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             Davvnings of light wherein the true interest of reformation is opened in generall, and in particular, in this kingdome for the establishment of weaker judgements, and many other things impartially hinted, to a further discovery of truth and light in many of our present controversies : with some maximes of reformation / by John Saltmarsh ...
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           DAVVNINGS
           OF
           LIGHT
           :
           Wherein
           the
           true
           interest
           of
           Reformation
           is
           opened
           in
           generall
           ,
           and
           in
           particular
           ,
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           for
           the
           establishment
           of
           weaker
           judgements
           :
           AND
           Many
           other
           things
           impartially
           Hintted
           ,
           to
           a
           further
           Discovery
           of
           Truth
           and
           Light
           ,
           in
           many
           or
           our
           present
           controversies
           .
           With
           some
           Maximes
           of
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           1
           Cor.
           13.11
           .
        
         
           For
           now
           we
           see
           through
           a
           glasse
           darkly
           ,
           now
           I
           know
           in
           part
           .
        
         
           1
           Cor.
           13.10
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           that
           which
           is
           perfect
           is
           come
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           is
           in
           part
           ,
           shall
           be
           done
           away
           .
        
         
           By
           JOHN
           SALYMARSH
           ,
           Preacher
           of
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           at
           
             Brasteed
             ,
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           KENT
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           .
           
             R.
             W.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             G.
             Calvert
             ,
          
           at
           the
           black-spred-Eagle
           near
           
             Pauls
             .
          
           1646.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           ,
           The
           
             Knights
          
           and
           
             Burgesses
          
           for
           the
           County
           of
           
             Yorkshire
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Commons
           House
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
             viz.
             The
             Lord
             Generall
          
           Fairfax
           ,
           
             Sir
          
           William
           Strickland
           ,
           
             Sir
          
           Philip
           Stapleton
           ,
           
             Sir
          
           Henry
           Cholmley
           ,
           
             Sir
          
           William
           Alison
           ,
           
             Mr.
          
           Henry
           Darly
           ,
           
             M.
          
           Hoyle
           ,
           
             M.
          
           Alured
           ,
           
             M.
          
           Pelham
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             I
             Should
             exceed
             an
             Epistle
             ,
             to
             speak
             of
             you
             in
             your
             severall
             spheres
             of
             activity
             ,
             for
             the
             advancement
             of
             the
             cause
             of
             God
          
           ;
           Some
           
             of
          
           yee
           have
           jeoparded
           your
           lives
           in
           the
           high
           places
           of
           the
           Field
           ;
           Some
           
             of
          
           yee
           offered
           
           your selves
           ,
           willingly
           among
           the
           people
           .
           
             When
             the
             great
          
           work
           
             of
             God
             is
             finished
             ,
             the
             names
             of
             those
             shall
             be
             sought
             for
             that
             have
             acted
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             said
             ,
          
           What
           honour
           and
           dignity
           hath
           been
           done
           to
           
             Mordeca●
          
           for
           this
           ?
           
             You
             that
             work
             both
             for
          
           God
           
             &
             your
          
           Countrey
           ,
           
             shall
             bee
             recorded
             both
             in
             the
          
           Chronicle
           
             of
          
           Heaven
           
             &
          
           Earth
           :
           
             And
          
           ye
           
             are
             the
             more
             eminent
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             ye
             have
             sate
             out
             the
          
           Aposta●ies
           ,
           
             and
             unfortunate
          
           failings
           
             of
             so
             many
          
           (
           
             preserved
             through
             the
             power
             of
             Christ
          
           )
           They
           went
           out
           from
           ye
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           not
           of
           yee
           :
           
             And
             such
             is
             the
             quality
             of
             your
             employment
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             learne
             to
             be
             at
             once
             both
          
           Saints
           ,
           
             and
          
           Statesmen
           ,
           
             in
             this
             work
             :
             for
             the
             daily
             opening
             of
             the
          
           secrets
           
             of
          
           affairs
           
             before
             ye
             ,
             both
          
           religious
           
           
             and
          
           civill
           ,
           
             may
             make
             your
             house
             a
          
           Senate
           
             and
             a
          
           Temple
           ;
           
             and
             the
             more
             spiritually
             ye
             work
             in
             State-affairs
             ,
             ye
             act
             in
             a
             higher
             capacity
             then
             common
             Statesmen
             ,
             or
             former
             Parliaments
             .
          
        
         
           
             My
             prayer
             is
             for
             ye
             ,
          
           That
           ye
           may
           be
           stedfast
           and
           unmoveable
           ,
           alwayes
           abounding
           in
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           knowing
           that
           your
           labour
           shall
           not
           be
           in
           vain
           in
           the
           Lord
           .
        
         
           
             
               So
               prayes
               your
               Servant
               ,
            
             John
             Saltmarsh
             ,
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             To
             the
             Worthy
             and
             Eminent
             Committee
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               KENT
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           through
           the
           providence
           of
           
             God
          
           been
           seated
           in
           the
           influence
           of
           your
           government
           ,
           where
           I
           have
           enjoyed
           ,
           as
           others
           of
           that
           place
           have
           done
           ,
           a
           
             peace
          
           and
           
             security
             ,
          
           while
           many
           places
           of
           the
           kingdome
           hear
           the
           
             Alarms
             of
             War
             ,
          
           and
           put
           on
           
             garments
             rolled
             in
             blood
             .
          
           The
           Lord
           ,
           
             who
             is
             the
             mighty
             Counsellour
          
           ;
           hath
           poured
           out
           a
           
             spirit
          
           of
           
             wisdome
          
           and
           
             counsell
          
           upon
           you
           and
           so
           long
           as
           you
           act
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           relation
           to
           him
           ,
           you
           see
           you
           have
           salvation
           for
           Wals
           and
           Bulwarks
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           much
           experience
           of
           God
           (
           as
           I
           have
           observed
           )
           in
           the
           conduct
           of
           your
           affairs
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           only
           been
           advantagious
           to
           the
           publick
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           peace
           of
           your
           own
           Countrey
           ;
           but
           
             exemplary
          
           to
           others
           
             abroad
             ,
          
           and
           the
           more
           you
           go
           on
           to
           involve
           your selves
           into
           the
           cause
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           greater
           share
           you
           may
           look
           for
           
           in
           the
           
             Honour
             ,
          
           and
           
             Happiness●
             ,
          
           and
           
             Successe
          
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           You
           know
           well
           (
           nor
           need
           I
           remind
           you
           )
           how
           the
           
             interest
          
           of
           your
           
             County
          
           is
           wrapped
           up
           in
           that
           
             publick
          
           and
           
             Parliamentary
             association
             ,
          
           wch
           while
           you
           preserve
           (
           through
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           )
           as
           you
           do
           ,
           in
           that
           
             constitution
             ,
          
           you
           may
           expect
           to
           live
           by
           the
           same
           line
           of
           prosperity
           you
           have
           done
           .
           And
           so
           prayes
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Servant
             ,
             
               Iohn
               Saltmarsh
               ,
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             To
             Mr.
             
               Tho.
               Fuller
               ,
            
             the
             Author
             of
             a
             Book
             entituled
             ,
             
               Truth
               maintained
            
             :
             at
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             or
             elsewhere
             .
          
        
         
           AS
           you
           accused
           me
           once
           of
           haste
           in
           my
           Observations
           upon
           your
           Book
           ,
           so
           you
           may
           now
           charge
           a
           delay
           upon
           me
           for
           the
           Answer
           I
           am
           preparing
           to
           your
           second
           Treatise
           :
           my
           interruptions
           have
           bin
           many
           ,
           yet
           the
           Truth
           I
           defend
           ,
           I
           hope
           will
           overtake
           you
           at
           length
           ,
           though
           you
           set
           forth
           long
           before
           me
           :
           I
           shall
           deale
           better
           with
           you
           ,
           then
           you
           have
           done
           with
           me
           ,
           to
           let
           you
           see
           our
           usage
           on
           this
           side
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           hath
           more
           charity
           ;
           for
           I
           shall
           fairly
           interpret
           the
           
             good
             ,
          
           and
           
             candidly
          
           reject
           the
           
           
             bad
          
           :
           I
           could
           wish
           you
           would
           prevent
           me
           in
           comming
           over
           to
           our
           present
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           and
           so
           you
           may
           
             satisfie
          
           the
           
             question
          
           better
           .
           Yet
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           we
           might
           both
           do
           better
           to
           hearken
           to
           our
           learned
           Umpire
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Herle
             ,
          
           who
           tels
           us
           ,
           
             How
             needlesse
             further
             d●sputes
             were
             about
             Reformatian
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             Reformation
             is
             necessary
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Preparatory
           .
        
         
           I
           Have
           in
           this
           short
           discourse
           lalaboured
           to
           give
           you
           rather
           the
           
             spirits
          
           and
           
             extractions
          
           of
           things
           ,
           then
           to
           write
           at
           large
           ;
           and
           to
           point
           only
           to
           the
           
             advancement
          
           of
           
             truth
          
           amongst
           us
           :
           for
           I
           saw
           so
           many
           plunged
           in
           the
           
             controversies
          
           of
           our
           times
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           been
           good
           
             some
          
           of
           them
           were
           either
           
             well
             out
             ,
          
           or
           had
           never
           
             come
             in
             ;
          
           for
           the
           disputes
           which
           only
           before
           
             warmed
          
           us
           ,
           have
           now
           set
           us
           all
           on
           
             flame
             ,
          
           and
           we
           have
           reasoned
           our
           judgements
           much
           beyond
           those
           
             boundaries
          
           in
           the
           Word
           ,
           of
           godly
           peace
           ,
           and
           edification
           :
           Discourses
           of
           this
           nature
           ought
           to
           be
           free
           and
           peaceably
           bold
           ;
           for
           the
           
             soule
          
           is
           more
           at
           liberty
           for
           debating
           ,
           where
           the
           
           lesse
           
             ingagement
          
           or
           
             interest
          
           appears
           ,
           else
           the
           
             enquiries
          
           can
           be
           but
           narrow
           and
           impartiall
           :
           I
           hope
           I
           need
           make
           no
           larger
           
             Apology
          
           for
           my
           plain
           dealing
           with
           all
           .
           I
           have
           writ
           little
           
             conclusive
          
           or
           
             positive
          
           :
           Determinations
           being
           not
           the
           proper
           work
           of
           
             us
          
           that
           stand
           
             below
             ,
          
           who
           only
           aime
           at
           oyling
           the
           wheeles
           in
           this
           great
           work
           ;
           And
           whilest
           we
           are
           but
           on
           the
           way
           to
           Reformation
           ,
           in
           peremptory
           conclusions
           ,
           and
           finall
           inferences
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           more
           haste
           then
           good
           speeed
           .
        
         
           I
           thought
           ,
           that
           openings
           and
           discoveries
           of
           this
           nature
           would
           help
           to
           a
           more
           solid
           and
           clear
           firmation
           in
           the
           truths
           received
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           nothing
           brings
           greater
           
             unsettlement
             ,
          
           then
           arguing
           things
           halfe
           way
           :
           and
           therefore
           our
           
             Reverend
             Assembly
          
           are
           not
           
           to
           be
           accused
           of
           any
           unnecessary
           delay
           in
           things
           of
           so
           high
           consideration
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           writ
           in
           expressions
           not
           popular
           ,
           for
           we
           should
           not
           be
           too
           much
           the
           peoples
           ,
           till
           the
           light
           we
           hold
           out
           were
           well
           quit
           of
           the
           vapours
           that
           darken
           it
           ;
           not
           that
           I
           decline
           the
           multitude
           ,
           save
           only
           in
           order
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           certain
           cautions
           in
           the
           VVord
           for
           not
           revealing
           or
           communicating
           too
           suddenly
           .
        
         
           
             Hast
             thou
             faith
             ●
             have
             it
             to
             thy self
             before
             God
             ,
          
           Rom.
           
             14.22
             .
          
        
         
           
             Take
             heed
             left
             by
             any
             means
             this
             liberty
             of
             yours
             become
             a
             stumbling
             block
             to
             them
             that
             are
             weak
             ,
             1
          
           Cor.
           
             8.
             
          
        
         
           
             I
             have
             yet
             many
             things
             to
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             but
             you
             cannot
             bear
             them
             now
             ,
          
           Iohn
           
             16.12
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             And
             he
             communicated
             only
             privately
             ,
             with
             some
             that
             were
             of
             reputation
             ,
          
           Acts
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           be
           thought
           by
           any
           to
           speak
           too
           favourably
           of
           things
           so
           generally
           dissented
           from
           :
           I
           desire
           such
           to
           take
           notice
           in
           what
           capacity
           I
           write
           ;
           not
           as
           one
           that
           delivers
           positions
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           as
           one
           that
           would
           fain
           see
           what
           is
           the
           grounds
           or
           secret
           that
           the
           Prelates
           and
           some
           amongst
           us
           are
           concen●red
           in
           this
           ,
           to
           call
           all
           other
           
             Hereticks
          
           and
           
             Schismaticks
             ,
          
           who
           may
           be
           found
           perhaps
           to
           differ
           but
           as
           the
           stronger
           and
           weaker
           Christians
           ,
           who
           though
           
             one
             eat
             herbs
             ,
             and
             another
             regard
             a
             day
             ,
             do
             it
          
           both
           to
           the
           
             Lord
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           CONSIDERATIONS
           in
           REFORMATION
           .
        
         
           COnsider
           ,
           that
           the
           Controversies
           of
           our
           times
           amongst
           some
           ,
           take
           up
           the
           application
           of
           them
           so
           wholly
           ,
           as
           a
           few
           particular
           truths
           are
           made
           their
           only
           businesse
           ,
           and
           the
           positive
           work
           of
           salvation
           little
           advanced
           ;
           
             These
             ought
             we
             to
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             leave
             the
             other
             undone
             .
          
        
         
           Consider
           ,
           that
           the
           
             measure
          
           of
           grace
           is
           not
           equal
           in
           all
           ,
           nor
           the
           degrees
           of
           
             light
          
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           this
           hath
           ever
           brought
           forth
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           
             godly
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           examples
           in
           Scriptures
           ,
           an
           
             indulgency
          
           and
           
             godly
             prudence
          
           towards
           
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           this
           would
           be
           a
           seasonable
           consideration
           in
           these
           times
           of
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           where
           all
           cannot
           bear
           the
           
             truths
             revealed
          
           to
           some
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           
             establishment
             of
             Reformation
          
           to
           come
           ,
           where
           if
           all
           the
           
             truths
          
           be
           not
           setled
           that
           many
           desire
           ,
           yet
           so
           much
           may
           bee
           setled
           as
           ought
           rather
           to
           bee
           the
           object
           of
           godly
           indulgency
           &
           praise
           ,
           then
           scandall
           and
           murmuring
           ;
           and
           to
           blesse
           God
           for
           our
           very
           removes
           from
           Popery
           &
           Prelacy
           into
           the
           Reformation
           to
           come
           ,
           yet
           so
           ,
           as
           this
           be
           no
           caution
           against
           the
           peaceable
           testimony
           of
           those
           ,
           for
           the
           greater
           advancements
           in
           the
           worship
           or
           government
           of
           God
           ,
           whom
           God
           shall
           stir
           up
           .
        
         
           Consider
           that
           the
           warres
           in
           
           the
           severall
           States
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           as
           
             Germany
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             Ireland
             ,
             England
             ,
             &c.
          
           are
           but
           pieces
           of
           the
           great
           work
           ,
           and
           preparatories
           ,
           and
           fall
           in
           their
           severall
           degrees
           and
           orders
           into
           the
           designe
           of
           God
           for
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           ruine
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           to
           be
           lookt
           upon
           as
           pieces
           and
           splinters
           that
           brake
           out
           from
           confused
           troubles
           :
           
             therefore
             when
             you
             hear
             of
             wars
             and
             rumours
             of
             wars
             ,
          
           be
           not
           troubled
           ,
           
             for
             the
             end
             is
             not
             yet
             .
          
        
         
           Consider
           ,
           that
           unlesse
           we
           be
           a
           people
           more
           sanctified
           by
           the
           successe
           and
           meanes
           wee
           have
           ,
           our
           enemies
           shall
           not
           fall
           through
           any
           divine
           favour
           to
           us
           ,
           but
           through
           the
           provocation
           of
           their
           own
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           then
           their
           ruine
           will
           scarcely
           
           be
           our
           salvation
           ,
           but
           they
           shall
           only
           have
           the
           precedency
           to
           be
           first
           in
           the
           judgement
           :
           yet
           here
           we
           may
           look
           up
           at
           the
           prerogative
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           working
           sometimes
           above
           sins
           and
           provocations
           ,
           
             He
             went
             on
             frowardly
             in
             the
             way
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             I
             have
             seene
             his
             wayes
             and
             will
             heale
             him
             .
          
           And
           there
           is
           to
           this
           too
           a
           supplement
           in
           the
           holinesse
           of
           the
           Representative
           of
           our
           
             State
             ,
          
           or
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           though
           the
           body
           or
           people
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           be
           not
           so
           disposed
           as
           we
           could
           wish
           ;
           and
           this
           saved
           a
           Kingdome
           in
           
             Iosiahs
          
           and
           
             Ezekiahs
          
           times
           ,
           and
           may
           save
           ours
           .
        
         
           Consider
           ,
           that
           our
           
             dayes
             of
             Fasts
             ,
             &c.
          
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           exceedingly
           advanced
           ,
           we
           having
           experienced
           much
           by
           
           them
           ,
           so
           they
           may
           be
           possibly
           made
           to
           take
           up
           the
           
             reall
          
           and
           
             substantiall
             Reformation
          
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           if
           our
           Ministers
           looke
           more
           to
           their
           own
           designe
           ,
           then
           Gods
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           
             dayes
          
           and
           
             duties
          
           may
           almost
           devour
           the
           
             power
          
           of
           
             godlinesse
          
           in
           the
           
             practise
          
           ;
           for
           the
           
             reformation
          
           of
           a
           
             day
          
           is
           the
           easier
           duty
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           a
           
             whole
             life
             ,
          
           and
           sooner
           done
           :
           and
           it
           would
           be
           well
           observed
           ,
           whether
           we
           rise
           up
           equally
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           bee
           not
           mistaken
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           for
           the
           occasional
           Antidotes
           of
           our
           weekly
           sinning
           ?
           and
           then
           if
           people
           once
           think
           an
           extraordinary
           day
           the
           only
           remedy
           provided
           ,
           they
           will
           soone
           grow
           remisse
           in
           their
           constant
           practice
           .
           This
           I
           speak
           that
           we
           keep
           not
           up
           a
           
             standing
             
             sinne
             ,
          
           with
           a
           
             standing
             remedy
          
           :
           that
           it
           may
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           
             God
          
           lose
           not
           any
           thing
           through
           mans
           
             additionall
          
           of
           
             circumstance
          
           in
           
             worship
             ,
          
           and
           because
           I
           see
           the
           very
           
             formality
          
           of
           the
           
             duty
          
           is
           as
           much
           lookt
           upon
           by
           some
           as
           the
           
             duty
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             duty
             ,
          
           as
           him
           to
           whom
           it
           refers
           ,
           and
           carries
           almost
           the
           
             glory
          
           of
           our
           successe
           from
           
             Christ
          
           himself
           ,
           at
           least
           is
           made
           by
           some
           indistinctly
           a
           competitor
           in
           our
           deliverances
           :
           these
           things
           would
           bee
           rightly
           and
           clearly
           stated
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           
             God
          
           and
           
             duties
          
           must
           have
           their
           right
           places
           ;
           and
           that
           may
           not
           only
           keep
           many
           
             right
             ,
          
           but
           save
           some
           from
           going
           
             wrong
          
           in
           this
           point
           :
           let
           us
           be
           as
           much
           in
           these
           
             extraordinaries
          
           of
           
             humiliation
          
           as
           we
           can
           ,
           so
           we
           hold
           up
           
             God
          
           
           and
           
             Christ
          
           in
           their
           glorious
           
             preheminencies
          
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           be
           taught
           to
           be
           as
           
             constant
          
           in
           the
           power
           of
           godliness
           ,
           as
           
             occasionall
             ,
          
           &
           to
           know
           
             Christ
          
           for
           the
           only
           
             power
             ,
          
           both
           of
           the
           
             duty
          
           and
           
             deliverance
             .
          
        
         
           Consider
           ,
           whether
           our
           
             provocations
          
           under
           so
           many
           
             Protestations
          
           and
           
             Covenants
             ,
          
           be
           not
           
             equivalent
          
           to
           that
           excellent
           duty
           of
           our
           first
           
             Obligations
          
           ;
           and
           whether
           the
           
             humiliation
          
           for
           this
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           as
           
             solemne
          
           as
           the
           
             League
          
           and
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           and
           as
           
             Nationall
             .
          
        
         
           Consider
           ,
           that
           our
           debates
           and
           disputes
           about
           
             worship
          
           and
           
             government
             ,
          
           have
           not
           been
           assisted
           with
           any
           publick
           or
           particular
           acknowledgement
           of
           former
           and
           present
           superstitious
           inclinations
           both
           in
           Ministery
           
           and
           people
           ,
           and
           with
           any
           publick
           or
           particular
           seeking
           God
           ,
           for
           revealing
           his
           will
           in
           this
           present
           Reformation
           to
           us
           :
           thi●
           may
           make
           us
           so
           long
           in
           seeking
           .
        
         
           Consider
           ,
           whether
           all
           of
           Prelacy
           be
           removed
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           vitiousnesse
           and
           superstitions
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           of
           their
           pride
           ,
           superciliousnesse
           ,
           and
           self-seeking
           be
           left
           behinde
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           any
           of
           our
           own
           Ministers
           ,
           especially
           any
           that
           stand
           above
           others
           in
           place
           of
           Reformation
           :
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           let
           us
           endeavour
           the
           extirpation
           of
           it
           by
           vertue
           of
           our
           Covenant
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         Dawnings
         of
         Light
         .
         Wherein
         the
         true
         Interest
         of
         REFORMATION
         is
         opened
         .
      
       
         
           
             The
             Interest
             stated
             .
          
           
             BEing
             to
             treat
             of
             the
             
               interest
            
             of
             the
             
               creature
            
             only
             ,
             
             I
             shall
             not
             speak
             of
             the
             
               interest
            
             of
             the
             
               Creator
               ,
            
             of
             
               GOD
            
             himself
             ,
             
             which
             is
             so
             deeply
             and
             unsearchably
             laid
             in
             his
             own
             
               Essence
               ,
            
             
             each
             person
             in
             the
             
               Godhead
            
             subsisting
             in
             the
             same
             infiinite
             
               onenesse
            
             or
             
               being
               ,
            
             
             and
             so
             acting
             abroad
             adessentially
             ,
             
             and
             intrinsecally
             upon
             the
             creature
             .
             
          
           
           
             There
             is
             not
             any
             thing
             created
             ,
             but
             it
             hath
             an
             
               interest
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             
               naturall
            
             or
             
               physicall
            
             interest
             ,
             that
             which
             consists
             in
             such
             a
             
               being
            
             or
             
               cause
               ,
            
             or
             in
             severall
             causes
             which
             are
             in
             consociation
             ,
             to
             the
             producing
             and
             improving
             such
             and
             such
             effects
             ;
             and
             this
             interest
             is
             strengthened
             and
             improved
             by
             the
             putting
             forth
             the
             effects
             and
             causations
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             There
             is
             a
             
               political
            
             or
             
               civil
            
             interest
             ,
             
             and
             that
             is
             the
             strength
             of
             every
             State
             :
             
             as
             
               Sampson
            
             had
             his
             locks
             wherein
             his
             might
             lay
             ,
             
             so
             there
             is
             no
             
               Kingdome
            
             or
             
               State
            
             but
             they
             have
             their
             locks
             ,
             
             some
             
               complication
            
             where
             their
             power
             is
             twisted
             and
             takes
             root
             ,
             and
             like
             vines
             cast
             out
             themselves
             in
             severall
             veins
             and
             sinews
             of
             negotiation
             ,
             and
             so
             acquire
             improvements
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             is
             a
             
               Supernaturall
               interest
               ,
            
             and
             that
             is
             it
             which
             I
             aim
             at
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             or
             an
             
               intorest
               of
               Reformation
               :
            
             this
             interest
             is
             considerable
             ,
             either
             towards
             
               God
               ,
            
             or
             towards
             
               men
               .
            
          
           
             The
             interest
             towards
             God
             is
             
               increated
               ,
               divine
               ,
            
             more
             
               immediate
               ,
            
             more
             
             
               immanent
               ,
            
             more
             
               pure
               ,
            
             and
             
               primary
               .
            
          
           
             The
             interest
             towards
             man
             is
             more
             
               incorporated
               ,
            
             more
             
               complicated
               ,
            
             more
             
               circumstantiated
               ,
            
             more
             
               secondary
               .
            
          
           
             These
             two
             parts
             ,
             if
             well
             studied
             ,
             might
             be
             exalted
             into
             a
             
               transcendent
               science
               ,
            
             and
             it
             is
             pitty
             that
             now
             when
             severall
             
               Ages
               of
               Reformation
            
             draws
             on
             ,
             few
             or
             none
             that
             I
             know
             ,
             elder
             or
             more
             modern
             ,
             that
             have
             much
             enquired
             into
             the
             mystery
             &
             sublimity
             ,
             whereas
             every
             variety
             here
             below
             is
             drawn
             up
             into
             
               systemes
            
             and
             
               aphorismes
               ,
            
             only
             this
             wanders
             incompleatly
             under
             the
             shadow
             of
             the
             science
             
               Theologie
               ,
            
             which
             is
             so
             
               universall
               ,
            
             that
             there
             is
             not
             that
             perfection
             attained
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             there
             might
             be
             ,
             if
             like
             other
             Sciences
             it
             were
             taken
             in
             ,
             or
             inclosed
             ,
             and
             so
             studied
             ;
             for
             then
             some
             whose
             
               spirituall
               ingeny
            
             might
             be
             of
             a
             complexion
             fitter
             for
             such
             or
             such
             a
             part
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             would
             apply
             thither
             ,
             when
             as
             now
             they
             wander
             up
             and
             down
             in
             the
             unbounded
             
               wastes
            
             of
             Theologie
             ,
             and
             like
             the
             Philosopher
             ,
             who
             laying
             himself
             out
             to
             
               nature
               at
               large
               ,
            
             sits
             down
             
             with
             a
             narrow
             satisfaction
             ;
             whereas
             the
             ●stronomer
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             
               single
               scienced
            
             person
             ,
             knows
             every
             star
             and
             circle
             ,
             and
             variation
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             more
             exact
             and
             particular
             knowledge
             ,
             then
             such
             an
             universall
             contemplation
             can
             give
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             increated
             Interest
             :
          
           
             FIrst
             then
             for
             the
             
               Interest
               of
               Reformation
               ,
            
             as
             it
             relates
             to
             
               God
               ,
            
             I
             mean
             the
             
               supernaturall
            
             interest
             ,
             or
             the
             
               increated
            
             interest
             :
             and
             we
             must
             know
             it
             lies
             radically
             in
             the
             
               counsels
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             subsists
             in
             his
             
               power
            
             and
             
               infinity
               ,
            
             and
             takes
             not
             degrees
             and
             improvements
             here
             below
             ,
             as
             other
             interests
             
               naturall
            
             and
             
               politicall
            
             do
             :
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Interest
               of
               Reformation
            
             rayes
             out
             in
             some
             ages
             gloriously
             at
             its
             very
             first
             rise
             ,
             &
             then
             when
             it
             seems
             to
             have
             the
             least
             ingagement
             or
             complication
             below
             ,
             but
             seemes
             rather
             to
             flow
             from
             
               new
               created
               springs
            
             and
             
               originals
               ,
            
             so
             as
             
             that
             scripture
             holds
             forth
             ,
             
               Things
               which
               are
               seen
               ,
            
             
             
               are
               not
               made
               of
               things
               which
               do
               appeare
               :
            
             
             and
             though
             sometimes
             other
             contraries
             may
             seem
             to
             have
             anticipated
             all
             the
             
               interest
               ,
            
             and
             taken
             up
             the
             advantages
             beforehand
             ,
             yet
             on
             a
             sudden
             God
             lets
             out
             an
             effusion
             of
             light
             ,
             and
             spirit
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             moment
             disinteresses
             and
             dispossesses
             all
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             this
             appeares
             in
             that
             ,
             
               when
               the
               people
               which
               sate
               in
               darknesse
               saw
               great
               light
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               to
               them
               which
               sate
               in
               the
               region
               and
               shadow
               of
               darknesse
               ,
               light
               is
               sprung
               up
               :
            
             for
             as
             the
             appearance
             of
             Christ
             to
             judgement
             ,
             is
             implied
             to
             be
             momentary
             ,
             
               As
               the
               lightning
               that
               lightneth
               out
               of
               the
               one
               part
               of
               heaven
               ,
            
             
             
               shineth
               unto
               the
               other
               part
               ,
               so
               shall
               also
               the
               Son
               of
               man
               be
               in
               his
               day
               :
            
             now
             the
             
               Son
               of
               man
            
             is
             thus
             in
             his
             
               day
               of
               Reformation
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             
               Condemnation
            
             ;
             and
             as
             in
             light
             there
             is
             not
             that
             graduall
             alteration
             ,
             and
             propagation
             ,
             and
             working
             for
             interest
             in
             the
             aire
             ,
             but
             a
             transfusion
             and
             illumination
             in
             such
             an
             interminate
             subject
             or
             body
             ,
             because
             there
             is
             not
             in
             it
             any
             quality
             contrary
             ,
             or
             obstructive
             ,
             
             that
             can
             put
             any
             impediment
             to
             so
             immateriall
             a
             thing
             as
             
               light
               :
            
             So
             it
             is
             in
             the
             
               spirituall
               transfusions
            
             of
             grace
             and
             reformation
             ,
             when
             the
             power
             and
             will
             of
             God
             carries
             it
             and
             applies
             it
             irresistibly
             ,
             efficaciously
             to
             such
             and
             such
             a
             season
             or
             State
             ,
             or
             people
             ;
             for
             God
             being
             as
             it
             were
             more
             
               immediate
               ,
            
             and
             
               indistant
               ,
            
             and
             intrinsecal
             in
             this
             work
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             sometimes
             admit
             of
             any
             such
             grosse
             or
             inferiour
             artifice
             ,
             and
             preparings
             ,
             and
             consociations
             ,
             which
             argues
             an
             impotencie
             in
             the
             agent
             and
             work
             :
             but
             as
             he
             is
             
               infinite
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Creator
               ,
            
             so
             he
             commands
             the
             
               creature
            
             to
             make
             room
             ,
             and
             the
             creature
             in
             an
             
               obedientiall
            
             and
             
               passive
            
             capacity
             opens
             and
             entertains
             his
             dispensations
             ,
             this
             is
             then
             when
             he
             would
             make
             bare
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             his
             glory
             ,
             and
             shew
             himself
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             put
             off
             the
             creature
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             devest
             himself
             of
             his
             interests
             here
             below
             ,
             &
             act
             more
             immediately
             upon
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             then
             his
             
               light
            
             and
             
               dispensation
            
             is
             carried
             on
             without
             reluctancy
             or
             disputings
             in
             the
             creature
             ,
             
             there
             is
             a
             melting
             at
             his
             presence
             ,
             this
             divine
             work
             is
             sweetly
             insinuated
             in
             that
             Scripture
             ,
             
             
               his
               lightnings
               enlightned
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               earth
               saw
               and
               trembled
               ,
               the
               hills
               melted
               like
               waxe
               at
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Lord
               :
            
             the
             earth
             trembles
             ,
             
               the
               earth
               ,
            
             or
             the
             most
             
               grosse
            
             and
             
               opace
            
             impediment●
             ,
             the
             
               hils
               ,
            
             or
             
               high
               obstructions
            
             flow
             down
             ,
             and
             are
             powred
             out
             ,
             when
             God
             powres
             out
             himselfe
             in
             any
             strong
             activity
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             work
             of
             Reformation
             being
             of
             this
             nature
             in
             part
             ,
             and
             such
             an
             immediate
             efflux
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             ,
             we
             should
             rise
             into
             higher
             conceptions
             and
             contemplations
             concerning
             it
             ,
             and
             find
             out
             the
             
               interest
            
             on
             which
             it
             turns
             ,
             in
             the
             most
             spirituall
             motions
             and
             beginnings
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             more
             spirituall
             effluxes
             of
             the
             Interest
             ,
             with
             a
             Caution
             .
          
           
             ANd
             these
             are
             the
             very
             same
             which
             God
             brought
             his
             
               Dispensations
            
             into
             the
             world
             by
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             
             carried
             on
             his
             truths
             on
             a
             
               naked
               power
               ,
            
             witnesse
             all
             his
             
               miraculous
               actings
            
             for
             his
             Law
             and
             Church
             then
             under
             
               Moses
            
             &
             
               Joshua
               ,
            
             God
             carrying
             them
             on
             by
             a
             mighty
             hand
             ,
             and
             after
             under
             several
             
               Judges
               ,
            
             &
             by
             such
             sudden
             lightnings
             of
             mercy
             ,
             when
             all
             their
             own
             
               interest
            
             was
             lost
             &
             overflowed
             by
             the
             enemies
             ,
             as
             the
             Scriptures
             intimate
             ;
             
               Then
               the
               Lord
               raised
               them
               up
               a
               Deliverer
               .
            
             
             The
             sudden
             restoring
             of
             the
             worship
             under
             
               Asa
               ,
               Jehoshaphat
               ,
               Hezekiah
               ,
               Josiah
            
             :
             And
             so
             the
             raising
             of
             the
             Temple
             under
             
               Cyrus
            
             and
             
               Darius
               ,
            
             the
             expressions
             all
             hold
             out
             the
             
               most
               high
               ,
            
             and
             
               divine
               risings
               ,
            
             and
             
               actings
               ,
            
             as
             those
             concerning
             
               Cyrus
               ,
            
             
             
               The
               Lord
               stirred
               up
               the
               spirit
               of
            
             Cyrus
             ,
             
               and
               then
               rose
               up
               the
               fathers
               of
            
             Benjamin
             ,
             
               and
            
             Judah
             ,
             
               with
               all
               them
               whose
               spirit
               God
               had
               raised
               to
               go
               up
               :
            
             and
             as
             these
             concerning
             Artaxerxes
             ,
             
             
               And
               the
               King
               granted
               me
            
             (
             
               sayes
            
             Nehemiah
             )
             
               according
               to
               the
               good
               hand
               of
               God
               upon
               me
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               told
               them
               of
               the
               hand
               of
               my
               God
               which
               was
               good
               upon
               me
               :
            
             And
             in
             the
             time
             of
             
               Mordecai
               ,
            
             
             
               And
               in
               that
               very
               day
               that
               the
               e●●mies
               of
               the
               Jews
               
               hoped
               to
               have
               rule
               over
               them
               it
               was
               turned
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               and
               the
               Jews
               had
               rule
               over
               them
               .
            
             And
             thus
             the
             Reformation
             under
             the
             Gospel
             was
             carried
             on
             by
             a
             
               pure
               heavenly
               work
               ,
            
             and
             immediate
             concurrence
             ;
             
             
               The
               Lord
               (
               saith
               the
               Scripture
               )
               working
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               confirming
               the
               Word
               With
               signes
               following
               ,
               and
               many
               of
               them
               which
               heard
               the
               Word
               beleeven
               ,
               and
               the
               number
               of
               the
               men
               was
               about
               five
               thousand
               ,
            
             all
             on
             sudden
             :
             
             Thus
             the
             
               Interest
               of
               Reformation
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               Gospel
               ,
            
             lay
             then
             most
             in
             the
             
               naked
            
             and
             
               immediate
               power
               of
               God
               ,
            
             subsisting
             in
             his
             very
             omnipotencie
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             divers
             ages
             to
             this
             ;
             though
             in
             a
             particular
             account
             from
             
               Ecclesiasticall
               Story
               ,
            
             we
             may
             soon
             be
             led
             into
             some
             false
             experiments
             of
             this
             
               interest
            
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             a
             luxuriancie
             in
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             put
             down
             some
             
               miraculous
               passages
               ,
            
             or
             
               stories
               ,
            
             which
             indeed
             are
             very
             questionable
             ;
             for
             the
             
               mysterie
               of
               iniquity
            
             working
             higher
             every
             age
             then
             other
             ,
             the
             
               learning
            
             of
             after
             times
             ,
             partly
             in
             an
             
               easie
            
             and
             
               corrupt
               piety
               ,
            
             and
             partly
             in
             a
             
               policie
            
             to
             
             preserve
             the
             reputation
             of
             so
             divine
             an
             
               interest
               ,
            
             kept
             up
             many
             Legends
             to
             this
             day
             :
             But
             for
             
               later
               Centuries
               ,
            
             in
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             
               Gormanie
               ,
               Scotland
               ,
            
             and
             our
             own
             kingdom
             ,
             God
             hath
             brought
             in
             himself
             according
             to
             the
             former
             Scriptures
             ,
             
               with
               an
               high
               hand
            
             with
             
               signes
            
             and
             
               wonders
               ,
            
             with
             raising
             and
             stirring
             up
             the
             spirits
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             working
             even
             immediately
             by
             himself
             ;
             casting
             out
             the
             interest
             of
             
               Antichristianisme
            
             and
             
               Prelaecie
               ,
            
             and
             placeing
             
               his
               owne
            
             there
             ,
             as
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             we
             experience
             in
             the
             
               late
               opening
               of
               heaven
               ,
            
             and
             
               radiation
            
             upon
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Prelaecy
            
             was
             at
             highest
             ,
             and
             interweaving
             it self
             
               into
               Popery
               ,
            
             and
             fastening
             its
             
               interest
            
             at
             the
             very
             foot
             of
             the
             
               Chair
            
             in
             
               Rome
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             How
             the
             increated
             Interest
             works
             to
             be
             discerned
             below
             .
          
           
             THis
             increated
             
               interest
            
             of
             the
             Gospel
             lying
             thus
             in
             the
             counsels
             ,
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             power
             of
             God
             ,
             it
             comes
             abroad
             sometimes
             on
             the
             
               Wheele
               of
               
               some
               omnipotency
               ,
            
             when
             God
             hath
             a
             purpose
             to
             undo
             or
             dissolve
             the
             
               gatherings
               ,
            
             and
             
               strong
               holds
               ,
            
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             to
             exalt
             himself
             to
             the
             eyes
             of
             his
             people
             and
             his
             enemies
             ,
             
               Wonderfull
               things
               did
               he
               in
               the
               land
               of
               Egypt
               in
               the
               field
               of
               Zoan
            
             :
             And
             here
             we
             may
             rise
             into
             this
             enquiry
             ,
             How
             
               God
            
             may
             be
             discerned
             in
             such
             a
             work
             ?
             though
             best
             
               by
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               searches
               the
               deep
               things
               of
               God
               .
            
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             God
             ,
             in
             making
             any
             clear
             discovery
             of
             this
             
               interest
               ,
            
             must
             assume
             such
             Agents
             as
             may
             not
             seem
             to
             stand
             in
             the
             way
             of
             his
             
               omnipotency
               ,
            
             I
             mean
             ,
             by
             casting
             any
             
               shadow
            
             upon
             it
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             be
             such
             as
             he
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             ,
             even
             to
             a
             
               carnall
            
             eye
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Magitians
               of
               Egypt
               ,
            
             who
             could
             then
             only
             discern
             God
             ,
             &
             but
             his
             
               finger
            
             neither
             ,
             in
             the
             
               judgement
               of
               Lice
            
             ;
             
             of
             this
             nature
             were
             those
             things
             he
             made
             use
             on
             ,
             as
             
               Moses
               rod
               ,
            
             and
             
               Aarons
               ,
            
             
             both
             blossoming
             with
             miracles
             al●ke
             ,
             the
             
               Waters
               of
               Jordan
               ,
               rams
               horns
               ,
            
             
             
               lamps
               and
               pitchers
               ,
               a
               sling
               and
               a
               pible
               stone
               ,
               the
               jaw
               bone
               of
               an
               Asse
               ,
               clay
               and
               spittle
               ,
            
             
             
               handkerchiefs
               and
               shadows
               ,
            
             
             
               a
            
             Gideon
             
             
               or
               poorest
               family
               in
            
             Manasseh
             ,
             
             
               and
               he
               the
               poorest
               in
               his
               fathers
               house
               ,
            
             
             and
             thus
             
               the
               Gospel
               had
               its
               rise
               and
               increase
               ,
            
             
             God
             
               choosing
               the
               base
               things
               ,
            
             
             
               the
               weak
               things
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               foolish
               things
               ,
               fishermen
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               Women
               ,
            
             and
             
               laying
            
             aside
             whatsoever
             might
             exalt
             it self
             ,
             
             so
             as
             
               not
               many
               wise
               men
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
            
             
             
               nor
               many
               mighty
               ,
               nor
               many
               noble
               were
               called
            
             :
             
             Nay
             ,
             in
             the
             great
             and
             finall
             work
             for
             his
             Church
             ,
             
             his
             very
             word
             ,
             which
             he
             cals
             (
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             world
             )
             
               the
               foolishnesse
               of
               preaching
               ,
            
             shall
             be
             acted
             by
             that
             
               omnipotency
               ,
            
             as
             all
             the
             power
             of
             
               ●abylon
            
             seems
             only
             to
             fall
             at
             the
             noise
             of
             that
             :
             I
             dispute
             not
             here
             ,
             what
             other
             
               concomitant
            
             God
             may
             annex
             ,
             yet
             the
             Word
             carries
             the
             reputation
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             most
             reasonable
             ,
             in
             this
             way
             of
             the
             Lords
             working
             ,
             that
             
               God
            
             should
             overthrow
             them
             by
             that
             ,
             which
             they
             in
             their
             own
             wisdome
             reputed
             but
             
               foolishnes
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             Interest
             suffers
             no
             change
             from
             the
             creature
             .
          
           
             NOw
             this
             
               interest
            
             is
             only
             and
             entire
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Designe
             works
             only
             below
             for
             compleating
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ;
             and
             this
             body
             is
             made
             up
             of
             all
             
               nations
               and
               kindreds
               ,
            
             and
             though
             in
             some
             nations
             where
             the
             
               Gospel
            
             is
             ,
             God
             may
             not
             equally
             dispence
             successe
             or
             advancement
             to
             it
             ,
             but
             may
             often
             in
             his
             own
             wisdom
             let
             the
             interest
             seem
             to
             dye
             out
             ,
             as
             in
             our
             own
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             he
             hath
             formerly
             done
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             of
             
               Ireland
            
             of
             late
             ;
             yet
             even
             then
             we
             must
             look
             at
             the
             designe
             of
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             as
             it
             is
             in
             
               God
               ,
            
             and
             not
             in
             the
             
               creature
               ,
            
             and
             not
             think
             so
             far
             below
             such
             a
             glorious
             businesse
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             perishing
             or
             wasting
             in
             any
             particular
             had
             put
             any
             stop
             to
             the
             work
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             if
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             world
             had
             power
             to
             disorder
             the
             
               uniformity
            
             of
             such
             a
             work
             ,
             and
             
               should
               put
               God
               about
               ,
            
             but
             
             we
             must
             know
             that
             God
             hath
             fully
             and
             from
             eternity
             made
             up
             the
             glory
             of
             this
             businesse
             :
             and
             though
             there
             may
             be
             unevennesse
             on
             the
             worldly
             side
             of
             it
             ,
             yet
             on
             the
             heavenly
             side
             of
             it
             there
             is
             none
             ;
             as
             in
             former
             interruptions
             ,
             not
             only
             when
             God
             dwelt
             in
             
               curtains
               ,
            
             and
             in
             a
             
               Temple
               made
               with
               hands
            
             ;
             but
             after
             ,
             when
             he
             took
             up
             a
             more
             spirituall
             habitation
             in
             his
             people
             ,
             
             for
             even
             then
             their
             
               Churches
               were
               scattered
               abroad
               throughout
               the
               Regions
               of
               Judea
               ,
               and
               Samaria
               ,
               except
               the
               Apostles
               :
            
             &
             here
             the
             
               Spirit
            
             hints
             to
             us
             ,
             how
             God
             sometimes
             locks
             up
             or
             layes
             up
             his
             
               interest
            
             in
             some
             remainder
             ,
             as
             here
             in
             the
             
               Apostles
               ,
            
             when
             the
             rest
             were
             scattered
             ,
             the
             
               word
               it self
               was
               hid
               in
               the
               root
               of
            
             Jesse
             ,
             and
             
               the
               branch
               ,
            
             
             
               the
               tree
               in
               the
               vision
               had
               a
               stump
               left
               in
               the
               earth
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               God
               had
               seven
               thousand
               unknown
               to
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               which
               had
               not
               bowed
               to
            
             Baal
             ,
             and
             
               the
               woman
               which
               he
               lodged
               in
               the
               wildernesse
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               gave
               the
               wings
               of
               an
               Eagle
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               My
               thoughts
               are
               not
               your
               thoughts
               ,
               neither
               are
               your
               wayes
               my
               wayes
            
             ;
             
             God
             hath
             divers
             ends
             in
             making
             overtures
             of
             light
             ,
             and
             withdrawing
             it
             ,
             in
             Gods
             work
             there
             is
             nothing
             lost
             nor
             in
             vain
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             wisdom
             of
             man
             is
             not
             able
             to
             make
             any
             thing
             of
             disadvantages
             ,
             the
             wisdom
             of
             God
             can
             .
             Christ
             is
             the
             same
             yesterday
             ,
             and
             to
             day
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             ,
             nor
             in
             him
             is
             any
             variablenesse
             or
             shadow
             of
             change
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             here
             for
             a
             further
             advancement
             to
             this
             ,
             make
             a
             discovery
             of
             such
             secret
             principles
             ,
             as
             if
             clearly
             discussed
             ,
             might
             prove
             of
             powerfull
             advantage
             ,
             to
             some
             present
             and
             succeeding
             controversies
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             right
             stating
             of
             the
             Churches
             Interest
             ,
             of
             great
             concernment
             to
             some
             present
             Controversies
             .
          
           
             
               IF
               the
               Churches
               Interest
               hath
               been
               alwayes
               below
               ,
            
             (
             I
             speak
             now
             of
             the
             period
             from
             Christ
             )
             then
             this
             saves
             the
             birth
             of
             
               a
               new
               Ministery
               ,
            
             or
             
               Ordinances
               ,
            
             and
             all
             this
             may
             stand
             
             good
             :
             
               viz.
               Of
               receiving
               them
               out
               of
               mysticall
               Babylon
               ,
               as
               the
               Jews
               did
               the
               golden
               vessels
               ,
            
             then
             it
             would
             be
             discussed
             whether
             any
             such
             way
             of
             arguing
             
             did
             strengthen
             that
             of
             a
             
               necessary
            
             
             
               visibility
               ,
            
             and
             
               whether
               it
               did
               as
               fully
               advance
               the
               Attributes
               of
               God
               :
               viz.
            
             his
             omnipotencie
             ,
             &c.
             and
             equally
             
               comply
               with
               the
               revealed
               designe
               of
               God
            
             in
             his
             word
             ,
             of
             alwayes
             preserving
             a
             Church
             ;
             and
             whether
             the
             
               defection
               ,
            
             or
             
               ap●●tacie
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               slaying
            
             
             
               of
               the
               witnesses
            
             could
             stand
             with
             such
             
             a
             Church-nterest
             
               ,
            
             and
             
               how
               the
               temple
               of
               God
               ,
            
             on
             which
             Antichrist
             sits
             ,
             
               her
               golden
               cups
               or
               jewels
               ,
            
             may
             be
             in
             the
             Spirits
             sense
             the
             true
             
               Church
            
             or
             
               Ordinances
            
             in
             bondage
             ,
             or
             only
             a
             
               counterfeiting
            
             
             or
             
               resembling
            
             ;
             and
             
               what
               
               the
               Tabernacle
               of
               God
            
             coming
             down
             may
             imply
             ,
             whether
             such
             a
             continued
             
               inter●st
            
             or
             no
             ;
             
               and
               whether
               the
               Scriptures
               themselves
               ,
               being
               the
               Ark
               of
               Gods
               revealed
               will
               ,
               be
               not
               the
               conservatory
               of
               the
               Interest
               in
               such
               intervals
               ,
            
             and
             
               whether
               th●●
               hur●h
               or
               Scriptures
            
             
             be
             the
             fitter
             Subjects
             ,
             according
             to
             Gods
             method
             and
             rule
             of
             working
             ,
             
             for
             preserving
             and
             propagating
             such
             an
             interest
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             the
             Church
             hath
             alwayes
             had
             
             an
             
               interest
               ,
            
             whether
             this
             
               interest
            
             hath
             been
             alwayes
             the
             same
             from
             the
             first
             ,
             because
             some
             do
             so
             quarrell
             that
             ,
             and
             call
             it
             a
             going
             to
             
               Moses
            
             from
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             a
             seeking
             for
             
               Gospel
               to
               the
               Law
            
             ;
             and
             indeed
             ,
             if
             some
             stronger
             labours
             were
             of
             this
             nature
             in
             full
             ,
             not
             in
             broken
             Treatises
             ,
             then
             as
             yet
             we
             have
             seen
             ,
             they
             might
             heale
             many
             an
             objection
             about
             our
             
               Ministery
            
             and
             
               Ordinances
               ,
            
             which
             for
             want
             of
             it
             ,
             some
             may
             think
             lie
             too
             open
             :
             and
             here
             might
             be
             
             opened
             the
             severall
             
               administrations
            
             God
             took
             up
             for
             such
             seasons
             ,
             and
             how
             
             far
             such
             
               administrations
            
             were
             intended
             to
             be
             answerable
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             both
             before
             the
             
               Law
               ,
            
             and
             under
             the
             
               Law
               ,
            
             and
             how
             
               the
               Law
               is
               fulfilled
               in
            
             
             
               the
               Gospell
               ,
            
             and
             
               whether
               there
               be
               not
            
             
             
               a
               fulfilling
               by
               way
               of
               eminency
            
             ;
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             then
             
               whether
               there
               be
               any
               such
               speciall
               or
               particular
               relating
               in
               the
               
               Ordinances
               under
            
             Christ
             ,
             Abraham
             ,
             
               and
            
             Moses
             :
             and
             this
             done
             ,
             the
             subject
             and
             circumstances
             of
             one
             
               Ordinance
            
             
             which
             fals
             under
             so
             peremptory
             a
             precept
             (
             I
             mean
             
               Circumcision
            
             )
             will
             sooner
             clear
             up
             to
             the
             weaker
             judgements
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             this
             it
             would
             be
             observed
             what
             latitude
             such
             proof
             allows
             ,
             whether
             
               Papists
            
             can
             take
             any
             of
             the
             same
             shadow
             to
             sit
             under
             for
             proving
             any
             thing
             of
             their
             
               Hierarchy
               ,
               Ceremonies
               ,
            
             and
             
               musick
               ,
            
             to
             be
             a
             fulfilling
             of
             that
             part
             of
             the
             
               Law
               ,
               the
               Priesthood
               and
               Service
               .
            
          
           
             All
             these
             things
             deserve
             large
             and
             
             powerfull
             discourses
             ,
             because
             from
             these
             such
             consequences
             spring
             up
             as
             may
             trouble
             our
             ages
             more
             then
             they
             yet
             have
             done
             ,
             especially
             we
             being
             now
             laying
             our
             
               corner
               stones
               ,
            
             and
             
               beginning
               to
               build
            
             :
             and
             this
             I
             should
             recommend
             to
             the
             pens
             of
             the
             most
             godly
             learned
             of
             our
             age
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             speciall
             advancement
             to
             the
             cause
             of
             God
             at
             this
             present
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             contemplation
             of
             this
             Interest
             very
             strengthening
             ,
             and
             the
             higher
             ,
             the
             more
             safe
             .
          
           
             I
             Intend
             at
             this
             time
             but
             to
             let
             out
             a
             glimpse
             of
             this
             
               Interest
               of
               Reformation
               ,
            
             to
             awaken
             us
             into
             a
             closer
             pursuit
             and
             enquiry
             after
             it
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             not
             any
             that
             have
             taken
             pains
             in
             this
             ,
             except
             godly
             
               Bucer
            
             ;
             and
             he
             hath
             not
             pursued
             this
             Interest
             under
             this
             
               notion
            
             ;
             nor
             higher
             then
             into
             the
             next
             organicall
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             concerning
             the
             
               Kingdom
               of
               Christ
            
             in
             its
             severall
             
               administrations
            
             ;
             and
             believe
             it
             ,
             if
             this
             part
             were
             rightly
             and
             supreamly
             discussed
             ,
             and
             held
             forth
             in
             such
             
               ages
            
             as
             this
             ,
             when
             God
             is
             casting
             out
             
               new
               beams
            
             every
             day
             to
             the
             
               world
               ,
            
             till
             at
             length
             all
             be
             
               on
               a
               pure
               light
               ,
            
             and
             our
             
               day
            
             be
             like
             the
             
               first
               day
               of
               the
               Creation
            
             when
             God
             said
             ,
             
               Let
               there
               be
               light
               ,
            
             as
             if
             all
             the
             
               stars
            
             and
             
               luminaries
            
             of
             heaven
             were
             disbanded
             ,
             and
             let
             out
             from
             their
             
               Orbs
               ,
               when
               the
               light
               of
               the
               
               Moon
               shall
               be
               as
               the
               light
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               the
               light
               of
               the
               Sun
               as
               the
               light
               of
               seven
               dayes
               :
            
             If
             this
             part
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             of
             the
             the
             Reformation
             were
             methodically
             heightned
             and
             drawn
             into
             principles
             ,
             and
             Aphorismes
             ,
             it
             would
             raise
             up
             the
             soules
             of
             Gods
             people
             in
             all
             seasons
             ,
             and
             would
             be
             a
             subliming
             and
             strengthening
             to
             faith
             ,
             even
             the
             very
             
               substance
               of
               things
               hoped
               for
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               the
               evidence
               of
               things
               that
               are
               not
               seen
            
             and
             such
             a
             spiritualizing
             to
             the
             soul
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             live
             in
             the
             same
             region
             with
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             
               whose
               conversation
            
             (
             as
             he
             sayes
             )
             
               was
               in
               heaven
               ,
            
             in
             the
             same
             region
             with
             
               Enoch
               ,
            
             who
             walked
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             the
             
               blessed
               Saints
            
             &
             
               Patriarchs
               ,
            
             who
             studied
             the
             science
             of
             this
             
               interest
            
             more
             then
             any
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             stood
             firm
             &
             higher
             then
             all
             the
             lower
             regions
             of
             Providence
             ,
             even
             in
             a
             serene
             firmament
             all
             the
             time
             of
             losses
             ,
             and
             tempests
             ,
             and
             miscarriages
             ,
             &
             declinings
             ,
             
             
               as
               seeing
               him
               who
               is
               invisible
               ,
            
             and
             
               looking
               for
               a
               City
               which
               hath
               foundations
               ,
               whose
               builder
               and
               maker
               is
               God
               .
            
          
           
           
             But
             this
             is
             not
             the
             
               interest
            
             we
             look
             so
             much
             after
             in
             this
             age
             ,
             men
             are
             carried
             by
             
               lower
            
             and
             more
             
               naturall
            
             interests
             ,
             which
             draw
             and
             entice
             the
             soule
             into
             the
             senses
             ,
             and
             so
             
               incarnates
            
             the
             contemplations
             and
             graces
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             should
             live
             
               a
               life
            
             even
             
               hid
               wi●h
               Christ
               in
               God
               ,
            
             
             we
             are
             
               hiding
            
             our
             life
             in
             the
             things
             below
             ,
             
               rising
            
             and
             
               falling
               ,
               ebbing
            
             and
             
               flowing
            
             with
             the
             ordinary
             Providences
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             attain
             to
             that
             
               spirituall
               consistencie
            
             of
             soule
             which
             the
             former
             agents
             in
             Reformation
             had
             ,
             Nay
             ,
             you
             shall
             see
             ,
             that
             even
             the
             holy
             men
             of
             God
             ,
             while
             they
             let
             themselves
             down
             into
             these
             outward
             Providences
             ,
             they
             would
             often
             decline
             some
             degrees
             ,
             as
             
               David
               ,
            
             
             
               I
               shall
               one
               day
               perish
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               Saul
               :
            
             and
             as
             
               Paul
               ,
               Sirs
               ,
            
             
             
               I
               perceive
               that
               this
               voyage
               will
               be
               with
               hurt
               and
               much
               damage
               ,
               not
               only
               of
               the
               lading
               of
               the
               ship
               ,
               but
               also
               of
               our
               lives
            
             ;
             but
             when
             he
             had
             conversed
             more
             above
             ,
             and
             had
             seen
             a
             vision
             from
             God
             ,
             he
             then
             could
             say
             ,
             
               Sirs
               ,
               I
               now
               exhort
               you
               to
               be
               of
               good
               cheer
               ,
            
             
             
               for
               there
               shall
               be
               no
               
               losse
               of
               any
               mans
               life
               among
               you
               ,
               for
               this
               night
               there
               stood
               by
               me
               the
               Angel
               of
               God
               ,
               whose
               I
               am
               ,
               and
               whom
               I
               serve
               .
            
             The
             reason
             that
             there
             are
             so
             many
             doubtings
             ,
             and
             despondencies
             ,
             and
             discouragements
             ,
             is
             only
             this
             ,
             Many
             look
             too
             much
             upon
             the
             
               naturall
               interest
               of
               Reformation
               ,
            
             not
             upon
             the
             
               supernaturall
               ,
            
             and
             that
             which
             is
             the
             more
             
               hidden
            
             and
             
               secret
               ,
            
             which
             though
             it
             be
             
               invisible
               ,
            
             and
             not
             so
             discernable
             to
             a
             carnall
             eye
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             the
             only
             
               unchangeable
               ,
               eternall
            
             &
             
               sure
               interest
               ,
            
             hid
             and
             involved
             in
             
               God
               himself
               ,
            
             and
             in
             his
             
               power
            
             and
             
               wisdome
            
             ;
             but
             the
             
               soul
            
             and
             
               spirit
            
             of
             man
             being
             in
             union
             and
             correspondencie
             with
             something
             more
             
               corporeall
            
             then
             it self
             ,
             the
             body
             inclines
             after
             
               interests
            
             that
             are
             corporeal
             too
             ,
             as
             
               outward
               power
            
             and
             
               forces
               ,
            
             and
             
               successe
               ,
            
             and
             
               excellencie
               of
               agents
            
             and
             
               instruments
               ,
            
             and
             
               strength
               of
               contributions
               ,
            
             and
             
               auxiliaries
               ,
            
             and
             whatsoever
             may
             conduce
             to
             the
             advancing
             and
             propagating
             the
             cause
             below
             ;
             and
             if
             once
             they
             look
             about
             ,
             and
             see
             not
             the
             
               workings
               ,
            
             the
             
               relations
               ,
               advantages
               ,
               contextures
               ,
            
             and
             
               fulnesse
               
               of
               things
               below
            
             as
             they
             expect
             ,
             and
             saw
             usually
             before
             ,
             they
             are
             presently
             cast
             down
             ,
             and
             never
             on
             the
             wings
             of
             comfort
             ,
             but
             when
             things
             have
             a
             strong
             and
             naturall
             interest
             ,
             and
             are
             on
             wing
             too
             ;
             as
             the
             
               weak
               Spouse
            
             could
             then
             only
             delight
             her self
             abroad
             ,
             when
             she
             could
             see
             the
             
               floures
               appeare
               on
               the
               earth
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               heare
               the
               singing
               of
               birds
               ,
               and
               the
               vo●ce
               of
               the
               turtle
               ,
               and
               see
               the
               figtree
               putting
               forth
               ,
               and
               the
               vines
               with
               the
               tender
               grapes
               .
            
             These
             
               puttings
               forth
               ,
            
             and
             
               blossoms
               ,
            
             and
             
               outward
               appearance
               ,
            
             and
             
               visibility
            
             of
             things
             is
             the
             support
             and
             only
             comfort
             of
             the
             
               Spouse
               :
            
             
             thus
             she
             was
             raised
             too
             ,
             when
             she
             saw
             but
             her
             lover
             
               putting
               in
               his
               finger
               at
               the
               holes
               of
               the
               door
               .
            
             So
             it
             is
             with
             the
             
               Spouse
            
             now
             ,
             with
             the
             Church
             and
             people
             of
             
               God
            
             now
             ,
             they
             can
             only
             delight
             themselves
             
               abroad
               ,
            
             in
             the
             
               Providences
            
             of
             God
             ,
             then
             ,
             and
             to
             look
             about
             towards
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             then
             ,
             when
             the
             
               grapes
            
             appear
             ,
             and
             the
             
               fig-tree
            
             putteth
             forth
             ,
             and
             the
             
               singing
               of
               birds
            
             is
             come
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             any
             
               chearfull
               budding
               and
               blossoming
               providence
               ,
            
             and
             any
             
               musick
               
               of
               successe
               ,
            
             and
             advancement
             :
             this
             was
             
               Gideons
            
             errour
             ,
             an
             overlooking
             and
             neglecting
             the
             
               spirituall
            
             and
             
               supernaturall
            
             interest
             ,
             and
             fixing
             his
             eyes
             too
             much
             on
             the
             naturall
             :
             
               Oh
               my
               Lord
               ,
            
             
             sayes
             he
             ,
             〈◊〉
             
               God
               be
               with
               us
               ,
               why
               th●n
               〈◊〉
               all
               this
               befallen
               us
               ?
               and
               where
               he
               all
               the
               miracles
               our
               fathers
               told
               us
               on
               ?
               But
               now
               the
               Lord
               hath
               forsaken
               us
               ,
               and
               delivered
               us
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Midianites
               :
            
             and
             yet
             we
             know
             ,
             even
             then
             ,
             the
             Divine
             and
             supernatural
             interest
             was
             working
             most
             strongly
             for
             their
             deliverance
             from
             the
             
               Midianites
               .
            
          
           
             But
             I
             shall
             set
             down
             ,
             before
             I
             take
             off
             my
             pen
             ,
             my
             Observations
             concerning
             the
             
               naturall
            
             and
             
               politicall
            
             interest
             which
             Reformation
             hath
             in
             this
             age
             of
             ours
             ,
             even
             that
             
               visible
            
             interest
             which
             is
             undeniable
             and
             apparant
             :
             but
             yet
             with
             this
             caution
             ,
             that
             I
             do
             not
             lay
             these
             open
             ,
             as
             affirming
             any
             unquestionable
             ,
             necessary
             successe
             ,
             but
             as
             probable
             und
             deducible
             a
             successe
             as
             ever
             age
             had
             ,
             because
             I
             know
             there
             may
             be
             withdrawings
             and
             retirings
             in
             God
             respectively
             to
             
             a
             particular
             
               State
            
             and
             
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             his
             Church
             have
             a
             fair
             and
             eminent
             interest
             both
             there
             ,
             and
             elswhere
             in
             other
             States
             and
             Kingdoms
             ;
             for
             as
             a
             Nation
             is
             not
             dead
             in
             the
             funerals
             of
             a
             few
             persons
             ,
             nor
             an
             house
             ruined
             in
             the
             falling
             of
             a
             pillar
             or
             tyle
             ,
             no
             more
             is
             the
             
               Church
               ,
            
             which
             is
             a
             
               catholike
               ,
               invisible
               ,
               spirituall
               body
               ,
            
             by
             any
             particular
             declination
             in
             such
             a
             
               City
               ,
            
             or
             
               State
               ,
            
             or
             
               Nation
            
             ;
             though
             I
             must
             affirm
             this
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             a
             most
             
               clear
               ,
               visible
               ,
               powerfull
            
             and
             
               mighty
               interest
            
             which
             
               Reformation
            
             hath
             in
             the
             
               Christian
               world
               ,
            
             and
             this
             
               Kingdom
            
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             succeed
             not
             here
             ,
             I
             can
             accuse
             no
             want
             of
             
               supernaturall
               ,
               naturall
               ,
            
             or
             
               political
            
             interest
             ,
             for
             we
             are
             able
             enough
             in
             these
             ,
             but
             I
             must
             accuse
             some
             speciall
             sinnes
             that
             have
             done
             it
             ,
             
             which
             have
             
               separ●ted
               betwixt
               us
               and
               our
               God
               ,
            
             and
             
               have
               withheld
               good
               things
               from
               us
               ,
            
             and
             made
             our
             God
             refuse
             to
             shew
             us
             the
             pattern
             ,
             and
             his
             will
             ,
             for
             here
             are
             conditionals
             implied
             ,
             
               If
               the
               h●●●se
               of
               Israel
               sh●●●
               be
               ashamed
               of
               their
               iniquities
               ,
            
             
             
               I
               will
               shew
               them
               the
               form
               of
               the
               ●●●●e
               :
            
             and
             ag●●●
             ,
             
             
               If
               any
               man
               will
               do
               his
               will
               ,
            
             
             he
             shall
             know
             of
             the
             doctrine
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             of
             God
             or
             no
             .
          
           
             At
             what
             instant
             I
             shall
             speak
             concerning
             a
             nation
             ,
             and
             concerning
             a
             kingdome
             ,
             to
             pluck
             up
             ,
             and
             to
             pull
             down
             ,
             and
             to
             destroy
             it
             ,
          
           
             If
             that
             Nation
             ,
             against
             whom
             I
             have
             pronounced
             ,
             turne
             from
             their
             evil
             ,
             
             I
             will
             repent
             of
             the
             evil
             that
             I
             thought
             to
             do
             unto
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Severall
             secrets
             in
             the
             Interest
             .
          
           
             
               
                 1.
                 
              
               The
               Interest
               in
               Christ
               .
            
             
               THis
               Interest
               is
               laid
               up
               in
               Christ
               from
               all
               eternity
               ,
               and
               here
               we
               may
               rise
               into
               most
               spirituall
               apprehensions
               concerning
               it
               ,
               for
               though
               God
               causes
               the
               Interest
               to
               beam
               forth
               into
               the
               things
               below
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               in
               Christ
               like
               light
               in
               the
               body
               of
               the
               Sun
               ;
               God
               doth
               so
               dispence
               himself
               into
               Christ
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               not
               any
               thing
               of
               God
               stowes
               beside
               him
               ,
               but
               all
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               through
               him
               ,
               
                 All
                 things
                 
                 that
                 the
                 Father
                 hath
                 are
                 mine
              
               :
               for
               Christ
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               the
               
                 Word
                 ,
              
               
               was
               
                 With
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 God
                 ,
              
               
               
                 without
                 him
                 was
                 not
                 any
                 thing
                 made
                 that
                 was
                 made
                 ,
                 in
                 him
                 was
                 life
                 :
              
               in
               these
               expressions
               the
               Spirit
               lets
               us
               see
               how
               God
               made
               himselfe
               over
               to
               Christ
               :
               And
               further
               ,
               
               
                 He
                 was
                 the
                 image
                 of
                 the
                 invisible
                 God
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 before
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 him
                 all
                 things
                 consist
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 he
                 is
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 the
                 beginning
                 ,
                 being
                 also
                 the
                 b●●ghtnesse
                 of
                 his
                 glory
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               the
               Scripture
               opens
               this
               mysterie
               further
               yet
               :
               
                 God
                 was
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 reconciling
                 the
                 world
                 unto
                 himself
                 ,
              
               
               and
               
                 in
                 him
                 the
                 fulnesse
                 of
                 the
                 Godhead
                 dwels
                 bodily
                 :
              
               and
               when
               Christ
               that
               
                 eternal
                 Word
              
               came
               to
               apply
               the
               Interest
               neerer
               the
               creature
               ,
               
               
                 He
                 grew
                 up
                 before
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 tender
                 plant
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 a
                 root
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 dry
                 ground
              
               ;
               
               
                 yet
                 the
                 Lord
                 possessed
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 his
                 way
                 before
                 his
                 Works
                 of
                 old
                 ,
                 he
                 Was
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 one
                 brought
                 up
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
               The
               holy
               Spirit
               holds
               out
               the
               mysterie
               of
               laying
               up
               the
               Interest
               in
               Christ
               yet
               more
               ,
               and
               writes
               to
               the
               
               Church
               to
               comfort
               her
               in
               the
               
                 acknowledgement
                 of
                 the
                 mystery
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 ●hrist
                 ,
                 in
                 whom
                 are
                 hid
                 all
                 the
                 treasures
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               if
               we
               would
               see
               a
               further
               glimpse
               of
               this
               interest
               ,
               sweetly
               opened
               by
               Christ
               himselfe
               ,
               let
               us
               heighten
               our
               meditations
               upon
               these
               Scriptures
               ,
               where
               Christ
               discourses
               with
               his
               Father
               ,
               implying
               the
               spirituall
               interest
               all
               the
               way
               .
            
             
               
                 All
                 mine
                 are
                 thine
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 thine
                 are
                 mine
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 am
                 glorified
                 in
                 the●
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 thou
                 Father
                 art
                 in
                 me
                 &
                 I
                 in
                 thee
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 also
                 may
                 be
                 one
                 in
                 us
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 the
                 glory
                 which
                 thou
                 gavest
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 given
                 them
                 ,
              
               
               
                 I
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 in
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 p●rfect
                 in
                 one
                 .
              
               So
               as
               now
               God
               being
               thus
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               adopted
               so
               near
               to
               that
               infinite
               Unity
               ,
               of
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               the
               Interest
               is
               unchangeably
               ,
               and
               eternally
               preserved
               ;
               and
               to
               t●e
               all
               fast
               with
               the
               heavenly
               cordage
               of
               love
               ,
               
               God
               holds
               our
               himself
               in
               
                 ●ovena●t
                 ,
              
               
               in
               an
               
                 everl●sting
                 C●venant
                 :
              
               And
               thus
               it
               hath
               
                 pleased
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 him
                 should
                 all
                 f●lnesse
                 dwell
                 ,
              
               
               and
               all
               our
               Interest
               should
               be
               treasured
               in
               him
               ,
               even
               to
               that
               of
               grace
               and
               glory
               ,
               that
               our
               life
               should
               be
               hid
               with
               Christ
               in
               God
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 II.
              
               The
               Spiritual
               Interest
               in
               Allegory
               .
            
             
               THat
               we
               may
               discern
               the
               Interest
               more
               nearly
               it
               is
               conveyed
               to
               us
               on
               the
               scene
               of
               Allegories
               ,
               for
               God
               being
               invisible
               in
               himself
               ,
               and
               more
               immediate
               approaches
               ,
               makes
               himself
               appeare
               through
               such
               expressions
               as
               the●e
               .
            
             
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 hide
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 secret
                 of
                 thy
                 presence
                 ,
              
               
               
                 thou
                 shalt
                 keep
                 them
                 secretly
                 in
                 a
                 pavilion
                 .
              
               
               
                 I
                 sate
                 down
                 under
                 his
                 shadow
                 with
                 great
                 delight
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 is
                 a
                 strong
                 tower
                 ,
                 the
                 righteous
                 run
                 unto
                 it
                 and
                 are
                 safe
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 shadow
                 of
                 his
                 wings
                 will
                 I
                 make
                 my
                 refuge
                 .
                 Come
                 my
                 people
                 ,
              
               
               
                 enter
                 thou
                 into
                 thy
                 chambers
                 ,
                 and
                 shut
                 thy
                 doors
                 about
                 thee
                 ,
                 hide
                 thy self
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 for
                 a
                 little
                 moment
                 :
              
               
               
                 Walk
                 about
                 Sion
                 ,
                 go
                 round
                 about
                 her
                 ,
                 tell
                 the
                 
                 thereof
                 ,
              
               
               
                 mark
                 ye
                 well
                 her
                 bulwarks
                 ,
                 consider
                 her
                 palaces
                 .
              
               
               
                 My
                 beloved
                 hath
                 a
                 vineyard
                 ,
                 &c.
                 he
                 fenced
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 built
                 a
                 tower
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 will
                 fasten
                 him
                 as
                 a
                 nail
                 in
                 a
                 sure
                 place
                 .
                 O
                 my
                 Dove
                 ,
                 thou
                 art
                 in
                 the
                 clifts
                 of
                 the
                 rocks
                 in
                 the
                 secret
                 places
                 of
                 the
                 stairs
                 .
              
               Thus
               God
               hides
               his
               interest
               in
               these
               Allegories
               ,
               
                 Clefts
                 ,
              
               in
               
                 Rocks
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 secret
                 places
              
               and
               
                 chambers
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 wings
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 shadowes
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 bulwarks
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 palaces
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 towers
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 fences
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 pavilions
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               
                 secrets
              
               of
               his
               
                 presence
                 ,
              
               for
               God
               is
               so
               indistant
               ,
               and
               present
               with
               his
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               safe
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               dangers
               ,
               and
               he
               holds
               these
               
                 invisible
                 Sanctuaries
              
               over
               them
               :
               
                 Lo
                 ,
                 he
                 goeth
                 by
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 see
                 him
                 not
                 ;
                 he
                 passeth
                 on
                 also
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 per●eive
                 him
                 not
                 .
              
               Thus
               said
               
                 Job
                 ,
              
               when
               his
               sight
               was
               dim
               with
               affliction
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               see
               into
               the
               Interest
               beyond
               the
               creature
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 III.
              
               The
               Recipients
               of
               the
               Spirituall
               Interests
               .
            
             
               THose
               things
               which
               are
               of
               neerest
               capacity
               to
               the
               receiving
               of
               the
               
               Interest
               ,
               are
               first
               the
               
                 Covenant
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 eternall
                 Paction
              
               and
               ingagement
               ,
               wherby
               
                 God
              
               stands
               bound
               of
               his
               meer
               free
               grace
               to
               his
               Church
               or
               people
               ,
               and
               by
               this
               interceding
               act
               he
               and
               his
               people
               are
               brought
               together
               .
            
             
               The
               next
               is
               the
               
                 Scriptures
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               
                 Word
                 ,
              
               whereby
               the
               interest
               is
               propagated
               ,
               being
               the
               
                 power
                 of
                 God
                 unto
                 salvation
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               other
               is
               the
               
                 Church
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               
                 the
                 Fountain
                 sealed
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 garden
                 enclosed
              
               wherein
               all
               the
               sweets
               &
               fragrancies
               of
               grace
               breath
               forth
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 IV.
              
               The
               Recipients
               of
               the
               Interest
               .
            
             
               THe
               
                 Prophetical
                 truths
              
               in
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               
               and
               the
               
                 Revelation
                 of
                 John
                 ,
              
               are
               the
               severall
               orbs
               and
               spheres
               the
               
                 Interest
              
               works
               in
               ,
               and
               hence
               follow
               the
               severall
               degrees
               of
               
                 radiation
              
               that
               the
               
                 truth
                 of
                 God
              
               casts
               out
               in
               the
               ages
               past
               ,
               present
               ,
               and
               to
               come
               .
               The
               
                 operations
              
               &
               
                 fluxes
              
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               
               of
               which
               there
               are
               ,
               as
               the
               Apostle
               sayes
               ,
               
                 Diversities
                 of
                 gifts
                 ,
                 &
                 diversities
                 of
                 
                 administrations
                 ,
                 inspirations
                 ,
                 illuminations
                 ,
                 instincts
                 ,
                 motions
                 ,
                 created
                 powers
              
               and
               
                 mights
                 ,
              
               for
               effecting
               
                 successes
                 ,
                 preservations
                 ,
                 deliverances
                 ,
                 advancements
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
               The
               purer
               Ordinances
               of
               Praying
               ,
               Preaching
               ,
               Prophesying
               ,
               Worship
               and
               Government
               ,
               holy
               Treatises
               ,
               Writings
               ,
               Discourses
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Divine
               faculty
               ,
               like
               a
               golden
               candlestick
               conveying
               the
               heavenly
               light
               abroad
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 V.
              
               The
               Engines
               the
               Interest
               works
               by
               .
            
             
               THere
               are
               certain
               
                 created
                 powers
                 ,
              
               &
               qualifications
               
                 spiritual
                 ,
                 natural
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 civil
                 ,
              
               which
               the
               infinite
               supreme
               Agent
               makes
               use
               on
               here
               below
               (
               as
               I
               hinted
               before
               )
               the
               
                 vertues
                 ,
                 gifts
              
               and
               
                 graces
                 ,
              
               likewise
               the
               
                 policie
                 ,
                 power
              
               and
               
                 authority
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 consociations
                 ,
              
               all
               these
               
                 God
              
               takes
               up
               ,
               &
               carries
               on
               his
               
                 interest
              
               by
               them
               in
               States
               and
               Kingdoms
               ,
               nor
               was
               there
               ever
               
                 R●form●tion
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 God
              
               set
               it
               on
               by
               such
               wayes
               of
               application
               ,
               either
               by
               
                 eminencie
                 of
                 gifts
              
               
               and
               
                 inspirations
                 ,
              
               or
               by
               
                 eminencie
                 of
                 power
                 ,
              
               and
               some
               of
               these
               he
               used
               more
               eminently
               at
               one
               time
               ,
               then
               at
               another
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Iosiahs
              
               and
               
                 Asaes
                 ,
              
               
               when
               the
               
                 coercive
                 authority
              
               was
               the
               greatest
               wheel
               in
               the
               Reformation
               .
            
             
               To
               conclude
               this
               ,
               
                 God
              
               improves
               Reformation
               by
               
                 created
                 meanes
              
               and
               
                 entities
                 ,
              
               which
               are
               like
               wheeles
               and
               springs
               ,
               and
               God
               moves
               by
               these
               ,
               sometimes
               in
               the
               way
               of
               his
               
                 omnipotencie
                 ,
              
               sometimes
               more
               
                 connaturally
                 ,
              
               and
               according
               to
               his
               way
               of
               moving
               ,
               the
               improvements
               are
               ;
               if
               he
               move
               in
               a
               connaturall
               way
               ,
               he
               works
               with
               the
               creature
               little
               further
               then
               its
               own
               capacity
               ,
               and
               then
               things
               may
               go
               slowly
               on
               ,
               because
               he
               puts
               not
               out
               his
               hand
               to
               bring
               on
               the
               creature
               faster
               then
               its
               own
               strength
               will
               carry
               it
               :
               See
               this
               in
               
                 Iosiahs
                 ,
                 Asa's
                 ,
                 Ezra's
              
               Reformation
               ,
               in
               
                 Edward
              
               the
               sixth's
               ,
               
                 Elizabeth's
                 ,
              
               where
               the
               Reformation
               went
               on
               gradually
               from
               one
               obstruction
               to
               another
               .
            
             
               God
               having
               thus
               laid
               in
               
                 qualifications
              
               of
               severall
               orders
               for
               advancing
               his
               great
               work
               ,
               they
               all
               work
               in
               their
               
               proper
               subserviency
               &
               subordination
               ,
               for
               the
               whole
               creation
               serves
               but
               this
               glorious
               end
               ,
               that
               God
               may
               have
               his
               Church
               compleated
               through
               so
               many
               severall
               ages
               &
               providences
               ,
               according
               as
               he
               hath
               drawn
               it
               out
               in
               kis
               e●●rnall
               Model
               or
               Idea
               ,
               which
               is
               ,
               his
               own
               wisdome
               or
               counsel
               ;
               and
               when
               God
               is
               upon
               his
               work
               of
               Reformation
               ,
               you
               may
               observe
               all
               the
               lower
               interests
               are
               set
               a
               going
               ,
               
               
                 The
                 stars
                 shal
                 fight
                 against
                 Sisera
                 in
                 their
                 course
                 ,
              
               thus
               shall
               the
               
                 natural
                 interest
              
               help
               on
               .
               
               
                 Cyrus
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Artaxerx●●
              
               shall
               send
               out
               commissions
               &
               letters
               to
               their
               Princes
               and
               ministers
               of
               State
               ;
               thus
               shall
               the
               
                 politick
                 interest
              
               help
               on
               .
               
                 H●gga●
                 Zechariah
                 ,
              
               the
               people
               of
               God
               ,
               shall
               pray
               and
               prophesie
               ,
               so
               shall
               the
               more
               
                 spiritually-organicall
                 means
              
               help
               on
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 VI
                 .
              
               The
               Obstructions
               ,
               and
               how
               removed
               .
            
             
               THe
               Spirituall
               obstructions
               are
               
                 intrinsecall
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 forain
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 extrinsecall
              
               ;
               the
               intrinsecall
               are
               
                 malignity
                 
                 of
                 nature
                 ,
                 carnall
                 reasonings
                 ,
                 idolatrous
                 ,
                 superstitious
                 principles
                 ,
                 principles
                 of
                 Atheisme
                 ,
                 Libertinisme
              
               ;
               there
               are
               but
               two
               wayes
               of
               removing
               these
               ,
               by
               a
               Power
               spirituall
               ,
               and
               a
               Power
               civil
               ,
               or
               of
               Magistracie
               ,
               and
               the
               disciplines
               and
               orbs
               where
               both
               these
               powers
               work
               ,
               and
               influence
               ;
               and
               here
               it
               would
               be
               well
               inquired
               how
               far
               this
               latter
               of
               
                 Magistracie
              
               may
               be
               improved
               to
               remove
               the
               more
               spirituall
               obstructions
               ,
               and
               to
               compell
               up
               to
               a
               Reformation
               ,
               and
               how
               neer
               the
               
                 interests
              
               of
               
                 Moses
              
               and
               
                 Aaron
              
               are
               ,
               seeing
               they
               were
               at
               first
               in
               one
               subject
               or
               person
               ,
               and
               after
               in
               two
               ,
               but
               never
               to
               be
               found
               any
               more
               in
               one
               ,
               as
               the
               Papists
               &
               ●relates
               would
               have
               incorporated
               them
               again
               :
               and
               it
               s
               said
               ,
               we
               clearly
               see
               not
               the
               right
               interest
               of
               Christian
               Magistracie
               by
               any
               practical
               truth
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               makes
               it
               so
               dark
               is
               this
               ,
               that
               no
               nations
               were
               wholly
               converted
               in
               Christ's
               and
               the
               Apostles
               times
               ,
               by
               which
               we
               might
               have
               experiments
               of
               their
               
                 power
              
               in
               cooperating
               with
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               what
               the
               true
               subserviencie
               
               of
               such
               a
               power
               is
               to
               a
               spiritual
               interest
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               latitude
               ,
               is
               not
               yet
               clear
               to
               some
               .
               And
               surely
               here
               we
               are
               too
               low
               of
               late
               in
               our
               Treatises
               ,
               for
               we
               should
               first
               state
               the
               
                 interest
              
               of
               
                 Magistracie
                 ,
              
               as
               we
               find
               it
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               under
               the
               Law
               respectively
               ,
               and
               then
               enquire
               into
               the
               secret
               of
               
                 Gospel-propagation
                 ,
              
               and
               why
               the
               the
               Gospel
               begun
               below
               ,
               and
               went
               up
               ,
               and
               not
               as
               
                 C●sar
              
               first
               ,
               and
               so
               down
               ?
               and
               whether
               it
               equally
               respect
               both
               administrations
               ?
               and
               how
               far
               that
               Scripture
               that
               is
               not
               thought
               on
               in
               such
               case
               may
               be
               consulted
               ?
               
                 You
                 are
                 not
                 c●me
                 un●●
                 the
                 mountain
                 that
                 burned
                 with
                 fire
                 ,
                 but
                 ye
                 are
                 come
                 unto
                 mount
                 Si●n
              
               ?
               
               And
               it
               would
               be
               clearly
               stated
               ,
               whether
               spirituall
               perswasion
               ,
               and
               conviction
               ,
               and
               the
               Evangelicall
               Ordinances
               ,
               be
               the
               onely
               
                 mediums
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 means
                 ,
              
               which
               were
               then
               imployed
               for
               carrying
               on
               the
               Gospel
               ?
               and
               the
               auxiliary
               of
               
                 miracles
              
               then
               annexed
               for
               compelling
               reputation
               ?
               and
               now
               that
               of
               
                 miracles
              
               cea●ing
               ,
               whether
               
                 Magistracie
              
               ought
               not
               to
               ●●ply
               ?
               These
               are
               yet
               not
               beaten
               out
               so
               in
               our
               
               discourses
               ,
               as
               they
               might
               be
               .
            
             
               The
               forain
               or
               extrinsecal
               obstructions
               are
               ,
               some
               Lawes
               ,
               Customes
               ,
               Traditions
               ,
               Adversaries
               or
               enemies
               to
               truth
               ,
               Confederations
               with
               Princes
               and
               States
               abroad
               ,
               a
               people
               of
               forain
               interests
               in
               their
               own
               nation
               .
               These
               are
               removed
               by
               suspending
               ●tatutes
               ,
               opening
               Pulpits
               ,
               Presses
               ,
               and
               letting
               out
               the
               holy
               dispensation
               of
               the
               Gospel
               freely
               ,
               by
               State
               agencie
               ,
               and
               vigilancie
               ,
               and
               a
               kind
               of
               sending
               out
               
                 Hushaies
              
               to
               sit
               at
               Councel
               table
               with
               
                 Achitophels
              
               ;
               and
               if
               this
               hath
               too
               much
               of
               
                 David
              
               in
               it
               ,
               yet
               the
               
                 Iewes
              
               which
               dwell
               neer
               them
               may
               be
               treated
               with
               for
               intelligence
               ,
               as
               
                 Nehemiah
              
               did
               .
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Instances
             of
             mixtures
             in
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             Corinth
             ,
             those
             seven
             of
             Asia
             ,
             the
             Parables
             improved
             ,
             
               Mat
               13.29
               ,
               30
               ,
            
             of
             the
             Tares
             and
             Wheat
             .
          
           
             WHen
             these
             and
             such
             like
             are
             urged
             in
             case
             of
             separation
             ,
             
             and
             mixt
             communicating
             in
             Ordinances
             ;
             It
             would
             be
             further
             enquired
             ,
             whether
             such
             a
             sense
             come
             up
             more
             directly
             or
             obliquely
             to
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             ?
             and
             whether
             Church-corruptions
             ,
             as
             
               Corinth's
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ephesus
            
             &c.
             were
             intended
             any
             more
             for
             Proofs
             ,
             or
             Arguments
             ,
             or
             Rules
             ,
             then
             Personal
             corruptions
             ,
             as
             
               Davids
            
             lusts
             ,
             and
             
               Moses
            
             p●ssions
             ,
             and
             
               Peters
            
             fears
             ?
             and
             whether
             all
             such
             examples
             be
             not
             rather
             set
             down
             as
             cautions
             ,
             and
             written
             for
             our
             admonition
             ,
             that
             
               we
               should
               n●t
               lust
               ,
            
             
             
               as
               they
               also
               lusted
               ?
            
             &
             further
             ,
             whether
             the
             name
             
               Church
            
             be
             not
             sometimes
             to
             be
             taken
             in
             the
             same
             sense
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             the
             Ark
             and
             ●emple
             was
             tak●●
             under
             the
             Law
             still
             for
             the
             places
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               ●●●idence
               ,
            
             though
             sometimes
             he
             was
             not
             so
             ●●●●bly
             ther●
             ?
             ●nd
             whether
             the
             ●oly
             ●pirit
             for●ore
             not
             to
             
               〈…〉
            
             them
             ,
             because
             the
             fault
             was
             in
             some
             particular
             practices
             about
             Ordinances
             rather
             then
             in
             the
             
               essential
               ,
            
             or
             
               first
               form
            
             of
             Church
             constitution
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             perfecter
             then
             we
             ?
             And
             whether
             this
             be
             a
             rule
             for
             the
             judgements
             
             of
             Gods
             people
             ,
             who
             are
             to
             go
             by
             the
             clear
             and
             visible
             Rules
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             according
             to
             which
             Churches
             are
             made
             up
             ,
             or
             have
             constitution
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             would
             have
             reputed
             them
             still
             Churches
             ,
             had
             they
             gone
             on
             in
             the
             toleration
             of
             such
             corruptions
             ,
             for
             all
             their
             first
             constitution
             ,
             as
             appears
             in
             that
             caution
             to
             Ephesus
             ,
             
               Repent
               ,
               or
               I
               will
               c●me
               unto
               thee
               quickly
               ,
               and
               remove
               thy
               candlestick
               ?
            
             and
             whether
             the
             Parables
             of
             mixture
             of
             
               Tares
            
             and
             
               Wheat
               ,
            
             and
             
               good
               Fish
            
             and
             
               bad
               ,
            
             be
             so
             as
             may
             make
             for
             toleration
             of
             
               visible
               mixtures
            
             anywhere
             then
             in
             the
             world
             because
             they
             are
             
               shut
               up
            
             with
             the
             mention
             of
             the
             
               Worlds
               dissolution
               ?
            
             And
             whether
             such
             
               Church
               censures
            
             as
             ●hrist
             hath
             provided
             against
             sinnes
             and
             scandals
             ,
             import
             not
             an
             
               outward
               purity
            
             in
             all
             such
             as
             would
             pretend
             to
             be
             members
             of
             his
             
               visible
               body
               ?
            
             These
             things
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             the
             hinges
             of
             certain
             debutes
             amongst
             us
             ,
             would
             be
             more
             fully
             opened
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Separation
             enquired
             after
             .
          
           
             ANd
             for
             
               Separation
               ,
            
             I
             find
             it
             not
             rightly
             stated
             :
             for
             ,
             withdrawings
             ,
             and
             particular
             communicatings
             apart
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             that
             separate
             only
             upon
             grounds
             ,
             not
             so
             clearly
             or
             fully
             condemned
             in
             the
             Word
             ,
             or
             commended
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             presently
             reputed
             Schisme
             ,
             or
             Separation
             ,
             neither
             by
             those
             that
             so
             withdraw
             ,
             nor
             those
             from
             whom
             the
             pretended
             separation
             is
             made
             ,
             if
             we
             would
             study
             the
             common
             peace
             of
             Christians
             :
             and
             if
             this
             were
             rightly
             discussed
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Scripture
             principles
             made
             clear
             which
             bear
             it
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             no
             such
             
               division
               ,
            
             as
             there
             is
             
               separation
               ,
            
             but
             it
             would
             be
             only
             a
             
               suspending
            
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             intervals
             of
             uncleannesse
             under
             the
             law
             ,
             till
             
               Christ
               had
               revealed
               even
               this
               unto
               them
               .
            
          
           
             And
             indeed
             it
             would
             be
             well
             enquired
             ,
             seeing
             God
             reveales
             his
             
               ●●uths
            
             in
             severall
             degrees
             in
             
               nations
               ,
            
             and
             
               persons
               ,
            
             
             Whether
             such
             a
             national
             conformity
             be
             fully
             agreeable
             to
             such
             a
             method
             of
             
               Revelation
               ,
            
             and
             that
             all
             ought
             to
             conform
             
               outwardly
               ,
            
             that
             conform
             not
             
               inwardly
            
             ?
             and
             whether
             such
             an
             
               unity
            
             may
             not
             have
             equally
             its
             inconveniences
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             ,
             as
             
               formality
               hypocrisio
               ,
               &c.
            
             as
             well
             as
             the
             other
             on
             the
             left
             ,
             
               errors
               ,
               divisions
               ,
            
             &c.
             and
             yet
             all
             State
             inconveniencies
             must
             be
             taken
             in
             here
             ,
             which
             may
             spring
             from
             the
             want
             of
             such
             a
             conformity
             ;
             alwayes
             provided
             that
             the
             rule
             in
             Scripture
             be
             fully
             consulted
             ,
             lest
             we
             make
             Church
             businesse
             bend
             further
             toward
             the
             maximes
             of
             State
             ,
             then
             there
             is
             just
             grounds
             in
             the
             word
             :
             and
             it
             would
             be
             well
             weighed
             ,
             whether
             such
             separation
             hath
             not
             foundation
             enough
             for
             more
             
               spiritual
               correspondencie
               ,
            
             then
             some
             on
             all
             sides
             practise
             ?
             and
             whether
             such
             differences
             in
             those
             that
             pretend
             all
             to
             come
             out
             of
             
               Babylon
               ,
            
             ought
             to
             be
             esteemed
             other
             than
             the
             severall
             complections
             and
             features
             of
             so
             many
             members
             of
             the
             same
             body
             ?
             some
             are
             more
             honourable
             then
             others
             .
             And
             here
             we
             
             might
             do
             well
             to
             observe
             better
             that
             great
             engine
             of
             Sathans
             ,
             which
             he
             useth
             against
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             of
             severall
             
               titles
               ,
            
             and
             notes
             of
             distinction
             ,
             as
             of
             
               Presbyterial
               ,
               Independent
               ,
               Brownist
               ,
               Anabaptist
               :
            
             For
             by
             putting
             us
             thus
             under
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             and
             
               Apollos
               ,
            
             or
             
               Cephas
               ,
            
             he
             drawes
             us
             into
             
               scandal
               ,
            
             and
             
               offence
               ,
            
             and
             
               sidings
               ,
            
             and
             
               parties
               ,
            
             amounting
             almost
             to
             the
             disinteressing
             and
             unclasping
             our selves
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             and
             letting
             us
             out
             into
             these
             severall
             channels
             ,
             and
             then
             our
             stream
             must
             needs
             slow
             more
             weakly
             against
             the
             banks
             of
             the
             common
             enemy
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             of
             hell
             and
             darknesse
             .
             I
             conclude
             thus
             ,
             that
             these
             Scriptures
             would
             be
             further
             searched
             .
          
           
             
               Now
               I
               beseech
               you
               &c.
               that
               you
               all
               speak
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
            
             
             
               &c.
               and
               that
               you
               be
               perfectly
               joyned
               together
               in
               the
               same
               same
               mind
               .
            
             
             
               Let
               us
               therefore
               as
               many
               as
               be
               perfect
               ,
            
             
             
               be
               thus
               minded
               ,
               and
               if
               in
               any
               thing
               you
               be
               otherwise
               minded
               ,
            
             
             
               God
               shall
               reveale
               even
               this
               unto
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Neverthelesse
               whereunto
               we
               have
               already
               attained
               ,
               let
               us
               walk
               by
               the
               same
               rule
               ,
               let
               us
               minde
               the
               same
               things
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               We
               then
               that
               are
               strong
               ought
               to
               bear
               the
               infirmities
               of
               the
               weake
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               not
               to
               please
               our selves
               .
            
          
           
             
               Let
               every
               one
               of
               us
               please
               his
               neighbour
               ,
            
             
             
               for
               his
               good
               to
               edification
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               one
               believeth
               that
               he
               may
               eat
               all
               things
               ,
            
             
             
               another
               who
               is
               weak
               eateth
               herbs
               .
            
          
           
             
               Let
               not
               him
               that
               eateth
               ,
               despise
               him
               that
               eateth
               not
               .
            
             
          
           
             In
             these
             Scriptures
             are
             almost
             the
             full
             latitude
             of
             Christianity
             :
             in
             the
             first
             ,
             the
             
               perfect
               Rule
               of
               unity
            
             is
             commended
             ;
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             the
             severall
             degrees
             to
             this
             unity
             are
             opened
             ,
             and
             commanded
             .
          
        
         
           
             Christ's
             interests
             ,
             and
             the
             Worlds
             .
          
           
             ME
             thinks
             ,
             in
             stating
             severall
             controversies
             of
             late
             ,
             we
             go
             not
             high
             enough
             ,
             but
             we
             strive
             in
             the
             vallies
             ,
             where
             the
             mist
             is
             thickest
             ,
             whereas
             we
             might
             see
             better
             and
             farther
             ,
             if
             we
             could
             go
             up
             higher
             ,
             to
             the
             interest
             of
             
               Christ
               :
            
             the
             Disciples
             saw
             
             more
             of
             him
             when
             he
             
               took
               them
               up
               with
               him
               ,
            
             
             then
             they
             saw
             before
             .
          
           
             This
             
               interest
            
             would
             be
             well
             cleared
             and
             held
             forth
             in
             its
             
               glory
            
             and
             
               spirituality
               ,
            
             and
             abstracted
             from
             all
             other
             worldly
             interests
             which
             complicate
             with
             it
             :
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             and
             the
             World
             are
             two
             ,
             in
             their
             fundamentals
             ,
             policy
             ,
             lawes
             ,
             governours
             ,
             ends
             ,
             designes
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             the
             World
             insinuates
             any
             of
             its
             policy
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ▪
             the
             more
             is
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Christ
             darkned
             ,
             and
             corrupted
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             is
             in
             a
             civill
             State
             ,
             the
             more
             of
             
               arbitrarinesse
            
             that
             comes
             in
             ,
             the
             more
             is
             the
             
               established
               government
            
             subverted
             ;
             so
             in
             
               Christs
               ,
            
             whose
             government
             is
             more
             one
             and
             unchangeable
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             a
             Kingdome
             in
             a
             spirituall
             notion
             ,
             is
             more
             perfect
             ,
             then
             a
             Kingdome
             in
             a
             temporall
             or
             worldly
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             we
             observe
             well
             ,
             we
             shall
             see
             that
             the
             great
             
               mysterie
               of
               iniquity
            
             is
             no
             more
             then
             a
             
               meer
               spirituall
               arbitrary
               government
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Worldly
             interests
             works
             much
             in
             mixed
             
               aggregations
            
             and
             
               counsels
               ,
               
               authoritative
               power
               ,
               in
               servile
               dependencies
            
             and
             
               subordinations
               ,
            
             in
             
               promiscu●us
               unity
               and
               conformity
               ,
            
             and
             
               universality
               ,
            
             in
             
               blinde
            
             and
             
               implicite
               obedience
               ,
            
             in
             falsely
             pretended
             
               antiquity
               ,
            
             as
             appears
             in
             the
             
               popish
            
             and
             
               Prelaticall
               p●licy
               .
            
          
           
             The
             interest
             of
             Christ
             is
             in
             a
             
               spirituall
               freed
               me
            
             or
             
               priviledging
               ,
            
             
             in
             
               ●nction
            
             or
             
               knowledge
               ,
            
             in
             
               consociations
               ,
            
             
             in
             
               homogentall
               unity
               ,
            
             
             in
             
               directive
            
             and
             
               supe●intending
               ,
            
             in
             
               perswasive
               ,
            
             
             and
             
               reprehensive
               administrations
            
             or
             
               ordinances
               ,
            
             and
             the
             government
             of
             Christ
             seems
             to
             be
             so
             framed
             ,
             as
             neither
             Tyranny
             should
             get
             in
             at
             any
             
               consociation
               ,
            
             nor
             Anachy
             or
             Libertinisme
             get
             in
             at
             any
             
               dissociation
               ,
            
             or
             particular
             gathering
             ,
             and
             at
             this
             beam
             we
             may
             weigh
             our
             controversies
             of
             this
             age
             .
          
           
             And
             they
             that
             argue
             for
             any
             
               complication
               of
               interests
               ,
            
             
             must
             look
             well
             to
             the
             spirituality
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             
             and
             that
             God
             in
             this
             latter
             dispensation
             applies
             not
             so
             to
             the
             outward
             man
             ,
             
             as
             he
             did
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             that
             simplicity
             ,
             paucity
             ,
             pers●icuity
             ,
             humility
             ,
             
             ●enity
             ,
             and
             visible
             sanctity
             ,
             
             are
             the
             
             proper
             orbs
             ,
             where
             the
             
               evangelicall
               light
               moves
               .
            
          
           
             And
             yet
             here
             I
             would
             be
             rightly
             understood
             ,
             for
             I
             make
             but
             overtures
             for
             enquiry
             ,
             while
             things
             are
             making
             to
             their
             constitution
             amongst
             us
             ,
             which
             if
             once
             constituted
             ,
             all
             ought
             to
             be
             either
             actively
             or
             passively
             obedient
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Disputes
             for
             liberty
             improved
             .
          
           
             THere
             are
             great
             disputings
             now
             for
             
               Libert●
               ,
            
             and
             this
             springs
             from
             a
             mutuall
             jealousie
             in
             each
             party
             ,
             the
             one
             fearing
             the
             others
             establishment
             will
             endure
             no
             other
             interest
             near
             its
             own
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             prevalent
             fearing
             the
             insinuations
             &
             encroachments
             of
             a
             
               tolerated
               interest
            
             that
             is
             diverse
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             Now
             we
             should
             enquire
             here
             ,
             whether
             these
             jealousies
             be
             the
             more
             proper
             passions
             of
             States
             ,
             or
             Christians
             ,
             and
             how
             far
             Christ
             ,
             who
             is
             protector
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             trusted
             with
             
             the
             defence
             of
             his
             own
             government
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             true
             evangelicall
             latitude
             is
             not
             found
             out
             ?
             Some
             plead
             upon
             such
             principles
             as
             would
             bring
             in
             an
             universall
             toleration
             ,
             and
             while
             they
             would
             open
             a
             door
             only
             for
             themselves
             ,
             they
             set
             in
             all
             promiscuously
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             it
             would
             be
             enquired
             here
             if
             all
             must
             be
             tolerated
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             persecuting
             the
             truth
             through
             ignorance
             ;
             then
             whether
             doth
             not
             this
             ground
             argue
             for
             a
             
               plenary
               Liberty
               ,
            
             for
             all
             to
             propagate
             their
             interests
             equally
             with
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             commonly
             received
             
               truth
            
             of
             that
             place
             ;
             for
             a
             
               truth
               ,
            
             I
             conceive
             ,
             may
             be
             no
             more
             
               suppressed
            
             ignoran●ly
             ,
             then
             it
             may
             be
             
               persecuted
            
             ignorantly
             :
             and
             it
             was
             as
             great
             a
             sin
             ,
             if
             not
             greater
             ,
             in
             that
             
               Councel
               ,
            
             
             to
             charge
             the
             
               Apostles
               they
               should
               not
               teach
               the
               people
               in
               his
               name
               ,
            
             as
             to
             
               whip
               them
               for
               the
               doctrine
               they
               taught
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             further
             enquired
             if
             such
             a
             
               Liberty
            
             be
             the
             
               Gospel
               way
               ,
            
             what
             use
             of
             the
             reserves
             of
             martyrdome
             and
             persecution
             ,
             which
             
             Christ
             hath
             made
             into
             such
             a
             glorious
             condition
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             intended
             it
             as
             a
             blessed
             supplement
             to
             that
             of
             
               Liberty
               ,
            
             and
             it
             would
             be
             enquired
             whether
             such
             a
             m●lky
             way
             as
             that
             of
             
               Liberty
            
             be
             always
             consonant
             to
             the
             estate
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             
             being
             a
             
               Lilly
               among
               Thorns
               .
            
          
           
             And
             it
             would
             be
             enquired
             too
             ,
             whether
             such
             a
             
               Liberty
            
             be
             fully
             Christs
             minde
             ,
             because
             the
             enemies
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             heathen
             Empires
             ,
             and
             popish
             States
             as
             well
             as
             others
             are
             and
             have
             been
             abe●tors
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             be
             rather
             a
             State
             principle
             tolerating
             only
             those
             which
             either
             the
             necessity
             of
             some
             evill
             consequence
             or
             some
             
               State
               expedients
               ,
            
             or
             the
             experienced
             innocency
             of
             the
             tolerated
             Religion
             hath
             produced
             :
             and
             yet
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             enquired
             further
             ,
             whether
             they
             that
             desire
             this
             
               Liberty
            
             be
             not
             such
             as
             are
             on
             the
             same
             fundamentals
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             brethren
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             brought
             to
             meet
             with
             us
             in
             certain
             common
             principles
             ,
             
               walking
               by
               the
               same
               rule
               ,
            
             
             
               minding
               the
               same
               thing
               in
               that
               whereunto
               we
               have
               attained
               ,
            
             and
             may
             not
             let
             out
             themselves
             
             unto
             mutuall
             peace
             and
             edification
             ,
             their
             dissentings
             ,
             having
             a
             certain
             
               orbe
            
             or
             
               spheare
            
             allowed
             them
             ,
             wherein
             they
             may
             move
             ,
             that
             still
             upon
             occasion
             ,
             we
             may
             all
             fall
             into
             one
             
               common
               society
            
             against
             the
             publick
             
               enemy
            
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             
               Abraham
            
             and
             
               Lot
               ,
            
             who
             though
             they
             lived
             other
             times
             at
             distance
             ,
             yet
             were
             ever
             ready
             to
             relieve
             one
             another
             ;
             and
             here
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             whether
             such
             severall
             motions
             as
             this
             ,
             which
             agree
             in
             the
             same
             
               unity
               of
               faith
               ,
            
             of
             
               mutuall
               edification
               ,
            
             and
             contribute
             together
             to
             the
             same
             publick
             preservation
             ;
             may
             not
             be
             with
             as
             little
             prejudice
             to
             the
             grand
             
               spirituall
               sphear
               ,
            
             as
             in
             the
             
               naturall
               ,
            
             wherein
             we
             see
             nature
             abounding
             in
             severall
             
               motions
            
             &
             
               orbs
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             all
             these
             (
             as
             occasion
             opens
             )
             mutually
             assisting
             the
             interest
             of
             the
             
               universe
            
             or
             whole
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             me thinks
             we
             should
             study
             the
             latitudes
             of
             Christianity
             more
             then
             we
             doe
             :
             especially
             when
             the
             Scriptures
             holds
             it
             out
             to
             us
             ,
             both
             in
             principles
             and
             practice
             :
             yet
             this
             caution
             I
             must
             lay
             down
             ,
             that
             all
             our
             
             dissenting
             Brethren
             be
             as
             carefull
             o●
             their
             parts
             to
             study
             things
             that
             make
             for
             common
             peace
             ,
             
             as
             they
             would
             have
             Authority
             carefull
             in
             acting
             against
             their
             particular
             peace
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             much
             arguing
             now
             against
             compulsive
             authority
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             arguments
             run
             thus
             :
             1.
             
             That
             it
             is
             a
             note
             of
             
               Persecution
               .
            
             2.
             
             That
             it
             drives
             on
             the
             
               Popish
            
             and
             
               Prelaticall
               designe
            
             of
             
               Vniformity
               .
            
             3.
             
             That
             it
             distracts
             and
             wounds
             tender
             
               doubting
               consciences
               .
            
             4.
             
             That
             it
             armes
             the
             enemies
             of
             the
             truth
             in
             their
             
               tyranny
               ,
            
             from
             the
             
               Magazine
            
             of
             true
             
               Professors
               .
            
             5.
             
             That
             it
             assumes
             dominion
             over
             the
             consciences
             .
             6.
             
             That
             it
             intrudes
             into
             the
             place
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             which
             immediately
             influence
             on
             the
             soule
             .
             7.
             
             That
             it
             was
             but
             judiciall
             and
             politicall
             to
             the
             
               Jewes
               .
            
             8.
             
             That
             it
             runs
             an
             hazard
             of
             fighting
             against
             God
             .
             9.
             
             That
             there
             is
             no
             
               expresse
               command
            
             nor
             
               example
            
             in
             the
             Gospel
             for
             such
             compulsion
             .
             10.
             
             That
             it
             is
             a
             means
             of
             keeping
             out
             
               truths
            
             that
             are
             yet
             to
             be
             revealed
             .
             11.
             
             That
             the
             
             authority
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             reaches
             onely
             to
             
               Moral
            
             and
             
               Civil
            
             transgressions
             ;
             and
             to
             
               spirituall
               ,
            
             as
             they
             come
             forth
             into
             the
             outward
             man
             ,
             and
             so
             trouble
             the
             civill
             peace
             or
             government
             of
             the
             State
             .
             12.
             
             That
             it
             makes
             
               Formalists
               ,
            
             and
             
               Hypocrites
               .
            
          
           
             Yet
             here
             it
             would
             be
             enquired
             further
             ,
             whether
             there
             be
             not
             the
             same
             morall
             and
             and
             judiciall
             equity
             ,
             for
             the
             Magistrate
             to
             assist
             God
             in
             the
             designe
             of
             his
             Church
             now
             ,
             as
             there
             was
             before
             .
             2.
             
             Whether
             
               Heresies
            
             and
             
               Schismes
               ,
            
             do
             not
             naturally
             bring
             forth
             such
             
               divisions
               ,
            
             and
             
               distractions
               ,
            
             as
             dash
             so
             on
             the
             power
             of
             the
             
               civill
               Magistrate
               ,
            
             that
             they
             justly
             raise
             up
             that
             power
             against
             them
             .
             3.
             
             Whether
             the
             
               pleaders
            
             for
             this
             compulsive
             power
             ,
             do
             not
             over
             argue
             it
             ,
             through
             indulgency
             ,
             and
             the
             opposers
             argue
             it
             but
             half
             way
             ,
             through
             jealousie
             ;
             the
             one
             having
             it
             on
             their
             side
             at
             present
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             against
             them
             :
             and
             whether
             a
             more
             moderate
             way
             be
             not
             the
             more
             
               Scripture-path
               viz.
            
             That
             the
             compulsive
             power
             may
             be
             
             found
             in
             the
             Gospel-principles
             ,
             stated
             with
             such
             
               Cautions
            
             and
             
               Rules
            
             from
             the
             word
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Enemies
            
             and
             
               opposers
            
             of
             truth
             ,
             may
             neither
             triumph
             in
             an
             unwarrantable
             liberty
             ,
             nor
             the
             weaker
             Christians
             have
             cause
             to
             complain
             of
             an
             unwarrantable
             authority
             ,
             whose
             doubtings
             are
             experienced
             to
             wound
             their
             own
             soules
             ,
             more
             then
             the
             soule
             of
             
               States
               ,
            
             the
             
               Government
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Establishment
             of
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             IT
             hath
             not
             yet
             been
             far
             enough
             argued
             according
             to
             the
             principles
             in
             
               Scripture
               ,
            
             of
             what
             nature
             the
             
               establishments
            
             ought
             to
             be
             under
             the
             Gospel
             &
             sure
             we
             ought
             more
             properly
             to
             advise
             with
             him
             that
             hath
             the
             
               keys
            
             of
             
               David
               ,
            
             and
             knowes
             best
             how
             to
             
               shut
            
             and
             
               open
               ,
            
             for
             else
             we
             may
             shut
             so
             fast
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             be
             forced
             to
             have
             our
             doores
             broken
             open
             from
             Heaven
             ;
             as
             of
             late
             under
             
               Prelacy
            
             (
             we
             sadly
             experience
             )
             who
             had
             shut
             up
             all
             with
             so
             sure
             an
             establishment
             ,
             that
             
             a
             truth
             could
             not
             get
             in
             but
             by
             violence
             ;
             and
             thus
             
               Rome
            
             and
             those
             Princes
             of
             
               Bondage
            
             under
             her
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Spaniard
               ,
            
             &c.
             make
             use
             of
             their
             
               keyes
            
             in
             all
             their
             dominions
             for
             shutting
             out
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             
               Gospel-truths
            
             have
             no
             visible
             entrance
             but
             by
             force
             ,
             unlesse
             God
             bring
             them
             in
             at
             some
             other
             door
             yet
             unknown
             to
             us
             ,
             as
             he
             seems
             to
             intend
             :
             now
             whether
             the
             establishment
             ought
             to
             be
             such
             under
             the
             Gospel
             as
             may
             universally
             except
             all
             but
             what
             is
             received
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             may
             contrive
             some
             holy
             
               prudentiall
               way
               ,
            
             for
             trying
             any
             
               new
               revealed
               truths
            
             ;
             if
             such
             be
             offered
             clearly
             from
             heaven
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             men
             ,
             we
             finde
             that
             in
             Arts
             &
             Sciences
             the
             
               Sistemes
            
             are
             not
             such
             as
             will
             admit
             of
             no
             advancement
             :
             
             the
             profoundest
             agents
             in
             nature
             are
             led
             daily
             on
             to
             new
             
               experiments
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Aristotelian
               magistrality
            
             hath
             been
             found
             no
             little
             hinderance
             to
             young
             travellers
             in
             the
             
               regions
            
             of
             
               nature
               .
            
          
           
             And
             that
             which
             may
             carry
             us
             on
             further
             in
             this
             enquiry
             ,
             is
             the
             possibility
             of
             not
             seeing
             all
             at
             once
             ,
             
             strenghened
             by
             experience
             in
             our
             
               own
            
             and
             
               others
               reformations
            
             ;
             yet
             here
             we
             must
             enquire
             too
             ,
             whether
             
               Kingdomes
            
             ought
             to
             ●it
             so
             loose
             in
             their
             decrees
             ,
             and
             whether
             the
             conscience
             of
             
               Nations
            
             or
             
               Parliaments
            
             are
             to
             remain
             still
             in
             such
             a
             constant
             potentiality
             to
             new
             degrees
             ,
             and
             whether
             such
             a
             way
             would
             not
             keep
             a
             
               Kingdome
            
             alwayes
             tottering
             and
             uncertain
             ?
             Yet
             further
             ,
             whether
             the
             
               potentiality
            
             of
             acquiring
             
               new
               degrees
            
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             would
             not
             bring
             such
             an
             alteration
             as
             were
             rather
             
               perfective
               ,
            
             then
             
               corruptive
               ,
            
             or
             
               destructive
            
             ?
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             whether
             these
             
               jealousies
            
             may
             not
             be
             saved
             ?
             we
             see
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             bodies
             
               naturall
            
             and
             
               spirituall
               ,
            
             there
             is
             a
             
               potentiality
            
             to
             any
             
               perfective
               alteration
               ,
            
             as
             in
             the
             
               aire
            
             to
             
               light
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             
               soul
            
             to
             degrees
             of
             
               illumination
               ,
            
             till
             they
             come
             to
             the
             
               statu●e
               of
               the
               fulnesse
               of
               Christ
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             advancers
             out
             of
             Babylon
             .
          
           
             IN
             our
             commings
             out
             of
             
               Babylon
               ,
            
             we
             have
             many
             
               fellow
               travellers
            
             that
             pretend
             as
             well
             to
             leave
             her
             behinde
             as
             we
             ;
             and
             these
             are
             called
             
               Hereticks
               ,
               Schismaticks
               ,
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Separatists
               .
            
             Now
             before
             wee
             be
             too
             far
             engaged
             in
             this
             ,
             being
             they
             are
             such
             as
             pretend
             to
             come
             from
             the
             same
             
               point
               of
               advancement
               ,
            
             or
             
               setting
               forth
               ,
            
             it
             would
             be
             well
             enquired
             how
             
               Popery
            
             and
             
               Prelacy
            
             come
             to
             oppose
             them
             so
             directly
             ,
             and
             
               their
               interests
            
             to
             be
             so
             inconsistent
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             all
             enemies
             to
             the
             truth
             :
             I
             finde
             Christs
             maxime
             tend
             to
             another
             sense
             ,
             
               How
               can
               Sathan
               cast
               out
               Sathan
            
             ?
             
             yet
             here
             again
             ,
             I
             finde
             that
             Sathan
             may
             appear
             as
             well
             an
             Angel
             of
             
               Light
            
             as
             
               Darknesse
               ,
            
             and
             
               Heresies
            
             may
             walk
             abroad
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             
               white
            
             as
             in
             
               black
            
             ;
             and
             that
             some
             
               vices
            
             are
             as
             inconsistent
             and
             destructive
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             as
             
               vices
            
             and
             
               vertues
               .
            
             
             However
             ,
             they
             pretend
             with
             us
             to
             come
             out
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             possible
             they
             may
             only
             mistake
             their
             way
             in
             their
             going
             out
             :
             yet
             we
             must
             ask
             further
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             where
             
               popery
            
             &
             
               Prelacy
            
             agree
             with
             us
             thus
             
               in
               unotertio
            
             (
             as
             appears
             in
             this
             one
             experiment
             of
             calling
             the
             others
             
               Hereticks
            
             and
             
               Schismaticks
            
             )
             whether
             a
             godly
             jealousie
             may
             not
             do
             well
             ?
             for
             it
             is
             possible
             ,
             to
             cast
             out
             the
             
               courser
               part
            
             of
             
               popery
            
             and
             
               Prelacy
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             hold
             it
             by
             a
             
               finer
               thred
               ,
            
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             to
             this
             
               age
            
             in
             our
             
               partial
               Reformations
               ,
            
             when
             at
             first
             
               popery
            
             was
             cast
             out
             only
             by
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             so
             gradually
             still
             holding
             it
             by
             some
             parts
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             harder
             casting
             out
             a
             
               mysterie
            
             then
             every
             one
             conjectures
             at
             the
             first
             sight
             ,
             
             for
             
               popery
            
             being
             a
             
               mysterie
            
             in
             the
             Spirits
             sense
             ,
             hath
             something
             more
             then
             a
             
               visible
               traine
            
             of
             Hierarchy
             
               courts
            
             and
             
               ceremonies
               ,
            
             there
             is
             something
             more
             
               spiritual
            
             in
             it
             ,
             their
             mixed
             
               unity
               ,
            
             their
             
               tyrannie
               ,
            
             their
             
               magistrality
               ,
            
             their
             
               universality
               ,
            
             their
             
               implicite
               obedience
               ,
            
             with
             others
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Now
             it
             would
             be
             enquired
             what
             
             
               interest
            
             or
             
               remainder
            
             these
             may
             have
             left
             behinde
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             possible
             for
             
               poperie
            
             to
             leave
             such
             
               roots
            
             and
             
               stumps
            
             in
             the
             ground
             where
             it
             hath
             planted
             so
             deeply
             ,
             &
             to
             work
             again
             upon
             these
             
               hidden
            
             and
             
               occult
               dispositions
               ,
            
             for
             the
             
               Man
               of
               sin
               rose
               by
               such
               interests
            
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             this
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             had
             observed
             betimes
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
             
               the
               mysterie
               of
               iniquity
               doth
               already
               work
               ,
               defections
               ,
               compliancies
               ,
            
             and
             
               ap●stasies
               ,
            
             as
             we
             have
             seen
             ,
             are
             easily
             obtained
             ,
             when
             the
             
               man
               of
               sin
            
             hath
             such
             
               invisible
               interests
            
             and
             
               agents
            
             layed
             in
             to
             work
             by
             ;
             nor
             ●as
             the
             grosser
             or
             more
             visible
             
               ag●●ts
            
             the
             only
             meanes
             to
             actuate
             this
             Kingdom
             back
             againe
             towards
             
               Rome
            
             so
             often
             (
             as
             we
             experience
             )
             but
             these
             more
             
               secret
            
             and
             
               mercuriall
               engines
            
             which
             I
             have
             named
             .
          
           
             First
             for
             their
             
               unity
               ,
            
             it
             hath
             such
             cold
             principles
             as
             freeze
             and
             congeale
             
               multitudes
               heterogenially
            
             together
             in
             the
             
               worship
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             then
             puts
             the
             name
             of
             
               Schisme
            
             upon
             all
             the
             
               Reformed
               Churches
            
             that
             will
             not
             come
             into
             the
             dark
             with
             them
             ,
             
             where
             all
             colours
             are
             like
             .
          
           
             
             Their
             
               tyrannie
            
             reaches
             to
             the
             most
             
               spiritual
               cruelty
               ,
            
             That
             of
             compelling
             soules
             under
             the
             
               penaltie
            
             of
             
               martyrdome
               .
            
          
           
             
             Their
             
               magistrality
               ,
            
             in
             obtruding
             the
             decrees
             of
             their
             counsels
             ,
             their
             infallibility
             ,
             with
             
               Anathema's
               ,
            
             their
             
               Lording
            
             it
             over
             the
             
               heritage
               .
            
          
           
             
             Their
             
               universality
               ,
            
             in
             holding
             out
             their
             religion
             for
             
               Catholick
               ,
            
             because
             the
             
               ten
               horns
               have
               given
               their
               Kingdom
               to
               the
               Beast
               ,
            
             
             though
             no
             longer
             then
             
               untill
               the
               words
               of
               God
               shall
               be
               fu●fi●●d
               .
            
          
           
             
             Their
             
               implicite
               obedience
               ,
            
             wherein
             all
             
               light
            
             and
             
               liberty
            
             is
             denied
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             streams
             through
             their
             
               ministery
            
             &
             
               dispensations
               ,
            
             which
             must
             needs
             be
             of
             their
             own
             colour
             ,
             and
             will
             never
             be
             purer
             ,
             comming
             so
             ;
             Now
             these
             and
             such
             like
             would
             be
             enquired
             into
             further
             ;
             and
             our
             
               ministery
            
             may
             do
             well
             ,
             a
             little
             more
             then
             they
             do
             ,
             to
             set
             upon
             this
             part
             of
             discovery
             of
             the
             interests
             of
             
               popery
            
             and
             
               prelacie
            
             in
             their
             
               magistrality
               ,
               unitie
               ,
            
             and
             
               implicitie
               obedience
            
             (
             as
             their
             
             Covenant
             oblieges
             them
             )
             for
             this
             I
             take
             to
             be
             the
             more
             
               spirituall
               part
            
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             little
             studied
             ,
             and
             thus
             they
             shall
             be
             more
             faithfull
             to
             their
             
               Covenant
               ,
            
             which
             ingages
             them
             to
             a
             
               universall
               extirpation
            
             :
             and
             now
             that
             we
             are
             upon
             
               reforming
               ,
            
             or
             
               refining
               ,
            
             the
             extractions
             must
             not
             be
             only
             of
             the
             grosser
             ,
             the
             
               government
               ,
               superstition
               ,
               ceremonies
            
             ;
             but
             of
             the
             more
             essential
             ,
             and
             formal
             ,
             and
             vertual
             parts
             of
             
               prelacie
            
             and
             
               popery
            
             in
             the
             things
             I
             named
             ;
             only
             we
             must
             take
             heed
             ,
             that
             in
             such
             extractions
             ,
             the
             
               purer
               spirits
            
             doe
             not
             exhale
             with
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             therefore
             in
             such
             
               spirituall
               experiments
            
             the
             furnace
             must
             be
             chimically
             heated
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             possible
             that
             
               Gods
               unity
               ,
               order
               ,
            
             and
             
               subordination
            
             may
             go
             out
             with
             the
             other
             ,
             if
             the
             extractions
             be
             more
             violent
             ,
             then
             the
             
               word
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             
               Apostolical
               practices
            
             will
             endure
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             severall
             Interests
             of
             REFORMATION
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             
               I.
               The
               Supernaturall
               Interest
               .
            
             
               THe
               supernaturall
               interest
               appears
               in
               those
               many
               great
               and
               eminent
               mercies
               since
               the
               first
               opening
               of
               Heaven
               upon
               this
               Nation
               (
               I
               reckon
               now
               from
               our
               own
               late
               epoche
               of
               Reformation
               .
               )
            
             
               And
               first
               in
               that
               designe
               of
               calling
               a
               
                 Parliament
                 ,
              
               and
               engaging
               them
               against
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               
                 Scotland
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               to
               have
               turned
               back
               the
               
                 Reformation
              
               in
               its
               first
               advancing
               ,
               a
               
                 designe
              
               not
               unlike
               that
               of
               
                 Herods
                 ,
              
               of
               
               killing
               
                 Christ
              
               in
               the
               cradle
               ;
               and
               here
               
                 God
              
               let
               in
               some
               glimpses
               ,
               and
               cast
               in
               some
               jealousies
               into
               that
               great
               
                 Counsel
                 ,
              
               which
               rescued
               it
               from
               such
               an
               ingagement
               ,
               and
               for
               all
               the
               
                 State
                 Artifice
              
               of
               
                 Court
                 Declarations
                 ,
              
               and
               pretences
               ;
               suspitions
               sprang
               up
               in
               the
               hearts
               of
               people
               ,
               and
               though
               armies
               are
               levied
               by
               
                 prerogative
                 ,
              
               and
               carried
               down
               ,
               yet
               God
               takes
               off
               their
               
                 spirits
              
               and
               
                 successe
                 ,
              
               both
               in
               their
               
                 advancings
              
               and
               
                 skirmishings
              
               with
               
                 Scotland
                 ,
              
               and
               this
               is
               made
               by
               
                 Providence
                 ,
              
               a
               necessity
               of
               calling
               a
               
                 Parliament
              
               again
               ,
               so
               as
               this
               inter
               designe
               of
               the
               enemies
               ,
               served
               onely
               to
               land
               us
               upon
               clearer
               discoveries
               .
            
             
               This
               
                 Parliament
              
               is
               summoned
               ,
               and
               excellent
               Members
               elected
               by
               a
               corrupt
               commonalty
               ,
               
               
                 So
                 as
                 the
                 voice
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 is
                 upon
                 the
                 Waters
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               now
               all
               things
               worke
               and
               turn
               upon
               
                 heavenly
                 engines
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               
                 long
                 design
              
               of
               
                 keeping
              
               of
               
                 Parliaments
                 ,
              
               is
               turned
               into
               a
               necessity
               of
               a
               
                 Trien●●all
                 one
                 ,
              
               and
               further
               ,
               to
               that
               of
               an
               everlasting
               one
               ,
               by
               an
               act
               of
               continuation
               :
               
                 and
                 God
                 hath
                 fastened
                 it
                 as
                 
                 a
                 raile
                 in
                 a
                 sur●
                 place
                 ,
              
               and
               now
               
                 Reformation
              
               moves
               some
               degrees
               on
               .
            
             
               
                 Votes
                 and
                 suffrages
              
               begin
               to
               vvi
               
                 Properie
              
               and
               
                 Prelacie
                 ,
                 Gods
                 voice
                 is
                 upon
                 the
                 waters
                 again
                 ,
              
               Petitions
               upon
               Petitions
               from
               
                 City
              
               and
               
                 Countries
              
               for
               
                 Reformation
                 ,
              
               a
               mighty
               over-powring
               still
               in
               the
               
                 voices
              
               and
               
                 votes
              
               for
               
                 Reformation
                 ,
              
               both
               in
               the
               
                 house
                 ,
              
               and
               elsewhere
               ,
               Papists
               and
               popish
               cast
               out
               of
               
                 Interest
                 ,
              
               and
               place
               in
               the
               great
               Counsell
               ,
               the
               Prerogative
               losing
               many
               
                 State-advantages
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               
                 Prelacy
              
               many
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               contrary
               
                 designes
              
               of
               
                 Jesuites
              
               and
               
                 Prelates
              
               disappointed
               ,
               and
               all
               turned
               into
               designes
               for
               
                 Religion
              
               and
               
                 Liberty
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Vnity
              
               with
               
                 Scotland
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               
                 severall
                 plots
              
               defeated
               and
               discovered
               ,
               which
               were
               still
               countermining
               .
            
             
               That
               of
               bringing
               up
               the
               Army
               from
               the
               North
               at
               first
               .
            
             
               That
               of
               bringing
               the
               
                 Cavaliers
              
               to
               the
               doors
               of
               the
               Parliament
               .
            
             
               That
               of
               betraying
               the
               
                 Militia
                 of
                 City
              
               and
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               surprizing
               all
               .
            
             
             
               The
               several
               endeavours
               of
               betraying
               Cities
               ,
               Towns
               Ar●i●s
               .
            
             
               The
               corrupting
               Parliament
               Agents
               ,
               and
               getting
               interests
               in
               their
               severall
               counsels
               and
               forces
               .
            
             
               The
               attempts
               of
               unclasping
               us
               into
               several
               parties
               .
            
             
               The
               restoring
               a
               
                 Parliament
                 from
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 small
                 things
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               generall
               defeatures
               ,
               not
               long
               since
               .
            
             
               The
               preserving
               the
               most
               famous
               
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
              
               which
               hath
               been
               like
               
                 Ezekiels
                 potters
                 house
                 ,
              
               the
               place
               where
               all
               the
               
                 wheels
              
               of
               Reformation
               moved
               .
            
             
               And
               to
               all
               these
               ,
               an
               
                 assembly
              
               of
               many
               godly
               and
               eminent
               men
               for
               repairing
               the
               
                 Temple
                 ,
              
               voting
               out
               Prelacy
               and
               Superstition
               in
               the
               places
               where
               they
               sate
               voting
               not
               long
               since
               to
               establish
               it
               ,
               with
               
                 Oathes
              
               and
               
                 Lawes
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               severall
               successe
               of
               Battels
               at
               
                 Keinton
                 ,
                 Newbery
                 ,
                 York
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               The
               
                 Protestations
              
               and
               
                 Covenants
                 ,
              
               like
               heavenly
               cordage
               to
               fasten
               both
               Parliament
               and
               Kingdomes
               ,
               and
               make
               them
               the
               more
               
                 stedfast
                 and
                 unmoveable
                 
                 in
                 the
                 work
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               many
               severall
               preservations
               and
               successes
               of
               late
               ,
               as
               that
               of
               
                 Newcastle
                 .
              
            
             
               Thus
               the
               supernaturall
               interest
               hath
               wrought
               ,
               and
               things
               have
               been
               as
               it
               were
               created
               and
               supported
               ,
               by
               that
               naked
               
                 power
                 ,
                 and
                 wisdome
              
               of
               
                 God
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               which
               carried
               on
               his
               
                 Church
              
               with
               
                 signes
              
               and
               
                 wonders
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               times
               of
               its
               first
               rising
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               spirituall
               Interest
               .
            
             
               THe
               next
               interest
               I
               finde
               
                 Reformation
              
               to
               have
               in
               this
               
                 Kingdome
              
               is
               
                 spirituall
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               first
               the
               many
               interrupted
               assayes
               formerly
               by
               godly
               Divines
               and
               others
               in
               the
               reign
               both
               
                 Qu.
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
              
               and
               King
               
                 James
                 ,
              
               by
               Petition
               ,
               Treatises
               ,
               Dayes
               of
               
                 prayer
              
               and
               
                 seeking
                 God
                 ,
              
               the
               seed
               time
               of
               which
               light
               we
               now
               enjoy
               ,
               
                 light
                 is
                 sown
                 f●●
                 the
                 righteous
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               many
               assemblings
               of
               private
               
               Christians
               ,
               in
               latter
               times
               ,
               their
               
                 spirituall
                 contributions
              
               then
               of
               
                 prayer
              
               and
               
                 humiliation
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               now
               the
               means
               of
               grace
               powred
               out
               so
               effectually
               in
               
                 Preaching
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 prophes●ing
                 ,
              
               and
               prayer
               amongst
               us
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 effectual
                 door
              
               which
               is
               opened
               of
               late
               ,
               and
               a
               seeking
               to
               
                 Sion
              
               with
               our
               faces
               thitherward
               .
            
             
               The
               return
               of
               the
               
                 banished
                 ,
                 persecuted
                 ,
                 godly
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               daily
               seekings
               to
               heaven
               ,
               in
               solemn
               humiliations
               .
            
             
               The
               Gospel
               lightning
               from
               
                 many
                 Treatises
                 ,
                 Discourses
                 ,
                 Expositions
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               
                 sending
                 out
                 labourers
              
               into
               the
               harvest
               ,
               the
               springing
               up
               of
               many
               young
               Prophets
               ,
               as
               if
               this
               generation
               were
               the
               Seminary
               for
               the
               next
               :
               and
               to
               these
               
                 spirituall
                 subsidiaries
              
               in
               our
               own
               
                 Kingdome
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 prayers
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 holy
                 contributions
              
               of
               all
               other
               
                 Reformed
                 Churches
              
               of
               
                 Germany
                 ,
                 Geneva
                 ,
                 New-England
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 Netherlands
                 ,
              
               with
               the
               Churches
               in
               
                 France
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Scotland
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 low
                 Ireland
                 ,
              
               these
               all
               fall
               in
               with
               us
               into
               the
               
                 spirituall
                 designe
              
               
               of
               
                 Reformation
                 ,
              
               we
               are
               engaged
               in
               .
            
             
               This
               spirituall
               interest
               reaches
               to
               every
               
                 Ordinance
              
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               every
               
                 minist●ation
                 ,
              
               to
               every
               
                 grace
                 ,
              
               to
               every
               
                 spirituall
                 facultie
                 ,
              
               or
               power
               that
               makes
               towards
               Heaven
               or
               God
               ,
               in
               
                 this
                 Kingdome
                 ,
              
               or
               other
               
                 reformed
                 States
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Interest
               is
               yet
               stronger
               in
               the
               Propheticall
               part
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               
                 fifth
                 Angel
              
               now
               pouring
               out
               his
               violl
               on
               the
               
                 seat
                 of
                 the
                 beast
              
               :
               and
               here
               I
               dare
               follow
               Expositors
               to
               this
               ,
               That
               
                 Babylon
              
               is
               falling
               in
               the
               near
               parts
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               time
               of
               the
               totall
               ruine
               ,
               the
               Prophesie
               runs
               strongly
               ,
               and
               the
               Interpreters
               too
               ,
               that
               is
               not
               much
               above
               six
               years
               .
            
             
               To
               these
               ,
               the
               meltings
               and
               dissolvings
               of
               
                 customes
                 ,
              
               
               
                 traditions
                 ,
                 superstitions
                 ,
              
               for
               the
               
                 day
                 breaks
                 and
                 the
                 shadowes
                 fly
                 away
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               enemies
               filling
               up
               the
               
                 measure
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Ephah
                 ,
              
               by
               their
               daily
               
                 sinnes
                 ,
                 idolatries
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 provocations
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               work
               of
               God
               upon
               
                 Sion
              
               and
               
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
              
               or
               his
               people
               ,
               in
               the
               present
               
               wa●s
               or
               tribulation
               .
            
             
               The
               
                 st●nding
                 spirituall
                 remedy
              
               of
               many
               godly
               Divines
               ,
               in
               the
               conjuncture
               of
               an
               Assembly
               who
               like
               
                 Aaron
              
               and
               
                 Hur
                 ,
              
               hold
               up
               the
               hands
               of
               
                 Moses
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Politick
               or
               Civil
               Interest
               .
            
             
               THe
               power
               and
               acting
               of
               the
               
                 King
              
               or
               
                 Supreme
                 ,
              
               in
               a
               Kingdome
               
                 Monarchically
              
               constituted
               ,
               as
               this
               would
               soon
               give
               the
               
                 Reformation
              
               a
               powerfull
               and
               spreading
               Interest
               ,
               as
               we
               see
               in
               one
               
                 Cyrus
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Artaxerxes
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Constantine
                 ,
              
               and
               an
               
                 Edward
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Elizabeth
              
               ;
               therefore
               Princes
               are
               called
               
                 nursing
                 Fathers
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 nursing
                 Mothers
                 ,
              
               to
               the
               Churches
               of
               Christ
               :
               yet
               though
               we
               want
               this
               
                 Interest
              
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 personall
                 actings
              
               of
               a
               King
               ,
               yet
               wee
               have
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               a
               supplement
               ,
               a
               
                 Parliamentary
                 regall
                 power
              
               of
               two
               Kingdomes
               :
               A
               strong
               
                 fundamentall
              
               in
               the
               work
               of
               
                 Reformation
                 ,
              
               and
               a
               
                 power
              
               very
               agreeable
               
               to
               the
               constitution
               of
               both
               ,
               and
               very
               naturall
               ,
               for
               the
               propagating
               Reformation
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               this
               improved
               by
               Associations
               ,
               and
               Covenants
               .
            
             
               The
               present
               power
               ,
               armies
               ,
               and
               successe
               in
               most
               of
               the
               parts
               in
               this
               Kingdome
               ,
               but
               the
               West
               ;
               and
               yet
               some
               strong
               Interests
               there
               to
               .
            
             
               The
               consideration
               with
               other
               
                 Protestant
                 States
              
               and
               
                 Churches
                 ,
              
               (
               though
               I
               could
               wish
               it
               more
               )
               the
               commotions
               and
               troubles
               abroad
               ,
               in
               
                 Denmark
                 ,
              
               in
               States
               of
               
                 Italie
                 ,
                 Germanie
                 ,
                 Spain
                 ,
                 Franc●
                 ,
              
               whose
               engagements
               gives
               them
               not
               time
               ,
               to
               apply
               themselves
               to
               our
               disadvantages
               &
               distractions
               ;
               God
               making
               them
               to
               hear
               a
               
                 rumour
                 of
                 war
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 land
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Further
             Searchings
             .
          
           
             
               I.
               Non-comm●nion
               ,
               an●
               Excommunication
               .
            
             
               SEeing
               there
               is
               such
               a
               difference
               amongst
               us
               ,
               concerning
               
                 Non-communion
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Excommunication
                 ,
              
               that
               
               the
               first
               is
               not
               so
               proportionable
               ,
               and
               ●dequate
               ,
               and
               powerfull
               as
               the
               latter
               :
               now
               ,
               that
               which
               may
               be
               considerable
               here
               ,
               is
               ,
               whether
               it
               appear
               an
               Ordinance
               or
               no
               ,
               and
               then
               all
               such
               consequences
               are
               saved
               ,
               and
               the
               objections
               are
               but
               imaginary
               ;
               for
               if
               it
               be
               an
               Ordinance
               ,
               and
               spititually
               strenghened
               and
               armed
               from
               Heaven
               :
               it
               is
               all
               one
               whether
               you
               call
               it
               
                 Non-communion
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 Excommunion
              
               :
               nor
               is
               it
               the
               weaknesse
               of
               any
               thing
               on
               the
               worldly
               side
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               ought
               to
               make
               us
               prejudge
               it
               for
               no
               Ordinance
               ,
               because
               there
               may
               be
               an
               heavenly
               and
               spirituall
               supplement
               to
               make
               up
               whatsoever
               may
               be
               suspected
               in
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               II.
               Nationall
               and
               Congregationall
               .
            
             
               That
               which
               makes
               the
               difference
               here
               ,
               is
               ,
               a
               disputing
               about
               the
               fittest
               subject
               for
               Church
               ordinances
               ,
               and
               we
               differ
               here
               in
               point
               of
               latitude
               and
               qualification
               ;
               for
               on
               the
               one
               side
               ,
               it
               is
               thought
               that
               
               a
               people
               nation●
               〈…〉
               the
               ●it
               recipi●nts
               of
               all
               th●
               〈…〉
               ;
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               it
               〈…〉
               only
               congre●●
               〈…〉
               ●●cipie●ts
               ,
               and
               〈…〉
               di●ference
               ;
               if
               we
               〈…〉
               ,
               we
               shall
               see
               that
               such
               quali●●●ations
               are
               ●●ated
               by
               both
               ,
               and
               such
               cautions
               ,
               as
               the
               Ordinances
               are
               ,
               but
               neither
               prostituted
               by
               the
               one
               ,
               nor
               the
               other
               ,
               but
               a
               due
               regard
               had
               to
               the
               predisposing
               ,
               and
               preaccommodating
               to
               the
               Ordinances
               ,
               which
               are
               of
               a
               pure
               and
               heavenly
               constitution
               .
            
          
           
             
               Concerning
               the
               Model
               in
               Scriptures
               .
            
             
               THat
               which
               makes
               the
               controversie
               here
               ,
               is
               the
               consideration
               of
               Gods
               way
               of
               policy
               at
               the
               first
               with
               his
               Church
               ,
               under
               the
               
                 Tabernacle
              
               and
               
                 Temple
                 ,
              
               which
               were
               all
               so
               exactly
               &
               compleatly
               sent
               down
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               with
               laws
               ,
               and
               cautionary
               precepts
               ,
               for
               the
               just
               observance
               ,
               and
               
               to
               these
               under
               the
               Gospel
               the
               notions
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               of
               Kingdom
               ,
               City
               ,
               Family
               ,
               Officers
               ,
               Offices
               ,
               Church-censures
               ,
               Administrations
               ,
               Applications
               ,
               with
               many
               things
               of
               spirituall
               policy
               ,
               both
               in
               principles
               and
               practice
               ,
               with
               necessary
               inference
               from
               Gods
               first
               method
               :
               On
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               all
               this
               is
               acknowledged
               ,
               yet
               in
               a
               little
               more
               latitude
               ,
               and
               godly
               prudence
               is
               let
               in
               ,
               for
               making
               up
               some●hing
               where
               there
               is
               not
               a
               deficiency
               suspected
               :
               but
               no
               clear
               principles
               or
               rul●s
               revealed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pretended
               Heresies
               ,
               Divisions
               .
            
             
               AS
               we
               should
               not
               go
               about
               to
               excuse
               or
               defend
               any
               errour
               ,
               clearly
               convicted
               ,
               so
               not
               to
               condemn
               any
               thing
               for
               errour
               ,
               which
               seems
               not
               to
               beare
               up
               equally
               to
               our
               received
               principles
               :
               and
               here
               wee
               must
               observe
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               many
               ,
               who
               when
               the
               notion
               of
               errour
               or
               heresie
               is
               abroad
               ,
               are
               only
               Pentioners
               to
               the
               
               multitude
               ,
               and
               measure
               the
               errour
               or
               heresie
               ,
               by
               those
               that
               are
               for
               it
               or
               against
               it
               ,
               and
               are
               resolved
               however
               to
               write
               that
               way
               that
               they
               see
               the
               most
               condemn
               ;
               and
               these
               are
               such
               ,
               who
               though
               they
               do
               not
               kindle
               ,
               yet
               they
               blow
               the
               fire
               amongst
               us
               :
               and
               I
               have
               observed
               ,
               that
               these
               do
               so
               overwrite
               a
               cause
               ,
               that
               at
               length
               they
               improve
               an
               errour
               ,
               and
               arme
               it
               more
               against
               the
               truth
               then
               it
               was
               before
               ,
               by
               charging
               things
               on
               the
               wrong
               side
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               seen
               of
               late
               :
               and
               thus
               while
               we
               think
               to
               gain
               ,
               by
               letting
               in
               such
               a
               promiscuous
               stream
               of
               opposers
               ,
               we
               rather
               lose
               :
               as
               in
               the
               case
               of
               some
               present
               controversies
               ,
               who
               cōplain
               that
               they
               are
               rather
               oppressed
               then
               convinced
               ,
               and
               bo●n
               down
               ,
               then
               writ
               down
               :
               &
               certainly
               ,
               that
               wch
               makes
               us
               on
               all
               sides
               so
               far
               from
               peace
               ,
               and
               issue
               ,
               or
               successe
               :
               the
               more
               we
               dispute
               ,
               is
               our
               intemperancy
               and
               unnaturall
               heats
               ,
               in
               which
               we
               spend
               as
               much
               paper
               as
               in
               the
               cause
               it self
               :
               and
               I
               am
               sure
               in
               some
               differences
               I
               could
               name
               ,
               the
               truth
               stands
               by
               ,
               while
               we
               wrangle
               
               beside
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               dust
               that
               we
               raise
               in
               arguing
               ,
               makes
               the
               truth
               lesse
               discernable
               ;
               and
               that
               which
               is
               considerable
               amongst
               us
               here
               ,
               is
               the
               exceeding
               prejudice
               received
               against
               
                 difference
                 of
                 judgement
                 ,
                 and
                 divisions
                 ,
              
               not
               considering
               that
               it
               is
               Gods
               secret
               or
               engine
               for
               discovery
               ,
               as
               well
               of
               truth
               as
               errour
               ,
               and
               for
               advantaging
               the
               one
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               disadvantaging
               the
               other
               .
               To
               instance
               in
               our
               late
               debates
               about
               
                 Government
                 ,
              
               it
               will
               appear
               that
               truth
               is
               improved
               ,
               and
               hath
               received
               advancement
               frō
               those
               very
               principles
               that
               seemed
               to
               oppose
               it
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               sure
               in
               the
               case
               of
               the
               Antinomians
               ,
               that
               errour
               about
               Free-grace
               hath
               drawn
               our
               Divines
               into
               more
               studying
               and
               preaching
               it
               then
               before
               ,
               and
               stating
               it
               clearer
               ;
               and
               the
               very
               Heresies
               almost
               of
               all
               times
               ,
               have
               accidentally
               〈◊〉
               advanced
               some
               particular
               Scripture
               truth
               .
               And
               that
               very
               controversie
               about
               the
               Ministery
               received
               from
               Bishops
               ,
               hath
               brought
               forth
               some
               advantage
               amongst
               many
               of
               the
               godly
               ,
               even
               a
               deep
               humiliation
               ,
               because
               it
               came
               to
               us
               with
               a
               mark
               
               of
               the
               beast
               with
               it
               :
               and
               let
               not
               any
               jealousie
               or
               fear
               of
               derogation
               or
               disparagement
               ,
               cause
               us
               to
               fold
               it
               up
               without
               any
               Nationall
               contrition
               or
               acknowledgement
               ,
               now
               in
               a
               season
               when
               we
               are
               laying
               new
               spirituall
               fundamentals
               ,
               as
               in
               that
               late
               
                 Act
                 for
                 Ordination
                 :
              
               let
               the
               Prelates
               own
               designes
               of
               connivence
               ,
               whose
               principles
               dare
               not
               look
               the
               Light
               in
               the
               face
               .
            
          
           
             
               Selfe
               indulgency
               :
               with
               the
               right
               use
               of
               Heresies
               and
               Errours
               .
            
             
               FIrst
               ,
               it
               is
               impossible
               but
               
                 Heresies
              
               and
               
                 Errours
              
               should
               be
               ,
               though
               there
               be
               a
               
                 woe
              
               upon
               the
               Authors
               and
               Abettors
               ,
               so
               as
               one
               would
               think
               this
               prediction
               of
               Christ
               should
               coole
               us
               in
               the
               heat
               of
               our
               tumults
               about
               them
               ,
               and
               we
               should
               make
               no
               wonder
               at
               that
               which
               Christ
               hath
               prepared
               us
               so
               long
               before
               hand
               to
               receive
               ;
               yet
               here
               we
               should
               do
               as
               the
               
                 Disciples
              
               did
               ,
               when
               their
               Lord
               had
               foretold
               
               them
               of
               a
               treachery
               to
               befall
               him
               ,
               every
               one
               said
               ,
               
                 Master
                 is
                 it
                 I
                 ?
              
               this
               reflective
               disposition
               ,
               or
               selfe-jealousie
               I
               finde
               much
               wanting
               in
               many
               ,
               while
               every
               one
               rather
               ●its
               armed
               at
               his
               own
               door
               ,
               and
               will
               neither
               search
               his
               house
               himself
               ,
               nor
               suffer
               another
               to
               go
               in
               without
               opposition
               :
               and
               thus
               all
               count
               their
               opinions
               truth
               and
               will
               not
               do
               so
               much
               as
               suspect
               their
               own
               judgements
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               the
               
                 Disciples
              
               practice
               ;
               and
               so
               we
               are
               forced
               to
               confute
               one
               another
               ,
               while
               no
               man
               will
               confute
               himself
               ,
               and
               thus
               differences
               are
               inflamed
               .
            
             
               And
               be
               it
               ,
               that
               the
               things
               we
               condemn
               for
               
                 Heresies
              
               and
               
                 Errours
                 ,
              
               be
               so
               ,
               then
               there
               is
               this
               left
               us
               ,
               to
               work
               up
               to
               Gods
               designe
               in
               such
               cases
               ,
               and
               to
               turn
               them
               into
               advantages
               for
               the
               truth
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               work
               is
               next
               to
               Gods
               ,
               who
               takes
               in
               every
               sinne
               and
               distemper
               ,
               and
               makes
               it
               act
               something
               to
               his
               glorious
               ends
               ,
               
                 He
                 hath
                 commanded
                 light
                 to
                 shine
                 out
                 of
                 darknesse
                 .
              
            
             
               Are
               they
               Anabaptists
               ,
               as
               they
               call
               them
               ?
               Let
               it
               provoke
               us
               to
               awaken
               
               the
               Scriptures
               more
               for
               what
               we
               do
               ;
               let
               us
               study
               the
               substance
               of
               the
               Covenant
               more
               ,
               let
               us
               study
               Scripture
               inference
               and
               deductions
               more
               ,
               let
               us
               study
               the
               correspodency
               of
               the
               Seals
               under
               both
               dispensations
               more
               ,
               and
               we
               shall
               gain
               this
               ,
               to
               be
               able
               to
               do
               ,
               what
               we
               do
               ,
               upon
               clearer
               and
               stronger
               principles
               .
            
             
               Are
               they
               Brownists
               or
               Separatists
               as
               they
               call
               them
               ?
               Let
               it
               stir
               us
               up
               to
               look
               to
               our
               Fundamentall
               truths
               better
               ,
               to
               our
               Ministery
               ,
               to
               our
               Churches
               ,
               to
               our
               Practices
               :
               and
               sure
               while
               these
               controversies
               involve
               us
               more
               into
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               we
               shall
               only
               come
               forth
               more
               refined
               and
               clearer
               in
               judgement
               and
               practice
               ;
               and
               what
               we
               might
               possibly
               have
               taken
               in
               under
               the
               notion
               of
               Tradition
               or
               Authority
               ,
               and
               so
               have
               engaged
               our selves
               implicitely
               to
               the
               truths
               we
               professe
               ,
               we
               shall
               now
               give
               up
               unto
               God
               
                 a
                 more
                 reasonable
                 sacrifice
                 .
              
            
             
               Are
               they
               Antinomians
               ,
               as
               some
               cal
               them
               ?
               or
               these
               that
               cry
               down
               Law
               ,
               or
               duties
               ?
               Let
               us
               draw
               this
               advantage
               ,
               
               to
               seek
               out
               how
               the
               riches
               of
               Free
               grace
               are
               offered
               ,
               and
               how
               the
               Law
               is
               established
               by
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               what
               power
               of
               it
               is
               annulled
               ,
               &
               how
               Christ
               is
               to
               be
               advanced
               above
               all
               ,
               and
               how
               he
               is
               all
               in
               all
               ,
               and
               the
               true
               Fountain
               in
               whom
               our
               life
               is
               hid
               ;
               and
               that
               our
               being
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               in
               us
               ,
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               all
               graces
               and
               duties
               in
               us
               :
               and
               that
               our
               life
               now
               in
               grace
               ought
               to
               be
               in
               conformity
               to
               that
               we
               shall
               live
               hereafter
               in
               glory
               ,
               where
               being
               filled
               with
               Christ
               ,
               we
               shall
               only
               live
               to
               the
               obedience
               and
               praise
               of
               him
               ,
               for
               that
               work
               of
               justification
               and
               redemption
               we
               had
               by
               him
               :
               and
               let
               us
               study
               to
               give
               duties
               their
               right
               origination
               ,
               order
               and
               end
               ,
               Prayer
               ,
               Repentance
               ,
               Obedience
               ,
               &c.
               as
               gr●●●s
               that
               flow
               from
               Christ
               into
               his
               ,
               and
               back
               again
               from
               his
               into
               Christ
               ;
               and
               that
               we
               interpret
               all
               Scriptures
               that
               concern
               either
               Christ
               ,
               or
               the
               Law
               ,
               or
               Sin
               ,
               or
               Obedience
               ,
               or
               Duty
               ,
               into
               the
               glory
               of
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               that
               all
               our
               conclusions
               may
               exalt
               him
               ,
               whom
               God
               had
               in
               designe
               only
               to
               exalt
               ,
               
                 To
                 be
                 a
                 Prince
                 and
                 a
                 Saviour
                 .
              
            
             
             
               And
               thus
               we
               should
               drive
               on
               Gods
               ends
               more
               then
               we
               doe
               ,
               in
               making
               every
               thing
               serve
               his
               glory
               ,
               and
               our
               own
               edification
               ,
               and
               not
               dash
               our selves
               meerly
               one
               against
               another
               ,
               and
               go
               out
               only
               in
               vapours
               of
               heat
               and
               opposition
               ,
               which
               too
               many
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               Trials
               of
               God
               amongst
               us
               .
            
             
               THat
               which
               is
               an
               argument
               of
               trouble
               ,
               and
               distraction
               to
               carnall
               judgements
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               the
               only
               confirmation
               and
               strengthening
               to
               Gods
               people
               ,
               who
               live
               in
               a
               higher
               region
               ,
               and
               stand
               on
               the
               vantage
               ground
               above
               the
               men
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               see
               how
               the
               designes
               of
               Heaven
               are
               managed
               ,
               and
               are
               able
               to
               discern
               that
               in
               the
               creature
               ,
               which
               others
               are
               not
               ,
               even
               a
               providence
               work
               which
               shines
               sorth
               in
               the
               contexture
               of
               things
               and
               affairs
               ,
               like
               the
               Sun
               beams
               on
               the
               wall
               and
               first
               let
               it
               be
               no
               wonder
               that
               God
               is
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               troubles
               and
               tumults
               ,
               
                 I
                 will
                 
                 shake
                 all
                 Nations
                 ,
              
               sayes
               God
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               follows
               ,
               
                 the
                 desire
                 of
                 all
                 Nations
                 (
                 or
                 Christ
                 )
                 shall
                 come
                 before
                 me
              
               ;
               
               and
               when
               he
               was
               with
               
                 Israel
              
               he
               was
               in
               a
               
                 cloud
              
               and
               
                 fire
              
               at
               one
               time
               ,
               
               in
               
                 lightning
              
               and
               
                 thunder
              
               at
               another
               ;
               
               and
               when
               with
               his
               Prophet
               ,
               
                 there
                 went
                 a
                 whirlewinde
                 and
                 fire
                 before
                 kim
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               which
               knowes
               Gods
               manner
               of
               presence
               best
               ,
               sets
               him
               forth
               thus
               ,
               
               
                 Our
                 God
                 shall
                 come
                 ,
                 a
                 fire
                 shall
                 devoure
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 very
                 tempestuous
                 round
                 about
                 him
                 :
              
               when
               he
               was
               with
               
                 Gideon
              
               and
               his
               people
               ,
               it
               was
               so
               ,
               as
               he
               could
               see
               little
               of
               him
               ,
               
                 If
                 the
                 Lord
                 be
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 why
                 then
                 is
                 all
                 this
                 befallen
                 us
                 ?
              
               when
               ,
               
                 with
                 his
                 people
                 in
                 captivity
                 ,
              
               
               it
               was
               so
               as
               the
               Prophet
               could
               say
               ,
               
                 Can
                 these
                 dry
                 bones
                 live
                 ?
              
               
               When
               with
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               it
               was
               so
               ,
               as
               
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 comelinesse
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 desirable
              
               :
               when
               with
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               
               he
               strook
               the
               
                 room
                 with
                 a
                 whirlewinde
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 enlightned
                 it
                 with
                 fire
                 .
              
            
             
               See
               Gods
               method
               and
               goings
               before
               amongst
               his
               people
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               trace
               him
               now
               in
               the
               same
               spirituall
               
               and
               providentiall
               impressions
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               in
               our
               
                 Parliamentary
              
               &
               
                 Divine
                 Assembly
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               rising
               of
               people
               to
               
                 build
                 the
                 Temple
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               so
               it
               was
               before
               ,
               when
               the
               Temple
               in
               type
               was
               raised
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 stirred
                 up
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Zerubbabel
                 the
                 sonne
                 of
                 Shelathiel
                 ,
                 Governour
                 of
                 Judah
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Joshua
                 the
                 son
                 of
                 Josedech
                 the
                 high
                 Priest
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 remnant
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 work
                 in
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               the
               beginnings
               of
               the
               war
               ,
               when
               a
               few
               Delinquents
               drew
               in
               so
               great
               a
               party
               to
               the
               Kings
               party
               ,
               &
               when
               so
               many
               revolted
               from
               the
               work
               ;
               so
               it
               was
               before
               in
               that
               of
               
                 Gibe●●
                 ,
              
               which
               got
               in
               the
               Tribe
               of
               
                 Benjamin
              
               to
               their
               quarrell
               against
               all
               
                 Israel
                 .
              
               And
               in
               that
               of
               
                 Abijah
              
               and
               
                 Jeroboam
                 ,
              
               when
               
                 Jeroboam
              
               was
               
                 four
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 men
                 more
                 then
                 Judah
                 :
              
               
               
                 but
                 there
                 were
                 gathered
                 to
                 them
                 vain
                 men
                 ,
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 Relial
                 ,
                 who
                 thought
                 to
                 withstand
                 the
                 kingdom
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 multitude
                 ,
                 and
                 golden
                 Calves
                 ,
                 who
                 cast
                 out
                 the
                 Priests
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 But
                 
                 with
                 Abijah
                 was
                 the
                 Lord
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Priests
                 which
                 minister
                 unto
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 which
                 burn
                 sacrifice
                 morning
                 and
                 evening
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 sounded
                 trumpets
                 to
                 cry
                 alarm
                 against
                 ye
                 ,
                 O
                 children
                 of
                 Israel
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               the
               Contributions
               brought
               into
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               as
               the
               Plate
               ,
               Money
               ,
               Jewels
               ,
               Levies
               ,
               Loanes
               .
               
               So
               it
               was
               before
               ,
               when
               some
               of
               the
               chiefe
               of
               the
               Fathers
               gave
               unto
               the
               work
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               twenty
               thousand
               drams
               of
               gold
               and
               silver
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               divers
               successe
               the
               enemies
               had
               in
               the
               proceding
               of
               this
               War
               :
               So
               it
               was
               before
               when
               the
               
                 Sons
                 of
                 Belial
                 in
                 Gibeah
              
               involved
               a
               whole
               Tribe
               into
               their
               quarrel
               ,
               
               and
               got
               the
               better
               of
               it
               in
               divers
               battels
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               battels
               and
               victories
               we
               had
               in
               many
               places
               ,
               as
               
                 Edge
                 kill
              
               &
               
                 York
                 ,
              
               where
               our
               multitude
               did
               not
               deliver
               us
               .
               So
               it
               was
               before
               in
               
                 Gideons
                 ,
              
               when
               God
               took
               off
               his
               Army
               to
               three
               hundred
               ,
               and
               then
               gave
               him
               the
               successe
               against
               his
               enemies
               .
            
             
               In
               other
               particular
               deliverances
               of
               
               besieged
               places
               ,
               as
               
                 Bradford
                 ,
                 Hul
                 ,
                 Lime
                 ,
                 Glocester
                 .
              
               So
               it
               was
               in
               
                 Ziph.
              
               in
               
                 Keilah
                 ,
              
               
               in
               
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
              
               when
               God
               caused
               
                 Saul
              
               and
               
                 Senache●ib
              
               to
               hear
               a
               rumour
               of
               war
               to
               divert
               them
               from
               the
               siege
               .
               
            
             
               In
               our
               divisions
               about
               some
               ●cripture
               truths
               ,
               in
               our
               murmurings
               and
               disputings
               ,
               and
               our
               wayes
               of
               conciliation
               by
               an
               Assembly
               .
               So
               it
               was
               before
               amongst
               the
               Brethren
               ,
               till
               a
               Councell
               at
               
                 Jerusalem
              
               reconciled
               them
               :
               So
               amongst
               the
               
                 Grecians
              
               and
               the
               
                 Hebrewes
                 ,
              
               till
               the
               Brethren
               were
               called
               together
               to
               consider
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               discoveries
               of
               Conspiracies
               and
               Plots
               against
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               City
               ,
               and
               Armies
               .
               So
               it
               was
               with
               
                 Israel
                 ,
              
               when
               
                 Elisha
              
               discovered
               the
               councels
               of
               the
               
                 Syrians
              
               :
               So
               with
               
                 Nehemiah
                 ,
              
               when
               
                 Sanballats
              
               and
               
                 To●iabs
              
               plots
               were
               revealed
               :
               So
               with
               the
               
                 Iewes
                 ,
              
               when
               
                 Hamans
              
               was
               discovered
               and
               defeated
               :
               So
               with
               
                 Absolons
                 ,
              
               when
               
                 Achitophels
              
               was
               tu●●●d
               into
               folly
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 is
                 known
                 by
                 the
                 judgements
                 that
                 hee
                 executes
                 :
                 the
                 wicked
                 is
                 snared
                 in
                 the
                 works
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 hands
                 .
              
            
             
             
               In
               stirring
               up
               the
               younger
               sort
               into
               attempts
               against
               the
               Armies
               and
               enemies
               of
               God
               .
               So
               it
               was
               before
               ,
               when
               
                 Ahab
              
               said
               ,
               
                 By
                 Whom
                 ?
                 And
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 Even
                 by
                 the
                 young
                 men
                 of
                 the
                 Princes
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
            
             
               In
               raising
               up
               new
               Armies
               after
               discomfitures
               and
               losses
               ;
               as
               in
               the
               generall
               rout
               we
               had
               throughout
               the
               Kingdome
               not
               long
               since
               ,
               when
               our
               Southern
               ,
               Western
               ,
               and
               Northern
               Armies
               were
               scattered
               .
               So
               it
               was
               before
               when
               
                 Israel
              
               had
               losse
               after
               losse
               in
               their
               way
               to
               
                 Canaan
                 ,
              
               and
               still
               recruited
               by
               the
               power
               of
               their
               God
               .
            
             
               In
               carrying
               on
               the
               cause
               through
               windings
               &
               turnings
               through
               losses
               and
               victories
               ,
               making
               us
               a
               mutuall
               scourge
               to
               one
               another
               ,
               dashing
               us
               both
               in
               pieces
               ,
               and
               repairing
               us
               again
               ,
               and
               thus
               keeping
               up
               a
               standing
               affliction
               amongst
               us
               ,
               till
               his
               work
               be
               finished
               on
               Mount
               ●ion
               ,
               &
               his
               judgement
               on
               his
               enemies
               .
               So
               it
               was
               before
               ,
               when
               
                 Israel
              
               and
               
                 Iud●h
              
               were
               engaged
               against
               each
               other
               :
               ●o
               it
               was
               with
               
                 Ionahs
              
               ship
               ,
               when
               they
               rowed
               hard
               to
               shore
               ,
               but
               they
               could
               
               not
               ,
               
                 for
                 the
                 winde
                 blew
                 and
                 was
                 tempestuous
                 against
                 them
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               God
               standing
               in
               these
               times
               .
            
             
               THey
               that
               would
               see
               God
               in
               this
               work
               ,
               must
               consider
               the
               
                 spiritualnesse
              
               of
               the
               
                 designe
                 ,
              
               and
               Gods
               way
               of
               
                 mysterious
                 acting
                 ,
              
               and
               not
               let
               themselves
               down
               into
               the
               creature
               ,
               and
               think
               that
               the
               breaking
               of
               an
               Army
               ,
               or
               a
               Party
               ,
               breaks
               Gods
               designe
               ;
               for
               it
               remains
               the
               same
               
                 yesterday
              
               and
               
                 today
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 the
                 same
                 for
                 ever
              
               ;
               and
               God
               takes
               in
               miscarriages
               ,
               disadvantages
               ,
               and
               improbabilities
               ,
               and
               seeming
               impossibilities
               ,
               and
               treacheries
               ,
               and
               enemies
               workings
               ,
               and
               makes
               them
               all
               work
               into
               his
               purpose
               :
               He
               took
               in
               a
               treacherie
               at
               the
               compleating
               of
               the
               spirituall
               designe
               of
               our
               redemption
               ,
               and
               a
               
                 Iudas
              
               must
               accidentally
               ,
               though
               wofully
               ,
               help
               in
               the
               work
               of
               our
               salvation
               .
               So
               that
               if
               we
               would
               but
               study
               Gods
               designe
               concerning
               his
               Church
               and
               method
               ,
               and
               rise
               up
               
               higher
               then
               the
               creature
               &
               the
               creatures
               method
               in
               our
               conceptions
               ,
               and
               look
               on
               the
               other
               side
               of
               it
               ,
               we
               should
               not
               be
               at
               such
               losses
               and
               stands
               ,
               and
               in
               such
               despondencies
               and
               discouragements
               as
               we
               are
               :
               And
               while
               we
               grasp
               at
               the
               creature
               too
               fast
               ,
               either
               at
               Agents
               ,
               or
               Armies
               ,
               or
               Counsels
               ,
               God
               many
               times
               (
               as
               we
               experience
               )
               drawes
               them
               either
               off
               from
               us
               ,
               or
               us
               from
               them
               .
            
             
               Again
               ,
               we
               must
               look
               at
               
                 Gods
                 standing
              
               amongst
               us
               :
               He
               is
               not
               now
               as
               he
               appeared
               to
               
                 Israel
              
               on
               the
               Mountain
               ,
               
                 with
                 a
                 clear
                 paved
                 work
                 of
                 a
                 Saphire
                 under
                 his
                 feet
              
               ;
               but
               he
               is
               now
               as
               he
               was
               before
               in
               the
               visions
               ,
               he
               stands
               
                 in
                 the
                 bottome
                 among
                 the
                 Mirtle
                 trees
                 ,
                 on
                 a
                 red
                 horse
                 ,
              
               so
               shaded
               as
               none
               but
               his
               own
               can
               see
               him
               ;
               
                 His
                 spirit
              
               is
               in
               the
               
                 wheeles
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 one
                 wheele
              
               within
               another
               :
               He
               walks
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               seven
               golden
               Candlesticks
               ,
               yet
               none
               but
               a
               Disciple
               sees
               him
               .
               The
               work
               of
               Church
               providence
               is
               intricate
               and
               perplexed
               ;
               so
               it
               was
               when
               the
               
                 Iewes
              
               were
               his
               people
               ,
               and
               now
               it
               is
               when
               the
               
                 Gentiles
              
               are
               his
               people
               
               too
               :
               so
               it
               was
               in
               the
               
                 first
                 part
              
               of
               his
               
                 work
              
               about
               his
               
                 Church
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               it
               is
               in
               this
               
                 second
                 p●rt
              
               of
               his
               
                 work
              
               too
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               all
               but
               
                 one
                 work
                 ,
              
               only
               in
               severall
               complexions
               and
               methods
               ,
               to
               
                 Israel
              
               and
               the
               
                 Gentiles
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           Maximes
           of
           REFORMATION
           .
        
         
           
             Go●s
             engagement
             for
             deliverance
             .
          
           
             WHen
             the
             people
             of
             God
             are
             under
             any
             spirituall
             or
             civill
             oppression
             ,
             God
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             mindefull
             of
             them
             ,
             designing
             some
             course
             for
             their
             deliverance
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             way
             of
             his
             common
             providence
             ,
             but
             frō
             the
             engagement
             that
             he
             hath
             laid
             upon
             himself
             by
             covenant
             :
             ●nd
             in
             this
             his
             season
             of
             thoughts
             towards
             them
             ,
             their
             sighes
             and
             complaining●
             of
             soul
             do
             move
             him
             and
             put
             him
             on
             ,
             and
             actuate
             his
             wisdome
             into
             experiments
             .
             
             
               And
               the
               childre●
               of
               Israel
               sighed
               by
               reason
               of
               bondage
               ,
               &
               they
               cried
               ,
               &
               their
               cry
               came
               up
               unto
               
               God
               and
               God
               heard
               their
               groaning
               ,
               and
               remembred
               his
               covenant
               ,
               and
               had
               respect
               unto
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Eminent
             workin●s
             .
          
           
             When
             God
             sets
             himself
             to
             deliver
             a
             people
             ,
             he
             comes
             towards
             some
             of
             them
             in
             some
             eminent
             working
             ,
             and
             engages
             them
             to
             go
             before
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             
               Come
               therefore
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               send
               thee
               unto
               Pharaoh
               ,
            
             
             
               that
               thou
               maist
               bring
               forth
               my
               people
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Disp●si●io●s
             b●f●rehand
             .
          
           
             When
             God
             intends
             actually
             to
             enlarge
             a
             people
             ,
             he
             layes
             in
             dispositions
             beforehand
             into
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Princes
             and
             Elders
             ,
             so
             that
             all
             their
             motions
             shall
             fall
             easily
             into
             such
             conjunctures
             as
             tend
             that
             way
             .
          
           
             
               And
               they
               shall
               hearken
               unto
               thy
               voice
               ,
               and
               th●u
               shalt
               come
               ,
            
             
             
               thou
               and
               the
               Elders
               of
               Israel
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Gods
             designe
             upon
             obstructions
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Lord
             is
             upon
             the
             work
             of
             enlargement
             and
             bringing
             out
             his
             people
             ,
             he
             often
             allowes
             the
             obstructions
             which
             their
             enemies
             cast
             in
             ,
             
             and
             yet
             goes
             on
             to
             make
             up
             his
             glorious
             designe
             of
             their
             impediments
             .
          
           
             
               And
               I
               am
               sure
               the
               King
               of
               Epypt
               will
               not
               let
               you
               go
               ,
            
             
             
               n●
               ,
               not
               by
               a
               mighty
               hand
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Mutuall
             concurrences
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             in
             the
             great
             designe
             of
             leading
             forth
             his
             people
             ,
             acts
             both
             the
             Elders
             and
             Ministers
             into
             mutuall
             concurrences
             and
             strengthnings
             of
             each
             other
             ,
             that
             the
             failing
             of
             each
             may
             be
             made
             up
             by
             the
             others
             supply
             .
          
           
             
               And
               Aaron
               shall
               be
               thy
               spokesman
               unto
               the
               people
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               he
               shall
               be
               to
               thee
               in
               stead
               of
               a
               mouth
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               be
               to
               him
               in
               stead
               of
               God
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Some
             experiments
             eccentrick
             to
             Gods
             time
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             oftentimes
             certain
             experiments
             which
             the
             people
             of
             God
             make
             in
             their
             way
             to
             deliverances
             before
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             time
             come
             :
             But
             still
             there
             is
             such
             a
             want
             of
             correspondency
             in
             the
             things
             they
             look
             for
             ,
             that
             they
             make
             no
             proceeding
             ,
             but
             faile
             ,
             being
             eccentrick
             to
             Gods
             time
             of
             successe
             .
          
           
           
             
               He
               supposed
               his
               brethren
               would
               have
               understood
               how
               that
               God
               by
               his
               hand
               would
               deliver
               them
               ,
            
             
             
               but
               they
               understood
               not
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Successe
             through
             disadvantages
             .
          
           
             When
             God
             stirs
             up
             a
             people
             to
             go
             out
             from
             bondage
             ,
             he
             gives
             the
             enemy
             the
             liberty
             of
             obstructing
             and
             raging
             ,
             and
             drawes
             forth
             his
             people
             through
             many
             windings
             and
             turnings
             ;
             so
             as
             their
             passage
             is
             not
             even
             and
             direct
             ,
             but
             their
             successe
             is
             made
             up
             of
             disadvantages
             ,
             of
             contrarieties
             ,
             and
             improbabilities
             .
          
           
             
               He
               brought
               them
               out
               ,
            
             
             
               after
               that
               he
               had
               shewed
               signes
               and
               wonders
               in
               the
               land
               of
               Egypt
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             season
             of
             seeking
             God
             .
          
           
             When
             tidings
             of
             publick
             calamity
             are
             abroad
             ,
             then
             is
             the
             season
             of
             seeking
             God
             ,
             and
             enquiring
             after
             sin
             ,
             and
             putting
             God
             in
             minde
             of
             covenants
             and
             engagements
             that
             hee
             stands
             in
             to
             his
             people
             .
          
           
             
               And
               they
               said
               unto
               me
               ,
            
             
             
               the
               remnant
               that
               are
               left
               of
               the
               captivity
               there
               in
               the
               Province
               ,
               are
               in
               great
               affliction
               and
               reproach
               ;
               the
               wall
               of
               Hierusalem
               
               also
               is
               broken
               down
               :
               and
               it
               came
               to
               passe
               when
               I
               heard
               these
               things
               ,
               that
               I
               sate
               down
               and
               wept
               ,
               and
               prayed
               ,
               and
               I
               said
               ,
               I
               beseech
               thee
               O
               Lord
               remember
               now
               these
               are
               thy
               servants
               whom
               thou
               hast
               redeemed
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Relations
             for
             advantaging
             the
             cause
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             We
             must
             observe
             all
             our
             relations
             in
             publick
             times
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             we
             are
             placed
             for
             advantaging
             the
             cause
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             we
             must
             put
             forward
             every
             engagement
             ,
             still
             keeping
             an
             eye
             upon
             him
             for
             directing
             our
             designes
             to
             his
             own
             ends
             .
          
           
             
               Prosper
               I
               pray
               thee
               thy
               servant
               this
               day
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               grant
               him
               mercy
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               this
               man
               :
               for
               I
               was
               the
               Kings
               Cup-bearer
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             When
             to
             impart
             the
             appearances
             of
             G●d
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             will
             exceedingly
             excite
             the
             spirits
             of
             people
             to
             publick
             endeavours
             ,
             is
             a
             wise
             imparting
             the
             severall
             preparations
             that
             God
             hath
             made
             ,
             and
             the
             appearances
             of
             God
             to
             the
             rises
             and
             beginnings
             that
             are
             attempted
             ;
             for
             men
             are
             the
             easilyer
             
             drawn
             to
             engage
             there
             ,
             where
             they
             see
             God
             ingaging
             first
             .
          
           
             
               Then
               I
               told
               them
               of
               the
               hand
               of
               my
               God
               which
               was
               good
               upon
               me
               ,
            
             
             
               as
               also
               the
               Kings
               words
               that
               he
               had
               spoken
               unto
               me
               ,
               and
               they
               sayed
               ,
               let
               us
               rise
               up
               and
               build
               :
               so
               they
               strengthened
               their
               hands
               for
               this
               good
               work
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Treating
             with
             few
             ,
             and
             a
             just
             survey
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             designing
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             treating
             only
             with
             few
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             secret
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             as
             just
             a
             survey
             of
             the
             necessity
             as
             you
             can
             .
          
           
             
               And
               I
               arose
               in
               the
               night
               ,
            
             
             
               I
               and
               some
               few
               men
               with
               me
               ,
               neither
               told
               I
               any
               man
               what
               God
               had
               put
               in
               my
               heart
               ,
               to
               do
               at
               Jerusalem
               :
               neither
               was
               there
               any
               beast
               with
               me
               ,
               save
               the
               beast
               that
               I
               rode
               upon
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Let
             your
             enemies
             see
             your
             interest
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             enemies
             of
             God
             are
             beginning
             to
             plot
             against
             the
             endeavours
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             the
             safest
             is
             to
             let
             them
             see
             the
             interest
             you
             rest
             on
             ,
             and
             that
             your
             judgement
             and
             
             resolution
             is
             seated
             higher
             then
             to
             bee
             easily
             taken
             downe
             with
             contempts
             ,
             or
             scandals
             ,
             or
             practices
             .
          
           
             
               But
               when
            
             Sanballat
             
               the
               Horonite
               ,
               
               and
            
             Tobiah
             
               the
               servant
               the
               Ammonite
               ,
               and
            
             Geshem
             
               the
               Arabian
               heard
               it
               ,
               they
               laughed
               us
               to
               scorn
               ,
               and
               despised
               us
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               what
               is
               this
               thing
               that
               you
               do
               ,
               will
               you
               rebell
               against
               the
               King
               ?
               Then
               answered
               I
               them
               ,
               and
               said
               unto
               them
               ,
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               he
               will
               prosper
               us
               ;
               therefore
               we
               his
               servants
               will
               arise
               and
               build
               :
               but
               you
               have
               no
               portion
               ,
               nor
               right
               ,
               nor
               memoriall
               in
            
             Jerusalem
             .
          
        
         
           
             Holy
             preparations
             ,
             foundations
             ,
             for
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             work
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             your
             beginnings
             and
             foundations
             ,
             must
             be
             layed
             in
             prayer
             and
             holy
             preparations
             ,
             the
             works
             of
             God
             must
             be
             advanced
             in
             the
             wayes
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Reformation
             must
             go
             up
             in
             sanctification
             .
          
           
             
               Then
            
             Eliashib
             
               the
               High
               Priest
               rose
               up
               with
               his
               Brethren
               ,
            
             
             
               the
               Priests
               ,
               and
               they
               built
               the
               sheepgate
               ,
               they
               sanctified
               it
               ,
               and
               set
               up
               the
               doors
               of
               it
               even
               
               unto
               the
               tower
               of
               Meah
               ,
               they
               sanctified
               it
               unto
               the
               tower
               of
               Hananell
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Watching
             with
             both
             eyes
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             practices
             of
             the
             enemy
             ,
             we
             must
             watch
             with
             both
             eyes
             ,
             one
             towards
             Heaven
             ,
             &
             the
             other
             towards
             the
             work
             we
             have
             to
             doe
             ;
             though
             God
             is
             able
             to
             fortifie
             the
             weakest
             proceedings
             ,
             and
             shade
             them
             from
             violence
             :
             yet
             we
             must
             not
             so
             tempt
             God
             for
             extraordinaries
             ,
             as
             we
             take
             not
             the
             ordinaries
             he
             provides
             us
             .
          
           
             
               Neverthelesse
               we
               made
               our
               prayer
               unto
               our
               God
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               set
               a
               watch
               against
               them
               day
               and
               night
               because
               of
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             time
             of
             the
             strongest
             conspiracies
             .
          
           
             The
             times
             of
             the
             enemies
             strongest
             &
             most
             effectual
             conspiracies
             ,
             is
             then
             ,
             when
             the
             work
             of
             Reformation
             appears
             in
             some
             successe
             and
             preparation
             .
          
           
             
               But
               it
               came
               to
               passe
               ,
               that
               when
            
             Sanballat
             and
             Tobiah
             ,
             
             
               and
               the
               Arabians
               ,
               and
               the
               Ammonites
               ,
               and
               the
               Ashdodites
               ,
               heard
               that
               the
               wals
               of
            
             Jerusalem
             
               were
               made
               up
               ,
               and
               that
               
               the
               breaches
               began
               to
               be
               stopped
               ,
               then
               they
               were
               very
               wroth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             When
             Reformation
             is
             violent
             .
          
           
             When
             a
             people
             are
             superstitiously
             principled
             ,
             
             and
             Nationally
             converted
             ,
             reformation
             is
             but
             violent
             ,
             and
             formall
             ,
             and
             they
             turn
             only
             by
             a
             power
             from
             without
             ,
             and
             not
             within
             .
          
           
             
               And
               yet
               for
               all
               this
               ,
            
             
             
               her
               treacherous
               sister
               Iudah
               hath
               not
               turned
               unto
               me
               with
               her
               whole
               heart
               ,
               but
               fainedly
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             How
             people
             coole
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             people
             are
             all
             on
             a
             flame
             in
             Reformation
             ,
             they
             coole
             as
             soon
             upon
             intermissions
             ,
             and
             obstructions
             ,
             for
             such
             heats
             are
             but
             moods
             and
             passions
             .
             
               O
               Ephraim
               what
               shall
               I
               do
               unto
               thee
            
             ?
             
             
               O
               Iudah
               what
               shall
               I
               do
               unto
               thee
               ?
               For
               your
               goodnesse
               is
               as
               a
               morning
               cloud
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               early
               dew
               it
               goeth
               away
               .
            
             As
             in
             the
             time
             of
             
               Elijah
               ,
            
             when
             they
             killed
             
               Baals
            
             Priests
             one
             day
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             killed
             
               Elijah
            
             the
             next
             .
          
        
         
           
             Dispensations
             of
             right
             principles
             .
          
           
             That
             a
             Reformation
             which
             is
             lasting
             ,
             
             must
             bee
             sure
             to
             abound
             with
             dispensation
             of
             right
             principles
             ,
             and
             there
             must
             such
             courses
             be
             projected
             ,
             as
             the
             light
             may
             be
             dispersed
             amongst
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             interests
             must
             be
             sought
             for
             ,
             
             by
             laying
             in
             good
             principles
             to
             work
             out
             the
             bad
             .
          
           
             
               And
               with
               them
               he
               sent
               Levites
               ,
               and
               they
               taught
               in
               Iudah
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Carnall
             reasonings
             in
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             Take
             heed
             of
             carnall
             reasonings
             in
             Reformation
             ,
             they
             will
             soonest
             weaken
             the
             hands
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             scarce
             any
             Reformation
             but
             it
             will
             hold
             out
             some
             parts
             which
             may
             offend
             the
             darker
             side
             of
             judgements
             or
             opinions
             ,
             there
             was
             so
             much
             in
             
               Ezekiahs
            
             as
             might
             have
             stumbled
             some
             ,
             because
             the
             very
             Serpent
             which
             
               Moses
            
             set
             up
             was
             broken
             down
             ;
             and
             so
             much
             in
             
               Christs
               ,
            
             because
             he
             put
             down
             
               Moses
            
             and
             the
             Law
             ,
             which
             God
             himself
             had
             given
             ,
             though
             he
             did
             but
             indeed
             fulfill
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             in
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             men
             without
             learning
             ,
             which
             turned
             back
             the
             Pharisees
             and
             Rulers
             that
             they
             could
             
             not
             believe
             in
             him
             ;
             and
             so
             much
             in
             ours
             now
             ,
             because
             old
             customes
             ,
             and
             old
             laws
             ,
             and
             old
             traditions
             are
             broken
             down
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             designe
             of
             Fixation
             .
          
           
             In
             times
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             an
             eminent
             designe
             amongst
             many
             others
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             designe
             of
             fixation
             ,
             which
             must
             be
             advanced
             by
             all
             spirituall
             and
             civill
             meanes
             :
             This
             Kingdome
             hath
             most
             need
             of
             that
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             still
             changed
             Religion
             with
             the
             change
             of
             successors
             :
             and
             yet
             this
             designe
             of
             fixation
             must
             be
             so
             cautionary
             and
             provisionall
             ,
             as
             may
             let
             them
             out
             to
             higher
             degrees
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             this
             was
             
               Israels
            
             and
             
               Iudahs
            
             case
             ,
             
             a
             
               recovering
            
             and
             
               backsliding
            
             with
             the
             succession
             of
             good
             and
             bad
             Princes
             ?
             
               Oh
               Iudah
               what
               shall
               I
               do
               unto
               thee
               ?
               for
               your
               goodnesse
               is
               as
               the
               morning
               cloud
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               early
               dew
               it
               goeth
               away
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Reformation
             times
             .
          
           
             Reformation
             times
             prove
             often
             very
             hard
             and
             expensive
             times
             ,
             and
             times
             of
             murmuring
             ;
             yet
             that
             should
             not
             make
             for
             discouragement
             ,
             but
             redresse
             .
          
           
           
             
               And
               there
               was
               a
               great
               cry
               of
               the
               people
               :
               some
               there
               were
               that
               said
               ,
            
             
             
               We
               have
               morgaged
               our
               lands
               :
               some
               also
               that
               said
               ,
               We
               have
               borrowed
               money
               .
               Then
               I
               consulted
               with
               my self
               .
            
          
           
             In
             publick
             engagements
             particular
             interests
             must
             be
             laid
             by
             ,
             and
             the
             yoke
             of
             oppressions
             taken
             off
             ,
             and
             the
             cause
             of
             God
             must
             take
             up
             all
             :
             they
             that
             build
             their
             own
             houses
             and
             the
             Temple
             together
             ,
             are
             no
             fit
             workmen
             for
             a
             spirituall
             fabrick
             .
          
           
             
               I
               rebuked
               the
               Nobles
               and
               Elders
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               said
               unto
               them
               ,
               You
               exact
               usury
               ,
               restore
            
             I
             
               pray
               you
               ,
               unto
               them
               their
               lands
               and
               their
               vineyards
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             sad
             Preferment
             .
          
           
             They
             that
             are
             called
             out
             to
             the
             publick
             ,
             ought
             to
             let
             all
             their
             designs
             and
             endeavours
             run
             in
             such
             a
             chanel
             as
             may
             flow
             thi●ther
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             stream
             back
             ,
             or
             aside
             ,
             in
             any
             other
             course
             .
             It
             is
             a
             sad
             preferment
             to
             be
             enriched
             wth
             the
             calamity
             of
             Church
             or
             State
             ,
             and
             to
             build
             up
             your
             own
             ship
             with
             the
             broken
             planks
             of
             the
             Kingdomes
             vessels
             ;
             or
             to
             settle
             your
             own
             inheritance
             ,
             before
             the
             publicks
             .
          
           
           
             
               But
               the
               former
               Governours
               were
               chargeable
               unto
               the
               people
               ,
               
               and
               had
               taken
               of
               their
               bread
               and
               wine
               ,
               besides
               forty
               shekels
               of
               silver
               :
               but
               so
               did
               not
            
             I
             ,
             
               because
               of
               the
               fear
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             ;
             I
             
               also
               continued
               in
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             I
             
               also
               continued
               in
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               neither
               bought
               we
               any
               land
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             No
             hearkening
             to
             pretences
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             no
             safe
             hearkening
             or
             turning
             aside
             to
             the
             pretences
             of
             those
             whom
             you
             are
             not
             assured
             of
             to
             be
             cordiall
             in
             the
             work
             :
             Such
             only
             make
             out
             either
             to
             stand
             in
             your
             way
             ,
             or
             to
             break
             the
             strength
             of
             your
             applic●cations
             to
             the
             publick
             .
          
           
             
               Then
               Sanballat
               and
               Geshem
               sen●t
               to
               me
               ,
               saying
               ,
               Come
               let
               us
               meet
               together
               :
               bug
            
             I
             
               sent
               ,
               saying
               ,
            
             I
             
               a●
               doing
               a
               great
               work
               ,
               why
               should
               the
               work
               cease
               whilst
            
             I
             
               leave
               it
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Imaginary
             dangers
             .
          
           
             The
             fears
             and
             jealousies
             ,
             and
             imaginary
             dangers
             ,
             are
             usually
             the
             contrivances
             of
             the
             enemy
             ,
             nor
             ought
             they
             to
             be
             reckoned
             further
             into
             the
             common
             work
             ,
             then
             cautious
             for
             strengthening
             ;
             they
             that
             account
             
             them
             as
             other
             serve
             not
             so
             much
             the
             designe
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Enemies
             :
          
           
             
               For
               they
               all
               made
               us
               afraid
               ,
            
             
             
               that
               we
               might
               do
               so
               ,
               and
               sin
               ,
               and
               there
               they
               might
               have
               matter
               for
               an
               evil
               report
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Astonishment
             from
             God
             .
          
           
             The
             more
             that
             God
             is
             sought
             to
             ,
             the
             more
             of
             astonishment
             will
             the
             successe
             have
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             wonder
             and
             fear
             will
             it
             shed
             upon
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             despisers
             .
          
           
             
               Now
               therefore
               ,
               O
               my
               God
               ,
            
             
             
               strengthen
               my
               hands
               ,
               and
               ,
               O
               my
               God
               ,
               think
               thou
               on
               Tobiah
               .
               So
               the
               wall
               was
               finished
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               much
               cast
               down
               in
               their
               own
               eyes
               ,
               for
               they
               perceived
               that
               this
               work
               was
               wrought
               of
               God
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Secret
             workings
             .
          
           
             The
             greatest
             hinderances
             ,
             are
             the
             secret
             and
             inward
             workings
             by
             such
             who
             hold
             correspondency
             with
             some
             without
             :
             and
             if
             the
             work
             be
             Gods
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             many
             of
             these
             :
             therefore
             relations
             ,
             alliances
             &
             dependencies
             ought
             to
             be
             carefully
             lookt
             to
             ;
             for
             the
             Enemy
             winds
             in
             at
             these
             ,
             to
             betray
             and
             act
             by
             .
             
          
           
             
               The
               Nobles
               of
               Judah
               sent
               many
               
               letters
               unto
               Tobiah
               ,
               and
               the
               letters
               of
               Tobiah
               came
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               there
               were
               many
               in
               Judah
               sworne
               unto
               him
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               the
               son
               in
               law
               of
               Shecaniah
               .
               Heavenly
               instruments
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             safest
             and
             most
             harmonious
             in
             the
             work
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             imploy
             such
             agents
             as
             have
             much
             of
             God
             in
             them
             :
             Heavenly
             work
             is
             the
             best
             set
             on
             by
             heavenly
             instruments
             .
          
           
             
               Then
               I
               gave
               my
               brother
               Hanaeniah
               the
               Ruler
               of
               the
               Palace
               ,
               charge
               over
               Jerusalem
               ,
               for
               he
               was
               a
               faithfull
               man
               ,
               and
               feared
               God
               above
               many
               ,
            
             Neh.
             7.2
             .
          
        
         
           
             Publick
             designations
             .
          
           
             In
             publick
             designations
             to
             place
             or
             imployment
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             ordering
             and
             disposing
             men
             abroad
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             nearest
             relations
             and
             interests
             .
          
           
             
               And
               appoint
               watches
               of
               the
               inhabitants
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               every
               one
               in
               his
               watch
               ,
               &
               every
               one
               to
               be
               over
               against
               his
               own
               house
               ,
            
             Neh.
             7.3
             .
          
        
         
           
             Originations
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             proceedings
             of
             the
             business
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             hath
             his
             speciall
             times
             of
             working
             ,
             of
             new
             beginnings
             ,
             and
             
             originations
             :
             for
             God
             is
             never
             at
             such
             a
             losse
             ,
             but
             he
             knowes
             where
             to
             begin
             :
             and
             therefore
             we
             fall
             very
             short
             of
             Gods
             designe
             ,
             in
             doubtings
             and
             despondencies
             ,
             seeing
             that
             he
             is
             so
             immediate
             and
             infinite
             an
             Agent
             as
             he
             is
             .
          
           
             
               And
               my
               God
               put
               into
               my
               heart
               to
               gather
               together
               the
               Nobles
               and
               the
               Rulers
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Gods
             Treasurers
             .
          
           
             Gods
             work
             is
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             that
             drawes
             out
             the
             strength
             and
             contribution
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             and
             God
             only
             seems
             to
             lay
             up
             provisions
             amongst
             his
             people
             for
             such
             a
             time
             :
             Men
             are
             but
             treasurers
             for
             God
             ,
             and
             must
             open
             their
             coffers
             ,
             when
             providence
             puts
             the
             key
             into
             their
             hands
             .
          
           
             
               And
               some
               of
               the
               c●iefe
               of
               the
               Fathers
               gave
               unto
               the
               worke
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               people
               gave
               ,
               was
               twenty
               thousand
               drams
               of
               gold
               ,
               &c.
            
             Neh
             ,
             7.72
             ,
             73.
             
          
           
             
               Also
               we
               made
               ordinances
               for
               us
               to
               charge
               our selvs
               yearly
               for
               the
               service
               of
               the
               house
               of
               our
               God
               ,
            
             Neh.
             10.32
             .
          
        
         
           
             Scriptures
             openly
             consulted
             .
          
           
           
             It
             is
             the
             surest
             way
             ,
             to
             consult
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             finde
             out
             the
             minde
             of
             him
             in
             every
             part
             of
             our
             way
             to
             Reformation
             ;
             and
             to
             draw
             out
             those
             principles
             there
             ,
             which
             the
             people
             are
             to
             work
             by
             :
             The
             more
             light
             the
             multitude
             see
             from
             thence
             ,
             the
             more
             firmly
             and
             faithfully
             will
             they
             walk
             .
          
           
             
               And
               Ezra
               opened
               the
               book
               in
               the
               fight
               of
               the
               people
               day
               by
               day
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               day
               unto
               the
               last
               day
               he
               read
               in
               the
               book
               of
               the
               law
               of
               God
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             mixed
             ,
             or
             Neutralists
             .
          
           
             There
             ought
             to
             be
             a
             godly
             and
             faithfull
             care
             in
             the
             times
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             to
             discriminate
             and
             separate
             those
             that
             are
             mixed
             or
             Neutralists
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             such
             as
             stand
             in
             the
             way
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             businesse
             flow
             into
             their
             orbe
             of
             negotiation
             ,
             there
             it
             sticks
             and
             is
             retarded
             .
          
           
             
               In
               those
               dayes
               saw
               I
               also
               Jewes
               that
               had
               maried
               wives
               of
               Ashdod
               ,
               of
               Ammon
               ,
               and
               Moab
               :
               and
               their
               children
               spake
               half
               in
               the
               speech
               of
               Ashdod
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               speak
               in
               the
               Jewes
               language
               :
               And
               I
               contended
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               
               smote
               them
               ,
            
             Neh.
             13.23
             ,
             24.
             
          
        
         
           
             Prayer
             beforehand
             .
          
           
             When
             we
             expect
             God
             down
             amongst
             us
             to
             do
             some
             great
             thing
             for
             his
             Church
             ,
             then
             should
             be
             the
             season
             of
             our
             holy
             assemblings
             &
             meetings
             :
             and
             it
             is
             a
             signe
             of
             Gods
             immediate
             following
             ,
             when
             he
             sends
             out
             a
             spirit
             of
             Prayer
             and
             Supplication
             beforehand
             .
          
           
             
               Then
               returned
               they
               unto
               Jerusalem
               ,
               and
               all
               continued
               with
               one
               accord
               in
               prayer
               and
               supplication
               .
            
             Act.
             1.12
             ,
             14.
             
          
        
         
           
             Publick
             appointments
             .
          
           
             In
             publick
             appointments
             there
             is
             much
             godly
             prudence
             in
             selecting
             those
             that
             are
             not
             experimentally
             known
             amongst
             us
             .
          
           
             
               Wherefore
               of
               those
               men
               which
               have
               accompanied
               with
               us
               all
               the
               time
               ,
               must
               one
               be
               ordained
               to
               be
               a
               witnes
               ,
            
             Act.
             1.21
          
        
         
           
             Resort
             and
             consociate
             .
          
           
             When
             evident
             dangers
             and
             obstructions
             are
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             good
             for
             the
             people
             of
             God
             to
             resort
             and
             consociate
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             the
             maine
             part
             of
             their
             designe
             a
             communicating
             of
             the
             state
             of
             their
             
             affairs
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             they
             relate
             most
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             the
             fittest
             to
             impart
             to
             him
             those
             impediments
             what
             he
             can
             only
             remove
             .
          
           
             
               And
               being
               let
               go
               they
               went
               unto
               their
               own
               company
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               heard
               that
               ,
               they
               lift
               up
               their
               voyce
               to
               God
               with
               one
               accord
               ,
               &c.
            
             Acts
             4.23
             .
          
        
         
           
             Differences
             composed
             .
          
           
             Differences
             amongst
             the
             godly
             are
             best
             healed
             ,
             and
             composed
             by
             the
             godly
             ,
             and
             meetings
             or
             gatherings
             of
             the
             people
             of
             God
             are
             remedies
             very
             agreeable
             to
             the
             distemper
             .
          
           
             
               There
               arose
               a
               murmuring
               of
               the
            
             Grecians
             ,
             
             
               against
               the
            
             Hebrews
             
               Then
               the
               twelve
               called
               the
               multitude
               of
               the
               Disciples
               together
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Spirituall
             provid●nce
             .
          
           
             When
             once
             the
             Gospel
             hath
             been
             admitted
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             a
             spirituall
             providence
             used
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             propagating
             ,
             but
             strengthening
             and
             establishing
             .
          
           
             
               Heard
               that
               Samaria
               had
               received
               the
               word
               ,
            
             
             
               they
               sent
               uato
               them
            
             Peter
             
               and
            
             John
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             eminent
             Agent
             .
          
           
           
             If
             there
             be
             any
             one
             agent
             whom
             God
             hath
             eminently
             engaged
             and
             prospered
             in
             his
             work
             ,
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             an
             eminent
             care
             for
             his
             preservation
             and
             accommodation
             ,
             least
             the
             light
             fall
             out
             if
             the
             candlestick
             be
             broken
             .
          
           
             
               And
               they
               watched
               the
               gates
               day
               and
               night
               to
               kill
               him
               ,
            
             
             
               then
               the
               Disciples
               took
               him
               by
               night
               ,
               and
               let
               him
               down
               by
               the
               wall
               in
               a
               basket
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Gracious
             seasons
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Lord
             gives
             any
             gracious
             seasons
             to
             his
             people
             from
             troubles
             or
             persecutions
             ,
             those
             times
             must
             be
             only
             Spirituall
             ,
             else
             the
             people
             of
             God
             come
             not
             up
             to
             his
             ends
             in
             the
             mercies
             received
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             just
             with
             God
             to
             break
             off
             such
             seasons
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             no
             better
             acknowledged
             .
          
           
             
               Then
               had
               the
               Churches
               rest
               and
               were
               edified
               ,
            
             
             
               walking
               in
               the
               fear
               of
               the
               Lord
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Care
             in
             communicating
             .
          
           
             Where
             any
             thing
             is
             acted
             by
             any
             of
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             a
             more
             then
             ordinary
             light
             ,
             there
             ought
             to
             
             be
             much
             care
             in
             communicating
             and
             clearing
             up
             to
             the
             mindes
             of
             darker
             Brethren
             ,
             the
             reasons
             and
             grounds
             of
             such
             actings
             ,
             and
             no
             such
             disputings
             or
             contendings
             as
             may
             rather
             ravell
             out
             a
             controversie
             ,
             then
             guide
             into
             any
             orderly
             information
             .
          
           
             
               And
               when
            
             Peter
             
               was
               come
               up
               ,
            
             
             
               they
               of
               the
               circumcision
               contended
               with
               him
               .
               And
            
             Peter
             
               rehearsed
               the
               matter
               from
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               expounded
               it
               by
               order
               unto
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             whole
             counsels
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             godly
             prudence
             ,
             to
             prepare
             people
             in
             their
             way
             to
             reformation
             ,
             with
             telling
             them
             as
             well
             of
             the
             Crosse
             as
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             to
             open
             the
             true
             constitution
             of
             things
             below
             ,
             and
             this
             i●
             to
             publish
             the
             whole
             counsels
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             lay
             in
             a
             principle
             of
             patience
             ,
             and
             premonition
             before
             any
             thing
             come
             to
             passe
             .
          
           
             
               They
               returned
               again
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               confirmed
               the
               soules
               of
               the
               Disciples
               ,
               and
               exhorting
               them
               to
               continue
               in
               the
               faith
               ,
               and
               that
               through
               much
               tribulation
               we
               must
               enter
               into
               the
               kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A60972e-2310
           
             Rom.
             11.33.1
             Joh.
             5.7
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             5.26
             .
             Rev.
             8.22
             .
          
           
             Act.
             17.28
             .
             Jer.
             23.23
             ,
             34.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.20
             
          
           
             Psal.
             8.5
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             13
             5.6
             .
          
           
             Judg.
             16.17
             .
          
           
             1
             Chron.
             19.2
             .
          
           
             Act.
             12.20
             .
          
           
             2
             Kings
             18.39
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11
             .
             2●
             
          
           
             Psal.
             ●7
             .
             ●●
          
           
             Mat.
             3
             ●
          
           
             Luk.
             17.24
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             97.4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Jud.
             3.15
             .
          
           
             Ezra
             1.1
             .
             ●
          
           
             N●h.
             28.18
             .
          
           
             Esth.
             9.1
             .
          
           
             Mark
             .
             16.20
             .
          
           
             Act.
             4.4
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             Exo.
             8.19
             .
          
           
             Num.
             17.
             
          
           
             Josh.
             3.15
             16
             17.
             
          
           
             Josh.
             6.20
             
          
           
             Judg.
             7
             .
             2●
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             17.50
             .
          
           
             Jud.
             15.15
             
          
           
             Joh.
             9.6
             ,
             7
             
          
           
             Act.
             19.12
             
          
           
             Act.
             5
             15.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             6.15
             
          
           
             1.
             Cor.
             1.27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             Ma●
             .
             1.16.17
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.26
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.21
             .
          
           
             Acts
             8.1
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             4.20
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             19
             18.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             55.5
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.1
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.27
             .
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             27.1
             .
          
           
             Act.
             27.10
             
          
           
             Act.
             27.22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             2.12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Can.
             5.4
             .
          
           
             Judg.
             5.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             59.2
             .
          
           
             Ez.
             ●
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             7.17
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             18.7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             16.15
             
          
           
             Joh.
             1.10
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             1.15.17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             1.3
             ▪
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.19
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             53.2
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             8.22
             30.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Job
             .
             17.10
             
          
           
             21
             
          
           
             23
             
          
           
             Jer.
             31.33
             Ezech.
             36.26
             .
          
           
             He●
             .
             8.
             
             Col.
             1.19
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             3●
             .
             20
             .
          
           
             Cant.
             2.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             29.20
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             48.12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             22.23
             .
          
           
             Cant.
             2.14
             .
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             15.13.2
             Kings
             ,
             23
             .
             2●
             .
          
           
             Judg.
             5.20
             
          
           
             Ezra
             1.1
             .
             Neh.
             2.8
             .
             Ezra
             7.
             
          
           
             ●eb
             .
             12.8
             .
          
           
             Neh.
             4.12
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             6.11
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.10
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             
          
           
             15.
             
          
           
             16.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             15.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             15.2
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             14.2
             .
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             9.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             8.36
             .
             Act
             6.5
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             7.22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Ep●
             .
             2.19
             .
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             2.27
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             31.43
             .
             Acts
             15.2.3
             .
          
           
             Acts
             20.17
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.16
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.25
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             6.1
             .
             Col.
             3.12
             .
          
           
             Acts
             4.18
             
          
           
             Can.
             2.2
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             3.16
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.2
             .
             Phil.
             3.15.16
             .
          
           
             Bacon
             〈◊〉
             
               Aug.
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             Mat.
             12.16
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             17
             5
             
          
           
             1
             Thess.
             2.7
             .
          
           
             R●v.
             17.17
             
          
           
             Psal.
             29.3
             .
          
           
             Cant.
             2.17
             
          
           
             Hag.
             2
             7.
             
          
           
             Exo.
             19
             9.
             
          
           
             1
             Kin
             19.12
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             50.3
             .
          
           
             Judg.
             6.1
             
          
           
             Eze.
             37.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Isay
             53.
             ●
          
           
             Hag.
             ●
             .
          
           
             2.
             Chron.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             7.
             
          
           
             Judg.
             20.
             
          
           
             1
             S●m
             .
             23.
             
          
           
             Isa
             36.
             
          
           
             1
             Ki●g
             .
             20.34
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A60972e-16110
           
             Exod.
             2.
             ●3
             ,
             34
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             3.1
             .
          
           
             Exo.
             3.
             ●
          
           
             Exo.
             3.19
             .
          
           
             Exo.
             4.16
             .
          
           
             Acts
             7.25
             
          
           
             Act.
             7.36
             .
          
           
             Neh.
             1.3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ▪
             8
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             1.11
             
          
           
             Neh.
             2.18
             
          
           
             Neh.
             2.12
             .
          
           
             Neh.
             2.19
             20.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             3.1
             .
          
           
             Neh.
             4.9
             .
          
           
             Neh.
             4.7
             .
          
           
             2
             Cro.
             3●
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             3.10
             .
          
           
             Hos.
             6.4
             .
          
           
             2
             Cro.
             17.8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             64.
             ●
          
           
             Neh.
             5.
             
             ●
             ,
             3.4
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             5.
             
             ●
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             5.16
             17.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             6.9
             .
             ●
             5.
             
          
           
             Neh.
             6.9.10
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.18
             .
          
           
             Neh.
             6.1.18
             ,
          
           
             ●ct
             .
             6.1
             ,
             2
             
          
           
             ●cts
             8.14
             
          
           
             Acts
             19.24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Acts
             19.31
             .
          
           
             Acts
             11.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Acts
             14.22
             .