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           Imprimatur
           .
        
         
           
             Feb.
             1.
             1678.
             
          
           
             Guil.
             Jane
             ,
             
               R.
               P.
               D.
            
             Hen.
             Episc.
             Lond.
             
               à
               sacris
               domesticis
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           ON
           THE
           Gunpowder
           Treason
           ,
           WITH
           REFLECTIONS
           ON
           THE
           LATE
           PLOT
           .
        
         
           BY
           
             THOMAS
             WILSON
          
           Rector
           of
           Arrow
           in
           Warwickshire
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           S.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           MDCLXXIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           ON
           PSALM
           cxxiv
           .
           If
           it
           had
           not
           been
           the
           Lord
           who
           was
           on
           our
           side
           ,
           now
           may
           Israel
           say
           ,
           
             &c.
             to
             the
             end
          
           .
        
         
           NO
           notice
           is
           given
           what
           was
           the
           particular
           occasion
           of
           the
           penning
           of
           this
           Psalm
           ;
           but
           we
           see
           in
           general
           it
           was
           some
           eminent
           deliverance
           ;
           which
           the
           Psalmist
           commemorates
           ,
           acknowledging
           God
           to
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           exciting
           Israel
           to
           bless
           his
           holy
           name
           for
           it
           .
           The
           whole
           is
           sutable
           to
           our
           present
           business
           of
           celebrating
           our
           deliverance
           from
           Popish
           Conspiracy
           .
           The
           which
           I
           wish
           we
           may
           do
           with
           the
           devotion
           and
           hearty
           affection
           of
           this
           holy
           man
           ,
           for
           this
           will
           be
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           delights
           to
           hear
           his
           People
           speaking
           of
           his
           mercies
           ,
           
           and
           shewing
           forth
           his
           power
           and
           wonderful
           acts
           ,
           and
           singing
           of
           his
           righteousness
           cordially
           and
           reverently
           .
           And
           it
           will
           be
           obligatory
           to
           him
           to
           follow
           us
           still
           with
           his
           goodness
           ,
           and
           to
           heap
           more
           benefits
           upon
           us
           :
           and
           pleasant
           will
           it
           be
           to
           our
           Souls
           ,
           when
           in
           a
           sensible
           manner
           we
           remember
           how
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           owned
           and
           favoured
           us
           ,
           and
           mightily
           wrought
           for
           our
           deliverance
           .
           And
           finally
           it
           will
           be
           profitable
           to
           us
           ,
           our
           hearts
           upon
           the
           due
           consideration
           of
           his
           love
           and
           bounty
           ,
           and
           power
           and
           marvelous
           doing
           ,
           being
           excited
           both
           to
           serve
           and
           trust
           in
           him
           the
           more
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Psalm
           there
           are
           these
           things
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           every
           one
           sutable
           to
           our
           present
           Solemnity
           ,
           which
           therefore
           I
           shall
           accordingly
           apply
           :
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             I.
             A
             Danger
             .
          
           
             II.
             A
             Deliverance
             .
          
           
             III.
             A
             Thanksgiving
             .
          
           
             IV.
             A
             
               Confidence
               in
               God.
            
             
          
        
         
           I.
           The
           Danger
           .
           It
           is
           variously
           expressed
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           emphasis
           :
           First
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Men
             rose
             up
             against
             us
          
           .
           Which
           I
           judge
           rather
           means
           an
           open
           insurrection
           ,
           than
           a
           secret
           combination
           :
           and
           herein
           indeed
           there
           is
           some
           difference
           betwixt
           
           Israels
           case
           and
           ours
           .
           But
           yet
           our
           danger
           was
           not
           the
           less
           for
           this
           ,
           but
           rather
           the
           greater
           .
           For
           open
           enemies
           we
           may
           either
           hide
           our selves
           from
           ,
           or
           else
           make
           preparation
           against
           :
           whereas
           there
           is
           no
           defence
           ,
           neither
           escape
           (
           unless
           heaven
           assist
           )
           when
           men
           work
           under
           Ground
           ,
           and
           lay
           in
           Barrels
           of
           Powder
           ,
           which
           kindles
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           and
           as
           suddenly
           destroys
           .
           And
           there
           is
           something
           in
           the
           Psalm
           sutable
           to
           this
           .
           It
           is
           this
           expression
           (
           which
           again
           shews
           the
           Danger
           :
           )
           
             If
             the
             Lord
             had
             not
             been
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             they
             had
             swallowed
             us
             up
             quick
             .
          
           Like
           as
           when
           the
           Earth
           opened
           and
           swallowed
           up
           Korah
           and
           his
           Company
           :
           or
           like
           as
           when
           Fire
           fell
           down
           from
           Heaven
           suddenly
           upon
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           consumed
           the
           Inhabitants
           :
           or
           like
           as
           when
           an
           hungry
           Lion
           tears
           his
           prey
           ,
           or
           rather
           when
           a
           Whale
           swallows
           a
           Man
           alive
           :
           or
           like
           as
           when
           a
           Deluge
           overflows
           ,
           or
           a
           violent
           Torrent
           snatches
           us
           away
           ,
           or
           the
           raging
           Waves
           of
           the
           Sea
           involve
           us
           .
           And
           so
           is
           it
           said
           ,
           
             Then
             the
             waters
             had
             overwhelmed
             us
             ,
             the
             stream
             had
             gone
             over
             our
             Soul
             :
             then
             the
             proud
             waves
             had
             gone
             over
             our
             Soul.
          
           And
           no
           more
           mercy
           in
           our
           Adversaries
           than
           in
           those
           Creatures
           ,
           either
           the
           Lion
           or
           the
           Whale
           ,
           or
           Fire
           ,
           or
           Water
           ,
           or
           the
           Earth
           when
           it
           cleaves
           asunder
           and
           sinks
           under
           our
           Feet
           :
           and
           
           I
           may
           add
           ,
           no
           more
           mercy
           than
           in
           the
           Devil
           .
           For
           his
           Children
           they
           were
           ,
           acted
           by
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           his
           work
           they
           undertook
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           destroy
           :
           we
           have
           had
           experience
           of
           their
           bloody
           hands
           and
           cruel
           nature
           ;
           *
           who
           have
           slain
           thousands
           of
           those
           they
           call
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           have
           racked
           and
           tortured
           and
           mangled
           their
           bodies
           ,
           burned
           them
           alive
           at
           the
           stake
           ,
           bored
           out
           their
           eyes
           ,
           ripped
           up
           their
           bellies
           ,
           held
           their
           hands
           in
           the
           flames
           of
           candles
           and
           their
           feet
           in
           boyling
           oil
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           cruel
           manner
           have
           tormented
           and
           killed
           ,
           as
           only
           infernal
           furies
           could
           invent
           :
           and
           there
           is
           something
           in
           the
           Psalm
           that
           signifies
           this
           (
           which
           we
           are
           further
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           expresses
           the
           Danger
           :
           )
           for
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             Their
             wrath
             were
             kindled
             against
             us
             .
          
        
         
           And
           truly
           not
           a
           little
           did
           our
           Enemies
           rage
           ,
           but
           even
           like
           the
           fire
           of
           a
           furnace
           ,
           or
           like
           the
           fire
           of
           hell
           it self
           :
           and
           they
           rage
           so
           still
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           been
           long
           vexed
           that
           they
           have
           lost
           their
           precious
           things
           ,
           and
           are
           spoiled
           of
           their
           glory
           ;
           that
           their
           wealth
           is
           departed
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           masses
           and
           indulgences
           ,
           and
           their
           trumpery
           of
           beads
           and
           girdles
           ,
           candles
           and
           oil
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           stuff
           is
           undervalued
           and
           will
           not
           sell
           at
           the
           old
           rate
           :
           and
           that
           which
           hath
           vexed
           them
           as
           much
           as
           any
           thing
           ,
           is
           that
           light
           is
           broken
           
           forth
           which
           reproves
           their
           deeds
           of
           darkness
           and
           discovers
           their
           shame
           and
           nakedness
           ,
           and
           that
           holiness
           is
           advanced
           ,
           which
           troubles
           their
           sore
           and
           evil
           eyes
           .
           For
           Cain
           hated
           his
           Brother
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           but
           because
           *
           
             his
             own
             works
             were
             evil
             and
             his
             Brothers
             righteous
             .
          
           And
           the
           wicked
           ever
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           have
           persecuted
           the
           just
           out
           of
           meer
           enmity
           of
           nature
           .
           And
           then
           as
           our
           Romish
           Adversaries
           have
           been
           long
           vexed
           ,
           so
           have
           they
           as
           long
           hoped
           for
           a
           day
           of
           vengeance
           wherein
           they
           might
           satiate
           their
           fury
           .
           And
           no
           question
           it
           would
           be
           like
           hungry
           dogs
           ,
           or
           like
           lions
           that
           have
           been
           long
           tied
           up
           without
           meat
           ,
           by
           devouring
           ;
           as
           they
           have
           often
           made
           it
           manifest
           enough
           by
           shewing
           their
           teeth
           and
           barking
           ,
           by
           houling
           and
           roaring
           ,
           by
           their
           hellish
           conspiracies
           and
           bloody
           attempts
           .
           And
           remember
           we
           again
           (
           as
           it
           is
           here
           said
           )
           that
           
             if
             the
             Lord
             had
             not
             been
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             we
             had
             been
             swallowed
             up
             .
          
           As
           we
           were
           near
           perishing
           ,
           so
           we
           had
           perished
           ,
           if
           he
           the
           Almighty
           and
           Gracious
           God
           had
           not
           stretched
           out
           his
           hand
           and
           saved
           :
           For
           as
           for
           us
           we
           knew
           not
           the
           matter
           ,
           till
           he
           by
           his
           Providence
           discovered
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           could
           do
           nothing
           for
           our
           delivery
           .
           There
           is
           yet
           something
           more
           in
           the
           Psalm
           which
           expresses
           the
           
           Danger
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           saying
           ,
           
             Our
             Soul
             is
             escaped
             as
             a
             bird
             out
             of
             the
             snare
             of
             the
             fowlers
             .
          
        
         
           And
           as
           Israel
           was
           like
           a
           bird
           in
           the
           snare
           ,
           so
           were
           we
           :
           the
           net
           was
           cast
           about
           us
           ,
           and
           there
           wanted
           only
           the
           drawing
           of
           it
           (
           which
           a
           small
           force
           could
           do
           )
           and
           the
           fowlers
           were
           hastning
           to
           the
           slaughter
           :
           the
           train
           was
           laid
           and
           instruments
           of
           death
           prepared
           ,
           and
           there
           remained
           nothing
           but
           putting
           the
           lighted
           match
           to
           the
           powder
           :
           so
           near
           were
           we
           unto
           death
           .
           And
           the
           expression
           ,
           
             Our
             Soul
             is
             escaped
          
           ,
           invites
           me
           to
           observe
           that
           our
           Souls
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Bodies
           were
           in
           this
           eminent
           danger
           .
           For
           their
           design
           was
           to
           introduce
           their
           abominable
           doctrines
           and
           idolatrous
           worship
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           dangerous
           as
           poison
           it self
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           worse
           consequence
           than
           their
           fire
           and
           fagots
           ;
           tending
           to
           kill
           eternally
           ,
           the
           Soul
           in
           the
           other
           world
           ,
           as
           their
           cruel
           hands
           kill
           the
           body
           in
           this
           :
           and
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           when
           Government
           is
           altered
           ,
           and
           a
           false
           Worship
           commanded
           and
           established
           ,
           and
           upheld
           by
           supream
           Authority
           ;
           then
           alass
           poor
           Souls
           are
           easily
           seduced
           ,
           and
           some
           through
           fear
           ,
           some
           through
           flattery
           ,
           some
           for
           worldly
           gain
           ,
           some
           by
           example
           ,
           and
           some
           through
           custom
           and
           education
           fall
           away
           ,
           and
           multitudes
           by
           one
           means
           or
           other
           turn
           about
           
           presently
           ,
           though
           to
           their
           own
           destruction
           .
           And
           therefore
           let
           me
           insert
           here
           my
           earnest
           request
           and
           exhortation
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           all
           Protestants
           pray
           for
           our
           Protestant
           Governors
           and
           Government
           .
        
         
           Now
           considering
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           secrecy
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           the
           rage
           and
           malice
           ,
           and
           power
           and
           bloodiness
           of
           our
           enemies
           ,
           and
           their
           abominable
           doctrins
           and
           worship
           ,
           and
           the
           near
           approach
           of
           the
           execution
           of
           their
           intended
           villany
           ,
           we
           cannot
           but
           be
           sensible
           that
           our
           Danger
           was
           exceeding
           great
           .
        
         
           Reflecting
           upon
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           demand
           your
           judgment
           in
           one
           particular
           before
           I
           proceed
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           this
           ,
           whether
           these
           men
           that
           are
           so
           conversant
           in
           plots
           and
           conspiracies
           ;
           that
           plot
           and
           conspire
           the
           death
           and
           ruin
           of
           others
           ;
           that
           plot
           and
           conspire
           against
           their
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           supream
           Council
           of
           the
           land
           ;
           that
           plot
           and
           conspire
           after
           such
           a
           bloody
           and
           devilish
           manner
           ;
           that
           kill
           and
           destroy
           ,
           and
           exercise
           such
           barbarous
           and
           inhuman
           cruelties
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           against
           peaceable
           and
           quiet
           people
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           more
           sound
           in
           the
           faith
           ,
           and
           more
           holy
           in
           their
           lives
           than
           themselves
           :
           whether
           I
           say
           these
           men
           have
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           and
           the
           power
           of
           holiness
           in
           their
           
           hearts
           ?
           whether
           they
           are
           Ministers
           of
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           Priests
           of
           God
           ,
           Priests
           of
           Righteousness
           ?
           whether
           their
           Head
           and
           Father
           the
           Pope
           that
           abets
           them
           in
           these
           practices
           and
           stirs
           them
           up
           to
           them
           ,
           be
           the
           Successor
           of
           Saint
           Peter
           ?
           whether
           
           Christ's
           Holy
           Vicar
           ?
           It
           seems
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           altogether
           true
           without
           contradiction
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           like
           the
           Beast
           in
           the
           Apocalyps
           that
           kills
           those
           that
           will
           not
           
             receive
             his
             mark
             in
             their
             foreheads
             ,
             nor
             worship
             his
             Image
          
           :
           And
           that
           they
           are
           like
           that
           Babylon
           (
           if
           not
           the
           very
           same
           )
           the
           
             great
             Whore
          
           ,
           whom
           St.
           Iohn
           seeing
           things
           to
           follow
           afterward
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           saw
           
             drunken
             with
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             of
          
           Jesus
           .
           *
           For
           I
           see
           them
           not
           so
           cruel
           to
           any
           as
           to
           Saints
           ,
           as
           to
           those
           that
           fear
           God
           and
           worship
           him
           purely
           according
           to
           his
           plain
           truth
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           recorded
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           I
           demand
           again
           ,
           whether
           these
           men
           (
           like
           good
           Christians
           )
           do
           according
           to
           St.
           
           Paul's
           admonition
           ,
           †
           
             Study
             to
             be
             quiet
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             as
             lieth
             in
             you
             ,
             live
             peaceably
             with
             all
             .
          
           And
           whether
           they
           observe
           his
           other
           like
           injunction
           ,
           *
           
             Endeavour
             to
             keep
             the
             Unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Bond
             of
             Peace
             .
          
           And
           whether
           they
           are
           like
           our
           Saviour
           that
           came
           not
           to
           
             destroy
             mens
             lives
             ,
             but
             to
             save
             them
          
           :
           and
           that
           †
           rebuked
           his
           Disciples
           for
           desiring
           him
           that
           they
           might
           
             Command
             
             fire
             to
             come
             down
             from
             Heaven
             and
             consume
             the
          
           Samaritans
           ,
           
             because
             they
             did
             not
             receive
             him
             .
          
           And
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           whether
           
             Bloody
             Iesuits
          
           and
           merciful
           Iesus
           are
           alike
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           Deliverance
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           set
           down
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Our
             Soul
             is
             escaped
             as
             a
             bird
             out
             of
             the
             snare
             of
             the
             fowlers
             :
             the
             snare
             is
             broken
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             escaped
             .
          
           Alass
           the
           strength
           of
           a
           bird
           is
           as
           nothing
           to
           the
           breaking
           of
           the
           fowlers
           net
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           she
           get
           out
           thence
           and
           fly
           away
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           strange
           accident
           :
           And
           no
           more
           was
           our
           strength
           to
           the
           extricating
           of
           our selves
           out
           of
           the
           net
           and
           gin
           and
           trap
           ,
           all
           the
           subtil
           devices
           and
           complicated
           intanglements
           and
           killing
           instruments
           of
           our
           enemies
           .
           That
           we
           escaped
           then
           was
           a
           wonder
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           snare
           was
           broken
           whereby
           we
           did
           escape
           ,
           was
           the
           work
           of
           Gods
           own
           hand
           :
           and
           is
           it
           not
           his
           doing
           ,
           when
           (
           according
           as
           it
           is
           said
           again
           )
           
             proud
             waves
          
           did
           not
           swallow
           us
           up
           ;
           when
           waters
           and
           a
           stream
           coming
           upon
           us
           ,
           did
           not
           overwhelm
           and
           drown
           us
           :
           when
           
             kindled
             wrath
          
           did
           not
           consume
           us
           :
           And
           in
           these
           words
           also
           we
           are
           shewed
           our
           Deliverance
           and
           whence
           it
           was
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             did
             not
             give
             us
             as
             a
             prey
             to
             their
             teeth
             .
          
           For
           he
           could
           have
           delivered
           us
           up
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           he
           might
           have
           done
           so
           with
           justice
           enough
           ,
           because
           
           of
           our
           sins
           :
           and
           therefore
           as
           it
           was
           his
           Power
           ,
           so
           it
           was
           his
           Goodness
           that
           saved
           us
           .
           And
           seeing
           that
           the
           combination
           was
           secret
           and
           the
           plot
           carried
           on
           with
           all
           subtilty
           ,
           we
           discern
           again
           that
           it
           was
           his
           Eye
           (
           to
           which
           nothing
           is
           hid
           )
           that
           discovered
           it
           .
           And
           add
           we
           ,
           that
           the
           Deliverance
           was
           from
           death
           and
           murther
           ,
           from
           war
           and
           confusion
           ,
           from
           Popery
           ,
           which
           is
           stuffed
           with
           all
           that
           is
           naught
           ,
           with
           pride
           and
           avarice
           and
           luxury
           ,
           with
           lies
           and
           feigned
           miracles
           ,
           with
           wicked
           craft
           and
           treachery
           and
           dissimulation
           ,
           with
           rebellion
           and
           horrid
           cruelty
           ,
           with
           superstitions
           innumerable
           ,
           and
           abominable
           Idolatry
           .
           And
           that
           the
           deliverance
           was
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           and
           a
           whole
           Realm
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           that
           deserved
           no
           such
           thing
           at
           their
           hands
           as
           they
           intended
           .
           And
           finally
           that
           it
           was
           the
           deliverance
           of
           
             Gods
             own
             people
          
           ,
           that
           have
           abandoned
           the
           corruption
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           have
           embraced
           the
           truth
           as
           it
           was
           delivered
           to
           the
           World
           by
           his
           Servants
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           of
           our
           Lord
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           that
           desire
           to
           live
           in
           his
           fear
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           him
           acceptably
           with
           pure
           worship
           according
           to
           his
           own
           will
           ,
           not
           mans
           ,
           that
           their
           Souls
           may
           be
           saved
           .
           Considering
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           deliverance
           was
           wonderful
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           work
           ,
           and
           from
           God
           it
           
           came
           .
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           whole
           we
           may
           justly
           say
           with
           the
           
             Psalmist
             ,
             If
             it
             had
             not
             been
             the
             Lord
             who
             was
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             when
             men
             rose
             up
             against
             us
             :
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             the
             Lord
             who
             was
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             they
             had
             swallowed
             us
             up
             quick
             .
             Our
             help
             was
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             made
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           unto
           him
           is
           due
           Praise
           and
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           Glory
           and
           Thanksgiving
           :
           which
           is
           our
           next
           particular
           .
        
         
           But
           before
           I
           enter
           upon
           it
           ,
           let
           me
           put
           in
           here
           one
           thing
           which
           is
           worthy
           of
           the
           Observation
           both
           of
           us
           and
           our
           adversaries
           :
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           God
           hath
           delivered
           us
           ,
           so
           he
           
             will
             deliver
          
           us
           still
           ,
           if
           we
           still
           hold
           his
           Truth
           without
           corruption
           ,
           and
           keep
           our selves
           in
           innocence
           ;
           renounce
           error
           and
           false
           worship
           ,
           and
           live
           soberly
           ,
           righteously
           ,
           and
           godly
           .
           For
           he
           will
           maintain
           his
           own
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           defend
           them
           that
           profess
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           withal
           fear
           his
           Name
           ;
           and
           he
           will
           punish
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           bring
           to
           nought
           their
           devices
           ,
           and
           dissolve
           the
           attempts
           of
           deceivers
           and
           bloody-minded
           men
           .
           He
           is
           the
           Tower
           and
           strong
           Castle
           ,
           and
           the
           Rock
           and
           Mount
           of
           Israel
           :
           he
           is
           their
           shield
           and
           defence
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           by
           long
           experience
           that
           God
           hath
           defended
           his
           Saints
           and
           true
           worshippers
           ,
           every
           Age
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           affording
           numerous
           instances
           hereof
           .
           And
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           
           but
           we
           have
           his
           promise
           written
           down
           ,
           and
           an
           hundred
           times
           repeated
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           defend
           them
           .
           Read
           a
           little
           :
           Prov.
           xi
           .
           3
           .
           
             The
             integrity
             of
             the
             upright
             shall
             guide
             them
             :
             but
             the
             perverseness
             of
             transgressors
             shall
             destroy
             them
             ,
          
           V.
           6.
           
           
             The
             righteousness
             of
             the
             upright
             shall
             deliver
             them
             :
             but
             transgressors
             shall
             be
             taken
             in
             their
             own
             naughtiness
             .
          
           V.
           20
           ,
           21.
           
           
             They
             that
             are
             of
             a
             froward
             heart
             ,
             are
             an
             abomination
             to
             the
             Lord
             :
             but
             such
             as
             are
             upright
             in
             their
             way
             ,
             are
             his
             delight
             .
             Though
             hand
             join
             in
             hand
             ,
             the
             wicked
             shall
             not
             be
             unpunished
             :
             but
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             righteous
             shall
             be
             delivered
             .
          
           And
           Chap.
           xii
           .
           3
           .
           
             A
             man
             shall
             not
             be
             established
             by
             wickedness
             :
             but
             the
             root
             of
             the
             righteous
             shall
             not
             be
             moved
             .
          
           V.
           7.
           
           
             The
             wicked
             are
             overthrown
             and
             are
             not
             :
             but
             the
             house
             of
             the
             righteous
             shall
             stand
             .
          
           V.
           13.
           
           
             The
             wicked
             is
             snared
             by
             the
             transgression
             of
             his
             lips
             :
             but
             the
             just
             shall
             come
             out
             of
             trouble
             .
          
           And
           seeing
           that
           this
           is
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           without
           cause
           that
           we
           fear
           what
           evil
           men
           can
           do
           ,
           whilst
           we
           do
           not
           make
           our selves
           like
           unto
           them
           ,
           turning
           aside
           from
           God
           into
           crooked
           paths
           ,
           and
           provoking
           him
           by
           the
           like
           offences
           against
           our selves
           :
           and
           it
           is
           also
           but
           a
           vain
           thing
           ,
           meer
           folly
           and
           madness
           ,
           for
           our
           adversaries
           to
           attempt
           any
           thing
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           think
           to
           establish
           themselves
           by
           wicked
           enterprises
           ,
           though
           carried
           on
           with
           
           the
           greatest
           subtilty
           and
           adjutant
           power
           .
           For
           do
           they
           think
           to
           kill
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           flourish
           ?
           to
           rebel
           against
           the
           Lords
           Anointed
           ,
           and
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           which
           he
           hath
           ordained
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           prosper
           ?
           to
           drink
           the
           blood
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           grow
           fat
           ?
           Blood
           hath
           a
           cry
           ,
           and
           a
           loud
           cry
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           heard
           :
           and
           right
           dear
           to
           God
           is
           the
           blood
           of
           his
           Saints
           .
           And
           Iezebel
           ,
           (
           such
           an
           one
           that
           had
           little
           sense
           of
           holy
           things
           ,
           and
           indeed
           little
           knowledge
           of
           Gods
           ways
           and
           works
           )
           could
           ask
           the
           question
           ,
           *
           Had
           Zimri
           
             peace
             who
             slew
             his
             Master
          
           ?
           As
           having
           observed
           this
           ,
           that
           such
           slayers
           are
           slain
           themselves
           ,
           are
           pursued
           with
           troubles
           ,
           and
           commonly
           come
           to
           a
           fearful
           end
           :
           as
           there
           are
           many
           instances
           of
           this
           nature
           recorded
           in
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Iudges
           and
           Kings
           of
           Israel
           and
           Iudah
           .
           And
           this
           woman
           might
           have
           reflected
           upon
           her
           own
           action
           ,
           and
           have
           said
           to
           her self
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           Shall
           Jezebel
           
             have
             peace
             who
             slew
          
           Naboth
           ?
           And
           the
           same
           indeed
           was
           verified
           in
           her
           :
           †
           for
           as
           soon
           almost
           as
           she
           had
           spoken
           the
           word
           ,
           she
           was
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           window
           of
           her
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           dashed
           upon
           the
           ground
           and
           trodden
           to
           pieces
           by
           
           Iehu's
           horses
           .
           Wherefore
           the
           only
           way
           for
           our
           Adversaries
           to
           prosper
           is
           to
           keep
           themselves
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           Righteousness
           :
           and
           
           let
           them
           do
           so
           as
           much
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           effect
           against
           us
           what
           they
           can
           :
           for
           we
           know
           that
           then
           they
           will
           not
           have
           the
           heart
           to
           hurt
           us
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           will
           forbear
           to
           lay
           axes
           and
           fagots
           ,
           and
           such
           tormenting
           things
           upon
           us
           ,
           but
           will
           not
           so
           much
           as
           press
           us
           with
           an
           heavy
           hand
           .
           But
           as
           for
           Iniquity
           ,
           they
           will
           never
           establish
           themselves
           by
           that
           ;
           and
           their
           unrighteous
           machinations
           and
           actions
           are
           but
           like
           making
           ropes
           of
           sand
           to
           pull
           down
           a
           Tower
           ,
           and
           like
           the
           Thief
           's
           twisting
           of
           Cords
           to
           hang
           himself
           .
           For
           David
           hath
           told
           us
           from
           his
           experience
           and
           observation
           ,
           that
           *
           
             the
             wicked
             are
             snared
             in
             the
             works
             of
             their
             own
             hands
             .
          
           And
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           he
           hath
           delivered
           it
           unto
           us
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Lord
           as
           an
           
             established
             truth
          
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           shall
           be
           ;
           that
           †
           
             their
             mischief
             shall
             return
             upon
             their
             own
             heads
             ,
             and
             their
             violent
             dealing
             shall
             come
             down
             upon
             their
             own
             pates
             ;
             and
             that
             their
             swords
             which
             they
             have
             drawn
             out
             to
             slay
             the
             upright
             ,
             shall
             enter
             into
             their
             own
             hearts
             ;
             and
             their
             bows
             which
             they
             have
             bent
             against
             the
             poor
             ,
             shall
             be
             broken
             .
          
           Only
           in
           this
           one
           thing
           may
           our
           adversaries
           be
           feared
           ,
           namely
           in
           their
           enticing
           of
           us
           to
           sin
           ;
           as
           Balaam
           taught
           Balak
           to
           draw
           Israel
           to
           fornication
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           for
           which
           cause
           (
           they
           yielding
           thereunto
           )
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           fell
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           
           they
           were
           destroyed
           by
           a
           Plague
           .
           *
           And
           therefore
           in
           this
           matter
           let
           us
           take
           good
           heed
           to
           our selves
           :
           for
           their
           temptation
           ,
           and
           this
           kind
           of
           smooth
           and
           soft
           dealing
           is
           more
           to
           be
           feared
           than
           their
           plots
           and
           menaces
           ,
           and
           murthering
           instruments
           :
           their
           Fornication
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           if
           we
           hearken
           to
           their
           charms
           ,
           and
           betake
           our selves
           to
           these
           abominations
           ,
           will
           do
           us
           more
           injury
           than
           their
           gun-powder
           and
           knives
           ,
           and
           bills
           and
           swords
           .
           But
           yet
           though
           by
           this
           means
           they
           may
           bring
           down
           judgments
           from
           Heaven
           upon
           us
           ,
           yet
           shall
           they
           not
           hereby
           establish
           themselves
           ,
           but
           shall
           be
           punished
           with
           us
           for
           the
           same
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           Temptation
           .
           And
           so
           it
           fell
           out
           both
           to
           the
           Midianites
           that
           tempted
           and
           defiled
           Israel
           ,
           and
           to
           Balaam
           that
           gave
           the
           Counsel
           .
           For
           God
           said
           thus
           ,
           
             Vex
             the
          
           Midianites
           
             and
             smite
             them
             :
             for
             they
             vex
             you
             with
             their
             wiles
             ,
             wherewith
             they
             have
             beguiled
             you
             in
             the
             matter
             of
          
           Peor
           .
           Num.
           xxxv
           .
           17.18
           .
           And
           so
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           Chap
           xxxi
           .
           7
           .
           &c.
           
             They
             warred
             against
             the
          
           Midianites
           ,
           
             as
             the
             Lord
             commanded
          
           Moses
           :
           
             and
             they
             slew
             all
             the
             males
             ;
             and
             they
             slew
             the
             Kings
             of
          
           Midian
           ;
           Balaam
           
             also
             the
             son
             of
          
           Beor
           
             they
             slew
             with
             the
             sword
             .
             And
             the
             Children
             of
          
           Israel
           
             took
             all
             the
             women
             of
          
           Midian
           
             Captives
             ,
             and
             their
             little
             ones
             .
             And
          
           Moses
           
             said
             unto
             them
             ,
             have
             ye
             saved
             
             all
             the
             women
             alive
             ?
             Behold
             ,
             these
             caused
             the
             Children
             of
          
           Israel
           
             through
             the
             counsel
             of
          
           Balaam
           
             to
             commit
             trespass
             against
             the
             Lord
             in
             the
             matter
             of
          
           Peor
           ,
           
             and
             there
             was
             a
             Plague
             among
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Lord.
             Now
             therefore
             kill
             every
             male
             among
             the
             little
             ones
             ,
             and
             kill
             every
             woman
             that
             hath
             known
             man
             by
             lying
             with
             him
             .
          
           So
           that
           by
           no
           wicked
           way
           ,
           neither
           by
           temptation
           ,
           nor
           by
           conspiracy
           ,
           can
           our
           adversaries
           prosper
           .
           Flourish
           they
           may
           for
           a
           time
           ;
           but
           then
           they
           shall
           wither
           as
           the
           grass
           :
           and
           lay
           their
           hands
           and
           rods
           upon
           our
           backs
           they
           may
           ;
           but
           they
           shall
           not
           alwaies
           abide
           there
           ,
           for
           the
           Lord
           will
           deliver
           his
           people
           out
           of
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           oppressor
           and
           the
           unrighteous
           man.
           And
           so
           speaks
           David
           ,
           with
           whose
           eminent
           and
           comfortable
           words
           I
           conclude
           this
           matter
           :
           Psalm
           xxxvii
           .
           24
           .
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           
             The
             good
             man
             though
             he
             fall
             ,
             shall
             not
             utterly
             be
             cast
             down
             :
             for
             the
             Lord
             upholdeth
             him
             with
             his
             hand
             .
             The
             Lord
             loveth
             judgment
             ,
             and
             forsaketh
             not
             his
             Saints
             ;
             they
             are
             preserved
             for
             ever
             :
             but
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             cut
             off
             .
             The
             wicked
             watcheth
             the
             righteous
             ,
             and
             seeketh
             to
             slay
             him
             .
             The
             Lord
             will
             not
             leave
             him
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             nor
             condemn
             him
             when
             he
             is
             judged
             .
             I
             have
             seen
             the
             wicked
             in
             great
             power
             ,
             and
             spreading
             himself
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           III.
           The
           Thanksgiving
           .
           We
           have
           it
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             hath
             not
             given
             us
             as
             a
             prey
             to
             their
             teeth
             .
          
           And
           considering
           that
           if
           we
           had
           fallen
           into
           the
           power
           of
           Romanists
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           used
           us
           as
           hungry
           and
           ravenous
           beasts
           do
           their
           prey
           ,
           tearing
           it
           in
           pieces
           and
           devouring
           ,
           we
           must
           acknowledge
           that
           the
           blessing
           which
           we
           render
           unto
           the
           Lord
           for
           our
           deliverance
           ,
           must
           not
           be
           a
           faint
           breath
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           affections
           of
           our
           Souls
           ,
           the
           most
           hearty
           praise
           .
           And
           what
           is
           due
           to
           him
           that
           hath
           saved
           us
           from
           the
           fowler
           ,
           from
           the
           
             lions
             teeth
          
           ,
           from
           the
           stream
           and
           
             proud
             waves
          
           ,
           from
           the
           
             wrath
             of
             enemies
          
           ,
           and
           that
           wrath
           kindled
           of
           hell
           and
           boiling-hot
           ?
           for
           truly
           we
           cannot
           reasonably
           believe
           that
           the
           wrath
           of
           any
           enemies
           is
           hotter
           than
           that
           of
           ours
           ,
           Papists
           ,
           who
           have
           all
           along
           exercised
           the
           sharpest
           severities
           .
           Now
           a
           man
           looking
           back
           upon
           the
           dangers
           which
           he
           hath
           escaped
           ,
           and
           remembring
           how
           he
           walked
           over
           a
           deep
           well
           slenderly
           covered
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           fall
           into
           it
           ;
           and
           how
           he
           passed
           through
           a
           company
           of
           wolves
           and
           bears
           and
           lions
           ,
           and
           was
           not
           devoured
           :
           Oh
           how
           will
           he
           rejoyce
           ,
           how
           will
           he
           thank
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           lively
           sense
           of
           the
           mercy
           will
           he
           carry
           in
           his
           heart
           all
           the
           days
           of
           his
           life
           ?
           And
           may
           the
           remembrance
           of
           this
           
           mercy
           which
           this
           day
           we
           received
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           never
           be
           defaced
           so
           long
           as
           time
           shall
           endure
           ;
           nor
           the
           quick
           sense
           of
           it
           abate
           ,
           neither
           in
           us
           ,
           nor
           in
           our
           Children
           after
           us
           ,
           till
           we
           shall
           be
           free
           from
           the
           cruelties
           and
           malice
           and
           conspiracies
           of
           Popish
           Enemies
           .
           Which
           will
           be
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           converted
           from
           their
           Errors
           ,
           and
           changed
           from
           their
           savage
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           mystical
           Babylon
           shall
           be
           destroyed
           ;
           or
           when
           we
           shall
           be
           removed
           from
           Earth
           to
           Heaven
           .
           If
           we
           owe
           God
           praises
           for
           our
           life
           ,
           health
           ,
           and
           food
           ,
           for
           preservation
           in
           time
           of
           war
           ,
           famine
           ,
           and
           pestilence
           ,
           for
           recovery
           out
           of
           desperate
           sickness
           ;
           what
           greater
           praises
           do
           we
           owe
           him
           for
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           our
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           deliverance
           from
           slaughter
           ,
           from
           confusion
           ,
           from
           strange
           tortures
           ,
           from
           cruel
           deaths
           ,
           from
           Popery
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           mass
           of
           evils
           ?
           for
           I
           put
           you
           in
           remembrance
           again
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           evil
           to
           our
           Bodies
           was
           designed
           ,
           but
           a
           worse
           mischief
           to
           our
           Souls
           .
           Blessed
           be
           God
           then
           ,
           that
           our
           Religion
           ,
           which
           is
           spiritual
           ,
           substantial
           and
           lively
           ,
           is
           not
           turned
           into
           idle
           and
           dead
           Ceremony
           ,
           shews
           and
           gazings
           ,
           crosses
           ,
           beads
           and
           reliques
           :
           that
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           are
           not
           kept
           from
           our
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           have
           not
           Prayers
           in
           a
           language
           which
           they
           
             understand
             not
          
           ,
           
           whereby
           the
           affection
           (
           which
           alone
           makes
           the
           service
           acceptable
           to
           God
           )
           is
           quite
           deadned
           and
           killed
           :
           that
           we
           are
           not
           taught
           to
           pray
           to
           Angels
           and
           
             dead
             Saints
          
           ,
           and
           to
           ask
           of
           them
           
             protection
             ,
             grace
             ,
             pardon
          
           ;
           saying
           ,
           *
           
             O
             Blessed
          
           Peter
           ,
           
             to
             whom
             power
             is
             given
             to
             open
             and
             shut
             Heaven
             ;
             loose
             by
             thy
             word
             the
             bonds
             of
             our
             sins
             .
          
           †
           
             O
             ye
             Apostles
             ,
             who
             shut
             and
             open
             Heaven
             ,
             heal
             our
             sick
             minds
             ,
             increase
             our
             vertues
             .
          
           *
           
             O
             Mother
             of
             God
             ,
             establish
             us
             in
             peace
             ,
             loose
             the
             bonds
             of
             the
             guilty
             ,
             bring
             light
             to
             the
             blind
             ,
             drive
             away
             our
             evils
             ,
             procure
             for
             us
             all
             good
             things
             .
             Make
             us
             free
             from
             sins
             ,
             and
             mild
             and
             chast
             .
          
           And
           blessed
           be
           God
           that
           we
           do
           not
           creep
           and
           kneel
           to
           an
           Image
           and
           say
           ,
           *
           
             Tree
             on
             which
          
           Christ
           
             did
             hang.
             O
             Cross
          
           ,
           †
           hail
           [
           or
           ,
           peace
           ,
           or
           happiness
           to
           thee
           ]
           
             our
             only
             hope
             ,
             increase
             the
             righteousness
             of
             the
             righteous
             ,
             blot
             out
          
           [
           or
           ,
           abolish
           ]
           
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             guilty
             .
             O
             Cross
             which
             alone
             wast
             worthy
             to
             bear
             the
             talent
          
           [
           or
           ,
           price
           ]
           
             of
             the
             world
             :
             sweet
             wood
             ,
             bearing
             the
             sweet
             nails
             ,
             the
             sweet
             weights
             :
             save
             the
             present
             company
             gathered
             this
             day
             together
             to
             praise
             
             thee
             .
          
           And
           blessed
           be
           God
           that
           we
           are
           not
           taught
           nor
           incouraged
           ,
           nor
           tempted
           to
           rely
           upon
           the
           penances
           and
           
             satisfactions
             ,
             masses
          
           and
           
             sacrifices
             ,
             absolutions
             ,
             pardons
          
           and
           indulgences
           of
           others
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           could
           hereby
           prevent
           our
           falling
           into
           Hell-torment
           ,
           and
           being
           fallen
           into
           Purgatory-torment
           ,
           could
           deliver
           us
           out
           of
           it
           .
           And
           blessed
           be
           God
           that
           we
           call
           not
           Sacramental
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           ,
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           falling
           down
           and
           adoring
           them
           with
           divine
           worship
           .
           And
           blessed
           be
           God
           that
           we
           see
           not
           his
           faithful
           servants
           imprisoned
           and
           tortured
           ,
           and
           burned
           for
           refusing
           to
           submit
           to
           these
           abominations
           .
           All
           which
           evils
           we
           might
           have
           seen
           ,
           if
           our
           Adversaries
           had
           prevailed
           :
           Blessed
           be
           God
           for
           our
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           our
           wholsom
           Laws
           ,
           our
           peace
           and
           safety
           ,
           and
           our
           lives
           .
           Blessed
           be
           God
           for
           our
           ministers
           ,
           and
           for
           sound
           doctrin
           ,
           and
           the
           pure
           truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Blessed
           be
           God
           for
           the
           salvation
           of
           our
           Souls
           :
           all
           which
           we
           might
           have
           lost
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           we
           should
           certainly
           have
           lost
           ,
           if
           Romes
           design
           now
           and
           at
           many
           other
           times
           had
           succeeded
           .
           Blessed
           be
           God
           from
           our
           whole
           heart
           for
           his
           manifold
           mercy
           to
           us
           both
           now
           and
           evermore
           .
        
         
           IV.
           The
           
             Confidence
             in
             God
          
           ,
           which
           these
           words
           describe
           ,
           
             Our
             help
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             made
             
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           our
           help
           was
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           in
           the
           Lord
           of
           Heaven
           :
           They
           had
           found
           that
           God
           had
           saved
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           resolved
           to
           trust
           in
           him
           ever
           after
           .
           And
           well
           may
           we
           do
           so
           ,
           who
           have
           had
           the
           same
           help
           and
           favour
           from
           him
           in
           like
           eminent
           danger
           :
           and
           as
           his
           goodness
           invites
           us
           to
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           so
           doth
           his
           power
           ,
           he
           being
           the
           Almighty
           and
           only
           Supreme
           that
           
             made
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           can
           do
           what
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           dissolve
           the
           forces
           of
           the
           mighty
           and
           blow
           away
           the
           devices
           of
           the
           cunning
           ,
           fetter
           all
           the
           Devils
           of
           Hell
           that
           rise
           up
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Command
           turn
           them
           back
           in
           their
           furious
           rage
           .
           And
           we
           are
           again
           to
           remember
           his
           Eye
           that
           seeth
           in
           the
           dark
           and
           secret
           places
           where
           wicked
           men
           plot
           mischief
           :
           and
           his
           Providence
           that
           is
           over
           all
           his
           works
           even
           to
           a
           small
           Sparrow
           :
           and
           his
           Promise
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           defend
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           oppose
           his
           enemies
           .
           And
           now
           as
           we
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           there
           remains
           nothing
           else
           for
           us
           to
           do
           ,
           but
           to
           
             keep
             his
             Laws
          
           diligently
           and
           to
           walk
           before
           him
           with
           an
           upright
           heart
           :
           for
           then
           shall
           we
           surely
           find
           his
           help
           .
           They
           work
           wickedness
           ;
           and
           can
           they
           trust
           in
           him
           ?
           If
           they
           do
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           in
           vain
           :
           the
           impudence
           indeed
           they
           have
           as
           to
           look
           up
           to
           Heaven
           when
           they
           are
           as
           deep
           as
           
           Hell
           in
           their
           wicked
           consultations
           ,
           and
           to
           say
           masses
           and
           make
           prayers
           to
           the
           God
           of
           righteousness
           for
           the
           cutting
           of
           innocent
           mens
           throats
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           accomplishing
           of
           such
           unrighteousness
           as
           the
           Devil
           only
           puts
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           slaves
           ,
           and
           which
           only
           he
           and
           his
           children
           would
           rejoyce
           to
           see
           accomplished
           .
           But
           do
           they
           indeed
           trust
           in
           God
           ?
           It
           is
           rather
           in
           the
           Devil
           ,
           in
           their
           invented
           visions
           and
           feigned
           miracles
           ,
           in
           their
           plots
           and
           perverse
           deeds
           ,
           in
           their
           dissimulation
           and
           treachery
           ,
           in
           their
           rebellion
           and
           murthers
           :
           for
           I
           see
           that
           to
           these
           they
           betake
           themselves
           continually
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           have
           no
           hope
           otherwise
           to
           prevail
           .
           And
           no
           wonder
           ,
           for
           a
           false
           Religion
           must
           have
           indirect
           means
           to
           help
           it
           up
           ,
           and
           a
           bloody
           Faith
           will
           make
           bloody
           work
           ;
           they
           devise
           a
           cunning
           device
           ,
           and
           gather
           together
           the
           powers
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           and
           now
           say
           they
           we
           shall
           prevail
           ;
           we
           will
           fall
           upon
           them
           before
           they
           be
           aware
           and
           will
           destroy
           ;
           we
           will
           terrifie
           with
           torments
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           take
           away
           their
           chief
           men
           by
           death
           ,
           and
           as
           for
           the
           rest
           they
           will
           not
           dare
           to
           speak
           .
           But
           ,
           alas
           ,
           all
           this
           is
           as
           weak
           as
           a
           feather
           ,
           and
           as
           vain
           as
           that
           which
           is
           most
           so
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           against
           them
           that
           
             made
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
          
           .
           
             For
             the
             Lord
             hateth
             the
             workers
             of
             iniquity
             
             (
             as
             the
             Psalmist
             speaks
             )
             and
             abhorreth
             bloody
             and
             deceitful
             men
             .
             He
             loveth
             the
             faithful
             ,
             and
             plentifully
             rewardeth
             proud
             doers
             .
             The
             righteous
             Lord
             loveth
             righteousness
             ,
             and
             his
             countenance
             doth
             behold
             the
             upright
             .
             He
             will
             be
             a
             refuge
             for
             the
             oppressed
             ,
             a
             refuge
             in
             time
             of
             trouble
             .
             And
             they
             that
             know
             his
             name
             will
             trust
             in
             him
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             not
             forsaken
             them
             that
             seek
             him
             .
             For
             who
             is
             God
             save
             the
             Lord
             ?
             or
             who
             is
             a
             rock
             save
             our
             God
             ?
             Arise
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             let
             not
             man
             prevail
             ;
             let
             the
             heathenish
             people
             be
             judged
             in
             thy
             sight
             .
             Put
             them
             in
             fear
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             know
             themselves
             to
             be
             but
             men
             .
             Destroy
             thou
             them
             ,
             O
             God
             ;
             let
             them
             fall
             by
             their
             own
             counsels
             :
             cast
             them
             out
             in
             the
             multitude
             of
             their
             transgressions
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             rebelled
             against
             thee
             .
             But
             let
             all
             those
             that
             put
             their
             trust
             in
             thee
             rejoyce
             ;
             let
             them
             ever
             shout
             for
             joy
             because
             thou
             defendest
             them
             :
             let
             them
             that
             love
             thy
             Name
             be
             joyful
             in
             thee
             .
             For
             thou
             Lord
             wilt
             bless
             the
             righteous
             ,
             with
             favor
             wilt
             thou
             compass
             them
             as
             with
             a
             shield
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           But
           let
           me
           add
           a
           few
           words
           more
           because
           of
           the
           
             new
             attempts
          
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           ,
           who
           like
           their
           Fathers
           have
           again
           consulted
           with
           the
           
           Devil
           and
           the
           grand
           wickedness
           of
           their
           hearts
           ,
           
             to
             kill
             our
             King
             ,
             subvert
             our
             Government
             ,
             and
             change
             our
             Religion
             .
          
           But
           remember
           ,
           Dear
           Brethren
           ,
           that
           men
           cannot
           curse
           those
           whom
           God
           will
           bless
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           with
           their
           tongues
           ,
           which
           is
           only
           a
           
             brutum
             fulmen
          
           ,
           a
           
             Popes
             Bull
          
           ,
           a
           clap
           of
           Thunder
           without
           the
           bolt
           .
           And
           be
           ye
           sure
           that
           those
           God
           will
           bless
           that
           love
           and
           serve
           him
           ,
           keeping
           themselves
           from
           sin
           and
           following
           peace
           and
           holiness
           with
           a
           pure
           heart
           :
           as
           Balaam
           (
           after
           he
           had
           attempted
           several
           times
           to
           move
           God
           against
           Israel
           ;
           for
           this
           end
           building
           
             seven
             Altars
          
           and
           offering
           upon
           
             every
             one
          
           a
           bullock
           and
           a
           ram
           ,
           and
           repeating
           this
           again
           and
           again
           )
           confessed
           ,
           saying
           ,
           *
           
             God
             hath
             blessed
             ,
             and
             I
             cannot
             reverse
             it
             .
             He
             hath
             not
             beheld
             iniquity
             in
          
           Jacob
           ,
           
             neither
             hath
             he
             seen
             perverseness
             in
          
           Israel
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             his
             God
             is
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             shout
             of
             a
             King
             is
             among
             them
             .
             Surely
             there
             is
             no
             enchantment
             against
          
           Jacob
           ,
           
             neither
             is
             there
             any
             divination
             against
          
           Israel
           .
           And
           if
           the
           case
           be
           so
           ,
           that
           God
           sees
           not
           iniquity
           among
           us
           (
           not
           such
           as
           that
           he
           will
           curse
           us
           for
           it
           ,
           perverseness
           ,
           and
           rebellion
           )
           then
           may
           we
           boldly
           say
           ,
           Let
           the
           sons
           of
           Belial
           conspire
           and
           contrive
           what
           they
           can
           :
           let
           the
           
             covetous
             Priests
          
           build
           seven
           Altars
           and
           add
           seven
           more
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           offer
           upon
           every
           one
           seventy
           times
           
           seven
           bullocks
           and
           as
           many
           rams
           ,
           
             Masses
             ,
             Reliques
             ,
             Candles
             ,
             Hosts
             ,
          
           and
           what
           they
           please
           :
           let
           them
           lay
           their
           crafty
           heads
           together
           ,
           and
           call
           up
           all
           the
           Devils
           of
           Hell
           to
           their
           consultation
           :
           let
           them
           prepare
           all
           sorts
           of
           deadly
           instruments
           ,
           and
           fortify
           themselves
           according
           to
           their
           cunning
           ,
           and
           gather
           together
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           Earth
           against
           us
           :
           Tush
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           vain
           ,
           and
           the
           evil
           which
           they
           devise
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           bring
           to
           pass
           :
           *
           
             He
             that
             sitteth
             in
             the
             Heavens
             will
             laugh
             ;
             the
             Lord
             shall
             have
             them
             in
             derision
             :
             he
             shall
             speak
             unto
             them
             in
             his
             wrath
             ,
             and
             vex
             them
             in
             his
             sore
             displeasure
             .
          
           We
           fear
           ,
           I
           see
           ,
           deceitful
           workers
           ,
           ungodly
           plotters
           ,
           serpentine
           Jesuits
           ,
           bloody
           Papists
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           do
           Witches
           ,
           Sorcerers
           and
           Conjurers
           .
           But
           much
           rather
           may
           we
           fear
           our
           wickednesses
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           generation
           of
           this
           black
           rabble
           in
           Earth
           and
           Hell.
           And
           as
           the
           presence
           of
           some
           of
           these
           malicious
           and
           mischievous
           creatures
           strikes
           some
           into
           trembling
           ;
           so
           would
           to
           God
           we
           were
           all
           as
           much
           afraid
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           take
           this
           more
           dangerous
           enemy
           so
           near
           unto
           us
           and
           love
           its
           Company
           so
           dearly
           as
           to
           invite
           it
           to
           our
           house
           and
           put
           it
           into
           our
           bosom
           and
           let
           it
           lodge
           with
           us
           from
           day
           to
           day
           all
           the
           year
           about
           .
        
         
         
           But
           Sirs
           ,
           what
           can
           you
           do
           ?
           you
           that
           put
           the
           Nation
           into
           fear
           with
           your
           evil
           machinations
           ,
           you
           
             Sons
             of
             Rome
          
           ?
           You
           can
           smite
           ,
           you
           'l
           say
           ;
           you
           can
           torment
           ,
           you
           can
           burn
           ,
           kill
           and
           destroy
           us
           .
           Some
           of
           us
           you
           may
           ,
           but
           all
           you
           shall
           not
           :
           and
           the
           Devil
           can
           do
           as
           much
           as
           this
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           right
           well
           in
           his
           eyes
           .
           But
           can
           you
           pull
           the
           Sun
           out
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           toss
           about
           the
           Mountains
           ?
           Neither
           shall
           your
           Hell-gates
           prevail
           against
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           to
           throw
           it
           down
           and
           lay
           it
           wast
           utterly
           ,
           which
           is
           built
           upon
           the
           firmest
           Rock
           ,
           and
           which
           that
           mighty
           Son
           of
           man
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           compasseth
           with
           his
           Arms.
           For
           God
           is
           stronger
           than
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           will
           save
           his
           people
           from
           that
           evil
           Spirits
           rage
           and
           yours
           ;
           otherwise
           he
           were
           not
           what
           assuredly
           he
           is
           ,
           a
           loving
           and
           watchful
           Father
           .
           You
           remember
           the
           voice
           from
           heaven
           ,
           
           
             Saul
             ,
             Saul
             ,
             why
             persecutest
             thou
             me
             .
          
           And
           you
           may
           thence
           observe
           that
           the
           troublers
           of
           his
           Church
           contend
           not
           with
           frail
           man
           only
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           Mighty
           Iesus
           ,
           who
           can
           dash
           you
           into
           pieces
           in
           a
           moment
           :
           And
           you
           may
           conclude
           from
           the
           same
           words
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           always
           suffer
           himself
           to
           be
           bruised
           and
           beaten
           ,
           persecuted
           and
           afflicted
           .
           And
           do
           you
           not
           think
           that
           we
           can
           pray
           to
           our
           Father
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           who
           can
           send
           
           us
           more
           than
           twelve
           legions
           of
           Angels
           ,
           which
           shall
           vanquish
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           powers
           of
           darkness
           ,
           your
           confederates
           in
           your
           wicked
           enterprises
           ?
           And
           what
           ?
           can
           we
           not
           kill
           you
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           you
           kill
           us
           ?
           Our
           strength
           is
           as
           great
           as
           yours
           ,
           but
           our
           will
           (
           thanks
           be
           to
           God
           )
           not
           so
           wicked
           .
           You
           cannot
           say
           in
           Conscience
           that
           you
           fear
           any
           such
           thing
           from
           us
           as
           we
           do
           from
           you
           ,
           death
           ,
           and
           burning
           ,
           and
           tortures
           .
           And
           did
           you
           fear
           so
           much
           as
           loss
           of
           Goods
           or
           Imprisonment
           ?
           Were
           you
           not
           in
           quietness
           ?
           Lived
           you
           not
           in
           peace
           and
           safety
           ?
           Who
           troubled
           you
           ?
           Did
           you
           not
           enjoy
           as
           much
           liberty
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           your
           Religion
           as
           you
           could
           in
           reason
           expect
           ?
           more
           I
           dare
           say
           you
           had
           than
           your
           Religion
           deserves
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           than
           your
           Latin-Service
           ,
           your
           Half-Communion
           ,
           your
           denial
           of
           Marriage
           to
           Priests
           ,
           your
           Masses
           ,
           Indulgences
           ,
           Purgatory
           ,
           and
           Papal-Supremacy
           ,
           your
           Image-worship
           ,
           your
           Invocation
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           your
           Adoration
           of
           Sacramental
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           stuff
           deserves
           .
           All
           which
           is
           
             properly
             your
          
           Religion
           ,
           that
           which
           we
           call
           Popery
           ,
           wherein
           you
           differ
           from
           us
           and
           from
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           I
           think
           you
           were
           blind
           and
           did
           not
           understand
           your
           own
           happiness
           (
           as
           you
           esteem
           this
           Liberty
           to
           be
           so
           :
           )
           or
           you
           
           were
           mad
           and
           foolish
           and
           would
           endeavor
           to
           deprive
           your selves
           of
           it
           by
           abusing
           your
           indulgent
           friends
           .
           But
           God
           now
           intends
           you
           a
           greater
           happiness
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           shame
           you
           out
           of
           your
           adherence
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           to
           convert
           you
           from
           her
           corrupt
           Religion
           (
           I
           wish
           you
           were
           so
           wise
           as
           to
           embrace
           the
           opportunity
           and
           good
           providence
           :
           )
           when
           his
           providence
           namely
           discovers
           to
           your
           face
           your
           Popes
           and
           Priests
           ,
           and
           other
           friends
           unrighteous
           doings
           ,
           and
           raises
           up
           the
           spirits
           of
           all
           honest
           men
           against
           you
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           lays
           upon
           you
           some
           restraints
           and
           penalties
           to
           curb
           in
           your
           insolencies
           and
           exorbitant
           actions
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           us
           from
           your
           Swords
           and
           Daggers
           ,
           your
           Poysons
           and
           Stabs
           ,
           your
           
           Coleman's
           Confusions
           ,
           your
           
           Fauks's
           Powder
           ,
           your
           Irish
           Rebellion
           ,
           your
           Spanish
           Inquisition
           and
           Invasion
           ,
           your
           Paris
           Massacre
           ,
           your
           Queen
           
           Mary's
           Faggots
           ,
           and
           Bishop
           
           Bonner's
           butchers
           hands
           .
        
         
           You
           boast
           of
           your
           Loyalty
           to
           our
           present
           King
           and
           his
           Father
           .
           But
           what
           you
           have
           done
           like
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           did
           it
           proceed
           out
           of
           a
           Loyal
           Principle
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           Necessity
           ?
           Was
           it
           Faith
           that
           acted
           you
           ,
           or
           Fate
           ?
           What
           you
           have
           done
           well
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           for
           want
           of
           opportunity
           to
           do
           worse
           ,
           or
           for
           want
           of
           a
           
             Popes
             Bull
          
           ,
           which
           tolerates
           
           and
           commands
           Rebellion
           ?
           If
           Loyalty
           to
           an
           
             Heretick
             Prince
          
           (
           especially
           when
           he
           is
           declared
           Excommunicate
           )
           be
           your
           Conscience
           and
           Faith
           and
           Principle
           ,
           then
           abhor
           and
           renounce
           your
           Pope
           and
           Church
           which
           teach
           you
           another
           Lesson
           .
           For
           says
           your
           *
           
             Lateran
             Council
          
           under
           Pope
           Innocent
           the
           Third
           ,
           thus
           :
           
             Si
             Dominus
             temporalis
             requisitus
             &
             monitus
             ab
             Ecclesia
             terram
             suam
             purgare
             neglexerit
             ab
             haeretica
             pravitate
             ,
             per
             Metropolitanum
             &
             caeteros
             comprovinciales
             Episcopos
             Excommunicationi
             vinculo
             innodetur
             ,
             &
             si
             satisfacere
             contempserit
             infra
             annum
             ,
             significetur
             hoc
             summo
             pontifici
             ,
             ut
             ex
             tunc
             ipse
             vasallos
             ab
             ejus
             fidelitate
             denuntiet
             absolutos
             ,
             &
             terram
             exponat
             Catholicis
             occupandam
             ,
             qui
             eam
             exterminatis
             haereticis
             sine
             ulla
             contradictione
             possideant
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           
             If
             a
             Temporal
             Lord
             being
             admonished
             by
             the
             Church
             ,
             neglects
             to
             purge
             his
             Dominion
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             Excommunicated
             by
             the
             Metropolitan
             and
             the
             other
             comprovincial
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             refuseth
             to
             satisfie
             within
             a
             year
             ,
             let
             this
             be
             signified
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             that
             thence
             he
             may
             declare
             his
             Subjects
             free
             from
             Allegiance
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             expose
             his
             Dominion
             to
             be
             possessed
             by
             the
             Catholicks
             ,
             who
             expelling
             the
             Hereticks
             may
             justly
             possess
             it
             .
          
           And
           thus
           thundred
           Pope
           Paul
           the
           Third
           in
           his
           Bull
           against
           our
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           :
           *
           
             Because
             he
             hath
             cast
             off
             obedience
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             he
             
             is
             therefore
             deprived
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             his
             fautors
             of
             all
             their
             goods
             ,
             honors
             and
             fortunes
             ,
             his
             Subjects
             commanded
             not
             to
             obey
             him
             ,
             Foreigners
             to
             have
             no
             Commerce
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             against
             him
             and
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             unto
             them
             his
             Kingdom
             and
             Fortune
             for
             a
             Prey
             and
             Reward
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             his
             People
             in
             servitude
             ,
          
           And
           thus
           says
           Pope
           Pius
           the
           Fifth
           ,
           in
           his
           Bull
           against
           our
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           :
           
           
             Regnans
             in
             excelsis
             hunc
             unum
             super
             omnes
             gentes
             &
             omnia
             Regna
             Principem
             constituit
             ,
             qui
             evellat
             ,
             destruat
             ,
             dissipet
             ,
             disperdat
             ,
             plantet
             &
             aedificet
             .
             Illius
             auctoritate
             suffulti
             ,
             qui
             nos
             in
             hoc
             supremo
             Iustitiae
             Throno
             voluit
             collocare
             ,
             de
             Apostolicae
             potestatis
             plenitudine
             ,
             declaramus
             praedictam
             Elizabetham
             ,
             haereticam
             &
             haereticorum
             fautricem
             ,
             eique
             adhaerentes
             in
             praedictis
             ,
             anathematis
             sententiam
             incurrisse
             :
             Quinetiam
             ipsam
             praetenso
             Regni
             praedicti
             jure
             ,
             necnon
             omni
             &
             quocunque
             dominio
             ,
             dignitate
             ,
             privilegioque
             privatam
             :
             Et
             item
             proceres
             ,
             subditos
             &
             populos
             dicti
             Regni
             ,
             ac
             caeteros
             omnes
             ,
             qui
             illi
             quomodocunque
             juraverunt
             ,
             à
             juramento
             hujusmodi
             ,
             ac
             omni
             prorsus
             dominii
             ,
             fidelitatis
             ,
             &
             obsequii
             debito
             ,
             perpetuò
             absolutos
             ,
             prout
             nos
             illos
             praesentium
             auctoritate
             absolvimus
             ,
             &
             privamus
             eandem
             Elizabetham
             praetenso
             jure
             Regni
             ,
             aliisque
             omnibus
             supradictis
             .
             Praecipimusque
             &
             interdicimus
             universis
             &
             singulis
             proceribus
             ,
             subditis
             ,
             populis
             ,
             &
             aliis
             praedictis
             ,
             ne
             illi
             ejusve
             monitis
             ,
             
             mandatis
             ,
             &
             legibus
             audeant
             obedire
             .
             Qui
             secus
             egerint
             ,
             eos
             simili
             Anathematis
             sententiâ
             innodamus
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           Christ
           
             hath
             wade
          
           Peter
           
             and
             his
             Successor
             ,
             Prince
             over
             all
             Nations
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
             to
             pluck
             up
             ,
             destroy
             ,
             scatter
             ,
             consume
             ,
             plant
             and
             build
             .
             By
             his
             Authority
             ,
             who
             hath
             placed
             us
             in
             this
             supreme
             Throne
             of
             Iustice
             ,
             We
             out
             of
             the
             plenitude
             of
             our
             Apostolick
             power
             ,
             declare
          
           Elizabeth
           ,
           
             as
             being
             an
             Heretick
             and
             a
             favourer
             of
             Hereticks
             ,
             and
             her
             Adherents
             ,
             to
             have
             incurred
             the
             sentence
             of
             Excommunication
             ,
             and
             moreover
             to
             be
             deprived
             of
             her
             pretended
             right
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             Dominion
             ,
             Dignity
             and
             Priviledge
             whatsoever
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             Subjects
             and
             People
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             ,
             who
             have
             sworn
             unto
             her
             in
             any
             sort
             ,
             to
             be
             absolved
             for
             ever
             from
             the
             said
             Oath
             ,
             and
             from
             all
             duty
             of
             Dominion
             ,
             Allegiance
             and
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             by
             these
             presents
             we
             do
             absolve
             them
             ,
             and
             deprive
          
           Elizabeth
           
             of
             her
             pretended
             right
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             other
             things
             before
             named
             .
             And
             we
             command
             all
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             Subjects
             and
             People
             ,
             that
             they
             presume
             not
             to
             obey
             her
             ,
             or
             her
             Orders
             ,
             Mandates
             and
             Laws
             :
             And
             those
             that
             shall
             do
             the
             contrary
             we
             bind
             with
             the
             same
             Anathema
             .
          
           We
           swear
           in
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           to
           
             bear
             true
             Allegiance
             to
             our
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             defend
             him
             against
             all
             Conspiracies
             and
             Attempts
             which
             shall
             be
             made
             against
             his
             Person
             and
             Crown
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             our
             Power
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             our
             
             best
             endeavour
             to
             discover
             all
             treasons
             and
             traiterous
             Conspiracies
             which
             we
             shall
             know
             or
             hear
             of
             to
             be
             against
             him
             .
          
           And
           is
           this
           an
           unlawful
           Oath
           ?
           And
           may
           we
           break
           it
           ?
           And
           can
           any
           one
           absolve
           us
           from
           it
           ?
           Would
           you
           plot
           Treason
           ,
           and
           attempt
           the
           Death
           of
           your
           present
           King
           and
           the
           ruin
           of
           his
           Crown
           ?
           And
           them
           that
           do
           so
           ,
           will
           you
           not
           disclose
           ,
           if
           you
           know
           them
           ?
           And
           we
           that
           have
           sworn
           to
           disclose
           such
           persons
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           ,
           ought
           we
           not
           in
           your
           judgment
           so
           to
           do
           ?
           You
           see
           what
           your
           Pope
           and
           Council
           teach
           you
           ,
           and
           in
           Mr.
           
           Fowlis's
           
             History
             of
             Romish
             Treasons
          
           ,
           you
           may
           see
           an
           hundred
           or
           two
           hundred
           more
           Popes
           and
           Doctors
           of
           your
           Church
           which
           teach
           the
           same
           traiterous
           and
           rebellious
           Doctrin
           :
           but
           I
           hope
           some
           of
           you
           are
           of
           a
           better
           mind
           .
           And
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           read
           again
           the
           former
           citations
           ,
           and
           then
           with
           the
           words
           of
           St.
           Peter
           and
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           see
           how
           contrary
           to
           the
           Apostles
           your
           men
           teach
           you
           .
           For
           says
           the
           one
           Apostle
           thus
           :
           *
           
             Submit
             your selves
             to
             every
             Ordinance
             of
             man
             for
             the
             Lords
             sake
             :
             whether
             it
             be
             to
             the
             King
             as
             Supreme
             ,
             or
             unto
             Governours
             .
             For
             so
             is
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             with
             well-doing
             ye
             may
             put
             to
             silence
             the
             ignorance
             of
             foolish
             men
             .
             Honour
             the
             King.
          
           And
           says
           the
           other
           Apostle
           ,
           *
           
             Let
             every
             Soul
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Higher
             powers
             .
             
             For
             there
             is
             no
             power
             but
             of
             God
             :
             the
             powers
             that
             be
             are
             ordained
             of
             God.
             Whosoever
             therefore
             resisteth
             the
             power
             ,
             resisteth
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             :
             and
             they
             that
             resist
             shall
             receive
             to
             themselves
             damnation
             .
             Render
             tribute
             to
             whom
             tribute
             is
             due
             ,
             custom
             to
             whom
             custom
             ,
             fear
             to
             whom
             fear
             ,
             honour
             to
             whom
             honour
             .
          
           And
           is
           this
           plucking
           up
           ,
           destroying
           ,
           scattering
           and
           consuming
           ?
           Is
           this
           absolving
           subjects
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           commanding
           them
           to
           take
           the
           Kingdom
           from
           their
           King
           ?
           Is
           this
           depriving
           Kings
           and
           Temporal
           Lords
           of
           their
           Dominions
           ?
           And
           remember
           that
           Nero
           ,
           an
           heathen
           and
           monstrous
           wicked
           man
           ,
           and
           a
           persecutor
           of
           the
           Christians
           ,
           was
           at
           this
           time
           King
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Empire
          
           .
           And
           yet
           says
           the
           Apostle
           
             Whosoever
             resisteth
             the
             power
          
           (
           be
           he
           Peter
           then
           ,
           be
           he
           Pope
           )
           
             he
             shall
             receive
             to
             himself
             damnation
             .
          
        
         
           Forbear
           ,
           Bold
           Actors
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           not
           now
           night
           ,
           that
           you
           should
           play
           your
           wicked
           pranks
           among
           us
           and
           not
           be
           discerned
           .
           Nor
           are
           our
           hearts
           so
           bad
           (
           though
           bad
           enough
           )
           as
           to
           love
           ,
           or
           favour
           ,
           or
           comply
           with
           your
           gross
           errors
           ,
           idolatrous
           worship
           ,
           and
           hellish
           practices
           .
           You
           and
           the
           Devil
           have
           too
           much
           corrupted
           us
           :
           but
           we
           are
           not
           yet
           corrupt
           enough
           to
           joyn
           society
           with
           you
           .
           You
           have
           not
           yet
           
           bored
           out
           our
           eyes
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           look
           into
           the
           Bible
           ,
           nor
           have
           you
           yet
           burned
           those
           Sacred
           Writings
           (
           and
           I
           trust
           never
           shall
           do
           either
           .
           )
           But
           if
           you
           should
           ,
           yet
           can
           you
           not
           extinguish
           the
           light
           of
           our
           Souls
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           you
           can
           take
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           from
           us
           :
           and
           whilst
           that
           remains
           we
           shall
           abhor
           your
           ways
           .
           There
           are
           thousands
           in
           our
           Land
           that
           will
           not
           bow
           down
           to
           your
           Baal
           ;
           so
           clear
           is
           their
           knowledg
           ,
           so
           great
           their
           courage
           ,
           so
           strong
           is
           their
           faith
           ,
           so
           mighty
           their
           zeal
           for
           God
           ,
           so
           upright
           are
           their
           hearts
           ,
           so
           good
           their
           consciences
           :
           though
           some
           timerous
           and
           more
           ignorant
           Souls
           you
           may
           deceive
           ,
           and
           fright
           into
           a
           base
           compliance
           ;
           but
           yet
           neither
           these
           ,
           by
           all
           that
           you
           can
           do
           ,
           will
           love
           your
           Popery
           .
        
         
           Smite
           us
           (
           if
           God
           please
           )
           and
           we
           shall
           abhor
           your
           Church
           the
           more
           which
           delights
           in
           blood
           and
           cruelty
           ;
           and
           feeling
           the
           unrighteous
           plagues
           of
           your
           hands
           ,
           we
           shall
           more
           sensibly
           know
           what
           manner
           of
           persons
           you
           are
           ;
           and
           we
           will
           unite
           together
           (
           who
           are
           not
           yet
           so
           close
           and
           kind
           among
           our selves
           as
           we
           should
           be
           )
           with
           one
           Soul
           and
           shoulder
           against
           you
           .
           Smite
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           kiss
           the
           Rod
           from
           our
           Heavenly
           Father's
           Hand
           ,
           and
           will
           keep
           his
           Laws
           more
           perfectly
           .
           Smite
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           
           be
           better
           .
           And
           resolved
           we
           are
           ,
           do
           ye
           what
           you
           can
           ,
           either
           tempt
           or
           kill
           ,
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           him
           better
           than
           we
           have
           done
           ;
           not
           after
           your
           manner
           ,
           with
           shew
           and
           pageantry
           ,
           trifles
           and
           empty
           shadows
           ,
           blind
           minds
           and
           stupid
           devotion
           ,
           in
           candles
           ,
           images
           and
           
             agnus
             dei's
          
           ,
           oil
           ,
           chrism
           and
           water
           ,
           beads
           and
           shaven
           crowns
           :
           but
           with
           heart
           and
           soul
           ,
           purified
           and
           inlightned
           ,
           in
           love
           ,
           peace
           and
           patience
           ,
           in
           sobriety
           ,
           justice
           and
           mercy
           .
           And
           then
           I
           tell
           you
           (
           what
           I
           know
           will
           sound
           strange
           in
           your
           ears
           )
           that
           you
           are
           undone
           ,
           and
           your
           
             Kingdom
             's
             ruin'd
          
           .
        
         
           Go
           on
           in
           the
           imaginations
           of
           your
           hearts
           ,
           
           and
           fill
           up
           the
           measure
           of
           your
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           then
           fall
           and
           die
           .
           For
           as
           Basil
           taught
           the
           Christians
           to
           say
           to
           their
           Persecutors
           ,
           *
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             If
             you
             shall
             again
             prevail
             ,
             you
             shall
             again
             be
             overcome
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66585-e190
           
             *
             
               Usser
               .
               
                 de
                 Eccles.
                 succes
                 .
                 cap.
              
               9.
               10.
               
               Temple
               
                 's
                 Irish
                 Rebellion
              
               .
            
             
               Fox
               
                 's
                 Acts.
              
               Clark
               
                 's
                 Martyrol
              
               .
            
          
           
             *
             1
             Ioh.
             iii.
             12
             .
          
           
             *
             Rev.
             xi
             .
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             &
             17.6
             .
          
           
             †
             1
             Thes.
             iv
             .
             11
             .
             Rom.
             xii
             .
             18
             .
          
           
             *
             Eph.
             iv
             .
             3
             .
          
           
             †
             Luke
             ix
             .
             53
             ,
             54
             ,
             55
             ,
             56.
             
          
           
             *
             2
             King.
             ix
             .
             31
             .
          
           
             †
             Vers.
             32.
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             ix
             .
             16
             .
          
           
             †
             Psal.
             vii
             .
             16
             .
             &
             xxxvii
             .
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             Rev.
             ii
             .
             14
             .
             Num.
             xxv
             .
             1
             .
             &c.
             Num.
             xxxi
             .
             16
             .
          
           
             *
             Rom.
             Breviar
             .
             fest
             .
             Jan.
             
               Beate
               Pastor
               Petre
               ,
               clemens
               accipe
               voces
               precantum
               ,
               ●●iminumque
               vincula
               verbo
               :
               resolve
               ,
               cui
               potestas
               tradita
               aperire
               terris
               Coelum
               ,
               apertum
               claudere
               .
            
          
           
             †
             Ib.
             Commun
             .
             Apost
             .
             
               Apostolorum
               gloriam
               tellus
               &
               astra
               conci●●nt
               .
               Vos
               seculorum
               Iudices
               qui
               templa
               coeli
               clauditis
               sanate
               mentes
               languidas
               :
               auge●e
               nos
               vi●tu●ibus
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Ib.
             Offic.
             Mar.
             
               Dei
               mater
               alma
               ,
               funda
               nos
               in
               pace
               .
               Solve
               vincia
               reis
               ,
               profer
               lumen
               caecis
               ,
               mala
               nostra
               pelle
               ,
               bona
               cuncta
               posce
               .
               Nos
               culpis
               solutos
               ,
               mites
               fac
               &
               castos
               .
               Vitam
               praesta
               puram
               ,
               iter
               para
               tutum
               ,
               ut
               videntes
               Iesum
               semper
               collaetemur
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Ib.
             Fest.
             Maij.
             
               Arbor
               ,
               orna●a
               Regis
               purpura
               ,
               electa
               digno
               stipite
               tam
               sancta
               membra
               tangere
               :
               cujas
               brachiis
               pretium
               pependit
               saeculi
               .
               O
               Crux
               ac●
               spes
               unica
               ,
               piis
               ada●ge
               gratiam
               ,
               reisque
               de●e
               crimina
               .
               O
               Crux
               ,
               quae
               sola
               fuisti
               digna
               portare
               talentum
               mundi
               ,
               dulce
               lignum
               ,
               dulces
               clavos
               ,
               dulcia
               ferens
               pondera
               :
               salva
               praesentem
               catervam
               in
               tuis
               hodie
               laudibus
               congreg●tam
               .
            
          
           
             †
             Ave.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Luk
             1.28
             .
          
           
             *
             Num.
             xxiii
             .
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             *
             Psalm
             ii
             .
          
           
             Acts
             ix
             .
             4
             .
          
           
             *
             Cap.
             iii.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Hist.
               Concil
               .
               Trident.
            
             p.
             68.
             
          
           
             
               Camb.
               Annal.
               Elizab.
            
             p.
             179.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Pet.
             xi
             .
             13
             .
          
           
             *
             Rom.
             xiii
             .
             1
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             xxiii
             .
             xxxii
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             Isa.
             viii
             .
             9
             .