A New ANATOMY, OR Character of a Christian, or Round-head.  
Expressing His Description, Excellency, Happiness, and Innocence.  
Wherein may appear how far this blind World is mistaken in their unjust Censures of Him.  Virtus in arduis. Proverbs 12.26. 
The righteous is more excellent than his Neighbour.  jude 10. 
But these speak evil of those things which they know not, and in those things which they know, like brute beasts they defile themselves.  

Imprimatur,  
John Downame.   
LONDON, Printed for Robert Leybourne and are to be sold at the Star, under Peter's Church in Cornhill, 1645.   

A New character of a Christian, or Round-head.  
HE is a creature new moulded out of the frame and stock of the old Adam, into that of the new and second; and is compounded of light and darkness, which sometimes makes him to shine, and sometimes obscureth him, as either of both are predominant in him. In the former part of his life after conversion, you shall have him all in raptures, new joys, and strange expressions; being, as it were, in a new world: but after that in dumps and malancholie fits, now and then like a storme-beaten-man, complaining of cross winds, storms and tempests: A creature who at his entrance into Christianity finding such changes, and various entertainment, looks not for his portion in this life, and therefore expects no great matters in the house of bondage he now labours in: He is not much troubled for his present condition, because he is heir of all things, and what he wants in possession, he is assured of in reversion, knowing that his Father will see him furnished in the fittest season; and therefore in his wants he fues the promises, Gods bonds, yet leaves to God's pleasure when to make them good, & cares not though others are lifted up upon dunghills to overlook him. Though he be in show miserable, yet he envies not the present felicity of any, who have but a sunshine day towards their execution: He dares not adventure upon the lest of evils for attaining of the greatest good; of two evils he always chooseth the least, though he acknowledges that there is no evil of sin to be chosen at any time, and therefore uses this world and all things therein, as though he used them not. He can cast his bread upon the waters, and yet after many days, expect increase from thence; in all things he sympathises with the sufferings of others, and helping them in their miseries what he may.  
In all his actions the Word he makes his Rule in all things, and dares not without a warrant from thence undertake any matters of consequence; the rules and precepts whereof being multifarious, therefore his readier practice hath summed up into one, to do to others, as he would be done to by of them: and because at the giving of the Law all the Mountain was railed round, he therefore puts this rule about all his words, ways and actions, To abstain from all appearance of evil: Christ he makes his chiefest joys, his sins his greatest sorrow, next unto which an hypocrite vexeth him most, because he undertakes to act his part, but yet so bunglingly, that he always shames himself in the end: heaven he prizes above all things, and so little values the earth, as he thinks all this world not worthy of a sigh: He out of singularity affects not preciseness, but that his wary walking is still atended with that aspersion, he is temperate in all things, being to try great masteries over himself and others, not caring for the jollities and rejoyceing of others, lest too much of that temper should enforce that he had received his consolation.  
He knows that he walks in the midst of dangers, and therefore he walks some turns every day in heaven and hell, the one to cheer him in his journey, the other to afflict him from sinning. He espies & sees the snares which are rapt up in all the creatures to entrap him, and therefore as one treading amongst snares, he walks the more warily and circumspectly in all things, and can admire high hills, but bide within the plains: Yea, in all his journeys he by faith sees all this world on fire, as holy Jerome, though he always heard the last Trumpet sounding in his ears, Arise ye dead, and come to judgement, and therefore suits all his actions, affections, and meditations, according unto that matchless admiration, He throughly hates all sin, willingly hugs and harbours none, and mourns most that he cannot leave all. In his deviations when he sins, he goes not purposely astray, but only unwares slips and misses his way, and rather is enforced then led willingly out of the good way, when being out he is restless, until he come in his way again, whose falls and failings, are not fall away; rather diseases and wants in the fear of God, then want thereof, being the remembrancers of his frailties; helps unto his abasement, subject of his humiliation, matter of his mortification, and wings unto his vivification, to make him flourish in selfe-deniall.  
All Superiors and Magistrates he obeys and reuerences, not only out of duty, but also for conscience sake, and that not only unto the good, but also unto the bad, unless it be when they command things unlawful, in which case only he hath learned to refuse obedience and suffer, rather choosing with Saint Paul to obey God than man: He refuseth no good instructions coming from Moses chair, but willingly receiveth all which is good, whosoever the messenger be, and for matter of ceremonies, he doth not refuse the shadow for the substance, the kernel for the shell. Saint Paul's Bishop he honours with double honour, but for a Lord Bishop, he professeth not to understand that mystery which our blessed Saviour rejected: He can hear the word preached in season and out of season, in Churches & out of Churches, though he prefer the hearing thereof in Churches as the more decent and of better report than the other.  
He thinks better of all others then of himself, because he knows most evil by himself, and therefore dares not entertain or receive evil reports of others, because he knows all men are liars, but rather usually underfoots them, lest they should pass further, and when he ventures upon admonition or reproof, it is upon urgent known cause, with much compassion, fear and observation of Time, Place, person, and manner, and with abundance of discretion and love, both foregoing it, and following after the same, nor doth he venture to judge rashly after the hearing of the ear, nor after the seeing of the eye of any; being jealous of his mistakes, that so in this kind he may suit himself unto a divine temper, like unto Christ, who refused to judge the woman without her accusers, as knowing that conviction should always go hand in hand with accusation, lest we wrong others.  
He cares for nothing that God will not give him, accounting his will best whatsoever, and seeing the end of all the promises hang in heaven whence they come, he expects the full performance of them, what he wants here, in heaven; he naturally loves bravery, ostentation, riches, gentleness as well as worldliness, but that he dares not venture Eternity of Glory, for their purchase as some do: He acknowledgeth the beauty of holiness to be the only beauty, and therefore neither esteems himself, nor any other to be more happy or wise than they are accounted therewith. He knows no man now after the flesh, neither regards he any merely for fleshly, but for spiritual excellency, and therefore knowing by himself partly what is in man, he dares commit himself unto no man without trial of him first; his passions and affections, sometimes would fly out like a tempest, but that he hath rules in readiness how to check and restrain them from being inordinate: and in performance of holy duties when perturbances interrupt those Sacrifices of ravenous birds, live unto Abraham, he drives and scares them away, he hath learned in all estates therewith to be contented, and grudges not at any cross which maketh him more holy, and teacheth him either more experience, wisdom, or patience.  
He knows that he is a pilgrim upon earth, and like one in a strange Country here, and therefore whilst he is upon his journey homewards is not much troubled, what his entertainment in strange places shall be, or is, in which case though the dog's bark, and the servants frown, yet he cares not so long as he rests assured at length to be welcome, unto the master of the house; In which case, though by the way, he be whipped & lashed sometimes with the scourge of tongues, yet is he contented to bear all, knowing that it were woe with him, if all men should speak well of him, yea that it were but a kind of infamy to be praised of evil doers: Like good Jehosophat, you may have him sometime forget himself to be enticed into some Ahab's company, but yet even there he is not himself, but checks himself for that adventure, and looks out for some further and better direction, to have some better warrant for what he is about.  
His actions are all so framed as may further his latter end, neither looks he or cares he so much what they are, as whether they carry him, in all which he hath a design and plot upon eternity of heavenly glory, he admits, loves, and cherishes goodness in whomsoever, and amongst them the most excellent, in whom his chief delight is. His devotions are constant both in ordinary and extraordinary, wherein, what he misseth at one time, he makes up at another. And as for God's goodness and manifold favours, and blessings upon him at any time conferred, they are so far from lifting him up that they make him the more thankful end humble, the more he seethe God in them, acknowledging himself to be less than the least of all his mercies: He is most censorious of himself and lest of others, whose faults he loves rather to conceal, extenuate & cover, then farther to display: Merciful, loving, compassionate, and kind he is unto all, but especially unto those, whom Religion, Nature, Kindred or Affinity, most strictly hath tied him unto, and is as well moved to help at the sight, as at the voice of misery; sorry that he is not able to relieve and help all.  
He is also wonderful ambitious, but it is how best he may come to be partaker of the Divine Nature, to be filled with all diffusive goodness, whereby to help and overcome all others therein: In all extremes he keeps the middle way, and lays out for the golden Mean; He is contented that God be his purs-keeper, who can keep it best, lay it out to the most advantage, and neither suffer him either to want or be a bankrupt: He knows that all God's works are beautiful in time, and therefore he patiently waits for the issues of Providence: Compared with Heaven he undervalues all earthly things, and being clothed with this Sun, can tread upon the Moon, and as Oil swims above all waters, so hath he principles in him which make him above, and to conquer all crosses. In his afflictions, crosses and sufferings, he looks more at the hand of God, than at the malice of men, knowing that if he can but appease the one, giving the Messenger his errand; that he shall quickly be rid of the other. In all companies he either does good or takes good; at least labours to leave no ill savour by bad example: though justification be but once done on God's part, yet he makes it an every days work to renew the same, and engross further assurance thereof. He is thankful in all things, and in all estates, because the worst estate he can be in out of Hell, is more than his deserving; to further which temper, he looks as well at those under him, as at those above him: He shuns all offences as near as he can, either to give or to take any, and as for Revenge, he dares not so much as think of that, for fear he intrude into God's Office: and he makes himself all things unto all that he may win some, knowing that he lives not here so much for himself as for others: he is left amongst his slanderers and persecutors to keep off wrath from them, whilst they sinning as with cart-ropes pull it upon themselves: he knows no happiness but in holiness: and therefore accounts this only worth the looking after to study Mary's part: most labouring in sum-like unto Christ to do all things well, and improve his talon unto the most advantage: he is always best when he is alone; though then an Hypocrite be at the worst, and never wants work when he hath time to examine and call to question himself for all his words, ways, and actions; in which course every evening he clears his ●core, and makes an even reckoning with the Almighty for all his offences.  
To conclude, view him well, and we shall find that there is no creature like him, who hath joys which others cannot intermeddle with: Meat which they see not, drink which they cannot taste of: impenetrable armour which they know not, defence and protection wherein they are naked and wanting: Apparel more costly than salomon's in all his royalty, with directions from heaven and earth within him and behind him, for his safe passage unto glory, Being like the King's daughter all glorious within, though he wear his worst side outmost: yet he is more excellent than his neighbour, and of all others the most overcoming creature, whose eyes are said to overcome Christ himself: Turn away thine eyes from me, for they overcome me: he being the only true model of the new creature, whose heart is still good and the same, whatsoever his actions be.  
A matchless person saved by his God, kept by his power unto salvation: held in his hand, who is the shield of his help, and the sword of his excellency. The eternal God being his refuge from above, and beneath clasping him in the everlasting arms, at whose feet Saintlike he sits down to receive of his words. He hath a heaven in his heart, his thoughts are most of heaven: his conversation is in heaven, he sits in his head there in heavenly places: and had he wings to fly, we should not have him long from thence. And the true cause why the world loves him not, Is, because they know him not, and are so blind as they cannot discern into his excellencies, they being veiled in this world as Christ's sometimes were. But let us lend him but a lease of three things, wherein when he fails he is usually deficient, heavenly wisdom, knowledge, and discretion, to mingle with his zeal, and temper it: being thus qualified he is Heaven's Darling, Earth's Paragon, the World's only wonder: who whilst his Graces are conflicting, wrestling and shining as he mounts Heaven-wards, out of the wilderness of this World, is justly said to be the wonder of God himself. Thus a right Puritan or Round-head is in his most noble right temper, or should be qualified: and let my Round-head be thus beautified, and let me live his life, whatsoever his death be, and I dare venture my Eternity with his.  
FINIS.