Elias redivivus: a sermon preached before the honorable House of Commons, in the parish of Saint Margarets West minster, at the publike fast, March 29, 1643. By John Lightfoote, preacher of the Gospel at Bartholomew Exchange, London.
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             Elias redivivus: a sermon preached before the honorable House of Commons, in the parish of Saint Margarets West minster, at the publike fast, March 29, 1643. By John Lightfoote, preacher of the Gospel at Bartholomew Exchange, London.
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           Elias
           Redivivus
           :
           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           Before
           the
           Honorable
           House
           OF
           COMMONS
           ,
           In
           the
           Parish
           of
           Saint
           Margarets
           West
           minster
           ,
           at
           the
           publike
           Fast
           ,
           March
           29
           ,
           1643.
           
           By
           JOHN
           LIGHTFOOTE
           ,
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Gospel
           at
           
             Bartholomew
             Exchange
             ,
             London
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             Cotes
             ,
          
           for
           
             Andrew
             Crooke
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Greene
           Dragon
           ,
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           .
           1643.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONORABLE
           the
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           great
           Councell
           of
           
             Ierusalem
          
           sate
           neare
           the
           Temple
           ,
           
           and
           the
           greatest
           managings
           of
           the
           Councell
           ,
           
           were
           the
           matters
           of
           Religion
           .
           
           Such
           hath
           been
           the
           posture
           of
           your
           desires
           ,
           and
           such
           the
           bent
           of
           your
           indeavours
           in
           all
           your
           sitting
           :
           And
           as
           it
           is
           ingratitude
           in
           any
           degrees
           of
           men
           not
           to
           serve
           you
           ,
           who
           strive
           so
           much
           to
           preserve
           the
           State
           ,
           so
           especially
           is
           it
           in
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           since
           you
           labour
           so
           much
           also
           to
           serve
           the
           Temple
           .
           Obedience
           to
           your
           commands
           is
           the
           lowest
           expression
           of
           such
           a
           service
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           so
           naturally
           due
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           the
           highest
           that
           my
           meannesse
           can
           reach
           unto
           ;
           Readinesse
           being
           joyned
           to
           that
           obedience
           :
           These
           are
           
           the
           two
           mites
           that
           I
           can
           tender
           unto
           your
           
             Corban
             ,
          
           and
           the
           two
           Turtles
           that
           I
           have
           to
           offer
           at
           your
           Altar
           ,
           not
           having
           a
           better
           or
           more
           valuable
           gift
           and
           offering
           to
           bring
           ,
           your
           Noblenesse
           will
           please
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           gift
           because
           of
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           giver
           given
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           like
           him
           whom
           yee
           represent
           ,
           to
           account
           .
           
             To
             obey
             ,
             to
             be
             better
             then
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             to
             hearken
             ,
             better
             then
             the
             fat
             of
             Rams
             .
          
           What
           in
           obedience
           to
           your
           command
           was
           humbly
           presented
           to
           your
           eares
           and
           hearing
           not
           long
           agoe
           ,
           is
           now
           upon
           the
           like
           command
           in
           the
           same
           obedience
           and
           humility
           presented
           to
           your
           eyes
           and
           reading
           .
           If
           it
           shall
           finde
           acceptance
           with
           you
           ,
           it
           secureth
           me
           against
           al
           thought
           or
           care
           of
           inferiors
           displeasure
           or
           exceptions
           .
           I
           most
           humbly
           and
           submissively
           cast
           it
           ,
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           I
           am
           or
           can
           at
           the
           feete
           and
           disposall
           of
           your
           honourable
           House
           :
           and
           because
           short
           discourse
           best
           fitteth
           your
           great
           occasions
           ,
           cease
           to
           trouble
           you
           with
           more
           words
           :
           but
           shall
           never
           cease
           to
           solicite
           the
           Throne
           of
           grace
           for
           continued
           defence
           and
           blessing
           upon
           your
           persons
           and
           indeavours
           ;
           that
           the
           Law-giver
           may
           never
           faile
           till
           
             Shiloh
          
           come
           as
           we
           desire
           amongst
           us
           :
           And
           so
           ever
           prayeth
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             unworthy
             ,
             but
             truly
             devoted
             Servant
             ,
             John
             Lightfoote
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           at
           the
           Publike
           Fast
           holden
           ,
           March
           29.
           1643.
           
           In
           the
           Parish
           Church
           of
           S.
           Margarets
           Westminster
           .
        
         
           
             
               LUKE
               ,
               1.
               17.
               
            
             And
             he
             shall
             goe
             before
             him
             in
             the
             Spirit
             and
             power
             of
             Elias
             to
             turne
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             children
             ,
             and
             the
             disobedient
             to
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             just
             .
          
        
         
           IF
           ever
           
             the
             Hearts
             of
             the
             Fathers
          
           had
           need
           to
           be
           
             turned
             to
             the
             children
             ,
          
           that
           need
           is
           now
           ,
           and
           if
           ever
           the
           
             Disobedient
          
           had
           need
           to
           be
           reduced
           
             to
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             just
             ,
          
           that
           need
           is
           now
           also
           :
           but
           where
           is
           
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           and
           where
           
             the
             power
             ?
          
           where
           an
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           or
           
           where
           a
           
             Baptist
          
           to
           do
           the
           worke
           ?
           For
           if
           ever
           those
           searching
           and
           trying
           times
           ,
           which
           were
           spoken
           of
           so
           long
           agoe
           by
           our
           Saviour
           in
           the
           twelfth
           of
           
             Luk.
          
           and
           the
           three
           and
           fiftieth
           have
           overtaken
           any
           Nation
           ,
           they
           have
           overtaken
           this
           of
           ours
           :
           
             Five
             in
             one
             house
             ,
             and
             they
             divided
             ,
             three
             against
             two
             ,
             and
             two
             against
             three
             .
             The
             Father
             divided
             against
             the
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             the
             Sonne
             against
             the
             Father
             ;
             the
             Mother
             against
             the
             Daughter
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             Daughter
             against
             the
             Mother
             ;
             the
             Mother
             in
             law
             against
             her
             Daughter
             in
             law
             ,
             and
             the
             Daughter
             in
             law
             against
             her
             Mother
             in
             law
             .
             And
             a
             mans
             enemies
             are
             they
             of
             his
             owne
             houshold
             .
          
           And
           if
           ever
           those
           irregular
           and
           exorbitant
           behaviours
           ,
           which
           were
           spoken
           of
           so
           long
           agoe
           ,
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Esay
             ,
          
           in
           the
           third
           of
           
             Esay
          
           and
           the
           fifth
           ,
           have
           over-runne
           and
           forraged
           any
           people
           ,
           they
           have
           done
           so
           by
           this
           of
           ours
           .
           
             The
             people
             oppressed
             every
             one
             by
             another
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             by
             his
             neighbour
             :
             the
             child
             behaving
             himselfe
             proudly
             against
             the
             ancient
             ,
             and
             the
             base
             against
             the
             honourable
             .
          
           These
           are
           our
           sorrows
           ,
           but
           where
           our
           remedy
           ?
           this
           our
           misery
           ,
           but
           where
           our
           redresse
           ?
           For
           the
           
             divisions
             of
             Reuben
             ,
          
           there
           are
           great
           thoughts
           of
           heart
           ,
           but
           who
           can
           helpe
           them
           ?
           for
           the
           divisions
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           divisions
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           divisions
           in
           families
           ,
           divisions
           in
           opinions
           ,
           divisions
           in
           affections
           ,
           (
           the
           Lord
           keepe
           them
           out
           of
           your
           two
           Houses
           )
           divisions
           in
           every
           division
           ,
           
           but
           who
           can
           heale
           them
           ?
           As
           the
           
             Hoste
             at
             Nola
          
           in
           the
           story
           ,
           who
           when
           hee
           was
           commanded
           by
           
             the
             Romane
             Censor
          
           to
           go
           &
           call
           the
           good
           men
           of
           the
           City
           to
           appeare
           before
           him
           ,
           went
           to
           the
           
           Church-yard
           ,
           and
           there
           called
           at
           the
           graves
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           
             Oh
             yee
             good
             men
             of
             Nola
             come
             away
             ,
             for
             the
             Romane
             Censor
             cals
             for
             your
             appearance
             :
          
           for
           hee
           knew
           not
           where
           to
           finde
           a
           good
           man
           alive
           .
           So
           in
           these
           distractions
           and
           distempers
           of
           this
           our
           Land
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           finde
           out
           a
           joyner
           of
           hearts
           and
           a
           moulder
           of
           humours
           ,
           that
           could
           peece
           againe
           the
           disunited
           affections
           ,
           and
           forme
           againe
           the
           unfashioned
           demeanours
           of
           men
           towards
           men
           ,
           we
           might
           goe
           and
           looke
           for
           the
           mansion
           of
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           or
           go
           and
           knocke
           at
           the
           grave
           of
           
             John
             the
             Baptist
             ,
          
           and
           call
           them
           to
           come
           to
           such
           a
           cure
           as
           this
           ,
           for
           they
           once
           have
           wrought
           so
           great
           a
           cure
           ;
           but
           who
           can
           doe
           it
           that
           is
           now
           alive
           ?
           Oh
           how
           happy
           were
           the
           case
           with
           us
           ,
           if
           
             the
             Spirit
             and
             power
             of
             Elias
          
           were
           as
           ready
           to
           be
           found
           in
           your
           two
           Houses
           as
           they
           were
           once
           to
           be
           found
           in
           
             John
          
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           and
           as
           they
           are
           to
           be
           seene
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           text
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           Arke
           and
           the
           Ephod
           at
           the
           sacking
           of
           
             Nob
             ,
          
           they
           which
           should
           alwayes
           have
           remained
           together
           ,
           were
           by
           that
           dolefull
           accident
           parted
           asunder
           ,
           and
           kept
           at
           distance
           :
           even
           so
           these
           two
           which
           God
           once
           joyned
           together
           in
           
             Elias
          
           and
           in
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           and
           which
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           hath
           joyned
           together
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           text
           ,
           some
           evill
           Counsell
           hath
           put
           asunder
           ,
           so
           that
           
             the
             Spirit
          
           is
           with
           you
           ,
           but
           
             the
             Power
          
           removed
           a
           great
           way
           off
           .
           What
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           concerning
           offences
           ,
           
             It
             cannot
             be
             but
             offences
             will
             come
             ,
             but
             woe
             to
             him
             by
             whom
             the
             offence
             commeth
             :
          
           so
           may
           wee
           dolefully
           concerning
           this
           ,
           It
           is
           our
           misery
           that
           
           this
           divorce
           is
           come
           among
           us
           ,
           but
           woe
           to
           that
           Counsell
           by
           whom
           the
           divorce
           first
           came
           ,
           it
           had
           beene
           good
           for
           that
           Counsellour
           had
           he
           never
           beene
           borne
           .
        
         
           How
           happy
           are
           those
           dayes
           which
           are
           spoken
           of
           by
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           when
           
             mercy
             and
             truth
             are
             met
             together
             ,
             and
             Righteousnesse
             and
             Peace
             doe
             kisse
             each
             other
             ?
          
           And
           how
           happily
           should
           we
           hope
           to
           see
           those
           dayes
           ,
           and
           those
           things
           in
           this
           Land
           to
           meet
           ,
           if
           we
           could
           but
           see
           these
           two
           to
           meete
           againe
           that
           are
           now
           so
           unhappily
           removed
           to
           distance
           ?
           Well
           ,
           all
           that
           we
           can
           doe
           is
           to
           seeke
           to
           drive
           them
           together
           with
           our
           prayers
           ,
           and
           as
           Moses
           for
           the
           
             Vrim
             and
             Thummim
          
           upon
           Levi
           ,
           so
           we
           for
           these
           united
           upon
           you
           to
           pray
           in
           publike
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           in
           private
           ,
           to
           pray
           on
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           on
           other
           dayes
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           to
           be
           a
           maine
           petition
           on
           this
           solemne
           day
           of
           humiliation
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Lord
           hath
           put
           
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Elias
          
           into
           your
           hearts
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           would
           put
           
             the
             Power
             of
             Elias
          
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           hath
           made
           you
           willing
           ,
           so
           would
           he
           also
           make
           you
           able
           ,
           
             to
             turne
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Fathers
             to
             the
             children
             ,
             and
             the
             disobedient
             to
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             Righteous
             .
          
        
         
           The
           words
           of
           the
           text
           are
           the
           last
           words
           of
           the
           old
           Testament
           ,
           there
           uttered
           by
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           here
           expounded
           by
           an
           Angell
           :
           there
           concluding
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           here
           beginning
           the
           Gospell
           :
           
             Behold
             ,
          
           saith
           Malachi
           ,
           
             Mal.
             4.
             5.
             
             I
             will
             send
             you
             Eliah
             the
             Prophet
             :
          
           And
           
             hee
          
           saith
           ,
           the
           Angell
           ,
           
             shall
             goe
             before
             him
             in
             the
             Spirit
             and
             power
             of
             Elias
             .
          
           And
           
             hee
             shall
             
             turne
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Fathers
             to
             the
             children
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           one
           ;
           And
           
             to
             turne
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             children
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           other
           .
           Thus
           sweetly
           and
           neerely
           should
           the
           two
           Testaments
           joyne
           together
           ,
           and
           thus
           divinely
           would
           they
           kisse
           each
           other
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           wretched
           
             Apocrypha
          
           doth
           thrust
           in
           betweene
           :
           
           Like
           the
           two
           
             *
          
           Cherubims
           in
           the
           Temple
           Oracle
           ,
           as
           with
           their
           outer-wings
           ,
           they
           touch
           the
           two
           sides
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           from
           
             In
             the
             beginning
             ,
          
           to
           
             Come
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
          
           so
           with
           their
           inner
           ,
           they
           would
           touch
           each
           other
           ,
           the
           end
           of
           the
           law
           with
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           did
           not
           this
           patchery
           of
           humane
           invention
           divorce
           them
           a
           funder
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           thing
           not
           a
           little
           to
           be
           admired
           ,
           
           how
           this
           
             Apocrypha
          
           could
           ever
           get
           such
           place
           in
           the
           hearts
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Bibles
           of
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ,
           as
           to
           come
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           very
           Center
           of
           them
           both
           :
           But
           to
           this
           wonderment
           there
           may
           be
           some
           satisfaction
           given
           ,
           namely
           because
           that
           these
           bookes
           came
           to
           them
           from
           among
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           old
           Testament
           and
           the
           new
           .
           And
           because
           that
           the
           Jewes
           alone
           ,
           and
           alone
           so
           long
           ,
           had
           had
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Divinity
           and
           Religion
           among
           them
           ,
           the
           converted
           Gentiles
           could
           not
           but
           give
           their
           writings
           extraordinary
           esteeme
           .
           And
           because
           the
           
             Talmud
          
           not
           being
           yet
           written
           ,
           the
           world
           was
           not
           acquainted
           with
           the
           vanity
           and
           straine
           of
           Jewish
           learning
           ,
           those
           insuspecting
           times
           did
           swallow
           these
           bookes
           ,
           as
           not
           tasting
           as
           yet
           how
           unsavoury
           that
           was
           ,
           nor
           distinguishing
           these
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           tast
           .
           It
           is
           therefore
           more
           to
           be
           
           admired
           ,
           
           that
           when
           the
           
             Talmud
          
           was
           written
           ,
           and
           the
           impious
           and
           ridiculous
           doctrines
           and
           fables
           of
           the
           Jewish
           schooles
           laid
           open
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           then
           these
           bookes
           which
           shew
           themselves
           to
           be
           of
           the
           very
           same
           stampe
           in
           many
           things
           ,
           should
           not
           onely
           not
           be
           refused
           out
           the
           Bibles
           and
           out
           mens
           good
           conceit
           ,
           but
           also
           get
           better
           and
           further
           footing
           in
           the
           same
           :
           but
           to
           this
           wonderment
           some
           satisfaction
           also
           may
           be
           given
           :
           namely
           that
           superstition
           begun
           then
           to
           grow
           in
           the
           Church
           every
           day
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           it
           became
           a
           Religion
           to
           doe
           as
           their
           forefathers
           had
           done
           before
           ,
           and
           to
           retaine
           what
           they
           had
           retained
           ,
           be
           it
           whatsoever
           it
           would
           ,
           and
           of
           what
           ungroundlesnesse
           soever
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           a
           wonder
           to
           which
           I
           could
           never
           yet
           receive
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           in
           Churches
           that
           are
           reformed
           ,
           that
           have
           shaken
           off
           the
           yoke
           of
           superstition
           ,
           and
           unpinned
           themselves
           from
           off
           the
           sleeve
           of
           former
           customes
           or
           doing
           as
           their
           ancestors
           have
           done
           :
           yet
           in
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           this
           ,
           and
           of
           so
           great
           import
           ,
           should
           doe
           as
           first
           ignorance
           ,
           and
           then
           superstition
           hath
           done
           before
           them
           :
           It
           is
           true
           indeed
           that
           they
           have
           refused
           these
           bookes
           out
           of
           the
           
             Canon
             ,
          
           but
           they
           have
           reserved
           them
           still
           in
           the
           
             Bible
             :
          
           as
           if
           God
           should
           have
           cast
           
             Adam
          
           out
           of
           the
           state
           of
           happinesse
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           continued
           him
           in
           the
           place
           of
           happinesse
           .
           Not
           to
           insist
           upon
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           some
           digression
           ,
           you
           know
           the
           Counsell
           of
           
             Sarah
          
           concerning
           
             Ismael
             ,
          
           and
           in
           that
           she
           outstripped
           
             Abraham
          
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           
           
             Cast
             out
             the
             bond-woman
             and
             her
             sonne
             ,
             for
             the
             sonne
             of
             the
             
             bond-woman
             may
             not
             be
             heire
             with
             the
             sonne
             of
             the
             free
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           words
           of
           the
           text
           you
           may
           see
           your
           owne
           worke
           and
           taske
           :
           and
           those
           two
           things
           that
           you
           have
           so
           long
           laboured
           under
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           have
           so
           long
           longed
           after
           ,
           
             Reconciliation
          
           and
           
             Reformation
             .
          
           You
           may
           behold
           in
           a
           part
           of
           the
           text
           ,
           
             Reconciliation
          
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             To
             turne
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             Children
             :
          
           and
           
             Reformation
          
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           
             and
             the
             disobedient
             to
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             just
             .
          
           These
           are
           the
           two
           hands
           of
           our
           master
           which
           is
           in
           heaven
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           two
           good
           things
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           after
           which
           we
           his
           servants
           have
           looked
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           doe
           looke
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           taken
           off
           till
           he
           give
           them
           to
           us
           .
           These
           are
           the
           hands
           of
           your
           two
           Houses
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           two
           great
           gifts
           which
           we
           wait
           till
           God
           put
           into
           your
           hands
           to
           conveigh
           them
           towards
           us
           .
           These
           are
           the
           two
           pillars
           ,
           
           
             Jachin
          
           &
           
             Boaz
             ,
             Firmenesse
          
           and
           
             Strength
             ,
          
           that
           we
           long
           to
           see
           set
           up
           at
           the
           doore
           of
           that
           Temple
           that
           you
           are
           in
           building
           :
           And
           these
           are
           the
           two
           twins
           for
           which
           the
           
             Tamar
          
           of
           our
           
             England
          
           is
           in
           travaile
           and
           is
           pained
           to
           be
           delivered
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           but
           strength
           to
           bring
           them
           forth
           .
        
         
           These
           two
           things
           contained
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           the
           text
           ,
           are
           set
           forth
           and
           illustrated
           by
           two
           circumstances
           in
           the
           former
           :
           First
           ,
           by
           the
           party
           and
           the
           function
           of
           that
           party
           that
           must
           performe
           so
           great
           a
           worke
           ,
           those
           included
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             goe
             before
             him
             :
          
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           qualifications
           and
           indowments
           of
           that
           party
           for
           the
           function
           ,
           and
           
           for
           the
           worke
           ,
           that
           expressed
           in
           these
           ;
           
             In
             the
             Spirit
             and
             power
             of
             Elias
             .
          
           The
           party
           rare
           ,
           the
           function
           honourable
           ,
           his
           indowments
           singular
           ,
           his
           worke
           divine
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             goe
             before
             him
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           We
           will
           take
           up
           the
           words
           according
           to
           this
           Division
           ,
           but
           not
           according
           to
           this
           order
           :
           for
           as
           in
           nature
           the
           agent
           is
           before
           the
           action
           ,
           and
           as
           in
           the
           text
           ,
           the
           workeman
           is
           named
           before
           the
           worke
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           fit
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           and
           so
           will
           we
           take
           them
           into
           our
           handling
           ,
           and
           so
           shall
           we
           take
           them
           as
           they
           lie
           in
           the
           text
           ,
           and
           first
           of
           the
           first
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             goe
             before
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Who
           are
           meant
           by
           the
           
             He
          
           and
           the
           
             him
          
           in
           this
           part
           of
           the
           text
           the
           dimmest
           eye
           that
           is
           ,
           will
           easily
           judge
           and
           discerne
           ,
           upon
           its
           owne
           reading
           ,
           namely
           
             John
             the
             Baptist
             ,
          
           and
           
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             .
          
           Two
           that
           were
           in
           a
           very
           neere
           relation
           one
           to
           another
           by
           nature
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           kinsmen
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           neerer
           and
           of
           a
           higher
           relation
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           function
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           they
           that
           began
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           or
           the
           one
           begun
           &
           the
           other
           perfected
           ;
           &
           they
           were
           they
           that
           were
           the
           two
           great
           Prophets
           of
           the
           new
           Testament
           ,
           or
           the
           one
           greater
           then
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           greater
           then
           a
           man
           .
           I
           cannot
           omit
           that
           which
           is
           not
           ,
           nor
           cannot
           be
           omitted
           by
           any
           expositor
           it
           is
           so
           plaine
           upon
           the
           
             him
          
           in
           this
           part
           :
           namely
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           verse
           next
           before
           ,
           he
           is
           called
           the
           God
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
             He
             shall
             turne
             many
             of
             the
             Children
             to
             the
             Lord
             their
             God
             ,
          
           and
           in
           this
           verse
           and
           in
           this
           whole
           passage
           hee
           is
           shewed
           to
           be
           Christ
           ,
           of
           whom
           is
           spoken
           which
           giveth
           
           a
           pregnant
           and
           undeniable
           proofe
           that
           Christ
           is
           God
           ,
           against
           the
           wicked
           
             Arius
          
           that
           held
           him
           for
           a
           Creature
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Baptist
          
           went
           before
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           in
           divers
           particulars
           ;
           in
           his
           conception
           ,
           in
           his
           birth
           ,
           in
           his
           preaching
           ,
           in
           his
           death
           .
           For
           the
           miraculous
           conception
           and
           birth
           of
           
             John
             ,
          
           went
           before
           the
           more
           miraculous
           conception
           and
           birth
           of
           
             Christ
             ;
          
           his
           powerfull
           Preaching
           ,
           before
           the
           others
           more
           powerfull
           ;
           and
           his
           renowned
           death
           ,
           before
           the
           others
           more
           renowned
           .
           But
           the
           words
           doe
           not
           meane
           so
           much
           his
           going
           before
           him
           in
           time
           ,
           as
           his
           going
           before
           him
           in
           Ministery
           ,
           nor
           his
           appearing
           before
           him
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           his
           appearing
           before
           him
           to
           do
           him
           service
           ,
           as
           a
           servant
           doth
           before
           his
           Master
           to
           provide
           for
           his
           entertainement
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           words
           following
           doe
           explaine
           it
           ,
           He
           shall
           goe
           before
           him
           ,
           
             To
             make
             ready
             a
             people
             prepared
             for
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           
           And
           so
           the
           seventy
           Disciples
           are
           said
           to
           be
           sent
           before
           our
           Saviour
           
             two
             and
             two
             before
             his
             face
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           prepare
           men
           for
           his
           receiving
           against
           that
           he
           himselfe
           should
           come
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           Prophets
           went
           before
           our
           Saviour
           in
           their
           Ministery
           ,
           in
           their
           divers
           generations
           ,
           but
           
             John
          
           in
           a
           more
           speciall
           manner
           above
           them
           all
           .
           They
           like
           
             Balaam
          
           in
           the
           
             foure
             and
             twentyeth
             of
             Numbers
             ,
          
           did
           behold
           him
           ,
           but
           not
           now
           ,
           did
           foretell
           him
           ,
           but
           not
           neere
           ;
           but
           he
           beheld
           him
           face
           to
           face
           ,
           and
           he
           told
           of
           him
           standing
           by
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           cals
           him
           more
           then
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           11.
           9.
           nay
           as
           much
           or
           more
           then
           any
           meere
           man
           that
           was
           naturally
           borne
           of
           a
           woman
           :
           
             More
             then
             a
             Prophet
             ,
          
           because
           he
           went
           before
           Christ
           as
           his
           forerunner
           ;
           and
           as
           great
           as
           any
           that
           was
           ever
           borne
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           the
           beginner
           of
           the
           Gospell
           .
           The
           Ministery
           
           of
           
             John
             the
             Baptist
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           publishing
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           like
           time
           and
           the
           motion
           of
           the
           heavens
           ,
           began
           together
           ,
           and
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           instant
           .
           So
           hath
           
             Marke
          
           conjoyned
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           beginning
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           
             Mark
             .
             1.
             1.
             
             The
             beginning
             of
             the
             Gospell
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             As
             it
             is
             written
             in
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             I
             send
             my
             messenger
             before
             thee
             .
          
           So
           likewise
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           of
           the
           
             Acts
          
           and
           the
           two
           and
           twenty
           ,
           
             Peter
          
           proposing
           a
           Disciple
           to
           be
           chosen
           in
           stead
           of
           
             Judaas
             ,
             Of
             these
             men
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             which
             have
             companyed
             with
             us
             all
             the
             time
             that
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             went
             in
             and
             out
             among
             us
             ,
             beginning
             from
             the
             Baptisme
             of
          
           John
           :
           And
           so
           in
           the
           tenth
           chapter
           of
           the
           same
           booke
           of
           the
           
             Acts
             ,
          
           and
           the
           thirtie
           seventh
           .
           
             The
             word
             you
             know
             which
             was
             published
             throughout
             all
          
           Judea
           ,
           
             and
             began
             from
          
           Galilee
           
             after
             the
             Baptisme
             which
             John
             preached
             .
          
           And
           one
           place
           for
           all
           .
           
             Mat.
             11.
             13.
             
             All
             the
             Prophets
             and
             the
             Law
             Prophesied
             untill
             John
             ,
          
           and
           from
           him
           began
           the
           Gospell
           .
           So
           that
           what
           some
           of
           the
           Fathers
           say
           concerning
           
             Malachi
             ,
          
           That
           he
           was
           
             Limes
             Judeismi
             &
             Christianismi
             ,
          
           we
           may
           not
           unfitly
           say
           ,
           concerning
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           bounds
           of
           Judaisme
           and
           Christianity
           ,
           the
           limits
           from
           whence
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Prophets
           tooke
           their
           conclusion
           ,
           and
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           the
           kingdome
           of
           Heaven
           their
           beginning
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           the
           ministery
           of
           
             John
          
           consisted
           of
           two
           distinct
           and
           considerable
           parts
           ,
           
           
             Preaching
          
           and
           
             Baptizing
             ,
          
           [
           like
           as
           the
           gift
           of
           Prophecy
           had
           consisted
           in
           times
           before
           ,
           of
           a
           double
           spirit
           ,
           or
           to
           speake
           more
           properly
           ,
           of
           a
           double
           power
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           spirit
           ,
           
             to
             foretell
             things
             to
             come
             and
             to
             worke
             miracles
             ;
             ]
          
           so
           by
           both
           these
           did
           he
           begin
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           by
           both
           these
           did
           he
           goe
           before
           our
           Saviour
           .
           These
           were
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           the
           two
           
           hands
           with
           which
           he
           laid
           the
           foundation
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           build
           up
           the
           
             Fabricke
          
           of
           the
           Evangelicall
           Temple
           .
           And
           these
           two
           hath
           
             Marke
          
           joyned
           together
           in
           his
           relation
           ,
           as
           
             John
          
           did
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           his
           function
           ,
           
             Mar.
             1.
             4.
             
             John
             did
             Baptize
             in
             the
             Wildernesse
             and
             preach
             the
             Baptisme
             of
             Repentance
             .
          
        
         
           By
           both
           these
           he
           began
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           first
           by
           his
           Baptisme
           :
           for
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           Baptisme
           was
           used
           in
           the
           times
           before
           and
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           to
           admit
           Proselytes
           to
           the
           religion
           of
           the
           Jewes
           :
           But
           the
           Baptist
           now
           commeth
           with
           a
           Baptisme
           to
           admit
           the
           Jewes
           to
           another
           Religion
           besides
           their
           owne
           .
           
             Jacob
          
           in
           
             Gen.
          
           35.
           when
           he
           is
           to
           enter
           and
           admit
           the
           remnant
           of
           
             Sichem
          
           that
           escaped
           the
           sword
           into
           his
           family
           and
           Religion
           ,
           he
           doth
           it
           by
           Baptisme
           .
           
             Put
             away
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             the
             strange
             Gods
             that
             are
             among
             you
             ,
             and
             be
             cleane
             and
             change
             your
             garments
             ,
          
           where
           ,
           by
           the
           second
           injunction
           ,
           
           
             Be
             cleane
             ,
             Aben
             Ezra
             ▪
          
           well
           observeth
           is
           meant
           the
           washing
           of
           their
           bodies
           in
           water
           ,
           and
           indeed
           nothing
           else
           can
           so
           properly
           be
           meant
           ,
           
           which
           what
           was
           it
           else
           but
           a
           Baptizing
           ?
           And
           so
           
             Rambam
          
           or
           
             Maimonides
          
           in
           his
           Epitome
           of
           the
           Talmud
           ,
           relateth
           from
           thence
           ,
           
           that
           in
           the
           times
           of
           
             David
          
           and
           
             Solomon
             ,
          
           when
           Heathens
           came
           into
           the
           Jewes
           religion
           by
           thousands
           (
           for
           a
           hundred
           three
           and
           fifty
           thousand
           of
           them
           helped
           to
           build
           the
           Temple
           )
           they
           were
           admitted
           thereinto
           by
           Baptisme
           ,
           or
           by
           being
           washed
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           circumcision
           .
           Thus
           was
           Baptisme
           used
           in
           
             *
          
           those
           ancient
           times
           ,
           and
           used
           to
           induct
           the
           Gentiles
           into
           the
           Church
           and
           Religion
           of
           the
           Jewes
           :
           But
           now
           comes
           
             John
          
           with
           a
           baptisme
           of
           another
           ●nd
           ,
           namely
           ,
           to
           enter
           the
           Jewes
           into
           another
           Church
           and
           religion
           then
           their
           owne
           ,
           and
           so
           
           by
           his
           baptisme
           doth
           he
           begin
           the
           Gospell
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           And
           so
           also
           did
           he
           by
           his
           preaching
           :
           For
           whereas
           the
           law
           called
           for
           absolute
           and
           exact
           performance
           ,
           and
           cryed
           
             a
             curse
             on
             him
             that
             confirmed
             not
             all
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Law
             to
             doe
             them
             ,
             Deut.
             27.
             26.
             
             John
          
           commeth
           in
           another
           tenor
           ,
           like
           God
           in
           the
           still
           voyce
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           challenging
           the
           strict
           performance
           of
           works
           ,
           he
           Preacheth
           the
           gentle
           doctrine
           of
           Repentance
           ;
           that
           whereas
           they
           could
           not
           do
           what
           the
           Law
           required
           ,
           they
           should
           repent
           for
           that
           they
           had
           broke
           the
           law
           ,
           and
           thus
           is
           the
           rigorous
           and
           terrible
           tenor
           of
           the
           law
           ,
           changed
           into
           the
           sweete
           and
           comfortable
           doctrine
           of
           
             Repentance
             ,
          
           and
           thus
           both
           by
           Baptizing
           and
           Preaching
           ,
           doth
           
             John
          
           begin
           the
           Gospell
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           by
           both
           also
           did
           he
           
             goe
             before
          
           our
           Saviour
           :
           By
           baptisme
           to
           admit
           men
           into
           Christ
           against
           he
           should
           come
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Preaching
           to
           let
           Christ
           into
           men
           when
           as
           he
           came
           :
           By
           his
           baptizing
           to
           make
           way
           for
           Christ
           his
           comming
           among
           men
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Preaching
           to
           make
           way
           for
           men
           their
           comming
           unto
           Christ
           :
           And
           so
           much
           is
           intimated
           by
           the
           words
           that
           next
           and
           immediately
           doe
           follow
           the
           text
           ,
           
             To
             make
             ready
             a
             people
             prepared
             for
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           This
           might
           be
           taken
           onely
           for
           an
           elegancy
           such
           as
           the
           Scripture
           useth
           ,
           to
           quicken
           expressions
           ,
           by
           repetitions
           ,
           but
           it
           hath
           its
           proper
           vigour
           and
           significancy
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           two
           severall
           words
           denoteth
           the
           two
           distinct
           fruits
           of
           the
           ministery
           of
           the
           Baptist
           in
           her
           two
           parts
           :
           His
           
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           to
           
             make
          
           men
           
             ready
          
           to
           looke
           for
           Christ
           that
           was
           now
           in
           comming
           ;
           and
           his
           
             Preaching
             ,
          
           to
           have
           them
           
             prepared
          
           for
           his
           receiving
           when
           hee
           came
           .
        
         
           The
           observation
           that
           we
           may
           take
           up
           from
           hence
           is
           this
           ,
           
           
             That
             Christ
             when
             he
             came
             to
             shew
             himselfe
             in
             the
             world
             
             had
             need
             of
             a
             powerfull
             ,
             and
             a
             Spirited
             forerunner
             :
          
           He
           was
           the
           expectation
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           .
           
             Gen.
          
           49.
           10.
           
           He
           was
           the
           expectation
           of
           the
           
             Samaritans
             .
             John
          
           4.
           25.
           
           He
           was
           the
           expectation
           of
           the
           Jewes
           .
           
             Luk.
          
           19.
           11.
           
           He
           was
           the
           expectation
           of
           all
           nations
           .
           
             Hag.
          
           2.
           7.
           
           And
           yet
           when
           he
           came
           that
           was
           so
           expected
           ,
           he
           had
           need
           of
           a
           Harbinger
           to
           goe
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           strong
           forerunner
           to
           make
           his
           way
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           too
           little
           too
           .
           For
           
             when
             he
             came
             amongst
             his
             owne
             ,
             his
             owne
             received
             him
             not
             .
          
           Joh.
           1.
           11.
           
        
         
           The
           Jewes
           sansie
           concerning
           the
           cloud
           of
           glory
           ,
           that
           conducted
           
             Israel
          
           through
           the
           Wildernesse
           ,
           that
           it
           did
           not
           onely
           shew
           them
           the
           way
           ,
           but
           also
           plane
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           did
           not
           onely
           lead
           them
           in
           the
           way
           in
           which
           they
           must
           goe
           ,
           but
           also
           fit
           them
           the
           way
           to
           goe
           upon
           :
           That
           it
           levelled
           all
           the
           mountaines
           and
           smoothed
           all
           the
           rockes
           ,
           that
           it
           cleared
           all
           the
           bushes
           ,
           and
           removed
           all
           the
           rubs
           .
           No
           lesse
           preparatives
           were
           required
           for
           our
           Saviours
           comming
           to
           make
           way
           for
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           entertainement
           of
           men
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           way
           for
           men
           to
           the
           entertaining
           of
           him
           :
           And
           so
           hath
           the
           Scripture
           exprest
           it
           in
           termes
           not
           much
           different
           :
           
             Every
             valley
             shall
             be
             filled
             ,
             and
             every
             mountaine
             and
             hill
             shall
             be
             brought
             low
             ;
             and
             the
             crooked
             shall
             be
             made
             streight
             ,
             and
             the
             rough
             wayes
             shall
             be
             made
             smooth
             :
             Esay
             40.
             4.
             Luk.
          
           4.
           5.
           
        
         
           There
           were
           two
           maine
           things
           that
           lay
           betwixt
           the
           Jewes
           and
           Christ
           at
           his
           appearing
           ,
           that
           were
           most
           likely
           to
           keepe
           them
           asunder
           ,
           and
           to
           hinder
           the
           accesse
           of
           each
           to
           other
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           did
           .
           And
           those
           were
           
             their
             corruption
             in
             manners
             ,
          
           and
           in
           behaviour
           ,
           and
           
             their
             corruption
             in
             doctrine
             ,
          
           and
           in
           religion
           ;
           the
           former
           like
           rough
           wayes
           that
           must
           be
           smoothed
           ,
           and
           the
           latter
           like
           crooked
           ,
           that
           must
           be
           streightned
           ;
           and
           both
           being
           such
           as
           
           must
           be
           helped
           ,
           or
           little
           hopes
           they
           can
           come
           to
           Christ
           .
        
         
           First
           .
           As
           for
           their
           corruption
           in
           manners
           ,
           had
           we
           not
           evidence
           enough
           thereof
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           layes
           it
           open
           ,
           we
           have
           sufficient
           in
           their
           owne
           writers
           .
           They
           were
           
             a
             generation
             of
             vipers
             ;
          
           so
           
             John
          
           cals
           them
           ,
           
             Mat.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
           They
           were
           
             a
             wicked
             and
             adulterous
             generation
             ;
          
           so
           our
           Saviour
           cals
           them
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           16.
           4.
           seeming
           to
           allude
           to
           the
           Phrase
           of
           
             Hosea
             ,
          
           the
           
             children
             of
             fornications
             ,
             Hos.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           They
           were
           a
           people
           stiffenecked
           and
           of
           uncircumcised
           hearts
           and
           eares
           :
           so
           
             Stephen
          
           cals
           them
           
             Act.
          
           7.
           51.
           
           And
           to
           spare
           more
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           makes
           them
           as
           it
           were
           the
           common
           shore
           of
           all
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           sincke
           of
           all
           iniquity
           ,
           
             Mat.
             23.
             35.
             
             That
             upon
             you
             may
             come
             all
             the
             righteous
             blood
             shed
             upon
             the
             earth
             from
             the
             blood
             of
             righteous
          
           Abell
           ,
           
             unto
             the
             blood
             of
          
           Zacharias
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           Characters
           of
           their
           manners
           given
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           we
           may
           adde
           the
           confession
           of
           their
           owne
           Authours
           in
           their
           writings
           .
           The
           
             Talmud
             in
             Sanhedrim
             ,
          
           in
           the
           eleventh
           chapter
           hath
           these
           words
           .
           
           
             R
             :
             Juda
             saith
             ,
             In
             the
             generation
             in
             which
             the
             son
             of
          
           David
           
             shall
             come
             ,
             The
             house
             of
             the
             Assembly
             shall
             be
             a
             stews
             ,
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             Scribes
             shall
             faile
             ,
             they
             that
             feare
             sin
             shall
             be
             despised
             ,
             and
             the
             face
             of
             that
             generation
             shall
             be
             like
             dogs
             .
          
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           hits
           them
           with
           their
           owne
           title
           ,
           
             Beware
             of
             dogs
             ,
             beware
             of
             the
             concision
             ,
             Phil.
          
           3.
           2.
           and
           so
           doth
           
             John
          
           seeme
           also
           to
           doe
           ,
           
           
             Without
             are
             dogs
             .
             Rev.
          
           22.
           15.
           
           Such
           another
           testimony
           doth
           
             David
             Kimchi
          
           give
           out
           of
           the
           
             Rabbins
          
           on
           
             Easy
             59.
             16.
             
             Rabbi
             Johanan
             saith
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             The
             Son
             of
          
           David
           
             commeth
             not
             ,
             but
             either
             in
             a
             generation
             all
             holy
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             Thy
             people
             shall
             all
             be
             righteous
             ,
             and
             inherit
             
             the
             Land
             for
             ever
             :
             or
             in
             a
             generation
             all
             wicked
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             He
             saw
             that
             there
             was
             no
             man
             ,
             and
             wondred
             that
             there
             was
             no
             intercessor
             .
          
           Too
           pregnant
           and
           wofull
           experience
           shewed
           that
           the
           latter
           was
           onely
           true
           ,
           and
           their
           owne
           behaviour
           at
           our
           Saviours
           comming
           ,
           confirmeth
           the
           glosse
           to
           prophesie
           truly
           ,
           that
           their
           manners
           then
           should
           be
           most
           corrupt
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           also
           their
           Doctrine
           :
           and
           that
           withall
           in
           a
           twofold
           relation
           .
           1.
           
           In
           regard
           of
           the
           opinion
           that
           they
           held
           concerning
           the
           legall
           rites
           that
           were
           amongst
           them
           before
           :
           and
           2.
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           opinion
           that
           they
           held
           concerning
           Christ
           ,
           who
           was
           now
           in
           comming
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           They
           were
           so
           glewed
           to
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           and
           so
           bewitched
           with
           the
           Traditions
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           an
           impossibility
           in
           humane
           reason
           to
           thaw
           them
           asunder
           .
        
         
           
             Paul
          
           speaking
           of
           his
           owne
           doting
           upon
           these
           ,
           speaketh
           the
           affection
           of
           his
           whole
           Nation
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           
           
             I
             was
             exceedingly
             zealous
             of
             the
             Traditions
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
          
           Gal.
           1.
           14.
           
           
             Stephen
             in
          
           Act.
           6.
           14.
           for
           but
           speaking
           of
           the
           abolishing
           of
           the
           Customes
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           must
           lose
           his
           life
           ,
           though
           he
           spake
           but
           what
           
             Moses
          
           himselfe
           had
           spoken
           before
           ,
           and
           what
           an
           Angel
           had
           spoken
           after
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           &
           though
           his
           face
           when
           he
           was
           to
           answer
           for
           these
           things
           ,
           shone
           like
           the
           face
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           and
           was
           like
           the
           face
           of
           an
           Angel
           .
           But
           what
           need
           I
           to
           insist
           upon
           particulars
           ?
           If
           you
           looke
           throughout
           all
           the
           
             Acts
          
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           that
           almost
           in
           every
           place
           where
           the
           Gospel
           came
           among
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           maine
           obstacle
           that
           ever
           lay
           in
           the
           way
           to
           hinder
           the
           freedome
           of
           its
           passage
           ,
           the
           fixednesse
           of
           that
           people
           and
           Nation
           
           to
           their
           Ceremonies
           and
           Traditions
           .
           Let
           one
           place
           suffice
           for
           many
           ,
           
             Act.
             21.
             28.
             
             The
             Jewes
             of
          
           Asia
           
             laid
             hands
             on
          
           Paul
           ,
           
             crying
             out
             ;
             Men
             of
          
           Israel
           
             helpe
             ,
             this
             man
             teacheth
             all
             men
             every where
             against
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             the
             law
             ,
             and
             this
             place
             .
          
        
         
           The
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           goeth
           against
           their
           heart
           ,
           because
           it
           goeth
           against
           their
           Customes
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           speaketh
           against
           that
           people
           ,
           law
           ,
           and
           place
           ,
           is
           sure
           to
           be
           spoken
           against
           himselfe
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           so
           pinned
           unto
           the
           rites
           of
           those
           three
           ,
           that
           there
           must
           be
           nothinking
           of
           their
           removal
           .
           And
           thus
           were
           they
           most
           corrupt
           in
           opinion
           concerning
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Law
           which
           they
           had
           used
           of
           old
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           so
           also
           were
           they
           concerning
           Christ
           when
           he
           should
           come
           .
           They
           expected
           him
           to
           appeare
           in
           the
           world
           as
           an
           earthly
           Conqueror
           ,
           like
           
             Naaman
          
           the
           
             Syrian
          
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Elisha
             ;
          
           
           
             He
             thought
             he
             will
             surely
             come
             out
             and
             stand
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             call
             upon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             his
             God
             ,
             and
             strike
             his
             hand
             over
             the
             place
             and
             recover
             the
             Leper
             ;
          
           and
           he
           only
           sent
           him
           this
           plaine
           and
           simple
           message
           ,
           
             Goe
             wash
             in
          
           Jordan
           
             and
             be
             cleane
             :
          
           So
           they
           by
           Christ
           ,
           they
           conceited
           ,
           Surely
           he
           will
           come
           with
           great
           worldly
           pompe
           ,
           and
           make
           his
           way
           with
           a
           conquering
           sword
           ,
           he
           will
           destroy
           many
           people
           even
           as
           earthly
           Princes
           doe
           ,
           and
           seate
           his
           people
           in
           
             Canaan
          
           againe
           in
           more
           prosperity
           and
           pompe
           then
           ever
           :
           
           and
           he
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           came
           in
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           servant
           ,
           he
           had
           no
           forme
           nor
           comelinesse
           in
           the
           eies
           of
           men
           that
           they
           could
           desire
           him
           :
           he
           appeared
           in
           a
           posture
           of
           humility
           and
           lowlinesse
           ,
           riding
           upon
           an
           Asse
           ,
           and
           upon
           a
           Colt
           ,
           
           the
           Fole
           of
           an
           Asse
           .
           And
           how
           farre
           were
           they
           from
           intertaining
           such
           a
           Christ
           as
           this
           ,
           when
           they
           expected
           one
           of
           a
           quality
           so
           infinitely
           different
           ?
           
           Who
           could
           beleeve
           that
           the
           title
           over
           our
           Saviours
           head
           upon
           his
           Crosse
           ,
           should
           be
           a
           stumbling
           blocke
           unto
           the
           Jewes
           feete
           ?
           And
           yet
           was
           it
           so
           at
           that
           very
           time
           when
           they
           fixt
           it
           there
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           hath
           beene
           ever
           since
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           is
           at
           this
           very
           day
           ,
           
             Jesus
             of
          
           Nazareth
           
             King
             of
             the
             Jewes
             .
          
           
           They
           looked
           for
           the
           
             Messiah
          
           to
           come
           from
           
             Bethlehem
             ,
          
           and
           they
           knew
           him
           but
           for
           
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             .
          
           And
           they
           expected
           a
           pompous
           
             King
             of
             the
             Jewes
             ,
          
           and
           how
           farre
           was
           he
           from
           such
           a
           King
           .
           And
           thus
           
             they
             knew
             not
             him
             ,
          
           
           when
           he
           came
           from
           
             Galilee
             ,
             nor
             the
             voices
             of
             the
             Prophets
          
           what
           they
           meant
           by
           his
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           thus
           were
           they
           very
           farre
           unlikely
           to
           receive
           him
           when
           he
           came
           .
        
         
           These
           three
           things
           then
           being
           thus
           considered
           ,
           and
           notice
           taken
           how
           farre
           this
           people
           of
           the
           Jewes
           were
           gone
           away
           both
           in
           life
           and
           doctrine
           ,
           what
           corruption
           they
           had
           contracted
           in
           their
           manners
           ,
           what
           doting
           upon
           their
           ancient
           Customes
           ,
           and
           what
           misprision
           concerning
           Christ
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           if
           he
           that
           came
           to
           reforme
           these
           things
           that
           were
           so
           farre
           amisse
           ,
           had
           need
           of
           a
           spirited
           and
           a
           powerfull
           forerunner
           ,
           to
           make
           some
           way
           for
           him
           against
           he
           came
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           it
           was
           at
           our
           Saviours
           comming
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           so
           also
           is
           it
           at
           his
           comming
           in
           the
           spirit
           :
           Whensoever
           Christ
           is
           to
           be
           brought
           in
           among
           a
           corrupt
           and
           irregular
           people
           ,
           in
           the
           power
           and
           purity
           of
           his
           Word
           &
           Gospel
           ,
           great
           hinderances
           doe
           ever
           offer
           themselves
           to
           stop
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           need
           of
           great
           forerunners
           to
           cleare
           them
           thence
           .
           
           A
           
             Jerusalem
          
           is
           never
           built
           street
           and
           wall
           ,
           but
           those
           times
           are
           troublous
           :
           &
           a
           Reformation
           in
           a
           corrupted
           State
           is
           never
           wrought
           but
           with
           these
           opposals
           .
           The
           very
           same
           things
           doe
           make
           the
           waies
           rough
           and
           
           unpassable
           for
           Christs
           comming
           now
           ,
           in
           his
           worke
           and
           power
           ,
           that
           made
           it
           then
           when
           he
           came
           in
           the
           flesh
           .
           These
           three
           are
           as
           
             the
             net
             upon
          
           Mispah
           
             and
             the
             snare
             upon
          
           Tabor
           ,
           
             Hos.
          
           5.
           1.
           as
           the
           ambushes
           that
           the
           Idolatrous
           Priests
           laid
           upon
           those
           Mountaines
           to
           catch
           up
           all
           the
           passengers
           that
           should
           go
           to
           
             Jerusalem
          
           to
           worship
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           these
           catch
           up
           men
           that
           they
           come
           not
           at
           Christ
           .
           These
           are
           the
           
             Korah
             ,
             Dathan
             ,
          
           and
           
             Abiram
             ,
          
           that
           are
           ever
           ready
           to
           oppose
           the
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
          
           that
           seeke
           to
           work
           good
           in
           the
           Congregation
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Jannes
             ,
             Jambres
          
           and
           
             Egyptians
             ,
          
           that
           affront
           them
           in
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           Lord
           .
           And
           hence
           is
           it
           no
           wonder
           ,
           that
           that
           worke
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           had
           so
           long
           in
           hand
           ,
           hath
           gone
           so
           slowly
           and
           so
           heavily
           on
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           How
           truly
           is
           the
           morall
           of
           that
           Story
           concerning
           
             Anomon
          
           in
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           12.
           come
           to
           passe
           in
           these
           dayes
           of
           ours
           ?
           First
           ,
           he
           was
           sicke
           for
           love
           of
           his
           sister
           
             Tamar
             ,
          
           and
           having
           used
           her
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           he
           was
           then
           as
           sicke
           for
           hate
           .
           So
           hath
           it
           beene
           with
           us
           of
           this
           Land
           :
           we
           were
           sicke
           but
           a
           while
           agoe
           for
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           nothing
           would
           cure
           us
           if
           we
           had
           not
           that
           ,
           like
           
             David
          
           we
           longed
           and
           longed
           againe
           for
           this
           water
           of
           
             Bethlehem
          
           that
           is
           beside
           the
           gate
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           rest
           till
           we
           had
           got
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           when
           we
           have
           obtained
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           without
           the
           hazard
           of
           your
           lives
           ,
           we
           now
           cast
           it
           upon
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           care
           not
           for
           it
           :
           We
           are
           now
           as
           weary
           of
           this
           
             Manna
          
           which
           God
           hath
           sent
           us
           ,
           as
           we
           were
           desirous
           of
           it
           before
           it
           came
           .
           What
           should
           be
           the
           reason
           of
           mens
           such
           crossenesse
           and
           contrariety
           in
           their
           affections
           ,
           as
           to
           will
           and
           to
           loath
           ,
           to
           desire
           and
           to
           detest
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           earnestnesse
           ,
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ?
           Why
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
           
             You
             would
             have
             healed
          
           Babel
           ,
           
             and
             she
             will
             not
             
             be
             healed
             .
          
           Men
           are
           affrighted
           I
           know
           not
           how
           at
           the
           rumor
           of
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           afraid
           to
           be
           stripped
           off
           their
           carnalities
           and
           corruptions
           .
           Like
           a
           simple
           Patient
           ,
           that
           in
           an
           eating
           and
           corroding
           sore
           ,
           if
           the
           Surgeon
           can
           abate
           his
           paine
           ,
           he
           likes
           it
           well
           ,
           but
           to
           cut
           out
           any
           proud
           dangerous
           and
           corrupting
           flesh
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           endure
           :
           Just
           so
           hath
           it
           been
           with
           us
           .
           Whilest
           you
           eased
           us
           of
           the
           paines
           of
           those
           pressures
           ,
           that
           did
           pinch
           ,
           and
           took
           off
           the
           yoke
           from
           off
           our
           neck
           that
           glad
           so
           sore
           ,
           it
           pleas'd
           us
           well
           ,
           and
           you
           had
           our
           liking
           ;
           but
           to
           be
           restrained
           any
           whit
           from
           our
           former
           &
           beloved
           sensualities
           ,
           to
           be
           straitned
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           extravagancies
           of
           our
           former
           wayes
           by
           the
           reines
           of
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           oh
           this
           goes
           to
           the
           quicke
           ,
           and
           we
           cannot
           indure
           it
           ,
           
             Durus
             sermo
             ,
          
           a
           hard
           businesse
           ,
           who
           can
           abide
           it
           ?
           Our
           Saviour
           hath
           told
           us
           long
           agoe
           ,
           that
           parting
           with
           an
           old
           acquaintance
           bosome
           sinne
           is
           as
           pinching
           to
           flesh
           and
           blouds
           ,
           
           as
           to
           pluck
           out
           an
           eye
           and
           to
           cut
           off
           a
           hand
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           it
           true
           by
           too
           wofull
           experience
           ,
           by
           mens
           unseparablenesse
           from
           their
           delights
           ,
           they
           carrying
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           them
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           be
           parted
           ,
           to
           perdition
           .
           The
           Vine
           ,
           Olive
           ,
           
           and
           Figtree
           in
           
             Jothams
          
           Parable
           ,
           will
           not
           leave
           their
           wine
           ,
           fatnesse
           ,
           and
           sweetnesse
           ,
           to
           gaine
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           
             Herod
          
           his
           
             Herodias
          
           to
           save
           his
           soule
           ,
           nor
           men
           of
           corrupt
           manners
           ,
           the
           corruption
           of
           their
           manners
           for
           a
           blessed
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           first
           adversary
           that
           you
           have
           in
           your
           way
           ,
           that
           seeketh
           to
           crosse
           the
           glorious
           work
           that
           you
           have
           in
           hand
           .
           And
           there
           is
           a
           second
           which
           is
           like
           to
           this
           ,
           as
           a
           twinne
           of
           the
           same
           wombe
           ,
           and
           as
           bad
           as
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           corruption
           in
           opinion
           concerning
           ancient
           Customes
           ,
           and
           a
           fixednesse
           to
           what
           our
           forefathers
           have
           used
           before
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Custome
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           commonly
           said
           ,
           is
           a
           second
           nature
           ,
           and
           men
           cannot
           easily
           leave
           that
           which
           they
           have
           long
           used
           themselves
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           not
           easily
           leave
           that
           which
           they
           have
           seene
           and
           knowne
           to
           be
           used
           by
           their
           Predecessors
           .
           The
           
             Ephraimites
          
           in
           the
           booke
           of
           
             Judges
             ,
          
           that
           had
           beene
           brought
           up
           to
           say
           
           
             Sibboleth
          
           all
           their
           life
           ,
           cannot
           say
           
             Shibboleth
          
           to
           save
           their
           life
           ,
           but
           they
           perish
           two
           and
           forty
           thousand
           .
           Famous
           and
           fearfull
           is
           the
           story
           of
           
             Rabodus
          
           [
           some
           call
           him
           by
           another
           name
           ]
           who
           when
           he
           was
           so
           farre
           perswaded
           from
           his
           Heathenisme
           into
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           one
           foote
           in
           the
           water
           towards
           being
           baptized
           ,
           and
           there
           asking
           whither
           his
           forefathers
           were
           gone
           that
           were
           not
           Christians
           nor
           baptized
           ,
           whether
           to
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           ,
           and
           it
           being
           answered
           to
           Hell
           ,
           he
           puls
           his
           foote
           back
           againe
           out
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           with
           words
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             That
             he
             would
             goe
             whither
             his
             ancestors
             were
             gone
             ,
          
           and
           so
           he
           resolved
           to
           be
           what
           his
           Ancestors
           had
           beene
           .
           This
           ,
           the
           more
           is
           the
           pity
           ,
           is
           the
           
             ultima
             Analysis
          
           of
           the
           Religion
           of
           too
           many
           thousands
           in
           this
           Land
           and
           time
           ;
           men
           and
           women
           are
           too
           commonly
           and
           generally
           pinned
           in
           opinion
           and
           in
           practice
           of
           religious
           things
           upon
           the
           customes
           and
           usage
           of
           ancient
           times
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           loth
           to
           be
           parted
           from
           them
           :
           The
           woman
           of
           
             Sychar
          
           was
           zealous
           for
           the
           Temple
           upon
           Mount
           
             Gerizim
             ,
          
           but
           the
           best
           reason
           she
           can
           give
           for
           that
           her
           zeale
           ,
           is
           but
           this
           ,
           because
           
             her
             ,
             Fathers
             worshipped
             in
             that
             Mountaine
             ,
          
           Joh.
           4.
           20.
           
           
             Laban
          
           in
           the
           marriage
           of
           his
           daughter
           
             Leah
             ,
          
           will
           rather
           follow
           custome
           ▪
           then
           either
           conscience
           ,
           or
           his
           owne
           promise
           and
           covenant
           :
           He
           had
           agreed
           with
           
             Jacob
          
           for
           
             Rachel
             ,
          
           and
           for
           
             Rachel
          
           had
           
             Jacob
          
           served
           ,
           but
           when
           it
           commeth
           to
           the
           point
           of
           performance
           he
           suborneth
           
             Leah
             ,
          
           and
           deceives
           
           him
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           his
           reason
           ?
           Why
           ,
           
             it
             was
             not
             the
             custome
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             to
             give
             the
             younger
             before
             the
             elder
             ,
          
           Gen.
           29.
           26.
           
           How
           the
           predominancy
           of
           this
           humour
           in
           the
           diseased
           body
           of
           this
           Church
           doth
           cause
           us
           to
           cast
           up
           againe
           the
           wholesome
           Physicke
           of
           a
           Reformation
           ,
           it
           is
           knowne
           too
           well
           .
           The
           confession
           of
           the
           Prophet
           may
           be
           taken
           up
           concerning
           us
           ,
           and
           with
           addition
           ,
           
             We
             have
             sinned
             with
             our
             forefathers
             ,
          
           nay
           we
           are
           resolved
           so
           to
           doe
           still
           .
           The
           errours
           that
           the
           ignorance
           and
           dulnesse
           of
           former
           times
           did
           admit
           into
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           and
           profession
           of
           Religion
           ,
           we
           are
           resolved
           to
           retaine
           because
           they
           were
           the
           Customes
           of
           former
           times
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           a
           maine
           obstacle
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Christs
           powerfull
           comming
           among
           a
           people
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           way
           of
           your
           worke
           that
           seekes
           thus
           to
           bring
           him
           ,
           is
           a
           corruption
           of
           opinion
           that
           men
           have
           concerning
           Christ
           or
           Religion
           it selfe
           .
           Religion
           to
           carnall
           men
           must
           be
           a
           little
           gawdy
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           cannot
           be
           a
           pleasing
           Religion
           :
           as
           the
           Virgin
           
             Mary
          
           must
           be
           a
           Lady
           ,
           or
           she
           is
           not
           thought
           fit
           to
           be
           a
           Saint
           .
           The
           simplicity
           and
           plainenesse
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           spoiles
           its
           intertainment
           with
           sensuall
           minds
           .
           And
           
             Antichrist
          
           by
           putting
           his
           Religion
           in
           so
           gorgeous
           clothes
           hath
           gained
           so
           much
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           stollen
           mens
           hearts
           thorough
           their
           eyes
           .
           God
           did
           once
           indeed
           comply
           with
           the
           grosse
           dulnesse
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           winne
           them
           ,
           and
           because
           they
           could
           not
           goe
           further
           in
           Religion
           then
           they
           were
           led
           by
           the
           eyes
           ,
           he
           gave
           them
           such
           a
           one
           as
           suited
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           because
           it
           was
           so
           with
           them
           once
           ,
           carnall
           men
           would
           have
           it
           so
           still
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           three
           sonnes
           of
           
             Anak
          
           with
           whom
           you
           have
           had
           so
           long
           to
           wrestle
           ,
           and
           with
           whom
           you
           have
           
           to
           combate
           still
           ,
           before
           you
           can
           bring
           our
           
             Israel
          
           to
           the
           desired
           
             Canaan
             .
          
           I
           may
           say
           againe
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           this
           worke
           in
           your
           hands
           goes
           so
           slowly
           on
           ,
           when
           three
           such
           Giants
           doe
           seeke
           to
           hinder
           it
           .
           You
           have
           to
           fight
           not
           with
           flesh
           and
           bloud
           ,
           but
           with
           principalities
           and
           powers
           ,
           with
           the
           strong
           holds
           of
           Satan
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           .
           Oh
           that
           we
           could
           finde
           out
           some
           such
           powerfull
           forerunners
           to
           goe
           before
           you
           ,
           as
           might
           cleare
           the
           way
           for
           your
           readier
           passage
           !
           Where
           might
           we
           get
           so
           skilfull
           a
           Mustian
           as
           could
           calme
           these
           evill
           spirits
           that
           thus
           disturbe
           all
           ?
           It
           is
           farre
           from
           my
           skill
           to
           advise
           you
           what
           to
           doe
           in
           these
           respects
           :
           But
           to
           you
           others
           that
           sit
           by
           ,
           and
           are
           spectators
           how
           these
           Worthies
           labour
           under
           these
           opposals
           ,
           this
           may
           shew
           what
           need
           you
           have
           to
           drive
           on
           the
           great
           and
           weighty
           workes
           that
           they
           have
           in
           hand
           with
           the
           earnestnesse
           of
           your
           prayers
           .
           Their
           hands
           ,
           like
           those
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           if
           they
           be
           weary
           with
           holding
           up
           so
           long
           in
           so
           great
           imployments
           ,
           these
           must
           be
           the
           
             Aaron
          
           and
           
             Hur
          
           that
           must
           support
           them
           that
           they
           fall
           not
           quite
           .
           Me
           thinke
           we
           may
           even
           see
           written
           in
           the
           very
           things
           that
           they
           are
           in
           managing
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           weighty
           ,
           what
           
             Paul
          
           inserts
           to
           so
           many
           of
           his
           Epistles
           ,
           
             Brethren
             pray
             for
             us
             ;
          
           And
           Brethren
           pray
           for
           them
           .
           I
           will
           conclude
           all
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             Let
             my
             tongue
             cleave
             to
             the
             roofe
             of
             my
             mouth
             :
          
           nay
           ,
           let
           me
           change
           the
           number
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           you
           will
           joyne
           with
           me
           in
           the
           saying
           ,
           Let
           our
           tongues
           cleave
           to
           the
           roofes
           of
           our
           mouthes
           :
           if
           we
           forget
           the
           Parliament
           in
           our
           best
           devotions
           .
           And
           so
           have
           I
           done
           with
           the
           first
           part
           that
           I
           named
           ,
           
             the
             Person
             and
             his
             function
          
           that
           must
           doe
           the
           worke
           ;
           now
           I
           come
           to
           the
           qualification
           of
           that
           person
           for
           that
           worke
           and
           for
           his
           function
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             goe
             before
             
             him
             in
             the
             spirit
             and
             power
             of
          
           Elias
           .
        
         
           We
           meete
           in
           this
           part
           with
           two
           severall
           parties
           ,
           
           
             Elias
          
           and
           
             John
             ,
          
           men
           exceedingly
           renowned
           in
           their
           generations
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           great
           reformers
           in
           their
           times
           .
           
             Elias
          
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           
             John
          
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           We
           might
           deale
           with
           them
           as
           the
           Prophet
           
             Ezekiel
          
           doth
           with
           his
           two
           sticks
           with
           the
           names
           written
           upon
           them
           ,
           
           
             Judah
          
           and
           
             Joseph
             :
          
           First
           ,
           we
           might
           take
           in
           either
           hand
           one
           ,
           and
           treat
           of
           them
           severally
           ,
           then
           might
           we
           take
           them
           both
           into
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           handling
           they
           might
           become
           one
           ;
           but
           we
           will
           take
           up
           such
           things
           concerning
           them
           onely
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           most
           materiall
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           and
           most
           sutable
           to
           the
           present
           times
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           we
           may
           lay
           this
           position
           ,
           and
           the
           text
           will
           warrant
           it
           ,
           
           
             That
          
           Elias
           
             shall
             never
             come
             to
             live
             and
             continue
             upon
             earth
             againe
             .
          
           The
           Prophet
           
             Malachi
          
           indeed
           delivereth
           it
           in
           such
           termes
           as
           if
           he
           should
           come
           once
           againe
           .
           
             Behold
             ,
             I
             will
             send
             you
          
           Eliah
           
             the
             Prophet
             :
          
           And
           the
           
             Septuagint
          
           have
           driven
           the
           naile
           to
           the
           head
           to
           make
           this
           sense
           the
           surer
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           added
           ,
           
             Behold
             ,
             I
             send
             you
          
           Elias
           
             the
          
           Tishbite
           :
           yet
           the
           Angel
           
             Gabriel
          
           in
           the
           text
           doth
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           
             Elias
          
           himselfe
           is
           not
           to
           come
           in
           his
           owne
           soule
           ,
           but
           another
           in
           his
           spirit
           ,
           nor
           he
           in
           his
           owne
           person
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           
             John
             Baptist
          
           was
           to
           come
           in
           his
           power
           .
           And
           so
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
           
             Matth.
             11.
             14.
             
             And
             if
             you
             will
             receive
             it
             ,
             this
             is
          
           Elias
           
             which
             was
             to
             come
             :
          
           and
           
             Matth.
             17.
             12.
             
             Elias
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             is
             already
             come
             ,
          
           which
           his
           Disciples
           doe
           truely
           understand
           of
           
             John
             the
             Baptist
             .
          
           The
           Jewes
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           erroniously
           hold
           that
           the
           
             Messiah
          
           is
           not
           yet
           come
           ,
           so
           doe
           they
           hold
           also
           that
           
             Elias
          
           shall
           personally
           come
           before
           
           his
           comming
           :
           And
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           they
           erre
           that
           errour
           mistaking
           the
           meaning
           of
           
             Malachi
             ,
          
           when
           so
           many
           Christians
           doe
           erre
           the
           same
           error
           with
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           an
           exposition
           by
           an
           Angel
           ,
           and
           by
           our
           Saviour
           upon
           that
           Prophecie
           .
           
             Jansenius
             ,
             Maldonate
             ,
          
           and
           others
           of
           the
           same
           nest
           ,
           Jesuites
           and
           Papists
           ,
           explaining
           these
           words
           that
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           doe
           resolve
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           more
           fitly
           to
           be
           applied
           to
           
             Elias
          
           his
           second
           comming
           which
           is
           yet
           to
           be
           ,
           then
           to
           his
           comming
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Ahab
             :
          
           and
           they
           glosse
           them
           thus
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             goe
             before
             Christ
             at
             his
             first
             comming
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             the
             spirit
             and
             power
             that
          
           Elias
           
             shall
             goe
             before
             him
             in
             at
             his
             second
             .
          
           A
           glosse
           much
           like
           that
           senselesse
           one
           of
           the
           Sect
           in
           
             Epiphanius
             ,
          
           upon
           these
           words
           in
           
             Gen.
             1.
             27.
             
             God
             created
             man
             in
             his
             owne
             image
             ,
          
           whereon
           they
           seemed
           to
           hold
           ,
           that
           the
           body
           of
           man
           was
           made
           after
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Christs
          
           humane
           shape
           was
           the
           copy
           for
           the
           shape
           of
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           whereas
           
             Adam
          
           was
           not
           made
           a
           man
           after
           the
           likenesse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           Christ
           was
           made
           man
           after
           the
           likenesse
           of
           
             Adam
             .
          
           Even
           so
           is
           it
           with
           these
           expositors
           .
           They
           either
           make
           
             John
             Baptist
          
           his
           going
           before
           Christ
           ,
           a
           patterne
           of
           
             Elias
          
           his
           doing
           the
           like
           ,
           whereas
           
             Elias
          
           in
           the
           Prophet
           and
           in
           the
           text
           is
           a
           patterne
           of
           
             John
             :
          
           or
           else
           they
           make
           
             Elias
          
           who
           is
           to
           come
           (
           no
           one
           can
           tell
           when
           )
           the
           copy
           or
           paterne
           of
           the
           
             Baptist
          
           already
           come
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           then
           ridiculous
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           so
           much
           to
           be
           wondred
           ,
           that
           these
           men
           of
           corrupt
           judgements
           and
           minds
           ,
           should
           erre
           this
           same
           errour
           with
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           
           when
           we
           finde
           so
           many
           of
           the
           Fathers
           to
           have
           erred
           in
           the
           same
           opinion
           also
           ,
           and
           to
           
             Elias
          
           they
           have
           added
           
             Enoch
             ,
          
           and
           both
           these
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           must
           come
           before
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           these
           they
           hold
           to
           be
           the
           two
           witnesses
           in
           the
           11.
           of
           the
           
             Revelation
             .
          
        
         
         
           It
           is
           true
           indeed
           that
           some
           ones
           shall
           come
           in
           the
           spirit
           of
           
             Elias
          
           toward
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
           according
           to
           that
           description
           in
           the
           
             Revelation
             ,
          
           but
           no
           expectation
           of
           
             Elias
          
           himselfe
           ,
           nor
           no
           description
           of
           
             Enoch
          
           at
           all
           .
           The
           two
           witnesses
           in
           that
           place
           are
           plainely
           charactered
           and
           decyphered
           forth
           by
           the
           emblems
           of
           
             Moses
          
           &
           
             Elias
             .
             They
             have
             power
             to
             shut
             up
             Heaven
             that
             there
             be
             no
             raine
             ,
          
           vers.
           6.
           
           Here
           is
           apregnant
           intimation
           of
           
             Elias
             :
          
           &
           ,
           
             They
             have
             power
             over
             the
             waters
             to
             turn
             them
             into
             bloud
             ,
          
           there
           is
           as
           pregnant
           a
           one
           of
           
             Moses
             .
          
           These
           two
           men
           doe
           meete
           more
           then
           once
           mentioned
           together
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           They
           are
           named
           together
           in
           the
           conclusion
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           
             Mal.
             4.
             4.
             
             Remember
             the
             Law
             of
          
           Moses
           
             my
             servant
             ,
          
           and
           in
           
             v.
             5.
             
             Behold
             I
             send
             you
          
           Elias
           
             the
             Prophet
             .
          
           They
           appeared
           together
           and
           attended
           our
           Saviour
           at
           his
           transfiguration
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           17.
           3.
           
           They
           are
           thought
           on
           together
           in
           that
           description
           of
           the
           two
           witnesses
           ,
           as
           they
           also
           agreed
           together
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           was
           the
           giver
           of
           the
           Law
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           the
           restorer
           of
           it
           when
           it
           was
           decaying
           :
           the
           one
           was
           the
           great
           Prophet
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           the
           other
           the
           great
           Prophet
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           
           as
           shall
           be
           touched
           anon
           .
           When
           therefore
           the
           Jewes
           and
           the
           Gentiles
           shall
           be
           knit
           together
           into
           one
           Church
           upon
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           the
           one
           and
           the
           conversion
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           then
           shall
           God
           raise
           up
           a
           powerfull
           Ministery
           to
           them
           both
           united
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           spirit
           of
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           (
           the
           time
           of
           their
           preaching
           is
           alluded
           to
           the
           time
           of
           our
           Saviours
           ,
           three
           yeares
           and
           a
           halfe
           )
           and
           Antichrist
           shall
           rise
           up
           against
           them
           ,
           
           and
           persecute
           some
           of
           them
           to
           the
           death
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           way
           as
           we
           goe
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           immateriall
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           how
           things
           signifying
           and
           things
           signified
           doe
           often
           in
           Scripture
           beare
           one
           and
           the
           same
           name
           :
           sometime
           
           the
           thing
           signifying
           is
           called
           by
           the
           same
           name
           of
           the
           thing
           signified
           .
           As
           at
           the
           making
           of
           the
           first
           Covenant
           
             Exod.
             24.
             8.
             
             Moses
             sprinkled
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             Covenant
             upon
             all
             the
             people
             ,
          
           Heb.
           9.
           19.
           
           That
           is
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             twelve
             Pillars
             ,
          
           which
           he
           had
           set
           up
           to
           represent
           the
           people
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           4.
           as
           he
           had
           set
           up
           an
           Altar
           also
           to
           represent
           God
           :
           For
           to
           besprinkle
           so
           many
           hundred
           thousands
           severally
           ,
           it
           was
           impossible
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           as
           he
           imployed
           in
           that
           worke
           .
           And
           so
           in
           the
           second
           Covenant
           in
           the
           bloud
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           that
           represent
           his
           body
           and
           bloud
           ,
           are
           called
           by
           the
           very
           names
           of
           his
           body
           and
           bloud
           .
        
         
           Sometimes
           the
           thing
           signified
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           thing
           signifying
           ,
           as
           
             Hos.
             3.
             5.
             
             Afterward
             shall
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             returne
             ,
             and
             seeke
             the
             Lord
             their
             God
             and
          
           David
           
             their
             King
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Christ
             their
             King
             ,
          
           which
           was
           signified
           by
           
             David
             :
          
           And
           so
           in
           the
           matter
           that
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           
             Malachi
          
           cals
           the
           Baptist
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           because
           he
           was
           so
           neerely
           represented
           and
           typified
           by
           
             Elias
             .
          
           To
           them
           that
           hold
           that
           
             Elias
          
           shall
           personally
           come
           againe
           indeed
           ,
           we
           may
           justly
           propose
           these
           two
           or
           three
           queres
           .
           First
           ,
           how
           shall
           a
           glorified
           bodie
           converse
           with
           bodies
           laden
           with
           corruption
           and
           mortality
           ?
           Observe
           at
           the
           transfiguration
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           the
           glorified
           bodies
           of
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Elias
          
           appeared
           to
           him
           ,
           the
           Disciples
           were
           so
           uncapable
           and
           unfit
           for
           conversing
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           them
           spake
           they
           knew
           not
           what
           .
           
           Consider
           the
           disproportion
           that
           is
           betweene
           Angels
           and
           men
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           so
           call
           it
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           converse
           ,
           the
           one
           spirits
           ,
           the
           other
           bodies
           ,
           how
           can
           these
           two
           be
           familiar
           together
           ,
           if
           an
           Angel
           take
           not
           on
           him
           a
           visible
           shape
           ?
           There
           is
           not
           so
           much
           distance
           indeed
           betwixt
           bodies
           glorified
           and
           bodies
           mortall
           ,
           yet
           is
           there
           so
           much
           as
           is
           sufficient
           
           to
           spoyle
           the
           converse
           of
           each
           with
           other
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           What
           should
           
             Elias
          
           doe
           in
           his
           person
           here
           ?
           If
           
             to
             preach
             :
          
           our
           Saviour
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           
             that
             if
             men
             would
             not
             hearken
             to
          
           Moses
           
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
          
           
           
             they
             will
             not
             be
             perswaded
             though
             one
             rose
             from
             the
             dead
             :
          
           And
           may
           we
           not
           inferre
           ?
           If
           men
           will
           not
           hearken
           to
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           the
           Evangelists
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostles
           ;
           they
           will
           not
           beleeve
           though
           
             Elias
          
           came
           from
           heaven
           ,
           
           
             To
             Preach
             the
             Gospel
             ?
          
           If
           another
           then
           what
           was
           preached
           by
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           
           then
           is
           he
           accursed
           though
           he
           be
           
             Elias
             .
          
           If
           the
           same
           :
           why
           ,
           that
           treasure
           is
           carried
           in
           earthen
           vessels
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           vessells
           already
           glorified
           .
           
             To
             destroy
             Antichrist
             ?
          
           This
           indeed
           is
           the
           common
           opinion
           :
           
           but
           
             Paul
          
           hath
           told
           us
           that
           
             the
             Lord
             shall
             doe
             it
             with
             the
             Spirit
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             and
             the
             brightnesse
             of
             his
             comming
             .
          
           Such
           questions
           as
           these
           might
           be
           proposed
           to
           that
           opinion
           ,
           that
           is
           indeed
           of
           much
           like
           nature
           with
           this
           ,
           but
           of
           farre
           more
           strangenesse
           ,
           namely
           that
           that
           would
           bring
           Christ
           from
           heaven
           againe
           ,
           to
           live
           personally
           on
           earth
           a
           thousand
           yeares
           .
           First
           ,
           what
           should
           Christ
           that
           is
           in
           heaven
           ,
           blessed
           for
           ever
           ,
           doe
           a
           thousand
           yeares
           upon
           earth
           that
           is
           cursed
           ?
           The
           very
           first
           lesson
           that
           God
           taught
           
             Adam
          
           after
           he
           had
           taught
           him
           the
           lesson
           of
           Christ
           ,
           was
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           not
           expect
           Christs
           kingdome
           upon
           earth
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           cursed
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           3.
           17.
           
           Secondly
           ,
           how
           strange
           and
           improbable
           is
           it
           to
           conceive
           ,
           that
           Christ
           who
           in
           his
           humane
           frailty
           had
           a
           kingdome
           ,
           which
           was
           called
           and
           was
           
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Heaven
             ,
          
           should
           now
           in
           his
           immortall
           glory
           come
           and
           possesse
           a
           kingdome
           on
           earth
           ?
           An
           opinion
           according
           to
           the
           censure
           of
           
             Eusebius
             ,
          
           raised
           upon
           the
           misconstruction
           of
           a
           place
           in
           the
           last
           booke
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           
           as
           this
           about
           
             Elias
          
           was
           of
           a
           place
           in
           the
           last
           booke
           of
           the
           old
           .
           
           For
           thus
           speaketh
           he
           concerning
           
             Papias
             ,
          
           the
           first
           father
           of
           this
           conceit
           :
           
             The
             same
             Author
             also
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             sheweth
             that
             other
             things
             came
             to
             him
             by
             unwritten
             tradition
             which
             containe
             certaine
             strange
             Parables
             of
             our
             Saviour
             and
             new
             doctrines
             of
             his
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             things
             stuffed
             with
             legendary
             fables
             .
             Among
             which
             he
             averreth
             that
             the
             kingdome
             of
             Christ
             ,
             after
             the
             resurrection
             of
             all
             flesh
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             shall
             continue
             and
             endure
             upon
             this
             earth
             ,
             after
             a
             humane
             and
             bodily
             manner
             ,
             for
             a
             thousand
             yeares
             :
             Which
             opinions
             I
             beleeve
             that
             he
             did
             entertaine
             ,
             because
             he
             misunderstood
             the
             Apostolicall
             interpretations
             ,
             which
             were
             delivered
             by
             them
             under
             hidden
             figures
             ,
             and
             obscure
             Parables
             .
             For
             he
             was
             a
             man
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             guessed
             by
             his
             writings
             of
             a
             very
             shallow
             wit
             .
             Yet
             was
             he
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             like
             error
             to
             most
             Ecclesiasticall
             men
             ,
             who
             cited
             this
             mans
             antiquity
             for
             the
             defence
             of
             their
             part
             :
             as
          
           Irenaeus
           ,
           
             and
             whosoever
             else
             is
             of
             the
             same
             opinion
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           censure
           nor
           condemne
           the
           opinion
           ,
           but
           referre
           it
           to
           superiour
           examination
           ,
           onely
           this
           I
           cannot
           but
           say
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           doe
           not
           remember
           that
           ever
           I
           heard
           or
           read
           of
           an
           opinion
           of
           so
           extreame
           and
           monstrous
           strangenesse
           ,
           that
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ,
           hath
           gotten
           so
           great
           a
           beliefe
           and
           so
           large
           an
           entertainment
           ,
           and
           neither
           tongue
           or
           pen
           hath
           stirred
           against
           it
           .
           It
           is
           our
           hope
           and
           prayer
           ,
           that
           once
           you
           may
           have
           liberty
           and
           leisure
           from
           the
           great
           rent
           in
           the
           whole
           peece
           of
           the
           State
           to
           looke
           upon
           the
           rippings
           in
           the
           seames
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           such
           opinions
           as
           this
           and
           others
           may
           be
           taken
           either
           by
           you
           or
           by
           your
           authority
           into
           examination
           ,
           before
           ,
           like
           
             Joab
          
           and
           
             Abishai
          
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Zerviah
             ,
          
           they
           grow
           too
           strong
           ,
           and
           defie
           a
           tryall
           .
        
         
         
           
             The
             Spirit
             and
             power
             of
             Elias
          
           is
           held
           by
           some
           to
           meane
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           
             his
             powerfull
             Spirit
             .
          
           So
           indeed
           sometime
           runneth
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           stile
           .
           As
           in
           that
           answer
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             Joh.
             14.
             6.
             
             I
             am
             the
             way
             ,
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             the
             life
             ,
          
           the
           scope
           of
           the
           question
           that
           occasioned
           it
           seemeth
           to
           call
           it
           to
           such
           a
           sense
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             true
             and
             the
             living
             way
             .
          
        
         
           Others
           distinguish
           the
           meaning
           with
           the
           words
           ,
           and
           by
           
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Elias
          
           understand
           patience
           and
           tolerancy
           of
           persecution
           ,
           and
           by
           
             the
             power
             ,
          
           the
           prevalent
           and
           efficacious
           virtue
           of
           his
           ministration
           .
           But
           we
           need
           not
           to
           goe
           farre
           for
           interpretations
           ,
           when
           either
           the
           words
           are
           of
           no
           great
           difficulty
           ,
           or
           what
           they
           be
           of
           ,
           will
           easily
           be
           explained
           by
           the
           Scripture
           it selfe
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Elias
             his
             Spirit
          
           then
           are
           we
           to
           understand
           ,
           not
           his
           owne
           within
           him
           ,
           
           but
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           or
           of
           Prophecy
           upon
           him
           :
           
           And
           so
           his
           spirit
           is
           said
           to
           be
           upon
           
             John
             ,
          
           as
           
             Moses
          
           his
           spirit
           was
           upon
           the
           
             Elders
             ,
          
           and
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           same
           
             Elias
          
           upon
           
             Elisha
             .
          
        
         
           By
           the
           
             power
             of
             Elias
          
           upon
           the
           Baptist
           ,
           is
           not
           meant
           the
           power
           of
           miracles
           ,
           
           for
           
             John
          
           wrought
           none
           ,
           wheras
           
             Elias
          
           did
           many
           ,
           but
           his
           power
           of
           preaching
           for
           the
           conversion
           of
           many
           unto
           God
           .
           So
           that
           whereas
           the
           ancient
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           among
           them
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           had
           a
           double
           power
           of
           the
           Spirit
           upon
           them
           ,
           
             To
             foretell
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             to
             worke
             miracles
             ;
          
           so
           had
           
             John
          
           the
           first
           Prophet
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           a
           double
           power
           ,
           but
           of
           another
           nature
           and
           a
           better
           .
           He
           foretold
           not
           things
           to
           come
           ,
           but
           he
           explained
           those
           that
           had
           him
           foretold
           ;
           and
           he
           wrought
           not
           miracles
           upon
           bodies
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           miraculously
           powerfull
           upon
           soules
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           should
           we
           come
           to
           compare
           
             Elias
          
           &
           the
           
             Baptist
          
           
           ther
           we
           should
           finde
           them
           agree
           in
           many
           parallels
           :
           as
           that
           they
           both
           came
           in
           very
           corrupt
           times
           ,
           that
           they
           both
           restored
           religion
           very
           much
           in
           that
           corruption
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           both
           persecuted
           exceedingly
           for
           that
           restoring
           ,
           
             Elias
          
           by
           
             Ahab
          
           and
           
             Jezabell
             ,
          
           and
           
             John
          
           by
           
             Herod
          
           and
           
             Herodias
             ;
          
           and
           divers
           other
           agreements
           ,
           upon
           which
           not
           to
           insist
           ,
           because
           they
           bee
           obvious
           to
           every
           eye
           ,
           
           this
           collection
           may
           we
           take
           up
           from
           the
           words
           in
           hand
           ,
           That
           
             Elias
          
           is
           a
           proper
           and
           pregnant
           patterne
           for
           Reformers
           .
        
         
           As
           when
           
             Moses
          
           was
           making
           the
           Sanctuary
           and
           the
           appurtenances
           ,
           
           God
           often
           cals
           upon
           him
           to
           make
           all
           things
           according
           to
           the
           patterne
           which
           was
           shewed
           him
           in
           the
           mount
           :
           So
           in
           this
           like
           worke
           of
           yours
           which
           you
           have
           in
           hand
           can
           you
           platforme
           out
           a
           reformation
           by
           a
           better
           patterne
           then
           by
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           since
           you
           will
           not
           doe
           it
           but
           by
           some
           patterne
           from
           the
           Mount
           ?
           A
           man
           that
           in
           the
           text
           is
           a
           copy
           to
           
             John
             the
             Baptist
          
           in
           his
           reforming
           :
           And
           a
           man
           that
           in
           his
           owne
           time
           
             restored
             all
             things
             ,
          
           as
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           of
           him
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           17.
           11.
           
           And
           fitly
           then
           may
           he
           be
           a
           patterne
           for
           these
           times
           of
           ours
           .
        
         
           He
           restored
           perishing
           religion
           ,
           &
           the
           decaying
           law
           :
           he
           restored
           forgotten
           Prophecy
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Jews
           hold
           ,
           forsaken
           Circumcision
           :
           for
           of
           Circumcision
           doe
           they
           understand
           those
           words
           of
           
             Elias
          
           himselfe
           ,
           
             They
             have
             forsaken
             thy
             Covenant
             ,
             1
             King.
          
           19.
           14.
           
           And
           of
           
             Elias
          
           the
           restorer
           of
           Circumcision
           they
           misunderstand
           those
           words
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
           
             The
             Angell
          
           or
           
             Messenger
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
          
           Mal.
           3.
           1.
           
        
         
           But
           I
           stand
           not
           here
           as
           a
           Surgeon
           over
           his
           Anatomy
           ,
           to
           reade
           unto
           you
           a
           Lecture
           of
           reforming
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             Sceleton
          
           of
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           it
           were
           beyond
           good
           manners
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           
           beyond
           my
           skill
           :
           Let
           me
           addresse
           my selfe
           to
           you
           that
           sit
           by
           and
           are
           spectators
           of
           these
           Worthies
           as
           they
           labour
           in
           their
           worke
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           or
           two
           of
           application
           ,
           and
           that
           according
           to
           the
           two
           words
           that
           are
           before
           us
           ,
           
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Elias
             and
             his
             power
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             By
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Elias
             ,
          
           I
           told
           you
           ,
           is
           understood
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           that
           was
           upon
           him
           :
           Now
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
             x
             Cor.
             12.
             4.
             the
             Spirit
             was
             but
             one
             ,
             but
             the
             gifts
             were
             diverse
             .
          
           For
           looke
           in
           the
           fourth
           of
           the
           
             Acts
             ,
          
           and
           the
           thirty
           first
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Apostles
           there
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           had
           prayed
           the
           place
           was
           shaken
           and
           
             they
             were
             filled
             with
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           And
           so
           they
           had
           beene
           some
           dayes
           before
           ,
           namely
           on
           Pentecost
           day
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           2.
           4.
           
           Now
           they
           having
           beene
           filled
           then
           ,
           how
           can
           they
           be
           said
           to
           be
           filled
           againe
           ?
           Why
           ▪
           then
           with
           the
           gift
           of
           tongues
           ,
           and
           now
           with
           the
           gift
           of
           holy
           boldnesse
           ,
           for
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           was
           they
           prayed
           ,
           ver.
           29.
           
        
         
           Among
           the
           diverse
           gifts
           then
           of
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           ,
           
           that
           
             Elias
          
           had
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           the
           last
           nor
           the
           least
           that
           made
           him
           renowned
           ,
           
             His
             extraordinary
             zeale
             for
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hostes
             .
          
           So
           much
           expresseth
           he
           concerning
           himselfe
           ,
           1
           
             King.
          
           19.
           10.
           14.
           
           And
           so
           much
           seemeth
           our
           Saviour
           to
           aime
           at
           ,
           in
           his
           answer
           to
           his
           two
           disciples
           that
           would
           have
           fire
           fetched
           from
           heaven
           ,
           as
           
             Elias
          
           had
           done
           ,
           
             Ye
             know
             not
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             what
             manner
             of
             spirit
             ye
             are
             of
             ,
          
           Luk.
           9.
           55.
           of
           a
           zeale
           beyond
           your
           warrant
           ,
           and
           you
           would
           be
           forward
           you
           know
           not
           how
           .
           The
           thing
           that
           you
           may
           take
           notice
           of
           from
           hence
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           no
           true
           reformation
           can
           be
           expected
           which
           is
           not
           carried
           on
           with
           a
           spirit
           of
           zeale
           .
           The
           workes
           of
           God
           must
           be
           wrought
           with
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           &
           they
           that
           desire
           to
           forward
           his
           glory
           ,
           must
           do
           it
           with
           a
           holy
           forwardnesse
           .
           It
           is
           the
           honour
           of
           
             Levi
             ,
             
             Deut.
          
           33.
           9.
           that
           when
           he
           was
           about
           the
           imployment
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           zealous
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           forgot
           all
           civill
           relations
           ,
           
             and
             said
             unto
             his
             father
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             mother
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             seene
             him
             ,
             neither
             did
             he
             acknowledge
             his
             brethren
             ,
             nor
             knew
             his
             owne
             children
             .
          
           And
           so
           our
           Saviour
           in
           the
           third
           of
           
             Marke
             ,
          
           when
           his
           mother
           and
           kindred
           would
           have
           taken
           him
           off
           from
           preaching
           ,
           for
           they
           said
           
             he
             will
             faint
             ,
          
           
           or
           
             he
             is
             beside
             himselfe
             ,
          
           be
           it
           whether
           it
           will
           ,
           for
           the
           originall
           word
           will
           beare
           both
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           zealous
           in
           the
           worke
           in
           hand
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           owne
           them
           that
           came
           to
           hinder
           it
           .
           For
           
             he
             answered
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Who
             is
             my
             mother
             ,
             and
             who
             are
             my
             brethren
             ?
          
           Marke
           3.
           33.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           power
           of
           
             Elias
          
           in
           Reformation
           was
           exceeding
           much
           ,
           and
           he
           did
           wondrous
           things
           in
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           but
           yet
           he
           left
           exceeding
           much
           undone
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           helpe
           ,
           and
           abundance
           of
           corruption
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           remove
           .
           He
           tooke
           away
           
             Baalim
             ,
          
           but
           he
           could
           not
           take
           away
           the
           golden
           Calves
           ,
           he
           destroyed
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           but
           he
           could
           not
           destroy
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           other
           .
           
           Foure
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Prophets
           of
           
             Baal
          
           perished
           by
           his
           meanes
           at
           
             Carmel
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           are
           there
           foure
           hundred
           false
           Prophets
           left
           that
           seduce
           
             Ahab
          
           to
           goe
           to
           
             Ramoth
             .
          
           
           Thus
           impossible
           is
           an
           utter
           extipation
           of
           all
           corruption
           out
           of
           a
           State
           and
           Church
           that
           is
           corrupt
           .
        
         
           Lay
           these
           two
           now
           together
           in
           the
           two
           scales
           of
           an
           unprejudicate
           judgement
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           helpe
           very
           well
           to
           ballance
           and
           to
           poize
           a
           right
           your
           thoughts
           and
           censures
           concerning
           these
           Worthies
           that
           are
           toyling
           in
           our
           worke
           .
           Some
           thinke
           they
           have
           beene
           too
           forward
           ,
           others
           thinke
           they
           have
           beene
           too
           slow
           ;
           some
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           done
           too
           much
           ,
           others
           that
           they
           have
           done
           too
           
           little
           ;
           some
           complaine
           of
           too
           much
           zeale
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           too
           little
           reformation
           .
           To
           the
           former
           may
           be
           answered
           ,
           that
           
             Elias
          
           must
           be
           zealous
           if
           he
           will
           reforme
           ;
           to
           the
           latter
           ,
           that
           
             Elias
          
           cannot
           utterly
           purge
           out
           all
           corruption
           though
           he
           be
           
             Elias
             ;
          
           and
           to
           both
           together
           ,
           that
           in
           stead
           of
           murmuring
           against
           them
           ,
           it
           were
           farre
           fitter
           to
           be
           thankfull
           to
           God
           for
           them
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           hath
           put
           so
           much
           zeale
           into
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           reformation
           already
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           see
           more
           already
           then
           we
           expected
           ever
           to
           have
           seene
           :
           The
           same
           Lord
           continue
           the
           same
           
             Spirit
          
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           increase
           the
           
             Power
             ,
          
           that
           their
           hearts
           and
           their
           hands
           may
           hold
           up
           and
           grow
           strong
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           see
           the
           salvation
           of
           the
           Lord
           exerted
           by
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           reconciling
           of
           the
           disaffected
           ,
           and
           the
           reducing
           of
           the
           disobedient
           .
           And
           so
           I
           passe
           to
           the
           third
           part
           of
           the
           text
           ,
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           Baptist
           ,
           
             to
             turne
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             children
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           case
           was
           wofull
           when
           father
           and
           sonne
           had
           need
           of
           a
           reconciler
           to
           make
           them
           friends
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           theirs
           then
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           it
           ours
           now
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           very
           hard
           taske
           surely
           to
           
             John
          
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           to
           turne
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           fathers
           to
           the
           children
           ,
           or
           to
           doe
           this
           worke
           ,
           for
           I
           finde
           it
           a
           very
           hard
           taske
           and
           trouble
           to
           expositors
           to
           finde
           out
           and
           to
           resolve
           ,
           who
           these
           fathers
           and
           children
           were
           .
        
         
           Some
           by
           
             the
             fathers
          
           understand
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           
           and
           by
           
             the
             children
             ,
          
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           
             Luke
          
           11.
           19.
           and
           that
           
             John
          
           turned
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           fathers
           to
           the
           children
           ,
           when
           he
           brought
           the
           Jewes
           to
           imbrace
           their
           Doctrine
           ;
           but
           how
           can
           the
           other
           part
           be
           made
           good
           with
           this
           glosse
           ,
           that
           he
           turned
           the
           heart
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ?
        
         
         
           Some
           render
           it
           thus
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             turne
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             Children
          
           by
           the
           right
           understanding
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           
             the
             disobedient
             to
             the
             wisdome
             of
             the
             righteous
          
           by
           the
           obedience
           of
           faith
           .
           An
           exposition
           that
           leaveth
           us
           as
           farre
           to
           seek
           who
           were
           the
           fathers
           and
           who
           the
           children
           ,
           as
           we
           were
           before
           .
        
         
           Others
           therefore
           come
           nearer
           the
           letter
           ,
           
           and
           expound
           it
           from
           the
           difference
           that
           was
           at
           that
           time
           in
           opinions
           among
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           the
           father
           it
           may
           be
           a
           Pharisee
           ,
           and
           one
           sonne
           a
           Sadducee
           ,
           and
           another
           an
           Essaean
           ,
           and
           
             John
          
           by
           bringing
           them
           all
           to
           the
           entertainment
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           extinguished
           that
           division
           which
           opinions
           had
           set
           betweene
           them
           .
           It
           is
           true
           indeed
           that
           these
           three
           Sects
           were
           among
           the
           Jewes
           at
           the
           
             Baptists
          
           comming
           ,
           
           the
           three
           Shepheards
           which
           were
           to
           be
           destroyed
           in
           one
           moneth
           ,
           
             Zach.
          
           11.
           8.
           but
           for
           any
           such
           division
           in
           Sect
           betwixt
           father
           and
           sonnes
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           a
           conjecture
           ,
           and
           it
           cannot
           be
           so
           certainly
           averred
           .
        
         
           But
           furthest
           off
           of
           all
           other
           glosses
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           improper
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           
             Jansenius
          
           and
           others
           of
           his
           feather
           ,
           which
           yet
           they
           hold
           to
           be
           the
           nearest
           and
           the
           properest
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           this
           .
           That
           
             John
          
           turned
           
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             children
             to
             the
             fathers
             ,
          
           when
           he
           brought
           the
           Jewes
           to
           whom
           he
           preached
           ,
           or
           those
           of
           his
           owne
           time
           ,
           to
           imbrace
           the
           faith
           and
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Patriarchs
           that
           had
           beene
           before
           :
           and
           
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             children
             ,
          
           when
           by
           reducing
           them
           thus
           to
           that
           faith
           ,
           he
           occasioned
           that
           those
           holy
           men
           in
           
             Limbo
          
           did
           beginne
           to
           affect
           them
           ,
           and
           take
           them
           to
           heart
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           not
           done
           before
           .
           I
           will
           not
           stand
           to
           examine
           or
           convince
           this
           exposition
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           not
           worth
           the
           labour
           ,
           you
           your selves
           have
           confuted
           it
           in
           thought
           I
           know
           as
           soone
           as
           
           heard
           it
           .
           
           The
           most
           genuine
           and
           reall
           meaning
           of
           the
           words
           that
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           this
           .
           That
           by
           
             the
             Fathers
          
           are
           to
           be
           understood
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           and
           by
           
             the
             Children
          
           the
           Gentiles
           ;
           and
           by
           
             Johns
          
           turning
           each
           others
           heart
           unto
           others
           ,
           his
           winning
           them
           both
           joyntly
           and
           unanimously
           ,
           to
           the
           knowledge
           and
           profession
           of
           Christ
           and
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           tie
           of
           that
           to
           the
           joynt
           communion
           one
           with
           another
           .
           And
           I
           am
           made
           confident
           and
           imboldened
           to
           entertaine
           this
           exposition
           as
           the
           very
           meaning
           of
           the
           place
           upon
           these
           reasons
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           is
           stiled
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           children
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           cōmonly
           and
           constantly
           in
           the
           Prophets
           :
           as
           
             Esay
             54.
             13.
             
             All
             thy
             children
             shall
             be
             taught
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           60.
           4.
           
           
             Thy
             sonnes
             shall
             come
             from
             farre
             ,
             and
             thy
             daughters
             shall
             be
             turned
             at
             thy
             sight
             ,
          
           and
           62.
           5.
           
           
             As
             a
             young
             man
             marrieth
             a
             Virgin
             ,
             so
             shall
             thy
             sonnes
             marry
             thee
             .
          
           And
           in
           very
           many
           other
           places
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           it
           was
           a
           speciall
           and
           peculiar
           worke
           and
           office
           of
           the
           Gospel
           to
           unite
           and
           tie
           the
           Jew
           and
           Gentile
           into
           one
           :
           so
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             Ephes.
             2.
             14.
             
             Christ
             is
             our
             peace
             ,
             who
             hath
             made
             both
             one
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Gospel
           the
           meanes
           .
           And
           then
           must
           it
           be
           the
           worke
           and
           office
           of
           the
           
             Baptist
          
           who
           began
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Experience
           and
           the
           History
           it selfe
           confirmeth
           this
           our
           exposition
           ;
           for
           as
           the
           Gospel
           in
           its
           owne
           nature
           and
           promulgation
           belonged
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           
           and
           as
           
             John
          
           came
           for
           
             a
             witnesse
             that
             all
             through
             him
             might
             beleeve
             ,
          
           the
           one
           Nation
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           so
           did
           he
           baptize
           and
           convert
           some
           of
           the
           one
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           
           Romane
           Souldiers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Jewish
           Pharisees
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           both
           according
           to
           the
           phrase
           which
           
             Josephus
          
           useth
           of
           him
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             to
             convent
             or
             knit
             together
             in
             his
             Baptisme
             .
          
        
         
         
           4.
           
           This
           exposition
           maketh
           
             John
          
           the
           more
           fully
           to
           resemble
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           who
           was
           a
           Preacher
           and
           a
           Prophet
           to
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           as
           well
           as
           to
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           nay
           the
           first
           Prophet
           of
           the
           
             Gentiles
             .
          
           This
           our
           Saviour
           toucheth
           ,
           
             Luke
             4.
             25.
             
             Many
             widowes
             were
             in
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
          
           Elias
           ,
           
             but
             to
             none
             was
             he
             sent
             ,
             saving
             to
             one
             in
          
           Sarepta
           
             a
             City
             of
          
           Zidon
           :
           and
           the
           men
           of
           
             Nazareth
          
           though
           but
           plaine
           and
           rusticke
           simple
           men
           ,
           yet
           did
           they
           quickly
           understand
           it
           of
           preaching
           to
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           which
           put
           them
           into
           an
           anger
           ,
           and
           our
           Saviour
           into
           a
           danger
           .
           Nor
           can
           we
           thinke
           that
           the
           holy
           and
           zealous
           Prophet
           ,
           residing
           in
           that
           Heathen
           City
           two
           or
           three
           yeares
           together
           ,
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           text
           ,
           would
           live
           there
           idlely
           and
           doing
           nothing
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           preached
           there
           as
           well
           as
           he
           had
           done
           to
           
             Israel
          
           whilest
           he
           was
           among
           them
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           every where
           jealous
           for
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           .
           I
           would
           this
           were
           but
           seriously
           thought
           on
           ,
           in
           mens
           expounding
           the
           prophesie
           about
           the
           two
           witnesses
           in
           the
           
             Revelation
             ,
          
           which
           we
           touched
           before
           .
           For
           if
           they
           would
           but
           see
           
             Elias
          
           there
           which
           is
           so
           plainely
           emblemed
           and
           pictured
           out
           ,
           and
           withall
           but
           consider
           that
           
             Elias
          
           was
           the
           first
           Prophet
           of
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           it
           would
           helpe
           to
           settle
           an
           interpretation
           to
           that
           place
           ,
           which
           now
           hangs
           exceeding
           loose
           in
           diversity
           of
           opinions
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           then
           the
           proper
           and
           onely
           meaning
           of
           the
           words
           in
           hand
           ,
           that
           
             John
          
           by
           his
           preaching
           should
           turne
           
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
          
           Jewes
           
             to
             the
          
           Gentiles
           ,
           
             and
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             to
             the
          
           Jewes
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           Baptisme
           should
           as
           it
           were
           tie
           them
           up
           together
           ;
           the
           observation
           or
           collection
           that
           we
           may
           take
           up
           from
           hence
           is
           this
           ,
           
             That
             true
             Religion
             is
             the
             truest
             reconciler
             :
          
           There
           is
           no
           peace-maker
           like
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           among
           them
           that
           are
           true
           professors
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
         
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           breed-bate
           like
           the
           Gospel
           neither
           :
           And
           so
           saith
           our
           Savioar
           ,
           
             Suppose
             you
             that
             I
             am
             come
             to
             give
             peace
             on
             earth
             ?
             I
             tell
             yee
             nay
             ,
             but
             rather
             division
             ,
             Luke
          
           12.
           51.
           which
           he
           speaketh
           out
           more
           plainely
           by
           another
           Evangelist
           :
           
             I
             came
             not
             to
             send
             peace
             ,
             but
             a
             sword
             ,
             Matth.
          
           10.
           34.
           
           
           But
           this
           is
           betweene
           the
           two
           seeds
           ,
           betwixt
           whom
           God
           hath
           set
           enmity
           ,
           and
           there
           can
           be
           no
           reconciliation
           ,
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           and
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Serpent
           :
           but
           to
           the
           children
           of
           the
           same
           father
           ,
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           same
           mother
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           Gospel
           is
           the
           sweet
           messenger
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           the
           sweete
           peace
           maker
           .
        
         
           A
           deadlier
           hate
           could
           not
           be
           betwixt
           man
           and
           man
           ,
           then
           was
           of
           the
           Jew
           toward
           the
           Gentile
           .
           They
           reputed
           them
           as
           Dogs
           ,
           and
           so
           our
           Saviour
           useth
           their
           common
           phrase
           ,
           
           
             It
             is
             not
             good
             to
             take
             the
             childrens
             bread
             and
             give
             it
             to
             Dogs
             :
          
           they
           reputed
           them
           as
           swine
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           they
           render
           that
           verse
           of
           the
           eighteenth
           Psalme
           ,
           
             the
             Boare
             out
             of
             the
             Wood
             doth
             waste
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             wild
             beast
             of
             field
             doth
             devoure
             it
             :
          
           they
           abhorred
           their
           society
           ,
           nay
           they
           abhorred
           the
           very
           mention
           of
           their
           conversion
           ,
           
             Luke
             4.
             28.
             
             Act.
          
           22.
           22.
           
           And
           yet
           when
           true
           Religion
           commeth
           in
           ,
           &
           seiseth
           both
           the
           Jew
           &
           Gentile
           ,
           the
           hate
           is
           forgotten
           ,
           
           the
           feud
           is
           gone
           ,
           and
           the
           deadly
           enemies
           are
           the
           nearest
           friends
           .
           Much
           like
           as
           it
           is
           reported
           concerning
           
             Cairo
          
           in
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           that
           if
           the
           Plague
           rage
           never
           so
           much
           over
           night
           ,
           that
           they
           die
           by
           thousands
           ,
           yet
           if
           the
           River
           
             Nilus
          
           come
           flowing
           in
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           the
           mortality
           is
           ceased
           ,
           and
           there
           dieth
           not
           one
           :
           Even
           so
           is
           it
           with
           Religion
           :
           Be
           there
           never
           so
           much
           bitternesse
           and
           heart-burning
           betwixt
           man
           and
           man
           ,
           never
           so
           much
           contention
           and
           contestation
           betwixt
           neighbour
           and
           neighbour
           ,
           
           if
           the
           power
           of
           Religion
           doe
           but
           once
           flow
           in
           and
           seise
           them
           both
           ,
           the
           Plague
           is
           ceased
           ,
           the
           malignity
           gone
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           that
           that
           cries
           downe
           the
           partition
           wals
           of
           all
           divisions
           :
           this
           is
           the
           great
           tie
           of
           mens
           affections
           ,
           yea
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           greatest
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           matrimony
           of
           soules
           ,
           making
           two
           men
           to
           be
           of
           one
           spirit
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           doth
           a
           man
           and
           a
           woman
           to
           be
           one
           flesh
           .
           It
           is
           Christ
           which
           is
           the
           truest
           cause
           of
           making
           men
           offended
           ,
           to
           be
           reconciled
           in
           a
           good
           sense
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           
             Herods
          
           and
           
             Pilates
          
           being
           so
           in
           a
           bad
           .
           With
           what
           spleene
           and
           rancour
           did
           
             Saul
          
           set
           for
           
             Damascus
          
           against
           the
           professors
           there
           ?
           yet
           when
           Christ
           comes
           into
           him
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           no
           greater
           friend
           then
           
             Paul
          
           to
           them
           when
           he
           comes
           neare
           them
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Religion
           is
           a
           speciall
           and
           soveraine
           meanes
           to
           calme
           ,
           
           tame
           ,
           and
           cicurate
           those
           exorbitant
           affections
           and
           extravagant
           humours
           that
           breed
           division
           and
           maintaine
           it
           .
           
           The
           Prophet
           
             Esay
          
           describing
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           saith
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           bring
           the
           Wolfe
           to
           dwell
           with
           the
           Lambe
           ,
           the
           Leopard
           to
           lie
           downe
           with
           the
           Kid
           ,
           the
           Calfe
           and
           the
           young
           Lion
           to
           feed
           together
           ,
           and
           the
           Cow
           and
           the
           Beare
           to
           goe
           in
           company
           .
           His
           allusion
           is
           to
           the
           carriage
           of
           the
           beasts
           in
           the
           Arke
           of
           
             Noah
             :
          
           before
           they
           came
           in
           thither
           ,
           the
           Lion
           was
           ravenous
           ,
           and
           the
           Lambe
           his
           prey
           ,
           the
           Leopard
           and
           the
           Beare
           devouring
           ,
           and
           the
           Kid
           and
           the
           Calfe
           afraid
           to
           come
           neare
           them
           :
           but
           when
           they
           were
           come
           within
           the
           Arke
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           all
           bloodinesse
           and
           rapine
           was
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           the
           Lambe
           and
           Lion
           couch
           together
           ,
           and
           the
           Lion
           now
           as
           harmelesse
           as
           the
           Lambe
           .
           So
           is
           it
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           it
           by
           the
           power
           of
           Religion
           :
           those
           humours
           and
           passions
           of
           men
           
           which
           before
           have
           beene
           bloudy
           ,
           cruell
           ,
           proud
           ,
           selfe-willed
           ,
           dissentious
           ,
           and
           rebellious
           ,
           if
           once
           the
           powerfull
           operation
           of
           Religion
           get
           in
           among
           them
           ,
           it
           quels
           these
           Rebels
           ,
           quenches
           these
           firebrands
           ,
           reduces
           these
           extravagants
           ,
           and
           like
           the
           dispossessed
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           makes
           him
           to
           sit
           calmely
           and
           quietly
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           right
           mind
           ,
           whom
           none
           might
           come
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           before
           without
           a
           danger
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Religion
           doth
           center
           mens
           affections
           in
           the
           center
           of
           unity
           God
           himself
           ,
           
           and
           those
           things
           that
           concerne
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           separate
           :
           It
           is
           an
           old
           saying
           ,
           
             Quae
             conveniunt
             in
             uno
             tertio
             conveniunt
             inter
             se
             ;
             Those
             things
             that
             agree
             in
             a
             third
             thing
             agree
             among
             themselves
             :
          
           Then
           how
           many
           third
           things
           are
           there
           in
           which
           true
           Christians
           meete
           as
           lines
           in
           a
           Center
           ,
           that
           must
           needs
           hold
           them
           together
           and
           make
           them
           agree
           ?
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           hath
           reckoned
           them
           to
           our
           hands
           in
           the
           fourth
           to
           the
           
             Ephesians
             ,
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           fifth
           ,
           and
           sixth
           verses
           .
           They
           meet
           in
           one
           body
           ,
           in
           one
           spirit
           ,
           in
           one
           hope
           of
           their
           calling
           ,
           in
           one
           Lord
           ,
           one
           faith
           ,
           one
           Baptisme
           ,
           in
           one
           God
           and
           Father
           of
           all
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Religion
           maketh
           conscience
           of
           living
           in
           division
           and
           giving
           offence
           ;
           
           It
           dares
           not
           offer
           its
           gift
           at
           the
           Altar
           ,
           till
           it
           and
           the
           offended
           be
           reconciled
           .
           It
           dares
           not
           suffer
           the
           Sunne
           to
           goe
           downe
           upon
           its
           wrath
           ,
           nor
           will
           eate
           that
           meate
           that
           shall
           offend
           a
           weake
           brother
           :
           And
           as
           the
           Father
           in
           another
           sense
           ,
           accounts
           it
           as
           desperate
           to
           sleepe
           in
           malice
           ,
           as
           to
           goe
           to
           bed
           in
           a
           den
           of
           lions
           .
           The
           use
           that
           we
           may
           make
           of
           this
           may
           be
           double
           ,
           and
           briefly
           thus
           ,
           because
           I
           know
           not
           your
           houres
           and
           occasions
           and
           I
           feare
           to
           offend
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           this
           may
           direct
           us
           very
           well
           in
           the
           choosing
           of
           
           a
           friend
           .
           Would
           we
           have
           one
           that
           shall
           be
           true
           to
           us
           ?
           let
           us
           look
           out
           such
           a
           one
           as
           is
           true
           to
           God
           :
           Would
           we
           have
           one
           that
           shall
           be
           faithfull
           in
           our
           little
           things
           ,
           in
           our
           affaires
           ?
           let
           us
           seeke
           out
           such
           a
           one
           as
           is
           faithfull
           in
           the
           great
           thing
           ,
           in
           Religion
           .
           As
           his
           Counsell
           was
           ,
           to
           agree
           to
           
             Gregories
             Austen
          
           if
           he
           were
           humble
           ,
           
           so
           be
           it
           our
           holy
           policy
           to
           tie
           to
           that
           man
           in
           friendship
           that
           is
           religious
           :
           and
           as
           
             Jehu
          
           to
           
             Jonadab
             ,
             2
             King.
          
           10.
           15.
           
           If
           we
           light
           on
           a
           man
           whose
           heart
           is
           right
           towards
           the
           Lord
           as
           we
           desire
           a
           friends
           heart
           should
           be
           to
           us
           ,
           let
           us
           fixe
           on
           that
           friend
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           the
           hand
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           this
           also
           may
           shew
           us
           who
           cannot
           be
           our
           friend
           :
           and
           with
           whom
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           have
           unity
           and
           amity
           ,
           namely
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           which
           is
           cleane
           
             Antipodes
          
           to
           us
           in
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             Is
             there
             peace
             ,
          
           
           
             Jehu
             ?
          
           saith
           
             Joram
          
           to
           him
           .
           No
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           peace
           ,
           where
           whoredomes
           and
           witchcrafts
           are
           so
           many
           .
           
           
             No
             communion
             can
             be
             betwixt
             Christ
             and
             Belial
             ,
          
           or
           betwixt
           Religion
           and
           Idolatry
           :
           
           for
           so
           I
           conceive
           the
           word
           
             Belial
          
           signifieth
           throughout
           the
           Scripture
           .
           
           The
           enmity
           that
           God
           himselfe
           fixed
           at
           the
           very
           beginning
           betwixt
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Serpent
           and
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           ,
           must
           continue
           unreconciled
           to
           the
           very
           end
           :
           and
           as
           
             quos
             Deus
             conjunxit
             ,
          
           whom
           God
           hath
           joyned
           together
           ,
           no
           man
           whatsoever
           must
           put
           asunder
           ;
           so
           what
           God
           hath
           parted
           and
           put
           asunder
           ,
           no
           man
           must
           offer
           to
           joyne
           together
           :
           Who
           are
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           and
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Serpent
           ,
           so
           plaine
           to
           be
           seene
           ,
           as
           Christ
           and
           Antichrist
           ?
           and
           he
           that
           will
           seeke
           to
           make
           conjunction
           of
           
             Rome
          
           and
           us
           ,
           will
           marry
           light
           and
           darknesse
           ,
           God
           and
           the
           Devill
           ,
           Christ
           and
           Antichrist
           together
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           friendship
           betwixt
           those
           ,
           betwixt
           
           whom
           God
           himselfe
           hath
           doomed
           an
           enmity
           while
           the
           world
           endureth
           .
        
         
           We
           blesse
           God
           that
           hath
           brought
           us
           out
           of
           her
           familiarity
           and
           friendship
           to
           be
           now
           her
           haters
           and
           hated
           of
           her
           :
           and
           we
           blesse
           the
           time
           when
           we
           first
           fell
           from
           the
           society
           and
           converse
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           to
           be
           her
           enemies
           and
           at
           distance
           with
           her
           :
           And
           we
           blesse
           you
           and
           your
           endeavours
           ,
           that
           strive
           so
           much
           and
           so
           constantly
           to
           keepe
           us
           cleare
           of
           re-ingagements
           .
           And
           may
           the
           worke
           prosper
           in
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           you
           in
           the
           worke
           ,
           to
           hold
           us
           still
           at
           our
           proper
           distance
           to
           the
           feed
           of
           the
           Serpent
           ,
           and
           to
           keepe
           us
           at
           enmity
           where
           God
           hath
           set
           it
           ▪
           but
           for
           turning
           
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             children
             ,
          
           and
           the
           reducing
           of
           
             the
             disobedient
             to
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             just
             ,
          
           it
           is
           our
           prayer
           still
           and
           still
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           before
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           have
           the
           power
           of
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           as
           you
           have
           the
           spirit
           :
           and
           so
           I
           come
           to
           the
           last
           part
           of
           the
           text
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           part
           of
           
             Johns
          
           worke
           in
           his
           Ministration
           ,
           
             To
             turne
             the
             disobedient
             to
             the
             wisdome
             of
             the
             just
             .
          
        
         
           These
           words
           as
           they
           lie
           in
           our
           
             English
          
           Translation
           doe
           shew
           no
           great
           difficulties
           ,
           but
           being
           examined
           in
           the
           Originall
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           so
           very
           easie
           .
           A
           man
           scruple
           that
           appears
           in
           both
           ,
           is
           this
           ;
           That
           the
           Angel
           undertaking
           to
           quote
           the
           Prophet
           should
           so
           far
           now
           decline
           from
           his
           text
           :
           
           In
           the
           former
           part
           that
           we
           have
           newly
           handled
           ,
           he
           followeth
           him
           punctually
           and
           
             verbatim
             ,
             He
             shall
             turne
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             children
             ,
          
           so
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Angel
           ;
           but
           now
           that
           he
           should
           have
           taken
           up
           the
           other
           part
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             And
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             children
             to
             the
             fathers
             ,
          
           he
           changeth
           them
           into
           this
           clause
           ,
           
           
             And
             the
             disobedient
             to
             the
             wisdome
             of
             the
             just
             .
          
           But
           to
           this
           may
           be
           answered
           .
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Angel
           is
           not
           so
           
           punctuall
           to
           cite
           the
           very
           letter
           of
           the
           Prophet
           as
           to
           give
           the
           sense
           .
           And
           so
           we
           may
           observe
           it
           to
           be
           usuall
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           ,
           in
           its
           allegations
           from
           the
           old
           .
           And
           that
           he
           giveth
           the
           same
           sense
           ,
           or
           a
           true
           interpretation
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           we
           shall
           see
           as
           we
           goe
           .
           2.
           
           It
           was
           not
           very
           long
           after
           the
           Baptizing
           and
           Preaching
           of
           
             John
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Jews
           ceased
           to
           be
           a
           Church
           and
           Nation
           ,
           nay
           even
           in
           the
           time
           of
           him
           himselfe
           ,
           they
           shewed
           themselves
           enemies
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Professors
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           for
           the
           generall
           or
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           ;
           therefore
           he
           saith
           not
           that
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           children
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           should
           be
           turned
           to
           their
           fathers
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           which
           should
           cease
           to
           be
           fathers
           and
           to
           be
           a
           people
           ,
           but
           
             to
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             just
             .
          
           And
           thus
           in
           the
           first
           part
           of
           his
           speech
           about
           turning
           
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             children
             ,
          
           he
           intimateth
           the
           Jewes
           that
           should
           be
           reconciled
           and
           united
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           in
           imbracing
           the
           Gospel
           :
           and
           in
           this
           latter
           ,
           by
           omitting
           to
           call
           them
           
             Fathers
             ,
          
           he
           giveth
           a
           touch
           of
           the
           hostility
           and
           evill
           minde
           that
           the
           others
           of
           the
           Jewes
           should
           beare
           both
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           that
           imbraced
           it
           .
           And
           now
           that
           we
           see
           the
           reason
           and
           difference
           in
           the
           allegation
           ,
           let
           us
           take
           up
           the
           words
           that
           thus
           differ
           ,
           every
           one
           single
           ,
           and
           one
           after
           another
           as
           they
           lie
           in
           order
           ;
           and
           would
           the
           time
           permit
           ,
           every
           word
           would
           afford
           us
           matter
           profitably
           to
           insist
           upon
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           onely
           hint
           it
           as
           we
           goe
           along
           ,
           for
           I
           feare
           to
           offend
           in
           transgressing
           the
           time
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           in
           this
           clause
           he
           refuseth
           to
           use
           the
           terme
           of
           
             fathers
             ,
          
           
           for
           the
           reason
           mentioned
           ,
           so
           doth
           he
           also
           of
           the
           correlative
           
             children
             ,
          
           because
           of
           his
           refusing
           of
           that
           .
           And
           yet
           he
           coucheth
           the
           sense
           of
           that
           title
           under
           the
           word
           
             disobedient
             ,
          
           which
           in
           its
           most
           proper
           and
           naturall
           
           signification
           reflecteth
           upon
           untowardly
           children
           disobedient
           to
           their
           parents
           .
           For
           though
           there
           be
           a
           disobedience
           to
           any
           Superiour
           whatsoever
           ,
           as
           to
           Kings
           ,
           Magistrates
           ,
           Masters
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           yet
           is
           the
           obedience
           of
           children
           to
           Parents
           the
           Originall
           from
           whence
           it
           receiveth
           denomination
           ,
           and
           that
           appeareth
           in
           that
           those
           Superiours
           are
           called
           
             Fathers
             .
          
           As
           therefore
           the
           Angel
           omitting
           to
           call
           the
           Jewes
           
             Fathers
             ,
          
           insinuateth
           their
           opposition
           against
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           so
           by
           terming
           the
           Gentiles
           
             Disobedient
          
           in
           stead
           of
           
             Children
             ,
          
           he
           sheweth
           what
           they
           were
           before
           they
           imbraced
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           vulgar
           Latine
           in
           stead
           of
           
             Disobedient
          
           readeth
           
             Incredulous
          
           or
           unbeleeving
           :
           
           which
           though
           the
           Greek
           word
           doth
           sometime
           signifie
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           evidenced
           in
           divers
           instances
           ,
           yet
           that
           it
           doth
           not
           so
           in
           this
           place
           may
           be
           collected
           from
           these
           considerations
           .
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           speech
           is
           concerning
           children
           and
           fathers
           ,
           as
           is
           apparent
           in
           the
           clause
           preceding
           ,
           and
           betweene
           them
           
             disobedience
          
           is
           a
           more
           proper
           terme
           and
           notion
           then
           
             Inoredulity
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           he
           saith
           not
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             turne
             them
             to
             the
             faith
             ,
          
           which
           were
           the
           most
           proper
           if
           he
           spake
           of
           the
           unbeleeving
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           
             wisdom
          
           of
           the
           righteous
           .
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           
           that
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           was
           more
           especially
           the
           doctrine
           of
           repentance
           as
           his
           Baptisme
           was
           
             the
             Baptisme
             of
             repentance
             ,
          
           but
           the
           preaching
           of
           Christ
           was
           the
           doctrine
           of
           faith
           .
           Therefore
           
             John
          
           saith
           onely
           ,
           
             Repent
             ,
             Matth.
          
           3.
           2.
           but
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             Repent
             and
             beleeve
             ,
             Mar.
          
           1.
           15.
           
        
         
           Now
           from
           this
           double
           signification
           of
           the
           Originall
           word
           ,
           and
           indeed
           also
           from
           the
           proper
           cause
           of
           the
           Heathens
           disobedience
           ,
           
           we
           might
           observe
           ,
           
             that
             a
             chiefe
             and
             maine
             cause
             of
             disobedience
             is
             unbeliefe
             .
          
        
         
         
           It
           is
           a
           saying
           of
           the
           Jewes
           in
           their
           
             Talmud
          
           in
           the
           Treatise
           
             Maccoth
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             all
             those
             sixe
             hundred
             and
             thirteene
             Commandements
             that
             God
             gave
             to
          
           Moses
           
             in
             Mount
          
           Sinai
           ,
           
             are
             reduced
             to
             this
             one
             in
             the
             Prophet
          
           Habakkuk
           ,
           
             The
             just
             by
             his
             faith
             shall
             live
             :
          
           
           we
           may
           say
           something
           the
           like
           concerning
           sinnes
           ;
           that
           those
           hundreds
           and
           thousands
           of
           transgressions
           that
           are
           committed
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           various
           and
           numerous
           causes
           and
           occasions
           from
           whence
           they
           proceed
           ,
           they
           may
           all
           in
           fine
           be
           traced
           and
           reduced
           to
           this
           one
           Originall
           ,
           
             from
             unbeliefe
             .
          
           From
           whence
           is
           it
           that
           men
           doe
           violate
           the
           commands
           of
           the
           Law
           ?
           because
           they
           will
           not
           beleeve
           the
           threatnings
           upon
           the
           violation
           .
           And
           whence
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           men
           refuse
           the
           promises
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ?
           because
           they
           will
           not
           beleeve
           the
           certainty
           and
           excellency
           of
           those
           promises
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           word
           
             Wisedome
          
           in
           this
           place
           doth
           signifie
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           as
           it
           doth
           in
           divers
           other
           places
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           as
           
             Deut.
          
           4.
           6.
           
           Keepe
           therefore
           and
           doe
           the
           Statutes
           and
           commandements
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             for
             this
             is
             your
             wisedome
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           your
           Religion
           .
           And
           so
           likewise
           ,
           
             Psal.
             111.
             10.
             
             The
             feare
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             the
             beginning
             of
             wisedome
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           feare
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           the
           entry
           into
           Religion
           .
           And
           so
           may
           we
           finde
           the
           word
           to
           signifie
           in
           divers
           passages
           in
           the
           
             Proverbs
             .
          
           And
           to
           this
           sense
           me
           thinkes
           
             Eliphaz
          
           scoffeth
           religious
           
             Job
          
           in
           the
           fourth
           of
           that
           booke
           and
           the
           sixth
           verse
           if
           it
           be
           looked
           into
           in
           the
           Originall
           .
           
           
             Halo
             jireatheca
             chislatheca
             ,
             Is
             not
             thy
             feare
          
           or
           thy
           Religion
           become
           
             thy
             folly
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Religion
             is
             the
             onely
             wisedome
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             to
             be
             truly
             wise
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             truly
             religious
             :
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           observation
           that
           we
           might
           take
           up
           upon
           this
           word
           )
           But
           ,
           where
           or
           what
           ,
           
           saith
           this
           miserable
           comforter
           ,
           is
           this
           religious
           wisedome
           of
           thine
           become
           now
           ?
           Thou
           hast
           beene
           thus
           and
           thus
           precise
           and
           devout
           ,
           thus
           and
           thus
           pious
           and
           religious
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           now
           become
           of
           all
           this
           great
           devotion
           ,
           but
           a
           fearfull
           affliction
           ?
           
             Is
             not
             now
             thy
             Religion
             become
             thy
             folly
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           yet
           a
           double
           scruple
           ,
           and
           those
           no
           small
           ones
           neither
           ,
           in
           this
           small
           clause
           or
           parcell
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             To
             the
             wisedome
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           it
           is
           something
           harsh
           to
           translate
           the
           Greeke
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           in
           this
           place
           to
           signifie
           
             To
             :
          
           for
           though
           it
           doe
           sometimes
           signifie
           so
           ,
           as
           Commentaries
           quote
           certaine
           other
           places
           ,
           to
           justifie
           that
           translation
           of
           it
           in
           this
           ,
           yet
           1.
           
           That
           is
           but
           rarely
           and
           but
           somewhat
           improperly
           wheresoever
           it
           is
           so
           used
           ;
           and
           2.
           
           It
           cannot
           be
           imagined
           that
           if
           the
           Angel
           intended
           that
           very
           sense
           of
           
             To
          
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             To
             the
             wisedome
             ,
          
           but
           that
           he
           would
           have
           used
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           he
           used
           immediately
           before
           in
           the
           other
           clause
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           betaken
           himselfe
           to
           a
           construction
           of
           the
           preposition
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           harsh
           ,
           scrupulous
           ,
           and
           unusuall
           .
           I
           conceive
           therfore
           that
           that
           little
           particle
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           here
           ,
           in
           its
           most
           proper
           ,
           genuine
           and
           generall
           sense
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           is
           used
           millions
           of
           times
           in
           Greeke
           ,
           Authors
           to
           signifie
           
             In
             :
          
           
           and
           to
           be
           interpreted
           
             in
             the
             wisdome
             .
          
           And
           
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             righteous
          
           is
           not
           here
           to
           be
           held
           the
           
             terminus
             ad
             quem
             ,
          
           or
           the
           ultimate
           end
           to
           which
           these
           
             disobedient
          
           Gentiles
           were
           to
           be
           converted
           ;
           but
           the
           
             medium
             per
             quod
             ,
          
           the
           meanes
           or
           way
           through
           which
           they
           were
           to
           be
           converted
           to
           God
           .
           For
           let
           the
           two
           clauses
           of
           this
           speech
           of
           the
           Angel
           ,
           or
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           
             Baptist
          
           be
           laid
           in
           
             Antithesis
          
           or
           opposition
           
           against
           another
           ,
           as
           naturally
           indeed
           they
           lie
           ,
           the
           one
           aiming
           at
           the
           Jewes
           as
           the
           proper
           subject
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           at
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           the
           subject
           as
           proper
           ,
           and
           then
           will
           it
           appeare
           very
           plainely
           ,
           that
           two
           severall
           acts
           were
           to
           be
           performed
           by
           the
           
             Baptist
          
           as
           concerning
           the
           Jewes
           and
           their
           conversion
           .
           First
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           turne
           their
           hearts
           or
           affections
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           laid
           downe
           in
           the
           verse
           preceding
           ;
           
             He
             shall
             turne
             many
             of
             the
             children
             of
          
           Israel
           
             to
             the
             Lord
             their
             God
             .
          
           And
           secondly
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           turne
           their
           hearts
           and
           affections
           also
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           this
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             turne
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             fathers
             to
             the
             children
             .
          
           According
           therefore
           to
           this
           double
           worke
           of
           
             John
          
           upon
           the
           Jewes
           in
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Angels
           speech
           ,
           must
           the
           like
           duplicity
           be
           looked
           for
           in
           this
           that
           concerneth
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           understood
           though
           it
           be
           not
           expressed
           .
           For
           the
           Angel
           in
           this
           part
           purposely
           changeth
           his
           stile
           ,
           and
           neither
           calleth
           the
           Gentiles
           
             children
             ,
          
           but
           
             disobedient
             ,
          
           because
           they
           generally
           were
           so
           before
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           the
           Jewes
           
             fathers
             ,
          
           because
           they
           ceased
           to
           be
           so
           shortly
           after
           ,
           as
           was
           touched
           before
           ,
           nor
           mentioneth
           he
           the
           Gentiles
           turning
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           includeth
           it
           ,
           partly
           he
           had
           set
           that
           as
           the
           chiefest
           bent
           and
           worke
           of
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           to
           turne
           men
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           partly
           he
           involveth
           it
           in
           this
           phrase
           ,
           
             in
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             righteous
             .
          
           So
           that
           this
           being
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Angel
           ,
           as
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           it
           is
           ,
           it
           may
           afford
           us
           this
           Observation
           ,
           
           
             That
             there
             can
             be
             no
             true
             conversion
             unto
             God
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             true
             Religion
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             just
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           commeth
           next
           unto
           our
           handling
           ,
           will
           afford
           a
           twofold
           consideration
           .
           1.
           
           That
           it
           is
           not
           without
           divine
           reason
           ,
           that
           
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Gentiles
          
           are
           not
           said
           to
           be
           turned
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           
           contrary
           it
           was
           said
           of
           the
           Jews
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           should
           be
           turned
           
             in
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             righteous
             .
          
           For
           the
           enmity
           and
           feud
           ,
           detestation
           and
           aversenesse
           that
           was
           betwixt
           Jew
           and
           Gentile
           ,
           and
           Gentile
           and
           Jew
           ,
           
           proceeded
           not
           from
           the
           same
           cause
           and
           Originall
           .
           The
           Jew
           abhorred
           the
           Gentile
           not
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           but
           of
           scorne
           and
           and
           jealousie
           ,
           partly
           because
           they
           stood
           upon
           their
           owne
           priviledge
           of
           being
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           the
           other
           were
           not
           ,
           and
           partly
           because
           they
           were
           provoked
           with
           suspition
           ,
           that
           the
           other
           might
           be
           the
           people
           of
           God
           when
           they
           should
           not
           be
           .
           And
           therefore
           when
           the
           reconciliation
           is
           to
           be
           wrought
           betweene
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           their
           hearts
           or
           affections
           should
           be
           
             turned
          
           to
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           pointblanke
           and
           diametrically
           against
           them
           before
           .
           But
           the
           Gentile
           abhorred
           a
           Jew
           out
           of
           ignorance
           ,
           because
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           hating
           him
           as
           a
           man
           separate
           from
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           all
           the
           men
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           accounting
           that
           to
           be
           but
           singular
           and
           senselesse
           superstition
           ,
           which
           was
           indeed
           the
           divine
           command
           and
           wisedome
           ,
           whereby
           he
           sequestred
           that
           people
           for
           his
           owne
           from
           all
           other
           people
           on
           the
           earth
           .
           So
           that
           a
           Gentile
           did
           not
           so
           much
           detest
           the
           person
           of
           a
           Jew
           for
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           for
           his
           Religion
           and
           profession
           ,
           which
           ,
           ignorant
           as
           the
           Heathen
           were
           ,
           they
           understood
           not
           what
           it
           meant
           .
           Therefore
           when
           the
           Gentiles
           must
           be
           brought
           to
           knit
           and
           to
           unite
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           
             in
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             righteous
             ,
          
           or
           in
           the
           imbracing
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           which
           the
           righteous
           ones
           among
           the
           Jewes
           professed
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           till
           they
           knew
           and
           understood
           what
           it
           meant
           ,
           accounted
           but
           vanity
           ,
           singularity
           and
           folly
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           remarkable
           that
           the
           Angel
           doth
           forsake
           the
           
           proper
           and
           common
           word
           used
           to
           signifie
           
             wisedome
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           and
           taketh
           up
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           a
           something
           stricter
           and
           stranger
           use
           .
           And
           so
           doth
           the
           Syriack
           relinquish
           
             Hhechmetho
          
           its
           ordinary
           word
           that
           it
           useth
           for
           
             wisdom
             ,
          
           
           and
           fixeth
           upon
           
             Jedhangro
          
           a
           word
           more
           singular
           ,
           and
           of
           more
           peculiar
           importance
           .
           The
           Originall
           word
           then
           that
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           doth
           not
           onely
           import
           the
           wisedome
           or
           Religion
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           Gentiles
           attaining
           to
           the
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           apprehension
           of
           that
           Religion
           and
           wisedome
           with
           them
           .
           Not
           onely
           the
           theory
           and
           practise
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           in
           their
           religious
           profession
           ,
           but
           the
           Heathens
           reaching
           to
           the
           understanding
           of
           those
           mysteries
           in
           that
           Religion
           and
           profession
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           accounted
           such
           vanity
           and
           senselesnesse
           before
           .
           So
           that
           this
           word
           considerately
           looked
           into
           will
           afford
           us
           this
           collection
           :
           
           
             That
             it
             is
             not
             enough
             to
             imbrace
             the
             true
             Religion
             in
             outward
             profession
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             to
             have
             understanding
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             acquainted
             with
             the
             doctrine
             and
             principles
             of
             that
             Religion
             .
          
           For
           the
           Heathen
           to
           turne
           to
           the
           
             wisedome
             of
             the
             righteous
          
           Jewes
           in
           an
           outside
           profession
           ,
           and
           an
           ignorant
           religiousnesse
           ,
           was
           a
           poore
           conversion
           ,
           as
           good
           as
           none
           ,
           a
           worke
           unfit
           the
           paines
           of
           the
           
             Baptist
             ;
          
           but
           their
           true
           turning
           ,
           and
           his
           powerfull
           worke
           is
           when
           they
           are
           brought
           to
           imbrace
           that
           Religion
           in
           the
           knowledge
           and
           understanding
           of
           the
           mysteries
           of
           it
           .
           Ignorance
           was
           never
           the
           mother
           of
           any
           devotion
           but
           of
           a
           Romish
           devotion
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           good
           or
           as
           bad
           as
           none
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           there
           is
           some
           doubtfulnesse
           also
           in
           the
           last
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           for
           it
           may
           be
           indifferently
           translated
           
             of
             righteous
             things
             ,
          
           or
           
             of
             righteous
             men
             :
          
           But
           it
           is
           the
           more
           undoubted
           that
           persons
           and
           persons
           are
           rather
           
           here
           compared
           together
           then
           persons
           and
           things
           :
           in
           the
           former
           part
           of
           this
           work
           of
           the
           
             Baptist
             ,
          
           there
           are
           fathers
           and
           children
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           part
           it
           is
           most
           like
           that
           they
           are
           answered
           with
           persons
           againe
           ,
           disobedient
           children
           and
           righteous
           fathers
           ,
           and
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Angel
           to
           be
           this
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Jews
           the
           fathers
           in
           the
           imbracing
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           shall
           be
           turned
           to
           God
           ,
           &
           reconciled
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           so
           the
           Gentiles
           the
           children
           ,
           in
           the
           wisdome
           of
           the
           righteous
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           imbracing
           and
           understanding
           of
           the
           Religion
           professed
           by
           the
           righteous
           ones
           that
           had
           bin
           &
           were
           among
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           should
           be
           turned
           to
           God
           and
           in
           affection
           to
           the
           Jewes
           .
           And
           hereupon
           might
           we
           take
           up
           this
           observation
           ,
           
           
             that
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             holy
             Jewes
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             holy
             Gentiles
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             was
             one
             and
             the
             same
             :
          
           They
           that
           went
           before
           Christ
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           followed
           Christ
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           did
           both
           cry
           
             Hosanna
             to
             the
             Sonne
             of
          
           David
           ,
           did
           both
           obtaine
           salvation
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Saviour
           and
           by
           the
           same
           way
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           have
           I
           gone
           with
           the
           words
           as
           farre
           as
           I
           dare
           be
           bold
           upon
           the
           time
           ,
           your
           patience
           and
           occasions
           :
           I
           will
           but
           put
           this
           last
           clause
           together
           which
           I
           have
           thus
           taken
           peece-meale
           ,
           and
           laid
           asunder
           ,
           and
           so
           have
           I
           done
           .
           
             The
             disobedient
             to
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             righteous
             ▪
          
           the
           Heathen
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           :
           Me
           thinkes
           in
           these
           words
           we
           may
           behold
           the
           condition
           of
           this
           Land
           as
           it
           hath
           beene
           in
           ancient
           times
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           is
           in
           these
           of
           ours
           .
           We
           were
           once
           
             Loammi
             ,
          
           no
           people
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           utter
           aliens
           from
           his
           congregation
           :
           we
           sate
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           very
           long
           agoe
           ,
           in
           darknesse
           and
           in
           the
           shadow
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           if
           we
           might
           be
           called
           
             Disobedient
             :
          
           But
           God
           who
           is
           good
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           
           whose
           tender
           mercies
           are
           over
           all
           his
           workes
           ,
           
           hath
           come
           in
           unto
           us
           and
           shone
           upon
           us
           .
           He
           hath
           discharged
           us
           of
           the
           name
           of
           Heathens
           ,
           oh
           that
           we
           could
           discharge
           ourselves
           of
           the
           title
           of
           
             Disobedient
             !
          
           he
           hath
           brought
           us
           
             into
             the
             wisedome
             of
             the
             righteous
             ,
          
           unto
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           of
           salvation
           ,
           oh
           that
           we
           could
           drive
           on
           through
           that
           to
           God!
           He
           hath
           made
           us
           more
           
             Israel
          
           then
           
             Israel
          
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           whereas
           we
           were
           once
           the
           furthest
           off
           of
           any
           Nation
           from
           this
           
             wisedome
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           brought
           this
           
             wisedome
          
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           no
           Nation
           nearer
           .
           Now
           what
           thankfulnesse
           doth
           so
           great
           a
           mercy
           call
           for
           ,
           for
           its
           bestowing
           ?
           and
           what
           prayers
           for
           its
           continuance
           ?
           Blessed
           be
           the
           Lord
           God
           of
           
             Israel
          
           which
           thus
           hath
           visited
           his
           people
           with
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           redeemed
           them
           out
           of
           the
           darknesse
           of
           superstition
           .
           And
           the
           blessing
           of
           the
           God
           of
           
             Israel
          
           be
           still
           upon
           his
           own
           gift
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           continue
           and
           still
           flourish
           among
           us
           :
           Let
           not
           the
           Candle
           which
           he
           himselfe
           hath
           lighted
           be
           ever
           put
           out
           :
           Nor
           let
           the
           Candlesticke
           which
           he
           himselfe
           hath
           placed
           ,
           be
           ever
           moved
           out
           of
           its
           place
           :
           Let
           scattered
           Popery
           never
           cloud
           us
           againe
           ,
           nor
           superstition
           overwhelme
           us
           .
           Let
           Religion
           and
           the
           Gospel
           be
           in
           all
           our
           borders
           ,
           and
           peace
           and
           truth
           in
           all
           our
           times
           .
           And
           to
           these
           our
           prayses
           ,
           and
           to
           these
           our
           prayers
           let
           all
           the
           people
           say
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Amen
          
           and
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           Die
           Mercurii
           
             29.
             
             Martii
             .
             1643.
             
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           this
           day
           Ordered
           by
           the
           Commons
           House
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Littleton
             ,
          
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           said
           House
           ,
           doe
           returne
           thankes
           to
           Mr.
           
             Lightfoote
             ,
          
           for
           the
           great
           paines
           he
           tooke
           in
           the
           Sermon
           he
           preached
           this
           day
           at
           Saint
           
             Margarets
          
           in
           the
           City
           of
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           at
           the
           intreaty
           of
           the
           said
           House
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           day
           of
           publike
           Humiliation
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           intreat
           him
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           :
           And
           it
           is
           Ordered
           that
           no
           man
           shall
           Print
           the
           said
           Sermon
           but
           who
           shall
           be
           authorized
           under
           the
           handwriting
           of
           the
           said
           Mr.
           
             Lightfoote
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             Elsyng
             
               Cler.
               
               Parl.
               D.
               Com.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           I
           appoint
           
             Andrew
             Crooke
          
           to
           Print
           my
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           
             John
             Lightfoote
             .
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A88141e-110
           
             R.
             Sol.
             in
             Ex.
             21
             
          
           
             Luke
             2.
             46.
             
          
           
             Talm.
             in
             Sanhed
             .
             cap.
             Dine
             .
             mammonoth
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A88141e-260
           
             Mat.
             10.
             36.
             
          
           
             Antonio
             di
             Guevarra
             in
             Rel●x
             de
             los
             princip.
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             The
             Apocrypha
             injurious
             to
             the
             two
             Testaments
             .
          
           
             *
             1
             King.
             6.
             27.
             
          
           
             How
             the
             Apocrypha
             came
             into
             request
             .
          
           
             How
             it
             continued
             .
          
           
             Vid.
             R.
             Sol.
             &
             R.
             Menal.
             in
             lo
             .
          
           
             1
             King.
             7.
             21.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             10.
             1.
             
          
           
             The
             Ministry
             of
             
               Iohn
            
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Gospell
             .
          
           
             The
             Ministery
             of
             
               Iohn
               ,
            
             of
             two
             parts
             .
          
           
             Baptisme
             used
             under
             the
             law
             .
          
           
             Ab.
             Ezr.
             in
             Gen.
             35.
             
          
           
             Tom.
             1.
             p.
             317.
             
             Asure
             blah
             .
             perek
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             5.
             15.
             16.
             
          
           
             *
             49
             /
             8
             Vid.
             R.
             Sol.
             ●arch
             in
             Ex.
             24.
             
          
           
             Observ.
          
           
             Jews
             corruption
             in
             manner
             .
          
           
             Talm.
             Sanh
             .
             pag.
             97.
             
          
           
             R.
             Dav.
             Kimek
             on
             Isay
             59.
             
          
           
             Iews
             vehement
             addiction
             to
             their
             traditions
             and
             legall
             rites
             .
          
           
             2
             King.
             5.
             11.
             
          
           
             Jewes
             misconceit
             concerning
             the
             Messias
             .
          
           
             Esay
             53.
             2.
             
          
           
             Zech.
             9
             9.
             
          
           
             John
             7.
             42.
             
          
           
             Acts
             13.
             27.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             9
             26.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             ●1
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             5.
             29.
             30.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             9.
             9.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             12.
             6.
             
          
           
             The
             second
             part
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             37.
             19.
             
          
           
             Observ.
          
           
             De
             Elia
             praeterito
             vid.
             R.
             Lev.
             Gersh
             in
             1
             Reg.
             27.
             
             De
             vent
             .
             vid.
             R.
             
               Dav.
            
             Kimeh
             .
             in
             Mal.
             4.
             
          
           
             Sic
             etiam
             Bed●
             in
             l●o
             &
             Amb.
             Epiph.
             &c.
             
             Haeres
             70.
             
          
           
             Vid.
             Cornel.
             à
             Lapide
             in
             Apoc.
             11.
             3.
             
             Aleazer
             ,
             ibid.
          
           
             The
             two
             witnesses
             ,
             
               Rev.
               11
               ▪
            
          
           
             A
             ministery
             in
             the
             spirit
             and
             power
             of
             
               Moses
            
             and
             
               Elias
            
             at
             the
             Jewes
             conversion
             .
          
           
             Tropicall
             phrases
             .
          
           
             Luke
             9.
             33.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             16.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             1.
             8.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             2
             Thes.
             2.
             8.
             vid.
             Chald.
             Paron
             Esay
             .
             11.
             4.
             in
             edit.
             Buxtorf
             .
          
           
             Easeb
             .
             hist.
             Eccles.
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             39.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             10.
             41.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             2.
             15.
             
          
           
             Num.
             11.
             25.
             
          
           
             Observ.
          
           
             Exod.
             26.
             40.
             
             &
             26.
             30.
             
             
               &
            
             27.
             8.
             
             Heb.
             8.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             Vid.
             
               R.
               D.
            
             Rimchi
             in
             Reg.
             
               &
               in
            
             Molach
             .
          
           
             
               Elias
            
             his
             zeale
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             he
             is
             besides
             himself
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Syriack
               .
               Arab.
               vulg.
               .
               Lat.
               Ital.
            
             of
             
               Deodate
               ,
            
             the
             
               Spanish
            
             hath
             it
             ,
             he
             goeth
             out
             of
             his
             calling
             &
             estate
             ,
             
               in
               marg.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             in
             the
             Lxx.
             
               Gen.
            
             45.
             26.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             18.
             19
             40.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             22.
             6.
             
          
           
             Vid.
             Carthis
             .
          
           
             Maldon
             .
             in
             Lec
             .
          
           
             Joseph
             .
             Antiq.
             lib.
             18.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             Fathers
             and
             Children
             ,
             Jews
             and
             Gentiles
             .
          
           
             John
             1.
             7.
             
          
           
             Ioseph
             Ant.
             lib.
             18.
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             15.
             26.
             
          
           
             Acts
             11.
             18.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             1.
             
          
           
             Esay
             11.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             2.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             3.
             
          
           
             Use
             1.
             
          
           
             Acts
             and
             Mon.
             old
             edit.
             
               pag.
               10●
               .
            
          
           
             Use
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             9.
             22.
             
          
           
             Belial
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             an
             Idol
             .
          
           
             The
             children
             of
             
               Belial
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             Idolaters
             .
          
           
             Difference
             of
             allegation
             .
          
           
             Reason
             of
             it
             ▪
             
          
           
             Disobedient
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Disobedient
             or
             unbeleeving
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Observ.
          
           
             Rab.
             Abhuhabh
             in
             Ner.
             1.
             
          
           
             Hab.
             2
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             
               Folly
               ▪
            
             Psal.
             85.
             9.
             
          
           
             Observ.
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             In
             the
             wisdome
             
          
           
             Observ.
          
           
             The
             cause
             of
             a
             
               Jews
            
             hatred
             of
             a
             
               Gentile
               .
            
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             2.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             Rev.
             13.
             16.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Observ.
          
           
             Observ.
          
           
             Psal.
             145.
             9.