teareth
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             fometh
             ,
             &
             gnasheth
             with
             his
             teeth
             and
             pineth
             away
             .
          
           By
           this
           dumb
           Devill
           spiritually
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           the
           effect
           which
           the
           Devill
           worketh
           in
           a
           soule
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           once
           possessed
           ,
           making
           it
           dumb
           and
           speechlesse
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           cry
           out
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           nor
           acknowledge
           its
           sins
           with
           one
           
             peccavi
             .
          
           And
           many
           of
           the
           Fathers
           upon
           the
           explication
           of
           this
           dumbe
           Spirit
           ,
           say
           that
           it
           was
           also
           deaf
           and
           blind
           ,
           to
           signifie
           the
           two
           other
           effects
           ,
           which
           the
           Devill
           worketh
           in
           a
           soule
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           once
           got
           into
           his
           power
           .
           This
           same
           destruction
           of
           a
           Soule
           according
           to
           the
           Fathers
           exposition
           was
           signified
           by
           that
           deaf
           and
           dumbe
           man
           ,
           whom
           our
           Saviour
           cured
           ,
           as
           ye
           may
           read
           
             Mark
             7.
             33
             ,
             34
             ,
             35.
             
             And
             he
             took
             him
             aside
             from
             the
             multitude
             ;
             and
             put
             his
             fingers
             into
             his
             eares
             ,
             and
             he
             spit
             ,
             and
             touched
             his
             tongue
             ;
             And
             looking
             up
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             he
             sighed
             ,
             and
             saith
             unto
             him
             ,
             ephphatha
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             be
             opened
             .
             And
             strait
             way
             his
             eares
             were
             opened
             ,
             &
             the
             string
             of
             his
             tongue
             was
             loosed
             ,
             and
             he
             speake
             plaine
             .
          
           In
           the
           7
           of
           
             Dan
          
           5
           
             ver.
          
           you
           shall
           find
           a
           like
           figure
           of
           this
           cruell
           tyrant
           ,
           where
           
             Daniel
          
           declaring
           a
           dreame
           and
           vision
           which
           he
           had
           ,
           faith
           ,
           
             And
             behold
             another
             beast
             ,
             a
             second
             like
             to
             a
             Beare
             ,
             and
             it
             raised
             up
             it selfe
             on
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             it
             had
             three
             ribs
             in
             the
             mouth
             between
             the
             teeth
             of
             it
             ,
             And
             they
             said
             thus
             unto
             it
             ,
             arise
             ,
             devore
             much
             flesh
             .
          
           Although
           S.
           
             Hierom
          
           by
           this
           ugly
           beast
           doth
           understand
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           
             Persians
             ,
          
           and
           by
           those
           3
           ribs
           and
           3
           set
           of
           teeth
           between
           rib
           and
           rib
           ,
           expoundeth
           the
           3
           Empires
           of
           the
           
             Babylonians
             ,
             Persians
          
           and
           
             Medes
             ;
          
           Yet
           
             Richardus
             de
             Sancto
             Victore
             ,
          
           and
           many
           Fathers
           in
           a
           spirituall
           sense
           ,
           declare
           this
           ugly
           
             Beare
          
           to
           be
           a
           true
           portraicture
           of
           the
           malicious
           spite
           of
           the
           Devill
           ,
           who
           with
           3
           set
           and
           orders
           of
           teeth
           devoureth
           and
           destroyeth
           the
           three
           noble
           powers
           ,
           
           wherewith
           the
           Soule
           doth
           spiritually
           speake
           ,
           see
           ,
           and
           heare
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           in
           my
           mind
           ,
           no
           Beast
           is
           a
           more
           proper
           Embleme
           of
           the
           Devill
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Beare
             ,
          
           if
           we
           consider
           well
           what
           
             Aristotle
          
           in
           his
           7
           Book
           
             De
             Histor.
             Animal
             .
          
           and
           17
           Chap.
           writeth
           of
           this
           beast
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           he
           eateth
           of
           all
           things
           ▪
           of
           the
           fruits
           of
           trees
           ,
           of
           herbes
           ,
           of
           Bees
           and
           Honey
           ,
           of
           little
           
             Amits
             ,
          
           and
           their
           egs
           ,
           yea
           of
           your
           shell
           fishes
           ,
           and
           also
           of
           flesh
           .
           A
           strange
           quality
           ,
           proper
           only
           to
           this
           Beast
           !
           For
           if
           the
           
             Lyon
          
           eat
           flesh
           ,
           he
           eateth
           not
           hay
           ,
           grasse
           nor
           hearbs
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Oxe
          
           that
           eateth
           hay
           and
           grasse
           eateth
           not
           flesh
           ,
           Only
           the
           
             Beare
          
           eateth
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           quality
           resembleth
           the
           Devill
           more
           than
           any
           other
           Beast
           .
           For
           the
           Devill
           devoureth
           and
           eateth
           of
           all
           ;
           If
           a
           man
           be
           given
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           Devill
           sporting
           also
           himselfe
           with
           those
           fleshy
           thoughts
           :
           If
           like
           an
           Eremite
           one
           feed
           of
           hearbes
           only
           ;
           there
           also
           wil
           Satan
           be
           endeavouring
           in
           the
           wildernes
           to
           overthrow
           those
           that
           hide
           themselves
           there
           ,
           flying
           from
           the
           vanities
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           tempted
           and
           overthrown
           many
           such
           .
           If
           one
           say
           ,
           he
           is
           so
           abstinent
           that
           he
           will
           not
           eat
           any
           flesh
           ,
           but
           feed
           only
           upon
           fish
           ,
           as
           some
           Monkes
           and
           Fryars
           do
           amongst
           your
           Papists
           ;
           O
           how
           freely
           doth
           the
           Devill
           feed
           also
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           their
           boasting
           of
           their
           Abstinence
           ,
           blindeth
           them
           and
           maketh
           them
           commit
           most
           horrid
           and
           enormous
           sins
           of
           the
           flesh
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           as
           mine
           owne
           sight
           and
           knowledge
           can
           testifie
           .
           If
           one
           like
           a
           little
           
             Amit
          
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           humble
           himself
           so
           deeply
           as
           to
           confesse
           and
           acknowledge
           himselfe
           dust
           and
           clay
           ,
           and
           to
           conceipt
           most
           lowly
           of
           himselfe
           ;
           there
           also
           will
           Satan
           feed
           ,
           untill
           he
           make
           him
           proud
           of
           his
           own
           low
           and
           humble
           conceipt
           .
           If
           like
           a
           Bee
           feeding
           upon
           the
           sweetnesse
           of
           Hony
           any
           one
           be
           in
           the
           Church
           feeding
           upon
           sweetnesse
           of
           Prayer
           and
           Contemplation
           ,
           delighting
           with
           the
           sweetnesse
           of
           singing
           Prayse
           and
           Psalmes
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ;
           there
           also
           will
           this
           
             Beare
          
           the
           Devill
           strive
           to
           feed
           ,
           untill
           he
           tempts
           with
           some
           foolish
           and
           idle
           thoughts
           .
           In
           all
           like
           a
           
             Beare
          
           feeding
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           and
           therefore
           may
           well
           be
           compared
           to
           that
           
             Beare
          
           which
           
             Daniell
          
           saw
           ,
           rising
           up
           to
           devoure
           much
           flesh
           .
           And
           as
           that
           
             Beare
          
           had
           three
           set
           or
           sorts
           of
           teeth
           to
           devoure
           the
           three
           Empires
           of
           the
           
             Babylonians
             ,
             Persians
          
           and
           
             Medes
             ;
          
           even
           so
           hath
           the
           Devill
           three
           severall
           sorts
           of
           warlike
           engins
           to
           destroy
           and
           overthrow
           those
           three
           Forts
           and
           Castles
           of
           our
           Soule
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           Sight
           ,
           Speach
           and
           Hearing
           ,
           that
           so
           no
           reliefe
           may
           come
           from
           God
           to
           that
           wretched
           sinner
           ,
           whom
           he
           hath
           once
           possessed
           .
        
         
           First
           he
           maketh
           us
           dumb
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           open
           our
           mouths
           to
           
           confesse
           and
           acknowledge
           before
           God
           the
           grievousnesse
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           nor
           crie
           out
           for
           help
           with
           our
           hearts
           to
           our
           only
           Mediatour
           Iesus
           Christ
           .
           Have
           not
           ye
           observed
           a
           
             Wolfe
             ,
          
           when
           he
           hath
           seized
           upon
           a
           little
           
             Lambe
          
           and
           sequestred
           it
           from
           the
           flock
           and
           Shepheard
           ;
           how
           the
           first
           thing
           he
           doth
           ,
           is
           to
           strangle
           it
           in
           the
           throat
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           bale
           nor
           cry
           out
           and
           be
           rescued
           by
           the
           Shepheard
           ?
           Even
           so
           doth
           the
           Devill
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           got
           a
           Soule
           from
           the
           flock
           of
           Christ
           :
           the
           first
           thing
           he
           doth
           is
           to
           strangle
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           not
           speake
           ,
           nor
           cry
           out
           to
           him
           that
           said
           by
           S.
           
             John
             ,
             Ego
             sum
             Pastor
             bonus
             ,
          
           I
           am
           the
           good
           Pastor
           and
           Shepheard
           :
           For
           he
           knoweth
           there
           is
           no
           better
           way
           ,
           no
           surer
           remedy
           for
           us
           ,
           than
           to
           acknowledge
           and
           confesse
           to
           God
           our
           grievous
           sins
           ;
           as
           
             David
          
           saith
           in
           the
           32
           
             Psalme
          
           and
           6
           verse
           ,
           
             I
             said
             ,
             I
             will
             confesse
             my
             sins
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ;
             And
             so
             thou
             forgavest
             the
             wickednesse
             of
             my
             sin
             .
          
           He
           knoweth
           that
           God
           will
           have
           a
           sinner
           accuse
           himselfe
           ,
           confesse
           his
           sins
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           was
           one
           of
           the
           first
           lessons
           that
           ever
           God
           taught
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           as
           ye
           may
           observe
           in
           the
           third
           chapter
           of
           
             Genesis
          
           and
           9
           verse
           ,
           where
           we
           read
           that
           when
           
             Adam
          
           had
           sinned
           ,
           God
           came
           down
           into
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           called
           upon
           him
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Where
             art
             thou
             ?
          
           Not
           that
           God
           was
           ignorant
           where
           
             Adam
          
           was
           ,
           nor
           that
           
             Adam
          
           could
           hide
           himselfe
           from
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           :
           But
           God
           called
           him
           and
           asked
           him
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           have
           
             Adam
          
           accuse
           himself
           ,
           confesse
           and
           acknowledge
           his
           nakednesse
           ,
           and
           the
           sin
           he
           had
           fallen
           into
           ;
           for
           to
           teach
           all
           wretched
           and
           miserable
           sinners
           to
           confesse
           and
           acknowledge
           their
           sins
           and
           miseries
           before
           their
           Lord
           .
        
         
           O
           this
           Satan
           knoweth
           to
           be
           the
           chiefe
           remedy
           ,
           the
           beast
           ease
           for
           an
           afflicted
           soule
           !
           therefore
           hee
           striketh
           his
           first
           blow
           at
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           sound
           no
           act
           of
           repentance
           ,
           nor
           the
           sinner
           may
           have
           a
           tongue
           to
           confesse
           and
           acknowledge
           himselfe
           to
           have
           wickedly
           offended
           his
           Lord
           and
           Maker
           .
        
         
           O
           the
           Devill
           knoweth
           that
           nothing
           endangereth
           more
           a
           Soule
           in
           sin
           than
           dumbnesse
           and
           silence
           !
           as
           
             David
          
           also
           testifieth
           in
           the
           same
           32
           
             Psalme
          
           and
           3
           verse
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             For
             while
             I
             held
             my
             tongue
             ,
             my
             bones
             consumed
             away
             .
          
        
         
           O
           how
           doth
           a
           sinner
           pine
           and
           consume
           away
           for
           want
           of
           crying
           out
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           acknowledging
           his
           own
           wretched
           estate
           !
        
         
           O
           Dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           make
           use
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           whensoever
           ye
           find
           your selves
           to
           have
           been
           carried
           away
           by
           Satan
           ,
           forget
           not
           
           your
           tongues
           ,
           be
           not
           dumbe
           ,
           acknowledge
           presently
           your
           iniquities
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           touch
           with
           your
           tongues
           the
           leper
           and
           sores
           of
           your
           soules
           ,
           let
           not
           them
           fester
           for
           want
           of
           a
           tongue
           to
           heale
           them
           .
           Remember
           when
           ye
           are
           in
           sin
           ,
           ye
           are
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           saith
           ,
           like
           Beasts
           without
           reason
           .
        
         
           O
           shew
           at
           least
           to
           have
           that
           small
           sense
           and
           reason
           ,
           which
           many
           Beasts
           and
           a
           Dog
           hath
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           is
           bitten
           and
           full
           of
           soares
           ,
           with
           his
           tongue
           only
           preserveth
           his
           soares
           from
           festering
           .
           Even
           so
           do
           thou
           poore
           and
           wretched
           sinner
           ,
           when
           thy
           soule
           is
           bitten
           with
           the
           first
           set
           of
           teeth
           of
           this
           cruell
           
             Beare
             ,
          
           lift
           up
           thy
           heart
           unto
           thy
           Lord
           ,
           acknowledge
           and
           confesse
           thy
           sins
           before
           him
           ,
           with
           thy
           tongue
           preserve
           thy
           soule
           from
           inward
           festering
           .
           Remember
           that
           God
           will
           have
           thee
           confesse
           thy
           iniquity
           and
           aske
           pardon
           of
           him
           .
           Be
           not
           therefore
           dumbe
           ,
           O
           sinner
           I
           (
           if
           any
           there
           be
           besides
           my selfe
           in
           this
           Congregation
           )
           say
           with
           
             David
             ,
             I
             will
             confesse
             my
             sinnes
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           Cry
           out
           with
           the
           prodigall
           son
           in
           the
           15
           Chapter
           of
           
             Luke
          
           and
           18.
           
           Verse
           ,
           
             Father
             I
             have
             sinned
             against
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             before
             thee
             .
          
           Remember
           thou
           hast
           a
           Heavenly
           Shepheard
           above
           ,
           Iesus
           Christ
           :
           Bale
           and
           cry
           out
           unto
           him
           like
           the
           little
           Lambe
           ,
           that
           is
           set
           upon
           by
           the
           ravenous
           Wolfe
           .
           Be
           sure
           thou
           beest
           not
           mute
           nor
           dumbe
           :
           be
           sure
           the
           Devill
           take
           not
           from
           thee
           the
           use
           of
           thy
           tongue
           .
        
         
           O
           a
           man
           that
           is
           fallen
           into
           a
           deep
           water
           ,
           hath
           hopes
           of
           life
           if
           the
           water
           reach
           but
           to
           his
           knees
           ,
           or
           to
           his
           breast
           ,
           or
           to
           his
           shoulders
           ;
           but
           if
           once
           it
           reach
           to
           enter
           into
           his
           mouth
           to
           choke
           him
           ,
           eminent
           is
           the
           danger
           he
           is
           in
           .
           Even
           so
           if
           a
           sinner
           be
           plunged
           and
           drowned
           so
           deepely
           into
           the
           depth
           of
           sin
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           reached
           to
           his
           mouth
           ,
           that
           it
           once
           hinder
           his
           tongue
           from
           confessing
           his
           wickednesse
           ,
           and
           from
           crying
           out
           to
           God
           ;
           great
           danger
           is
           he
           in
           .
           Feare
           this
           danger
           ,
           O
           Beloved
           ;
           feare
           that
           the
           mouth
           of
           your
           hearts
           be
           not
           stopped
           by
           Satan
           ,
           that
           by
           this
           high
           way
           which
           leadeth
           to
           the
           inward
           Castle
           of
           your
           Soule
           ,
           all
           Ammunition
           ,
           all
           helpe
           and
           succour
           from
           above
           bee
           not
           stopped
           and
           robbed
           for
           want
           of
           acknowledging
           your
           sins
           ,
           and
           crying
           out
           unto
           your
           Lord
           for
           present
           aide
           and
           relief
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           this
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           blow
           which
           the
           Devill
           striketh
           at
           a
           sinner
           ,
           is
           to
           beat
           out
           his
           eyes
           and
           to
           blind
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           not
           see
           the
           danger
           he
           is
           in
           ,
           nor
           his
           own
           wretched
           and
           miserable
           estate
           ,
           as
           
             David
          
           affirmeth
           in
           the
           38
           
             Psal.
          
           and
           10.
           
             verse
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           
             My
             heart
             panteth
             ,
             my
             strength
             hath
             failed
             me
             ,
             and
             the
             sight
             of
             mine
             eyes
             is
             gone
             from
             mee
             .
          
           
           And
           again
           in
           the
           40
           
             Psalme
          
           and
           15
           
             verse
          
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Innumerable
             troubles
             are
             come
             about
             me
             ;
             my
             sinnes
             have
             taken
             such
             hold
             upon
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             not
             able
             to
             look
             up
             .
          
           O
           the
           Devid
           knoweth
           very
           well
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           sinner
           did
           but
           see
           the
           miserable
           and
           wretched
           estate
           his
           soule
           is
           in
           ,
           he
           would
           make
           hast
           to
           returne
           unto
           his
           Lord
           ;
           therefore
           he
           blindeth
           him
           that
           he
           may
           run
           head-long
           down
           to
           Hell
           .
           He
           dealeth
           with
           a
           sinner
           as
           cruelly
           as
           
             Nabuchadnezzar
          
           King
           of
           
             Babell
          
           dealt
           with
           
             Zedekiah
             ,
          
           as
           ye
           may
           read
           in
           the
           2
           of
           
             Kings
             ,
             25
             Chapter
          
           and
           7
           
             verse
             ,
             And
             they
             slew
             the
             sons
             of
             Zedekiah
             before
             his
             eyes
             ,
             and
             put
             out
             the
             eyes
             of
             Zedekiah
             ,
             and
             bound
             him
             in
             chaines
             and
             carried
             him
             to
             Babell
             .
          
           Even
           so
           doth
           the
           Devill
           with
           a
           sinner
           ,
           he
           beateth
           out
           his
           eyes
           ,
           bindeth
           him
           in
           chaines
           ,
           and
           so
           carrieth
           him
           to
           
             Babell
             ,
          
           to
           a
           Chaos
           of
           confusion
           .
        
         
           This
           a
           sinner
           will
           not
           beleeve
           ,
           but
           runs
           forward
           with
           more
           and
           more
           delight
           in
           his
           iniquities
           ;
           he
           thinkes
           ,
           because
           he
           enjoyeth
           his
           corporall
           sight
           ,
           that
           his
           soule
           is
           not
           blinded
           .
           Tell
           me
           then
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           should
           be
           in
           so
           desperate
           a
           case
           ,
           as
           running
           a
           long
           a
           street
           ,
           and
           all
           crying
           out
           unto
           him
           and
           saying
           ,
           O
           man
           art
           thou
           mad
           ,
           doest
           thou
           not
           see
           such
           an
           one
           thine
           enemy
           standing
           before
           thee
           with
           his
           sword
           drawn
           to
           kill
           thee
           ?
           If
           neverthelesse
           and
           for
           all
           these
           cries
           ,
           this
           man
           should
           run
           towards
           the
           sword
           ;
           would
           not
           we
           say
           that
           he
           is
           mad
           ,
           or
           rather
           blind
           and
           not
           able
           to
           see
           the
           sword
           before
           him
           ?
        
         
           O
           Dearely
           Beloved
           ▪
           this
           is
           no
           sporting
           matter
           ;
           when
           we
           offend
           the
           Lord
           ,
           we
           are
           surely
           blind
           ;
           If
           we
           were
           not
           ,
           how
           would
           we
           dare
           to
           runne
           upon
           the
           sword
           which
           the
           Iustice
           of
           God
           hath
           drawn
           against
           us
           ?
           If
           we
           will
           not
           believe
           this
           ,
           let
           us
           but
           turne
           to
           the
           7
           
             Psalme
             of
             David
             ,
          
           and
           read
           there
           the
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           and
           14
           
             verses
             ,
          
           where
           we
           shall
           find
           these
           words
           ,
           
             God
             is
             a
             righteous
             Judge
             ,
             strong
             and
             patient
             ,
             and
             God
             is
             provoked
             every
             day
             ;
             If
             a
             man
             will
             not
             turne
             ,
             he
             will
             whet
             his
             sword
             ,
             he
             hath
             bent
             his
             bow
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             ready
             ;
             he
             hath
             prepared
             for
             him
             the
             instruments
             of
             death
             .
          
           Behold
           a
           sword
           a
           whetting
           for
           us
           to
           run
           us
           thorow
           ,
           a
           bow
           bent
           to
           shoot
           at
           us
           ,
           other
           instruments
           prepared
           only
           for
           our
           death
           and
           destruction
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           will
           not
           see
           them
           ,
           we
           run
           upon
           them
           :
           Why
           ?
           Because
           wee
           are
           blind
           ,
           the
           Devill
           hath
           deprived
           us
           of
           our
           spirituall
           sight
           :
           We
           are
           like
           that
           wicked
           and
           disobedient
           Prophet
           
             Balaam
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           we
           read
           in
           the
           22
           
             Chapter
             of
             Numbers
          
           and
           23
           
             Verse
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           so
           blind
           that
           he
           could
           not
           see
           the
           Angell
           of
           the
           Lord
           standing
           in
           his
           way
           with
           a
           Sword
           drawn
           in
           his
           hand
           ;
           the
           words
           are
           these
           ,
           
             And
             when
             the
             
             Asse
             saw
             the
             Angel
             of
             the
             Lord
             stand
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             his
             sword
             drawne
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             the
             Asse
             turned
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             went
             into
             the
             field
             ,
             but
             Balaam
             smote
             the
             Asse
             to
             turne
             her
             into
             the
             way
             .
          
           Lo
           here
           ,
           how
           a
           simple
           and
           silly
           Asse
           by
           Gods
           permission
           ,
           espyeth
           the
           sword
           of
           the
           Lord
           drawn
           against
           a
           sinner
           and
           wicked
           Priest
           ,
           to
           teach
           us
           ,
           how
           those
           that
           are
           simple
           and
           humble
           in
           their
           own
           conceipts
           ,
           see
           the
           dangers
           that
           a
           sinner
           runs
           into
           by
           sin
           :
           But
           the
           proud
           and
           stubborne
           Delinquent
           against
           Gods
           Laws
           ,
           will
           not
           see
           these
           dangers
           .
           Because
           alas
           he
           is
           blind
           ,
           the
           Devill
           hath
           pulled
           out
           the
           eyes
           of
           his
           Soule
           ,
           the
           windows
           whereby
           the
           light
           and
           beames
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           were
           wont
           to
           shine
           into
           his
           heart
           ,
           are
           ●ow
           rammed
           up
           with
           lime
           and
           stone
           ▪
           that
           no
           light
           may
           come
           in
           for
           a
           sinner
           to
           see
           those
           horrid
           Aspids
           ,
           Basilisks
           and
           Adders
           ,
           which
           lye
           lurking
           and
           taking
           their
           repose
           in
           the
           close
           and
           secret
           chamber
           of
           his
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           O
           Pity
           !
           O
           Compassion
           !
           If
           any
           be
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           when
           a
           sinner
           is
           come
           to
           this
           misery
           .
           O
           Dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           make
           good
           use
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           fly
           from
           sin
           all
           your
           lives
           ;
           s●are
           to
           be
           thus
           blinded
           :
           Pray
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           though
           through
           mans
           frailty
           ye
           do
           commit
           a
           sin
           :
           O
           yet
           your
           sight
           may
           be
           left
           ye
           :
           One
           eye
           at
           least
           may
           remaine
           to
           lift
           up
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           look
           up
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Remember
           how
           that
           poore
           and
           lame
           cripple
           ,
           of
           whom
           we
           read
           in
           the
           3
           
             Chapter
          
           of
           the
           
             Acts
             ,
          
           and
           4
           
             Verse
             ,
          
           received
           bodily
           health
           and
           strength
           ,
           having
           no
           limbe
           to
           help
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           was
           daily
           carried
           and
           laid
           at
           the
           gate
           of
           the
           Temple
           ;
           
             And
             Peter
             fastning
             his
             eyes
             upon
             him
             with
             John
             ,
             said
             ,
             looke
             on
             us
             .
          
           Nothing
           was
           demanded
           of
           him
           but
           only
           the
           use
           of
           his
           eyes
           ;
           for
           looking
           only
           up
           upon
           
             Peter
          
           hee
           was
           cured
           .
        
         
           O
           Deare
           Soule
           ,
           Moralize
           this
           healing
           of
           this
           Cripple
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           take
           out
           of
           it
           a
           lesson
           how
           to
           obtaine
           more
           easily
           the
           health
           of
           thy
           diseased
           soule
           .
           If
           with
           no
           limbe
           thou
           beest
           able
           to
           helpe
           thy selfe
           :
           Looke
           up
           at
           least
           to
           God
           ,
           lift
           up
           the
           eyes
           of
           thy
           heart
           to
           thy
           Lord
           ,
           pray
           dayly
           to
           him
           that
           thy
           sight
           may
           not
           faile
           in
           thy
           inward
           man
           ;
           Pray
           that
           the
           Devill
           may
           not
           blind
           thee
           howsoever
           ,
           but
           that
           thou
           mayest
           see
           the
           enormity
           and
           hideousnesse
           of
           thy
           sin
           ,
           the
           instruments
           of
           death
           which
           God
           hath
           prepared
           against
           thee
           ,
           the
           Sword
           of
           his
           Iustice
           drawn
           ,
           the
           Bow
           of
           his
           wrath
           and
           anger
           bent
           ;
           that
           thus
           having
           eyes
           left
           thee
           to
           see
           those
           dangers
           ,
           thou
           mayest
           like
           this
           Cripple
           ,
           as
           he
           looked
           up
           to
           
             Peter
          
           and
           
             John
             ,
          
           and
           received
           bodily
           health
           :
           so
           thou
           also
           by
           casting
           an
           eye
           up
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           by
           opening
           the
           
           the
           window
           of
           thy
           heart
           mayest
           let
           in
           the
           light
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           to
           shine
           within
           thee
           ,
           and
           mayest
           receive
           the
           spirituall
           health
           of
           thy
           leprous
           and
           diseased
           soule
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           this
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           and
           deadliest
           blow
           ,
           which
           the
           Devill
           with
           his
           heavy
           stayle
           striketh
           at
           a
           Soule
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Eares
           ,
           wherewith
           hee
           fells
           him
           quite
           down
           and
           layes
           him
           flat
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           taking
           his
           hearing
           quite
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           making
           him
           deafe
           ,
           that
           hee
           may
           not
           heare
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           nor
           hearken
           to
           any
           comfortable
           tydings
           of
           his
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           wretched
           sinners
           deafenes
           against
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Paul
          
           spoke
           in
           the
           second
           Epistle
           to
           
             Timothy
          
           in
           the
           4
           
             Chapter
          
           and
           4
           
             verse
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           
             And
             they
             shall
             turne
             away
             their
             eares
             from
             the
             truth
             and
             shall
             be
             turned
             unto
             fables
             .
          
           Of
           this
           sort
           of
           sinners
           ,
           an
           Ancient
           Father
           ,
           
             Clenent
             Alexandranus
          
           in
           his
           exhortation
           to
           the
           Greckes
           and
           Gentiles
           speaketh
           thus
           ,
           
             Coelum
             fecistis
             Scenam
             ,
             &
             Deus
             factus
             est
             vobis
             Actus
             :
          
           Ye
           have
           made
           a
           sport
           and
           play
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           God
           himself
           is
           become
           at
           Act
           or
           Comedy
           unto
           ye
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           Dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           what
           meaneth
           this
           ancient
           Author
           by
           these
           words
           ?
           An
           example
           will
           declare
           his
           mind
           better
           .
           Have
           not
           you
           marked
           in
           these
           Playes
           here
           about
           the
           City
           ?
           How
           sometimes
           one
           commeth
           out
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           with
           a
           Crowne
           and
           Kingly
           Diadem
           upon
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Scepter
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           granting
           Princely
           favours
           ,
           and
           highly
           rewarding
           those
           that
           have
           been
           dutiful
           and
           loyall
           Subjects
           unto
           him
           ?
           Another
           you
           shall
           see
           come
           out
           upon
           the
           same
           Stage
           with
           a
           sword
           drawn
           ,
           all
           bloudy
           ,
           with
           streams
           of
           bloud
           trickling
           down
           from
           his
           head
           to
           his
           feet
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           wounded
           in
           some
           fierce
           and
           desperate
           combate
           .
           Then
           you
           shal
           see
           sometimes
           over
           the
           Stage
           the
           Heavens
           open
           ,
           great
           glory
           of
           Angels
           appearing
           ,
           and
           one
           descending
           in
           a
           cloud
           .
           Somtimes
           you
           shall
           see
           from
           under
           the
           Stage
           ascend
           a
           smoak
           of
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           ,
           and
           a
           Devill
           leap
           up
           in
           such
           a
           shape
           as
           may
           suffice
           to
           terrifie
           you
           .
           At
           all
           this
           you
           laugh
           ,
           you
           hold
           it
           but
           a
           fable
           .
           The
           King
           you
           see
           come
           out
           ,
           you
           respect
           not
           ,
           because
           you
           know
           he
           is
           none
           .
           The
           other
           that
           is
           wounded
           and
           all
           bloudy
           ,
           you
           pity
           not
           ,
           because
           you
           know
           that
           bloud
           is
           not
           true
           but
           painted
           bloud
           .
           The
           glory
           you
           see
           and
           the
           Angels
           in
           it
           ,
           do
           no
           way
           entice
           you
           to
           it
           ,
           because
           you
           know
           it
           is
           but
           fained
           :
           The
           Fire
           and
           Brimstone
           ,
           and
           ugly
           sight
           of
           Devils
           that
           come
           upon
           the
           Stage
           do
           nothing
           terrifie
           you
           .
           Why
           ?
           Because
           you
           know
           all
           is
           salfe
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Hell
           ,
           nor
           any
           true
           Devill
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           representation
           
           
           
           
           
           of
           it
           :
           So
           that
           you
           sport
           and
           laugh
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           Now
           then
           let
           us
           apply
           these
           words
           and
           this
           similitude
           of
           
             Clement
             Alexandrinus
          
           to
           those
           deafe
           sinners
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           ,
           Turn
           away
           their
           eares
           from
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           are
           turned
           unto
           Fables
           .
           These
           when
           they
           come
           to
           heare
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           will
           not
           heare
           it
           with
           their
           hearts
           ,
           but
           make
           a
           play
           sport
           of
           it
           .
           When
           they
           heare
           the
           Preacher
           set
           forth
           the
           might
           and
           power
           of
           that
           King
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           who
           will
           glorifie
           his
           elect
           servants
           with
           everlasting
           blisse
           and
           happinesse
           ;
           Like
           Atheists
           they
           laugh
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           iudge
           of
           this
           eternall
           King
           as
           of
           a
           King
           in
           a
           play
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           heare
           the
           Preacher
           teach
           ,
           how
           Iesus
           Christ
           was
           whipped
           ,
           reviled
           ,
           stroken
           ,
           smitten
           and
           crowned
           with
           thornes
           ,
           nayled
           with
           nailes
           ,
           pierced
           with
           a
           speare
           for
           their
           sins
           ;
           their
           hearts
           will
           not
           heare
           it
           ,
           they
           make
           sport
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           moved
           to
           love
           so
           loving
           a
           Saviour
           and
           Mediator
           who
           with
           the
           price
           of
           his
           own
           bloud
           ,
           made
           an
           aboundant
           and
           copious
           satisfaction
           for
           our
           sins
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           heare
           the
           Preacher
           teach
           the
           glory
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           Quires
           of
           Angels
           there
           ,
           that
           everlasting
           rest
           without
           any
           sob
           or
           teares
           ,
           without
           any
           cold
           ,
           hunger
           ,
           or
           thirst
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           heare
           it
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           they
           judge
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           glory
           in
           a
           play
           upon
           a
           Stage
           ,
           and
           like
           Epicureans
           eate
           ,
           drink
           and
           riot
           saying
           ,
           
             —
             Post
             mortem
             nulla
             voluptas
             .
          
        
         
           They
           think
           that
           their
           soules
           after
           death
           like
           Beasts
           shall
           be
           dissolved
           into
           the
           aire
           to
           nothing
           .
           When
           they
           heare
           a
           Preacher
           bring
           out
           upon
           the
           Stage
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           set
           before
           a
           great
           assembly
           the
           deepe
           pits
           of
           Hell
           ,
           the
           Legions
           of
           fierce
           and
           cruell
           Divels
           there
           ,
           the
           always
           burning
           fire
           and
           Brimstone
           ,
           the
           everlasting
           broiling
           there
           ,
           the
           horrid
           gnashing
           of
           teeth
           ,
           the
           paines
           and
           torments
           due
           to
           their
           sins
           ,
           if
           they
           turne
           not
           to
           God
           ;
           Alas
           they
           will
           not
           heare
           it
           with
           their
           heart
           ,
           they
           thinke
           it
           is
           but
           a
           Hell
           of
           a
           Play
           ,
           they
           are
           turned
           unto
           Fables
           ,
           they
           make
           a
           sport
           of
           all
           ,
           they
           make
           an
           Act
           or
           Play
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           think
           all
           fained
           ,
           they
           heare
           it
           with
           their
           corporall
           eares
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           cares
           of
           their
           soule
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           hearken
           unto
           it
           ;
           they
           make
           themselves
           the
           Actors
           of
           the
           fooles
           part
           in
           this
           sport
           and
           play
           ,
           which
           they
           make
           of
           God
           and
           Heaven
           .
           Why
           ?
           Because
           the
           Devill
           hath
           made
           them
           deafe
           .
           This
           is
           his
           chiefe
           way
           ,
           he
           knoweth
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           damb
           or
           blind
           ,
           yet
           by
           hearing
           the
           Word
           of
           the
           Lord
           with
           a
           well
           dis●●sed
           
           heart
           it
           may
           receive
           some
           seed
           of
           a
           fruitfull
           Faith
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           taught
           the
           
             Romanes
          
           in
           the
           10
           
             Chap.
          
           and
           17
           
             Vers
             .
          
           saying
           ,
           
             So
             then
             Faith
             cometh
             by
             hearing
             ,
             and
             hearing
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           Devils
           feare
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           shutteth
           up
           their
           eares
           ,
           that
           no
           maintenance
           that
           way
           ,
           no
           succour
           ,
           no
           reliefe
           may
           come
           unto
           the
           soule
           .
           With
           this
           he
           maketh
           them
           groan
           under
           his
           yoke
           ,
           with
           this
           he
           maketh
           them
           slaves
           unto
           him
           .
           In
           
             Deut.
          
           15.
           12.
           you
           shall
           find
           that
           God
           gave
           a
           Command
           of
           release
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             And
             if
             thy
             Brother
             ,
             an
             Hebrew
             man
             ,
             or
             an
             Hebrew
             woman
             be
             sold
             unto
             thee
             ,
             and
             serve
             thee
             six
             years
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             seventh
             yeare
             thou
             shalt
             let
             him
             go
             free
             from
             thee
             .
          
           And
           lower
           16
           ,
           17.
           
             v.
          
           God
           commanded
           thus
           ;
           
             And
             it
             shall
             be
             ,
             if
             he
             say
             unto
             thee
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             go
             away
             from
             thee
             ,
             because
             he
             loveth
             thee
             and
             thine
             house
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             well
             with
             thee
             .
             Then
             shalt
             thou
             take
             an
             Aule
             ,
             and
             thrust
             it
             thorough
             his
             eare
             unto
             the
             doore
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             be
             thy
             servant
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           In
           a
           morall
           and
           spirituall
           sense
           ,
           Learn
           here
           ,
           Deare
           Brethren
           ,
           how
           as
           God
           commanded
           a
           release
           for
           debts
           and
           for
           servants
           ,
           so
           doubtlesse
           he
           expecteth
           that
           thy
           Soule
           shall
           not
           be
           always
           under
           any
           other
           master
           but
           himself
           .
           If
           therfore
           the
           Devill
           have
           been
           thy
           Master
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           thinke
           for
           a
           release
           ,
           think
           of
           releasing
           thy self
           from
           him
           ;
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           deare
           soule
           ,
           unto
           the
           Devill
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           go
           away
           from
           thee
           ,
           because
           
             I
          
           love
           thee
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           well
           with
           thee
           ;
           which
           if
           thou
           doest
           ,
           then
           will
           Satan
           make
           use
           of
           this
           Law
           of
           God
           for
           himselfe
           and
           for
           his
           own
           en●s
           ;
           then
           will
           he
           marke
           thee
           in
           the
           eares
           for
           a
           perpetuall
           slave
           ,
           with
           an
           Aule
           he
           will
           boare
           thine
           eares
           thorow
           ,
           and
           fasten
           them
           to
           a
           wall
           ,
           to
           that
           wall
           which
           thy
           iniquities
           have
           put
           between
           thee
           and
           God
           ;
           he
           will
           keep
           thee
           for
           his
           slave
           ,
           if
           ever
           he
           marke
           thee
           in
           thy
           eares
           ,
           he
           will
           take
           thy
           hearing
           from
           thee
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayest
           not
           heare
           any
           goodnesse
           ,
           nor
           make
           good
           use
           of
           any
           .
           O
           what
           misery
           is
           a
           sinner
           in
           ,
           when
           he
           commeth
           to
           lose
           his
           hearing
           !
           Abhorre
           from
           sin
           ,
           dearely
           beloved
           ,
           least
           ye
           fall
           thus
           into
           slavery
           under
           the
           tyranny
           of
           Satan
           ;
           if
           ye
           have
           not
           found
           your selves
           so
           far
           gone
           ,
           nor
           so
           far
           ensnared
           by
           the
           Devill
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           ensnare
           others
           ,
           renounce
           him
           at
           his
           first
           assaults
           ,
           least
           he
           encroach
           upon
           the
           mouth
           of
           your
           heart
           and
           soule
           ,
           upon
           the
           eyes
           and
           eares
           of
           it
           ,
           making
           yee
           dumb
           ,
           deaf
           and
           blind
           .
           O
           take
           example
           by
           me
           ,
           who
           have
           had
           experience
           of
           these
           3
           blows
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           flailed
           ,
           beaten
           and
           thrashed
           by
           this
           cruell
           enemy
           ;
           with
           one
           blow
           I
           have
           been
           left
           speechlesse
           and
           dumb
           almost
           40
           years
           ;
           I
           have
           not
           had
           a
           tongue
           till
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           confesse
           before
           God
           my
           iniquities
           ,
           my
           idolatries
           ,
           my
           superstitions
           ,
           my
           disloyalties
           to
           my
           King
           ,
           the
           
           Lords
           Annoynted
           .
           O
           I
           have
           been
           blind
           ,
           &
           wilfully
           blind
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           see
           my
           errors
           ,
           the
           errors
           of
           the
           
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
             .
          
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           many
           years
           ago
           by
           reading
           Authors
           and
           the
           grounds
           of
           our
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           I
           did
           see
           the
           light
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           sincere
           ,
           pure
           and
           candid
           doctrine
           of
           it
           :
           but
           yet
           with
           the
           eyes
           of
           my
           Soule
           I
           would
           not
           see
           it
           .
           I
           was
           like
           a
           foule
           and
           ugly
           Monky
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           chanceth
           to
           see
           his
           foule
           shape
           ,
           his
           deformed
           feet
           in
           a
           pure
           and
           Cristall
           Looking-glasse
           ,
           rageth
           ,
           and
           flingeth
           at
           the
           glasse
           and
           teareth
           it
           in
           pieces
           ,
           because
           it
           representes
           unto
           him
           his
           own
           deformity
           .
           Even
           so
           have
           I
           done
           ,
           dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           these
           many
           yeares
           .
           When
           I
           read
           the
           pure
           and
           Christall
           doctrine
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           which
           teacheth
           even
           what
           Christ
           taught
           
             Peter
          
           and
           his
           Disciples
           to
           acknowledge
           a
           Supremacy
           next
           to
           God
           to
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           by
           taking
           mony
           out
           of
           a
           fishes
           belly
           ,
           and
           sending
           it
           for
           trib
           te
           to
           
             Caesar
             ,
          
           a
           lesson
           for
           all
           Subjects
           (
           yea
           for
           the
           
             Popes
          
           themselves
           who
           can
           be
           no
           better
           than
           Christ
           and
           
             Peter
          
           )
           to
           acknowledge
           their
           duty
           and
           Allegiance
           next
           to
           God
           unto
           their
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Princes
           .
           But
           when
           I
           saw
           by
           this
           cleare
           doctrine
           my
           ugly
           shape
           of
           a
           disloyall
           ,
           disobedient
           and
           trecherous
           monster
           ,
           nourished
           with
           the
           venemous
           and
           poysoned
           milk
           of
           the
           
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
             ,
          
           which
           teacheth
           her
           
             Popes
          
           to
           be
           above
           all
           Temporall
           Princes
           ,
           and
           no
           wayes
           bound
           to
           pay
           them
           tribute
           ;
           O
           how
           would
           I
           fly
           and
           fling
           like
           a
           Monky
           at
           the
           Christall
           glasse
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
          
           doctrin
           ,
           that
           thus
           represented
           unto
           me
           mine
           own
           monstrous
           shape
           .
           O
           when
           I
           used
           to
           read
           &
           study
           the
           grounds
           of
           the
           Popish
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           and
           found
           them
           groundlesse
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           one
           body
           may
           be
           in
           2
           places
           ,
           nay
           in
           a
           1000.
           
           And
           upon
           that
           salfe
           ground
           proving
           that
           Christs
           body
           may
           be
           really
           present
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           in
           a
           thousand
           places
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           &
           at
           the
           same
           time
           also
           in
           Heaven
           :
           How
           clearely
           did
           I
           see
           the
           contrary
           in
           the
           Christall
           glasse
           of
           our
           Churches
           doctrine
           ?
           For
           if
           Christs
           body
           being
           a
           naturall
           and
           physicall
           body
           can
           be
           at
           one
           time
           in
           severall
           places
           ;
           then
           at
           one
           time
           also
           it
           may
           be
           subject
           to
           severall
           and
           contrary
           accidents
           ,
           it
           may
           bee
           hot
           and
           cold
           at
           once
           ,
           for
           it
           may
           bee
           in
           a
           hot
           and
           cold
           place
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           it
           may
           bee
           also
           stabbed
           in
           one
           place
           (
           as
           the
           
             Papists
          
           confesse
           it
           hath
           been
           by
           
             Jews
          
           )
           and
           in
           another
           place
           at
           the
           same
           time
           it
           may
           not
           be
           stabbed
           ;
           so
           then
           2
           contradictories
           
             simul
             &
             semel
          
           are
           true
           ,
           and
           truly
           verified
           of
           the
           same
           body
           ,
           It
           is
           stabbed
           and
           it
           is
           not
           stabbed
           .
           Also
           in
           one
           place
           it
           may
           bee
           be
           gnawn
           and
           devoured
           by
           vermin
           ,
           mice
           or
           worms
           :
           and
           in
           another
           place
           at
           the
           same
           time
           it
           may
           not
           be
           gnawn
           :
           As
           my self
           can
           witnes
           ,
           
           who
           saying
           Masse
           one
           day
           in
           the
           
             West
             Indias
             ,
          
           in
           a
           town
           called
           
             Portabel
             ,
          
           6
           years
           ago
           ,
           after
           I
           had
           consecrated
           the
           Bread
           or
           Wafer
           host
           upon
           the
           Altar
           ,
           making
           a
           short
           mentall
           prayer
           with
           mine
           eyes
           shut
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           
             the
             Memento
             for
             the
             Dead
             ,
          
           suddainly
           came
           upon
           the
           Altar
           a
           Mouse
           ,
           and
           stole
           away
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           I
           opening
           mine
           eyes
           ,
           and
           missing
           it
           before
           me
           ,
           began
           to
           be
           troubled
           ,
           and
           looking
           about
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           I
           saw
           the
           vermin
           running
           away
           with
           the
           Bread
           .
           I
           stirred
           up
           the
           people
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           running
           to
           me
           caused
           candles
           to
           be
           lighted
           ,
           and
           with
           another
           Priest
           searched
           all
           the
           holes
           that
           were
           in
           the
           wall
           behind
           the
           Altar
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           found
           the
           Sacrament
           gnawn
           ,
           and
           halfe
           eaten
           up
           .
           The
           halfe
           part
           of
           it
           the
           Priest
           tooke
           out
           and
           carrying
           it
           to
           the
           Altar
           in
           Procession
           ,
           lifted
           it
           up
           to
           be
           adored
           ,
           with
           knocking
           of
           breasts
           by
           the
           common
           people
           .
           Behold
           here
           according
           to
           the
           damnable
           doctrin
           of
           the
           
             Papists
             ,
          
           Christ's
           body
           is
           gnawn
           by
           a
           creature
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           not
           gnawn
           ;
           for
           they
           say
           that
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           is
           truly
           and
           really
           
             tetus
             in
             toto
             &
             totus
             in
             qualibet
             parte
             ,
          
           all
           in
           all
           ,
           and
           all
           and
           whole
           in
           every
           little
           part
           .
           Then
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           Christ
           was
           whole
           and
           entire
           in
           that
           part
           which
           was
           devoured
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           also
           whole
           and
           entire
           in
           the
           part
           which
           was
           left
           ;
           so
           he
           was
           eaten
           and
           gnawne
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           not
           eaten
           and
           gnawne
           .
           Here
           are
           two
           contradictories
           truly
           verified
           at
           one
           time
           against
           the
           light
           of
           reason
           and
           phylosophy
           :
           Besides
           the
           absurdity
           which
           followeth
           ,
           that
           Christ
           should
           leave
           his
           body
           to
           be
           so
           devoured
           by
           vermin
           and
           dumb
           beasts
           All
           these
           absurdities
           and
           monstruous
           shapes
           of
           
             Popish
          
           doctrin
           ,
           I
           well
           perceived
           and
           viewe●
           in
           the
           pure
           christall
           glasse
           of
           our
           
             Protestant
          
           doctrin
           :
           And
           yet
           like
           a
           beast
           I
           would
           fling
           at
           this
           cleere
           glasse
           ,
           that
           thus
           represented
           my
           
             Popish
          
           errorus
           unto
           me
           ;
           I
           would
           spitefully
           oppose
           the
           true
           sense
           and
           figurative
           meaning
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             body
             .
          
        
         
           Yea
           comming
           into
           
             England
          
           with
           a
           purpose
           to
           conforme
           my selfe
           to
           the
           truth
           ,
           &
           having
           met
           here
           with
           a
           learned
           Treatise
           of
           one
           Master
           
             Stephen
             Vassall
          
           against
           this
           damnable
           doctrin
           of
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           which
           he
           directed
           to
           one
           Mistris
           
             Bury
          
           a
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           seduced
           and
           blinded
           by
           a
           
             Popish
             Priest
             ;
          
           I
           took
           upon
           me
           for
           some
           worldly
           and
           temporall
           respects
           to
           some
           friends
           ,
           to
           answer
           his
           learned
           grounds
           and
           reasons
           against
           mine
           own
           conscience
           :
           And
           though
           in
           his
           cleare
           doctrine
           I
           well
           perceived
           the
           ugly
           and
           monstruous
           shape
           of
           mine
           own
           idolatrous
           and
           defiled
           soule
           ;
           Yet
           did
           I
           fling
           and
           fly
           at
           the
           glasse
           like
           a
           Monky
           .
           Why
           ?
           Because
           I
           was
           blinded
           by
           Satan
           ,
           the
           window
           of
           my
           soule
           was
           rammed
           up
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           that
           no
           light
           might
           enter
           into
           
           it
           .
           I
           have
           been
           that
           false
           and
           disobedient
           Priest
           
             Balaam
             ,
          
           so
           blind
           that
           I
           would
           not
           see
           the
           dangers
           of
           my
           soule
           neere
           40
           yeares
           :
           But
           though
           the
           sword
           of
           Gods
           Iustice
           hath-beene
           drawne
           against
           me
           ,
           though
           his
           bow
           hath
           been
           bent
           to
           kill
           me
           ,
           and
           many
           instruments
           of
           death
           prepared
           against
           me
           ,
           yet
           would
           
             I
          
           wilfully
           run
           on
           my
           ways
           to
           curse
           the
           good
           and
           elect
           People
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           oppose
           the
           true
           ,
           ancient
           and
           Apostolike
           Church
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           True
           it
           is
           I
           have
           heard
           much
           good
           doctrin
           preached
           ,
           repre●enting
           unto
           me
           these
           dangers
           which
           my
           soule
           was
           in
           ;
           I
           have
           heard
           that
           if
           wilfully
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           died
           in
           that
           wretched
           estate
           ,
           my
           soule
           would
           have
           been
           plunged
           into
           the
           deepest
           and
           bottomlesse
           pits
           of
           Hell
           ;
           I
           have
           heard
           much
           pre●ching
           of
           the
           me
           cies
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           of
           the
           paines
           of
           Hell
           :
           Yet
           all
           this
           I
           have
           heard
           as
           a
           Play
           and
           sport
           of
           pastime
           ,
           not
           hearing
           it
           with
           my
           soule
           inwardly
           ,
           but
           only
           with
           my
           outward
           eares
           .
           I
           have
           heard
           that
           for
           God
           we
           must
           leave
           all
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           both
           kindred
           ,
           father
           ,
           mother
           ,
           preferments
           and
           wealth
           :
           yet
           I
           would
           not
           heare
           this
           to
           any
           purpose
           :
           I
           was
           loath
           to
           forsake
           all
           my
           kin●ed
           ,
           who
           are
           Papists
           :
           I
           was
           loath
           to
           forsake
           that
           meanes
           which
           I
           have
           had
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           now
           must
           lose
           it
           :
           I
           was
           loath
           to
           see
           my selfe
           in
           want
           and
           poverty
           .
           O
           I
           knew
           ,
           my
           kinred
           and
           best
           friends
           would
           cry
           out
           ,
           shame
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           would
           threaten
           to
           kill
           me
           :
           All
           these
           worldly
           and
           temporall
           respects
           shut
           up
           my
           eares
           and
           made
           me
           deafe
           against
           the
           truth
           ,
           which
           teacheth
           that
           it
           is
           better
           to
           live
           here
           in
           want
           and
           poverty
           ,
           than
           to
           broyle
           for
           ever
           in
           Hell
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           better
           to
           forsake
           here
           and
           abandon
           all
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           Brothers
           ,
           Sisters
           ,
           and
           Kinred
           ,
           than
           to
           go
           with
           them
           to
           everlasting
           paines
           and
           torment
           .
        
         
           Christ
           himselfe
           teacheth
           us
           that
           we
           must
           not
           feare
           them
           that
           can
           hurt
           out
           bodies
           ,
           but
           can
           do
           no
           harme
           at
           all
           unto
           our
           soules
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           must
           feare
           only
           him
           that
           can
           cast
           our
           soules
           into
           the
           fire
           of
           Hell
           .
           This
           it
           is
           ,
           O
           Lord
           !
           which
           now
           maketh
           me
           feare
           ;
           thy
           might
           ,
           thy
           power
           and
           wrath
           I
           feare
           :
           My
           soule
           it
           is
           that
           hencef●rth
           I
           will
           tender
           ;
           for
           this
           Iewell
           I
           for
           sake
           this
           day
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           my
           Soule
           's
           sake
           I
           take
           my
           leave
           this
           day
           of
           all
           my
           kinred
           and
           dearest
           friends
           .
           Awake
           ,
           awake
           my
           soule
           ,
           and
           like
           
             Abraham
          
           leave
           now
           thy
           flesh
           and
           bloud
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayst
           become
           rich
           and
           great
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           thy
           Lord
           .
           Away
           all
           feares
           ,
           away
           all
           humane
           and
           temporall
           respects
           ,
           away
           to
           much
           love
           of
           worldly
           pelse
           .
        
         
           O
           Lord
           I
           for
           thy
           sake
           I
           hate
           and
           leave
           this
           day
           that
           meanes
           ,
           which
           hither
           to
           from
           Papists
           I
           have
           received
           .
        
         
         
           O
           Lord
           !
           I
           know
           they
           threaten
           my
           destruction
           ,
           but
           into
           thy
           hands
           do
           I
           this
           day
           commend
           my
           spirit
           .
           O
           let
           that
           be
           safe
           I
           though
           here
           my
           body
           be
           mangled
           and
           torne
           into
           thousand
           pieces
           ,
           do
           thou
           protect
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           feare
           no
           enemies
           ;
           do
           thou
           continue
           thy
           mercies
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           with
           
             David
          
           will
           sing
           and
           teach
           them
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           I
           have
           disclosed
           unto
           you
           the
           miseries
           of
           a
           wretched
           sinner
           ;
           the
           cruelty
           and
           unsatiable
           tyranny
           of
           Satan
           over
           those
           that
           he
           sifts
           away
           from
           the
           fruitfull
           granes
           of
           Christ's
           Church
           ;
           I
           have
           discovered
           unto
           you
           the
           heavy
           blows
           he
           giveth
           them
           ,
           and
           have
           made
           my self
           a
           President
           of
           so
           miserable
           and
           wretched
           an
           estate
           .
           Now
           give
           eare
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           to
           the
           second
           poi●t
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           where
           Christ
           having
           told
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           how
           Satan
           desired
           to
           have
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           sift
           him
           as
           wheat
           ,
           Christ
           comforted
           him
           presently
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             But
             I
             have
             prayed
             for
             thee
             that
             thy
             faith
             faile
             not
             :
          
        
         
           For
           to
           teach
           us
           ,
           that
           though
           we
           be
           never
           so
           tyrannized
           by
           Satan
           ,
           never
           so
           abused
           and
           beaten
           ,
           never
           so
           dumb
           ,
           so
           blind
           and
           so
           deafe
           ;
           Yet
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           are
           able
           to
           relieve
           us
           :
           And
           God
           himselfe
           would
           not
           be
           mercifull
           and
           omnipotent
           ,
           if
           any
           miseries
           of
           ours
           ,
           (
           how
           great
           soever
           )
           should
           prevaile
           or
           exceed
           the
           power
           of
           his
           mercies
           :
           Nay
           when
           by
           sin
           we
           are
           most
           wretched
           and
           most
           forlorn
           ,
           then
           doth
           God
           shew
           most
           the
           power
           of
           his
           sweet
           and
           comfortable
           mercies
           ,
           and
           forgetteth
           not
           40
           only
           ,
           but
           a
           1000
           yeares
           ill
           spent
           in
           sin
           and
           iniquity
           ,
           as
           
             David
          
           teacheth
           us
           ,
           
             Psalm
             .
          
           90.
           3
           ,
           4.
           saying
           ,
           
             Thou
             turnest
             man
             to
             destruction
             ,
             Again
             thou
             sayest
             ,
             Come
             again
             ye
             child
             en
             of
             men
             ,
             for
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             in
             thy
             sight
             are
             but
             as
             yesterday
             .
          
           Behold
           ,
           though
           a
           man
           be
           turned
           to
           destruction
           ,
           though
           a
           soule
           be
           quite
           lost
           ,
           utterly
           defaced
           and
           spoyled
           :
           Yet
           
             Come
             again
             ye
             children
             of
             men
             ,
          
           Let
           but
           these
           destroyed
           and
           forlorne
           soul●s
           turne
           again
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           years
           ill
           spent
           in
           sinnes
           and
           iniquities
           shall
           bee
           pardoned
           so
           easily
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           seeme
           but
           as
           one
           day
           ill
           spent
           ;
           for
           God
           is
           mercifull
           and
           will
           make
           the
           least
           that
           may
           bee
           made
           of
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           if
           from
           our
           hearts
           wee
           turn
           unto
           him
           .
           Nay
           when
           most
           we
           offend
           him
           ,
           then
           chiefly
           doth
           he
           strive
           with
           his
           mercies
           to
           allure
           us
           unto
           him
           .
           By
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           his
           mercies
           he
           striveth
           to
           shew
           himselfe
           our
           God
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           observed
           in
           that
           answer
           which
           he
           sent
           unto
           
             John
          
           in
           the
           11
           of
           
             Mat.
          
           where
           
             John
          
           sent
           two
           of
           his
           Disciples
           to
           know
           of
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           the
           
             Messias
          
           and
           Saviour
           of
           the
           world
           whom
           they
           expected
           ;
           To
           which
           message
           our
           Saviour
           made
           no
           other
           answer
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           the
           5
           verse
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             The
             blind
             receive
             
             
             
             their
             sight
             ,
             and
             the
             lame
             walke
             ,
             the
             lepers
             are
             cleansed
             ,
             and
             the
             deaf
             heare
             ,
             the
             dead
             are
             raised
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             poore
             have
             the
             Gospel
             preached
             unto
             them
             .
          
           The
           only
           way
           to
           know
           that
           Christ
           is
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           is
           by
           seeing
           his
           works
           of
           mercy
           ,
           either
           Spirituall
           or
           Corporall
           ;
           for
           by
           the
           blind
           which
           he
           corporally
           and
           spiritually
           cureth
           ,
           by
           the
           leprous
           soules
           and
           bodies
           which
           he
           cleanseth
           ,
           by
           the
           deaf
           to
           whom
           he
           restoreth
           corporall
           and
           spirituall
           hearing
           ,
           by
           the
           dead
           in
           soule
           and
           body
           whom
           he
           raiseth
           up
           ;
           he
           is
           sufficiently
           known
           to
           be
           a
           true
           
             Messias
             ,
          
           a
           true
           Saviour
           ,
           a
           most
           loving
           and
           mercifull
           Father
           .
           And
           much
           more
           by
           using
           these
           mercies
           ,
           when
           least
           we
           deserve
           them
           ,
           when
           furthest
           we
           are
           from
           him
           ,
           when
           most
           grievously
           we
           offend
           him
           ;
           for
           then
           it
           is
           that
           he
           striveth
           with
           the
           power
           of
           his
           mercy
           ,
           to
           prevaile
           against
           the
           power
           of
           Satan
           .
           In
           the
           12
           
             Chap.
          
           of
           
             Matth.
          
           14.
           &
           15
           
             verses
             ,
          
           this
           may
           casily
           be
           observed
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Then
             the
             Pharisees
             went
             out
             ,
             and
             held
             a
             Councell
             against
             him
             ,
             how
             they
             might
             destroy
             him
             .
          
           Behold
           here
           wretched
           sinners
           ,
           the
           instruments
           of
           the
           Devill
           ,
           united
           and
           confederate
           against
           our
           Saviour
           .
           What
           doth
           he
           unto
           them
           ?
           Doth
           he
           destroy
           them
           ?
           Doth
           he
           poure
           down
           fiery
           darts
           upon
           them
           ?
           No
           .
           What
           then
           doth
           he
           ?
           Read
           forward
           the
           15.
           
             verse
             ,
          
           and
           ye
           shall
           see
           what
           he
           doth
           ,
           
             And
             when
             Jesus
             knew
             it
             he
             withdrew
             himselfe
             from
             thence
             ,
             and
             great
             multitudes
             ,
             followed
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             healed
             them
             all
             .
          
           When
           most
           they
           strive
           against
           him
           to
           offend
           him
           ,
           then
           both
           he
           cure
           and
           heale
           their
           infirmities
           ;
           for
           to
           reach
           us
           that
           he
           is
           so
           mercifull
           a
           Father
           ,
           that
           he
           holdeth
           it
           a
           disparagement
           to
           his
           great
           goodnesse
           ,
           that
           our
           wickednesse
           should
           be
           greater
           than
           his
           mercies
           ,
           that
           when
           most
           we
           offend
           him
           ,
           than
           doth
           he
           most
           mercifully
           cure
           and
           heale
           the
           lepers
           and
           diseases
           of
           our
           afflicted
           soules
           .
           So
           in
           the
           32
           of
           
             Exodus
             ,
          
           you
           shall
           find
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           striving
           with
           the
           wickednesse
           of
           men
           ;
           for
           whilest
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           withdraw
           themselves
           from
           God
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           mountain
           ,
           worshiping
           a
           golden
           Calf●…
           God
           on
           the
           top
           of
           the
           mountaine
           is
           ordering
           a
           Law
           for
           them
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           righteousnesse
           and
           to
           the
           port
           of
           true
           Salvation
           .
           In
           the
           9
           
             Chap.
          
           of
           the
           
             Acts
          
           there
           also
           ye
           shall
           find
           a
           strong
           encounter
           between
           the
           malice
           of
           a
           wicked
           finner
           and
           the
           kindne●…e
           and
           mercy
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           whilest
           
             Saul
          
           breathing
           out
           threatnings
           and
           slaughter
           against
           the
           Disciples
           of
           the
           Lord
           goeth
           to
           the
           high
           Priest
           and
           desireth
           of
           him
           letters
           to
           
             Damascus
          
           to
           the
           Synagogues
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           sound
           any
           followers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           men
           or
           women
           ,
           he
           might
           bring
           them
           bound
           unto
           
             Jerusalem
             .
          
           Then
           at
           that
           very
           time
           strives
           God
           with
           his
           mercies
           for
           the
           upper
           hand
           ,
           as
           you
           
           may
           read
           in
           the
           3
           verse
           ,
           
             And
             suddainely
             there
             shined
             round
             about
             him
             a
             light
             from
             heaven
             .
          
           And
           Gods
           mercies
           prevailing
           against
           
             Sauls
          
           stubbornes
           from
           a
           wicked
           sinner
           ,
           from
           a
           wicked
           Persecutor
           he
           was
           made
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           and
           a
           chosen
           vessell
           to
           beare
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           before
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           the
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           .
           O
           how
           doth
           the
           Prophet
           
             Hosea
          
           in
           the
           2
           
             Chap.
          
           of
           his
           Prophecies
           in
           the
           13
           and
           14
           
             ver.
          
           teach
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           doctrin
           !
           saying
           ,
           
             And
             I
             will
             visite
             upon
             her
             the
             dayes
             of
             Baal●m
             ,
             wherein
             she
             burnt
             incense
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             she
             decked
             her self
             with
             her
             carrings
             and
             her
             jewels
             ,
             and
             she
             went
             after
             her
             lovers
             ,
             and
             forgate
             me
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           Behold
           here
           a
           Harlot
           ,
           a
           soule
           most
           abommable
           ,
           given
           to
           idolatry
           ,
           burning
           incense
           before
           her
           Idols
           ,
           following
           her
           pleasures
           ,
           the
           vanities
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           decking
           and
           trimming
           up
           her selfe
           to
           entice
           and
           allure
           her
           gallants
           ,
           following
           her
           gallants
           and
           lovers
           ,
           and
           quite
           forgetting
           her
           Lord
           and
           God
           .
           But
           what
           will
           God
           do
           now
           with
           this
           lewd
           harlot
           ,
           with
           this
           abominable
           soule
           ?
           Will
           he
           d●stroy
           her
           ?
           Will
           he
           shew
           the
           strength
           and
           power
           of
           his
           justice
           against
           her
           ?
           O
           no!
           Heare
           what
           followeth
           in
           the
           14
           verse
           ,
           
             Therfore
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             I
             will
             allure
             ●●r
             ,
             and
             bring
             her
             into
             the
             wildernesse
             and
             speak
             comfortably
             unto
             her
             .
          
           She
           shall
           not
           thinke
           that
           her
           wickednesse
           can
           be
           greater
           than
           my
           mercies
           :
           When
           she
           most
           flies
           from
           me
           ,
           then
           will
           I
           most
           allure
           her
           .
           Behold
           here
           ,
           dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           the
           good
           nature
           of
           our
           good
           God
           ,
           who
           like
           unto
           a
           su●er
           and
           wooer
           ,
           when
           his
           mistris
           most
           disdaineth
           him
           ,
           wooeth
           her
           more
           ,
           allureth
           her
           with
           faire
           and
           courteous
           promises
           .
           Even
           so
           doth
           God
           with
           a
           Soule
           ,
           when
           we
           follow
           most
           the
           vices
           of
           our
           heart
           ,
           the
           vanities
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           seeking
           to
           please
           our
           senses
           and
           bellies
           ,
           more
           than
           the
           Lord
           ,
           disdaining
           and
           contemning
           our
           God
           and
           Maker
           ;
           then
           doth
           he
           wooe
           our
           Soules
           ,
           then
           doth
           he
           allure
           them
           ,
           then
           doth
           he
           bring
           them
           into
           the
           wildernesse
           from
           all
           occasions
           of
           pride
           ,
           of
           selfe-love
           ,
           of
           vanities
           and
           pstimes
           :
           There
           when
           he
           hath
           got
           them
           from
           the
           worldly
           pleasures
           ,
           doth
           he
           speak
           comfortably
           unto
           them
           .
           O
           Soule
           !
           saith
           he
           ,
           why
           dost
           thou
           follow
           any
           lovers
           but
           me
           ?
           there
           is
           none
           loveth
           thee
           better
           than
           my selfe
           :
           I
           have
           bestowed
           more
           upon
           thee
           than
           any
           adulterous
           lover
           of
           thine
           .
           The
           beauty
           of
           thy
           face
           which
           thou
           so
           much
           esteemest
           ,
           is
           my
           guift
           .
           The
           dainties
           of
           fowle
           and
           fish
           ,
           which
           so
           voluptuously
           thou
           bestowest
           upon
           thy
           belly
           ,
           I
           first
           bestowed
           them
           upon
           thee
           .
           The
           riches
           of
           pearles
           ,
           rubies
           ,
           rings
           and
           diamonds
           ,
           wherewith
           thou
           shewest
           thy selfe
           so
           faire
           an
           object
           to
           thy
           lovers
           eye
           ,
           are
           all
           my
           gifts
           .
           The
           flowers
           of
           all
           sorts
           and
           best
           persumes
           ,
           wherewith
           thou
           delightest
           so
           much
           thy
           senses
           ,
           I
           gave
           them
           to
           thee
           .
           Why
           then
           deare
           Soule
           ,
           dost
           
           thou
           turne
           from
           me
           ?
           Why
           dost
           thou
           shun
           me
           for
           other
           lovers
           ?
           They
           carry
           thee
           to
           perdition
           ,
           but
           I
           to
           blisse
           and
           happinesse
           ;
           They
           seek
           thy
           paines
           and
           torment
           ,
           I
           thy
           rest
           and
           glory
           :
           They
           fall
           away
           like
           a
           flower
           which
           to
           day
           is
           ,
           and
           to
           morrow
           will
           not
           be
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           remaine
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           O
           dearly
           Beloved
           ,
           doth
           God
           speake
           comfortably
           to
           a
           Soulel
           thus
           doth
           he
           allure
           her
           ,
           thus
           doth
           he
           woo
           and
           entice
           her
           ,
           thus
           doth
           he
           ,
           when
           furthest
           she
           flys
           from
           him
           ,
           discover
           the
           riches
           of
           his
           mercies
           to
           her
           .
           An
           ancient
           Doctor
           called
           
             John
             Raulinus
             Cluniacexsis
          
           saith
           ,
           what
           by
           experience
           we
           daily
           know
           ,
           
             Quanto
             magis
             srigus
             viget
             ,
             tanto
             magis
             videtur
             Coelum
             stellatum
             ,
             The
             greater
             the
             frost
             and
             cold
             is
             ,
             the
             m●re
             bright
             do
             the
             star's
             appeare
             and
             shew
             themselves
             in
             the
             darkenesse
             of
             the
             night
             .
             Lauretus
             ,
          
           who
           borrowed
           his
           doctrine
           out
           of
           
             Thomas
             Aquinas
          
           and
           
             Austin
             ,
          
           saith
           also
           of
           the
           stars
           in
           a
           morall
           explication
           ,
           
             Stellae
             productae
             in
             Coelo
             designare
             possunt
             dona
             Spiritus
             Sanctir
             ,
             That
             they
             may
             be
             a
             symbole
             or
             figure
             of
             the
             favours
             and
             guifts
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           What
           then
           meaneth
           it
           that
           these
           stars
           which
           are
           symbols
           of
           Gods
           favours
           ,
           shine
           brightest
           ,
           when
           the
           frost
           and
           cold
           is
           greatest
           ?
           O
           it
           signifieth
           ,
           that
           when
           a
           heart
           is
           most
           cold
           and
           frozen
           ,
           most
           voyd
           of
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           love
           of
           God
           then
           doth
           the
           Lord
           strive
           to
           shine
           brightest
           into
           that
           heart
           ,
           than
           doth
           he
           most
           discover
           the
           glittering
           spangles
           of
           his
           mercy
           ,
           than
           doth
           he
           manifest
           the
           glorious
           stars
           of
           his
           Heavenly
           comforts
           ;
           for
           to
           teach
           us
           that
           none
           shall
           despaire
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           deeply
           plunged
           into
           sin
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           cruelly
           tyrannized
           by
           the
           Devill
           :
           for
           God
           with
           his
           mercies
           can
           and
           often
           hath
           changed
           a
           wicked
           sinner
           to
           a
           holy
           life
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           persecut●r
           and
           e●emy
           hath
           made
           a
           holy
           Apostle
           .
           I
           cannot
           here
           passe
           over
           with
           silence
           a
           witty
           observation
           of
           
             Chrysostome
          
           upon
           those
           words
           ,
           which
           the
           Angell
           of
           the
           Lord
           spoke
           to
           
             Joseph
             ,
             Mat.
          
           2.
           13.
           saying
           ,
           
             Arise
             and
             take
             the
             young
             childe
             and
             his
             mother
             ,
             and
             fly
             into
             Aegypt
             ,
             and
             be
             thou
             there
             ,
             untill
             I
             bring
             thee
             word
             ;
             for
             Herod
             will
             secke
             the
             young
             Childs
             to
             destroy
             him
             .
          
           Vpon
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Chrysostome
          
           groundeth
           great
           admirations
           ,
           wondring
           that
           God
           would
           send
           his
           only
           begotten
           Son
           into
           Aegypt
           ,
           a
           Countrey
           that
           above
           all
           Countreys
           misused
           and
           kept
           under
           hard
           slavery
           Gods
           own
           chosen
           people
           ,
           not
           suffering
           them
           to
           go
           out
           ,
           till
           God
           hardned
           
             Pharaoh's
          
           heart
           ,
           and
           
             Moses
          
           after
           many
           wonders
           shewed
           with
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           tooke
           them
           out
           of
           bondage
           .
           Now
           then
           if
           this
           Countrey
           was
           first
           so
           rebellious
           against
           God
           himself
           and
           his
           Commands
           ,
           how
           commeth
           it
           to
           passe
           ,
           saith
           
             Chrysostome
             ,
          
           that
           God
           
           will
           trust
           his
           Deare
           and
           only
           Son
           Jesus
           Christ
           with
           so
           perfidious
           and
           disobedient
           a
           Nation
           ?
           Could
           not
           there
           be
           Order
           given
           ,
           that
           Christ
           might
           bee
           kept
           from
           the
           fury
           of
           
             Herod
          
           in
           any
           other
           Countrey
           and
           not
           in
           
             Aegypt
             ,
          
           so
           stubborne
           an
           enemy
           to
           God
           and
           his
           Elect
           People
           ?
           
             Chrysostome
          
           answereth
           ,
           
             O
             commutatio
             dextrae
             excelsi
             ,
             ut
             popului
             qui
             a
             tefuerat
             persecutor
             populi
             primogeniti
             ,
             postea
             sieret
             custos
             unigeniti●
          
           O
           wonderfull
           change
           and
           alteration
           of
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           saith
           
             Chrysostome
             ,
          
           that
           that
           people
           which
           before
           had
           been
           a
           persecutor
           and
           enemy
           of
           the
           first
           chosen
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           now
           should
           be
           trusted
           with
           Gods
           only
           Son
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           made
           keeper
           of
           him
           to
           desend
           him
           and
           protect
           him
           from
           the
           wicked
           plots
           of
           
             Herod
             !
          
           What
           is
           this
           ?
           But
           to
           magnifie
           and
           set
           out
           the
           great
           mercies
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           so
           strangely
           worketh
           alterations
           in
           Nations
           and
           in
           particular
           soules
           ,
           making
           those
           his
           dearest
           friends
           ,
           which
           were
           his
           greatest
           enemies
           and
           persecutors
           .
           This
           is
           the
           power
           of
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           can
           prevaile
           against
           all
           the
           strength
           of
           Satan
           ,
           who
           can
           deliver
           a
           soule
           possessed
           by
           the
           Devill
           and
           bring
           it
           to
           a
           state
           more
           happy
           than
           ever
           miserable
           it
           was
           in
           Satans
           power
           .
           This
           the
           Prophet
           
             Micah
          
           prophecied
           in
           the
           4
           
             Chap.
          
           of
           his
           Prophecies
           ,
           and
           10
           
             ver.
          
           saying
           ,
           
             Be
             in
             pain
             and
             labour
             to
             bring
             forth
             ,
             O
             daughter
             of
             Sion
             !
             like
             a
             woman
             in
             travell
             ;
             for
             vow
             shalt
             thou
             go
             forth
             out
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             dwell
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             &
             th●u
             shalt
             go
             even
             to
             Babylon
             ;
             there
             shalt
             thou
             bee
             delivered
             ,
             there
             the
             Lord
             shall
             redeeme
             thee
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             thine
             enemies
             .
          
           What
           greater
           confusion
           was
           there
           ever
           than
           in
           
             Babylon
             ?
          
           What
           greater
           blindnesse
           than
           there
           ?
           What
           greater
           or
           crueller
           slavery
           than
           there
           ?
           Yet
           saith
           
             Micah
             ,
             there
             shalt
             thou
             bee
             delivered
             ,
             there
             the
             Lord
             shall
             redeeme
             〈◊〉
             from
             thine
             enemies
             ;
          
           for
           to
           teach
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           sinner
           so
           deeply
           drowned
           into
           the
           depth
           of
           sin
           ,
           so
           bitterly
           beaten
           by
           Satan
           ,
           so
           hardly
           captivated
           and
           bound
           with
           the
           bonds
           and
           fetters
           of
           his
           iniquities
           ,
           but
           yet
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           able
           to
           take
           him
           out
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           O
           dearely
           beloved
           !
           make
           use
           of
           this
           doctrin
           &
           never
           despaire
           of
           Gods
           savours
           ,
           though
           (
           as
           Christ
           said
           in
           my
           text
           to
           
             Peter
          
           )
           Satan
           sift
           you
           as
           wheat
           ,
           separating
           you
           from
           the
           white
           flower
           of
           the
           elect
           and
           chosen
           p●ople
           ;
           though
           he
           separate
           you
           like
           chaffe
           from
           the
           corne
           ,
           from
           the
           sin●…full
           granes
           and
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           beating
           you
           as
           Corne
           is
           beaten
           with
           the
           flaile
           ,
           by
           striking
           out
           your
           eyes
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           not
           see
           ,
           by
           making
           you
           dumb
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           not
           speake
           nor
           cry
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ;
           by
           making
           you
           deaf
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           not
           heare
           any
           goodnesse
           :
           yet
           despaire
           not
           of
           his
           mercies
           ,
           for
           out
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           the
           
           place
           of
           greatest
           confusion
           ,
           there
           shalt
           thou
           be
           delivered
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           .
           Let
           my
           Conversion
           be
           a
           President
           to
           you
           of
           this
           truth
           ,
           and
           strengthen
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           not
           despaire
           of
           Gods
           mercies
           .
           For
           if
           I
           who
           have
           sucked
           my
           first
           milk
           of
           the
           
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
             ,
          
           of
           the
           most
           erroneous
           
             Popish
          
           doctrin
           ,
           who
           have
           worshiped
           creatures
           and
           Saints
           instead
           of
           my
           Creator
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           disloyall
           and
           treacherous
           to
           my
           King
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           who
           have
           beleeved
           a
           damnable
           doctrine
           of
           
             Purgatory
             ,
          
           derogating
           thereby
           from
           the
           infinite
           merits
           of
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           Christs
           Passion
           ,
           who
           have
           superstitiously
           offered
           up
           a
           sacrifice
           of
           the
           Masse
           for
           the
           quick
           &
           dead
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Sacrifice
           which
           Christ
           himselfe
           offered
           of
           his
           own
           body
           upon
           the
           Crosse
           were
           not
           a
           sufficient
           Sacrifice
           for
           a
           whole
           world
           ,
           yea
           and
           many
           more
           worlds
           :
           if
           I
           who
           erroneously
           have
           beleeved
           that
           by
           my
           own
           works
           I
           might
           merit
           
             de
             condigno
             ,
          
           the
           glory
           of
           heaven
           ,
           as
           if
           any
           human
           or
           naturall
           works
           may
           work
           a
           thing
           supernaturall
           and
           merit
           a
           glory
           ,
           which
           required
           the
           meanes
           and
           satisfaction
           of
           Christ
           ,
           not
           as
           man
           only
           ,
           but
           as
           God
           and
           man
           .
           If
           I
           who
           have
           been
           almost
           40
           years
           thus
           blinded
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           many
           years
           persecuted
           the
           chosen
           ,
           elect
           and
           Protestant
           people
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           many
           years
           been
           frozen
           and
           void
           of
           all
           heat
           of
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           many
           years
           been
           in
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           in
           confusion
           ,
           and
           slavery
           ;
           there
           have
           been
           delivered
           ,
           there
           have
           found
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           ,
           like
           stars
           in
           a
           winter
           night
           shining
           most
           confortably
           into
           my
           cold
           and
           frozen
           soule
           !
           O
           let
           none
           despaire
           of
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           willingly
           fall
           into
           sin
           by
           my
           example
           ,
           least
           their
           comming
           out
           of
           
             Babylon
          
           be
           as
           hard
           to
           them
           as
           my
           conversion
           hath
           been
           to
           me
           ;
           But
           how
           great
           soever
           your
           miseries
           be
           ,
           trust
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           prayed
           for
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           that
           his
           Faith
           might
           not
           faile
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           pleaded
           for
           me
           before
           his
           ●…ernall
           Father
           :
           So
           he
           may
           also
           be
           an
           Advocate
           and
           only
           Mediator
           between
           God
           and
           you
           ,
           when
           deepest
           you
           are
           in
           sin
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           mans
           judgement
           ,
           hardest
           to
           be
           brought
           out
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           Point
           which
           is
           plainly
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           my
           text
           ,
           is
           a
           precept
           and
           cōmand
           of
           our
           Saviour
           to
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           contained
           in
           those
           words
           ;
           
             And
             when
             thou
             art
             converted
             ,
             strengthen
             thy
             Brethren
             .
          
        
         
           This
           
             Peter
          
           did
           ,
           and
           this
           all
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           do
           ,
           who
           are
           truly
           converted
           from
           sin
           and
           from
           a
           wicked
           estate
           to
           the
           true
           knowledge
           of
           Gods
           Laws
           .
           True
           it
           is
           
             Peter
          
           did
           fall
           ,
           and
           did
           most
           cowardly
           thrice
           deny
           his
           Master
           :
           But
           after
           our
           Saviour
           looked
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           with
           one
           look
           turned
           his
           heart
           ,
           then
           
             Peter
          
           went
           out
           and
           wept
           bitterly
           .
           
           And
           he
           did
           not
           only
           weep
           and
           repent
           within
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           most
           zealously
           endeavoured
           to
           strengthen
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           observe
           
             Acts
          
           2.
           when
           having
           received
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           himselfe
           ,
           he
           preached
           couragiously
           unto
           the
           
             Jews
          
           to
           convert
           them
           and
           strengthen
           them
           in
           the
           true
           Faith
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           read
           from
           the
           14●
           .
           to
           the
           38
           
             verse
             ,
          
           and
           forward
           ,
           where
           publickly
           he
           said
           unto
           them
           ,
           
             Repent
             and
             be
             baptized
             every
             one
             of
             you
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             for
             the
             remission
             of
             sins
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             receive
             the
             gift
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           O
           he
           was
           a
           true
           converted
           man
           ,
           and
           thought
           he
           must
           not
           be
           contented
           to
           be
           himselfe
           converted
           only
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           was
           bound
           to
           convert
           and
           strengthen
           others
           .
           So
           did
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           who
           had
           been
           so
           great
           a
           Persecutor
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           truely
           converted
           ,
           presently
           he
           strived
           to
           do
           good
           to
           others
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           read
           
             Acts
             9.
             19
             ,
             20.
             verses
             ,
             And
             when
             he
             had
             received
             meat
             ,
             he
             was
             strengthned
             .
             Then
             was
             Saul
             certaine
             dayes
             with
             the
             Disciples
             ,
             that
             were
             at
             Damascus
             ;
             And
             strait
             way
             he
             preached
             Christ
             in
             the
             Synagogue
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             .
          
           And
           further
           in
           the
           22
           
             ver.
             But
             Saul
             increased
             the
             more
             in
             strength
             ,
             and
             confounded
             the
             Jews
             that
             dwelt
             at
             Damascus
             ,
             prouing
             that
             this
             is
             very
             Christ
             .
          
           Behold
           how
           this
           converted
           Apostle
           is
           not
           satisfied
           with
           his
           own
           conversion
           ,
           but
           presently
           burneth
           with
           an
           inward
           zeale
           of
           communicating
           unto
           others
           that
           good
           which
           he
           had
           received
           from
           God
           by
           his
           Conversion
           .
           Your
           Divines
           say
           ,
           that
           
             Bonum
             est
             diffusivum
             sui
             ,
          
           that
           which
           is
           truly
           good
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           is
           with
           a
           natu●all
           inclination
           to
           impart
           it selfe
           ,
           yea
           prodigally
           to
           pou●e
           it self
           out
           to
           others
           .
           This
           doctrin
           also
           
             David
          
           teacheth
           us
           in
           his
           51
           
             Psal.
          
           where
           he
           repenteth
           himself
           for
           the
           Adultery
           which
           he
           had
           committed
           ,
           and
           having
           begged
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           create
           in
           him
           a
           clean
           heart
           and
           renew
           a
           right
           spirit
           within
           him
           ,
           
             Then
          
           saith
           he
           in
           the
           13
           
             verse
             ,
             will
             I
             teach
             transgressors
             thy
             ways
             ,
             and
             sinners
             shall
             be
             converted
             unto
             thee
             .
          
           Lo
           how
           
             David
          
           doth
           not
           only
           repent
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           manifest
           his
           conversion
           by
           words
           of
           sorrow
           and
           bitter
           compunction
           ,
           but
           promiseth
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           strengthen
           others
           ,
           by
           teaching
           them
           the
           ways
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           also
           they
           may
           come
           to
           be
           converted
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           Chapter
           of
           the
           
             Canticles
          
           ver.
           4.
           
           You
           shall
           find
           a
           few
           words
           easy
           in
           this
           sense
           ,
           but
           hard
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           any
           other
           ,
           where
           the
           Spouse
           speaking
           to
           her
           Beloved
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             Draw
             me
             ,
             we
             will
             run
             after
             thee
             ;
             The
             King
             hath
             brought
             me
             into
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             we
             will
             be
             glad
             and
             rejoyce
             in
             thee
             ;
             we
             will
             remember
             thy
             love
             .
          
           Me
           thinkes
           ,
           the
           Spouse
           should
           have
           said
           ,
           
             draw
             me
             ,
          
           I
           will
           run
           after
           thee
           ,
           
             The
             King
             hath
             brought
             me
             into
             his
             chamber
             .
          
           I
           will
           be
           glad
           ,
           I
           will
           remember
           thy
           love
           .
           
           If
           one
           be
           drawn
           ,
           why
           do
           many
           in
           the
           plurall
           number
           run
           ?
           If
           one
           be
           brought
           into
           the
           Kings
           chamber
           ,
           Why
           be
           many
           glad
           and
           rejoyce
           ?
        
         
           O
           dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           teach
           us
           how
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           have
           our selves
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           truly
           converted
           .
           The
           Spouso
           signifieth
           a
           soule
           wedded
           by
           Faith
           to
           God
           the
           true
           and
           heavenly
           Bridgroome
           ;
           The
           Chamber
           whereinto
           this
           foule
           is
           brought
           ,
           is
           the
           true
           Church
           .
           Therfore
           if
           one
           Soule
           be
           drawn
           by
           God
           ,
           many
           must
           run
           after
           this
           one
           ,
           if
           one
           Soule
           be
           brought
           into
           the
           true
           ,
           Ancient
           and
           Apostolike
           Church
           ,
           many
           must
           be
           glad
           and
           rejoyce
           .
           Why
           ?
           B●cause
           we
           must
           not
           be
           contented
           to
           be
           drawn
           alone
           from
           our
           iniquities
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           be
           contented
           to
           be
           brought
           alone
           into
           the
           Church
           ;
           we
           must
           also
           draw
           others
           ,
           we
           must
           make
           others
           also
           rejoyce
           by
           strengthning
           them
           ,
           by
           teaching
           them
           ,
           by
           converting
           them
           by
           our
           words
           ,
           works
           and
           good
           example
           .
           This
           is
           the
           command
           and
           precept
           of
           our
           Saviour
           to
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           in
           the
           words
           of
           my
           text
           ,
           
             And
             when
             thou
             art
             converted
             ,
             strengthen
             thy
             Brethren
             .
          
        
         
           This
           cōmand
           of
           Christ
           ,
           I
           that
           am
           this
           day
           converted
           &
           brought
           into
           the
           Heavenly
           Bridgrooms
           chamber
           ,
           into
           his
           true
           Church
           ,
           must
           also
           obey
           .
           O
           I
           must
           not
           be
           contented
           to
           be
           drawn
           alone
           ,
           I
           must
           be
           the
           cause
           that
           many
           may
           run
           after
           me
           .
           This
           ,
           dearely
           Beloved
           ,
           I
           have
           begun
           to
           performe
           already
           ,
           having
           brought
           one
           from
           the
           snares
           of
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           &
           strengthned
           one
           soule
           in
           the
           true
           
             Protestant
          
           &
           Apostolik
           Religiō
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           This
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           both
           by
           preaching
           ,
           writing
           and
           printing
           ,
           I
           will
           endeavour
           all
           my
           life
           to
           performe
           by
           discovering
           and
           laying
           open
           to
           the
           world
           those
           Rocks
           and
           quicke
           sands
           of
           
             Popish
          
           doctrin
           ,
           whereupon
           so
           many
           soules
           do
           run
           and
           are
           dayly
           cast
           away
           by
           the
           ignorance
           of
           foolish
           and
           unskilfull
           Pilots
           O
           dearely
           beloved
           !
           never
           were
           you
           in
           greater
           danger
           than
           at
           these
           times
           ;
           for
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           you
           see
           how
           the
           
             Papists
          
           threaten
           us
           with
           their
           erroneous
           doctrines
           ;
           here
           at
           home
           they
           secretly
           plot
           to
           bring
           in
           their
           superstitions
           ;
           therefore
           let
           me
           warne
           you
           this
           day
           to
           hoyse
           up
           your
           sailes
           and
           top
           masts
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           gale
           of
           that
           heavenly
           Spirit
           ,
           of
           that
           Divine
           blast
           save
           your
           soules
           from
           being
           splinted
           upon
           these
           Rocks
           of
           
             Popish
          
           superstition
           from
           being
           swallowed
           up
           with
           the
           quick
           sands
           of
           Antichristian
           doctrin
           .
           O
           beloved
           abhor
           all
           your
           lives
           the
           chief
           and
           principall
           point
           of
           all
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           which
           is
           that
           false
           authority
           that
           Supremacy
           which
           the
           
             Papists
          
           give
           to
           the
           
             Pope
          
           above
           all
           the
           Church
           ,
           O
           never
           admit
           this
           erroneous
           doctrin
           ,
           nor
           ever
           thinke
           that
           Christ
           left
           
             Peter
          
           or
           any
           other
           to
           be
           Supream
           head
           ,
           and
           only
           head
           over
           
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           this
           authority
           was
           given
           equally
           to
           all
           the
           Apostles
           as
           ye
           may
           gather
           out
           of
           
             Matth.
          
           28.
           &
           3
           last
           
             ver.
          
           where
           our
           Saviour
           equally
           and
           with
           equall
           authority
           sent
           all
           his
           Apostles
           to
           preach
           and
           teach
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Go
             ye
             therefore
             and
             teach
             all
             Nations
             .
          
           And
           further
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             And
             loe
             I
             am
             with
             you
             alway
             ,
             even
             unto
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           Behold
           how
           Christ
           sendeth
           not
           only
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           but
           all
           his
           Apostles
           to
           preach
           and
           teach
           :
           And
           saith
           he
           will
           bee
           not
           only
           with
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           but
           with
           all
           his
           Apostles
           inspiring
           spiritually
           and
           instructing
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           not
           
             Peter
          
           alone
           ,
           to
           rule
           and
           governe
           &
           feed
           with
           spirituall
           food
           his
           flock
           .
           If
           this
           be
           so
           ,
           dearly
           Beloved
           ,
           never
           beleeve
           that
           the
           authority
           which
           the
           
             Pope
          
           challengeth
           to
           himself
           over
           all
           the
           Church
           is
           due
           unto
           him
           ,
           who
           usurpeth
           his
           authority
           &
           seeketh
           by
           it
           to
           encroach
           upon
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           Crowns
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           in
           some
           other
           occasion
           more
           largely
           declare
           .
           Fly
           therefore
           deare
           soules
           from
           this
           chief
           and
           most
           dangerous
           Rock
           of
           all
           
             Popery
             ;
          
           and
           having
           once
           discovered
           the
           dangers
           of
           this
           false
           doctrin
           ,
           abhor
           then
           all
           other
           erroneous
           doctrins
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           which
           come
           from
           him
           that
           usurpeth
           Christs
           own
           power
           ,
           and
           challengeth
           it
           to
           himselfe
           alone
           .
           O
           let
           my
           conversion
           be
           your
           strength
           and
           comfort
           !
           O
           beleeve
           an
           experienced
           and
           skilfull
           Pilot
           ,
           who
           hath
           travailed
           almost
           over
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           hath
           by
           experience
           of
           almost
           40
           yeares
           discovered
           all
           those
           rocks
           and
           quick
           sands
           of
           
             Popish
          
           errors
           of
           Antichristian
           doctrines
           and
           superstitions
           ,
           which
           threaten
           the
           losse
           and
           utter
           overthrow
           of
           your
           soules
           .
           O
           that
           this
           day
           I
           may
           performe
           what
           Iesus
           said
           to
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           
             And
             when
             thou
             art
             converted
             ,
             strengthen
             thy
             Brethren
             .
          
        
         
           O
           let
           my
           example
           ,
           dearely
           Beloued
           ,
           strengthen
           you
           all
           in
           the
           true
           
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
          
           that
           so
           I
           may
           say
           with
           the
           spouse
           ,
           
             draw
             me
             and
             we
             will
             run
             ,
          
           that
           I
           being
           drawn
           this
           day
           unto
           the
           true
           Faith
           ,
           yee
           may
           all
           run
           more
           hastily
           and
           speedily
           to
           the
           same
           ;
           that
           I
           being
           brought
           this
           day
           into
           the
           Kings
           chamber
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           into
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           ye
           may
           all
           be
           glad
           and
           rejoyce
           ,
           finding
           in
           your
           soules
           a
           new
           &
           greater
           strength
           to
           continue
           and
           dye
           in
           this
           ancient
           and
           Apostolike
           Church
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           all
           meet
           and
           rejoyce
           together
           after
           this
           life
           in
           another
           chamber
           of
           our
           Heavenly
           Bridegroome
           ,
           in
           the
           triumphant
           Church
           of
           Heaven
           .
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .