Armour of proof, or a soveraign antidote, against the contagion of evil company Together with the skill, will, and industry of lewd ones; in tempting to sin, and drawing to perdition. Being subjects of concernment for the younger sort. The second part. By R. Younge of Roxwel in Essex, Florilegus.
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             Armour of proof, or a soveraign antidote, against the contagion of evil company Together with the skill, will, and industry of lewd ones; in tempting to sin, and drawing to perdition. Being subjects of concernment for the younger sort. The second part. By R. Younge of Roxwel in Essex, Florilegus.
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           Armour
           of
           proof
           ,
           or
           A
           Soveraign
           Antidote
           ,
           against
           the
           contagion
           of
           evil
           company
           .
           Together
           with
           the
           
             skill
             ,
             will
             ,
          
           and
           
             industry
          
           of
           lewd
           ones
           ;
           in
           tempting
           to
           sin
           ,
           and
           drawing
           to
           perdition
           .
           Being
           subjects
           of
           concernment
           for
           the
           younger
           sort
           .
        
         
           THE
           SECOND
           PART
           .
        
         
           By
           
             R.
             Younge
             of
             Roxwel
          
           in
           Essex
           ,
           Florilegus
           .
        
         
           
             My
             son
             ,
             if
             sinners
             entise
             thee
             ,
             consent
             thou
             not
             :
             walk
             thou
             not
             in
             the
             Way
             with
             them
             ;
             refrain
             thy
             foot
             from
             their
             path
             .
          
           
             
               Prov.
            
             1
             ,
             10.
             15.
             
          
        
         
           ●●NDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Iames
             Crump
             ,
          
           in
           
             Little
             Bartholomews
          
           Well-yard
           ,
           1655.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           TO
           AL
           YOUNG
           STUDIENTS
           ,
           IN
           THE
           UNIVERSITIES
           AND
           INN'S
           OF
           COURT
           APPRENTISES
           OF
           LONDON
           ,
           SONS
           AND
           SERVANTS
           IN
           THE
           WHOLE
           NATION
           .
        
         
           R.
           Y.
           
        
         
           Dedicates
           this
           small
           peece
           of
           his
           Labours
           ,
           and
           wisheth
           increase
           of
           all
           grace
           and
           happiness
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           Armour
           of
           proof
           ,
           against
           evil
           Society
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           second
           part
           .
        
         
           
             Sect.
             24.
             
          
           
             AND
             so
             much
             of
             the
             first
             part
             ,
             touching
             the
             many
             advantages
             ,
             that
             
               Satants
               instruments
            
             have
             above
             
               Gods
               servants
               ,
            
             in
             
               winning
               ,
            
             and
             
               keeping
               ,
            
             and
             
               improving
            
             there
             converts
             :
             What
             men
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             that
             would
             not
             be
             overcome
             by
             there
             aluerments
             :
             and
             that
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             we
             must
             refrayn
             the
             company
             of
             wicked
             men
             ,
             and
             not
             dispute
             with
             them
             ;
             if
             we
             mean
             not
             to
             be
             infected
             by
             them
             ,
             partake
             of
             there
             sins
             ,
             nor
             be
             infeoffed
             in
             there
             punishments
             :
             Together
             with
             the
             Lawfulness
             of
             shunning
             all
             familier
             Society
             ,
             and
             converse
             with
             such
             .
             And
             now
             least
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             sufficient
             :
             See
             in
             this
             
               Second
               part
               ,
            
             some
             
               Reasons
            
             to
             inforse
             men
             there
             unto
             ;
             which
             the
             Godly
             wise
             propound
             to
             themselves
             ,
             when
             they
             bid
             adue
             to
             there
             old
             associates
             in
             
               the
               broad
            
             way
             ,
             and
             purpose
             to
             pledg
             them
             no
             more
             ,
             in
             there
             wicked
             customs
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Reasons
                 of
                 breaking
                 off
                 Society
                 ,
                 with
                 our
                 vicious
                 Consorts
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   reasons
                   are
                   principally
                   5.
                   and
                   they
                   are
                   weighty
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       1.
                       
                    
                     
                       2.
                       
                    
                     
                       3.
                       
                    
                     
                       4.
                       
                    
                     
                       5.
                       
                       Because
                       their
                       company
                       would
                       
                         bereave
                      
                       us
                       of
                       
                         comfort
                         ,
                      
                       which
                       otherwise
                       we
                       should
                       enjoy
                       ,
                       being
                       alone
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   That
                
                 
                   They
                   may
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   
                     sight
                  
                   of
                   their
                   
                     errors
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                   we
                   may
                   not
                   be
                
                 
                   
                     Infected
                  
                   by
                   them
                   ,
                   nor
                   
                     partake
                  
                   of
                   their
                   
                     sinnes
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                   Infeoffed
                   
                     in
                     their
                  
                   punishments
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                   So
                   farre
                   as
                   is
                   possible
                   we
                   may
                   be
                   
                     at
                     peace
                     with
                     all
                     men
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             FIrst
             ,
             that
             thereby
             they
             may
             come
             to
             the
             
               sight
            
             of
             their
             
               errors
               ,
            
             and
             consequently
             be
             
               reclaimed
               ,
            
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             when
             he
             commands
             the
             
               Corinthians
            
             
             to
             shut
             the
             incestuous
             person
             out
             of
             thelr
             society
             and
             fellowship
             ,
             give
             this
             reason
             ,
             
               that
               his
               Spirit
               might
               be
               saved
               in
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               1
               Corintb
               .
            
             5.
             5.
             
             Again
             ,
             when
             he
             writ
             to
             
               Timothy
               ,
            
             that
             he
             had
             done
             the
             same
             ●ouching
             
               Hymeneus
            
             and
             
               Alexander
               ,
            
             he
             yeeldeth
             this
             to
             be
             the
             reason
             ,
             
               that
               they
               might
               learn
               not
               to
               blaspheme
               ,
               1
               Timothy
            
             1.
             20.
             
             And
             in
             another
             place
             ▪
             
               If
               any
               man
               obey
               not
               our
               saying
               ,
               note
               him
               by
               a
               letter
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               company
               with
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               be
               ashamed
               ,
               2
               Thes.
            
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             the
             practise
             of
             the
             primitive
             Church
             ,
             in
             her
             first
             love
             ,
             that
             she
             might
             shine
             in
             beauty
             and
             fairness
             above
             all
             other
             Synagogues
             ,
             not
             to
             admit
             any
             scandalous
             person
             ,
             or
             open
             offender
             into
             the
             Communion
             of
             Saints
             ;
             until
             their
             foule
             spots
             were
             carefully
             washt
             off
             ,
             and
             taken
             away
             by
             the
             tears
             of
             repentance
             .
             The
             
               bread
            
             of
             the
             
               children
            
             was
             not
             given
             unto
             
               dogs
               ;
            
             neither
             ,
             by
             an
             equall
             bounty
             ,
             to
             the
             godly
             and
             the
             wicked
             ,
             was
             there
             an
             equal
             encouragement
             to
             godlinesse
             and
             iniquity
             ,
             but
             a
             separation
             was
             made
             between
             the
             sick
             and
             the
             whole
             ;
             and
             this
             
               separation
            
             had
             no
             other
             intent
             ,
             but
             
               edification
               ;
            
             even
             an
             edification
             of
             the
             spirir
             ,
             by
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             flesh
             :
             so
             that
             men
             could
             find
             no
             fault
             with
             the
             dispensers
             of
             this
             power
             ,
             having
             nothing
             to
             complain
             of
             ,
             but
             that
             their
             lives
             thereby
             were
             sought
             to
             be
             
               amended
               ,
            
             and
             their
             
               soules
            
             to
             be
             
               saved
               .
            
             I
             confesse
             ,
             that
             was
             a
             
               separation
            
             of
             a
             higher
             nature
             ,
             the
             power
             of
             the
             keyes
             being
             added
             ,
             they
             were
             
               delivered
               up
               to
               Sathan
               ,
            
             shut
             out
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             herein
             it
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             but
             this
             serves
             to
             the
             same
             end
             ,
             and
             is
             done
             only
             in
             cases
             of
             like
             fact
             .
          
           
             The
             cause
             was
             weighty
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             gates
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             were
             to
             be
             locked
             ;
             great
             ,
             in
             the
             thing
             done
             ;
             or
             great
             ,
             in
             the
             wilfulness
             of
             the
             doer
             ;
             and
             this
             not
             without
             reason
             :
             for
             the
             doom
             was
             heavy
             ,
             and
             fit
             for
             the
             back
             of
             a
             strong
             and
             mighty
             evil
             :
             it
             was
             a
             short
             damnation
             ,
             a
             temporall
             hell
             ,
             a
             shutting
             out
             of
             Heaven
             upon
             earth
             ,
             yea
             ,
             Heaven
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             even
             the
             joyes
             ,
             and
             comforts
             of
             the
             spirit
             of
             consolation
             .
             Neither
             could
             it
             be
             but
             an
             excellent
             remedy
             ,
             for
             ,
             besides
             that
             it
             was
             Gods
             institution
             ,
             the
             remedy
             was
             fitted
             to
             the
             disease
             :
             a
             degree
             of
             presumption
             ,
             was
             encountered
             with
             a
             degree
             of
             despaire
             ;
             the
             Scorpion
             was
             made
             a
             medicine
             ,
             against
             the
             sting
             of
             the
             Scorpion
             ;
             Sathan
             was
             set
             on
             work
             ,
             to
             take
             him
             down
             by
             terror
             unto
             salvation
             ;
             whom
             before
             he
             animated
             and
             puffed
             up
             to
             destruction
             ;
             he
             ,
             that
             said
             at
             first
             ,
             sin
             boldly
             ,
             for
             
               ye
               shall
               not
               dye
               at
               all
               ;
            
             now
             he
             changeth
             his
             voyce
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             
               thy
               sin
               is
               greater
               then
               can
               be
               forgiven
               thee
               .
            
             But
             the
             wisdom
             of
             dispensation
             suffered
             this
             roring
             Lion
             no
             longer
             to
             terrifie
             ,
             but
             ●●til
             his
             terror
             did
             mollifie
             :
             he
             aimed
             indeed
             at
             despaire
             and
             destruction
             ;
             but
             the
             Church
             aimed
             at
             humiliation
             ,
             and
             conversion
             ,
             yea
             ,
             at
             consolation
             and
             salvation
             .
             And
             indeed
             
               humiliation
            
             for
             sin
             ,
             is
             the
             only
             way
             to
             
               conversion
            
             from
             sin
             ;
             
               conversion
            
             from
             sin
             ,
             the
             only
             way
             to
             the
             
               consolations
            
             of
             tht
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             the
             comfortable
             spirit
             is
             both
             the
             guide
             and
             the
             way
             to
             life
             eternal
             :
             therefore
             ,
             when
             the
             man
             is
             humbled
             ,
             Sathan
             is
             casheired
             ;
             the
             horseleech
             is
             taken
             away
             ,
             when
             he
             hath
             sufficiently
             abated
             the
             vicious
             and
             superfluous
             blood
             .
          
           
             Thus
             were
             men
             
               healed
               ,
            
             by
             
               wounding
               ;
               exalted
            
             by
             
               humbling
               :
            
             O
             admirable
             use
             and
             command
             of
             Sathan
             !
             he
             is
             an
             enemy
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             yet
             doth
             him
             ●●●ice
             ;
             he
             is
             an
             adversary
             to
             man
             ,
             and
             yet
             helps
             him
             .
             A
             strange
             thing
             ,
             that
             
             Sathan
             should
             help
             the
             incestuous
             
               Corinthian
               ,
            
             to
             the
             
               destruction
            
             of
             his
             flesh
             ,
             his
             concupiscense
             ,
             and
             the
             
               edification
            
             of
             his
             soul
             .
             A
             strange
             thing
             that
             Sathan
             should
             teach
             
               Hymeneus
            
             and
             
               Alexander
            
             not
             to
             blaspheme
             :
             he
             is
             the
             author
             of
             blasphemies
             ,
             and
             yet
             he
             teacheth
             not
             to
             blaspheme
             .
          
           
             But
             is
             Sathan
             contrary
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             is
             his
             Kingdom
             divided
             in
             it self
             ?
             no
             surely
             :
             but
             one
             that
             is
             stronger
             then
             he
             both
             in
             wisdom
             and
             power
             ,
             manageth
             both
             his
             craft
             and
             malice
             ,
             to
             ends
             ,
             which
             himself
             intendeth
             not
             .
             The
             divel
             is
             one
             and
             the
             same
             still
             ,
             even
             purely
             malicious
             ;
             but
             God
             suffers
             him
             to
             go
             on
             in
             his
             temptations
             ,
             just
             so
             farre
             as
             temptation
             is
             profitable
             ,
             and
             no
             further
             :
             therefore
             while
             Sathan
             is
             driving
             the
             offender
             to
             despaire
             ,
             God
             stops
             his
             course
             ,
             when
             the
             sinner
             is
             come
             to
             due
             humiliation
             :
             and
             then
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             with
             
               Christ
            
             in
             the
             wilderness
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             with
             the
             humbled
             sinner
             ,
             Sathan
             is
             dismissed
             ,
             and
             the
             Angels
             come
             an●
             minister
             unto
             him
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             nature
             ,
             manner
             ,
             and
             end
             of
             publike
             excommunication
             :
             private
             hath
             relation
             to
             it
             ;
             both
             touching
             canse
             and
             end
             .
             First
             ,
             publike
             had
             respect
             to
             the
             cause
             ;
             that
             it
             was
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             only
             in
             case
             of
             scandalous
             ,
             open
             ,
             and
             notorious
             impiety
             :
             so
             hath
             the
             private
             ;
             we
             do
             not
             break
             off
             society
             with
             any
             for
             weaknesses
             ,
             and
             sins
             of
             infirmity
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             did
             only
             aime
             at
             their
             amendment
             ,
             conversion
             ,
             and
             salvation
             :
             so
             doth
             this
             ;
             we
             desire
             only
             to
             have
             them
             
               look
            
             into
             themselves
             ,
             where
             
               the
               fault
            
             lyes
             ,
             and
             seek
             to
             
               amend
            
             their
             course
             :
             and
             certainly
             nothing
             will
             sooner
             make
             the
             adulteress
             or
             drunkard
             bethink
             themselves
             ,
             then
             when
             they
             see
             ,
             all
             that
             are
             honest
             and
             sober
             ,
             even
             their
             neighbours
             and
             old
             associates
             ,
             shun
             their
             company
             and
             despise
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             not
             worthy
             of
             humane
             society
             :
             and
             if
             they
             have
             the
             least
             desire
             to
             be
             reputed
             honest
             and
             sober
             again
             ,
             and
             admitted
             their
             familiar
             converse
             ,
             (
             without
             which
             ,
             they
             are
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             banished
             into
             exile
             )
             they
             will
             do
             what
             possibly
             lyes
             in
             them
             to
             redeem
             their
             credit
             ,
             and
             merit
             their
             good
             opinion
             ,
             by
             a
             more
             sober
             ,
             honest
             ,
             and
             holy
             demeanour
             :
             the
             disparity
             lyeth
             only
             in
             the
             power
             and
             severity
             of
             the
             agents
             ;
             we
             cannot
             ,
             we
             dot
             not
             ,
             we
             desire
             not
             to
             deliver
             them
             up
             to
             Sathan
             ;
             but
             heartily
             pray
             that
             they
             may
             be
             delivered
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             evill
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             25.
             
          
           
             SEcondly
             ,
             That
             we
             may
             not
             be
             
               infected
            
             by
             them
             ,
             nor
             
               partake
            
             of
             their
             
               sins
               .
            
             It
             is
             a
             true
             Proverb
             ,
             
               Evil
               company
               corrupts
               good
               manners
               :
            
             and
             
               He
               that
               will
               not
               evill
               do
               ,
               must
               keep
               from
               all
               that
               longs
               thereto
               .
            
             To
             be
             safe
             from
             evil
             works
             ,
             is
             to
             avoid
             the
             occasions
             ;
             especially
             ,
             he
             that
             will
             keep
             himself
             from
             iniquity
             ,
             and
             
               have
               no
               fellowship
               with
               the
               unfruitful
               works
               of
               darkness
               ,
            
             must
             have
             no
             fellowship
             with
             wicked
             persons
             ,
             the
             workers
             of
             darknesse
             :
             
               Ioseph
            
             thought
             no
             weapon
             comparable
             ,
             for
             the
             beating
             off
             his
             Mistresses
             assaults
             ,
             to
             running
             away
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             thing
             that
             God
             did
             ,
             after
             he
             created
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             was
             ,
             to
             
               separate
            
             light
             from
             darknesse
             ;
             probably
             to
             ●hew
             ,
             that
             the
             
               good
            
             should
             first
             of
             all
             
               separate
            
             from
             the
             
               evill
               ,
            
             if
             they
             meane
             not
             again
             to
             become
             evil
             .
             It
             is
             not
             more
             hard
             to
             find
             vertue
             in
             evil
             company
             ,
             then
             to
             misse
             vice
             .
             
               They
               were
               mingled
               among
               the
               heathen
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Psalmist
             )
             and
             what
             followes
             ?
             
               they
               learned
               their
               works
               ,
               Ps.
               106.
               35.
               
               Peter
            
             had
             never
             denyed
             and
             forsworn
             his
             Master
             
             if
             he
             had
             not
             been
             in
             company
             with
             
               Christ's
            
             enemies
             :
             but
             then
             how
             soon
             was
             he
             changed
             ?
             Now
             ,
             saith
             one
             ,
             
               If
               such
               a
               Ce●ar
               fell
               ,
               how
               shall
               I
               stand
               ?
            
             I
             will
             not
             therefore
             hazard
             the
             fraile
             potsheard
             (
             my
             fleth
             )
             upon
             the
             rock
             of
             evil
             company
             for
             any
             thing
             .
             
               David
            
             had
             never
             dissembled
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             not
             been
             among
             the
             
               Philistins
               :
            
             which
             made
             him
             after
             (
             that
             he
             might
             wisely
             shun
             that
             occasion
             )
             say
             ,
             
               depart
               from
               m●
               all
               y●
               workers
               of
               iniquity
               ,
               for
               I
               will
               keep
               the
               comman
               lements
               of
               my
               God
               ,
               Psal.
            
             119.
             115.
             intimating
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             otherwise
             :
             nay
             ,
             how
             many
             thousands
             have
             confest
             at
             the
             Gallowes
             ,
             
               I
               had
               never
               come
               to
               this
               but
               for
               evil
               company
               ,
               which
               drew
               me
               to
               these
               courses
               ?
            
             yea
             ,
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             we
             can
             not
             come
             amongst
             these
             vipers
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             stung
             by
             them
             ;
             for
             even
             to
             hear
             them
             speak
             ,
             will
             make
             us
             either
             angry
             ,
             or
             guilty
             ;
             and
             not
             to
             be
             imtempe●ate
             with
             them
             for
             
               company
               ,
            
             is
             a
             great
             discourtesie
             ,
             if
             not
             a
             quarrel
             .
             Many
             a
             man
             had
             been
             
               good
               ,
            
             that
             is
             not
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             but
             kept
             
               good
               company
               .
            
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             pliable
             disposition
             in
             all
             men
             naturally
             to
             evill
             ;
             we
             follow
             it
             ,
             as
             Iron
             doth
             the
             Loadstone
             ,
             by
             a
             natural
             and
             hidden
             propensity
             :
             our
             corrupt
             nature
             is
             like
             fire
             ,
             which
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             any
             infection
             in
             the
             room
             ,
             drawes
             it
             streight
             to
             it self
             :
             or
             like
             Jet
             ,
             which
             omits
             all
             precious
             objects
             ,
             and
             attracts
             nothing
             but
             straws
             and
             dust
             :
             or
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             hath
             both
             good
             and
             bad
             in
             his
             nature
             ,
             either
             of
             them
             will
             fortifie
             ,
             as
             they
             meet
             with
             their
             like
             ;
             or
             decline
             as
             they
             find
             a
             contrary
             :
             as
             
               Sampson
            
             did
             in
             his
             strength
             ,
             who
             ,
             at
             first
             being
             hard
             enough
             for
             all
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             
               Philistins
               ,
            
             at
             last
             ,
             by
             keeping
             
               Dalilah
            
             company
             ,
             they
             set
             a
             boy
             to
             lead
             him
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             suppose
             a
             man
             stands
             indifferent
             ;
             his
             
               company
               ,
            
             whether
             good
             or
             evil
             ,
             will
             work
             him
             into
             a
             new
             nature
             ;
             and
             by
             continuance
             ,
             he
             shall
             grow
             up
             to
             the
             same
             height
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             Hop
             groweth
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             pole
             ,
             be
             it
             never
             so
             high
             ,
             and
             he
             himself
             shall
             do
             the
             like
             to
             others
             ;
             as
             one
             peece
             of
             Iron
             ,
             being
             rub'd
             with
             the
             Loadstone
             ,
             will
             draw
             another
             peece
             ,
             even
             as
             if
             it
             were
             the
             Loadstone
             it self
             .
          
           
             A
             good
             man
             in
             ill
             
               company
            
             is
             like
             a
             precious
             pearl
             ,
             fallen
             into
             the
             mud
             ;
             which
             the
             longer
             it
             lies
             ,
             the
             deeper
             still
             it
             sinks
             into
             it
             :
             for
             ,
             if
             the
             force
             of
             
               custome
               ,
            
             simple
             and
             separate
             be
             great
             ;
             the
             force
             of
             
               custome
               ,
            
             copulate
             ,
             and
             conjoyned
             ,
             and
             collegiate
             ,
             is
             far
             greater
             ;
             for
             their
             example
             teacheth
             ,
             company
             comforteth
             ,
             emulation
             quickneth
             ,
             glory
             raiseth
             :
             so
             as
             in
             such
             places
             the
             force
             of
             
               custome
               ,
            
             is
             in
             her
             exaltation
             :
             which
             made
             the
             mother
             of
             
               Alexander
               ,
            
             the
             twenty
             sixth
             Emperor
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             fo
             careful
             of
             her
             sons
             education
             ,
             that
             she
             kept
             continually
             a
             guard
             of
             men
             to
             take
             heed
             ,
             that
             no
             vicious
             persons
             came
             unto
             him
             ,
             to
             corrupt
             him
             in
             ev●l
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             good
             conceit
             of
             
               Themistocles
               ,
            
             and
             not
             triviall
             ,
             when
             he
             set
             up
             a
             bill
             of
             an
             house
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             to
             let
             ,
             that
             he
             added
             ,
             aye
             ,
             and
             
               there
               be
               good
               neighbours
               too
               :
            
             for
             it
             ●hall
             go
             hard
             ,
             but
             neighbourhood
             will
             somewhat
             mould
             the
             whole
             family
             into
             better
             or
             worse
             ,
             as
             themselves
             are
             .
             The
             sore
             eye
             ,
             we
             know
             ,
             in●ecteth
             the
             so●ne
             :
             and
             they
             that
             sleep
             with
             dogs
             shall
             swarm
             with
             fleacs
             :
             yea
             ,
             a
             mans
             posterity
             after
             him
             ,
             shall
             gain
             ,
             or
             loose
             by
             the
             bargain
             .
             It
             were
             happy
             ,
             〈◊〉
             the
             injury
             of
             a
             wicked
             man
             could
             be
             consined
             to
             his
             own
             bosome
             ;
             that
             he
             〈…〉
             fare
             the
             worse
             for
             his
             sins
             ;
             that
             it
             were
             but
             
               self
               do
               ,
               self
               have
               :
            
             but
             as
             
             his
             lewdness
             ,
             like
             some
             odious
             ●ent
             ,
             is
             diffused
             through
             the
             whole
             room
             ,
             or
             place
             where
             he
             is
             ,
             and
             reacheth
             to
             the
             times
             ,
             upon
             which
             he
             is
             unhappily
             faln
             :
             so
             after
             generations
             are
             the
             worse
             by
             meanes
             of
             him
             .
             An
             ill
             president
             ,
             is
             like
             
               Goodwin
            
             Sands
             ,
             which
             not
             only
             swallowed
             up
             his
             patrimony
             ,
             but
             still
             continues
             a
             dangerous
             place
             ,
             where
             too
             many
             have
             miscarried
             ▪
             He
             is
             a
             very
             mean●
             person
             ,
             that
             drawes
             not
             some
             Clyents
             after
             him
             :
             even
             
               Thewdas
            
             and
             
               Iudas
            
             had
             their
             four
             hundreds
             to
             accompany
             them
             .
             One
             man
             may
             kindle
             such
             a
             fire
             ,
             as
             thousands
             are
             not
             able
             to
             quench
             :
             one
             plague
             sore
             may
             infect
             a
             whole
             nation
             :
             and
             all
             the
             venome
             of
             sin
             is
             not
             spent
             in
             the
             act
             .
          
           
             Sin
             among
             men
             ,
             like
             the
             Murrain
             in
             Cattel
             ,
             or
             scab
             among
             Sheep
             ,
             is
             of
             a
             catching
             and
             
               infectious
            
             quality
             :
             and
             like
             the
             Plague
             or
             L●prosie
             ,
             will
             run
             along
             from
             one
             to
             another
             :
             our
             corrupt
             nature
             is
             like
             tinder
             ,
             which
             is
             kindled
             with
             the
             least
             sparke
             :
             wherefore
             it
             behoves
             us
             to
             avoid
             all
             provoking
             objects
             :
             as
             a
             man
             that
             hath
             Gunpowder
             in
             his
             house
             ,
             keeps
             it
             ●afe
             from
             fire
             :
             and
             well
             were
             it
             for
             us
             ,
             if
             lewd
             ones
             were
             forced
             to
             cry
             ,
             as
             the
             Leper
             in
             
               Israel
               ,
               I
               am
               unclean
               ,
               I
               am
               un●lean
               .
            
          
           
             Every
             thing
             labours
             to
             make
             the
             thing
             it
             meets
             with
             ,
             like
             it self
             ;
             fire
             ,
             converts
             all
             to
             fire
             ;
             aire
             ,
             exiccates
             and
             drawes
             to
             it self
             ;
             water
             ,
             moistens
             and
             resolveth
             what
             it
             meetes
             witha●
             ;
             earth
             ,
             changeth
             all
             that
             we
             commit
             to
             it
             ,
             to
             her
             own
             nature
             .
             Every
             man
             will
             be
             busie
             in
             dispending
             that
             quality
             which
             is
             pr●dominant
             in
             him
             :
             we
             can
             converse
             with
             nothing
             ,
             but
             will
             work
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             unperceived
             stealth
             of
             time
             ,
             assimilate
             us
             to
             it self
             :
             one
             rotten
             Aple
             will
             infect
             a
             whole
             floor
             :
             one
             putrid
             grape
             corrupts
             the
             whole
             sound
             cluster
             .
             The
             
               choice
            
             therefore
             of
             a
             mans
             
               company
               ,
            
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             weighty
             actions
             of
             our
             lives
             ;
             for
             our
             future
             well
             or
             ill
             being
             ,
             depends
             on
             that
             election
             :
             if
             we
             choose
             ill
             ,
             every
             day
             inclines
             us
             to
             worse
             ,
             we
             have
             a
             perpetual
             weight
             hanging
             on
             us
             ,
             that
             is
             ever
             sinking
             us
             down
             to
             vice
             .
          
           
             
               Antisthenes
            
             wondred
             at
             those
             which
             were
             curious
             in
             buying
             but
             an
             earthen
             dish
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             it
             had
             no
             cracks
             ,
             nor
             inconveniences
             ,
             and
             yet
             would
             be
             careless
             in
             the
             
               choice
            
             of
             
               friends
               ,
            
             and
             take
             them
             with
             the
             flawes
             of
             vice
             .
             What
             was
             the
             reason
             (
             think
             we
             )
             that
             our
             Saviour
             would
             not
             suffer
             his
             weak
             Disciple
             ,
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             to
             go
             and
             bury
             his
             dead
             father
             ?
             
               Luk.
            
             9.
             60.
             
             It
             was
             not
             any
             aversenesse
             to
             civil
             ,
             much
             lesse
             filial
             respect
             and
             duty
             to
             Parents
             ;
             yea
             ,
             he
             
               preferred
               mercy
            
             before
             
               sacrifice
               ;
            
             but
             he
             well
             knew
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             once
             met
             with
             his
             carnal
             friends
             at
             the
             funeral
             ,
             they
             would
             pervert
             him
             again
             ,
             and
             quickly
             flout
             him
             out
             of
             his
             new
             Masters
             service
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Gospel
             should
             soon
             loose
             a
             Preacher
             of
             him
             .
             The
             reason
             why
             the
             Raven
             returned
             not
             into
             
               Noahs
            
             Arke
             ,
             as
             the
             Dove
             did
             ,
             is
             given
             by
             some
             ,
             because
             it
             met
             with
             a
             dead
             carkase
             by
             the
             way
             .
          
           
             A
             wise
             man
             will
             be
             wary
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             
               shun
            
             sin
             in
             the
             
               action
               ,
            
             but
             in
             the
             very
             
               occasion
               .
            
             How
             many
             ,
             that
             meant
             not
             to
             sin
             ,
             are
             won
             only
             by
             the
             opportunity
             ?
             for
             
               occasion
            
             and
             our
             
               nature
            
             are
             like
             two
             inordinate
             lovers
             ,
             they
             seldom
             meet
             ▪
             but
             they
             sin
             together
             ,
             and
             every
             act
             of
             sin
             ,
             tyes
             a
             new
             knot
             :
             if
             we
             keep
             them
             asunder
             ,
             the
             harm
             is
             prevented
             :
             and
             it
             is
             easier
             to
             deny
             a
             guest
             at
             first
             ,
             then
             to
             turn
             him
             out
             ,
             having
             stayed
             a
             while
             :
             it
             is
             easier
             to
             keep
             fire
             from
             flax
             ,
             then
             to
             quench
             it
             after
             it
             is
             on
             fire
             :
             a
             man
             may
             spit
             out
             a
             spark
             ,
             but
             when
             once
             kindled
             ,
             there
             
             is
             hardly
             any
             quenching
             of
             it
             .
             Why
             do
             we
             pray
             ,
             
               deliver
               us
               from
               evil
               ,
            
             but
             that
             we
             imply
             ,
             besides
             all
             other
             mischiefes
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             an
             
               infectious
            
             power
             in
             it
             ,
             to
             make
             us
             evil
             ?
             Let
             us
             therefore
             
               do
            
             what
             we
             
               pray
               ,
            
             and
             
               pray
            
             that
             we
             may
             
               do
            
             it
             :
             yea
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             free
             us
             both
             from
             speech
             and
             sight
             of
             these
             bauds
             and
             panders
             of
             vice
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             is
             possible
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             at
             least
             from
             joyning
             in
             league
             ,
             or
             dwelling
             in
             house
             with
             ,
             or
             having
             dependency
             on
             such
             .
          
           
             O
             how
             many
             are
             there
             ,
             that
             ,
             like
             the
             Pine-tree
             ,
             with
             their
             very
             shadow
             ,
             hinder
             all
             other
             plants
             from
             growing
             under
             them
             :
             or
             ,
             like
             the
             great
             mountain
             
               Radish
               ,
            
             which
             ,
             if
             it
             bee
             planted
             neer
             the
             Vine
             ,
             causeth
             it
             to
             starve
             and
             wither
             away
             ?
             Alass
             !
             it
             is
             nothing
             to
             be
             godly
             in
             
               Abraham's
            
             house
             :
             but
             for
             a
             man
             
               to
               dwell
               in
               the
               tents
               of
               Kedar
               ,
            
             or
             to
             live
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Sardanapalus
               ;
            
             and
             yet
             to
             keep
             himself
             upright
             ,
             is
             a
             matter
             of
             great
             difficulty
             ,
             especially
             ,
             for
             him
             that
             is
             not
             well
             rooted
             by
             time
             and
             experience
             .
             A
             sore
             new
             skind
             will
             fret
             off
             again
             ,
             with
             the
             least
             rubbing
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             very
             sight
             of
             evill
             is
             dangerous
             ,
             to
             such
             an
             one
             ;
             lusting
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             followes
             looking
             ;
             as
             wee
             see
             in
             
               Eve
               ,
               Gen.
            
             3.
             6.
             and
             
               David
               2
               Sam.
            
             11.
             2
             ,
             3.
             which
             makes
             
               Salomon
            
             speaking
             of
             a
             strange
             woman
             ,
             advise
             us
             to
             keep
             far
             from
             her
             ,
             and
             not
             once
             come
             neer
             the
             door
             of
             her
             house
             ,
             
               Prov.
            
             5.
             8.
             
             It
             is
             a
             hard
             matter
             for
             that
             soul
             ,
             not
             to
             fall
             into
             those
             vices
             ,
             unto
             which
             the
             eyes
             and
             the
             eares
             are
             enured
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             love
             ,
             but
             custome
             ,
             we
             fall
             into
             some
             offences
             .
          
           
             We
             read
             that
             
               Persina
               ,
            
             that
             
               Ethiopian
            
             Queen
             ,
             in
             
               Heliodorus
               ,
            
             by
             seeing
             a
             faire
             picture
             of
             
               Perseus
            
             and
             
               Andromeda
               ,
            
             was
             brought
             to
             ●ed
             of
             a
             faire
             white
             child
             ;
             whereas
             Pope
             
               Nicholas
            
             the
             third's
             Concubine
             ,
             by
             seeing
             of
             a
             Beare
             ,
             was
             brought
             to
             bed
             of
             a
             Monster
             .
             I
             am
             sure
             this
             is
             true
             in
             the
             morall
             of
             it
             ;
             which
             should
             make
             us
             equally
             love
             good
             company
             ,
             and
             hate
             evil
             .
             I
             know
             there
             be
             in
             every
             place
             whole
             troops
             of
             evil
             persons
             ;
             and
             where
             there
             are
             many
             pots
             boyling
             ,
             there
             cannot
             but
             be
             much
             scum
             :
             so
             that
             a
             man
             shall
             find
             it
             ,
             either
             impossible
             ,
             or
             hard
             ,
             never
             to
             be
             amongst
             them
             ,
             or
             shift
             off
             their
             solicitations
             .
             Wherefore
             if
             at
             any
             time
             (
             as
             no
             flie
             is
             more
             importunate
             )
             they
             ●hrust
             themselves
             into
             thy
             conversation
             ,
             doe
             as
             those
             which
             must
             necessarily
             passe
             by
             a
             carrion
             in
             the
             way
             ;
             hold
             thy
             breath
             ,
             be
             alone
             in
             a
             multitude
             ,
             abhor
             to
             participate
             with
             them
             in
             their
             vices
             ,
             and
             hasten
             to
             be
             out
             of
             their
             aire
             ,
             as
             
               P●ter
            
             did
             out
             of
             the
             high
             Priests
             hall
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             
               Christ
            
             looked
             upon
             him
             :
             and
             if
             they
             yet
             follow
             thee
             ,
             turn
             back
             to
             them
             ,
             with
             the
             Angels
             ●arewel
             ,
             
               increpet
               〈◊〉
               Dominus
               .
            
             And
             lastly
             ,
             if
             by
             chance
             ,
             with
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             thou
             hast
             taken
             the
             least
             soyl
             ,
             or
             infection
             from
             these
             poysoned
             and
             pitchy
             Links
             ,
             be
             sure
             to
             scrape
             or
             brush
             it
             off
             thy
             soul
             again
             ,
             by
             prayer
             ,
             examination
             ,
             and
             humiliation
             :
             as
             they
             that
             come
             out
             of
             infected
             houses
             ,
             aire
             ,
             or
             wash
             their
             garments
             ,
             for
             the
             more
             safety
             ,
             Thus
             did
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             not
             without
             cause
             ,
             not
             without
             benefit
             and
             commodity
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             26.
             
          
           
             IT
             is
             true
             ,
             they
             will
             perswade
             us
             ;
             that
             instead
             of
             being
             infected
             ,
             we
             may
             
               gain
            
             by
             their
             
               company
               ;
            
             and
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             true
             Crystal
             may
             touch
             the
             Toade
             without
             being
             poysoned
             ;
             that
             the
             Diamond
             will
             lye
             in
             the
             fire
             ,
             witho●t
             being
             consumed
             ;
             that
             fish
             may
             live
             in
             salt
             waters
             ,
             and
             yet
             retain
             a
             fresh
             tast
             ;
             that
             though
             rust
             will
             fret
             into
             the
             hardest
             steel
             ,
             yet
             it
             doth
             not
             eate
             into
             the
             Eme●al●
             ;
             that
             though
             the
             Load-stone
             draweth
             Iron
             after
             it
             ,
             yet
             it
             cannot
             stir
             Gold
             ,
             
             nor
             the
             Jet
             steel
             ,
             though
             it
             doth
             straw
             ;
             that
             though
             the
             Sun
             hardens
             clay
             ▪
             yet
             it
             so
             tens
             wax
             ;
             that
             if
             a
             Ship
             hath
             a
             sure
             A●c●or
             ,
             it
             may
             lye
             safe
             anywhere
             ▪
             neither
             is
             it
             absolutely
             unlawfull
             for
             us
             to
             keep
             them
             company
             ,
             seeing
             
               Christ
            
             kept
             company
             with
             
               Publicans
            
             and
             sinners
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             Here
             are
             good
             words
             ,
             but
             no
             security
             ;
             which
             therefore
             an
             experi●nced
             man
             gives
             the
             hearing
             of
             ,
             but
             stands
             (
             the
             while
             )
             upon
             his
             own
             guard
             .
             No
             charity
             binds
             us
             to
             a
             trust
             of
             those
             whom
             we
             have
             found
             faithl●sse
             .
             Credu●ity
             upon
             weak
             grounds
             ,
             after
             palpable
             disappointments
             ,
             is
             the
             daughter
             of
             fol●
             .
             He
             that
             hath
             once
             broken
             his
             faith
             ,
             will
             not
             easily
             be
             t●usted
             .
             I
             know
             Physitians
             may
             converse
             with
             Leprous
             pe●sons
             ,
             uninfected
             ;
             but
             then
             they
             must
             have
             stronger
             Antidotes
             ,
             then
             their
             natures
             give
             them
             ,
             or
             else
             themselves
             shall
             stand
             in
             the
             same
             need
             ,
             and
             of
             Physitians
             become
             Patients
             ,
             and
             need
             Physick
             :
             ●o
             that
             may
             be
             lawfull
             ,
             in
             a
             sage
             and
             stayed
             person
             ,
             which
             is
             unfit
             for
             an
             ungovern'd
             eye
             once
             to
             looke
             upon
             .
             We
             read
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             19.
             17.
             that
             
               Lot
            
             and
             his
             wife
             ,
             were
             forbidden
             to
             look
             back
             at
             the
             destruction
             of
             
               So●om
               ;
            
             when
             to
             
               Abraham
            
             it
             was
             left
             at
             large
             ,
             and
             without
             restraint
             ,
             he
             being
             a
             man
             of
             better
             ru●ed
             affections
             .
             Again
             .
             I
             know
             the
             Devil
             cannot
             hurt
             me
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             God
             is
             with
             me
             :
             as
             the
             best
             Load-stone
             cannot
             draw
             Iron
             unto
             it
             ,
             if
             the
             Diamond
             be
             by
             :
             yea
             ,
             the
             very
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             thought
             that
             he
             looketh
             on
             ,
             as
             one
             spake
             of
             grave
             
               Cato
               ,
            
             will
             keep
             a
             man
             from
             yeilding
             to
             their
             temptations
             ,
             as
             it
             did
             
               Ioseph
               ,
            
             touching
             his
             Mistrisses
             allurements
             :
             and
             that
             faith
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             no
             coward
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             ever
             victorious
             :
             what
             then
             ?
             Though
             faith
             be
             confident
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             impudent
             ;
             it
             knowes
             a
             guard
             of
             
               Angels
               will
               keep
               us
               in
               all
               our
               wayes
               ,
            
             but
             not
             in
             our
             wandrings
             :
             though
             it
             may
             be
             lawful
             to
             come
             among
             them
             ,
             yet
             wisdom
             
               forbears
            
             some
             
               lawful
            
             things
             ,
             because
             they
             may
             be
             
               occasions
            
             of
             things
             
               unlawful
               .
            
             He
             that
             abstaines
             from
             nothing
             that
             is
             l●wful
             ,
             will
             soon
             be
             brought
             to
             ●lo
             that
             which
             is
             unlawful
             .
             The
             note
             which
             comes
             too
             neer
             in
             the
             Ma●gent
             ,
             will
             skip
             into
             the
             Text
             ,
             at
             the
             next
             impression
             .
             He
             that
             will
             go
             as
             ne●r
             the
             ditch
             as
             he
             can
             ,
             will
             at
             some
             time
             or
             other
             fall
             in
             .
             He
             that
             will
             do
             all
             that
             he
             may
             ,
             will
             sometimes
             do
             what
             he
             ought
             not
             .
             It
             is
             hard
             for
             the
             b●st
             man
             to
             say
             ●how
             far
             he
             will
             be
             tempted
             .
             If
             a
             man
             will
             put
             himself
             among
             
               Philistins
               ,
            
             hee
             cannot
             promise
             to
             come
             forth
             innocent
             ;
             or
             if
             he
             do
             ,
             that
             soul
             which
             lives
             among
             thornes
             ,
             shall
             hardly
             thrive
             in
             Grace
             .
             How
             many
             have
             fallen
             into
             a
             fa●hion
             of
             swearing
             ,
             scoffing
             ,
             drinking
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             usual
             practise
             of
             others
             :
             as
             ●hose
             that
             live
             in
             an
             ill
             ayre
             ,
             are
             infected
             with
             disea●es
             ?
             A
             man
             may
             passe
             ●hrough
             
               Ethiopia
            
             unchanged
             ,
             but
             he
             cannot
             dwell
             there
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             di●colou●ed
             .
             When
             once
             a
             man
             gives
             himself
             over
             to
             be
             the
             companion
             of
             vice
             ,
             in
             the
             ●nd
             he
             becomes
             the
             very
             slave
             of
             vice
             .
             The
             Oxe
             being
             tyed
             to
             the
             Figg-tree
             ,
             ●ooseth
             his
             strength
             .
             Many
             strokes
             overthrow
             the
             strongest
             Oke
             .
             Many
             drops
             of
             raine
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             soft
             ,
             pierce
             the
             hardest
             Marble
             ,
             yea
             ,
             even
             the
             slint
             ●one
             .
             And
             let
             graces
             be
             never
             so
             well
             fixt
             in
             a
             mans
             heart
             ,
             yet
             ●e
             may
             ●oon
             ●ave
             them
             consumed
             and
             wasted
             this
             way
             ,
             if
             he
             take
             not
             heed
             :
             as
             S●ow
             and
             Ice
             ●annot
             be
             so
             hard
             congealed
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             melt
             ,
             if
             they
             come
             to
             the
             fire
             .
             And
             ●ttle
             do
             our
             peremptory
             resolvers
             in
             this
             case
             know
             ,
             or
             confide
             ,
             〈◊〉
             the
             insi●●●ative
             power
             of
             evil
             ,
             or
             the
             treachery
             of
             t●●ir
             own
             hearts
             ,
             in
             receiving
             it
             ,
             or
             〈◊〉
             importunity
             of
             wicked
             deceivers
             ,
             in
             ob●uding
             it
             :
             they
             are
             the
             worse
             〈…〉
          
           
           
             An
             Egg
             covered
             with
             salt
             (
             as
             Philosophers
             teach
             )
             hath
             the
             meate
             of
             it
             deleli
             consumed
             ,
             whilst
             the
             shell
             is
             whole
             .
             And
             we
             reade
             of
             many
             Towns
             ,
             which
             hav●●
             in
             time
             been
             undermined
             ,
             even
             with
             the
             most
             impotent
             and
             weake
             Creatures●
             as
             one
             in
             
               Spaine
               ,
            
             with
             Con●yes
             ;
             in
             
               Thessalia
            
             with
             Moles
             ;
             in
             
               France
            
             wit●
             Frogs
             ;
             in
             
               Africa
            
             with
             Flies
             .
          
           
             Many
             an
             one
             receives
             poyson
             ,
             and
             knowes
             not
             when
             he
             took
             it
             .
             Many
             breat●
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             like
             men
             sleeping
             in
             a
             boate
             ,
             are
             carried
             down
             the
             stream
             ,
             even
             〈◊〉
             ●their
             
               〈◊〉
               ,
            
             without
             waking
             ,
             to
             think
             where
             they
             are
             .
          
           
             No
             man
             proves
             extreamly
             evil
             on
             the
             sudden
             :
             through
             many
             insensible
             d●●clinations
             do
             we
             fall
             from
             vertue
             .
             Sathan's
             agents
             are
             still
             scattering
             his
             〈◊〉
             darts
             ,
             among
             the
             Army
             of
             
               Israel
               ;
            
             and
             when
             they
             light
             upon
             wood
             ,
             they
             kindle
             ;
             when
             upon
             fl●x
             ,
             they
             flam●
             ;
             when
             upon
             gunpowder
             ,
             they
             blow
             up
             all
             They
             therefore
             that
             lov●
             such
             intricate
             and
             perplexed
             walkes
             ,
             had
             need
             of
             ●ron
             shoes
             .
          
           
             T●ue
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             
               Christ
            
             conve●sed
             and
             kept
             
               company
            
             with
             
               Publicans
            
             and
             sinners
             (
             as
             the
             Physitian
             with
             the
             sick
             )
             to
             heale
             their
             soules
             :
             neither
             did
             the●
             make
             him
             
               worse
               ,
            
             but
             he
             made
             them
             
               better
               :
            
             but
             as
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             with●out
             the
             level
             or
             temptation
             ;
             and
             so
             is
             no
             gene●al
             war●nt
             .
             I
             will
             therefore
             no●
             only
             
               shun
               evil
               ,
            
             but
             the
             
               means
            
             to
             come
             to
             i●
             ;
             an●
             to
             avoid
             hurt
             ,
             I
             will
             〈◊〉
             my
             selt
             out
             of
             ●hot
             :
             n●ither
             will
             I
             presume
             ,
             being
             but
             a
             man
             ,
             to
             follow
             my
             master
             in
             that
             which
             he
             did
             as
             God
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             many
             are
             so
             presumptuous
             of
             their
             strength
             ,
             that
             they
             think
             they
             can
             come
             in
             any
             company
             ,
             and
             yet
             come
             of
             clear
             :
             but
             he
             which
             comes
             to
             save
             one
             drowning
             ,
             must
             be
             stronger
             then
             the
             other
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             will
             be
             drowned
             himself
             .
          
           
             
               Pliny
            
             reports
             ,
             that
             a
             Family
             neare
             
               Rome
            
             would
             go
             upon
             live
             coles
             withou●
             being
             burnt
             :
             had
             it
             hereupon
             been
             necessary
             for
             others
             to
             put
             the
             same
             in
             practise
             ?
             no
             ,
             neither
             is
             it
             necessary
             for
             us
             to
             do
             that
             herein
             which
             our
             Saviour
             did
             Our
             min●s
             have
             not
             that
             ballast
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             his
             ●ad
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             sooner
             endangered
             ,
             by
             the
             floods
             of
             wickedness
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             wher●as
             they
             object
             :
             that
             we
             may
             
               gaine
            
             by
             their
             
               company
               :
            
             I
             confesse
             it
             possible
             ,
             for
             even
             t●e
             most
             venomous
             and
             ●a●nous
             things
             that
             are
             ▪
             have
             their
             commodi●es
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             annoyances
             :
             And
             the
             Cocke
             by
             scraping
             in
             a
             dungnill
             ,
             did
             once
             find
             a
             Jewel
             :
             
               Virgil
            
             from
             
               Enniu's
            
             dunge
             did
             Gold
             extract
             :
             and
             Apoth●caries
             of
             Vipe
             s
             flesh
             can
             make
             an
             An●idote
             against
             poyson
             :
             an
             Harlots
             tace
             may
             suggest
             〈◊〉
             :
             and
             a
             s●●ul
             sureset
             may
             prove
             an
             Antidore
             for
             sin
             :
             yea
             ,
             as
             external
             cold
             kindles
             the
             heate
             or
             the
             stomack
             :
             so
             we
             find
             it
             reco●ded
             in
             holy
             Writ
             ,
             that
             some
             ,
             by
             a
             spiritual
             
               Ant
               p●●ist●●sis
               ,
            
             have
             grown
             horter
             in
             their
             z●ale
             ,
             by
             being
             encompassed
             with
             the
             outward
             cold
             o●
             Wicked
             and
             irreligious
             company
             :
             like
             Roses
             and
             Lillies
             ,
             which
             flourish
             the
             more
             for
             being
             beset
             with
             T●●nes
             :
             and
             Violets
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             sweeter
             and
             more
             od●ri●erous
             ▪
             for
             being
             beset
             with
             Garlick
             and
             Onie●s
             ;
             for
             as
             much
             as
             they
             suck
             and
             draw
             all
             the
             ill
             ●avours
             of
             the
             ground
             unto
             them
             .
             Thus
             it
             fa●●
             with
             
               Lot
               ,
            
             who
             served
             God
             better
             among
             the
             beastly
             
               Sod●●tes
               ,
            
             then
             when
             he
             was
             separated
             ●●om
             them
             .
             And
             some
             others
             there
             are
             no
             doubt
             ,
             who
             ,
             as
             they
             owe
             not
             this
             ●●
             to
             themselves
             ,
             so
             they
             are
             more
             for
             wonder
             ,
             then
             imitation
             .
             For
             〈…〉
             found
             a
             guard
             in
             the
             Lyons
             Den
             ,
             shall
             another
             thrust
             himself
             t●●reinto
             for
             
             ●●elter
             ?
             And
             if
             
               Peter
            
             walkt
             upon
             the
             pavement
             of
             the
             water
             ,
             did
             the
             rest
             of
             t●●●●sciples
             step
             forth
             and
             follow
             him
             ?
             No
             .
          
           
             
               Ob.
            
             But
             say
             some
             .
             By
             keeping
             them
             
               company
            
             we
             may
             
               winne
            
             them
             ,
             and
             hap●ily
             
               convert
            
             their
             soules
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             I
             answer
             .
             Hope
             not
             so
             much
             to
             
               convert
            
             them
             ;
             as
             fear
             that
             they
             will
             
               ●ervert
            
             thee
             ,
             for
             vertue
             is
             not
             so
             alluring
             as
             vice
             :
             the
             one
             spreads
             it self
             ,
             like
             ●oyson
             in
             a
             vessel
             ;
             the
             other
             is
             not
             half
             so
             dispersive
             .
             Sin
             ,
             and
             
               Hagar
               ,
            
             are
             more
             ●ruitful
             then
             vertue
             and
             
               Sara●
               :
            
             fal●hood
             ,
             more
             successeful
             then
             t●uth
             .
             The
             ●ore
             eye
             infecteth
             the
             sound
             :
             the
             sound
             will
             not
             mend
             the
             sore
             .
             Vinegar
             will
             ●ar
             w●ne
             ;
             wine
             will
             not
             mend
             vinegar
             ,
             Infection
             is
             sp●eading
             and
             catching
             :
             ●ealth
             is
             not
             so
             .
             An
             hund●ed
             sound
             pe●sons
             shall
             sooner
             catch
             the
             plague
             ,
             from
             one
             infected
             person
             ;
             then
             he
             receive
             his
             h●alth
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             
               Salomon
            
             that
             wonder
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             might
             think
             by
             joyning
             in
             affinity
             with
             his
             neighbour
             Princes
             ,
             and
             marrying
             their
             Daughters
             ,
             to
             win
             those
             Heathens
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             :
             but
             he
             was
             deceived
             ,
             fo●
             he
             could
             do
             no
             good
             upon
             them
             ;
             they
             wrought
             him
             too
             much
             evil
             .
             And
             doth
             not
             experience
             teach
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             good
             are
             sooner
             perverted
             by
             the
             bad
             ,
             then
             the
             bad
             converted
             by
             the
             good
             ?
             even
             as
             a
             tainted
             ayre
             doth
             more
             easily
             infect
             a
             sound
             body
             ,
             then
             an
             wholesome
             can
             clear
             the
             sick
             .
          
           
             We
             reade
             of
             certain
             Magnetical
             ,
             or
             Adamantine
             Rockes
             ,
             in
             the
             Iles
             of
             
               Moni●le
               ,
            
             which
             draw
             all
             ships
             u●to
             them
             ,
             that
             have
             any
             Iron
             pinnes
             ,
             holding
             them
             so
             fast
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             able
             to
             sti●
             :
             evil
             society
             ,
             are
             such
             Rockes
             ;
             holy
             men
             ,
             the
             ships
             ;
             naturall
             and
             inbred
             corruption
             ,
             the
             Iron
             pinnes
             :
             he
             that
             will
             be
             safe
             ,
             let
             him
             ke●p
             far
             enough
             from
             such
             Rocks
             .
          
           
             A
             good
             man
             ,
             joyned
             in
             l●ague
             with
             one
             that
             is
             wicked
             ;
             is
             like
             a
             living
             man
             ,
             bound
             to
             a
             dead
             corps
             ,
             which
             will
             sooner
             suffocate
             him
             ,
             then
             he
             revive
             that
             :
             or
             ,
             like
             an
             I
             sickle
             ,
             can
             endure
             the
             rough
             northern
             wind
             of
             persecution
             well
             enough
             ,
             but
             melteth
             wi●●
             the
             heate
             of
             the
             S●n
             ,
             swee●
             allurements
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             flesh
             .
             The
             children
             of
             God
             are
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             dead
             〈…〉
             l●sts
             ;
             but
             if
             they
             should
             tempt
             God
             ,
             by
             a
             too
             familiar
             society
             with
             the
             vicious
             ;
             who
             knowes
             ,
             but
             as
             live
             coles
             will
             kindle
             dead
             ones
             ;
             so
             their
             evil
             speeches
             and
             actions
             may
             kindle
             and
             enflame
             them
             with
             the
             love
             and
             liking
             of
             〈◊〉
             ?
             Indeed
             ,
             as
             one
             said
             to
             his
             suppliant
             ,
             
               make
               me
               a
               Diviner
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               make
               thee
               rich
               :
            
             so
             may
             a
             good
             man
             say
             to
             a
             vicious
             ;
             make
             me
             Angelicall
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             incapable
             of
             being
             seduced
             ,
             and
             I
             'le
             do
             my
             best
             to
             make
             thee
             a
             Convert
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             27.
             
          
           
             THirdly
             .
             Our
             
               entirenesse
            
             with
             wicked
             men
             
               ●●osses
            
             us
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             their
             
               sins
               ,
            
             but
             oftentimes
             in
             their
             
               punishments
            
             also
             ;
             as
             it
             fared
             with
             the
             36.
             men
             which
             were
             slain
             before
             
               Aye
               ,
            
             for
             
               Achan's
            
             sake
             ,
             
               Ioshua
            
             7.
             where
             we
             see
             the
             innocencie
             of
             so
             many
             thousand
             
               Israchtes
            
             was
             not
             so
             prevalent
             ,
             to
             expiate
             his
             one
             sin
             ;
             as
             his
             one
             sin
             was
             ,
             to
             taint
             and
             bring
             judgment
             upon
             all
             
               Israel
               .
            
             If
             the
             Stork
             be
             taken
             damagefeceant
             with
             the
             Cranes
             ,
             ●he
             is
             enwrapped
             in
             the
             same
             net
             ,
             and
             cannot
             complain
             that
             she
             is
             surprised
             .
             
               He
               that
               walketh
               with
               the
               wise
            
             (
             saith
             
               Salomon
               )
               shall
               be
               wise
               ;
               but
               a
               companion
               of
               fools
               ,
               shall
               be
               afflicted
               ,
               Pro.
            
             13.
             20.
             
             This
             
               Augustine
            
             well
             observes
             ,
             speaking
             of
             the
             religious
             ,
             taken
             amongst
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               Gothes
               ,
               Iure
               amara●
               vitam
               sentire
               ,
               quia
               
               ●●cantibus
               amari
               esse
               nolu●runt
               .
            
             And
             hereupon
             
               Moses
            
             separates
             
               Israel
            
             from
             
               ●orah
               ,
               Dathan
               ,
            
             and
             
               Abiram
               ,
            
             saying
             ,
             
               depart
               from
               the
               Tents
               of
               these
               wicked
               men
               ,
               and
               touch
               nothing
               of
               theirs
               ;
               least
               ye
               perish
               with
               them
               ;
               Num.
            
             16.
             26.
             
             And
             doth
             not
             God
             himself
             say
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             touching
             
               Babylon
               ,
               Go
               out
               of
               her
               ,
               my
               people
               ,
               that
               ye
               be
               not
               partaker
               of
               her
               sins
               ,
               and
               that
               ye
               receive
               not
               of
               her
               plagues
               ?
               Rev.
            
             18.
             4.
             
             Where
             
               sin
            
             is
             let
             in
             ,
             
               punishment
            
             will
             not
             be
             kept
             out
             .
             Yea
             ,
             if
             
               Lot
            
             had
             stayed
             in
             
               Sodom
               ,
            
             he
             had
             been
             destroyed
             :
             if
             his
             Sons
             would
             have
             gone
             out
             ,
             they
             had
             every
             man
             escaped
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             ,
             we
             cannot
             be
             too
             far
             off
             from
             such
             company
             ;
             and
             it
             were
             happy
             if
             they
             were
             kept
             by
             themselves
             ;
             for
             so
             long
             as
             the
             infected
             person
             is
             shut
             up
             ,
             his
             plague
             doth
             not
             spread
             .
             And
             besides
             the
             benefit
             of
             our
             safety
             ,
             wickedness
             would
             soon
             be
             ashamed
             of
             it self
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             for
             the
             encouragement
             of
             companions
             .
             Solitariness
             is
             the
             fittest
             Antidote
             for
             spiritual
             infection
             .
             It
             were
             happy
             for
             the
             wicked
             man
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             be
             separated
             from
             himself
             .
             
               Antisthenes
            
             would
             often
             say
             ,
             
               It
               was
               a
               great
               oversight
               ,
               sithence
               they
               purged
               their
               Wheat
               from
               Darnel
               ,
               and
               their
               warres
               from
               cowardly
               Souldiers
               ,
               that
               they
               purged
               not
               their
               common
               wealth
               from
               lewd
               and
               wicked
               people
               .
            
          
           
             Or
             if
             our
             persons
             escape
             scot-free
             ,
             yet
             we
             may
             
               suffer
            
             in
             our
             
               estates
               ,
            
             and
             be
             crost
             in
             our
             most
             weighty
             
               designes
            
             and
             
               determinations
               ,
            
             only
             for
             joyning
             in
             league
             or
             
               friendship
            
             with
             Gods
             enemies
             .
             
               Because
               thou
               hast
               joyned
               thy self
               with
               Abaziah
            
             (
             saith
             
               Eleazar
               to
               Iehosaphat
               )
               the
               Lord
               hath
               broken
               thy
               works
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Ships
             were
             broken
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             not
             able
             to
             go
             to
             
               Tarshish
               ,
               2
               Chro.
            
             20.
             37.
             
          
           
             But
             admit
             they
             can
             not
             
               infeoffe
            
             us
             ,
             eitheir
             in
             their
             
               sin
            
             or
             
               punishment
               :
            
             yet
             their
             
               society
            
             will
             be
             a
             shrewd
             
               vexation
            
             to
             us
             .
             As
             let
             a
             religious
             man
             fall
             into
             their
             company
             ,
             as
             an
             honest
             man
             may
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             theeves
             ,
             they
             will
             conspire
             how
             to
             
               afflict
            
             his
             eyes
             ,
             with
             unchast
             visions
             ;
             his
             ears
             ,
             with
             fearful
             oaths
             ,
             his
             unwilling
             appetite
             ,
             with
             drunken
             healths
             ;
             which
             even
             a
             civilized
             Pagan
             would
             abhor
             .
             We
             read
             that
             
               Clitemachus
            
             the
             wrestler
             (
             though
             a
             great
             company
             keeper
             ,
             yet
             )
             if
             he
             had
             heard
             but
             one
             filthy
             word
             ,
             would
             presently
             depart
             .
             How
             was
             just
             
               Lot
            
             vexed
             with
             the
             uncleanly
             conversation
             of
             his
             wicked
             neighbou●s
             ?
             
               Sodom
            
             was
             worse
             then
             a
             Jaile
             to
             his
             righteous
             soule
             :
             and
             report
             lyes
             ,
             if
             our
             Jailes
             be
             not
             much
             like
             to
             
               Sodom
               ,
            
             the
             very
             dens
             of
             mischiefe
             ,
             the
             Scholes
             of
             wickednesse
             :
             a
             Malefactor
             learns
             more
             vilany
             there
             ,
             then
             ever
             he
             knew
             before
             :
             drunkenness
             and
             blasphemy
             ,
             usurpe
             the
             place
             of
             mortification
             and
             humility
             .
          
           
             Or
             lastly
             ,
             if
             their
             
               society
            
             be
             not
             a
             
               vexation
            
             to
             our
             
               minds
               ;
            
             at
             least
             it
             will
             be
             a
             great
             
               disparagement
            
             to
             our
             
               names
               :
            
             every
             one
             will
             conclude
             ,
             almost
             infallibly
             ,
             such
             as
             our
             
               company
            
             is
             ,
             such
             is
             our
             disposition
             .
             The
             common
             Proverb
             is
             ,
             
               like
               will
               to
               like
               .
            
             And
             ,
             
               Birds
               of
               a
               feather
               ,
               will
               flock
               together
               .
            
             When
             
               Iephthah
            
             was
             himself
             in
             banishment
             ,
             there
             gathered
             to
             him
             idle
             follows
             ,
             such
             as
             himself
             ,
             
               Iudges
            
             11.
             3.
             
             When
             
               David
            
             was
             in
             trouble
             ,
             and
             vexed
             in
             minde
             himself
             ,
             their
             flockt
             unto
             him
             all
             those
             that
             were
             in
             trouble
             ,
             vexed
             in
             mind
             ,
             or
             that
             were
             in
             debt
             ,
             even
             four
             hundred
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             the
             Cave
             of
             
               Adullam
               ,
               1
               Sa.
            
             22.
             2.
             
             Yea
             ,
             our
             Saviour
             meets
             no
             less
             then
             ten
             Lepers
             in
             one
             knot
             .
             Fellowship
             is
             that
             we
             all
             naturally
             affect
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             in
             Leprosie
             ;
             even
             Lepers
             will
             flock
             to
             their
             fellows
             .
             
             where
             shall
             we
             find
             one
             spiritual
             leper
             alone
             ?
             drunkards
             ,
             prophene
             persons
             ,
             hereticks
             ,
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             consort
             with
             their
             matches
             .
             And
             hereupon
             the
             
               Lacedaemonians
               ,
            
             when
             they
             would
             certainly
             be
             informed
             ,
             what
             the
             disposition
             and
             behaviour
             of
             any
             one
             was
             ,
             vvould
             vvisely
             inquire
             vvith
             vvhat
             persons
             ,
             they
             vvere
             linked
             in
             fellowship
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             he
             that
             makes
             himself
             a
             companion
             of
             all
             ,
             sells
             his
             reputation
             very
             cheape
             :
             it
             being
             as
             great
             an
             indecorum
             ,
             for
             a
             holy
             Christian
             to
             be
             in
             the
             company
             of
             gracelesse
             persons
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             for
             a
             reverend
             Divine
             to
             sit
             upon
             the
             Stage
             in
             a
             publike
             Threator
             ;
             or
             an
             old
             man
             to
             dance
             with
             little
             children
             in
             the
             streets
             .
          
           
             
               Base
               company
            
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             
               kills
               both
               our
               fame
               ,
               and
               our
               soules
               :
            
             it
             gives
             us
             wounds
             ,
             which
             will
             never
             admit
             of
             healing
             .
             How
             many
             have
             irrecoverably
             lost
             their
             good
             names
             ,
             by
             keeping
             company
             with
             suspected
             persons
             ?
             and
             whether
             the
             report
             be
             true
             or
             false
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             easie
             thing
             to
             disprove
             a
             slander
             ,
             for
             like
             an
             unruly
             spirit
             once
             raised
             ,
             't
             is
             hard
             to
             conjure
             down
             again
             .
             A
             mans
             good
             name
             is
             much
             easier
             kept
             ,
             then
             recovered
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             you
             see
             ,
             that
             evil
             
               company
               endangers
            
             our
             
               soules
               :
            
             or
             could
             our
             soules
             be
             free
             ,
             yet
             our
             
               persons
            
             are
             in
             
               danger
               ;
            
             or
             could
             our
             soules
             and
             persons
             both
             be
             safe
             ,
             yet
             our
             
               estates
            
             are
             in
             
               jeobardy
               ,
            
             or
             could
             our
             souls
             ,
             bodies
             and
             estates
             be
             secure
             ,
             yet
             our
             
               fame
            
             would
             
               suffer
               ,
            
             and
             our
             
               good
               name
            
             lye
             at
             the
             stake
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             §.
             28.
             
          
           
             FOurthly
             .
             But
             admit
             we
             could
             keep
             them
             company
             without
             harm
             ;
             yet
             this
             inconvenience
             would
             ensue
             ,
             their
             
               company
            
             would
             bereave
             us
             of
             much
             
               good
               ,
            
             which
             otherwise
             we
             should
             enjoy
             ,
             being
             alone
             ;
             it
             faring
             with
             the
             godly
             wise
             ,
             as
             with
             Saint
             
               Ambrose
               ,
            
             who
             was
             wont
             to
             say
             ,
             
               I
               am
               never
               lesse
               alone
               ,
               then
               when
               I
               am
               all
               alone
               ,
               for
               then
               I
               can
               enjoy
               the
               presence
               of
               my
               God
               without
               interruption
               .
            
             They
             are
             able
             to
             say
             ,
             as
             
               Dubartus
               ,
            
             and
             (
             before
             him
             )
             
               Scipio
               ,
               I
               have
               never
               better
               company
               ,
               then
               when
               I
               have
               no
               company
               ,
               for
               then
               can
               I
               freely
               entertain
               my
               own
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               converse
               with
               all
               the
               learned
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               in
               former
               ages
               .
            
          
           
             
               Antisthenes
            
             being
             asked
             what
             fruit
             he
             had
             reaped
             of
             all
             his
             study
             ?
             made
             answer
             ,
             
               I
               have
               learned
               by
               it
               ,
               both
               to
               live
               ,
               and
               walk
               with
               my selfe
               .
            
             And
             
               Alphonsus
            
             King
             of
             
               Arragon
            
             being
             demanded
             ,
             what
             company
             he
             liked
             best
             ?
             replyed
             ,
             
               Bookes
               ,
               for
               these
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               without
               feare
               ,
               or
               flattery
               ,
               or
               any
               reward
               ,
               tell
               me
               faithfully
               all
               that
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               .
               Cicero
            
             was
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             of
             his
             mind
             ,
             and
             though
             I
             be
             no
             Hermit
             ,
             to
             sit
             away
             my
             daies
             in
             a
             dull
             Cell
             ,
             yet
             will
             I
             choose
             ,
             rather
             to
             have
             no
             companion
             then
             a
             bad
             one
             .
          
           
             When
             
               Cato
               Utican
               ,
            
             in
             vacation
             times
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             best
             leasure
             ,
             went
             to
             recreate
             himself
             in
             the
             country
             ,
             he
             used
             to
             cary
             with
             him
             the
             best
             Philosophers
             ,
             and
             choisest
             bookes
             .
             
               Algerius
            
             an
             
               Italian
            
             Martyr
             said
             ,
             
               He
               had
               rather
               be
               in
               prison
               with
            
             Cato
             ,
             
               then
               with
            
             Caesar
             
               in
               the
               Senate
               house
               :
            
             so
             was
             it
             more
             comfortable
             ,
             to
             be
             with
             
               Philpot
            
             in
             his
             Cole-house
             ,
             then
             with
             
               Bonner
            
             in
             the
             Palace
             :
             
               Boner's
            
             conscience
             made
             his
             Palace
             a
             Cole-house
             ,
             and
             a
             dungeon
             ;
             whiles
             
               Philpot's
            
             made
             the
             Cole-house
             a
             Palace
             .
             The
             state
             of
             grace
             is
             Heaven
             upon
             earth
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             knows
             the
             sweetness
             of
             Gods
             presence
             ,
             will
             deem
             it
             more
             tollerable
             to
             be
             ever
             alone
             ,
             then
             never
             able
             to
             be
             so
             .
          
           
           
             When
             I
             read
             of
             
               Hiero
            
             the
             Tyrant
             of
             
               Syracusa
               ,
            
             and
             other
             such
             ,
             that
             gave
             over
             their
             Kingdoms
             ,
             to
             live
             a
             solitary
             life
             ,
             I
             somewhat
             wonder
             :
             I
             should
             not
             ,
             to
             hear
             of
             a
             religious
             and
             Christian
             King
             that
             did
             so
             .
             It
             is
             impossible
             for
             the
             natural
             man
             to
             be
             so
             merry
             ,
             in
             company
             ;
             as
             the
             believer
             alone
             ;
             yea
             ,
             saith
             S.
             
               Augustine
               ,
               the
               teares
               of
               those
               that
               pray
               ,
               are
               sweeter
               then
               the
               joy
               s
               of
               the
               Theater
               .
            
             Indeed
             ,
             a
             witty
             j●st
             may
             make
             a
             man
             laugh
             more
             ,
             and
             lowder
             :
             b●t
             he
             who
             hath
             an
             inheritance
             fallen
             to
             him
             ,
             feeles
             a
             more
             solid
             joy
             within
             :
             so
             he
             that
             enjoyes
             his
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             hath
             the
             a●●ir●ance
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             is
             truly
             merry
             at
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             keepes
             
               Hilary
               ●earme
            
             all
             his
             life
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             nothing
             in
             the
             world
             is
             worth
             envie
             ,
             besides
             the
             condition
             of
             a
             true
             Ch●istian
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             what
             end
             doe
             I
             tell
             a
             blind
             man
             ,
             how
             glorious
             and
             bright
             a
             creature
             the
             Sun
             is
             ?
             or
             a
             poor
             man
             ,
             what
             summes
             of
             money
             are
             in
             the
             Kin●s
             Exchequers
             ?
             To
             so
             many
             as
             are
             unrenewed
             I
             speake
             in
             Parabl●s
             ,
             
               Revel.
            
             2.
             17.
             
             Yea
             ,
             this
             seemes
             to
             them
             a
             
               Paradox
               ,
            
             that
             the
             people
             of
             God
             should
             be
             a
             merry
             people
             :
             for
             contrariwise
             ,
             they
             dream
             of
             nothing
             but
             solitarin●●●●
             ,
             and
             melancholly
             :
             as
             the
             common
             people
             thought
             
               Tulli
            
             to
             be
             most
             idle
             ,
             when
             he
             stadied
             most
             :
             or
             as
             the
             Husbandman
             in
             
               AEsope
            
             objected
             idlenesse
             to
             the
             Poe●
             :
             b●t
             as
             he
             replyed
             ,
             
               I
               am
               never
               so
               idle
               as
               in
               thy
               company
               ,
            
             so
             may
             the
             religious
             ,
             we
             are
             ever
             so
             solitary
             ,
             never
             so
             melancholly
             ;
             as
             when
             in
             society
             with
             you
             that
             are
             vicious
             .
             This
             was
             
               David's
            
             case
             ,
             which
             maketh
             him
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               Wo
               is
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               must
               remain
               in
               Meseck
               ,
               and
               dwell
               in
               the
               Tents
               of
               Kedar
               :
            
             he
             found
             it
             a
             heavy
             yoke
             to
             be
             yoked
             with
             irreligious
             companions
             .
          
           
             And
             a
             double
             reason
             may
             be
             given
             of
             it
             ,
             though
             we
             fear
             not
             to
             saffer
             either
             in
             our
             persons
             ,
             goods
             ,
             or
             good
             names
             (
             as
             before
             you
             have
             it
             .
             )
             For
             fi●st
             ,
             the
             soule
             that
             lives
             among
             thornes
             ,
             shall
             hardly
             thrive
             ,
             they
             are
             such
             Backbva●●es
             to
             a
             godly
             life
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             do
             what
             they
             can
             ,
             to
             hinder
             our
             goodness
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             goodness
             of
             Heaven
             to
             us
             ;
             they
             will
             wither
             all
             our
             good
             pa●●s
             and
             qualities
             which
             are
             in
             us
             ;
             like
             an
             evil
             North-wind
             ,
             they
             blow
             upon
             the
             buds
             of
             our
             graces
             ,
             and
             nip
             them
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             would
             make
             a
             mans
             heart
             to
             bleed
             ,
             to
             hear
             and
             consider
             ,
             how
             swearing
             ,
             blaspheming
             ,
             cursed
             speaking
             ,
             railing
             ,
             slandering
             ,
             quarrelling
             ,
             contending
             ,
             jesting
             ,
             mocking
             ,
             scoffing
             ,
             flattering
             ,
             lying
             ,
             dissembling
             ,
             vain
             ,
             corrupt
             ,
             and
             filthy
             scolding
             ,
             scurrilous
             ,
             loose
             and
             idle
             talking
             ,
             doth
             overflow
             with
             them
             in
             all
             places
             :
             so
             that
             such
             as
             fear
             God
             ,
             had
             better
             be
             anywhere
             then
             in
             the
             company
             of
             most
             men
             .
             Now
             I
             were
             mad
             if
             I
             should
             so
             affect
             company
             ,
             as
             to
             live
             voluntarily
             where
             vexations
             shall
             daily
             salute
             me
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             ,
             a
             man
             is
             not
             rightly
             said
             to
             live
             ,
             untill
             he
             hath
             abandoned
             wicked
             society
             .
             
               Similis
            
             having
             lived
             seven
             yeers
             apart
             from
             the
             World
             ,
             after
             a
             long
             time
             spent
             in
             a
             military
             life
             ,
             he
             left
             this
             Epitaph
             behind
             him
             ,
             
               Here
               lies
               old
            
             Similis
             ,
             
               yet
               one
               that
               lived
               but
               seeven
               yeers
               ,
            
             This
             made
             
               Frederick
            
             the
             third
             ,
             Elector
             
               Palatine
               ,
            
             when
             some
             such
             friends
             of
             his
             desired
             his
             company
             ,
             to
             answer
             ,
             
               I
               have
               lived
               enough
               to
               you
               ;
               let
               me
               now
               live
               to
               my self
               ,
               and
               with
               my
               Lord
               Christ
               ,
            
             Yea
             ,
             Saint
             
               Augustine
               ,
            
             ten
             dayes
             before
             he
             dyed
             ,
             desired
             none
             might
             come
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             so
             ,
             in
             that
             time
             ,
             he
             might
             the
             better
             fit
             himself
             for
             God
             .
             And
             indeed
             that
             soule
             can
             never
             enjoy
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             sometimes
             retired
             .
          
           
             O
             that
             we
             could
             ,
             in
             any
             reasonable
             time
             ;
             give
             a
             stop
             to
             our
             madding
             and
             
             ●traying
             fancies
             :
             that
             we
             could
             ,
             after
             so
             long
             time
             spent
             in
             the
             lusts
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             pride
             of
             life
             ,
             bring
             home
             our
             cogitations
             and
             intentions
             unto
             our selves
             ,
             ●nake
             off
             these
             violent
             hold-fasts
             ,
             bid
             our
             companions
             farewel
             ,
             which
             have
             too
             ●ong
             engaged
             our
             soules
             ,
             and
             estranged
             us
             from
             our selves
             .
          
           
             But
             when
             we
             are
             so
             we●ded
             ,
             combined
             ,
             and
             glewed
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             easie
             matter
             to
             make
             a
             safe
             retreat
             :
             it
             is
             a
             fleaing
             to
             some
             to
             be
             sundred
             ;
             thereby
             you
             pal
             away
             some
             〈◊〉
             of
             themselves
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             case
             ,
             what
             we
             cannot
             do
             all
             at
             once
             ,
             let
             us
             gain
             upon
             our selves
             by
             degrees
             ;
             go
             back
             step
             by
             step
             ;
             first
             ,
             block
             up
             one
             passage
             ,
             then
             another
             .
             Will
             you
             know
             what
             course
             
               Demostheness
            
             took
             in
             this
             case
             ?
             He
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             his
             〈◊〉
             and
             nearest
             friends
             might
             not
             (
             by
             carying
             him
             abroad
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             custome
             )
             withdraw
             him
             from
             his
             study
             and
             books
             ,
             caused
             the
             hair
             of
             his
             head
             to
             〈…〉
             ;
             and
             after
             took
             an
             order
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             peep
             out
             ,
             〈◊〉
             he
             had
             shook
             off
             his
             consorts
             ,
             by
             continually
             making
             them
             loose
             their
             〈◊〉
             .
             It
             were
             happy
             for
             our
             young
             stu●●ents
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             a
             little
             imitate
             him
             ;
             if
             they
             were
             not
             overmuch
             affected
             and
             addicted
             to
             company
             keeping
             ;
             if
             they
             would
             but
             consider
             ,
             that
             friends
             are
             the
             thieves
             of
             time
             ,
             the
             most
             precious
             jewel
             they
             can
             part
             withall
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             29.
             
          
           
             BUt
             here
             it
             will
             be
             objected
             .
             That
             we
             are
             melancholly
             persons
             ,
             strayers
             from
             the
             drove
             of
             mankind
             ,
             and
             whereas
             nature
             hath
             made
             us
             sociable
             creatures
             ,
             in
             making
             us
             men
             ,
             religion
             hath
             altered
             to
             a
             crazied
             disposition
             ,
             whereby
             we
             are
             mispleasing
             to
             all
             ,
             as
             all
             to
             us
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             is
             answered
             .
             Suppose
             it
             were
             true
             (
             but
             I
             shall
             in
             place
             more
             convenient
             prove
             ,
             that
             the
             religious
             only
             enjoy
             true
             mirth
             ,
             and
             that
             worldly
             mirth
             is
             more
             talked
             of
             then
             felt
             ,
             spiritual
             joy
             more
             felt
             then
             talk'd
             of
             ,
             though
             I
             may
             appeale
             to
             any
             mans
             conscience
             ,
             that
             hath
             been
             softned
             with
             the
             unction
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             truly
             
               tasted
               the
               powers
               of
               the
               world
               to
               come
            
             )
             yet
             they
             think
             it
             is
             better
             being
             a
             good
             Christian
             ,
             then
             a
             good
             fellow
             ;
             and
             hold
             it
             far
             better
             ,
             in
             good
             sadnesse
             to
             be
             saved
             with
             a
             few
             ,
             as
             
               Noa●
            
             was
             in
             the
             A●ke
             ,
             then
             in
             good
             fellowship
             ,
             with
             the
             multitude
             ,
             to
             be
             drowned
             in
             sin
             ,
             and
             damned
             for
             company
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             content
             (
             
               saith
               one
            
             )
             to
             passe
             ,
             through
             somewhat
             more
             unsociably
             ,
             into
             happiness
             ;
             it
             suffi●●●th
             we
             shall
             meet
             with
             good
             company
             ,
             at
             our
             journeys
             end
             ,
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             even
             an
             innumerable
             company
             of
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             .
          
           
             The
             men
             of
             the
             World
             practise
             ,
             what
             once
             a
             Jester
             spake
             ,
             who
             ,
             when
             a
             great
             Lord
             asked
             him
             ,
             whether
             he
             would
             go
             to
             Heaven
             or
             Hell
             ?
             Answered
             ,
             
               to
               hell
               ,
               for
               there
            
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             
               I
               shall
               be
               sure
               to
               meet
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               and
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               mine
               acquaintance
               .
            
             But
             it
             is
             not
             so
             with
             the
             true
             Christian
             :
             he
             little
             loves
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             that
             will
             not
             follow
             him
             without
             company
             :
             and
             his
             zeale
             is
             cold
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             whom
             the
             example
             of
             numbers
             can
             turn
             another
             way
             .
             Wherefore
             let
             us
             say
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             
               Peter
            
             said
             ;
             and
             do
             more
             ,
             then
             
               Peter
            
             did
             ;
             
               though
               all
               men
               shoul●
               forsake
               thee
               ,
               yet
               will
               I
               not
               leave
               thee
               ,
            
             O
             Saviour
             :
             neither
             magnitude
             of
             Princes
             ,
             nor
             multitude
             of
             people
             ,
             shall
             prevail
             with
             me
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             world
             wrongs
             religion
             ,
             when
             they
             accuse
             it
             to
             be
             an
             enemy
             to
             good-fellowship
             :
             for
             she
             hath
             not
             a
             follower
             ,
             which
             doth
             not
             say
             with
             
               David
               ,
               Psa.
            
            
             
             
             
             119.
             63.
             
             
               I
               am
               a
               companion
               to
               all
               them
               that
               feare
               thee
               ,
               and
               keep
               thy
               precepts
            
             for
             the
             godly
             mans
             chief
             
               delight
               is
               in
               the
               Saints
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               excell
               in
               vertue
               Psa.
            
             16.
             3.
             
             Yea
             ,
             and
             their
             fellowship
             is
             so
             good
             ,
             profitable
             ,
             and
             delectable
             ,
             tha●
             as
             
               Synesius
            
             was
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             King
             
               Hieron
            
             got
             more
             by
             
               Simonides
            
             acquaintance
             ,
             then
             
               Siminides
            
             did
             by
             his
             ;
             and
             as
             we
             read
             that
             
               Pharaoh
               ,
               Saul
               ,
            
             and
             
               Nebuchadnezzar
            
             were
             more
             pleasured
             by
             
               Ioseph
               ,
               David
               ,
            
             and
             
               Daniel
               ,
            
             then
             
               Daniel
               ,
               David
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ioseph
            
             were
             by
             them
             :
             so
             I
             perswade
             my self
             ,
             great
             persons
             would
             find
             themselves
             more
             then
             requited
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             vouchsafe
             the
             company
             of
             some
             poor
             Saints
             :
             for
             a
             wise
             and
             holy
             Christian
             (
             like
             his
             Lord
             and
             Master
             )
             wheresoever
             he
             goes
             ,
             makes
             better
             cheare
             then
             he
             finds
             ,
             in
             an
             happy
             exchange
             of
             spiritual
             repast
             for
             bodily
             .
             Yea
             ,
             as
             
               Plato
            
             accounted
             it
             one
             of
             the
             four
             great
             privilidges
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             especially
             bound
             to
             nature
             ,
             
               that
               he
               lived
               in
               the
               time
               of
            
             Socrates
             :
             so
             they
             should
             think
             it
             none
             of
             the
             least
             favours
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             were
             bound
             to
             blesse
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             enjoyed
             so
             religious
             and
             holy
             society
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             there
             is
             supposed
             good
             fellowship
             ,
             to
             which
             religion
             is
             an
             enemy
             ;
             because
             it
             is
             an
             enemy
             to
             this
             holy
             fellowship
             of
             the
             Saints
             :
             and
             good
             reason
             ,
             the
             one
             are
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             Wolves
             are
             to
             the
             Lambs
             :
             now
             is
             it
             any
             marvail
             if
             the
             Lambs
             care
             not
             greatly
             for
             the
             company
             of
             the
             Wolves
             ?
             the
             Lambe
             would
             not
             willingly
             be
             alone
             ;
             yet
             it
             is
             far
             bette●
             when
             solitary
             ,
             then
             in
             a
             Wolvish
             society
             .
          
           
             Generons
             minds
             will
             associate
             with
             their
             matches
             and
             equals
             ,
             or
             none
             :
             as
             
               David
            
             being
             a
             King
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             expulsed
             his
             own
             Country
             ,
             resorts
             to
             none
             but
             Kings
             :
             for
             first
             he
             goeth
             to
             
               Achis
               ,
            
             King
             of
             
               Gath
               ;
            
             then
             to
             the
             King
             of
             
               Moab
               ,
               1
               Sam.
            
             21.
             10.
             and
             1
             
               Sam.
            
             22.
             3.
             
          
           
             Neither
             are
             our
             ding-thirsts
             ,
             who
             lavish
             out
             their
             estates
             ,
             and
             throw
             the
             house
             out
             at
             windowes
             (
             as
             we
             use
             to
             say
             )
             good
             fellowes
             ,
             though
             they
             call
             themselves
             so
             :
             for
             good
             fellowes
             and
             evil
             men
             are
             incompatible
             ;
             ike
             
               Simeon
            
             and
             
               Levi
               ,
            
             sworn
             brothers
             ,
             but
             brethren
             in
             evill
             ;
             which
             is
             too
             evil
             a
             brotherhood
             ,
             for
             an
             honest
             man
             to
             make
             one
             in
             ,
             or
             (
             indeed
             )
             a
             wise
             man
             :
             for
             is
             not
             hee
             a
             fool
             ,
             that
             will
             sell
             Heaven
             for
             company
             ,
             as
             a
             great
             many
             true
             drunkards
             doe
             ?
             For
             my
             own
             part
             ,
             if
             I
             have
             good
             company
             ,
             I
             will
             cherish
             them
             as
             
               Lot
            
             did
             his
             Angels
             ,
             which
             were
             sent
             for
             guardians
             :
             if
             I
             have
             any
             bad
             ,
             I
             will
             studie
             to
             loose
             them
             ,
             least
             by
             keeping
             them
             ,
             I
             loose
             my self
             in
             the
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             30.
             
          
           
             FIftly
             .
             Another
             reason
             why
             we
             should
             
               separate
            
             our selves
             from
             their
             
               society
            
             is
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             the
             Apostles
             rule
             ,
             
               so
               far
               as
               is
               possible
               ,
            
             we
             may
             
               have
               peace
               with
               all
               men
               ,
            
             which
             is
             no
             way
             obtainable
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             
               separation
               .
               A
               wicked
               man
            
             (
             saith
             
               Salomon
               )
               is
               abomination
               to
               the
               just
               :
               and
               he
               that
               is
               upright
               in
               his
               way
               ,
               is
               abomination
               to
               the
               wicked
               ,
               Prov.
            
             29
             27.
             if
             so
             ,
             either
             no
             communion
             ,
             or
             no
             peace
             .
          
           
             Believers
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             enemies
             to
             the
             Crosse
             of
             Christ
             ,
             can
             never
             be
             
               reconciled
               ,
            
             at
             least
             in
             heart
             .
             What
             communion
             can
             righteousness
             have
             with
             unrighteousness
             ?
             You
             may
             as
             well
             tye
             a
             sure
             knot
             between
             a
             Cobweb
             and
             a
             Cable
             as
             a
             true
             and
             fast
             love-knot
             ,
             between
             the
             child
             of
             God
             and
             a
             wicked
             man
             .
             These
             two
             yoked
             together
             ,
             agree
             like
             the
             Harp
             and
             the
             Harrow
             :
             they
             are
             as
             suitable
             ,
             as
             a
             wooden
             Legg
             ,
             and
             a
             Thigh
             of
             flesh
             :
             which
             makes
             the
             Apostle
             
               Rom.
            
             12.
             18.
             
             
             ●n
             enjoyning
             us
             to
             
               have
               peace
               with
               all
               men
               ,
            
             to
             add
             ,
             
               if
               it
               be
               possible
               :
            
             and
             in
             another
             place
             to
             say
             ,
             
               be
               not
               unequally
               yoked
               with
               infidels
               ,
            
             for
             as
             we
             should
             not
             be
             yoked
             with
             infidels
             ;
             so
             we
             should
             not
             be
             yoked
             with
             common
             drunkards
             ,
             and
             swearers
             ,
             nor
             with
             Atheists
             ,
             which
             are
             no
             better
             then
             infidels
             ;
             for
             that
             also
             is
             to
             be
             unequally
             yoked
             ,
             unless
             we
             be
             Atheists
             too
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             
               Iews
            
             might
             not
             
               consort
            
             with
             the
             
               Canaanites
               :
            
             so
             we
             may
             not
             
               consort
            
             with
             them
             ,
             which
             are
             like
             
               Canaanites
               .
            
             Wise
             
               Salomon
            
             chargeth
             us
             from
             God
             ,
             that
             wee
             should
             not
             keep
             
               company
            
             with
             gluttons
             and
             drunkards
             ,
             
               Proverbs
            
             23.
             20.
             and
             the
             Apostle
             enjoyneth
             us
             ,
             
               not
               to
               have
               any
               fellowship
               ,
               nor
               so
               much
               as
               eat
               with
               a
               runkar●
               ,
               1
               Cor.
            
             5.
             11.
             and
             that
             we
             should
             
               have
               no
               fellowship
               with
               these
               unfruitful
               works
               of
               darknesse
               ,
            
             or
             ,
             if
             unwittingly
             and
             unwillingly
             we
             be
             thrust
             into
             any
             such
             society
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             imitate
             ,
             but
             
               reprove
               them
               ,
               Ephesians
            
             5.
             11.
             and
             wee
             professe
             our selves
             the
             servants
             of
             God
             :
             new
             they
             are
             bad
             servants
             ,
             who
             will
             keep
             company
             with
             their
             masters
             enemies
             ,
             especially
             ,
             after
             he
             hath
             streightly
             charged
             them
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             Alasse
             !
             what
             should
             we
             do
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             base
             persons
             ,
             when
             even
             our
             seber
             ignorance
             ,
             in
             ill
             courses
             ,
             is
             more
             then
             di●teemed
             of
             the
             world
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             not
             enough
             for
             them
             to
             be
             bad
             themselves
             ,
             except
             they
             〈◊〉
             at
             the
             good
             ?
             When
             if
             there
             be
             one
             in
             a
             company
             ,
             that
             abhors
             impious
             language
             ,
             they
             will
             blaspheme
             on
             purpose
             to
             vex
             him
             ?
             When
             they
             will
             think
             themselves
             slighted
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             sent
             away
             drunk
             ?
             When
             to
             depart
             sober
             ,
             is
             〈◊〉
             incivility
             ?
             And
             we
             cannot
             talk
             idly
             enough
             ,
             nor
             do
             lewdly
             enough
             ,
             to
             bear
             the●
             company
             ;
             we
             can
             neither
             say
             as
             they
             say
             ,
             no●
             be
             silent
             when
             we
             see
             and
             hear
             〈◊〉
             ba●eness
             .
             As
             whom
             would
             it
             not
             stir
             ,
             to
             hear
             oaths
             〈◊〉
             for
             number
             ,
             with
             words
             ;
             scoffs
             ,
             with
             oaths
             ;
             vain
             speeches
             ,
             with
             both
             ?
             we
             love
             neither
             to
             bite
             ,
             nor
             fawn
             〈◊〉
             we
             can
             not
             forbear
             to
             speak
             the
             naked
             truth
             ;
             which
             i●
             we
             do
             ,
             will
             breed
             a
             quarrel
             .
             As
             for
             instance
             ;
             one
             j●sts
             〈◊〉
             with
             his
             Maker
             ;
             another
             ,
             makes
             himself
             sport
             with
             Sc●ip●ure
             ;
             a
             third
             ,
             sils
             his
             mouth
             with
             oaths
             of
             sound
             ;
             a
             fourth
             ,
             〈◊〉
             at
             the
             religious
             ;
             one
             ,
             speaks
             vi●lany
             ;
             another
             ,
             laughs
             at
             it
             ;
             a
             third
             ,
             de●ends
             it
             ;
             one
             ,
             makes
             hims●l●
             a
             swine
             ,
             another
             ,
             a
             divell
             ,
             Now
             who
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             all
             earth
             ,
             can
             endu●e
             it
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             who
             ,
             having
             grace
             ,
             can
             hear
             such
             wickednesse
             ,
             and
             ●eeleth
             not
             some
             sp●rk
             of
             holy
             in●ignation
             arise
             in
             him
             ,
             while
             he
             thinks
             of
             it
             ?
             O
             who
             having
             no●
             lost
             his
             spiritual
             〈◊〉
             ,
             can
             endure
             the
             ●avour
             of
             such
             noysome
             and
             ●●●king
             breath
             ,
             as
             their
             rotten
             lungs
             send
             ●orth
             .
             Well
             born
             children
             a●e
             touched
             to
             the
             quick
             ,
             with
             the
             injuries
             of
             〈◊〉
             Parents
             :
             and
             not
             thus
             to
             be
             moved
             ,
             is
             to
             confess
             our
             s●lves
             bastards
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             men
             of
             steel
             stomacks
             can
             digest
             any
             discou●s●
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             cours●
             ;
             but
             the
             g●acious
             know
             ,
             that
             as
             they
             must
             render
             an
             
               ●c●ount
               for
               every
               idle
               wo●●
               ,
            
             so
             likewise
             for
             their
             idle
             silence
             ;
             for
             in
             this
             case
             not
             to
             reprove
             them
             either
             by
             word
             ,
             or
             gest●re
             ,
             is
             to
             do
             the
             same
             things
             in
             judgment
             and
             conscience
             ,
             which
             the
             other
             doth
             act●ally
             .
             Every
             evil
             we
             see
             doth
             either
             v●x
             ,
             or
             infect
             us
             .
             The
             very
             sight
             of
             sin
             makes
             a
             man
             either
             sad
             ,
             or
             guilty
             :
             if
             we
             see
             it
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             sorrowful
             ,
             we
             are
             sinful
             .
             If
             
               Lot
            
             had
             not
             been
             vexed
             with
             the
             beastly
             
               So●omites
               ,
            
             God
             had
             been
             vexed
             with
             him
             :
             yea
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             case
             not
             to
             be
             very
             angry
             ,
             is
             to
             make
             God
             very
             angry
             .
             
               Ely
            
             heard
             of
             his
             sons
             impiety
             ,
             no
             doubt
             with
             grief
             enough
             ,
             but
             not
             with
             anger
             enough
             ;
             therefore
             he
             is
             punished
             with
             hearing
             of
             their
             destruction
             ,
             that
             was
             too
             
             remisse
             in
             hearing
             of
             their
             transgression
             .
             It
             is
             easie
             to
             be
             guilty
             of
             anothers
             wickednesse
             ,
             even
             our
             very
             permission
             appropriates
             crimes
             to
             us
             :
             we
             need
             no
             more
             guiltine●s
             of
             any
             sin
             ,
             then
             our
             willing
             tolleration
             .
             All
             sins
             which
             we
             give
             allowance
             to
             ,
             being
             committed
             ,
             or
             not
             hind●●●d
             by
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             may
             ,
             are
             ours
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             committed
             them
             :
             fu●rt
             ,
             Commanders
             ;
             2.
             
             Abbettors
             ;
             3.
             
             Counsellors
             ;
             4.
             
             Consenters
             ;
             5.
             
             Commenders
             ;
             6.
             
             Connivers
             ;
             7.
             
             Concealers
             ;
             8.
             not
             hinderers
             ;
             each
             of
             these
             will
             be
             found
             guilty
             before
             Gods
             T●●bunal
             .
             What
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             to
             King
             
               Ichosaphat
               ,
               wouldst
               thou
               help
               the
               wicked
               ,
            
             and
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             
               wouldst
               thou
               love
               them
               that
               ha●e
               the
               Lord
               ?
               therefore
               for
               this
               thing
               the
               wrath
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               upon
               thee
               ,
               2
               Chron.
            
             19.
             2.
             
             We
             need
             do
             no
             more
             to
             bring
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             upon
             us
             ,
             then
             even
             to
             love
             and
             favour
             these
             which
             hate
             him
             .
          
           
             How
             much
             better
             then
             to
             oppose
             thy
             friend
             by
             rep●●ving
             him
             ,
             then
             that
             God
             should
             reprove
             thee
             for
             being
             at
             one
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             no
             
               friendly
               part
               :
            
             yes
             ,
             the
             Scripture
             affirms
             ,
             that
             not
             to
             
               tell
            
             one●
             Brother
             plainly
             of
             his
             
               fault
               ,
            
             at
             least
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             pr●bability
             of
             doing
             good
             ,
             is
             to
             
               hate
            
             him
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
             
               Levit.
            
             19.
             17.
             
             And
             Philosophy
             tels
             us
             ,
             
               that
               is
               truly
               perfect
               love
               ,
               which
               ,
               to
               profit
               and
               do
               good
               ,
               f●areth
               not
               to
               hurt
               or
               offend
               ;
               that
               admonitions
               and
               corrections
               are
               the
               chiefest
               offices
               of
               friendship
               .
               Diogenes
            
             when
             they
             called
             him
             Dog
             ,
             for
             his
             sharp
             kind
             of
             rebuking
             ,
             would
             answer
             ,
             
               That
               other
               Dogs
               used
               to
               bite
               their
               〈◊〉
               ,
               but
               he
               his
               friends
               ,
               for
               their
               greater
               good
               .
            
             And
             
               S●ipio
               ,
            
             the
             elder
             ,
             when
             his
             f●iends
             ,
             for
             so
             doing
             ,
             turned
             his
             enemies
             ,
             was
             able
             to
             ●ay
             ,
             
               I
               have
               given
               mine
               enemies
               as
               much
               cause
               to
               l●ve
               me
               ,
               as
               my
               friends
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ph●cion
            
             when
             a
             friend
             of
             his
             would
             have
             cast
             himself
             away
             ,
             would
             not
             suffer
             him
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               I
               was
               made
               thy
               friend
               for
               this
               purpose
               :
            
             and
             to
             King
             
               Antipater
               ,
               thou
               canst
               not
               have
               me
               both
               for
               thy
               friend
               and
               flatter
               .
            
             Indeed
             ,
             a
             flattering
             friend
             is
             a
             bitter
             enemy
             ,
             yea
             (
             as
             one
             swee●ly
             )
             
               no
               enemy
               can
               be
               so
               mortal
               ,
               as
               these
               officious
               Clyents
               ,
               whose
               flattery
               sothes
               a
               ma●
               up
               in
               wickedness
               !
            
             for
             they
             are
             traytors
             to
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             pleasing
             violence
             kill
             the
             best
             part
             eternally
             .
             Whence
             
               Euripides
            
             exhorts
             men
             to
             
               get
               such
               friends
               ,
               as
               would
               not
               spare
               to
               disple●se
               them
               ,
            
             saying
             ,
             
               friends
               are
               like
               wines
               ,
               those
               that
               being
               new
               are
               hard
               and
               harsh
               ,
               prove
               best
               ;
               the
               most
               pleasing
               ,
               are
               least
               lasting
               :
            
             and
             indeed
             ,
             he
             that
             loves
             not
             such
             a
             friend
             ,
             hates
             himself
             .
          
           
             A
             wise
             man
             will
             say
             to
             his
             friend
             ,
             love
             heartily
             ,
             and
             then
             speak
             what
             thou
             wilt
             .
             And
             for
             a
             man
             not
             to
             chide
             his
             f●iend
             ,
             least
             he
             should
             offend
             him
             ,
             is
             as
             if
             (
             when
             he
             were
             ready
             to
             be
             drowned
             )
             he
             should
             fear
             to
             catch
             him
             by
             the
             hair
             of
             the
             head
             ,
             lest
             he
             should
             loose
             a
             few
             of
             them
             .
             Wherefore
             either
             let
             them
             abide
             thee
             no
             f●iend
             to
             their
             faults
             ,
             or
             no
             friend
             to
             themselves
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             if
             
               admonition
            
             and
             
               reproof
            
             be
             as
             
               unwelcome
            
             to
             thy
             friend
             ,
             as
             water
             into
             a
             Ship
             ?
             What
             if
             it
             sound
             no
             better
             to
             him
             ,
             then
             musick
             out
             of
             tune
             ;
             or
             tast
             no
             sweeter
             ,
             then
             bitt●r
             pils
             ,
             which
             sick
             men
             take
             with
             an
             unwilling
             willingnesse
             ?
             Wilt
             thou
             neglect
             the
             office
             of
             a
             friend
             ,
             to
             avoid
             the
             suspition
             of
             an
             enemy
             ?
          
           
             Indeed
             ,
             if
             thou
             meet
             with
             a
             contentious
             fool
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             do
             wisely
             ,
             in
             not
             answering
             whatsoever
             he
             objects
             :
             for
             it
             is
             more
             policy
             and
             discretion
             to
             gain
             a
             f●i●nd
             without
             trouble
             ,
             then
             a
             foe
             with
             it
             :
             and
             our
             Saviour
             saith
             ,
             
               give
               ye
               not
               that
               which
               is
               holy
               to
               Dogs
               ,
               neither
               cast
               ye
               your
               pearl
               before
               Swine
               ;
               least
               they
               
               tread
               them
               under
               their
               feet
               ,
               and
               turning
               again
               all
               to
               rent
               you
               ,
               Matth.
            
             7.
             6.
             
          
           
             Again
             ,
             as
             in
             Gods
             and
             their
             own
             behalf
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             reprove
             them
             :
             so
             in
             our
             neighbours
             also
             ,
             to
             whom
             ,
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             we
             owe
             a
             duty
             :
             for
             ,
             admit
             we
             are
             in
             company
             when
             ,
             and
             where
             our
             brothers
             good
             name
             is
             taken
             away
             by
             false
             report
             ;
             it
             is
             our
             duty
             to
             defend
             the
             truth
             ,
             in
             his
             behalf
             :
             we
             must
             neither
             backbite
             others
             ,
             nor
             be
             willing
             to
             give
             eare
             unto
             backbiters
             of
             others
             .
             It
             was
             an
             honest
             speech
             of
             one
             ;
             
               as
               I
               will
               be
               my
               present
               friends
               self
               ,
               so
               I
               'le
               be
               my
               absent
               friends
               deputy
               ,
               to
               say
               for
               him
               what
               he
               would
               ,
               and
               cannot
               speak
               for
               himself
               .
            
          
           
             But
             thou
             wilt
             ask
             me
             .
             What
             need
             men
             
               trouble
               themselves
            
             with
             that
             which
             so
             
               little
               concerns
            
             them
             ?
          
           
             My
             answer
             shall
             be
             such
             another
             question
             .
             What
             needed
             
               Moses
            
             to
             have
             afflicted
             himself
             with
             the
             afflictions
             of
             others
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             work
             their
             deliverance
             ,
             when
             himself
             was
             at
             ease
             and
             pleasure
             in
             the
             court
             of
             
               Pharaoh
               ?
            
             what
             needed
             
               Ionathan
            
             have
             purchased
             his
             fathers
             displeasure
             ,
             and
             brought
             his
             own
             life
             in
             jeopardy
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             justifie
             
               David
            
             in
             his
             uprightness
             ,
             and
             save
             his
             life
             ?
             What
             needed
             
               Calvin
               ,
            
             in
             the
             yeer
             1556
             ,
             when
             
               Perin
            
             had
             conspired
             against
             the
             estate
             of
             
               Geneva
               ,
            
             have
             run
             into
             the
             midst
             of
             their
             naked
             swords
             ,
             to
             appease
             the
             tumult
             ?
             what
             needs
             the
             hand
             cast
             it self
             betwixt
             a
             blow
             and
             the
             head
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             cut
             off
             by
             this
             mean
             ?
             What
             needs
             the
             eye
             serve
             more
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             other
             members
             ,
             in
             being
             watchfull
             rightly
             to
             direct
             th●m
             ,
             then
             for
             it self
             ?
             A
             good
             heart
             cannot
             abide
             to
             be
             happy
             alone
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             religious
             answer
             ,
             to
             a
             reasonable
             question
             unreasonably
             moved
             .
             Yea
             ,
             admit
             it
             were
             not
             a
             duty
             for
             one
             member
             to
             seek
             the
             good
             of
             another
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             had
             not
             enjoyned
             us
             so
             to
             do
             :
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             is
             a
             pardonable
             fault
             ,
             to
             do
             lesse
             good
             to
             our selves
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             do
             more
             good
             to
             ,
             and
             for
             others
             .
          
           
             But
             suppose
             we
             offend
             them
             not
             this
             way
             ;
             yet
             we
             shall
             another
             ,
             if
             we
             keep
             them
             company
             .
             The
             naturall
             man
             conceits
             of
             himself
             ,
             far
             beyond
             what
             another
             esteems
             him
             :
             and
             in
             ●ase
             he
             finds
             he
             is
             undervalued
             ,
             will
             flye
             in
             your
             face
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             do
             you
             more
             mischief
             ,
             then
             can
             easily
             be
             repaired
             :
             as
             that
             was
             done
             in
             one
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             by
             our
             first
             Parents
             ,
             which
             tended
             to
             the
             ruin
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             mankind
             .
             It
             is
             usual
             with
             drunkards
             to
             kisse
             when
             they
             meet
             ,
             and
             kill
             when
             they
             part
             .
             D●unken
             
               Alexander
            
             killed
             
               Clytus
               ,
            
             for
             whom
             sober
             
               Alexander
            
             would
             have
             killed
             himself
             .
             The
             
               Danes
            
             and
             
               Norwayes
            
             once
             purposing
             for
             
               England
               ,
            
             fell
             drunk
             on
             shipboard
             ,
             and
             so
             slasht
             one
             another
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             an
             end
             of
             their
             voyage
             .
             Out
             of
             their
             gallant
             disposition
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             one
             kill
             another
             ,
             upon
             the
             interpretation
             of
             a
             word
             ;
             a
             manifest
             confession
             ,
             that
             their
             life
             is
             not
             much
             worth
             ,
             sith
             they
             will
             sell
             it
             so
             good
             cheap
             :
             yea
             ,
             there
             are
             not
             wanting
             of
             them
             that
             resemble
             
               Fimbria
            
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             who
             meeting
             a
             Citizen
             that
             he
             hated
             ,
             gave
             him
             a
             deadly
             thrust
             into
             the
             body
             with
             his
             sword
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             entred
             an
             action
             against
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             received
             but
             part
             of
             his
             blad
             into
             his
             body
             and
             not
             all
             ,
             as
             he
             meant
             it
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             perhaps
             they
             may
             make
             you
             to
             do
             that
             which
             you
             never
             dreamt
             of
             :
             like
             
               Herod
               ,
            
             who
             cut
             off
             
               Iohn
            
             Baptist's
             head
             ,
             only
             to
             answer
             the
             expectation
             of
             the
             standers
             by
             ,
             
               Matth.
            
             14.
             9.
             
             As
             for
             flattery
             it
             never
             wants
             welcome
             ,
             while
             self-love
             ,
             is
             at
             home
             :
             but
             the
             plain
             dealing
             man
             cannot
             live
             among
             these
             Vipers
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             stung
             by
             them
             :
             yea
             ,
             he
             lives
             most
             in
             trouble
             ,
             that
             most
             seeks
             to
             have
             peace
             with
             them
             by
             a
             familiarity
             .
          
           
           
             Well
             then
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             so
             offensive
             to
             the
             stomack
             of
             our
             company
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             not
             let
             us
             be
             at
             peace
             ;
             our
             best
             way
             will
             be
             to
             spew
             them
             out
             ,
             to
             deal
             with
             our
             old
             vicious
             con●orts
             ,
             as
             the
             Fox
             in
             the
             Fable
             did
             by
             his
             Flees
             :
             who
             wading
             backward
             into
             the
             water
             ,
             by
             degre●s
             ,
             drew
             them
             all
             into
             a
             lock
             of
             Wooll
             ,
             which
             he
             ●ad
             in
             his
             mouth
             ,
             and
             then
             left
             it
             swimming
             ;
             even
             leave
             them
             ,
             without
             taking
             leave
             of
             ●hem
             ;
             or
             if
             you
             like
             not
             to
             tear
             friendship
             asunder
             upon
             the
             sudden
             ,
             you
             may
             unsow
             it
             by
             little
             and
             little
             .
             He
             that
             would
             not
             continue
             a
             friend
             ,
             may
             〈◊〉
             neglect
             him
             ,
             and
             have
             his
             aym
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             31.
             
          
           
             
               O●
               .
            
             But
             I
             hear
             none
             boast
             so
             much
             of
             
               peace
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               ungodly
               ;
            
             nor
             none
             〈◊〉
             with
             
               contention
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               religious
               .
            
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               .
            
             B●ast
             of
             it
             they
             may
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             apparent
             that
             
               the
               way
               of
               peace
               they
               have
               not
               so
               much
               as
               known
               :
            
             indeed
             ,
             they
             have
             some
             kind
             of
             agreement
             among
             〈…〉
             so
             have
             Serpents
             ,
             and
             Beares
             ,
             and
             Wolves
             :
             it
             is
             a
             rare
             thi●g
             ,
             to
             see
             one
             Wolf
             devour
             ,
             or
             fight
             with
             another
             :
             yea
             ,
             
               they
               have
               made
               a
               covenant
               with
               death
               ,
               and
               are
               at
               agreement
               with
               Hell
               ,
               Isai.
            
             28.
             15.
             and
             yet
             :
             as
             
               ther●
               is
               no
               peace
               to
               the
               wicked
               ,
               Isa.
            
             57.
             21.
             so
             there
             is
             
               no
               peace
               among
               the
               〈◊〉
               ,
            
             fo●
             every
             
               combination
            
             in
             evil
             ,
             is
             
               rebellion
               ,
            
             and
             not
             
               peace
               ;
            
             rather
             a
             
               conspira●y
               ,
            
             〈◊〉
             a
             concord
             ;
             like
             the
             agreement
             of
             
               Absalom
            
             and
             
               A●hitophel
               ,
            
             〈…〉
             against
             
               David
               ;
            
             or
             of
             
               Herod
            
             and
             
               Pilate
               ,
            
             conspiring
             against
             Apostles
             ,
             plotting
             against
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             so
             meeting
             in
             malice
             to
             do
             〈…〉
             dissention
             is
             better
             then
             such
             a
             wicke●
             peace
             .
          
           
             Neither
             can
             any
             wonder
             ,
             that
             wicked
             men
             do
             so
             
               conspire
            
             in
             evil
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             such
             
               〈◊〉
            
             in
             the
             broachers
             &
             abbettors
             of
             it
             ;
             if
             he
             but
             take
             notice
             of
             those
             〈◊〉
             ,
             which
             b●ing
             many
             in
             substance
             ,
             were
             yet
             one
             in
             name
             ,
             action
             ,
             habitation
             ,
             even
             a
             wh●le
             Legion
             in
             one
             man
             ,
             
               Mark
               ,
            
             5.
             9.
             all
             the
             praise
             of
             
               concord
            
             is
             in
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               ;
            
             if
             that
             be
             holy
             ,
             the
             consent
             is
             angelicall
             ;
             if
             sinfull
             ,
             develish
             ;
             true
             〈…〉
             with
             God
             ,
             
               war
            
             with
             our
             lusts
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             5.
             1.
             and
             7.
             22.
             23.
             
             
               〈◊〉
            
             with
             〈◊〉
             ,
             
               war
            
             with
             vice
             :
             whereas
             they
             have
             
               peace
            
             and
             are
             at
             league
             with
             〈…〉
             but
             are
             at
             
               war
            
             wit●
             G●d
             ,
             and
             good
             men
             all
             at
             once
             :
             but
             a
             just
             
               war
            
             is
             a
             〈…〉
             better
             ,
             then
             such
             an
             ill
             conditioned
             
               peace
               ;
            
             yea
             ,
             it
             no
             way
             deserves
             t●e
             name
             of
             peace
             ,
             except
             we
             be
             at
             enmity
             with
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             at
             unity
             〈…〉
             so
             to
             be
             at
             
               peace
            
             with
             men
             ,
             as
             that
             we
             do
             not
             
               war
            
             with
             God
             and
             his
             graces
             :
             
               peace
            
             must
             be
             followed
             with
             
               holinesse
               ,
               Heb
               ▪
            
             12.
             14
             
             Wherefore
             〈◊〉
             joyneth
             ●aith
             ,
             peace
             ,
             and
             truth
             together
             ,
             
               Zach.
            
             8.
             16.
             and
             St.
             
               Paul
               ,
               peace
            
             and
             
               righteousness
               ,
               peace
            
             and
             
               edification
               ,
               peace
               and
               joy
               in
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               Rom.
            
             14.
             17.
             19.
             20.
             
             &c.
             Thus
             the
             Scripture
             sets
             us
             our
             bounds
             for
             peace
             ,
             which
             we
             may
             not
             passe
             ;
             and
             shews
             that
             ungodly
             men
             are
             not
             guilty
             o●
             this
             grace
             ;
             that
             they
             do
             but
             talk
             of
             peace
             ,
             not
             practise
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             suppose
             we
             could
             enjoy
             
               peace
            
             in
             their
             company
             ;
             ye●
             we
             can
             never
             expect
             to
             have
             〈◊〉
             
               loves
               :
            
             for
             d●unkards
             only
             
               love
            
             drunkards
             ,
             and
             one
             wicked
             man
             another
             ;
             but
             care
             not
             a
             rush
             for
             any
             that
             are
             good
             :
             being
             like
             
               Phalaris
            
             the
             Tyrant
             ,
             who
             would
             never
             grant
             any
             request
             ,
             except
             it
             were
             to
             a
             dissolute
             woman
             ,
             but
             such
             he
             never
             denied
             .
             
               Likeness
            
             we
             know
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             
               love
               ,
            
             and
             
               lov●
            
             the
             cause
             of
             
               likeness
               ;
            
             whereas
             the
             believer
             and
             the
             unbeliever
             are
             altogether
             
               unlike
               ;
            
             the
             one
             being
             
               crucified
               and
               dead
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               Gal.
               6.
               14.
               but
               mad●
               alive
               in
               
               Christ
               ,
               1
               Cor.
            
             15.
             22.
             
             The
             other
             being
             
               spiritnally
               dead
               ,
               even
               while
               they
               alive
               .
               1
               Tim.
            
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             We
             seldome
             see
             different
             dispositions
             entirely
             loving
             :
             for
             hence
             growes
             the
             height
             of
             friendship
             ,
             when
             two
             similary
             souls
             do
             blend
             in
             their
             commixions
             ,
             and
             hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             two
             friends
             are
             said
             to
             come
             into
             
               Vulcan's
            
             shop
             ,
             to
             beg
             this
             boon
             of
             him
             :
             that
             he
             would
             either
             beate
             them
             on
             his
             Anvile
             ,
             or
             melt
             them
             in
             his
             Fornace
             both
             into
             one
             ,
             the
             which
             he
             granted
             .
             I'ts
             
               likeness
            
             that
             makes
             the
             true
             love
             knot
             of
             
               friendship
               :
            
             when
             we
             find
             another
             of
             our
             own
             disposition
             ,
             it
             appears
             the
             same
             soul
             in
             a
             divided
             body
             .
             Natu●e
             that
             makes
             us
             love
             our selves
             ,
             makes
             us
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             reason
             ,
             love
             those
             that
             are
             like
             us
             .
             A
             
               friend
            
             is
             a
             more
             sacred
             name
             ,
             then
             a
             
               Brother
               ,
               Pro.
            
             18.
             24.
             
             For
             what
             availes
             it
             to
             have
             the
             bodies
             from
             the
             same
             original
             ,
             when
             the
             souls
             within
             them
             differ
             ?
          
           
             And
             yet
             some
             
               (
               R●hoboam-like
            
             )
             passing
             over
             the
             religious
             ,
             will
             joyn
             themselves
             with
             ungodly
             persons
             ;
             like
             as
             some
             put
             away
             honest
             wives
             ,
             and
             go
             to
             harlots
             :
             wherein
             they
             deal
             as
             wisely
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             man
             should
             cast
             away
             his
             fleshly
             leg
             ,
             and
             set
             on
             another
             of
             wood
             .
             
               Causa
               patrocinio
               non
               bona
               pejor
               crit
               .
            
          
           
             Or
             admit
             thou
             shouldst
             enjoy
             a
             wicked
             mans
             
               love
               ;
            
             it
             is
             but
             mercenary
             ,
             base
             ,
             and
             inconstant
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             worth
             the
             having
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             there
             was
             never
             such
             abject
             and
             servile
             prostitutions
             of
             presentations
             ,
             as
             life
             ,
             soul
             ,
             devotion
             ,
             adoration
             ,
             servant
             ,
             slave
             ,
             &c.
             as
             there
             is
             now
             amongst
             our
             drunkards
             and
             roarers
             ,
             and
             what
             love
             they
             expresse
             to
             one
             ,
             they
             professe
             to
             all
             ;
             every
             one
             they
             know
             ,
             or
             salute
             ,
             is
             their
             friend
             :
             but
             friendship
             so
             distracted
             ,
             like
             as
             the
             River
             
               Ganges
            
             was
             by
             
               Cyrus
               ,
            
             into
             365.
             brooks
             ,
             both
             looses
             her
             name
             and
             nature
             :
             a
             lover
             of
             so
             many
             ,
             never
             loves
             any
             .
          
           
             Or
             ,
             admit
             a
             drunkard
             do
             
               love
            
             thee
             :
             either
             he
             
               loves
            
             thee
             for
             his
             
               own
               sake
               ,
            
             because
             he
             hath
             some
             pleasure
             ,
             or
             profit
             ,
             or
             credit
             by
             thee
             ,
             (
             as
             prosperity
             procureth
             friends
             ,
             no
             lesse
             then
             adversity
             proveth
             them
             )
             which
             is
             ,
             with
             
               Craterus
               ,
            
             to
             love
             the
             King
             ,
             rather
             ,
             then
             with
             
               Ephaestion
               ,
            
             to
             l●ve
             
               Alexander
               :
            
             now
             I
             do
             not
             hold
             him
             worthy
             thankes
             ,
             that
             profes●eth
             mee
             kindnesse
             for
             his
             own
             ends
             .
          
           
             Or
             secondly
             ,
             he
             
               loves
            
             only
             thy
             
               body
            
             or
             
               natural
               parts
               ,
            
             which
             is
             but
             the
             worst
             peece
             of
             thee
             ;
             and
             love
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             is
             but
             the
             body
             of
             love
             ;
             the
             soule
             of
             love
             ,
             is
             the
             love
             of
             the
             soule
             .
          
           
             Neither
             doth
             he
             truly
             love
             ,
             that
             loves
             the
             body
             more
             then
             the
             mind
             and
             soul
             ,
             or
             common
             gifts
             before
             saving
             graces
             ;
             this
             love
             as
             it
             is
             never
             long
             liv'd
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             of
             :
             but
             feigned
             ;
             as
             you
             shall
             have
             drunkards
             and
             dissembling
             polititians
             salute
             one
             anothe●
             ,
             with
             
               God
               save
               you
               ,
            
             at
             their
             meeting
             ;
             and
             wish
             one
             another
             hanged
             ,
             at
             their
             parting
             ;
             
               Italian-like
            
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             glorious
             and
             complemental
             in
             their
             invitations
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             accept
             of
             their
             offer
             ,
             they
             will
             hate
             you
             for
             it
             ever
             after
             .
             A
             drinking
             f●iendship
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             drunken
             friendship
             :
             and
             beleeve
             it
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             find
             those
             friends
             firmest
             ,
             that
             thy
             vertues
             purchase
             thee
             :
             these
             will
             love
             thee
             ,
             when
             thy
             wealth
             is
             gone
             :
             whereas
             those
             that
             be
             won
             without
             desert
             ,
             will
             also
             be
             lost
             without
             a
             cause
             :
             you
             need
             but
             be
             an
             Arbitrator
             between
             two
             such
             friends
             to
             make
             them
             both
             your
             enemies
             :
             things
             that
             differ
             in
             their
             end
             ,
             will
             surely
             part
             in
             their
             way
             :
             now
             thy
             end
             ,
             is
             to
             gain
             him
             ;
             his
             end
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             gain
             of
             thee
             :
             for
             let
             the
             passage
             of
             profit
             be
             stopt
             ,
             his
             love
             is
             likewise
             at
             a
             stand
             :
             
             〈◊〉
             you
             deserved
             never
             so
             well
             from
             him
             ,
             the
             deniall
             of
             one
             favour
             ,
             nay
             ,
             a●
             health
             ,
             shall
             drown
             the
             memory
             of
             many
             fore-performed
             ones
             :
             which
             is
             all
             on●
             as
             if
             for
             the
             abortion
             of
             one
             child
             ,
             a
             man
             should
             kill
             all
             the
             former
             issue
             whereas
             the
             good
             mans
             thanks
             for
             old
             favours
             ,
             lives
             even
             in
             the
             blows
             of
             injury
             or
             can
             you
             not
             feed
             these
             vermine
             as
             you
             have
             done
             ,
             away
             they
             go
             ;
             like
             a
             Su●
             Dial
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             no
             longer
             regarded
             ,
             then
             you
             are
             shined
             on
             by
             prosperity
             yea
             ,
             Rats
             run
             not
             faster
             away
             from
             an
             house
             on
             fire
             ;
             nor
             lice
             from
             a
             dead
             body
             then
             they
             from
             poverty
             :
             and
             if
             ever
             it
             be
             your
             misery
             to
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             them
             look
             for
             no
             other
             requitall
             ,
             then
             
               Iob
            
             had
             of
             his
             friends
             ,
             whom
             he
             compares
             to
             a
             deceitful
             Brook
             ,
             which
             in
             winter
             is
             hard
             frozen
             with
             cold
             ,
             in
             Summer
             dried
             up
             with
             heat
             ;
             between
             winter
             and
             Summer
             passing
             away
             ,
             alwayes
             deceitful
             ,
             never
             of
             use
             ,
             
               Iob
            
             6.
             14.
             to
             19.
             
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             a
             man
             may
             say
             of
             such
             friends
             ,
             as
             a
             learned
             Antiquary
             said
             of
             
               Rumn●●
            
             Marsh
             ,
             
               bad
               in
               Winter
               ,
               hurtfull
               in
               Summer
               ,
               never
               good
               :
            
             nay
             ,
             this
             comparison
             falls
             short
             ,
             for
             thou
             hast
             sped
             well
             ,
             if
             such
             friends
             prove
             not
             dangerously
             hurtfull
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             helplesse
             .
             Have
             I
             not
             known
             some
             of
             them
             resemble
             the
             Snake
             ,
             which
             when
             a
             kind
             Husbandman
             had
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             cold
             ,
             and
             cherished
             in
             his
             bosome
             ,
             and
             she
             had
             recovered
             her
             lively
             heate
             ,
             and
             was
             grown
             lusty
             ,
             singled
             out
             him
             ungratfully
             to
             trie
             her
             first
             sting
             upon
             ?
             or
             a
             Promotor
             ,
             that
             in
             Lent
             eats
             flesh
             at
             your
             table
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             the
             first
             that
             accuseth
             thee
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             .
             If
             
               Ziba
            
             be
             waxed
             great
             under
             
               Mophiboseth
               ,
            
             he
             will
             give
             him
             a
             lift
             fo●●ll
             he
             hath
             .
             A
             promoted
             Begger
             hath
             not
             seldome
             renounced
             his
             advancer
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             else
             can
             be
             looked
             for
             from
             them
             ?
             They
             cannot
             make
             conscience
             of
             civill
             duties
             ,
             who
             make
             none
             of
             divine
             .
             If
             a
             man
             have
             cast
             off
             his
             God
             ,
             he
             will
             easily
             cast
             off
             his
             friend
             .
             They
             that
             have
             broken
             their
             faith
             with
             him
             ,
             will
             keep
             no
             faith
             with
             us
             ,
             When
             Religion
             is
             once
             gone
             ,
             humanity
             will
             not
             stay
             long
             after
             .
          
           
             I
             take
             leave
             of
             this
             point
             ,
             with
             a
             caution
             .
             
               Reveal
            
             to
             such
             men
             
               no
               secrets
               ;
            
             for
             he
             that
             now
             loves
             thee
             dearly
             ,
             may
             come
             to
             hate
             thee
             deadly
             :
             nor
             
               beleeve
            
             a
             word
             that
             they
             
               say
               ;
            
             for
             they
             are
             like
             
               Antigones
               ,
            
             who
             never
             denied
             any
             sute
             ,
             that
             was
             asked
             ;
             but
             withall
             ,
             never
             performed
             any
             thing
             that
             he
             granted
             ;
             for
             what
             they
             promise
             when
             they
             are
             drunk
             ,
             they
             forget
             when
             they
             are
             sober
             ;
             or
             like
             
               Saul
               ,
            
             who
             being
             perswaded
             of
             
               David's
            
             worth
             and
             loyalty
             ,
             sweares
             ,
             
               as
               the
               Lord
               liveth
               he
               shall
               not
               die
               ,
               1
               Sam.
            
             19.
             6.
             yet
             within
             four
             verses
             ,
             for
             all
             his
             oath
             ,
             he
             darts
             a
             Speare
             at
             him
             ,
             intending
             to
             nail
             him
             to
             the
             wall
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             next
             verse
             ,
             hee
             sends
             messengers
             to
             his
             house
             to
             kill
             him
             ;
             or
             like
             the
             Councell
             of
             
               Constance
               ,
            
             who
             made
             promise
             to
             
               Iohn
               Husse
            
             of
             a
             conduct
             and
             safe
             return
             ;
             yet
             ,
             like
             forsworn
             persecuters
             ,
             put
             him
             to
             death
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             32.
             
          
           
             
               OB
               .
            
             But
             here
             some
             of
             them
             will
             reply
             .
             That
             we
             lay
             the
             saddle
             upon
             the
             wrong
             horse
             ,
             when
             we
             tax
             them
             for
             want
             of
             
               peace
               ,
               love
               ,
            
             and
             
               friendship
               ;
            
             in
             that
             the
             religious
             only
             shew
             
               inconstancy
               ,
            
             by
             bidding
             farewell
             to
             their
             old
             friends
             and
             acquaintance
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             they
             embrace
             religion
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             To
             this
             is
             answered
             .
             First
             that
             
               constancy
               ,
            
             except
             it
             be
             in
             the
             
               truth
            
             and
             in
             a
             
               good
               cause
               ,
            
             is
             
               impudency
               :
               change
            
             in
             the
             vicious
             is
             as
             great
             a
             vertue
             ,
             as
             
               constancy
            
             in
             the
             vertuous
             .
             The
             
               Almaines
            
             were
             praised
             for
             changing
             their
             
             ●●stomes
             ,
             which
             were
             found
             to
             be
             but
             bad
             before
             ,
             as
             
               Tacitus
            
             affirmeth
             .
             
               Constan●●●
            
             in
             things
             
               ill
               ,
            
             is
             so
             far
             from
             b●ing
             a
             vertue
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             an
             abs●lute
             
               vice
               .
            
             Of
             ●ings
             imperfect
             ,
             
               change
            
             is
             the
             way
             to
             per●ect
             them
             .
             The
             
               Gentiles
            
             became
             be●●evers
             ,
             the
             
               Iewes
            
             In●idels
             ,
             
               Zach●us
            
             turnes
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             
               Demas
            
             turns
             to
             ●e
             world
             ,
             
               Paul
            
             turns
             an
             Apostl●
             ,
             
               Iudas
            
             an
             Apostate
             :
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             ,
             whe●her
             
               change
            
             in
             the
             
               Gentiles
               ,
               Zacheus
            
             and
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             was
             not
             as
             great
             a
             vertue
             ,
             〈◊〉
             it
             was
             a
             vice
             in
             the
             
               Iewes
               ,
               Demas
               ,
            
             and
             
               Iudas
               ?
            
          
           
             Saint
             
               Paul
            
             was
             in
             constant
             indeed
             ;
             for
             to
             day
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             
               he
               breathed
               out
               ●reatnings
               and
               slaughter
               against
               the
               Disciples
               of
               Christ
            
             and
             to
             morrow
             he
             
               ●reacheth
               Christ
               in
               the
               Synagogue
               :
            
             what
             then
             ?
             Will
             any
             (
             not
             debauc●ed
             )
             cen●ure
             him
             of
             ficklenes●e
             for
             it
             ?
             nay
             ,
             wil
             not
             all
             wise
             men
             think
             it
             a
             great
             honour
             to
             ●im
             ,
             and
             commend
             him
             forshaking
             hands
             with
             the
             high
             Priests
             ,
             and
             his
             fellow
             ●ursevants
             ,
             when
             once
             hee
             heard
             that
             voice
             from
             Heaven
             ?
             
               Act.
            
             9.
             4.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             not
             any
             so
             near
             unto
             us
             ,
             but
             i●
             he
             fall
             from
             God
             ,
             wee
             may
             fall
             from
             ●im
             .
             It
             merits
             the
             name
             of
             wilfulnesse
             ,
             when
             we
             will
             not
             admit
             of
             a
             lawful
             ●hang
             to
             the
             better
             .
          
           
             As
             
               Philocrates
            
             sported
             with
             
               D●m●sthenes
               :
            
             you
             may
             not
             marvell
             
               Atheni●ns
               ,
            
             that
             
               D●mosthenes
            
             and
             I
             do
             differ
             ,
             for
             he
             drinks
             water
             ,
             and
             I
             drink
             wine
             :
             ●
             some
             laugh
             at
             us
             for
             being
             sober
             with
             Rhenis
             ;
             and
             we
             as
             much
             pity
             them
             ,
             or
             being
             drunk
             with
             Canary
             .
             Again
             ,
             they
             censure
             us
             of
             
               inconstancy
               ;
            
             we
             them
             ●f
             
               Impudency
               .
            
             Now
             in
             this
             case
             ●hen
             that
             is
             reputed
             ridiculous
             by
             one
             ,
             which
             ●s
             accounted
             sage
             by
             another
             as
             wise
             ;
             what
             shall
             we
             do
             ,
             but
             make
             Gods
             Word
             the
             umpier
             ?
             Wherefore
             ,
             in
             all
             
               changes
               ,
            
             I
             will
             have
             regard
             to
             these
             three
             things
             ,
             God's
             approbation
             ,
             mine
             own
             bene●●t
             ,
             and
             the
             not
             harming
             of
             my
             neighbour
             ;
             ●nd
             then
             where
             the
             change
             is
             not
             a
             fault
             ,
             I
             will
             never
             think
             it
             a
             disgrace
             ,
             though
             the
             great
             exchange
             ,
             the
             World
             ,
             should
             judge
             it
             so
             .
          
           
             Even
             
               modesty
               ,
            
             in
             some
             ,
             is
             a
             
               vi●e
               ;
            
             when
             out
             of
             a
             weak
             flexibility
             of
             nature
             ,
             man
             hath
             not
             courage
             enough
             ,
             to
             deny
             the
             request
             of
             a
             seeming
             friend
             .
          
           
             If
             a
             man
             never
             abandoneth
             evill
             ,
             until
             he
             abandoneth
             evil
             company
             ,
             it
             is
             ●igh
             time
             to
             take
             courage
             :
             yea
             ,
             the
             longer
             wee
             have
             been
             with
             them
             ,
             the
             more
             need
             have
             we
             to
             hasten
             out
             of
             them
             .
             If
             this
             satisfie
             not
             ,
             as
             the
             Emperor
             
               Frade●ick
            
             said
             to
             certain
             of
             his
             Minions
             ,
             that
             we●e
             importunate
             to
             get
             into
             their
             ●ands
             the
             ancient
             demeasn
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             
               that
               he
               would
               rather
               be
               accounted
               of
               small
               liberallity
               ,
               then
               p●rjured
               !
            
             even
             so
             had
             we
             ,
             in
             this
             case
             rather
             be
             ac●ounted
             inconstant
             ,
             then
             b●
             unconscionable
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             second
             part
             of
             the
             objection
             ,
             I
             answer
             .
             That
             
               true
               love
            
             and
             
               friend●hip
            
             is
             only
             among
             
               good
               men
               .
            
             The
             wicked
             may
             talk
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             one
             drunkard
             ●ay
             professe
             to
             another
             that
             he
             loves
             him
             as
             well
             as
             himself
             ;
             and
             therein
             speake
             ●ruth
             ,
             for
             ,
             saith
             
               Augustine
            
             most
             elegantly
             ,
             to
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             
               thou
               lov●st
               thy self
               ,
               so
               as
               thou
               wilt
               destroy
               thy self
               ;
               and
               thou
               wilt
               destroy
               him
               whom
               thou
               lovest
               as
               ●hy
               self
               ;
            
             yea
             ,
             better
             then
             themselves
             ;
             for
             you
             shall
             have
             one
             Russian
             salute
             ano●her
             ,
             with
             ,
             
               God
               save
               you
               Sir
               ,
            
             but
             after
             some
             strange
             attestations
             ,
             swear
             away
             ●imself
             with
             ,
             
               God
               damn
               me
               Sir
               :
            
             now
             how
             can
             any
             wise
             man
             think
             him
             a
             friend
             ,
             ●hat
             is
             his
             own
             enemy
             ?
             hee
             that
             is
             evill
             to
             himself
             ,
             to
             whom
             will
             he
             be
             good
             ?
          
           
             But
             see
             the
             depth
             of
             such
             a
             mans
             love
             ,
             and
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             to
             damn
             thy
             bo●y
             and
             soul
             everlastingly
             .
             S.
             
               Ambrose
            
             tels
             us
             of
             one
             ,
             who
             solicited
             a
             godly
             woman
             
             to
             incontinency
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               he
               infinitely
               loved
               her
               :
            
             she
             answers
             ,
             
               if
               you
               lov●
               me
               so
               well
               as
               you
               seem
               ,
               put
               one
               of
               your
               fingers
               into
               the
               flame
               ,
               till
               your
               fles●
               be
               burnt
               off
               :
            
             he
             rep●ys
             ,
             
               that
               was
               no
               part
               of
               love
               in
               her
               to
               require
               it
               :
            
             yes
             ▪
             said
             she
             ,
             
               if
               yours
               be
               love
               ,
               to
               cause
               both
               my
               body
               and
               soul
               to
               be
               burnt
               in
               he●●fire
               ,
               for
               ever
               ,
               which
               by
               conseque●ce
               will
               follow
               ,
               if
               I
               yeeld
               to
               your
               request
               ,
               and
               take
               your
               counsel
               .
            
             Oh
             that
             thou
             hadst
             the
             wit
             to
             answer
             the
             drunkard
             ,
             when
             he
             tempts
             thee
             ,
             thus
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             there
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             
               agreement
               ,
            
             which
             is
             st●engthened
             by
             sin
             it self
             :
             as
             if
             one
             ●ee
             the
             keeper
             of
             a
             wench
             ,
             his
             secrecy
             is
             bought
             for
             ever
             .
             But
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             if
             one
             call
             another
             ,
             friend
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             to
             give
             him
             a
             nick-name
             ,
             whereof
             he
             is
             not
             guilty
             :
             for
             true
             friendship
             is
             so
             sacred
             ,
             holy
             ,
             and
             pure
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             not
             be
             used
             in
             evill
             :
             which
             made
             
               Pericles
               ,
            
             when
             he
             was
             desired
             by
             a
             friend
             of
             his
             ,
             to
             aide
             him
             with
             false
             witnesse
             ,
             answe●
             ,
             
               that
               he
               would
               b●friend
               him
               as
               far
               as
               the
               Altar
               ,
            
             meaning
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             stood
             with
             piety
             and
             religion
             ,
             or
             his
             duty
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             no
             further
             ;
             and
             
               Phocion
            
             refuse
             to
             help
             his
             son
             in
             law
             
               Cariles
            
             in
             judgment
             ,
             being
             accused
             for
             bribery
             ,
             saying
             withall
             ,
             
               that
               he
               had
               made
               him
               his
               frien●
               and
               alli●
               in
               just
               and
               reasonable
               matters
               ,
               and
               in
               them
               only
               ;
            
             and
             this
             likewise
             made
             
               Papini●
               an
               ,
            
             a
             Pagan
             ,
             (
             being
             commanded
             by
             the
             Empe●or
             
               Car●●alla
               ,
            
             whose
             Steward
             and
             familiar
             he
             was
             )
             refuse
             to
             defend
             an
             unjust
             cause
             ,
             (
             as
             
               Marcellinus
            
             records
             )
             and
             thus
             it
             fares
             with
             all
             that
             are
             truly
             religious
             .
             There
             is
             not
             any
             one
             (
             quoth
             the
             sincere
             Christian
             )
             either
             in
             blood
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             so
             near
             unto
             me
             ,
             but
             if
             he
             fall
             from
             God
             ,
             I
             will
             fall
             from
             him
             :
             why
             ?
             our
             Saviour
             
               Christ
            
             hath
             taught
             me
             ,
             both
             by
             precept
             and
             example
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             acknowledg
             none
             (
             so
             as
             to
             be
             led
             by
             them
             )
             for
             my
             
               brother
               ,
               sister
               ,
               or
               mother
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               do
               the
               will
               of
               my
               Father
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               Matth.
            
             12.
             46.
             to
             51.
             
          
           
             Whereas
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             in
             things
             lawfull
             ,
             nothing
             rivits
             
               hearts
            
             so
             
               close
               ,
            
             ●s
             
               religion
               :
            
             it
             
               unites
            
             them
             together
             as
             gl●ws
             doth
             〈◊〉
             together
             :
             it
             makes
             a
             knot
             ,
             even
             between
             such
             as
             never
             saw
             one
             anothers
             face
             ,
             that
             
               Alexander
            
             can
             not
             cut
             :
             yea
             ,
             Tyrants
             will
             sooner
             want
             invention
             for
             torments
             ,
             then
             they
             with
             tortures
             be
             made
             treacherous
             .
             How
             many
             have
             chosen
             rather
             to
             embrace
             the
             flams
             ,
             then
             to
             reveal
             their
             companions
             ,
             and
             b●ethren
             in
             
               Christ
               ?
            
             There
             is
             no
             friendship
             like
             the
             
               friendship
            
             of
             
               faith
               .
            
             There
             is
             
               Amor
               ,
            
             among
             Beasts
             ;
             
               Dilectio
               ,
            
             among
             Men
             ;
             
               Charitas
               ,
            
             among
             Christians
             ,
             that
             is
             their
             peculiar
             :
             nature
             ,
             makes
             husband
             and
             wi●●
             but
             one
             flesh
             ;
             grace
             makes
             them
             even
             one
             spirit
             :
             and
             it
             is
             a
             question
             ,
             w●ether
             naturall
             Parents
             are
             to
             be●loved
             above
             spiritual
             :
             we
             know
             that
             
               Christ
            
             preferred
             his
             spiritua●
             kindred
             ,
             to
             that
             of
             the
             flesh
             :
             and
             
               m●jor
               est
               connexio
               〈◊〉
               quà●
               sanginum
               ,
            
             saith
             
               Beza
               ,
            
             Why
             s●ould
             we
             love
             them
             more
             ,
             that
             brought
             us
             into
             this
             sinfull
             and
             miserable
             world
             ;
             then
             those
             ,
             that
             b●ing
             us
             into
             a
             better
             world
             ,
             where
             is
             neither
             sin
             ,
             nor
             misery
             ?
             Why
             them
             ,
             that
             live
             with
             us
             on
             earth
             but
             a
             while
             ;
             equall
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             shall
             live
             with
             us
             in
             H●aven
             for
             ever
             ?
          
           
             But
             to
             go
             on
             .
             Surely
             ,
             as
             grace
             in
             her self
             is
             far
             above
             nature
             :
             so
             is
             she
             likewise
             in
             her
             effects
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             unites
             in
             a
             far
             more
             ●urable
             bond
             .
             Christians
             hearts
             are
             joyned
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             with
             so
             fast
             a
             gl●w
             ,
             that
             no
             by
             respects
             can
             s●ver
             them
             :
             as
             you
             may
             see
             in
             that
             paire
             of
             friends
             ,
             
               Ionathan
            
             and
             
               David
               :
            
             non●
             had
             so
             much
             cause
             to
             disaffect
             
               David
               ,
            
             as
             
               Ionathan
               ;
            
             no●e
             in
             a●l
             
               Israel
               ,
            
             should
             
             be
             such
             a
             looser
             by
             
               David's
            
             successe
             ,
             as
             he
             ;
             
               Saul
            
             was
             sure
             enough
             setled
             for
             hi●
             time
             ,
             only
             his
             successor
             should
             forgo
             all
             that
             which
             
               David
            
             should
             gain
             ;
             so
             a●
             none
             but
             
               David
            
             stands
             in
             
               Ionathan's
            
             way
             to
             the
             Crown
             ;
             and
             yet
             all
             this
             can
             ,
             not
             abate
             one
             dram
             of
             his
             love
             .
             As
             also
             in
             
               Ruth
            
             and
             
               Naomy
               ,
            
             whom
             nothing
             ,
             but
             death
             ,
             could
             part
             ,
             
               Ruth
               .
            
             1.
             
             If
             you
             will
             see
             other
             examples
             ,
             look
             
               Rom.
               1.
               10
               11.
               1
               Thes.
               2.
               17
               ,
               19.
               20.
               
               Galathians
               4.
               18
               ,
               19.
               
               Act.
            
             20.
             37
             ,
             38.
             and
             16.
             15.
             
             
               Luke
               4.
               42.
               2
               
               Kings
            
             2.
             4.
             9.
             and
             4.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             As
             grace
             is
             the
             greatest
             attractive
             of
             love
             ;
             so
             is
             it
             the
             surest
             bond
             ;
             it
             is
             like
             varnish
             ,
             that
             makes
             ●eelings
             not
             only
             ●hine
             ,
             but
             last
             .
             Where
             God
             uniteth
             hearts
             ,
             carnall
             respects
             are
             too
             weak
             to
             dis●ever
             them
             ;
             since
             that
             which
             breaks
             off
             affection
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             stronger
             then
             that
             which
             conjoyneth
             it
             ,
             and
             why
             doth
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             use
             these
             words
             ,
             once
             to
             the
             elect
             Lady
             ,
             2
             
               Iohn
            
             1.
             2.
             and
             again
             to
             
               Gajus
               ,
               3
               Iohn
               1.
               whom
               I
               love
               in
               the
               truth
               ,
            
             but
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             to
             
               love
               in
               the
               truth
               ,
            
             is
             the
             only
             
               true
               love
               ?
            
             Indeed
             ,
             religion
             is
             the
             surest
             cement
             of
             all
             societies
             :
             the
             loser
             joynts
             of
             all
             naturall
             and
             civill
             relations
             ,
             are
             compacted
             and
             confirmed
             by
             the
             sinews
             of
             grace
             and
             religion
             :
             and
             such
             a
             lose
             joynted
             friendship
             cannot
             hold
             long
             ,
             which
             wants
             the
             nerves
             of
             religion
             .
             Wherefore
             give
             me
             any
             foe
             ,
             rather
             then
             a
             resolved
             Christian
             :
             no
             friend
             unlesse
             a
             man
             truly
             honest
          
        
         
           
             §.
             33.
             
          
           
             BUt
             here
             it
             will
             be
             objected
             .
             That
             we
             
               hate
            
             and
             
               contemn
            
             all
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             
               like
            
             our selves
             :
             that
             we
             remember
             them
             so
             much
             to
             bee
             
               sinners
               ,
            
             that
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             we
             forget
             them
             to
             be
             
               men
            
             and
             
               brethren
               .
            
          
           
             I
             answer
             .
             This
             were
             to
             dash
             the
             first
             Table
             against
             the
             second
             ;
             whereas
             they
             are
             conscious
             of
             both
             alike
             .
             A
             charitable
             heart
             ,
             even
             where
             it
             
               hates
               ,
            
             there
             it
             wisheth
             that
             it
             might
             have
             cause
             to
             
               love
               :
            
             his
             
               anger
            
             and
             
               indignation
            
             against
             sin
             ,
             is
             alwayes
             joyned
             with
             
               love
            
             and
             
               commiseration
            
             towards
             the
             sinner
             ,
             as
             is
             lively
             set
             out
             ,
             
               Mark
               .
            
             3.
             5.
             and
             
               Philippians
            
             3.
             18.
             where
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             tells
             us
             of
             them
             (
             weeping
             )
             
               tha●
               are
               enemies
               to
               the
               crosse
               of
               Christ
               :
            
             and
             
               Mar.
            
             3.
             5.
             
             That
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             while
             he
             looked
             upon
             the
             
               Pharisies
            
             angerly
             ,
             
               mourned
               for
               the
               hardness
               of
               their
               hearts
               .
               Zeale
            
             is
             a
             
               compounded
            
             affection
             of
             
               love
            
             and
             
               anger
               .
            
             When
             
               Moses
            
             was
             
               angry
            
             with
             the
             
               Israelites
            
             and
             chid
             them
             sharply
             ;
             at
             the
             same
             time
             he
             prayed
             for
             them
             heartily
             .
             And
             
               Ionothan
               ,
            
             when
             he
             was
             angry
             with
             his
             Father
             ,
             for
             vowing
             
               David's
            
             death
             ;
             did
             still
             retain
             the
             duty
             and
             
               love
               ,
            
             both
             of
             a
             S●n
             to
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             subject
             to
             his
             Soveraign
             .
             A
             good
             man
             cannot
             speak
             of
             them
             without
             passion
             ,
             and
             compassion
             :
             yea
             ,
             they
             weep
             not
             so
             much
             for
             their
             own
             sins
             ,
             as
             we
             doe
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             S.
             
               Chrysostome's
            
             example
             )
             O
             that
             our
             prayers
             and
             tea●es
             could
             but
             recover
             them
             .
          
           
             Those
             that
             are
             truly
             gracious
             ,
             know
             how
             to
             receive
             the
             blessings
             of
             God
             ,
             without
             contempt
             of
             them
             who
             want
             ;
             and
             have
             learned
             to
             be
             thankful
             ,
             without
             overliness
             ;
             knowing
             themselves
             have
             been
             ,
             or
             may
             be
             ,
             as
             wretched
             and
             ●ndeserving
             ,
             as
             S.
             
               Augustine
            
             speaks
             .
             A
             true
             Christian
             can
             distinguish
             be●ween
             persons
             and
             vices
             ;
             offenders
             ,
             and
             offences
             ;
             and
             have
             no
             peace
             with
             the
             ●ne
             ,
             while
             he
             hath
             true
             peace
             with
             the
             other
             ;
             love
             them
             ,
             as
             men
             ,
             hate
             them
             ,
             ●s
             evil
             men
             ;
             love
             ,
             what
             they
             are
             ,
             not
             what
             they
             do
             ;
             as
             God
             made
             them
             ,
             not
             ●s
             they
             have
             made
             themselves
             ;
             not
             so
             hate
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             a
             foe
             to
             goodnesse
             ;
             not
             so
             ●ove
             ,
             as
             to
             foster
             iniquity
             .
             It
             is
             a
             question
             ,
             whether
             is
             worst
             of
             the
             two
             ,
             to
             be
             
             vices
             friend
             ,
             or
             vertues
             enemy
             .
             Now
             saith
             
               Augustine
               ,
               He
               is
               not
               angry
               with
               his
               brother
               ,
               that
               is
               angry
               with
               the
               sin
               of
               his
               brother
               :
            
             yea
             ,
             if
             we
             
               hate
            
             the
             vices
             of
             a
             wicked
             man
             ,
             and
             
               love
            
             his
             person
             ;
             as
             the
             Physitian
             ,
             hateth
             the
             dis●ase
             ,
             but
             loveth
             the
             pe●son
             of
             the
             diseased
             ;
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             praise
             worthy
             ,
             as
             saith
             the
             same
             Father
             .
             And
             another
             ,
             
               It
               is
               the
               honest
               mans
               commendation
               to
               contemn
               a
               vile
               person
               .
            
             And
             another
             ,
             
               I
               know
               no
               grea●er
               argument
               of
               goodnesse
               ,
               then
               the
               hatred
               of
               wickednesse
               ,
               in
               whomsoever
               it
               resides
               :
            
             yea
             ,
             
               David
            
             makes
             it
             a
             note
             of
             his
             integrity
             ,
             
               Psal.
            
             31.
             6.
             and
             139.
             21.
             22.
             and
             26.
             4.
             5.
             and
             in
             
               Psa.
            
             15.
             
             He
             is
             bold
             to
             ask
             the
             Lord
             this
             question
             ;
             
               Who
               s●al
               dwel
               in
               thy
               tabernacle
               ,
               who
               shal
               rest
               in
               t●y
               holy
               mountain
               ?
            
             the
             answer
             he
             receives
             is
             this
             ,
             1.
             
             
               He
               that
               walketh
               uprightly
               ,
               and
               worketh
               rightousness
               .
               2.
               
               And
               speaketh
               the
               truth
               from
               his
               heart
               .
               3.
               
               He
               that
               s●andereth
               not
               with
               his
               tongu●
               ,
               nor
               doth
               evil
               to
               his
               neighbour
               ,
               nor
               receiveth
               a
               false
               report
               against
               his
               neighbour
               .
            
             But
             the
             fourth
             is
             ,
             
               Hee
               ,
               in
               whose
               eyes
               a
               vile
               person
               is
               contemne●
               ,
            
             while
             hee
             
               honoureth
               them
               that
               fear
               the
               Lor●
               :
            
             and
             he
             cannot
             be
             sincere
             who
             doth
             not
             honour
             vertue
             in
             rags
             ,
             and
             loath
             〈◊〉
             ,
             though
             in
             a
             robe
             of
             State
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             as
             the
             Prophet
             asked
             
               Ichosophat
               2
               Chron.
               19.
               2.
               wouldst
               thou
               help
               the
               wicked
               ,
               and
               love
               them
               that
               hate
               the
               Lord
               ?
            
             it
             may
             be
             deman●ed
             ;
             ●hould
             Christians
             be
             friends
             with
             them
             who
             are
             
               enemies
               to
               the
               Cross
               of
               Christ
               ?
            
             no
             ,
             no
             .
             And
             yet
             to
             the
             men
             ,
             separate
             from
             their
             manners
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             quarrel
             ,
             but
             with
             them
             better
             ,
             then
             they
             either
             wish
             to
             us
             ,
             or
             to
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             ,
             it
             we
             should
             contemn
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             think
             we
             do
             ;
             it
             were
             but
             a
             just
             recomp●nce
             of
             their
             folly
             and
             wickednesse
             :
             for
             as
             one
             speaking
             of
             the
             poverty
             of
             the
             pu●se
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               that
               poverty
               is
               justly
               contemptible
               ,
               which
               is
               purchased
               by
               following
               of
               vice
               :
            
             so
             may
             I
             ,
             of
             the
             poverty
             of
             the
             mind
             ;
             that
             poverty
             of
             wit
             and
             g●ace
             is
             justly
             contemptible
             ,
             which
             is
             purchased
             by
             a
             wilfull
             rebellion
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             means
             of
             knowledg
             and
             grace
             which
             we
             enjoy
             .
             To
             concl●●e
             this
             point
             ,
             we
             think
             it
             's
             better
             to
             leave
             them
             ,
             and
             be
             thought
             proud
             ,
             wrong●ully
             ;
             then
             stay
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             be
             known
             bad
             ,
             certainly
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             34.
             
          
           
             AG●in
             ,
             some
             will
             alledg
             ,
             we
             giv●offence
             to
             them
             that
             are
             without
             ,
             which
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Apostles
             precept
             ,
             who
             saith
             ,
             
               Give
               none
               of●ence
               ,
               neither
               to
               the
            
             Jews
             ,
             
               nor
               to
               the
            
             G●ecians
             ,
             
               nor
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               1
               Cor.
            
             10.
             32.
             as
             they
             will
             make
             a
             crooked
             staffe
             serve
             to
             beat
             a
             Dog
             ,
             when
             a
             streight
             〈◊〉
             ●●nnot
             be
             ●ound
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             but
             ignorance
             is
             guilty
             of
             this
             scruple
             :
             for
             the
             
               offence
            
             is
             only
             
               taken
               ,
            
             〈◊〉
             
               given
               :
            
             and
             herein
             they
             pervert
             the
             Apostles
             words
             ,
             touching
             
               offences
               ,
            
             as
             
               Pharaoh's
            
             se●vants
             did
             the
             same
             word
             ,
             when
             they
             said
             unto
             their
             Master
             conc●●ning
             
               Moses
               ,
               How
               long
               shall
               he
               be
               an
               offence
               unto
               us
               ?
               Exodus
               .
            
             10.
             7.
             for
             〈◊〉
             meaneth
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             only
             such
             offences
             as
             are
             contrary
             to
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Gosp●l
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             expounded
             his
             own
             meaning
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             16.
             17.
             
             And
             if
             nothing
             might
             be
             done
             ,
             whereat
             wicked
             men
             are
             offended
             ,
             then
             the
             word
             of
             God
             must
             not
             be
             preacht
             ,
             nor
             his
             holy
             and
             divine
             precepts
             walked
             in
             ,
             yea
             ,
             
               Christ
            
             must
             not
             have
             come
             into
             the
             world
             to
             redeem
             it
             ,
             for
             
               he
               was
               to
               the
               Iews
               a
               stumbling
               block
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Greeks
               foolishness
               ,
               1
               Cor.
            
             1.
             23.
             
             But
             all
             which
             God
             hath
             commanded
             must
             be
             done
             ;
             and
             all
             which
             he
             hath
             left
             ,
             indifferent
             ,
             
             may
             be
             done
             ,
             and
             none
             may
             ,
             or
             ought
             to
             censure
             the
             doing
             of
             it
             .
             The
             precept
             is
             plain
             ,
             
               one
               believeth
               that
               he
               may
               ●at
               of
               all
               things
               ;
               and
               another
               which
               is
               weak
               ●ateth
               herbs
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             and
             what
             followes
             ?
             
               let
               not
               him
               that
               ●ateth
               ,
               despise
               him
               that
               ●ateth
               not
               ;
               an●
               let
               not
               him
               that
               eateth
               not
               ,
               condemn
               him
               that
               eateth
               ;
               for
               God
               hath
               received
               him
               ,
               Rom.
            
             14.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             If
             I
             know
             the
             thing
             to
             be
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             do
             it
             to
             a
             good
             end
             ,
             what
             care
             I
             for
             their
             idle
             misconstruction
             ?
             morally
             good
             actions
             must
             not
             be
             suspended
             ,
             upon
             danger
             of
             causelesse
             scandall
             :
             in
             things
             indifferent
             and
             arbitrary
             ,
             it
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             ove●-ruled
             by
             feare
             of
             
               offence
               :
            
             but
             if
             men
             will
             stumble
             in
             the
             plain
             ground
             of
             good
             ;
             let
             them
             fall
             without
             our
             regard
             ,
             not
             without
             their
             own
             pe●ill
             .
          
           
             Now
             that
             the
             Cuckoe
             may
             acknowledg
             this
             for
             her
             own
             egg
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             hath
             laid
             it
             in
             the
             Doves
             nest
             ;
             let
             the
             men
             of
             the
             world
             know
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             an
             
               offence
               given
            
             by
             us
             ,
             but
             
               taken
            
             by
             them
             ;
             yea
             ,
             they
             first
             
               give
            
             an
             
               offence
            
             to
             us
             by
             their
             ungodliness
             ,
             and
             after
             take
             the
             just
             
               reward
            
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             namely
             ,
             to
             be
             excluded
             our
             society
             for
             an
             
               offence
               ,
               :
            
             wherein
             they
             imitate
             
               Athanagoras
               ,
            
             who
             (
             as
             
               Tully
            
             reporteth
             )
             would
             alwayes
             complain
             of
             his
             punishment
             ,
             but
             of
             his
             fault
             he
             would
             say
             nothing
             :
             or
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             who
             was
             ashamed
             of
             his
             nakednesse
             ,
             but
             not
             of
             his
             sin
             :
             wicked
             men
             are
             neither
             sensible
             of
             doing
             injury
             ,
             nor
             patient
             in
             suffering
             for
             it
             .
             It
             's
             a
             rule
             of
             justice
             ,
             that
             what
             men
             deserve
             ,
             they
             should
             suffer
             :
             yea
             ,
             in
             this
             particular
             case
             ,
             Gods
             rule
             is
             ,
             if
             thou
             
               take
               away
               the
               precious
               from
               the
               vile
               ,
            
             thou
             shalt
             be
             according
             to
             my
             word
             ,
             
               Icr.
            
             15.
             19.
             
             And
             we
             would
             have
             them
             suffer
             this
             exclusion
             no
             longer
             ,
             then
             till
             they
             deserve
             it
             no
             more
             :
             let
             them
             return
             unto
             us
             ,
             (
             do
             as
             
               Themisto●les
               ,
            
             who
             being
             in
             his
             youth
             vicious
             and
             d●boyst
             ,
             afterwards
             made
             the
             world
             amends
             ,
             by
             his
             brave
             exploits
             )
             and
             we
             will
             return
             unto
             them
             ,
             keep
             them
             company
             ,
             account
             them
             true
             friends
             ,
             good
             men
             :
             otherwise
             we
             have
             an
             absolute
             prohibition
             from
             God
             himself
             ,
             
               Ier.
               15.
               19
               ,
               let
               them
               return
               unto
               thee
               ,
               but
               return
               not
               thou
               unto
               them
               .
            
             And
             good
             reason
             there
             is
             for
             it
             ,
             in
             a
             musical
             instrument
             ,
             the
             strings
             that
             be
             out
             of
             tune
             ,
             are
             set
             up
             ,
             or
             set
             down
             to
             the
             rest
             ;
             but
             the
             strings
             that
             be
             in
             tune
             ,
             are
             n●ver
             stirred
             ,
             nor
             medled
             with
             :
             though
             indeed
             I
             might
             have
             stopped
             their
             mouths
             with
             this
             very
             question
             ,
             whether
             is
             better
             to
             obey
             God
             ,
             or
             humour
             sensual
             men
             ?
             As
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             stopt
             the
             high
             Priests
             mouths
             ,
             when
             they
             asked
             him
             ,
             by
             what
             authority
             he
             cu●sed
             the
             fruitlesse
             Fig-tree
             ;
             cast
             the
             buyers
             and
             sellers
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             by
             demanding
             of
             them
             ,
             
               whether
               Iohns
               baptisme
               was
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               or
               of
               men
               ,
               Mar.
            
             11.
             29.
             
          
           
             But
             in
             case
             they
             will
             not
             return
             unto
             us
             ,
             we
             had
             rather
             offend
             each
             of
             them
             once
             ,
             then
             our selves
             every
             day
             .
             It
             is
             pity
             that
             ever
             the
             water
             of
             baptisme
             was
             spilt
             upon
             his
             face
             ,
             that
             cares
             more
             to
             discontent
             the
             world
             ,
             then
             to
             wrong
             God
             .
             They
             are
             unjust
             and
             over
             partial
             ,
             that
             will
             go
             about
             to
             exact
             from
             us
             ,
             that
             which
             we
             owe
             not
             ,
             with
             more
             rigor
             then
             they
             will
             exact
             from
             themselves
             ,
             that
             which
             they
             owe
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             I
             have
             given
             you
             the
             reasons
             ,
             why
             such
             as
             are
             ,
             or
             desire
             to
             be
             conscionable
             and
             religious
             ,
             break
             off
             company
             with
             them
             ;
             and
             vindicated
             the
             most
             usual
             exceptions
             against
             it
             .
             I
             will
             now
             make
             some
             use
             of
             the
             point
             ;
             and
             so
             leave
             it
             for
             them
             to
             chew
             upon
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             §.
             35.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             TO
             sum
             up
             all
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             or
             lay
             all
             these
             grounds
             and
             motives
             together
             If
             we
             endanger
             our selves
             ,
             our
             lives
             ,
             our
             estates
             ,
             loose
             our
             credit
             ,
             our
             peace
             ,
             our
             time
             ,
             by
             frequent
             associating
             with
             ungodly
             men
             ,
             and
             can
             no
             way
             expect
             their
             love
             and
             friendship
             ;
             be
             sure
             you
             come
             not
             (
             or
             at
             least
             stay
             not
             )
             in
             their
             company
             .
             It
             is
             not
             safe
             venturing
             among
             them
             ,
             in
             confidence
             of
             our
             own
             streng●
             ;
             no
             more
             then
             it
             is
             to
             consort
             with
             cheaters
             ,
             in
             hope
             that
             they
             will
             not
             cozen
             us
             .
             Dead
             fire
             ,
             we
             know
             ,
             being
             stird
             up
             ,
             will
             burn
             a
             fresh
             :
             and
             〈◊〉
             ,
             like
             a
             candle
             new
             put
             out
             ,
             is
             soon
             kindled
             again
             ;
             If
             Sathan
             but
             blow
             upon
             it
             ,
             the
             own
             heat
             is
             enough
             to
             enflame
             it
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             venture
             not
             thy self
             ,
             though
             thou
             hast
             once
             ,
             or
             twise
             come
             off
             clear
             from
             them
             ;
             
               Sampson
            
             could
             withstand
             his
             wives
             temptation
             seven
             dayes
             ,
             but
             at
             length
             ,
             by
             her
             importunity
             ,
             she
             prevailed
             with
             him
             ,
             
               Iudg.
            
             14.
             
             Over
             many
             in
             this
             case
             are
             like
             to
             sick
             men
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             have
             had
             a
             good
             day
             ,
             or
             two
             ,
             think
             themselves
             presently
             well
             again
             ;
             so
             they
             make
             bold
             to
             put
             off
             their
             Kerchifes
             ,
             to
             put
             on
             thinner
             garments
             ,
             and
             to
             venture
             into
             the
             fre●h
             ayre
             ;
             whereupon
             follows
             unrecoverable
             relapses
             .
             Wherefore
             take
             heed
             ,
             or
             if
             thou
             dost
             keep
             them
             company
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             argument
             ,
             that
             thou
             art
             sick
             of
             their
             disease
             ,
             idlenesse
             .
             And
             of
             this
             〈◊〉
             so
             much
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             If
             wicked
             company
             are
             so
             insectious
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             work
             a
             consumption
             in
             any
             mans
             vertues
             ,
             that
             is
             dayly
             conversant
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             waste
             them
             from
             an
             〈◊〉
             ,
             to
             a
             dram
             ;
             from
             a
             dram
             ,
             to
             a
             scruple
             ,
             to
             a
             grain
             ,
             to
             nothing
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             may
             ●ay
             with
             
               Christ
            
             in
             the
             croud
             ,
             
               who
               hath
               touched
               me
               ,
               for
               I
               feel
               vertue
               gone
               out
               of
               me
               ?
            
             Let
             us
             be
             (
             as
             
               Seneca
            
             adviseth
             )
             
               more
               circumspect
               ,
               with
               whom
               we
               〈◊〉
               and
               drinke
               ,
               then
               what
               we
               eate
               and
               drink
               .
            
             He
             that
             hath
             money
             ,
             will
             beware
             of
             theeves
             :
             if
             you
             have
             any
             grace
             venture
             it
             not
             among
             these
             ri●●ers
             :
             〈◊〉
             ,
             art
             thou
             inclined
             to
             pray
             ?
             they
             will
             tempt
             thee
             to
             play
             :
             wouldst
             thou
             go
             to
             a
             Sermon
             ?
             by
             their
             perswasion
             ,
             the
             Tavern
             or
             Theater
             stands
             in
             the
             way
             .
             But
             alasse
             !
             if
             others
             tempt
             thee
             not
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             tempt
             others
             :
             temptation
             needs
             not
             stan●
             like
             a
             Tavern-bush
             ,
             in
             thy
             way
             ,
             for
             thou
             wilt
             invite
             thy self
             ,
             hunt
             after
             temptation
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Is
             every
             man
             busie
             in
             dispending
             that
             quality
             ,
             which
             is
             predominant
             in
             him
             ?
             And
             can
             we
             converse
             with
             none
             but
             will
             work
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             unperceived
             stealth
             of
             time
             ,
             assimilate
             us
             to
             their
             own
             customs
             ?
             will
             two
             friends
             ,
             like
             two
             brands
             set
             each
             other
             on
             fire
             with
             good
             ,
             or
             ill
             ,
             when
             one
             alone
             will
             go
             out
             ?
             will
             a
             streight
             twig
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             tied
             to
             a
             crooked
             bough
             ,
             become
             crooked
             ;
             or
             a
             crooked
             twigh
             ,
             become
             streight
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             tied
             to
             a
             streight
             rule
             :
             as
             
               Peter
            
             denied
             his
             Master
             amongst
             the
             
               Iews
               ,
            
             whom
             hee
             con●est
             among
             the
             Apostles
             ?
             Then
             keep
             company
             ,
             but
             let
             it
             be
             with
             such
             as
             may
             make
             thee
             better
             ;
             flie
             evill
             society
             ,
             least
             their
             kind
             words
             so
             work
             upon
             thy
             yeelding
             nature
             ,
             that
             thou
             knowest
             not
             how
             to
             deny
             :
             they
             are
             such
             as
             have
             taken
             the
             Davils
             oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ;
             and
             thou
             hast
             small
             hope
             to
             prevail
             with
             them
             to
             good
             .
          
           
             A
             certain
             King
             (
             as
             St.
             
               Augustin
            
             reports
             )
             being
             hard
             favoured
             ,
             and
             fearing
             least
             his
             Queen
             should
             bring
             forth
             children
             like
             himself
             ;
             got
             many
             faire
             and
             beautiful
             pictures
             ,
             which
             he
             caused
             her
             steadfastly
             to
             behold
             every
             day
             :
             go
             thou
             and
             do
             likewise
             ,
             be
             conversant
             with
             good
             men
             ,
             and
             in
             good
             things
             ,
             and
             
               thou
               
               shalt
               do
               that
               unbidden
               ,
               which
               others
               can
               scarce
               do
               compelled
               by
               the
               Law
               ,
            
             as
             
               Aristotle
            
             speaks
             of
             the
             study
             of
             Philosophy
             .
             O
             what
             an
             happy
             thing
             it
             is
             to
             converse
             with
             the
             vertuous
             !
             their
             gracious
             words
             ,
             or
             holy
             examples
             ,
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             stir
             up
             the
             gifts
             of
             God
             in
             us
             ;
             they
             will
             either
             adde
             something
             to
             our
             zeale
             ,
             or
             something
             to
             our
             knowledg
             :
             the
             society
             of
             Prophets
             ,
             is
             able
             to
             make
             even
             a
             
               Saul
            
             prophesie
             .
             The
             sight
             of
             others
             falling
             heartily
             to
             their
             meate
             ,
             brings
             on
             our
             stomacks
             :
             yea
             ,
             if
             we
             have
             no
             gifts
             to
             stir
             up
             ,
             their
             communion
             cannot
             but
             leave
             some
             tincture
             behind
             it
             ,
             if
             not
             of
             Piety
             ,
             yet
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             of
             a
             good
             profession
             ,
             and
             some
             inclinableness
             .
             If
             
               Saul
               ▪
            
             had
             not
             had
             a
             good
             and
             discreet
             companion
             ,
             when
             he
             went
             to
             seek
             his
             Fathers
             Asses
             ,
             he
             had
             returned
             back
             as
             wise
             as
             he
             came
             :
             but
             now
             he
             is
             drawn
             into
             counsel
             with
             the
             Man
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             heares
             more
             then
             he
             hoped
             for
             ,
             1
             
               Sam.
            
             9.
             6.
             
             The
             messengers
             of
             the
             same
             
               Saul
               ,
            
             when
             they
             lived
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             were
             (
             as
             is
             likely
             )
             caried
             away
             with
             the
             swinge
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             and
             did
             apply
             themselves
             to
             their
             Masters
             ungodly
             practises
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             in
             their
             going
             to
             apprehend
             
               David
               ,
            
             that
             
               Saul
            
             might
             kill
             him
             :
             yet
             were
             they
             no
             sooner
             in
             company
             with
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             in
             
               Nayoth
               ,
            
             but
             their
             minds
             were
             changed
             ,
             and
             they
             likewise
             prophesied
             ,
             1
             
               Sam.
            
             19.
             20.
             
          
           
             
               Ob.
            
             But
             say
             some
             of
             
               Bacchus
            
             his
             fooles
             .
             I
             keep
             
               company
            
             with
             
               brave
               fellows
               ,
            
             that
             are
             generous
             ,
             free
             ,
             
               bountifull
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             Alasse
             !
             thou
             dost
             but
             slander
             him
             with
             these
             titles
             .
             He
             is
             a
             pround
             ,
             ignorant
             ,
             inconsiderate
             Asse
             ,
             that
             fears
             he
             is
             not
             loved
             ,
             unlesse
             he
             be
             lose
             and
             scattering
             ;
             that
             strives
             so
             to
             be
             like
             a
             god
             in
             bounty
             ,
             that
             he
             throws
             himself
             into
             the
             lowest
             estate
             of
             man
             .
             He
             that
             gives
             to
             ,
             and
             spends
             upon
             all
             abundantly
             (
             which
             is
             for
             none
             to
             do
             ,
             but
             him
             that
             hath
             all
             )
             he
             that
             had
             rather
             keep
             company
             with
             the
             dregs
             of
             men
             ,
             then
             not
             be
             the
             best
             man
             :
             he
             that
             ravels
             our
             a
             spacious
             fortune
             upon
             flatterers
             ;
             he
             that
             out
             of
             vain
             glory
             will
             be
             worship't
             and
             kneed
             ,
             to
             the
             spending
             of
             a
             fair
             inheritance
             ,
             and
             then
             ends
             his
             dayes
             in
             lewdness
             and
             contempt
             (
             as
             what
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             ambition
             will
             not
             practise
             ,
             rather
             then
             let
             her
             port
             decline
             )
             he
             is
             a
             foolish
             Steward
             ,
             that
             thus
             showers
             away
             in
             one
             year
             ,
             what
             his
             ancestors
             have
             been
             gathering
             twenty
             :
             yea
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             mad
             man
             ,
             that
             makes
             his
             kindness
             to
             others
             ,
             prove
             cruelty
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             posterity
             .
          
           
             
               Ob.
            
             Again
             ,
             others
             are
             all
             for
             
               mirth
               ,
            
             they
             keep
             company
             at
             the
             Tavern
             ,
             with
             none
             but
             curious
             and
             quaint
             
               wits
               ,
            
             eloquent
             Poëts
             and
             Orators
             ;
             now
             ask
             them
             ,
             as
             
               Manoah
            
             did
             
               Sampson
               ,
            
             Is
             there
             never
             a
             companion
             for
             thee
             among
             thy
             Brethren
             ,
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             thou
             must
             associate
             thy self
             with
             these
             of
             uncircumcised
             hearts
             and
             tongues
             ?
             They
             will
             answer
             .
             Give
             me
             only
             these
             for
             my
             
               companions
               ,
               for
               they
               please
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             Can
             none
             
               please
            
             thee
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             
               displease
            
             God
             ?
             dost
             thou
             not
             know
             ,
             that
             
               who
               so
               will
               be
               a
               friend
               to
               such
               ,
               makes
               himself
               the
               enemy
               of
               God
               ?
               Iames
               ,
            
             4.
             4.
             or
             art
             thou
             ignorant
             ,
             that
             pleasant
             
               wits
               ,
            
             viciated
             in
             accustomed
             lewdnesse
             ,
             with
             sweet
             tunes
             entise
             men
             to
             destruction
             ;
             as
             is
             morald
             in
             that
             fiction
             of
             the
             
               Sirens
               ,
            
             they
             delight
             the
             sense
             ,
             but
             slay
             the
             soul
             :
             and
             will
             any
             man
             poyson
             his
             body
             ,
             to
             please
             his
             taste
             ?
             or
             go
             into
             an
             infected
             house
             ,
             to
             fetch
             out
             a
             rich
             suite
             ?
             Or
             put
             his
             finger
             into
             a
             firy
             Crusible
             ,
             to
             take
             out
             gold
             :
             It
             's
             true
             ,
             like
             Jugglers
             and
             such
             as
             play
             trickes
             of
             Legerdim●in
             ,
             they
             will
             deceive
             us
             with
             a
             kind
             of
             pleasure
             and
             delight
             :
             but
             is
             it
             any
             priviledg
             for
             a
             man
             to
             be
             tickled
             to
             
             death
             ,
             that
             so
             he
             may
             dye
             laughing
             ?
             Their
             discourse
             may
             be
             resembled
             to
             the
             fruit
             that
             undid
             us
             all
             ,
             which
             was
             fair
             in
             sight
             ,
             smooth
             ,
             in
             handling
             ,
             sweet
             in
             ●aste
             ,
             but
             deadly
             in
             effect
             :
             or
             to
             the
             
               Clarian
            
             water
             ,
             which
             made
             men
             eloquent
             ,
             but
             withall
             ●hort
             liv'd
             :
             or
             the
             gifts
             ,
             which
             those
             Elfes
             called
             
               Lamiae
               ,
            
             used
             to
             present
             unto
             children
             which
             made
             so
             many
             as
             accepted
             of
             them
             loose
             their
             comlinesse
             for
             ever
             after
             .
             And
             he
             that
             much
             affects
             their
             company
             (
             being
             an
             honest
             man
             )
             is
             just
             like
             that
             free
             Citizen
             ,
             that
             so
             doted
             on
             a
             ●emale
             slave
             ,
             that
             hee
             would
             needs
             marry
             her
             ;
             though
             by
             that
             match
             ,
             he
             were
             sure
             ,
             ●y
             the
             Law
             ,
             to
             become
             a
             slave
             with
             her
             .
             He
             overvalues
             the
             drunken
             and
             reeling
             love
             of
             these
             men
             ,
             that
             buyes
             it
             with
             the
             ruine
             of
             himself
             ,
             his
             estate
             ,
             and
             family
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             as
             in
             Meats
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             only
             stand
             upon
             pleasantness
             ,
             but
             wholesomnesse
             :
             so
             let
             us
             regard
             
               wholesomnesse
            
             as
             well
             as
             
               pleasantness
               ,
            
             in
             our
             discourse
             and
             
               company
               .
            
             A
             good
             man
             can
             lend
             nothing
             to
             the
             increase
             of
             mirth
             in
             wicked
             company
             :
             and
             he
             that
             will
             not
             lend
             ,
             let
             him
             take
             heed
             of
             borrowing
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             36.
             
          
           
             FO●rthly
             ,
             If
             thou
             wouldst
             neither
             be
             intised
             nor
             enforced
             to
             pledg
             them
             ,
             in
             any
             of
             their
             wicked
             custome●s
             ,
             
               divorce
            
             thy self
             from
             all
             
               acquaintance
            
             and
             
               so
               ,
               〈◊〉
            
             with
             the
             vicious
             ,
             yea
             ,
             entertain
             no
             
               parly
            
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             are
             some
             vices
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             be
             vanquished
             but
             by
             avoiding
             ;
             such
             is
             fornication
             ,
             
               flye
               fornication
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             1
             
               Corinth
               .
            
             6.
             18.
             that
             is
             ,
             
               flye
            
             the
             
               company
            
             of
             fornicators
             ;
             for
             to
             be
             in
             a
             lewd
             womans
             company
             ,
             saith
             
               Salomon
               ,
            
             and
             depart
             innocent
             ;
             and
             to
             take
             fire
             in
             a
             mans
             bosome
             ,
             and
             not
             singe
             his
             cloaths
             ;
             or
             go
             upon
             live
             coles
             ,
             and
             his
             feet
             not
             be
             b●rnt
             ,
             are
             equa●ly
             possible
             ,
             
               Prov.
            
             6.
             27.
             28.
             such
             is
             the
             frailty
             of
             mans
             nature
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             eye
             but
             see
             ,
             or
             the
             ear
             hear
             ,
             or
             the
             hand
             but
             touch
             a
             whorish
             woman
             ,
             the
             heart
             will
             go
             nigh
             to
             catch
             ,
             and
             take
             fire
             ,
             verse
             29.
             
             And
             thus
             it
             fares
             with
             this
             sin
             ,
             bid
             a
             man
             conso●t
             a
             while
             with
             drunkards
             ,
             and
             depart
             from
             them
             innocent
             ,
             you
             may
             as
             well
             put
             a
             match
             to
             dry
             powder
             ,
             and
             forbid
             it
             to
             take
             fire
             ,
             except
             he
             be
             very
             well
             stayed
             ,
             and
             of
             better
             governd
             affections
             then
             ordinary
             .
             It
             is
             not
             safe
             to
             commit
             a
             little
             Wherry
             to
             the
             Seas
             violence
             .
             A
             stick
             that
             hath
             once
             been
             in
             the
             fire
             ,
             much
             mo●e
             a
             Torch
             newly
             extinguisht
             ,
             being
             forthwith
             put
             to
             the
             flame
             ,
             will
             soon
             be
             kindled
             again
             .
             Wherefore
             keep
             out
             of
             the
             reach
             of
             thy
             vicious
             
               acquaintance
               ,
            
             and
             if
             they
             becken
             thee
             one
             way
             ,
             be
             thou
             sure
             to
             take
             the
             contrary
             ,
             at
             least
             ente●tain
             no
             parley
             with
             them
             .
             When
             Castles
             once
             come
             to
             a
             parley
             ,
             there
             is
             great
             fear
             they
             will
             yeeld
             :
             and
             gates
             that
             are
             alwayes
             open
             ,
             will
             sometimes
             admit
             an
             enemy
             .
             No
             disputing
             with
             Sathan
             ,
             or
             his
             deputies
             :
             when
             our
             first
             Parents
             fell
             to
             arguing
             the
             case
             with
             that
             old
             Serpent
             ,
             though
             in
             the
             state
             of
             innocencie
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             wit
             at
             will
             ,
             and
             their
             reason
             at
             command
             ,
             they
             found
             him
             too
             hard
             for
             them
             :
             how
             much
             more
             too
             weak
             shall
             we
             find
             our selves
             ,
             that
             now
             are
             as
             we
             are
             ?
             surely
             ,
             we
             are
             like
             to
             lose
             all
             ,
             if
             once
             we
             enter
             into
             disputation
             with
             that
             old
             Sophister
             ,
             and
             crafty
             Fox
             ,
             after
             the
             experience
             of
             six
             thousand
             years
             almost
             ,
             and
             when
             our
             own
             flesh
             (
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             both
             deceiver
             and
             dissembler
             in
             the
             world
             )
             is
             become
             his
             cunning
             solicitour
             .
          
           
             Alasse
             !
             he
             desires
             no
             more
             then
             to
             be
             heard
             speak
             ;
             for
             grant
             him
             but
             this
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             perswade
             thee
             to
             believe
             ,
             even
             contrary
             to
             thine
             own
             knowledg
             :
             as
             how
             easily
             did
             he
             perswade
             
               Eve
               ,
            
             by
             himself
             :
             and
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             by
             her
             ,
             (
             when
             they
             gave
             
             but
             ear
             to
             him
             ,
             )
             o
             believe
             what
             he
             spake
             ,
             though
             they
             had
             heard
             God
             himself
             say
             the
             contrary
             ,
             but
             a
             little
             before
             ?
             
               Gen.
            
             2.
             17.
             and
             if
             in
             ocency
             found
             no
             means
             of
             resistance
             ,
             what
             hope
             have
             we
             so
             extreamly
             degenerated
             ?
             And
             indeed
             ,
             why
             do
             we
             pray
             not
             to
             be
             led
             into
             temptation
             ,
             if
             we
             lead
             our selves
             into
             temptation
             ?
             If
             we
             will
             not
             keep
             our selves
             from
             the
             occasion
             ;
             God
             will
             not
             keep
             us
             from
             the
             sin
             :
             and
             if
             God
             do
             not
             keep
             us
             ,
             we
             cannot
             be
             kept
             :
             we
             cannot
             ,
             we
             will
             not
             choose
             but
             fall
             .
             Wherefore
             〈◊〉
             the
             society
             of
             evil
             men
             ,
             as
             
               Ioseph
            
             shunned
             the
             society
             of
             his
             Mistresse
             ,
             and
             leave
             them
             that
             leave
             God
             ,
             as
             
               Noah
            
             did
             the
             old
             World
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             Gods
             commandement
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             7.
             1.
             7.
             and
             
               Abraham
            
             the
             
               Cana●ites
               ,
               Gen.
            
             12.
             1.
             and
             
               〈◊〉
            
             the
             
               Sodomites
               ,
               Gen.
            
             19.
             17.
             and
             
               Israel
            
             the
             
               Egyptians
               ,
               Exod.
            
             12.
             37.
             41.
             and
             
               M●ab
            
             and
             
               Ammon
               ,
               Numb.
            
             27.
             1.
             2.
             3.
             16
             17.
             
          
        
         
           
             §.
             37.
             
          
           
             BUT
             is
             it
             warrantable
             ,
             may
             some
             say
             ,
             to
             
               separate
            
             from
             our
             old
             
               acquaintance
               ,
            
             (
             being
             vicious
             )
             and
             other
             the
             like
             
               company
               ?
            
          
           
             Not
             totally
             ;
             for
             
               then
               we
               must
               go
               out
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               1
               Cor.
            
             5.
             10.
             nor
             from
             any
             in
             all
             cases
             ;
             for
             then
             we
             must
             separate
             ●●om
             the
             publike
             assemblies
             :
             nor
             in
             regard
             of
             civil
             society
             ,
             and
             necessary
             commerce
             ;
             for
             this
             were
             to
             unglue
             the
             whole
             worlds
             frame
             ,
             which
             is
             cont●xted
             only
             by
             commerce
             and
             contracts
             ,
             there
             be
             certain
             wise
             uses
             to
             be
             made
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             our
             convenience
             or
             necessity
             ,
             which
             need
             not
             ,
             yea
             ,
             must
             not
             be
             forborn
             :
             as
             wherefore
             serves
             discretion
             ,
             but
             that
             (
             as
             a
             glasse
             window
             )
             it
             may
             let
             in
             the
             light
             ,
             and
             keep
             out
             the
             winde
             ?
          
           
             Neither
             can
             wicked
             men
             ,
             in
             this
             ●ase
             ,
             be
             avoided
             :
             but
             so
             long
             as
             we
             are
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             we
             must
             
               converse
            
             with
             men
             of
             the
             World
             :
             and
             we
             know
             it
             is
             lawful
             enough
             ,
             in
             tearms
             of
             civility
             ,
             to
             deal
             with
             infidels
             ,
             yea
             ,
             even
             the
             savage
             
               Cannibals
            
             may
             receive
             an
             answer
             of
             outward
             courtesie
             .
             If
             a
             very
             dog
             fawn
             upon
             us
             we
             stroke
             him
             on
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             clap
             him
             on
             the
             back
             ,
             much
             lesse
             is
             the
             common
             bond
             of
             humanity
             untyed
             by
             grace
             ;
             disparity
             in
             spiritual
             professions
             ,
             is
             no
             warrant
             for
             ingratitude
             :
             yet
             a
             
               little
               friendship
            
             with
             such
             ,
             is
             enough
             ;
             the
             
               lesse
               communion
            
             with
             any
             of
             Gods
             enemies
             ,
             the
             more
             
               safety
               :
            
             and
             sure
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             affect
             a
             familiar
             
               entirenesse
            
             with
             such
             ,
             bewray
             either
             too
             much
             
               bol●nesse
               ,
            
             or
             to
             little
             
               cosncience
               .
            
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             we
             may
             not
             only
             
               converse
            
             with
             evil
             men
             ,
             but
             
               communicate
            
             with
             them
             also
             without
             harm
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             not
             in
             evil
             things
             :
             as
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             the
             unworthy
             receiver
             eateth
             and
             drinketh
             damnation
             to
             himself
             ,
             
               sibi
               ,
               non
               tibi
               ,
            
             to
             himself
             ,
             not
             to
             thee
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             touching
             a
             
               familiar
               entirenesse
               ,
            
             and
             leagues
             of
             amity
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             unfit
             ,
             unwarrantable
             ,
             dangerous
             ,
             is
             easie
             to
             prove
             .
             As
             what
             saith
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             by
             S.
             
               Paul
               .
               ?
               We●
               comman●
               you
               brethren
               ,
               in
               the
               name
               of
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               that
               ye
               with
               draw
               your selves
               from
               every
               brother
               that
               walketh
               inordinately
               ,
               and
               not
               after
               the
               instruction
               which
               ye
               received
               of
               us
               ,
               2
               Thes.
            
             3.
             6.
             
             And
             again
             ,
             speaking
             unto
             the
             converted
             
               Ephesians
               ,
            
             touching
             others
             among
             them
             who
             were
             whoremongers
             ,
             unclean
             persons
             ,
             covetous
             men
             ,
             and
             idolaters
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               be
               not
               companions
               with
               them
               ,
               Ephesi
               .
            
             5.
             5.
             
             ●
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             in
             that
             case
             of
             the
             incestuous
             
               Corinthian
               ,
            
             he
             doth
             not
             only
             excommunicate
             him
             ,
             but
             makes
             a
             rule
             upon
             it
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             one
             ,
             which
             professeth
             himself
             a
             Christian
             ,
             shall
             live
             in
             any
             scandalous
             co●●se
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             afford
             him
             so
             much
             as
             
             civil
             and
             familiar
             converse
             ,
             1
             
               Corinth
               .
               5.
               11.
               
               If
               any
               man
               that
               is
               called
               a
               ●rother
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               he
               a
               fornicator
               ,
               or
               covetous
               ,
               or
               an
               idolater
               ,
               or
               a
               railer
               ,
               or
               a
               drunkard
               ,
               or
               an
               extortioner
               ,
               with
               such
               an
               on
               eat
               not
               .
            
             Mark
             this
             all
             ye
             swinish
             drunkards
             and
             beastly
             livers
             ,
             that
             God-dischargeth
             us
             your
             society
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             proceed
             .
             Why
             was
             that
             Law
             enacted
             ,
             for
             the
             strict
             avoiding
             of
             Leprous
             persons
             ?
             it
             was
             not
             the
             body
             only
             that
             was
             herein
             respected
             ,
             by
             the
             God
             of
             spirits
             ;
             those
             that
             are
             
               spiritually
               contagious
            
             must
             be
             still
             and
             ever
             
               avoided
               ,
            
             they
             must
             be
             
               separated
            
             from
             us
             ,
             we
             from
             them
             ;
             they
             from
             us
             ,
             by
             just
             censures
             ;
             or
             if
             not
             ,
             we
             from
             them
             ,
             by
             a
             voluntary
             declination
             of
             their
             familiar
             conversation
             :
             or
             if
             they
             can
             joyn
             our
             heart
             to
             theirs
             ,
             they
             will
             disjoyn
             it
             from
             God
             ;
             to
             let
             passe
             Saint
             
               Pauls
            
             charge
             ,
             2
             
               Corinthians
               6.
               17.
               come
               out
               from
               among
               them
               ,
               and
               separate
               your selves
               :
            
             And
             that
             of
             the
             Angel
             ,
             
               Revelation
               18.
               4.
               come
               out
               of
               her
               my
               people
               ,
            
             which
             especially
             have
             relation
             to
             Idolaters
             :
             see
             what
             hath
             been
             the
             practise
             of
             Gods
             people
             since
             
               Noah
               ,
               Lot
               ,
               Abraham
               ,
            
             and
             
               Israel
               ,
            
             which
             have
             been
             alledged
             already
             .
             Doth
             not
             
               David
            
             say
             ,
             
               I
               have
               not
               sate
               with
               vain
               persons
               ,
               neither
               kept
               company
               with
               the
               dissemblers
               .
               I
               have
               hated
               the
               assembly
               of
               evill
               doers
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               company
               with
               the
               wicked
               ,
               Psal.
            
             26.
             4.
             5.
             
             And
             was
             not
             
               Ioseph
               ,
            
             whom
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             stilleth
             a
             just
             man
             ,
             fully
             minded
             (
             before
             the
             Angell
             forbad
             him
             )
             to
             put
             away
             
               Mary
               ,
            
             after
             he
             was
             betrothed
             unto
             her
             ,
             when
             he
             but
             supposed
             her
             to
             be
             dishonest
             ?
             
               Matthew
            
             1.
             19.
             
             And
             was
             not
             all
             this
             ,
             to
             shew
             us
             what
             wee
             should
             doe
             in
             the
             like
             cases
             ?
          
           
             Wherefore
             ,
             let
             us
             tread
             in
             their
             steps
             ,
             and
             say
             with
             a
             worthy
             Divine
             ,
             
               though
               I
               may
               have
               many
               bad
               acquaintance
               ,
               yet
               I
               will
               have
               no
               ba●
               companions
               :
            
             for
             even
             the
             tame
             beasts
             will
             not
             keep
             with
             the
             wild
             ;
             nor
             the
             clean
             dwell
             with
             the
             leprous
             .
             But
             above
             all
             ,
             let
             us
             keep
             no
             drunkards
             ,
             nor
             swearers
             in
             our
             houses
             ,
             
               Psalme
            
             101.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             no
             ,
             nor
             scoffers
             ,
             
               Ismael
            
             must
             be
             turned
             out
             of
             doors
             ,
             when
             he
             once
             fals
             a
             jeering
             of
             
               Isaac
               :
            
             and
             indeed
             if
             we
             do
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             shrewd
             suspition
             we
             are
             not
             sincere
             our selves
             :
             for
             grace
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             resembled
             to
             heat
             ,
             so
             like
             heat
             ,
             it
             gathereth
             together
             things
             of
             one
             kind
             ,
             separateth
             things
             of
             a
             contrary
             nature
             ,
             as
             drosse
             from
             Gold
             .
          
           
             In
             fine
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             
               forsaken
            
             all
             
               honesty
            
             and
             good
             conscience
             ,
             it
             is
             time
             for
             us
             to
             
               forsaken
               them
               :
            
             if
             they
             
               depart
            
             from
             vs
             ,
             in
             the
             foundation
             of
             faith
             and
             good
             works
             ;
             let
             us
             (
             as
             justly
             wee
             may
             )
             
               depart
            
             from
             them
             ,
             in
             the
             building
             of
             brotherly
             fellowship
             :
             they
             build
             on
             the
             sand
             ,
             let
             us
             build
             on
             the
             rock
             :
             yea
             ,
             if
             they
             
               forsake
            
             the
             right
             way
             ,
             we
             must
             
               forsake
            
             them
             ,
             or
             
               Christ
            
             will
             
               forsake
            
             us
             .
          
           
             But
             least
             all
             that
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             sufficient
             to
             
               perswade
               thee
               ;
            
             behold
             heer
             
               the
               drunkard
               deliniated
               ,
            
             and
             that
             will
             certainly
             aff●●ght
             thee
             from
             consorting
             with
             a
             fiend
             so
             foul
             and
             filthy
             ,
             so
             ugly
             ,
             and
             loathsom
             :
             which
             if
             it
             do
             ,
             I
             hope
             some
             good
             man
             or
             other
             ,
             will
             stick
             it
             upon
             every
             
               post
               :
            
             that
             all
             may
             be
             〈◊〉
             in
             amored
             ,
             with
             this
             worst
             then
             
               beastly
               abomination
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               
                 
                   ●●e
                   Drun●●d
                   is
                   a
                   ●●nge
                   Chi●●●a
                   ,
                   more
                   ●●●gious
                   ●●●n
                   any
                   ●●ster
                   ●●g
                   .
                
                 
                   in
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Visage
                       a
                       man
                       ,
                       but
                       a
                       
                         Broth●us
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Heart
                       ,
                       a
                       
                         Swine
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Head
                       ,
                       a
                       
                         Cephalus
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Tongue
                       ,
                       an
                       
                         Aspe
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Belly
                       ,
                       a
                       Lumpe
                       .
                    
                     
                       Appetite
                       ,
                       a
                       
                         Leech
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Sloth
                       ,
                       an
                       
                         Ignavus
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                    
                
              
               
                 
                   a
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Jer●●e
                       .
                    
                     
                       Goate
                       .
                    
                     
                       Siren
                       .
                    
                     
                       Hyaena
                       .
                    
                     
                       Panther
                       .
                    
                  
                
                 
                   for
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Excessive
                       devouring
                       .
                    
                     
                       Lust
                       .
                    
                     
                       Flattery
                       .
                    
                     
                       Subtilty
                       .
                    
                     
                       Cruelty
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   in
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Envying
                       ,
                       a
                       
                         Basiliske
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Antipathy
                       to
                       all
                       good
                       ,
                       a
                       
                         Lexus
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Hindering
                       others
                       from
                       good
                       ,
                       a
                       
                         Remora
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Life
                       ,
                       a
                       
                         Salamander
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Conscience
                       ,
                       an
                       
                         Ostrich
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Spirit
                       a
                       Devil
                    
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       1
                       in
                       surpassing
                    
                     
                       2
                       in
                       tempting
                    
                     
                       3
                       in
                       drawing
                    
                  
                
                 
                   others
                
                 
                   
                     
                       in
                       Sinne
                       .
                    
                     
                       to
                       Sinne
                       .
                    
                     
                       to
                       Perdition
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
             even
             the
             most
             despicable
             peece
             of
             all
             humanity
             ,
             and
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             reckoned
             among
             the
             Creatures
             which
             God
             made
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             much
             for
             
               defence
            
             against
             what
             they
             
               do
               ,
            
             which
             may
             be
             
               avoided
               .
            
          
           
             If
             you
             would
             have
             as
             much
             against
             what
             they
             
               say
               .
            
             which
             must
             be
             
               endured
               .
            
          
           
             ●●ade
             a
             late
             Treatise
             ,
             called
             ,
             THE
             VICTORY
             OF
             PATIENCE
             .
          
           
             Or
             if
             any
             would
             have
             the
             foregoing
             part
             of
             this
             
               Soverain
               Antedote
               :
            
             let
             ●●m
             inquire
             for
             
               Sin
               Stigmatized
               ,
            
             or
             
               The
               Drunkards
               Character
            
             with
             which
             it
             ●ound
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             larger
             letter
             .
             Likewise
             at
             
               Iames
               Crumps
               ,
            
             in
             
               Little
               Bartho●ewes
            
             Well-yard
             :
             they
             may
             have
             several
             peeces
             ,
             of
             sundry
             the
             most
             needfull
             ●ects
             ,
             composed
             for
             the
             common
             good
             by
             the
             same
             Author
             .
          
           
             FINIS