The drumme of deuotion striking out an allarum to prayer, by signes in heauen, and prodigies on earth. Together with the perfume of prayer. In tvvo sermons, preached by William Leigh, Bachilor in Diuinitie, and pastor of Standish in Lancashire.
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             The drumme of deuotion striking out an allarum to prayer, by signes in heauen, and prodigies on earth. Together with the perfume of prayer. In tvvo sermons, preached by William Leigh, Bachilor in Diuinitie, and pastor of Standish in Lancashire.
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           THE
           DRVMME
           OF
           DEVOTION
           ,
           Striking
           out
           an
           Allarum
           to
           Prayer
           ,
           by
           signes
           in
           heauen
           ,
           and
           Prodigies
           on
           earth
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           the
           Perfume
           of
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           In
           two
           Sermons
           ,
           Preached
           by
           
             William
             Leigh
          
           ,
           Bachilor
           in
           Diuinitie
           ,
           and
           Pastor
           of
           Standish
           in
           Lancashire
           .
        
         
           Luke
           21.
           28.
           
        
         
           And
           when
           these
           things
           begin
           to
           come
           to
           passe
           ,
           then
           looke
           vp
           ,
           and
           lift
           vp
           your
           heads
           ,
           for
           your
           Redemption
           draweth
           neere
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           
             Tho
             :
             Creede
          
           ,
           for
           
             Arthur
             Iohnson
          
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           
             Pauls
             Church-yard
          
           ,
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           white
           Horse
           .
           1613.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOVRABLE
           SIR
           
             Thomas
             Parry
          
           Knight
           ,
           one
           of
           his
           Maiesties
           most
           Honourable
           priuie
           counsell
           ,
           and
           Chanceller
           of
           his
           Highnes
           Dutchie
           of
           Lancaster
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Right
           vertuous
           &
           Religious
           Lady
           his
           wife
           ,
           grace
           be
           multiplied
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           glory
           in
           a
           better
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             honourable
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           (
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           saith
           )
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             so
             doone
             his
             maruellous
             workes
             that
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             had
             in
             rememberance
             ,
             and
             are
             much
             sought
             out
             of
             all
             such
             as
             feare
             him
             :
          
           pardon
           me
           in
           your
           honourable
           patience
           ,
           while
           I
           presse
           with
           passion
           such
           prodigies
           ,
           as
           haue
           fallen
           out
           of
           old
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           and
           now
           of
           late
           in
           these
           moderne
           daies
           of
           danger
           wherein
           we
           liue
           .
           All
           harbingers
           of
           Gods
           Irefull
           wrath
           and
           indignation
           
           for
           mans
           transgression
           ;
           And
           yet
           I
           know
           not
           how
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           a
           wonder
           of
           wonders
           )
           signes
           from
           heauen
           ,
           are
           not
           respected
           ,
           sinnes
           on
           earth
           are
           not
           repented
           for
           .
           We
           can
           discerne
           the
           face
           of
           the
           skie
           ,
           like
           the
           Iewes
           in
           the
           Gospell
           taxed
           by
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           and
           thereby
           we
           dare
           prognosticate
           of
           the
           effects
           of
           faire
           or
           foule
           weather
           to
           come
           ,
           but
           we
           cannot
           discerne
           ,
           either
           by
           signes
           from
           heauen
           ,
           or
           prodigies
           on
           earth
           ,
           how
           the
           Lord
           is
           rison
           out
           of
           his
           place
           ,
           and
           threatneth
           our
           destruction
           if
           we
           repent
           not
           .
        
         
           The
           meditations
           hereof
           ,
           I
           am
           bold
           to
           put
           vnder
           the
           shelter
           of
           your
           honours
           protection
           ,
           and
           pray
           they
           may
           passe
           your
           iuditious
           eye
           ,
           in
           sort
           as
           they
           are
           tendered
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           dutie
           and
           seruice
           I
           owe
           in
           many
           rspects
           ,
           being
           otherwise
           vnable
           to
           answere
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           in
           such
           passages
           ,
           of
           prayer
           and
           religious
           exercises
           as
           fall
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           my
           profession
           .
           And
           surely
           such
           passages
           are
           best
           suted
           to
           your selfe
           ,
           whom
           religion
           hath
           made
           honourable
           ,
           and
           worthy
           those
           great
           and
           waightie
           imployments
           you
           haue
           vndergone
           abroad
           in
           forraigne
           parts
           ,
           and
           at
           home
           within
           
           the
           kingdome
           ,
           vnder
           two
           religious
           Princes
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           spare
           me
           to
           seeke
           protection
           at
           your
           honours
           hands
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           place
           you
           beare
           with
           vs
           ,
           vnder
           God
           and
           the
           king
           ,
           our
           worthy
           Chancellor
           ,
           the
           sterne
           of
           which
           gouernment
           you
           haue
           moderated
           for
           many
           yeares
           ,
           with
           such
           iustice
           ,
           mixed
           with
           mercy
           ,
           as
           I
           dare
           appeale
           to
           your
           clemencie
           and
           milde
           censure
           ,
           in
           any
           thing
           I
           haue
           here
           tendered
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           latter
           Sermon
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             Perfume
             of
             prayer
             ,
             (
             the
             Arrow
             of
             our
             deliuerance
          
           in
           the
           daies
           of
           danger
           )
           I
           trust
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           offensiue
           ,
           if
           I
           make
           it
           proper
           to
           the
           Elect
           Lady
           ,
           your
           religious
           wife
           and
           consort
           ,
           whose
           practise
           of
           much
           pietie
           ,
           with
           prayers
           and
           teares
           (
           Church-weapons
           ,
           )
           haue
           beene
           ,
           are
           and
           will
           be
           a
           blessing
           to
           your
           house
           ,
           and
           an
           ornament
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           whilst
           Anna-like
           ,
           she
           frequents
           the
           Temple
           &
           house
           of
           God
           ,
           treading
           vpon
           that
           holy
           ground
           ,
           with
           no
           lesse
           due
           ,
           then
           true
           deuotion
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           matched
           you
           together
           in
           grace
           ,
           and
           giuen
           
           you
           much
           honour
           ,
           with
           length
           of
           daies
           ,
           espouse
           you
           to
           himselfe
           in
           the
           kingdome
           of
           glorie
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           come
           to
           the
           feast
           ,
           and
           mariage
           of
           the
           Lambe
           ,
           crowned
           with
           glorie
           ,
           and
           clad
           with
           immortalitie
           ,
           ensignes
           of
           a
           better
           world
           ,
           whither
           Christ
           is
           gone
           before
           and
           hath
           traced
           you
           the
           way
           to
           follow
           after
           :
           which
           because
           you
           haue
           faithfully
           done
           ,
           he
           will
           come
           and
           fetch
           you
           to
           himselfe
           in
           a
           time
           accepted
           ,
           that
           where
           he
           is
           there
           may
           ye
           also
           be
           .
           Against
           which
           day
           and
           blessed
           houre
           ,
           the
           Lord
           God
           of
           heauen
           prepare
           you
           ,
           with
           your
           oyle
           and
           your
           lamps
           light
           ,
           that
           ye
           may
           meete
           him
           in
           the
           cloudes
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           caught
           vp
           to
           raigne
           with
           him
           for
           euermore
           .
           
             Amen
             .
             Amen
          
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             honours
             most
             humble
             ,
             and
             at
             command
             ,
             William
             Leigh
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           DRVM
           OF
           DEVOTION
           .
        
         
           Striking
           out
           an
           Allarum
           to
           Prayer
           ,
           by
           signes
           in
           heauen
           and
           prodigies
           on
           earth
           .
        
         
           
             ACTS
             II.
             
          
           
             
               19
               And
               I
               will
               shew
               wonders
               in
               heauen
               aboue
               ,
               &
               tokens
               in
               the
               earth
               beneath
               ,
               bloud
               ,
               and
               fire
               ,
               and
               the
               vapours
               of
               smoake
               .
            
             
               20
               The
               Sun
               shal
               be
               turned
               into
               darkenes
               ,
               and
               the
               Moone
               into
               bloud
               ▪
               before
               that
               great
               &
               notable
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               come
               .
            
             
               21
               And
               it
               shal
               be
               ,
               that
               whosoeuer
               shal
               cal
               on
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord
               shal
               be
               saued
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             VPon
             the
             reading
             of
             this
             Scripture
             prophesied
             of
             by
          
           Ioel
           ,
           
             applyed
             by
          
           Peter
           ,
           
             and
             to
             be
             accōplished
             in
             the
             latter
             daies
             ,
             me
             thoght
             
             I
             heard
             the
             Lord
             speaking
             from
             heauen
             ,
             as
             hee
             did
             by
             another
             Prophet
             ,
             and
             say
          
           ;
           
           Write
           this
           vision
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           plaine
           vpon
           Tables
           ,
           that
           hee
           may
           runne
           that
           readeth
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           vision
           is
           for
           an
           appointed
           time
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           last
           it
           shall
           speake
           and
           not
           lie
           ,
           though
           it
           tarry
           ,
           waite
           ,
           for
           it
           shall
           surely
           come
           and
           not
           stay
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           that
           shall
           come
           ,
           and
           
           not
           stay
           ,
           is
           the
           subject
           of
           my
           speech
           ,
           and
           the
           division
           of
           my
           Text.
           There
           
           shall
           come
           signes
           and
           wonders
           in
           the
           latter
           dayes
           to
           provoke
           our
           repentance
           ;
           there
           shall
           come
           faith
           and
           confidence
           to
           all
           the
           godly
           ,
           to
           assure
           them
           of
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           end
           are
           wonders
           wrought
           ,
           as
           in
           heauen
           aboue
           ,
           so
           in
           the
           earth
           beneath
           ,
           bloud
           and
           fire
           ,
           and
           the
           vapour
           of
           smoake
           ,
           that
           the
           dampe
           of
           our
           sinnes
           might
           be
           put
           out
           by
           the
           breath
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           whose
           presence
           wee
           may
           be
           assured
           ,
           then
           presseth
           neere
           vs
           ,
           when
           these
           his
           wonders
           are
           vpon
           vs.
           
        
         
           If
           Kings
           of
           the
           earth
           stirre
           ,
           the
           commons
           are
           moved
           ;
           shal
           the
           King
           of
           heauen
           rise
           either
           to
           bee
           iudged
           ,
           
           or
           iudge
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           shal
           the
           creatures
           sit
           still
           ?
           surely
           no
           ,
           for
           though
           we
           his
           reasonable
           &
           religious
           creatures
           bee
           silent
           in
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           say
           nothing
           ,
           yet
           shall
           the
           senselesse
           creatures
           grieue
           and
           grone
           after
           a
           deliverance
           ,
           I
           say
           deliverance
           from
           the
           bondage
           of
           corruption
           ,
           wherin
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           dampe
           of
           sinne
           ,
           wherewithall
           they
           are
           pestered
           .
           Of
           
           these
           in
           order
           as
           God
           will.
           And
           first
           of
           prodigies
           provoking
           our
           repentance
           :
           
           next
           of
           the
           sweet
           perfume
           of
           prayer
           ,
           assuring
           vs
           of
           deliverance
           ,
           when
           feare
           and
           fire
           shall
           fine
           vs
           for
           our
           good
           ;
           for
           it
           shall
           bee
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           shall
           call
           vpon
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           shall
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           What
           may
           be
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           spirit
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           touching
           the
           time
           and
           manner
           of
           these
           signes
           ,
           when
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           should
           appeare
           to
           the
           worlds
           wonder
           ,
           divers
           haue
           diuersly
           divined
           :
           1.
           
           Some
           say
           the
           accomplishment
           should
           bee
           at
           the
           second
           comming
           of
           Christ
           to
           judgement
           ,
           and
           bee
           harbingers
           of
           that
           
           dreadfull
           day
           :
           2.
           
           Others
           ,
           for
           it
           shall
           bee
           at
           the
           siedge
           and
           sacking
           of
           Ierusalem
           by
           Titus
           and
           Vespatianus
           :
           of
           which
           opinion
           the
           Greeke
           Paraphrase
           is
           ,
           which
           citeth
           Iosephus
           writing
           thereof
           :
           3.
           
           Some
           say
           ,
           the
           accomplishment
           should
           bee
           at
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           day
           of
           his
           passion
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           world
           should
           bee
           passionate
           for
           him
           ,
           but
           not
           with
           him
           ,
           for
           hee
           must
           tread
           the
           wine-presse
           alone
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           and
           the
           least
           in
           reputation
           of
           iudgement
           are
           the
           Iews
           ,
           who
           euen
           at
           this
           day
           vnderstand
           it
           to
           bee
           meant
           of
           the
           warres
           of
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           with
           Gog
           and
           
             Magog
             ,
             Ezechiel
          
           ,
           38.
           39.
           
        
         
           But
           that
           I
           seeme
           not
           more
           opinatiue
           then
           orthodoxall
           ,
           I
           may
           safely
           say
           with
           the
           precedent
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           that
           these
           shall
           bee
           accomplished
           in
           the
           latter
           dayes
           ,
           which
           are
           alwayes
           taken
           for
           the
           dayes
           of
           Christ
           ,
           when
           with
           the
           effusion
           of
           his
           bloud
           hee
           will
           power
           out
           the
           abundance
           of
           his
           spirite
           vpon
           all
           flesh
           ,
           and
           withall
           shew
           his
           
           wonders
           from
           time
           to
           time
           to
           a
           senselesse
           world
           ,
           senselesse
           of
           it
           Sauiour
           ,
           so
           as
           from
           the
           first
           day
           of
           his
           comming
           in
           grace
           ,
           to
           the
           last
           day
           of
           his
           appearance
           in
           glory
           ,
           wonders
           shall
           appeare
           ,
           more
           or
           lesse
           ,
           to
           the
           comfort
           of
           the
           godly
           ,
           and
           confusion
           of
           the
           wicked
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           ,
           it
           is
           respectiue
           to
           see
           ,
           how
           sparing
           the
           Lord
           is
           of
           his
           judgements
           ,
           and
           how
           plentifull
           in
           his
           mercies
           ,
           his
           bloud
           and
           spirit
           are
           powred
           out
           in
           al
           abundance
           ,
           his
           signs
           &
           prodigies
           are
           but
           sparingly
           shewed
           ,
           and
           pointed
           at
           ,
           as
           harbingers
           of
           his
           wrath
           to
           moue
           vs
           to
           repētance
           ,
           bloud
           shed
           ,
           spirit
           powred
           out
           :
           O
           bottomlesse
           depth
           of
           mercy
           !
           signes
           but
           shewed
           ,
           and
           prodigies
           but
           pointed
           at
           ,
           limitting
           both
           feare
           and
           fire
           that
           it
           fall
           not
           vpon
           vs
           before
           we
           repent
           ,
           there
           was
           never
           mercy
           either
           met
           it
           on
           earth
           ,
           or
           matched
           it
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           I
           shal
           more
           willingly
           admire
           his
           loue
           in
           spending
           his
           mercies
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           or
           his
           vndeserued
           fauors
           in
           prouoking
           our
           repentance
           .
        
         
         
           David
           in
           the
           person
           of
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           case
           nothing
           different
           ,
           mourneth
           over
           Sion
           with
           this
           wofull
           complaint
           ,
           
           
             Wee
             see
             not
             our
             signes
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             Prophet
             left
             ,
             but
             Lord
             how
             long
             ?
          
        
         
           Where
           it
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           they
           doe
           not
           complaine
           ,
           because
           they
           haue
           no
           Captaine
           to
           lead
           them
           in
           the
           field
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           haue
           no
           Prophet
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           the
           faith
           :
           accounting
           it
           a
           greater
           calamity
           to
           lacke
           the
           heauenly
           food
           ,
           then
           the
           earthly
           fight
           :
           nay
           more
           ,
           and
           to
           come
           neerer
           the
           proper
           Subiect
           I
           haue
           in
           hand
           ,
           these
           Saints
           in
           Sion
           sorrow
           not
           for
           that
           they
           haue
           no
           Ensignes
           to
           follow
           on
           earth
           :
           but
           because
           they
           haue
           no
           signes
           shewed
           them
           from
           heauen
           ,
           to
           assure
           them
           of
           the
           Lords
           presence
           to
           fight
           their
           battels
           ,
           and
           be
           propitious
           ,
           deeming
           it
           more
           disasterous
           to
           faile
           of
           signes
           about
           then
           of
           Ensignes
           below
           ;
           where
           prophesie
           is
           not
           ,
           there
           the
           people
           perish
           :
           and
           where
           neither
           wonders
           from
           heaven
           wound
           vs
           to
           repentance
           ,
           
           nor
           tokens
           below
           provoke
           vs
           to
           prayer
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           danger
           ,
           and
           die
           in
           our
           security
           .
        
         
           
             Are
             not
             all
             things
             as
             they
             were
             in
             the
             beginning
             :
          
           so
           saide
           a
           secure
           world
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           Peter
           ,
           musicke
           ,
           mirth
           ,
           and
           minstrelsie
           were
           in
           their
           feastes
           ,
           velvet
           ,
           silke
           and
           sables
           were
           on
           their
           backes
           ,
           their
           coffers
           were
           full
           of
           siluer
           ,
           gold
           and
           pearle
           ,
           their
           dishes
           were
           filled
           with
           dainties
           ,
           their
           garners
           with
           graine
           ,
           their
           stawles
           with
           fatlings
           ,
           and
           their
           Orchards
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           fruit
           ,
           their
           gardens
           and
           fields
           diaperde
           with
           all
           variety
           of
           fruites
           ,
           they
           felt
           neither
           sinne
           within
           ,
           nor
           sorrow
           without
           ,
           no
           wonders
           in
           heaven
           aboue
           ,
           or
           tokens
           in
           the
           earth
           beneath
           ,
           bloud
           and
           fire
           ,
           and
           the
           vapour
           of
           smoake
           were
           vnneath
           seene
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           marvell
           if
           they
           
             put
             farre
             away
             the
             evill
             day
             ,
          
           and
           suncke
           in
           their
           security
           .
        
         
           When
           Israel
           was
           full
           ,
           then
           shee
           kicked
           against
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           her
           sin
           increased
           as
           the
           signes
           decreased
           ,
           til
           tokens
           from
           the
           Lord
           had
           taught
           
           her
           another
           discipline
           ,
           the
           vapour
           of
           smoake
           blasted
           her
           garland
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           at
           the
           greenest
           ,
           famine
           ,
           sword
           ,
           &
           fiery
           Serpents
           ,
           brake
           her
           heart
           to
           better
           obedience
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           was
           mercifull
           vpon
           their
           repentance
           .
        
         
           VVe
           thinke
           it
           goeth
           well
           with
           vs
           ,
           when
           our
           waters
           keepe
           the
           course
           of
           their
           wonted
           Channels
           without
           inundations
           ,
           when
           the
           North
           is
           clear
           and
           light
           without
           fiery
           inflammaons
           ,
           when
           neither
           Sunne
           nor
           Moon
           laboureth
           of
           an
           Eclipse
           ,
           we
           deeme
           the
           day
           blessed
           ,
           when
           the
           ayre
           is
           pure
           ,
           and
           the
           windes
           are
           still
           ,
           when
           the
           seas
           are
           calme
           ,
           and
           no
           thunder
           breaketh
           the
           cloudes
           ;
           yet
           better
           it
           were
           if
           thunder-clappes
           from
           aboue
           did
           breake
           our
           hearts
           ,
           and
           prodigies
           below
           plowed
           them
           vp
           for
           a
           softer
           mould
           ,
           against
           the
           day
           of
           haruest
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           shall
           come
           in
           the
           cloudes
           ,
           with
           his
           fanne
           in
           the
           one
           hand
           to
           winnow
           all
           ,
           &
           fire
           in
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           to
           purge
           all
           ;
           the
           corn
           for
           heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           chaffe
           for
           hell
           .
        
         
           Moabs
           rest
           ,
           was
           Moabs
           ruine
           :
           and
           
           surely
           ,
           I
           could
           never
           yet
           see
           ,
           but
           the
           world
           that
           flattereth
           vs
           ,
           is
           more
           dangerous
           then
           the
           world
           that
           persecuteth
           vs
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           
             periculosior
             mundus
             blandus
             quam
             molestus
          
           :
           It
           was
           said
           of
           David
           ,
           by
           one
           who
           saide
           well
           ,
           
             factus
             est
             securus
             devictis
             hostibus
             praessura
             caruit
             tumor
             excrevit
             :
          
           When
           he
           had
           no
           fight
           hee
           fell
           from
           his
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           proud
           tumor
           of
           his
           lust
           ,
           the
           lesse
           it
           was
           handled
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           rankled
           .
        
         
           The
           doctrine
           is
           good
           for
           the
           generall
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           will
           descend
           to
           a
           more
           particular
           vse
           of
           signs
           ,
           &
           it
           may
           be
           to
           shew
           that
           he
           can
           be
           mercifull
           without
           means
           ,
           the
           Lord
           will
           sometimes
           be
           silent
           ,
           &
           shew
           no
           wonders
           ,
           but
           passe
           vs
           like
           the
           sweet
           running
           waters
           of
           Shiloh
           ,
           that
           goe
           softly
           by
           Sion
           ,
           but
           when
           it
           pleaseth
           him
           for
           our
           loude
           crying
           sins
           to
           come
           in
           judgement
           ,
           then
           wil
           hee
           swell
           like
           the
           turbulent
           waters
           of
           Iorden
           that
           run
           roughly
           ,
           thē
           wil
           his
           signs
           &
           wonders
           bee
           harbingers
           of
           his
           wrath
           ,
           warning
           vs
           of
           his
           neare
           approch
           ,
           ready
           to
           destroy
           ,
           if
           we
           repent
           not
           .
        
         
         
           But
           to
           worke
           a
           certainety
           out
           of
           such
           wonders
           as
           the
           Lord
           hath
           wrought
           ,
           either
           by
           himselfe
           in
           th●
           old
           Testament
           ,
           or
           by
           his
           Christ
           in
           the
           new
           :
           It
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           ever
           vpon
           his
           comming
           to
           a
           worke
           of
           judgement
           ,
           or
           a
           worke
           of
           mercy
           ,
           there
           hath
           gone
           before
           him
           a
           commotion
           of
           Creatutes
           to
           present
           his
           presence
           ;
           for
           as
           I
           haue
           already
           saide
           ,
           If
           when
           Kings
           of
           the
           earth
           stirre
           ,
           the
           people
           are
           moued
           ;
           shall
           the
           God
           of
           heaven
           rise
           from
           his
           rest
           ,
           and
           the
           creatures
           sit
           still
           ?
           I
           say
           ,
           sit
           still
           before
           his
           presence
           ,
           in
           whose
           voice
           there
           is
           feare
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           face
           there
           is
           fire
           ,
           
           
             for
             even
             our
             God
             is
             a
             consuming
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           When
           the
           Law
           should
           bee
           divulged
           from
           the
           holy
           Mount
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             came
             from
             Sinai
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             rose
             vppe
             from
             Seir
             vnto
             them
             ,
             and
             appeared
             clearely
             from
             Mount
             Paran
             ,
             and
             he
             came
             with
             ten
             thousand
             of
             Saints
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             right
             hand
             a
             fiery
             Law
             :
          
           the
           ayre
           thundered
           ,
           the
           hils
           trembled
           ,
           burning
           ,
           blacknes
           and
           darkenes
           were
           his
           pauilion
           ,
           
             and
             
             so
             terrible
             was
             the
             sight
             which
             appeared
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             Moses
             said
             ,
             I
             feare
             and
             quake
             :
          
           It
           was
           a
           great
           day
           ,
           fearefull
           and
           fiery
           ,
           because
           of
           a
           fiery
           Law
           ;
           what
           maruell
           then
           ,
           if
           vpon
           the
           approch
           of
           so
           great
           a
           majesty
           ,
           the
           earth
           shooke
           ,
           &
           the
           heauens
           dropped
           at
           the
           presence
           of
           this
           God
           ,
           
           even
           the
           God
           of
           Israel
           .
        
         
           What
           should
           I
           say
           more
           of
           Israels
           God
           ,
           sith
           at
           the
           brightnes
           of
           his
           presence
           ,
           the
           red
           sea
           was
           diuided
           ,
           &
           Iorden
           was
           driven
           backe
           ,
           Quailes
           fell
           from
           heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           Rocke
           gushed
           out
           water
           springs
           ,
           the
           sunne
           stood
           still
           in
           Gibion
           ,
           and
           the
           Moone
           in
           the
           vally
           of
           Aielan
           :
           Surely
           ,
           surely
           ,
           at
           the
           presence
           of
           this
           great
           God
           ,
           
             the
             heauens
             and
             the
             earth
             shall
             shake
             ,
             but
             the
             Lord
             will
             be
             the
             hope
             of
             his
             people
             .
          
           
        
         
           But
           leaue
           we
           them
           elder
           dayes
           ,
           &
           come
           we
           to
           the
           later
           times
           mentioned
           in
           my
           Text
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           leaue
           we
           that
           God
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           come
           we
           to
           the
           God
           of
           mercy
           ,
           euen
           to
           the
           dayes
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           ,
           when
           hee
           bowed
           the
           heauens
           ,
           and
           came
           downe
           into
           our
           flesh
           ,
           though
           hee
           fell
           vpon
           vs
           like
           a
           
           shower
           of
           rain
           vpon
           a
           fleece
           of
           wooll
           in
           sofnes
           and
           in
           silence
           ,
           yet
           the
           heavens
           were
           shaken
           at
           the
           brightnes
           of
           his
           presence
           ,
           whē
           at
           his
           birth
           Angels
           sung
           his
           lullaby
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           death
           ,
           all
           the
           creatures
           of
           God
           mourned
           his
           funerals
           .
        
         
           To
           tel
           of
           the
           prodigies
           that
           fell
           out
           at
           his
           birth
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           wonders
           that
           were
           then
           seene
           ,
           I
           will
           bee
           the
           more
           sparing
           to
           speake
           ,
           because
           out
           of
           holy
           Writ
           little
           can
           be
           said
           thereof
           ;
           yet
           if
           approued
           hystories
           may
           speake
           ,
           &
           Chronacles
           of
           elder
           times
           ,
           may
           bee
           admitted
           for
           Records
           of
           truth
           ,
           that
           blessed
           Babe
           ,
           euen
           in
           his
           birth
           ,
           by
           signes
           and
           wonders
           was
           approved
           to
           be
           the
           vndoubted
           son
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Messias
           and
           Saviour
           of
           all
           the
           world
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           which
           holy
           Writ
           averreth
           ,
           
             Fulget
             in
             terris
             lux
             nova
             de
             coelo
             ,
          
           And
           another
           star
           appeared
           at
           his
           birth
           ,
           and
           Angels
           were
           heard
           to
           publish
           his
           prayses
           with
           glory
           in
           heauen
           ,
           peace
           on
           earth
           ,
           and
           good
           will
           among
           men
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           to
           attend
           the
           presence
           of
           that
           blessed
           Babe
           ,
           Kings
           
           came
           from
           farre
           to
           offer
           their
           gifts
           ,
           Kings
           of
           Arabia
           and
           Seha
           they
           offered
           of
           their
           purest
           gold
           ,
           and
           sweetest
           perfume
           ;
           that
           which
           the
           shepheards
           heard
           from
           heauen
           keeping
           their
           flockes
           vpon
           the
           downes
           of
           Bethlehē
           ,
           they
           preached
           to
           mē
           vpon
           this
           earth
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           are
           holy
           wonders
           of
           holy
           Record
           ,
           shewing
           fignes
           from
           heaven
           vpon
           the
           approch
           of
           that
           blessed
           birth
           ,
           whose
           breath
           ,
           as
           some
           write
           ,
           blew
           open
           the
           doores
           of
           that
           great
           Pantheon
           at
           Rome
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           Temple
           of
           all
           the
           Gentile
           gods
           ,
           who
           vpon
           the
           birth
           of
           Christ
           fell
           down
           &
           brake
           their
           necks
           ,
           as
           Dagon
           did
           before
           the
           Arke
           .
           I
           might
           tell
           how
           Divels
           were
           daunted
           at
           his
           comming
           ,
           especially
           when
           the
           time
           of
           his
           appearance
           drew
           neere
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           here
           onely
           mention
           two
           Oracles
           of
           Apollo
           concerning
           this
           matter
           ,
           one
           to
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           to
           a
           Prince
           .
        
         
           A
           Priest
           of
           Apollo
           demanding
           him
           of
           true
           Religion
           &
           of
           God
           ;
           
           answere
           was
           made
           out
           of
           the
           hollow
           vault
           ,
           O
           vnhappy
           Priest
           ,
           why
           doest
           thou
           aske
           
           me
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           father
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           most
           renowmed
           Kings
           ,
           deare
           ,
           and
           onely
           sonne
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           spirit
           that
           containeth
           all
           ;
           Alas
           ,
           that
           spirit
           will
           enforce
           me
           shortly
           to
           leaue
           this
           habitation
           and
           place
           of
           Oracle
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           Oracle
           was
           to
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           ,
           
           euen
           about
           the
           very
           time
           of
           Christs
           birth
           ,
           who
           desirous
           to
           know
           who
           should
           raigne
           after
           him
           ,
           would
           needs
           goe
           to
           Delphos
           ,
           and
           withall
           learne
           what
           should
           become
           of
           things
           when
           he
           was
           dead
           ;
           to
           which
           Apollo
           for
           a
           great
           space
           would
           make
           no
           answere
           ,
           till
           Caesar
           had
           importuned
           him
           from
           sacrifice
           to
           sacrifice
           ,
           till
           he
           came
           to
           the
           great
           Hecatomb
           :
           whē
           as
           it
           were
           enforced
           ,
           Apollo
           vttered
           these
           strange
           words
           vnto
           him
           ;
           
             An
             Hebrew
             Child
             that
             ruleth
             ouer
             the
             blessed
             Gods
             ,
             commandeth
             me
             to
             leaue
             this
             habitation
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             hand
             to
             get
             mee
             to
             Hell
             ;
             but
             yet
             do
             you
             depart
             in
             silence
             ,
             from
             our
             Alters
             :
          
           Whereuppon
           the
           Emperour
           standing
           agast
           ,
           and
           musing
           with
           him selfe
           what
           this
           answere
           might
           bee
           ,
           
           returned
           to
           Rome
           ,
           
           and
           built
           there
           an
           Alter
           in
           the
           Capitol
           ,
           
           with
           this
           inscription
           ,
           
             Ara
             Primogeniti
             Dei
          
           ,
           by
           both
           which
           you
           may
           see
           how
           Diuels
           were
           enforced
           to
           leaue
           their
           habitations
           on
           earth
           ,
           vpon
           Christ
           his
           dwelling
           in
           our
           flesh
           ;
           his
           Incarnation
           was
           their
           execution
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           enforced
           to
           howle
           &
           vtter
           out
           their
           own
           miserie
           .
           When
           it
           pleased
           him
           to
           swaddle
           vs
           in
           his
           mercy
           ,
           and
           so
           with
           this
           merciful
           myracle
           of
           our
           Sauiours
           birth
           ,
           went
           the
           miraculous
           mercies
           of
           our
           deliverance
           from
           sinne
           ,
           death
           ,
           and
           diuels
           :
           his
           blessed
           birth
           being
           attended
           vpon
           ,
           as
           haue
           said
           ,
           to
           the
           wonder
           of
           al
           the
           world
           ,
           with
           these
           signs
           from
           aboue
           ,
           and
           tokens
           below
           ,
           harbengers
           of
           his
           most
           glorious
           and
           royal
           presence
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           wonders
           of
           his
           birth
           ,
           it
           followeth
           wee
           came
           to
           the
           wonders
           shewed
           at
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           when
           vpon
           the
           effusion
           of
           his
           bloud
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           cōmotion
           of
           all
           creatures
           high
           and
           low
           ,
           in
           heauen
           and
           on
           earth
           ,
           all
           grieued
           and
           groned
           to
           see
           and
           behold
           
           so
           dolourous
           a
           spectacle
           :
           The
           Sunne
           was
           darkened
           ,
           and
           the
           Moone
           became
           bloudy
           ,
           stars
           fell
           from
           heauen
           ,
           and
           the
           earth
           quaked
           ,
           rockes
           burst
           asunder
           ,
           and
           Sheal
           was
           shaken
           ;
           nay
           more
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           day
           of
           darkenesse
           ,
           covering
           all
           the
           land
           as
           with
           a
           curtaine
           ;
           when
           heaven
           was
           shut
           from
           it
           shine
           ,
           and
           the
           graue
           was
           shaken
           ,
           when
           that
           Kingdom
           of
           death
           and
           darkenes
           was
           conquered
           by
           Christ
           ,
           whereby
           his
           death
           killed
           death
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           life
           gained
           vs
           life
           with
           immortality
           :
           nay
           more
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           a
           wonder
           to
           see
           how
           the
           vayle
           of
           the
           Temple
           rent
           ,
           when
           mens
           hearts
           would
           not
           relent
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           foundations
           of
           the
           earth
           were
           out
           of
           course
           ;
           and
           what
           had
           that
           righteous
           one
           done
           ?
        
         
           Surely
           ,
           surely
           ,
           though
           the
           prodigies
           be
           past
           with
           the
           passion
           ,
           &
           tract
           of
           time
           hath
           vayled
           it
           from
           our
           flesh
           ,
           that
           wee
           see
           it
           not
           ,
           yet
           can
           it
           never
           from
           a
           passionate
           faith
           ,
           that
           it
           feele
           it
           not
           :
           for
           to
           this
           end
           hath
           God
           giuē
           vs
           
             the
             spirit
             of
             prayer
             and
             compassion
          
           (
           as
           saith
           another
           Prophet
           )
           
             that
             we
             should
             
             weepe
             because
             of
             him
             whom
             wee
             haue
             pierced
             ,
          
           
           but
           woe
           is
           me
           to
           tell
           who
           is
           sorrie
           for
           the
           afflictions
           of
           Ioseph
           the
           yron
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           entered
           into
           the
           soule
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           &
           we
           are
           senselesse
           of
           his
           sufferings
           ,
           if
           man
           will
           not
           be
           moued
           ,
           thou
           earth
           ,
           ye
           rockes
           ,
           graues
           ,
           Sunne
           ,
           Moone
           ,
           and
           Starres
           ,
           pleade
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Innocēt
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           what
           hath
           the
           righteous
           done
           ?
           Innocēt
           hands
           whom
           haue
           ye
           spoyled
           ?
           and
           yet
           are
           ye
           perced
           ?
           Innocent
           heart
           ,
           against
           whom
           hast
           thou
           Imagined
           euill
           ?
           &
           yet
           art
           thou
           gored
           ?
           Innocent
           mouth
           ,
           of
           whom
           hast
           thou
           spoken
           euill
           ?
           and
           yet
           art
           thou
           spunged
           ?
           gracious
           face
           ,
           &
           coūtenance
           ,
           vpon
           whom
           hast
           thou
           lowred
           ,
           and
           yet
           art
           thou
           spit
           vpon
           ?
           head
           full
           of
           deawe
           ,
           and
           lockes
           with
           the
           drops
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           so
           wooing
           vs
           in
           grace
           ,
           &
           now
           wedding
           vs
           in
           glory
           ,
           how
           wer
           thy
           temples
           crowned
           with
           sharpe
           thornes
           ,
           to
           the
           effusiō
           of
           thy
           blood
           ?
           and
           yet
           are
           we
           senselesse
           of
           thy
           suffering
           ?
           we
           haue
           sinned
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           smarted
           ,
           the
           Iust
           for
           the
           vniust
           ,
           and
           
           if
           we
           will
           be
           silent
           still
           and
           say
           nothing
           ,
           to
           cleare
           the
           innocent
           ,
           Sunne
           Moone
           and
           Starres
           ,
           earth
           Rockes
           and
           Graues
           ,
           will
           pleade
           the
           Lords
           quarrell
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           what
           hath
           the
           righteous
           done
           ?
           When
           the
           man
           of
           God
           came
           out
           of
           Iudah
           vnto
           Bethell
           ,
           
           and
           Ieroboam
           stood
           by
           the
           Altar
           to
           offer
           Incense
           ,
           in
           reprehension
           of
           the
           kings
           Idolatrie
           ,
           he
           cryed
           against
           the
           Altar
           ,
           by
           the
           commandement
           of
           the
           Lord
           and
           said
           ;
           
             Altar
             Altar
             ,
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             :
             Vbi
             alloquitur
             aram
             molliorem
             carde
             Ieroboam
             ,
          
           where
           and
           when
           he
           spake
           to
           the
           Altar
           softer
           then
           the
           heart
           of
           Ieroboam
           .
        
         
           The
           heard
           harted
           Iewes
           then
           ,
           and
           we
           now
           ,
           stand
           by
           the
           crosse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           Ieroboam
           did
           by
           the
           Altar
           at
           Bethel
           we
           are
           sadned
           in
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           senseles
           of
           the
           sorrowes
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           the
           earth
           ,
           stones
           ,
           &
           graues
           ,
           are
           more
           passionate
           then
           we
           ,
           they
           tremble
           ,
           breake
           and
           open
           ,
           at
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           our
           flintie
           harts
           are
           shut
           from
           all
           compassion
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           a
           people
           of
           no
           bowels
           ,
           and
           because
           we
           relent
           
           not
           ,
           euen
           now
           the
           teares
           of
           the
           clowdes
           are
           in
           their
           eyes
           ,
           and
           they
           drop
           downe
           shewres
           of
           raigne
           in
           greater
           abundance
           then
           vsuall
           hath
           beene
           seene
           ,
           as
           more
           passionate
           then
           we
           ,
           either
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           our
           soules
           ,
           or
           death
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           .
        
         
           
             When
             I
             am
             lifted
             vp
             an
             high
             ,
          
           saith
           Christ
           ,
           
             then
             will
             I
             drawe
             all
             men
             after
             me
             ,
          
           and
           not
           men
           onely
           ,
           but
           earth
           ,
           Stones
           and
           graues
           shall
           open
           vnto
           me
           ,
           woe
           is
           my
           heart
           ,
           we
           are
           heauier
           then
           earth
           ,
           harder
           then
           Rockes
           ,
           more
           silēt
           then
           the
           graues
           ,
           we
           speake
           not
           ,
           we
           pray
           not
           ,
           we
           praise
           not
           ,
           we
           stirre
           not
           ,
           at
           the
           death
           of
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           he
           is
           lifted
           vp
           higher
           then
           euer
           he
           was
           ,
           euen
           from
           the
           crosse
           of
           shame
           to
           the
           crowne
           of
           glorie
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           pulled
           downe
           to
           all
           shame
           and
           Ignonimy
           with
           the
           weight
           of
           our
           sinnes
           ;
           heauier
           then
           a
           tallent
           of
           leade
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           man
           say
           ,
           shewe
           vs
           his
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           we
           will
           greeue
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           for
           him
           ,
           I
           answere
           ,
           
             Dominus
             in
             monte
             verbum
             in
             alto
             ,
          
           Christ
           is
           vpon
           
           the
           mountaine
           of
           his
           holines
           ,
           his
           word
           is
           exalted
           here
           and
           elsewhere
           in
           the
           land
           ,
           for
           what
           doe
           we
           preach
           other
           then
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           and
           him
           crucified
           ?
           And
           doth
           it
           drawe
           all
           men
           after
           it
           ?
           The
           vaile
           of
           this
           Temple
           ,
           these
           stones
           in
           the
           pillars
           ,
           this
           holie
           ground
           and
           dead
           graues
           shall
           stand
           vp
           in
           iudgement
           one
           day
           against
           this
           people
           ,
           that
           they
           haue
           beene
           more
           prest
           to
           heare
           ,
           &
           passionate
           to
           feele
           ,
           of
           the
           preaching
           ,
           piercing
           and
           sufferings
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           then
           the
           men
           of
           this
           generation
           ;
           for
           we
           haue
           piped
           vnto
           you
           out
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           ye
           haue
           not
           danced
           ,
           we
           haue
           mourned
           vnto
           you
           out
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           ye
           haue
           not
           lamented
           .
           But
           when
           wisdome
           is
           iustified
           of
           her
           children
           ,
           then
           shall
           ye
           finde
           it
           no
           wisedome
           ,
           but
           extreme
           madnes
           and
           folly
           ,
           to
           haue
           haunted
           the
           Tauernes
           ,
           followed
           your
           pleasures
           ,
           prophaned
           the
           Sabaoths
           ,
           sold
           Christ
           at
           a
           lower
           rate
           then
           euer
           Iudas
           did
           ,
           not
           for
           thirtie
           pence
           ,
           but
           for
           a
           penny
           shot
           ,
           
             a
             goodly
             price
             whereat
             he
             is
             valued
             ,
          
           and
           euen
           
           then
           alas
           ,
           when
           Christ
           is
           in
           preaching
           and
           agonizing
           ouer
           the
           cuppe
           of
           bitter
           affliction
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Queene
           of
           the
           South
           shall
           stand
           vp
           in
           that
           great
           day
           ,
           so
           shall
           the
           men
           of
           Niniuie
           ,
           and
           the
           one
           shall
           condemne
           vs
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           repented
           more
           speedily
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           that
           she
           came
           more
           readily
           to
           heare
           the
           wisdome
           of
           Salomon
           ,
           then
           euer
           yet
           we
           did
           ,
           to
           heare
           the
           wisdome
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           The
           vse
           is
           good
           ,
           of
           all
           I
           haue
           said
           ,
           to
           strike
           a
           Selah
           with
           our
           soules
           ,
           in
           caution
           of
           our
           former
           &
           future
           sinning
           ,
           procuring
           prodigies
           ,
           signes
           ,
           and
           wonders
           ,
           at
           Christ
           his
           death
           ,
           and
           our
           redemption
           ,
           for
           if
           one
           sin
           of
           Achan
           endangered
           all
           the
           campe
           ,
           and
           if
           one
           sinne
           of
           Dauid
           plagued
           all
           Israel
           ,
           what
           maruell
           then
           ,
           if
           when
           all
           the
           sinnes
           of
           all
           the
           world
           lay
           so
           heauily
           vpon
           our
           Christ
           ,
           and
           pressed
           him
           downe
           to
           death
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           commotion
           of
           all
           the
           creatures
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           see
           and
           behold
           so
           dolorous
           a
           spectacle
           :
           as
           when
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           gaue
           his
           sacred
           soule
           ,
           a
           sacrifice
           for
           our
           
           sinnes
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           shelter
           but
           in
           the
           graue
           ,
           for
           that
           opened
           to
           giue
           him
           passage
           ,
           when
           the
           vaile
           of
           the
           Temple
           rent
           ,
           and
           denied
           him
           sanctuarie
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           spare
           we
           a
           while
           to
           passe
           from
           these
           prodigies
           at
           Christ
           his
           birth
           ,
           and
           death
           ,
           to
           the
           wonders
           were
           wrought
           sithence
           ,
           euen
           downe
           to
           our
           disasterous
           daies
           ,
           whereby
           we
           may
           gather
           the
           neare
           approach
           of
           Christ
           his
           second
           comming
           to
           iudgment
           .
           The
           thought
           wherof
           so
           frighted
           Iob
           in
           his
           frailtie
           ,
           
           that
           he
           wished
           
             the
             graue
             might
             be
             his
             couer
             ,
             till
             the
             griefe
             thereof
             was
             past
             .
          
        
         
           I
           might
           tell
           of
           that
           great
           day
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           when
           hee
           mightily
           declared
           himselfe
           to
           be
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           what
           maruell
           then
           ,
           if
           vpon
           the
           approach
           of
           so
           glorious
           a
           presence
           ,
           Sheal
           was
           shaken
           ,
           graues
           were
           opened
           ,
           and
           dead
           bodies
           did
           rise
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           appeared
           vnto
           many
           in
           the
           holy
           citie
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           wonder
           of
           all
           the
           world
           .
           And
           I
           might
           tell
           of
           that
           great
           day
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           the
           
           Lords
           day
           ,
           when
           at
           that
           high
           feast
           of
           penticost
           ,
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           appeared
           in
           a
           visible
           signe
           ,
           and
           was
           powred
           downe
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           fell
           vpon
           his
           Apostles
           in
           so
           great
           abundance
           ,
           what
           maruell
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           vpon
           the
           approach
           of
           so
           powerfull
           a
           spirit
           ,
           and
           presence
           ,
           sounds
           from
           heauen
           ,
           filled
           their
           eares
           like
           the
           rushing
           of
           a
           mightie
           wind
           ,
           fiery
           clouen
           tungs
           filled
           their
           eyes
           ,
           and
           mouths
           ,
           to
           speake
           
             magnalia
             dei
          
           ,
           to
           all
           nations
           vnder
           heauen
           ,
           I
           say
           what
           meruell
           if
           feare
           with
           an
           astonishmēt
           filled
           their
           eyes
           ,
           eares
           and
           hearts
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           was
           about
           a
           worke
           of
           so
           great
           wonder
           ,
           I
           leaue
           these
           holy
           wonders
           to
           the
           leaues
           of
           holy
           writ
           ,
           wherein
           you
           are
           daily
           exercised
           ,
           and
           by
           your
           holy
           patience
           I
           will
           follow
           the
           streame
           of
           some
           such
           signes
           as
           sithence
           haue
           fallē
           out
           ,
           shewing
           a
           presence
           in
           God
           prepared
           to
           punish
           ,
           without
           passion
           in
           man
           to
           preuent
           the
           danger
           by
           speedie
           repentance
           .
        
         
           Memorable
           is
           the
           destruction
           of
           Ierusalem
           by
           Tytus
           and
           Vespatian
           ,
           40.
           
           yeares
           after
           Christ
           his
           painefull
           passion
           ,
           who
           prophecied
           of
           their
           ruine
           ,
           because
           they
           repented
           not
           ,
           nor
           did
           ,
           or
           would
           know
           the
           day
           of
           their
           visitation
           ,
           she
           would
           acknowledge
           no
           presence
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           mercy
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           feele
           the
           presence
           of
           her
           God
           in
           iudgement
           ,
           yet
           not
           without
           prodigies
           ,
           signes
           ,
           and
           wonders
           ,
           as
           harbingers
           of
           his
           wrath
           ;
           whereof
           Iosephus
           writeth
           much
           ,
           
           and
           more
           then
           I
           can
           now
           stand
           to
           relate
           ,
           
           being
           preuented
           with
           time
           ,
           but
           reade
           his
           booke
           
             de
             bello
             Iudaico
          
           ,
           and
           there
           ye
           shall
           find
           ▪
           how
           first
           ,
           a
           blasing
           Starre
           was
           seene
           in
           the
           ayre
           like
           vnto
           a
           sword
           hanging
           ouer
           the
           Citie
           ,
           for
           more
           then
           a
           whole
           yeare
           together
           ,
           threatning
           nothing
           lesse
           then
           fire
           and
           desolation
           ,
           for
           their
           bloodie
           sinnes
           ,
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           Iust
           one
           ,
           crying
           vengeance
           to
           God
           in
           heauen
           ,
           against
           that
           bloodie
           Citie
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Againe
           ,
           at
           the
           feast
           of
           vnleavened
           bread
           in
           a
           great
           assemblie
           of
           people
           ,
           and
           at
           nine
           of
           the
           clocke
           
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           a
           bright
           light
           was
           seene
           in
           the
           Temple
           shining
           ,
           and
           so
           continued
           for
           the
           space
           of
           halfe
           an
           houre
           ,
           In
           token
           ,
           that
           because
           they
           had
           quenched
           the
           holie
           lamps
           ,
           and
           put
           out
           the
           light
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           therefore
           the
           glorie
           of
           that
           house
           should
           be
           of
           no
           continuance
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           feast
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           day
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           High
           Priest
           was
           offering
           an
           Heyfer
           for
           the
           Sacrifice
           ,
           she
           brought
           foorth
           a
           Lambe
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           In
           signe
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           thought
           they
           had
           killed
           that
           Lambe
           of
           God
           that
           taketh
           away
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           that
           Moses
           should
           still
           haue
           liued
           when
           Christ
           was
           dead
           ,
           yet
           should
           they
           see
           with
           their
           eyes
           ,
           that
           the
           truth
           should
           rise
           out
           of
           that
           type
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Heyfer
           was
           slaine
           ,
           yet
           the
           Lambe
           should
           liue
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           Temple
           ,
           stones
           and
           all
           ,
           should
           turne
           to
           Greet
           ,
           
             Ne
             populus
             redirit
             ad
             Iudaizmum
          
           ,
           Lest
           the
           people
           might
           goe
           backe
           to
           Iudaizme
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           nay
           yet
           more
           the
           great
           Brason
           doore
           as
           the
           Author
           saith
           ,
           being
           at
           the
           East
           end
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           which
           twentie
           men
           could
           hardly
           either
           open
           or
           shut
           at
           the
           sixt
           hower
           of
           the
           night
           flew
           open
           of
           it
           owne
           accord
           ,
           shewing
           a
           new
           way
           and
           passage
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           a
           better
           place
           and
           being
           ,
           euen
           vnto
           a
           Tabernacle
           ,
           not
           made
           with
           hands
           ,
           but
           pitched
           in
           the
           high
           heauens
           ,
           opening
           of
           it selfe
           ,
           without
           helpe
           of
           any
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Together
           with
           these
           as
           Iosephus
           writeth
           in
           the
           21.
           of
           May
           ,
           a
           gastly
           spirit
           ,
           of
           an
           vnspeakable
           height
           and
           bignes
           was
           seene
           in
           the
           citie
           ,
           a
           pregnāt
           prodigie
           of
           their
           iminēt
           desolation
           ,
           when
           Zim
           &
           Ohim
           ,
           Skritchowles
           ,
           Fairies
           ,
           &
           Satyres
           ,
           did
           haunt
           their
           houses
           ,
           and
           fairest
           habitations
           .
           6.
           
           Chariotes
           in
           the
           ayre
           &
           armed
           mē
           fighting
           by
           troups
           amōg
           the
           clouds
           appeared
           throughout
           al
           the
           Land
           of
           Iudea
           ,
           &
           marched
           towards
           the
           Citie
           with
           fearce
           Encounters
           ,
           all
           presages
           of
           their
           future
           fall
           ,
           by
           the
           furie
           of
           warre
           which
           was
           at
           their
           doores
           ,
           and
           
           yet
           they
           repented
           not
           .
           7.
           
           Nay
           more
           ,
           in
           a
           solemn
           feast
           ,
           when
           the
           Priests
           were
           assembled
           by
           night
           ,
           as
           their
           manner
           was
           to
           sacrifice
           ,
           they
           heard
           this
           voice
           
             Migremus
             hinc
             ,
             migremus
             hinc
          
           ,
           let
           vs
           get
           hence
           ,
           let
           vs
           get
           hence
           :
           the
           wonder
           they
           heard
           sell
           from
           heaven
           ,
           enioyning
           them
           silence
           ,
           and
           a
           cessation
           from
           all
           legall
           ceremonies
           and
           sacrifices
           now
           ended
           ,
           both
           Priest
           ,
           place
           ,
           and
           offering
           ,
           vpon
           the
           sole
           sacrifice
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           cruelly
           murthered
           ,
           and
           therfore
           had
           need
           to
           be
           gone
           before
           the
           fire
           of
           his
           fierce
           wrath
           was
           kindled
           against
           that
           place
           ,
           people
           and
           kingdome
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           other
           prodigies
           to
           provoke
           their
           repentance
           ,
           vpon
           the
           Lords
           presence
           &
           neere
           approch
           ,
           now
           ready
           to
           strike
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           the
           least
           which
           fell
           out
           in
           one
           Iesus
           ,
           the
           sonne
           of
           Ananias
           ,
           of
           the
           vulgar
           sort
           ,
           who
           foureteene
           yeeres
           before
           the
           siedge
           ,
           &
           when
           al
           was
           in
           quiet
           ,
           peace
           ,
           and
           plentie
           ,
           this
           sonne
           of
           Ananias
           comming
           to
           the
           feast
           of
           Tabernacles
           ,
           when
           the
           manner
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Princes
           
           of
           the
           people
           should
           doe
           their
           devotions
           to
           God
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           sodenly
           he
           cried
           out
           to
           the
           wonder
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           
             A
             voyce
             from
             the
             East
             ;
             a
             voyce
             from
             the
             West
             ,
             a
             voyce
             from
             the
             foure
             windes
             ,
             a
             voyce
             vpon
             Ierusalem
             ,
             a
             voyce
             vpon
             the
             Temple
             ,
             a
             voyce
             vpon
             the
             Bride
             ,
             and
             vpon
             the
             Bridegroome
             ,
             a
             voyce
             vpon
             all
             the
             people
             :
          
           Thus
           night
           &
           day
           he
           ran
           through
           euery
           street
           ,
           crying
           without
           thought
           of
           food
           ,
           or
           regard
           of
           any
           ;
           insomuch
           as
           when
           he
           was
           beaten
           by
           the
           mighty
           (
           impatient
           of
           the
           prodigie
           ,
           )
           I
           say
           beaten
           to
           the
           bare
           bones
           ,
           he
           neither
           shedde
           a
           teare
           ,
           or
           shewed
           himselfe
           suppliant
           ,
           but
           at
           euery
           stroke
           stil
           cried
           out
           ,
           Wo
           ,
           woe
           ,
           to
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           Ierusalem
           ;
           and
           thus
           continuing
           during
           all
           the
           time
           of
           the
           siege
           ,
           and
           especially
           at
           their
           solemne
           feasts
           :
           At
           last
           ,
           when
           the
           siege
           was
           at
           the
           hotest
           ,
           running
           round
           about
           the
           walles
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           without
           feare
           hee
           vttered
           the
           same
           voyce
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Woe
             to
             Ierusalem
             ,
             was
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             woe
             to
             my selfe
          
           ;
           At
           which
           last
           woe
           ,
           
             Sagitta
             ictus
             occumbebat
          
           ,
           
           wounded
           with
           an
           arrow
           ,
           hee
           fell
           downe
           dead
           .
        
         
           The
           vse
           is
           good
           ,
           and
           for
           vs
           in
           the
           height
           of
           this
           our
           security
           ,
           all
           these
           wonders
           and
           signes
           ,
           euery
           man
           interpreted
           as
           the
           story
           saith
           ,
           
             Pro
             sua
             libidine
          
           ,
           euen
           as
           best
           pleased
           himselfe
           ,
           some
           they
           neglected
           ,
           some
           they
           corrected
           ,
           some
           they
           contemned
           ,
           
             donec
             patriae
             exidin
             ,
             suaque
             pernieie
             eorum
             iniquitas
             confutata
             est
             ,
          
           till
           their
           error
           with
           their
           wickednesse
           was
           corrected
           ,
           with
           the
           destruction
           both
           of
           their
           country
           and
           of
           themselues
           ,
           they
           killed
           their
           Prophets
           ,
           they
           beleeved
           not
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           when
           they
           had
           slaine
           ,
           and
           silenced
           ,
           then
           was
           it
           time
           for
           prodigies
           to
           speake
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           O
           bloudy
           City
           ,
           I
           dare
           giue
           remission
           vpon
           thy
           repentance
           ,
           but
           I
           dare
           giue
           no
           rest
           vpon
           thy
           rebellions
           .
           Before
           the
           destruction
           of
           Troy
           ,
           as
           Virgil
           reporteth
           ,
           
             Fatis
             aperit
             Cassandra
             futuris
             ,
             era
             Dei
             Iussunec
             vnquam
             credita
             Tencris
             ;
             Cassandra
          
           foretold
           it
           ruine
           ,
           but
           could
           neuer
           be
           beleeved
           ;
           she
           spake
           from
           the
           holy
           Oracle
           ,
           but
           was
           not
           
           heard
           :
           It
           s
           a
           fearefull
           thing
           when
           the
           Prophets
           are
           despised
           ;
           it
           s
           more
           fearefull
           when
           their
           Prophesies
           are
           set
           at
           nought
           ;
           but
           its
           fearefull
           aboue
           all
           feares
           ,
           when
           fire
           is
           a
           falling
           downe
           frō
           heauen
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           we
           with
           our
           Prophets
           and
           prophesying
           prodigies
           speake
           ,
           and
           wonders
           worke
           ,
           and
           yet
           wee
           repent
           not
           :
           so
           it
           was
           with
           Israel
           ,
           I
           pray
           God
           it
           bee
           not
           so
           with
           England
           .
        
         
           To
           speake
           of
           the
           signes
           ,
           wonders
           and
           prodigies
           that
           shall
           be
           seene
           vpon
           the
           worlds
           ending
           ;
           I
           dare
           not
           ,
           I
           cannot
           ,
           that
           feare
           and
           fire
           oppresseth
           my
           spirits
           in
           the
           thoughts
           thereof
           :
           
             Et
             horret
             animus
             meminisse
          
           :
           my
           very
           mind
           and
           soule
           melteth
           at
           the
           heat
           thereof
           .
           And
           therefore
           hauing
           in
           some
           weake
           measure
           mentioned
           that
           dreadfull
           day
           heretofore
           in
           two
           other
           Sermons
           ,
           I
           leaue
           it
           vnder
           a
           vayle
           ,
           as
           Apelles
           did
           the
           imperfect
           portraiture
           of
           Agamemnon
           ,
           father
           of
           Iphigenia
           ,
           and
           come
           a
           little
           neerer
           home
           ,
           euen
           downe
           to
           our
           dayes
           .
           Haue
           we
           no
           signes
           in
           heauen
           ,
           or
           prodigies
           
           in
           earth
           ,
           to
           moue
           our
           repentance
           ?
           Haue
           not
           the
           heavens
           of
           late
           yeeres
           strucke
           an
           alarum
           to
           provoke
           our
           prayers
           by
           vncoth
           signes
           ,
           never
           seene
           before
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           some
           40.
           yeeres
           agoe
           since
           that
           starre
           in
           the
           North
           appeared
           in
           Cassi●peia
           ,
           whereat
           the
           Astronomers
           stood
           agast
           :
           Surely
           ,
           it
           was
           some
           star
           of
           Bethlehem
           ,
           conducting
           vs
           to
           that
           Babe
           of
           
             Bethlehem
             ,
             Non
             in
             cunis
             ;
             sed
             in
             Cathedra
             ,
          
           not
           lying
           swathled
           in
           the
           cratch
           ,
           but
           advanced
           into
           his
           chaire
           of
           high
           estate
           ,
           by
           a
           second
           birth
           of
           holy
           doctrine
           thē
           divulged
           through
           out
           all
           the
           world
           :
           when
           the
           Gospell
           should
           beget
           faith
           in
           more
           abundance
           ,
           from
           the
           East
           ,
           to
           the
           West
           ,
           by
           North
           ,
           and
           by
           South
           .
           I
           durst
           not
           thus
           presage
           of
           the
           effect
           of
           this
           star
           ,
           were
           I
           not
           well
           warranted
           by
           the
           judgements
           of
           two
           worthy
           Divines
           ,
           lights
           of
           this
           age
           ,
           
             Du
             Plessis
          
           and
           Beza
           :
           who
           by
           that
           wonder
           in
           heauen
           ,
           are
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           prognosticated
           a
           second
           birth
           of
           Christ
           vpon
           the
           earth
           ,
           by
           the
           preaching
           of
           
           the
           Gospell
           vnto
           all
           nations
           vnder
           heaven
           ,
           neuer
           to
           bee
           backed
           by
           that
           wicked
           man
           ,
           
           
             whom
             the
             Lord
             shall
             consume
             with
             the
             spirit
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             and
             shal
             abolsh
             with
             the
             brightnesse
             of
             his
             comming
             ,
          
           whereof
           these
           wonders
           in
           heauen
           are
           warnings
           on
           earth
           for
           all
           Gods
           children
           to
           bee
           prepared
           with
           our
           oyle
           ,
           and
           our
           Lampes
           light
           to
           meet
           him
           in
           the
           cloudes
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           bee
           caught
           vp
           to
           raign
           with
           him
           for
           ●ver
           .
           And
           so
           to
           the
           next
           .
        
         
           Not
           many
           yeeres
           after
           ,
           and
           right
           ●pposite
           to
           that
           in
           the
           North
           ,
           there
           appeared
           an
           other
           wonder
           in
           heauen
           ,
           a
           blazing
           starre
           both
           great
           and
           fearefull
           ,
           threatning
           some
           dangerous
           event
           to
           the
           Southerne
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           the
           Affiricans
           in
           some
           measure
           felt
           ,
           when
           the
           Kings
           of
           Barbary
           and
           Portugall
           were
           slaine
           .
           The
           cinders
           of
           that
           starre
           yet
           kindleth
           a
           combustion
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           two
           Kings
           of
           Marocco
           and
           Fez
           ,
           nor
           is
           the
           flame
           extinct
           in
           Spaine
           ,
           but
           yet
           burneth
           in
           the
           breast
           of
           Sebastians
           blood
           ,
           against
           that
           of
           Castile
           .
           And
           
           surely
           ,
           it
           may
           bee
           a
           warning
           to
           all
           Christian
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           stir
           vp
           their
           zeale
           ,
           and
           melt
           their
           coldnes
           to
           fight
           for
           the
           christ●●●
           an
           faith
           against
           the
           Infidels
           ,
           whi●…
           rather
           then
           they
           should
           liue
           vnco●…trolled
           ,
           the
           heavens
           will
           threate●…
           their
           destruction
           by
           sheathing
           the●●…
           swords
           in
           the
           blood
           one
           of
           anothe●…
           Chronicles
           made
           it
           an
           honourabl●
           〈◊〉
           fight
           which
           christian
           Kings
           had
           and
           vndertooke
           against
           the
           Sarazens
           fo●…
           the
           holy
           land
           .
           But
           the
           holy
           Sepu●chre
           is
           now
           buried
           in
           oblivion
           ,
           an●
           the
           Turke
           hath
           tied
           it
           to
           his
           taxe
           and
           territories
           ,
           whom
           while
           Christian
           Kinges
           should
           resist
           with
           all
           their
           powers
           ,
           &
           fight
           for
           the
           christiā
           faith
           ,
           they
           fall
           in
           faction
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           and
           so
           spend
           and
           blend
           their
           bloods
           together
           .
           Surely
           ,
           
             Domestica
             mala
             maiora
             sunt
             lacrhymis
          
           ;
           these
           home
           bredde
           evils
           among
           christian
           kings
           ,
           are
           greater
           than
           can
           be
           expressed
           with
           teares
           ;
           &
           therfore
           I
           leaue
           it
           in
           the
           silence
           of
           my
           soule
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           praier
           of
           al
           Gods
           Saints
           ,
           that
           their
           souraignes
           
           may
           ioyne
           in
           a
           holy
           warre
           against
           the
           Heathen
           .
           And
           so
           I
           passe
           ●…o
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           That
           
             Mirabilis
             annus
          
           will
           never
           〈◊〉
           forgotten
           ,
           when
           the
           seas
           ,
           rockes
           〈◊〉
           shelues
           fought
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           ●…ade
           vs
           so
           glorious
           by
           deliverance
           ,
           〈◊〉
           the
           wonder
           of
           all
           Christen●ome
           .
        
         
           Nay
           more
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           bee
           silent
           ,
           ●…ow
           this
           our
           Goshen
           ,
           and
           land
           of
           ●●…ht
           ,
           was
           sodainely
           turned
           into
           an
           ●●…yptian
           darkenesse
           ,
           when
           vpon
           〈◊〉
           darke
           Saturday
           ,
           neere
           hie
           noone
           ,
           at
           what
           time
           vsually
           the
           Sun
           giueth
           out
           his
           fairest
           shine
           ,
           a
           sodaine
           darknesse
           was
           over
           all
           the
           land
           ,
           and
           so
           fearefull
           ,
           as
           men
           were
           at
           their
           wits
           ends
           ,
           panted
           in
           soule
           ,
           left
           off
           al
           secular
           care
           ,
           &
           betook
           them
           to
           their
           best
           prayers
           ,
           not
           knowing
           what
           would
           be
           the
           Issue
           ,
           till
           the
           Lord
           againe
           ,
           and
           ere
           wee
           thought
           vpon
           his
           mercy
           ,
           remoued
           the
           judgement
           .
           In
           token
           of
           our
           intollerable
           neglect
           of
           the
           light
           of
           his
           Gospell
           ,
           whereof
           that
           gloomy
           day
           was
           a
           sure
           Sacrament
           ,
           taxing
           
           our
           dim
           sight
           with
           his
           sharpe
           censure
           ,
           that
           because
           for
           a
           long
           season
           ,
           the
           light
           had
           shined
           in
           darkenes
           ,
           and
           the
           darkenes
           comprehended
           it
           not
           :
           he
           could
           if
           hee
           would
           remoue
           the
           candlesticke
           ,
           candle
           and
           all
           ,
           and
           put
           out
           the
           eye
           of
           faith
           ,
           as
           hee
           had
           dearned
           the
           light
           of
           heauen
           .
           Nay
           more
           ,
           and
           aboue
           al
           ,
           I
           haue
           said
           to
           make
           the
           prodigie
           yet
           of
           greater
           wonder
           ;
           it
           was
           observed
           by
           many
           ,
           how
           during
           the
           darkenes
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           all
           thinges
           were
           husht
           ,
           and
           so
           still
           ,
           as
           leaues
           stirred
           not
           ,
           beasts
           fed
           not
           ,
           birds
           sung
           not
           ,
           but
           stood
           agast
           as
           if
           they
           had
           beene
           filled
           with
           astonishment
           .
        
         
           And
           you
           know
           how
           not
           long
           after
           ,
           this
           darke
           day
           ,
           the
           light
           of
           Israel
           was
           put
           out
           fot
           a
           time
           ,
           Queene
           Elizabeth
           died
           ,
           a
           dearne
           day
           to
           England
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           beene
           presently
           repayred
           with
           as
           cleare
           a
           light
           from
           Scotland
           ,
           in
           whose
           Sunne-shine
           now
           wee
           walke
           ,
           and
           sing
           still
           with
           solace
           the
           Songs
           of
           Sion
           in
           our
           owne
           land
           .
           It
           may
           be
           so
           sodaine
           a
           darkenes
           presenlty
           relieued
           with
           so
           great
           a
           light
           ,
           
           was
           a
           Symball
           or
           Sacramenr
           of
           our
           Soueraignes
           ,
           dead
           and
           liuing
           ;
           two
           peereles
           Princes
           ,
           both
           relieued
           with
           their
           desired
           lights
           ;
           Hee
           of
           Englands
           honour
           ,
           Shee
           of
           heavens
           glory
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           we
           their
           Subjects
           delivered
           from
           that
           dark
           and
           dangerous
           night
           of
           Queene
           Elizabeths
           death
           ,
           by
           the
           speedy
           arising
           ,
           &
           luster
           of
           that
           morning
           starre
           ,
           our
           Soveraigne
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           whose
           day
           wee
           pray
           ,
           may
           euer
           dawne
           .
           It
           may
           bee
           some
           sharpe
           sight
           may
           censure
           me
           in
           the
           applying
           of
           this
           darke
           day
           ,
           to
           the
           death
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           :
           yet
           dare
           I
           say
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           with
           good
           warranty
           ,
           that
           when
           godly
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           die
           ,
           
             Quid
             ni
             mundus
             ipss
             defleret
             eum
             principem
             esse
             rapiendum
             per
             quem
             duramundi
             istius
             rēperari
             solerent
          
           ;
           So
           saide
           Ambrose
           of
           the
           death
           of
           Theodosius
           :
           Why
           may
           not
           this
           worlde
           deplore
           such
           a
           Prince
           to
           bee
           taken
           away
           by
           the
           violence
           of
           death
           ,
           as
           by
           whome
           the
           dangers
           and
           difficulties
           thereof
           haue
           beene
           moderated
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           hee
           proceedes
           further
           ,
           
           and
           nearer
           the
           point
           I
           ayme
           at
           :
           
             Hoc
             nobis
             motus
             terrarum
             graves
             ,
             hoc
             iuges
             pluviae
             minabantur
             ,
             &
             vltra
             solitum
             caligo
             tenebrosior
             denunciabat
             ,
             quod
             clementissimus
             Imperator
             Theodosius
             recessus
             esset
             è
             terris
             :
          
           This
           the
           great
           Earthquakes
           wee
           haue
           felt
           ,
           with
           the
           continuall
           raine
           wee
           haue
           had
           ,
           and
           a
           more
           palpable
           darkenesse
           than
           vsuallie
           we
           haue
           seene
           ,
           haue
           denounced
           and
           threatned
           ,
           that
           Theodosius
           a
           most
           milde
           and
           mercifull
           Emperour
           should
           depart
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           religiously
           wise
           to
           discerne
           of
           what
           is
           said
           :
           when
           Christ
           suffered
           ,
           the
           Soueraigne
           of
           all
           Soveraignes
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           commotion
           of
           all
           the
           creatures
           :
           All
           were
           moved
           to
           see
           and
           behold
           so
           dolorous
           a
           spectacle
           .
           Earth
           quaked
           ,
           rockes
           riued
           ,
           the
           Sunne
           was
           darkned
           ,
           and
           the
           Moone
           became
           bloodie
           ,
           Starres
           fell
           from
           Heauen
           ,
           there
           was
           blood
           ,
           fire
           ,
           and
           the
           vapour
           of
           smoake
           ,
           before
           that
           greate
           and
           notable
           day
           of
           the
           
           Lord
           came
           .
           And
           what
           was
           Iesus
           of
           Nazareth
           ,
           other
           then
           a
           King
           ,
           then
           conquering
           our
           enemies
           for
           a
           better
           world
           ?
           And
           what
           was
           Theodosius
           ?
           Queene
           Elizabeth
           with
           all
           of
           their
           rancks
           and
           Religion
           ,
           lesse
           than
           Princes
           in
           his
           stead
           ,
           to
           tule
           in
           this
           world
           :
           And
           why
           may
           not
           the
           creatures
           of
           God
           condole
           alike
           vpon
           their
           dissolutions
           ?
        
         
           Next
           ,
           it
           will
           bee
           remembred
           whiles
           Chronicles
           can
           speake
           ,
           how
           the
           earth
           was
           bound
           by
           a
           prodigious
           frost
           ,
           to
           Londons
           wonder
           ,
           when
           Thames
           was
           paved
           for
           cart
           and
           carriage
           ,
           for
           horse
           and
           man
           ,
           able
           in
           one
           day
           to
           support
           a
           waight
           of
           wonder
           ,
           and
           vpon
           the
           other
           dissolved
           into
           weake
           Water
           .
           It
           pierced
           deepe
           into
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           the
           flowers
           ,
           hearbes
           ,
           plants
           and
           trees
           ,
           (
           nay
           more
           ,
           man
           and
           beast
           ,
           fish
           and
           fowle
           )
           haue
           not
           recovered
           their
           decayed
           strength
           ,
           but
           yet
           feele
           the
           effects
           thereof
           ;
           all
           to
           warne
           vs
           of
           our
           chillerie
           zeale
           to
           God
           ,
           more
           
           colde
           then
           the
           Isickles
           hanging
           at
           our
           doores
           :
           and
           strange
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           Sunne-shines
           as
           haue
           beene
           since
           ,
           and
           showers
           of
           Gods
           mercies
           still
           powred
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           should
           not
           melt
           our
           frozen
           hearts
           to
           more
           speedy
           repentance
           ,
           and
           provoke
           vs
           to
           prayer
           ,
           with
           more
           deuotion
           .
        
         
           I
           passe
           by
           many
           strange
           Eclipses
           ,
           both
           of
           Sunne
           and
           Moone
           ,
           more
           frequent
           and
           vniuersall
           than
           haue
           been
           of
           old
           :
           darkesome
           sun
           ,
           bloody
           Moone
           ,
           prognostications
           of
           our
           dearne
           light
           ,
           and
           dead
           life
           in
           the
           Gospell
           of
           our
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           :
           wherein
           with
           those
           glorious
           lights
           ,
           the
           Sunne
           of
           righteousnesse
           seemes
           to
           bee
           vayled
           ,
           as
           with
           the
           cloud
           and
           curtaine
           of
           our
           sinnes
           :
           Alas
           ,
           and
           woe
           is
           mee
           therefore
           ,
           wee
           are
           fallen
           from
           our
           first
           loue
           ,
           wee
           worke
           not
           ,
           wee
           shine
           not
           as
           wee
           did
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           persecution
           ,
           when
           fire
           and
           fagot
           fined
           vs
           for
           our
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           the
           late
           inundations
           with
           
           vnseasonable
           weather
           in
           their
           extremities
           ,
           as
           of
           cold
           ,
           so
           of
           heate
           ,
           windes
           and
           tempests
           ,
           are
           nothing
           lesse
           then
           prodigies
           of
           an
           irefull
           God
           ,
           to
           tell
           vs
           of
           the
           deluge
           of
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           
           that
           of
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           swelling
           but
           15.
           cubits
           aboue
           the
           highest
           hils
           :
           this
           reaching
           from
           the
           nethermost
           hell
           to
           the
           highest
           heavēs
           .
           The
           crie
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           reacheth
           the
           heavens
           ,
           and
           euen
           there
           worketh
           our
           woe
           ,
           by
           turning
           them
           this
           yeare
           into
           brasse
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           land
           barren
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           yeere
           dissoluing
           them
           into
           teares
           and
           showers
           ,
           dropping
           downe
           for
           fatnesse
           ,
           death
           and
           dearth
           :
           
             Quicquid
             id
             est
             timeo
          
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           feare
           our
           rebellions
           against
           God
           ,
           will
           make
           a
           commotion
           of
           all
           his
           Creatures
           against
           vs
           ,
           both
           great
           and
           small
           ,
           Elements
           and
           all
           ;
           never
           so
           much
           distempered
           as
           of
           late
           yeeres
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           would
           thinke
           (
           but
           that
           God
           hath
           promised
           ,
           
             That
             Summer
             and
             Winter
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             the
             seasons
             ,
             shall
             uot
             cease
             so
             long
             as
             the
             earth
             remaineth
             )
          
           the
           very
           
           foundations
           of
           the
           earth
           to
           be
           out
           of
           course
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           more
           and
           worse
           then
           all
           I
           haue
           said
           ,
           the
           armie
           of
           our
           sinnes
           may
           bring
           vpon
           vs
           an
           host
           of
           men
           from
           a
           far
           country
           ,
           &
           of
           a
           fierce
           countenance
           ,
           to
           tyrannize
           ouer
           vs
           ,
           as
           it
           fell
           out
           oftē
           with
           the
           Iewes
           :
           as
           may
           be
           obserued
           in
           all
           the
           course
           of
           the
           scriptures
           ,
           still
           as
           they
           sinned
           ,
           God
           raised
           vp
           euer
           &
           anon
           one
           forraigne
           power
           or
           other
           to
           chastise
           them
           ,
           till
           at
           lēgth
           the
           whole
           armie
           of
           their
           sins
           ioyned
           in
           one
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           come
           to
           the
           height
           of
           all
           impietie
           ,
           called
           frō
           a
           far
           country
           ,
           an
           other
           armie
           ,
           euen
           the
           fierce
           Romanes
           ,
           who
           brought
           vpon
           them
           a
           final
           desolation
           .
           And
           haue
           we
           no
           reason
           to
           feare
           the
           Romanists
           ?
           hauing
           so
           many
           of
           them
           alreadie
           in
           our
           bosomes
           ,
           swarming
           in
           all
           places
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           neuer
           more
           bold
           &
           cōfidēt
           then
           at
           this
           day
           :
           As
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           so
           I
           say
           againe
           ,
           
             quicquid
             id
             est
             timeo
          
           ,
           I
           say
           no
           more
           .
           And
           so
           much
           out
           of
           my
           loue
           and
           loyaltie
           to
           God
           ,
           my
           Prince
           and
           countrey
           ,
           as
           a
           watchman
           ,
           and
           by
           vertue
           of
           my
           calling
           ,
           I
           may
           be
           bold
           
           to
           say
           ,
           for
           
             Res
             est
             solliciti
             plena
             timoris
             amor
             .
          
           Loue
           is
           full
           of
           fearefulnes
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           least
           in
           obseruance
           ,
           though
           last
           in
           succession
           ,
           which
           fell
           out
           in
           the
           Northerne
           parts
           of
           this
           kingdome
           ,
           in
           Aprill
           last
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           parish
           where
           I
           dwell
           ,
           and
           haue
           my
           pasteral
           charge
           ,
           witnes
           fiue
           hundreth
           more
           besides
           my selfe
           ,
           who
           beheld
           with
           astonishment
           that
           fearefull
           spectacle
           .
           To
           wit
           ,
           a
           dead
           childe
           ,
           base
           borne
           ,
           of
           lewd
           parents
           ,
           hauing
           foure
           leggs
           ,
           and
           foure
           armes
           ,
           all
           out
           of
           the
           bulke
           of
           one
           bodie
           ,
           with
           fingers
           and
           toes
           proportionable
           :
           which
           bodie
           had
           two
           bellies
           and
           two
           nauels
           forward
           ,
           with
           one
           plaine
           backe
           ,
           
           without
           seame
           or
           diuision
           ,
           it
           had
           but
           one
           head
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           a
           reasonable
           proportion
           ,
           with
           two
           faces
           ,
           the
           one
           looking
           forward
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           backward
           :
           either
           face
           had
           two
           eyes
           ,
           two
           eares
           ,
           a
           nose
           &
           a
           mouth
           perfect
           ,
           nor
           was
           there
           in
           the
           seueral
           members
           thereof
           ,
           any
           blemish
           or
           disproportion
           saue
           in
           the
           moulding
           ,
           the
           sexe
           was
           female
           ,
           and
           the
           mother
           was
           deliuered
           but
           halfe
           an
           houre
           before
           
           this
           strange
           birth
           of
           a
           perfect
           womā
           childe
           ,
           which
           was
           baptized
           at
           our
           Church
           and
           yet
           liueth
           .
           To
           presage
           what
           may
           follow
           ,
           I
           cannot
           ,
           neithere
           dare
           I
           ,
           lest
           I
           seeme
           disasterous
           ;
           onely
           let
           it
           tax
           our
           mishapen
           liues
           ,
           so
           farre
           degenerate
           from
           the
           simplicitie
           of
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           wherein
           both
           virginall
           and
           coniugall
           chastitie
           ,
           were
           prized
           with
           honour
           ,
           where
           now
           with
           many
           it
           is
           almost
           dishonourable
           to
           be
           honest
           .
           Iudah
           with
           Thamar
           left
           his
           claoke
           ,
           to
           verifie
           his
           lust
           ,
           but
           Ioseph
           with
           Potiphers
           wife
           lost
           his
           cloke
           to
           vilifie
           his
           lust
           .
           Many
           Iudaes
           ,
           fewe
           Iosephs
           in
           these
           adulterous
           daies
           ,
           wherein
           men
           doe
           rather
           solace
           themselues
           ,
           then
           sorrow
           for
           that
           sinne
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           
             Lex
             Iulia
             dormis
          
           ?
           Nay
           
             Lex
             Iehoua
             dormis
          
           ,
           O
           thou
           law
           of
           God
           ?
           why
           sleepest
           thou
           ?
           The
           many
           legges
           and
           armes
           may
           tax
           our
           vntollerable
           pride
           ,
           and
           auerise
           ,
           reaching
           heere
           ,
           and
           treading
           there
           yea
           in
           robbing
           well
           nere
           all
           Gods
           creatures
           ,
           to
           fil
           the
           belly
           &
           cloath
           the
           backe
           ,
           with
           costly
           and
           garish
           sutes
           ,
           
           madding
           the
           minde
           ,
           and
           making
           bodies
           monstrous
           ,
           might
           Iacob
           and
           Rahel
           rise
           out
           of
           their
           graues
           ,
           to
           behold
           their
           children
           that
           tread
           vpon
           them
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           but
           deeme
           them
           of
           a
           monstrous
           birth
           .
           Two
           mouthes
           taking
           in
           ,
           &
           two
           bellies
           casting
           out
           ,
           taxe
           our
           insatiable
           desire
           of
           belly
           cheere
           &
           drunkennes
           ,
           exoticall
           sins
           ,
           and
           neuer
           but
           of
           late
           ,
           a
           staine
           to
           this
           English
           Nation
           ,
           
             In
             philtris
             philistinorū
          
           Sampson
           fell
           ,
           
             Et
             Ebrietas
             decepit
             quē
             Sodoma
             non
             decepit
             ,
          
           Wine
           made
           him
           sinfull
           ,
           whom
           Sodome
           could
           not
           deceiue
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           two
           faces
           may
           taxe
           the
           world
           of
           palpable
           hypocrisie
           ,
           diuellish
           deceit
           ,
           &
           damned
           equiuocation
           :
           First
           ,
           in
           vs
           Protestants
           whiles
           we
           say
           we
           beleeue
           ,
           and
           yet
           do
           not
           liue
           the
           life
           of
           the
           Gospel
           we
           professe
           :
           wherein
           we
           doe
           but
           Sophisticate
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           &
           equivocate
           with
           his
           Saints
           :
           for
           what
           auayleth
           it
           ,
           a
           tōgue
           to
           speake
           well
           ,
           with
           a
           mentall
           reseruation
           to
           do
           euill
           ?
           Next
           ,
           it
           may
           seeme
           to
           taxe
           the
           damnable
           doctrine
           of
           our
           Romish
           equiuocators
           ,
           who
           are
           double
           faced
           to
           deface
           all
           truth
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           all
           
           commerse
           both
           with
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           whiles
           they
           say
           ,
           
             Dafallere
             ,
             da
             Iustum
             ,
             sanctumque
             videri
             ,
          
           Lord
           giue
           me
           to
           deceiue
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           I
           may
           seeme
           a
           Saint
           .
           Pyrrus
           &
           Vlisses
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           read
           in
           Sophocles
           being
           sent
           to
           Lemno●
           to
           take
           from
           
             Philoctetes
             Hercules
          
           his
           arrowes
           ;
           The
           two
           Legats
           aduised
           ,
           by
           what
           meanes
           they
           might
           best
           wrest
           them
           out
           of
           his
           hands
           :
           Vlisses
           affirmed
           ,
           it
           was
           best
           to
           doe
           it
           by
           lying
           and
           deceit
           :
           Pyrrus
           answered
           no
           ,
           I
           like
           not
           of
           that
           ,
           because
           I
           neuer
           vsed
           it
           ,
           but
           alwaies
           loued
           the
           truth
           as
           my
           father
           and
           Ancestors
           haue
           euer
           done
           .
           Wherunto
           Vlisses
           replyed
           ,
           y
           e
           when
           he
           was
           a
           yoūg
           man
           he
           was
           of
           that
           mind
           :
           but
           now
           being
           old
           ,
           he
           had
           learned
           by
           long
           experience
           ,
           dearely
           bought
           ,
           that
           the
           surest
           way
           &
           best
           art
           in
           mans
           life
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             Fallere
             &
             mentiri
          
           .
           Many
           of
           this
           age
           are
           of
           Vlisses
           minde
           ,
           especially
           the
           Iesuited
           crue
           of
           damned
           equiuocators
           :
           but
           true
           borne
           Israelites
           are
           of
           Pyrrus
           spirit
           :
           (
           great
           is
           the
           truth
           &
           preuayleth
           ,
           is
           the
           sweete
           poesie
           of
           their
           profession
           ,
           both
           in
           themselues
           ,
           friēds
           ,
           &
           families
           )
           yea
           &
           they
           resolue
           
           vpon
           the
           doctrine
           of
           their
           maister
           Christ
           ,
           that
           the
           truth
           shal
           make
           them
           free
           :
           As
           also
           
             Quod
             non
             patitur
             ludum
             fama
             ,
             fides
             ,
             occulus
             ,
          
           that
           eyes
           honours
           and
           othes
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           ie
           sted
           withall
           .
           But
           to
           proceed
           yet
           further
           ,
           and
           make
           vse
           of
           the
           prodigie
           ,
           it
           is
           respectiue
           ,
           how
           when
           the
           Prince
           was
           dead
           this
           birth
           was
           borne
           ,
           It
           was
           in
           the
           Autum
           of
           the
           yeare
           ,
           when
           Prince
           Henry
           that
           sweet
           blossome
           was
           blasted
           ,
           with
           the
           dampe
           of
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           so
           as
           with
           this
           faire
           flower
           ,
           fell
           all
           the
           flowers
           of
           the
           field
           ,
           leaues
           of
           trees
           ,
           and
           Roses
           in
           our
           garden
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           flourish
           while
           Henry
           was
           a
           falling
           ,
           but
           fel
           with
           him
           .
           Woe
           vnto
           vs
           that
           euer
           we
           sinned
           ,
           so
           faire
           a
           Prince
           ,
           so
           pious
           and
           so
           puisāt
           to
           fal
           in
           a
           day
           ,
           was
           such
           a
           stroke
           as
           shooke
           the
           Cedars
           with
           the
           shrubs
           and
           might
           yet
           well
           beseeme
           our
           sacke
           cloth
           and
           ashes
           :
           but
           this
           base
           birth
           was
           borne
           in
           the
           spring
           following
           ,
           to
           tax
           vs
           ,
           as
           with
           the
           growth
           of
           our
           monstrous
           sinnes
           ,
           so
           to
           teach
           vs
           withall
           ,
           that
           sithence
           the
           faire
           feature
           of
           a
           Prince
           so
           well
           fashioned
           in
           
           his
           life
           ,
           was
           so
           soone
           forgotten
           in
           his
           death
           ,
           the
           Lord
           would
           tempt
           vs
           ,
           with
           a
           prodigious
           birth
           for
           so
           vnualuable
           a
           losse
           :
           nor
           is
           it
           strange
           a
           sinfull
           people
           should
           be
           so
           threatned
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           vsuall
           with
           God
           to
           punish
           our
           pleasures
           by
           contrarie
           passions
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           the
           daughters
           of
           Sion
           ,
           
           
             when
             in
             steed
             of
             sweet
             sauour
             :
             hee
             threatned
             a
             stinke
             ,
             and
             in
             steed
             ●f
             a
             girdle
             a
             rent
             ,
             in
             steed
             of
             brothered
             haire
             ,
             baldnes
             :
             in
             steed
             of
             a
             stomacher
             ,
             a
             girding
             of
             sacke
             ,
             and
             sunburning
             for
             beautie
             :
          
           &
           why
           not
           England
           ,
           in
           steed
           of
           a
           Royal
           &
           religious
           issue
           whereof
           we
           are
           vnworthie
           ,
           with
           a
           monsterous
           birth
           and
           mishapen
           broode
           ,
           of
           that
           whore
           of
           Babel
           ,
           whose
           Romish
           faith
           and
           faction
           the
           Lord
           he
           knoweth
           doth
           daily
           breed
           euen
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           kingdom
           ,
           wherin
           there
           are
           but
           to
           many
           doublefaced
           ,
           double
           harted
           ,
           and
           double
           handed
           ,
           fawning
           ,
           stil
           vpon
           vs
           and
           yet
           threatning
           our
           destruction
           ,
           both
           with
           eie
           ,
           heart
           ,
           and
           hand
           ,
           could
           they
           but
           gaine
           the
           opportunitie
           .
           I
           speake
           not
           this
           to
           dismay
           any
           ,
           but
           to
           charge
           
           vs
           of
           vnthankefulnes
           :
           for
           yet
           we
           are
           blessed
           with
           the
           hopefull
           issue
           of
           moe
           Princes
           ,
           and
           with
           many
           drops
           of
           much
           royall
           blood
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           this
           strong
           gable
           of
           so
           many
           cords
           ,
           wil
           neuer
           be
           broken
           if
           our
           sinnes
           burst
           it
           not
           ,
           yet
           with
           this
           caution
           ,
           that
           we
           repaire
           the
           ruines
           of
           this
           our
           late
           losse
           ,
           with
           speedie
           repentance
           ,
           and
           pray
           withall
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           establish
           the
           remaine
           of
           our
           religious
           hope
           ,
           for
           his
           sonnes
           sake
           ,
           and
           Syons
           safetie
           .
        
         
           O
           but
           he
           hath
           left
           a
           desolate
           court
           !
           I
           answere
           ,
           as
           Ambrose
           did
           of
           
             Theodotius
             ,
             Non
             sunt
             destituti
             ,
             quos
             pietatis
             sua
             reliquit
             haeredes
             ,
          
           they
           are
           not
           forsaken
           or
           left
           desolate
           ,
           whom
           he
           hath
           left
           heires
           and
           successors
           of
           his
           princely
           vertues
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           puissance
           ,
           pietie
           ,
           and
           clemencie
           :
           the
           brightnes
           whereof
           will
           shine
           to
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           and
           Englands
           honour
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           Chronicles
           can
           speake
           ,
           and
           bookes
           be
           opened
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           here
           obserue
           as
           many
           moe
           haue
           done
           ,
           what
           presages
           fell
           out
           vpon
           the
           fall
           of
           this
           faire
           flower
           and
           
           peerelesse
           Prince
           ,
           how
           the
           two
           glorious
           creatures
           of
           God
           ,
           both
           Sunne
           and
           Monne
           were
           troubled
           ,
           the
           Sunne
           scarce
           seene
           of
           twentie
           daies
           before
           his
           death
           ,
           the
           Moone
           opposed
           with
           a
           mightie
           Rainbowe
           ,
           in
           the
           dead
           and
           and
           darkenes
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           bended
           ouer
           that
           house
           of
           mourning
           where
           he
           died
           .
           I
           might
           tell
           how
           the
           ayre
           ,
           earth
           ,
           and
           clouds
           ,
           seemed
           to
           be
           sensible
           of
           his
           fall
           ,
           and
           to
           condole
           his
           death
           ,
           whiles
           strange
           windes
           ,
           storms
           ,
           and
           tempests
           ,
           with
           continually
           shewers
           ,
           raignes
           ,
           and
           floods
           .
           Many
           darke
           daies
           ,
           Clouds
           ,
           and
           foggie
           mists
           ,
           were
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           to
           warne
           vs
           of
           our
           woe
           ,
           as
           formerly
           hath
           beene
           obserued
           of
           Theodotius
           and
           Queene
           Elizabeth
           ,
           before
           their
           deaths
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           passe
           without
           passion
           ,
           what
           fell
           out
           in
           the
           sommer
           before
           Prince
           Henry
           died
           ,
           at
           Chattam
           .
           Where
           and
           when
           a
           swarme
           of
           Bees
           knit
           vpon
           the
           maine
           mast
           of
           that
           Royall
           ship
           ,
           he
           had
           made
           for
           Englands
           defence
           ,
           tellng
           vs
           ,
           that
           ere
           long
           Angels
           foode
           from
           heauen
           ,
           more
           sweet
           then
           Hony
           ,
           or
           the
           hony
           
           Combe
           ,
           should
           fill
           the
           soule
           of
           this
           Saint
           to
           glory
           and
           Immortalie
           :
           yea
           and
           swarmes
           of
           Gods
           holy
           Angels
           should
           come
           downe
           to
           fetch
           him
           from
           the
           maine
           mast
           of
           this
           earthly
           kingdome
           aboue
           the
           heauen
           of
           heauens
           ,
           there
           to
           raigne
           with
           God
           and
           his
           Christ
           for
           euer
           .
           A
           blessed
           Bee
           dedeliuered
           from
           the
           sting
           of
           sinne
           and
           death
           ,
           to
           the
           endlesse
           glorie
           of
           life
           and
           immortalitie
           ,
           neuer
           to
           sin
           or
           die
           any
           more
           .
           Nay
           more
           then
           all
           I
           haue
           yet
           said
           ,
           
           to
           make
           good
           
             that
             there
             is
             not
             an
             euill
             in
             the
             Citie
             which
             the
             Lord
             will
             not
             reuale
             to
             some
             of
             his
             Prophets
             ,
          
           that
           Prophet
           who
           preached
           in
           the
           morning
           of
           his
           sicknes
           pointed
           from
           aboue
           at
           the
           period
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           when
           he
           vttered
           that
           text
           and
           truth
           ,
           
           
             Man
             that
             is
             borne
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             hath
             but
             a
             short
             time
             to
             liue
             ,
             and
             is
             full
             of
             miserie
             .
          
           It
           was
           powerfull
           in
           the
           preacher
           ,
           and
           passionate
           in
           the
           Prince
           ,
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           the
           thoughts
           of
           his
           mortalitie
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           my
           deare
           brethren
           ,
           to
           conclude
           and
           make
           vse
           of
           all
           these
           fearefull
           
           signes
           and
           prodigies
           ,
           let
           all
           these
           together
           strike
           out
           an
           allarum
           to
           praier
           and
           repentance
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           to
           godly
           sorrow
           ,
           neuer
           to
           be
           repented
           of
           :
           by
           the
           sweet
           perfume
           and
           priuiledge
           whereof
           ,
           soules
           are
           saued
           ,
           and
           bodies
           deliuered
           from
           threatned
           dangers
           .
           And
           not
           bodies
           onely
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           particular
           persons
           ,
           but
           states
           and
           kingdomes
           are
           preserued
           from
           all
           malice
           of
           the
           creatures
           ,
           be
           they
           neuer
           so
           implacable
           .
        
         
           
             Are
             there
             monstrous
             and
             vntimely
             birthes
             ?
          
           
           
             pray
             to
             be
             regenerate
             and
          
           borne
           a
           new
           ,
           not
           of
           mortall
           seede
           ,
           but
           immortall
           by
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           liueth
           and
           endureth
           for
           euer
           .
        
         
           Are
           there
           fearefull
           thunderclaps
           making
           thy
           wild
           heart
           to
           shake
           like
           the
           wildernes
           of
           
             Cades
             ?
             stand
             in
             awe
             and
             sinne
             not
             :
             common
             with
             thine
             owne
             heart
             in
             thy
             chamber
             ,
             and
             be
             still
             :
          
           say
           withall
           ,
           it
           is
           thou
           Lord
           onely
           ,
           that
           makest
           me
           dwell
           in
           safetie
           .
        
         
           Are
           the
           Sonne
           and
           Moone
           eclipsed
           deficient
           in
           their
           light
           ,
           darke
           and
           bloodie
           ?
           
             The
             foole
             chaungeth
             like
             the
             
             Moone
          
           ;
           So
           saith
           Siracides
           ;
           and
           thou
           art
           changeable
           ô
           Christian
           ,
           when
           by
           the
           motion
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           thou
           begins
           to
           be
           religious
           ,
           and
           by
           and
           by
           falles
           to
           be
           sacriligious
           ,
           
             Sacriligium
             creatori
             committitur
             dum
             imbecillitas
             ascribitur
             creaturae
             .
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           it
           s
           not
           the
           Moone
           that
           laboureth
           for
           her
           light
           ,
           but
           it
           s
           thou
           that
           labourest
           in
           thy
           sinnes
           ,
           it
           s
           thou
           that
           chaungest
           like
           the
           Moone
           .
        
         
           O
           if
           I
           might
           say
           ,
           we
           fooles
           chaunge
           like
           the
           Moone
           ,
           for
           shee
           shortly
           returnes
           to
           her
           fulnes
           :
           we
           fooles
           linger
           our
           conuersation
           .
        
         
           
             Illa
             velociter
             colligit
             quod
             amiserat
             lumen
             :
             tu
             nec
             tarde
             fidem
             recipis
             quam
             negasti
             :
          
           The
           Moone
           doth
           speedily
           gaine
           againe
           her
           light
           ,
           that
           she
           hath
           lost
           ,
           we
           fooles
           doe
           hardly
           in
           any
           time
           recouer
           the
           faith
           we
           haue
           denied
           .
        
         
           What
           should
           I
           say
           more
           :
           
             Luna
             defectum
             luminis
             patitur
             ;
             tu
             salutis
             :
          
           The
           Moone
           suffereth
           but
           the
           losse
           of
           her
           light
           ,
           thou
           of
           thy
           saluation
           .
           
           
             Grauior
             ergo
             tua
             quam
             lunae
             mutatio
             .
          
           More
           dangerous
           therefore
           by
           much
           is
           the
           eclipse
           of
           thy
           soule
           ,
           than
           is
           the
           eclipse
           either
           of
           Sunne
           or
           Moone
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           may
           be
           some
           man
           will
           say
           :
           doth
           neither
           Sunne
           nor
           Moone
           labour
           in
           the
           eclipse
           ,
           doubtles
           they
           doe
           ,
           and
           that
           continually
           .
           For
           we
           cannot
           denie
           but
           they
           labour
           with
           other
           creatures
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
             and
             grone
             with
             vs
             ,
             also
             trauelling
             in
             paine
             together
             ,
             vnto
             this
             present
             ,
             desiring
             the
             day
             of
             their
             deliuerance
             out
             of
             the
             vanitie
             of
             corruption
             ,
             wherein
             they
             are
             .
          
           Leaue
           off
           therefore
           to
           looke
           vpon
           the
           defects
           of
           those
           glorious
           lights
           ,
           vnles
           thou
           looke
           vpon
           the
           staines
           and
           blemishes
           of
           thy
           wicked
           life
           .
           For
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           for
           the
           drunkard
           in
           his
           wine
           ,
           the
           wanton
           in
           his
           lust
           ,
           or
           the
           couetous
           man
           in
           his
           wealth
           ,
           to
           looke
           vpon
           the
           Moone
           ,
           and
           see
           the
           things
           that
           are
           in
           heauen
           ,
           when
           he
           knoweth
           not
           rightly
           how
           to
           vse
           or
           discerne
           of
           things
           that
           are
           on
           earth
           ?
        
         
         
           Are
           there
           new
           Stars
           vncoth
           and
           vnknowne
           ?
           Doe
           they
           blaze
           in
           the
           heauens
           and
           moue
           thee
           to
           wonder
           ,
           what
           may
           be
           the
           effect
           ?
           Say
           with
           the
           Sages
           ,
           and
           then
           art
           thou
           wise
           ,
           
             vidimus
             stellam
             eius
             in
             oriente
             ,
             &c.
          
           wee
           haue
           seene
           his
           Star
           in
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           are
           come
           to
           worship
           him
           :
           him
           ,
           not
           it
           :
           lest
           any
           man
           might
           bake
           cakes
           ,
           to
           the
           Queene
           of
           heauen
           ,
           &
           adore
           the
           creature
           ,
           for
           the
           Creator
           .
           Yet
           follow
           it
           till
           it
           come
           to
           the
           place
           where
           the
           babe
           is
           :
           then
           leaue
           it
           ,
           and
           offer
           of
           thy
           Gold
           ,
           Myrrhe
           ,
           &
           Frankencence
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           these
           signes
           in
           heauen
           ,
           &
           prodigies
           on
           earth
           ,
           haue
           brought
           thee
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           thy
           sinne
           ,
           and
           sight
           of
           thy
           Sauiour
           ,
           offer
           vp
           the
           sweet
           perfume
           of
           thy
           praier
           &
           praise
           ,
           an
           euening
           and
           morning
           sacrifice
           vnto
           thy
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           are
           there
           rumors
           of
           warres
           abroad
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           or
           warres
           at
           home
           ,
           woes
           and
           wonders
           ,
           euen
           at
           thy
           doores
           ,
           
             Hannibal
             ad
             portas
          
           ,
           Is
           the
           enemie
           at
           thy
           gates
           ?
           Are
           the
           Barbarians
           abroad
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           Turke
           in
           
           armes
           ?
           
             Vibrans
             hastam
             in
             Christianos
          
           ,
           breathing
           after
           Christian
           blood
           :
           
             desine
             peccare
             &
             ciuitas
             non
             peribit
             ,
          
           cease
           to
           sinne
           ,
           and
           the
           citie
           shall
           not
           be
           sacked
           .
           
             Quid
             fugis
             patriam
             si
             vis
             saluus
             esse
             tua
             potius
             peccata
             subter
             fuge
             si
             tu
             peccare
             deseris
             victus
             est
             inimicus
             .
          
           Why
           leauest
           thou
           thy
           country
           ?
           nay
           rather
           if
           thou
           wouldest
           be
           safe
           ,
           flee
           from
           thy
           sinnes
           ,
           if
           thou
           leaue
           off
           sinning
           the
           enemie
           is
           conquered
           .
           And
           how
           is
           he
           conquered
           ?
           
             Non
             Gladio
             Golias
             sed
             lapide
             ,
             prosternitur
             :
             Goliah
          
           was
           not
           slaine
           with
           a
           sword
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           stone
           out
           of
           a
           sling
           :
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           by
           powerfull
           praier
           .
           For
           so
           saith
           
             Dauid
             ,
             thou
             commest
             to
             me
             with
             a
             sword
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             speare
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             shield
             ,
             but
             I
             come
             to
             thee
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             whom
             thou
             hast
             rayled
             vpon
             .
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           you
           see
           how
           the
           Drum
           of
           deuotion
           ,
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           Gods
           creatures
           ,
           (
           though
           senseles
           of
           themselues
           ,
           yet
           sensible
           of
           our
           sinnes
           )
           hath
           stroken
           an
           allarum
           to
           praier
           .
           Now
           let
           vs
           smell
           to
           that
           sweet
           perfume
           ,
           and
           presse
           both
           the
           power
           and
           
           priuiledge
           thereof
           to
           saue
           ,
           out
           of
           these
           words
           :
           It
           shall
           be
           that
           whosoeuer
           shall
           call
           on
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           shall
           be
           saued
           .
           But
           because
           I
           haue
           wearied
           you
           ouermuch
           in
           this
           ,
           I
           will
           spare
           both
           my selfe
           and
           you
           till
           a
           further
           opportunitie
           .
           And
           so
           let
           vs
           pray
           :
           O
           eternall
           God
           and
           most
           mercifull
           father
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           end
           of
           the
           first
           Sermon
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           SECOND
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           THE
           PERFVME
           OF
           PRAYER
           .
           THE
           ARROWE
           OF
           OVR
           deliuerance
           in
           the
           daies
           of
           danger
           ,
           when
           signes
           from
           heauen
           ,
           and
           Prodigies
           on
           earth
           ,
           are
           on
           vs
           to
           moue
           our
           repentance
           .
        
         
           
             Acts.
             2.
             21.
             
          
           
             And
             it
             shall
             be
             ,
             that
             whosoeuer
             shall
             call
             vpon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             shall
             be
             saued
             .
          
        
         
           SIgnes
           in
           heauen
           ,
           and
           prodigies
           on
           earth
           (
           as
           I
           haue
           told
           you
           ,
           )
           are
           nothing
           else
           but
           drums
           of
           deuotion
           ,
           prouoking
           our
           prayer
           ,
           in
           the
           sweet
           perfume
           whereof
           ,
           whiles
           we
           walke
           ,
           the
           Lord
           will
           either
           deliuer
           vs
           from
           deserued
           iudgements
           ,
           or
           giue
           vs
           patience
           to
           abide
           the
           fyrie
           triall
           ,
           And
           therfore
           pardon
           me
           yet
           further
           
           to
           ceaze
           vpon
           your
           religious
           eares
           ,
           and
           hearts
           ,
           on
           Gods
           behalfe
           ,
           and
           in
           tender
           of
           your
           saued
           soules
           .
           Pardon
           me
           to
           presse
           you
           to
           powerfull
           praier
           ,
           thereby
           to
           make
           the
           Lord
           propitious
           ,
           ayding
           ,
           &
           assisting
           ,
           when
           workes
           of
           wonder
           ,
           both
           aboue
           and
           belowe
           ,
           doe
           threaten
           our
           destruction
           .
        
         
           The
           wicked
           in
           that
           day
           shal
           wring
           their
           hands
           ,
           rent
           their
           garments
           ,
           teare
           their
           haire
           ,
           and
           cry
           vpon
           the
           mountaines
           to
           fall
           vpon
           them
           :
           but
           the
           godly
           shall
           haue
           boldnes
           in
           that
           day
           ,
           they
           shall
           lift
           vp
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           knowe
           that
           the
           day
           of
           their
           redemption
           draweth
           neere
           :
           yea
           ,
           &
           as
           it
           is
           in
           my
           text
           ,
           
             they
             shall
             call
             vpon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             be
             saued
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           all
           such
           as
           feare
           God
           ,
           shall
           feare
           no
           fire
           ,
           but
           
             call
             vpon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             and
             be
             saued
             .
          
        
         
           Yet
           so
           ,
           as
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           euer
           giues
           the
           gust
           ,
           power
           ,
           and
           spirit
           of
           prayer
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           is
           no
           perfume
           ,
           but
           a
           stinch
           in
           the
           nosthrills
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           Host
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           you
           may
           here
           see
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           clearing
           the
           imputation
           of
           Drunkennes
           ,
           both
           
           in
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           his
           associats
           ,
           euen
           in
           the
           height
           of
           that
           high
           feast
           of
           Penticost
           ,
           doth
           in
           ebriat
           the
           soules
           of
           Gods
           Saints
           ,
           with
           a
           pregnant
           prophesie
           of
           the
           abundance
           of
           the
           spirit
           which
           should
           glad
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           godly
           in
           the
           latter
           daies
           .
           So
           then
           I
           may
           safely
           say
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           fire
           is
           knowne
           by
           it
           heate
           ,
           the
           Sunne
           by
           it
           light
           ,
           and
           the
           tree
           by
           it
           fruit
           ,
           so
           may
           you
           by
           prayer
           ,
           know
           whether
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           be
           in
           you
           or
           no
           :
           As
           also
           whether
           ye
           shall
           be
           saued
           when
           prodigies
           are
           abroad
           ,
           wonders
           in
           heauen
           aboue
           ,
           and
           tokens
           on
           earth
           beneath
           ,
           blood
           and
           fire
           and
           the
           vapour
           of
           smoake
           .
           Much
           prayer
           ,
           and
           much
           passion
           ,
           is
           euer
           from
           a
           powerfull
           spirit
           ,
           and
           it
           argueth
           a
           Royall
           presence
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           for
           euen
           as
           :
           
             in
             water
             face
             answereth
             face
          
           ,
           so
           in
           plea
           of
           saluation
           ,
           spirit
           answereth
           spirit
           ,
           
             Gods
             spirit
             answereth
             our
             spirit
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             his
             children
             ,
          
           yea
           and
           the
           insence
           of
           our
           prayer
           ;
           answereth
           the
           perfume
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           in
           which
           sweet
           ayre
           we
           are
           carried
           and
           breath
           vnto
           saluation
           .
        
         
         
           VVhy
           then
           it
           may
           seeme
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           much
           prayer
           ,
           there
           is
           much
           spirit
           ;
           where
           there
           is
           little
           praier
           ,
           there
           is
           little
           spirit
           ;
           and
           where
           there
           is
           no
           prayer
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           spirit
           ;
           and
           if
           who
           soeuer
           shall
           call
           vppon
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           hath
           much
           spirit
           ,
           and
           shall
           bee
           saved
           ;
           it
           will
           follow
           that
           whosoeuer
           shall
           not
           call
           vpon
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           hath
           no
           spirit
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           ,
           that
           sith
           the
           vision
           is
           for
           an
           appointed
           time
           ,
           and
           now
           is
           the
           time
           (
           euen
           in
           the
           latter
           daies
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           dayes
           of
           Christ
           )
           wherein
           God
           hath
           promised
           to
           power
           out
           his
           spirit
           vpon
           all
           flesh
           ,
           
             euen
             the
             spirit
             of
             grace
             and
             compassion
             ,
             so
             as
             euery
             one
             should
             weepe
             apart
             ,
             because
             of
             him
             whom
             they
             haue
             pierced
          
           ;
           And
           yet
           our
           praier
           should
           be
           so
           scanted
           ,
           and
           our
           spirits
           so
           dull
           ,
           as
           wee
           seeme
           to
           bee
           dead
           in
           our
           deuotion
           .
           Surely
           wee
           dire
           the
           Deity
           with
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           wee
           quench
           the
           spirit
           ,
           wee
           grieue
           it
           ;
           wee
           despite
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           wee
           pray
           not
           ,
           because
           the
           
           spirit
           breathes
           not
           .
        
         
           Some
           few
           droppes
           of
           this
           heauenly
           fountaine
           distilled
           vpon
           the
           Patriarkes
           and
           Prophets
           of
           old
           ,
           but
           the
           cundits
           of
           grace
           were
           neuer
           so
           fully
           opened
           as
           in
           these
           latter
           dayes
           of
           Christ
           ,
           when
           with
           the
           effusion
           of
           his
           blood
           ,
           hee
           vented
           out
           the
           abundance
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           and
           powred
           it
           vpon
           all
           flesh
           ;
           and
           is
           it
           not
           strange
           thē
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           so
           liue
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           stood
           in
           doubt
           ,
           whether
           there
           bee
           an
           holy
           Ghost
           or
           no
           ;
           and
           in
           these
           last
           dayes
           of
           mans
           redemption
           ,
           they
           should
           breath
           more
           weakly
           ,
           and
           pray
           more
           faintly
           then
           in
           the
           first
           dayes
           of
           the
           worlds
           creation
           ;
           when
           Abel
           was
           slaine
           by
           Caine
           ;
           it
           is
           of
           speciall
           observation
           ,
           that
           vntill
           the
           dayes
           of
           Enoch
           ,
           men
           were
           silent
           in
           their
           deuotion
           ,
           and
           cared
           not
           for
           their
           God
           ,
           for
           then
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             men
             beganne
             to
             call
             vpon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             Caines
          
           sinne
           had
           so
           corrupted
           Seths
           seed
           &
           sanctity
           ,
           that
           till
           Enoch
           repaired
           the
           ruines
           by
           his
           holy
           profession
           ,
           there
           was
           little
           prayer
           ,
           little
           spirit
           ,
           litle
           pietie
           
           in
           that
           world
           .
           It
           is
           said
           of
           
             Enoch
             ,
             that
             hee
             walked
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             was
             no
             more
             seene
             :
          
           
           It
           was
           his
           speciall
           priviledge
           so
           to
           bee
           rapt
           vp
           ,
           else
           moe
           had
           followed
           after
           ,
           but
           they
           wanted
           his
           spirit
           ,
           his
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           familiarity
           hee
           had
           with
           God
           ;
           it
           was
           a
           bad
           world
           ,
           for
           the
           spirit
           breathed
           not
           ,
           and
           therefore
           men
           prayed
           not
           .
        
         
           
             When
             all
             flesh
             had
             corrupted
             their
             wayes
             ,
          
           so
           as
           God
           looked
           down
           from
           heaven
           ,
           to
           see
           if
           there
           were
           any
           that
           were
           good
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           not
           one
           good
           ,
           no
           not
           one
           ;
           then
           mans
           wickednesse
           wallowed
           in
           the
           water
           of
           his
           destruction
           ;
           Noah
           prayed
           ,
           and
           hee
           was
           preserved
           ,
           the
           rest
           called
           not
           vpon
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           therefore
           perished
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           tell
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaacke
             ,
             Iacob
             ,
             Moses
             ,
             Samuel
             and
             Ioshua
             ,
          
           how
           plentifull
           the
           spirit
           was
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           how
           powerfully
           they
           prayed
           in
           their
           dayes
           :
           yet
           from
           a
           sparing
           spirit
           which
           breathed
           but
           vpon
           few
           ,
           besides
           their
           owne
           families
           .
           So
           might
           I
           speake
           of
           al
           the
           renowmed
           Kings
           of
           Israel
           ,
           and
           
           Iudah
           ;
           of
           inspired
           Prophets
           ,
           holy
           men
           ,
           and
           godly
           Matrones
           ,
           down
           to
           the
           dayes
           of
           Christ
           ,
           all
           of
           blessed
           memory
           ,
           for
           feruent
           prayer
           ,
           and
           frequent
           :
           yea
           ,
           and
           from
           a
           powerfull
           spirit
           :
           yet
           limited
           to
           their
           peculiars
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           confined
           within
           the
           borders
           of
           Paleftine
           ,
           till
           Siloh
           came
           ,
           meane
           our
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Messias
           and
           Saviour
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           who
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           said
           ,
           with
           the
           effusion
           of
           his
           blood
           ,
           powred
           out
           the
           abundance
           of
           his
           spirit
           vpon
           all
           flesh
           ;
           I
           say
           with
           Zacharie
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           prayer
           and
           compassion
           ,
           that
           the
           godly
           might
           mourne
           ,
           because
           of
           him
           whome
           they
           had
           pierced
           .
        
         
           The
           Issue
           is
           sweet
           ,
           and
           the
           doctrine
           is
           Orthodoxall
           ,
           taken
           from
           the
           practises
           of
           the
           godly
           in
           all
           ages
           ;
           neuer
           was
           it
           yet
           seen
           or
           heard
           ,
           that
           euer
           man
           prayed
           ,
           preached
           ,
           or
           pray
           sed
           aright
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           spirit
           gaue
           him
           vtterance
           .
           The
           holy
           Ghost
           is
           the
           holie
           guide
           of
           all
           our
           holy
           actions
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           seasoner
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           and
           the
           moulder
           of
           all
           our
           sanctity
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           
           mother
           of
           piety
           ,
           and
           it
           openeth
           the
           doore
           to
           all
           true
           deuotion
           ;
           where
           it
           breathes
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           perfume
           of
           Prayer
           ;
           where
           it
           breathes
           not
           ,
           there
           is
           sinne
           in
           silence
           ,
           without
           cry
           or
           calling
           vpon
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           saued
           .
        
         
           
             The
             creatures
          
           as
           it
           is
           in
           
             Paul
             ,
             may
             grone
          
           ,
           wee
           may
           grieue
           and
           sigh
           in
           our selues
           ,
           waiting
           for
           the
           adoption
           ,
           euen
           the
           redemption
           of
           our
           bodies
           ,
           in
           the
           salvation
           of
           our
           so
           ules
           :
           but
           yet
           it
           is
           the
           spirite
           that
           helpeth
           our
           frailety
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           whereas
           wee
           know
           not
           how
           to
           pray
           as
           wee
           ought
           ,
           the
           spirit
           it selfe
           maketh
           request
           for
           vs
           ,
           with
           signes
           that
           cannot
           bee
           vttered
           ;
           for
           hee
           that
           searcheth
           the
           hearts
           ,
           knoweth
           what
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           and
           he
           maketh
           requests
           for
           the
           Saints
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           If
           the
           Apostles
           could
           haue
           tolde
           how
           to
           haue
           prayed
           of
           themselues
           ,
           they
           would
           neuer
           haue
           gon
           to
           Christ
           to
           haue
           taken
           out
           the
           lesson
           ,
           nor
           said
           ,
           
             Maister
             ,
             teach
             vs
             how
             to
             pray
             :
          
           but
           
           they
           knew
           that
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           and
           he
           were
           all
           one
           ,
           and
           therefore
           would
           fetch
           that
           sweet
           perfume
           from
           his
           blessed
           breath
           ,
           they
           knew
           that
           grace
           was
           powdered
           in
           his
           lipps
           ,
           
           
             because
             God
             had
             blessed
             him
             for
             euer
             .
          
        
         
           Well
           then
           I
           say
           no
           more
           but
           this
           ,
           to
           presse
           out
           this
           sweete
           perfume
           of
           prayer
           ,
           to
           be
           practised
           of
           all
           with
           vnwearied
           diligence
           .
           1.
           
           That
           there
           is
           an
           house
           of
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           hath
           purged
           it
           .
           2.
           
           There
           is
           a
           day
           of
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           hath
           sanctified
           it
           .
           3.
           
           There
           is
           an
           heart
           for
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           hath
           possessed
           it
           .
           4.
           
           There
           is
           a
           mouth
           for
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           hath
           opened
           it
           .
           5.
           
           There
           is
           a
           president
           for
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           hath
           enioyned
           it
           .
           6.
           
           There
           is
           a
           premiū
           or
           reward
           for
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           hath
           giuen
           it
           ,
           euen
           saluation
           to
           out
           soules
           :
           for
           so
           saith
           the
           text
           ,
           
             It
             shall
             be
             that
             whosoeuer
             shall
             call
             vpon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             saued
             ,
          
           Nay
           &
           if
           none
           of
           these
           were
           ,
           yet
           because
           we
           are
           fallen
           into
           the
           last
           and
           worst
           daies
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           wherein
           sinne
           was
           neuer
           so
           sinfull
           ,
           deferued
           
           iudgements
           ,
           neuer
           more
           doubtfull
           ,
           nor
           Sathan
           so
           busie
           to
           bestir
           himself
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           hath
           but
           a
           short
           time
           :
           It
           might
           moue
           vs
           to
           be
           no
           lesse
           feruent
           then
           frequent
           in
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           for
           that
           wonders
           ,
           signes
           ,
           &
           prodigies
           ,
           harbingers
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           are
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           yea
           
             Hanibal
             ,
             ad
             Portas
          
           ,
           iudgemēt
           is
           at
           our
           doores
           :
           Oh
           ,
           pray
           ,
           pray
           ,
           pray
           ,
           neuer
           more
           need
           to
           pray
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           may
           be
           ye
           know
           not
           how
           to
           pray
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ye
           aske
           and
           haue
           not
           ,
           because
           ye
           aske
           amisse
           ,
           ye
           seeke
           and
           find
           not
           ,
           because
           ye
           seeke
           amisse
           .
           For
           euery
           man
           seekes
           his
           owne
           ,
           either
           of
           pleasure
           ,
           or
           profit
           ,
           but
           fewe
           the
           things
           that
           are
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           :
           and
           therefore
           spare
           me
           ,
           while
           I
           tender
           to
           your
           religious
           eares
           and
           harts
           ,
           a
           modell
           of
           prayer
           ,
           where
           after
           if
           you
           fashion
           your
           deuotion
           ,
           ye
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           both
           to
           haue
           audience
           ,
           and
           answere
           from
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           
           Wherein
           ,
           first
           consider
           the
           manner
           how
           to
           pray
           ,
           which
           is
           your
           preparation
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           remoue
           the
           impediments
           
           that
           hinder
           prayer
           ,
           which
           is
           your
           pollution
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           respect
           the
           incouragement
           ,
           
           ve
           haue
           to
           pray
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           premium
           and
           rich
           reward
           which
           is
           saluation
           :
           for
           it
           
             shall
             be
             that
             whosoeuer
             shall
             call
             vpon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             saued
             .
          
        
         
           And
           first
           for
           the
           manner
           ,
           how
           must
           I
           call
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           be
           heard
           ?
           how
           must
           I
           be
           prepared
           that
           I
           may
           make
           the
           Lord
           propitious
           ,
           and
           readie
           to
           helpe
           in
           time
           of
           need
           ?
           how
           may
           I
           make
           him
           to
           returne
           my
           prayers
           into
           my
           bosome
           ,
           while
           I
           double
           my
           plaints
           within
           my
           brest
           ?
        
         
           I
           must
           first
           call
           in
           faith
           ,
           
             for
             without
             faith
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             to
             please
             God
             :
          
           faith
           is
           the
           salt
           of
           the
           sacrifice
           that
           makes
           it
           sau●rie
           :
           it
           is
           the
           Star
           guiding
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           piller
           of
           fire
           conducting
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           hand
           reaching
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           spirit
           breathing
           ,
           a
           passion
           from
           vs
           more
           sweete
           then
           Incense
           in
           the
           nostrills
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           Host
           .
           In
           my
           faith
           I
           haue
           full
           assurance
           that
           I
           shall
           be
           heard
           ,
           answered
           ,
           &
           obtaine
           my
           desires
           ,
           for
           Christ
           
           so
           promised
           when
           he
           cursed
           the
           barren
           tree
           ,
           and
           blessed
           the
           batsome
           heart
           thus
           ,
           
             Whatsoeuer
             ye
             desire
             when
             ye
             pray
             ,
          
           
           
             beleeue
             that
             ye
             shall
             haue
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             done
             vnto
             you
             .
          
        
         
           And
           
             Iames
             the
             Sonne
             of
             thunder
          
           ,
           
           before
           the
           call
           of
           praier
           sent
           out
           the
           fire
           of
           faith
           ,
           like
           lightning
           ,
           before
           y
           e
           clap
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
           
             If
             any
             man
             lacke
             wisdome
             ,
             let
             him
             aske
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             giueth
             to
             all
             men
             liberally
             ,
             and
             reprocheth
             no
             man
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             giuen
             him
             ,
             but
             let
             him
             aske
             in
             faith
             ,
             and
             wauer
             not
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Yea
           &
           Dauid
           was
           of
           this
           consort
           ,
           
           when
           he
           sung
           to
           y
           e
           solace
           of
           his
           soule
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             neare
             vnto
             all
             that
             call
             vpon
             him
             ,
             yea
             to
             all
             that
             call
             vpon
             him
             faithfully
             .
          
           What
           should
           I
           say
           more
           ,
           
             our
             faith
             is
             the
             victorie
             by
             which
             we
             ouercome
             the
             world
             ,
          
           it
           is
           danted
           with
           no
           difficulties
           ,
           it
           passeth
           for
           no
           impossibilities
           ,
           it
           extent
           reacheth
           far
           ,
           euen
           from
           the
           nethermost
           hell
           to
           the
           highest
           heauens
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
           as
           I
           must
           call
           in
           faith
           if
           I
           will
           be
           heard
           ,
           so
           must
           I
           pray
           in
           humilitie
           ,
           if
           I
           will
           haue
           answere
           :
           
             for
             he
             hath
             regarded
             the
             lowe
             degree
             of
             his
             handmaid
             ,
          
           it
           was
           her
           virginall
           voyce
           ,
           
           and
           in
           the
           humblenes
           of
           her
           heart
           she
           was
           exalted
           with
           her
           God.
           O
           it
           s
           an
           excellent
           vertue
           ,
           when
           honor
           is
           humbled
           ,
           and
           humilitie
           is
           honored
           with
           the
           title
           of
           blessednes
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           with
           Mary
           .
        
         
           Iudeths
           humilitie
           pulled
           downe
           the
           Assirian
           pride
           ,
           when
           powring
           out
           her
           prayer
           to
           God
           for
           the
           deliuerance
           of
           her
           people
           ,
           
           she
           said
           .
           
             Thy
             power
             standeth
             not
             in
             the
             multitude
             ,
          
           nor
           thy
           might
           in
           strong
           men
           ,
           but
           thou
           O
           Lord
           art
           the
           helpe
           of
           the
           humble
           and
           little
           ones
           .
           Aron
           and
           Hur
           must
           hold
           vp
           Moses
           hands
           ,
           lest
           he
           might
           seeme
           to
           be
           exalted
           in
           his
           owne
           strēgth
           .
           And
           when
           Hester
           the
           Queen
           was
           to
           deale
           with
           her
           God
           by
           prayer
           ,
           she
           put
           off
           her
           princely
           robes
           ,
           but
           when
           she
           went
           to
           the
           Kings
           Pallace
           she
           put
           them
           on
           :
           to
           teach
           vs
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           deale
           with
           God
           as
           with
           men
           ,
           for
           hee
           will
           be
           better
           pleased
           with
           our
           pouertie
           then
           with
           our
           pride
           :
           with
           our
           sackecloth
           and
           ashes
           ,
           then
           with
           our
           silke
           and
           sables
           .
           I
           ,
           and
           the
           child
           will
           goe
           alone
           ,
           so
           said
           Abraham
           
           of
           his
           beloued
           Isaacke
           ,
           I
           and
           my
           miserie
           will
           goe
           alone
           ,
           so
           saith
           the
           humbled
           soule
           vnto
           his
           mercifull
           Sauiour
           .
           No
           plea
           with
           God
           like
           the
           pore
           mans
           plea
           ,
           and
           to
           goe
           
             informa
             pauperis
          
           ,
           is
           the
           best
           plea
           in
           heauen
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           the
           worst
           on
           earth
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Lord
           must
           be
           called
           vpon
           in
           faith
           and
           humilitie
           ,
           so
           must
           he
           be
           applied
           with
           good
           zeale
           and
           affection
           :
           no
           perfume
           of
           prayer
           but
           from
           a
           passionate
           heart
           ,
           a
           broken
           and
           contrite
           heart
           God
           will
           neuer
           despise
           ,
           his
           eye
           and
           his
           answere
           is
           towards
           all
           such
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           prophet
           ,
           
           
             To
             him
             will
             I
             looke
             ,
             euen
             to
             him
             that
             is
             poore
             and
             of
             a
             lowly
             troubled
             spirit
             ,
             and
             trembleth
             at
             my
             words
             .
             Moses
          
           said
           nothing
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           cryed
           vnto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           passionate
           prayer
           ,
           not
           from
           Laodecean
           lippes
           ,
           but
           from
           a
           fyrie
           spirit
           ,
           as
           with
           Anna
           when
           she
           powred
           out
           her
           soule
           before
           the
           Lord
           in
           the
           day
           of
           her
           barrennes
           .
        
         
           Dauids
           affection
           in
           his
           prayer
           ,
           was
           much
           kindled
           with
           the
           oole
           of
           zeale
           ,
           
           when
           he
           cryed
           vnto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           it
           was
           more
           inflamed
           when
           he
           watered
           his
           couch
           with
           his
           teares
           ,
           for
           the
           sinnes
           of
           his
           soule
           ,
           but
           most
           of
           all
           battered
           when
           he
           rored
           within
           ,
           for
           aflictions
           without
           ,
           
           
             Iacob
             wept
             &
             prayed
             &
             fou●d
             .
             God
             at
             Bethel
             ,
          
           
           So
           did
           good
           Ezekias
           when
           he
           turned
           him
           to
           the
           wall
           and
           wept
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Attenuati
             sunt
             occuli
             mei
             suspicientes
             in
             coelum
             ,
             mine
             eyes
             are
             wearie
             with
             watching
             vpon
             my
             God
             ,
          
           and
           I
           had
           fainted
           in
           my
           miserie
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           turned
           to
           me
           in
           mercy
           ,
           &
           said
           ;
           
             I
             haue
             heard
             thy
             prayers
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             seene
             thy
             teares
          
           .
        
         
           What
           should
           I
           say
           more
           ,
           Mardoche
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           citie
           ,
           cryed
           to
           God
           with
           a
           great
           crie
           and
           a
           bitter
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           heard
           in
           that
           he
           desired
           :
           so
           was
           Christ
           vpon
           the
           tree
           ,
           when
           greeued
           in
           soule
           ,
           he
           washed
           away
           our
           staines
           in
           blood
           &
           teares
           .
           It
           was
           Augustines
           sorrow
           ,
           when
           thinking
           vpon
           his
           vaine
           passions
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             flebam
             Didonem
             morientem
             ob
             amorem
             Aeneae
             ,
          
           I
           wept
           for
           Dido
           ,
           dying
           for
           the
           loue
           of
           Aeneas
           .
           but
           alas
           and
           woe
           is
           me
           therfore
           ,
           I
           seldome
           wept
           for
           my
           Sauiour
           
           dying
           for
           my
           sinne
           ,
           nor
           yet
           for
           my selfe
           liuing
           in
           my
           sinne
           .
           Surely
           teares
           and
           prayers
           are
           church
           weapons
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           conclude
           as
           Ambrose
           did
           with
           
             Monacha
             Augustines
          
           Mother
           ,
           when
           she
           wept
           after
           his
           conuersion
           ,
           
             vade
             a
             me
             ita
             viuas
             ,
             fieri
             non
             potest
             vt
             filius
             istarum
             lachrimarum
             pereat
             ,
          
           Goe
           from
           me
           thou
           mournfull
           mother
           ,
           and
           doe
           as
           thou
           doest
           ,
           it
           can
           neuer
           be
           that
           a
           son
           of
           all
           these
           teares
           should
           euer
           perish
           So
           dare
           I
           say
           of
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           ,
           sorrowing
           &
           weeping
           ,
           either
           for
           their
           owne
           sinnes
           or
           others
           ,
           it
           can
           not
           be
           that
           children
           of
           al
           these
           teares
           should
           euer
           perish
           .
        
         
           I
           passe
           to
           the
           fourth
           ,
           
           which
           is
           from
           our
           feruencie
           in
           prayer
           ,
           to
           our
           frequent
           and
           often
           praying
           ,
           thereby
           to
           importune
           y
           e
           Lord
           ,
           to
           be
           propitious
           ,
           euer
           wrastling
           as
           Iacob
           did
           ,
           and
           neuer
           leauing
           him
           without
           a
           blessing
           .
           Nor
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
           
             giuing
             him
             no
             rest
             till
             he
             repaire
             our
             ruines
             :
          
           for
           the
           kingdome
           of
           heauen
           suffereth
           violence
           ,
           and
           the
           violent
           catch
           it
           ,
           yea
           and
           the
           Lord
           is
           ours
           by
           much
           intreatie
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           his
           by
           many
           allurements
           .
           
           O
           that
           our
           prayer
           were
           with
           more
           assiduitie
           ,
           much
           and
           continual
           ,
           as
           euer
           needing
           ,
           &
           therefore
           alwaies
           begging
           .
           Eliah
           when
           he
           prayed
           for
           raine
           ,
           sent
           his
           seruant
           seauen
           times
           to
           see
           if
           y
           e
           Lord
           would
           answere
           his
           sighs
           with
           a
           shewer
           ,
           
           
             from
             the
             top
             of
             Carmell
             he
             crowched
             vnto
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             put
             his
             face
             betweene
             his
             knees
             ,
          
           I
           say
           seuē
           times
           he
           prayed
           with
           passion
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           was
           propitius
           ,
           he
           fainted
           not
           ,
           but
           continued
           crying
           ,
           til
           the
           clouds
           dropped
           downe
           fatnes
           ,
           he
           prayed
           with
           passion
           ,
           while
           the
           king
           was
           at
           his
           repast
           ,
           Ahab
           in
           his
           chamber
           eating
           ,
           but
           Eliah
           vpon
           Carmel
           praying
           .
           Iob
           must
           fast
           &
           pray
           ,
           all
           the
           while
           his
           children
           did
           feast
           and
           play
           ,
           his
           prayers
           ,
           his
           teares
           ,
           and
           his
           sacrifice
           still
           went
           out
           ,
           as
           the
           daies
           of
           their
           banqueting
           went
           about
           :
           
           for
           so
           saith
           the
           text
           ,
           
             thus
             did
             Iob
             euery
             day
             :
             Darius
          
           sealed
           y
           e
           decree
           ,
           and
           Daniel
           dread
           it
           not
           ,
           but
           continued
           his
           prayer
           ,
           and
           was
           instant
           with
           God
           ,
           three
           times
           a
           day
           vpō
           his
           knees
           with
           his
           face
           towards
           Ierusalem
           ,
           
           and
           his
           windowe
           open
           that
           way
           :
           both
           to
           stir
           vp
           himselfe
           with
           the
           remembrance
           
           of
           Gods
           promise
           to
           al
           such
           as
           should
           pray
           towards
           that
           house
           .
           As
           also
           that
           all
           might
           see
           ,
           he
           dread
           no
           danger
           of
           the
           Lions
           denne
           ,
           but
           had
           rather
           die
           ten
           thonsand
           deathes
           then
           yeeld
           to
           their
           Idolatrie
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           ,
           
           Dauid
           was
           much
           in
           prayer
           ,
           when
           hee
           said
           ,
           
             Euening
             and
             morning
             ,
             and
             at
             noone
             day
             will
             I
             pray
             ,
             &
             make
             a
             noise
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             heaere
             me
             .
          
           So
           Paul
           ,
           
           when
           hee
           said
           ,
           
             in
             prayer
             often
          
           ,
           it
           was
           his
           dayly
           exercise
           ,
           and
           what
           hee
           practised
           himselfe
           ,
           he
           preached
           to
           others
           ,
           when
           hee
           said
           ,
           
             pray
             continually
          
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           as
           our
           prayers
           must
           bee
           often
           in
           respect
           of
           times
           :
           so
           must
           they
           not
           bee
           limitted
           in
           regard
           of
           places
           ,
           whether
           in
           the
           great
           congregation
           ,
           and
           in
           publike
           ,
           or
           abroad
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           lesse
           publike
           ,
           or
           in
           private
           at
           home
           ,
           when
           thou
           art
           shut
           in
           thy
           closet
           ,
           and
           art
           still
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           christian
           liberty
           ,
           and
           freedome
           in
           all
           ,
           so
           thy
           deuction
           bee
           done
           without
           schisme
           ,
           and
           separation
           ;
           for
           thou
           art
           not
           onely
           tyed
           vnto
           the
           Temple
           ,
           but
           thy
           chamber
           ,
           field
           ,
           and
           garden
           ,
           the
           moūtaines
           ,
           
           dales
           and
           wildernesse
           ,
           dennes
           ,
           caues
           ,
           and
           hollowes
           of
           the
           earth
           are
           sacred
           for
           thy
           devotions
           .
        
         
           When
           Iacob
           prayed
           against
           Esau
           his
           brother
           ,
           in
           that
           his
           dangerous
           peregrination
           to
           Bethel
           ,
           hee
           diuided
           himselfe
           from
           his
           family
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           the
           nearer
           bee
           ioyned
           to
           God
           in
           his
           praier
           ,
           hee
           sent
           his
           two
           wiues
           ,
           and
           his
           eleuen
           children
           ouer
           the
           ●iuer
           Iabbocke
           ,
           with
           all
           hee
           had
           ;
           and
           when
           himselfe
           was
           left
           alone
           ,
           there
           wrastled
           with
           him
           a
           man
           to
           the
           dawning
           of
           the
           day
           ;
           he
           alone
           a
           Saint
           ,
           and
           in
           secret
           ,
           wept
           and
           prayed
           ,
           and
           found
           God
           at
           Bethel
           .
        
         
           Moses
           meditations
           were
           mentall
           ,
           secret
           ,
           and
           silent
           ,
           when
           alone
           he
           cried
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           saide
           nothing
           .
           And
           Dauid
           a
           part
           made
           his
           prayer
           for
           the
           adulterous
           child
           ,
           when
           groueling
           vpon
           the
           ground
           ,
           hee
           grieued
           and
           groned
           alone
           ;
           
             Demissa
             turba
             ascendit
             Iesus
             in
             montem
             solus
             orare
             .
          
           And
           Peter
           at
           Ioppa
           prayed
           apart
           ,
           when
           in
           an
           higher
           roome
           he
           fel
           into
           a
           trance
           ,
           and
           prayed
           so
           long
           ,
           
           that
           hee
           languished
           ,
           yet
           saw
           the
           vision
           ,
           and
           heard
           the
           
           voice
           that
           filled
           his
           soule
           with
           solace
           ;
           
           I
           might
           tell
           of
           Iudith
           her
           Cell
           ,
           and
           secret
           ,
           when
           shee
           made
           her
           turret
           a
           temple
           to
           pray
           in
           .
           All
           is
           but
           this
           as
           Bazil
           saith
           ,
           
             Oratio
             secretū
             postulat
          
           ,
           Soules
           would
           be
           secret
           in
           their
           sanctitie
           ,
           and
           from
           euery
           place
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           passage
           to
           his
           presence
           .
           The
           temple
           ,
           the
           street
           ,
           the
           chamber
           ,
           the
           orchard
           ,
           field
           ,
           and
           wilde
           desart
           ,
           the
           mountain
           ,
           dales
           ,
           and
           wildernes
           ,
           the
           dungion
           ,
           denne
           ,
           and
           dunghill
           ,
           are
           Sanctuaries
           to
           Gods
           Saints
           ,
           are
           sacred
           for
           all
           our
           prayers
           ,
           prayses
           ,
           and
           passages
           ,
           to
           God
           in
           the
           day
           of
           our
           affliction
           .
        
         
           Thus
           haue
           I
           told
           you
           how
           to
           pray
           ,
           that
           yee
           may
           bee
           heard
           ,
           how
           to
           call
           ,
           that
           yee
           may
           bee
           answered
           .
           It
           now
           remaineth
           ,
           wee
           beware
           of
           such
           impediments
           ,
           lets
           ,
           and
           hindrances
           ,
           as
           diuide
           betwixt
           God
           and
           vs
           ,
           making
           the
           Lord
           lesse
           gracious
           in
           heaven
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           more
           graceles
           wee
           are
           on
           earth
           .
           And
           so
           we
           come
           to
           the
           second
           part
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           which
           letteth
           first
           ,
           
           is
           the
           sinne
           of
           not
           hearing
           the
           word
           .
           That
           
           wickednesse
           is
           the
           first
           wall
           ,
           or
           partition
           ;
           that
           beateth
           backe
           prayer
           ,
           the
           arrow
           of
           our
           deliuerance
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           wickednesse
           ,
           as
           in
           them
           that
           pray
           ,
           so
           in
           them
           that
           are
           prayed
           for
           .
           It
           must
           bee
           purged
           from
           both
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord
           will
           either
           heare
           or
           answere
           ;
           Iustified
           by
           that
           of
           Salomon
           :
           
           
             Because
             I
             have
             called
             &
             yee
             refused
             ,
             I
             haue
             stretched
             forth
             my
             hand
             ,
             and
             none
             would
             regard
             ,
             I
             will
             laugh
             at
             your
             destruction
             ,
             and
             mocke
             when
             your
             feare
             commeth
             .
          
           VVhere
           ,
           and
           if
           yee
           read
           on
           ,
           yee
           shall
           finde
           ,
           how
           such
           impietie
           stoppeth
           all
           passage
           to
           God
           ,
           his
           care
           frō
           hearing
           ,
           his
           hand
           from
           helping
           ,
           his
           speech
           &
           presence
           from
           all
           reliefe
           ;
           
             Then
             shall
             they
             call
             mee
             ,
             saith
             wisdom
             ,
             but
             I
             wil
             not
             answere
             ,
             they
             shall
             seeke
             mee
             earely
             ,
             but
             they
             shall
             not
             finde
             me
             ,
             because
             they
             hated
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             choose
             the
             feare
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           A
           wofull
           warning
           to
           all
           such
           ,
           as
           eyther
           neglect
           ,
           despise
           ,
           or
           trample
           vnder
           foot
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           covenāt
           ,
           I
           meane
           all
           such
           as
           are
           weary
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           despise
           preaching
           ,
           
           they
           shall
           call
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           heard
           ;
           they
           shal
           crie
           ,
           and
           not
           bee
           answered
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           wel
           worse
           ,
           and
           yet
           more
           dolourous
           ,
           
           
             He
             that
             turneth
             away
             ,
             his
             eare
             frō
             hearing
             the
             Law
             ,
             euen
             his
             praier
             shall
             be
             abhominable
             .
          
           Some
           thinke
           they
           please
           God
           if
           they
           pray
           &
           heare
           not
           ,
           they
           must
           bee
           warned
           ,
           they
           pester
           not
           the
           Lords
           presence
           with
           so
           stinking
           a
           breath
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           more
           sweet
           perfume
           ,
           and
           while
           they
           would
           make
           themselues
           acceptable
           to
           God
           for
           their
           much
           praying
           ,
           they
           become
           not
           abhominable
           for
           their
           seldome
           hearing
           ;
           they
           thinke
           to
           bee
           heard
           ,
           saith
           our
           Sauiour
           ,
           for
           their
           much
           babling
           ;
           as
           and
           if
           hee
           should
           say
           ,
           correcting
           that
           error
           ;
           nay
           rather
           ,
           they
           shall
           bee
           answered
           for
           their
           diligent
           hearing
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           as
           the
           eare
           must
           bee
           prepared
           for
           hearing
           ,
           
           that
           our
           prayers
           may
           haue
           passage
           ;
           so
           must
           wee
           lift
           vp
           pure
           hands
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           wee
           may
           haue
           audience
           ;
           for
           a
           good
           life
           must
           lead
           a
           good
           praier
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           ,
           
             Oratio
             nisi
             bona
             vita
             praecedat
             non
             
             exauditur
             :
          
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           ●hey
           must
           goe
           together
           without
           distraction
           ;
           for
           as
           one
           hath
           well
           said
           ,
           
             qui
             rectè
             nouit
             orare
             rectê
             nouit
             viuere
             ,
          
           Hee
           that
           can
           tell
           how
           to
           pray
           well
           ,
           knoweth
           how
           to
           liue
           well
           .
        
         
           
             God
             by
             the
             Prophet
             taxeth
          
           Israel
           
             of
             great
             impietie
             ,
             in
             that
             their
             declining
             estate
             ,
             and
             therefore
             would
             endure
             no
             entreaty
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             vpon
             their
             conformity
          
           .
           When
           you
           shall
           stretch
           out
           your
           hands
           ,
           I
           will
           hide
           mine
           eyes
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           though
           you
           make
           many
           prayers
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           heare
           ,
           for
           your
           hands
           are
           full
           of
           blood
           :
           but
           wash
           you
           ,
           make
           you
           cleane
           ,
           take
           away
           the
           euill
           of
           your
           workes
           from
           before
           your
           eyes
           ,
           cease
           to
           doe
           evill
           ,
           learne
           to
           doe
           well
           seeke
           iudgement
           ,
           relieue
           the
           oppressed
           ,
           iudge
           the
           fatherlesse
           ,
           and
           defend
           the
           widdow
           :
           Then
           come
           ,
           and
           let
           vs
           reason
           together
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           though
           your
           sinnes
           were
           as
           crimson
           ,
           they
           shall
           bee
           white
           as
           snow
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           red
           like
           skarlet
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           as
           wooll
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           Prophet
           from
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           same
           people
           ,
           yet
           further
           presseth
           Israels
           impietie
           against
           
           the
           Lord
           ,
           whereby
           hee
           seemeth
           lesse
           placable
           ,
           whilest
           they
           charge
           him
           of
           impotency
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           helpe
           ,
           and
           of
           dulnesse
           that
           he
           cannot
           heare
           :
           but
           he
           yeelds
           them
           a
           more
           solide
           reason
           of
           his
           restraint
           ,
           euen
           their
           wickednesse
           ,
           the
           wall
           of
           separation
           that
           keepes
           them
           asunder
           :
           For
           ,
           Behold
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
           
             The
             Lords
             hand
             is
             not
             shortned
             that
             hee
             cannot
             saue
             ,
             neither
             is
             his
             eare
             heauy
             that
             it
             cannot
             heare
             :
             but
             your
             iniquities
             haue
             separated
             betweene
             you
             and
             your
             God
             ,
             and
             your
             sinnes
             haue
             hid
             his
             face
             from
             you
             ,
             that
             hee
             will
             not
             heare
             .
          
        
         
           Sinnes
           ?
           and
           what
           sinnes
           ?
           reade
           the
           wordes
           that
           follow
           ,
           sinnes
           of
           Israel
           then
           ,
           sinnes
           of
           England
           now
           :
           what
           marvell
           then
           ,
           if
           wee
           pray
           and
           speed
           no
           better
           then
           Israel
           then
           did
           ;
           for
           if
           wee
           blend
           in
           sinne
           with
           Israel
           ,
           why
           should
           wee
           not
           blend
           in
           judgements
           with
           them
           ?
        
         
           And
           these
           are
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Israel
           and
           Iudah
           ,
           wherewithall
           they
           are
           charged
           ,
           ô
           that
           our
           
             English
             Iudah
          
           were
           well
           discharged
           of
           them
           .
           Your
           hands
           
           saith
           God
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           are
           defiled
           with
           blood
           :
           crueltie
           is
           in
           your
           waies
           ,
           your
           fingers
           are
           full
           of
           iniquitie
           ,
           they
           receiue
           bribes
           ,
           and
           are
           nimble
           to
           spoyle
           .
        
         
           Your
           lippes
           speake
           lies
           ,
           who
           can
           be
           beleeued
           ?
           
             mel
             in
             ore
             verba
             lactis
             ,
             fel
             in
             corde
             fraus
             in
             factis
             ,
          
           there
           is
           hony
           in
           the
           mouth
           ,
           but
           gaule
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           good
           words
           ,
           but
           euill
           deeds
           .
        
         
           7
           No
           man
           calleth
           for
           iustice
           ,
           truth
           perisheth
           in
           the
           streete
           ,
           equitie
           cannot
           enter
           ,
           and
           hee
           that
           refraineth
           from
           euill
           ,
           maketh
           himselfe
           a
           prey
           .
           The
           Lord
           saw
           this
           ,
           and
           was
           displeased
           with
           Israel
           ,
           and
           yet
           their
           greatest
           vanitie
           was
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           thought
           their
           day
           of
           sinning
           would
           euer
           downe
           ,
           they
           dread
           no
           iudgement
           till
           it
           was
           at
           their
           doores
           ,
           and
           fell
           vpon
           them
           .
           Thus
           infected
           my
           deare
           brethren
           with
           sinne
           ,
           how
           should
           wee
           thinke
           not
           to
           be
           afflicted
           for
           our
           sin
           ?
           how
           may
           we
           expect
           from
           the
           Lord
           either
           audience
           or
           answere
           ,
           when
           we
           pray
           ?
           
             Templum
             domini
          
           will
           serue
           no
           turne
           in
           this
           our
           temporising
           age
           ,
           if
           
           our
           sins
           make
           a
           separation
           betweene
           God
           and
           vs.
           
        
         
           When
           the
           cloud
           of
           Israels
           sinne
           had
           shadowed
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Lord
           shining
           ,
           Ieremiah
           laid
           downe
           his
           lamentation
           thus
           .
           
           
             Thou
             hast
             couered
             thy
             face
             with
             a
             cloud
             ,
             that
             our
             prayers
             should
             nor
             passe
             through
             .
          
           And
           it
           was
           the
           greatest
           griefe
           that
           euer
           came
           to
           Sauls
           hart
           ,
           
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           sighing
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             departed
             from
             me
             ,
             and
             answereth
             me
             no
             more
             .
          
           Where
           if
           you
           marke
           the
           storie
           ,
           ye
           shall
           find
           how
           Sathan
           found
           him
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           had
           left
           him
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           holy
           Oracle
           was
           silent
           ,
           the
           hollow
           vault
           at
           Endor
           spake
           :
           to
           teach
           vs
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           will
           not
           know
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           taught
           that
           there
           is
           a
           diuell
           .
           Zim
           and
           Ohim
           wil
           haunt
           our
           habitations
           ,
           and
           the
           witch
           at
           Endor
           will
           endaunger
           our
           dwellings
           .
        
         
           A
           third
           wall
           of
           separation
           stopping
           the
           passage
           of
           our
           prayer
           to
           God
           ,
           
           is
           the
           sinne
           of
           vnmercifulnes
           towards
           the
           poore
           :
           for
           as
           the
           wiseman
           saith
           ,
           
           
             He
             that
             stoppeth
             his
             eare
             at
             the
             crying
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             he
             also
             shall
             cry
             
             and
             not
             be
             heard
             ,
          
           vnmercifulnes
           towards
           the
           poore
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           the
           sins
           of
           Sodome
           ,
           and
           little
           doe
           I
           doubt
           but
           it
           stopt
           the
           passage
           of
           Abrahams
           prayer
           ,
           euen
           frō
           fiftie
           to
           tenne
           mercifull
           men
           not
           found
           in
           Sodome
           for
           whose
           sake
           the
           Lord
           might
           spare
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           The
           vse
           is
           good
           ,
           I
           pray
           God
           the
           teares
           of
           the
           poore
           hinder
           not
           the
           prayers
           of
           the
           rich
           :
           many
           are
           oppressed
           ,
           &
           yet
           are
           not
           pittied
           :
           we
           can
           goe
           to
           no
           pulpit
           ,
           but
           they
           presse
           our
           harts
           to
           prouoke
           our
           speech
           ,
           &
           all
           I
           can
           say
           is
           this
           ,
           take
           heed
           ,
           for
           as
           ye
           know
           ,
           he
           y
           t
           would
           not
           giue
           a
           crum
           of
           comfort
           ,
           was
           denied
           a
           drop
           of
           mercy
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           pittie
           the
           poore
           on
           earth
           ,
           it
           cannot
           but
           hinder
           your
           prayer
           in
           heauē
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
           if
           you
           long
           after
           audience
           ,
           and
           answere
           frō
           God
           ,
           of
           that
           ye
           pray
           for
           ,
           you
           must
           beware
           of
           malice
           ,
           and
           picke
           out
           that
           poyson
           :
           you
           must
           forgiue
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           be
           forgiuen
           :
           yea
           and
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           ,
           you
           must
           pray
           for
           your
           worst
           enemie
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           preuaile
           with
           your
           best
           friend
           .
           That
           friend
           hath
           well
           aduised
           
           thee
           as
           a
           friend
           ,
           
           saying
           ,
           
             When
             ye
             shall
             stand
             and
             pray
             ,
             forgiue
             ,
             if
             ye
             haue
             any
             thing
             against
             any
             man
             ,
             that
             your
             father
             also
             which
             is
             in
             heauen
             ,
             may
             forgiue
             you
             your
             trespasses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ye
             aske
             saith
          
           a
           brother
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             and
             yet
             ye
             receiue
             not
             ,
             because
             ye
             aske
             amisse
             ,
             that
             ye
             might
             lay
             the
             same
             out
             on
             your
             pleasures
             :
          
           It
           s
           a
           foolish
           pleasure
           on
           earth
           ,
           that
           beates
           backe
           a
           prayer
           from
           heauen
           :
           It
           s
           a
           foolish
           passage
           with
           man
           ,
           that
           stops
           a
           passage
           with
           God.
           And
           so
           for
           conclusion
           of
           this
           poynt
           ,
           be
           warned
           ,
           that
           as
           you
           heighten
           your
           prayers
           vpward
           ,
           so
           you
           lessen
           your
           sinnes
           downward
           .
           And
           with
           Siracides
           returne
           vnto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
           and
           forsake
           thy
           sinnes
           ,
           make
           thy
           prayer
           before
           his
           face
           ,
           and
           diminish
           the
           offence
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           
           
             as
             wickednes
             in
             our selues
             ,
             and
             proper
             sinnes
             doe
             hinder
             our
             prayers
             :
             So
             when
             sinne
             is
             in
             those
             we
             pray
             for
             ,
             it
             often
             stoppeth
             our
             passage
             vnto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             maketh
             him
             inexorable
             .
             As
             in
          
           Ieremiah
           
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             said
             ,
          
           I
           will
           
           cast
           you
           out
           of
           my
           sight
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           cast
           out
           all
           your
           brethren
           ,
           euen
           the
           whole
           seede
           of
           Ephraim
           :
           Therefore
           thou
           shalt
           not
           pray
           for
           this
           people
           ,
           
           neither
           lift
           vp
           cry
           or
           prayer
           for
           them
           ,
           neither
           intreate
           me
           ,
           for
           I
           will
           not
           heare
           thee
           :
           Seest
           thou
           not
           what
           they
           doe
           in
           the
           cities
           of
           Iudah
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           streetes
           of
           Ierusalem
           ?
        
         
           As
           and
           if
           he
           should
           say
           ,
           exemplarie
           sinnes
           ,
           shall
           haue
           exemplarie
           iudgements
           ,
           for
           I
           will
           power
           my
           wrath
           vpon
           this
           place
           ,
           vpon
           man
           ,
           and
           vpon
           beast
           ,
           and
           vpon
           the
           trees
           of
           the
           field
           ,
           and
           vpon
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           ground
           :
           it
           shall
           burne
           ô
           Ieremiah
           ,
           and
           thy
           prayer
           shall
           not
           quench
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           is
           in
           an
           other
           Prophet
           ,
           
           
             If
             these
             three
             men
          
           ,
           Noah
           ,
           Daniel
           ,
           and
           Iob
           ,
           
             were
             among
             them
             ,
             they
             should
             not
             but
             deliuer
             their
             owne
             soules
             by
             their
             righteousnes
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God.
             
          
        
         
           All
           I
           haue
           said
           is
           but
           this
           ,
           if
           our
           prayers
           be
           not
           heard
           ,
           it
           is
           
             quia
             petimus
             1.
             indigné
             2.
             indigna
             ,
             3
             pro
             indignis
             :
          
           either
           the
           thing
           is
           vnlawfull
           we
           pray
           for
           ,
           or
           we
           are
           vnworthie
           ,
           who
           pray
           ,
           or
           they
           for
           whom
           we
           doe
           pray
           .
           The
           mother
           
           of
           Zebedes
           childrē
           ,
           had
           not
           her
           boone
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           that
           her
           demand
           was
           not
           lawfull
           .
           Esau
           had
           not
           that
           he
           prayed
           for
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           vnworthie
           .
           And
           if
           you
           poure
           out
           ten
           thousand
           praiers
           ,
           either
           for
           the
           diuels
           or
           damned
           ,
           ye
           shall
           not
           be
           heard
           ,
           for
           their
           sinnes
           are
           gone
           before
           them
           ,
           to
           their
           iust
           condemnation
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           spare
           me
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           vnprofitable
           to
           the
           further
           sanctifying
           both
           of
           your
           will
           and
           skill
           in
           prayer
           ,
           if
           I
           lay
           downe
           certaine
           Rules
           whereby
           you
           may
           know
           how
           diuersly
           y
           e
           Lord
           doth
           answere
           the
           requests
           of
           his
           Saints
           ,
           &
           yet
           all
           to
           their
           endlesse
           comfort
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           but
           be
           patient
           of
           his
           answeres
           .
        
         
           
           And
           first
           obserue
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           God
           heareth
           some
           ,
           
             ad
             voluntatem
             &
             non
             ad
             vtilitatem
             ,
          
           he
           answereth
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           but
           not
           their
           profit
           ,
           what
           they
           would
           haue
           ,
           but
           not
           what
           they
           should
           haue
           .
           As
           when
           the
           people
           lusted
           after
           flesh
           in
           the
           wildernes
           ,
           and
           loathed
           Manna
           ,
           God
           gaue
           them
           their
           fill
           ,
           yet
           while
           
           the
           flesh
           was
           betweene
           their
           teeth
           ,
           
           &
           before
           it
           was
           chewed
           ,
           the
           wrath
           of
           the
           Lord
           was
           kindled
           against
           the
           people
           ,
           &
           the
           Lord
           smote
           the
           people
           with
           an
           exceeding
           great
           plague
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           as
           the
           place
           of
           their
           buriall
           is
           called
           vnto
           this
           day
           ,
           
           
             kibroth
             hattauah
          
           ,
           graues
           of
           lust
           .
           Againe
           ,
           it
           was
           their
           desire
           to
           haue
           a
           king
           like
           other
           nations
           ,
           
           whervnto
           y
           e
           Lord
           yeelded
           ,
           yet
           told
           them
           it
           had
           beene
           better
           for
           them
           if
           they
           had
           not
           forsaken
           him
           ,
           but
           kept
           him
           still
           their
           guidon
           .
           The
           vse
           is
           good
           against
           all
           such
           as
           pray
           for
           nothing
           but
           for
           the
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           profites
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           beautie
           ,
           wealth
           ,
           and
           plodding
           wit
           ,
           which
           oftentimes
           God
           putteth
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           like
           a
           sword
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           lunatike
           man
           ,
           wherwithall
           he
           endangereth
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           the
           Lord
           answereth
           all
           such
           ,
           
             ad
             voluntatem
             &
             non
             ad
             vtilitatem
             .
          
        
         
           The
           second
           rule
           is
           religious
           too
           ,
           
           &
           much
           to
           the
           solace
           of
           Gods
           Saints
           ,
           who
           often
           heareth
           ,
           and
           answereth
           ,
           
             ad
             vtilitatem
             non
             advolūtatem
          
           ,
           answereth
           I
           say
           our
           profit
           ,
           and
           not
           our
           pleasure
           .
           As
           he
           did
           Paul
           ,
           who
           praying
           thrice
           ,
           
           that
           Sathans
           buffettings
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           prickes
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           might
           be
           taken
           from
           him
           :
           Christ
           answered
           ,
           no
           Paul
           not
           so
           :
           
           
             my
             grace
             is
             sufficient
             for
             thee
             ,
             and
             my
             power
             is
             made
             perfect
             through
             thy
             weakenes
             .
          
           And
           this
           made
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           to
           reioyce
           in
           nothing
           more
           then
           in
           the
           crosse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           where
           by
           the
           world
           was
           crucified
           vnto
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           vnto
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           reioyced
           in
           their
           infirmities
           ,
           anguish
           ,
           and
           persecutions
           ,
           though
           buffettings
           of
           Sathan
           ,
           and
           prickes
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           yet
           purging
           fire
           fyning
           them
           for
           their
           God
           ,
           whiles
           they
           were
           resolued
           that
           all
           the
           afflictions
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           were
           neuer
           worthy
           of
           that
           glorie
           which
           should
           be
           reueiled
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           the
           Lord
           doth
           answere
           ,
           
             ad
             vtilitatem
             non
             ad
             voluntatem
          
           ,
           whiles
           they
           seeme
           to
           shrinke
           vnder
           the
           burden
           of
           their
           afflictions
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           rule
           is
           not
           irregular
           with
           God
           ,
           who
           for
           the
           most
           part
           
           doth
           answere
           all
           his
           Elect
           children
           ,
           
             ad
             voluntatem
             &
             ad
             vtilitatem
          
           ,
           making
           them
           glorious
           by
           deliuerance
           in
           the
           
           daies
           of
           their
           afflictions
           ,
           answering
           their
           pleasure
           with
           their
           profit
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           should
           ,
           with
           what
           they
           would
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           the
           Niniuites
           ,
           when
           he
           deliuered
           them
           from
           their
           destructiō
           .
           The
           woman
           of
           Sirophenishia
           from
           her
           diuell
           ,
           the
           children
           from
           the
           fiery
           furnance
           ,
           Lazarus
           from
           the
           graue
           ,
           and
           Christ
           from
           his
           crosse
           ,
           yea
           and
           all
           his
           Elect
           from
           death
           and
           doome
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           meete
           him
           in
           the
           cloudes
           ,
           and
           be
           caught
           vp
           to
           raigne
           with
           him
           for
           euermore
           ,
           with
           palmes
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           in
           signe
           of
           victorie
           ,
           and
           crownes
           vpon
           their
           heads
           ,
           in
           signe
           of
           glory
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           least
           to
           our
           
           comfort
           ,
           read
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           ,
           how
           oftentimes
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           the
           Lord
           doth
           answere
           vs
           according
           to
           that
           we
           should
           aske
           ,
           and
           not
           according
           to
           that
           we
           doe
           aske
           :
           as
           he
           did
           Iacob
           ,
           who
           sought
           a
           leader
           to
           Haram
           ,
           and
           God
           shewed
           him
           a
           ladder
           to
           heauen
           .
           And
           Saul
           who
           sought
           his
           fathers
           asses
           ,
           &
           found
           a
           kingdome
           :
           the
           Maries
           sought
           Christ
           dead
           ,
           but
           they
           found
           him
           risen
           ,
           And
           that
           Saint
           at
           
           Sychar
           sought
           but
           puddle
           water
           at
           Iacobs
           well
           ,
           but
           she
           found
           ,
           &
           went
           away
           with
           the
           water
           of
           life
           .
           Surely
           the
           rule
           is
           true
           ,
           
             vberior
             gracia
             quam
             precatio
          
           ,
           Gods
           grace
           is
           more
           abounding
           then
           either
           we
           can
           desire
           or
           deserue
           ,
           the
           theefe
           vpon
           the
           crosse
           craued
           but
           a
           memento
           when
           Christ
           should
           come
           into
           his
           kingdome
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           a
           promise
           euen
           that
           day
           ,
           of
           a
           perpetuitie
           in
           paradise
           .
           To
           iustifie
           that
           I
           haue
           said
           ,
           
             Vberior
             gracia
             quam
             precatio
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           pray
           with
           good
           hope
           to
           be
           heard
           ,
           be
           your
           prayers
           neuer
           so
           many
           ,
           powerfull
           ,
           or
           piercing
           ,
           yet
           shall
           ye
           find
           his
           grace
           wil
           be
           euermore
           aboūding
           ,
           brimfull
           ,
           and
           flowing
           ouer
           .
        
         
           I
           may
           not
           be
           long
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
           passe
           to
           the
           last
           part
           of
           the
           text
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           reward
           ,
           crowne
           ,
           and
           diadem
           of
           our
           prayer
           ,
           bossed
           with
           many
           blessings
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           more
           precious
           then
           the
           
             Carbuncle
             ,
             Topas
          
           ,
           or
           Chrisolite
           .
           And
           seldome
           haue
           you
           heard
           or
           read
           of
           a
           powerfull
           prayer
           from
           an
           holy
           heart
           ,
           without
           remuneration
           frō
           the
           Lord
           :
           for
           as
           you
           here
           see
           ,
           inuocation
           is
           crowned
           with
           saluation
           .
           
           
             It
             shall
             be
             ,
             that
             whosoeuer
             shall
             call
             vpon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             saued
             :
          
           who
           euer
           prayed
           and
           found
           not
           the
           Lord
           propitious
           ?
           who
           euer
           made
           intreatie
           vnto
           his
           God
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           a
           blessing
           returned
           into
           his
           bosome
           ?
        
         
           It
           is
           said
           of
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           ,
           that
           neuer
           suter
           departed
           from
           him
           discontēted
           :
           &
           that
           
             Titus
             Suetonius
          
           thought
           the
           day
           lost
           wherein
           he
           did
           not
           good
           to
           some
           .
           A
           milder
           &
           more
           mercifull
           Sauiour
           is
           here
           then
           all
           the
           Caesars
           clapt
           in
           one
           ,
           euen
           our
           good
           God
           ,
           called
           
             Deus
             a
             dando
          
           ,
           God
           in
           creating
           ,
           but
           good
           in
           giuing
           ,
           for
           who
           hath
           gone
           from
           him
           discontented
           ?
           who
           hath
           trusted
           in
           him
           and
           beene
           deceiued
           ?
           
             Come
             vnto
             me
             all
             ye
             that
             trauell
             ,
             and
             be
             heauie
             loaden
             ,
             &
             I
             will
             ease
             you
             :
          
           it
           is
           his
           gracious
           call
           ,
           
             Be
             of
             good
             comfort
             my
             little
             flocke
             ,
             it
             is
             your
             fathers
             will
             to
             giue
             you
             a
             kingdome
             ,
          
           it
           is
           his
           glorious
           crowne
           ,
           
             Aske
             &
             ye
             shall
             haue
             ,
             seeke
             &
             ye
             shall
             finde
             ,
             knocke
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             opened
             vnto
             you
             ,
          
           it
           is
           his
           irreuocable
           promise
           ,
           at
           which
           the
           gates
           of
           heauen
           fly
           open
           ,
           and
           against
           which
           the
           gates
           of
           hell
           shall
           neuer
           preuaile
           :
           only
           wrastle
           
           with
           God
           for
           a
           blessing
           ,
           till
           you
           haue
           wearied
           both
           God
           and
           your selues
           .
           The
           aduertisement
           is
           good
           from
           the
           prophet
           ,
           
           
             Ye
             that
             are
             mindfull
             of
             the
             Lord
             keepe
             not
             silence
             ,
             and
             giue
             him
             no
             rest
             till
             he
             haue
             repaired
             your
             ruines
             ,
             and
             set
             vp
          
           Ierusalem
           
             the
             ioy
             of
             the
             world
          
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           may
           be
           the
           different
           blessings
           we
           receiue
           from
           God
           by
           our
           prayer
           ?
           and
           wherunto
           the
           Lord
           hath
           tyed
           himselfe
           by
           promise
           for
           the
           performance
           ,
           not
           for
           our
           merit
           ,
           but
           for
           his
           mercies
           sake
           ?
           Surely
           they
           are
           many
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           Remarkable
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           to
           rancke
           them
           thus
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           by
           the
           sufferage
           of
           prayer
           ,
           all
           the
           creatures
           of
           God
           are
           sanctified
           to
           our
           vse
           :
           so
           saith
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             Euery
             creature
             of
             God
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             nothing
             ●ought
             to
             be
             refused
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             receiued
             with
             thankesgiuing
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             sanctified
             by
             the
             word
             of
             God
             and
             prayer
             .
          
           Stamped
           with
           the
           word
           of
           God
           vpon
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           perfume
           of
           prayer
           vpon
           the
           other
           ,
           then
           is
           it
           a
           Shikel
           for
           the
           sanctuarie
           .
        
         
           Our
           meate
           ,
           our
           drinke
           ,
           our
           corne
           ,
           
           our
           cattell
           ,
           our
           clothes
           ,
           and
           lodging
           ,
           our
           wiues
           ,
           children
           ,
           and
           families
           ,
           our
           labours
           in
           our
           vocations
           ,
           our
           King
           and
           kingdome
           ,
           our
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           ,
           nay
           our
           liues
           and
           deaths
           must
           be
           sanctified
           with
           our
           prayer
           ,
           otherwise
           though
           the
           creatures
           be
           good
           in
           themselues
           ,
           yet
           are
           we
           profane
           in
           the
           vsage
           .
           And
           therefore
           our
           Sauiour
           when
           he
           had
           performed
           all
           to
           his
           death
           and
           passion
           ,
           yet
           shutteth
           it
           vp
           with
           this
           powerfull
           prayer
           ,
           
             Father
             now
             the
             hower
             is
             come
             ,
             glorifie
             thy
             Sonne
             .
          
        
         
           As
           and
           if
           he
           should
           haue
           said
           ,
           I
           haue
           prayed
           ,
           I
           haue
           preached
           ,
           I
           haue
           wached
           ,
           I
           haue
           fasted
           ,
           I
           haue
           cured
           malladies
           ,
           and
           saued
           soules
           ,
           I
           haue
           giuen
           life
           ,
           and
           forgiuen
           sinnes
           ,
           I
           haue
           done
           my
           fathers
           busines
           on
           earth
           ,
           now
           let
           me
           be
           glorified
           in
           heauen
           ,
           I
           pray
           for
           that
           which
           is
           past
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           sanctified
           ,
           and
           I
           pray
           for
           that
           which
           is
           to
           come
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           glorified
           ,
           
           
             Father
             now
             the
             hower
             is
             come
             glorifie
             thy
             Sonne
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Ierom
           ,
           in
           his
           booke
           ,
           
             de
             laudibus
             
             Bethlem
          
           ,
           doth
           much
           commend
           the
           Christian
           carriage
           of
           that
           place
           and
           people
           ;
           in
           the
           vsage
           of
           Gods
           gifts
           and
           creatures
           ,
           euen
           from
           the
           Prince
           in
           his
           Pallace
           ,
           to
           the
           Plowman
           in
           the
           field
           .
           Of
           whom
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Arator
             ad
             Stiuam
             semper
             aliquid
             cantat
             dauidieum
             ,
          
           The
           Plowman
           with
           his
           stilt
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           doth
           still
           folace
           his
           soule
           with
           some
           psalme
           of
           Dauid
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           God
           speed
           the
           plowe
           were
           no
           bad
           prayer
           ,
           when
           the
           labourer
           taketh
           the
           stilt
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           but
           I
           feare
           it
           is
           done
           of
           fewe
           :
           And
           if
           all
           our
           manuall
           trades
           were
           sanctified
           first
           and
           last
           euery
           day
           with
           prayer
           ,
           and
           prayses
           for
           a
           blessing
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           but
           prosper
           much
           better
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           much
           pouertie
           in
           y
           e
           world
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           no
           maruell
           ,
           for
           that
           men
           worke
           not
           ,
           yea
           but
           many
           worke
           and
           yet
           are
           neuer
           the
           richer
           :
           that
           's
           possible
           too
           ,
           for
           that
           men
           pray
           not
           ,
           they
           spend
           their
           thrift
           in
           drinking
           ,
           when
           they
           should
           bestow
           their
           time
           in
           praying
           :
           the
           creature
           is
           not
           sanctified
           with
           the
           word
           of
           God
           and
           prayer
           .
           In
           
           the
           name
           of
           the
           father
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           sonne
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           is
           neither
           fond
           begninng
           ,
           nor
           foolish
           ending
           of
           all
           thy
           labours
           ,
           blessed
           worke
           so
           begun
           ,
           blessed
           worke
           so
           done
           ,
           so
           it
           be
           said
           of
           conscience
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           course
           ,
           without
           hypocrisie
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           or
           superstition
           in
           the
           thought
           :
           surely
           such
           perfume
           is
           like
           the
           smell
           of
           a
           field
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           blessed
           ,
           its
           sweet
           as
           balme
           ,
           and
           therefore
           breake
           it
           :
           its
           fragrant
           as
           Myrrhe
           ,
           and
           therfore
           vse
           it
           ,
           
           
             euer
             dropping
             from
             the
             binges
          
           of
           thy
           heart
           ,
           lippes
           ,
           and
           hands
           .
        
         
           A
           second
           blessing
           that
           commeth
           
           by
           prayer
           ,
           is
           the
           forgiuenes
           of
           sins
           ,
           for
           by
           the
           sufferage
           of
           prayer
           sinnes
           are
           pardoned
           ,
           couered
           &
           concealed
           :
           As
           may
           appeare
           by
           Moses
           his
           intreatie
           with
           God
           for
           the
           people
           ,
           
           
             either
             to
             forgiue
             the
             trespasse
          
           Israel
           
             had
             committed
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             rase
             him
             out
             of
             the
             booke
             of
             life
             :
          
           he
           had
           his
           prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           were
           both
           spared
           ,
           and
           pardoned
           .
        
         
           Blood
           and
           prayer
           shall
           reconcile
           God
           and
           the
           people
           :
           for
           as
           the
           text
           
           saith
           ,
           
           
             the
             priest
             shall
             make
             an
             attonement
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             forgiuen
             him
             :
             Father
             forgiue
             them
             ,
             for
             they
             wot
             not
             what
             they
             do
             .
          
           It
           was
           Christ
           his
           prayer
           vpon
           the
           tree
           ,
           and
           he
           preuayled
           .
           And
           
             Demitte
             nobis
             debita
             nostra
          
           ,
           is
           our
           dayly
           prayer
           ,
           and
           who
           doubteth
           of
           indulgēce
           ?
           Sathan
           winnowed
           ,
           Christ
           prayed
           ,
           and
           Peters
           faith
           failed
           not
           .
           Nay
           that
           I
           may
           shut
           vp
           this
           assurance
           ,
           and
           close
           with
           your
           religious
           eares
           and
           hearts
           ,
           who
           heare
           me
           this
           day
           .
           
             This
             man
             saith
          
           Paul
           ,
           
           
             because
             he
             indureth
             euer
             ,
             hath
             an
             eternall
             priesthood
             ,
             wherefore
             he
             is
             also
             able
             perfectly
             to
             saue
             them
             that
             come
             vnto
             God
             by
             him
             ,
             seeing
             he
             euer
             liueth
             to
             make
             intercession
             for
             them
             .
          
           Marke
           I
           pray
           you
           ,
           how
           grace
           aboundeth
           in
           our
           Christ
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           our
           mould
           and
           miserie
           ,
           ergo
           ,
           mercifull
           to
           saue
           .
           A
           God
           of
           might
           and
           maiestie
           ,
           ergo
           ,
           able
           to
           saue
           ,
           yet
           not
           with
           shadowes
           and
           Iterations
           like
           Aaron
           ,
           which
           argued
           his
           imperfection
           ,
           but
           once
           sacrificed
           for
           all
           ,
           which
           made
           him
           an
           absolute
           Sauiour
           .
           And
           all
           this
           without
           limitation
           ,
           either
           of
           time
           ,
           
           place
           ,
           time
           ,
           or
           person
           to
           all
           such
           as
           goe
           to
           God
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           power
           of
           prayer
           ,
           
           the
           euill
           of
           sinning
           is
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           forgiuen
           ,
           so
           likewise
           the
           euill
           of
           punishment
           is
           often
           pardoned
           and
           &
           quite
           forgotten
           .
           When
           Abimelech
           had
           taken
           from
           Abraham
           his
           wife
           ,
           and
           so
           endangered
           his
           state
           ,
           life
           ,
           and
           kingdome
           ,
           God
           by
           night
           warned
           him
           of
           the
           wickednes
           by
           a
           dreame
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
           
             Behold
             thou
             art
             but
             dead
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             womā
             which
             thou
             hast
             taken
             ,
             for
             she
             is
             a
             mans
             wife
             ,
             now
             then
             deliuer
             the
             man
             his
             wife
             againe
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             pray
             for
             thee
             that
             thou
             maist
             liue
             :
             and
             if
             thou
             deliuer
             her
             not
             againe
             ,
             be
             sure
             that
             thou
             shalt
             die
             the
             death
             ,
             thou
             and
             all
             that
             thou
             hast
             .
          
           You
           see
           the
           sinne
           ,
           you
           see
           the
           danger
           ,
           and
           withall
           ,
           you
           see
           the
           meanes
           of
           deliuerance
           from
           both
           .
           Euen
           Abrahams
           prayer
           powerfull
           with
           God
           ,
           to
           stay
           the
           stroake
           of
           death
           from
           the
           king
           ,
           and
           barronnes
           from
           euery
           wombe
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Abimalech
           .
        
         
           When
           Sodome
           for
           her
           sinning
           ,
           was
           
           to
           feele
           the
           Iudgement
           of
           God
           punishing
           ,
           Lot
           prayed
           that
           he
           might
           shift
           to
           
             Zoar
             ,
             O
             let
             me
             escape
             thither
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             a
             little
             one
             ,
             and
             my
             soule
             shall
             liue
             ?
          
           to
           whom
           God
           answered
           ,
           
             Behold
             I
             haue
             receiued
             thy
             request
             :
             also
             concerning
             this
             thing
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             not
             ouerthrow
             this
             citie
             ,
             for
             which
             thou
             hast
             spoken
             ,
             hast
             thee
             ,
             saue
             thee
             therefore
             ,
             for
             I
             can
             doe
             nothing
             till
             thou
             come
             thither
             .
          
           Where
           marke
           I
           pray
           you
           ,
           how
           prayer
           openeth
           the
           fountaine
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           beateth
           backe
           the
           ocean
           of
           Gods
           iudgements
           ,
           it
           mouldeth
           him
           to
           be
           mercifull
           euen
           to
           Sodome
           ,
           till
           Lot
           be
           safe
           in
           Zoar
           ,
           for
           so
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             I
             can
             doe
             nothing
             till
             thou
             come
             thither
             :
          
           thy
           prayer
           hath
           manacled
           my
           hands
           ,
           I
           cannot
           strike
           till
           thou
           be
           gone
           :
           hast
           thee
           ,
           saue
           thee
           ,
           escape
           thy
           life
           ,
           feare
           and
           fire
           are
           a
           falling
           ,
           see
           thou
           saint
           not
           ,
           either
           in
           thy
           powerfull
           prayer
           ,
           or
           speedie
           passage
           .
        
         
           
             Corath
             ,
             Datham
          
           ,
           and
           Abiram
           ,
           with
           a
           rout
           of
           Rebels
           moe
           ,
           stand
           vp
           against
           Moses
           &
           Aaron
           ,
           
           saying
           ,
           
             Ye
             ha●e
             killed
             the
             people
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           God
           sawe
           the
           sinne
           and
           hastned
           on
           the
           iudgment
           ,
           
           when
           he
           said
           vnto
           
             Moses
             ,
             get
             you
             vp
             from
             among
             this
             congregation
             ,
             for
             I
             will
             consume
             them
             quickely
             .
          
           Then
           as
           the
           text
           saith
           ,
           they
           fell
           vpon
           their
           faces
           .
           And
           Moses
           said
           vnto
           
             Aaron
             ,
             Take
             the
             censor
             ,
             put
             in
             fire
             of
             the
             Altar
             ,
             cast
             on
             Incense
             ,
             and
             goe
             quickely
             to
             the
             congregation
             ,
             and
             make
             an
             attonement
             for
             them
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             wrath
             gon
             out
             from
             the
             Lord
             ,
             the
             plague
             is
             begun
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           Aaron
           tooke
           as
           Moses
           commanded
           him
           ,
           and
           ran
           into
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           congregation
           ,
           and
           behold
           the
           plague
           was
           begun
           ,
           
             but
             when
             he
             stood
             betweene
             the
             dead
             and
             them
             that
             were
             aliue
             ,
             the
             plague
             was
             staid
             .
          
           O
           blessed
           Incense
           ,
           blessed
           praier
           ,
           blessed
           station
           ,
           O
           blessed
           deuotion
           ,
           so
           readily
           running
           ,
           to
           repaire
           the
           ruines
           of
           a
           dying
           ,
           &
           decaying
           people
           ,
           where
           fourteene
           thousand
           ,
           and
           seuen
           hundred
           died
           ,
           besides
           them
           that
           died
           in
           the
           conspiracie
           of
           Chora
           :
           yet
           as
           you
           may
           there
           see
           by
           the
           sufferage
           of
           prayer
           ,
           the
           rest
           were
           saued
           ,
           and
           the
           plague
           was
           stayed
           .
        
         
           Elephas
           as
           it
           is
           in
           Iob
           ,
           vrged
           much
           
           the
           power
           of
           prayer
           ,
           to
           deliuer
           from
           punishment
           ,
           
           when
           he
           said
           to
           Iob
           ,
           
           
             call
             now
             if
             any
             will
             answere
             thee
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             of
             the
             Saints
             wilt
             thou
             turne
             ?
          
        
         
           As
           and
           if
           he
           should
           say
           ,
           to
           aggrauate
           his
           griefe
           the
           more
           ,
           O
           Iob
           of
           all
           thy
           miseries
           this
           is
           not
           the
           least
           ,
           that
           neither
           thy
           God
           will
           answere
           thee
           ,
           nor
           the
           Saints
           will
           pray
           for
           thee
           ,
           whither
           wilt
           thou
           turne
           thee
           vpon
           thy
           tossed
           bed
           ?
           if
           there
           be
           no
           passage
           for
           prayer
           in
           the
           day
           of
           thine
           affliction
           ,
           whither
           wilt
           thou
           turne
           thee
           vpon
           thy
           tossed
           bed
           ?
        
         
           Let
           Paul
           conclude
           for
           all
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           the
           power
           of
           prayer
           in
           this
           particular
           of
           putting
           off
           the
           punishment
           of
           sinne
           ,
           with
           deliuerance
           from
           danger
           ,
           when
           he
           pressed
           the
           people
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           .
           1.
           
           That
           he
           might
           be
           deliuered
           from
           the
           disobedient
           in
           Iudea
           .
           2.
           
           
           That
           his
           seruice
           in
           the
           church
           might
           be
           accepted
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
           3.
           
           That
           hee
           might
           alwaies
           come
           to
           them
           with
           ioy
           .
           4.
           
           And
           that
           he
           together
           with
           them
           might
           be
           refreshed
           with
           the
           shewer
           of
           all
           heauenly
           comforts
           .
           
           A
           needfull
           prayer
           my
           deare
           brethren
           ,
           from
           you
           to
           God
           for
           vs
           ,
           who
           are
           your
           Pastors
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           feed
           you
           without
           perill
           ,
           that
           our
           seruice
           may
           be
           accepted
           ,
           that
           our
           presence
           may
           be
           with
           ioy
           .
           And
           that
           drops
           of
           grace
           distilling
           from
           aboue
           ,
           may
           daily
           refresh
           our
           more
           then
           dying
           and
           decaying
           plants
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           might
           seasonably
           presse
           with
           Pauls
           perill
           ,
           Peters
           deliuerance
           out
           of
           prison
           by
           the
           prayers
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
           Who
           when
           he
           was
           in
           durance
           ,
           and
           imprisoned
           by
           Herod
           the
           king
           ,
           
           earnest
           prayer
           was
           made
           of
           the
           church
           vnto
           God
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           preuailed
           ,
           for
           euen
           there
           (
           as
           you
           may
           read
           )
           the
           praiers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           ouerturned
           the
           counsell
           of
           tyrants
           ,
           obtained
           the
           presence
           of
           Angels
           ,
           brake
           the
           prison
           ,
           vnlosed
           the
           chaines
           ,
           put
           Sathan
           to
           flight
           ,
           and
           preserued
           the
           Church
           ,
           yea
           and
           Peter
           too
           ,
           when
           by
           the
           prayer
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           conduct
           of
           an
           Angell
           ,
           he
           passed
           away
           without
           peril
           ,
           and
           was
           deliuered
           out
           of
           the
           hand
           of
           Herod
           ,
           and
           from
           all
           waiting
           for
           of
           
           the
           people
           of
           the
           Iewes
           .
        
         
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           and
           lastly
           ,
           as
           prayer
           is
           the
           arrowe
           of
           our
           deliueranc●
           ,
           ●oth
           from
           the
           euill
           of
           sinning
           ,
           and
           the
           euill
           of
           punishing
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           piercing
           in
           procuring
           all
           good
           things
           for
           vs
           ,
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           For
           by
           it
           ,
           the
           barren
           wombe
           is
           made
           batsome
           ,
           
           as
           in
           
             Sarah
             ,
             Annah
          
           ,
           the
           Shunamit
           ,
           
           and
           in
           Elizabeth
           ,
           of
           all
           which
           it
           fel
           out
           ,
           
           as
           it
           did
           with
           Zacharie
           ,
           
           when
           the
           Angell
           said
           ,
           
             feare
             not
             Zacharie
             ,
             for
             thy
             prayer
             is
             heard
             ,
             and
             thy
             wife
             Elizabeth
             ,
             shall
             beare
             thee
             a
             sonne
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           By
           it
           the
           enemie
           is
           conquered
           ,
           as
           in
           Moses
           against
           Amalecke
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
           
             plus
             fecit
             oratio
             mosis
             orando
             ,
             quam
             Iosue
             pugnando
             ,
          
           
           Moses
           prayer
           was
           more
           piercing
           then
           Iosuas
           pike
           .
           
           In
           Samuel
           against
           the
           Philistimes
           .
           In
           Iehosophat
           against
           Moab
           and
           Ammon
           .
           In
           Iudeth
           against
           Holefernes
           .
           And
           in
           Dauid
           against
           that
           Gyon
           of
           Gath
           ,
           whē
           he
           said
           ,
           what
           is
           this
           proud
           Philistim
           that
           he
           should
           reuile
           the
           Host
           of
           the
           liuing
           God
           ,
           
             Thou
             commest
             to
             me
             with
             a
             
             sword
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             with
             a
             speare
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             shield
             ,
             but
             I
             come
             to
             thee
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hostes
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             the
             host
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             whom
             thou
             hast
             railed
             vpon
          
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           too
           long
           to
           tell
           of
           all
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           the
           summe
           ,
           by
           the
           power
           of
           prayer
           ,
           diuels
           are
           dispossessed
           ,
           the
           dead
           are
           raised
           ,
           maladies
           are
           cured
           ,
           eyes
           are
           opened
           ,
           tongues
           are
           vntied
           ,
           and
           sinowes
           are
           losed
           ,
           prayer
           fatched
           done
           fire
           from
           heauen
           ,
           and
           it
           staied
           the
           sunne
           in
           Gibion
           ,
           it
           openeth
           heauen
           ,
           it
           shutteth
           hell
           ,
           and
           shaketh
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           darkenes
           ,
           it
           conque
           ,
           reth
           God
           ,
           it
           quieteth
           the
           conscience
           ,
           it
           sacketh
           sinne
           ,
           and
           to
           conclude
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           my
           text
           ,
           it
           saueth
           soules
           ,
           
             for
             it
             shall
             be
             ,
             that
             whosoeuer
             shall
             call
             vpon
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             saued
             .
          
        
         
           These
           words
           are
           three
           times
           mentioned
           in
           the
           scriptures
           of
           God
           ,
           
           to
           make
           vs
           the
           more
           attentiue
           ,
           
           they
           are
           riuited
           with
           a
           stiddy
           hand
           ,
           &
           a
           treble
           stroke
           ,
           to
           make
           vs
           y
           e
           more
           apprehensiue
           of
           y
           e
           Lords
           mercies
           ,
           they
           are
           driuen
           in
           like
           holie
           nailes
           of
           the
           holy
           
           Sanctuarie
           ,
           wheron
           t●
           hang
           our
           saluation
           on
           the
           daies
           of
           triall
           ,
           when
           there
           shall
           be
           signes
           in
           the
           heauens
           aboue
           ,
           &
           tokens
           in
           the
           earth
           beneath
           :
           blood
           and
           fire
           and
           the
           vapour
           of
           smoke
           :
           then
           whosoeuer
           shall
           call
           vpon
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           shall
           be
           saued
           And
           such
           priuiledge
           haue
           all
           his
           Saints
           ,
           but
           the
           diuels
           &
           damned
           ,
           shall
           either
           be
           silent
           &
           dum
           in
           the
           day
           of
           danger
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           speake
           ,
           they
           shall
           call
           to
           the
           mountaines
           to
           fall
           vpon
           them
           .
           The
           Lord
           God
           of
           spirits
           prepare
           vs
           euer
           to
           pray
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           way
           and
           meanes
           giue
           vs
           passage
           into
           the
           presence
           of
           our
           good
           God
           ,
           there
           to
           haue
           both
           audience
           ,
           and
           answere
           ,
           for
           his
           sonnes
           sake
           ,
           who
           hath
           saued
           vs
           from
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           by
           shedding
           of
           his
           most
           pretious
           blood
           ,
           thereby
           to
           redeeme
           the
           world
           of
           his
           Elect.
           To
           that
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           with
           the
           power
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           both
           ,
           be
           all
           honour
           and
           glorie
           ,
           this
           day
           and
           euer
           .
           
             Amen
             .
             Amen
          
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A72538-e320
           
             Habacuk
             ▪
             2.
             2
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             7
             46.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             19.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             33.
             2.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.
             21
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             68.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ioel.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Suidas
             in
             Thulis
             .
          
           
             Suidas
             in
             vita
             Angusti
             .
          
           
             Niceph.
             l.
             ●
             .
          
           
             Hyri
             .
             c.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ezech.
             12.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             King.
             13.
             2.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             14.
             13.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             7.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             12.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Thess
             .
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             7.
             20.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             7.
             22
             
          
           
             Buried
             at
             Standish
             Church
             in
             Lancastshire
             Aprill
             .
             17.
             1613.
             
          
           
             Isay
             .
             3.
             24.
             
          
           
             Amos.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             14.
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Peter
             .
             1.
             23.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A72538-e3410
           
             Gen.
             5.
             24.
             
          
           
             Ps
             .
             45.
             2.
             
          
           
             Mark.
             11.
             24.
             
          
           
             Math.
             21.
             22.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ps
             .
             145.
             18.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Iud.
             9.
             11.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Isay
             .
             66.
             2.
             
          
           
             Oseah
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             Isay
             .
             39.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             20
             5.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Isay
             .
             62.
             7.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             King.
             18.
             43.
             44
             
          
           
             Iob.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ps
             .
             55.
             17
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Thes
             .
             5.
             17
             
          
           
             Act.
             10.
             9
             10.
             
          
           
             Iud.
             8.
             5.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Part
             ,
             &
             first
             impediment
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             28.
             9.
             
          
           
             A
             second
             impedimēt
             
          
           
             Isaih
             1.
             15
             &c.
             
          
           
             Isaiah
             .
             59.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             28.
             15.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Impediment
             .
          
           
             Prou.
             21.
             13.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Impediment
             .
          
           
             Mark.
             11
             25.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             17.
             23.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Impediment
             .
          
           
             Ieremiah
             .
             7.
             16.
             
          
           
             Ezech.
             14.
             14.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             11
             10.
             30.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             8.
             6.
             7.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             17.
             14.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             12.
             7.
             
          
           
             Isay
             .
             62.
             6.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             4.
             4.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             17.
             1.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             3.
             32.
             
          
           
             Leui.
             4.
             31.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             7.
             24.
             25.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             20.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             16.
             41.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             The
             Papists
             abuse
             this
             place
             to
             make
             good
             their
             prayer
             to
             Saints
             ,
             which
             is
             spoken
             not
             of
             the
             dead
             but
             of
             the
             liuing
             Saints
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             15.
             30.
             31.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Act.
             12.
             5.
             6.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             25.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             King.
             4.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             113.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             17.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             7.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Chron.
             20.
             6.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             17.
             45.
             
          
           
             Ioel.
             2.
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             13.