A sovereign antidote, or, A precious mithridate for recovery of souls twice dead in sin, and buried in the grave of long custome, to the life of grace. With hopeful means (God blessing the same) to prevent that three-fold (and worse than Ægyptian) plague of the heart; drunkenness, swearing, and profaneness. Wherein is a sweet composition of severity and mercy: of indignation against sin, of compassion and commiseration to the sinner; with such Christian moderation, as may argue zeal without malice; and a desire to win souls, no will to gall them. By R. Younge of Roxwell in Essex.
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             A sovereign antidote, or, A precious mithridate for recovery of souls twice dead in sin, and buried in the grave of long custome, to the life of grace. With hopeful means (God blessing the same) to prevent that three-fold (and worse than Ægyptian) plague of the heart; drunkenness, swearing, and profaneness. Wherein is a sweet composition of severity and mercy: of indignation against sin, of compassion and commiseration to the sinner; with such Christian moderation, as may argue zeal without malice; and a desire to win souls, no will to gall them. By R. Younge of Roxwell in Essex.
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           A
           Sovereign
           ANTIDOTE
           ,
           Or
           ,
           A
           Precious
           MITHRIDATE
           :
           For
           Recovery
           of
           Souls
           twice
           dead
           in
           SIN
           ,
           and
           buried
           in
           the
           Grave
           of
           
             Long
             Custome
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Life
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           With
           hopeful
           Means
           (
           God
           blessing
           the
           same
           )
           to
           prevent
           that
           three-fold
           (
           and
           worse
           than
           Aegyptian
           )
           Plague
           of
           the
           Heart
           ;
           Drunkenness
           ,
           Swearing
           ,
           and
           Profaneness
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           is
           a
           sweet
           composition
           of
           Severity
           and
           Mercy
           :
           Of
           Indignation
           against
           Sin
           ,
           of
           Compassion
           and
           Commiseration
           to
           the
           Sinner
           ;
           with
           such
           Christian
           moderation
           ,
           as
           may
           argue
           Zeal
           without
           Malice
           ;
           and
           a
           desire
           to
           win
           Souls
           ,
           no
           will
           to
           gall
           them
           .
        
         
           By
           R.
           YOUNGE
           of
           Roxwell
           in
           Essex
           .
        
         
           Imprimatur
           ,
        
         
           Ex
           Aed
           .
           Lamb.
           Feb.
           5.
           1663.
           
        
         
           
             G.
             Stradling
          
           ,
           S.T.P.
           Rev.
           in
           Christo
           Pat.
           D.
           Gilb.
           Archiep.
           Cant.
           à
           Sac.
           Domestic
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Hayes
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           Mrs.
           Crips
           in
           Popes-Head
           Alley
           ,
           with
           39
           other
           Pieces
           composed
           by
           the
           same
           Author
           ,
           1664.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Sinner
           rescued
           from
           Satans
           subtilty
           and
           slavery
           .
        
         
           
             SECTION
             I.
             
          
           
             
               NOt
               to
               admonish
               our
               brother
               is
               to
               hate
               him
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             witnesseth
             ,
             Lev.
             19.17
             .
             But
             to
             scorn
             our
             brother
             should
             admonish
             us
             ,
             is
             more
             to
             hate
             our selves
             .
             That
             little
             which
             Croesus
             learned
             of
             Solon
             ,
             saved
             his
             life
             .
             And
             had
             Pilate
             taken
             that
             fair
             warning
             his
             wife
             gave
             him
             ,
             it
             might
             have
             saved
             his
             soul
             ;
             which
             once
             lost
             ,
             cannot
             be
             redeemed
             with
             ten
             thousand
             worlds
             :
             no
             not
             with
             the
             enduring
             of
             ten
             thousand
             thousand
             years
             torments
             in
             Hell.
             Enough
             I
             suppose
             (
             together
             with
             a
             desire
             of
             my
             Readers
             eternal
             welfare
             )
             to
             encourage
             me
             to
             speak
             ,
             others
             to
             hear
             .
             Wherefore
             let
             none
             in
             the
             least
             be
             offended
             with
             what
             I
             shall
             deliver
             ,
             or
             with
             me
             for
             it
             :
             For
             (
             not
             only
             
               the
               searcher
               of
               hearts
            
             ,
             but
             )
             the
             world
             shall
             witness
             ,
             that
             I
             fight
             not
             against
             you
             ,
             but
             against
             your
             sins
             ;
             and
             you
             have
             no
             such
             foes
             as
             your
             faults
             .
             And
             these
             are
             they
             I
             seek
             to
             subdue
             ,
             and
             batter
             down
             before
             you
             :
             as
             well
             knowing
             ,
             that
             unless
             they
             die
             ,
             you
             cannot
             live
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             if
             I
             make
             you
             smart
             ,
             give
             me
             the
             more
             thanks
             ,
             love
             me
             the
             better
             for
             it
             :
             Sharp
             reprehension
             is
             the
             healing
             of
             the
             soul
             ;
             and
             love
             to
             the
             soul
             ,
             is
             the
             soul
             of
             love
             ▪
             And
             let
             this
             serve
             for
             an
             Apologie
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             please
             for
             a
             Protection
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
             Considering
             the
             
               numberless
               number
            
             of
             those
             that
             by
             professing
             themselves
             Protestants
             ,
             discredit
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             :
             Who
             because
             they
             have
             been
             Christened
             ,
             as
             
               Simo●
               Magus
            
             was
             ,
             received
             the
             
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               Lords
               Supper
            
             ,
             like
             Judas
             ;
             and
             for
             company
             go
             to
             Church
             also
             as
             Dogs
             do
             ,
             are
             called
             Christians
             ,
             as
             we
             call
             the
             
               Heathen
               Images
               gods
            
             :
             yea
             ▪
             and
             (
             
               being
               blinded
               by
               the
               Prince
               of
               darkness
               ,
            
             2.
             
             Cor.
             4.4
             .
             )
             think
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             Christ
             ,
             though
             they
             take
             up
             Arms
             against
             him
             ;
             and
             are
             no
             more
             like
             Christians
             ,
             then
             
               Michals
               Image
               of
               Goats-hair
            
             was
             like
             David
             :
             Who
             make
             the
             world
             only
             their
             god
             ,
             and
             pleasure
             or
             profit
             alone
             their
             Religion
             :
             Who
             are
             so
             graceless
             ,
             that
             
               God
               is
               not
               in
               all
               their
               thoughts
            
             ;
             except
             to
             blaspheme
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             spend
             his
             daies
             in
             the
             
               Devil's
               service
            
             :
             Who
             being
             
               Christians
               in
               name
            
             ,
             will
             scoff
             at
             a
             
               Christian
               indeed
            
             :
             Who
             honour
             the
             
               dead
               Saints
            
             in
             a
             
               cold
               profession
            
             ,
             while
             they
             worrey
             the
             
               living
               Saints
            
             in
             a
             
               cruel
               persecution
            
             :
             Who
             so
             hate
             Holiness
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             hate
             a
             man
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             say
             of
             
               good
               living
            
             ,
             (
             as
             F●stus
             of
             
               great
               Learninq
               )
               It
               makes
               a
               man
               mad
               :
            
             whose
             hearts
             will
             rise
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             a
             
               good
               man
            
             ,
             as
             some
             stomacks
             will
             rise
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             
               sweet
               meats
            
             :
             Whose
             Religion
             is
             to
             oppose
             the
             power
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             whose
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Truth
             ,
             to
             know
             how
             to
             argue
             against
             the
             
               Truth
               :
               Who
               justifie
               the
               wicked
               ,
               and
               condemn
               the
               just
               :
            
             who
             call
             
               Zeal
               ,
               madness
            
             ;
             and
             
               Religion
               ,
               foolishness
            
             :
             Who
             love
             their
             sins
             so
             much
             above
             their
             souls
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             not
             only
             mock
             their
             Admonisher
             ,
             scoff
             at
             the
             means
             to
             be
             saved
             ,
             and
             make
             themselves
             merry
             with
             their
             own
             damnations
             ;
             but
             even
             hate
             one
             to
             the
             death
             ,
             for
             shewing
             them
             the
             way
             to
             eternal
             life
             :
             who
             will
             condemn
             all
             for
             Round-heads
             ,
             that
             have
             more
             Religion
             then
             an
             Heathen
             ,
             or
             knowledge
             of
             heavenly
             things
             ,
             then
             a
             child
             in
             the
             womb
             hath
             of
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             ;
             
             or
             conscience
             ,
             then
             an
             Atheist
             ,
             or
             care
             of
             his
             soul
             ,
             then
             a
             Beast
             ,
             and
             are
             mockers
             of
             all
             that
             march
             not
             under
             the
             pay
             of
             the
             Devil
             :
             Who
             with
             Adam
             will
             become
             Satans
             bondslaves
             for
             an
             Apple
             ;
             and
             like
             
               Esau
               ,
               sell
               their
               birthright
               of
               Grace
            
             here
             ,
             and
             their
             
               Blessing
               of
               Glory
            
             hereafter
             
               for
               a
               mess
               of
               pottage
            
             :
             Who
             prefer
             the
             pleasing
             of
             their
             palates
             before
             the
             
               saving
               of
               their
               souls
            
             :
             who
             have
             not
             only
             cast
             off
             Religion
             ,
             that
             should
             make
             them
             
               good
               men
            
             ;
             but
             reason
             also
             ,
             that
             should
             make
             them
             men
             :
             Who
             waste
             vertues
             faster
             then
             riches
             ,
             and
             riches
             faster
             then
             any
             vertues
             can
             get
             them
             :
             Who
             do
             nothing
             else
             but
             sin
             ,
             and
             make
             
               others
               sin
               too
            
             :
             who
             spend
             their
             time
             and
             patrimonies
             in
             Riot
             ,
             and
             upon
             
               Dice
               ,
               Drab
               ,
               Drunkenness
            
             :
             who
             place
             all
             their
             felicity
             in
             a
             Tavern
             or
             
               Brothel
               house
            
             ,
             where
             Harlots
             and
             Sycophants
             rifle
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             then
             send
             them
             to
             rob
             :
             Who
             will
             borrow
             of
             every
             one
             ,
             but
             never
             intend
             to
             satisfie
             any
             one
             :
             
               Who
               glory
               in
               their
               shame
            
             ,
             and
             are
             ashamed
             of
             that
             which
             should
             and
             would
             be
             their
             glory
             :
             Who
             desire
             not
             the
             reputation
             of
             honesty
             ,
             but
             of
             good
             fellowship
             :
             Who
             in
             stead
             of
             quenching
             their
             thirst
             ,
             drown
             their
             senses
             ;
             and
             had
             rather
             leave
             their
             wits
             ,
             then
             the
             wine
             behind
             them
             :
             who
             place
             their
             Paradise
             in
             their
             
               throats
               ,
               Heaven
            
             in
             their
             guts
             :
             and
             
               make
               their
               belly
               their
               god
            
             :
             Who
             pour
             their
             Patrimonies
             down
             their
             throats
             ,
             and
             throw
             the
             house
             so
             long
             out
             at
             windows
             ,
             that
             at
             length
             their
             house
             throws
             them
             out
             of
             doors
             :
             Who
             think
             every
             one
             exorbitant
             that
             walk
             not
             after
             their
             Rule
             :
             Who
             will
             traduce
             all
             whom
             they
             cannot
             seduce
             ;
             even
             condemning
             with
             their
             tongues
             ,
             what
             they
             commend
             in
             their
             consciences
             :
             Who
             as
             they
             have
             no
             reason
             ,
             so
             they
             will
             
               hear
               none
            
             :
             Who
             are
             not
             more
             blind
             to
             their
             own
             faults
             ,
             then
             quick-sighted
             in
             other
             mens
             :
             Who
             being
             displeased
             with
             others
             ,
             will
             flie
             in
             their
             
               Makers
               face
            
             ,
             and
             tear
             their
             
               Saviours
               Name
            
             in
             pieces
             with
             oathes
             and
             execrations
             ,
             as
             being
             worse
             then
             any
             
               mad
               dog
            
             that
             
               flies
               in
               his
               Masters
               face
            
             that
             keeps
             him
             :
             Who
             swear
             and
             curse
             even
             out
             of
             custom
             ,
             as
             
               Currs
               bark
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             they
             have
             so
             
               sworn
               away
            
             all
             grace
             ,
             that
             they
             count
             it
             a
             grace
             to
             swear
             ;
             and
             being
             reproved
             for
             swearing
             ,
             they
             will
             swear
             that
             they
             
               swore
               not
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
             Or
             perhaps
             they
             are
             
               covetous
               Cormorants
               ,
               greedy
               Gripers
               ,
               miserly
               Muck-worms
            
             ;
             all
             whose
             reaches
             are
             at
             riches
             :
             Who
             make
             gold
             their
             god
             ,
             and
             commodity
             the
             stern
             of
             their
             consciences
             :
             Who
             hold
             every
             thing
             lawful
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             gainful
             :
             Who
             prefer
             a
             little
             base
             pelf
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             salvation
             ;
             and
             who
             being
             fatted
             with
             
               Gods
               blessings
            
             ,
             do
             spurn
             at
             his
             precepts
             :
             Who
             like
             men
             sleeping
             in
             a
             Boat
             ,
             are
             carried
             down
             the
             stream
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             untill
             they
             arrive
             at
             their
             Graves-end
             [
             Death
             ]
             without
             once
             waking
             to
             bethink
             themselves
             whither
             they
             are
             a
             going
             [
             to
             Heaven
             or
             Hell.
             ]
          
           
             Or
             Ignorant
             and
             
               Formal
               Hypocrites
            
             :
             who
             do
             as
             they
             see
             others
             do
             ,
             without
             either
             conscience
             of
             sin
             ,
             or
             guidance
             of
             reason
             :
             Who
             do
             what
             is
             morally
             good
             ,
             more
             for
             
               fear
               of
               the
               Law
            
             ,
             then
             for
             
               love
               of
               the
               Gospel
            
             :
             Who
             fear
             the
             Magistrate
             more
             then
             they
             fear
             God
             or
             the
             Devil
             ;
             regard
             more
             the
             
               blasts
               of
               mens
               breath
            
             ,
             then
             the
             
               fire
               of
               Gods
               wrath
            
             ;
             will
             tremble
             more
             at
             the
             thought
             of
             a
             Bailiff
             ,
             or
             a
             Prison
             ,
             then
             of
             Satan
             ,
             or
             Hell
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             perdition
             :
             Who
             will
             say
             ,
             they
             love
             God
             and
             Christ
             ,
             yet
             hate
             all
             that
             any
             way
             resemble
             him
             ;
             are
             slint
             unto
             
               God
               ,
               wax
            
             to
             Satan
             ;
             have
             their
             ears
             alwayes
             open
             to
             the
             Tempter
             ,
             shut
             to
             their
             Maker
             and
             Redeemer
             ;
             will
             chuse
             rather
             to
             disobey
             God
             ,
             then
             displease
             
               great
               Ones
            
             ;
             fear
             more
             the
             
               Worlds
               scorns
            
             ,
             then
             
             
               His
               anger
            
             ;
             and
             rather
             than
             abridge
             themselves
             of
             their
             pleasure
             ,
             will
             incur
             the
             displeasure
             of
             God
             :
             Who
             will
             do
             what
             
               God
               forbids
            
             ,
             yet
             confidently
             hope
             to
             escape
             what
             
               He
               threatens
            
             :
             Who
             will
             do
             the
             
               Devils
               works
            
             onely
             ,
             and
             yet
             look
             for
             
               Christs
               wages
            
             ;
             expect
             that
             Heaven
             will
             meet
             them
             at
             their
             last
             hour
             ,
             when
             all
             their
             life
             long
             they
             have
             galloped
             in
             the
             beaten
             Road
             towards
             Hell
             :
             Who
             expect
             to
             have
             Christ
             their
             Redeemer
             and
             Advocate
             ,
             vvhen
             their
             Consciences
             tell
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             seldom
             remember
             him
             ,
             but
             to
             blaspheme
             him
             ;
             and
             more
             often
             name
             him
             in
             their
             oaths
             and
             curses
             ,
             than
             in
             their
             prayers
             :
             vvho
             vvill
             persecute
             honest
             and
             
               Orthodox
               Christians
            
             ;
             and
             say
             ,
             they
             mean
             base
             and
             
               dissembling
               hypocrites
            
             :
             Who
             
               think
               they
               do
               God
               good
               service
               in
               killing
               his
               servant●
               ,
            
             Joh.
             16.2
             .
             Who
             vvill
             boast
             of
             a
             
               strong
               faith
            
             ,
             and
             yet
             fall
             short
             of
             the
             
               Devils
               in
               believing
            
             ,
             Jam.
             2.19
             .
             
               who
               turn
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               into
               wantonness
            
             ;
             as
             if
             a
             condemned
             person
             ▪
             should
             head
             his
             Drum
             of
             Rebellion
             with
             his
             pardon
             ;
             resolving
             to
             be
             evil
             ,
             because
             God
             is
             good
             :
             Who
             will
             not
             believe
             what
             is
             written
             ,
             till
             they
             feel
             vvhat
             is
             written
             ,
             and
             vvhom
             nothing
             vvill
             con●ute
             ,
             but
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             :
             vvho
             think
             their
             villany
             is
             unseen
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             unpunished
             ;
             and
             therefore
             
               live
               like
               Beasts
            
             ,
             becau●e
             they
             think
             they
             shall
             
               die
               like
               Beasts
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             4.
             
             Considering
             the
             swarms
             ,
             legions
             ,
             millions
             of
             these
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             many
             the
             like
             ,
             vvhich
             I
             cannot
             stand
             to
             repeat
             .
             As
             also
             in
             reference
             to
             Levit.
             19.17
             .
             Isa
             .
             58.1
             .
             I
             have
             deemed
             it
             no
             desertless
             office
             ,
             to
             say
             something
             toward
             the
             saving
             of
             those
             poor
             ignorant
             and
             impotent
             vvretches
             ,
             that
             are
             neither
             able
             ,
             nor
             vvilling
             to
             help
             themselves
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             what
             heart
             would
             it
             not
             make
             to
             bleed
             ,
             that
             hath
             any
             
               Christian
               blood
               in
               his
               veins
            
             ,
             to
             see
             vvhat
             multitudes
             there
             are
             that
             go
             blind-fold
             to
             destruction
             ;
             and
             no
             man
             offer
             to
             stop
             or
             check
             them
             before
             they
             arrive
             there
             ,
             from
             vvhence
             there
             is
             no
             redemption
             ,
             Matth.
             7.13
             ,
             14.
             1
             
             John.
             5.19
             .
             Rev.
             20.8
             .
             and
             13.16
             .
             Isa
             .
             10.22
             .
             Rom.
             9.27
             .
             2
             Tim.
             2.26
             .
             2
             Cor.
             4.4
             .
             Eph.
             2.1
             ,
             to
             4.
             
             Phil.
             3.18
             .
             
               Joh●
               ▪
            
             8.44
             .
             and
             1●
             .
             30
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             how
             should
             it
             not
             make
             all
             ,
             that
             are
             themselves
             got
             out
             of
             
               Satans
               clutches
            
             ,
             to
             plot
             ,
             study
             ,
             and
             contrive
             all
             they
             can
             ,
             to
             draw
             others
             of
             their
             brethren
             after
             them
             .
          
           
             We
             read
             that
             Andrew
             vvas
             no
             sooner
             converted
             and
             become
             
               Christs
               Disciple
            
             ,
             but
             instantly
             he
             drew
             others
             after
             him
             to
             the
             same
             Faith
             ,
             John
             1.41
             .
             and
             the
             like
             of
             Philip
             ,
             ver
             .
             ●5
             .
             and
             of
             the
             
               woman
               of
               Samaria
            
             ,
             John
             4.28
             ,
             to
             41.
             and
             of
             Peter
             ,
             Luk.
             22
             32.
             
             Act.
             2.41
             .
             &
             chap.
             3.
             
             &
             4.4
             .
             and
             so
             of
             all
             the
             Apostles
             ▪
             Yea
             ,
             Moses
             so
             thirsted
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             Israel
             ,
             that
             rather
             than
             he
             vvould
             be
             saved
             without
             them
             ,
             
               he
               desired
               the
               Lord
               to
               b●ot
               h●m
               out
               of
               the
               Book
               of
               Life
               ,
            
             Exod.
             32.32
             .
             And
             Paul
             to
             this
             purpose
             saith
             ,
             
               I
               could
               wish
               my self
               to
               be
               separated
               f●om
               Christ
               for
               my
               brethre●
               ,
               that
               are
               my
               kinsmen
               according
               to
               the
               flesh
               ,
            
             meaning
             the
             Jew●
             ,
             Rom.
             9.3
             .
             And
             indeed
             
               all
               heavenly
               hearts
               are
               charitable
            
             .
             Neither
             are
             we
             of
             the
             
               communion
               of
               Saints
            
             ,
             if
             we
             desire
             not
             the
             blessedness
             of
             others
             ,
             it
             being
             an
             inseparable
             adjunct
             ,
             or
             relative
             to
             grace
             ;
             for
             none
             but
             a
             Cain
             vvill
             say
             ,
             
               Am
               I
               my
               brothers
               keeper
            
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             vvhere
             the
             heart
             is
             thankful
             ,
             and
             inflamed
             with
             the
             
               love
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               our
               neighbour
               ,
            
             this
             vvill
             be
             the
             principal
             aim
             :
             
               As
               by
               my
               sins
            
             and
             
               bad
               example
            
             ,
             I
             have
             drawn
             others
             
               from
               God
            
             :
             so
             now
             I
             will
             ,
             all
             I
             can
             ,
             draw
             others
             with
             my self
             
               to
               God.
               Saul
            
             converted
             ,
             
               will
               build
               up
            
             ,
             as
             fast
             as
             ever
             he
             
               plucked
               down
            
             ,
             and
             preach
             as
             zealously
             as
             ever
             he
             persecuted
             :
             
             and
             we
             are
             no
             whit
             thankful
             for
             our
             own
             salvation
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             not
             look
             with
             charity
             and
             pity
             upon
             the
             gross
             mis-opinions
             and
             mispr●sions
             of
             our
             Brethren
             .
             And
             what
             though
             we
             cannot
             do
             
               what
               we
               would
            
             ?
             yet
             we
             must
             labour
             to
             do
             
               what
               we
               can
            
             ,
             to
             win
             others
             ;
             not
             to
             merit
             by
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             express
             our
             thanks
             .
             Besides
             it
             were
             very
             dishonourable
             to
             Christ
             not
             to
             do
             so
             .
             Did
             you
             ever
             know
             that
             
               wicked
               men
               ,
               thieves
               ,
               drunkards
               ,
               adulterers
               ,
               persecuters
               ,
               false
               prophets
               ,
            
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             would
             be
             
               damned
               alone
            
             ?
             no
             ,
             they
             mislead
             all
             they
             can
             ,
             as
             desiring
             to
             have
             companions
             .
             Yea
             ,
             
               the
               Pharisees
               would
               take
               great
               pains
               ,
               compass
               sea
               and
               land
               ,
               to
               make
               other
               ▪
               two-fold
               more
               the
               children
               of
               hell
               than
               themselves
               ,
            
             as
             our
             Saviour
             expresly
             saith
             ,
             Mat.
             23.15
             .
             which
             may
             cast
             a
             blush
             upon
             our
             cheeks
             ,
             who
             are
             nothing
             so
             industrious
             to
             win
             souls
             to
             God.
             And
             what
             a
             shame
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             our
             God
             should
             not
             have
             as
             
               faithful
               servants
            
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             
               unfaithful
               enemies
            
             ?
             that
             wickedmen
             should
             be
             at
             more
             cost
             and
             pains
             to
             please
             an
             
               ●ll
               mast●●
            
             ,
             then
             we
             can
             afford
             to
             please
             
               so
               good
               a
               God
            
             ,
             so
             gracio●s
             ,
             and
             so
             
               loving
               a
            
             〈…〉
             they
             labour
             so
             hard
             ,
             for
             that
             vvhich
             vvill
             but
             
               〈◊〉
               be●●
               damnation
            
             ?
             〈◊〉
             shall
             we
             think
             any
             pains
             too
             much
             for
             that
             whi●h
             will
             
               ad●●
               to
               the
               we
               〈…〉
               our
               eternal
               glory
               and
               salvation
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             5.
             
             And
             what
             though
             their
             case
             be
             not
             onely
             desperate
             ,
             but
             almo●●
             hopeless
             ?
             yet
             there
             is
             a
             mercy
             due
             even
             to
             them
             :
             and
             it
             is
             our
             duty
             to
             ●se
             the
             means
             ;
             leaving
             the
             issue
             to
             him
             vvho
             is
             able
             
               to
               quicken
               the
               d●ad
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               even
               of
               stones
               children
               to
               Abraham
            
             ?
             Witness
             Manasses
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Testastament
            
             ,
             and
             Paul
             in
             the
             New.
             Yea
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             that
             this
             their
             sad
             
               on
               〈…〉
            
             calls
             for
             our
             more
             than
             ordinary
             compassion
             .
             Since
             they
             have
             precious
             so●ls
             ,
             that
             must
             everlastingly
             live
             in
             bliss
             ,
             or
             woe
             .
             And
             hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             A●gels
             are
             said
             to
             
               rejoyce
               more
               at
               the
               conv●●sion
               of
               such
               a
               sinner
               ,
               than
               for
               the
               building
               up
               of
               ninety
               and
               nine
            
             that
             are
             already
             converted
             ,
             Luke
             15.7
             .
             because
             he
             to
             vvhom
             God
             hath
             given
             a
             new
             heart
             ,
             and
             
               spiritual
               life
            
             ,
             vvill
             be
             sure
             to
             seek
             out
             for
             ,
             and
             use
             the
             means
             of
             
               growing
               in
               grace
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               knowledge
               of
               our
               Lord
               and
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
            
             Whereas
             the
             former
             ,
             are
             not
             onely
             dead
             in
             sin
             ,
             but
             so
             buried
             in
             the
             grave
             of
             long
             custome
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             stir
             the
             least
             joynt
             ;
             no
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             as
             
               ●eel
               their
               deadness
            
             ,
             nor
             desire
             life
             ,
             but
             
               resist
               all
               means
            
             tending
             thereunto
             .
             Insomuch
             ,
             that
             the
             conversion
             of
             such
             an
             one
             is
             held
             by
             Divines
             a
             greater
             work
             ,
             or
             miracle
             ,
             than
             the
             creating
             of
             the
             
               whole
               World
            
             :
             For
             in
             every
             
               new
               creature
            
             are
             a
             number
             of
             
               miracles
               ;
               A
               blind
               man
               is
               restored
               to
               sight
               ;
               a
               deaf
               man
               to
               hearing
            
             ;
             a
             man
             possest
             with
             many
             
               Devils
               ,
               dispossest
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             
               a
               dead
               man
               raised
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
            
             and
             in
             every
             one
             a
             stone
             turned
             into
             flesh
             :
             in
             all
             vvhich
             God
             meets
             vvith
             nothing
             but
             opposition
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             Creation
             he
             met
             not
             vvith
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             this
             is
             Greek
             to
             a
             Sensualist
             ,
             that
             hath
             onely
             the
             
               Flesh
               for
               his
               Tutor
            
             vvhence
             it
             vvill
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             shew
             ,
             how
             it
             fares
             vvith
             the
             parties
             vvith
             vvhom
             I
             am
             ,
             to
             encounter
             ;
             
               Drunkards
               ,
               Blasphemers
            
             ,
             and
             Prophane
             persons
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             6.
             
             Even
             such
             is
             the
             power
             of
             sin
             ,
             that
             it
             made
             God
             become
             
               man
               ,
               Angels
            
             become
             Devils
             ,
             and
             men
             become
             beasts
             .
             For
             each
             man
             by
             nature
             ,
             every
             one
             ,
             vvhose
             heart
             is
             not
             changed
             by
             the
             
               Loadstone
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               is
            
             a
             very
             beast
             in
             condition
             ,
             as
             Jeremy
             affirms
             ,
             Jer.
             10.14
             .
             and
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             2.12
             .
             But
             that
             's
             not
             all
             ;
             for
             vvhen
             the
             
               custom
               of
               sin
            
             ,
             hath
             so
             brawned
             mens
             
               hearts
               ,
               seared
            
             their
             consciences
             ,
             and
             blinded
             their
             minds
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             swear
             and
             curse
             as
             familiarly
             
             as
             
               Dogs
               bark
            
             :
             When
             the
             just
             and
             true
             God
             ,
             hath
             for
             their
             rebellious
             wickedness
             in
             rejecting
             him
             ,
             and
             despising
             all
             good
             means
             of
             being
             bettered
             ,
             given
             them
             
               up
               to
               their
               own
            
             hearts
             
               lusts
               ,
               and
               to
               Satan
               the
               God
               of
               this
               world
               ,
            
             to
             be
             taught
             and
             governed
             by
             him
             :
             even
             as
             a
             
               just
               Judg
            
             ,
             having
             passed
             sentence
             upon
             some
             hainous
             Malefactor
             ,
             gives
             him
             up
             to
             the
             Jaylor
             ,
             or
             Executioner
             :
             (
             as
             you
             may
             see
             by
             sundry
             places
             ,
             2
             Thes
             .
             2.10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             1
             
             Kings
             22.20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22.
             2
             
             Tim.
             2.26
             .
             Ephes
             .
             2.2
             .
             Joh.
             13.2
             .
             Acts
             5.3
             .
             1
             Chron.
             21.1
             .
             Gen.
             3.1
             ,
             to
             6.
             
             Rev.
             2.10.3.15
             .
             Joh.
             8.44
             .
             &
             12.31
             .
             &
             14.30
             .
             2
             Cor.
             4.4
             .
             )
             Then
             they
             become
             so
             devilized
             ,
             that
             as
             Paul
             being
             guided
             by
             the
             good
             
               Spirit
               of
               God
            
             could
             say
             ,
             I
             
               live
               not
               ,
               but
               Christ
               lives
               in
               me
               ,
            
             Gal.
             2.20
             .
             So
             may
             they
             say
             ,
             we
             live
             not
             ,
             but
             the
             Devil
             lives
             in
             us
             .
             For
             he
             is
             not
             only
             their
             
               Father
               ,
               Gen.
            
             3.15
             .
             Joh.
             8.44
             .
             But
             their
             God
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             4.4
             .
             And
             their
             
               Prince
               ,
               Joh.
            
             14.30
             .
             
               And
               works
               in
               them
               his
               pleasure
               ,
               Ephes
               .
            
             2.2
             .
             2
             Tim.
             2.26
             .
             So
             that
             they
             are
             ready
             and
             willing
             to
             say
             or
             do
             ,
             what
             he
             will
             have
             them
             :
             as
             you
             may
             plainly
             read
             ,
             Joh.
             13.2
             .
             Acts
             5.3
             .
             &
             12.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             to
             12.
             1
             
             Chro.
             21.1
             .
             Gen.
             3.1
             ,
             to
             6.
             
             Rev.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             True
             ,
             these
             poor
             simple
             souls
             know
             none
             of
             all
             this
             :
             as
             those
             
               four
               hundred
               of
               Ahabs
               Prophets
            
             ,
             in
             whom
             this
             
               evil
               Spirit
               spake
            
             ,
             did
             not
             know
             that
             Satan
             spake
             by
             them
             ,
             1
             King.
             22.22
             .
             Neither
             did
             Judas
             know
             when
             he
             
               eat
               the
               sop
            
             ,
             that
             
               Satan
               entred
               into
               him
               ,
               and
               put
               it
               into
               his
               heart
               to
               betray
               Christ
               ,
            
             Joh.
             13.2
             .
             Nor
             do
             Magistrates
             when
             they
             
               cast
               the
               servants
               of
               God
               into
               prison
               ,
            
             once
             imagine
             that
             the
             Devil
             makes
             them
             his
             Jaylors
             ,
             but
             he
             doth
             so
             .
             They
             are
             
               his
               Instruments
            
             ,
             but
             
               he
               is
               the
               Principal
               Author
            
             ;
             as
             is
             plain
             by
             Rev.
             2.10
             .
             Neither
             did
             Ananias
             and
             Saphira
             once
             think
             ,
             that
             Satan
             had
             
               filled
               their
               hearts
               ,
               or
               put
               that
               lye
               into
               their
               mouths
               ,
            
             for
             which
             they
             were
             
               strook
               dead
            
             ,
             Acts
             5.
             yet
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             tells
             us
             plainly
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             so
             ,
             Vers
             .
             3.
             
             Nor
             Eve
             in
             Paradise
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             least
             suspition
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             Satan
             that
             spake
             to
             her
             ,
             by
             the
             Serpent
             :
             Nor
             Adam
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             
               the
               Devils
               mind
               in
               her
               mouth
               ,
               his
               heart
               in
               her
               lips
               ,
            
             when
             tempted
             to
             
               eat
               the
               forbidden
               fruit
            
             .
             Nor
             did
             David
             once
             dream
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             Satan
             ,
             who
             
               moved
               him
               to
               number
               the
               people
               ,
            
             1
             Chron.
             21.1
             .
             Much
             less
             did
             Peter
             ,
             who
             so
             loved
             Christ
             ,
             imagine
             that
             he
             was
             set
             on
             by
             Satan
             ,
             to
             tempt
             his
             own
             Lord
             and
             Master
             with
             those
             affectionate
             words
             ,
             
               Master
               pity
               thy self
            
             :
             For
             if
             Christ
             had
             pitied
             himself
             ,
             Peter
             and
             all
             the
             world
             had
             perished
             .
             Yet
             it
             was
             so
             ,
             which
             occasioned
             Christ
             to
             answer
             him
             ,
             
               Get
               thee
               behind
               me
               Satan
            
             ,
             Mat.
             16.22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Much
             less
             do
             
               Drunkards
               ,
               Blasphemers
            
             ,
             and
             prophane
             persons
             know
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             
               not
               they
               ,
               but
               the
               Devil
               in
               them
               ,
            
             when
             they
             
               scoff
               at
               Religion
            
             and
             holiness
             ;
             when
             they
             
               tear
               Heaven
               with
               their
               blasphemies
            
             ,
             and
             
               bandy
               the
               dreadful
               Name
               of
               God
               in
               their
               impure
               and
               poluted
               mouths
               ,
            
             by
             their
             bloudy
             Oaths
             and
             Execrations
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             premised
             ,
             I
             come
             to
             deal
             with
             the
             parties
             first
             mentioned
             ,
             with
             whom
             my
             business
             lies
             :
             and
             they
             are
             
               Drunkards
               ,
               Blasphemers
            
             ,
             and
             profane
             persons
             ,
             who
             swarm
             so
             in
             all
             places
             .
             And
             to
             these
             ,
             their
             faithful
             and
             impartial
             Monitor
             presents
             a
             few
             Considerations
             .
             I
             'le
             begin
             with
             Drunkards
             ;
             O
             that
             they
             would
             mind
             what
             I
             shall
             say
             ,
             but
             so
             much
             as
             it
             concerns
             them
             !
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Blemish
           of
           Government
           ,
           the
           Shame
           of
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Disgrace
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           
             or
             a
          
           Charge
           
             drawn
             up
             against
          
           Drunkards
           ,
           
             and
             presented
             to
             his
          
           Majesty
           ,
           
             in
             the
             name
             of
             all
             the
             sober
             Party
             in
             the
          
           three
           Nations
           .
           
             Humbly
             craving
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             kept
             alone
             by
             themselves
             from
             infecting
             others
             ;
             compelled
             to
             work
             and
             earn
             what
             they
             consume
             :
             And
             that
             none
             may
             be
             suffered
             to
             sell
          
           Drink
           ,
           
             who
             shall
             either
          
           Swear
           ,
           
             or
             be
          
           Drunk
           themselves
           ,
           
             or
             suffer
          
           Others
           
             within
             their
             Wals.
          
           
        
         
           
             
               1.
               
               BRANCH
            
             of
             the
             Charge
             .
          
           
             THat
             as
             the
             Basilisk
             is
             chief
             of
             Serpents
             :
             so
             of
             sinners
             ,
             the
             Drunkard
             is
             chief
             .
             That
             Drunkenness
             is
             of
             sins
             the
             Queen
             :
             as
             the
             Gowt
             is
             of
             diseases
             :
             even
             the
             root
             of
             all
             evil
             ,
             the
             rot
             of
             all
             good
             .
             A
             sin
             which
             turns
             a
             man
             wholly
             into
             sin
             .
             That
             all
             sins
             ,
             all
             beast-like
             ,
             all
             serpentine
             qualities
             meet
             in
             a
             Drunkard
             ,
             as
             rivers
             in
             the
             sea
             :
             and
             that
             it
             were
             far
             better
             to
             be
             a
             Toad
             ,
             or
             a
             Serpent
             ,
             then
             a
             Drunkard
             .
             That
             the
             Drunkard
             is
             like
             
               Ahab
               ,
               who
               sold
               himself
               to
               work
               wickedness
               .
            
             That
             he
             wholly
             dedicates
             ,
             resigns
             ,
             surrenders
             ,
             and
             gives
             himself
             up
             to
             serve
             sin
             and
             Satan
             .
             That
             his
             only
             employment
             is
             to
             
               drink
               ,
               drab
               ,
               quarrel
               ,
               swear
               ,
               curse
               ,
               scoff
               ,
               slander
            
             and
             seduce
             :
             as
             if
             to
             sin
             were
             his
             Trade
             ,
             and
             he
             could
             do
             nothing
             else
             ;
             like
             the
             Devil
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             sinner
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             a
             sinner
             to
             the
             end
             .
             That
             these
             
               sons
               of
               Belial
            
             ,
             are
             all
             for
             the
             belly
             :
             for
             to
             drink
             God
             out
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             health
             out
             of
             their
             bodies
             ,
             wit
             out
             of
             their
             heads
             ,
             strength
             out
             of
             their
             joynts
             ,
             all
             the
             money
             out
             of
             their
             purses
             ,
             all
             the
             drink
             out
             of
             the
             Brewers
             barrels
             ,
             wife
             and
             children
             out
             of
             doors
             ,
             the
             house
             out
             at
             windows
             ,
             the
             Land
             out
             of
             quiet
             ,
             plenty
             out
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             is
             all
             their
             business
             .
             In
             vvhich
             their
             swinish
             swilling
             ,
             they
             resemble
             so
             many
             frogs
             in
             a
             puddle
             ,
             or
             water-snakes
             in
             a
             pond
             :
             for
             their
             vvhole
             exercise
             ,
             yea
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             is
             to
             drink
             ;
             they
             even
             drown
             themselves
             on
             the
             dry
             land
             .
             That
             they
             drink
             more
             spirits
             in
             one
             night
             ,
             then
             their
             flesh
             and
             brains
             be
             worth
             .
             That
             more
             is
             thrown
             out
             of
             one
             
               swines
               nose
            
             ,
             and
             mouth
             ,
             and
             guts
             ,
             then
             vvould
             maintain
             five
             sufficient
             families
             .
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             Br.
             That
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             imagined
             ,
             vvhat
             all
             the
             Drunkards
             in
             one
             Shire
             or
             County
             do
             devour
             ,
             and
             vvorse
             then
             throvv
             away
             in
             one
             year
             :
             vvhen
             it
             hath
             been
             knovvn
             (
             if
             vve
             may
             give
             credit
             to
             Authours
             ,
             and
             the
             Oaths
             of
             others
             )
             that
             
               two
               and
               thirty
            
             in
             one
             cluster
             have
             made
             themselves
             drunk
             ;
             that
             
               six
               and
               thirty
            
             have
             drank
             themselves
             dead
             in
             the
             place
             ,
             vvith
             carovvsing
             of
             healths
             ;
             that
             at
             one
             Supper
             ,
             
               one
               and
               forty
            
             have
             killed
             themselves
             ,
             vvith
             striving
             for
             the
             conquest
             :
             that
             two
             have
             drank
             each
             of
             them
             a
             peck
             at
             a
             draught
             :
             that
             
               four
               men
            
             have
             drank
             
               four
               gallons
            
             of
             vvine
             at
             a
             sitting
             :
             that
             
               one
               man
            
             hath
             drank
             
               two
               gallons
            
             of
             vvine
             ;
             and
             two
             more
             ,
             
               three
               gallons
            
             of
             vvine
             a
             piece
             at
             a
             time
             :
             that
             one
             Drunkard
             in
             a
             fevv
             hours
             ,
             drank
             
               four
               gallons
            
             of
             vvine
             :
             that
             four
             ancient
             men
             drank
             as
             many
             cups
             of
             vvine
             at
             one
             sitting
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             lived
             years
             ,
             vvhich
             vvas
             in
             all
             
               three
               hundred
            
             cups
             of
             vvine
             amongst
             
               four
               men
            
             :
             and
             lastly
             ,
             that
             
               three
               women
            
             came
             into
             a
             Tavern
             in
             Fleet-street
             (
             vvhen
             I
             vvas
             a
             boy
             ,
             take
             it
             upon
             Claptons
             Oath
             and
             credit
             ,
             vvho
             drevv
             the
             Wine
             )
             and
             drank
             
               forty
               nine
               quarts
               of
               Sack
            
             ;
             tvvo
             of
             them
             sixteen
             a
             piece
             ,
             &
             the
             third
             to
             get
             the
             victory
             ,
             
               seventeen
               quarts
               of
               Sack.
            
             Which
             being
             so
             ,
             vvhat
             may
             the
             many
             millions
             of
             
             these
             
               ding-thrifty
               dearth-makers
            
             consume
             in
             a
             year
             in
             all
             the
             three
             Nations
             ?
             It
             is
             much
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             as
             we
             turn
             the
             
               sanctuary
               of
               life
            
             into
             the
             
               shambles
               of
               death
            
             :
             so
             God
             may
             send
             a
             famine
             after
             such
             a
             satiety
             ,
             and
             pestilence
             after
             famine
             .
             Or
             rather
             ,
             that
             our
             Land
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             so
             long
             sick
             of
             this
             disease
             ,
             and
             so
             often
             surfeted
             of
             this
             sin
             ,
             should
             
               spue
               us
               all
               out
            
             who
             are
             the
             Inhabitants
             .
          
           
             Nor
             need
             it
             seem
             incredible
             ,
             that
             common
             drunkards
             should
             drink
             thus
             :
             for
             they
             can
             disgorge
             themselves
             at
             pleasure
             ,
             by
             only
             putting
             their
             finger
             to
             their
             throat
             ;
             and
             they
             will
             vomit
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             so
             many
             live
             Whales
             spuing
             up
             the
             Ocean
             :
             which
             done
             ,
             they
             can
             drink
             a
             fresh
             .
          
           
             Or
             if
             not
             so
             ,
             yet
             custome
             hath
             made
             it
             to
             pass
             through
             them
             ,
             as
             through
             a
             tunnel
             ,
             or
             streiner
             ;
             whereby
             it
             comes
             out
             again
             as
             sheer
             wine
             as
             it
             went
             in
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             observed
             .
          
           
             Nor
             hath
             the
             richest
             Sherry
             or
             old
             Canary
             any
             more
             operation
             with
             them
             ,
             than
             a
             cup
             of
             six
             hath
             with
             me
             .
             And
             no
             marvel
             !
             for
             ,
             if
             Physick
             be
             taken
             too
             oft
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             work
             like
             Physick
             :
             but
             nature
             entertains
             it
             as
             a
             friend
             ,
             not
             as
             a
             Physician
             .
             Yea
             ,
             poyson
             by
             a
             familiar
             use
             becomes
             natural
             food
             .
             As
             Aristotle
             (
             in
             an
             example
             of
             a
             Maid
             ,
             who
             used
             to
             pick
             spiders
             off
             the
             walls
             and
             eat
             them
             ,
             )
             makes
             plain
             .
          
        
         
           
             3.
             
             Br.
             That
             as
             Drunkards
             have
             lost
             the
             prerogative
             of
             their
             Creation
             ,
             and
             are
             changed
             (
             with
             
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               Dan.
            
             4.16
             .
             )
             from
             men
             into
             beasts
             ,
             so
             they
             turn
             the
             
               sanctuary
               of
               life
            
             into
             the
             
               shambles
               of
               death
            
             :
             yea
             ,
             thousands
             (
             when
             they
             have
             made
             up
             the
             measure
             of
             their
             wickedness
             )
             are
             taken
             away
             in
             Gods
             just
             wrath
             in
             their
             drink
             ;
             (
             as
             it
             were
             with
             the
             
               weapo●
               in
               their
               bellies
            
             )
             it
             faring
             with
             them
             as
             it
             did
             with
             that
             Pope
             ,
             whom
             the
             Devil
             is
             said
             to
             have
             slain
             in
             the
             very
             instant
             of
             his
             Adultery
             ,
             and
             carry
             him
             quick
             to
             hell
             ,
             being
             suddenly
             struck
             with
             death
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             execution
             were
             no
             less
             intended
             to
             the
             soul
             ,
             than
             to
             the
             body
             .
          
           
             That
             by
             the
             
               Law
               of
               God
            
             in
             both
             
               Testaments
               ;
               He
               that
               will
               not
               labour
               ,
               should
               not
               eat
               ,
               Gen.
            
             3.19
             .
             Pro.
             20.4
             .
             2
             Thes
             .
             3.10
             .
             because
             he
             robs
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             that
             which
             is
             altogether
             as
             profitable
             as
             land
             ,
             or
             treasure
             .
             But
             Drunkards
             are
             not
             only
             
               lazie
               get-nothings
            
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             also
             
               riotous
               spend-alls
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             these
             
               drunken
               drones
            
             ,
             these
             gut-mongers
             ,
             these
             Quagmirists
             ,
             like
             vagrants
             and
             vermine
             ,
             do
             nothing
             all
             their
             life-long
             that
             may
             tend
             to
             any
             good
             ,
             as
             is
             storied
             of
             Margites
             ,
             and
             yet
             devour
             more
             of
             the
             
               fat
               of
               the
               Land
            
             ,
             than
             would
             plentifully
             maintain
             those
             
               millions
               of
               poor
            
             in
             the
             Nation
             that
             are
             ready
             to
             fami●h
             .
             A
             thing
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             suffered
             in
             any
             
               Christian
               Commo●-wealth
               :
               yea
               ,
               far
               sitter
               they
               were
               stoned
               to
               death
               ,
            
             as
             by
             the
             
               Law
               of
               God
            
             they
             ought
             ,
             Deut.
             21.20
             ,
             21.
             since
             this
             might
             bring
             them
             to
             repentance
             ;
             whereas
             now
             
               they
               spend
               their
               days
               in
               mirth
               ,
               and
               suddenly
               they
               go
               down
               into
               hell
               ,
               Job
            
             21.13
             .
             Drunkards
             being
             those
             swine
             whom
             the
             legion
             carries
             headlong
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             or
             pit
             of
             perdition
             .
          
        
         
           
             4.
             
             Br.
             That
             every
             hour
             seems
             
               a
               day
            
             ,
             and
             every
             
               day
               a
               month
            
             to
             a
             drunkard
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             spent
             in
             a
             Tap-house
             ;
             yea
             ,
             they
             seem
             to
             have
             nailed
             their
             ears
             to
             the
             door
             of
             some
             Tavern
             or
             Tap-house
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             agreed
             with
             
               Satan
               ,
               Master
               ,
               it
               is
               good
               being
               here
               .
            
             That
             where
             ever
             the
             Drunkards
             house
             is
             ,
             his
             dwelling
             is
             at
             the
             Ale-house
             ,
             except
             all
             his
             money
             be
             spent
             ,
             and
             then
             if
             his
             wife
             will
             fetch
             him
             home
             with
             a
             lanthorn
             ,
             and
             his
             men
             with
             a
             barrow
             ,
             he
             comes
             vvith
             as
             much
             sence
             as
             
               Michals
               image
            
             had
             .
          
           
           
             That
             the
             pot
             is
             no
             sooner
             from
             their
             lips
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             melancholy
             ,
             and
             their
             hearts
             as
             heavy
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             milstone
             lay
             upon
             it
             .
             Or
             rather
             they
             are
             vexed
             like
             Saul
             ,
             with
             an
             
               evil
               spirit
            
             ,
             which
             nothing
             will
             drive
             away
             but
             drink
             and
             Tobacco
             .
             They
             so
             wound
             their
             consciences
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             prodigious
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             so
             exceedingly
             provoke
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             rackt
             in
             conscience
             ,
             and
             tortured
             with
             the
             very
             flashes
             of
             bell-fire
             .
             That
             they
             drink
             to
             the
             end
             only
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             forget
             God
             ,
             his
             threats
             &
             judgments
             ;
             that
             they
             may
             drown
             conscience
             ,
             and
             put
             off
             all
             thoughts
             of
             death
             and
             hell
             ;
             and
             to
             hearten
             and
             harden
             themselves
             against
             all
             the
             
               messages
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               threats
               of
               the
               Law
               :
            
             which
             is
             no
             other
             in
             mitigating
             the
             pangs
             of
             conscience
             ,
             than
             as
             a
             
               saddle
               of
               gold
            
             to
             a
             galled-horse
             ,
             or
             a
             draught
             of
             poison
             to
             quench
             a
             mans
             thirst
             .
             That
             if
             they
             might
             have
             their
             wills
             ,
             none
             should
             refuse
             to
             be
             drunk
             unpunished
             ,
             or
             be
             drunk
             unrewarded
             at
             the
             common
             charge
             .
             As
             how
             will
             they
             boast
             what
             they
             drank
             ,
             and
             how
             many
             they
             conquered
             at
             such
             a
             meeting
             ,
             making
             it
             their
             only
             glory
             .
             That
             the
             utmost
             of
             a
             Drunkards
             honesty
             is
             good-fellowship
             :
             that
             temperance
             and
             sobriety
             with
             them
             is
             nothing
             but
             humour
             and
             singularity
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             drink
             not
             for
             strength
             or
             need
             ,
             but
             for
             lust
             and
             pride
             ;
             to
             shew
             how
             full
             of
             Satan
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             how
             near
             to
             swine
             .
          
           
             That
             though
             these
             
               swinish
               swill-bowls
            
             make
             their
             gullet
             their
             god
             ,
             and
             sacrifice
             more
             to
             their
             god-belly
             ,
             than
             those
             Babylo●ians
             did
             to
             their
             
               god
               Bel
               ,
               Bel
               and
               the
               Drago●
               ,
               v.
            
             3.
             yet
             they
             will
             say
             ,
             yea
             swear
             ,
             that
             they
             drink
             not
             for
             love
             of
             drink
             ;
             though
             they
             love
             it
             above
             
               health
               ,
               wealth
               ,
               credit
               ,
               child
               ,
               wife
               ,
               life
               ,
               heaven
               ,
               salvation
               ,
            
             All.
             They
             no
             more
             care
             for
             wine
             ,
             than
             Esau
             did
             for
             his
             pottage
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             sold
             his
             
               birthright
               ,
               Isa
            
             .
             56.12
             .
          
        
         
           
             5.
             
             Br.
             That
             Drunkards
             are
             the
             
               Devils
               capti●es
            
             ,
             at
             his
             command
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             do
             his
             will
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             rules
             over
             ,
             and
             works
             in
             them
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             2
             Tim.
             2.26
             .
             Eph.
             2.2
             .
             that
             he
             enters
             into
             them
             ,
             and
             puts
             it
             into
             their
             hearts
             what
             he
             will
             have
             them
             to
             do
             ,
             Joh.
             13.2
             .
             Acts
             5.3
             .
             1
             Chron.
             21.1
             .
             opens
             their
             mouths
             ,
             speaks
             in
             and
             by
             them
             ,
             Gen.
             3.1
             ,
             to
             6.
             stretcheth
             out
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             they
             act
             as
             he
             will
             have
             them
             ,
             Act.
             12.1
             ,
             2.
             
             Rev.
             1.10
             .
             he
             being
             their
             
               father
               ,
               Gen.
            
             3.15
             .
             Joh.
             8.44
             .
             their
             
               king
               ,
               Joh.
            
             12.31
             .
             &
             14.30
             .
             and
             their
             god
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             4.4
             .
             Eph.
             2.2
             .
             And
             which
             is
             worst
             of
             all
             ,
             that
             drunkenness
             not
             only
             dulls
             and
             dams
             up
             the
             head
             and
             spirits
             with
             mud
             ,
             but
             it
             beastiates
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             (
             being
             worse
             than
             the
             
               sting
               of
               an
               Asp
            
             )
             poysoneth
             the
             very
             soul
             and
             reason
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             whereby
             the
             faculties
             and
             organs
             of
             repentance
             and
             resolution
             are
             so
             corrupted
             and
             captivated
             ,
             that
             it
             makes
             men
             utterly
             uncapable
             of
             returning
             ,
             unless
             God
             should
             work
             a
             greater
             miracle
             upon
             them
             ,
             than
             was
             the
             
               creating
               of
               the
               whole
               world
            
             .
             Whence
             Austin
             compares
             it
             to
             the
             very
             
               pit
               of
               hell
            
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             (
             when
             a
             man
             is
             once
             fallen
             into
             )
             there
             is
             no
             hope
             of
             redemption
             .
          
           
             That
             Drunkenness
             is
             like
             some
             
               desperate
               plague
            
             ,
             which
             knows
             no
             cure
             .
             As
             what
             saies
             Basil
             ,
             Shall
             we
             speak
             to
             drunkards
             ?
             we
             had
             as
             good
             speak
             to
             
               liveless
               stones
            
             ,
             or
             
               senceless
               plants
            
             ,
             or
             
               witless
               beasts
            
             ,
             as
             to
             them
             ;
             for
             they
             no
             more
             believe
             the
             threats
             of
             
               Gods
               Word
            
             ,
             than
             if
             some
             Impostor
             had
             spoken
             them
             .
             They
             will
             fear
             nothing
             ,
             till
             they
             be
             in
             hell-fire
             ;
             resembling
             the
             Sodomites
             ,
             who
             would
             take
             no
             warning
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             all
             
               struck
               blind
            
             ;
             but
             persisted
             in
             their
             course
             ,
             untill
             they
             felt
             
               fire
               and
               brimstone
            
             about
             their
             
               ears
               ,
               Gen.
            
             19.11
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             is
             
               no
               Washing
               these
               Black-moors
               white
               ,
               no
               charming
               of
               these
               deaf
               
               Adders
               ;
               blind
               men
            
             never
             
               blush
               ;
               fools
            
             are
             never
             
               troubled
               in
               conscience
            
             ,
             neither
             are
             beasts
             ever
             ashamed
             of
             their
             deeds
             .
          
           
             That
             a
             man
             shall
             never
             hear
             of
             an
             
               habituated
               ,
               infatuated
               ,
               incorrigible
               ,
               cauterized
               Drunkard
               ,
            
             that
             is
             reclaimed
             with
             age
             .
          
        
         
           
             6.
             
             Br.
             That
             as
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             before
             custom
             in
             sin
             hath
             hardened
             these
             Drunkards
             ,
             they
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             transformed
             from
             men
             into
             swine
             ;
             as
             Elpenor
             was
             transformed
             by
             Circes
             into
             a
             hog
             ;
             so
             by
             degrees
             they
             are
             of
             swine
             transformed
             again
             into
             Devils
             ,
             as
             Cadmus
             and
             his
             wife
             were
             into
             serpents
             ,
             as
             palpably
             appears
             by
             their
             tempting
             to
             
               sin
               ,
               and
               drawing
               to
               perdition
               .
            
          
           
             That
             these
             
               Age
               its
            
             for
             the
             
               Devil
               ,
               Drunkards
            
             ,
             practise
             nothing
             but
             the
             
               Art
               of
               d●baunching
               men
            
             ;
             that
             to
             turn
             others
             into
             beasts
             ,
             they
             will
             make
             themselves
             devils
             ,
             wherein
             they
             have
             a
             notable
             dexterity
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             admirable
             how
             they
             will
             wind
             men
             in
             ,
             and
             
               draw
               men
               on
            
             by
             drinking
             first
             a
             health
             to
             such
             a
             man
             ,
             then
             to
             such
             a
             woman
             my
             mistress
             ,
             then
             to
             every
             ones
             mistress
             ;
             then
             to
             some
             Lord
             or
             Lady
             ;
             their
             Master
             ,
             their
             Magistrate
             ,
             their
             
               Captain
               ,
               Commander
            
             ,
             &c.
             and
             never
             cease
             ,
             until
             their
             brains
             ,
             their
             wits
             ,
             their
             tongues
             ,
             their
             eyes
             ,
             their
             feet
             ,
             their
             sense
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             members
             fa●l
             them
             :
             that
             they
             will
             drink
             until
             they
             
               vomit
               up
               their
               shame
               again
            
             ,
             like
             a
             filthy
             dog
             ,
             or
             
               lie
               wallowing
            
             in
             their
             beastliness
             like
             a
             
               bru●ish
               swine
            
             .
             That
             they
             think
             nothing
             too
             much
             either
             to
             do
             or
             spend
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             make
             a
             
               sober
               man
               a
               drunkard
            
             ,
             or
             to
             
               drink
               another
               drunkard
            
             under
             the
             table
             ;
             which
             is
             to
             brag
             how
             far
             they
             are
             become
             the
             
               Devils
               children
            
             :
             that
             in
             case
             they
             can
             make
             a
             sober
             and
             
               religious
               man
            
             exceed
             his
             bounds
             ,
             they
             will
             sing
             and
             rejoyce
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             division
             of
             a
             spoil
             ;
             and
             boast
             that
             they
             have
             
               d●eached
               sobriety
            
             ,
             and
             blinded
             the
             light
             ;
             and
             ever
             after
             be
             a
             snuffing
             of
             this
             tape●
             ,
             Psal
             .
             13.4
             .
             But
             what
             a
             
               barbarous
               ,
               graceless
               ,
               and
               unchristian-like
               practice
            
             is
             this
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             their
             
               glory
               ,
               pastime
            
             ,
             and
             delight
             ,
             to
             see
             
               God
               dishonoured
            
             ,
             his
             
               Spirit
               grieved
            
             ,
             his
             
               Name
               blasphemed
            
             ,
             his
             
               creatures
               abused
               ,
               themselves
            
             and
             their
             
               friends
               souls
               damned
            
             .
             Doubtless
             such
             men
             have
             climbed
             the
             
               highest
               step
            
             of
             the
             
               ladder
               of
               wickedness
            
             ;
             as
             thinking
             their
             own
             sins
             will
             not
             press
             them
             deep
             enough
             into
             hell
             ,
             except
             they
             load
             themselves
             with
             other
             mens
             ;
             which
             is
             
             Devil-like
             indeed
             !
             whose
             aim
             it
             hath
             ever
             been
             ,
             seeing
             he
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             wretched
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             wretched
             alone
             .
          
           
             That
             as
             they
             make
             these
             healths
             serve
             as
             a
             pulley
             ,
             or
             shooing-horn
             to
             draw
             men
             on
             to
             drink
             more
             ,
             then
             else
             they
             would
             or
             should
             do
             :
             so
             a
             health
             being
             once
             begun
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             sure
             that
             every
             one
             present
             shall
             pledge
             the
             same
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             and
             measure
             ,
             be
             they
             thirsty
             ,
             or
             
               not
               thirsty
               ,
               willing
            
             ,
             or
             
               not
               willing
               ,
               able
            
             ,
             or
             unable
             :
             be
             it
             against
             their
             
               stomacks
               ,
               healths
               ,
               natures
               ,
               judgments
               ,
               hearts
            
             and
             consciences
             ,
             which
             do
             utterly
             abhor
             ,
             and
             secretly
             condemn
             the
             same
             .
             That
             in
             case
             a
             man
             will
             not
             for
             company
             grievously
             
               sin
               against
               God
            
             ,
             wrong
             his
             own
             body
             ,
             destroy
             his
             soul
             ,
             and
             wilfully
             
               leap
               into
               hell-fire
            
             with
             them
             ;
             they
             will
             hate
             him
             worse
             then
             the
             hang-man
             ;
             and
             will
             sooner
             adventure
             their
             
               blood
               in
               the
               field
            
             ,
             upon
             refusing
             or
             crossing
             their
             healths
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             cause
             and
             quarrel
             of
             their
             Countrey
             .
          
        
         
           
             7.
             
             Br.
             How
             they
             are
             so
             pernicious
             ,
             that
             to
             damn
             their
             own
             souls
             ,
             is
             the
             least
             part
             of
             their
             mischief
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             
               draw
               vengeance
            
             upon
             thousands
             ,
             by
             
               seducing
               some
            
             ,
             and
             giving
             
               ill
               example
               to
               others
            
             .
             That
             one
             Drunkard
             makes
             a
             multitude
             ,
             being
             like
             the
             bramble
             ,
             Judg.
             9.15
             .
             which
             first
             set
             it self
             on
             fire
             ,
             and
             then
             
             fired
             all
             the
             Wood.
             Or
             like
             a
             
               malicious
               man
               sick
               of
               the
               plague
               ,
            
             that
             runs
             into
             the
             throng
             to
             disperse
             his
             infection
             :
             whose
             mischief
             out-weighs
             all
             penalty
             .
             And
             this
             shews
             ,
             that
             they
             not
             only
             partake
             of
             the
             
               Devils
               nature
            
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             
               very
               Devils
            
             in
             the
             
               likeness
               of
               men
            
             :
             and
             that
             the
             very
             wickedness
             of
             one
             that
             
               feareth
               God
            
             ,
             is
             far
             better
             than
             the
             
               good
               intreaty
            
             of
             a
             Drunkard
             .
          
           
             That
             with
             sweet
             words
             they
             will
             tole
             men
             on
             to
             destruction
             ,
             as
             we
             tole
             beasts
             with
             fodder
             to
             the
             slaughter-house
             :
             And
             that
             to
             take
             away
             all
             suspicion
             ,
             they
             will
             so
             mollifie
             the
             stiffness
             of
             a
             mans
             prejudice
             ,
             so
             temper
             and
             fit
             him
             to
             their
             own
             mold
             ,
             that
             once
             to
             suspect
             them
             ,
             requires
             the
             spirit
             of
             discerning
             .
             And
             that
             withal
             ,
             they
             so
             confirm
             the
             profession
             of
             their
             love
             with
             
               oaths
               ,
               protestations
            
             ,
             and
             promises
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             think
             ,
             Jonathans
             love
             to
             David
             nothing
             to
             it
             .
             That
             these
             
               pernicious
               seducers
               ,
               devils
               in
               the
               shape
               of
               men
               ,
            
             have
             learned
             to
             handle
             a
             man
             so
             sweetly
             ,
             that
             one
             would
             think
             it
             a
             pleasure
             to
             be
             seduced
             .
          
           
             But
             little
             do
             they
             think
             ,
             how
             they
             advance
             their
             own
             damnations
             ,
             when
             the
             bloud
             of
             so
             many
             souls
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             drawn
             away
             ,
             will
             be
             required
             at
             their
             hands
             !
             For
             know
             this
             thou
             tempter
             ,
             that
             thou
             dost
             not
             more
             increase
             
               other
               mens
               wickedness
               on
               earth
            
             ,
             (
             whether
             by
             perswasion
             ,
             or
             pro●ocation
             ,
             or
             example
             )
             than
             their
             wickedness
             shall
             
               increase
               thy
               damnation
               in
               hell
            
             ,
             Luke
             16.27
             ,
             28.
             
             
               Non
               fratres
               dilexit
               ,
               sed
               seipsum
               respexit
               .
            
             And
             this
             let
             me
             say
             to
             the
             horrour
             of
             their
             consciences
             ,
             that
             make
             merchandize
             of
             souls
             ;
             that
             it
             is
             a
             question
             when
             such
             an
             one
             comes
             to
             hell
             ,
             whether
             Judas
             himself
             would
             change
             torments
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             8.
             
             Br.
             That
             the
             Drunkard
             is
             so
             pleasing
             a
             murtherer
             ,
             that
             he
             tickles
             a
             man
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             makes
             him
             (
             like
             
               Solomons
               fool
            
             )
             die
             laughing
             .
             Whence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             many
             who
             hate
             their
             other
             enemies
             (
             yea
             ,
             and
             their
             friends
             too
             )
             embrace
             this
             enemy
             ,
             because
             he
             kisseth
             when
             he
             betrayeth
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             what
             fence
             for
             a
             
               pistol
               charged
            
             with
             the
             
               bullet
               of
               friendship
            
             ?
             Hence
             it
             is
             also
             ,
             that
             thousands
             have
             confest
             at
             the
             
               Gallows
               ,
               I
               had
               never
               come
               to
               this
               ,
               but
               for
               such
               and
               such
               a
               Drunkard
               .
            
             For
             commonly
             the
             
               Drunkards
               progress
            
             is
             ,
             from
             luxury
             to
             beggery
             ,
             from
             beggery
             to
             thievery
             ,
             from
             the
             Tavern
             to
             Tyburn
             ,
             from
             the
             Ale-house
             to
             the
             Gallows
             .
             Briefly
             ,
             That
             these
             Bawds
             and
             Panders
             of
             vice
             breathe
             nothing
             but
             infection
             ,
             and
             study
             nothing
             but
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             other
             mens
             destruction
             .
             That
             the
             Drunkard
             is
             like
             Julian
             ,
             who
             never
             did
             a
             man
             a
             good
             turn
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             to
             damn
             his
             soul
             .
             That
             his
             proffers
             are
             like
             the
             
               Fowlers
               shrap
            
             ,
             when
             he
             casts
             meat
             to
             birds
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             out
             of
             pity
             to
             relieve
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             treachery
             to
             ens●are
             them
             .
             Or
             like
             traps
             we
             set
             for
             vermine
             ,
             seeming
             charitable
             ,
             when
             they
             intend
             to
             kill
             ,
             Jer.
             5.26
             .
             And
             thou
             mayest
             answer
             these
             cursed
             tempters
             ,
             who
             delight
             in
             the
             murther
             of
             souls
             ,
             as
             the
             
               woman
               of
               Endor
            
             did
             Saul
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             28.
             
             
               Wherefore
               seekest
               thou
               to
               take
               me
               in
               a
               snare
               ,
               to
               cause
               me
               to
               die
               ?
            
             ver
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             That
             he
             is
             another
             Absalom
             ,
             who
             made
             a
             feast
             for
             Amnon
             ,
             whom
             he
             meant
             to
             kill
             .
             And
             there
             is
             no
             subtilty
             like
             that
             which
             deceives
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             hath
             thanks
             for
             the
             labour
             .
             For
             as
             our
             Saviour
             saith
             ,
             
               Blessed
               is
               the
               man
               that
               is
               not
               offended
               at
               their
               scoffs
               ,
            
             Mat.
             11.6
             .
             So
             blessed
             is
             the
             man
             that
             is
             not
             taken
             with
             their
             wiles
             .
             For
             herein
             alone
             consists
             the
             difference
             ,
             
               He
               whom
               the
               Lord
               loves
               ,
               shall
               be
               delivered
               from
            
             their
             meretricious
             allurements
             ,
             Eccles
             .
             7.26
             .
             And
             
               he
               whom
               the
               Lord
               abhors
               ,
               shall
               fall
               into
               their
               snares
               ,
            
             Pro.
             22.14
             .
          
        
         
           
             9.
             
             Br.
             That
             Taverns
             and
             Tap-houses
             are
             the
             drinking-schools
             where
             they
             
             learn
             this
             their
             skill
             ,
             and
             are
             
               trained
               up
            
             in
             this
             trade
             of
             tempting
             .
             For
             Satan
             does
             not
             work
             them
             to
             this
             heighth
             of
             impiety
             all
             at
             once
             ,
             but
             by
             degrees
             :
             When
             
               custom
               of
               sin
            
             hath
             deaded
             all
             remorse
             for
             sin
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             admirable
             how
             the
             soul
             that
             takes
             delight
             in
             lewdness
             ,
             is
             gained
             upon
             by
             custom
             .
             They
             grow
             up
             in
             sin
             ,
             as
             worldlings
             grow
             in
             wealth
             and
             
               honour
               .
               They
               wax
               worse
               and
               worse
               ,
            
             saies
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             2
             Tim.
             3.13
             .
             they
             go
             first
             over
             shoes
             ,
             then
             over
             boots
             ,
             then
             over
             shoulders
             ;
             and
             at
             length
             over
             head
             and
             ears
             in
             sin
             ,
             as
             some
             do
             in
             debt
             .
             Now
             these
             Tap-houses
             are
             their
             
               meeting
               places
            
             ,
             where
             they
             hear
             the
             
               Devils
               lectures
            
             read
             ;
             the
             shops
             and
             markets
             where
             
               Satan
               drives
               his
               trade
            
             ;
             the
             schools
             where
             they
             take
             their
             degrees
             :
             these
             are
             the
             Guild-hals
             where
             all
             sorts
             of
             sinners
             gather
             together
             ,
             as
             the
             humours
             do
             in
             the
             stomach
             before
             an
             
               Ague
               sit
            
             ;
             and
             where
             is
             projected
             all
             the
             wickedness
             that
             breaks
             forth
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             as
             our
             
               reverend
               Judges
            
             do
             find
             in
             their
             several
             Circuits
             .
          
           
             That
             these
             Taverns
             and
             Ale-houses
             (
             or
             rather
             hell-houses
             )
             are
             the
             fountains
             and
             well-heads
             from
             whence
             spring
             all
             our
             miseries
             and
             mischiefs
             :
             these
             are
             the
             Nurs●ries
             of
             all
             
               riot
               ,
               excess
            
             and
             idleness
             ,
             making
             our
             Land
             another
             Sodom
             ,
             and
             furnishing
             yearly
             our
             Jayls
             and
             Gallowses
             .
             Here
             they
             sit
             all
             day
             in
             troops
             ,
             doing
             that
             in
             〈◊〉
             which
             we
             have
             seen
             boys
             do
             in
             sport
             ;
             stand
             on
             their
             head
             ,
             and
             shake
             their
             heels
             against
             heaven
             ;
             where
             ,
             even
             to
             hear
             how
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             
               Lord
               Jesus
            
             is
             pierced
             ,
             and
             
               God's
               Name
            
             blasphemed
             ,
             would
             make
             a
             
               dumb
               man
               speak
               ,
               a
               dead
               man
            
             almost
             to
             quake
             .
          
        
         
           
             10.
             
             Br.
             That
             it
             were
             endless
             to
             repeat
             their
             
               vain
               babling
               ,
               scurrilous
               jesting
               ,
               wicked
               talking
               ,
               impious
               swearing
            
             and
             cursing
             :
             that
             when
             the
             drink
             hath
             once
             bit
             them
             ,
             and
             set
             their
             tongues
             at
             liberty
             ,
             their
             
               hearts
               come
               up
            
             as
             easily
             as
             some
             of
             their
             drink
             ;
             yea
             ,
             their
             limitless
             tongues
             do
             then
             clatter
             like
             so
             many
             
               windows
               loose
               in
               the
               wind
            
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             as
             soon
             perswade
             
               a
               stone
               to
               speak
            
             ,
             as
             them
             to
             be
             silent
             :
             it
             faring
             with
             their
             clappers
             as
             with
             
               a
               sick
               mans
               pulse
            
             ,
             which
             always
             beats
             ,
             but
             ever
             out
             of
             order
             .
             That
             one
             Drunkard
             hath
             tongue
             enough
             for
             twenty
             men
             ;
             for
             let
             but
             three
             of
             them
             be
             in
             a
             room
             ,
             they
             will
             make
             a
             noise
             ,
             as
             if
             all
             the
             
               thirty
               Bels
               in
               Antwerp
               steeple
            
             were
             rung
             at
             once
             :
             or
             do
             but
             pass
             by
             the
             door
             ,
             you
             would
             think
             your self
             in
             the
             
               Land
               of
               Parrats
            
             .
             That
             it
             is
             the
             property
             of
             a
             drunkard
             to
             
               disgorge
               his
               bosom
            
             with
             his
             stomack
             ,
             to
             empty
             his
             mind
             with
             his
             maw
             :
             His
             tongue
             resembles
             Bacchus
             his
             
               Liber
               pater
            
             ,
             and
             goes
             like
             the
             
               sayl
               of
               a
               Wind-mill
            
             :
             For
             as
             a
             great
             
               gale
               of
               wind
            
             whirleth
             the
             
               sayls
               about
            
             ,
             so
             abundance
             of
             drink
             whirleth
             his
             tongue
             about
             ,
             and
             keeps
             it
             in
             
               continual
               motion
            
             .
             Now
             he
             rayls
             ,
             now
             he
             scoffs
             ,
             now
             he
             lies
             ,
             now
             he
             slanders
             ,
             now
             he
             seduces
             ;
             talks
             
               bawdy
               ,
               swears
               ,
               bans
               ,
               foams
               ,
            
             and
             cannot
             be
             quiet
             ,
             till
             his
             tongue
             be
             wormed
             .
             So
             that
             from
             the
             beginning
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             he
             belcheth
             forth
             nothing
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             as
             far
             from
             
               truth
               ,
               piety
               ,
               reason
               ,
               modesty
            
             ;
             as
             that
             the
             Moon
             came
             down
             from
             heaven
             to
             visit
             Mahomet
             :
             As
             oh
             !
             the
             beastliness
             which
             burns
             in
             their
             unchaste
             and
             impure
             minds
             ,
             that
             smoaks
             out
             at
             their
             polluted
             mouths
             !
             A
             man
             would
             think
             ,
             that
             even
             the
             Devil
             himself
             should
             blush
             ,
             to
             hear
             his
             child
             so
             talk
             .
             How
             doth
             his
             mouth
             run
             over
             with
             falshoods
             against
             both
             
               Magistrates
               ,
               Ministers
            
             ,
             and
             Christians
             :
             what
             speaks
             he
             less
             then
             
               whoredoms
               ,
               adulteries
               ,
               incests
            
             at
             every
             word
             ;
             yea
             ,
             hear
             two
             or
             three
             of
             them
             talk
             ,
             you
             would
             change
             the
             
               Lycaotians
               language
            
             ,
             and
             say
             .
             Devils
             are
             come
             up
             
               in
               the
               likeness
               of
               Men.
            
             
          
        
         
           
           
             11.
             
             Br.
             That
             at
             these
             places
             men
             learn
             to
             contemn
             Authority
             ,
             as
             Boyes
             grown
             tall
             and
             stubborn
             ,
             contemn
             the
             rod
             ;
             here
             it
             is
             that
             they
             
               utter
               swelling
               and
               proud
               words
               against
               such
               as
               are
               in
               dignity
               ,
            
             as
             St.
             Peter
             ,
             and
             St.
             Jude
             have
             it
             .
             
               They
               set
               their
               mouths
               against
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               their
               tongues
               walk
               through
               the
               Earth
               ,
            
             Psalm
             73.9
             .
             So
             that
             many
             a
             good
             Minister
             and
             Christian
             may
             say
             vvith
             holy
             
               David
               ,
               I
               became
               a
               song
               of
               the
               drunkards
               ,
            
             Psal
             .
             69.12
             .
             And
             in
             case
             any
             of
             them
             have
             wit
             ,
             here
             they
             vvill
             shew
             it
             in
             scoffing
             at
             Religion
             ,
             and
             flouting
             at
             holiness
             .
             From
             whence
             it
             is
             that
             we
             have
             so
             
               many
               Atheists
            
             ,
             and
             so
             
               few
               Christians
            
             amongst
             us
             (
             notwithstanding
             our
             so
             much
             means
             of
             grace
             )
             and
             that
             the
             Magistracy
             and
             Ministry
             are
             so
             wofully
             contemned
             by
             all
             sorts
             of
             people
             .
          
           
             That
             these
             
               tippling
               Tap-houses
            
             are
             the
             
               common
               Quagmires
            
             of
             all
             filthiness
             ,
             where
             too
             many
             drawing
             their
             patrimonies
             through
             their
             throats
             ,
             exhaus●
             and
             lavish
             out
             their
             substance
             ,
             and
             lay
             plots
             and
             devices
             how
             to
             get
             more
             .
             For
             hence
             they
             fall
             ,
             either
             to
             open
             courses
             of
             violence
             ,
             or
             
               secret
               mischief
            
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             the
             Jayl
             prepares
             them
             for
             the
             Gibbet
             ;
             for
             likely
             they
             sing
             through
             a
             
               Red
               Lattice
            
             ,
             before
             they
             cry
             through
             a
             Grate
             .
          
        
         
           
             12.
             
             Br.
             I
             speak
             not
             of
             all
             ,
             I
             know
             the
             calling
             to
             be
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             are
             
               good
               of
               that
               calling
            
             ;
             (
             and
             these
             will
             thank
             me
             ,
             because
             vvhat
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             makes
             for
             their
             honour
             and
             profit
             too
             :
             )
             but
             sure
             I
             am
             too
             many
             of
             these
             drinking
             houses
             are
             the
             very
             dens
             and
             shops
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             
               thrones
               of
               Satan
            
             ;
             very
             sinks
             of
             sin
             ,
             which
             like
             so
             many
             Common-shores
             ,
             refuse
             not
             to
             welcome
             and
             incourage
             any
             ,
             in
             the
             most
             loathsome
             polutions
             they
             are
             able
             to
             invent
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             practice
             :
             as
             did
             you
             but
             hear
             ,
             and
             see
             ,
             and
             smell
             ,
             and
             know
             what
             is
             done
             in
             these
             Taverns
             and
             Ale-houses
             ,
             you
             would
             wonder
             that
             the
             earth
             should
             bear
             the
             houses
             ,
             or
             the
             Sun
             endure
             to
             look
             upon
             them
             .
             That
             lest
             they
             should
             not
             in
             all
             this
             ,
             do
             homage
             enough
             to
             Satan
             ,
             they
             not
             seldom
             drink
             their
             
               healths
               upon
               their
               knees
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Heathen-witches
             and
             Sorcerers
             (
             of
             whom
             these
             have
             learned
             it
             )
             used
             to
             do
             ,
             when
             they
             offered
             drink-offerings
             to
             Beelzeoub
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Devils
            
             ,
             and
             other
             their
             Devil-gods
             .
          
           
             That
             these
             godless
             Ale-drapers
             ,
             and
             other
             sellers
             of
             drink
             ,
             in
             entertaining
             into
             their
             houses
             ,
             and
             complying
             with
             those
             
               Traytors
               against
               God
            
             ,
             and
             in
             suffering
             so
             much
             impiety
             to
             rest
             within
             their
             walls
             ,
             do
             make
             themselves
             guilty
             of
             all
             ,
             by
             suffering
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             fearful
             curse
             hangs
             over
             their
             heads
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             remain
             such
             .
             For
             if
             
               one
               sin
            
             of
             theft
             ,
             or
             perjury
             ,
             is
             enough
             to
             
               rot
               the
               rafters
            
             ,
             to
             
               grinde
               the
               stones
            
             ,
             to
             
               level
               the
               walls
            
             and
             roof
             of
             any
             house
             vvith
             the
             ground
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             Zech.
             5.4
             .
             What
             are
             the
             oaths
             ,
             the
             lies
             ,
             the
             thefts
             ,
             the
             whoredoms
             ,
             the
             murthers
             ,
             the
             damnable
             drunkenness
             ,
             the
             numberless
             ,
             and
             
               nameless
               abominations
            
             that
             are
             committed
             there
             .
             For
             these
             Ale-house-keepers
             are
             accessary
             to
             the
             drunkards
             sin
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             fearful
             account
             to
             give
             for
             their
             tolerating
             such
             ,
             since
             they
             might
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             redress
             it
             :
             so
             that
             their
             gain
             is
             most
             unjust
             ,
             and
             all
             they
             have
             is
             by
             
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               people
            
             ;
             as
             Diogenes
             said
             of
             the
             
               st●umpe●
               P●rine
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             13.
             
             Br.
             That
             
               of
               all
            
             seducing
             drunkards
             ,
             these
             drink-sellers
             are
             
               the
               chief
            
             :
             their
             ●hole
             life
             being
             nought
             else
             but
             a
             vicissitude
             of
             devouring
             and
             venting
             ,
             and
             their
             whole
             study
             ,
             how
             to
             
               tole
               in
               customers
            
             ,
             and
             then
             
               egg
               them
               on
               to
               drink
            
             :
             For
             as
             if
             drinking
             and
             tempting
             were
             
               their
               trade
            
             ;
             they
             are
             alwayes
             
               guzling
               within
               doors
            
             ,
             or
             else
             
               tempting
               at
               the
               door
            
             ,
             where
             they
             spend
             their
             
               vacant
               hours
            
             ,
             
             watching
             for
             a
             companion
             ,
             as
             a
             spider
             would
             watch
             for
             a
             poor
             fly
             ;
             or
             as
             the
             
               whorish
               woman
            
             in
             the
             
               Proverbs
               ,
               laid
               wait
            
             for
             the
             
               young
               novice
            
             ,
             until
             
               with
               her
               great
               craft
               ,
               and
               flattering
               lips
               ,
               she
               had
               caused
               him
               to
               yeeld
               ,
            
             Prov.
             7.6
             ,
             to
             24.
             
             Though
             when
             he
             sees
             a
             Drunkard
             ,
             if
             he
             but
             
               hold
               up
               his
               finger
            
             ,
             the
             other
             follows
             him
             into
             his
             Borough
             ,
             just
             
               like
               a
               fool
               to
               the
               stocks
               ,
            
             and
             as
             an
             
               Ox
               to
               the
               slaughter-house
            
             ,
             having
             no
             power
             to
             withstand
             the
             temptation
             .
             So
             in
             he
             goes
             ,
             and
             there
             continues
             as
             one
             bewitch'd
             ,
             or
             
               conjur'd
               with
               a
               spell
            
             ;
             out
             of
             which
             he
             returns
             not
             ,
             until
             he
             hath
             emptied
             his
             purse
             of
             money
             ,
             and
             his
             head
             of
             reason
             :
             while
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             his
             poor
             
               wife
               ,
               children
            
             and
             servants
             want
             bread
             .
          
           
             That
             did
             
               Sellers
               of
               drink
            
             aim
             at
             the
             
               glory
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               good
               of
               others
               ,
            
             as
             they
             ought
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             10.31
             .
             there
             would
             not
             be
             an
             hundredth
             part
             of
             the
             
               drunkards
               ,
               beggars
               ,
               brawls
            
             ,
             and
             famished-families
             there
             are
             :
             whereas
             now
             thousands
             do
             in
             sheer
             drink
             ,
             spend
             all
             the
             cloaths
             on
             their
             beds
             and
             backs
             .
             As
             be
             they
             poor
             
               labouring
               men
            
             ,
             that
             must
             dearly
             earn
             it
             before
             they
             have
             it
             ,
             these
             Ale-house-keepers
             ,
             these
             vice-breeders
             ,
             these
             so●l-murtherers
             ,
             will
             make
             them
             drink
             away
             as
             
               much
               in
               a
               day
            
             ,
             as
             they
             
               can
               get
               in
               a
               week
               ;
               spend
               twelve
               pence
               ,
            
             sooner
             then
             
               earn
               two-pence
            
             ,
             as
             St.
             Ambrose
             observes
             .
          
           
             That
             thousands
             of
             these
             
               Labouring
               men
            
             may
             be
             found
             in
             the
             very
             Suburbs
             of
             this
             
               City
               ,
               that
               drink
               the
               very
               blood
               of
               their
               wives
               and
               children
               ,
            
             who
             are
             near
             famished
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             the
             Drunkards
             throat
             ,
             or
             gut
             ,
             wherein
             they
             are
             
               worse
               then
               Infidel●
            
             ,
             or
             Cannibals
             ,
             1
             Tim.
             5.8
             .
             who
             again
             are
             justly
             met
             withall
             :
             For
             as
             if
             God
             would
             pay
             them
             in
             their
             
               own
               coyn
            
             ,
             how
             often
             shall
             you
             see
             vermine
             sucking
             the
             
               Drunkards
               blood
            
             ,
             as
             fast
             as
             he
             the
             others
             .
          
        
         
           
             14.
             
             Br.
             That
             these
             Drunkards
             and
             Al●-drapers
             are
             always
             laying
             their
             heads
             together
             ,
             plotting
             and
             consulting
             how
             to
             charm
             and
             tame
             their
             
               poor
               wives
            
             ,
             (
             for
             the
             Drunkard
             and
             his
             wife
             agree
             like
             the
             harp
             and
             the
             harrow
             )
             which
             if
             maids
             did
             but
             hear
             ,
             they
             would
             rather
             make
             choice
             of
             an
             Ape-carrier
             ,
             or
             a
             
               Jakes-farmers
               servant
            
             ,
             than
             of
             one
             that
             will
             be
             drawn
             to
             the
             Ale-house
             .
             For
             let
             them
             take
             this
             for
             a
             Rule
             ,
             He
             that
             is
             a
             
               tame
               devil
               abroad
            
             ,
             will
             be
             a
             
               roaring
               devil
               at
               home
            
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             hath
             begun
             to
             be
             a
             Drunkard
             ,
             will
             ever
             be
             a
             Drunkard
             .
             True
             ,
             they
             will
             promise
             a
             maid
             fair
             ,
             and
             
               bind
               themselves
            
             by
             an
             hundred
             oaths
             and
             pro●●stations
             ;
             and
             she
             (
             when
             love
             hath
             blinded
             and
             besotted
             her
             )
             will
             believe
             them
             ;
             yea
             ,
             promise
             her self
             the
             victory
             ,
             not
             doubting
             but
             she
             shall
             reclaim
             him
             from
             his
             
               evil
               company
            
             ;
             but
             
               not
               one
               of
               a
               thousand
               ,
               scarce
               one
               of
               ten
               thousand
            
             that
             ever
             finds
             it
             so
             ,
             but
             the
             contrary
             .
             For
             let
             Drunkards
             promise
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             purpose
             what
             they
             will
             ;
             Experience
             shews
             ,
             that
             
               they
               mend
               as
               sowre
               Ale
               does
               in
               Summer
            
             ;
             or
             as
             a
             
               dead
               hedg
            
             ,
             which
             the
             longer
             it
             stands
             is
             the
             rottener
             .
             And
             how
             should
             it
             be
             other
             ,
             when
             they
             cannot
             go
             the
             length
             of
             a
             street
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             pass
             by
             perhaps
             an
             
               hundred
               Ale-houses
            
             ,
             where
             they
             shall
             be
             called
             in
             .
             And
             all
             the
             while
             they
             are
             in
             the
             drinking-school
             ,
             they
             are
             bound
             by
             
               their
               law
               of
               good
               fellowship
            
             to
             be
             
               pouring
               in
            
             at
             their
             mouths
             ,
             or
             
               whiffing
               out
            
             at
             their
             noses
             :
             one
             serving
             as
             a
             shooing-horn
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             which
             makes
             them
             like
             
               rats-ban'd
               Rats
               ,
               drink
               and
               vent
               ,
               vent
               and
               drink
               ,
               S●llengers
               round
               ,
            
             and
             the
             same
             again
             .
             Oh
             that
             a
             
               maids
               fore-wit
            
             were
             but
             so
             good
             as
             her
             after-wi●
             !
             then
             the
             Drunkard
             should
             
               never
               have
               wife
               more
               to
               make
               a
               slave
               of
               ,
            
             nor
             
               wives
               such
               cause
               to
               curse
               Ale-house-keepers
               ,
            
             as
             now
             they
             have
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             if
             I
             may
             speak
             my
             thoughts
             ,
             or
             what
             reason
             propounds
             to
             me
             ,
             Drunkards
             
             are
             such
             children
             and
             fools
             (
             to
             what
             Governours
             of
             families
             ought
             to
             be
             )
             that
             a
             rod
             is
             fitter
             for
             them
             than
             a
             wife
             .
             But
             of
             this
             by
             the
             way
             only
             ,
             that
             maids
             may
             not
             so
             miserably
             
               cast
               away
               themselves
            
             ;
             for
             they
             had
             
               better
               be
               buried
               alive
            
             ,
             than
             
               so
               married
            
             ,
             as
             most
             poor
             mens
             wives
             can
             inform
             them
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             Br.
             That
             to
             speak
             to
             these
             Demetriuses
             ,
             that
             
               get
               their
               wealth
               by
               drinking
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             by
             helping
             to
             
               consume
               their
               drink
            
             ,
             and
             that
             
               live
               only
               by
               sin
               ,
               and
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               people
               ,
            
             were
             to
             speed
             as
             Paul
             did
             at
             Ephesus
             ,
             after
             some
             one
             of
             them
             had
             told
             
               the
               rest
               of
               their
               occupation
            
             .
             Yea
             ,
             to
             expect
             amendment
             from
             such
             ,
             in
             a
             manner
             were
             to
             expect
             amendment
             from
             a
             Witch
             ,
             who
             hath
             already
             
               given
               her
               soul
               to
               the
               devil
               .
            
             That
             to
             what
             hath
             been
             spoken
             of
             Drunkards
             and
             Drink-sellers
             in
             the
             particular
             cases
             of
             drinking
             and
             tempting
             ,
             might
             be
             added
             
               seventy
               times
               seven
               more
            
             of
             the
             like
             abominations
             .
             For
             the
             Drunkard
             is
             like
             some
             
               putrid
               grave
               ,
               the
               deeper
            
             you
             dig
             ,
             
               the
               fuller
            
             you
             shall
             find
             him
             both
             of
             stench
             and
             horror
             :
             Or
             like
             
               Hercules's
               monster
            
             ,
             wherein
             were
             
               fresh
               heads
               still
               arising
               one
               after
               the
               cutting
               off
               of
               another
               .
            
             But
             there
             needs
             no
             more
             then
             this
             taste
             ,
             to
             make
             any
             
               wise
               man
            
             (
             or
             any
             that
             love
             their
             own
             souls
             )
             to
             detest
             and
             beware
             these
             Bawds
             and
             
               panders
               of
               vice
            
             ,
             that
             breathe
             nothing
             but
             infection
             ,
             and
             study
             nothing
             but
             
               their
               own
            
             ,
             and
             
               other
               mens
               destruction
            
             .
             These
             Brokers
             of
             villany
             ,
             whose
             very
             acquaintance
             is
             destruction
             :
             As
             how
             can
             they
             be
             other
             then
             dangerously
             infectious
             ,
             and
             desperately
             wicked
             ,
             whose
             very
             mercies
             are
             cruelty
             ?
          
           
             16.
             
             Br.
             That
             I
             have
             
               unmasked
               their
               faces
            
             ,
             is
             to
             
               infa●uate
               their
               purpose
            
             :
             that
             I
             have
             inveighed
             and
             
               declaimed
               against
               Drunkenness
            
             ,
             is
             
               to
               keep
               men
               sober
            
             ;
             For
             vices
             true
             picture
             ,
             makes
             us
             
               vice
               detest
            
             .
          
           
             O
             that
             I
             had
             Dehortation
             answerable
             to
             my
             detestation
             of
             it
             !
             Only
             here
             is
             a
             discovery
             how
             
               Drunkards
               tempt
            
             ;
             if
             you
             will
             see
             directions
             how
             to
             avoid
             their
             temptations
             ,
             read
             my
             
               Sovereign
               Antidote
               against
               the
               contagion
               of
               evil
               company
               .
            
             Only
             take
             notice
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             that
             
               the
               best
               way
               to
               avoid
               evil
               ,
            
             is
             to
             
               shun
               the
               occasions
            
             :
             Do
             not
             only
             
               shun
               Drunkenness
            
             ,
             but
             the
             means
             to
             come
             to
             it
             ;
             and
             to
             
               avoid
               hurt
            
             ,
             keep
             thy self
             
               out
               of
               shot
            
             ;
             come
             not
             in
             
               drunken
               company
            
             ,
             nor
             to
             
               drinking
               places
            
             :
             As
             for
             their
             love
             and
             friendship
             ,
             consider
             but
             whose
             Factors
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             thou
             wilt
             surely
             hate
             them
             .
             
               Consider
               what
               I
               say
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               give
               you
               understanding
               in
               all
               things
               .
            
          
           
             That
             (
             by
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             )
             our
             children
             ,
             and
             childrens
             children
             may
             
               loath
               drunkenness
            
             ,
             and
             
               love
               sobriety
            
             ;
             let
             this
             be
             fixed
             to
             some
             place
             convenient
             in
             every
             house
             ,
             for
             all
             to
             read
             .
             The
             
               Persians
               ,
               Parthians
               ,
               Spartans
            
             ,
             and
             Lacedemonians
             did
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             found
             it
             exceeding
             efficacious
             :
             And
             Anacharsis
             holds
             it
             the
             most
             effectual
             means
             to
             that
             end
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           Hopefull
           way
           to
           Cure
           that
           horrid
           Sin
           of
           SWEARING
           ,
           Or
           an
           help
           to
           save
           SWEARERS
           ,
           if
           willing
           to
           be
           saved
           :
           Being
           an
           Offer
           or
           Message
           from
           Him
           ,
           whom
           they
           so
           Daringly
           and
           Audaciously
           provoke
           .
        
         
           Also
           a
           Curb
           against
           CURSING
           .
        
         
           
             Member
             1.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sect.
             Messenger
             .
             SIr
             ,
             Me
             thinks
             you
             Swear
             and
             Curse
             as
             if
             he
             that
             made
             the
             ear
             could
             not
             hear
             ,
             or
             as
             if
             he
             were
             neither
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             nor
             cared
             
             for
             :
             who
             for
             sin
             cast
             the
             Angels
             out
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             Adam
             out
             of
             Paradise
             ,
             drowned
             the
             old
             world
             ,
             rained
             down
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             upon
             Sodom
             ,
             commanded
             the
             earth
             to
             open
             her
             mouth
             ,
             and
             swallow
             down
             quick
             Korah
             and
             his
             company
             ,
             he
             who
             smote
             Egypt
             with
             so
             many
             plagues
             ,
             overthrew
             Pharaoh
             and
             his
             host
             in
             the
             Red
             sea
             ,
             destroyed
             great
             and
             mighty
             Kings
             ,
             giving
             their
             land
             for
             an
             inheritance
             to
             his
             people
             :
             and
             can
             as
             easily
             with
             a
             word
             of
             his
             mouth
             strike
             you
             dead
             while
             you
             are
             blaspheming
             him
             ,
             and
             cast
             you
             body
             and
             soul
             into
             hell
             for
             your
             odious
             unthankfulness
             :
             yea
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             mercy
             beyond
             expression
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             spared
             you
             so
             long
             .
          
           
             When
             a
             Dog
             flies
             in
             his
             masters
             face
             that
             keeps
             him
             ,
             we
             conclude
             he
             is
             mad
             :
             are
             you
             then
             rational
             men
             ,
             that
             (
             being
             never
             so
             little
             crost
             )
             will
             fly
             in
             your
             
               Makers
               face
            
             ,
             and
             
               tear
               your
               Saviours
               name
            
             in
             pieces
             ,
             with
             oaths
             and
             execrations
             ,
             which
             is
             worse
             than
             Frenzy
             ?
             yea
             ,
             this
             is
             to
             send
             challenges
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             make
             love
             to
             destruction
             !
             And
             certainly
             it
             is
             Gods
             unspeakable
             mercy
             ,
             that
             every
             such
             oath
             and
             blasphemy
             ,
             proves
             not
             a
             Benoni
             ,
             the
             death
             of
             the
             mother
             ,
             Gen.
             35.18
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
             Think
             me
             not
             too
             bold
             ,
             or
             over-harsh
             ;
             for
             I
             speak
             to
             you
             both
             for
             and
             from
             my
             Maker
             and
             Redeemer
             .
             Yea
             ,
             be
             perswaded
             to
             hearken
             a
             while
             unto
             me
             ,
             as
             you
             would
             have
             God
             another
             day
             hearken
             unto
             you
             :
             Are
             you
             Christians
             ,
             as
             you
             call
             your selves
             ?
             If
             you
             be
             ,
             call
             to
             mind
             what
             God
             and
             Christ
             hath
             done
             for
             us
             .
             How
             when
             we
             were
             in
             a
             sad
             condition
             ,
             when
             by
             sin
             we
             had
             forfeited
             our
             s●lves
             and
             all
             we
             had
             ,
             and
             wilfully
             plunged
             our
             souls
             and
             bodies
             into
             eternal
             torments
             :
             when
             neither
             
               heaven
               ,
               earth
            
             ,
             nor
             hell
             ,
             could
             have
             yielded
             any
             satisfactory
             thing
             besides
             Christ
             ,
             that
             could
             have
             satisfied
             Gods
             justice
             ,
             and
             merited
             heaven
             for
             us
             :
             then
             ,
             oh
             then
             !
             The
             
               eternal
               God
            
             would
             die
             ,
             viz.
             so
             far
             as
             was
             possible
             or
             necessary
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             not
             die
             eternally
             ,
             John
             3.16
             .
             A
             mercy
             bestowed
             ,
             and
             a
             way
             found
             out
             ,
             that
             may
             astonish
             all
             the
             sons
             of
             men
             on
             earth
             ,
             and
             Angels
             in
             heaven
             .
             And
             all
             this
             even
             against
             our
             wills
             ,
             when
             we
             were
             his
             enemies
             ,
             mortally
             hating
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             our
             utmost
             fighting
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             taking
             part
             with
             his
             onely
             enemies
             (
             Sin
             and
             Satan
             )
             as
             now
             you
             do
             ,
             not
             having
             the
             least
             thought
             or
             desire
             of
             reconcilement
             ;
             but
             a
             perverse
             and
             obstinate
             will
             ,
             to
             resist
             all
             means
             tending
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
             O
             my
             brethren
             !
             bethink
             your selves
             ;
             It
             is
             his
             maintenance
             we
             take
             ,
             and
             live
             on
             .
             The
             air
             we
             breath
             ,
             the
             earth
             we
             tread
             on
             ,
             the
             fire
             that
             warms
             us
             ,
             the
             water
             that
             cools
             and
             cleanseth
             us
             ,
             the
             cloaths
             that
             cover
             us
             ,
             the
             food
             that
             does
             nourish
             us
             ,
             the
             delights
             that
             cheer
             us
             ,
             the
             beasts
             that
             serve
             us
             ,
             the
             Angels
             that
             attend
             us
             ,
             even
             all
             are
             his
             .
             That
             we
             are
             not
             at
             this
             present
             in
             hell
             ,
             there
             to
             fry
             in
             flames
             ,
             never
             to
             be
             freed
             :
             That
             we
             have
             the
             free
             offer
             of
             grace
             here
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             glory
             in
             
               heaven
               hereafter
            
             ,
             we
             are
             only
             beholding
             to
             him
             .
             And
             shall
             we
             deny
             this
             Lord
             that
             hath
             bought
             us
             ?
             shall
             we
             most
             spitefully
             and
             maliciously
             fight
             on
             Satans
             side
             against
             him
             with
             all
             our
             might
             ,
             and
             that
             against
             knowledge
             and
             conscience
             ?
             I
             wish
             you
             would
             a
             little
             think
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             4.
             
             For
             favours
             bestowed
             ,
             and
             deliverances
             from
             danger
             ,
             bind
             to
             gratitude
             :
             or
             else
             the
             more
             bonds
             of
             duty
             ,
             the
             more
             plagues
             for
             neglect
             .
             The
             contribution
             of
             blessings
             requires
             retribution
             of
             thanks
             ,
             or
             will
             bring
             distribution
             of
             judgements
             :
             and
             certainly
             ,
             if
             a
             friend
             had
             given
             us
             but
             a
             thousandth
             part
             of
             what
             
               God
               hath
            
             ,
             we
             should
             heartily
             love
             him
             all
             our
             lives
             ,
             &
             think
             no
             thanks
             
             sufficient
             .
             And
             in
             reason
             ,
             Hath
             God
             done
             so
             much
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             shall
             we
             deny
             him
             any
             thing
             he
             requireth
             of
             us
             ?
             though
             it
             were
             our
             lives
             ,
             yea
             ,
             our
             souls
             ;
             much
             more
             our
             sins
             ;
             most
             of
             all
             this
             sottish
             and
             damnable
             sin
             ,
             in
             which
             there
             is
             neither
             profit
             ,
             nor
             pleasure
             ,
             nor
             credit
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             else
             to
             provoke
             or
             entice
             us
             unto
             it
             ,
             as
             in
             other
             sins
             :
             for
             all
             you
             can
             expect
             by
             it
             is
             the
             suspicion
             of
             common
             Lyers
             ,
             by
             being
             common
             Swearers
             ;
             or
             that
             you
             shall
             vex
             others
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             hate
             you
             .
             Whereas
             if
             we
             could
             give
             Christ
             our
             
               bodies
               and
               souls
            
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             saved
             by
             it
             ,
             but
             he
             were
             never
             the
             better
             for
             them
             .
             Yea
             ,
             
               swearing
               and
               cursing
            
             are
             sins
             from
             which
             of
             all
             other
             sins
             we
             have
             the
             most
             power
             to
             abstain
             .
             For
             were
             you
             forced
             to
             pay
             for
             every
             
               oath
               and
               curse
            
             you
             utter
             ,
             as
             the
             Law
             enjoyns
             ;
             or
             if
             you
             were
             sure
             to
             have
             your
             tongue
             cut
             out
             ,
             which
             is
             too
             light
             a
             punishment
             for
             this
             
               sin
               ,
               damnation
            
             being
             the
             due
             penalty
             thereof
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             sets
             it
             down
             ,
             James
             5.12
             .
             you
             both
             could
             and
             would
             leave
             it
             ,
             which
             alone
             makes
             it
             altogether
             inexcusable
             .
             And
             this
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             easier
             the
             thing
             commanded
             is
             ,
             the
             greater
             guilt
             in
             the
             breach
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             lighter
             the
             injunction
             ,
             the
             heavier
             the
             transgression
             ,
             as
             Austin
             speaks
             ,
             and
             
               Adams
               eating
            
             the
             forbidden
             fruit
             ,
             sufficiently
             proves
             :
             so
             that
             it
             is
             evident
             you
             love
             this
             sin
             ,
             meerly
             because
             it
             is
             a
             great
             sin
             ,
             and
             blaspheme
             out
             of
             meer
             malice
             to
             ,
             and
             contempt
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             it
             most
             fearful
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             
               a
               man
            
             would
             think
             )
             should
             make
             it
             unpardonable
             :
             I
             am
             sure
             the
             Psalmist
             hath
             a
             terrible
             word
             for
             all
             such
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             
               Let
               them
               be
               confounded
               that
               transgress
               without
               a
               cause
               ,
               Psalm
            
             25.3
             .
          
           
             And
             no
             marvel
             that
             this
             fearful
             imprecation
             should
             fall
             from
             the
             Prophets
             mouth
             ;
             for
             that
             man
             is
             bottomlesly
             ill
             ,
             who
             loves
             vice
             meerly
             because
             it
             is
             a
             vice
             ,
             and
             because
             God
             most
             strictly
             forbids
             it
             .
             He
             is
             a
             desperate
             prodigious
             ,
             damnable
             wretch
             ,
             who
             (
             rather
             then
             not
             die
             )
             will
             anger
             God
             on
             set
             purpose
             .
             Wherefore
             look
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             think
             of
             it
             ,
             you
             cursing
             and
             cursed
             
               swearers
               ;
               You
               swear
               away
               your
               salvation
               ,
               curse
               away
               your
               blessing
               ;
               Howling
            
             and
             cursing
             shall
             be
             your
             chief
             ease
             in
             Hell
             ,
             to
             vvhom
             blasphemy
             was
             an
             especial
             recreation
             on
             Earth
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             5.
             
             Argue
             with
             all
             the
             vvorld
             ,
             and
             they
             vvill
             conclude
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             vice
             like
             ingratitude
             :
             and
             meer
             ingratitude
             returns
             nothing
             for
             good
             ,
             but
             you
             return
             evil
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             malicious
             evil
             ,
             for
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             admired
             love
             .
             It
             was
             horrible
             ingratitude
             for
             the
             Jews
             to
             scourge
             and
             
               crucifie
               Christ
            
             ,
             who
             did
             them
             good
             every
             way
             ;
             for
             he
             healed
             their
             diseases
             ,
             fed
             their
             bodies
             ,
             enlightned
             their
             minds
             ,
             of
             God
             became
             Man
             ,
             and
             lived
             miserably
             among
             them
             many
             years
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             save
             their
             souls
             ,
             (
             though
             in
             killing
             him
             they
             did
             their
             utmost
             to
             sink
             the
             onely
             ship
             that
             could
             save
             them
             :
             )
             but
             you
             are
             more
             ingrateful
             to
             God
             and
             Christ
             then
             they
             were
             ,
             or
             can
             be
             exprest
             by
             the
             best
             Orator
             alive
             .
             For
             which
             read
             more
             in
             a
             Treatise
             intituled
             ,
             
               Gods
               goodness
               ,
               and
               Englands
               unthankefulness
               ,
            
             from
             chap.
             4.
             to
             chap.
             7.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             6.
             
             O
             that
             you
             would
             but
             consider
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             Jehovah
             ,
             vvho
             is
             a
             God
             
               great
               and
               terrible
            
             ,
             of
             most
             glorious
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             infinite
             purity
             ,
             hears
             and
             beholds
             you
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             thing
             you
             
               think
               ,
               speak
            
             ,
             or
             do
             ;
             who
             is
             a
             just
             Judge
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             let
             this
             cursed
             sin
             go
             unpunished
             :
             then
             would
             you
             keep
             a
             
               narrower
               watch
            
             over
             your
             thoughts
             ,
             then
             any
             other
             can
             do
             over
             your
             actions
             ;
             yea
             ,
             you
             would
             as
             soon
             
               stab
               a
               Dagger
               to
               your
               Hearts
               ,
            
             as
             let
             
             such
             oaths
             and
             execrations
             drop
             from
             your
             mouths
             .
             Consider
             of
             it
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             lest
             you
             swear
             away
             your
             part
             in
             that
             blood
             which
             must
             save
             you
             ,
             if
             ever
             you
             be
             saved
             ;
             yea
             ,
             take
             heed
             lest
             you
             be
             plagued
             with
             a
             witness
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             here
             and
             hereafter
             ;
             for
             God
             (
             who
             cannot
             lie
             )
             hath
             threatned
             that
             his
             
               curse
               shall
               never
               depart
               from
               the
               house
               of
               the
               Swearer
               ,
            
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             Zech.
             5.1
             ,
             to
             5.
             
             And
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             you
             are
             already
             cursed
             ,
             though
             you
             know
             it
             not
             ;
             that
             either
             he
             hath
             cursed
             you
             in
             your
             body
             ,
             by
             sending
             some
             
               foul
               disease
            
             ,
             or
             in
             your
             estate
             ,
             by
             suddenly
             consuming
             it
             ,
             or
             in
             your
             name
             ,
             by
             blemishing
             and
             blasting
             it
             ,
             or
             in
             your
             seed
             ,
             by
             not
             prospering
             it
             ,
             or
             in
             your
             mind
             ,
             by
             darkning
             it
             ,
             or
             in
             your
             heart
             ,
             by
             hardning
             it
             ,
             or
             in
             your
             conscience
             ,
             by
             terrifying
             it
             ,
             or
             will
             in
             your
             soul
             ,
             by
             everlastingly
             damning
             it
             ,
             if
             you
             repent
             not
             .
             Wherefore
             take
             heed
             what
             you
             do
             before
             it
             prove
             too
             late
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             7.
             
             Or
             if
             you
             regard
             not
             your self
             ,
             or
             your
             own
             souls
             good
             ,
             yet
             for
             the
             Nations
             good
             ,
             leave
             your
             swearing
             :
             
               for
               the
               Lord
            
             (
             as
             now
             we
             find
             to
             our
             smart
             )
             
               hath
               a
               great
               controversie
               with
               the
               inhabitants
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               because
               of
               swearing
               ,
            
             Hos
             .
             4.1
             ,
             2.
             
             Yea
             ,
             
               because
               of
               oaths
            
             the
             whole
             land
             (
             even
             the
             three
             Nations
             )
             now
             mourneth
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             ,
             Jer.
             23.10
             .
             Neither
             object
             that
             ye
             are
             so
             accustomed
             to
             swearing
             that
             you
             cannot
             leave
             it
             ,
             for
             this
             defence
             is
             worse
             then
             the
             offence
             ;
             as
             take
             an
             instance
             ,
             Shall
             a
             Thief
             or
             Murtherer
             at
             the
             Bar
             alledge
             for
             his
             defence
             ,
             That
             it
             hath
             been
             his
             use
             and
             custome
             of
             a
             long
             time
             to
             rob
             and
             kill
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             must
             continue
             it
             ?
             Or
             if
             he
             do
             ,
             will
             not
             the
             Judge
             so
             much
             the
             rather
             send
             him
             to
             the
             Gallows
             ?
          
           
             
               Wherefore
               I
               beseech
               you
               by
               the
               mercies
               of
               God
            
             (
             who
             hath
             removed
             so
             many
             evils
             ,
             and
             conferred
             so
             many
             good
             things
             upon
             you
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             beyond
             thought
             or
             imagination
             )
             to
             leave
             it
             :
             especially
             after
             this
             warning
             ,
             which
             in
             case
             you
             do
             not
             ,
             will
             be
             a
             sore
             witness
             ,
             and
             
               rise
               up
               in
               judgement
               against
               you
               another
               day
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Memb.
             2.
             
          
           
             Swearer
             .
             
               Did
               I
               swear
               or
               curse
            
             ?
          
           
             Sect.
             1.
             
             Messenger
             .
             Very
             often
             ,
             as
             all
             here
             present
             can
             witness
             ,
             and
             Satan
             also
             ,
             who
             stands
             by
             to
             take
             notice
             ,
             reckon
             up
             ,
             and
             set
             on
             your
             score
             every
             Oath
             you
             utter
             ,
             keeping
             them
             upon
             
               Record
               against
               the
               great
               day
               of
               Assises
               ,
            
             at
             which
             time
             every
             Oath
             will
             prove
             as
             a
             
               daggers
               point
               stabbing
               your
               soul
               to
               the
               heart
               ,
            
             or
             as
             so
             many
             
               weights
               pressing
               you
               down
               to
               Hell
               ,
               Rev.
            
             20.13
             .
             and
             22.12
             .
             As
             also
             the
             searcher
             of
             hearts
             ,
             who
             himself
             will
             one
             day
             be
             
               a
               swift
               witness
               against
               Swearers
               ,
               Mal.
            
             3.5
             .
             For
             of
             all
             other
             sinners
             
               the
               Lord
               will
               not
               hold
               him
               guiltless
               that
               taketh
               his
               Name
               in
               vain
               ,
            
             as
             the
             third
             Commandment
             tels
             you
             ,
             Exod.
             20.7
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
             But
             wo
             is
             me
             ,
             it
             fares
             with
             common
             Swearers
             as
             with
             persons
             
               desperately
               diseased
            
             ,
             whose
             excrements
             and
             filth
             comes
             from
             them
             at
             unawares
             ,
             for
             as
             by
             much
             labour
             the
             hand
             is
             so
             hardened
             that
             it
             hath
             no
             sense
             of
             labour
             ,
             so
             their
             much
             swearing
             causeth
             such
             a
             
               brawny
               skin
               of
               senslesness
            
             to
             overspread
             the
             
               heart
               ,
               memory
            
             ,
             and
             conscience
             ,
             that
             the
             swearer
             swears
             unwittingly
             ;
             and
             having
             sworn
             ,
             hath
             no
             remembrance
             of
             his
             Oath
             ,
             much
             less
             repentance
             for
             his
             sin
             .
          
           
             Swearer
             .
             
               Alas
               ,
               though
               I
               did
               swear
               ,
               yet
               I
               thought
               no
               harm
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             3
             Messeng●r
             .
             O
             fool
             !
             What
             Prince
             hearing
             himself
             abused
             to
             his
             face
             ,
             by
             the
             reproachfull
             words
             of
             his
             base
             and
             impotent
             Subject
             ,
             would
             admit
             of
             such
             an
             excuse
             ,
             That
             whatsoever
             he
             spake
             with
             his
             mouth
             ,
             yet
             he
             thought
             no
             
             ill
             in
             his
             heart
             ?
             And
             shall
             God
             take
             this
             for
             a
             good
             answer
             ,
             having
             told
             us
             before-hand
             ,
             Deut.
             28.58
             ,
             59.
             
             
               That
               if
               we
               do
               not
               fear
               and
               dread
               his
               glorious
               and
               fearful
               Name
               ,
               the
               Lord
               our
               God
               ,
               he
               will
               make
               our
               plagues
               wonderful
               and
               of
               long
               continuance
               ,
               and
               the
               plagues
               of
               our
               posterity
               .
            
             Besides
             ,
             how
             frequently
             dost
             thou
             pollute
             and
             profane
             Gods
             Name
             ,
             and
             thy
             Saviours
             ?
             The
             Jews
             grievously
             sinned
             in
             crucifying
             the
             Lord
             of
             Life
             but
             once
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             Ignorance
             :
             but
             the
             times
             are
             innumerable
             that
             thou
             dost
             it
             ,
             every
             day
             in
             the
             year
             ,
             every
             hour
             in
             the
             day
             ,
             although
             thy
             conscience
             and
             the
             holy
             Spirit
             of
             grace
             hath
             checkt
             thee
             for
             it
             a
             thousand
             and
             a
             thousand
             times
             .
             Dost
             thou
             expect
             to
             have
             Christ
             thy
             Redeemer
             and
             Ad●ocate
             ,
             when
             thy
             conscience
             tels
             thee
             that
             thou
             hast
             seldom
             remembred
             him
             ,
             but
             to
             blaspheme
             him
             ?
             and
             more
             often
             named
             him
             in
             thy
             Oaths
             and
             Curses
             ,
             than
             in
             thy
             Prayers
             .
          
           
             Swearer
             .
             
               Surely
               ,
               If
               I
               d●d
               swear
               ,
               it
               was
               but
               by
               Faith
               and
               Troth
               ,
               by
               our
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Mass
               ,
               the
               Light
               ,
               this
               Bread
               ,
               by
               the
               Cross
               of
               this
               Silver
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ;
               which
               is
               no
               great
               matter
               I
               hope
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               I
               swore
               not
               by
               God
               ,
               nor
               by
               my
               Saviour
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             4.
             
             M●ssenger
             .
             That
             is
             your
             gross
             ignorance
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             for
             God
             expresly
             forbids
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             pain
             of
             damnation
             ,
             Jam.
             5.12
             .
             First
             ,
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             in
             his
             own
             person
             forbids
             it
             ,
             Mat.
             5.34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36
             ,
             37.
             
             
               I
               say
               unto
               you
               ,
               Swear
               not
               at
               all
               ;
               neither
               by
               heaven
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               Gods
               Throne
               ;
               nor
               by
               the
               earth
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               his
               foo●stool
               ;
               nor
               by
               Jerusalem
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               the
               City
               of
               the
               great
               King
               ;
               neither
               shalt
               thou
               swear
               by
               thine
               head
               ,
               because
               thou
               canst
               not
               make
               one
               hair
               white
               or
               black
               :
               but
               let
               your
               communication
               be
               Yea
               ,
               Yea
               ,
               Nay
               ,
               Nay
               ;
               for
               whatsoever
               is
               more
               than
               these
               cometh
               of
               evil
               .
            
             And
             then
             by
             his
             Apostle
             ,
             
               Above
               all
               things
               ,
               my
               brethren
               ,
               swear
               not
               ,
               neither
               by
               heaven
               ,
               nor
               by
               earth
               ,
               nor
               by
               any
               other
               oath
               ;
               but
               let
               your
               Yea
               be
               Yea
               ,
               and
               your
               Nay
               Nay
               ,
               lest
               you
               fall
               into
               condemnation
               ,
            
             Jam.
             5.12
             .
             Where
             mark
             the
             Emphasis
             in
             the
             first
             words
             ,
             
               Above
               all
               things
               swear
               not
            
             ;
             and
             the
             
               great
               danger
            
             of
             it
             in
             the
             last
             word
             ,
             condemnation
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             5.
             
             If
             the
             matter
             be
             light
             &
             vain
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             swear
             at
             all
             ;
             if
             so
             weighty
             that
             we
             may
             lawfully
             swear
             ,
             as
             before
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             being
             called
             to
             it
             ;
             then
             we
             must
             only
             use
             the
             glorious
             Name
             of
             our
             God
             in
             a
             holy
             and
             religious
             manner
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             ,
             Deut.
             6.13
             .
             Isa
             .
             45.23
             .
             &
             65.16
             .
             Josh
             .
             23.7
             .
             Jer.
             5.7
             .
             Exod.
             23.13
             .
             And
             the
             reasons
             of
             it
             are
             weighty
             ,
             if
             we
             look
             into
             them
             ;
             for
             in
             swearing
             by
             any
             creature
             whatsoever
             ,
             we
             do
             invocate
             that
             creature
             ,
             and
             ascribe
             to
             it
             divine
             worsh●p
             ;
             a
             lawful
             oath
             being
             a
             kind
             of
             Invocation
             ,
             and
             a
             part
             of
             Gods
             worship
             :
             Yea
             ,
             whatsoever
             we
             swear
             by
             ,
             that
             we
             invocate
             ,
             both
             as
             our
             Witness
             ,
             Surety
             ,
             and
             Judge
             ,
             Heb.
             6.16
             .
             and
             by
             consequence
             ,
             deifie
             it
             ,
             by
             ascribing
             and
             communicating
             unto
             it
             Gods
             incommunicable
             Attributes
             ,
             as
             his
             Omnipresence
             ,
             and
             Omniscience
             ,
             of
             being
             every
             where
             present
             ,
             and
             knowing
             the
             secret
             thoughts
             and
             intentions
             of
             the
             heart
             ;
             and
             likewise
             an
             Omnipotency
             ,
             as
             being
             Almighty
             in
             
               patronizing
               ,
               protecting
               ,
               defending
            
             ,
             and
             rewarding
             us
             for
             speaking
             the
             truth
             ,
             or
             punishing
             us
             if
             we
             speak
             falsly
             :
             all
             which
             are
             so
             peculiar
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             can
             no
             way
             be
             communicated
             or
             ascribed
             to
             another
             .
             So
             that
             in
             swearing
             by
             any
             of
             those
             things
             ,
             thou
             committest
             an
             high
             degree
             of
             gross
             Idolatry
             ,
             thou
             spoilest
             and
             robbest
             God
             of
             his
             Glory
             ,
             (
             the
             most
             impious
             kind
             of
             theft
             )
             and
             in
             a
             manner
             dethronest
             him
             ,
             and
             placest
             an
             Idol
             in
             his
             room
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             6.
             
             And
             as
             to
             swear
             by
             the
             creature
             makes
             the
             sin
             far
             more
             hainous
             ,
             so
             the
             more
             mean
             and
             vile
             the
             thing
             is
             which
             you
             swear
             by
             (
             be
             it
             by
             my
             fay
             ,
             by
             cock
             
             and
             p●e
             ,
             hares
             foot
             ,
             by
             this
             ch●ese
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             childish
             oaths
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             much
             in
             use
             with
             the
             ignorant
             &
             superstitious
             swarm
             )
             the
             greater
             is
             your
             sin
             in
             swearing
             such
             an
             Oath
             :
             because
             you
             ascribe
             that
             unto
             these
             basest
             of
             creatures
             ,
             which
             is
             only
             proper
             to
             God
             ,
             namely
             ,
             to
             know
             your
             heart
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             a
             discerner
             of
             secret
             things
             ;
             why
             else
             should
             you
             call
             that
             creature
             as
             a
             witness
             unto
             your
             conscience
             ,
             that
             you
             speak
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             lie
             not
             ,
             which
             only
             belongeth
             to
             God
             ?
             And
             therefore
             the
             Lord
             calls
             it
             a
             forsaking
             of
             him
             ;
             as
             mark
             well
             what
             he
             saith
             ,
             Jer.
             5.7
             .
             
               How
               shall
               I
               spare
               thee
               for
               this
               ?
               thy
               children
               have
               forsaken
               me
               ,
               and
               sworn
               by
               them
               that
               are
               no
               Gods.
            
             And
             do
             you
             make
             it
             a
             small
             matter
             to
             forsake
             God
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             God
             of
             the
             Creature
             ?
             Will
             you
             believe
             the
             Prophet
             Amos
             ?
             if
             you
             will
             ,
             he
             saith
             (
             speaking
             of
             them
             that
             swore
             by
             the
             sin
             of
             
               Samaria
               )
               that
               they
               shall
               fall
               ,
               and
               ne●er
               rise
               again
               ,
            
             Amos
             8.14
             .
             A
             terrible
             place
             to
             vain
             swearers
             .
          
           
             Neither
             are
             we
             to
             joyn
             any
             other
             with
             God
             in
             our
             oaths
             ;
             for
             ,
             in
             so
             doing
             we
             make
             base
             Idols
             ,
             and
             filthy
             creatures
             Co●●●vals
             in
             honour
             ,
             and
             Competitors
             in
             the
             Throne
             of
             Justice
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             is
             Creator
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             and
             the
             supreme
             Judge
             and
             sole
             Monarch
             of
             all
             the
             World.
             Or
             ,
             in
             case
             we
             do
             ,
             our
             doom
             shall
             be
             remediless
             ;
             for
             the
             Lord
             threatneth
             by
             the
             Prophet
             
               Zephany
               ,
               That
               he
               will
               cut
               off
               them
               that
               swear
               by
               the
               Lord
               and
               by
               Malcham
               .
            
             Which
             Malcham
             was
             their
             King
             ,
             or
             as
             some
             think
             ,
             their
             Idol
             ,
             Zeph.
             1.4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             But
             admit
             the
             sin
             were
             small
             ,
             as
             you
             would
             have
             it
             to
             be
             ,
             yet
             the
             circumstances
             make
             it
             most
             heinous
             ;
             for
             even
             the
             least
             sin
             in
             its
             own
             nature
             is
             not
             only
             mortal
             ,
             but
             rests
             unpardonable
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             it
             is
             willingly
             committed
             ,
             and
             excused
             or
             defended
             .
          
           
             Swearer
             .
             
               But
               all
               do
               swear
               ,
               except
               some
               few
               singular
               ones
               ,
               and
               they
               also
               will
               lye
               ,
               which
               is
               as
               bad
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             7.
             
             
               Messenger
               ▪
            
             You
             must
             not
             
               measure
               all
               others
               by
               your
               own
               bushel
               :
            
             for
             although
             ill
             Dispositions
             cause
             ill
             Suspicions
             ,
             even
             as
             the
             eye
             that
             is
             bloud●hot
             sees
             all
             things
             red
             ,
             or
             as
             they
             that
             have
             the
             Jau●dies
             see
             all
             things
             yellow
             ;
             yet
             know
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             thousands
             who
             can
             say
             truly
             ,
             through
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             rather
             choose
             to
             have
             their
             souls
             pass
             from
             their
             bodies
             ,
             than
             a
             w●lful
             premeditated
             Lye
             ,
             or
             a
             wicked
             Oath
             ,
             from
             their
             mouths
             :
             Wherefore
             when
             you
             want
             experience
             ,
             think
             the
             best
             ,
             as
             Charity
             bids
             you
             ,
             and
             leave
             what
             you
             know
             not
             to
             the
             searcher
             of
             hearts
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             8.
             
             As
             for
             the
             number
             of
             Swearers
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             the
             sin
             is
             almost
             universal
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             it
             which
             hath
             incensed
             Gods
             wrath
             ,
             and
             almost
             brought
             an
             universal
             destruction
             upon
             our
             whole
             Nation
             :
             But
             is
             not
             this
             excuse
             [
             
               That
               others
               do
               so
            
             ]
             a
             most
             reasonless
             plea
             ,
             and
             only
             becoming
             a
             fool
             ?
             when
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             hath
             plainly
             told
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             
               greatest
               number
               go
               the
               broad
               way
               to
               destruction
               ,
               and
               but
               a
               few
               the
               narrow
               way
               which
               leade●h
               unto
               life
               ,
            
             Mat.
             7.13
             ,
             14.
             
             And
             S.
             John
             ,
             that
             
               the
               whole
               World
               lieth
               in
               wickedness
               ,
            
             1
             Joh.
             5.19
             .
             And
             that
             
               the
               number
               of
               those
               whom
               Satan
               shall
               deceive
               ,
               is
               as
               the
               sand
               of
               the
               sea
               .
               Rev.
            
             20.8
             .
             &
             13.16
             .
             Isa
             .
             10.22
             .
             Rom.
             9.27
             .
             And
             tell
             me
             ,
             Were
             it
             a
             good
             plea
             ,
             to
             commit
             a
             Fel●ny
             ,
             and
             say
             that
             others
             do
             so
             ?
             Or
             wilt
             thou
             leap
             into
             Hell
             ,
             and
             cast
             away
             thy
             soul
             ,
             because
             others
             do
             so
             ?
             A
             sorry
             comfort
             it
             will
             be
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             numerous
             multitude
             accompany
             us
             into
             
               that
               lake
               of
               fire
               that
               never
               shall
               be
               quenched
               .
            
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             this
             is
             Gods
             express
             charge
             ,
             Exod.
             23.2
             .
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               follow
               a
               
               multitude
               to
               do
               evil
               .
            
             And
             S.
             Pauls
             everlasting
             Rule
             ,
             Rom.
             12.2
             .
             
               Fashion
               not
               your
               selve●
               like
               unto
               this
               world
               .
            
          
           
             Swearer
             .
             
               But
               I
               may
               lawfully
               swear
               ,
               so
               I
               affirm
               nothing
               but
               the
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             9.
             
             Messenger
             .
             If
             you
             be
             lawfully
             called
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             before
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             or
             when
             some
             urgent
             matter
             constraineth
             ,
             for
             the
             confirming
             of
             a
             necessary
             truth
             (
             which
             can
             by
             no
             other
             lawful
             means
             be
             cleared
             )
             and
             for
             the
             ending
             of
             all
             contentions
             and
             controversies
             ,
             and
             clear●ng
             our
             own
             or
             our
             neighbours
             good
             name
             ,
             person
             ,
             or
             estate
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             an
             end
             to
             all
             strife
             ,
             aiming
             at
             Gods
             glory
             ,
             and
             our
             own
             or
             our
             neighbours
             good
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             only
             use
             &
             end
             of
             an
             oath
             ;
             in
             which
             case
             a
             man
             is
             rather
             a
             patient
             than
             a
             voluntary
             agent
             ;
             you
             may
             swear
             :
             otherwise
             not
             .
             Neither
             must
             we
             swear
             at
             all
             in
             our
             ordinary
             communication
             ,
             if
             we
             will
             obey
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             ,
             Mat.
             5.34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36
             ,
             37.
             
             Jam.
             5.12
             .
          
           
             Swearer
             .
             
               Except
               I
               swear
               ,
               men
               will
               not
               believe
               me
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             10.
             
             Messenger
             .
             Thou
             hadst
             as
             good
             say
             ,
             I
             have
             so
             often
             made
             shipwrack
             of
             my
             credit
             by
             accustomary
             lying
             ,
             that
             I
             can
             gain
             no
             belief
             unto
             my
             words
             without
             an
             oath
             ;
             for
             it
             argues
             a
             guilty
             conscience
             of
             the
             want
             of
             credit
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             word
             alone
             is
             worth
             no
             respect
             ,
             when
             it
             will
             not
             be
             taken
             without
             a
             pawn
             or
             surety
             .
             Neither
             will
             any
             but
             base
             
               Bankrupts
               pawn
               so
               precious
               a
               Jewel
               as
               their
               Faith
               ,
            
             or
             offer
             better
             security
             for
             every
             small
             trifle
             .
             Besides
             ,
             he
             that
             
               often
               sweareth
               ,
               not
               seldom
               forsweareth
               .
            
             And
             so
             I
             have
             informed
             you
             from
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             what
             the
             danger
             is
             of
             vain
             and
             wicked
             swearing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Memb.
             3.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             1.
             
             But
             as
             if
             Swearing
             alone
             would
             not
             press
             thee
             deep
             enough
             into
             Hell
             ,
             thou
             addest
             Cursing
             to
             it
             ;
             a
             sin
             of
             a
             higher
             nature
             ,
             which
             none
             use
             frequently
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             like
             Goliah
             and
             Shimei
             are
             desperately
             wicked
             ,
             it
             being
             their
             peculiar
             brand
             in
             Scripture
             :
             As
             how
             doth
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             stigmatize
             such
             a
             one
             ?
             
               His
               mouth
               is
               full
               of
               cursing
               ,
               Psal
               .
            
             10.7
             .
             Rom.
             3.14
             .
             or
             
               He
               loveth
               cursing
               ,
               Psal
            
             .
             109.17
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             whom
             can
             you
             observe
             to
             love
             this
             sin
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             their
             mouths
             full
             of
             cursing
             ,
             but
             
               Ruffian
               ▪
            
             and
             sons
             of
             Belial
             ?
             such
             as
             have
             shaken
             out
             of
             their
             hearts
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             shame
             of
             men
             ,
             the
             love
             of
             heaven
             ,
             the
             dread
             of
             hell
             ,
             not
             once
             caring
             what
             is
             thought
             or
             spoken
             of
             them
             here
             ,
             or
             what
             becomes
             of
             them
             hereafter
             :
             yea
             ,
             observe
             them
             well
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             find
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             mockers
             of
             all
             that
             march
             not
             under
             the
             pay
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
             And
             whence
             do
             these
             Monsters
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             these
             hellish
             miscreants
             ,
             these
             bodily
             and
             
               visible
               devils
            
             learn
             this
             their
             damnable
             cursing
             and
             swearing
             ?
             Are
             not
             
               their
               tongues
               fired
            
             and
             edged
             
               from
               Hell
            
             ?
             as
             S.
             James
             hath
             it
             ,
             Jam.
             3.6
             .
             Yea
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             very
             
               language
               of
               the
               damned
            
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             Rev.
             16.1
             ,
             21.
             
             Only
             they
             learn
             it
             here
             before
             they
             come
             thither
             ,
             and
             are
             such
             proficients
             therein
             ,
             that
             the
             Devil
             counts
             them
             his
             best
             Scholars
             ,
             and
             sets
             them
             in
             his
             
               highest
               form
               ,
               Psal
            
             .
             1.1
             .
             And
             well
             they
             deserve
             it
             ,
             with
             whom
             the
             language
             of
             hell
             is
             so
             familiar
             ,
             that
             blasphemy
             is
             become
             their
             mother-tongue
             .
             Besides
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             very
             depth
             of
             sin
             :
             roaring
             and
             drinking
             is
             the
             horse-way
             to
             Hell
             ;
             whoring
             and
             cheating
             the
             foot-way
             ;
             but
             Swearing
             and
             Cursi●g
             follows
             
               Korah
               ,
               Dathan
            
             ,
             and
             Abiram
             .
             And
             certainly
             ,
             if
             the
             infernal
             Tophet
             be
             not
             for
             these
             men
             ,
             it
             can
             challenge
             no
             guests
             .
             But
             see
             how
             witless
             ,
             graceless
             ,
             and
             shameless
             even
             the
             best
             are
             that
             use
             to
             curse
             ;
             for
             I
             pass
             over
             such
             as
             call
             for
             a
             curse
             on
             themselves
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               God
               damn
               me
               ,
               Sink
               me
               ,
               Co
               found
               me
               ,
               T●e
               Devil
               take
               me
               ,
            
             
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             which
             would
             make
             a
             rational
             man
             tremble
             to
             name
             ;
             because
             I
             were
             as
             good
             knock
             at
             a
             
               deaf
               mans
               door
            
             ,
             or
             a
             
               dead
               mans
               grave
            
             ,
             as
             speak
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
             Thou
             art
             crossed
             by
             some
             one
             ,
             perhaps
             thy
             
               wife
               ,
               child
            
             ,
             or
             servant
             ,
             or
             else
             thy
             horse
             ,
             the
             weather
             ,
             the
             
               dice
               ,
               ●owls
            
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             of
             the
             creatures
             displease
             thee
             ;
             and
             thou
             fallest
             a
             cursing
             and
             blaspheming
             them
             ,
             wishing
             the
             plague
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             Gods
             vengeance
             to
             light
             on
             them
             ,
             or
             some
             such
             hellish
             speech
             falls
             from
             thy
             foul
             mouth
             .
             And
             so
             upon
             every
             foolish
             trifle
             ,
             or
             every
             time
             thou
             art
             angry
             ,
             God
             must
             be
             at
             thy
             beck
             ,
             and
             come
             down
             from
             heaven
             in
             all
             haste
             and
             become
             thy
             Officer
             to
             revenge
             thy
             quarrel
             ,
             and
             serve
             thy
             malicious
             humour
             ;
             (
             O
             monstrous
             impiety
             !
             O
             shameless
             impudency
             !
             to
             be
             abhorred
             of
             all
             that
             hear
             it
             )
             not
             once
             taking
             notice
             what
             he
             commands
             in
             his
             Word
             ,
             as
             ,
             
               Bless
               them
               that
               persecute
               you
               ;
               bless
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               and
               curse
               not
               ,
            
             Rom.
             12.14
             .
             And
             again
             ,
             
               Bless
               them
               that
               curse
               you
               ,
               and
               pray
               for
               them
               which
               hurt
               you
               ,
            
             Luk.
             6.28
             .
             which
             is
             the
             practice
             of
             all
             true
             Christians
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             4.12
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             4.
             
             But
             this
             is
             not
             one
             half
             of
             thine
             offence
             ,
             For
             whom
             dost
             thou
             curse
             ?
             Alas
             ,
             the
             Creatures
             that
             displease
             thee
             are
             but
             Instruments
             ,
             thy
             sin
             is
             the
             cause
             ,
             and
             God
             the
             Author
             ,
             2
             Sam.
             16.11
             .
             Psal
             .
             39.9
             ,
             10.
             
             Gen.
             45.8
             .
             Job
             1.21
             .
             from
             whom
             thou
             hast
             deserved
             it
             ,
             and
             ten
             thousand
             times
             a
             greater
             cross
             :
             but
             instead
             of
             looking
             up
             from
             the
             stone
             ,
             to
             the
             hand
             which
             threw
             it
             ;
             or
             from
             the
             effect
             to
             the
             cause
             ,
             as
             Gods
             people
             do
             ;
             thou
             like
             a
             
               mastiff
               dog
            
             ,
             s●ttest
             upon
             the
             stone
             or
             weapon
             that
             hurts
             thee
             .
             But
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             Who
             are
             you
             angry
             withal
             ?
             Does
             your
             horse
             ,
             the
             dice
             ,
             the
             rain
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             creature
             displease
             you
             ?
             Alas
             ,
             they
             are
             but
             servants
             ,
             and
             if
             their
             Master
             bid
             smite
             ,
             they
             must
             not
             forbear
             ;
             they
             may
             say
             truly
             what
             Rabshakeh
             usurped
             ,
             Isa
             .
             36.10
             .
             
               Are
               we
               come
               without
               the
               Lord
               ?
            
             And
             all
             that
             hear
             thee
             may
             say
             ,
             as
             the
             Prophet
             did
             to
             Senacherib
             ,
             2
             King.
             19.22
             .
             
               Whom
               hast
               thou
               blasphemed
               ?
               and
               against
               whom
               hast
               thou
               exalted
               thy self
               ?
               even
               against
               the
               Holy
               One
               of
               Israel
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             5.
             
             Besides
             ,
             why
             dost
             thou
             curse
             thine
             enemy
             ?
             (
             if
             he
             be
             so
             )
             but
             because
             thou
             canst
             not
             be
             suffered
             to
             kill
             him
             .
             For
             in
             heart
             ,
             and
             Gods
             account
             ,
             thou
             art
             a
             murtherer
             ,
             in
             wishing
             him
             the
             
               pox
               ,
               plague
            
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             were
             hanged
             or
             damned
             .
             Nor
             will
             it
             be
             any
             rare
             thing
             at
             the
             
               day
               of
               judgment
            
             ,
             for
             cursers
             to
             be
             indicted
             of
             murther
             .
             For
             like
             Shimei
             and
             Goliah
             to
             David
             ;
             thou
             wouldst
             kill
             him
             if
             thou
             durst
             ;
             thou
             dost
             kill
             him
             so
             far
             as
             thou
             canst
             .
             I
             would
             be
             loath
             to
             trust
             his
             hands
             that
             bans
             me
             with
             his
             tongue
             .
             Had
             David
             been
             at
             the
             mercy
             of
             either
             Shimei
             or
             Goliah
             ,
             and
             not
             too
             strong
             for
             them
             ,
             he
             had
             then
             breathed
             his
             last
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             commonly
             any
             sin
             committed
             ,
             or
             just
             offence
             given
             thee
             ,
             that
             thou
             cursest
             .
             Who
             could
             have
             less
             deserved
             those
             curses
             and
             ston●s
             from
             Shimei
             ,
             than
             David
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             did
             not
             that
             head
             deserve
             to
             be
             tongueless
             ,
             that
             body
             to
             be
             headless
             ,
             that
             so
             undeservedly
             cursed
             such
             an
             Innocent
             ?
             as
             after
             it
             fell
             out
             .
             For
             the
             curses
             and
             stones
             which
             Shimei
             threw
             at
             David
             ,
             rebounded
             upon
             Shimei
             ,
             and
             
               split
               his
               heart
            
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             knockt
             out
             his
             brains
             ;
             and
             the
             like
             of
             Goliahs
             curses
             ;
             which
             is
             also
             thy
             very
             case
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             Sect.
             6.
             
             What
             will
             be
             the
             issue
             ?
             
               the
               causeless
               curse
               shall
               not
               come
            
             where
             the
             Curser
             meant
             it
             ,
             Pro.
             26.2
             .
             yea
             ,
             
               though
               thou
               cursest
               ,
               yet
               God
               will
               bless
               ,
            
             Psal
             .
             109.28
             .
             but
             thy
             curses
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             rebound
             back
             into
             thine
             own
             brest
             ,
             Psal
             .
             7.14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             Pro●
             .
             14.30
             .
             
               Cursing
               mouths
               are
               like
               ill
               made
               Pieces
               ,
            
             which
             while
             
             men
             discharge
             at
             others
             ,
             recoil
             in
             splinters
             on
             their
             own
             faces
             .
             Their
             words
             &
             wishes
             be
             but
             whirlwinds
             ,
             which
             being
             breathen
             forth
             ,
             return
             again
             into
             the
             same
             place
             .
             As
             hear
             how
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             delivers
             it
             ,
             Psal
             .
             109.
             
             
               As
               he
               loved
               cursing
               ,
               so
               shall
               it
               come
               unto
               him
               ;
               and
               as
               he
               loved
               not
               blessing
               ,
               so
               shall
               it
               be
               far
               from
               him
               .
               As
               he
               cloathed
               himself
               with
               cursing
               like
               a
               garment
               ,
               so
               shall
               it
               came
               into
               his
               bowels
               like
               water
               ,
               and
               like
               oyl
               into
               his
               bo●es
               ;
               let
               it
               be
               unto
               him
               as
               a
               garment
               to
               cover
               him
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               girdle
               wherewith
               he
               shall
               alwaies
               be
               girded
               ,
            
             Ver.
             17.18
             ,
             19.
             
             Hear
             this
             all
             ye
             ,
             whose
             tongues
             run
             so
             fast
             on
             the
             
               Devils
               errand
            
             !
             you
             loved
             cursing
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             it
             ,
             both
             upon
             you
             ,
             about
             you
             ,
             and
             in
             you
             ,
             and
             that
             everlastingly
             ,
             if
             you
             persevere
             and
             go
             on
             ;
             for
             Christ
             himself
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             even
             he
             which
             came
             to
             save
             the
             world
             ,
             shall
             say
             unto
             all
             such
             ,
             
               Depart
               from
               me
               y●
               cursed
               into
               everlasting
               fire
               ,
               prepared
               for
               the
               Devil
               and
               his
               Angels
               ,
            
             Mat.
             25.41
             .
             Where
             they
             shall
             do
             nothing
             but
             curse
             for
             evermore
             ;
             for
             they
             no
             further
             apprehending
             the
             goodness
             ,
             mercy
             ,
             &
             bounty
             of
             God
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             sence
             of
             their
             own
             torments
             ,
             (
             the
             effects
             of
             his
             justice
             )
             shall
             hate
             him
             ,
             and
             hating
             him
             ,
             they
             shall
             curse
             him
             ,
             Rev.
             16.11
             .
             They
             suffer
             ,
             and
             they
             blaspheme
             :
             there
             is
             in
             them
             a
             furious
             malice
             against
             him
             ;
             being
             cursed
             of
             him
             ,
             they
             re-curse
             him
             ;
             they
             curse
             him
             for
             making
             them
             ,
             curse
             him
             for
             condemning
             them
             ,
             curse
             him
             ,
             because
             being
             adjudged
             to
             death
             ,
             they
             can
             never
             find
             death
             ;
             they
             curse
             his
             punishments
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             so
             unsufferable
             ;
             curse
             his
             mercies
             ,
             because
             they
             may
             never
             taste
             them
             ;
             curse
             the
             bloud
             of
             Christ
             shed
             on
             the
             Cross
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             satisfied
             for
             millions
             ,
             and
             done
             their
             unbelieving
             souls
             no
             good
             ;
             curse
             the
             Angels
             and
             Saints
             in
             heaven
             ,
             because
             they
             see
             them
             in
             joy
             ,
             and
             themselves
             in
             torment
             :
             Cursings
             shall
             be
             their
             sins
             ,
             and
             their
             chief
             ease
             ;
             Blasphemies
             their
             prayers
             ;
             Lachrymae
             their
             notes
             ;
             Lamentation
             all
             their
             harmony
             :
             these
             shall
             be
             their
             evening
             songs
             ,
             their
             morning
             songs
             ,
             their
             mourning
             songs
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             who
             shall
             go
             to
             Hell
             ,
             if
             Cursers
             should
             be
             left
             out
             ?
             Wherefore
             let
             all
             those
             learn
             to
             bless
             ,
             that
             look
             to
             be
             heirs
             of
             the
             blessing
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             7.
             
             But
             to
             be
             in
             Hell
             ,
             and
             there
             to
             continue
             everlastingly
             in
             a
             bed
             of
             
               quenchless
               flames
            
             ,
             is
             not
             all
             .
             For
             this
             is
             the
             portion
             ,
             even
             of
             Negative
             and
             
               viceless
               Christians
            
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             vertuous
             .
             Of
             such
             as
             do
             not
             swear
             ,
             except
             they
             
               fear
               an
               Oath
            
             .
             That
             abound
             in
             good
             duties
             ,
             if
             they
             do
             them
             not
             out
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             because
             God
             commands
             them
             ;
             that
             he
             may
             be
             glorified
             ,
             and
             others
             edified
             thereby
             .
             Whereas
             thou
             dost
             supererogate
             of
             Satan
             ,
             in
             damning
             many
             souls
             besides
             thine
             own
             .
             Thou
             hast
             had
             a
             double
             portion
             
               of
               sin
            
             ,
             to
             other
             men
             here
             ;
             and
             therefore
             must
             have
             a
             
               double
               portion
               of
               torment
            
             to
             them
             hereafter
             .
             The
             number
             and
             measure
             of
             thy
             torments
             ,
             shall
             be
             according
             to
             the
             multitude
             and
             magnitude
             of
             thine
             offences
             ,
             Rev.
             20.12
             ,
             13.
             
             &
             22.12
             .
             Luk.
             12.47
             .
             Mat.
             10.15
             .
             Rom.
             2.5
             ,
             6.
             
             And
             those
             offences
             ,
             if
             I
             could
             stand
             to
             aggravate
             them
             by
             their
             several
             circumstances
             ,
             would
             appear
             to
             be
             out
             of
             measure
             great
             and
             numerous
             .
             I
             'le
             mention
             but
             one
             of
             ten
             .
          
           
             With
             thy
             swearing
             and
             cursing
             ,
             thou
             dost
             not
             only
             wound
             thine
             own
             soul
             ,
             worse
             than
             the
             Baalites
             wounded
             their
             own
             bodies
             ,
             (
             for
             thou
             wilfully
             murtherest
             thine
             own
             soul
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             any
             inducement
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             proved
             .
             )
             But
             thou
             art
             so
             pernicious
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             the
             least
             part
             of
             thy
             m●schief
             ;
             for
             thou
             drawest
             vengeance
             upon
             thousands
             ,
             by
             thy
             infectious
             and
             damnable
             example
             ;
             as
             how
             can
             it
             be
             otherwise
             ?
             Thou
             dost
             not
             only
             infect
             thy
             companions
             ,
             
             but
             almost
             all
             that
             hear
             ,
             or
             come
             near
             thee
             .
             Yea
             ,
             
               little
               children
            
             in
             the
             streets
             ,
             have
             learnt
             of
             thee
             to
             rap
             out
             oaths
             ,
             and
             belch
             out
             curses
             and
             scoffs
             almost
             as
             frequently
             as
             thy self
             ;
             and
             through
             thy
             accustomary
             swearing
             ,
             learned
             to
             speak
             
               English
               and
               Oaths
               together
            
             ;
             and
             so
             to
             blaspheme
             God
             almost
             so
             soon
             as
             he
             hath
             made
             them
             .
             And
             not
             onely
             so
             ,
             but
             thy
             example
             infects
             others
             ,
             and
             they
             spread
             it
             abroad
             to
             more
             ;
             like
             a
             
               malicious
               man
               sick
               of
               the
               plague
               ,
            
             that
             runs
             into
             the
             throng
             ,
             to
             disperse
             his
             infection
             ,
             whose
             mischief
             out-weighs
             all
             penalty
             .
             It
             is
             like
             the
             setting
             a
             mans
             own
             house
             on
             fire
             ;
             it
             burns
             many
             of
             his
             
               neighbours
               houses
            
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             answer
             for
             all
             the
             spoil
             .
             So
             that
             the
             infection
             of
             sin
             is
             much
             worse
             than
             the
             act
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             8.
             
             Nor
             wilt
             thou
             cease
             to
             sin
             when
             thou
             shalt
             cease
             to
             live
             ;
             but
             thy
             wickedness
             will
             continue
             longer
             than
             thy
             life
             .
             For
             as
             if
             we
             
               sow
               good
               works
               ,
               succession
               shall
               reap
               them
               ,
            
             and
             we
             shall
             be
             happy
             in
             making
             them
             so
             ;
             so
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             wicked
             men
             
               leave
               their
               evil
               practices
               to
               posterity
               ,
            
             and
             though
             dead
             ,
             are
             still
             tempting
             unto
             sin
             ,
             and
             still
             they
             sin
             in
             that
             temptation
             ;
             they
             sin
             so
             long
             as
             they
             cause
             sin
             .
             This
             was
             Jeroboams
             case
             ,
             
               in
               making
               Israel
               to
               sin
            
             :
             for
             let
             him
             be
             dead
             ,
             yet
             so
             long
             as
             any
             worshipped
             his
             Calves
             ,
             Jeroboam
             sinned
             .
             Neither
             was
             his
             sin
             soon
             forgotten
             ;
             Nadab
             his
             son
             ,
             and
             Baasha
             his
             successor
             ,
             Zimri
             ,
             and
             Omri
             ,
             and
             Ahab
             ,
             and
             Ahaziah
             ,
             and
             Jehoram
             ,
             all
             these
             walked
             
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               Jeroboam
               ,
               which
               made
               Israel
               to
               sin
            
             ;
             and
             not
             they
             alone
             ,
             but
             millions
             of
             the
             people
             with
             them
             .
             So
             that
             it
             is
             easie
             for
             a
             
               mans
               sin
               to
               live
               ,
               when
               himself
               is
               dead
               ,
            
             and
             to
             lead
             that
             exemplary
             way
             to
             Hell
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             number
             of
             his
             followers
             ,
             shall
             continually
             aggravate
             his
             torments
             .
             As
             ,
             O
             what
             infinite
             torments
             doth
             Mahomet
             endure
             !
             when
             every
             Turk
             that
             perisheth
             by
             his
             jugling
             ,
             doth
             daily
             add
             to
             the
             pile
             of
             his
             unspeakable
             horrors
             ,
             And
             so
             each
             sinner
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             proportion
             ,
             and
             the
             number
             of
             souls
             which
             miscarry
             through
             the
             contagion
             of
             his
             evil
             example
             .
             And
             look
             to
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             
               blood
               of
               so
               many
               souls
            
             as
             thou
             hast
             seduced
             ,
             will
             be
             required
             
               at
               thy
               hands
            
             ,
             and
             thou
             must
             give
             an
             account
             for
             the
             sins
             perhaps
             of
             a
             thousand
             .
             Thou
             dost
             not
             more
             increase
             other
             mens
             wickedness
             on
             earth
             ,
             than
             their
             wickedness
             shall
             increase
             thy
             
               damnation
               in
               hell
            
             ,
             Luk.
             16.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             9.
             
             It
             were
             easie
             to
             go
             on
             in
             aggravating
             thy
             sin
             and
             wretchedness
             ,
             and
             making
             it
             out
             of
             measure
             great
             ,
             and
             the
             souls
             that
             miscarry
             through
             the
             contagion
             of
             thy
             evil
             example
             numerous
             .
             For
             is
             not
             the
             
               Gospel
               and
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               blasphemed
               among
               the
               very
               Turks
               ,
               Jews
               ,
            
             and
             Infidels
             ;
             and
             an
             evil
             scandal
             raised
             upon
             the
             
               whole
               Church
            
             ;
             through
             thy
             superlative
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             other
             thy
             fellovvs
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             does
             not
             this
             keep
             them
             off
             from
             embracing
             the
             
               Christian
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             cause
             them
             to
             protest
             against
             their
             ovvn
             conversion
             ?
             Which
             makes
             me
             vvonder
             that
             
               Swearers
               ,
               Drunkards
            
             ,
             and
             such
             vvicked
             and
             
               prophane
               wretches
            
             ,
             are
             not
             (
             like
             dirt
             in
             the
             house
             of
             God
             )
             throvvn
             out
             into
             the
             street
             ,
             by
             excommunication
             :
             Or
             as
             excrements
             and
             bad
             humours
             in
             
               mans
               body
            
             ,
             vvhich
             is
             never
             at
             ease
             till
             it
             be
             thereof
             disburthened
             ;
             as
             Austin
             vvell
             notes
             .
             That
             they
             are
             not
             marked
             vvith
             a
             black
             coal
             of
             infamy
             ,
             and
             their
             company
             avoided
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Apostles
             order
             they
             ought
             ,
             Rom.
             16.17
             .
             2
             Thes
             .
             3.6
             ,
             14.
             
             Eph.
             5.5
             ,
             7.
             1
             
             Cor.
             5.5
             ,
             11.
             1
             
             Tim.
             1.20
             .
             That
             they
             are
             not
             to
             us
             as
             Lepers
             vvere
             among
             the
             Jews
             ;
             or
             as
             men
             full
             of
             
               plague
               sores
            
             are
             amongst
             us
             .
             We
             vvell
             knovv
             the
             good
             husbandman
             weeds
             his
             field
             of
             hurtful
             plants
             ,
             that
             they
             
             may
             not
             spoil
             the
             good
             corn
             .
             And
             when
             fire
             hath
             taken
             an
             house
             ,
             we
             use
             to
             pull
             it
             down
             ,
             lest
             it
             should
             fire
             also
             the
             neighbours
             houses
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             good
             Chirurgion
             cuts
             off
             a
             rotten
             member
             betimes
             ,
             that
             the
             sound
             may
             not
             be
             endangered
             .
             Nor
             will
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ever
             flourish
             or
             be
             happy
             in
             her
             Reformation
             ,
             until
             such
             a
             course
             is
             taken
             .
          
        
         
           
             Memb.
             4.
             
          
           
             Swearer
             .
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               unfeignedly
               bless
               God
               ,
               for
               what
               I
               have
               heard
               from
               you
               ;
               for
               formerly
               ,
               I
               had
               not
               the
               least
               thought
               that
               swearing
               by
               faith
               ,
               troth
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               creature
               was
               so
               grievous
               a
               sin
               ,
               as
               you
               have
               made
               it
               appear
               from
               the
               Word
               .
               And
               I
               hope
               it
               shall
               be
               a
               sufficient
               warning
               to
               me
               for
               time
               to
               come
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             1.
             
             Mestenger
             .
             If
             so
             ,
             you
             have
             cause
             to
             bless
             God
             indeed
             .
             For
             all
             of
             you
             have
             heard
             the
             self-same
             Word
             ;
             but
             one
             goes
             away
             bettered
             ,
             others
             exasperated
             and
             enraged
             ,
             wherein
             Will
             only
             makes
             the
             difference
             .
             And
             who
             makes
             the
             difference
             of
             Wills
             ,
             but
             God
             that
             made
             them
             ?
             He
             that
             creates
             the
             new
             heart
             ,
             leaves
             a
             stone
             in
             one
             bosom
             ,
             puts
             flesh
             into
             another
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
             Of
             Hearers
             there
             are
             usually
             four
             sorts
             ,
             Mat.
             13.
             19
             ,
             to
             24.
             as
             first
             ,
             
               an
               honest
               and
               good
               heart
            
             ,
             will
             not
             return
             from
             hearing
             the
             Word
             unbettered
             .
             Yea
             ,
             he
             will
             so
             note
             what
             is
             spoken
             to
             his
             own
             sin
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             encrease
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             lessen
             his
             vices
             .
             As
             who
             by
             looking
             in
             a
             Glass
             shall
             spy
             
               spots
               in
               his
               face
            
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             forth
             with
             wipe
             them
             out
             ?
             A
             wise
             man
             will
             not
             have
             one
             sin
             twice
             repeated
             unto
             him
             .
             And
             these
             may
             be
             resembled
             to
             wax
             ,
             which
             yieldeth
             sooner
             to
             the
             seal
             ,
             than
             steel
             to
             the
             stamp
             .
             But
          
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             others
             are
             like
             Tullies
             strange
             soil
             ,
             much
             rain
             leaves
             them
             still
             as
             dry
             as
             dust
             .
             Or
             the
             Wolf
             in
             the
             emblem
             ,
             which
             though
             she
             
               suckt
               the
               Goat
            
             ,
             kept
             notwithstanding
             her
             
               wolvish
               nature
            
             still
             .
             For
             speak
             what
             can
             be
             spoken
             to
             them
             ,
             it
             presently
             passes
             away
             like
             the
             sound
             of
             a
             Bell
             that
             is
             rung
             .
             Let
             testimonies
             &
             examples
             never
             so
             much
             concern
             them
             ,
             they
             prove
             no
             other
             than
             as
             so
             many
             characters
             writ
             in
             the
             water
             ,
             which
             leave
             no
             impression
             behind
             them
             .
             Who
             may
             be
             resembled
             to
             an
             Hour-glass
             or
             Conduit
             ,
             that
             which
             in
             one
             hour
             
               runneth
               in
            
             ,
             the
             same
             in
             another
             hour
             
               runneth
               out
               again
            
             .
             Or
             the
             
               Smiths
               Iron
            
             ,
             put
             it
             into
             the
             fire
             ,
             it
             is
             much
             softned
             ;
             again
             put
             it
             into
             the
             water
             ,
             't
             is
             
               harder
               than
               before
            
             .
             Yea
             ,
             let
             them
             never
             so
             much
             smart
             for
             their
             sins
             ;
             they
             will
             return
             to
             them
             again
             until
             they
             perish
             .
             Resembling
             some
             
               silly
               fly
            
             ,
             which
             being
             beat
             from
             the
             candle
             an
             hundred
             times
             ,
             and
             oft
             singed
             therein
             ,
             yet
             will
             return
             to
             it
             again
             until
             she
             be
             
               consumed
               ,
               Prov.
            
             23.35
             .
             All
             those
             Beasts
             which
             went
             into
             the
             
               Ark
               unclean
            
             ,
             came
             likewise
             out
             unclean
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             4.
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             another
             sort
             will
             very
             orderly
             hear
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             delight
             in
             it
             ;
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Minister
             shall
             rove
             in
             generalities
             ,
             preach
             little
             or
             nothing
             to
             the
             purpose
             :
             But
             if
             once
             he
             touch
             them
             to
             the
             quick
             ,
             drive
             an
             application
             home
             to
             their
             consciences
             touching
             some
             one
             sin
             of
             theirs
             ,
             as
             
               John
               Baptist
            
             served
             Herod
             ;
             then
             they
             will
             turn
             their
             backs
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             hear
             him
             no
             further
             ,
             as
             those
             Jews
             served
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             Joh.
             6.66
             .
             The
             
               Athenians
               Paul
            
             ,
             Acts
             17.16
             ,
             to
             34.
             and
             
               Ahab
               Micaiah
            
             ,
             1
             Kings
             22.8
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             5.
             
             
               Sore
               eyes
            
             you
             know
             are
             much
             grieved
             to
             look
             upon
             the
             
               Sun.
               Bankrupts
            
             cannot
             abide
             the
             sight
             of
             their
             
               counting
               books
            
             ,
             nor
             do
             deformed
             faces
             love
             to
             look
             themselves
             in
             a
             true
             glass
             .
             For
             which
             read
             ,
             John
             3.19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             But
             let
             such
             men
             know
             ,
             that
             to
             fly
             from
             the
             light
             ,
             and
             reject
             the
             means
             ,
             
             puts
             them
             out
             of
             all
             hope
             .
             That
             sin
             is
             
               past
               cure
            
             ,
             which
             
               turns
               from
            
             ,
             and
             refuseth
             
               the
               cure
               ,
               Deut.
            
             17.12
             .
             Prov.
             29.1
             .
             As
             what
             is
             light
             to
             them
             that
             will
             shut
             their
             eyes
             against
             it
             ?
             or
             reason
             to
             them
             that
             will
             stop
             their
             ears
             from
             hearing
             it
             ?
             If
             those
             murtherers
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             
               life
               ,
               Act.
            
             2.23
             .
             had
             refused
             to
             hear
             Peters
             searching
             Sermon
             ,
             in
             all
             probability
             they
             had
             never
             been
             
               prickt
               in
               their
               hearts
            
             ,
             never
             been
             
               saved
               ,
               ver
            
             .
             37
             ,
             38.
             
             And
             take
             this
             for
             a
             Rule
             ,
             if
             ever
             you
             see
             a
             drowning
             man
             refuse
             help
             ,
             conclude
             him
             a
             wilful
             murtherer
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             6.
             
             Fourthly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             pass
             by
             those
             blocks
             that
             go
             to
             Church
             as
             dogs
             do
             ,
             only
             for
             company
             ;
             &
             can
             hear
             a
             powerful
             Minister
             for
             twenty
             or
             
               thirty
               years
            
             together
             ,
             and
             mind
             no
             more
             what
             they
             hear
             than
             the
             seats
             they
             sit
             on
             ,
             or
             the
             stones
             they
             tread
             on
             .
             )
             There
             are
             a
             generation
             of
             hearers
             who
             when
             a
             Minister
             does
             plainly
             reprove
             them
             for
             their
             sins
             ,
             and
             declare
             the
             judgments
             of
             God
             due
             unto
             the
             same
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             they
             may
             repe●t
             and
             believe
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             may
             be
             saved
             ;
             will
             carp
             ,
             and
             fre●
             &
             spurn
             against
             the
             very
             
               Word
               of
               God
            
             for
             being
             so
             sharp
             &
             searching
             ,
             &
             thereupon
             persecute
             the
             Messenger
             ,
             as
             the
             Princes
             &
             
               false
               Prophets
            
             did
             
               Jeremiah
               ,
               Herodias
               John
               Baptist
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Pharisees
               Christ
            
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             7.
             
             And
             this
             God
             takes
             as
             done
             to
             himself
             ;
             What
             saith
             Paul
             ?
             1
             Cor.
             7.10
             .
             
               I
               have
               not
               spoken
               ,
               but
               the
               Lord
               :
            
             and
             therefore
             as
             the
             Lord
             said
             unto
             
               Saul
               ,
               Act.
            
             9.4
             .
             that
             he
             persecuted
             him
             ,
             (
             though
             in
             heaven
             ;
             )
             so
             they
             which
             resist
             any
             truth
             delivered
             out
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             do
             resist
             God
             himself
             ,
             and
             not
             his
             Messenger
             ,
             as
             evidently
             appears
             by
             these
             Scriptures
             ,
             Psal
             .
             44.22
             .
             &
             74.4.10.18.22.23
             .
             &
             83.2
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             &
             89.50
             ,
             51.
             
             &
             139.20
             .
             Prov.
             19.3
             .
             Rom.
             1.30
             .
             &
             9.20
             .
             Mat.
             10.22
             .
             &
             25.45
             .
             1
             Sam.
             17.45
             .
             Isa
             .
             37.4.22
             ,
             23
             ,
             28.
             
             Act.
             5.39
             .
             &
             9.4
             ,
             5.
             
             Joh.
             9.4
             .
             1
             Thes
             .
             4.8
             .
             Joh.
             15.20
             ,
             to
             26.
             
             Num.
             16.11
             .
             1
             Sam.
             8.7
             .
             Mar.
             9.42
             .
             Psal
             .
             79.12
             .
             2
             Kin.
             2.24
             .
             O
             that
             the
             
               Gospels
               enemies
            
             would
             but
             seriously
             consider
             these
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             be
             warned
             by
             them
             .
             For
             certainly
             it
             is
             neither
             
               wise
               ,
               good
            
             ,
             nor
             safe
             ,
             either
             resisting
             or
             angring
             him
             ,
             that
             can
             
               anger
               every
               vein
               of
               their
               hearts
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             God
             hath
             
               Messengers
               of
               wrath
            
             for
             them
             that
             despise
             the
             
               Messengers
               of
               his
               love
            
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             8.
             
             But
             hear
             why
             they
             so
             mortally
             hate
             the
             naked
             truth
             .
             Because
             it
             is
             the
             
               word
               by
               which
               they
               are
               condemned
               :
            
             they
             loath
             as
             much
             to
             hear
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             prisoner
             doth
             abhor
             to
             hear
             his
             sentence
             from
             the
             
               just
               Judge
            
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             if
             many
             (
             as
             we
             know
             by
             experience
             )
             love
             not
             to
             hear
             the
             worst
             of
             their
             
               temporal
               causes
            
             and
             cases
             ;
             nor
             yet
             of
             their
             
               bodily
               distempers
            
             ,
             with
             which
             their
             lives
             or
             estates
             be
             indangered
             .
             How
             much
             more
             will
             wicked
             men
             decline
             from
             seeing
             their
             hainous
             abominations
             ,
             and
             themselves
             guilty
             of
             Hell
             ,
             and
             eternal
             damnation
             ?
             though
             thereof
             there
             be
             an
             absolute
             necessity
             ,
             if
             ever
             they
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             9.
             
             Guilty
             sinners
             love
             application
             as
             dearly
             as
             a
             dog
             does
             a
             cudgel
             .
             And
             no
             marvel
             ,
             for
             what
             Leper
             will
             take
             pleasure
             in
             the
             searching
             of
             his
             sores
             ?
             Nor
             were
             Satan
             his
             Crafts-master
             ,
             if
             he
             did
             permit
             them
             :
             For
             if
             they
             could
             clearly
             see
             the
             loathsomness
             of
             their
             impieties
             ,
             it
             were
             impossible
             not
             to
             abhor
             them
             ,
             not
             to
             
               abhor
               themselves
               for
               them
            
             ;
             but
             their
             blindness
             makes
             them
             love
             their
             own
             filthiness
             ,
             as
             Ethiopians
             do
             their
             own
             swarthiness
             .
             Besides
             ,
             they
             love
             not
             to
             have
             their
             
               consciences
               awakened
            
             ,
             but
             would
             sleep
             quietly
             in
             their
             sins
             :
             And
             he
             that
             desires
             to
             sleep
             will
             have
             the
             
               curtains
               drawn
            
             ,
             the
             
               light
               shut
               out
            
             ,
             and
             
               no
               noise
            
             made
             .
             Whence
             as
             
               good
               meats
            
             are
             unwelcome
             to
             
               sick
               persons
            
             ;
             so
             is
             
               good
               counsel
            
             to
             obstinate
             and
             resolved
             sinners
             .
             Tell
             them
             of
             their
             
               swearing
               ,
               drinking
               ,
               whoring
               ,
               cheating
            
             ;
             they
             will
             fret
             ,
             and
             chafe
             ,
             and
             fume
             ,
             and
             swell
             ,
             and
             storm
             ,
             and
             
             be
             ready
             to
             burst
             again
             to
             hear
             it
             .
             But
             let
             envy
             sweat
             ,
             swell
             ,
             and
             burst
             ;
             truth
             must
             be
             spoken
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             why
             should
             not
             
               Gods
               servants
            
             take
             as
             free
             
               liberty
               in
               reproving
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Devils
             servants
             take
             
               liberty
               in
               offending
            
             ?
             Shall
             not
             the
             one
             be
             as
             loud
             for
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             are
             for
             Baal
             and
             Beelzebub
             ?
          
           
             Sect.
             10.
             
             Yea
             ,
             admonish
             them
             never
             so
             mildly
             ,
             they
             will
             say
             we
             
               take
               too
               much
               upon
               us
            
             :
             as
             Korah
             and
             his
             complices
             twitted
             
               Moses
               ,
               Num.
            
             16.3
             .
             not
             knowing
             how
             strictly
             God
             commands
             and
             requires
             it
             ,
             Lev.
             19.17
             .
             2
             T●m
             .
             2.25
             .
             Ezek.
             3.18
             ,
             to
             22.
             2
             
             Pet.
             2.7
             ,
             8.
             
             Whence
             as
             the
             
               Chief
               Priests
            
             answered
             
               Judas
               ,
               What
               is
               that
               to
               us
               ?
            
             so
             they
             will
             blaspheme
             God
             ,
             tear
             Christ
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             betray
             ,
             even
             shed
             his
             innocent
             bloud
             ,
             digging
             into
             his
             side
             with
             oaths
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             when
             told
             of
             it
             ,
             
               What
               is
               that
               to
               us
            
             ?
             when
             they
             might
             as
             well
             say
             ,
             
               What
               is
               Christ
               to
               us
            
             ?
             what
             is
             heaven
             to
             us
             ?
             or
             what
             is
             salvation
             to
             us
             ?
             For
             to
             us
             the
             one
             cannot
             be
             without
             the
             other
             :
             we
             shall
             never
             inherit
             part
             of
             his
             
               glory
               in
               heaven
            
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             not
             take
             his
             
               glories
               part
               upon
               earth
            
             .
             And
             with
             God
             it
             is
             much
             about
             one
             ,
             whether
             we
             be
             doers
             of
             evil
             ,
             or
             no
             binderers
             .
             For
             if
             we
             must
             not
             see
             our
             neighbours
             
               ox
               ,
               nor
               his
               sheep
               go
               astray
               ,
               or
               fall
               into
               a
               pit
               ,
               but
               we
               must
               reduce
               him
               ,
               a●d
               help
               him
               out
               of
               it
               ,
            
             Deut.
             22.1
             .
             we
             are
             much
             more
             bound
             to
             help
             our
             neighbour
             himself
             from
             dropping
             into
             the
             
               bottomless
               pit
            
             of
             Hell.
             And
             
               what
               know
               we
               but
               we
               may
               win
               our
               brother
               ,
            
             and
             so
             
               save
               his
               soul
            
             ,
             Mat.
             18.15
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             11.
             
             They
             will
             hiss
             like
             Serpents
             ,
             if
             we
             trouble
             their
             nests
             never
             so
             little
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a
             sure
             sign
             the
             horse
             is
             galled
             ,
             that
             stirs
             too
             much
             when
             he
             is
             touched
             .
             But
             what
             are
             these
             men
             like
             ,
             and
             how
             are
             they
             like
             to
             speed
             in
             the
             end
             ?
             They
             are
             like
             the
             
               Thracian
               flint
            
             that
             burns
             with
             water
             ,
             and
             is
             quenched
             with
             oyl
             :
             their
             souls
             are
             the
             worse
             for
             Gods
             endeavour
             to
             better
             them
             .
             His
             holy
             precepts
             and
             prohibitions
             ,
             do
             either
             harden
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Sun
               hardens
               clay
               ,
               and
               cold
               water
               hot
               iron
            
             ;
             or
             else
             they
             enrage
             them
             ,
             as
             a
             furious
             
               mastiffe
               Dog
            
             is
             the
             madder
             for
             his
             chain
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             12.
             
             But
             to
             be
             exasperated
             with
             good
             counsel
             ,
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             penitency
             ,
             to
             break
             into
             choler
             ;
             when
             fury
             sparkles
             in
             those
             eyes
             which
             should
             gush
             out
             with
             water
             ;
             it
             is
             an
             evident
             sign
             of
             one
             that
             shall
             perish
             ,
             Prov.
             29.1
             .
             Read
             the
             words
             and
             tremble
             ;
             
               A
               man
               that
               hardneth
               his
               neck
               ,
               being
               often
               reproved
               ,
               shall
               suddenly
               be
               destroyed
               ,
               and
               that
               without
               remedy
               :
            
             see
             more
             Prov.
             1.24
             ,
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             to
             33.
             
             Whence
             it
             is
             the
             Prophet
             tells
             
               Amaziah
               ,
               I
               know
               that
               God
               hath
               determined
               to
               destroy
               thee
               ,
               because
               thou
               hast
               done
               this
               ,
               and
               hast
               not
               obeyed
               my
               counsel
               ,
            
             2
             
               Chro
               ▪
            
             25.16
             ,
             20.
             and
             that
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             ,
             speaking
             of
             
             Ely's
             sons
             ,
             saith
             that
             they
             would
             not
             hearken
             unto
             ,
             nor
             obey
             the
             voice
             of
             their
             father
             ,
             because
             the
             Lord
             
               was
               determined
               to
               destroy
               them
            
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             2.25
             .
             Yea
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             observation
             of
             Livy
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             destruction
             of
             a
             Person
             or
             Nation
             is
             destined
             ;
             then
             the
             wholsome
             warnings
             both
             of
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             are
             set
             at
             nought
             .
             And
             in
             reason
             that
             sin
             is
             past
             all
             cure
             which
             strives
             against
             the
             cure
             .
             Herbs
             that
             are
             worse
             for
             
               watering
               .
               Trees
            
             that
             are
             less
             fruitful
             for
             dunging
             and
             pruning
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             
               rooted
               out
            
             ,
             or
             
               hewn
               down
            
             .
             Even
             salvation
             it self
             will
             not
             save
             those
             that
             
               spill
               the
               potion
            
             ,
             and
             
               fling
               away
               the
               plaister
            
             .
             When
             God
             would
             have
             cured
             Babylon
             ,
             and
             she
             would
             not
             be
             cured
             ;
             then
             she
             is
             given
             up
             to
             destruction
             without
             further
             warning
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             13.
             
             
               Ignorant
               Worldlings
            
             (
             who
             will
             believe
             nothing
             which
             comes
             not
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             their
             
               five
               senses
            
             )
             think
             that
             because
             God
             
               strikes
               not
               ,
               he
               minds
               not
               ,
            
             Psal
             .
             50.21
             .
             
               Because
               sentence
               against
               an
               evil
               work
               is
               not
               executed
               
               speedily
               ,
               therefore
               the
               heart
               of
               the
               children
               of
               me●
               is
               fully
               set
               in
               them
               to
               do
               evil
               ,
            
             as
             Solomon
             speaks
             ,
             Eccles
             .
             8.11
             .
             They
             are
             like
             the
             Israelites
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             12.15
             ,
             to
             20.
             they
             will
             not
             believe
             without
             a
             miracle
             ;
             and
             it
             will
             be
             a
             miracle
             if
             ever
             they
             be
             saved
             .
             For
             should
             they
             see
             miracle
             upon
             miracle
             ;
             should
             God
             forthwith
             strike
             one
             dead
             with
             a
             thunder-bolt
             ,
             and
             
               rain
               down
               fire
               and
               brimsto●e
            
             upon
             anoth●r
             ,
             and
             cause
             the
             
               earth
               to
               swallow
               down
            
             a
             third
             quick
             while
             they
             are
             blaspheming
             him
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             as
             far
             from
             believing
             as
             they
             were
             before
             ,
             as
             the
             examples
             of
             the
             
               old
               world
            
             ,
             the
             
               Sodomites
               ,
               Pharaoh
               ,
               Baalam
               ,
               Ahab
               ,
               Belshazzer
               ,
               M●lch●us
               ,
            
             and
             those
             great
             Clerks
             ,
             the
             Scribes
             ,
             and
             Pharisees
             ,
             together
             with
             thousands
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             sufficiently
             manifest
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             it
             is
             easier
             for
             a
             man
             
               possest
               with
               ma●y
               Devils
            
             to
             be
             disposs●st
             ;
             to
             ra●se
             one
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             or
             to
             turn
             a
             stone
             into
             flesh
             ,
             (
             in
             which
             God
             should
             meet
             with
             no
             opposition
             )
             than
             perswade
             an
             habituated
             Swearer
             to
             believe
             these
             ensuing
             
               precept
               ,
               prediction
               ,
               testimonies
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             or
             any
             other
             saving
             truth
             ,
             M●t.
             5.20
             .
             &
             12.36
             .
             &
             25.30
             ▪
             to
             46.
             2
             
             Thes
             .
             1.7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             &
             2.12
             .
             Heb.
             12.14.29
             .
             Rev.
             20.12
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             Deut.
             29.19
             ,
             30.
             
             Prov.
             1.24
             ,
             to
             33.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             14.
             
             Well
             may
             they
             believe
             what
             the
             World
             ,
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             Devil
             suggests
             unto
             them
             :
             As
             Satan
             (
             that
             he
             may
             make
             smooth
             their
             way
             to
             perdition
             )
             will
             perswade
             the
             most
             impudent
             and
             insolent
             sinners
             ,
             
               Drunkards
               ,
               Adult●●ers
               ,
               Blasphemers
               ,
               Sabbath-breakers
               ,
               Blo●d-thirsty
               murtherers
               ,
               Persecuters
               of
               the
               godly
               ,
            
             and
             
               ●o●●emners
               of
               Religio●
            
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             take
             liberty
             to
             continue
             their
             sensual
             lusts
             ,
             by
             a
             
               testimony
               of
               Scripture
            
             ,
             and
             apply
             
               Christs
               passion
               as
               a
               warrant
            
             for
             their
             licentiousness
             ,
             his
             Death
             as
             
               a
               license
            
             to
             sin
             ,
             his
             
               Cross
               as
               a
               Lette●s
               patent
            
             to
             do
             mischief
             .
             And
             hereupon
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             Malefactor
             should
             
               head
               his
               d●um
               of
               rebellion
               with
               his
               pardon
               ,
            
             they
             live
             as
             if
             the
             gospel
             were
             quite
             contrary
             to
             the
             rule
             of
             the
             law
             ,
             or
             as
             if
             God
             were
             neither
             to
             be
             feared
             nor
             cared
             for
             .
             Hence
             they
             exercise
             their
             saucy
             wits
             in
             prophane
             
               scoffs
               at
               religion
            
             ,
             &
             disgrace
             that
             blood
             ,
             whereof
             hereafter
             they
             would
             give
             
               a
               thousand
               worlds
               for
               o●e
               drop
               .
            
             Hence
             they
             
               tear
               heaven
            
             with
             their
             blasphemies
             ,
             and
             bandy
             the
             
               dreadful
               Name
            
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             their
             impure
             and
             polluted
             mouths
             ,
             by
             their
             bloudy
             oaths
             and
             execrations
             ;
             hence
             they
             are
             so
             
               witless
               ,
               graceless
            
             ,
             and
             shameless
             ,
             as
             to
             swear
             and
             curse
             even
             as
             
               dogs
               bark
            
             .
             Yea
             ,
             they
             have
             so
             sworn
             
               away
               all
               grace
            
             ,
             that
             they
             count
             it
             
               a
               grace
               to
               swear
            
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             far
             from
             believing
             what
             God
             threatens
             in
             his
             Word
             against
             sin
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             affirmed
             of
             his
             justice
             ,
             and
             severity
             in
             punishing
             all
             wilful
             and
             impenitent
             sinners
             with
             eternal
             destruction
             of
             body
             and
             soul
             ;
             that
             they
             presume
             to
             have
             part
             in
             that
             merit
             ,
             which
             in
             every
             part
             they
             have
             so
             abused
             ;
             to
             be
             purged
             by
             that
             blood
             ,
             which
             now
             they
             take
             all
             occasions
             to
             disgrace
             ;
             to
             be
             saved
             by
             the
             
               same
               wounds
            
             and
             bloud
             ,
             which
             they
             
               swear
               by
            
             ,
             and
             so
             often
             
               swear
               away
            
             ;
             to
             have
             Christ
             an
             Advocate
             for
             them
             in
             the
             next
             life
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             Advocates
             against
             Christ
             in
             this
             :
             That
             heaven
             will
             meet
             them
             at
             their
             last
             hour
             ,
             when
             all
             their
             life
             long
             ,
             they
             have
             galloped
             in
             the
             beaten
             road
             toward
             hell
             .
             And
             that
             though
             they
             
               live
               like
               swine
            
             all
             their
             life
             long
             ,
             yet
             one
             cry
             for
             mercy
             at
             the
             
               last
               gasp
            
             ,
             shall
             
               ●ransfo●m
               them
               into
               Saints
            
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             
               strong
               faith
            
             they
             are
             so
             
               apt
               to
               boast
               of
            
             ,
             viz.
             presumption
             ,
             not
             confidence
             :
             Or
             rather
             ,
             
               Hope
               frighted
               out
               of
               its
               wits
               .
            
             For
             notwithstanding
             all
             this
             ,
             in
             believing
             the
             Scriptures
             they
             fall
             ●hort
             of
             the
             Devils
             themselves
             .
             For
             the
             Devils
             do
             really
             believe
             that
             God
             is
             no
             less
             true
             and
             just
             
             then
             he
             is
             merciful
             ;
             as
             his
             Word
             declares
             him
             to
             be
             :
             and
             thereu●●n
             
               they
               tremble
            
             ,
             as
             St.
             James
             hath
             it
             ,
             Jam.
             2.19
             .
             whereas
             these
             men
             〈◊〉
             not
             a
             word
             that
             God
             speaks
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             bettered
             by
             it
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             15.
             
             And
             no
             marvel
             ,
             for
             their
             wont
             hath
             been
             to
             believe
             Satan
             rather
             than
             God
             ;
             as
             did
             our
             
               first
               Parents
               ,
               Gen.
            
             3.
             
             Therefore
             now
             after
             they
             have
             rejected
             all
             means
             of
             grace
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             so
             crusted
             in
             their
             v●llany
             ,
             that
             custom
             is
             become
             a
             second
             or
             
               new
               nature
            
             :
             God
             (
             that
             he
             may
             punish
             their
             hardness
             and
             excess
             in
             sin
             ,
             with
             further
             obduration
             )
             not
             only
             delivers
             them
             up
             ●o
             
               Satan
               ,
               the
               God
               of
               this
               world
               ;
               who
               so
               blinds
               their
               minds
               ,
               and
               deludes
               their
               understanding●
               ,
               that
               the
               light
               of
               the
               glorious
               Gosp●l
               of
               Christ
               shall
               not
               shine
               unto
               them
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             4.3
             ,
             4.
             
             Eph.
             2.2
             .
             2
             Thes
             .
             2.9
             .
             But
             he
             gives
             them
             up
             ,
             even
             to
             a
             
               reprobate
               judgment
               ,
               to
               the
               hardness
               of
               their
               hearts
               ,
               and
               to
               walk
               in
               their
               own
               counsels
               ,
            
             Psal
             .
             ●1
             .
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Rom.
             1.21
             ,
             to
             32.
             
             And
             better
             be
             given
             up
             to
             Satan
             ,
             as
             the
             
               incestuous
               Corinthian
            
             was
             ,
             than
             thus
             to
             be
             given
             up
             .
             For
             he
             was
             thereby
             converted
             &
             saved
             ,
             as
             God
             used
             the
             matter
             ;
             making
             the
             Scorpion
             a
             medicine
             against
             the
             
               sting
               of
               the
               Scorpion
            
             :
             the
             Horseleech
             a
             means
             to
             abate
             the
             vicious
             and
             superfluous
             bloud
             ;
             so
             ordering
             Satans
             craft
             and
             malice
             ,
             to
             ends
             which
             himself
             
               intended
               not
            
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             these
             are
             given
             over
             ;
             as
             a
             
               desperate
               Patient
            
             is
             given
             over
             by
             his
             Physician
             when
             there
             is
             no
             hope
             of
             his
             recovery
             .
             As
             thus
             ,
             
               Because
               they
               will
               not
               receive
               the
               truth
               in
               love
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               be
               saved
               :
               for
               this
               cause
               God
               gives
               them
               up
               to
               strong
               delusions
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               believe
               lies
               ;
               that
               all
               they
               might
               be
               damned
               who
               believe
               not
               the
               truth
               ,
               but
               take
               pleasure
               in
               unrighteousness
               :
            
             they
             are
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             ,
             2
             Thes
             .
             2.10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             If
             any
             vvould
             see
             more
             touching
             the
             woful
             condition
             of
             a
             deluded
             worldling
             ;
             and
             how
             Satan
             gulls
             wicked
             men
             with
             a
             world
             of
             misprisions
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             the
             better
             cheat
             them
             of
             their
             souls
             ;
             Let
             them
             read
             
               The
               Drunkards
               Character
            
             ,
             and
             
               The
               Cure
               of
               Misprision
            
             :
             for
             in
             this
             I
             study
             all
             possible
             brevity
             ,
             being
             loath
             either
             to
             surfeit
             or
             cloy
             the
             Swearer
             ;
             who
             is
             commonly
             short-breathed
             in
             well-doing
             ;
             and
             lest
             adding
             more
             should
             hinder
             him
             from
             hearing
             this
             :
             for
             Satan
             and
             his
             corrupt
             heart
             will
             not
             condescend
             he
             shall
             hold
             out
             to
             hear
             his
             beloved
             sin
             so
             spoken
             against
             .
          
        
         
           
             Memb.
             5.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             1.
             
             Only
             I
             will
             insert
             a
             few
             
               notions
               ,
               aphorisms
            
             ,
             or
             conclusions
             ,
             touching
             the
             former
             point
             of
             Gods
             forbearing
             to
             punish
             the
             most
             
               flagitious
               sinners
            
             when
             they
             so
             horribly
             provoke
             him
             :
             together
             with
             some
             pregnant
             examples
             of
             some
             that
             he
             hath
             executed
             
               Martial
               Law
            
             upon
             ,
             even
             in
             this
             life
             .
          
           
             
               Cornelius
               Gallus
            
             (
             not
             to
             mention
             many
             ,
             nor
             any
             that
             every
             Author
             sets
             down
             )
             died
             in
             the
             very
             act
             of
             his
             filthiness
             ,
             as
             Plutarch
             well
             notes
             .
             
               Nitingal
               ,
               Parson
            
             of
             
               Crondall
               in
               Kent
            
             ,
             was
             struck
             dead
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             belching
             out
             his
             spleen
             against
             Religion
             and
             zealous
             Professors
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             It
             was
             the
             usual
             imprecation
             of
             Henry
             Earl
             of
             Schuartzbourg
             ,
             Let
             me
             be
             drowned
             in
             a
             Jakes
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             so
             ;
             and
             such
             was
             his
             end
             .
             You
             may
             remember
             one
             
               Lieutenant
               of
               the
               Tower
            
             was
             hanged
             ;
             it
             had
             wont
             to
             be
             his
             usual
             imprecation
             ,
             as
             he
             confessed
             at
             his
             death
             .
             Earl
             Godwin
             wishing
             at
             the
             Kings
             Table
             that
             the
             bread
             he
             eat
             might
             choak
             him
             if
             he
             were
             guilty
             of
             Alphreds
             death
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             before
             slain
             ;
             was
             presently
             choaked
             ,
             and
             fell
             down
             dead
             :
             Yea
             ,
             his
             lands
             also
             sunk
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             are
             called
             
               Godwins
               sands
            
             :
             where
             thousands
             since
             have
             made
             shipwrack
             .
             It
             was
             usual
             with
             
               John
               Peter
            
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Martyrs
             ,
             
             〈…〉
             say
             ,
             If
             it
             be
             not
             true
             ,
             I
             pray
             God
             I
             may
             rot
             ere
             I
             die
             :
             and
             God
             saying
             Ame
             〈…〉
             t
             ,
             he
             rotted
             away
             indeed
             .
             A
             Serving-man
             in
             Lincolnshire
             for
             every
             trifle
             used
             to
             swear
             
               Gods
               precious
               bloud
            
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             be
             warned
             by
             his
             friends
             to
             leave
             it
             :
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             hearing
             the
             bell
             tole
             in
             the
             very
             anguish
             of
             death
             ,
             he
             started
             up
             in
             his
             bed
             and
             swore
             by
             the
             former
             oath
             that
             bell
             toled
             for
             him
             :
             whereupon
             immediately
             the
             bloud
             most
             fearfully
             issued
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             in
             streams
             from
             all
             parts
             of
             his
             body
             ,
             not
             one
             place
             left
             free
             ,
             and
             so
             died
             .
             Popiel
             King
             of
             Poland
             had
             ever
             this
             wish
             in
             his
             mouth
             ,
             If
             it
             be
             not
             true
             ,
             I
             would
             the
             Rats
             might
             eat
             me
             :
             and
             so
             it
             came
             to
             pass
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             so
             assailed
             by
             them
             at
             a
             banquet
             ,
             that
             neither
             his
             guards
             nor
             fire
             ,
             nor
             water
             could
             defend
             him
             from
             them
             ;
             as
             Munster
             mentions
             .
             The
             Jews
             said
             ,
             
               Let
               his
               bloud
               be
               upon
               us
               ,
               and
               upon
               our
               children
            
             ;
             and
             what
             followed
             ?
             
               Sixteen
               hundred
               years
            
             are
             now
             past
             ,
             since
             they
             wished
             themselves
             thus
             wretched
             :
             and
             have
             they
             not
             ever
             since
             been
             the
             hate
             and
             scorn
             of
             the
             world
             ?
             Did
             they
             not
             (
             many
             of
             them
             )
             live
             to
             see
             their
             
               City
               buried
               in
               ashes
            
             ,
             and
             
               drowned
               in
               bloud
            
             ?
             to
             see
             themselves
             
               no
               Nation
            
             ?
             Was
             there
             ever
             any
             people
             under
             heaven
             ,
             that
             was
             made
             so
             famous
             a
             spectacle
             of
             misery
             and
             desolation
             ?
             They
             have
             had
             what
             they
             called
             for
             to
             the
             ful
             ;
             and
             it
             's
             just
             that
             they
             who
             
               long
               for
               a
               curse
            
             ,
             should
             
               have
               it
            
             :
             Yet
             how
             many
             among
             us
             do
             familiarly
             curse
             their
             
               wives
               ,
               children
            
             ,
             &c
             ,
             Nor
             is
             it
             seldom
             that
             
               God
               pay
            
             them
             in
             their
             own
             coin
             :
             men
             
               profane
               Gods
               Name
            
             ,
             and
             he
             makes
             their
             
               names
               to
               stink
            
             .
             When
             the
             pestilence
             rageth
             in
             our
             
               streets
               ,
               blasphemy
            
             and
             execration
             must
             confess
             that
             they
             have
             their
             
               due
               wages
               .
               Blasphemers
               live
               swearing
               ,
            
             and
             
               die
               raving
            
             ;
             it
             is
             but
             their
             wages
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
             He
             punisheth
             some
             in
             the
             
               Suburbs
               of
               Hell
            
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             never
             come
             into
             the
             
               City
               it self
            
             .
             The
             evil
             he
             now
             suffers
             uncorrected
             ,
             he
             refers
             to
             be
             
               condemned
               .
               Sin
            
             knows
             the
             doom
             ,
             it
             must
             
               smart
               here
            
             ,
             or
             hereafter
             .
             Outward
             plagues
             are
             but
             favour
             in
             comparison
             of
             spiritual
             judgments
             ;
             and
             
               spiritual
               judgments
            
             but
             light
             ,
             to
             
               eternal
               torments
            
             .
             God
             doth
             not
             punish
             all
             
               flagitious
               sinners
            
             here
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             allow
             some
             space
             to
             repent
             ,
             and
             that
             none
             may
             doubt
             his
             promise
             of
             a
             
               General
               Judgment
            
             :
             nor
             does
             he
             forbear
             all
             here
             ,
             lest
             the
             World
             should
             deny
             his
             providence
             ,
             and
             question
             his
             justice
             .
          
        
         
           
             Memb.
             6.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             1.
             
             But
             what
             do
             I
             urge
             reason
             to
             men
             of
             a
             
               reprobate
               judgment
            
             ?
             to
             admonish
             them
             ,
             is
             to
             no
             more
             purpose
             ,
             than
             if
             one
             should
             speak
             to
             
               life-less
               stones
            
             ,
             or
             
               sence-less
               plants
            
             ,
             or
             
               wit-less
               beasts
            
             ;
             for
             they
             will
             never
             fear
             any
             thing
             till
             they
             be
             in
             Hell-fire
             ;
             wherefore
             God
             leaves
             them
             to
             be
             confuted
             with
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ,
             since
             nothing
             else
             will
             do
             it
             .
             If
             there
             be
             any
             here
             that
             believe
             a
             Resurrection
             (
             as
             I
             hope
             better
             things
             of
             some
             of
             you
             )
             all
             such
             I
             would
             beseech
             ,
             
               by
               the
               mercies
               of
               God
            
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             be
             so
             desperately
             wicked
             ,
             as
             to
             
               mock
               their
               admonisher
               ,
               scoff
               at
               the
               means
            
             to
             be
             saved
             ,
             and
             
               make
               themselves
               merry
            
             with
             their
             own
             damnations
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             would
             entertain
             this
             message
             as
             if
             it
             were
             an
             Epistle
             sent
             from
             God
             himself
             ,
             to
             invite
             and
             call
             them
             to
             repentance
             .
             Yea
             ,
             consider
             seriously
             what
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             ,
             oh
             do
             not
             mock
             at
             
               Gods
               Word
            
             ,
             nor
             sport
             away
             your
             souls
             into
             those
             pains
             which
             are
             
               easeless
               ,
               endless
            
             ,
             &
             remediless
             .
             Shall
             we
             
               give
               an
               account
               at
               the
               day
               of
               judgment
               for
               every
               idle
               word
               we
               speak
               ,
               Mat.
            
             12.36
             .
             &
             never
             give
             a
             reckoning
             for
             our
             wicked
             swearing
             and
             cursing
             ?
             
               We
               shall
               be
               judged
               by
               our
               words
               ,
            
             v.
             37.
             
          
           
           
             Are
             you
             willing
             to
             be
             saved
             ?
             if
             you
             are
             ,
             
               Break
               off
               your
               sins
               by
               repentance
               ,
            
             Dan.
             4.27
             .
             
               Cease
               to
               do
               evil
               ,
               learn
               to
               do
               well
               ,
            
             Isa
             .
             1.16
             ,
             17.
             
             Seriously
             grieve
             and
             bewail
             for
             the
             millions
             of
             times
             that
             you
             have
             blasphemed
             God
             and
             pierced
             your
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             never
             more
             commit
             the
             like
             impiety
             .
             Yea
             ,
             do
             not
             only
             
               leave
               your
               swearing
            
             ,
             but
             
               fear
               an
               Oath
            
             ,
             and
             make
             conscience
             of
             it
             ;
             resolve
             not
             to
             take
             the
             glorious
             Name
             of
             God
             in
             vain
             ,
             nor
             place
             any
             other
             creature
             in
             his
             room
             :
             though
             the
             Devil
             should
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             as
             once
             he
             did
             to
             
               Christ
               ,
               All
               this
               will
               I
               give
               thee
               .
            
             For
             it
             is
             not
             enough
             that
             we
             abstain
             from
             evil
             ,
             unless
             we
             hate
             it
             also
             ,
             and
             do
             the
             contrary
             good
             ;
             
               Sanctifie
               the
               Lord
               God
               in
               your
               heart
               ,
            
             1
             Pet.
             3.15
             .
             
               Make
               a
               Covenant
               with
               your
               mouth
               ,
            
             as
             Job
             did
             with
             his
             eyes
             ,
             and
             set
             a
             watch
             before
             the
             door
             of
             your
             lips
             ,
             that
             you
             thus
             offend
             not
             with
             your
             
               tongue
               ,
               Ps
            
             .
             141.3
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
             Which
             if
             you
             do
             rightly
             ,
             the
             
               like
               care
               to
               avoid
               all
               other
               sins
            
             will
             necessarily
             follow
             :
             because
             he
             that
             fears
             to
             commit
             one
             sin
             out
             of
             conscience
             ,
             and
             because
             God
             forbids
             it
             ,
             will
             upon
             the
             same
             ground
             fear
             all
             that
             his
             law
             forbids
             ;
             and
             as
             heartily
             and
             unfeignedly
             desire
             that
             he
             may
             never
             commit
             it
             ,
             as
             that
             God
             should
             never
             impute
             it
             ,
             2
             Tim.
             2.19
             .
             Neither
             can
             a
             regenerate
             mind
             consist
             with
             a
             determination
             to
             continue
             in
             any
             one
             sin
             ;
             as
             when
             Christ
             cast
             out
             one
             Devil
             ,
             we
             read
             that
             he
             cast
             out
             all
             ,
             even
             the
             whole
             
               Legion
               ,
               Mar.
            
             5.2
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             he
             that
             makes
             not
             some
             conscience
             of
             
               all
               sin
            
             ,
             makes
             no
             true
             conscience
             of
             
               any
               sin
            
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             also
             of
             duties
             commanded
             ;
             for
             the
             same
             law
             which
             in
             joyns
             us
             to
             hate
             and
             forsake
             all
             sin
             ,
             commands
             us
             also
             to
             strive
             after
             
               universal
               obedience
               to
               every
               precept
            
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a
             true
             Rule
             ,
             He
             that
             hath
             not
             in
             him
             all
             Christian
             graces
             in
             their
             measure
             ,
             hath
             none
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             hath
             any
             one
             truly
             ,
             hath
             all
             .
             He
             that
             is
             not
             sanctified
             in
             every
             part
             ,
             is
             truly
             sanctified
             in
             no
             part
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             1.15
             .
             2
             Pet.
             3.11
             .
             Mat.
             5.48
             .
             2
             Tim.
             3.17
             .
             2
             Cor.
             7.1
             .
             And
             the
             least
             sin
             allowed
             of
             ,
             be
             it
             but
             a
             vain
             thought
             ,
             or
             one
             duty
             omitted
             ,
             is
             enough
             to
             cast
             thee
             into
             hell
             ;
             for
             the
             
               wages
               of
               sin
            
             (
             any
             sin
             ,
             be
             it
             never
             so
             little
             )
             
               is
               death
               ,
               Rom.
            
             6.23
             .
             Jam.
             1.15
             .
             Yea
             ,
             admit
             thou
             hadst
             never
             acted
             any
             the
             least
             evil
             in
             all
             thy
             life
             ,
             it
             were
             not
             enough
             to
             save
             thee
             from
             hell
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             bring
             thee
             to
             heaven
             ;
             for
             we
             need
             no
             more
             to
             condemn
             us
             ,
             then
             what
             we
             brought
             into
             the
             World
             with
             us
             ,
             Gen.
             2.17
             .
             Psal
             .
             51.5
             .
             Rom.
             5.12
             .
             Whence
             the
             
               new-born
               child
               in
               the
               law
            
             was
             commanded
             to
             
               offer
               a
               sin
               offering
            
             ,
             Lev.
             12.6
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
             Wherefore
             as
             you
             tender
             the
             good
             of
             your
             own
             soul
             ,
             set
             upon
             the
             work
             presently
             ,
             before
             the
             Drawbridge
             be
             taken
             up
             :
             provide
             with
             Joseph
             for
             the
             dearth
             to
             come
             ;
             With
             Noah
             ,
             in
             the
             days
             of
             thy
             health
             ,
             build
             the
             
               Ark
               of
               a
               good
               conscience
            
             ,
             against
             the
             floods
             of
             sickness
             .
             Imitate
             the
             Ant
             ,
             who
             provides
             her
             meat
             in
             Summer
             for
             the
             Winter
             following
             .
             Yea
             ,
             do
             it
             whilst
             the
             yearning
             bowels
             ,
             the
             bleeding
             wounds
             ,
             and
             compassionate
             arms
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             lie
             open
             to
             receive
             you
             .
             Whiles
             you
             have
             health
             ,
             and
             life
             ,
             and
             means
             ,
             and
             time
             to
             repent
             ,
             and
             make
             your
             peace
             with
             God
             in
             Christ
             ,
             as
             you
             tender
             I
             say
             the
             everlasting
             happiness
             and
             welfare
             of
             your
             
               almost
               lost
               and
               ●●owned
               soul
            
             ,
             as
             you
             expect
             or
             hope
             for
             grace
             or
             mercy
             ,
             for
             joy
             and
             comfort
             ,
             for
             heaven
             and
             salvation
             ,
             for
             endless
             ▪
             bliss
             and
             glory
             at
             the
             last
             ;
             as
             you
             would
             escape
             the
             direful
             
               wrath
               of
               God
            
             ,
             the
             bitter
             sentence
             and
             
               doom
               of
               Christ
            
             ,
             the
             never
             dying
             
               sting
               and
               worm
               of
               conscience
            
             ,
             the
             tormenting
             and
             
               soul-scorching
               flames
               of
               hell
            
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             
               separation
               from
               Go●s
               blissful
               presence
            
             ,
             abjure
             and
             utterly
             renounce
             all
             wilful
             and
             affected
             evil
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             first
             place
             this
             abominable
             sin
             of
             
               swearing
               and
               cursing
            
             .
          
           
           
             Sect.
             4.
             
             The
             which
             Grace
             if
             you
             would
             obtain
             ,
             omit
             not
             to
             pray
             for
             the
             assistance
             of
             Gods
             spirit
             ,
             otherwise
             thy
             strength
             is
             small
             :
             yea
             ,
             except
             God
             give
             thee
             repentance
             ,
             and
             removes
             all
             impediments
             that
             may
             hinder
             ,
             thou
             canst
             no
             more
             
               turn
               thy self
            
             ,
             then
             thou
             couldst
             at
             first
             
               make
               thy self
            
             .
             We
             are
             not
             sufficient
             of
             our selves
             to
             think
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             speak
             ,
             least
             of
             all
             to
             do
             ought
             that
             is
             good
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             3.5
             .
             Joh.
             15.4
             ,
             5.
             
             We
             are
             swift
             to
             all
             evil
             ,
             but
             to
             any
             good
             immoveable
             .
             Wherefore
             beg
             of
             God
             that
             he
             will
             give
             you
             a
             new
             heart
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             heart
             is
             changed
             ,
             all
             the
             members
             will
             follow
             after
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             creatures
             after
             the
             Sun
             when
             it
             ariseth
             .
             Importune
             him
             for
             grace
             ,
             that
             thou
             mayest
             firmly
             resolve
             ,
             speedily
             begin
             ,
             and
             continually
             persevere
             in
             doing
             and
             suffering
             his
             holy
             will.
             Desire
             him
             to
             regenerate
             thy
             
               heart
               ,
               change
            
             and
             purifie
             thy
             
               nature
               ,
               subdue
            
             thy
             
               reason
               ,
               rectifie
            
             thy
             
               judgement
               ,
               reform
            
             and
             strengthen
             thy
             
               will
               ,
               renew
            
             thy
             affections
             ,
             and
             beat
             down
             in
             thee
             whatsoever
             stands
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             
               scepter
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             .
             Onely
             this
             let
             me
             add
             ;
             Be
             sure
             you
             wholly
             and
             only
             rest
             on
             your
             
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             for
             salvation
             ,
             abhorring
             to
             attribute
             or
             ascribe
             ought
             to
             doing
             :
             for
             
               our
               very
               righteousnesses
               are
               as
               filthy
               rags
               ,
            
             Isa
             .
             64.6
             .
             And
             the
             sole
             
               perfection
               of
               a
               Christian
            
             ,
             is
             the
             
               imputation
               of
               Christs
               righteousness
            
             ,
             and
             the
             not
             imputation
             of
             his
             own
             unrighteousness
             ,
             a
             rule
             which
             we
             are
             very
             apt
             to
             swerve
             from
             ,
             either
             on
             the
             right
             or
             left
             hand
             :
             wherefore
             if
             you
             would
             not
             err
             ,
             observe
             this
             golden
             mean
             ,
             endeavour
             to
             live
             as
             if
             there
             were
             no
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             to
             die
             as
             if
             there
             were
             no
             Law.
             And
             now
             for
             conclusion
             ,
             If
             thou
             receivest
             any
             power
             against
             this
             great
             evil
             ,
             forget
             not
             to
             be
             thankful
             ,
             and
             when
             God
             hath
             the
             fruit
             of
             his
             mercies
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             spare
             to
             sow
             much
             where
             he
             reaps
             much
             :
             &
             so
             having
             set
             before
             you
             l●fe
             and
             death
             ,
             I
             leave
             you
             to
             choose
             which
             of
             them
             you
             like
             best
             .
             Onely
             think
             what
             account
             you
             shall
             give
             of
             that
             you
             have
             read
             ;
             for
             if
             this
             warning
             prevail
             not
             ,
             it
             is
             much
             to
             be
             feared
             the
             next
             will
             be
             that
             of
             
               the
               Son
               of
               man
            
             ,
             Mat.
             25.41
             .
             
               Depart
               from
               me
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             POST-SCRIPT
             .
          
           
             YOu
             that
             fear
             God
             ,
             or
             have
             any
             bowels
             of
             compassion
             towards
             the
             precious
             souls
             of
             those
             poor
             ignorant
             
               men
               ,
               women
            
             ,
             and
             children
             ,
             whom
             you
             hear
             to
             swear
             and
             curse
             as
             Dogs
             bark
             ;
             (
             that
             is
             not
             more
             of
             curstness
             then
             out
             of
             custom
             ,
             )
             wish
             them
             to
             read
             these
             few
             pages
             ,
             neither
             count
             it
             as
             a
             thing
             indifferent
             ,
             which
             may
             either
             be
             done
             or
             dispensed
             withal
             ;
             for
             besides
             that
             God
             hath
             commanded
             the
             duty
             of
             admonition
             ,
             
               Heb.
               3.13
               .
               2
               Tim.
               2.25
               .
            
             and
             commended
             the
             practise
             of
             it
             ,
             
               Rev.
               1.2.6
            
             .
             and
             condemned
             the
             contrary
             
               verse
               20.
            
             
             If
             you
             do
             not
             it
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             
               you
               hate
               your
               brother
            
             ,
             Lev.
             19.17
             .
             and
             make
             your self
             guilty
             both
             of
             his
             sin
             and
             ruine
             ,
             
               Ezek.
               3.18
               ,
               to
               22.
            
             
             For
             as
             none
             but
             a
             Cain
             will
             say
             ,
             
               Am
               I
               my
               brothers
               keeper
            
             ?
             so
             these
             could
             never
             continue
             their
             cursing
             and
             swearing
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             but
             so
             happy
             as
             to
             meet
             with
             timely
             and
             faithful
             admonition
             .
             Nor
             can
             you
             love
             God
             ,
             and
             patiently
             hear
             these
             miscreants
             blaspheme
             his
             holy
             Name
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             
               2
               Pet.
               2.7
               ,
               8.
            
             
             Or
             manifest
             your self
             his
             by
             adoption
             and
             regeneration
             ,
             for
             well-born
             children
             are
             touched
             to
             the
             quick
             with
             the
             injuries
             of
             their
             Parents
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             moved
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             is
             to
             confess
             our selves
             bastards
             .
             Yea
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             base
             ,
             vile
             ,
             and
             unjust
             ingratitude
             in
             those
             men
             ,
             that
             can
             endure
             the
             disgrace
             of
             them
             under
             whose
             shelter
             they
             live
             .
             Which
             being
             so
             ,
             make
             it
             a
             part
             of
             your
             charity
             ,
             to
             give
             of
             them
             as
             you
             meet
             with
             occasion
             ;
             as
             that
             you
             shall
             hourly
             do
             ,
             even
             as
             you
             pass
             the
             streets
             ,
             if
             you
             but
             mind
             it
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .