Fair warnings to a careless world in the pious letter written by the Right Honourable James Earl of Marleburgh, a little before his death, to the Right Honourable Sir Hugh Pollard, comptroller of his Maties houshold. With the last words of CXL and upwards, of the most learned and honourable persons of England, and other parts of the world.
      
       
         
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             Fair warnings to a careless world in the pious letter written by the Right Honourable James Earl of Marleburgh, a little before his death, to the Right Honourable Sir Hugh Pollard, comptroller of his Maties houshold. With the last words of CXL and upwards, of the most learned and honourable persons of England, and other parts of the world.
             Pollard, Hugh, Sir, 1610-1666.
             Lloyd, David, 16315-1692.
             Smith, Henry, f. 1665.
             Marlborough, James Ley, Earl of, 1618-1665.
          
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           Fair
           Warnings
           TO
           A
           Careless
           World
           :
           In
           the
           Pious
           LETTER
           WRITTEN
           By
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           JAMES
           Earl
           of
           MARLEBURGH
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           his
           Death
           ;
           TO
           The
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           Sir
           
             HVGH
             POLLARD
          
           ,
           Comptroller
           of
           his
           Ma
           ties
           Houshold
           .
           WITH
           The
           LAST
           WORDS
           of
           CXL
           .
           and
           upwards
           ,
           of
           the
           most
           Learned
           and
           Honourable
           person●
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           o●
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Samuel
             Speed
          
           at
           the
           Rainbow
           in
           Fleet-street
           .
           1665.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           Sir
           
             HVGH
             POLLARD
          
           ,
           Comptroller
           of
           his
           Ma
           ties
           Houshold
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
          
        
         
           WHat
           influence
           our
           Saviours
           injunction
           to
           Penitents
           ,
           
             (
             When
             thou
             art
             converted
             ,
             confirm
             thy
             brethren
             )
          
           had
           on
           our
           honourable
           Convert's
           generous
           Soul
           ,
           appears
           from
           these
           words
           subjoyned
           to
           the
           Noblest
           Retractation
           that
           ever
           was
           made
           since
           that
           of
           S
           
             t
             Augustines
             [
             And
             as
             many
             of
             my
             friends
             besides
             as
             you
             will
             ;
             or
             any
             else
             that
             desire
             it
             .
             I
             pray
             grant
             this
             request
             .
             ]
          
           What
           power
           the
           great
           obligation
           of
           friendship
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           of
           doing
           good
           ,
           had
           on
           your
           Honours
           Goodness
           ,
           appears
           by
           the
           numerous
           
           Copies
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           communicate
           :
           with
           no
           less
           designe
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           with
           no
           less
           success
           then
           the
           Reformation
           of
           a
           sinful
           Nation
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           the
           Curiosity
           of
           some
           persons
           therein
           ,
           the
           Piety
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           the
           general
           Wish
           of
           all
           ,
           becoming
           impossible
           by
           transcription
           (
           a
           way
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Carelesness
           of
           some
           transcribers
           ,
           and
           the
           Knavery
           of
           others
           ,
           not
           so
           exact
           as
           the
           Paper
           it self
           ,
           or
           its
           Author
           deserveth
           )
           is
           endeavoured
           by
           Printing
           ;
           in
           either
           of
           which
           capacities
           what
           good
           soever
           it
           may
           do
           ,
           (
           and
           it
           promiseth
           with
           Gods
           blessing
           not
           a
           little
           )
           together
           with
           these
           other
           Papers
           of
           the
           same
           tendencie
           ,
           which
           demonstrate
           that
           men
           of
           all
           qualities
           whatsoever
           ,
           when
           they
           reflect
           seriously
           on
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           state
           of
           things
           without
           them
           ,
           in
           their
           last
           and
           best
           thoughts
           conclude
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           mans
           great
           interest
           to
           be
           seriously
           and
           strictly
           religious
           ,
           shall
           redound
           to
           your
           Honours
           account
           ,
           in
           that
           day
           wherein
           
             they
             that
             convert
             sinners
             from
             the
             errour
             of
             their
             ways
             ,
             shall
             shine
             as
             the
             Stars
             for
             ever
             .
          
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             servant
             ,
             
               HENRY
               SMITH
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         FAIR
         WARNINGS
         TO
         A
         Careless
         World.
         
      
       
         
           A
           Letter
           from
           the
           Right
           Hon
           ble
           James
           Earl
           of
           Marleburgh
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           his
           death
           in
           the
           Battel
           at
           Sea
           ,
           on
           the
           coast
           of
           Holland
           ;
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Sir
           
             Hugh
             Pollard
          
           ,
           Comptroller
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Houshold
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Believe
           the
           goodness
           of
           your
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           friendship
           you
           have
           always
           born
           me
           ,
           will
           receive
           with
           kindness
           this
           last
           office
           of
           your
           friend
           .
           I
           am
           in
           health
           enough
           of
           body
           ,
           and
           (
           through
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           )
           well
           disposed
           in
           minde
           .
           This
           I
           premise
           ,
           that
           
           you
           may
           be
           satisfied
           that
           what
           I
           write
           proceeds
           not
           from
           any
           phantasing
           terrour
           of
           minde
           ,
           but
           from
           a
           sober
           resolution
           of
           what
           concerns
           my self
           ,
           and
           earnest
           desire
           to
           do
           you
           more
           good
           after
           my
           death
           ,
           then
           mine
           Example
           (
           God
           of
           his
           mercy
           pardon
           the
           badness
           of
           it
           )
           in
           my
           life-time
           may
           do
           you
           harm
           .
           I
           will
           not
           speak
           ought
           of
           the
           vanity
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           your
           own
           age
           and
           experience
           will
           save
           that
           labour
           :
           But
           there
           is
           a
           certain
           thing
           that
           goeth
           up
           and
           down
           the
           world
           ,
           called
           Religion
           ,
           dressed
           and
           pretended
           phantastically
           ,
           and
           to
           purposes
           bad
           enough
           ,
           which
           yet
           by
           such
           evil
           dealing
           loseth
           not
           its
           being
           :
           The
           great
           good
           God
           hath
           not
           left
           it
           without
           a
           witness
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           sooner
           or
           later
           ,
           in
           every
           mans
           bosom
           ,
           to
           direct
           us
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           avoiding
           of
           those
           inextricable
           disquisitions
           and
           entanglements
           our
           own
           frail
           Reasons
           would
           perplex
           us
           withal
           .
           God
           in
           his
           infinite
           mercy
           hath
           given
           us
           his
           holy
           Word
           ,
           in
           which
           as
           there
           are
           many
           things
           hard
           to
           be
           understood
           :
           so
           there
           is
           enough
           plain
           and
           easie
           ,
           to
           quiet
           our
           mindes
           ,
           and
           direct
           us
           concerning
           our
           future
           being
           .
           I
           confess
           to
           God
           and
           you
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           a
           great
           neglecter
           and
           (
           I
           fear
           )
           despiser
           of
           it
           :
           (
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           mercy
           pardon
           me
           the
           dreadful
           fault
           .
           )
           But
           when
           I
           retired
           my self
           from
           the
           noise
           and
           deceitful
           vanity
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           I
           found
           no
           true
           comfort
           in
           any
           other
           resolution
           ,
           then
           what
           I
           had
           from
           thence
           :
           I
           commend
           from
           the
           bottom
           of
           my
           heart
           the
           same
           to
           your
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           happie
           use
           .
           Dear
           Sir
           Hugh
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           more
           generous
           then
           to
           believe
           we
           die
           as
           the
           beasts
           that
           perish
           ;
           but
           with
           a
           Christian
           ,
           manly
           ,
           brave
           resolution
           ,
           look
           to
           what
           is
           eternal
           .
           I
           will
           not
           trouble
           you
           farther
           .
           The
           onely
           
           great
           God
           ,
           and
           holy
           God
           ,
           Father
           ,
           Son
           and
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           direct
           you
           to
           an
           happie
           end
           of
           your
           life
           ,
           and
           send
           us
           a
           joyful
           resurrection
           .
           So
           prays
           old
           James
           ,
           neer
           the
           coast
           of
           Holland
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             true
             friend
             ,
             MARLEBURGH
             .
          
           
             
               April
               24.
               1665.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             commend
             my
             love
             to
             all
             mine
             acquaintance
             ;
             particularly
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             that
             my
             Cousin
             Glascock
             may
             have
             a
             sight
             of
             this
             Letter
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             of
             my
             friends
             besides
             as
             you
             will
             ,
             or
             any
             else
             that
             desire
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             pray
             grant
             this
             my
             request
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             King
             CHARLES
             the
             First
          
           
             HAd
             that
             sense
             of
             Religion
             upon
             his
             spirit
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             one
             act
             of
             passing
             the
             Bill
             for
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Strafford's
             death
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             England
             and
             Scotland
             ,
             troubled
             him
             as
             long
             as
             he
             lived
             ,
             and
             brought
             him
             not
             onely
             to
             vow
             as
             he
             did
             before
             the
             most
             Reverend
             Father
             in
             God
             G.
             Lord
             Archbishop
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             to
             do
             Penance
             for
             them
             ;
             but
             also
             to
             a
             resolution
             never
             to
             allow
             the
             least
             thing
             ,
             though
             it
             was
             but
             the
             little
             Assemblies
             Catechism
             ,
             against
             his
             conscience
             .
             And
             when
             it
             was
             told
             him
             his
             death
             was
             resolved
             on
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             
               I
               have
               done
               what
               I
               could
               to
               save
               my
               life
               ,
               without
               losing
               my
               soul
               ,
               and
               sinning
               against
               my
               conscience
               .
               Gods
               will
               be
               done
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             WALTER
             RAWLEIGH
          
           
             AT
             the
             meeting
             usually
             held
             with
             the
             Virtuosi
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             discoursing
             of
             Happiness
             ,
             urged
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             onely
             a
             freedom
             from
             Diseases
             and
             pains
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             from
             anxiety
             and
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             ;
             not
             onely
             to
             enjoy
             the
             pleasures
             of
             Sense
             ,
             but
             peace
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             inward
             tranquillity
             ;
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             not
             for
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             but
             as
             long
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             and
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             possible
             ,
             for
             ever
             .
             And
             this
             happiness
             ,
             so
             suitable
             to
             the
             immortality
             of
             our
             souls
             ,
             and
             the
             eternal
             state
             we
             must
             live
             in
             ,
             is
             onely
             to
             be
             met
             with
             in
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             r
             HOWARD
             ,
          
           
             AFterwards
             the
             Learned
             Earl
             of
             Northampton
             ,
             being
             troubled
             with
             Atheistical
             suggestions
             ,
             put
             them
             all
             off
             this
             way
             ,
             
               viz.
               If
               I
               could
               give
               any
               account
               how
               I
               my self
               ,
               or
               any
               thing
               else
               ,
               had
               a
               being
               without
               God
               ;
               how
               there
               came
               so
               uniform
               and
               so
               constant
               a
               consent
               of
               mankinde
               ,
               of
               all
               ages
               ,
               tempers
               and
               educations
               ,
               (
               otherwise
               differing
               so
               much
               in
               their
               apprehensions
               )
               about
               the
               being
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               immortality
               of
               the
               soul
               ,
               and
               Religion
               ;
               in
               which
               they
               could
               not
               likely
               either
               deceive
               so
               many
               ,
               or
               being
               so
               many
               could
               not
               be
               deceived
               .
            
             And
             when
             it
             was
             urged
             that
             Religion
             was
             a
             State-policie
             to
             keep
             men
             in
             awe
             ;
             he
             replied
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             believe
             it
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             greatest
             Politicians
             have
             sooner
             or
             later
             felt
             the
             power
             of
             Religion
             in
             the
             grievous
             lashes
             of
             their
             consciences
             ,
             and
             dreadfulness
             of
             their
             apprehension
             about
             that
             state
             wherein
             they
             must
             live
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             DAN
             .
             HEINSIUS
             ,
          
           
             A
             Master
             (
             as
             Selden
             expresseth
             it
             ,
             
               tam
               severiorum
               quàm
               amoeniorum
               Literarum
            
             ,
             History-professor
             of
             Leyden
             ,
             Secretary
             and
             Bibliothecary
             of
             the
             same
             University
             ,
             and
             appointed
             Notary
             of
             the
             Synod
             of
             Dort
             ,
             said
             at
             last
             ,
             Alas
             ,
             as
             to
             humane
             Learning
             ,
             I
             may
             use
             
             Solomon's
             expressions
             ,
             
               That
               which
               is
               crooked
               cannot
               be
               made
               strait
               .
            
          
           
             We
             may
             understand
             it
             several
             ways
             .
             First
             ,
             all
             our
             Knowledge
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             mans
             corruption
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             crooked
             ,
             ragged
             ,
             impedite
             Knowledge
             ;
             and
             for
             that
             reason
             ,
             a
             vexation
             to
             the
             minde
             :
             for
             Rectitude
             is
             full
             of
             beauty
             ,
             and
             Crookedness
             of
             deformity
             .
             In
             mans
             Creation
             ,
             his
             Understanding
             should
             have
             walked
             in
             the
             strait
             path
             of
             Truth
             ,
             should
             have
             had
             a
             distinct
             view
             of
             Causes
             and
             Effects
             in
             their
             immediate
             successions
             :
             but
             now
             ,
             sin
             hath
             mingled
             such
             Confusion
             with
             things
             ,
             that
             the
             Minde
             is
             fain
             to
             take
             many
             crooked
             and
             vast
             compasses
             for
             a
             little
             uncertain
             knowledge
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             weakness
             of
             all
             natural
             knowledge
             is
             seen
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             we
             cannot
             any
             way
             either
             prevent
             or
             correct
             the
             crookedness
             of
             the
             smallest
             things
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             make
             a
             man
             solidly
             or
             substantially
             happie
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             
               That
               which
               is
               crooked
               cannot
               be
               made
               strait
               .
            
             It
             is
             impossible
             for
             a
             man
             ,
             by
             the
             exactest
             knowledge
             of
             natural
             things
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             which
             by
             sin
             is
             departed
             from
             its
             primitive
             rectitude
             ,
             strait
             again
             ;
             to
             repair
             that
             image
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             much
             distorted
             :
             
               when
               they
               knew
               
               God
               ,
               they
               glorified
               him
               not
               as
               God
               ,
               they
               became
               vain
               in
               their
               imaginations
               ,
               and
               their
               foolish
               heart
               was
               darkned
               :
            
             'T
             is
             the
             Apostle's
             speech
             of
             the
             wisest
             Heathen
             ,
             Aristotle
             ,
             the
             most
             rational
             Heathen
             man
             that
             the
             world
             knows
             of
             ,
             in
             his
             Doctrine
             confesseth
             the
             disability
             of
             moral
             Knowledge
             to
             rectifie
             the
             intemperance
             of
             Nature
             ;
             and
             made
             it
             good
             in
             his
             Practice
             :
             for
             he
             used
             a
             common
             Strumpet
             to
             satisfie
             his
             lust
             .
             Seneca
             likewise
             ,
             the
             exactest
             Stoick
             that
             we
             meet
             with
             ,
             then
             whom
             never
             any
             man
             writ
             more
             divinely
             for
             the
             contempt
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             was
             the
             richest
             Usurer
             that
             ever
             we
             read
             of
             in
             ancient
             Stories
             ;
             though
             that
             were
             a
             sin
             discovered
             and
             condemned
             by
             the
             Heathen
             themselves
             .
          
           
             A
             second
             ground
             of
             vexation
             from
             Knowledge
             ,
             is
             the
             defects
             and
             imperfections
             of
             it
             :
             that
             which
             is
             wanting
             cannot
             be
             numbred
             .
             There
             are
             many
             thousand
             Conclusions
             in
             Nature
             ,
             which
             the
             inquisitive
             judgement
             is
             not
             able
             to
             pierce
             into
             ,
             nor
             resolve
             into
             their
             just
             Principles
             :
             nay
             ,
             the
             more
             a
             man
             knoweth
             ,
             the
             less
             discovery
             he
             maketh
             into
             the
             things
             he
             knoweth
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             in
             much
             wisdom
             is
             much
             grief
             ;
             and
             
               he
               that
               increaseth
               knowledge
               ,
               increaseth
               sorrow
               .
            
             In
             Civil
             wisdom
             ,
             the
             more
             able
             a
             man
             is
             ,
             the
             more
             service
             is
             cast
             upon
             him
             :
             and
             the
             more
             business
             he
             runs
             thorow
             ,
             the
             less
             enjoyment
             he
             hath
             of
             time
             or
             liberty
             .
             His
             eminence
             loads
             him
             with
             envie
             ,
             jealousie
             ,
             observation
             ,
             suspicion
             ;
             forceth
             him
             oftentimes
             upon
             unwelcome
             compliances
             ,
             upon
             colours
             and
             inventions
             ,
             to
             palliate
             unjust
             counsels
             ,
             and
             stop
             the
             clamours
             of
             gainsaying
             Conscience
             ;
             fills
             him
             with
             fears
             of
             miscarriage
             
             and
             disgrace
             ,
             with
             projects
             of
             humour
             and
             plausibility
             ,
             with
             restless
             thoughts
             how
             to
             discover
             ,
             prevent
             ,
             conceal
             ,
             accommodate
             the
             adversaries
             or
             his
             own
             affairs
             :
             in
             one
             word
             ,
             is
             very
             apt
             to
             make
             him
             a
             stranger
             to
             God
             and
             his
             own
             soul.
             In
             other
             Learning
             ,
             let
             a
             man
             but
             consider
             ,
             first
             ,
             the
             confusion
             ,
             uncertainty
             ,
             involvedness
             ,
             perplexity
             of
             Causes
             and
             Effects
             ,
             by
             mans
             sin
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             pains
             of
             body
             ,
             the
             travel
             of
             the
             minde
             ,
             the
             sweat
             of
             the
             brain
             ,
             and
             tugging
             and
             plucking
             of
             the
             understanding
             ,
             the
             very
             drudgery
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             to
             break
             thorow
             that
             confusion
             and
             her
             own
             difficulties
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             many
             invincible
             doubts
             and
             errours
             which
             will
             still
             blemish
             our
             brightest
             notions
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             the
             great
             charges
             which
             the
             very
             instruments
             and
             furniture
             of
             Learning
             puts
             men
             to
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             the
             general
             disrespect
             which
             (
             when
             all
             is
             done
             )
             it
             findes
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             great
             men
             scorning
             it
             as
             Pedantry
             ,
             ordinary
             men
             unable
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             great
             Scholars
             are
             fain
             to
             make
             up
             a
             Theatre
             amongst
             themselves
             .
             Sixthly
             ,
             the
             insufficiencie
             thereof
             to
             make
             up
             what
             is
             amiss
             in
             our
             nature
             ,
             the
             malignant
             property
             it
             hath
             to
             put
             sin
             into
             armour
             ,
             to
             contemn
             the
             simplicity
             and
             purity
             of
             Gods
             Word
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             the
             neer
             approach
             thereof
             unto
             its
             own
             period
             ;
             the
             same
             death
             that
             attendeth
             us
             ,
             being
             ready
             also
             to
             bury
             all
             our
             Learning
             in
             the
             grave
             with
             us
             .
             These
             ,
             and
             infinite
             the
             like
             considerations
             ,
             must
             needs
             mingle
             much
             sorrow
             with
             the
             choicest
             Learning
             .
          
           
             Methinks
             I
             could
             bid
             the
             world
             farewel
             ,
             and
             immure
             my self
             among
             my
             Books
             ,
             and
             look
             forth
             no
             more
             ,
             (
             were
             it
             a
             lawful
             course
             )
             but
             shut
             the
             doors
             
             upon
             me
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             in
             the
             lap
             of
             Eternity
             )
             among
             those
             divine
             souls
             employ
             my self
             in
             sweet
             content
             ,
             and
             pitie
             the
             rich
             and
             great
             ones
             that
             know
             not
             this
             happiness
             .
             Sure
             then
             it
             is
             a
             high
             delight
             indeed
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             true
             lap
             of
             Eternity
             is
             enjoyed
             !
          
        
         
           
             Cardinal
             MAZARINE
          
           
             HAving
             made
             Religion
             wholly
             subservient
             to
             the
             Secular
             interest
             ,
             amassed
             to
             his
             own
             interest
             and
             person
             all
             the
             Treasure
             and
             Interest
             of
             Europe
             ,
             and
             managed
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             for
             several
             years
             together
             ;
             discoursed
             one
             day
             with
             a
             
             Sorbonne-Doctor
             concerning
             the
             immortality
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             a
             mans
             eternal
             estate
             ;
             and
             then
             wept
             ,
             repeating
             that
             Emperours
             saying
             ,
             
               Animula
               vagula
               blandula
               ,
               quae
               abibis
               in
               loca
               ?
               O
               my
               poor
               soul
               ,
               whither
               wilt
               thou
               go
               ?
            
             Immediately
             calling
             for
             his
             Confessor
             ,
             and
             requiring
             him
             to
             deal
             freely
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             vowing
             ten
             hours
             of
             the
             day
             for
             Devotion
             ,
             seven
             for
             Rest
             ,
             four
             for
             Repasts
             ,
             and
             but
             three
             for
             Business
             :
             saying
             one
             day
             to
             the
             Queen-mother
             ,
             
               Madam
               ,
               your
               favours
               undid
               me
               :
               were
               I
               to
               live
               again
               ,
               I
               would
               be
               a
            
             Capuchin
             
               rather
               then
               a
            
             Courtier
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cardinal
             RICHLIEU
             ,
          
           
             AFter
             he
             had
             given
             law
             to
             all
             Europe
             many
             years
             together
             ,
             confessed
             to
             
               P.
               du
               Moulin
            
             ,
             that
             being
             forced
             upon
             many
             irregularities
             in
             his
             life-time
             by
             
             that
             which
             they
             call
             
               Reason
               of
               State
            
             ,
             could
             not
             tell
             how
             to
             satisfie
             his
             Conscience
             for
             several
             things
             ,
             and
             therefore
             had
             many
             temptations
             to
             doubt
             and
             dis-believe
             a
             God
             ,
             another
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             immortality
             of
             the
             soul
             ;
             and
             by
             that
             distrust
             ,
             to
             relieve
             his
             aking
             heart
             :
             but
             in
             vain
             ;
             so
             strong
             (
             he
             said
             )
             was
             the
             notion
             of
             God
             on
             his
             soul
             ,
             so
             clear
             the
             impression
             of
             him
             upon
             the
             frame
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             so
             unanimous
             the
             consent
             of
             mankinde
             ,
             so
             powerful
             the
             convictions
             of
             his
             conscience
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             but
             
               taste
               the
               power
               of
               the
               world
               to
               come
            
             ;
             and
             so
             live
             as
             one
             that
             must
             die
             ,
             and
             so
             die
             as
             one
             that
             must
             live
             for
             ever
             .
             And
             being
             asked
             one
             day
             why
             he
             was
             so
             sad
             :
             he
             answered
             ,
             
               Monsieur
               ,
               Monsieur
               ,
               the
               soul
               is
               a
               serious
               thing
               ;
               it
               must
               be
               either
               sad
               here
               for
               a
               moment
               ,
               or
               be
               sad
               for
               ever
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             ARISTOTLE
          
           
             A
             While
             pleased
             himself
             with
             the
             worlds
             eternity
             :
             but
             going
             off
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             notion
             could
             not
             secure
             him
             from
             the
             trouble
             and
             fear
             of
             a
             God
             ;
             for
             on
             his
             death-bed
             he
             said
             ,
             
               Ensentium
               ,
               miserere
               mei
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             SENECA
             ,
          
           
             THe
             greatest
             Courtier
             and
             richest
             Subject
             of
             his
             time
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             was
             sometimes
             dubious
             as
             to
             the
             future
             condition
             of
             his
             soul
             ;
             yet
             could
             tell
             his
             dear
             Lucilius
             with
             what
             pleasure
             he
             could
             think
             of
             it
             :
             
             
               Miraris
               hominem
               ad
               deos
               ire
               ?
               Deus
               ad
               homines
               venit
               nulla
               sine
               Deo
               mens
               bona
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Et
               hoc
               habet
               argumentum
               divinitatis
               ,
               quod
               illum
               divina
               delectant
               ,
               nec
               ut
               alienis
               interest
               ,
               sed
               ut
               suis
               :
            
             i.e.
             The
             soul
             hath
             that
             argument
             of
             its
             divinity
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             most
             pleased
             with
             divine
             speculations
             ,
             and
             conversed
             with
             them
             as
             with
             matters
             that
             neerly
             concerned
             it
             :
             and
             when
             it
             hath
             once
             viewed
             the
             dimensions
             of
             the
             heavens
             ,
             
               contemnit
               domicilii
               prioris
               angustias
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             CHRISTOPHER
             HATTON
             ,
          
           
             A
             Little
             before
             his
             Death
             ,
             advised
             his
             Relations
             to
             be
             serious
             in
             the
             search
             after
             the
             will
             of
             God
             in
             his
             holy
             Word
             :
             For
             (
             said
             he
             )
             it
             is
             deservedly
             accounted
             a
             piece
             of
             excellent
             Knowledge
             ,
             to
             understand
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             Customs
             of
             a
             Mans
             Countrey
             ;
             how
             much
             more
             to
             know
             the
             Statures
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             Laws
             of
             Eternity
             ,
             those
             immutable
             and
             eternal
             Laws
             of
             Justice
             and
             Righteousness
             !
             to
             know
             the
             will
             and
             pleasure
             of
             the
             Great
             Monarch
             and
             Universal
             King
             of
             the
             World
             !
             
               I
               have
               seen
               an
               end
               of
               all
               Perfection
               ;
               but
               thy
               Commandments
               ,
               O
               God
               ,
               are
               exceeding
               broad
               .
            
          
           
             Whatever
             other
             Knowledge
             a
             man
             may
             be
             endued
             withal
             ,
             could
             he
             by
             a
             vast
             and
             an
             imperious
             Mind
             ,
             and
             a
             Heart
             as
             large
             as
             the
             Sand
             upon
             the
             Sea-shore
             ,
             command
             all
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Art
             and
             Nature
             ,
             of
             Words
             and
             Things
             ;
             could
             he
             attain
             a
             Mastery
             in
             all
             Languages
             ,
             and
             sound
             the
             depth
             of
             all
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ;
             could
             he
             discourse
             the
             Interest
             of
             all
             States
             ,
             
             the
             Intrigues
             of
             all
             Courts
             ,
             the
             Reason
             of
             all
             Civil
             Laws
             and
             Constitutions
             ,
             and
             give
             an
             Account
             of
             all
             Histories
             ;
             and
             yet
             not
             know
             the
             Author
             of
             his
             Being
             ,
             and
             the
             Preserver
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             his
             Soveraign
             and
             his
             Judge
             ;
             his
             surest
             Refuge
             in
             trouble
             ;
             his
             best
             Friend
             ,
             or
             worst
             Enemy
             ;
             the
             Support
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             Hope
             of
             his
             Death
             ;
             his
             future
             Happiness
             ,
             and
             his
             Portion
             for
             ever
             :
             doth
             but
             
               sapienter
               descendere
               in
               infernum
            
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             wisdom
             go
             down
             to
             Hell.
             
          
        
         
           
             FRANCIS
             JUNIUS
             ,
          
           
             A
             Gentile
             and
             an
             Ingenious
             Person
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             reading
             
               Tully
               de
               Legibus
            
             ,
             fell
             into
             a
             perswasion
             
               nihil
               curare
               Deum
               ,
               nec
               sui
               ,
               nec
               alieni
            
             ;
             till
             in
             a
             Tumult
             in
             Lyons
             ,
             the
             Lord
             wonderfully
             delivered
             him
             from
             imminent
             death
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             compelled
             to
             acknowledge
             a
             Divine
             Providence
             therein
             :
             And
             his
             Father
             hearing
             the
             dangerous
             ways
             that
             his
             Son
             was
             mis-led
             into
             ,
             sent
             for
             him
             home
             ,
             where
             he
             carefully
             and
             holily
             instructed
             him
             ,
             and
             caused
             him
             to
             read
             over
             the
             New
             Testament
             ;
             of
             which
             himself
             writ
             thus
             :
             
               Novum
               Testamentum
               aperio
               ,
               exhibet
               se
               mihi
               adspectis
               primo
               augustissimum
               illud
               caput
               ,
               In
               principio
               erat
               Verbum
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             When
             I
             opened
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             I
             first
             light
             upon
             
             John's
             first
             Chapter
             ,
             
               In
               the
               beginning
               was
               the
               Word
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             I
             read
             part
             of
             the
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             was
             suddenly
             convinced
             that
             the
             Divinity
             of
             the
             Argument
             ,
             and
             the
             Majesty
             and
             Authority
             of
             the
             Writing
             ,
             did
             exceedingly
             excel
             all
             the
             Eloquence
             of
             Humane
             Writings
             :
             My
             Body
             trembled
             ,
             my
             Mind
             was
             astonished
             ,
             
             and
             I
             was
             so
             affected
             all
             that
             day
             ,
             that
             I
             knew
             not
             where
             and
             what
             I
             was
             .
             
               Thou
               wast
               mindful
               of
               me
               ,
               O
               my
               God
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               multitude
               of
               thy
               Mercies
               ;
               and
               calledst
               home
               thy
               lost
               Sheep
               into
               thy
               Fold
               .
            
             And
             as
             
               Justin
               Martyr
            
             of
             old
             ,
             so
             he
             of
             late
             ,
             professed
             ,
             That
             the
             power
             of
             Godliness
             in
             a
             plain
             simple
             Christ
             ,
             wrought
             so
             upon
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             but
             take
             up
             a
             strict
             and
             a
             serious
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             LEICESTER
          
           
             IN
             Q
             
             Elizabeth's
             days
             ,
             though
             allowing
             himself
             in
             some
             things
             very
             inconsistent
             with
             Religion
             ,
             came
             at
             last
             to
             this
             Resolution
             ;
             That
             Man
             differed
             not
             from
             Beasts
             so
             much
             in
             Reason
             ,
             as
             in
             Religion
             :
             and
             that
             Religion
             was
             the
             higest
             Reason
             ;
             nothing
             being
             more
             rational
             ,
             than
             for
             the
             supreme
             Truth
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             the
             highest
             Good
             to
             be
             imbraced
             ,
             the
             first
             Cause
             and
             almighty
             Maker
             of
             all
             things
             to
             be
             owned
             and
             feared
             ;
             and
             for
             those
             who
             were
             made
             by
             God
             ,
             and
             live
             wholly
             upon
             him
             ,
             to
             improve
             all
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             live
             wholly
             to
             him
             :
             Agreeable
             to
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             
               Give
               up
               your
               Souls
               and
               Bodies
               unto
               him
               ,
               which
               is
               your
               reasonable
               Service
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SOLOMON
          
           
             KEpt
             his
             wisdom
             :
             he
             pursued
             such
             manly
             and
             noble
             delights
             ,
             as
             might
             not
             vitiate
             ,
             but
             rather
             improve
             his
             intellectuals
             .
             Eccles.
             2.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             
               I
               said
               
               in
               my
               heart
               ,
               Go
               to
               now
               ,
               I
               will
               prove
               thee
               with
               mirth
               ,
               therefore
               enjoy
               pleasure
               :
               and
               behold
               ,
               this
               also
               is
               vanity
               .
               I
               said
               of
               laughter
               ,
               It
               is
               mad
               ;
               and
               of
               mirth
               ,
               What
               doth
               it
               ?
               I
               sought
               in
               my
               heart
               to
               give
               my self
               unto
               wine
               ,
               (
               yet
               acquainting
               mine
               heart
               with
               wisdom
               )
               and
               to
               lay
               hold
               on
               folly
               ,
               till
               I
               might
               see
               what
               was
               that
               good
               for
               the
               sons
               of
               men
               ,
               which
               they
               should
               do
               under
               the
               heaven
               all
               the
               days
               of
               their
               life
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             ,
             his
             wisdom
             was
             furnished
             with
             variety
             of
             subjects
             to
             enquire
             into
             :
             he
             had
             magnificence
             and
             provisions
             suitable
             to
             the
             greatness
             of
             his
             Royal
             minde
             :
             sumptuous
             and
             delicate
             Diet
             ,
             under
             the
             name
             of
             wine
             ,
             vers
             .
             3.
             stately
             Edifices
             ,
             vers
             .
             4.
             
             Vineyards
             and
             Orchards
             ;
             yea
             ,
             very
             Paradises
             as
             large
             as
             Woods
             ,
             vers
             .
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Fish-ponds
             and
             great
             Waters
             ;
             multitudes
             of
             Attendants
             and
             Retinue
             of
             all
             sexes
             :
             mighty
             herds
             of
             Cattel
             of
             all
             kindes
             ,
             vers
             .
             7.
             great
             Treasures
             of
             Silver
             and
             Gold
             :
             all
             kindes
             of
             Musick
             ,
             vocal
             and
             instrumental
             .
          
           
             Further
             ,
             Solomon
             exceeded
             in
             all
             these
             things
             all
             that
             ever
             went
             before
             him
             .
             Vers.
             9.
             
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             the
             most
             abundant
             ,
             so
             likewise
             the
             most
             free
             ,
             undisturbed
             ,
             unbated
             enjoyment
             of
             them
             all
             ;
             
               he
               withheld
               not
               his
               heart
               from
               any
               :
            
             there
             was
             no
             mixture
             of
             sickness
             ,
             of
             war
             ,
             or
             any
             intercurrent
             difficulties
             ,
             to
             corrupt
             their
             sweetness
             ,
             or
             blunt
             the
             taste
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Here
             are
             as
             great
             preparations
             as
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             can
             expect
             ,
             to
             make
             an
             universal
             survey
             of
             those
             delights
             which
             are
             in
             the
             creature
             :
             and
             yet
             at
             last
             ,
             upon
             an
             impartial
             enquiry
             into
             all
             his
             most
             magnificent
             works
             ,
             the
             conclusion
             is
             ,
             they
             are
             but
             
               vanity
               ,
               and
               vexation
               of
               spirit
               ,
            
             vers
             .
             11.
             
             Which
             vexation
             he
             further
             explains
             ,
          
           
           
             1.
             
             By
             the
             necessary
             divorce
             which
             was
             to
             come
             between
             him
             and
             them
             :
             he
             was
             to
             
               leave
               all
            
             ,
             vers
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             By
             his
             disability
             so
             to
             dispose
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             that
             after
             him
             they
             might
             remain
             in
             that
             manner
             as
             he
             had
             ordered
             them
             ,
             vers
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             By
             the
             effects
             that
             these
             and
             the
             like
             considerations
             wrought
             in
             him
             :
             they
             were
             so
             far
             from
             giving
             real
             satisfaction
             ,
             as
             that
             ,
             First
             ,
             he
             
               hated
               all
               his
               works
            
             :
             for
             there
             is
             nothing
             that
             maketh
             one
             hate
             more
             eagerly
             ,
             then
             disappointment
             in
             that
             which
             a
             man
             expected
             .
             When
             Amnon
             found
             what
             little
             satisfaction
             his
             exorbitant
             lust
             received
             in
             ravishing
             his
             sister
             Tamar
             ,
             he
             as
             fiercely
             hated
             her
             as
             he
             desired
             her
             before
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             he
             despaired
             of
             finding
             any
             good
             in
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             beget
             nothing
             but
             travel
             ,
             drudgery
             ,
             and
             unquiet
             thoughts
             .
          
           
             
               Let
               us
               hear
               the
               conclusion
               of
               the
               whole
               matter
               :
               Fear
               God
               ,
               and
               keep
               his
               commandments
               ;
               for
               this
               is
               the
               whole
               duty
               of
               man.
               For
               God
               shall
               bring
               every
               work
               to
               judgment
               ,
               with
               every
               secret
               thing
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               good
               ,
               or
               whether
               it
               be
               evil
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Saint
             POLYCARP
             ,
          
           
             WHen
             perswaded
             to
             swear
             by
             
               the
               Fortune
               of
               Caesar
            
             ,
             and
             blaspheme
             or
             renounce
             his
             Saviour
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               Fourscore
               and
               six
               years
               have
               I
               served
               Christ
               ;
               neither
               hath
               he
               ever
               offended
               me
               in
               any
               thing
               :
               I
               have
               lived
               by
               him
               ,
               I
               will
               live
               to
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Bishop
             USHER
             ,
          
           
             THat
             most
             learned
             and
             knowing
             Prelate
             ,
             after
             his
             indefatigable
             pains
             as
             a
             Christian
             ,
             a
             Scholar
             ,
             a
             Prelate
             ,
             and
             a
             Preacher
             ,
             went
             out
             of
             the
             World
             with
             this
             Prayer
             ;
             
               Lord
               ,
               forgive
               me
               my
               sins
               of
               Omission
            
             ;
             and
             desired
             to
             die
             as
             Mr.
             Perkins
             did
             ,
             imploring
             the
             Mercy
             and
             Favour
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             BACON
             ,
          
           
             THat
             understood
             the
             World
             and
             himself
             as
             well
             as
             any
             man
             in
             Europe
             ,
             would
             say
             ,
             That
             a
             little
             smattering
             in
             Philosophy
             might
             tempt
             a
             man
             to
             be
             an
             Atheist
             ,
             but
             a
             through
             study
             of
             it
             would
             bring
             him
             back
             to
             be
             Religious
             :
             And
             after
             variety
             of
             Fortunes
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             breathed
             ou●
             his
             Soul
             thus
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             JOHN
             MASON
          
           
             PRivy
             Councellor
             to
             King
             Henry
             the
             eighth
             ,
             and
             King
             Edward
             the
             sixth
             ,
             whom
             some
             make
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             setting
             him
             a
             little
             too
             high
             ;
             others
             Master
             of
             the
             Requests
             ,
             placing
             him
             as
             much
             too
             low
             ,
             upon
             his
             death-bed
             called
             for
             his
             Clerk
             and
             Steward
             ,
             and
             delivered
             himself
             to
             them
             to
             this
             purpose
             :
             I
             have
             seen
             five
             Princes
             ,
             and
             been
             Privy-Councellor
             to
             four
             ;
             I
             have
             seen
             the
             most
             remarqueable
             observables
             in
             
             forreign
             parts
             ,
             and
             been
             present
             at
             most
             State-transactions
             for
             thirty
             years
             together
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             learned
             this
             after
             so
             many
             years
             experience
             ,
             that
             Seriousness
             is
             the
             greatest
             Wisdome
             ,
             Temperance
             the
             best
             Physick
             ,
             a
             good
             Conscience
             is
             the
             best
             Estate
             ;
             and
             were
             I
             to
             live
             again
             ,
             I
             would
             change
             the
             Court
             for
             a
             Cloyster
             ,
             my
             Privie
             Counsellers
             bustles
             for
             an
             Hermits
             retirement
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             life
             I
             lived
             in
             the
             Palace
             ,
             for
             one
             hours
             enjoyment
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Chappel
             :
             all
             things
             else
             forsake
             me
             ,
             besides
             my
             God
             ,
             my
             duty
             ,
             and
             my
             prayer
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             HENRY
             WOTTON
          
           
             AFter
             his
             many
             years
             study
             ,
             with
             great
             proficiency
             and
             applause
             at
             the
             University
             ;
             his
             neer
             relation
             to
             the
             great
             favorite
             Robert
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
             his
             Intimacy
             with
             the
             Duke
             of
             Tuscany
             and
             James
             the
             sixth
             King
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             his
             Embassies
             to
             
               Holland
               ,
               Germany
            
             ,
             and
             Venice
             ;
             desired
             to
             retire
             ,
             with
             this
             Motto
             ,
             
               Tandem
               didicit
               animas
               sapientiores
               fieri
               quiescendo
            
             ;
             being
             very
             ambitious
             of
             the
             Provostship
             of
             Eaton
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             there
             enjoy
             his
             beloved
             Study
             and
             devotion
             ;
             saying
             often
             ,
             that
             the
             day
             he
             put
             his
             Surp●ice
             on
             ,
             was
             the
             happiest
             day
             of
             his
             life
             :
             That
             being
             the
             utmost
             happiness
             a
             man
             could
             attain
             to
             (
             he
             said
             )
             to
             be
             at
             leasure
             to
             be
             and
             to
             do
             good
             ;
             Never
             reflecting
             on
             his
             former
             years
             ,
             but
             with
             tears
             would
             say
             ,
             
               How
               much
               time
               have
               I
               to
               repent
               of
               !
               and
               how
               little
               to
               do
               it
               in
               !
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             THOMAS
             SMITH
          
           
             AFter
             he
             had
             many
             years
             served
             Q.
             Elizabeth
             as
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             done
             many
             good
             services
             to
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             particularly
             to
             the
             setling
             of
             the
             Corne-rate
             for
             the
             Universities
             ,
             discharged
             all
             affairs
             and
             attendants
             a
             quarter
             of
             a
             year
             before
             he
             died
             ,
             sent
             to
             his
             singular
             good
             friends
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             of
             Winchester
             and
             Worcester
             ,
             intreating
             them
             to
             draw
             him
             out
             of
             the
             word
             of
             God
             the
             plainest
             and
             exactest
             way
             of
             making
             his
             peace
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             living
             godly
             in
             this
             present
             world
             ;
             adding
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             great
             pitty
             men
             knew
             not
             to
             what
             end
             they
             were
             born
             into
             this
             world
             ,
             until
             they
             were
             ready
             to
             go
             out
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             BACON
          
           
             WOuld
             say
             ,
             towards
             the
             later
             end
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             that
             a
             little
             smattering
             in
             Philosophy
             would
             lead
             a
             man
             to
             Atheisme
             ,
             but
             a
             through
             insight
             into
             it
             will
             lead
             a
             man
             back
             again
             to
             a
             first
             cause
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             first
             principle
             of
             right
             reason
             is
             Religion
             ;
             in
             reference
             to
             which
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             wisest
             way
             to
             live
             strictly
             and
             severely
             :
             for
             if
             the
             opinion
             of
             another
             world
             be
             not
             true
             ,
             yet
             the
             sweetest
             life
             in
             this
             world
             is
             Piety
             ,
             Virtue
             ,
             and
             Honesty
             ;
             If
             it
             be
             ,
             there
             are
             none
             so
             miserable
             as
             the
             loose
             ,
             the
             carnal
             ,
             and
             profane
             Persons
             ,
             who
             lived
             a
             dishonourable
             and
             a
             base
             life
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             were
             like
             to
             fall
             to
             a
             most
             woful
             state
             in
             the
             next
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             TERTULLIAN
             .
          
           
             COme
             life
             ,
             come
             death
             ,
             I
             will
             worship
             none
             but
             God
             Almighty
             .
             O
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             receive
             the
             soul
             of
             thy
             Servant
             in
             peace
             ,
             who
             suffereth
             death
             for
             thy
             Cause
             and
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           
             ORIGEN
             .
          
           
             IF
             my
             Father
             stood
             weeping
             upon
             his
             knees
             before
             me
             ,
             and
             my
             Mother
             hanging
             on
             my
             neck
             behind
             ,
             and
             all
             my
             Brethren
             ,
             Sisters
             ,
             Children
             ,
             and
             Kinsfolks
             howling
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             to
             retain
             me
             in
             a
             sinful
             life
             ;
             I
             would
             fling
             my
             Mother
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             run
             over
             my
             Father
             ,
             despise
             all
             my
             Kindred
             ,
             and
             tread
             them
             under
             my
             feet
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             run
             to
             Christ.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             sayling
             with
             the
             Marriner
             ,
             through
             the
             boysterous
             Sea
             ,
             but
             shortly
             I
             shall
             be
             in
             the
             haven
             ,
             &c.
             Help
             me
             with
             your
             prayers
             .
          
           
             To
             my
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             my
             Hope
             and
             my
             Salvation
             ,
             I
             wholly
             offer
             up
             my
             soul
             and
             body
             ;
             I
             cast
             my self
             wholly
             upon
             his
             Mercy
             and
             Grace
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             THOMAS
             COVENTRY
          
           
             ONce
             hearing
             some
             Gallants
             jesting
             with
             Religion
             ,
             said
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             greater
             argument
             of
             a
             foolish
             and
             inconsiderate
             person
             ,
             than
             profanely
             to
             droll
             at
             Religion
             .
             It
             's
             a
             Sign
             he
             hath
             no
             regard
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             not
             touched
             with
             a
             sense
             of
             his
             own
             interest
             ,
             who
             playeth
             with
             life
             and
             death
             ,
             and
             makes
             nothing
             of
             his
             soul.
             To
             examine
             severely
             ,
             and
             debate
             seriously
             the
             principles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             worthy
             of
             a
             wise
             man
             :
             whosoever
             turns
             religion
             into
             Raillery
             ,
             and
             abuseth
             it
             with
             two
             or
             three
             bold
             jests
             ,
             rendreth
             not
             religion
             but
             himself
             ridiculous
             ,
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             all
             considerate
             men
             ;
             because
             he
             sports
             with
             his
             own
             life
             :
             for
             a
             good
             man
             saith
             ,
             If
             the
             principles
             of
             religion
             were
             doubtful
             ,
             yet
             they
             concern
             us
             so
             neerly
             ,
             that
             we
             ought
             to
             be
             serious
             in
             the
             examination
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             JUSTIN
             MARTYR
             .
          
           
             HEre
             I
             stand
             before
             God
             and
             this
             honourable
             Audience
             ,
             and
             take
             him
             to
             witness
             ,
             that
             I
             never
             willingly
             and
             wittingly
             taught
             any
             false
             doctrine
             ;
             and
             therefore
             have
             I
             a
             good
             conscience
             before
             God
             and
             all
             good
             men
             .
             I
             am
             sure
             that
             you
             and
             I
             shall
             come
             before
             a
             righteous
             Judge
             ,
             before
             whom
             I
             shall
             be
             as
             good
             a
             man
             as
             you
             ,
             (
             pointing
             at
             the
             Accuser
             )
             and
             I
             nothing
             doubt
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             shall
             be
             found
             then
             a
             
             true
             member
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             &
             be
             everlastingly
             saved
             .
          
           
             Merciful
             Father
             ,
             Father
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             my
             Saviours
             sake
             ,
             receive
             my
             Soul
             into
             thy
             hands
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             Excellent
             PERSONAGES
             Sentiments
             for
             Religion
             .
          
           
             IT
             may
             justly
             seem
             strange
             ,
             that
             true
             Religion
             ,
             which
             containeth
             nothing
             in
             it
             but
             what
             is
             truly
             Noble
             and
             Generous
             ,
             most
             rational
             ,
             and
             pleasing
             to
             the
             spirits
             of
             all
             good
             men
             ,
             should
             yet
             suffer
             so
             much
             in
             its
             esteem
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             through
             those
             strange
             and
             uncouth
             Vizards
             it
             is
             represented
             under
             :
             some
             accounting
             the
             life
             and
             practice
             ,
             as
             it
             speaks
             subduing
             our
             wills
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             the
             substance
             of
             all
             Religion
             )
             a
             thing
             too
             low
             and
             mean
             for
             their
             rank
             and
             condition
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             while
             others
             pretend
             a
             quarrel
             against
             the
             principles
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             unsatisfactory
             to
             Humane
             Reason
             .
          
           
             Thus
             Religion
             suffers
             ,
             with
             the
             Author
             of
             it
             ,
             between
             two
             Thieves
             ;
             and
             hard
             it
             is
             to
             define
             which
             is
             most
             injurious
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             which
             quarrels
             the
             principles
             ,
             or
             that
             which
             despiseth
             the
             practice
             of
             it
             .
             And
             nothing
             will
             certainly
             more
             incline
             to
             believe
             that
             we
             live
             in
             an
             age
             of
             Prodigies
             ,
             then
             that
             there
             should
             be
             any
             such
             in
             the
             Christian
             world
             ,
             who
             should
             count
             it
             a
             piece
             of
             Gentility
             to
             despise
             Religion
             ,
             and
             a
             piece
             of
             Reason
             to
             be
             Atheists
             .
             For
             if
             there
             be
             any
             such
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             as
             a
             true
             hight
             and
             magnanimity
             
             of
             spirit
             ;
             if
             there
             be
             any
             reason
             and
             depth
             of
             judgment
             ;
             they
             are
             not
             onely
             consistent
             with
             ,
             but
             onely
             attainable
             by
             a
             true
             and
             generous
             spirit
             of
             Religion
             .
             But
             if
             we
             look
             unto
             that
             which
             the
             loose
             and
             profane
             world
             is
             apt
             to
             account
             the
             greatest
             Gallantry
             ,
             we
             shall
             finde
             it
             made
             up
             of
             such
             pitiful
             ingredients
             ,
             which
             any
             skilful
             and
             rational
             minde
             will
             be
             ashamed
             to
             plead
             for
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             mention
             them
             in
             competition
             with
             true
             goodness
             and
             unfeigned
             piety
             .
             For
             how
             easie
             is
             it
             to
             observe
             such
             who
             are
             accounted
             high
             and
             gallant
             spirits
             ,
             to
             quarry
             upon
             such
             mean
             preys
             which
             onely
             tend
             to
             satisfie
             their
             brutish
             appetites
             ,
             or
             flesh
             Revenge
             with
             the
             bloud
             of
             such
             who
             have
             stood
             in
             the
             way
             of
             that
             airy
             title
             ,
             Honour
             !
             or
             else
             they
             are
             so
             little
             apprehensive
             of
             the
             inward
             worth
             and
             excellencie
             of
             Humane
             nature
             ,
             that
             they
             seem
             to
             envie
             the
             gallantry
             of
             Peacocks
             ,
             and
             strive
             to
             outvie
             them
             in
             the
             gayety
             of
             their
             Plumes
             :
             such
             who
             are
             ,
             as
             Seneca
             saith
             ,
             
               Ad
               similitudinem
               parietum
               suorum
               extrinsecus
               culti
            
             ;
             who
             imitate
             the
             walls
             of
             their
             houses
             in
             the
             fairness
             of
             the
             outsides
             ,
             but
             matter
             not
             the
             rubbish
             which
             is
             within
             :
             the
             utmost
             of
             their
             ambition
             is
             to
             attain
             
               enervatam
               foelicitatem
               quà
               permadescunt
               animi
            
             ,
             such
             a
             felicity
             as
             evigorates
             the
             soul
             by
             too
             long
             steeping
             :
             it
             being
             the
             nature
             of
             all
             terrestrial
             pleasures
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             by
             degrees
             consuming
             Reason
             ,
             by
             effeminating
             and
             softning
             the
             intellectuals
             .
          
           
             Must
             we
             then
             appeal
             to
             the
             judgement
             of
             Sardanapalus
             concerning
             the
             nature
             of
             Felicity
             ,
             or
             enquire
             of
             Apicius
             what
             Temperance
             is
             ?
             or
             desire
             that
             Sybarite
             to
             define
             Magnanimity
             ,
             who
             fainted
             to
             see
             a
             man
             at
             
             hard
             labour
             ?
             Or
             doth
             now
             the
             conquest
             of
             Passions
             ,
             forgiving
             of
             Injuries
             ,
             doing
             Good
             ,
             Self-denial
             ,
             Humility
             ,
             Patience
             under
             crosses
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             real
             expressions
             of
             Piety
             ,
             speak
             nothing
             more
             noble
             and
             generous
             then
             a
             luxurious
             ,
             malicious
             ,
             proud
             ,
             and
             impatient
             spirit
             ?
             Is
             there
             nothing
             more
             becoming
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             soul
             of
             man
             in
             exemplary
             Pietie
             ,
             and
             a
             holy
             well-ordered
             conversation
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             lightness
             and
             vanity
             (
             not
             to
             say
             rudeness
             and
             debauchery
             )
             of
             those
             whom
             the
             world
             accounts
             the
             greater
             Gallants
             ?
             Is
             there
             nothing
             more
             graceful
             and
             pleasing
             in
             the
             sweetness
             ,
             candour
             ,
             and
             ingenuity
             of
             a
             truly
             Christian
             temper
             and
             disposition
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             revengeful
             implacable
             spirit
             of
             such
             whose
             Honour
             lives
             and
             is
             fed
             by
             the
             bloud
             of
             their
             enemies
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             more
             truly
             honourable
             and
             glorious
             ,
             to
             serve
             that
             God
             who
             commandeth
             the
             world
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             a
             slave
             to
             those
             Passions
             and
             Lusts
             which
             put
             men
             upon
             continual
             hard
             service
             ,
             and
             torment
             them
             for
             it
             when
             they
             have
             done
             it
             ?
             Were
             there
             nothing
             else
             to
             commend
             Religion
             to
             the
             mindes
             of
             men
             ,
             besides
             that
             tranquillity
             and
             calmness
             of
             spirit
             ,
             that
             serene
             and
             peaceable
             temper
             which
             follows
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             wheresoever
             it
             dwells
             ,
             it
             were
             enough
             to
             make
             men
             welcome
             that
             guest
             which
             brings
             such
             good
             entertainment
             with
             it
             .
             Whereas
             the
             amazements
             ,
             horrours
             and
             anxieties
             of
             minde
             which
             at
             one
             time
             or
             other
             haunt
             such
             who
             prostitute
             their
             Consciences
             to
             a
             violation
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Rules
             of
             rectified
             Reason
             ,
             may
             be
             enough
             to
             perswade
             any
             rational
             person
             ,
             that
             Impiety
             is
             the
             greatest
             folly
             ,
             and
             Irreligion
             madness
             .
          
           
           
             It
             cannot
             be
             then
             but
             matter
             of
             great
             pitie
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             any
             persons
             whose
             Birth
             and
             Education
             hath
             raised
             them
             above
             the
             common
             people
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             far
             their
             own
             enemies
             ,
             as
             to
             observe
             the
             Fashion
             more
             then
             the
             rules
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             to
             studie
             Complements
             more
             then
             the
             
               sacred
               Scriptures
            
             ,
             which
             alone
             are
             able
             to
             make
             them
             
               wise
               to
               salvation
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHARLES
             the
             V.
             
          
           
             EMperour
             of
             Germany
             ,
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             and
             Lord
             of
             the
             Netherlands
             ,
             after
             three
             and
             twenty
             pitcht
             Fields
             ,
             six
             Triumphs
             ,
             four
             Kingdoms
             won
             ,
             and
             eight
             Principalities
             added
             to
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             resigned
             all
             these
             ,
             retired
             to
             his
             Devotion
             ,
             had
             his
             own
             Funeral
             celebrated
             before
             his
             face
             ;
             and
             left
             this
             testimony
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             
               That
               the
               sincere
               profession
               of
               it
               had
               in
               it
               sweets
               and
               joys
               that
               Courts
               were
               strangers
               to
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             FRANCIS
             WALSINGHAM
          
           
             
               TOward
               the
               later
               end
               of
               his
               life
               grew
               very
               melancholy
               ,
               and
               writ
               to
               the
               Lord
               Chancellor
            
             Burleigh
             
               to
               this
               purpose
            
             :
             We
             have
             lived
             enough
             to
             our
             Country
             ,
             to
             our
             Fortunes
             ,
             and
             to
             our
             Soveraign
             :
             it
             is
             high
             time
             we
             began
             to
             live
             to
             our Selves
             ,
             and
             to
             our
             God.
             In
             the
             multitude
             of
             affairs
             that
             passed
             thorow
             our
             hands
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             some
             miscarriages
             ,
             for
             which
             a
             whole
             Kingdom
             cannot
             make
             our
             peace
             .
          
           
             
               Whereupon
               some
               Court-humorists
               being
               sent
               to
               
               divert
               Sir
            
             Francis
             ,
             Ah
             ,
             
               said
               he
            
             ,
             while
             we
             laugh
             ,
             all
             things
             are
             serious
             round
             about
             us
             :
             God
             is
             serious
             ,
             when
             he
             preserveth
             us
             ,
             and
             hath
             patience
             towards
             us
             ;
             Christ
             is
             serious
             ,
             when
             he
             dieth
             for
             us
             ;
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             is
             serious
             ,
             when
             he
             striveth
             with
             us
             ;
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             is
             serious
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             read
             before
             us
             ;
             Sacraments
             are
             serious
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             administred
             to
             us
             ;
             the
             whole
             Creation
             is
             serious
             ,
             in
             serving
             God
             and
             us
             :
             they
             are
             serious
             in
             hell
             and
             heaven
             ;
             and
             shall
             a
             man
             who
             hath
             one
             foot
             in
             his
             grave
             jest
             and
             laugh
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Don
             LEWIS
             de
             HARO
             ,
          
           
             
               AFter
               he
               had
               lived
               a
               great
               while
               the
               grand
               Favourite
               and
               States-man
               of
            
             Spain
             ,
             
               but
               with
               too
               little
               regard
               of
               Religion
               ;
               growing
               melancholy
               ,
               was
               taken
               up
               by
               a
               Wit
               of
            
             Spain
             
               for
               being
               Priest-ridden
               ,
               and
               troubling
               his
               head
               with
               those
               notions
               of
               the
               immortality
               of
               the
               soul
               ,
               and
               the
               state
               of
               the
               other
               world
               ;
               he
               answered
               him
               with
            
             Tertullian
             
               's
               words
            
             :
             Quaedam
             &
             Natura
             nota
             sunt
             ,
             ut
             mortalitas
             animae
             pene
             plures
             ,
             ut
             Deus
             noster
             penes
             omnes
             .
             Utar
             ergo
             &
             sententia
             Platonis
             alicujus
             pronunciantis
             ,
             Omnis
             anima
             est
             immortalis
             .
             Utar
             &
             Conscientia
             populi
             contestantis
             Deum
             deorum
             .
             Utar
             &
             reliquis
             communibus
             sensibus
             ,
             qui
             Deum
             judicem
             praedicant
             [
             Deus
             videt
             ]
             &
             Deo
             commendo
             ,
             at
             cum
             aiunt
             [
             mortuum
             quod
             mortuum
             ]
             &
             [
             Vive
             dum
             vivis
             ]
             &
             post
             mortem
             omnia
             finiuntur
             ,
             etiam
             ipsa
             tunc
             meminero
             &
             cor
             vulgi
             cinerem
             à
             Deo
             deputatuns
             ,
             &
             ipsam
             sapientiam
             seculi
             stultitiam
             pronunciatam
             .
             Tunc
             si
             &
             haereticus
             ad
             vulgi
             vitia
             ,
             vel
             seculi
             ingenia
             confugerit
             ,
             discede
             dicam
             ,
             ab
             Ethnico
             ,
             Haeretice
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Count
             GONDAMAR
          
           
             WAs
             as
             great
             a
             Wit
             and
             States-man
             as
             ever
             Europe
             knew
             ,
             and
             took
             as
             much
             liberty
             in
             point
             of
             Religion
             ;
             till
             declining
             in
             years
             ,
             he
             would
             say
             ,
             as
             they
             say
             of
             
               Anselm
               ,
               I
               fear
               nothing
               in
               the
               World
               more
               than
               Sin
               :
            
             often
             professing
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             saw
             corporally
             the
             horrour
             of
             sin
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             the
             Pains
             of
             Hell
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             must
             necessarily
             be
             plunged
             into
             the
             one
             ,
             he
             would
             chuse
             Hell
             rather
             than
             Sin
             ;
             yea
             ,
             That
             what
             liberty
             soever
             he
             had
             taken
             ,
             he
             had
             rather
             be
             torn
             in
             pieces
             by
             will
             Horses
             ,
             than
             wittingly
             and
             willingly
             commit
             any
             Sin.
             
          
        
         
           
             CALEACIUS
             CARACCIOLUS
          
           
             MArquess
             of
             Vico
             ,
             a
             noble
             Person
             ,
             of
             a
             great
             Estate
             ,
             and
             as
             great
             Relations
             ,
             lived
             a
             great
             while
             in
             Popery
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             left
             his
             Country
             ,
             his
             Estate
             and
             Friends
             ,
             to
             profess
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
             with
             Moses
             judging
             it
             better
             to
             suffer
             affliction
             with
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             than
             to
             enjoy
             the
             pleasures
             of
             sin
             for
             a
             season
             ;
             for
             he
             had
             respect
             unto
             the
             recompence
             of
             the
             Reward
             ,
             and
             endured
             as
             seeing
             him
             who
             was
             invisible
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SOCRATES
          
           
             
               BEing
               near
               his
               Death
               ,
               said
               thus
               ,
            
             Magna
             me
             spestenet
             Judices
             bene
             mihi
             evenire
             ,
             quòd
             mittar
             ad
             mortem
             :
             necesse
             est
             enim
             ut
             sit
             alterum
             de
             duobus
             ,
             ut
             aut
             sensus
             omnino
             mors
             omnes
             auferat
             ,
             aut
             in
             alium
             quendam
             locum
             ex
             his
             locis
             morte
             migretur
             :
             quamobrem
             sive
             sensus
             extinguitur
             ,
             morsque
             ei
             somno
             similis
             est
             ,
             qui
             nonnunquam
             etiam
             sine
             visis
             somnorum
             pacatissimum
             quietem
             affert
             ;
             Dii
             Boni
             !
             quid
             lucri
             est
             emori
             ,
             &c.
             
             Sin
             vero
             sunt
             quae
             dicuntur
             ,
             migrationem
             esse
             mortem
             in
             eas
             oras
             ,
             quas
             qui
             ante
             è
             vita
             excesserunt
             incolunt
             :
             id
             multo
             jam
             beatius
             est
             te
             cum
             ab
             iis
             qui
             se
             judicum
             numero
             haberi
             volunt
             ,
             evaseris
             ,
             ad
             eos
             venire
             qui
             vere
             judices
             appellantur
             ,
             &c.
             convenerique
             eos
             ,
             qui
             justè
             &
             cum
             fide
             vixerint
             .
             Haec
             peregrinatio
             mediocris
             vobis
             videre
             potest
             ?
             Ut
             vero
             colloqui
             cum
             Orphaeo
             ,
             Musaeo
             ,
             Homero
             ,
             Hesiodo
             ,
             liceat
             quanti
             tandem
             aestimatis
             ?
             Equidem
             saepe
             mori
             si
             fieri
             possit
             ,
             vellem
             ut
             ea
             quae
             dico
             ,
             mihi
             liceret
             invenire
             .
             Quanta
             delectatione
             autem
             afficeret
             ,
             &c.
             Ne
             vos
             quidem
             Judices
             ii
             qui
             me
             absolvistis
             mortem
             timueritis
             ;
             nec
             enim
             cuiquam
             bono
             mali
             quidquam
             evenire
             potest
             ,
             nec
             vivo
             nec
             mortuo
             ,
             nec
             unquam
             ejus
             res
             à
             Diis
             immortalibus
             negligenter
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             ROBERT
             Earl
             of
             SOMERSET
             ,
          
           
             UNhappy
             in
             his
             good
             Nature
             ,
             would
             say
             often
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             lost
             the
             King
             and
             Courts
             Favour
             ;
             O
             the
             vanity
             of
             great
             Men
             ,
             who
             think
             it
             to
             be
             the
             
             chief
             fruit
             of
             their
             greatness
             ,
             to
             abuse
             their
             power
             insolently
             ,
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             their
             Inferiours
             !
             not
             remembring
             ,
             being
             blinded
             by
             their
             Passion
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             a
             Superiour
             over
             them
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             yeild
             an
             account
             of
             their
             unjust
             proceedings
             ,
             forcing
             them
             to
             make
             restitution
             with
             interest
             .
          
           
             Farewel
             Riches
             ,
             welcome
             Poverty
             ;
             farewel
             Life
             ,
             welcome
             Death
             :
             All
             that
             I
             have
             ,
             were
             it
             a
             thousand
             times
             more
             ,
             would
             I
             lose
             ,
             rather
             than
             speak
             one
             wicked
             word
             against
             God
             my
             Creator
             .
             I
             yeild
             thee
             most
             hearty
             thanks
             ,
             O
             my
             God
             ,
             for
             this
             Gift
             of
             thy
             Grace
             ,
             that
             I
             can
             contemn
             and
             despise
             this
             frail
             and
             transitory
             World
             ,
             esteeming
             the
             Confession
             of
             Christ
             above
             all
             Treasures
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             leave
             the
             Fellowship
             of
             these
             holy
             men
             with
             whom
             I
             lived
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             with
             whom
             I
             desire
             to
             dye
             ,
             and
             with
             whom
             I
             trust
             I
             shall
             obtain
             the
             Glory
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             My
             Life
             is
             in
             thy
             hands
             ,
             O
             my
             dear
             God
             ;
             let
             it
             never
             be
             prolonged
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             thy
             Glory
             :
             If
             my
             paces
             be
             few
             to
             walk
             my
             Journy
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             Lord
             give
             me
             Grace
             never
             to
             look
             back
             .
          
           
             A
             little
             before
             he
             died
             ,
             he
             cried
             out
             horribly
             ,
             and
             that
             often
             ,
             
               Oh
               who
               will
               kill
               me
               ,
               and
               deliver
               me
               from
               these
               pains
               I
               know
               I
               suffer
               for
               the
               oppressions
               I
               did
               to
               poor
               men
               !
            
          
           
             
               Let
               fire
               ,
               cross
               ,
               breaking
               of
               bones
               ,
               quartering
               of
               my
               members
               ,
               crushing
               my
               bones
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               torments
               that
               man
               and
               the
               devil
               can
               invent
               against
               me
               ,
               fall
               upon
               me
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               may
               enjoy
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ.
               
            
          
           
             Even
             at
             his
             departure
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             
               O
               God
               the
               Father
               of
               thy
               beloved
               Son
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               through
               whom
               we
               have
               received
               the
               knowledge
               of
               thee
               :
               O
               God
               the
               Creator
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               
               upon
               thee
               do
               I
               call
               ;
               thee
               I
               confess
               to
               be
               the
               true
               God
               ;
               thee
               onely
               do
               I
               glorifie
               .
               O
               Lord
               receive
               me
               ,
               and
               make
               me
               a
               companion
               of
               the
               resurrection
               of
               thy
               Saints
               ,
               through
               the
               merits
               of
               our
               great
               High-priest
               ,
               thy
               beloved
               Son
               Jesus
               Christ.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Lord
             Chancellor
             EGERTON
          
           
             USed
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             to
             be
             profane
             ,
             was
             the
             simplest
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             :
             for
             the
             Atheist
             and
             profane
             persons
             as
             it
             were
             lay
             a
             Wager
             against
             the
             serious
             and
             pious
             man
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             God
             ;
             but
             upon
             woful
             oddes
             :
             for
             he
             ventures
             his
             everlasting
             state
             ;
             the
             other
             hazards
             onely
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             lusts
             ,
             (
             which
             it
             is
             his
             interest
             to
             be
             without
             )
             or
             at
             the
             most
             ,
             but
             some
             short
             advantage
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             while
             ,
             is
             inwardly
             more
             contented
             and
             happie
             ,
             and
             usually
             more
             healthful
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             meets
             with
             more
             respect
             ,
             and
             faithfullest
             friends
             ,
             and
             lives
             in
             a
             more
             secure
             and
             flourishing
             condition
             ,
             and
             freer
             from
             the
             evils
             and
             punishments
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             then
             the
             Atheist
             doth
             ;
             (
             however
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             much
             that
             he
             ventures
             )
             and
             after
             this
             life
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             no
             God
             ,
             is
             as
             well
             as
             he
             ;
             but
             if
             there
             be
             ,
             is
             infinitely
             better
             ,
             even
             as
             much
             as
             unspeakable
             and
             eternal
             happiness
             is
             better
             then
             extreme
             and
             endless
             misery
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             (
             as
             an
             excellent
             person
             saith
             )
             
               if
               the
               Arguments
               for
               and
               against
               a
               God
               were
               equal
               ,
               and
               it
               were
               an
               even
               Question
               whether
               there
               were
               one
               or
               not
               ;
               yet
               the
               hazard
               and
               danger
               is
               so
               infinitely
               unequal
               ,
               that
               in
               point
               of
               prudence
               every
               man
               is
               bound
               to
               stick
               to
               the
               safest
               side
               of
               the
               Question
               ,
               and
               make
               
               make
               that
               his
               Hypothesis
               to
               live
               by
               .
               For
               he
               that
               acts
               wisely
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               thorowly-prudent
               man
               ,
               will
               be
               provided
               in
               
                 omnem
                 eventum
              
               ,
               and
               will
               take
               care
               to
               secure
               the
               main
               chance
               ,
               whatever
               happeneth
               :
               but
               the
               Atheist
               ,
               in
               case
               things
               should
               fall
               out
               contrary
               to
               his
               belief
               and
               expectation
               ,
               he
               hath
               made
               no
               provision
               in
               this
               case
               .
            
             If
             ,
             contrary
             to
             his
             confidence
             ,
             it
             should
             prove
             in
             the
             issue
             that
             there
             is
             a
             God
             ,
             the
             man
             is
             lost
             and
             undone
             for
             ever
             .
             If
             the
             Atheist
             ,
             when
             he
             dieth
             ,
             findes
             that
             his
             soul
             hath
             onely
             quitted
             its
             lodging
             ,
             and
             remains
             after
             the
             body
             ;
             what
             a
             sad
             surprise
             will
             it
             be
             ,
             to
             finde
             himself
             among
             a
             world
             of
             spirits
             entred
             on
             an
             everlasting
             and
             an
             unchangeable
             state
             !
          
        
         
           
             IGNATIUS
             .
          
           
             
               NIhil
               praestantius
               est
               pace
               bonae
               conscientiae
               :
            
             There
             is
             nothing
             better
             then
             the
             peace
             of
             a
             good
             conscience
             .
          
           
             Grace
             flowing
             from
             the
             blessed
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             makes
             the
             soul
             like
             a
             fountain
             whose
             water
             is
             pure
             ,
             wholesome
             and
             clear
             :
             for
             grace
             beautifieth
             and
             clenseth
             ,
             and
             so
             saveth
             the
             whole
             man.
             
          
        
         
           
             IRENAEUS
             .
          
           
             IF
             thou
             art
             backward
             in
             Repentance
             ,
             be
             forwards
             in
             thoughts
             of
             Hell
             ,
             the
             burning
             flames
             whereof
             onely
             the
             tears
             of
             a
             penitent
             eye
             can
             extinguish
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             in
             vain
             to
             pray
             for
             the
             remission
             of
             sins
             ,
             without
             forgiving
             others
             :
             we
             must
             not
             come
             to
             make
             an
             
             atonement
             with
             God
             ,
             before
             we
             make
             an
             atonement
             with
             our
             brother
             .
          
           
             
               Nihil
               prodest
               verbis
               proferre
               virtutem
               ,
               &
               factis
               destruere
               .
            
             To
             set
             out
             vertue
             in
             words
             ,
             and
             by
             deeds
             to
             destroy
             the
             same
             ,
             is
             nothing
             worth
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHRYSOSTOM
             .
          
           
             TO
             know
             thy self
             is
             very
             difficult
             ,
             yet
             the
             ready
             way
             to
             Godliness
             .
             As
             the
             eye
             can
             see
             all
             things
             but
             it self
             ,
             so
             some
             can
             discern
             all
             faults
             but
             their
             own
             .
          
           
             When
             gold
             is
             profered
             to
             thee
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             say
             ,
             I
             will
             come
             to
             morrow
             or
             next
             day
             to
             take
             it
             ?
             No
             ,
             no
             ;
             thou
             art
             glad
             of
             the
             present
             possession
             .
             Consider
             ,
             that
             that
             most
             precious
             jewel
             Salvation
             is
             profered
             to
             thee
             daily
             ,
             yet
             thou
             makest
             no
             haste
             to
             embrace
             it
             .
          
           
             A
             good
             clear
             Conscience
             should
             not
             regard
             slanderous
             speeches
             ;
             nor
             have
             they
             more
             power
             to
             condemn
             him
             ,
             then
             his
             own
             conscience
             to
             clear
             him
             .
          
           
             To
             sacrifice
             the
             whole
             soul
             and
             body
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             is
             the
             highest
             service
             that
             we
             can
             do
             unto
             him
             .
          
           
             As
             a
             great
             shower
             of
             rain
             extinguisheth
             the
             force
             of
             fire
             ;
             so
             the
             meditation
             of
             Gods
             Word
             puts
             out
             the
             fire
             of
             lust
             in
             the
             heart
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             go
             to
             hell
             that
             do
             not
             feed
             the
             hungry
             ,
             cloath
             the
             naked
             ,
             &c.
             what
             will
             become
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             take
             away
             bread
             from
             the
             hungry
             ,
             and
             cloaths
             from
             the
             naked
             ?
             &c.
             If
             want
             of
             Charity
             be
             tormented
             in
             hell
             ,
             what
             will
             become
             of
             Covetousness
             ?
          
           
             God
             is
             never
             absent
             ,
             though
             the
             wicked
             have
             him
             
             not
             in
             their
             thoughts
             :
             where
             he
             is
             not
             by
             favour
             ,
             he
             is
             by
             punishment
             and
             terrour
             .
          
           
             All
             things
             may
             be
             shunned
             ,
             but
             a
             mans
             own
             heart
             .
             Remember
             ,
             that
             though
             God
             promiseth
             mercy
             and
             forgiveness
             to
             penitent
             sinners
             ,
             yet
             he
             doth
             not
             promise
             that
             they
             shall
             have
             to
             morrow
             to
             repent
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             PLATO
             ,
          
           
             
               I
               Lle
               sublimis
               apex
               Philosophorum
               ,
               &
               columen
               Arn.
            
             called
             for
             his
             friends
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             told
             them
             the
             whole
             world
             was
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             understood
             not
             ,
             nor
             regarded
             the
             
               eternal
               Minde
            
             ,
             i.
             e.
             God
             ;
             assuring
             them
             ,
             those
             men
             died
             most
             comfortably
             ,
             that
             had
             lived
             most
             conformably
             to
             Right
             Reason
             ,
             sought
             and
             adored
             the
             first
             Cause
             :
             and
             his
             speech
             failing
             him
             ,
             he
             cryed
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ·
             by
             which
             we
             understand
             he
             said
             ,
             
               God
               ,
               God
            
             :
             having
             a
             little
             before
             answered
             his
             friend
             Aelius
             ,
             that
             enquired
             of
             him
             concerning
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             immortality
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             thus
             :
             
               In
               omnium
               animis
               deorum
               notionem
               impressisset
               ipsa
               natura
            
             ;
             That
             Nature
             it self
             had
             stamped
             an
             Idea
             of
             God
             upon
             the
             mindes
             of
             men
             .
             
               Cum
               enim
               non
               instituto
               aliquo
               ,
               aut
               more
               aut
               lege
               sit
               opinio
               constituta
               ,
               manet
               atque
               ad
               unum
               omnium
               firma
               consensio
               ;
               intelligi
               necesse
               est
               Deos
               esse
               ,
               quoniam
               insitas
               eorum
               ,
               vel
               potius
               innatas
               cognitiones
               habemus
               ;
               de
               quo
               autem
               omnium
               natura
               consensit
               ,
               id
               verum
               esse
               necesse
               est
               :
            
             Since
             the
             belief
             of
             a
             Deity
             arose
             from
             Custom
             ,
             nor
             was
             neither
             enacted
             by
             Law
             ,
             yet
             is
             unanimously
             assented
             to
             by
             all
             mankind
             ;
             it
             necessarily
             follows
             ,
             that
             there
             must
             be
             a
             Deity
             ,
             because
             the
             Idea
             of
             it
             is
             so
             natural
             to
             us
             .
          
           
           
             If
             it
             were
             thus
             acknowledged
             in
             the
             Philosophical
             age
             of
             Greece
             ,
             when
             men
             bent
             their
             wits
             to
             unsettle
             the
             belief
             of
             such
             things
             as
             tended
             to
             Religion
             ;
             how
             much
             more
             might
             it
             be
             esteemed
             a
             general
             Principle
             of
             humane
             Nature
             in
             those
             elder
             times
             ,
             when
             not
             so
             much
             as
             one
             dissenter
             appeared
             ,
             that
             we
             read
             of
             ,
             among
             the
             more
             ancient
             Nations
             ?
          
           
             Now
             when
             these
             common
             Deities
             were
             so
             much
             derided
             by
             intelligent
             men
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             order
             of
             the
             world
             seemed
             to
             tell
             them
             there
             was
             really
             a
             God
             ,
             though
             those
             were
             none
             ;
             those
             who
             had
             Philosophical
             wits
             ,
             such
             as
             Democritus
             and
             Epicurus
             ,
             set
             themselves
             to
             work
             ,
             to
             see
             if
             they
             could
             solve
             the
             Phoenomena
             of
             Nature
             without
             a
             Deity
             ,
             and
             therefore
             asserted
             the
             origine
             of
             the
             Universe
             to
             be
             onely
             by
             a
             fortuitous
             concourse
             of
             infinite
             little
             particles
             :
             but
             herein
             they
             befooled
             themselves
             and
             their
             giddy
             followers
             ,
             who
             were
             glad
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             those
             anxieties
             of
             minde
             which
             the
             thoughts
             of
             a
             Deity
             and
             an
             immortal
             soul
             did
             cause
             within
             them
             .
             And
             though
             Lucretius
             in
             a
             bravado
             tells
             us
             of
             his
             Master
             ,
             that
             when
             mens
             mindes
             were
             sunk
             under
             the
             burden
             of
             Religion
             ,
             
               
                 Humana
                 ante
                 oculos
                 foede
                 cum
                 vita
                 jaceret
                 ,
              
               
                 In
                 terris
                 oppressa
                 gravi
                 sub
                 Religione
                 :
              
               
                 Primum
                 Graius
                 homo
                 mortalis
                 tollere
                 contra
              
               
                 Est
                 oculos
                 ausus
                 ,
                 primusque
                 obsistere
                 c●n●ra
                 .
              
            
          
           
             That
             Epicurus
             was
             the
             first
             true
             Gyant
             who
             durst
             encounter
             the
             Gods
             ,
             and
             ,
             if
             we
             believe
             him
             ,
             overthrew
             them
             in
             open
             field
             .
          
           
             
               Quare
               Religio
               pedibus
               subjecta
               vicissim
            
             
               Obteritur
               ,
               nos
               exaequat
               victoria
               Coelo
               .
            
          
           
           
             Yet
             Cotta
             in
             Tully
             reports
             the
             issue
             of
             this
             battel
             quite
             otherwise
             :
             for
             although
             the
             greatest
             Triumph
             in
             this
             Victory
             ,
             had
             been
             onely
             to
             become
             like
             the
             beasts
             that
             perish
             ;
             yet
             if
             we
             believe
             
               Cotta
               ,
               Epicurus
            
             was
             so
             far
             from
             gaining
             any
             of
             his
             beloved
             ease
             and
             pleasure
             by
             his
             sentiments
             ,
             that
             never
             was
             School-boy
             more
             afraid
             of
             a
             Rod
             ,
             nor
             did
             any
             enemy
             more
             dread
             the
             Conquerour
             ,
             then
             Epicurus
             did
             the
             thought
             of
             a
             God
             and
             death
             .
             
               Nec
               quenquem
               vidi
               qui
               magis
               ea
               quae
               timenda
               ,
               esse
               negaret
               ,
               timeret
               ,
               mortem
               ,
               dico
               &
               Deos.
            
             So
             hard
             it
             is
             for
             an
             Epicurean
             ,
             even
             after
             he
             hath
             prostituted
             his
             conscience
             ,
             to
             silence
             it
             :
             for
             (
             whatever
             there
             be
             in
             the
             air
             )
             there
             is
             an
             Elastical
             power
             in
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             will
             bear
             it self
             up
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             weight
             is
             laid
             upon
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             STRAFFORD
             .
          
           
             O
             
               Trust
               not
               in
               man
               that
               shall
               die
               ,
               nor
               in
               the
               son
               of
               man
               that
               shall
               be
               made
               as
               grass
               .
            
             There
             is
             no
             confidence
             in
             Princes
             :
             the
             onely
             thing
             that
             stands
             by
             a
             man
             ,
             is
             the
             bloud
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             testimony
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
             .
          
        
         
           
             D
             r
             DONNE
             ,
          
           
             A
             Person
             of
             as
             great
             parts
             and
             spirit
             as
             any
             this
             Nation
             ever
             beheld
             ,
             being
             upon
             his
             death-bed
             taking
             his
             solemn
             farewel
             of
             his
             most
             considerable
             friends
             ,
             left
             this
             with
             them
             :
             
               I
               repent
               of
               all
               my
               life
               ,
               but
               that
               part
               of
               it
               I
               spent
               in
               communion
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               doing
               
               good
               .
            
             That
             person
             shall
             in
             a
             dying
             hour
             wish
             himself
             not
             a
             man
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             been
             a
             good
             Christian.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             SPENCER
             COMPTON
             ,
          
           
             CAlling
             to
             him
             such
             Reverend
             persons
             as
             Bishop
             Morley
             and
             Dr.
             Earles
             ,
             he
             raised
             himself
             upon
             his
             pillow
             ,
             and
             held
             out
             his
             arms
             as
             if
             he
             were
             to
             embrace
             one
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Oh
               my
               Jesus
            
             !
             And
             intimating
             the
             comforts
             that
             then
             flowed
             in
             from
             the
             holy
             Jesus
             into
             his
             soul.
             After
             which
             holy
             ecstasie
             ,
             composing
             himself
             to
             a
             calm
             and
             serious
             discourse
             ,
             he
             said
             to
             the
             standers
             by
             ,
             
               O
               be
               good
               :
               O
               keep
               close
               to
               the
               principles
               of
               Christian
               Religion
               ;
               for
               that
               will
               bring
               peace
               at
               the
               last
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             EDWARD
             PEITO
             Esq.
             
          
           
             AFter
             he
             had
             told
             his
             Physicians
             that
             God
             had
             sent
             him
             his
             Summons
             ,
             it
             was
             his
             expression
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             sins
             of
             his
             former
             life
             did
             even
             kick
             him
             in
             the
             face
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             we
             do
             well
             ,
             now
             he
             saw
             the
             evil
             attending
             well-doing
             was
             short
             ,
             but
             the
             good
             eternal
             .
             If
             we
             do
             ill
             ,
             the
             pleasures
             of
             doing
             ill
             pass
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             pain
             remaineth
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SALMASIUS
             ,
          
           
             
               THat
               excellent
               French
               Scholar
               ,
               whom
               the
               Learned
               men
               of
               his
               time
               never
               mentioned
               without
               such
               expressions
               as
               these
               ,
            
             Vir
             nunquam
             satis
             laudatus
             ,
             nec
             temere
             sine
             laude
             nominandus
             ,
             
               Gul.
               Riv.
               Pref.
               ad
               Vindic.
               Evang.
            
             Totius
             Reipub.
             Literariae
             decus
             ;
             
               went
               out
               of
               this
               World
               with
               these
               words
               in
               his
               mouth
               ,
            
             Oh
             I
             have
             lost
             a
             world
             of
             Time
             !
             Time
             ,
             that
             most
             precious
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             whereof
             had
             I
             but
             one
             year
             longer
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             spent
             in
             
             David's
             Psalms
             and
             
             Paul's
             Epistles
             :
             Oh
             Sirs
             !
             
               (
               said
               he
               to
               those
               about
               him
               )
            
             mind
             the
             World
             less
             ,
             and
             God
             more
             ;
             all
             the
             Learning
             in
             the
             World
             without
             Piety
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             nothing
             worth
             :
             The
             Fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             is
             Wisdom
             ;
             and
             to
             depart
             from
             evil
             ,
             that
             is
             Understanding
             .
          
        
         
           
             GROTIUS
             ,
          
           
             THe
             greatest
             Scholar
             that
             this
             Age
             boasted
             of
             ,
             after
             so
             many
             Embassies
             well
             performed
             abroad
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             Transactions
             well
             managed
             at
             home
             ;
             after
             an
             exact
             survey
             of
             all
             the
             Hebrew
             ,
             Greek
             and
             Latin
             Learning
             ;
             after
             so
             many
             elaborate
             Discourses
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             and
             other
             parts
             of
             Learning
             ;
             concluded
             his
             Life
             with
             this
             Protestation
             :
             That
             he
             would
             give
             all
             his
             Learning
             and
             Honour
             for
             the
             plain
             Integrity
             and
             harmless
             Innocence
             of
             
               Jean
               Urick
            
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             devout
             poor
             man
             ,
             that
             spent
             eight
             hours
             of
             his
             
             time
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             eight
             in
             Labour
             ,
             and
             but
             eight
             in
             sleep
             ,
             and
             other
             Necessaries
             :
             and
             this
             complaint
             to
             another
             ,
             that
             admired
             his
             astonishing
             industry
             ;
             
               Ah!
               Vitam
               perdidi
               ,
               operosè
               nihil
               agendo
               !
            
             and
             this
             Direction
             to
             a
             third
             ,
             that
             desired
             him
             in
             his
             great
             Wisdom
             and
             Learning
             ,
             in
             brief
             to
             shew
             him
             what
             to
             do
             ,
             
               viz.
               Be
               serious
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cardinal
             WOLSEY
             .
          
           
             HAd
             I
             served
             GOD
             as
             carefully
             as
             I
             did
             my
             Master
             the
             KING
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             thus
             forsaken
             me
             in
             my
             old
             Age.
             
          
        
         
           
             Bishop
             BANCROFT
             ,
          
           
             MAster
             of
             University-Colledge
             ,
             and
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             Oxford
             ,
             dyed
             suddenly
             ;
             and
             a
             little
             before
             his
             Death
             ,
             would
             say
             ,
             
               Oh
               how
               infinitely
               greater
               is
               the
               comfort
               of
               being
               good
               ,
               than
               of
               being
               great
               !
               What
               I
               gave
               away
               ,
               I
               have
               ;
               and
               what
               I
               have
               ,
               I
               shall
               lose
               :
               Mark
               the
               perfect
               man
               ,
               and
               behold
               the
               Upright
               ;
               for
               the
               end
               of
               that
               man
               is
               Peace
               .
            
             That
             man
             onely
             hath
             peace
             at
             his
             death
             ,
             that
             hath
             answered
             the
             end
             of
             his
             Creation
             ,
             by
             glorifying
             God
             ,
             and
             doing
             good
             in
             the
             World
             in
             his
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             WILLIAM
             Earl
             of
             PEMBROKE
             .
          
           
             THere
             is
             but
             one
             Sun
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             nor
             but
             one
             Righteousness
             ,
             one
             Communion
             of
             Saints
             :
             If
             I
             were
             the
             most
             excellent
             creature
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             if
             I
             were
             in
             righteousness
             equal
             to
             Abraham
             ,
             and
             to
             Isaac
             ,
             and
             Jacob
             ,
             yet
             had
             I
             reason
             to
             confess
             my self
             to
             be
             a
             sinner
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             could
             expect
             no
             Salvat●on
             but
             in
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             for
             we
             all
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             Gods
             Grace
             .
             And
             as
             for
             my
             Death
             ,
             I
             bless
             God
             I
             feel
             such
             inward
             Joy
             in
             my
             Soul
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             were
             put
             to
             my
             Choice
             ,
             whether
             to
             dye
             or
             live
             ,
             I
             would
             a
             thousand
             times
             rather
             chuse
             death
             than
             life
             ,
             if
             it
             may
             stand
             with
             the
             holy
             VVill
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             Prince
             HENRY's
             last
             Words
             .
          
           
             O
             Christ
             ,
             thou
             art
             my
             Redeemer
             ,
             and
             I
             know
             that
             thou
             hast
             redeemed
             me
             :
             I
             wholly
             depend
             upon
             thy
             Providence
             and
             Mercy
             :
             From
             the
             very
             bottom
             of
             my
             Heart
             I
             commend
             my
             Soul
             into
             thy
             Hand
             .
          
           
             A
             Person
             of
             Quality
             waiting
             on
             the
             Prince
             in
             his
             sickness
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             his
             constant
             Companion
             at
             Tennis
             ,
             and
             asking
             him
             how
             he
             did
             ;
             was
             answered
             ,
             Ah
             Tom
             !
             
               I
               in
               vain
               wish
               for
               that
               time
               I
               lost
               with
               thee
               and
               others
               ,
               in
               vain
               Recreation
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             my
             Soul
             be
             glad
             ,
             for
             at
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             this
             Prison
             the
             Lord
             hath
             set
             his
             aid
             to
             loose
             thee
             ;
             Head
             ,
             Feet
             ,
             Milt
             and
             Liver
             are
             failing
             :
             Arise
             therefore
             ,
             and
             
             shake
             off
             thy
             Fetters
             ;
             mount
             from
             thy
             Body
             ,
             and
             go
             thy
             way
             .
          
           
             
               Socrates
               Critoni
               vehementer
               suadenti
               ut
               si
               viam
               ipse
               suam
               negligerat
               ,
               certe
               liberis
               etiamnum
               parvulis
               &
               Amicis
               ab
               ipso
               pendentibus
               se
               servaret
               incolumem
               :
               liberi
               ,
               inquit
               ,
               Deo
               ,
               qui
               mihi
               eos
               dedit
               ,
               cujus
               erunt
               :
               Amicos
               hinc
               discedens
               inveniam
               ,
               vobis
               aut
               similes
               ,
               aut
               etiam
               meliores
               ,
               ne
               vestra
               quidem
               consuetudine
               diu
               cariturus
               ,
               quandoquidem
               vos
               brevi
               eodem
               est
               is
               commigraturi
               .
            
             Erasm.
             Apoth
             .
             1.3
             .
             ex
             Platone
             ,
             Xenoph.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             ARUNDEL
             .
          
           
             HE
             lying
             on
             his
             Death-Bed
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               My
               flesh
               and
               my
               heart
               faileth
            
             ;
             and
             his
             Ghostly
             Father
             added
             t●e
             next
             words
             ,
             That
             
               God
               was
               the
               strength
               of
               his
               heart
               ,
               and
               his
               portion
               for
               ever
            
             ;
             he
             would
             never
             fail
             him
             :
             He
             answering
             ,
             
               All
               the
               world
               hath
               failed
               ;
               he
               will
               never
               fail
               me
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             M
             r
             SELDEN
             ,
          
           
             WHo
             had
             comprehended
             all
             the
             Learning
             and
             Knowledge
             that
             is
             either
             among
             the
             Jews
             ,
             Heathens
             ,
             or
             Christians
             ;
             and
             suspected
             by
             many
             of
             too
             little
             a
             regard
             to
             Religion
             :
             one
             afternoon
             before
             he
             died
             ,
             sent
             for
             Bishop
             Usher
             and
             Doctor
             Langbaine
             ,
             and
             discoursed
             to
             them
             to
             this
             purpose
             :
             That
             he
             had
             surveyed
             most
             part
             of
             the
             Learning
             that
             was
             
             among
             the
             Sons
             of
             Men
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             in
             his
             Study
             Books
             and
             Papers
             of
             most
             subjects
             in
             the
             VVorld
             ;
             yet
             that
             at
             that
             time
             he
             could
             not
             recollect
             any
             passage
             out
             of
             those
             infinite
             Books
             and
             Manus●ripts
             he
             was
             Master
             of
             ,
             wherein
             he
             could
             rest
             his
             Soul
             ,
             save
             of
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ;
             wherein
             the
             most
             remarkable
             passage
             that
             lay
             most
             upon
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             was
             Tit.
             2.11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             
               For
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               that
               bringeth
               salvation
               ,
               hath
               appeared
               to
               all
               men
               ;
               teaching
               us
               ,
               that
               denying
               ungodliness
               and
               worldly
               lusts
               ,
               we
               should
               live
               soberly
               ,
               righteously
               and
               godly
               ,
               in
               this
               present
               world
               ;
               looking
               for
               that
               blessed
               hope
               ,
               and
               gl●rious
               appearing
               of
               the
               great
               God
               ,
               and
               our
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               who
               gave
               himself
               for
               us
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               redeem
               us
               from
               all
               inquity
               ,
               and
               purifie
               unto
               himself
               a
               peculiar
               People
               ,
               zealous
               of
               good
               works
               :
               These
               things
               speak
               ,
               and
               exhort
               and
               rebuke
               with
               all
               authority
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             serious
             GENTLEMANS
             Discourse
             of
             being
             Religious
             .
          
           
             MEn
             generally
             stand
             upon
             the
             credit
             and
             reputation
             of
             their
             Understandings
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             things
             hate
             to
             be
             accounted
             Fools
             ,
             because
             Folly
             is
             so
             great
             a
             reproach
             to
             the
             Understanding
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             so
             high
             a
             reflection
             upon
             his
             Discretion
             :
             But
             I
             know
             no
             way
             for
             men
             to
             avoid
             this
             imputation
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             off
             the
             credit
             of
             their
             Understandings
             ,
             but
             by
             being
             truly
             Religious
             ,
             by
             fearing
             God
             ,
             and
             departing
             from
             evil
             :
             for
             certainly
             there
             is
             no
             such
             imprudent
             Person
             as
             he
             that
             neglects
             God
             and
             his
             Soul
             ,
             and
             is
             careless
             and
             slothful
             about
             his
             everlasting
             concernments
             ;
             
             because
             this
             man
             acts
             contrary
             to
             his
             truest
             Reason
             ,
             and
             best
             Interest
             :
             he
             neglects
             his
             own
             safety
             ,
             and
             is
             active
             to
             procure
             his
             own
             ruine
             :
             he
             flies
             from
             Happiness
             ,
             and
             runs
             away
             from
             it
             as
             fast
             as
             he
             can
             ;
             but
             pursues
             Misery
             ,
             and
             makes
             haste
             to
             be
             undone
             :
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             Solomon
             does
             all
             along
             in
             the
             Proverbs
             give
             the
             title
             of
             Fool
             to
             a
             wicked
             man
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             his
             proper
             name
             ,
             and
             the
             fittest
             character
             for
             him
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             eminently
             such
             .
             There
             is
             no
             such
             fool
             as
             the
             sinning
             fool
             ,
             who
             every
             time
             he
             sins
             ventures
             his
             Soul
             ,
             and
             lays
             his
             everlasting
             interest
             at
             the
             stake
             ;
             every
             time
             a
             man
             provokes
             God
             ,
             he
             doth
             the
             greatest
             mischief
             to
             himself
             that
             can
             be
             imagined
             :
             A
             mad-man
             that
             cuts
             himself
             ,
             and
             tears
             his
             own
             flesh
             ,
             and
             dashes
             his
             head
             against
             the
             stones
             ,
             does
             not
             act
             so
             unreasonably
             as
             a
             sinner
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             not
             so
             sensible
             of
             what
             he
             does
             :
             Wickedness
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             voluntary
             Frenzie
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             chosen
             Distraction
             ;
             and
             every
             sinner
             does
             wilder
             and
             more
             extravagant
             things
             than
             any
             man
             can
             do
             ,
             that
             is
             crazed
             ,
             and
             beside
             himself
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             his
             wits
             ;
             onely
             with
             this
             sad
             difference
             ,
             That
             he
             knows
             better
             what
             he
             does
             .
          
           
             Is
             that
             man
             wise
             ,
             as
             to
             his
             Body
             and
             his
             Health
             ,
             who
             onely
             clothes
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             leaves
             his
             whole
             Body
             naked
             ?
             who
             provides
             onely
             against
             the
             Tooth-ach
             ,
             and
             neglects
             whole
             troops
             of
             mortal
             Diseases
             that
             are
             ready
             to
             rush
             in
             upon
             him
             ?
             Just
             thus
             is
             he
             who
             takes
             care
             onely
             for
             this
             vile
             Body
             ,
             but
             neglects
             his
             pretious
             and
             immortal
             Soul
             ;
             who
             is
             very
             sollicitous
             to
             prevent
             small
             and
             temporal
             inconveniencies
             ,
             but
             takes
             no
             care
             to
             escape
             the
             Damnation
             of
             Hell.
             
          
           
             Is
             he
             a
             wise
             man
             as
             to
             his
             temporal
             Estate
             ,
             that
             
             lays
             designs
             onely
             for
             a
             day
             ,
             without
             any
             respect
             to
             ,
             or
             provision
             for
             the
             remaining
             part
             of
             his
             Life
             ?
             Just
             thus
             does
             he
             that
             provides
             for
             the
             short
             time
             of
             this
             Life
             ,
             but
             takes
             no
             care
             at
             all
             for
             Eternity
             ;
             which
             is
             to
             be
             wise
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
             but
             a
             fool
             ever
             ;
             and
             to
             act
             as
             untowardly
             and
             as
             crosly
             to
             the
             reason
             of
             things
             ,
             as
             can
             be
             imagined
             ;
             to
             regard
             Time
             as
             if
             it
             were
             Eternity
             ,
             and
             to
             neglect
             Eternity
             as
             if
             it
             were
             but
             a
             short
             Time.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             think
             him
             a
             wise
             man
             who
             is
             serious
             about
             Trifles
             ,
             but
             trifles
             about
             the
             most
             serious
             Matters
             ?
             Just
             so
             is
             he
             who
             pursues
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             petty
             Interests
             of
             it
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             might
             ,
             but
             minds
             Religion
             and
             the
             weighty
             concernments
             of
             Eternity
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             minded
             them
             not
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             count
             him
             prudent
             ,
             who
             throws
             himself
             over-board
             ,
             to
             save
             his
             Goods
             ?
             Just
             so
             doth
             he
             who
             to
             secure
             any
             thing
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             makes
             shipwrack
             of
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             casts
             away
             his
             Soul.
             
          
           
             Is
             he
             wise
             ,
             who
             is
             wise
             in
             any
             thing
             but
             his
             proper
             Profession
             and
             Employment
             ,
             wise
             for
             every
             body
             but
             himself
             ;
             who
             is
             ingenious
             to
             contrive
             his
             own
             Misery
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             himself
             a
             mischief
             ;
             but
             is
             dull
             and
             stupid
             as
             to
             the
             designing
             of
             any
             real
             advantage
             or
             benefit
             to
             himself
             ?
             Just
             such
             is
             he
             who
             troubleth
             himself
             with
             other
             things
             ,
             and
             neglecteth
             himself
             ;
             who
             is
             wise
             to
             do
             evil
             ,
             but
             to
             do
             good
             hath
             no
             understanding
             .
          
           
             Is
             he
             wise
             who
             neglects
             and
             disobligeth
             him
             who
             is
             his
             best
             Friend
             ,
             and
             can
             be
             his
             shrewdest
             Enemy
             ?
             Just
             so
             doth
             every
             wicked
             man
             who
             neglecteth
             and
             contemneth
             God
             ,
             who
             can
             save
             and
             destroy
             him
             .
          
           
             Is
             he
             wise
             ,
             who
             in
             matters
             of
             greatest
             moment
             and
             
             concernment
             neglecteth
             opportunities
             never
             to
             be
             retrived
             ;
             who
             standing
             upon
             the
             shore
             ,
             and
             seeing
             the
             tide
             making
             hast
             towards
             him
             a
             pace
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             hath
             but
             a
             few
             minutes
             to
             save
             himself
             ,
             yet
             will
             lay
             himself
             to
             sleep
             there
             ,
             till
             the
             cruel
             Sea
             rush
             in
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             overwhelms
             him
             ?
             Just
             so
             doth
             he
             who
             trifles
             away
             this
             day
             of
             Gods
             Grace
             and
             Patience
             ,
             and
             foolishly
             adjourneth
             the
             work
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             the
             Business
             of
             Religion
             ,
             to
             a
             dying
             hour
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .