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             A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London at the church of St. Mary le Bow, September the second, 1686 : being the anniversary fast for the dreadful fire in the year 1666 / by John Scott ...
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             Geffery
             Mayor
             .
          
           
             
               Martis
               vii
               .
               die
               Septemb.
               1686.
               
               Annoque
               Regni
               Regis
               Jacobi
               Secundi
               ,
               Angliae
               ,
               &c.
               secundo
               .
            
          
        
         
           THIS
           Court
           doth
           desire
           Dr
           Scott
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           Preached
           at
           Bow-Church
           on
           Thursday
           last
           the
           second
           Instant
           (
           being
           the
           Day
           of
           Humiliation
           for
           the
           great
           FIRE
           in
           London
           .
           )
           before
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           Citizens
           of
           this
           City
           .
        
         
           
             Wagstaffe
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Imprimatur
           .
        
         
           
             Guil.
             Needham
             R.
             R.
             in
             Christo
             Patri
             ac
             D
             no
             D
             no
             Wilhelmo
             Archiepisc
             .
             Cantuar.
             à
             sacris
             Domest
             .
          
           
             Ex
             Aedib
             .
             Lambeth
             .
             
               Sept.
               13.
               1686.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           THE
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           ALDERMEN
           ,
           AND
           Citizens
           of
           London
           ;
           At
           the
           CHURCH
           of
           St
           
             Mary
             le
             Bow
             ,
             September
          
           the
           Second
           ,
           1686.
           
        
         
           BEING
           THE
           ANNIVERSARY
           FAST
           For
           the
           Dreadful
           Fire
           in
           the
           Year
           1666.
           
        
         
           By
           
             Iohn
             Scott
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Rector
           of
           St
           
             Peters
             Poor
             ,
             London
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Walter
           Kettilby
           
             at
             the
          
           Bishop
           '
           s
           Head
           
             in
             S.
          
           Paul
           '
           
             s
             Church-yard
             ,
             and
          
           Thomas
           Horn
           
             at
             the
             South-end
             of
             the
          
           Royal
           Exchange
           ,
           MDCLXXXVI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             JOHN
             V.
             14.
             
          
           
             Behold
             ,
             thou
             art
             made
             whole
             ,
             sin
             no
             more
             ,
             lest
             a
             worse
             thing
             come
             unto
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           THESE
           Words
           are
           the
           Advice
           of
           our
           Saviour
           to
           the
           impotent
           man
           ,
           whom
           he
           miraculously
           cured
           after
           he
           had
           long
           waited
           to
           no
           purpose
           at
           the
           Pool
           of
           Bethesda
           :
           And
           seriously
           when
           I
           consider
           the
           miserable
           state
           to
           which
           this
           ancient
           City
           was
           reduced
           by
           the
           late
           stupendious
           Fire
           ,
           and
           the
           since
           glorious
           recovery
           of
           it
           out
           of
           its
           mighty
           heap
           of
           Ruines
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           an
           exact
           emblem
           of
           this
           poor
           Patient
           in
           my
           Text.
           With
           him
           ,
           not
           long
           ago
           ,
           it
           was
           reduced
           to
           a
           wretched
           impotent
           condition
           ;
           its
           goodly
           Piles
           lay
           bed-rid
           in
           their
           own
           sad
           Ruines
           ,
           almost
           despairing
           of
           Recovery
           ,
           and
           the
           utmost
           that
           humane
           Prudence
           could
           hope
           ,
           was
           that
           the
           next
           Age
           might
           see
           their
           Resurrection
           .
           But
           by
           the
           miraculous
           courage
           and
           industry
           with
           which
           God
           inspired
           their
           former
           Inhabitants
           ,
           behold
           they
           are
           
           raised
           again
           within
           a
           few
           Years
           more
           Glorious
           and
           Magnificent
           than
           ever
           ;
           and
           we
           that
           saw
           their
           Desolations
           ,
           and
           were
           almost
           ready
           to
           give
           them
           over
           for
           irreparable
           ,
           have
           lived
           to
           see
           them
           rise
           again
           in
           state
           and
           splendour
           out
           of
           their
           Ashes
           .
           And
           now
           that
           our
           City
           is
           revived
           again
           ,
           and
           flourishes
           in
           perfect
           health
           and
           vigour
           ,
           methinks
           I
           hear
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           bespeak
           her
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           did
           his
           recovered
           Patient
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Go
             thy
             way
             ,
             and
             sin
             no
             more
             ,
             lest
             a
             worse
             thing
             come
             unto
             thee
             .
          
           In
           which
           words
           you
           have
           ,
        
         
           
             I.
             A
             Caution
             ,
             
               Sin
               no
               more
            
             .
          
           
             II.
             A
             twofold
             Reason
             of
             it
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Behold
                 ,
                 thou
                 art
                 made
                 whole
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Lest
                 a
                 worse
                 thing
                 come
                 unto
                 thee
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           I.
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           
             Sin
             no
             more
          
           .
           Which
           words
           plainly
           imply
           that
           he
           had
           been
           a
           sinner
           heretofore
           ;
           and
           that
           because
           he
           had
           so
           ,
           therefore
           he
           was
           reduced
           to
           that
           wretched
           impotent
           condition
           ,
           that
           his
           disease
           was
           the
           punishment
           of
           his
           fault
           ,
           and
           the
           product
           of
           his
           own
           wickedness
           :
           for
           otherwise
           he
           had
           no
           reason
           to
           take
           warning
           by
           it
           not
           to
           sin
           again
           ;
           if
           his
           former
           impotence
           had
           not
           been
           the
           effect
           
           of
           his
           sin
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           have
           been
           urged
           as
           a
           proper
           argument
           to
           perswade
           him
           to
           a
           future
           reformation
           .
           In
           this
           therefore
           the
           strength
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Caution
           lies
           ,
           The
           impotence
           under
           which
           thou
           didst
           so
           lately
           languish
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           I
           have
           now
           recovered
           thee
           ,
           was
           inflicted
           on
           thee
           by
           God
           as
           a
           just
           retribution
           for
           thy
           wickedness
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           since
           thou
           art
           thus
           happily
           recovered
           ,
           beware
           thou
           dost
           not
           sin
           again
           ,
           lest
           thou
           provoke
           him
           by
           it
           to
           scourge
           thee
           more
           severely
           .
           So
           that
           the
           main
           design
           of
           this
           Caution
           ,
           is
           to
           convince
           us
           that
           those
           Evils
           and
           Calamities
           under
           which
           we
           suffer
           ,
           are
           some
           way
           or
           other
           occasioned
           by
           our
           sin
           .
           And
           indeed
           if
           we
           impartially
           survey
           those
           numerous
           calamities
           which
           oppress
           the
           World
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           them
           generally
           reducible
           to
           one
           of
           these
           three
           Heads
           .
           Either
           (
           1.
           )
           they
           are
           the
           natural
           Effects
           of
           sin
           ,
           Or
           (
           2.
           )
           the
           just
           Retributions
           of
           it
           ,
           Or
           (
           3.
           )
           the
           necessary
           Antidotes
           against
           it
           .
           Of
           each
           of
           these
           very
           briefly
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           Many
           of
           those
           evils
           and
           calamities
           under
           which
           we
           suffer
           ,
           are
           the
           natural
           Effects
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           such
           it
           's
           possible
           was
           the
           disease
           of
           which
           our
           Saviour
           cured
           this
           impotent
           Patient
           ,
           even
           the
           natural
           effect
           either
           of
           
           his
           Intemperance
           ,
           Wantonness
           ,
           or
           immoderate
           Passion
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           natural
           causes
           of
           most
           of
           those
           diseases
           under
           which
           we
           languish
           .
           For
           either
           they
           are
           intailed
           upon
           us
           by
           our
           Parents
           ,
           who
           beget
           us
           usually
           in
           their
           own
           likeness
           ;
           and
           so
           having
           diseased
           themselves
           by
           their
           own
           Debauches
           ,
           derive
           to
           us
           their
           frail
           and
           crazy
           constitutions
           ,
           and
           leave
           us
           Heirs
           of
           the
           woful
           effects
           of
           their
           own
           Intemperance
           and
           Lasciviousness
           :
           for
           so
           we
           commonly
           find
           the
           Stone
           and
           Gout
           ,
           Consumption
           and
           Catarrhs
           derived
           through
           many
           generations
           from
           the
           vices
           of
           one
           wicked
           Progenitor
           ,
           who
           to
           enjoy
           the
           pleasures
           of
           an
           intemperate
           Draught
           ,
           or
           the
           embraces
           of
           a
           rotten
           Whore
           ,
           doth
           many
           times
           entail
           a
           lingring
           torment
           upon
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           his
           Childrens
           Children
           .
           Others
           ,
           again
           ,
           owe
           their
           diseases
           to
           their
           own
           personal
           vices
           ,
           and
           by
           abusing
           their
           Bodies
           to
           satisfie
           their
           Lusts
           ,
           convert
           them
           into
           walking
           Hospitals
           ;
           they
           suck
           in
           Rheums
           and
           Defluxions
           with
           their
           intemperate
           Draughts
           ,
           and
           change
           the
           pleasure
           of
           a
           sober
           and
           temperate
           life
           ,
           for
           Fevers
           and
           the
           uneasiness
           of
           Debauches
           ;
           they
           swallow
           their
           Surfeits
           in
           their
           gluttonous
           Meals
           ,
           and
           fill
           their
           Veins
           with
           flat
           and
           sprightless
           humours
           ,
           till
           
           by
           degrees
           they
           have
           turned
           their
           sickly
           Bodies
           into
           mere
           Statues
           of
           Earth
           and
           Phlegm
           .
           And
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           they
           wast
           themselves
           in
           their
           insatiable
           wantonness
           ,
           and
           sacrifice
           their
           strength
           to
           a
           beastly
           importunity
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           contract
           those
           noisome
           Diseases
           that
           make
           them
           putrifie
           alive
           ,
           and
           even
           anticipate
           the
           uncleanness
           of
           the
           Grave
           .
           And
           as
           our
           bodily
           Diseases
           are
           generally
           the
           natural
           effects
           of
           our
           Sin
           ,
           so
           are
           most
           others
           of
           those
           Calamities
           under
           which
           we
           groan
           .
           Thus
           Want
           and
           Poverty
           are
           usually
           the
           effects
           either
           of
           our
           own
           Sloth
           or
           Prodigality
           ,
           or
           else
           of
           the
           Fraud
           and
           Oppression
           of
           those
           we
           deal
           with
           :
           and
           Wars
           and
           Devastations
           the
           natural
           products
           either
           of
           the
           Ambition
           or
           Covetousness
           of
           those
           who
           are
           the
           Aggressors
           .
           Thus
           Sin
           ,
           you
           see
           ,
           is
           the
           Pandora's
           Box
           ,
           whence
           most
           of
           those
           swarms
           of
           Miseries
           issue
           that
           sting
           and
           disturb
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           indeed
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           nature
           ,
           to
           deter
           men
           from
           Sin
           ,
           hath
           coupled
           Misery
           to
           it
           so
           inseparably
           ,
           that
           whilst
           he
           continues
           things
           in
           their
           natural
           course
           ,
           we
           may
           as
           soon
           be
           men
           without
           being
           reasonable
           ,
           as
           sinful
           men
           without
           being
           miserable
           .
           Hence
           we
           find
           ,
           That
           when
           he
           had
           tryed
           all
           the
           arts
           of
           Discipline
           on
           the
           obstinate
           Jews
           ,
           
           and
           none
           were
           effectual
           ,
           he
           at
           last
           consigns
           them
           to
           the
           dire
           correction
           of
           their
           own
           Follies
           ,
           
             Ier.
             2
             19.
             
             Thine
             own
             wickedness
             shall
             correct
             thee
             ,
             and
             thy
             backsliding
             shall
             reprove
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           Again
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           Many
           of
           those
           Evils
           and
           Calamities
           under
           which
           we
           suffer
           ,
           are
           the
           just
           retributions
           of
           Sin.
           For
           besides
           those
           numerous
           Evils
           that
           are
           naturally
           appendant
           unto
           wicked
           actions
           ,
           there
           are
           sundry
           others
           under
           which
           we
           suffer
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           more
           immediate
           effects
           of
           the
           Divine
           Displeasure
           ,
           and
           are
           inflicted
           on
           us
           by
           God
           as
           the
           condign
           Punishments
           of
           our
           Rebellions
           against
           him
           :
           and
           these
           are
           such
           as
           proceed
           not
           from
           any
           necessary
           causality
           in
           the
           sinful
           actions
           themselves
           ,
           but
           are
           wholly
           owing
           to
           the
           Providence
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           which
           either
           inflicts
           them
           immediately
           upon
           us
           ,
           or
           else
           disposes
           second
           Causes
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           natural
           tendency
           ,
           to
           come
           to
           the
           production
           of
           them
           ;
           such
           were
           the
           Drowning
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Burning
           of
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrha
           ,
           the
           Judgement
           of
           
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
          
           ,
           and
           Abiram
           ,
           and
           sundry
           other
           such
           like
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Scripture
           .
           And
           though
           in
           sundry
           of
           those
           Judgements
           ,
           which
           God
           inflicts
           upon
           sinful
           men
           ,
           his
           hand
           doth
           not
           so
           visibly
           appear
           as
           it
           did
           in
           those
           ;
           yet
           
           sundry
           of
           them
           are
           impressed
           with
           such
           visible
           Characters
           of
           the
           Divine
           Displeasure
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           conclude
           them
           to
           be
           the
           immediate
           effects
           of
           it
           .
           As
           when
           we
           see
           some
           great
           and
           unexpected
           Calamity
           befal
           a
           Sinner
           in
           the
           very
           commission
           of
           a
           wicked
           Action
           ;
           or
           when
           he
           is
           punished
           in
           kind
           ,
           and
           the
           Judgement
           inflicted
           on
           him
           bears
           an
           exact
           correspondence
           with
           his
           Sin
           ;
           or
           when
           upon
           the
           commission
           of
           some
           notorious
           Villany
           ,
           some
           strange
           and
           extraordinary
           evil
           befals
           him
           :
           in
           these
           and
           such
           like
           cases
           ,
           although
           it
           's
           possible
           they
           may
           be
           the
           effects
           of
           some
           casual
           concurrence
           of
           second
           Causes
           ;
           yet
           there
           being
           such
           plain
           indications
           of
           designed
           Punishment
           in
           them
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           very
           unreasonable
           to
           attribute
           them
           to
           a
           mere
           blind
           and
           undesigning
           Chance
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           although
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           it
           argues
           an
           uncharitable
           and
           superstitious
           mind
           to
           attribute
           every
           calamity
           of
           our
           Brother
           to
           the
           Righteous
           Judgement
           and
           Displeasure
           of
           God
           ;
           yet
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           it
           's
           no
           less
           an
           argument
           of
           a
           stupid
           wretchless
           Soul
           ,
           to
           attribute
           those
           Evils
           to
           chance
           ,
           on
           which
           there
           are
           such
           apparent
           symptoms
           of
           the
           Divine
           Displeasure
           .
           And
           though
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           
           but
           many
           of
           those
           evil
           Events
           that
           befal
           us
           do
           merely
           result
           from
           the
           established
           course
           and
           order
           of
           necessary
           Causes
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           no
           man
           that
           owns
           either
           a
           Providence
           or
           the
           truth
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           but
           must
           readily
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           established
           course
           of
           things
           ,
           God
           very
           often
           interposes
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           rewarding
           of
           good
           and
           punishing
           of
           bad
           men
           ,
           so
           varies
           the
           courses
           of
           these
           secondary
           Causes
           ,
           as
           to
           produce
           good
           and
           evil
           by
           them
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           natural
           series
           and
           tendencies
           .
           For
           should
           he
           have
           limited
           himself
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           resolved
           to
           keep
           things
           on
           for
           ever
           in
           one
           fatal
           unvariable
           course
           of
           motion
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           tyed
           up
           his
           hands
           from
           rewarding
           and
           punishing
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           principal
           acts
           of
           his
           governing
           Providence
           ;
           and
           consequently
           all
           his
           promises
           and
           threats
           of
           temporal
           Blessings
           and
           Judgments
           ,
           must
           have
           been
           perfectly
           null
           and
           insignificant
           .
           This
           therefore
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           by
           all
           that
           have
           any
           sense
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           That
           many
           of
           those
           Evils
           under
           which
           we
           suffer
           ,
           are
           the
           just
           Judgments
           of
           God
           in
           retribution
           for
           our
           Folly
           and
           Wickedness
           .
           But
           I
           see
           I
           must
           hasten
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           And
           lastly
           ,
           many
           of
           those
           Evils
           and
           Calamities
           we
           indure
           ,
           are
           inflicted
           as
           necessary
           
           Antidotes
           against
           Sin.
           For
           certainly
           ,
           considering
           the
           degenerate
           state
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           the
           perverseness
           and
           disingenuity
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           mankind
           ,
           Afflictions
           and
           Calamities
           are
           as
           necessary
           to
           keep
           us
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           Sobriety
           ,
           as
           Chains
           and
           Whips
           are
           to
           tame
           Madmen
           :
           And
           should
           the
           great
           Governour
           of
           the
           World
           still
           indulge
           to
           us
           our
           wills
           ,
           and
           accommodate
           all
           Events
           to
           our
           desires
           ,
           we
           should
           grow
           so
           extravagantly
           insolent
           ,
           that
           't
           would
           be
           impossible
           to
           keep
           us
           within
           any
           bounds
           or
           compass
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           in
           charity
           to
           us
           ,
           he
           is
           many
           times
           forced
           to
           cross
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           inflict
           less
           Evils
           on
           us
           ,
           to
           prevent
           greater
           .
           He
           sees
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           should
           gratifie
           our
           fond
           Desires
           ,
           't
           would
           be
           a
           cruel
           kindness
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           hurt
           us
           more
           than
           ever
           it
           would
           benefit
           us
           ;
           't
           would
           damp
           our
           Piety
           ,
           or
           carnalize
           our
           Spirits
           ,
           swell
           our
           Pride
           ,
           or
           pamper
           our
           Luxury
           ,
           give
           such
           a
           loose
           to
           our
           extravagant
           Passions
           ,
           as
           would
           in
           the
           end
           render
           us
           far
           more
           miserable
           than
           the
           want
           of
           what
           we
           desire
           can
           do
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           in
           mere
           pity
           to
           us
           ,
           instead
           of
           giving
           us
           the
           good
           we
           ask
           for
           ,
           he
           sometimes
           inflicts
           the
           contrary
           evil
           :
           and
           as
           Physicians
           sometimes
           prick
           a
           Vein
           in
           the
           Arm
           to
           prevent
           the
           suffocation
           of
           the
           
           Heart
           ;
           so
           God
           many
           times
           afflicts
           us
           to
           preserve
           us
           ,
           diseases
           our
           Bodies
           to
           Antidote
           or
           Cure
           our
           Souls
           .
           So
           that
           though
           those
           Evils
           which
           God
           inflicts
           upon
           us
           ,
           are
           not
           always
           intended
           for
           Punishments
           of
           our
           Sin
           ,
           but
           sometimes
           for
           Preservatives
           against
           it
           :
           yet
           in
           this
           case
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           't
           is
           Sin
           that
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ;
           't
           is
           this
           that
           makes
           the
           evil
           necessary
           ,
           and
           obliges
           God
           in
           mercy
           to
           inflict
           it
           upon
           us
           .
           He
           knows
           the
           Sin
           will
           injure
           us
           much
           more
           than
           the
           evil
           he
           prescribes
           to
           prevent
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           being
           much
           more
           sollicitous
           for
           our
           safety
           than
           our
           ease
           ,
           he
           chooses
           rather
           to
           make
           us
           smart
           ,
           than
           to
           suffer
           us
           to
           perish
           .
           But
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           Sin
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           worst
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           no
           need
           to
           Antidote
           us
           with
           Affliction
           ;
           nor
           doth
           he
           so
           much
           delight
           to
           grieve
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ,
           as
           to
           afflict
           them
           for
           Afflictions
           sake
           .
           So
           that
           were
           it
           not
           for
           our
           Sin
           ,
           either
           actual
           or
           in
           prospect
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           he
           would
           neither
           punish
           ,
           nor
           afflict
           us
           .
           Thus
           Sin
           ,
           you
           see
           ,
           is
           the
           common
           Cause
           of
           Evil
           ,
           the
           fruitful
           Womb
           of
           all
           kinds
           of
           Mischief
           ;
           for
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           to
           one
           of
           these
           three
           Heads
           most
           of
           the
           Miseries
           of
           Mankind
           may
           be
           reduced
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           either
           the
           natural
           Effects
           ,
           the
           just
           
           Punishments
           ,
           or
           the
           necessary
           Preservatives
           of
           Sin.
           
        
         
           Hence
           therefore
           let
           us
           learn
           under
           all
           our
           Calamities
           to
           acknowledge
           our
           Sins
           to
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           trace
           up
           our
           Evils
           to
           their
           Fountain
           head
           ,
           which
           we
           shall
           find
           is
           in
           our
           own
           Bosoms
           .
           From
           hence
           spring
           all
           those
           wasting
           Wars
           ,
           those
           sweeping
           Plagues
           ,
           those
           devouring
           Fires
           that
           make
           such
           devastations
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           from
           hence
           are
           laid
           those
           trains
           of
           Wild
           Fire
           that
           slaughter
           our
           Friends
           ,
           blow
           up
           our
           Houses
           ,
           and
           scatter
           so
           many
           Ruines
           round
           about
           us
           .
           O!
           would
           to
           God
           we
           would
           once
           be
           sensible
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           would
           every
           one
           smite
           upon
           his
           own
           Thigh
           ,
           and
           cry
           out
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           what
           have
           I
           done
           ?
           what
           sparks
           have
           I
           added
           to
           the
           common
           flame
           ?
           what
           guilts
           have
           I
           contributed
           towards
           the
           filling
           up
           the
           measure
           of
           England's
           Iniquities
           ?
           But
           ,
           alas
           !
           hitherto
           we
           have
           generally
           taken
           a
           quite
           contrary
           course
           to
           this
           .
           When
           God's
           Judgements
           are
           upon
           us
           ,
           we
           confess
           that
           Sin
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           them
           indeed
           ,
           but
           not
           ours
           by
           any
           means
           :
           'T
           is
           the
           Sin
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           crys
           the
           Country
           ;
           't
           is
           the
           Sin
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           crys
           the
           City
           ;
           't
           is
           the
           Sin
           of
           this
           Party
           ,
           crys
           one
           ;
           't
           is
           the
           Sin
           of
           t'other
           Party
           ,
           crys
           another
           .
           Thus
           
           the
           Judgements
           of
           God
           are
           sent
           from
           Tithing
           to
           Tithing
           ,
           and
           no
           Body
           will
           own
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           call
           us
           all
           Fathers
           .
           Well
           ,
           Sirs
           ,
           we
           shall
           one
           Day
           find
           ,
           God
           grant
           it
           may
           not
           be
           too
           late
           first
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           prevent
           the
           incursions
           of
           the
           Divine
           Judgements
           .
           If
           ever
           we
           mean
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           God's
           Indignation
           against
           us
           ,
           we
           must
           every
           one
           lay
           our
           Hands
           upon
           our
           own
           Breasts
           ,
           and
           lament
           his
           own
           Sin
           ,
           and
           acknowledge
           his
           own
           share
           in
           the
           general
           Provocation
           ,
           and
           promise
           and
           ingage
           our selves
           ,
           that
           where-ever
           we
           have
           done
           amiss
           ,
           we
           will
           do
           so
           no
           more
           :
           Which
           ,
           if
           we
           wilfully
           refuse
           to
           do
           ,
           though
           at
           present
           we
           are
           made
           whole
           ,
           yet
           we
           may
           certainly
           expect
           that
           
             a
             worse
             thing
             will
             come
             upon
             us
             .
          
           And
           this
           brings
           me
           from
           the
           Caution
           to
        
         
           II.
           The
           Reasons
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           told
           you
           ,
           are
           two
           :
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Thou
             art
             made
             whole
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Lest
             a
             worse
             thing
             come
             unto
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           first
           ,
           
             Behold
             thou
             art
             made
             whole
          
           ,
           therefore
           have
           a
           care
           thou
           sinnest
           no
           more
           :
           let
           the
           mercy
           I
           have
           shown
           thee
           in
           curing
           thee
           of
           thy
           Disease
           ,
           have
           this
           blessed
           effect
           upon
           thee
           ,
           to
           reclaim
           thee
           from
           
           thy
           Sins
           to
           a
           life
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Purity
           .
           So
           that
           the
           sense
           of
           this
           Reason
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           God's
           mercy
           to
           us
           in
           recovering
           us
           from
           past
           Calamities
           ,
           lays
           a
           great
           Obligation
           upon
           us
           to
           reform
           and
           amend
           ;
           but
           particularly
           it
           lays
           upon
           us
           this
           threefold
           Obligation
           ,
           (
           1.
           )
           The
           Obligation
           of
           Gratitude
           ,
           (
           2.
           )
           of
           Justice
           ,
           (
           3.
           )
           and
           lastly
           ,
           of
           Self-interest
           .
           Of
           each
           of
           these
           briefly
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           God's
           mercy
           in
           restoring
           us
           from
           any
           past
           Calamity
           ,
           obliges
           us
           in
           gratitude
           to
           amend
           our
           lives
           .
           'T
           is
           doubtless
           one
           of
           the
           most
           palpable
           signs
           of
           a
           base
           profligate
           Nature
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           obliged
           by
           Favours
           :
           't
           would
           be
           an
           injury
           to
           a
           Brute
           to
           call
           him
           ingrateful
           ;
           that
           odious
           Epithete
           no
           Being
           can
           deserve
           ,
           but
           one
           that
           is
           degenerated
           into
           a
           Devil
           ,
           that
           has
           broke
           through
           all
           that
           is
           modest
           and
           ingenuous
           ,
           that
           is
           tender
           and
           apprehensive
           in
           Humane
           Nature
           .
           But
           to
           sin
           on
           against
           the
           mercies
           of
           our
           Deliverer
           ,
           to
           take
           pleasure
           in
           provoking
           him
           ,
           who
           took
           pity
           on
           us
           in
           our
           low
           estate
           ,
           and
           snatched
           us
           from
           the
           brink
           of
           ruine
           ,
           is
           doubtless
           the
           highest
           Baseness
           and
           Ingratitude
           :
           for
           whilst
           we
           persist
           in
           our
           sinful
           courses
           ,
           under
           the
           obligations
           of
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           we
           render
           him
           the
           greatest
           Evil
           for
           the
           greatest
           Good
           ,
           and
           retort
           
           his
           Favours
           with
           the
           basest
           Indignities
           .
           Whilst
           he
           is
           shielding
           us
           with
           his
           careful
           Providence
           ,
           we
           smite
           him
           with
           the
           Fist
           of
           Wickedness
           ;
           and
           ,
           like
           wretched
           Vipers
           ,
           sting
           and
           wound
           him
           ,
           whilst
           he
           is
           cherishing
           us
           in
           his
           Bosome
           .
           And
           is
           this
           a
           suitable
           answer
           ,
           do
           we
           think
           ,
           to
           the
           obligations
           he
           has
           laid
           upon
           us
           ?
           O
           ungrateful
           Wretches
           that
           we
           are
           ,
           do
           we
           thus
           requite
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           ?
           With
           what
           confidence
           can
           we
           pretend
           to
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           Modest
           and
           Ingenuous
           ,
           while
           we
           thus
           persist
           to
           return
           the
           Favours
           of
           our
           God
           with
           such
           insufferable
           Affronts
           and
           Indignities
           ?
           But
           then
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           Secondly
           ,
           God's
           mercy
           in
           restoring
           us
           from
           any
           past
           Calamity
           ,
           obliges
           us
           in
           Justice
           to
           amend
           our
           lives
           ;
           for
           by
           restoring
           us
           ,
           he
           acquires
           a
           new
           right
           to
           us
           .
           As
           he
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           Beings
           ,
           he
           hath
           an
           unalienable
           right
           and
           property
           in
           all
           the
           powers
           and
           faculties
           of
           our
           natures
           :
           but
           every
           time
           he
           restores
           us
           from
           an
           approaching
           Ruine
           ,
           he
           doth
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           create
           us
           a
           new
           ,
           he
           gives
           us
           our
           Lives
           and
           Beings
           afresh
           ,
           and
           thereby
           renews
           his
           Title
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           so
           many
           times
           as
           he
           preserves
           us
           ,
           so
           many
           Lives
           and
           Beings
           he
           giveth
           us
           :
           and
           consequently
           ,
           so
           many
           additional
           
           rights
           and
           properties
           he
           acquires
           in
           us
           .
           And
           when
           he
           hath
           so
           many
           ways
           entitled
           himself
           to
           us
           ,
           by
           creating
           ,
           preserving
           ,
           and
           restoring
           us
           ,
           what
           monstrous
           injustice
           is
           it
           in
           us
           still
           to
           alienate
           our selves
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           list
           those
           powers
           and
           faculties
           into
           the
           service
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           are
           his
           by
           so
           many
           Titles
           ?
           O
           unjust
           that
           we
           are
           ,
           thus
           to
           fight
           against
           God
           with
           his
           own
           Weapons
           ,
           and
           affront
           his
           Authority
           with
           the
           effects
           of
           his
           Bounty
           !
           for
           by
           persisting
           in
           Sin
           under
           his
           Preservations
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           only
           rob
           him
           of
           our selves
           ,
           in
           whom
           he
           hath
           such
           an
           unalienable
           Propriety
           ,
           but
           also
           imploy
           our selves
           against
           him
           .
           We
           do
           not
           only
           purloin
           his
           Goods
           ,
           but
           convert
           them
           into
           instruments
           of
           Rebellion
           against
           him
           ,
           than
           which
           there
           is
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           outragiously
           injurious
           .
           O
           wretched
           man
           ,
           that
           very
           Tongue
           with
           which
           thou
           blasphemest
           him
           ,
           had
           e're
           this
           been
           silent
           for
           ever
           ,
           had
           not
           he
           stretched
           out
           his
           hand
           and
           restored
           thee
           .
           Those
           Eyes
           ,
           through
           which
           thou
           shootest
           the
           noisome
           Fire-balls
           of
           thy
           Lust
           ,
           had
           been
           e're
           this
           clos'd
           up
           in
           endless
           darkness
           ,
           had
           not
           he
           taken
           pity
           on
           thee
           ,
           and
           snatched
           thee
           from
           the
           brinks
           of
           Ruine
           .
           Those
           Members
           of
           thine
           ,
           which
           thou
           imployest
           as
           Instruments
           
           of
           unrighteousness
           against
           him
           ,
           had
           now
           been
           rotting
           in
           a
           cold
           Grave
           ,
           had
           not
           his
           tender
           mercy
           preserved
           thee
           .
           And
           canst
           thou
           be
           such
           a
           barbarous
           Wretch
           ,
           as
           not
           only
           to
           deny
           him
           the
           use
           of
           what
           he
           gives
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           injure
           him
           with
           his
           own
           Gifts
           ?
           Consider
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           how
           heinously
           he
           must
           needs
           resent
           such
           monstrous
           injustice
           and
           ingratitude
           .
           Hear
           but
           how
           he
           complains
           in
           a
           parallel
           case
           ,
           
             Isa.
             1.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             Hear
             O
             heavens
             ,
             and
             give
             ear
             O
             earth
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             hath
             spoken
             ,
             I
             have
             brought
             up
             children
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             rebelled
             against
             me
             .
             The
             oxe
             knows
             his
             owner
             ,
             and
             the
             ass
             his
             masters
             crib
             ,
             but
             Israel
             doth
             not
             know
             ,
             my
             people
             doth
             not
             consider
             .
             Ah
             sinful
             nation
             ,
             a
             people
             laden
             with
             iniquity
             .
          
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           Thirdly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           God's
           mercy
           in
           restoring
           us
           from
           past
           Calamities
           obliges
           us
           in
           Self-interest
           to
           reform
           and
           amend
           .
           For
           if
           we
           do
           not
           answer
           the
           end
           of
           God's
           deliverances
           ,
           they
           will
           prove
           Curses
           instead
           of
           Benefits
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           what
           he
           intended
           for
           a
           favour
           ,
           will
           convert
           into
           an
           aggravation
           of
           our
           sin
           and
           punishment
           .
           The
           great
           end
           why
           God
           delivered
           us
           ,
           was
           to
           win
           us
           by
           his
           Goodness
           to
           forsake
           our
           sins
           ,
           and
           give
           us
           space
           to
           repent
           of
           them
           :
           for
           so
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           
             the
             goodness
             and
             long-suffering
             of
             God
             leads
             us
             to
             repentance
             ,
          
           
           in
           Rom.
           2.
           4.
           
           But
           if
           it
           doth
           not
           lead
           us
           thither
           ,
           it
           will
           leave
           us
           in
           a
           far
           worse
           condition
           than
           it
           found
           us
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           't
           will
           leave
           us
           loaded
           with
           much
           heavier
           guilt
           ,
           and
           bound
           over
           to
           much
           sorer
           punishment
           .
           For
           he
           that
           sins
           on
           under
           his
           Preservations
           ,
           is
           only
           preserved
           to
           
             treasure
             up
             wrath
             against
             the
             day
             of
             wrath
             ,
          
           and
           to
           prepare
           more
           Fuel
           for
           his
           future
           Flames
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           if
           he
           still
           persist
           in
           his
           wickedness
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           much
           better
           for
           him
           that
           God
           had
           let
           him
           alone
           to
           perish
           under
           his
           affliction
           .
           For
           then
           he
           had
           past
           more
           innocent
           into
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           and
           suffered
           there
           a
           much
           cooler
           damnation
           :
           Whereas
           now
           ,
           whenever
           his
           wretched
           Ghost
           departs
           into
           Eternity
           ,
           it
           will
           go
           attended
           with
           a
           louder
           cry
           of
           guilts
           ,
           with
           the
           cry
           of
           so
           many
           more
           wronged
           mercies
           and
           abused
           preservations
           ;
           which
           will
           most
           fearfully
           inhance
           her
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           inflame
           the
           Reckoning
           of
           her
           torments
           :
           so
           that
           when
           she
           comes
           into
           the
           other
           World
           among
           those
           miserable
           Spirits
           ,
           that
           were
           snatched
           away
           in
           the
           common
           calamities
           from
           whence
           she
           was
           rescued
           and
           preserved
           ,
           she
           will
           find
           her self
           plunged
           into
           a
           condition
           so
           much
           more
           intolerable
           ,
           that
           she
           will
           wish
           a
           thousand
           times
           she
           had
           been
           snatched
           away
           with
           them
           ,
           
           that
           so
           she
           might
           never
           have
           had
           the
           opportunity
           to
           contract
           those
           guilts
           that
           are
           the
           woful
           causes
           of
           it
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           not
           make
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           the
           causes
           of
           our
           misery
           ,
           and
           turn
           our
           Preservations
           into
           Judgments
           ;
           we
           are
           highly
           obliged
           upon
           every
           recovery
           from
           past
           Judgments
           and
           Calamities
           ,
           to
           reform
           and
           amend
           our
           lives
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           what
           remains
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           seriously
           consider
           with
           our selves
           how
           much
           we
           are
           concerned
           in
           this
           Argument
           .
           We
           of
           this
           Generation
           are
           a
           people
           whom
           God
           hath
           exercised
           with
           wondrous
           Judgments
           and
           Deliverances
           .
           We
           have
           many
           of
           us
           lived
           to
           see
           the
           Bowels
           of
           our
           Native
           Country
           ripped
           up
           by
           an
           Unnatural
           War
           ,
           the
           righteous
           Cause
           of
           the
           Prince
           and
           Father
           of
           our
           Country
           oppressed
           by
           prosperous
           Villany
           ;
           his
           innocent
           Blood
           ,
           our
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           and
           Religion
           sacrificed
           to
           the
           lust
           of
           Rebels
           and
           Usurpers
           .
           And
           when
           we
           had
           long
           suffered
           the
           consequent
           miseries
           and
           confusions
           ,
           our
           merciful
           God
           took
           pity
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           long
           Exile
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           charge
           and
           smart
           of
           War
           and
           Bloudshed
           ,
           restored
           to
           us
           again
           the
           lawful
           Heir
           and
           Successor
           of
           our
           Crown
           ,
           and
           ,
           with
           him
           ,
           our
           Liberties
           and
           Religion
           .
           This
           ,
           one
           would
           
           have
           thought
           ,
           was
           enough
           to
           oblige
           a
           people
           of
           any
           ingenuity
           ,
           and
           to
           indear
           to
           us
           for
           ever
           the
           Author
           of
           such
           a
           miraculous
           mercy
           .
           But
           when
           instead
           of
           being
           reclaimed
           by
           his
           Goodness
           we
           grew
           worse
           and
           worse
           ,
           his
           anger
           was
           kindled
           again
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           sore
           displeasure
           he
           breathed
           forth
           a
           destroying
           Pestilence
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           few
           Months
           swept
           our
           Streets
           ,
           unpeopled
           our
           Houses
           ,
           and
           turned
           our
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           into
           Golgotha's
           .
           But
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           so
           many
           Deaths
           we
           were
           preserved
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Shield
           of
           that
           Providence
           were
           kept
           in
           safety
           ,
           when
           ten
           thousand
           Arrows
           flew
           about
           our
           ears
           .
           And
           could
           we
           possibly
           resist
           the
           powerful
           charms
           of
           such
           an
           indearing
           ,
           such
           a
           distinguishing
           kindness
           ?
           Alas
           !
           Yes
           ,
           we
           could
           ,
           and
           did
           ,
           and
           were
           so
           far
           from
           being
           conquered
           by
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           grew
           more
           obstinate
           and
           rebellious
           .
           This
           incensed
           him
           against
           us
           anew
           ,
           and
           with
           Fire-brands
           in
           its
           hands
           his
           vengeance
           came
           and
           kindled
           our
           Houses
           into
           a
           devouring
           flame
           ,
           that
           with
           wondrous
           fury
           did
           spread
           and
           inlarge
           it self
           from
           House
           to
           House
           ,
           and
           from
           Street
           to
           Street
           ,
           till
           it
           had
           laid
           this
           famous
           Metropolis
           of
           our
           Nation
           in
           a
           Heap
           of
           Ruines
           .
           But
           yet
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           God
           remembred
           
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           unruly
           Element
           had
           baffled
           all
           our
           Arts
           ,
           and
           triumphed
           over
           all
           our
           resistance
           ,
           God
           put
           a
           Bridle
           unto
           his
           mouth
           ,
           and
           stopped
           him
           in
           his
           full
           cariere
           :
           by
           which
           means
           a
           great
           part
           of
           us
           were
           preserved
           ,
           and
           snatched
           as
           Fire-brands
           out
           of
           the
           Flame
           .
           And
           though
           many
           of
           us
           saw
           our
           Houses
           and
           Estates
           buried
           in
           the
           Ruines
           it
           made
           ;
           yet
           we
           have
           lived
           to
           see
           ,
           and
           that
           within
           a
           few
           years
           ,
           the
           consumed
           Phoenix
           rise
           out
           of
           her
           Ashes
           in
           greater
           Glory
           and
           Lustre
           than
           ever
           .
           And
           now
           what
           have
           we
           rendred
           to
           the
           Lord
           for
           all
           these
           Mercies
           and
           signal
           Preservations
           ?
           O
           ungrateful
           that
           we
           are
           !
           We
           have
           turned
           his
           mercies
           into
           wantonness
           ,
           and
           fought
           against
           him
           with
           his
           own
           favours
           :
           We
           have
           spent
           those
           lives
           which
           he
           hath
           preserved
           to
           us
           ,
           in
           grieving
           ,
           provoking
           and
           dishonouring
           him
           :
           We
           have
           turned
           those
           Houses
           he
           hath
           restored
           to
           us
           ,
           into
           open
           Stages
           of
           pride
           and
           luxury
           :
           We
           have
           consumed
           those
           Estates
           which
           he
           hath
           repaired
           ,
           in
           supplying
           our
           manifold
           rebellions
           against
           him
           .
           Thus
           with
           his
           own
           mercies
           we
           have
           waged
           War
           with
           him
           .
           What
           then
           can
           we
           expect
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           should
           disarm
           us
           of
           those
           mercies
           which
           we
           have
           so
           foully
           mis-imployed
           ,
           and
           thunder
           his
           Judgments
           upon
           
           us
           to
           avenge
           our
           abuse
           of
           them
           ?
           For
           if
           he
           cannot
           melt
           our
           obstinacy
           with
           the
           Fire
           of
           Mercy
           ;
           't
           is
           fit
           he
           should
           attempt
           to
           break
           it
           with
           the
           Hammer
           of
           Judgment
           :
           and
           if
           when
           he
           hath
           tryed
           lighter
           Judgments
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           do
           ;
           't
           is
           fit
           he
           should
           second
           them
           with
           greater
           and
           heavier
           .
           Which
           brings
           me
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           the
           second
           Reason
           of
           the
           Caution
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Lest
             a
             worse
             thing
             come
             upon
             thee
             .
             i.
             e.
          
           Beware
           thou
           dost
           not
           continue
           stubborn
           under
           thy
           past
           Corrections
           ,
           lest
           thou
           thereby
           provoke
           thy
           angry
           God
           to
           lay
           his
           hand
           yet
           heavier
           upon
           thee
           ,
           and
           to
           scourge
           thee
           with
           Scorpions
           instead
           of
           Rods.
           For
           it
           is
           the
           usual
           method
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           when
           lesser
           Judgments
           prove
           ineffectual
           ,
           to
           second
           and
           inforce
           them
           with
           greater
           .
           Thus
           he
           threatens
           to
           deal
           with
           
             Israel
             ,
             Levit.
             26.
             21
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
             And
             if
             ye
             walk
             contrary
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             hearken
             unto
             me
             ,
             I
             will
             bring
             seven
             times
             more
             plagues
             upon
             you
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             sins
             .
             And
             if
             yet
             ye
             will
             not
             be
             reformed
             by
             these
             things
             ,
             but
             walk
             contrary
             to
             me
             ,
             then
             will
             I
             walk
             contrary
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             will
             punish
             ye
             yet
             seven
             times
             more
             for
             your
             sins
             .
          
           And
           just
           as
           he
           threatened
           ,
           so
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           :
           For
           as
           they
           continued
           obstinate
           under
           God's
           Judgments
           ;
           so
           he
           continued
           to
           plague
           them
           sorer
           and
           sorer
           ,
           till
           at
           
           last
           perceiving
           their
           Disease
           to
           be
           incurable
           ,
           he
           cut
           'em
           off
           ,
           and
           utterly
           destroyed
           them
           .
           And
           in
           this
           method
           of
           punishing
           Sinners
           gradually
           with
           sharper
           and
           sharper
           strokes
           ,
           when
           they
           continue
           obstinate
           under
           correction
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Reason
           and
           Wisdom
           .
           For
           (
           1.
           )
           Their
           obstinacy
           swells
           and
           inhances
           their
           Guilt
           .
           (
           2.
           )
           It
           renders
           severe
           Punishments
           necessary
           .
           And
           (
           3.
           )
           Those
           severer
           Punishments
           render
           their
           final
           Destruction
           more
           inexcusable
           .
           Of
           each
           of
           these
           briefly
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           God
           punishes
           men
           with
           heavier
           ,
           when
           they
           continue
           obstinate
           under
           lighter
           Judgments
           ;
           because
           their
           Obstinacy
           is
           a
           greater
           aggravation
           of
           their
           Guilt
           .
           For
           though
           our
           Reason
           indeed
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           Sin
           is
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           dangerous
           Evil
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           yet
           Reason
           and
           Argument
           hath
           not
           comparably
           that
           force
           to
           perswade
           men
           ,
           as
           their
           own
           Sense
           and
           Experience
           hath
           :
           and
           they
           will
           be
           much
           sooner
           perswaded
           of
           the
           reality
           of
           any
           evil
           ,
           by
           feeling
           the
           smart
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           by
           a
           thousand
           dry
           Arguments
           against
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           though
           it
           be
           a
           great
           aggravation
           of
           our
           guilt
           ,
           to
           sin
           against
           the
           clear
           convictions
           of
           our
           Reason
           ;
           yet
           't
           is
           a
           much
           greater
           ,
           to
           sin
           against
           the
           sharp
           and
           dolorous
           perceptions
           of
           our
           
           own
           Sense
           and
           Experience
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           while
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           are
           upon
           men
           ,
           they
           feel
           the
           dire
           effects
           of
           their
           Sin
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           notwithstanding
           this
           ,
           they
           still
           persist
           in
           it
           ,
           they
           sin
           against
           their
           Sense
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Reason
           :
           which
           is
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           a
           plain
           defiance
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           daring
           him
           to
           do
           his
           worst
           with
           us
           .
           For
           this
           in
           effect
           is
           the
           sense
           and
           interpretation
           of
           our
           Obstinacy
           :
           O
           God
           ,
           I
           know
           thou
           art
           angry
           with
           my
           Sins
           ,
           by
           the
           dire
           effects
           I
           now
           feel
           and
           experience
           ;
           but
           be
           it
           known
           to
           thee
           ,
           I
           despise
           thy
           Vengeance
           ,
           and
           am
           resolved
           to
           sin
           on
           bravely
           in
           despight
           of
           all
           the
           Judgments
           thou
           canst
           arm
           against
           me
           .
           And
           what
           greater
           aggravation
           of
           sin
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           than
           to
           repeat
           it
           with
           such
           a
           blasphemous
           contempt
           of
           the
           Most
           High
           ?
           He
           is
           a
           daring
           Thief
           ,
           we
           say
           ,
           that
           will
           venture
           to
           rob
           within
           sight
           of
           the
           Gallows
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           as
           insolent
           a
           Sinner
           ,
           that
           dares
           sin
           on
           in
           the
           face
           of
           Judgment
           .
           It
           was
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           monstrous
           piece
           of
           contumacy
           in
           the
           Jews
           ,
           that
           when
           God
           had
           only
           forewarned
           them
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             Behold
             ,
             I
             frame
             evil
             against
             you
             ,
             and
             devise
             a
             device
             against
             you
             ;
             return
             ye
             now
             therefore
             every
             one
             from
             his
             evil
             way
             :
          
           they
           returned
           this
           arrogant
           Answer
           ,
           
             There
             is
             no
             hope
             ,
             but
             we
             will
             walk
             every
             one
             
             after
             his
             own
             devices
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             do
             every
             one
             the
             imagination
             of
             his
             evil
             heart
             ,
          
           Jer.
           18.
           11
           ,
           12.
           
           But
           how
           much
           more
           arrogant
           would
           it
           have
           been
           ,
           had
           the
           Judgment
           which
           was
           only
           devising
           against
           them
           been
           actually
           executed
           upon
           them
           !
           Such
           an
           Answer
           then
           had
           been
           a
           plain
           Declaration
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           finally
           resolved
           to
           stand
           it
           out
           against
           God
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           no
           Quarter
           at
           his
           hands
           ,
           though
           they
           perished
           for
           ever
           in
           their
           Rebellions
           .
           And
           when
           mens
           Guilts
           are
           thus
           inhanced
           ,
           't
           is
           fit
           their
           Punishment
           should
           be
           proportionable
           :
           for
           otherwise
           they
           would
           be
           lookt
           upon
           as
           things
           that
           happen
           to
           men
           without
           any
           Providential
           Disposal
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           by
           regularly
           proportioning
           the
           Evils
           of
           Suffering
           to
           the
           Evils
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           coupling
           lesser
           Evils
           with
           lesser
           Guilts
           ,
           and
           greater
           with
           greater
           ,
           and
           so
           equally
           balancing
           and
           adjusting
           the
           Punishment
           to
           the
           Fault
           ;
           God
           makes
           his
           arm
           bare
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           gives
           us
           a
           plain
           demonstration
           ,
           That
           the
           Evils
           we
           suffer
           are
           the
           Rods
           of
           his
           just
           displeasure
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           God
           punishes
           men
           with
           heavier
           ,
           when
           they
           continue
           obstinate
           under
           lighter
           Judgements
           ,
           because
           their
           obstinacy
           renders
           heavier
           Judgments
           necessary
           .
           For
           Punishments
           
           being
           designed
           by
           God
           for
           our
           Cure
           and
           Recovery
           ,
           it
           's
           necessary
           they
           should
           be
           proportioned
           to
           the
           degree
           and
           strength
           of
           our
           Disease
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           when
           the
           Disease
           of
           our
           Sin
           is
           grown
           stronger
           and
           more
           malignant
           ,
           the
           remedy
           of
           our
           Punishment
           should
           be
           made
           sharper
           and
           more
           operative
           .
           For
           when
           men
           are
           grown
           inveterately
           wicked
           ,
           to
           attempt
           their
           reformation
           with
           smaller
           Judgements
           ,
           is
           to
           batter
           a
           Wall
           of
           Marble
           with
           a
           Pot-Gun
           .
           Such
           obstinate
           Rebels
           must
           be
           stormed
           with
           the
           loudest
           Artillery
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           before
           they
           will
           listen
           to
           a
           Surrender
           .
           An
           Anvil
           will
           as
           soon
           yield
           to
           the
           Fillip
           of
           our
           Finger
           ,
           as
           a
           hardened
           Sinner
           relent
           under
           soft
           and
           gentle
           Corrections
           .
           He
           must
           be
           alarm'd
           with
           some
           rousing
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           lash'd
           till
           he
           bleeds
           again
           under
           the
           Rods
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           or
           in
           all
           probability
           he
           will
           be
           undone
           for
           ever
           .
           His
           Disease
           is
           inveterate
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           removed
           but
           by
           the
           strongest
           Catharticks
           ;
           and
           therefore
           to
           prescribe
           him
           a
           Course
           of
           gentle
           Physick
           ,
           would
           be
           to
           try
           Experiments
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           vex
           and
           disturb
           him
           to
           no
           purpose
           .
           God
           therefore
           ,
           to
           cure
           the
           folly
           and
           obstinacy
           of
           Sinners
           ,
           is
           many
           times
           fain
           to
           treat
           them
           with
           rigour
           and
           severity
           ,
           
           when
           he
           finds
           the
           mild
           and
           gentle
           methods
           of
           his
           Providence
           defeated
           by
           them
           .
           But
           first
           usually
           he
           tries
           the
           softer
           and
           more
           grateful
           Remedies
           ,
           being
           unwilling
           to
           grieve
           and
           afflict
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           any
           other
           way
           to
           recover
           them
           .
           But
           when
           softer
           will
           not
           do
           ,
           't
           is
           Mercy
           in
           him
           to
           apply
           severer
           ;
           and
           his
           last
           most
           commonly
           are
           the
           severest
           ,
           these
           being
           the
           Causticks
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           fain
           to
           apply
           to
           our
           Lethargick
           Souls
           ,
           when
           no
           other
           means
           will
           awake
           and
           recover
           us
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           And
           lastly
           ,
           God
           punishes
           men
           with
           heavier
           ,
           when
           they
           continue
           obstinate
           under
           lighter
           Judgments
           ,
           to
           render
           their
           final
           destruction
           more
           inexcusable
           if
           they
           won't
           be
           reclaimed
           .
           For
           when
           God's
           Threats
           will
           not
           awake
           men
           ,
           he
           usually
           sends
           forth
           his
           smaller
           Judgments
           ;
           which
           ,
           like
           the
           Van-Couriers
           of
           an
           Army
           ,
           are
           to
           begin
           the
           Skirmish
           ,
           before
           he
           falls
           on
           with
           his
           main
           Body
           to
           ruine
           and
           destroy
           them
           .
           Which
           method
           he
           observes
           ,
           out
           of
           great
           pity
           to
           his
           sinful
           Creatures
           ,
           whom
           he
           always
           threatens
           before
           he
           strikes
           ,
           and
           always
           strikes
           before
           he
           destroys
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           may
           give
           them
           timely
           and
           effectual
           warning
           to
           arm
           themselves
           by
           Repentance
           ,
           to
           prevent
           their
           destruction
           :
           
           and
           accordingly
           the
           first
           Judgment
           he
           lets
           off
           ,
           he
           designs
           for
           a
           Warning
           Piece
           ,
           to
           give
           notice
           of
           a
           second
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           of
           a
           third
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           that
           ruining
           and
           exterminating
           Judgment
           which
           brings
           up
           the
           Rear
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           conclude
           the
           Tragedy
           .
           So
           that
           his
           foregoing
           Judgments
           do
           still
           give
           notice
           of
           the
           following
           ,
           and
           these
           of
           the
           succeeding
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           that
           final
           destruction
           in
           the
           War
           which
           closely
           pursues
           ,
           and
           ,
           unless
           we
           repent
           ,
           will
           at
           last
           overtake
           us
           .
           And
           when
           our
           designed
           destruction
           approaches
           us
           step
           by
           step
           ,
           and
           every
           succeeding
           Judgment
           brings
           it
           nearer
           and
           nearer
           to
           us
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           plainly
           see
           it
           coming
           on
           when
           't
           is
           yet
           at
           a
           distance
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           yet
           will
           not
           stand
           out
           of
           its
           way
           ,
           but
           desperately
           meet
           ,
           dare
           and
           defie
           it
           ;
           how
           can
           we
           charge
           God
           with
           being
           either
           unjust
           or
           unkind
           to
           us
           ,
           who
           hath
           taken
           such
           an
           effectual
           course
           to
           warn
           us
           of
           ,
           and
           retrieve
           us
           from
           it
           ?
           When
           he
           thus
           punish'd
           us
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           as
           our
           Sin
           grew
           greater
           and
           greater
           ,
           this
           ,
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           sufficient
           to
           terrifie
           us
           from
           our
           Sins
           ;
           which
           ,
           we
           plainly
           saw
           ,
           were
           bringing
           such
           mischiefs
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           forewarn
           us
           of
           that
           gloomy
           and
           fatal
           issue
           that
           attended
           them
           .
           By
           all
           which
           ,
           
           God
           doth
           abundantly
           manifest
           how
           extremely
           unwilling
           he
           is
           to
           destroy
           us
           .
           But
           if
           after
           all
           ,
           we
           will
           force
           him
           to
           it
           ,
           Men
           and
           Angels
           must
           confess
           ,
           That
           he
           hath
           been
           infinitely
           just
           and
           good
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           guilt
           of
           our
           blood
           lies
           upon
           our
           own
           heads
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           That
           when
           lesser
           Judgments
           will
           not
           reclaim
           men
           ,
           God's
           usual
           Method
           is
           to
           second
           them
           with
           greater
           ;
           how
           much
           reason
           have
           we
           of
           this
           Nation
           to
           expect
           and
           dread
           a
           succession
           of
           greater
           Judgments
           than
           those
           we
           have
           hitherto
           felt
           ;
           considering
           how
           much
           we
           have
           degenerated
           under
           our
           past
           Corrections
           ,
           and
           all
           along
           hardened
           our selves
           under
           the
           strokes
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ?
           I
           do
           not
           love
           to
           abode
           ill
           things
           ;
           and
           did
           not
           our
           own
           Sins
           prognosticate
           more
           mischief
           to
           us
           than
           any
           of
           those
           suspected
           Appearances
           that
           fill
           our
           heads
           with
           so
           many
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           I
           could
           easily
           secure
           my
           mind
           of
           the
           continuance
           of
           our
           happiness
           under
           far
           more
           threatning
           apprehensions
           .
           But
           ,
           Alas
           !
           when
           I
           consider
           how
           obstinately
           we
           have
           persisted
           in
           our
           sinful
           ways
           ,
           in
           defiance
           both
           of
           the
           Mercies
           and
           Judgments
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           how
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           advantage
           we
           have
           had
           of
           being
           better
           ,
           as
           having
           been
           baptized
           into
           
           the
           best
           Church
           ,
           and
           educated
           in
           the
           purest
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           :
           a
           Religion
           that
           advances
           no
           Temporal
           Design
           ,
           no
           invention
           to
           enrich
           or
           aggrandize
           its
           Priests
           ;
           that
           hath
           no
           other
           Aim
           or
           Project
           but
           only
           that
           blessed
           one
           of
           making
           men
           good
           here
           ,
           and
           happy
           hereafter
           ;
           that
           hath
           no
           Arts
           of
           Compremize
           between
           mens
           Lusts
           and
           Consciences
           ,
           no
           Devices
           to
           supersede
           the
           Eternal
           Obligations
           of
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           but
           binds
           'em
           fast
           upon
           our
           Consciences
           by
           all
           that
           we
           can
           hope
           or
           fear
           .
           When
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           notwithstanding
           we
           have
           had
           this
           advantage
           of
           being
           good
           ,
           by
           being
           instituted
           in
           such
           a
           Religion
           as
           this
           ,
           I
           consider
           how
           we
           have
           grown
           worse
           and
           worse
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           resolved
           to
           give
           the
           World
           an
           Experiment
           how
           bad
           it
           's
           possible
           for
           men
           to
           be
           under
           the
           most
           effectual
           means
           of
           being
           good
           ;
           I
           cannot
           but
           be
           fearful
           and
           jealous
           ,
           That
           our
           multiplying
           our
           Guilts
           will
           at
           length
           provoke
           God
           to
           multiply
           his
           Judgments
           upon
           us
           .
           And
           O
           would
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           for
           this
           reason
           we
           would
           all
           be
           jealous
           ,
           that
           we
           would
           ground
           our
           fears
           upon
           our
           Sins
           ,
           and
           Incorrigibleness
           under
           the
           past
           Judgments
           of
           God!
           then
           they
           would
           produce
           in
           us
           far
           different
           effects
           from
           what
           they
           have
           hitherto
           done
           ;
           then
           ,
           instead
           of
           firing
           us
           
           with
           discontent
           against
           our
           Governours
           ,
           and
           exciting
           us
           to
           Faction
           ,
           Sedition
           and
           Clamour
           ,
           they
           would
           turn
           all
           our
           animosities
           against
           our
           own
           wicked
           Lives
           ;
           which
           are
           the
           Causes
           of
           all
           the
           Evils
           that
           we
           feel
           or
           fear
           :
           then
           would
           our
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           improve
           into
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           Loyalty
           towards
           our
           Prince
           ,
           and
           Charity
           and
           Justice
           towards
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           render
           us
           constant
           to
           the
           Profession
           ,
           and
           faithful
           as
           to
           the
           Practice
           of
           our
           holy
           Religion
           .
           Which
           blessed
           Effects
           could
           they
           once
           produce
           ,
           then
           farewel
           to
           all
           Causes
           of
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ;
           then
           our
           God
           would
           soon
           disperse
           all
           the
           Clouds
           that
           hang
           over
           us
           ,
           with
           the
           light
           of
           his
           Countenance
           ,
           and
           render
           us
           a
           glorious
           ,
           a
           happy
           and
           a
           prosperous
           people
           ,
           and
           crown
           us
           with
           Everlasting
           Glory
           and
           Happiness
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Books
           Written
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Doctor
           Scott
           ,
           and
           Printed
           for
           W.
           Kettilby
           ,
           and
           T.
           Horne
           .
        
         
           THE
           
             Christian
             Life
          
           ,
           Part
           I.
           from
           its
           Beginning
           to
           its
           Consummation
           in
           Glory
           .
           With
           Directions
           for
           private
           Devotions
           ,
           and
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           fitted
           to
           the
           several
           states
           of
           Christians
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Christian
             Life
          
           ,
           Part
           II.
           Wherein
           the
           Fundamental
           Principles
           of
           Christian
           Duty
           are
           Assigned
           ,
           Explained
           and
           Proved
           .
           Vol.
           I.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Christian
             Life
          
           ,
           Part
           II.
           Wherein
           that
           Fundamental
           Principle
           of
           Christian
           Duty
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Mediation
           ,
           is
           Explained
           and
           Proved
           .
           Vol.
           II.
           
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Decemb.
          
           16.
           1683.
           on
           
             Proverbs
             xxiv
          
           .
           21.
           
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           
             &c.
             Iuly
          
           26.
           1685.
           being
           the
           Day
           of
           Thanksgiving
           for
           his
           Majesty's
           Victory
           over
           the
           Rebels
           ;
           On.
           
             2
             Sam.
             xviii
          
           .
           28.
           
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           at
           the
           Assizes
           held
           at
           Chelmsford
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
             Aug.
          
           31.
           1685.
           on
           
             Rom.
             xiii
          
           .
           1.
           
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           preached
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Sept.
          
           2.
           1686.
           being
           the
           
             Anniversary
             Fast
          
           for
           the
           dreadful
           Fire
           in
           the
           Year
           1666.
           
           On
           
             Iohn
             v.
          
           14.