Two sermons the first shewing the mischiefs of anarchy, the second the mischiefs of sedition, and both of them the mischiefs and treasons of conventicles : preached at the assizes held for the county of Suffolk, ann. 1682/3 : and published at the request of Tho. Waldegrave, Esq. ... / by Nath. Bisbie ...
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             Two sermons the first shewing the mischiefs of anarchy, the second the mischiefs of sedition, and both of them the mischiefs and treasons of conventicles : preached at the assizes held for the county of Suffolk, ann. 1682/3 : and published at the request of Tho. Waldegrave, Esq. ... / by Nath. Bisbie ...
             Mischiefs of anarchy
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           TWO
           SERMONS
           .
           THE
           FIRST
           ,
           Shewing
           the
           Mischiefs
           of
           ANARCHY
           .
           THE
           SECOND
           ,
           
             The
             Mischiefs
             of
             SEDITION
          
           .
           AND
           BOTH
           OF
           THEM
           ,
           
             The
             Mischiefs
             and
             Treasons
          
           OF
           CONVENTICLES
           .
        
         
           PREACHED
           At
           the
           ASSIZES
           held
           for
           the
           County
           of
           
             SVFFOLK
             ,
             Ann.
          
           1682
           /
           3.
           
           
             AND
             PVBLISHED
          
           At
           the
           request
           of
           
             THO.
             WALDEGRAVE
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           High
           Sheriff
           of
           the
           said
           County
           .
        
         
           By
           
             NATH
             .
             BISBIE
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bishop's
           Head
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           MDCLXXXIV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Worshipful
           
             THOMAS
             WALDEGRAVE
          
           Of
           SMALBRIDGE
           ,
           In
           the
           County
           of
           SVFFOLK
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           High
           Sheriff
           of
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Deputy
           Lieutenants
           for
           the
           County
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           County
           of
           Suffolk
           .
        
         
           I
           Read
           in
           Plutarch
           of
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           of
           one
           that
           was
           a
           great
           lover
           of
           Alexander
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           a
           brave
           accomplish'd
           man
           ;
           and
           of
           another
           that
           was
           a
           lover
           of
           him
           as
           he
           was
           his
           true
           and
           lawful
           Soveraign
           :
           And
           without
           doubt
           to
           have
           a
           Prince
           both
           Good
           and
           Vertuous
           ,
           Heroick
           and
           Magnanimous
           ;
           Obliging
           to
           Subjects
           ,
           Dreadful
           to
           Enemies
           ;
           Victorious
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           by
           his
           Goodness
           and
           Vertue
           he
           deserves
           the
           Title
           of
           being
           Great
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           the
           Pride
           and
           Honour
           of
           us
           all
           :
           But
           if
           here
           we
           stick
           ,
           and
           view
           not
           Majesty
           as
           well
           as
           goodness
           ;
           
           if
           we
           consider
           not
           his
           Power
           and
           his
           Place
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Merit
           and
           Desert
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           lovers
           of
           Alexander
           ,
           but
           no
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           lovers
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           in
           truth
           no
           more
           qualifi'd
           to
           be
           Subjects
           ,
           than
           was
           Phoenix
           and
           Prothytes
           when
           they
           would
           have
           enfranchis'd
           and
           Commonwealth'd
           the
           Thebans
           ;
           than
           Demetrius
           and
           Nicanor
           when
           they
           would
           have
           set
           up
           Amyntas
           against
           him
           ;
           than
           Cassander
           and
           Jolla
           when
           waiting
           upon
           his
           Cup
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           administred
           poyson
           to
           him
           .
           But
           ,
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           It
           is
           Your
           Character
           
             (
             Craterum
             cum
             Hephaestione
          
           )
           so
           to
           love
           your
           King
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           an
           admirer
           and
           asserter
           both
           of
           His
           Person
           and
           His
           Power
           ,
           and
           with
           Heart
           and
           Hand
           equally
           to
           engage
           for
           both
           ;
           A
           Loyalty
           ,
           justly
           challenging
           aemulation
           as
           well
           as
           commendation
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           in
           spight
           of
           all
           the
           Apostates
           of
           the
           age
           ,
           is
           every
           mans
           great
           and
           bounden
           duty
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           known
           to
           be
           Your
           firm
           and
           open
           practice
           ;
           and
           how
           far
           the
           County
           hath
           been
           influenc'd
           thereby
           ,
           and
           the
           tide
           stemm'd
           even
           (
           when
           the
           raging
           flouds
           of
           a
           new
           found
           loyalty
           had
           almost
           wash'd
           the
           old
           away
           )
           the
           present
           change
           of
           affairs
           may
           easily
           discover
           .
           It
           s
           enough
           for
           me
           that
           honest
           discourses
           might
           be
           vented
           
           under
           You
           ,
           and
           not
           threatned
           with
           the
           Pillory
           ;
           that
           I
           could
           assert
           my
           Princes
           right
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           told
           that
           my
           little
           learning
           had
           made
           me
           mad
           ,
           or
           that
           my
           greater
           Loyalty
           (
           which
           is
           but
           my
           just
           tribute
           )
           had
           hurried
           me
           on
           to
           be
           a
           betrayer
           of
           my
           Religion
           :
           Wherefore
           if
           what
           here
           I
           offer
           ,
           happen
           to
           be
           too
           hot
           for
           the
           age
           ,
           and
           therefore
           censur'd
           ;
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           blame
           Your self
           for
           calling
           me
           ,
           first
           to
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           now
           to
           the
           Press
           ;
           for
           resolv'd
           I
           was
           ,
           from
           the
           time
           you
           press'd
           me
           into
           your
           Service
           ,
           and
           made
           me
           one
           of
           your
           retinue
           ,
           to
           keep
           pace
           in
           daring
           Loyalty
           as
           near
           as
           I
           could
           unto
           your self
           ;
           and
           shall
           ever
           study
           to
           abound
           in
           that
           vertue
           ,
           as
           knowing
           ,
           the
           more
           Loyal
           the
           more
           Christian
           ,
           and
           far
           better
           qualified
           to
           be
        
         
           
             Long-Melford
             ,
             Suff.
             
               Sept.
               
                 9.
                 1683.
              
               
            
          
           
             Your
             truly
             devoted
             Servant
             and
             Chaplain
             ,
             
               NATH
               .
               BISBIE
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
             
               The
               Mischiefs
               of
               Anarchy
               :
               OR
               ,
               A
               SERMON
               Preached
               at
               the
               ASSIZES
               HELD
               AT
               BVRY
               St.
               EDMVNDS
               ,
               For
               the
               County
               of
               SUFFOLK
               ,
               March
               13.
               1682.
               
            
             
               At
               the
               request
               of
               
                 THO.
                 WALDEGRAVE
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               High
               Sheriff
               of
               the
               said
               County
               ,
               Mr
               Justice
               WINDHAM
               Being
               Judge
               there
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 Nath.
                 Bisbie
              
               ,
               D.
               D.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Walter
                 Kettilby
              
               ,
               1684.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     JUDGES
                     xvii
                     .
                     6.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   In
                   those
                   days
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   King
                   in
                   Israel
                   ,
                   but
                   every
                   man
                   did
                   that
                   which
                   was
                   right
                   in
                   his
                   own
                   eyes
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 That
                 which
                 brings
                 on
                 my
                 Text
                 ,
                 and
                 gives
                 it
                 its
                 rise
                 ,
                 is
                 this
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 man
                 Micah
                 had
                 an
                 house
                 of
                 Gods
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 an
                 Ephod
                 and
                 Teraphim
                 ,
                 and
                 consecrated
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Sons
                 ,
                 who
                 became
                 his
                 Priest
                 .
              
            
             
               THE
               Jewish
               Rabbins
               long
               ago
               have
               observed
               ,
               That
               there
               were
               three
               Crowns
               indispensably
               requisite
               to
               make
               a
               Nation
               happy
               ;
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               The
               Crown
               of
               the
               Judge
               ,
               the
               Crown
               of
               the
               Priest
               ,
               and
               the
               Crown
               of
               the
               King
               :
               that
               of
               the
               Judge
               ,
               for
               the
               Peace
               and
               Happiness
               of
               the
               State
               ;
               that
               of
               the
               Priest
               ,
               for
               the
               Welfare
               and
               Establishment
               of
               the
               Church
               ;
               that
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               for
               the
               Prosperity
               and
               Flourishing
               both
               of
               Priest
               and
               Judge
               ,
               of
               Church
               and
               State.
               And
               the
               Graecians
               have
               luckily
               lighted
               upon
               an
               Etymology
               for
               the
               same
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               quasi
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               were
               the
               People's
               only
               basis
               and
               support
               ;
               pinning
               them
               up
               ,
               and
               keeping
               them
               together
               ,
               that
               they
               drop
               not
               into
               a
               confusion
               like
               a
               tottering
               Wall
               ,
               whose
               
               foundation
               is
               sunk
               and
               gone
               .
               For
               if
               there
               be
               no
               Magistrate
               (
               no
               King
               )
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               one
               man
               will
               eat
               up
               another
               alive
               ,
               the
               rich
               will
               oppress
               the
               poor
               ,
               and
               the
               poor
               devour
               the
               rich
               ,
               every
               one
               bidding
               battle
               and
               defiance
               to
               their
               Neighbour
               ,
               till
               they
               have
               turned
               our
               Cities
               into
               Dens
               ,
               and
               our
               Villages
               into
               Forests
               for
               Wolves
               and
               Tigers
               to
               inhabit
               ;
               Creatures
               ,
               less
               ravenous
               and
               much
               more
               orderly
               in
               themselves
               ,
               than
               unruly
               Man
               (
               that
               ravenous
               Creature
               Man
               )
               when
               let
               loose
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               without
               a
               King
               to
               govern
               Him.
               This
               the
               Jews
               full
               well
               experienced
               ;
               for
               
                 in
                 those
                 Days
                 when
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 King
                 in
                 Israel
              
               (
               and
               it
               seemeth
               there
               had
               been
               such
               days
               there
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               here
               )
               
                 every
                 man
                 did
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 right
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 eyes
                 .
              
            
             
               We
               may
               call
               this
               the
               Crown-Text
               ,
               a
               Text
               Royal
               ;
               not
               only
               tacitly
               adjusting
               the
               right
               of
               Kings
               ,
               but
               openly
               shewing
               the
               grand
               inconveniences
               and
               mischiefs
               that
               arise
               from
               want
               of
               their
               Inspection
               and
               Government
               .
               We
               may
               talk
               of
               Arrows
               by
               day
               ,
               and
               of
               Pestilences
               by
               night
               (
               of
               wasting
               and
               consuming
               judgments
               )
               judgments
               !
               that
               leave
               not
               one
               stone
               upon
               another
               ,
               but
               turn
               Cities
               of
               men
               into
               Golgothas
               and
               places
               of
               Sculls
               ;
               Fruitful
               and
               Pleasant
               Vineyards
               into
               barren
               and
               naked
               Wildernesses
               for
               the
               Ostrich
               and
               the
               Owl
               to
               dwell
               in
               ;
               but
               of
               all
               the
               fatal
               boding
               Calamities
               that
               ever
               happened
               to
               a
               Nation
               ,
               or
               indeed
               can
               ,
               there
               is
               not
               (
               nor
               ever
               was
               )
               any
               like
               that
               of
               Anarchy
               :
               for
               if
               there
               be
               no
               King
               ,
               every
               man
               will
               play
               Rex
               ,
               and
               be
               a
               Lord
               of
               Misrule
               ,
               and
               do
               whatsoever
               his
               Lusts
               ,
               his
               Interests
               and
               Passions
               (
               which
               are
               always
               prone
               to
               be
               wild
               and
               extravagant
               )
               shall
               say
               ,
               will
               be
               good
               for
               him
               to
               do
               .
               So
               that
               we
               have
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
               Israel
               ,
            
             
               
               
                 1.
                 
                 Labouring
                 under
                 great
                 and
                 manifold
                 Disorders
                 ;
                 
                   Every
                   man
                   did
                   that
                   which
                   was
                   right
                   in
                   his
                   own
                   eyes
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 We
                 have
                 the
                 true
                 Reason
                 and
                 Cause
                 of
                 those
                 Disorders
                 ;
                 
                   In
                   those
                   days
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   King
                   in
                   Israel
                   .
                
                 Look
                 we
                 ,
              
            
             
               1.
               
               Into
               the
               Disorders
               that
               then
               ,
               and
               at
               that
               time
               infected
               and
               infested
               the
               Land
               ;
               
                 Every
                 man
                 did
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 right
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 eyes
              
               :
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               what
               seemed
               right
               and
               good
               to
               him
               ,
               from
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 rectum
                 esse
                 vel
                 videri
              
               :
               To
               him
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               own
               eyes
               good
               ;
               but
               bad
               ,
               stark
               naught
               in
               themselves
               and
               in
               the
               eyes
               of
               God
               ;
               so
               bad
               ,
               that
               (
               as
               at
               that
               time
               there
               was
               no
               King
               in
               Israel
               ,
               so
               )
               if
               there
               had
               been
               no
               God
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               they
               could
               not
               have
               been
               much
               worse
               .
               And
               let
               but
               men
               (
               I
               mean
               the
               generality
               of
               men
               ,
               the
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               the
               rude
               and
               ungovernable
               Multitude
               )
               once
               arrive
               at
               that
               which
               they
               call
               Liberty
               and
               Freedom
               ,
               to
               do
               what
               pleaseth
               them
               and
               what
               seemeth
               good
               in
               their
               eyes
               ;
               and
               the
               Land
               (
               within
               as
               few
               Days
               perhaps
               as
               it
               was
               with
               Noahs
               flood
               )
               will
               be
               overrun
               with
               an
               Inundation
               and
               Deluge
               of
               Impiety
               ,
               Injustice
               ,
               Villany
               .
               We
               shall
               be
               nothing
               but
               Teagues
               and
               Toryes
               ,
               Banditti
               and
               enleagued
               Borderers
               ;
               no
               Society
               or
               Company
               of
               Men
               ,
               but
               an
               Herd
               of
               Wolves
               and
               of
               Bears
               ;
               a
               Band
               and
               Fraternity
               of
               Schismatical
               Furies
               ,
               Atheistical
               Debochees
               ,
               Bloody
               and
               inhumane
               Cannibals
               ;
               Legion
               will
               be
               the
               Name
               ,
               the
               Prince
               of
               the
               Air
               the
               General
               ,
               and
               the
               House
               divided
               against
               it self
               our
               Rendezvouze
               and
               Castle
               .
               And
               if
               our
               eyes
               be
               our
               own
               ,
               we
               may
               take
               the
               truth
               of
               what
               is
               offered
               from
               the
               Jews
               before
               us
               ;
               they
               were
               all
               
                 for
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 right
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 eyes
                 ,
              
               and
               what
               
               was
               that
               ?
               but
               to
               make
               themselves
               Idols
               and
               to
               Consecrate
               their
               own
               Priests
               ;
               to
               spoil
               Houses
               of
               their
               Goods
               ,
               and
               Women
               of
               their
               Chastity
               ;
               to
               cut
               poor
               innocent
               mens
               Throats
               ,
               and
               to
               depopulate
               as
               well
               as
               deflower
               a
               Nation
               ;
               Israel
               no
               longer
               ,
               but
               a
               Bethaven
               and
               a
               Babel
               ;
               a
               Stage
               of
               wickedness
               ,
               and
               a
               Theatre
               of
               Confusion
               .
               The
               Landskip
               whereof
               cannot
               be
               over-pleasing
               to
               the
               Spectator
               ;
               and
               yet
               to
               do
               right
               unto
               my
               Text
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               requisite
               to
               make
               a
               further
               enquiry
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Into
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 Disorders
                 ;
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Into
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 the
                 Offenders
                 .
              
            
             
               1.
               
               Into
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Disorders
               ;
               all
               Monstrous
               ,
               Horrid
               ,
               Prodigious
               :
               
                 There
                 were
                 no
                 such
                 deeds
                 done
                 or
                 seen
                 from
                 the
                 day
                 that
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 Israel
                 came
                 up
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 of
                 Egypt
                 ,
                 unto
                 those
                 Days
              
               (
               Chap.
               19.30
               .
               )
               Put
               all
               the
               provocations
               that
               had
               any
               where
               happened
               in
               the
               Wilderness
               together
               ,
               add
               to
               them
               the
               many
               prevarications
               that
               had
               been
               acted
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Joshua
               ,
               and
               no
               such
               Crimes
               (
               none
               so
               lewdly
               vile
               )
               had
               ever
               all
               that
               while
               been
               perpetrated
               ,
               as
               in
               those
               days
               when
               there
               was
               no
               King
               in
               Israel
               .
               Would
               you
               have
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               them
               ?
               
                 Then
                 hear
                 O
                 Heavens
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 astonished
                 O
                 Earth
              
               !
               Schism
               and
               Idolatry
               (
               those
               cursed
               abominations
               )
               begin
               them
               ;
               Sacriledge
               and
               Theft
               follow
               ;
               then
               marches
               Whoredom
               ,
               Rape
               ,
               Adultery
               ;
               after
               these
               ,
               Murder
               ,
               Bloodshed
               ,
               Civil
               War
               ;
               then
               Parents
               kill
               their
               Children
               ,
               and
               Children
               their
               Parents
               ;
               one
               part
               of
               the
               Land
               riseth
               up
               against
               the
               other
               ;
               Tribe
               setteth
               against
               Tribe
               ,
               City
               against
               City
               ,
               all
               embroiled
               (
               and
               eagerly
               concerned
               )
               to
               undo
               ,
               destroy
               and
               root
               
               out
               each
               other
               .
               Such
               lewdness
               in
               Israel
               ,
               and
               so
               generally
               ,
               so
               warmly
               pursu'd
               (
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               this
               ,
               and
               the
               ensuing
               Chapters
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Interregnum
               )
               that
               Hell
               it self
               with
               all
               her
               black
               inhabitants
               in
               so
               short
               a
               time
               could
               not
               well
               be
               supposed
               to
               have
               outdone
               them
               :
               
                 Sine
                 Rege
                 ,
                 sine
                 Lege
                 ,
                 sine
                 Fide
              
               ;
               without
               King
               ,
               without
               Law
               ,
               without
               Religion
               .
               Loth
               I
               am
               to
               make
               England
               the
               after-scene
               ,
               or
               to
               run
               a
               parallel
               of
               her
               disorders
               with
               those
               of
               Israels
               ;
               for
               though
               in
               our
               late
               Anarchy
               we
               were
               as
               bad
               as
               any
               (
               as
               the
               Jews
               themselves
               ,
               even
               in
               those
               days
               when
               there
               was
               no
               King
               ;
               nay
               ,
               as
               in
               those
               days
               when
               they
               Crucified
               and
               Murdered
               their
               King
               )
               yet
               Cham
               was
               accursed
               for
               exposing
               his
               Parents
               nakedness
               ;
               and
               I
               had
               rather
               you
               should
               make
               the
               Jews
               your
               spectacle
               ,
               and
               from
               them
               and
               their
               miscarriages
               ,
               learn
               to
               be
               more
               Loyal
               ,
               and
               henceforth
               to
               love
               a
               King
               (
               your
               King
               )
               the
               better
               .
               But
               to
               make
               up
               the
               measure
               of
               their
               iniquity
               ,
               we
               must
               consider
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Number
               of
               the
               Offenders
               ;
               
                 Every
                 man
                 did
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 right
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 eyes
                 .
              
               Some
               (
               no
               question
               )
               there
               were
               who
               had
               not
               bowed
               their
               knee
               to
               Baal
               ,
               that
               even
               in
               those
               days
               did
               ,
               and
               would
               do
               what
               was
               right
               in
               Gods
               eyes
               and
               not
               in
               their
               own
               ;
               and
               were
               as
               good
               as
               others
               could
               then
               be
               bad
               :
               But
               as
               for
               the
               generality
               of
               the
               land
               ,
               they
               were
               utterly
               corrupted
               ;
               
                 Ephraim
                 ,
                 Dan
                 ,
                 Manasseh
                 ;
                 Ephraim
              
               in
               the
               midst
               ,
               Dan
               and
               the
               men
               of
               Gibeah
               in
               the
               two
               ends
               thereof
               ;
               so
               that
               this
               [
               
                 every
                 man
              
               ]
               is
               expressive
               of
               the
               greatest
               part
               ;
               for
               not
               only
               the
               more
               loose
               and
               profane
               ,
               but
               the
               more
               precise
               and
               religious
               too
               were
               thus
               wickedly
               given
               ;
               not
               only
               thieving
               Dan
               and
               adulterous
               Gibeah
               ,
               but
               devout
               Micah
               ,
               the
               young
               man
               his
               Priest
               ,
               
               the
               old
               Saint
               his
               mother
               ;
               every
               one
               of
               these
               did
               
                 what
                 was
                 right
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 eyes
              
               ;
               which
               brings
               on
               my
               Text
               (
               three
               times
               in
               this
               ,
               and
               the
               ensuing
               Chapters
               set
               down
               ,
               but
               in
               this
               first
               and
               )
               upon
               occasion
               of
               this
               Micah's
               self-instituted
               Place
               and
               Worship
               ;
               for
               
                 The
                 man
                 Micah
                 had
                 an
                 house
                 of
                 Gods
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 an
                 Ephod
                 and
                 Teraphim
                 ,
                 and
                 consecrated
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Sons
                 ,
                 who
                 became
                 his
                 Priest
                 .
              
               Where
               we
               have
               the
               whole
               of
               his
               iniquity
               displayed
               ;
               and
               if
               we
               will
               but
               take
               in
               what
               was
               said
               of
               him
               in
               the
               preceding
               verse
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               before
               this
               a
               Graven
               and
               a
               
                 Molten
                 Image
              
               by
               him
               for
               the
               said
               House
               (
               which
               according
               to
               Grotius
               was
               an
               Altar
               with
               other
               the
               Utensils
               thereunto
               belonging
               )
               we
               have
               then
               all
               the
               prime
               and
               chief
               furniture
               of
               the
               Tabernacle
               ,
               that
               was
               by
               God
               himself
               appointed
               for
               the
               Service
               thereof
               :
               and
               yet
               it
               was
               an
               evil
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               he
               had
               an
               house
               of
               Gods
               ;
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               (
               the
               word
               is
               altogether
               Plural
               ,
               but
               used
               mostly
               Singular
               )
               an
               house
               of
               God
               ,
               a
               Bethel
               ,
               a
               separate
               place
               of
               his
               own
               setting
               up
               :
               
                 Aediculam
                 sive
                 capellam
              
               ,
               as
               some
               interpret
               it
               ,
               a
               Chappel
               of
               ease
               ,
               a
               Religious
               place
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               distinct
               and
               separate
               from
               that
               of
               publick
               assignation
               at
               Shiloh
               ,
               whereunto
               all
               were
               bound
               to
               resort
               .
               Neither
               can
               this
               interpretation
               be
               quarrelled
               ,
               provided
               you
               will
               but
               consider
               that
               place
               in
               the
               Twelfth
               Chapter
               of
               Deuteronomy
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               (
               if
               I
               be
               not
               mistaken
               ,
               )
               wherein
               this
               phrase
               of
               
                 Every
                 mans
                 doing
                 right
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 eyes
                 ,
              
               is
               used
               ,
               
                 You
                 shall
                 not
                 do
                 after
                 the
                 things
                 which
                 we
                 do
                 here
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 every
                 man
                 what
                 is
                 right
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 eyes
                 ,
              
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               worship
               where
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               place
               you
               please
               ,
               as
               hitherto
               hath
               been
               done
               in
               the
               Wilderness
               )
               
                 but
                 when
                 you
                 go
                 over
                 Jordan
                 ,
                 and
                 dwell
                 in
                 the
                 Land
                 which
                 the
                 Lord
                 your
                 
                 God
                 shall
                 give
                 you
                 to
                 inherit
                 ,
                 then
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 a
                 place
                 which
                 the
                 Lord
                 your
                 God
                 shall
                 choose
                 to
                 cause
                 his
                 name
                 to
                 dwell
                 there
                 ,
                 thither
                 shall
                 you
                 go
              
               :
               So
               that
               Micah's
               House
               ,
               and
               Micah's
               Separation
               ,
               was
               one
               of
               those
               Evils
               that
               then
               pestered
               the
               Land.
               Nay
               ,
               for
               the
               palliation
               of
               this
               Evil
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               the
               Service
               (
               therein
               performed
               )
               look
               more
               innocent
               ,
               and
               more
               like
               the
               Service
               of
               the
               Tabernacle
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 He
                 made
                 him
                 an
                 Ephod
              
               .
               Now
               an
               Ephod
               was
               a
               Sacerdotal
               Garment
               ,
               proper
               for
               the
               Tabernacle
               and
               the
               use
               of
               the
               High
               Priest
               ,
               never
               to
               be
               used
               but
               in
               Divine
               Worship
               and
               at
               the
               most
               solemn
               services
               of
               the
               Tabernacle
               .
               A
               Garment
               designed
               by
               Micah
               ,
               that
               the
               Priest
               of
               his
               House
               might
               every
               way
               be
               clad
               like
               one
               of
               Gods
               Priests
               ;
               and
               appear
               not
               only
               Grave
               and
               Sacred
               in
               his
               Habit
               ,
               but
               as
               
                 Jure
                 divino
              
               ,
               like
               as
               the
               very
               best
               of
               those
               ,
               who
               were
               of
               Gods
               nomination
               and
               appointment
               .
               Most
               evident
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               Danites
               went
               up
               to
               surprise
               Laish
               (
               Chap.
               18.5
               ,
               14.
               )
               they
               consulted
               this
               Ephod
               ;
               and
               that
               too
               ,
               with
               as
               much
               Veneration
               and
               Devotion
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               had
               been
               the
               very
               Ephod
               of
               the
               Sanctuary
               ,
               which
               had
               the
               Vrim
               and
               the
               Thummim
               ,
               and
               from
               whence
               (
               as
               from
               between
               the
               Cherubims
               )
               God
               was
               pleased
               to
               give
               forth
               his
               Answers
               .
               He
               had
               also
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               His
               Teraphim
               .
               What
               this
               Teraphim
               was
               ,
               whether
               
                 loquens
                 imago
              
               ,
               a
               blearing
               bleating
               Image
               ,
               craftily
               set
               at
               work
               by
               the
               Incantations
               and
               Charms
               of
               the
               Knavish
               Priest
               its
               Familiar
               ,
               to
               give
               out
               its
               Mysterious
               Oracles
               and
               Unintelligible
               Answers
               to
               the
               over-credulous
               unwary
               Multitude
               ;
               or
               whether
               an
               Astrological
               Engine
               shaped
               and
               figured
               like
               unto
               the
               Cherubims
               of
               the
               Tabernacle
               ,
               to
               discover
               the
               Planetary
               Motions
               and
               Aspects
               of
               the
               Heavens
               
               (
               whereby
               a
               Guess
               and
               Prediction
               was
               to
               be
               made
               of
               things
               that
               were
               to
               come
               )
               is
               not
               much
               to
               our
               present
               concern
               :
               Certain
               it
               is
               ,
               they
               were
               used
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               for
               the
               foretelling
               of
               future
               Events
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               probability
               designed
               to
               Cap
               and
               Supply
               not
               only
               the
               want
               of
               the
               Vrim
               and
               the
               Thummim
               ,
               but
               the
               very
               Cherubinical
               voice
               it self
               ,
               which
               was
               confined
               to
               ,
               and
               went
               along
               with
               the
               established
               Priesthood
               .
               The
               word
               it self
               is
               used
               in
               a
               good
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               a
               bad
               sence
               ;
               particularly
               Hos
               .
               3.4
               .
               it
               being
               there
               threatned
               as
               a
               judgment
               upon
               Israel
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               abide
               many
               days
               without
               a
               King
               ,
               and
               without
               a
               Sacrifice
               ,
               and
               without
               an
               Ephod
               ,
               and
               without
               a
               
                 Teraphim
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 also
                 became
                 an
                 evil
                 to
                 him
                 ,
              
               for
               so
               it
               is
               recorded
               among
               other
               his
               evil
               deeds
               ,
               
                 that
                 he
                 made
                 him
                 a
                 Teraphim
                 .
              
               The
               last
               thing
               mentioned
               of
               him
               is
               ,
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               he
               consecrated
               for
               himself
               a
               Priest
               ;
               his
               own
               Son
               first
               ,
               (
               one
               neither
               of
               Aarons
               Lineage
               nor
               of
               his
               Tribe
               )
               willing
               that
               any
               one
               should
               be
               his
               Priest
               ,
               rather
               than
               not
               have
               one
               of
               his
               own
               ;
               afterwards
               (
               for
               the
               more
               Solemnity
               of
               the
               thing
               ,
               and
               to
               seem
               more
               Conformable
               to
               the
               Divine
               institution
               )
               a
               Levite
               ;
               one
               in
               Holy
               Orders
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               meanest
               rank
               ,
               and
               no
               less
               irregular
               and
               unlawful
               than
               the
               former
               ,
               it
               being
               permitted
               to
               none
               to
               take
               the
               Priests
               Office
               upon
               them
               ,
               but
               who
               were
               Descendents
               of
               Aaron
               :
               though
               indeed
               not
               much
               matter
               who
               it
               be
               ,
               nor
               how
               dressed
               ,
               nor
               if
               at
               all
               consecrated
               ,
               provided
               he
               will
               but
               usurp
               the
               Priesthood
               and
               give
               out
               his
               Edicts
               to
               the
               Brotherhood
               of
               the
               Gild
               ,
               as
               his
               inspired
               brain
               and
               the
               home-made
               Teraphim
               shall
               dictate
               to
               him
               .
               I
               know
               there
               are
               some
               ,
               that
               make
               this
               Micah's
               Religion
               to
               be
               perfect
               Idolatry
               ,
               and
               downright
               Apostasie
               from
               the
               Religion
               that
               Almighty
               
               God
               by
               his
               Servant
               Moses
               had
               established
               among
               the
               Israelites
               ;
               but
               if
               so
               ,
               what
               made
               him
               so
               fond
               of
               the
               Ephod
               ,
               the
               Altar
               ,
               the
               Cherub
               ,
               the
               Levite
               ,
               and
               every
               thing
               else
               that
               did
               but
               so
               much
               as
               Ape
               the
               religion
               of
               the
               Tabernacle
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               what
               made
               him
               so
               joyful
               that
               he
               had
               got
               one
               of
               Gods
               Levites
               to
               be
               his
               Priests
               ?
               or
               to
               make
               so
               many
               applications
               to
               the
               true
               God
               as
               he
               did
               ?
               for
               my
               part
               I
               do
               (
               and
               thereunto
               I
               am
               obliged
               by
               
                 Vatablus
                 ,
                 Grotius
              
               and
               many
               others
               ,
               to
               )
               think
               that
               he
               was
               
                 veri
                 Dei
                 cultor
              
               ,
               a
               worshipper
               of
               the
               True
               God
               ,
               though
               (
               Puritan
               like
               )
               in
               a
               separate
               way
               ;
               insomuch
               ,
               that
               howbeit
               he
               might
               have
               a
               tincture
               of
               Idolatry
               in
               his
               worship
               ,
               yet
               it
               was
               a
               fault
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               a
               very
               great
               one
               too
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               set
               up
               an
               house
               of
               his
               own
               ;
               and
               therein
               an
               Ephod
               ,
               an
               Altar
               ,
               a
               Teraphim
               ,
               a
               Priest
               in
               contradiction
               to
               the
               Tabernacle
               ,
               the
               Ephod
               ,
               the
               Altar
               ,
               the
               Cherubims
               ,
               and
               the
               established
               Priests
               of
               God.
               In
               short
               ,
               a
               Will-worship
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               a
               self-pleasing
               devotion
               ;
               a
               separate
               house
               ,
               a
               separate
               Priest
               ,
               a
               separate
               Religion
               (
               howbeit
               of
               the
               same
               God
               )
               from
               the
               regular
               national
               establishment
               .
               A
               thing
               very
               pleasing
               to
               man
               !
               and
               so
               pleasing
               ,
               that
               if
               left
               unto
               himself
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               no
               King
               to
               restrain
               him
               ,
               every
               man
               will
               think
               himself
               as
               good
               as
               Micah
               ,
               and
               set
               up
               an
               house
               and
               a
               Priest
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               there
               do
               whatsoever
               shall
               seem
               right
               in
               his
               own
               eyes
               .
               Thus
               it
               fared
               of
               old
               with
               Israel
               ,
               and
               thus
               of
               late
               with
               England
               ;
               for
               no
               sooner
               began
               we
               to
               grow
               mad
               ,
               and
               to
               bethink
               our selves
               of
               no
               King
               ,
               but
               immediately
               (
               as
               if
               Hell
               it self
               had
               broke
               loose
               )
               all
               the
               worm-eaten
               exploded
               heresies
               ,
               from
               the
               very
               days
               of
               Christ
               ,
               began
               to
               make
               head
               again
               ;
               and
               there
               came
               upon
               the
               stage
               a
               revived
               rabble
               of
               
                 Gnosticks
                 ,
                 Arrians
                 ,
                 Macedonians
                 ,
                 Novatians
                 ,
                 
                 Enthusiasts
                 ,
              
               and
               whatever
               else
               seemed
               right
               to
               any
               ;
               every
               one
               calling
               (
               as
               it
               seemed
               good
               to
               them
               )
               for
               their
               own
               Priest
               ,
               and
               their
               own
               house
               ;
               till
               not
               a
               Mountain
               ,
               not
               a
               Grove
               ,
               not
               a
               City
               ,
               scarce
               a
               street
               but
               had
               an
               house
               ,
               a
               God
               ,
               a
               Priest
               of
               their
               own
               .
               And
               if
               we
               do
               but
               consider
               how
               some
               men
               of
               late
               (
               good
               friends
               ,
               no
               doubt
               ,
               to
               Micah
               )
               to
               give
               ease
               to
               tender
               Consciences
               would
               have
               eased
               us
               of
               our
               religion
               ;
               and
               out
               of
               kindness
               to
               a
               little
               uncouth
               Protestantism
               to
               come
               into
               the
               Church
               ,
               would
               have
               thrust
               out
               the
               Reformation
               (
               nay
               Christianity
               it self
               )
               out
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               we
               may
               say
               ,
               it
               was
               well
               for
               us
               then
               ,
               that
               we
               also
               had
               a
               King.
               Doubtless
               a
               most
               sad
               complaint
               and
               account
               of
               things
               !
               But
               it
               leads
               me
               from
               the
               mischiefs
               and
               disorders
               that
               happened
               in
               those
               days
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               To
               the
               Cause
               thereof
               ;
               
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 King
              
               ,
               no
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
            
             
               1.
               
               None
               of
               Regal
               Soveraign
               authority
               to
               superintend
               and
               command
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               None
               of
               inferiour
               Jurisdiction
               and
               government
               ,
               that
               had
               resolution
               and
               courage
               (
               suitable
               to
               the
               power
               they
               were
               invested
               with
               )
               either
               to
               see
               the
               Laws
               executed
               ,
               or
               the
               Offenders
               thereof
               punished
               :
               the
               want
               of
               which
               (
               as
               well
               as
               of
               the
               other
               )
               will
               soon
               fill
               a
               land
               with
               all
               manner
               of
               disorders
               ,
               and
               run
               it
               into
               Ataxy
               and
               confusion
               .
               Their
               misery
               was
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               they
               had
               no
               King
               ;
               no
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               none
               of
               Superiour
               Soveraign
               authority
               to
               superintend
               ,
               over-aw
               and
               set
               the
               rest
               at
               work
               .
               Now
               this
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               denotes
               a
               government
               
                 
                   
                   1.
                   
                   In
                   its
                   nature
                   Monarchical
                   ;
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   In
                   its
                   authority
                   Soveraign
                   ;
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   In
                   its
                   continuance
                   Hereditary
                   .
                
              
               All
               which
               conveniencies
               and
               advantages
               were
               wanting
               at
               that
               time
               in
               the
               government
               of
               Israel
               (
               as
               shall
               more
               at
               large
               be
               made
               to
               appear
               out
               of
               the
               history
               of
               those
               days
               ;
               )
               from
               the
               want
               of
               which
               ,
               those
               evils
               (
               so
               much
               complained
               on
               )
               came
               upon
               them
               .
               And
               if
               I
               make
               these
               three
               particulars
               out
               ,
               I
               shall
               settle
               the
               thing
               ,
               what
               their
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               was
               to
               be
               ;
               and
               what
               indeed
               they
               wanted
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               so
               unhappy
               as
               to
               have
               no
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               no
               King.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               It
               supposeth
               a
               government
               truly
               Monarchical
               .
               It
               hath
               been
               concluded
               by
               many
               ,
               That
               these
               words
               [
               of
               having
               no
               King
               ]
               bear
               a
               particular
               regard
               to
               the
               first
               forty
               years
               that
               the
               Children
               of
               Israel
               had
               been
               in
               possession
               of
               the
               Promised
               land
               from
               the
               death
               of
               Joshua
               ;
               the
               one
               part
               whereof
               ,
               was
               under
               the
               government
               (
               as
               some
               say
               )
               of
               the
               surviving
               Elders
               ,
               which
               came
               into
               the
               land
               with
               Joshua
               ;
               as
               others
               say
               ,
               under
               the
               Sanedrim
               or
               Senate
               of
               Elders
               as
               they
               were
               at
               first
               established
               by
               Moses
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               renewed
               by
               the
               people
               ;
               The
               other
               part
               under
               Othniel
               their
               Judge
               ,
               to
               whom
               though
               usually
               the
               whole
               forty
               years
               be
               ascribed
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               certain
               that
               many
               of
               them
               were
               pass'd
               and
               gone
               afore
               ever
               he
               took
               the
               office
               of
               a
               Judge
               upon
               him
               (
               ch
               .
               3.8
               .
               )
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               no
               less
               certain
               ,
               that
               the
               abuse
               done
               to
               the
               Levites
               Concubine
               (
               which
               is
               one
               of
               the
               last
               recited
               Villanies
               committed
               in
               those
               days
               )
               was
               acted
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Phineas
               ▪
               the
               High
               Priest
               (
               ch
               .
               20.28
               .
               )
               ,
               who
               came
               into
               that
               office
               upon
               the
               death
               of
               Eleazar
               about
               the
               death
               of
               Joshua
               ,
               and
               continued
               in
               it
               (
               as
               Chronologers
               
               compute
               )
               all
               the
               years
               ascribed
               to
               Othniel
               ,
               dying
               with
               or
               about
               the
               same
               time
               as
               Othniel
               did
               .
               However
               
                 in
                 those
                 days
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 King
              
               ;
               Elders
               there
               were
               (
               as
               you
               have
               heard
               )
               of
               the
               Tribes
               ,
               and
               every
               Elder
               (
               as
               some
               conceive
               )
               governing
               his
               own
               Tribe
               ;
               There
               were
               moreover
               the
               Elders
               of
               the
               Sanedrim
               superintending
               and
               governing
               the
               whole
               Nation
               of
               the
               Israelites
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               as
               for
               part
               of
               those
               days
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               Judge
               among
               them
               ;
               and
               yet
               great
               oppression
               ,
               frequent
               disorders
               ,
               and
               all
               occasioned
               by
               the
               want
               of
               a
               King.
               Which
               shews
               ,
               That
               neither
               Aristocracy
               nor
               Democracy
               ,
               the
               Rule
               of
               the
               Nobles
               ,
               nor
               the
               Rule
               of
               the
               People
               (
               be
               it
               by
               themselves
               or
               their
               Representatives
               )
               was
               able
               of
               it self
               ,
               or
               indeed
               capable
               to
               secure
               them
               from
               confusion
               ,
               impiety
               ,
               oppression
               .
               And
               therefore
               you
               shall
               find
               them
               endeavouring
               ,
               and
               upon
               all
               occasions
               labouring
               after
               a
               King
               ;
               calling
               first
               to
               Gideon
               ,
               Do
               thou
               King
               us
               (
               ch
               .
               8.22
               .
               )
               ;
               afterwards
               to
               Samuel
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               a
               King
               (
               1
               Sam.
               8.5
               .
               )
               And
               its
               observable
               ,
               that
               the
               nearer
               they
               approached
               to
               this
               kind
               of
               government
               ,
               the
               better
               they
               were
               ;
               but
               if
               at
               any
               time
               the
               Judge
               dy'd
               (
               who
               was
               instead
               of
               a
               King
               ,
               )
               or
               the
               government
               came
               to
               be
               devolv'd
               upon
               their
               Sanedrim
               ,
               all
               things
               presently
               went
               to
               confusion
               ,
               and
               they
               reinforc'd
               to
               chuse
               them
               a
               new
               Judge
               .
               And
               thus
               it
               is
               recorded
               of
               them
               in
               general
               (
               ch
               .
               2.18
               ,
               19.
               )
               That
               
                 when
                 the
                 Lord
                 raised
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 Judges
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 was
                 with
                 the
                 Judge
                 ,
                 and
                 delivered
                 them
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 their
                 enemies
                 :
              
               but
               
                 if
                 the
                 Judge
                 dy'd
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 came
                 to
                 pass
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 returned
                 and
                 corrupted
                 themselves
                 more
                 than
                 their
                 fathers
                 had
                 done
                 .
              
               And
               in
               particular
               ,
               thus
               it
               was
               when
               Othniel
               dy'd
               (
               ch
               .
               3.12
               .
               )
               ,
               thus
               when
               Ehud
               dy'd
               (
               ch
               .
               4.1
               .
               )
               ,
               thus
               when
               Deborah
               dy'd
               (
               ch
               .
               6.1
               .
               )
               thus
               when
               Gideon
               dy'd
               (
               ch
               .
               8.33
               .
               )
               ,
               and
               thus
               ,
               and
               
               almost
               always
               thus
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               whole
               government
               of
               the
               Judges
               :
               which
               argues
               ,
               that
               the
               nearer
               the
               advance
               is
               made
               to
               Kingship
               ,
               the
               nearer
               people
               get
               to
               Order
               and
               good
               Government
               ;
               and
               the
               further
               any
               stand
               off
               ,
               still
               the
               worse
               ,
               and
               every
               day
               worse
               ;
               for
               when
               there
               was
               not
               so
               much
               as
               a
               Judge
               among
               them
               ,
               they
               fell
               not
               only
               into
               sin
               but
               into
               slavery
               .
               So
               it
               hapned
               in
               the
               Interregnum
               between
               Joshua
               and
               Othniel
               ,
               they
               were
               oppressed
               by
               Cushan
               eight
               years
               (
               ch
               .
               3.8
               .
               )
               ,
               by
               Eglon
               upon
               the
               death
               of
               Othniel
               eighteen
               years
               (
               ch
               .
               3.14
               .
               )
               ,
               by
               Jabin
               upon
               the
               death
               of
               Ehud
               twenty
               years
               (
               ch
               .
               4.2
               .
               )
               ,
               by
               Midian
               upon
               the
               death
               of
               Deborah
               seven
               years
               (
               ch
               .
               6.1
               .
               )
               ,
               by
               Ammon
               upon
               the
               death
               of
               Jair
               eighteen
               years
               (
               ch
               .
               10.8
               .
               )
               ,
               by
               the
               Philistines
               upon
               the
               death
               of
               Abdon
               forty
               years
               (
               ch
               .
               13.1
               .
               )
               ,
               In
               all
               an
               hundred
               and
               eleven
               years
               ;
               slavery
               enough
               (
               if
               people
               would
               be
               taught
               any
               thing
               )
               to
               convince
               them
               of
               the
               necessity
               of
               a
               King
               and
               Kingly
               government
               ,
               as
               likewise
               of
               the
               defects
               ,
               imperfections
               ,
               calamities
               of
               all
               other
               rule
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               that
               of
               a
               Senate
               or
               a
               Sanedrim
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               A
               King
               supposeth
               a
               power
               Soveraign
               ;
               One
               of
               a
               Supreme
               and
               indefeisable
               authority
               ;
               Superiour
               to
               all
               ,
               to
               the
               very
               Senate
               and
               Sanedrim
               :
               To
               whom
               the
               appeal
               must
               lye
               ,
               and
               from
               whom
               the
               final
               and
               decretory
               Sentence
               must
               come
               ;
               accountable
               to
               none
               but
               to
               God
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               King
               of
               Kings
               ,
               and
               the
               last
               Judge
               of
               men
               ,
               though
               in
               Conscience
               oblig'd
               to
               do
               no
               evil
               himself
               ,
               nor
               to
               suffer
               others
               to
               do
               it
               ;
               as
               knowing
               that
               he
               must
               one
               day
               account
               to
               the
               God
               who
               first
               made
               him
               a
               man
               ,
               and
               then
               gave
               him
               his
               authority
               .
               A
               person
               (
               I
               say
               )
               of
               superiour
               and
               uncontrollable
               authority
               ,
               for
               otherwise
               he
               is
               not
               Supreme
               ,
               and
               no
               better
               than
               one
               of
               the
               Judges
               of
               the
               
               land
               ;
               for
               the
               Judge
               was
               the
               Leader
               ,
               the
               Prime
               and
               Principal
               of
               the
               rest
               ,
               had
               the
               chief
               honour
               and
               conduct
               ,
               but
               always
               subservient
               to
               ,
               and
               controllable
               by
               the
               Sanedrim
               ;
               which
               bred
               mighty
               delays
               ,
               huge
               inconveniencies
               ,
               many
               and
               lasting
               confusions
               :
               whereupon
               being
               wearied
               and
               tired
               out
               by
               the
               defects
               of
               that
               kind
               of
               government
               ,
               they
               say
               to
               
                 Samuel
                 ,
                 Give
                 us
                 a
                 King
              
               ;
               and
               to
               
                 Gideon
                 ,
                 Be
                 thou
                 a
                 King
              
               (
               a
               Soveraign
               )
               
                 to
                 us
              
               ,
               who
               by
               an
               inherent
               supercommanding
               authority
               may
               in
               times
               of
               necessity
               and
               danger
               not
               only
               silence
               the
               Faction
               of
               Tribes
               ,
               but
               the
               heat
               of
               Senators
               ;
               for
               they
               also
               may
               be
               faulty
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               case
               of
               Korah
               ,
               where
               no
               less
               than
               two
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               Princes
               of
               the
               Assembly
               rose
               up
               against
               
                 Moses
                 (
                 Num.
              
               16.2
               .
               )
               .
               Nay
               ,
               probably
               this
               was
               the
               reason
               why
               they
               said
               to
               
                 Samuel
                 ,
                 Give
                 us
                 a
                 King
                 like
                 other
                 Nations
              
               (
               1
               Sam.
               8.5
               .
               )
               ;
               not
               as
               if
               they
               were
               desirous
               to
               be
               tyrannized
               over
               ,
               or
               made
               slaves
               as
               other
               nations
               too
               too
               often
               were
               ;
               that
               's
               a
               thing
               they
               were
               resolved
               to
               venture
               rather
               than
               endure
               the
               known
               mischiefs
               and
               barbarisms
               ,
               that
               the
               jealousies
               ,
               delays
               ,
               factions
               ,
               of
               the
               Demagogues
               and
               men
               of
               renown
               in
               the
               Sanedrim
               used
               to
               expose
               them
               unto
               .
               And
               what
               if
               the
               Prince
               should
               be
               personally
               wanton
               ,
               by
               nature
               cruel
               ,
               upon
               experience
               covetous
               ,
               designing
               ,
               seeking
               his
               own
               and
               his
               family
               concerns
               ,
               and
               thereupon
               pervert
               justice
               ,
               take
               illegal
               occasions
               to
               oppress
               and
               revenge
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               what
               if
               Naboth's
               Vineyard
               be
               to
               be
               had
               ,
               or
               the
               Vessels
               of
               the
               Temple
               to
               be
               rifled
               ,
               or
               religion
               it self
               to
               be
               altered
               ?
               If
               these
               doings
               are
               so
               criminal
               ,
               so
               outrageous
               ,
               so
               formidable
               ,
               when
               confined
               to
               one
               ,
               what
               will
               they
               be
               when
               they
               are
               the
               espoused
               Sentiments
               of
               many
               ?
               nay
               ,
               made
               their
               interests
               and
               acted
               in
               all
               the
               corners
               and
               quarters
               of
               the
               land
               ?
               Put
               the
               case
               as
               
               bad
               as
               you
               can
               ;
               and
               what
               if
               this
               be
               the
               manner
               of
               the
               King
               (
               as
               Samuel
               tells
               the
               people
               ,
               1
               Sam.
               8.11
               .
               )
               That
               
                 he
                 will
                 take
                 your
                 sons
                 ,
                 and
                 appoint
                 them
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 for
                 his
                 chariots
                 and
                 his
                 horsemen
              
               ;
               and
               
                 set
                 them
                 to
                 ear
                 his
                 corn
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 instruments
                 of
                 war
                 ?
              
               and
               what
               if
               
                 he
                 take
                 your
                 fields
                 ,
                 your
                 vineyards
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 oliveyards
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 them
                 to
                 his
                 officers
                 and
                 Servants
                 ?
              
               This
               is
               the
               worst
               that
               the
               very
               worst
               of
               them
               will
               do
               :
               But
               put
               the
               case
               that
               this
               be
               done
               ;
               yet
               if
               there
               be
               a
               Decemviri
               as
               at
               Rome
               ;
               if
               thirty
               Tyrants
               ,
               as
               at
               Athens
               ;
               if
               two
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Assembly
               of
               the
               Israelites
               :
               These
               may
               all
               (
               and
               every
               one
               of
               them
               )
               be
               as
               bad
               ,
               as
               lascivious
               ,
               as
               covetous
               ,
               as
               oppressive
               ,
               as
               designing
               as
               that
               One
               ;
               and
               so
               the
               Tyranny
               ,
               oppression
               ,
               impiety
               be
               much
               greater
               and
               more
               spreading
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               easily
               cur'd
               ,
               nor
               so
               well
               endur'd
               .
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               if
               our
               late
               Calamities
               (
               which
               lasted
               not
               full
               twenty
               years
               )
               were
               well
               reflected
               upon
               ,
               there
               would
               be
               found
               more
               Tyranny
               to
               have
               been
               exercised
               ,
               more
               outrages
               to
               have
               been
               committed
               ,
               more
               injustice
               to
               have
               been
               done
               by
               the
               Assemblers
               and
               Senators
               of
               those
               days
               ,
               than
               ever
               there
               can
               be
               found
               among
               all
               our
               Kings
               since
               we
               have
               had
               a
               Monarchy
               ,
               or
               (
               what
               's
               altogether
               the
               same
               )
               since
               we
               have
               been
               a
               Nation
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               A
               King
               supposeth
               one
               Hereditary
               ;
               a
               King
               with
               an
               Heir
               and
               known
               Successor
               at
               hand
               to
               step
               into
               his
               place
               as
               soon
               as
               ever
               he
               himself
               is
               gone
               .
               Hence
               the
               Israelites
               (
               full
               sensible
               of
               the
               want
               of
               such
               a
               King
               )
               call
               unto
               
                 Gideon
                 ,
                 rule
                 thou
                 over
                 us
                 ,
                 thou
                 and
                 thy
                 son
                 ,
                 and
                 thy
                 sons
                 son
                 ,
                 (
                 ch
                 .
              
               8.22
               .
               )
               profering
               thereby
               an
               entail
               and
               inheritance
               ;
               and
               intimating
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               never
               be
               well
               ,
               nor
               out
               of
               danger
               ,
               till
               they
               had
               a
               King
               ;
               not
               a
               Judge
               (
               for
               so
               Gideon
               was
               ,
               and
               had
               
               done
               as
               great
               and
               as
               valiant
               things
               as
               ever
               any
               Judge
               had
               done
               ,
               )
               but
               a
               King
               ;
               and
               a
               King
               ,
               with
               Off-spring
               and
               Progeny
               to
               succeed
               and
               to
               rule
               without
               any
               interregnums
               or
               new
               choice
               ,
               which
               had
               too
               too
               often
               proved
               factious
               and
               tedious
               ,
               and
               mostly
               fatal
               .
               Thus
               the
               loosness
               of
               Laish
               was
               ascribed
               to
               this
               inconvenience
               ,
               there
               was
               no
               Magistrate
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               no
               heir
               of
               restraint
               ,
               no
               certain
               and
               apparent
               Successor
               to
               the
               Throne
               
                 (
                 ch
              
               .
               18.17
               .
               )
               And
               indeed
               interregnums
               are
               always
               pregnant
               of
               mischief
               and
               of
               misery
               ;
               never
               any
               of
               them
               hapned
               in
               Israel
               (
               and
               yet
               happen
               they
               did
               ,
               and
               ever
               will
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               not
               a
               certain
               Heir
               to
               succeed
               )
               but
               they
               brought
               along
               with
               them
               all
               manner
               of
               Confusion
               and
               Oppression
               :
               which
               very
               thing
               made
               the
               Israelites
               so
               eager
               to
               have
               a
               King
               with
               Posterity
               and
               Succession
               attending
               ;
               never
               happening
               till
               King
               Davids
               time
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               reign
               of
               Solomon
               (
               his
               Son
               and
               Successor
               )
               never
               put
               by
               as
               to
               Judah
               from
               the
               Primogeniture
               and
               right
               Heir
               .
               This
               is
               a
               most
               certain
               truth
               ,
               that
               none
               illegitimately
               born
               could
               inherit
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 inherit
                 in
                 our
                 fathers
                 house
                 ,
              
               (
               say
               the
               Gibeonites
               concerning
               
                 Jephtha
                 ,
                 ch
              
               .
               11.2
               .
               )
               
                 for
                 thou
                 art
                 the
                 son
                 of
                 a
                 strange
                 woman
              
               :
               but
               if
               legitimate
               and
               first
               born
               of
               the
               family
               ,
               there
               was
               no
               proscription
               (
               no
               Bill
               of
               Exclusion
               )
               to
               be
               made
               ;
               nothing
               being
               ever
               accounted
               more
               horrid
               and
               vile
               among
               the
               Israelites
               than
               to
               snarl
               ,
               disturb
               ,
               interrupt
               or
               displace
               the
               Inheritance
               .
               Nay
               ,
               though
               there
               had
               been
               more
               wives
               in
               the
               case
               (
               the
               wrong
               loved
               ,
               and
               the
               right
               hated
               )
               yet
               the
               first-born
               of
               the
               hated
               was
               to
               have
               the
               Inheritance
               ;
               
                 the
                 right
                 of
                 the
                 first-born
                 is
                 his
                 ,
                 (
                 Deut.
              
               21.17
               .
               )
               So
               that
               to
               set
               limits
               to
               the
               Monarch
               ,
               or
               to
               minorate
               and
               depress
               him
               in
               his
               Prerogative
               ,
               Supremacy
               ,
               Succession
               ,
               is
               to
               rob
               Israel
               
               of
               her
               King
               ;
               and
               in
               truth
               to
               put
               no
               difference
               between
               a
               King
               and
               an
               Elder
               of
               the
               Sanedrim
               ,
               or
               at
               the
               best
               ,
               between
               a
               King
               and
               an
               ordinary
               Judge
               ,
               put
               on
               and
               off
               according
               to
               the
               humor
               and
               insolence
               of
               every
               designing
               ,
               prevailing
               Faction
               .
               Certainly
               it
               is
               not
               a
               Purple
               Robe
               ,
               nor
               a
               Reed
               put
               into
               the
               hand
               ,
               that
               will
               make
               Israel
               a
               King
               ;
               the
               Jews
               so
               served
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               and
               withal
               
                 bowed
                 the
                 Knee
              
               unto
               him
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 Hail
                 King
                 of
                 the
                 Jews
              
               :
               but
               (
               says
               the
               Text
               )
               
                 they
                 first
                 stripped
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 they
                 mocked
                 him
              
               :
               and
               in
               sooth
               if
               Kings
               come
               once
               to
               be
               stript
               of
               their
               own
               Robes
               (
               I
               mean
               their
               
                 Jura
                 regni
              
               ,
               their
               Preheminences
               ,
               Regalities
               ,
               Dignities
               ,
               whereby
               they
               come
               to
               be
               Kings
               and
               to
               excell
               others
               )
               I
               cannot
               see
               but
               they
               are
               worthily
               made
               the
               People's
               scorn
               ;
               and
               though
               Princely
               clad
               ,
               yet
               no
               better
               than
               a
               Supposititious
               Perkin
               ,
               or
               a
               bare
               King
               of
               Clouts
               .
               Nay
               ,
               I
               cannot
               see
               ,
               but
               that
               if
               King
               Adonibezek
               (
               notwithstanding
               his
               eight
               Kings
               prostrated
               and
               captivated
               by
               him
               )
               be
               himself
               to
               be
               bound
               and
               shackled
               at
               the
               will
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Votes
               of
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               He
               must
               be
               adjudged
               to
               be
               himself
               enslav'd
               ,
               and
               as
               far
               (
               in
               reality
               )
               from
               being
               a
               King
               in
               Israel's
               sence
               ,
               as
               those
               very
               Captivated
               Kings
               were
               ,
               
                 who
                 lay
                 gathering
                 their
                 Meat
                 under
                 his
                 Table
                 with
                 their
                 Thumbs
                 and
                 their
                 Toes
                 cut
                 off
                 .
              
               But
               to
               end
               this
               ;
               The
               Rabbins
               have
               a
               saying
               ,
               that
               there
               were
               three
               things
               enjoyned
               the
               Israelites
               (
               whilst
               they
               were
               in
               the
               Wilderness
               )
               to
               be
               performed
               by
               them
               when
               they
               entred
               into
               Canaan
               ;
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               to
               root
               out
               the
               memory
               of
               Amalek
               ,
               to
               choose
               them
               a
               King
               ,
               and
               to
               build
               them
               an
               House
               for
               a
               Sanctuary
               ;
               the
               first
               whereof
               (
               if
               they
               had
               proceeded
               regularly
               ,
               as
               Scickard
               upon
               Maimonides
               observes
               )
               was
               to
               choose
               
               them
               a
               King.
               It
               s
               true
               they
               displeased
               Samuel
               in
               doing
               it
               (
               1
               Sam.
               8.6
               .
               )
               ;
               nay
               ,
               God
               tells
               them
               ,
               that
               by
               so
               doing
               
                 they
                 had
                 rejected
                 him
                 also
              
               ,
               (
               vers
               .
               7.
               )
               ;
               from
               which
               and
               other
               like
               places
               the
               Rota-brained
               Republican
               takes
               an
               occasion
               to
               Blaspheme
               God
               and
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               to
               decry
               their
               Government
               as
               if
               it
               were
               not
               only
               Tyrannical
               but
               Antitheocratical
               ;
               and
               yet
               God
               promised
               Abraham
               (
               soon
               after
               that
               he
               promised
               him
               the
               Land
               )
               
                 that
                 Kings
                 should
                 come
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 Loins
              
               (
               Gen.
               17.6
               .
               )
               ;
               and
               by
               prediction
               from
               
                 Jacob
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Scepter
                 should
                 not
                 depart
                 from
                 Judah
                 till
                 Shiloh
                 came
                 ,
              
               Gen.
               49.10
               .
               and
               as
               they
               were
               going
               to
               the
               Land
               ,
               he
               informed
               them
               what
               manner
               of
               King
               they
               were
               to
               choose
               ,
               when
               they
               came
               thither
               (
               Deut.
               17.15
               .
               )
               ;
               Yea
               ,
               and
               when
               choice
               was
               made
               of
               Saul
               ,
               God
               owned
               him
               ,
               and
               promised
               blessings
               along
               with
               him
               ,
               provided
               they
               would
               but
               fear
               God
               and
               walk
               in
               his
               ways
               (
               1
               Sam.
               12.14
               .
               )
               ;
               nay
               ,
               the
               Scripture
               brands
               all
               the
               Male
               contents
               and
               those
               who
               refused
               to
               congratulate
               his
               Choice
               ,
               for
               Sons
               of
               Belial
               (
               1
               Sam.
               10.27
               .
               )
               .
               So
               that
               if
               the
               Israelites
               offended
               in
               asking
               a
               King
               ,
               it
               was
               
                 in
                 formâ
                 non
                 jure
                 petendi
              
               ,
               in
               the
               manner
               of
               asking
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               the
               thing
               it self
               :
               either
               because
               they
               did
               it
               in
               a
               Seditious
               Tumultuating
               manner
               ,
               affecting
               Innovation
               in
               the
               Government
               as
               some
               do
               conceive
               ;
               or
               in
               an
               affrontive
               way
               to
               Samuel
               their
               present
               Judge
               ,
               as
               others
               imagine
               ;
               or
               to
               a
               wrong
               and
               evil
               design
               ,
               hoping
               thereby
               to
               make
               an
               alteration
               in
               the
               established
               Religion
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               as
               a
               third
               sort
               think
               .
               All
               which
               were
               not
               only
               evil
               in
               themselves
               ,
               but
               very
               culpable
               ,
               and
               justly
               provoked
               God
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               
                 He
                 would
                 give
                 them
                 a
                 King
                 in
                 his
                 Anger
              
               :
               however
               the
               desiring
               or
               having
               a
               King
               was
               not
               evil
               in
               it self
               ;
               for
               God
               gave
               them
               one
               upon
               their
               request
               ,
               and
               
               when
               that
               Person
               was
               dead
               ,
               he
               appointed
               them
               another
               (
               even
               David
               ,
               a
               man
               after
               his
               own
               heart
               ;
               )
               and
               under
               that
               kind
               of
               Government
               he
               continued
               them
               so
               long
               as
               he
               continued
               them
               in
               Canaan
               .
               Which
               intimates
               ,
               that
               the
               having
               a
               King
               in
               Israel
               (
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               one
               of
               a
               Soveraign
               power
               ,
               with
               a
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               with
               an
               Heir
               of
               restraint
               at
               his
               back
               )
               was
               one
               of
               the
               blessings
               of
               the
               Land
               of
               Canaan
               ;
               and
               the
               most
               proper
               Government
               that
               a
               Nation
               can
               wish
               for
               or
               have
               ,
               which
               endeavours
               after
               a
               peaceable
               and
               happy
               settlement
               .
               Judges
               will
               not
               do
               alone
               ;
               neither
               Joshua
               nor
               the
               
                 High
                 Priest
              
               must
               presume
               too
               far
               ;
               nay
               ,
               the
               Sanedrim
               it self
               must
               be
               modest
               and
               humble
               ;
               these
               and
               every
               one
               of
               these
               in
               their
               proper
               Spheres
               may
               help
               on
               the
               blessing
               ,
               but
               to
               make
               a
               Nation
               perfectly
               happy
               (
               Canaan
               like
               )
               God
               must
               give
               them
               a
               King.
               For
               though
               he
               had
               often
               changed
               their
               Government
               before
               ,
               from
               Captains
               to
               Judges
               ,
               from
               Judges
               to
               Priests
               ,
               yet
               having
               once
               given
               them
               a
               King
               ,
               he
               there
               rests
               ;
               as
               having
               brought
               all
               to
               perfection
               ,
               and
               never
               changed
               any
               more
               .
               Which
               argues
               ,
               that
               Kings
               are
               not
               only
               Divine
               ,
               but
               the
               best
               if
               not
               the
               only
               means
               to
               maintain
               the
               peace
               ,
               and
               to
               propagate
               the
               welfare
               of
               a
               Nation
               .
               And
               so
               we
               pass
               from
               the
               first
               cause
               of
               those
               mischiefs
               that
               befel
               the
               Israelites
               ,
               they
               had
               no
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               no
               King
               ;
               unto
               the
               Second
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               Because
               the
               Magistrates
               and
               Judges
               (
               who
               then
               had
               the
               Rule
               )
               neglected
               their
               office
               ,
               and
               neither
               suppressed
               sin
               ,
               nor
               punished
               the
               offender
               ,
               which
               was
               all
               one
               as
               if
               they
               had
               had
               no
               King
               in
               Israel
               .
               It
               is
               said
               of
               the
               inhabitants
               of
               Laish
               (
               afterwards
               Dan
               )
               
                 that
                 they
                 lived
                 careless
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Zidonians
              
               ;
               in
               Lust
               and
               Luxury
               ,
               in
               Vice
               and
               Idleness
               ,
               in
               Idolatry
               and
               Prophaneness
               ;
               and
               the
               reason
               given
               for
               it
               is
               (
               Chap.
               18.7
               .
               )
               that
               
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 Magistrate
                 in
                 the
                 Land
                 to
                 put
                 them
                 to
                 shame
                 in
                 any
                 thing
              
               :
               Magistrates
               there
               were
               ,
               but
               none
               that
               would
               enforce
               the
               Laws
               ,
               or
               prosecute
               the
               offenders
               ;
               none
               that
               would
               restrain
               them
               in
               their
               Vices
               ,
               or
               be
               (
               as
               the
               Apostle
               phraseth
               it
               )
               
                 a
                 terror
                 to
                 evil
                 doers
              
               .
               The
               very
               case
               of
               the
               Israelites
               before
               us
               ,
               for
               Magistrates
               they
               had
               ,
               as
               the
               Jewish
               Writers
               themselves
               confess
               ;
               but
               withal
               so
               backward
               and
               tardy
               in
               acting
               like
               Magistrates
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               had
               been
               afraid
               to
               be
               Gods
               Deputies
               ;
               so
               shy
               of
               executing
               the
               Laws
               ,
               as
               if
               (
               like
               Draco's
               )
               they
               had
               been
               wrote
               in
               blood
               ;
               and
               again
               so
               fearful
               of
               punishing
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               whipping
               a
               Micah
               had
               been
               the
               Martyring
               a
               Saint
               ;
               whereas
               Magistrates
               ought
               not
               to
               prevaricate
               in
               their
               office
               .
               St.
               Paul
               expresly
               tells
               them
               ,
               
                 they
                 must
                 not
                 bear
                 the
                 Sword
                 in
                 vain
              
               ;
               not
               hold
               it
               in
               their
               hands
               as
               if
               it
               were
               a
               bare
               Scepter
               of
               ornament
               for
               themselves
               ,
               but
               use
               it
               as
               a
               Sword
               
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 revenger
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 execute
                 wrath
                 upon
                 them
                 that
                 do
                 evil
                 .
              
               Neither
               ought
               the
               wholsom
               precept
               of
               Charity
               and
               forgiveness
               (
               which
               our
               blessed
               Saviour
               so
               often
               ,
               and
               so
               earnestly
               inculcates
               )
               enervate
               ,
               much
               less
               evacuate
               this
               power
               ;
               for
               it
               doth
               not
               hinder
               Parents
               from
               chastising
               their
               offending
               Children
               ,
               nor
               Masters
               from
               correcting
               their
               rebellious
               Servants
               ;
               this
               were
               to
               licentiate
               Disobedience
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               a
               toleration
               to
               Disorder
               .
               Suffer
               but
               this
               ,
               and
               the
               Parent
               shall
               not
               rule
               his
               Child
               ,
               nor
               the
               Master
               his
               Servant
               ,
               no
               more
               than
               the
               Prince
               his
               Subject
               ;
               nay
               ,
               suffer
               but
               this
               ,
               and
               the
               Child
               will
               soon
               make
               his
               Parent
               pass
               through
               the
               fire
               for
               him
               to
               Moloch
               ;
               the
               Servant
               will
               soon
               bore
               the
               ears
               of
               
               his
               Master
               ;
               and
               the
               Subject
               get
               into
               the
               Throne
               of
               his
               Soveraign
               ,
               and
               be
               a
               thousand
               times
               more
               insolent
               than
               He.
               Let
               but
               this
               immunity
               be
               proclaimed
               as
               a
               voice
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               the
               world
               will
               soon
               be
               in
               flames
               about
               our
               ears
               .
               
                 The
                 children
                 of
                 God
                 will
                 fall
                 in
                 Love
                 with
                 the
                 daughters
                 of
                 Men
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 daughters
                 of
                 Men
              
               as
               soon
               produce
               a
               race
               of
               
                 strong
                 and
                 mighty
                 Giants
              
               ;
               (
               a
               Crew
               of
               stubborn
               ,
               wilful
               ,
               disobedient
               men
               )
               so
               mighty
               ,
               that
               neither
               Reason
               shall
               perswade
               ,
               Kindness
               oblige
               ,
               nor
               Government
               hold
               ;
               
                 Men
                 of
                 renown
                 and
                 famous
                 in
                 their
                 Generations
              
               (
               such
               as
               
                 Korah
                 ,
                 Dathan
              
               ,
               and
               their
               accomplices
               were
               said
               to
               be
               )
               ;
               Giants
               
                 Non
                 tam
                 corporum
                 mole
                 ,
                 quam
                 latrociniis
                 &
                 grassandi
                 libidine
                 ,
              
               Mighty
               not
               so
               much
               in
               bulk
               as
               in
               Will
               ,
               not
               in
               body
               as
               in
               Humour
               ;
               Mighty
               by
               their
               Stubbornness
               and
               Faction
               ,
               by
               their
               Wickedness
               and
               Villany
               ,
               to
               overthrow
               and
               confound
               a
               Nation
               .
               Wherefore
               let
               me
               perswade
               you
               (
               You
               who
               are
               the
               present
               Guard
               of
               our
               Country
               ;
               the
               eyes
               to
               find
               out
               ,
               and
               the
               hands
               to
               punish
               Offenders
               )
               that
               as
               you
               have
               a
               King
               Enthron'd
               ,
               so
               you
               would
               use
               your
               endeavours
               (
               as
               in
               Duty
               and
               Conscience
               you
               are
               bound
               )
               to
               keep
               and
               preserve
               him
               on
               his
               Throne
               .
               Let
               not
               the
               mighty
               Giants
               nor
               their
               Weavers-beams
               scare
               you
               ;
               think
               not
               that
               Dan
               and
               Benjamin
               (
               the
               Ravishers
               of
               Women
               ,
               and
               the
               Riflers
               of
               Houses
               )
               are
               our
               only
               Malefactors
               ;
               but
               let
               Ephraim
               and
               his
               Idols
               ,
               Micah
               and
               his
               House
               of
               Gods
               be
               alike
               enquired
               into
               ,
               and
               punished
               ;
               Practices
               suiting
               only
               Anarchy
               ,
               and
               the
               worst
               of
               Days
               when
               there
               is
               no
               King
               !
               and
               therefore
               since
               we
               have
               a
               King
               ,
               let
               these
               practices
               (
               I
               pray
               you
               )
               have
               an
               end
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               not
               be
               said
               of
               us
               that
               we
               live
               as
               we
               did
               ,
               or
               indeed
               as
               if
               there
               were
               ,
               or
               rather
               as
               if
               we
               would
               have
               it
               so
               ,
               that
               there
               should
               
               be
               no
               King
               in
               Israel
               .
               There
               will
               be
               a
               Micah
               if
               there
               be
               no
               King
               ;
               and
               therefore
               if
               there
               be
               a
               King
               ,
               there
               ought
               to
               be
               no
               Micah
               ,
               nor
               no
               House
               of
               his
               in
               Israel
               .
               And
               here
               (
               that
               I
               may
               not
               seem
               Splenetick
               ,
               nor
               too
               much
               exasperated
               against
               a
               sort
               of
               Men
               under
               the
               name
               of
               Malefactors
               ,
               when
               Religion
               is
               in
               the
               case
               ;
               but
               rather
               do
               the
               duty
               of
               a
               good
               Levite
               as
               becomes
               the
               Establishment
               )
               be
               pleased
               to
               consider
               with
               me
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               Micah's
               House
               and
               Religion
               is
               an
               Evil
               in
               the
               Land
               ;
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               it
               is
               an
               Evil
               to
               be
               enquired
               into
               by
               the
               King
               and
               the
               Judges
               of
               the
               Land
               ;
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               when
               no
               care
               is
               taken
               thereof
               ,
               it
               is
               usually
               the
               Mother
               Evil
               of
               the
               Land.
               But
               I
               know
               before
               I
               proceed
               ,
               that
               I
               shall
               be
               accounted
               (
               for
               what
               I
               have
               to
               say
               )
               no
               friend
               to
               the
               Religion
               now
               on
               foot
               called
               Protestantism
               ;
               however
               I
               am
               sure
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               serving
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               nay
               ,
               disserving
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               if
               I
               were
               unreeving
               the
               Conclave
               ,
               or
               pulling
               the
               Trentine
               Fathers
               out
               by
               the
               ears
               .
               For
               would
               we
               be
               perswaded
               to
               keep
               to
               the
               Fold
               ,
               and
               the
               Shepherd
               appointed
               us
               (
               be
               he
               on
               the
               Mountain
               or
               in
               the
               Planes
               )
               to
               the
               Shepherd
               whom
               God
               ,
               his
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               lawful
               Presidents
               thereof
               have
               set
               over
               us
               ;
               the
               Wolves
               may
               howl
               for
               want
               of
               prey
               ,
               the
               greedy
               Itinerant
               return
               a
               perfect
               Mendicant
               ,
               the
               Seminaries
               abroad
               be
               forced
               to
               keep
               the
               brood
               they
               have
               hatch'd
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Eagle
              
               never
               more
               take
               pleasure
               to
               quarry
               upon
               our
               English
               shore
               :
               for
               it
               was
               Micah's
               House
               ,
               and
               the
               High-places
               afterwards
               (
               like
               places
               of
               Separation
               )
               that
               first
               brought
               Idolatry
               into
               Israel
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               as
               confident
               that
               if
               it
               ever
               be
               brought
               into
               our
               
               English
               Churches
               again
               ,
               these
               are
               the
               Houses
               that
               must
               dress
               up
               the
               Idol
               ,
               these
               the
               Seminaries
               that
               breed
               the
               Shavelin
               who
               will
               say
               Mass
               afore
               it
               .
               But
               the
               Enditement
               is
               fram'd
               and
               drawn
               ,
               come
               I
               therefore
               briefly
               to
               prove
               the
               particulars
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               Micah's
               House
               and
               Separation
               (
               though
               never
               so
               near
               a
               kin
               to
               the
               Religion
               of
               the
               Sanctuary
               )
               is
               one
               of
               the
               Evils
               of
               the
               Land.
               Thus
               it
               was
               in
               our
               Micah's
               days
               :
               and
               thus
               no
               less
               in
               the
               days
               of
               Gideon
               ;
               for
               (
               Chap.
               8.27
               .
               )
               
                 He
                 made
                 him
                 an
                 Ephod
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 it
                 in
                 his
                 City
                 (
                 even
                 in
                 Ophra
                 )
                 and
                 all
                 Israel
                 went
                 thither
                 a
                 Whoreing
                 after
                 it
                 .
              
               Now
               the
               Ephod
               (
               as
               you
               have
               heard
               )
               was
               one
               of
               the
               Garments
               that
               God
               had
               appointed
               for
               his
               own
               Priests
               ;
               and
               his
               making
               an
               Ephod
               denotes
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               resolved
               to
               turn
               back
               upon
               the
               Tabernacle
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               a
               Priest
               and
               an
               House
               of
               his
               own
               ;
               which
               was
               no
               sooner
               effected
               ,
               but
               (
               as
               if
               they
               were
               as
               naturally
               given
               to
               Faction
               ,
               as
               to
               Lust
               )
               all
               the
               lascivious
               Saints
               and
               the
               wanton
               Satyrs
               ,
               both
               He
               's
               and
               She
               's
               of
               the
               City
               and
               the
               Country
               round
               ,
               went
               a
               Whoreing
               to
               it
               ;
               
                 But
                 this
              
               (
               as
               it
               there
               follows
               )
               
                 became
                 a
                 snare
              
               (
               an
               evil
               )
               
                 to
                 Gideon
                 and
                 to
                 his
                 house
                 ,
              
               and
               was
               (
               as
               some
               conceive
               )
               the
               provoking
               cause
               why
               God
               suffered
               the
               Sons
               of
               the
               said
               Gideon
               to
               be
               slain
               in
               the
               self
               same
               City
               ,
               where
               this
               Ephod
               had
               its
               entertainment
               .
               The
               like
               we
               read
               of
               
                 Judah
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 did
                 evil
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
              
               ;
               nay
               ,
               
                 they
                 provoked
                 him
                 above
                 all
                 that
                 their
                 Fathers
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 built
                 them
                 High-places
                 and
                 Groves
              
               (
               1
               Kings
               14.22
               .
               )
               ;
               not
               contented
               with
               the
               places
               erected
               for
               them
               (
               such
               at
               that
               time
               were
               the
               Temple
               ,
               the
               Synagogues
               ,
               the
               Sanctuaries
               of
               the
               Land
               )
               they
               would
               have
               Places
               of
               their
               own
               ,
               High-places
               and
               Groves
               ;
               where
               the
               fault
               (
               as
               I
               conceive
               )
               
               was
               not
               ,
               because
               a
               Place
               of
               Worship
               was
               erected
               ,
               for
               that
               Land
               was
               accounted
               unclean
               which
               had
               no
               Sacred
               place
               in
               it
               (
               Josh
               .
               22.19
               .
               )
               ;
               nor
               because
               they
               were
               built
               on
               High
               ,
               for
               the
               Temple
               was
               so
               ,
               if
               not
               the
               Synagogues
               too
               (
               Prov.
               8.2
               .
               )
               ;
               nor
               because
               near
               unto
               or
               within
               a
               Grove
               ,
               for
               the
               Sanctuaries
               were
               so
               (
               Josh
               .
               24.26
               .
               )
               ;
               nor
               altogether
               because
               polluted
               with
               Idolatry
               ,
               for
               (
               as
               Menochius
               observes
               )
               many
               of
               them
               (
               those
               especially
               in
               the
               Land
               of
               Judah
               )
               had
               little
               else
               in
               them
               but
               the
               Service
               of
               the
               Temple
               .
               So
               that
               the
               Evil
               (
               so
               much
               cryed
               out
               upon
               )
               must
               be
               centred
               in
               this
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               mainly
               ,
               that
               they
               (
               not
               God
               ,
               or
               their
               Governors
               for
               them
               ,
               but
               they
               )
               for
               themselves
               built
               to
               themselves
               places
               of
               Worship
               ,
               wherein
               contrary
               to
               the
               Sanctions
               and
               decrees
               of
               their
               guides
               and
               Governours
               they
               would
               serve
               the
               Lord.
               The
               next
               thing
               to
               be
               proved
               upon
               them
               is
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               this
               Micah's
               House
               and
               Worship
               is
               an
               Evil
               to
               be
               enquired
               into
               by
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               Judges
               of
               the
               Land
               ;
               such
               an
               Evil
               as
               is
               fit
               only
               for
               those
               days
               when
               there
               was
               no
               King
               ;
               and
               therefore
               if
               there
               be
               a
               King
               in
               the
               Land
               ,
               there
               ought
               to
               be
               no
               such
               Evil
               there
               .
               Thus
               it
               is
               added
               amongst
               many
               other
               the
               good
               deeds
               of
               Jehosophat
               ,
               and
               as
               no
               small
               commendation
               to
               his
               Reign
               ,
               that
               he
               took
               away
               the
               High-places
               and
               Groves
               out
               of
               Judah
               (
               2
               Chron.
               17.6
               .
               )
               ;
               but
               charged
               to
               the
               account
               of
               Asa
               his
               Predecessor
               (
               1
               Kings
               15.14
               .
               )
               that
               though
               
                 his
                 heart
                 was
                 perfect
                 with
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               and
               though
               otherwise
               he
               did
               that
               which
               was
               right
               in
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               
                 yet
                 he
                 suffered
                 the
                 High-places
              
               ,
               (
               those
               Assemblies
               and
               Meeting-places
               of
               Faction
               ,
               Sedition
               ,
               Contradiction
               )
               to
               remain
               in
               the
               Land
               :
               He
               otherwise
               did
               that
               which
               was
               right
               ;
               intimating
               that
               he
               had
               done
               much
               better
               and
               more
               like
               a
               King
               ,
               
               if
               he
               had
               put
               down
               those
               supernumerary
               and
               by-places
               of
               worship
               ,
               and
               reduced
               the
               Service
               of
               God
               unto
               the
               Temple
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               place
               of
               Gods
               own
               chusing
               .
               And
               doubtless
               if
               it
               be
               an
               unexceptionable
               prerogative
               of
               the
               Kings
               of
               England
               to
               have
               the
               same
               power
               from
               God
               as
               the
               godly
               Princes
               in
               Scripture
               had
               (
               and
               as
               our
               Church
               asserts
               ;
               )
               it
               will
               inevitably
               follow
               ,
               that
               they
               must
               have
               the
               same
               power
               to
               restrain
               and
               suppress
               the
               irregular
               conventions
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               as
               the
               Kings
               of
               Judah
               had
               ,
               these
               being
               (
               some
               of
               them
               )
               the
               very
               best
               of
               Kings
               that
               the
               Scripture
               makes
               mention
               of
               ;
               and
               upon
               that
               account
               so
               far
               to
               be
               esteemed
               from
               doing
               evil
               thereby
               ,
               or
               being
               themselves
               irreligious
               for
               doing
               it
               ,
               or
               indeed
               from
               having
               it
               done
               by
               others
               their
               Judges
               and
               Officers
               ,
               as
               that
               God
               doth
               highly
               own
               and
               applaud
               the
               action
               ,
               and
               will
               one
               day
               Crown
               them
               (
               both
               principal
               and
               instrument
               )
               with
               a
               reward
               for
               it
               .
               The
               last
               thing
               proveable
               upon
               them
               is
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               when
               no
               care
               is
               taken
               of
               this
               House
               of
               Micah
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               Ephod
               and
               the
               Teraphim
               therein
               ,
               it
               is
               usually
               the
               mother
               Evil
               of
               the
               Land
               ;
               the
               Shore
               ,
               the
               Chanel
               into
               all
               which
               the
               nasty
               ,
               loathsome
               draughts
               of
               the
               Land
               empty
               themselves
               .
               Is
               there
               any
               in
               distress
               ,
               in
               debt
               ,
               discontented
               ?
               hither
               (
               as
               they
               did
               to
               David
               ,
               hoping
               to
               be
               armed
               against
               their
               Soveraign
               )
               they
               all
               fly
               :
               Men
               ever
               ready
               at
               their
               Quiver
               and
               their
               Bow
               ,
               resolv'd
               to
               be
               gratified
               with
               the
               prey
               they
               aim
               at
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               to
               prey
               upon
               their
               Prince
               ,
               at
               least
               to
               make
               Scepters
               and
               Crowns
               stoop
               unto
               their
               ambition
               and
               humour
               .
               
                 What
                 is
                 the
                 transgression
                 of
                 Israel
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               Mic.
               1.5
               .
               )
               ?
               
                 Is
                 it
                 not
                 Samaria
              
               ,
               the
               Schismatical
               Temple
               there
               ?
               
                 And
                 what
                 are
                 the
                 high
                 places
                 of
                 Judah
                 ,
                 are
                 they
                 not
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
              
               
               the
               Schismatical
               houses
               there
               ?
               Certainly
               these
               were
               the
               forges
               wherein
               all
               the
               Weapons
               of
               our
               late
               War
               were
               form'd
               ;
               these
               the
               Cabals
               wherein
               the
               Leagues
               ,
               the
               Covenants
               ,
               the
               Associations
               were
               fram'd
               ;
               these
               the
               Chappels
               that
               Consecrate
               all
               Misprisions
               ,
               Treasons
               ,
               Conspiracies
               into
               holiness
               to
               the
               Lord
               :
               the
               erecting
               and
               keeping
               up
               of
               which
               ,
               was
               thought
               a
               fitting
               project
               for
               rebellious
               Jeroboam
               (
               that
               disgrac'd
               ,
               disgusted
               Officer
               )
               to
               keep
               up
               the
               Faction
               he
               had
               raised
               ,
               Jeroboam
               !
               that
               son
               of
               Nebat
               ,
               who
               taught
               Israel
               to
               sin
               :
               For
               (
               says
               he
               ,
               1
               Kings
               12.27
               .
               )
               
                 if
                 this
                 people
                 go
                 up
                 to
                 do
                 Sacrifice
                 in
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 then
                 shall
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 this
                 people
                 turn
                 again
                 to
                 Rehoboam
                 their
              
               Lawful
               
                 King
                 ;
                 whereupon
                 he
                 made
                 him
                 two
                 Calves
              
               (
               two
               Teraphims
               )
               and
               Consecrated
               Priests
               thereunto
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               
                 it
                 is
                 too
                 much
                 for
                 you
                 to
                 go
                 up
                 unto
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 behold
                 your
                 gods
              
               (
               or
               your
               house
               of
               gods
               )
               
                 O
                 Israel
              
               .
               Places
               eminent
               at
               home
               as
               well
               as
               abroad
               for
               Faction
               and
               Sedition
               ,
               and
               upon
               known
               record
               for
               being
               enemies
               to
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               .
               You
               may
               talk
               of
               foreign
               Seminaries
               and
               Jesuitical
               Societies
               ,
               and
               deservedly
               esteem
               them
               the
               Pests
               and
               the
               bane
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               (
               Sodalities
               erected
               on
               purpose
               to
               confront
               Kings
               ,
               disturb
               peace
               ,
               and
               confound
               Government
               ;
               )
               but
               believe
               me
               ,
               a
               Conventicle
               at
               home
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               City
               of
               Ophra
               is
               as
               bad
               ;
               nay
               considering
               the
               Principles
               they
               manage
               (
               every
               way
               as
               pernicious
               to
               Government
               and
               to
               the
               welfare
               of
               the
               land
               ,
               as
               any
               Jesuits
               College
               in
               the
               world
               ;
               Doway
               or
               St.
               Omers
               have
               not
               been
               more
               fatal
               to
               us
               than
               Micah's
               house
               or
               Gideon's
               City
               ;
               I
               speak
               not
               this
               to
               excuse
               the
               Jesuite
               or
               his
               Faction
               ,
               but
               to
               alarm
               and
               caution
               all
               good
               Christians
               and
               Subjects
               against
               such
               places
               and
               persons
               ,
               and
               their
               (
               as
               they
               would
               have
               us
               formidably
               believe
               )
               invincible
               
               Armado
               ;
               for
               be
               assured
               ,
               that
               as
               long
               as
               these
               are
               kept
               up
               and
               suffered
               to
               be
               frequented
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               a
               thing
               impossible
               for
               us
               (
               who
               live
               on
               the
               top
               of
               the
               Mountain
               where
               Micah
               hath
               his
               house
               ,
               or
               within
               five
               miles
               of
               the
               City
               or
               Corporation
               where
               Gideon
               hath
               his
               Ephod
               ,
               though
               we
               study
               the
               peace
               of
               the
               Tabernacle
               and
               of
               the
               Temple
               never
               so
               much
               )
               to
               keep
               up
               either
               Loyalty
               in
               our
               neighbourhood
               ,
               or
               Conformity
               in
               our-Churches
               .
               I
               am
               not
               ignorant
               that
               there
               are
               other
               enormities
               whereunto
               my
               Text
               (
               as
               afterwards
               reiterated
               )
               bears
               a
               relation
               ,
               and
               whereupon
               I
               might
               seasonably
               animadvert
               ;
               for
               (
               ch
               .
               18.
               )
               there
               is
               Burglary
               ,
               Felony
               ,
               Sacriledge
               ;
               (
               ch
               .
               19.
               )
               there
               are
               Riots
               ,
               Rapes
               ,
               Adultery
               ,
               Murder
               ;
               (
               ch
               .
               20.
               )
               there
               is
               Civil
               war
               ,
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Bloudshed
               ,
               Firing
               of
               Cities
               ,
               insufferable
               depopulation
               of
               all
               that
               comes
               to
               hand
               ;
               (
               ch
               .
               21.
               )
               there
               is
               Spiriting
               of
               Women
               ,
               enforced
               and
               unlawful
               marriages
               ,
               (
               enough
               for
               the
               charge
               of
               a
               Judge
               ,
               or
               the
               Inquest
               of
               a
               Jury
               ;
               )
               and
               all
               this
               for
               want
               of
               a
               Judge
               to
               punish
               and
               restrain
               them
               :
               But
               these
               are
               matters
               of
               daily
               infliction
               ,
               it
               is
               Micah
               and
               his
               house
               that
               is
               most
               apt
               to
               escape
               and
               be
               pitied
               .
               And
               hence
               you
               may
               observe
               how
               forward
               the
               Israelites
               were
               to
               blame
               ,
               yea
               ,
               to
               revenge
               the
               outrage
               committed
               on
               the
               Levite's
               Concubine
               ,
               The
               like
               (
               say
               they
               )
               was
               never
               seen
               in
               Israel
               ;
               nay
               ,
               they
               were
               for
               the
               excision
               of
               a
               whole
               Tribe
               to
               expiate
               it
               ;
               But
               as
               for
               this
               Micah
               and
               his
               house
               ,
               no
               man
               said
               a
               word
               against
               it
               ,
               but
               passed
               it
               over
               as
               if
               it
               had
               not
               been
               an
               evil
               in
               Israel
               ;
               though
               as
               injurious
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               as
               prejudicial
               to
               Society
               as
               any
               other
               evil
               of
               the
               land
               can
               be
               ,
               and
               indeed
               is
               the
               motive
               why
               I
               would
               have
               you
               so
               earnestly
               to
               fix
               your
               eye
               upon
               it
               :
               Nay
               ,
               I
               am
               prone
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               though
               you
               should
               rout
               the
               
               whole
               Confederacy
               besides
               ,
               yet
               if
               you
               let
               this
               escape
               (
               with
               a
               Touch
               me
               not
               ,
               for
               I
               am
               holier
               than
               thou
               )
               there
               will
               never
               be
               want
               of
               work
               for
               the
               Judges
               ,
               nor
               the
               worst
               of
               their
               Executioners
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               the
               world
               endures
               .
               I
               confess
               their
               is
               another
               sort
               of
               men
               among
               us
               ,
               not
               altogether
               of
               Micah's
               house
               ,
               but
               of
               Micah's
               principles
               and
               acquaintance
               ,
               perfidious
               ,
               false-hearted
               Conformists
               ;
               
                 Men
                 that
                 can
                 gorge
                 themselves
                 upon
                 the
                 fat
                 of
                 the
                 Altar
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 for
                 a
                 fuller
                 meal
                 let
                 out
                 their
                 barns
                 to
                 a
                 Conventicle
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Vicarages
                 to
                 the
                 Preachers
                 of
                 them
              
               ;
               that
               can
               with
               the
               Apostate
               Apostle
               take
               the
               Sop
               (
               the
               maintenance
               of
               the
               Church
               )
               from
               the
               hands
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               yet
               at
               the
               same
               time
               have
               it
               in
               their
               hearts
               to
               betray
               him
               ;
               known
               by
               their
               Lisping
               to
               be
               Ephramites
               ;
               Men
               that
               have
               the
               lingua
               and
               holy
               dialect
               of
               Israel
               ,
               but
               withal
               an
               accent
               ,
               a
               Sibboleth
               and
               twang
               of
               their
               own
               ;
               who
               BLOOD-like
               take
               to
               themselves
               the
               Priests
               habit
               ,
               but
               upon
               no
               other
               design
               (
               nor
               for
               no
               other
               end
               )
               than
               to
               steal
               away
               the
               Crown
               :
               Innocent
               Church-men
               in
               shew
               ,
               but
               downright
               Pensioners
               to
               the
               Faction
               ;
               dealing
               through
               their
               Traiterous
               practices
               and
               deceitful
               behaviour
               with
               the
               poor
               Church
               their
               Mother
               ,
               as
               the
               Priest
               did
               (
               ch
               .
               19.
               )
               by
               his
               abused
               Concubine
               ,
               hew
               her
               to
               pieces
               (
               limb
               from
               limb
               ,
               bone
               from
               bone
               )
               and
               then
               send
               them
               to
               all
               the
               Tribes
               (
               the
               several
               parties
               and
               factions
               of
               the
               land
               )
               to
               make
               Protestants
               of
               them
               .
               This
               is
               also
               an
               evil
               in
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               if
               not
               looked
               after
               and
               restrained
               (
               how
               right
               soever
               it
               be
               in
               some
               mens
               eyes
               )
               they
               'l
               soon
               fill
               Micah's
               house
               with
               their
               neighbourhood
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               little
               while
               more
               turn
               Priests
               themselves
               unto
               him
               .
               I
               might
               be
               as
               long
               winded
               in
               the
               cause
               as
               one
               of
               Micah's
               Priests
               ,
               but
               my
               time
               and
               your
               business
               forbids
               .
               However
            
             
             
               You
               are
               called
               hither
               to
               see
               what
               Evil
               is
               done
               in
               the
               Land
               ,
               be
               perswaded
               therefore
               (
               I
               pray
               you
               )
               neither
               to
               be
               Ignoramus's
               nor
               Gallio's
               in
               the
               case
               ;
               a
               like
               resolv'd
               not
               to
               see
               ,
               or
               not
               to
               care
               for
               these
               things
               .
               Not
               as
               if
               I
               would
               have
               you
               to
               deal
               by
               those
               Ephramites
               of
               the
               Mountain
               ,
               as
               Herod
               did
               by
               the
               Baptist
               of
               the
               Wilderness
               ,
               cut
               off
               their
               heads
               to
               oblige
               every
               idle
               dancing
               daughter
               ;
               much
               less
               to
               think
               that
               no
               atonement
               (
               nor
               settlement
               )
               is
               to
               be
               made
               without
               the
               fore-skins
               of
               all
               the
               Philistins
               of
               the
               Land
               :
               This
               looks
               too
               much
               like
               a
               Presbyterian
               root
               and
               branch
               ,
               or
               (
               what
               is
               much
               the
               same
               )
               an
               
                 Independent
                 Wallinfordian
              
               Massacre
               ;
               A
               debate
               !
               so
               horrid
               and
               barbarous
               ,
               that
               it
               made
               the
               very
               Atheist
               (
               who
               records
               the
               story
               )
               to
               quake
               and
               tremble
               .
               A
               little
               severity
               ,
               and
               rigor
               (
               Juridically
               apply'd
               )
               is
               enough
               ,
               and
               most
               becoming
               the
               gentleness
               ,
               the
               Candor
               ,
               the
               Ingenuity
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ;
               whose
               Mercies
               are
               not
               Cruel
               ,
               whose
               Hands
               are
               not
               Bloody
               ,
               whose
               neither
               Principles
               nor
               Temper
               ever
               lead
               further
               than
               to
               Conquest
               or
               to
               Peace
               ;
               always
               hating
               to
               hew
               Agag
               to
               pieces
               ,
               or
               to
               destroy
               the
               Amalekites
               (
               as
               the
               Israelites
               were
               forc'd
               to
               do
               )
               till
               not
               one
               of
               them
               be
               left
               alive
               ;
               never
               aiming
               at
               more
               than
               to
               Humble
               or
               to
               make
               Tributary
               ;
               to
               provide
               that
               her
               Adversaries
               be
               modest
               or
               tractable
               ,
               Obedient
               or
               submissive
               ,
               which
               indeed
               is
               the
               End
               and
               design
               both
               of
               Government
               and
               Law
               :
               and
               without
               doubt
               to
               blindfold
               the
               one
               ,
               or
               to
               cramp
               the
               other
               (
               when
               open
               and
               notorious
               malefactors
               are
               concern'd
               )
               instead
               of
               righting
               you
               'l
               injure
               us
               ;
               and
               instead
               of
               keeping
               us
               in
               Peace
               ,
               Love
               and
               Unity
               (
               as
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Makers
               thereof
               
               design
               )
               you
               'l
               expose
               us
               to
               all
               the
               malice
               and
               peevishness
               of
               a
               perverse
               and
               froward
               generation
               .
               To
               day
               made
               Execrable
               ,
               and
               to
               morrow
               a
               Victime
               ;
               now
               Condemned
               ,
               and
               anon
               Executed
               ;
               every
               way
               expos'd
               to
               insolence
               and
               humor
               ,
               to
               parties
               and
               factions
               ,
               to
               violence
               and
               oppression
               ,
               and
               (
               in
               short
               )
               to
               whatsoever
               seemeth
               right
               to
               them
               that
               are
               resolv'd
               to
               do
               wrong
               .
               I
               have
               but
               one
               word
               more
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               to
               provoke
               you
               to
               a
               constancy
               in
               this
               your
               care
               ;
               That
               you
               may
               not
               do
               ,
               as
               some
               are
               observ'd
               and
               said
               to
               do
               by
               the
               Venemous
               creatures
               of
               the
               Land
               where
               they
               live
               ;
               set
               a
               day
               to
               destroy
               them
               ,
               and
               rid
               their
               land
               of
               them
               ;
               which
               they
               observe
               with
               the
               greatest
               strictness
               and
               severity
               imaginable
               ,
               searching
               all
               their
               holes
               ,
               destroying
               all
               their
               nests
               and
               harbors
               ,
               and
               sparing
               neither
               young
               nor
               old
               ;
               but
               if
               once
               that
               day
               be
               over
               ,
               they
               suffer
               them
               ever
               after
               freely
               to
               encrease
               and
               breed
               ;
               nay
               ,
               to
               abide
               under
               their
               very
               thresholds
               ,
               and
               to
               crawl
               into
               their
               chambers
               ,
               never
               after
               minding
               nor
               concerning
               themselves
               with
               them
               ,
               till
               the
               year
               be
               out
               ,
               and
               the
               day
               again
               return
               upon
               them
               .
               Sirs
               !
               it
               is
               not
               the
               time
               of
               an
               Assize
               ,
               a
               day
               when
               you
               are
               instigated
               by
               a
               Sermon
               ,
               or
               a
               charge
               that
               will
               destroy
               this
               sort
               of
               Vermin
               ,
               or
               rid
               our
               land
               of
               their
               breed
               ;
               it
               must
               be
               your
               daily
               Vigilance
               and
               care
               ,
               otherwise
               afore
               the
               next
               return
               ,
               the
               Nation
               will
               be
               as
               full
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               over-run
               with
               them
               as
               ever
               it
               was
               ;
               and
               the
               brood
               as
               numerous
               ,
               as
               viperous
               ,
               and
               as
               difficult
               to
               Master
               as
               now
               it
               is
               .
            
             
               And
               thus
               have
               I
               shewn
               you
               ,
               
                 That
                 when
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 King
                 in
                 Israel
                 ,
              
               nor
               no
               Subordinate
               Magistrate
               there
               ;
               or
               they
               neither
               willing
               nor
               ready
               to
               punish
               the
               Offenders
               in
               Israel
               ,
               every
               one
               will
               do
               everything
               ,
               
               and
               all
               will
               come
               to
               confusion
               .
               Wherefore
               from
               those
               days
               wherein
               such
               evil
               is
               done
               ;
               from
               the
               Evil
               that
               is
               done
               in
               those
               days
               ;
               and
               from
               the
               Curse
               and
               Plague
               of
               having
               no
               King
               at
               all
               ,
               or
               none
               under
               him
               to
               punish
               Offenders
               in
               Israel
               ;
               let
               all
               those
               who
               wish
               well
               to
               Sion
               (
               to
               the
               Church
               and
               the
               State
               there
               )
               say
               ,
               Now
               and
               ever
               ,
               good
               Lord
               deliver
               us
               .
               To
               whom
               (
               Father
               ,
               Son
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ;
               Three
               persons
               ,
               One
               God
               ;
               )
               be
               ascribed
               ,
               all
               honour
               ,
               glory
               ,
               power
               ,
               and
               dominion
               now
               and
               for
               ever
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               KORAH
               And
               His
               COMPANY
               PROVED
               
                 To
                 be
                 the
                 Seminary
                 and
                 Seed-plot
              
               OF
               SEDITION
               and
               REBELLION
               ,
               IN
               A
               SERMONOn
               Numb
               .
               xxvi
               .
               9.
               
            
             
               Preached
               at
               the
               Assizes
               held
               at
               
                 Bury
                 St.
                 Edmunds
              
               ,
               for
               the
               County
               of
               
                 Suffolk
                 ,
                 July
              
               27.
               1683.
               
            
             
               At
               the
               request
               of
               
                 THO.
                 WALDEGRAVE
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               High-Sheriff
               of
               the
               said
               County
               .
               The
               Lord
               Chief
               Baron
               Mountague
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Serjeant
               Holloway
               ,
               being
               Judges
               there
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 Nath.
                 Bisbie
              
               ,
               D.
               D.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Walter
                 Kettilby
              
               ,
               1684.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     NUMBERS
                     xxvi
                     .
                     9.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   that
                   Dathan
                   and
                   Abiram
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   famous
                   in
                   the
                   Congregation
                   ,
                   who
                   strove
                   against
                   Moses
                   and
                   against
                   Aaron
                   in
                   the
                   Company
                   of
                   Korah
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   strove
                   against
                   the
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
            
             
               IT
               hath
               been
               observed
               by
               no
               inconsiderable
               ,
               nor
               unconsidering
               Man
               among
               us
               ,
               That
               the
               first
               Authors
               and
               Beginners
               of
               the
               grand
               Mischiefs
               and
               Disorders
               among
               Men
               ,
               have
               been
               ever
               as
               to
               their
               Persons
               remarkably
               punished
               in
               this
               Life
               ;
               and
               I
               think
               I
               may
               (
               without
               presumption
               )
               add
               ,
               that
               as
               to
               their
               Memories
               they
               have
               no
               less
               been
               stigmatized
               to
               Posterity
               for
               ever
               after
               .
               And
               this
               eminently
               appears
               in
               the
               instance
               of
               the
               three
               great
               Sinners
               afore
               us
               (
               the
               first
               Publick
               Mutineers
               against
               Kingship
               and
               Priesthood
               that
               we
               meet
               with
               in
               the
               world
               )
               Korah
               the
               Author
               and
               Leader
               ,
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               his
               Seconds
               and
               Followers
               ;
               the
               one
               a
               dissatisfied
               aspiring
               Levite
               ,
               the
               other
               disobliged
               disgusted
               Reubenites
               .
               A
               sin
               perhaps
               not
               so
               timely
               born
               into
               the
               world
               as
               some
               other
               sins
               ,
               but
               every
               way
               as
               luscious
               and
               pleasing
               to
               some
               sort
               of
               Men
               ;
               nay
               ,
               as
               taking
               and
               as
               likely
               to
               last
               and
               to
               abide
               in
               the
               world
               as
               any
               one
               sin
               ,
               that
               the
               Scripture
               hath
               any
               where
               took
               notice
               of
               ,
               or
               the
               great
               God
               at
               any
               time
               punished
               :
               
               a
               sin
               attended
               with
               the
               greatest
               prosecution
               of
               vengeance
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               charged
               upon
               the
               Memories
               and
               Names
               of
               the
               Acters
               thereof
               with
               the
               greatest
               and
               most
               durable
               marks
               of
               infamy
               .
               An
               argument
               certainly
               ,
               that
               how
               sweet
               and
               palatable
               ,
               how
               popular
               and
               plausible
               a
               thing
               soever
               Rebellion
               and
               Sedition
               may
               seem
               to
               be
               ,
               yet
               they
               must
               be
               crimes
               highly
               displeasing
               to
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               ever
               to
               be
               shun'd
               and
               hated
               by
               the
               Sons
               of
               Men
               as
               very
               great
               Enormities
               ;
               so
               great
               and
               so
               detestable
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               not
               to
               be
               thought
               on
               without
               abhorrence
               ,
               nor
               mentioned
               without
               disgust
               and
               disgrace
               .
               We
               have
               the
               whole
               story
               of
               the
               matter
               in
               the
               Sixteenth
               of
               Numbers
               ,
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               thirty
               eighth
               Lecture
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               which
               the
               Hebrews
               entitle
               Korah
               ,
               because
               the
               Mutiny
               and
               Rebellion
               ,
               wherein
               this
               
                 Korah
                 ,
                 Dathan
              
               and
               Abiram
               were
               engaged
               ,
               is
               the
               principal
               and
               most
               remarkable
               matter
               there
               treated
               of
               .
               We
               meet
               with
               them
               again
               in
               my
               Text
               ,
               then
               in
               Deuteronomy
               ,
               then
               in
               the
               Psalms
               ,
               and
               so
               on
               to
               the
               Epistle
               of
               St.
               Jude
               ,
               but
               never
               without
               their
               sin
               and
               their
               punishment
               annexed
               ;
               God
               being
               unwilling
               that
               such
               forward
               and
               notorious
               Malefactors
               should
               be
               had
               in
               remembrance
               without
               Dirt
               and
               Infamy
               to
               attend
               them
               :
               that
               which
               brings
               them
               upon
               the
               Stage
               here
               ,
               is
               the
               muster
               that
               was
               made
               for
               the
               distributing
               the
               Land
               among
               the
               Israelites
               ,
               whereunto
               they
               were
               now
               got
               ;
               a
               time
               certainly
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               Rebels
               and
               of
               Schismaticks
               in
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               Posterity
               too
               (
               if
               the
               earth
               hath
               not
               swallowed
               them
               up
               ,
               or
               they
               repented
               them
               of
               their
               fathers
               sins
               )
               lest
               too
               much
               of
               the
               Land
               be
               given
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               put
               into
               a
               capacity
               to
               rebel
               and
               to
               mutiny
               again
               :
               in
               this
               muster
               the
               preference
               is
               given
               to
               the
               Tribe
               of
               Reuben
               ,
               the
               
               First-born
               of
               Israel
               ;
               and
               among
               other
               the
               descendants
               thereof
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               are
               found
               ;
               whereupon
               a
               stop
               is
               put
               ,
               and
               the
               muster
               not
               suffered
               to
               go
               on
               ,
               till
               their
               Names
               and
               Villanies
               are
               enrolled
               for
               a
               Sign
               and
               Memorial
               to
               all
               after
               Ages
               ,
               (
               to
               the
               Reubenites
               from
               whom
               they
               descended
               in
               particular
               ,
               to
               the
               whole
               Nation
               of
               the
               Israelites
               to
               whom
               they
               belonged
               in
               general
               )
               thereby
               hanging
               them
               up
               in
               Effigie
               ,
               though
               otherwise
               destroyed
               ,
               and
               leaving
               them
               to
               be
               pointed
               at
               by
               all
               that
               survive
               or
               come
               after
               (
               so
               odious
               must
               Schism
               and
               Rebellion
               for
               ever
               be
               )
               with
               a
               
                 This
                 is
                 that
                 Dathan
                 and
                 Abiram
                 ,
                 who
                 strove
                 against
                 Moses
                 and
                 against
                 Aaron
                 in
                 the
                 Company
                 of
                 Korah
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 strove
                 against
                 the
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
             
               So
               that
               my
               Text
               singles
               out
               a
               sort
               of
               Sinners
               above
               all
               that
               then
               were
               ,
               or
               ever
               had
               been
               sinners
               in
               Israel
               ;
               for
               we
               shall
               not
               find
               throughout
               the
               whole
               Muster-Roll
               besides
               ,
               that
               any
               one
               was
               seized
               upon
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               as
               Chronicled
               for
               his
               misdeeds
               ,
               these
               and
               these
               only
               (
               besides
               Nadab
               and
               Abihu
               ,
               Persons
               much
               of
               the
               same
               guilt
               with
               themselves
               )
               excepted
               ;
               as
               being
               (
               without
               doubt
               )
               sinners
               above
               others
               ,
               notoriously
               and
               eminently
               so
               ;
               or
               rather
               such
               sinners
               that
               the
               Earth
               must
               not
               bear
               ,
               nor
               the
               Land
               be
               divided
               unto
               .
               Please
               you
               upon
               this
               small
               alarm
               to
               examin
               the
               matter
               how
               they
               come
               to
               be
               so
               culpable
               ;
               and
               in
               order
               thereunto
               look
               we
               ,
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Into
                 their
                 Crime
                 ;
                 
                   They
                   strove
                   against
                   Moses
                   and
                   against
                   Aaron
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Into
                 the
                 shame
                 they
                 were
                 thereupon
                 exposed
                 unto
                 ;
                 they
                 were
                 made
                 a
                 sign
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 up
                 for
                 Posterity
                 to
                 behold
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 
                   This
                   is
                   that
                   Dathan
                   and
                   Abiram
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               I
               confess
               a
               charge
               of
               this
               nature
               is
               an
               invidious
               distasting
               thing
               ;
               men
               though
               they
               be
               actually
               engaged
               in
               rebellion
               against
               their
               King
               ,
               or
               in
               Sedition
               against
               their
               Priests
               ,
               yet
               they
               care
               not
               to
               be
               stared
               in
               the
               face
               ,
               and
               call'd
               Rebels
               for
               it
               .
               Though
               of
               themselves
               as
               bloody
               as
               Cain
               ,
               as
               imposing
               as
               Nimrod
               ,
               as
               Sanctimoniously
               wicked
               as
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               ,
               and
               altogether
               as
               resolved
               to
               follow
               their
               steps
               and
               ways
               (
               to
               the
               dethroning
               of
               Moses
               ,
               to
               the
               unpriesting
               of
               Aaron
               )
               ;
               yet
               the
               gaping
               earth
               is
               not
               more
               horrid
               and
               scaring
               than
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               Priest
               when
               opened
               upon
               them
               ;
               they
               love
               to
               act
               ,
               but
               they
               hate
               to
               hear
               ,
               and
               though
               none
               more
               despicable
               to
               them
               than
               the
               Sons
               of
               Aaron
               when
               distant
               ,
               and
               apart
               ;
               yet
               an
               Army
               of
               Banners
               is
               not
               more
               terrible
               than
               the
               meanest
               of
               them
               ,
               when
               got
               into
               his
               Ebal
               ,
               or
               begirt
               with
               his
               linnen
               Ephod
               ,
               he
               thunders
               out
               his
               Anathemas
               and
               execrations
               against
               them
               .
               Wherefore
               since
               it
               is
               my
               Task
               to
               day
               (
               if
               not
               to
               preach
               )
               at
               least
               to
               point
               with
               my
               finger
               ,
               it
               were
               folly
               in
               me
               to
               expect
               much
               kinder
               usage
               (
               provided
               they
               be
               the
               inflicters
               )
               than
               what
               the
               earth
               and
               the
               fire
               afforded
               ,
               even
               to
               be
               swallowed
               up
               and
               consumed
               by
               them
               ;
               especially
               when
               there
               are
               so
               many
               undevoured
               Dathans
               and
               Abirams
               in
               the
               land
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               so
               many
               of
               their
               sons
               too
               ,
               who
               ,
               instead
               of
               repenting
               them
               of
               their
               fathers
               sins
               ,
               go
               on
               in
               their
               fathers
               ways
               .
               Hence
               their
               Censures
               and
               their
               Censers
               :
               their
               Censures
               to
               defame
               and
               bely
               our
               Persons
               ;
               their
               Censers
               to
               confront
               and
               disturb
               our
               Office
               :
               However
               when
               the
               Muster
               's
               made
               ,
               these
               are
               to
               be
               made
               a
               sign
               .
               Look
               we
               therefore
            
             
               1.
               
               Into
               the
               nature
               of
               their
               Crime
               ;
               
                 They
                 strove
                 against
                 Moses
                 and
                 against
                 Aaron
              
               ;
               against
               Moses
               their
               
               King
               ,
               against
               Aaron
               their
               Priest
               ;
               persons
               nominated
               and
               appointed
               by
               God
               himself
               to
               be
               their
               Leaders
               and
               Governours
               ;
               The
               one
               as
               to
               their
               concerns
               in
               State
               ;
               The
               other
               as
               to
               their
               concerns
               in
               Religion
               ,
               yet
               at
               all
               times
               envy'd
               and
               accounted
               the
               worst
               of
               men
               ,
               no
               better
               than
               Buchanan's
               wild
               beast
               ,
               that
               must
               be
               hunted
               down
               ,
               and
               at
               length
               made
               a
               Prey
               to
               the
               Leaders
               of
               them
               ,
               
                 men
                 famous
                 in
                 the
                 Congregation
              
               .
               Hitherto
               (
               say
               the
               Jews
               )
               all
               Dominion
               and
               Government
               from
               the
               very
               days
               of
               Adam
               (
               to
               whom
               it
               was
               first
               given
               )
               had
               gone
               along
               with
               the
               first-born
               ;
               whose
               Priviledges
               ,
               Pre-eminences
               ,
               Prerogatives
               the
               Law
               declareth
               to
               be
               very
               great
               ,
               in
               that
               they
               were
               peculiarly
               given
               and
               consecrated
               to
               God
               ,
               
                 (
                 Exod.
              
               22.29
               .
               )
               were
               next
               in
               honour
               to
               their
               parents
               ,
               (
               Gen.
               49.3
               .
               )
               had
               a
               double
               portion
               of
               their
               fathers
               goods
               ,
               (
               Deut.
               21.17
               .
               )
               succeeded
               them
               in
               the
               government
               of
               the
               family
               or
               kingdom
               ,
               (
               2
               Chron.
               21.3
               .
               )
               and
               in
               the
               administration
               of
               the
               Priest-hood
               and
               service
               of
               God
               ,
               (
               Num.
               8.17
               .
               )
               Neither
               was
               ever
               any
               of
               them
               (
               for
               ought
               that
               I
               can
               find
               )
               disseiz'd
               of
               that
               his
               right
               ,
               but
               by
               special
               appointment
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               only
               for
               some
               greater
               faults
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               case
               of
               Reuben
               (
               from
               whose
               loins
               this
               our
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               descended
               )
               ;
               but
               was
               not
               to
               excel
               ,
               because
               he
               went
               up
               to
               his
               fathers
               bed
               (
               Gen.
               49.3
               ,
               4.
               )
               .
               And
               thus
               it
               continued
               till
               such
               time
               that
               the
               Israelites
               were
               to
               be
               led
               out
               of
               Aegypt
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               (
               where
               they
               had
               been
               captives
               and
               slaves
               )
               to
               be
               a
               Nation
               of
               themselves
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               a
               land
               of
               their
               own
               to
               dwell
               in
               ;
               for
               the
               better
               accomplishment
               whereof
               the
               Government
               was
               given
               by
               God
               to
               Moses
               ,
               the
               Priesthood
               to
               Aaron
               and
               his
               Sons
               ,
               adding
               the
               whole
               Tribe
               of
               Levi
               to
               them
               (
               whereof
               this
               Korah
               was
               one
               )
               to
               be
               aiding
               
               to
               them
               in
               all
               their
               ministrations
               (
               Num.
               8.18
               .
               )
               ;
               and
               this
               I
               take
               to
               be
               the
               first
               occasion
               of
               the
               Mutiny
               and
               Insurrection
               here
               made
               .
               However
               let
               not
               private
               persons
               (
               though
               as
               Sacred
               in
               their
               function
               as
               Korah
               ,
               as
               great
               in
               their
               places
               as
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               )
               hereupon
               presume
               to
               dispose
               of
               birth-rights
               ,
               or
               displace
               either
               Mitre
               or
               Crown
               ;
               such
               things
               are
               not
               to
               be
               touch'd
               ,
               much
               less
               transferr'd
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               special
               appointment
               of
               God.
               Nay
               ,
               had
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               of
               themselves
               attempted
               the
               dislocation
               and
               change
               ,
               and
               without
               immediate
               authority
               from
               above
               ,
               they
               must
               have
               made
               themselves
               criminals
               ,
               and
               been
               every
               way
               as
               liable
               to
               punishment
               for
               striving
               against
               the
               first-born
               to
               dispossess
               them
               of
               their
               wonted
               birth-right
               ,
               as
               this
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               afterwards
               were
               ,
               when
               they
               strove
               against
               Moses
               and
               against
               Aaron
               ,
               to
               dispossess
               the
               first
               of
               his
               Diadem
               ,
               the
               second
               of
               his
               Ephod
               ,
               after
               God
               had
               so
               visibly
               established
               the
               one
               and
               the
               other
               upon
               them
               :
               Nothing
               but
               heaven
               (
               and
               by
               a
               voice
               of
               its
               own
               ,
               thundring
               as
               it
               did
               from
               mount
               Sinai
               )
               can
               make
               such
               an
               undertaking
               innocent
               .
               Wherefore
               for
               Subjects
               to
               beleaguer
               and
               beset
               their
               King
               ,
               as
               if
               like
               Moses
               he
               were
               fitter
               to
               be
               wrapt
               up
               in
               Bulrushes
               and
               thrown
               into
               the
               Sea
               ,
               than
               preserv'd
               upon
               his
               Throne
               ;
               for
               them
               to
               Combine
               and
               Conspire
               not
               only
               against
               his
               Servants
               (
               to
               stone
               and
               abuse
               them
               )
               but
               against
               his
               Heir
               to
               seize
               his
               Inheritance
               and
               deprive
               him
               of
               his
               Birth-right
               ,
               with
               a
               
                 Come
                 ,
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 heir
                 ,
                 let
                 us
                 kill
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 take
                 the
                 inheritance
                 to
                 our selves
              
               ;
               for
               them
               over
               and
               above
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               defie
               and
               supplant
               the
               High-Priest
               and
               his
               Sons
               ,
               but
               the
               whole
               Tribe
               of
               Levi
               (
               howbeit
               they
               have
               reconciled
               themselves
               by
               their
               after
               Zeal
               )
               as
               if
               they
               were
               still
               to
               endure
               the
               first
               curse
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               
                 divided
                 
                 a
                 new
                 in
                 Jacob
                 ,
                 and
                 scattered
                 afresh
                 in
                 Israel
              
               ;
               doubtless
               it
               must
               be
               a
               sin
               so
               transcendently
               sinful
               and
               provoking
               to
               God
               (
               who
               hath
               set
               them
               up
               and
               owns
               them
               )
               that
               both
               his
               Heaven
               and
               his
               Earth
               must
               be
               too
               hot
               ,
               the
               one
               to
               bear
               ,
               the
               other
               to
               receive
               them
               .
               Nay
               ,
               what
               can
               such
               sinners
               expect
               ,
               since
               they
               have
               been
               so
               industrious
               to
               divide
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               make
               Schisms
               among
               the
               inhabitants
               thereof
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               Earth
               in
               return
               should
               divide
               and
               open
               upon
               them
               ?
               what
               can
               they
               hope
               for
               but
               as
               they
               have
               been
               the
               Incendiaries
               among
               men
               ,
               and
               set
               the
               Earth
               on
               fire
               (
               ever
               delighting
               like
               so
               many
               Salamanders
               to
               dwell
               in
               the
               flames
               )
               but
               that
               they
               should
               live
               and
               die
               in
               the
               said
               flames
               ?
               why
               should
               not
               their
               Perishings
               as
               well
               as
               their
               Gainsayings
               be
               the
               same
               with
               Korahs
               ?
               or
               why
               should
               they
               not
               down
               to
               the
               Gulph
               with
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               ,
               when
               (
               whilst
               living
               )
               they
               would
               have
               no
               Tents
               but
               theirs
               ?
               such
               another
               Criminal
               we
               read
               of
               (
               Mark
               15.7
               .
               )
               
                 who
                 for
                 the
                 Insurrection
                 by
                 him
                 made
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Murder
                 thereupon
                 committed
              
               was
               cast
               into
               Prison
               and
               bound
               for
               Execution
               ,
               and
               yet
               you
               shall
               find
               that
               when
               it
               was
               moved
               by
               Pilate
               whether
               Jesus
               or
               He
               should
               suffer
               ,
               the
               People
               as
               one
               (
               well
               wishers
               all
               to
               the
               proceedings
               of
               the
               man
               )
               cried
               out
               ,
               
                 not
                 Barabbas
                 but
                 Jesus
              
               :
               and
               I
               am
               very
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               if
               it
               were
               left
               unto
               the
               People
               still
               to
               give
               their
               Vogue
               who
               are
               the
               sinners
               of
               the
               Day
               (
               so
               poisoned
               have
               they
               been
               of
               late
               )
               that
               it
               would
               not
               be
               Dathan
               nor
               Abiram
               ,
               no
               nor
               any
               of
               the
               Sons
               of
               Korah
               (
               all
               ,
               and
               every
               one
               of
               them
               God
               wot
               are
               Holy
               ,
               Ignoramusly
               Holy
               )
               but
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               (
               Gods
               King
               and
               Gods
               Priest
               )
               that
               would
               be
               brought
               in
               for
               Guilty
               .
               However
               that
               we
               may
               be
               throughly
               informed
               and
               acquainted
               with
               the
               nature
               
               of
               the
               Crime
               (
               an
               Horrid
               Traiterous
               Conspiracy
               ,
               it
               seems
               ,
               it
               was
               )
               look
               we
               ,
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Into
                 the
                 Persons
                 engaged
                 therein
                 ;
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Into
                 the
                 Motives
                 that
                 induced
                 them
                 to
                 it
                 ;
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Into
                 the
                 Judgment
                 passed
                 upon
                 the
                 Action
                 .
              
            
             
               1.
               
               Into
               the
               Persons
               engaged
               ,
               which
               were
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               ;
               the
               only
               persons
               nam'd
               as
               being
               the
               Ringleaders
               and
               Generals
               of
               the
               Faction
               ,
               and
               probably
               more
               fully
               set
               and
               resolved
               to
               go
               on
               with
               the
               Mutiny
               and
               Insurrection
               they
               had
               made
               ,
               than
               many
               others
               that
               were
               seduc'd
               and
               decoyed
               into
               the
               quarrel
               :
               for
               I
               find
               Korah
               and
               his
               Company
               submitting
               to
               a
               Peaceable
               debate
               with
               Moses
               ,
               though
               it
               ended
               not
               so
               (
               Numb
               .
               16.8
               .
               )
               ;
               and
               whereas
               
                 On
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Peleth
                 took
                 men
                 ,
              
               no
               less
               than
               others
               (
               Numb
               .
               16.1
               .
               )
               yet
               we
               hear
               of
               him
               no
               more
               ,
               probably
               desisting
               upon
               what
               Moses
               had
               said
               in
               the
               case
               ;
               but
               as
               for
               this
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               they
               would
               no
               such
               thing
               ,
               
                 We
                 will
                 not
                 come
                 up
              
               (
               say
               they
               ,
               verse
               12.
               )
               resolving
               to
               stand
               to
               their
               Arms
               ,
               and
               to
               keep
               both
               their
               Post
               and
               Party
               ;
               Men
               under
               Solemn
               Covenants
               and
               Engagements
               never
               to
               yield
               whatever
               others
               might
               do
               ;
               insomuch
               that
               henceforward
               no
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               ,
               or
               no
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               ;
               no
               Sons
               of
               Amram
               ,
               or
               no
               Sons
               of
               Eliab
               .
               Two
               only
               named
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               Faction
               Great
               and
               Prevalent
               !
               Consider
               we
               therefore
               ,
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Their
                   Quality
                   ,
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   Their
                   Confederates
                   and
                   Party
                   .
                
              
            
             
               1.
               
               Their
               Quality
               ,
               they
               were
               
                 famous
                 in
                 the
                 Congregation
              
               ;
               said
               (
               Numb
               .
               16.2
               .
               )
               to
               be
               
                 Princes
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Assembly
                 ,
                 and
                 Men
                 of
                 renown
              
               :
               Primores
               &
               Senatores
               ,
               
                 States-men
                 and
                 Senators
              
               ,
               called
               to
               the
               Parliament
               or
               Great
               Council
               of
               the
               Nation
               ;
               from
               their
               Place
               therein
               said
               to
               be
               
                 Princes
                 of
                 the
                 Assembly
              
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Bustle
               and
               Stir
               they
               there
               made
               ,
               to
               be
               
                 Men
                 famous
                 in
                 the
                 Congregation
                 ,
                 Men
                 of
                 renown
              
               :
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               Men
               of
               Honourable
               Note
               and
               Name
               ,
               like
               those
               Giants
               (
               those
               mighty
               Men
               of
               Old
               )
               who
               having
               got
               power
               into
               their
               hands
               ,
               turned
               Apostates
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               fell
               upon
               others
               with
               Violence
               and
               Oppression
               ,
               exercising
               an
               unlimited
               Tyranny
               over
               all
               that
               would
               be
               under
               or
               less
               Princes
               than
               themselves
               .
               One
               of
               the
               Assembly
               speaking
               of
               them
               says
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               men
               of
               Note
               and
               Fame
               both
               for
               Parentage
               and
               Parts
               ,
               but
               grown
               Notorious
               and
               Infamous
               for
               the
               abuse
               of
               them
               ,
               through
               an
               Impious
               Conspiracy
               and
               Rebellion
               ;
               it
               being
               almost
               impossible
               to
               be
               Men
               of
               Name
               (
               Popular
               and
               Cried
               up
               States-men
               ,
               the
               Demagogues
               and
               Demigods
               of
               the
               Mobile
               )
               but
               in
               some
               measure
               or
               other
               to
               be
               given
               and
               addicted
               to
               Mutiny
               and
               Faction
               .
               Some
               mistake
               this
               Assembly
               for
               the
               Sanedrim
               wherein
               the
               Seventy
               sat
               to
               assist
               Moses
               in
               his
               matters
               of
               Judicature
               ;
               but
               altogether
               against
               reason
               ,
               in
               regard
               they
               consisted
               but
               of
               Seventy
               in
               Number
               (
               Numb
               .
               11.16
               .
               )
               ;
               whereas
               the
               Assembly
               before
               us
               had
               many
               Hundreds
               in
               it
               ;
               no
               less
               than
               Two
               Hundred
               and
               Fifty
               of
               them
               took
               part
               with
               our
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               ,
               and
               probably
               as
               many
               (
               if
               not
               more
               )
               might
               adhere
               to
               ,
               and
               go
               along
               with
               Moses
               their
               King
               ;
               (
               for
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               supposed
               ,
               that
               all
               of
               them
               like
               the
               Apostate
               Angels
               should
               quit
               their
               Loyalty
               and
               fall
               together
               ;
               or
               like
               the
               mighty
               Men
               afore
               spoken
               of
               become
               Giants
               in
               a
               day
               )
               a
               Proof
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               the
               National
               Senate
               made
               up
               (
               as
               Abulensis
               and
               
               others
               averr
               )
               of
               all
               the
               Governours
               and
               Heads
               of
               the
               People
               throughout
               the
               whole
               Nation
               of
               the
               Israelites
               .
               Howbeit
               if
               such
               do
               Apostatize
               and
               decline
               ,
               turn
               Mutineers
               and
               Rebells
               ,
               make
               or
               espouse
               a
               Faction
               ,
               it
               s
               a
               Thousand
               to
               one
               but
               (
               like
               Lucifer
               )
               they
               draw
               a
               Train
               (
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Congregation
               )
               after
               them
               ;
               the
               truth
               whereof
               England
               sufficiently
               knows
               ,
               having
               been
               once
               quite
               shatter'd
               and
               undone
               ,
               and
               sithence
               almost
               broken
               to
               pieces
               again
               by
               such
               Factious
               Unruly
               Senators
               ,
               
                 Princes
                 of
                 her
                 Assembly
                 ,
                 Men
                 of
                 renown
                 .
              
               However
               I
               do
               not
               find
               that
               the
               Cause
               was
               ever
               the
               better
               ,
               or
               the
               more
               favoured
               for
               such
               Senators
               being
               in
               it
               ;
               nay
               ,
               in
               all
               probability
               it
               sped
               the
               worse
               ;
               for
               whereas
               Moses
               had
               hitherto
               overlooked
               Korah
               and
               his
               Conventicles
               (
               pitying
               their
               simplicity
               ,
               and
               seemingly
               indulging
               their
               mistaken
               Zeal
               ,
               as
               if
               their
               Separation
               had
               been
               Conscience
               not
               Design
               )
               He
               no
               sooner
               hears
               of
               the
               perversion
               of
               his
               Senators
               ,
               and
               how
               the
               Conventicle
               influenced
               the
               Assembly
               ,
               but
               he
               immediately
               calls
               for
               Vengeance
               ,
               and
               God
               executes
               it
               ;
               deeming
               it
               high
               time
               to
               put
               a
               stop
               to
               both
               (
               by
               making
               examples
               of
               some
               ,
               even
               of
               some
               of
               the
               very
               
                 Princes
                 of
                 the
                 Assembly
              
               )
               lest
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               Priesthood
               and
               Government
               ,
               Religion
               and
               Commonwealth
               be
               ruined
               and
               fall
               together
               .
               The
               Apostle
               speaking
               but
               of
               one
               unruly
               Member
               ,
               in
               the
               body
               Natural
               ,
               the
               Tongue
               ,
               saith
               (
               James
               3.6
               .
               )
               that
               if
               it
               be
               not
               restrained
               ,
               
                 it
                 will
                 set
                 the
                 whole
                 course
                 of
                 nature
              
               (
               the
               whole
               wheel
               of
               affairs
               )
               into
               combustion
               ;
               and
               what
               then
               (
               do
               you
               think
               )
               will
               become
               of
               the
               body
               Politick
               ,
               if
               Two
               Hundred
               and
               Fifty
               of
               them
               be
               let
               alone
               ?
               especially
               when
               to
               every
               Tongue
               there
               are
               Two
               Hundred
               Hands
               ,
               and
               in
               every
               Hand
               a
               Granado
               .
               Consider
               we
               ,
            
             
             
               2.
               
               Their
               Confederates
               and
               Party
               ,
               It
               was
               
                 in
                 the
                 Company
                 of
                 Korah
                 ;
                 This
                 is
                 that
                 Dathan
                 and
                 Abiram
                 ,
                 who
                 strove
                 against
                 Moses
                 and
                 against
                 Aaron
                 in
                 the
                 Company
                 of
                 Korah
                 .
              
               There
               must
               (
               it
               seems
               )
               be
               an
               Assembly
               of
               Divines
               to
               sanctifie
               Rebellion
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               an
               Assembly
               of
               Princes
               to
               carry
               it
               on
               ;
               
                 Korah
                 and
                 his
                 Company
              
               to
               Preach
               and
               to
               Pray
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               to
               Fight
               ;
               State
               Designers
               can
               never
               prosper
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               not
               Church
               Revolters
               ;
               
                 Come
                 now
                 I
                 pray
                 thee
              
               (
               saith
               Balak
               to
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Balaam
                 )
                 and
                 curse
                 me
                 this
                 People
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 are
                 too
                 mighty
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 peradventure
                 I
                 shall
                 prevail
                 .
              
               It
               was
               upon
               this
               design
               that
               Korah
               first
               went
               out
               ,
               (
               Korah
               the
               principal
               and
               prime
               Incendiary
               who
               inflam'd
               the
               rest
               )
               for
               it
               is
               said
               of
               him
               (
               Numb
               .
               16.1
               .
               )
               
                 that
                 he
                 took
                 men
              
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               (
               according
               to
               the
               Chaldee
               Translation
               )
               That
               he
               separated
               and
               withdrew
               himself
               aloof
               and
               apart
               from
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Congregation
               ,
               taking
               along
               with
               him
               such
               as
               were
               as
               ready
               as
               himself
               to
               cast
               off
               the
               Priesthood
               and
               Ministration
               of
               Aaron
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               Meetings
               and
               Conventicles
               of
               and
               by
               themselves
               ;
               said
               therefore
               for
               ever
               after
               ,
               to
               be
               of
               the
               
                 Company
                 of
                 Korah
              
               .
               Whither
               having
               once
               got
               them
               ,
               then
               (
               according
               to
               the
               Septuagint's
               Translation
               )
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               He
               Preached
               unto
               them
               ;
               took
               them
               by
               his
               Seditious
               Discourses
               and
               Sermons
               ,
               filling
               their
               Ears
               with
               noise
               and
               clamor
               ,
               their
               Hearts
               with
               fears
               and
               jealousies
               ,
               their
               Souls
               with
               Religious
               fury
               and
               Enthusiastical
               madness
               ,
               till
               he
               had
               fitted
               them
               for
               what
               ever
               the
               Ringleaders
               of
               the
               Faction
               should
               prompt
               them
               to
               .
               To
               this
               Company
               of
               Men
               the
               discontented
               Reubenites
               at
               length
               joyned
               themselves
               ,
               as
               knowing
               that
               if
               a
               Crown
               be
               to
               be
               won
               ,
               or
               a
               Birthright
               
               regain'd
               ,
               the
               separated
               Levites
               must
               be
               aiding
               and
               assisting
               to
               them
               in
               it
               :
               enough
               certainly
               to
               make
               both
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               to
               beware
               ,
               left
               by
               conniving
               too
               long
               at
               
                 Korah
                 ,
                 Dathan
              
               and
               Abiram
               (
               those
               State
               Engineers
               )
               give
               rout
               unto
               them
               both
               .
               However
               he
               took
               ,
               and
               he
               took
               ,
               till
               he
               had
               took
               some
               of
               the
               chief
               Princes
               of
               the
               Land
               ;
               no
               less
               than
               Two
               Hundred
               and
               Fifty
               of
               them
               that
               were
               within
               the
               walls
               of
               the
               Senate
               ,
               
                 Princes
                 of
                 the
                 Assembly
              
               (
               Numb
               .
               16.2
               .
               )
               ,
               more
               (
               as
               it
               may
               be
               presumed
               )
               infinitely
               more
               ,
               in
               and
               among
               the
               Families
               and
               Tribes
               whom
               they
               represented
               ,
               and
               for
               whom
               they
               served
               ;
               questionless
               being
               
                 Men
                 of
                 renown
              
               and
               name
               ,
               they
               could
               not
               be
               without
               a
               Faction
               to
               cry
               them
               up
               ,
               and
               (
               if
               need
               were
               )
               to
               follow
               them
               :
               neither
               indeed
               durst
               they
               have
               been
               so
               bold
               and
               daring
               ,
               in
               the
               very
               Assembly
               ,
               where
               Moses
               himself
               sat
               ,
               had
               they
               not
               had
               ,
               and
               been
               secured
               of
               an
               interest
               suitable
               to
               their
               ambition
               and
               designs
               .
               However
               I
               cannot
               but
               remark
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               all
               (
               every
               one
               of
               them
               )
               of
               the
               Company
               of
               Korah
               ;
               Men
               addicted
               to
               Separation
               and
               Faction
               ,
               having
               Tents
               ,
               
                 Conventicles
                 ,
                 Levites
              
               of
               their
               own
               ,
               in
               opposition
               to
               Aaron
               ,
               the
               Tabernacle
               ,
               and
               the
               Priesthood
               of
               God.
               And
               therefore
               you
               shall
               find
               ,
               that
               though
               the
               Censer
               and
               the
               burning
               of
               incense
               properly
               belonged
               to
               the
               Priest
               and
               to
               his
               Office
               (
               2
               Chron.
               26.18
               .
               )
               ;
               yet
               there
               was
               not
               one
               of
               those
               Factious
               Princes
               but
               had
               a
               Censer
               belonging
               to
               him
               ,
               Two
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               Censers
               ,
               for
               the
               Two
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               Princes
               :
               (
               Numb
               .
               16.18
               .
               )
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               if
               ever
               a
               Rebellion
               be
               kindled
               again
               in
               our
               Israel
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               by
               such
               Separatists
               ,
               and
               through
               the
               Fire
               of
               their
               Censers
               .
               It
               s
               certain
               ,
               that
               the
               only
               Mutineers
               here
               mentioned
               (
               the
               Apostatized
               
               Levites
               excepted
               )
               were
               the
               disgusted
               Reubenites
               ,
               whose
               Tribe
               was
               situated
               next
               unto
               the
               Kohathites
               (
               of
               whose
               family
               this
               Korah
               was
               )
               as
               they
               were
               lodg'd
               about
               ,
               and
               surrounded
               the
               Tabernacle
               ,
               (
               Num.
               2.10
               .
               )
               and
               thereby
               influenced
               by
               those
               conventions
               of
               theirs
               to
               be
               of
               their
               party
               and
               faction
               .
               And
               I
               dare
               say
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               a
               Rebel
               ,
               or
               one
               that
               wishes
               well
               to
               rebellion
               in
               England
               ,
               he
               is
               to
               be
               met
               with-in
               ,
               or
               upon
               the
               borders
               of
               such
               Tents
               and
               places
               .
               For
               my
               part
               ,
               were
               I
               ,
               for
               a
               tribute
               upon
               me
               ,
               to
               bring
               forth
               one
               or
               more
               of
               them
               to
               my
               King
               ,
               I
               would
               go
               but
               to
               the
               next
               Conventicle
               ,
               and
               the
               man
               that
               I
               saw
               first
               come
               out
               ,
               should
               be
               he
               that
               I
               would
               seize
               upon
               ,
               as
               knowing
               that
               if
               he
               be
               found
               in
               the
               Company
               ,
               he
               must
               have
               the
               gainsayings
               of
               Korah
               ,
               and
               wish
               well
               to
               the
               Tents
               of
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               .
               And
               so
               we
               pass
               from
               the
               persons
               engaged
               in
               the
               mutiny
               unto
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Motives
               that
               induc'd
               them
               to
               it
               ;
               which
               were
               either
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Secret
                 and
                 concealed
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 mentioned
                 by
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 fray
                 ,
                 or
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Divulg'd
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 the
                 common
                 argument
                 and
                 pretence
                 .
              
            
             
               1.
               
               Secret
               and
               conceal'd
               ,
               which
               (
               for
               ought
               that
               I
               can
               find
               )
               was
               their
               ambition
               and
               discontent
               ;
               inwardly
               repining
               at
               the
               grandeur
               of
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               ,
               and
               fretting
               at
               their
               own
               disappointments
               ,
               looking
               on
               themselves
               (
               through
               ,
               and
               by
               reason
               of
               that
               establishment
               )
               as
               for
               ever
               lost
               touching
               all
               future
               hopes
               of
               greatness
               .
               Now
               this
               Korah
               was
               of
               himself
               Cousin
               German
               to
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               ,
               the
               eldest
               son
               of
               Izhar
               ,
               
               brother
               to
               Amram
               their
               father
               (
               Exod.
               6.18
               .
               )
               ;
               A
               Levite
               of
               the
               family
               of
               the
               Kohathites
               ,
               to
               whom
               belonged
               the
               charge
               of
               the
               most
               holy
               things
               within
               the
               Sanctuary
               ,
               and
               the
               chiefest
               place
               next
               unto
               Aaron
               and
               his
               Priests
               about
               it
               (
               Num.
               3.19.31
               .
               )
               ,
               which
               one
               would
               have
               thought
               might
               have
               been
               preferment
               enough
               for
               the
               man
               :
               But
               because
               the
               first-born
               of
               Izhar
               ,
               and
               moreover
               Cousin
               German
               to
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               ,
               who
               then
               had
               the
               power
               and
               the
               government
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               he
               thought
               his
               birth-right
               and
               blood
               might
               have
               been
               better
               consider'd
               ,
               at
               least
               so
               far
               forth
               as
               not
               to
               have
               had
               himself
               and
               his
               family
               thrust
               down
               for
               ever
               into
               the
               rank
               and
               class
               of
               ordinary
               petty
               Levites
               ;
               much
               less
               to
               have
               Elizaphan
               the
               son
               of
               the
               youngest
               family
               of
               the
               Kohathites
               ,
               made
               Prince
               over
               the
               sons
               of
               Kohath
               ,
               even
               over
               this
               very
               Korah
               who
               was
               of
               the
               elder
               house
               ,
               and
               himself
               in
               the
               interim
               neglected
               (
               Num.
               3.10
               .
               )
               :
               all
               which
               put
               together
               raised
               his
               indignation
               and
               spleen
               ,
               and
               set
               him
               first
               against
               his
               King
               ,
               and
               then
               against
               his
               Priest
               (
               who
               should
               not
               have
               degraded
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               not
               preferr'd
               him
               )
               and
               was
               the
               first
               occasion
               (
               as
               the
               Rabbins
               say
               )
               that
               caus'd
               him
               to
               take
               men
               .
               Of
               the
               like
               nature
               was
               the
               disgust
               that
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               had
               taken
               ;
               for
               they
               were
               of
               the
               posterity
               of
               
                 Reuben
                 ,
                 (
                 Num.
              
               16.1
               .
               )
               
                 who
                 was
                 the
                 first-born
                 of
                 Israel
                 (
                 Gen.
              
               49.3
               .
               )
               ,
               
                 but
                 forasmuch
                 as
                 he
                 defiled
                 his
                 fathers
                 bed
                 ,
                 his
                 birth-right
                 was
                 given
                 from
                 him
                 ,
              
               (
               1
               Chron.
               5.1
               .
               )
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               the
               Government
               to
               Moses
               ,
               the
               Priesthood
               to
               Aaron
               ,
               the
               double
               portion
               to
               Joseph
               ;
               all
               lost
               in
               Reuben
               :
               but
               by
               his
               sons
               sought
               to
               be
               recovered
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               occasion
               also
               of
               their
               taking
               men
               ,
               and
               joyning
               themselves
               with
               Korah
               ;
               hoping
               by
               him
               and
               his
               Company
               ,
               to
               re-enstate
               themselves
               and
               their
               
               posterity
               into
               that
               Power
               and
               dignity
               (
               that
               Empire
               ,
               Priesthood
               ,
               Estate
               )
               that
               originally
               and
               of
               old
               belong'd
               unto
               them
               .
               And
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               if
               all
               after-Mutinyings
               and
               Rebellions
               were
               look'd
               into
               ,
               (
               yea
               ,
               that
               of
               this
               very
               day
               )
               the
               like
               disappointments
               ,
               disgusts
               ,
               degradations
               would
               be
               found
               at
               the
               bottom
               of
               them
               all
               .
               But
               Rebellion
               hath
               always
               a
               mask
               and
               vizard
               ,
               a
               Samuel's
               mantle
               to
               cover
               its
               ugliness
               ;
               Look
               we
               therefore
            
             
               2.
               
               Into
               the
               reason
               pretended
               ,
               and
               spread
               abroad
               to
               draw
               in
               the
               populacy
               after
               them
               ;
               which
               was
               Usurpation
               in
               Aaron
               ,
               Tyranny
               and
               breach
               of
               trust
               in
               Moses
               :
               the
               popular
               and
               usual
               pretence
               that
               hunts
               down
               government
               ,
               and
               gives
               birth
               and
               encouragement
               to
               all
               manner
               of
               anti-regal
               ,
               anti-priestly
               factions
               ;
               and
               perhaps
               hath
               caused
               more
               Properties
               to
               be
               alter'd
               ,
               more
               Birth-rights
               to
               be
               lost
               ,
               more
               Liberties
               to
               be
               invaded
               ,
               more
               Religion
               to
               be
               defaced
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               more
               Arbitrariness
               and
               Tyranny
               to
               be
               set
               up
               and
               exercised
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               than
               any
               one
               thing
               else
               besides
               .
               Hence
               says
               Korah
               to
               Aaron
               in
               behalf
               of
               himself
               and
               his
               Company
               ,
               
                 you
                 take
                 too
                 much
                 upon
                 you
                 ,
                 seeing
                 all
                 the
                 congregation
                 is
                 holy
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 is
                 among
                 them
                 (
                 Num.
              
               16.3
               .
               )
               ;
               and
               hence
               again
               ,
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               with
               their
               company
               in
               reference
               to
               
                 Moses
                 ,
                 Is
                 it
                 a
                 small
                 thing
                 that
                 thou
                 hast
                 brought
                 us
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 land
                 that
                 floweth
                 with
                 milk
                 and
                 honey
                 ,
                 to
                 kill
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 wilderness
                 ,
                 unless
                 thou
                 make
                 thy self
                 Altogether
                 a
                 Prince
                 over
                 us
                 ,
              
               a
               Prince
               absolute
               and
               uncontrolable
               (
               Num.
               16.13
               .
               )
               ,
               which
               if
               either
               of
               them
               be
               your
               design
               ,
               (
               of
               you
               Aaron
               to
               appropriate
               the
               Priesthood
               ,
               or
               of
               you
               Moses
               to
               engross
               the
               Government
               to
               your selves
               )
               then
               farefall
               Pharaoh
               and
               his
               Kingdom
               ;
               may
               Aegypt
               
               have
               us
               before
               Canaan
               ,
               the
               land
               of
               thraldom
               before
               the
               land
               of
               promise
               ;
               if
               we
               must
               be
               slaves
               and
               tyrannized
               over
               ,
               then
               to
               our
               furnaces
               again
               ,
               where
               we
               had
               Patriarchs
               to
               govern
               us
               ,
               and
               Priests
               of
               our
               own
               to
               rule
               us
               ;
               where
               as
               we
               were
               slaves
               to
               others
               ,
               we
               were
               Princes
               our selves
               .
               And
               how
               of
               late
               did
               the
               like
               ,
               but
               false
               ,
               pretensions
               prevail
               with
               ,
               and
               befool
               us
               ?
               whither
               did
               the
               out-cries
               of
               an
               Arbitrary
               Government
               ,
               of
               a
               proud
               and
               usurping
               Priesthood
               hurry
               us
               ?
               As
               for
               the
               Church
               ,
               her
               Beauty
               was
               defaced
               to
               have
               her
               Purity
               restored
               ;
               they
               prophan'd
               her
               Temples
               ,
               plunder'd
               her
               Revenues
               ,
               destroy'd
               her
               Discipline
               ,
               poisoned
               her
               Proselytes
               with
               a
               thousand
               follies
               and
               phrensies
               (
               call'd
               indeed
               New
               Lights
               ,
               but
               the
               black
               Enthusiasms
               of
               the
               Prince
               of
               darkness
               )
               and
               all
               to
               reform
               her
               ;
               so
               they
               murdered
               the
               best
               of
               Kings
               for
               the
               good
               of
               Subjects
               ;
               wrung
               the
               Scepter
               out
               of
               his
               hand
               ,
               and
               tore
               the
               Crown
               from
               his
               head
               to
               make
               him
               a
               great
               and
               a
               glorious
               Prince
               ;
               so
               were
               we
               slaves
               to
               our
               own
               slaves
               ,
               a
               company
               of
               Tagaroons
               hired
               with
               our
               purses
               to
               command
               our
               persons
               ,
               and
               whatever
               else
               was
               ours
               ;
               many
               were
               no
               better
               than
               Servants
               ,
               and
               Prisoners
               in
               their
               own
               homes
               ,
               than
               Tenents
               and
               Farmers
               to
               their
               own
               estates
               ,
               and
               this
               to
               preserve
               the
               Rights
               and
               Liberties
               of
               the
               good
               People
               of
               England
               ,
               the
               right
               forsooth
               of
               Plundering
               ,
               Oppressing
               ,
               Murdering
               .
               But
               for
               my
               part
               I
               wonder
               ,
               that
               the
               good
               people
               of
               England
               did
               not
               all
               as
               one
               man
               rise
               up
               in
               rage
               ,
               and
               stone
               those
               notorious
               impudent
               Impostors
               ,
               who
               so
               long
               abused
               their
               credulity
               ,
               cheating
               them
               of
               their
               goods
               ,
               and
               inthralling
               their
               persons
               ,
               and
               (
               as
               much
               as
               in
               them
               lay
               )
               damning
               their
               Souls
               ;
               I
               wonder
               (
               I
               say
               )
               that
               the
               English
               Nation
               should
               be
               so
               dispirited
               and
               crest-faln
               (
               as
               like
               Izzachars
               
               Ass
               )
               to
               be
               daily
               loaden
               with
               blows
               and
               burdens
               ,
               and
               tamely
               to
               couch
               under
               them
               ;
               that
               they
               should
               be
               so
               stupid
               and
               insensible
               ,
               of
               such
               intolerable
               wrongs
               ,
               and
               oppressions
               ;
               but
               more
               ,
               that
               any
               of
               us
               all
               (
               after
               such
               sad
               and
               woful
               Tragedies
               acted
               )
               should
               be
               for
               the
               Furnace
               and
               Thraldom
               of
               Aegypt
               again
               ;
               ever
               any
               more
               doat
               upon
               the
               holiness
               of
               the
               Party
               ,
               or
               the
               sweet
               Song
               that
               the
               Syren
               makes
               .
               And
               so
               having
               considered
               the
               Motives
               ,
               that
               induced
               them
               to
               the
               Conspiracy
               ,
               look
               we
               into
               ,
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Judgment
               passed
               upon
               it
               ,
               
                 This
                 is
                 that
                 Dathan
                 and
                 Abiram
                 ,
                 who
                 strove
                 against
                 Moses
                 and
                 against
                 Aaron
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 strove
                 against
                 the
                 Lord
              
               ;
               in
               shew
               no
               more
               than
               a
               striving
               against
               them
               ,
               but
               by
               interpretation
               ,
               and
               in
               guilt
               ,
               a
               
                 striving
                 against
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               The
               iniquity
               whereof
               appears
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               In
               that
               it
               was
               a
               striving
               against
               his
               right
               and
               power
               ,
               to
               make
               an
               establishment
               among
               them
               ;
               as
               if
               the
               setting
               up
               of
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               over
               them
               (
               the
               one
               in
               the
               Government
               ,
               the
               other
               in
               the
               Priesthood
               )
               had
               been
               an
               invasion
               upon
               the
               peoples
               right
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               the
               power
               of
               any
               ,
               no
               ,
               not
               of
               the
               great
               God
               himself
               to
               do
               it
               :
               which
               opposition
               (
               in
               as
               much
               as
               it
               was
               against
               the
               decrees
               of
               Heaven
               )
               is
               said
               (
               in
               my
               Text
               )
               
                 to
                 be
                 striving
                 against
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               and
               (
               Numb
               .
               16.11
               .
               )
               to
               be
               
                 a
                 gathering
                 together
                 against
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               Thus
               when
               the
               people
               grew
               weary
               of
               Samuel
               ,
               and
               threw
               off
               his
               Government
               ,
               saith
               God
               in
               the
               case
               ,
               
                 They
                 have
                 not
                 rejected
                 thee
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 have
                 rejected
                 me
              
               (
               1
               Sam.
               8.7
               .
               )
               ,
               intimating
               ,
               that
               the
               Government
               ,
               in
               whose
               hands
               so
               ever
               regularly
               it
               be
               ,
               is
               still
               Gods
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               striving
               against
               ,
               or
               opposing
               
               of
               them
               that
               have
               it
               ,
               is
               a
               striving
               against
               and
               opposing
               of
               him
               ;
               and
               will
               as
               severely
               and
               surely
               be
               punished
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               acted
               ,
               or
               designed
               against
               his
               very
               Person
               and
               Throne
               .
               The
               like
               our
               blessed
               Saviour
               declares
               concerning
               his
               Ministers
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 heareth
                 you
                 ,
                 heareth
                 me
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 despiseth
                 you
                 ,
                 despiseth
                 me
              
               (
               Luke
               10.16
               .
               )
               ;
               intimating
               ,
               that
               he
               that
               casts
               off
               ,
               or
               rises
               up
               against
               his
               Priest
               ,
               doth
               in
               effect
               cast
               off
               ,
               and
               rise
               up
               against
               God
               ,
               whose
               Priest
               he
               is
               ,
               and
               whose
               Priesthood
               he
               exercises
               .
               And
               indeed
               it
               is
               not
               for
               Subjects
               to
               trouble
               themselves
               about
               their
               Governours
               ,
               whether
               Sacred
               or
               Civil
               ,
               farther
               than
               to
               see
               that
               they
               be
               Gods
               off-spring
               ,
               and
               are
               sent
               by
               him
               ;
               the
               rest
               of
               their
               work
               is
               to
               obey
               and
               follow
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               with
               as
               much
               readiness
               ,
               regard
               ,
               veneration
               (
               if
               God
               be
               with
               them
               )
               as
               if
               the
               very
               Gods
               themselves
               were
               come
               down
               from
               Heaven
               among
               them
               .
               Now
               that
               Moses
               was
               thus
               appointed
               (
               for
               we
               have
               spoken
               of
               Aaron
               before
               )
               is
               plain
               from
               the
               Commission
               given
               him
               ,
               which
               was
               first
               sealed
               (
               Exod.
               3.10
               .
               )
               ,
               afterwards
               ratified
               and
               confirm'd
               unto
               him
               
                 (
                 Exod.
              
               4.
               )
               by
               a
               power
               to
               work
               Miracles
               ,
               for
               the
               convincing
               gainsayers
               ,
               which
               was
               fully
               done
               ,
               by
               turning
               his
               Rod
               into
               a
               Serpent
               ,
               and
               back
               into
               a
               Rod
               again
               ;
               by
               making
               his
               hand
               Leprous
               ,
               and
               then
               clearing
               it
               of
               that
               Leprosie
               ;
               by
               causing
               the
               water
               in
               the
               River
               to
               become
               blood
               upon
               the
               ground
               ;
               though
               had
               there
               been
               neither
               Commission
               at
               first
               ,
               nor
               ratification
               afterwards
               ,
               yet
               the
               works
               he
               had
               done
               ,
               and
               the
               mighty
               deliverances
               ,
               he
               had
               wrought
               for
               them
               (
               that
               especially
               of
               raising
               them
               into
               a
               Nation
               by
               themselves
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               ,
               and
               had
               been
               slaves
               to
               others
               )
               might
               have
               caused
               not
               only
               all
               the
               Tribes
               and
               Families
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               first-born
               of
               Israel
               ,
               
               to
               have
               surrendred
               their
               birth-rights
               ,
               and
               become
               Subjects
               to
               him
               .
               The
               Government
               (
               thus
               transferr'd
               )
               was
               afterwards
               by
               a
               gift
               of
               the
               like
               nature
               ,
               setled
               upon
               Joshua
               ,
               then
               upon
               the
               Judges
               ,
               and
               then
               upon
               Kings
               ,
               and
               at
               length
               appropriated
               ,
               and
               entail'd
               ,
               upon
               the
               Descendants
               and
               Line
               of
               David
               (
               2
               Sam.
               7.12
               .
               )
               which
               shews
               ,
               that
               whatever
               alteration
               God
               is
               pleased
               to
               make
               ,
               he
               is
               always
               pleased
               ,
               with
               the
               thing
               called
               Succession
               ;
               for
               he
               setled
               his
               Priesthood
               in
               it
               ,
               afterwards
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               never
               made
               nor
               suffered
               a
               deviation
               ;
               and
               in
               truth
               is
               a
               most
               evident
               and
               plain
               demonstration
               ,
               that
               if
               God
               entails
               ,
               none
               but
               God
               must
               cut
               off
               ;
               and
               that
               every
               striving
               afterwards
               against
               it
               ,
               is
               
                 a
                 striving
                 against
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               
            
             
               2.
               
               This
               
                 striving
                 against
                 Moses
                 and
                 Aaron
              
               appears
               to
               be
               a
               
                 striving
                 against
                 the
                 Lord
              
               ,
               in
               that
               it
               was
               prosecuted
               against
               his
               declared
               resolution
               to
               defend
               the
               establishment
               he
               had
               made
               .
               One
               should
               have
               thought
               ,
               had
               they
               not
               been
               a
               Rebellious
               gain
               saying
               People
               indeed
               (
               a
               People
               ,
               who
               like
               the
               Sons
               of
               Zerviah
               were
               resolved
               to
               be
               too
               hard
               for
               Government
               ,
               and
               to
               die
               every
               one
               of
               them
               in
               the
               cause
               ,
               rather
               than
               to
               give
               out
               )
               that
               the
               fire
               which
               broke
               out
               to
               consume
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               earth
               that
               opened
               its
               mouth
               to
               devour
               others
               of
               them
               ,
               should
               have
               enlightned
               the
               eyes
               ,
               and
               stopt
               the
               mouths
               of
               all
               the
               survivers
               of
               them
               from
               all
               after
               Murmurings
               .
               But
               no
               sooner
               is
               the
               punishment
               over
               and
               they
               safe
               ,
               but
               they
               grow
               as
               Mutinous
               as
               ever
               ,
               enter
               upon
               new
               consultations
               and
               fresh
               complaints
               ;
               and
               thereupon
               gather
               themselves
               the
               second
               time
               together
               ,
               and
               are
               a
               second
               time
               punished
               ;
               a
               Plague
               from
               Heaven
               
               devouring
               no
               less
               than
               
                 Fourteen
                 thousand
                 and
                 seven
                 hundred
              
               of
               them
               (
               verse
               49.
               )
               ;
               neither
               stay
               they
               here
               (
               so
               hard
               is
               it
               to
               put
               a
               stop
               to
               Faction
               )
               ,
               but
               unless
               a
               Miracle
               be
               further
               wrought
               for
               the
               particular
               vindication
               of
               Aaron
               and
               his
               Priests
               ,
               they
               'l
               die
               on
               ,
               and
               stand
               the
               other
               and
               the
               other
               judgment
               ;
               which
               in
               the
               last
               place
               was
               finished
               and
               effected
               in
               the
               budding
               and
               blossoming
               of
               Aarons
               Rod
               ,
               amidst
               the
               Rods
               of
               the
               several
               Tribes
               of
               Israel
               (
               laid
               by
               it
               )
               to
               confront
               and
               prove
               it
               ;
               and
               because
               it
               did
               so
               ,
               (
               the
               other
               remaining
               sapless
               and
               dry
               )
               it
               became
               a
               token
               against
               the
               Rebels
               ,
               and
               so
               their
               Murmurings
               ended
               (
               Numb
               .
               17.10
               .
               )
               .
               And
               I
               am
               apt
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               if
               ever
               a
               Mutiny
               or
               Rebellion
               be
               to
               be
               taken
               away
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               by
               the
               budding
               and
               blossoming
               of
               Aarons
               Rod
               ;
               for
               it
               was
               by
               Korah
               that
               the
               Faction
               began
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               Company
               that
               it
               was
               carried
               on
               ;
               and
               therefore
               by
               the
               Rule
               of
               contraries
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               by
               Aaron
               and
               his
               Priests
               defeated
               .
               Hence
               saith
               God
               to
               Moses
               (
               when
               he
               would
               have
               declined
               his
               office
               for
               want
               of
               an
               Assistant
               )
               
                 Is
                 not
                 Aaron
                 the
                 Levite
                 thy
                 brother
                 ?
                 I
                 know
                 he
                 can
                 speak
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 shall
                 be
                 to
                 thee
                 instead
                 of
                 a
                 mouth
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 to
                 him
                 instead
                 of
                 a
                 God
              
               (
               Exod.
               4.16
               .
               )
               intimating
               ,
               that
               if
               Moses
               do
               but
               interpose
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               Authority
               protect
               Aaron
               ,
               to
               keep
               him
               safe
               in
               his
               Office
               and
               Duty
               that
               the
               Faction
               disturb
               him
               not
               ;
               Aaron
               and
               his
               Priests
               will
               do
               the
               like
               for
               Moses
               ,
               by
               Preaching
               up
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Obedience
               ,
               and
               upon
               all
               occasions
               shewing
               the
               People
               ,
               that
               they
               must
               
                 be
                 subject
                 to
                 Principalities
                 and
                 Powers
                 ,
              
               or
               else
               
                 purchase
                 to
                 themselves
                 Damnation
              
               ,
               and
               be
               thrown
               for
               ever
               ,
               after
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               into
               the
               Fiery
               Association
               of
               Rebells
               .
               My
               Prayer
               therefore
               shall
               be
               ,
               that
               the
               Rod
               (
               which
               hath
               been
               so
               long
               taken
               from
               Aaron
               ,
               may
               be
               restored
               
               to
               him
               again
               ;
               and
               when
               restored
               )
               that
               it
               may
               for
               ever
               blossom
               and
               bud
               ,
               and
               fill
               the
               face
               of
               the
               world
               with
               fruit
               ;
               and
               then
               I
               doubt
               not
               ,
               but
               (
               as
               it
               happened
               to
               the
               Isralites
               ,
               so
               )
               it
               will
               be
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               England
               ,
               a
               lasting
               token
               against
               Rebels
               ,
               and
               their
               Murmurings
               thereby
               be
               quite
               taken
               away
               .
               And
               so
               we
               pass
               from
               their
               Crime
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               To
               their
               Punishment
               ;
               
                 This
                 is
                 that
                 Dathan
                 and
                 Abiram
                 who
                 strove
                 against
                 Moses
                 and
                 against
                 Aaron
              
               ;
               and
               who
               for
               their
               so
               striving
               (
               as
               in
               the
               succeeding
               verse
               )
               
                 were
                 sent
                 quick
                 to
                 destruction
              
               ,
               and
               thereby
               made
               a
               Spectacle
               and
               sign
               to
               all
               after
               Ages
               .
               To
               this
               judgment
               the
               Prophet
               hath
               reference
               ,
               when
               praying
               against
               his
               enemies
               ,
               he
               saith
               ,
               
                 Let
                 them
                 go
                 down
                 to
                 Hell
              
               (
               Psalm
               55.15
               .
               )
               ;
               
                 Now
                 these
                 things
                 were
                 our
                 examples
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               )
               
                 and
                 were
                 written
                 for
                 our
                 admonition
              
               ;
               that
               we
               remembring
               what
               was
               done
               by
               and
               upon
               these
               sinners
               here
               ,
               may
               take
               care
               of
               doing
               and
               becoming
               like
               them
               :
               every
               one
               of
               them
               (
               by
               the
               Sign
               and
               Spectacle
               they
               are
               made
               )
               Preaching
               this
               Lession
               to
               all
               that
               come
               after
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               Let
               every
               one
               that
               looks
               up
               unto
               me
               (
               be
               he
               a
               Levite
               as
               was
               Korah
               ;
               a
               Layman
               as
               were
               Dathan
               and
               
                 Abiram
                 ;
                 famous
              
               or
               infamous
               
                 in
                 the
                 Congregation
              
               )
               for
               ever
               beware
               of
               being
               Seditious
               against
               their
               Priests
               ,
               or
               of
               being
               Rebels
               against
               their
               Prince
               ,
               lest
               
                 the
                 earth
                 open
              
               ,
               and
               
                 the
                 fire
              
               in
               like
               manner
               
                 consume
                 them
              
               .
               But
               passing
               by
               the
               punishment
               which
               seized
               upon
               their
               Persons
               ,
               look
               we
               only
               at
               present
               (
               as
               much
               more
               proper
               to
               our
               purpose
               )
               to
               what
               happened
               to
               their
               Names
               and
               Posterity
               ;
               a
               Consideration
               perhaps
               no
               less
               influential
               with
               some
               ,
               to
               deter
               from
               the
               sins
               than
               the
               former
               .
               And
               in
               order
               hereunto
               remark
               we
               ,
            
             
             
               1.
               
               That
               Sedition
               and
               Rebellion
               ,
               are
               two
               such
               sins
               ,
               that
               they
               deservedly
               stain
               the
               memory
               of
               the
               engagers
               in
               them
               with
               perpetual
               Infamy
               ,
               and
               disgrace
               ;
               their
               Names
               must
               never
               after
               be
               mentioned
               without
               their
               Crimes
               ;
               their
               Escutcheons
               must
               have
               their
               blot
               ,
               their
               Arms
               a
               bar
               ,
               their
               greatness
               an
               allay
               ;
               something
               or
               other
               to
               make
               them
               infamous
               ,
               for
               having
               once
               been
               famous
               .
               
                 This
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 that
                 Dathan
                 and
                 Abiram
                 !
                 This
              
               by
               way
               of
               contempt
               and
               disgrace
               ;
               This
               whom
               all
               Records
               must
               stigmatize
               ,
               all
               Chronicles
               defame
               ,
               all
               good
               men
               loath
               ;
               This
               who
               if
               but
               casually
               nam'd
               ,
               must
               be
               spat
               at
               ,
               spoke
               against
               ,
               and
               made
               odious
               to
               Posterity
               ,
               for
               the
               crimes
               they
               have
               been
               guilty
               of
               .
               The
               like
               may
               every
               way
               be
               observed
               of
               Jeroboam
               ,
               who
               for
               turning
               Rebel
               to
               his
               Lawful
               Soveraign
               ,
               and
               for
               renouncing
               and
               casting
               off
               the
               Priesthood
               ,
               and
               Service
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               to
               become
               a
               King
               himself
               .
               And
               to
               have
               Service
               ,
               and
               Priests
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               (
               sins
               scarce
               ever
               forgiven
               ,
               but
               never
               in
               History
               to
               be
               forgotten
               )
               is
               said
               
                 to
                 have
                 taught
                 Israel
                 to
                 sin
              
               ;
               and
               for
               his
               so
               doing
               can
               never
               after
               be
               mentioned
               (
               though
               often
               and
               often
               in
               Scripture
               nam'd
               )
               without
               a
               record
               of
               that
               his
               wickedness
               affixt
               ,
               with
               a
               
                 This
                 is
                 that
                 Jeroboam
                 the
                 son
                 of
                 Nebat
                 ,
                 who
                 taught
                 Israel
                 to
                 sin
                 .
              
               Customary
               it
               was
               among
               the
               Jews
               ,
               at
               the
               naming
               the
               name
               of
               Haman
               ,
               to
               beat
               their
               fists
               upon
               the
               Planchers
               where
               they
               were
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               had
               been
               upon
               Haman's
               head
               ;
               not
               willing
               that
               such
               an
               enemy
               to
               Religion
               ,
               and
               one
               that
               had
               deserved
               so
               ill
               of
               it
               ,
               should
               have
               a
               naming
               among
               them
               ,
               without
               a
               blow
               at
               the
               same
               time
               (
               if
               possible
               )
               to
               brain
               him
               .
               
                 Now
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Acts
                 of
                 Zimri
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Treason
                 that
                 he
                 wrought
                 ,
                 are
                 they
                 not
                 
                 written
                 in
                 the
                 Chronicles
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 of
                 Israel
              
               (
               1
               Kin.
               16.20
               .
               )
               ;
               such
               sort
               of
               sinners
               must
               not
               off
               the
               stage
               and
               have
               their
               memories
               preserved
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               to
               keep
               up
               their
               wickedness
               ,
               and
               therewith
               their
               punishments
               ,
               for
               an
               admonition
               to
               us
               that
               we
               be
               not
               in
               our
               generations
               like
               unto
               them
               .
               And
               wherefore
               then
               is
               it
               ,
               O
               Son
               of
               Dathan
               !
               that
               thou
               canst
               glory
               in
               thine
               or
               thy
               fathers
               shame
               ?
               That
               thou
               canst
               boast
               of
               the
               mutinies
               thou
               hast
               made
               ,
               of
               the
               battels
               thou
               hast
               been
               engaged
               in
               ,
               of
               the
               murders
               thou
               hast
               therein
               committed
               ?
               Dost
               thou
               think
               that
               those
               arms
               (
               those
               Spears
               ,
               which
               hang
               up
               as
               Trophies
               by
               thee
               of
               thy
               wickedness
               )
               do
               ,
               or
               can
               give
               lustre
               to
               thy
               name
               ,
               or
               add
               any
               merit
               to
               thy
               family
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               canst
               thou
               imagine
               ,
               that
               those
               sinners
               upon
               whom
               the
               tower
               of
               Siloam
               fell
               ,
               or
               rather
               those
               sinners
               whose
               limbs
               are
               yet
               upon
               the
               Tower
               ,
               were
               sinners
               above
               all
               other
               men
               ?
               I
               tell
               you
               nay
               ,
               
                 but
                 except
                 you
                 repent
                 ,
                 ye
                 shall
                 all
                 likewise
                 perish
                 .
              
               Remark
               we
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               Sedition
               and
               Rebelion
               are
               two
               such
               sins
               ,
               that
               God
               usually
               punisheth
               unto
               the
               third
               and
               fourth
               generation
               ,
               unless
               by
               their
               posterity
               they
               be
               repented
               of
               .
               Here
               you
               shall
               find
               the
               whole
               family
               of
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               to
               be
               cut
               off
               ;
               they
               and
               all
               that
               appertain'd
               unto
               them
               ,
               
                 their
                 wives
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 sons
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 little
                 children
                 ,
                 (
                 Num.
              
               16.27
               .
               )
               Insomuch
               that
               when
               the
               land
               was
               to
               be
               divided
               among
               the
               respective
               families
               of
               Israel
               ,
               there
               was
               not
               one
               of
               the
               families
               either
               of
               Dathan
               or
               Abiram
               to
               be
               found
               (
               Num.
               26.
               )
               ;
               which
               shews
               ,
               that
               they
               all
               dyed
               with
               ,
               for
               ,
               or
               under
               their
               fathers
               sins
               .
               Nay
               ,
               look
               into
               the
               next
               Chapter
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               find
               the
               daughters
               of
               Zelophehad
               (
               though
               
               their
               father
               was
               dead
               )
               pleading
               for
               his
               inheritance
               ,
               and
               using
               this
               for
               an
               argument
               why
               they
               should
               not
               be
               overlook'd
               nor
               pass'd
               by
               in
               the
               division
               ,
               because
               though
               dead
               ,
               yet
               he
               dyed
               in
               his
               own
               sin
               and
               not
               in
               the
               company
               with
               Dathan
               and
               
                 Abiram
                 ;
                 Our
                 father
                 dyed
                 in
                 the
                 wilderness
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 company
                 of
                 Korah
                 ,
                 but
                 dyed
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 sin
                 (
                 v.
              
               3.
               )
               ;
               intimating
               ,
               that
               if
               he
               had
               been
               guilty
               of
               the
               Treason
               ,
               or
               had
               been
               in
               the
               Conspiaacy
               with
               those
               Traitors
               and
               Rebels
               ,
               his
               name
               had
               worthily
               been
               struck
               out
               of
               the
               genealogy
               ,
               and
               his
               posterity
               justly
               disinherited
               ,
               and
               made
               objects
               of
               scorn
               ,
               contempt
               and
               poverty
               to
               all
               after
               ages
               .
               The
               sons
               indeed
               of
               Korah
               either
               were
               not
               ingag'd
               in
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               repented
               them
               of
               their
               fathers
               sin
               ;
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               sad
               (
               in
               the
               verse
               save
               one
               succeeding
               my
               Text
               )
               
                 that
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 Korah
                 dyed
                 not
              
               :
               nay
               ,
               they
               not
               only
               surviv'd
               the
               desolation
               ,
               but
               they
               kept
               their
               office
               in
               Israel
               ;
               for
               their
               genealogy
               is
               reckoned
               ,
               their
               posterity
               appointed
               by
               David
               to
               be
               Singers
               in
               the
               house
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               they
               had
               many
               Psalms
               dedicated
               to
               them
               ,
               of
               them
               came
               Samuel
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               and
               Heman
               who
               with
               his
               off-spring
               were
               singers
               (
               1
               Chron.
               6.
               )
               ;
               and
               I
               dare
               say
               there
               is
               no
               man
               living
               who
               wisheth
               well
               either
               to
               Moses
               or
               to
               Aaron
               ,
               that
               envies
               theirs
               or
               any
               other
               man's
               reconciliation
               or
               preferment
               .
               We
               know
               ,
               and
               we
               desire
               that
               the
               sons
               integrity
               may
               expiate
               for
               their
               fathers
               sedition
               ,
               and
               their
               after
               Loyalty
               for
               all
               former
               Rebellions
               ;
               
                 there
                 is
                 joy
                 in
                 heaven
              
               (
               as
               our
               Saviour
               telleth
               us
               )
               
                 over
                 one
                 sinner
                 that
                 repenteth
              
               ,
               and
               our
               trouble
               rather
               is
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               not
               more
               ,
               as
               great
               an
               appearance
               of
               them
               as
               ever
               march'd
               against
               their
               King
               ,
               or
               quarrel'd
               their
               Priests
               :
               I
               should
               then
               turn
               
               my
               Sword
               into
               a
               Plough-share
               ,
               my
               Steleteuticks
               into
               Euges
               ,
               my
               reproofs
               into
               Paeans
               ;
               I
               would
               bless
               the
               day
               ,
               and
               enter
               it
               not
               into
               my
               Rubrick
               (
               that
               perhaps
               may
               seem
               too
               bloody
               )
               but
               into
               my
               Calendar
               (
               which
               hath
               its
               atros
               as
               well
               as
               
                 albos
                 dies
              
               )
               that
               ever
               I
               saw
               such
               a
               reformation
               ;
               and
               instead
               of
               rearing
               up
               gibbets
               with
               Haman
               ,
               I
               would
               venture
               my
               life
               with
               Hester
               (
               were
               my
               interest
               like
               hers
               )
               to
               lead
               such
               Mordecaies
               to
               the
               King
               :
               but
               since
               I
               see
               ,
               that
               the
               dog
               returns
               unto
               his
               vomit
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               only
               the
               
                 parents
                 have
                 eaten
                 sowre
                 grapes
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 their
                 childrens
                 teeth
                 are
                 set
                 on
                 edge
                 by
                 them
                 ,
              
               I
               hope
               it
               will
               not
               be
               amiss
               to
               call
               unto
               such
               to
               repent
               lest
               the
               tower
               of
               Siloam
               fall
               also
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               they
               likewise
               perish
               in
               the
               gain
               saying
               of
               Korah
               .
               For
               my
               part
               ,
               had
               I
               been
               the
               son
               of
               a
               Korah
               ,
               of
               a
               Dathan
               or
               Abiram
               ,
               and
               had
               not
               repented
               me
               of
               my
               fathers
               sins
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               given
               a
               sufficient
               demonstration
               to
               the
               world
               of
               that
               my
               repentance
               ,
               I
               should
               dream
               of
               nothing
               but
               of
               murdered
               Bishops
               and
               of
               martyr'd
               Kings
               ,
               of
               Whitehal
               Scaffolds
               and
               of
               Edghill
               fights
               ;
               Cromwel
               and
               Bradshaw
               in
               their
               blood
               and
               armour
               would
               be
               all
               I
               should
               see
               ;
               Certainly
               the
               most
               miserable
               Caitiff
               whom
               the
               earth
               hath
               not
               as
               yet
               swallowed
               ,
               or
               whose
               limbs
               the
               justice
               of
               God
               hath
               not
               exalted
               to
               be
               a
               spectacle
               to
               Angels
               and
               men
               ;
               I
               should
               fansie
               every
               corps
               I
               touch
               ,
               would
               bleed
               ;
               every
               grave
               I
               tread
               upon
               ,
               would
               cry
               out
               like
               Abel's
               against
               me
               ;
               I
               should
               conclude
               an
               host
               of
               Loyalists
               and
               Churchmen
               always
               behind
               me
               ,
               chaceing
               me
               to
               the
               judgment-seat
               to
               give
               an
               account
               of
               my
               actions
               ;
               but
               how
               others
               do
               or
               can
               harden
               themselves
               ,
               unless
               they
               be
               their
               fathers
               own
               sons
               in
               principles
               as
               in
               blood
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               may
               perhaps
               pity
               ,
               but
               (
               I
               am
               
               afraid
               )
               never
               reform
               .
               And
               yet
               verily
               there
               is
               a
               generation
               of
               men
               in
               the
               world
               who
               need
               none
               of
               this
               repentance
               ;
               who
               have
               been
               neither
               enemies
               to
               their
               King
               nor
               opposers
               of
               their
               Priests
               ;
               who
               in
               the
               heat
               of
               the
               mutiny
               have
               been
               neither
               Schismaticks
               with
               Korah
               ,
               nor
               Rebels
               with
               Dathan
               ;
               but
               
                 fidi
                 Achates
              
               ,
               trusty
               and
               Loyal
               Subjects
               ;
               good
               old
               Barzillai's
               ,
               who
               are
               feign
               (
               God
               knows
               )
               to
               be
               content
               with
               their
               
                 olim
                 meminisse
              
               ,
               their
               wounds
               and
               scars
               ,
               and
               dy'd
               garments
               from
               Bozrah
               ;
               the
               services
               they
               have
               done
               ,
               and
               the
               sufferings
               they
               have
               undergone
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               others
               who
               following
               their
               fathers
               steps
               ,
               have
               fought
               with
               beasts
               at
               Ephesus
               ,
               ventur'd
               at
               the
               dens
               of
               Lyons
               ,
               stood
               the
               shock
               of
               Schismatical
               envy
               and
               Democratical
               fury
               ;
               and
               whenever
               the
               records
               be
               search'd
               ,
               I
               wish
               their
               names
               and
               their
               merits
               may
               not
               be
               overlook'd
               .
               But
               and
               if
               this
               be
               that
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               ,
               or
               if
               these
               be
               the
               sons
               of
               that
               Dathan
               and
               Abiram
               ,
               whose
               names
               are
               to
               be
               branded
               to
               all
               posterity
               for
               their
               Schismatical
               rebellious
               doings
               ,
               what
               ought
               to
               be
               done
               to
               those
               that
               have
               been
               thus
               faithful
               and
               loyal
               ,
               valiant
               and
               serviceable
               ,
               ever
               striving
               against
               the
               strivers
               ,
               and
               (
               as
               need
               requir'd
               )
               resisting
               the
               resisters
               unto
               blood
               ?
               Verily
               ,
               Silver
               and
               Gold
               I
               have
               none
               ,
               but
               what
               I
               have
               ,
               give
               I
               heartily
               unto
               you
               ;
               may
               the
               blessing
               therefore
               of
               Aaron
               and
               of
               his
               rod
               fall
               upon
               you
               ,
               and
               follow
               you
               ;
               may
               the
               King
               of
               Jeshurun
               (
               whose
               Champions
               and
               worthies
               you
               have
               been
               )
               with
               his
               oyl
               and
               his
               fatness
               reward
               you
               ,
               and
               (
               when
               the
               day
               of
               account
               comes
               )
               may
               you
               never
               be
               found
               Rebels
               to
               your
               God
               ,
               more
               than
               you
               have
               been
               unto
               your
               King.
               Remark
               we
            
             
             
               3.
               
               That
               Sedition
               and
               Rebellion
               are
               two
               such
               sins
               that
               will
               destroy
               the
               whole
               fabrick
               of
               Government
               though
               never
               so
               well
               rear'd
               ,
               and
               run
               it
               eftsoon
               into
               confusion
               and
               slavery
               ,
               if
               not
               timely
               and
               carefully
               prevented
               .
               They
               'l
               divide
               the
               house
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               house
               be
               divided
               ,
               truth
               it self
               will
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               it
               cannot
               stand
               .
               Humanity
               will
               turn
               into
               cruelty
               ,
               nature
               and
               friendship
               into
               Faction
               and
               fury
               ;
               to
               kill
               one
               another
               will
               be
               called
               valour
               ,
               to
               disobey
               the
               King
               accounted
               loyalty
               ;
               plain
               robbery
               and
               oppression
               the
               best
               of
               zeal
               and
               Religion
               ;
               the
               Sword
               (
               the
               bloody
               ,
               heedless
               ,
               devouring
               Sword
               )
               the
               only
               
                 Lord
                 Chief
                 Justice
              
               of
               the
               Land.
               We
               shall
               soon
               see
               an
               overthrow
               of
               all
               order
               and
               Law
               ,
               a
               confusion
               in
               our
               duties
               both
               to
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               and
               a
               Kingdom
               (
               which
               for
               its
               pleasure
               may
               be
               a
               Paradise
               ,
               for
               its
               Light
               a
               Goshen
               ,
               for
               its
               plenty
               a
               Canaan
               )
               chang'd
               into
               a
               Chaos
               ,
               a
               worser
               Chaos
               than
               that
               which
               the
               world
               came
               out
               of
               ;
               for
               a
               word
               put
               an
               end
               to
               that
               (
               
                 God
                 spake
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 world
                 was
                 made
                 ,
              
               Psalm
               38.9
               .
               )
               ;
               nay
               ,
               
                 God
                 divided
                 the
                 light
                 from
                 the
                 darkness
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 called
                 the
                 light
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 darkness
                 he
                 called
                 night
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Evening
                 and
                 the
                 Morning
                 were
                 the
                 first
                 Day
              
               :
               (
               Gen.
               1.5
               .
               )
               But
               if
               these
               take
               place
               ,
               Evening
               and
               Morning
               will
               be
               both
               alike
               ,
               we
               may
               know
               their
               beginning
               ,
               but
               never
               their
               ending
               ;
               darkness
               and
               horror
               of
               darkness
               !
               till
               we
               our selves
               (
               if
               we
               be
               not
               careful
               )
               fall
               thereby
               into
               the
               pit
               of
               darkness
               .
               Wherefore
               let
               me
               perswade
               you
               (
               you
               who
               are
               this
               day
               to
               number
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               to
               view
               the
               several
               inheritances
               among
               us
               ,
               that
               there
               be
               no
               Mutineer
               nor
               Rebel
               in
               our
               Tribes
               or
               families
               .
               )
            
             
             
               To
               be
               careful
               and
               jealous
               in
               that
               your
               enquiry
               ,
               that
               none
               such
               pass
               your
               Tribunal
               ;
               much
               less
               go
               off
               from
               you
               with
               Ceremony
               and
               Complement
               (
               too
               customary
               a
               thing
               with
               some
               )
               as
               if
               you
               were
               lovers
               of
               their
               Nation
               ,
               and
               would
               build
               them
               Synagogues
               .
               It
               is
               not
               their
               being
               an
               holy
               Congregation
               that
               will
               make
               them
               (
               when
               they
               are
               Seditious
               )
               Holy
               ;
               neither
               will
               your
               punishing
               them
               be
               a
               slaying
               the
               people
               of
               the
               Lord.
               We
               live
               (
               you
               see
               )
               in
               an
               age
               full
               of
               Sedition
               and
               Conspiracy
               ,
               where
               neither
               our
               Moses
               can
               well
               keep
               his
               Crown
               upon
               his
               head
               ,
               nor
               our
               Aaron
               his
               Ephod
               upon
               his
               breast
               ;
               the
               Seditious
               Levite
               on
               one
               hand
               ,
               the
               Rebellious
               Reubenite
               on
               the
               other
               ,
               are
               so
               industriously
               concern'd
               in
               the
               undermining
               and
               supplanting
               them
               both
               ,
               that
               if
               heaven
               interpose
               not
               to
               defend
               the
               one
               and
               to
               root
               out
               the
               other
               ,
               both
               Moses
               and
               Aaron
               ,
               Priesthood
               and
               Government
               must
               sink
               and
               fall
               together
               .
               Wherefore
               to
               your
               respective
               Stations
               and
               Charge
               ;
               and
               know
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               Dathans
               Conspiracy
               is
               still
               on
               foot
               in
               the
               land
               ,
               alive
               and
               alive
               like
               to
               be
               .
               The
               Cause
               (
               saith
               one
               of
               our
               late
               Regicides
               )
               lies
               in
               the
               bosom
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               as
               sure
               as
               Christ
               arose
               ,
               the
               Cause
               will
               rise
               again
               :
               I
               believe
               (
               saith
               another
               of
               them
               ,
               no
               less
               Prophet
               than
               the
               former
               )
               that
               at
               long
               running
               there
               is
               not
               a
               man
               that
               fears
               the
               Lord
               ,
               will
               have
               any
               reason
               to
               be
               sorrowful
               for
               engaging
               in
               the
               Cause
               ;
               for
               though
               the
               Lord
               hath
               been
               pleased
               to
               let
               it
               be
               as
               it
               were
               the
               Sun-setting
               for
               a
               night
               ,
               yet
               it
               will
               certainly
               arise
               next
               Morning
               very
               gloriously
               
               again
               .
               Neither
               was
               it
               (
               for
               ought
               that
               I
               cand
               find
               )
               ever
               thorowly
               brow-beaten
               ,
               or
               hiss'd
               off
               the
               stage
               ;
               These
               (
               saith
               the
               publishers
               of
               their
               death
               )
               all
               dy'd
               in
               the
               Faith
               ;
               Saints
               who
               through
               Faith
               of
               the
               Gospel
               have
               entered
               into
               rest
               .
               Nay
               ,
               who
               of
               the
               Company
               of
               them
               (
               especially
               if
               they
               were
               famous
               either
               in
               the
               Assembly
               or
               in
               the
               Congregation
               )
               ever
               went
               unto
               their
               graves
               (
               from
               that
               day
               to
               this
               )
               without
               an
               Herse
               full
               of
               Scripture
               Scutcheons
               ,
               and
               Religious
               Labels
               ?
               The
               memory
               of
               the
               Just
               is
               blessed
               ,
               precious
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               the
               death
               of
               his
               Saints
               ;
               enough
               to
               give
               credit
               to
               the
               worst
               of
               Causes
               ,
               and
               to
               draw
               all
               the
               Saints
               of
               the
               land
               after
               them
               :
               And
               yet
               (
               with
               horror
               be
               it
               spoken
               )
               some
               of
               them
               have
               had
               their
               bowels
               burnt
               alive
               ,
               and
               went
               down
               into
               the
               earth
               like
               Dathan
               ;
               others
               of
               them
               liv'd
               and
               dy'd
               in
               the
               company
               of
               Korah
               ,
               and
               never
               repented
               them
               of
               their
               sins
               though
               stained
               with
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               best
               of
               Kings
               ,
               and
               the
               devoutest
               of
               Prelates
               .
               Shall
               I
               re-mind
               you
               of
               what
               one
               of
               the
               Korathites
               still
               living
               hath
               said
               of
               himself
               ?
               That
               he
               hath
               often
               searched
               into
               his
               heart
               whether
               he
               did
               lawfully
               engage
               in
               the
               late
               War
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               or
               did
               well
               to
               encourage
               so
               many
               thousands
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               cannot
               as
               yet
               see
               that
               he
               was
               mistaken
               in
               the
               Cause
               ,
               neither
               dares
               he
               repent
               of
               it
               ,
               nor
               forbear
               to
               do
               the
               same
               if
               it
               were
               to
               do
               again
               .
               And
               yet
               this
               man
               lives
               and
               repents
               him
               not
               ;
               nay
               ,
               hath
               his
               Company
               with
               him
               still
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               preaches
               Sedition
               as
               of
               old
               ,
               and
               with
               whom
               thousands
               of
               the
               Dathanites
               and
               Abiramites
               of
               the
               land
               do
               Confederate
               ;
               whereby
               you
               may
               see
               the
               stubbornness
               
               and
               hopes
               of
               the
               Faction
               ,
               and
               how
               the
               good
               
                 Old
                 Cause
              
               will
               go
               on
               ,
               if
               God
               by
               his
               judgments
               ,
               and
               the
               Magistrate
               by
               his
               care
               and
               severity
               prevent
               it
               not
               .
               Awake
               and
               know
               ,
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               Cause
               not
               only
               lives
               ,
               but
               there
               are
               multitudes
               in
               the
               Land
               ,
               ready
               fixt
               and
               prepar'd
               to
               carry
               it
               on
               :
               dissatisfied
               Reubenites
               ,
               who
               for
               their
               own
               ,
               or
               their
               fathers
               sins
               have
               lost
               their
               offices
               ,
               their
               honours
               ,
               their
               birth-rights
               ;
               and
               perhaps
               not
               a
               few
               of
               them
               neither
               even
               among
               the
               very
               Senators
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               who
               (
               by
               their
               having
               been
               there
               )
               gather
               hopes
               to
               recover
               the
               greatness
               they
               have
               lost
               ;
               at
               least
               to
               make
               themselves
               too
               great
               ever
               after
               to
               be
               crushed
               ,
               or
               degraded
               again
               .
               But
               lodge
               they
               where
               they
               will
               ,
               I
               will
               be
               bold
               to
               say
               ,
               they
               are
               all
               of
               the
               Company
               of
               Korah
               ,
               frequenters
               of
               his
               Tents
               ,
               or
               lovers
               of
               his
               Company
               ;
               let
               but
               his
               Conventions
               be
               searched
               ,
               and
               you
               will
               find
               them
               all
               ;
               
                 for
                 of
                 this
                 sort
                 are
                 they
                 which
                 creep
                 into
                 houses
              
               (
               2
               Tim.
               3.6
               .
               )
               .
               However
               of
               such
               pernicious
               influence
               they
               have
               been
               ,
               that
               it
               will
               be
               difficult
               to
               say
               whether
               the
               Barrels
               of
               Powder
               once
               under
               the
               Senate
               ,
               or
               the
               Conventicles
               afterwards
               adjoyning
               ,
               have
               been
               the
               most
               fitted
               and
               adapted
               to
               blow
               it
               up
               ;
               or
               indeed
               whether
               Faux
               with
               his
               Dark
               Lanthorn
               and
               his
               Match
               in
               his
               hand
               ,
               or
               these
               with
               their
               
                 New
                 lights
              
               and
               their
               white
               and
               black
               Caps
               on
               their
               heads
               ,
               are
               the
               most
               likely
               to
               do
               the
               mischief
               ;
               pardon
               the
               expression
               ,
               but
               assuredly
               I
               my self
               in
               my
               days
               of
               Curiosity
               ,
               have
               heard
               such
               dangerous
               Positions
               ,
               such
               Fiery
               conclusions
               ,
               such
               Flambeau
               Divinity
               vented
               in
               those
               Assemblies
               ,
               that
               I
               never
               read
               nor
               met
               with
               the
               like
               
               in
               
                 Bellarmin
                 ,
                 Mariana
                 ,
                 Reynolds
              
               ,
               nor
               the
               worst
               of
               Jesuits
               .
               Let
               the
               Pillar
               then
               stand
               for
               a
               lasting
               Monument
               ,
               to
               instruct
               all
               that
               pass
               by
               where
               the
               Fire
               (
               that
               consumed
               the
               City
               and
               impoverished
               the
               Nation
               )
               first
               began
               ;
               but
               there
               are
               and
               have
               been
               of
               late
               so
               many
               incendiaries
               (
               Firers
               of
               the
               City
               and
               Country
               )
               for
               I
               look
               upon
               every
               Conventicler
               to
               be
               one
               ,
               that
               if
               a
               Column
               were
               to
               be
               erected
               at
               every
               place
               where
               the
               Nation
               hath
               been
               enflam'd
               ,
               we
               should
               not
               have
               Purse
               nor
               Piety
               enough
               to
               erect
               them
               .
               
                 Habent
                 &
                 Vespae
                 favos
              
               ,
               It
               seems
               Wasps
               as
               well
               as
               Bees
               have
               got
               their
               hives
               ;
               but
               if
               they
               be
               suffered
               to
               breed
               ,
               and
               to
               plant
               new
               Colonies
               ,
               the
               Hony
               of
               the
               Land
               will
               soon
               be
               eaten
               up
               ,
               and
               the
               Bees
               that
               should
               gather
               new
               destroy'd
               .
               Wherefore
               awake
               ,
               awake
               ,
               you
               Sampsons
               of
               the
               Age
               ,
               (
               you
               men
               of
               Loyalty
               and
               of
               strength
               )
               and
               know
               that
               the
               
                 Philistins
                 are
                 upon
                 you
              
               ;
               think
               not
               that
               to
               Address
               your selves
               to
               your
               King
               ,
               to
               Congratulate
               his
               late
               preservation
               is
               Loyalty
               enough
               ;
               the
               better
               way
               in
               these
               times
               of
               Conspiracy
               to
               express
               it
               ,
               will
               be
               to
               Address
               your selves
               unto
               his
               business
               ;
               to
               seize
               the
               Tents
               of
               Dathan
               ,
               and
               to
               scatter
               the
               Company
               of
               Korah
               :
               for
               assuredly
               ,
               if
               Korah
               hath
               his
               
                 Company
                 ,
                 Dathan
              
               will
               have
               his
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               not
               be
               long
               ere
               both
               of
               them
               
                 take
                 Men.
              
               May
               the
               God
               therefore
               of
               Peace
               ,
               
                 who
                 stilleth
                 the
                 raging
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 madness
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
              
               whose
               is
               the
               Kingdom
               and
               the
               Power
               ,
               and
               who
               sent
               his
               Son
               
                 to
                 reconcile
                 the
                 world
                 unto
                 himself
                 ,
              
               and
               each
               one
               therein
               unto
               the
               other
               ,
               make
               us
               all
               
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 one
                 mind
                 and
                 of
                 one
                 tongue
                 ;
                 and
                 through
                 the
                 assistance
                 of
                 his
                 holy
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 the
                 true
                 faith
                 and
                 fear
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 in
                 humble
                 Obedience
                 to
                 our
                 King
                 ,
                 in
                 
                 brotherly
                 love
                 and
                 Charity
                 one
                 to
                 another
                 ,
              
               that
               there
               may
               be
               no
               more
               Schisms
               nor
               Conspiracies
               among
               us
               ,
               but
               that
               we
               may
               (
               all
               and
               every
               one
               of
               us
               )
               
                 obey
                 them
                 that
                 have
                 the
                 rule
                 over
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 submit
                 our selves
                 to
                 them
                 who
                 watch
                 for
                 our
                 souls
                 .
              
               To
               whom
               three
               Persons
               ,
               one
               God
               ,
               be
               ascribed
               all
               Honour
               ,
               Glory
               ,
               Power
               ,
               Adoration
               now
               and
               for
               ever
               .
               Amen
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Books
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bishop's
           Head
           in
           St.
           
             Pauls
             Church-yard
          
           .
        
         
           PRosecution
           no
           Persecution
           :
           or
           the
           difference
           between
           Suffering
           for
           disobedience
           and
           Faction
           ,
           and
           suffering
           for
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           Christ's
           sake
           ;
           in
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           at
           Bury
           St.
           Edmunds
           in
           Suffolk
           ,
           being
           the
           time
           of
           the
           General
           Assizes
           there
           held
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Modern
             Pharisees
          
           :
           or
           a
           Sermon
           shewing
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           present
           Jesuites
           ,
           and
           Puritans
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           evil
           influence
           with
           the
           ancient
           Pharisees
           ;
           and
           equally
           vexatious
           and
           destructive
           to
           Government
           .
           Both
           by
           
             Nath.
             Bisbie
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           Mr
           Milbourn's
           Samaritanism
           Revived
           :
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           on
           the
           Ninth
           of
           September
           ,
           being
           the
           day
           appointed
           for
           a
           solemn
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           for
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           late
           
             Horrid
             Plot
          
           against
           his
           Majesties
           Person
           and
           Government
           .
        
         
           Mr
           Payne
           ,
           Of
           the
           unlawfulness
           of
           stretching
           forth
           the
           hand
           to
           Resist
           or
           Murder
           Princes
           ,
           with
           the
           principal
           cases
           about
           Resistance
           considered
           ,
           in
           Two
           Sermons
           :
           the
           first
           preached
           upon
           the
           last
           Thirtieth
           of
           January
           ;
           the
           other
           upon
           the
           day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           for
           the
           Deliverance
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           from
           the
           late
           Treasonable
           Conspiracy
           .
        
         
           Ahitophel's
           Policy
           Defeated
           :
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           on
           the
           Ninth
           of
           September
           ,
           being
           the
           day
           appointed
           by
           his
           Majesty
           for
           a
           Publick
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           for
           his
           and
           the
           Kingdoms
           great
           Deliverence
           from
           the
           late
           Treasonable
           Conspiracy
           .
        
         
           Mr
           Payne's
           Sermon
           .
           Learning
           and
           Knowledge
           ,
           recommended
           to
           the
           Scholars
           of
           Brentwood
           School
           in
           Essex
           ;
           Preached
           at
           their
           first
           Feast
           June
           29.
           1682.
           
           Published
           at
           the
           earnest
           desire
           of
           the
           Stewards
           .