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I Have, to my vefy great advantage 
 and content , perufed thefe Eight 
 Sermons 3 and do conceive that 
 they do very much conduce to the 
 advancement of Piety and Religion. 
 
 May 22. 
 
 1*57- 
 
 Brune Ryves 
 
 THefc Eight Sermons, upon fe- 
 rious and deliberate considera- 
 tion of the piety and learn- 
 ing contained in them, may very 
 well challenge the commendation 
 from me, 
 
 M AY 22. 
 
 i^57< 
 
 John Hew vt 
 Z> D. 
 
t T X O M A X l'i 3 
 O R, 
 
 THE SOULES 
 
 CONFLICT, 
 
 With the Sins 
 
 Vain glory, «* ^Ingratitude, 
 
 ColdnefTe in pro-Jl ikllnpLXparcdncsto 
 ^ tefling Chrift, ft J meet the Lord, 
 " \j Env ic, 2f 1 Revenge, 
 
 Photiniani{m(of the^ tf ForgetfulncfTe of 
 laft rcfurreciion,) f \ God. 
 
 Pourtraycd in Eight fevcrall Sirmoss: 
 
 Six whereof were delivered at St, Maries , 
 
 and Chnfi-Chnrch in Oxford^znd Two 
 
 at Sherfarn in G beefier fblrc 
 
 ^ r — 
 
 ByHfcHRYBfiEsiEt Minifter of the 
 Word at Swanford in Oxford-fore. 
 
 Give attendance to reading, to exhoitatori^to dodr n:; Neg- 
 ic& not tb- gift that :s ntbee. i riM.4. Ij,i4. 
 
 Quis laborantibas opem tv\huat,cum improborum bominum vh - 
 UnXiA etiam face) dates Domini non refiftant ? Sam ant ta- 
 c. a «r plurimi eerum , ant ftmkt fu»t tater.iibus* etiafljft lj- 
 quantity y fyc. Salvian. de Gabcn. De . Lb. j. 
 
 London , Printed for HVarp Br$me at the 7/*W 
 
 in St. Pauls C! urch-yard , 1^57. 
 

To the Right Worfhipful 
 
 JOAN DUTTON 
 of Sherborn in Glocefi % 
 
 E S QJ1 1 R E. 
 
 Hen alraofi every tri- 
 fling Treaufe that 
 comes ab oad, ii for 
 the upholding of i orac 
 inrcreft,and partal des 
 
 MM 
 
 figne , I cannoc bethought to run 
 that courfe in the pubhflmig of 
 thefe few Sermons , which being 
 deliverd at that time when our 
 Englifh earth was Ubii unius; (com-Gcn.n.i: 
 pared with that Babel of dtfeord 
 which hath fincc been raifed among 
 us) are be(ides } of that argument , as 
 not to engage the ^utbour of them 
 A 2 iri 
 
The Epittle Dedicatory* 
 
 inanycontroveriie, As being onely 
 again ft fin, the common enemy ; To 
 encounter which , We have all rca- 
 fon to be united , being all the font 
 of jEdam, and carrying about us thefe 
 i Vcui.uflefhly lufls, which war againji the Joule. 
 
 And yet herein peradventure , I 
 fhallnotefcapc the contradiction of 
 fome, that will needs exempt thems 
 fclves from the number of finners. 
 that have made of late , new work 
 for Preachers j even to defend their 
 preaching againft fin; as ifthat were 
 now forfboth , become a vain and 
 necdlctTe labour. 
 
 The effects of which doctrine we 
 have felt already, and and fhould do 
 more, were it not for the piety of 
 fome, that dare be good in evill 
 times, and ftand in the gap , to flop 
 the Sea from breaking in. 
 
 Among thefe few , I do notpre^ 
 fumc"to intrude my felf ; favc only 
 
 to 
 
7* 
 
 be Epiftle Dedicatory] 
 
 to applaude, and encourage the chief 
 Builders in this work; or at moil to 
 fupp!y them withfome materialls in 
 the building. For the- perfecting 
 whereof, everyme?n labourer may 
 be ferviceable in his degree j As ?hey 
 that brought but Goats hair , and Exodij*. 
 *~Badger$ skins , to the furnifhing lh 
 of the Tabernacle. 
 
 And if in order hereunto , thefc 
 enfuing difcourfes , by the blefling 
 of God, may contribute, though in 
 theleaft;I have the aime intended 
 by me, and more then that, ifchoQ-r 
 fiug your Worftiip for my Patron 3 
 they may exprefs in fome fmall 
 meaftjrethe great obligation where- 
 in I ftand endebted to you , who 
 were pleafed to admit me unto the 
 tuition of ( then ) your Honourable 
 charge, and fnce,your Son in-Law, 
 theEarlofDtfftw, unto whofe vcr^ 
 tuous education (befides your fage 
 A $ precepts, 
 
Ihe Eptftle Dedicatory. 
 
 precepts,and grave example) no coft, 
 
 or tare on your part was wanting , 
 
 Ord ring your family with iuch 
 
 difcipline, as it might iecm a School 
 
 of morality. Then tranfplanting 
 
 h-m to tUe Univerficy, where he was 
 
 id in one of the moft eminent 
 
 * Co'kdges, and had tht happinefle 
 
 of fitting daily in the mdfl of the 
 
 &o£t or s, both bearing tkem 3 and asking 
 
 tfem questions. 
 
 When my attendance on his Ho- 
 nour expired, your generous bounty 
 (that is wont to remunerate faichful 
 fcrvicc beyond the contract of a 
 yearly falarie^ even with aftanding, 
 and permanent largefTc) was pleaied 
 to fettle me in a competent Benefice, 
 for the exercife and encouragement 
 of my M niftery. Where the Cure 
 of my paftorall charge witholding 
 mc from waiting on you,and pre- 
 feiuingyou fo frequently with the 
 
 fruits 
 
The Epttt'e Dedicatory. 7 
 
 fruits of my calling, as my duty and 
 wiftiesdo prompt me thereunto- I 
 adventure to fapply that enforced 
 defect wirh the tender ofthefefew 
 Sermons. The firft and laft whereof 
 may teem by fpec'all intcreft , to re- 
 late unto you in ihe Dedication. 
 The firft entreating of the infirmi- 
 ties of that great fcrvant of the Lord 
 (who made choice of fo weak a 
 veflel to impart his grace unto the 
 world) may reprcient as in a glafle, 
 your bodily weaknefle; whom the 
 fame great God hath ftrangely pre- 
 ferved beyond many of abler con- 
 ftitdtion , both to magnifie his 
 ftrength in weaknefle , and co com- 
 mend the vertue of temperance, 
 which hath theblefling of the right v^i u 
 hand, length of dopes, attending on it. 
 The laft containing directions 
 for youth 5 and delivered in your 
 audience, may fervc to acquaint the 
 A 4 world 
 
l»e tpifue veaictaory. 
 
 world with the care that was taken 
 by thofe inftruments appointed by 
 you , For the culture of that noble 
 plant: andwithall, may communi- 
 cate theie directions to ethers that 
 arc concerned in the ordering of 
 youth j that amid (I their methods, 
 and aits of inftru&ion , this One 
 thing necejjary, be not omitted , to 
 c . / . hi'ini them up in tbt nurture, admonition 
 of the Lord. 
 
 For the reft, 1 will not prefumeto 
 foreftali your knowing judgement, 
 which (having by long experience 
 proved -, how great it is) I might 
 juftlyfeare, (imidft fo many excel- I 
 lent books , as you converfe with) 
 to prefent fuch poor unfurniflied 
 paper s unto fo llarp, and difcerning 
 an eye, but that I well know your 
 Candor is fuch, as to take that 
 . favouraby, which is well meant, 
 and to eiiwrge a meane oblatis 
 ♦ on 
 
the Epifth Dedicatory. 
 on with the bounty of gfruc im-nHmsneet 
 your kind and gracious Sj^TEfflfiS 
 acceptance, therein re, 2^352537 
 fcmbling the divine &>•«• 
 property , which eftcems not fo 
 much the eoftly facriflce, as the pi- 
 ous intention of the votarie. 
 
 In which confidence, I commend 
 them , fuch as they arc - unto your 
 perufal , and your felf , with your 
 neareft Relatives, unto the grace of 
 Almighty God. Befeeching him 
 who is rich in mercy f which even 
 thcricheftftandinneedof) to con- 
 tinue, and increalehis bleflings upon 
 you, and yourw hole family, in this 
 life piefentj and to consummate 
 them with glorious eternity in his 
 heavenly Kingdom. SIR, 
 
 Tour moU humble 
 devoted Servant, 
 
 Henry Bees ley. 
 
 To 
 
To the Chriftian 
 
 READER- 
 
 I Any yeares are pajfed , fince 
 fome oftbsfe Strmms tttere 
 delivtred: The Preacher was 
 then among tht younger Trophets, and 
 • juvtm q:\bus caieu ^younv men, abounding in 
 
 vematque [unguis, *t gejtu- . r «=> . / •* . 
 
 »fiis incedunt , ha Uyim- hot, ana f pint ed blood,as m 
 
 tur exultanuki m quo pro* j . , t 
 
 ffaAcceiunt aimawha deportment they are more 
 
 '£&&$£& ^"t, ft, in language more 
 
 P4cbd.de op. g en.ekm. boyftrous toopntiU age hath 
 
 abated that vigorous ft ram into milder 
 
 exprefsions. 
 
 'But hdtbat out of the moutbes of 
 Babes hath perfetted praife 3 ispraifed 
 no le/s by tbefe in their order, and as weQ 
 young Timothy ,4i Paul the aged, bath 
 bte part i i thi min'fttry. 
 
 The main except : o n that lieth again ft 
 
 them, yp'ill be this, ^that being nowgro^n 
 
 to \~otm maturity J jhould give way to the 
 
 £iiMi{biigoft'KM,tbM mg't othervp'fe 
 
 ha^ve 
 
To the Re^cr. 
 have flept fecxre in their oVfcurty , and 
 neV r appeared to cxpofe their Author to 
 tbecenfure of a caption and quarrel/ cm 
 Wrld. 
 
 Vnto which lanfwerfhat haYwgYeVi- 
 fed them * after jo long tint: ^ timm mm dann g e- 
 tbat they pafi d from me; ^0S$fS& 
 
 "9S>ben the indulgence that iS tanquammvth&Mttnare. 
 , . «* , • r diMTMS , ne nobis tanqiiam 
 
 iijuaUjf befn toward tender ij- > <««« /«»* bianduntur, 
 fuesis wholly flaked^ find- ^' n, - lbi0 - 
 ing nothing therein for doll rine incon- 
 gruous to the faith of this Church ^and my 
 prtfent judgemm t± I Tva* more inclinable 
 to the motion of a worthy, and judicious 
 friend, to let them travail abroad in the 
 wor I d t and partly induced thereunto , by 
 theje follow! rgconfderaiionSi 
 
 i . That baying befiowed fome pains 
 in the penning oftbtm y I wo* "frilling to 
 give account cf my talent fo employed , 
 that I might ftjtfeem to have laboured in 
 Vain, bybefl&wingdiyerfe moneths on 
 that "which was to Vmijb in the bearing'. 
 
 * f at * 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 « tf *m **e&h& f & e lb** attends tbebefl of 
 
 mcr tmm ».b :%%, a leaking eares^as Tvaterpow» 
 
 redintoayeffelful of chinks. 
 
 z. Confidering thenumberlefs ftoarms 
 of abortive iffues, therewith theVrefs 
 bath tra'veld of late , and glutted the 
 'world Tx>itb fpurioas pamphlets, I thought 
 that mine might 'venture abroad ^.mong 
 the reft, and not defpaire oftbelikeem 
 tertainment- 
 
 3 . (Bebolding^nd grieving to fee the 
 myftery of preaching fo Vilely prophaned 
 into the trick of prating ex tempore,*^ 
 the Spirit moU pretended \ yphere isleaft 
 premsditation t I judg'dit not amiff by 
 fbmswhat more elaborate {according to 
 the js^ce that isgi"Pen me) to vindicate 
 this great work of the Lot 'd from being 
 done negligently. 
 
 B«* the chief that prey ailed Kith me is 
 the feafonablenejs of the fubje&s here 
 propounded, each of them bating the 
 
 luck 
 
To the Reader^ 
 luck to encounter feme fin now raign- 
 ing 9 and in fefbion, as namely 
 
 i . 1 hefpirit of pride , and yain glory, 
 Tphicb mofl aboundith in yporthUfs 
 minds yis empty jeffels^ndjbatlow brooks 
 are known to yeeldtbe hude ft found. 
 i.Tbejpirif of worldly fear Jtbat hath no 
 courage inprofejsing tbefuitb ofCbrift, 
 but makes ufe of religion as a politick de- 
 fignto advance bis fecular inter efts. 
 
 j. Tbefpiritqfbife etm-, that lying 
 fallow, arid unfilled , "without improving 
 bis o*ftnt dents ; ma'ignetb tbofe inanOz 
 tber^ and bating either no mind or abi- 
 lity to reach unto bis brothers excellency > 
 ftr'wes by calumny to depnftit y and le- 
 Veil it to bis own unwortblnejje. 
 
 4, 1 be Epicurean fpirittbdt abufing 
 Chrifiian liberty into Heathen licentiouf- 
 neft,liDeth as if there were no other life to 
 come after tbisjioRefurreSbon to be ex- 
 petted \ nay denietb this exprejly with the 
 Sadduces^and employs his utmoft reafon 
 
 to 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 to confute it : too many tkre be of the fe 
 looje libertines on the one fide, and Pho- 
 tinims on the otbe r.Qod grant they be 
 not found in Ifrael. 
 
 » Tim 5* The fpirit of unthankfulxeffe, which 
 being < foretold to befall the lasl times, 
 mayfetm of late, to be in culmine, arri- 
 ved to the u-mosl pitch. The tnofl obliged 
 bang leaft anjwerable in the duty of 
 grateful acknowledgement's it was with 
 
 d»chron. d Hczck!ah 5 not rendring again , ac- 
 1,2y cording to the benefit done unto 
 him t and therefore provoking C/odto 
 plague us with the tike pumfhments : that 
 wr zthfhould be upon this land^i it was 
 uponjudah and Jerufalem. 
 6. Thefpirit of Jlotb, and fecwity, 
 
 t tim.4.. 4 which negiefting the gift that is in 
 5 *hiin,?s wanting to the grace ofGod, 
 
 aP«.,.,o. afU i giyetb no diligence to make his 
 
 e Mt j*#t- ca ^( m g ana * election fure , or to work 
 ff ** out his own falvation.!8«* e wholly re- 
 }ee.6o, lytth on the conceit of eternal eleclion y and 
 
 pr*ordh 
 
To the Reader. 
 preordination unto life 7 and take th r<o care 
 cf keeping bimJJfto the way which God 
 b ath appointed men to walk iv,fcr the at* 
 uining of that end y as though he expect' 
 ed -nt en™ *W mx*™*' or the Charriot ofE~ a King. a. 
 hah,*0 transport him into heaven ^without "* 
 once endeVouring hy repentance , to meet 
 the Lord, and to prepare for his coming. 
 
 7. The fpirit of anger and revenge, 
 which feemeth even to have driven away 
 the fpirit ofCbri(l (which is the fpirit ofu^* 11. 
 l&ve ayidmeekne(s)andto har03 erected 
 his crueli Empire jn the hearts and hands 
 \ of men ; the one to deVifefhe other to exe- 
 cute all forts ofmifchief each againfl 0* 
 othenThat Nzziznzcns pafsion may now ontM. de 
 be (eafonable , ^n^v*™"^* / "what a pacc ' h 
 ftrange ambition in e^vill if this I that 
 from our o'ton slaughters we gather 
 flrengtb, and take delight in our being 
 dimhifbedl And Salvians queftion as ».;. ' . 
 far Oft the other fide from rece'wingan** 
 ftotr by us : Vbi func ! where arc 
 
 the 
 
To the Reader, 
 
 aC/KJ *be men that love their enemies j or do 
 ]Kjfanon good to thole thathate them <5r over- 
 
 facimusjed a 1 1 • i i i 
 
 emtraid come cvill with good? certainly jM to 
 ^Idjvbe- be found among fucb as do the contrary i 
 ibTd. SA ' & this ca ( e > England it become U opia. 
 •Th y pre Lafly, Ibefpirit f prtclick Atheifm, 
 !hey know itb&b for?ettetb his Creator ; liVeth as if 
 ?iorks C there were no God y or fancieih him to be 
 thtty dmy fuch an one, as the heathen idols , that 
 7tt.*n.!<5 have eyes, and lee nor, ears and hear 
 &oXr*- notj An evi II chargeable on every wilful, 
 fif/o.' d g fper ate finmr ; butmofl incident unto 
 pf'i.i 1- youth, "wHch be •fides its native pro nenej? 
 i p«.4 i to run into all excels of riot, is furthe- 
 red chiefly by a vicious education^ "which 
 bolt prevalent it is to difpofe, ana frame 
 . , the "whole life thereafter, if : ' b many great 
 pit mor- Authors had not J ad y affirmed tt y no age 
 frw/SL hath clearer prof than mrsfo evince this 
 tift h e ; r 4nm wofull truth . Ihe fff-Bs thereof are 
 9£j* cl felt already, and Mil be deplored infuc- 
 Uufi*. &c. feeding generations. 
 
 1 be/e are fome of thofe irianf fpiritf, 
 
 that 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 thataregone forth into the wcr 1 J. « J0k4.fi 
 r etonypork by the God of this world, 
 the old Dragon , who may fern to be KzC.it £ 
 n w come down in psrfon , unro the I n. Verft "' 
 hab ters of the earth , having great 
 wrath , b caufe he knoweththat he 
 hath but a fhort time , an ' therefore 
 the more biflirrethhimflf o^amtmre 
 pnfel) f es } J or the enlarg ng of his domi- 
 nt m. 
 
 It is true indeed , as the "toife heathen %£%%'■ 
 Wdlongfwe, This our Ana flours com- f #»/»»£ 
 plained of , tms tte c mplain of , wis nmur^bx 
 p oiler ity will comp'an ofjhat mens man- mw> e- 
 nen are dtfraVed, hat iniquity beareth Z^Sl^ 
 ffcay th :t humane affa.f s are collapfed n f e ne J '-' 
 i tto the extremity of wL kea< e/Te- * But *<* 
 p'anttngtbts ; let a<i thng be weighed camion >n 
 "bitb their due c ircumftamt s , It will be fjn^Zl 
 eonfejf< d by any that are not c~r>;r ty J- jS^£ 
 fed~n>itb pitta ity * I hat rt? ruptiori in *«f 'tyfc 
 
 tin 1 livis'of 
 
 th s lajr ag? ts improved to that bei'hi } as ibem that" 
 nothing Hardly eanbt added to fill »/' the nuechJcb' 
 tmefure. ' (a) When Lb - 3 - tJaV 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 When fome that prof ej[e the name of 
 
 Cbnftians, naycbaU-nge a nearer inte* 
 
 reft in Chr.sl than ordinary profefiors, 
 
 Kotr>.x.r 9 are impluwed in tbofe fi?s which the 
 
 feTSSth * A P°fil 3 re P° r * ; °f tl} e Gent lespnd not 
 
 ftTimj. on ly do the lame, but have pleafure 
 
 3 ? 4. ' in them that do them, which is , con- 
 
 • impomt p.uius q uafi ^ utnrn2tl nequitia; * eT*» 
 
 coloph»nem,adr!noe>>f;e!ere a „ heathen bein? the luheu 
 
 quo milium est maps , &c. * & ' 
 
 b :t.x ibid. when "wickedntSe is tnter* 
 
 Cum fcderavon fohnn di- • J * I / r> 
 
 learnt, fedetiam ptacent. tamed With COmplOLCnC^ BUt 
 Sen. cpifl. 39. ta fe t J Jg mjr j nnvM , h aS l t 
 
 "will V fry ypdl bear the fen ft, and as Be- 
 ziftty renders it, patrocinantur,^ it 
 -pill meet m re nearely yet Tt>ith the vi- 
 cious principles of fome in the fe days j bat 
 
 Ez;ch.ij.jftrengthen the hands of the wicked 
 
 W\th\its 3 ilf en coir age them intbeirlewd 
 
 ,Adv mti«os,cip. pratlifa. maintaining (vat 
 
 j j. & deineep. %he Very libertine s y as a Cak 
 
 bR;portad and conf - \\\\ Mh'lS thtn W their 070)1 
 ted by Mr. QuUaker in his .' «. . ., . -, , . 
 
 Trew.feofQpds eye upon COIOWT ) c that albeit i/Od in 
 
 usifruei. firmer a^es did ddfee, and 
 
 take 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 take notice of fin in b diners, yet in thefe 
 d«yrs } be doth notb not, be'tttllnot, be 
 lannotjo do ,• That a child of Qod need 
 net, nay ougl t not to ask pardon for fin } 
 and Wat it is no left than blafphemy for 
 bimfo tydo: Tbatjct bt Helpers fit as 
 fatbasthejufUl, there is a c four rain t Afctf 
 open for them to wail) in. No won- cVX/pio- 
 dtr ifthfe Lpiti«.tww(as tfor^foffle^;^ 
 urmetb ib.m) eviil Sermons, or com- lCor - **• 
 mumcationscoirupt good maners 3 
 wtfo intended percbance by thofe that 
 Hugh they could not am Cm(imibvs fhh dtpra , 
 ihfie er>ou?b the exceeding vant > un -wi<t e ™™pec. 
 
 . * - d Cdtorum propter Chrifium 
 
 tcbes of free trace , unz <&?*« juBim in cbrifa 
 
 /? i i j.i » multa predicant, de agenda 
 
 ejs ihey decry ed the moral ver i ex Dei voiimate atque 
 heir doctrine, lt>hicb talking ot T. a bo " a "v**"™***** 
 
 . . r «* niln aamodum t aut perpau- 
 
 mub of the pardon of (nine , «** £<«<« mepitt. ante 
 
 , r ■ | r i • ^ lb - de ftuk' mortal. 
 
 pi a of rtghteoufnejs tn 
 "brift, fdd Utile or nothing cfordiring 
 mr life according to the will and pattern 
 f God x or of [anttificatian through 
 (u) the 
 
To tke Reader, 
 
 the Spirit , whereby vos are regenerate, 
 
 Ei hi 10 aid made ww cnatuies to Walk in 
 
 good works: And Ttrcuvht accord? 
 
 tng'yfai ibt ir dtfc:plcs 3 who tiling liberty 
 
 Gil. *. 15. f or an occ^fion to the fie Hi, and turn* 
 
 ju<Je v.4. ing the grace of God into wanton* 
 
 see rbat txcriNt r e- '*•<& > nvk: Qmfi tbmbj. 
 
 fa e t» the V, .p.„ tl a'jla- a ( /„,,/. f or f} ?e j r ry^ ; Qi 
 
 From ^sitejpjjcjr.ds sin- (with reVi-rctics be it t pet* 
 
 <e>c Convert. N . . 1 /# 
 
 frtf Jtf ajwr /#<?/, 4 <7/(fo cut 
 
 toTkipethem clear fm their im^U lies 
 
 For jo it may be ri^tly )^dged by then 
 
 fruits soften (to borrow t> e * h r ef>>n 
 
 *xon : {0im t*im Salvi^n; a J^^7/) not i0> 
 
 muius c^uet^narn m tent wtt fj cufiomary fins a 
 
 tus,n,n (ujfiqunt ! tes ia- , J 'J 
 
 fiM, calami*. <frc 3 nifi firife, rapine jraud 3 aM 'te< 
 
 blaiphimafun"faiwnmen- ' . n i 
 
 tium manus inpaant etiam f$ , &C: are vwd tO Jtnk 
 inVe m.foc deGub. /.<i. . /■» 1 ; • / »/• / 
 
 at bod htmjefe , lettmj 
 fV?*-_ their mouthes agairiit the heavens 
 and Jayi'g with their blafphem-u 
 leader s ( Juitaby to fuch horrid acll 
 ons ) yet the Lord (hail not fee, nei 
 tha fhali the God of lacob regard it 
 •*, mrfeoVe 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 wore oyer , k adding this to ' b Hoc mm ad cumin* 
 
 \~ +1 *\* rviwot ihit Urine* nofiraaddimus, ut cum in 
 
 to tieir crimes, Wat being Q £ njbusr af imU s,etiambo- 
 fil'cd with all unri&hce- ™ ™s,b fan** *$*«*- 
 
 Ouincfle^ %0fn. I. 2$. jet lenwiniquitatcsojfenjae^ 
 
 T , * ' , tiam prafumptione JuftltUm 
 
 tiey refUtt tbeWjelVCS for /# ? . maxima fiqnidm 
 
 Saints a.dgodyperfem, and Z$^^Z 
 jo a cumulate their cff.nces **^'* 4, 
 frith a preemption of fanSity : which 
 ntukes thar c guilt fo much the qreaz\ Crhn{m - 
 
 o J c> fioremm 
 
 t r ; that Tyre , and Sidon ■ nay the culpa eft, 
 Mahumetans (ww are m re true tOft a m-N*s 
 their fa fe ft ophet, '* than many €ti^f^ 
 ans to their Saviour) /ball rife vp in xh : lta f- 
 \udeement rfainft thefe Cbriftians % and m\u aii- 
 
 // i ! I i 1 f q«id Bar« 
 
 Jbai condemn them that are jo much Worje bamum 
 &an b'atben, byhoTo much they fliou ^X%- 
 be better . as haYing known the wav *?? *'*■ 
 
 > o J vmserra* 
 
 IMS-, Atro ins enimfubfancli nomirus prefeflione peceamut,ubi fublimm 
 eftp arogativa major eft culpa* lp fa en im err ores noiiros , religioquam 
 
 profitemnr^accufati foe. Ibid. "Qt ^ 75* KA^fJ-nm^ , ft poft 
 
 UvaC'um nrger ejfetlus fum : fieos qui nondi.m purgati funt fplendidiores 
 cern»:N\z*Orat. ^*. 
 
 d Tn nobis Cbriflttspatitur opprobrium , in nobis patitur lex Chriftiana 
 maleditrHy£frmari itaque de cultoribus (u is pot eft ille quiolitur.Salv.l, 4- 
 
 — Ex ideo hoc ipfo deteriores funt, qui meliores effe aeberent, von enim 
 probant qwd fatentur. & impugnantprofcflionemfuammo>ibusfui*,magk 
 enm damnabilis eft malitia, quant Utulus boniratis accufat , & rcatus 
 imptieftpiumnomen* lib. 4. 
 
 of 
 
i o cne reader. 
 
 of righteoufnefTe , and yet neVtrtbe- 
 lejfe by their yitious lives , flain the dig- 
 nity of their prof efsion^ cavfe the way of 
 truth to be eyilljpoken of, and the name 
 of God to be blafpbemed. 
 
 Againft thefe floods of ungodtineft, 
 thje torrents of Belial f (Jit for the tears 
 of mourning Gikias) it is more difficult, 
 now than eVer } to m ke refiflance^ when 
 thofe that fhould help to withfland the 
 mif chief } labour rather to pr -emote it: as 
 to fay e a floip from the rage of a tempefl, 
 when the Mariners are at difference a- 
 mong themfehes , and afsifl unto its 
 
 crtt.iz. perifbing, Neither ami fo much a gran- 
 ger unto } or a flatterer of my infir mities, 
 as to conceive anyfuchpoj ibi'ityin theje 
 poor effayes of mine-, which though they 
 have already paffed the critical! earet of 
 
 Ecckf.u. the Matters of AfTembJies 9 aihoTb- 
 ledge tbemjefocsfar wfuffic entfor a h- 
 Jinefs of this ■> nature , which all the 
 tongues ofmsn, and Angels t are not able 
 
 to 
 
To the Reader: 
 
 to effect j but onely the Voice of that great 
 God, who commands the wind, and ^"■ 8 - 1 '* 
 Scaj and they obey him : yet as fome- 
 times c skil/ull fencers may e Mm r««r« <#» /«m «t 
 
 / v • /7 j 's , . vos a/loquar , verumamen 
 
 be ataaonijhedfrom the tg- & GiaHaxora perfethffi- 
 norant panders by, to a- fede:itm ldJ0Ua d; tM . 
 Ward a danger, lo it mm fall K de **?"&£ ' ut f s f e { c 
 
 OUt by the grace of God, projuerint. Tertul.adMare.- 
 
 [whefe ftrehgth is perf Bed in TveakiefS) 
 that this my weak labour Ibdl not be al- 
 together in vain in the Lord, though it be 
 but to bring om bucfat of Water to"9ra>d 
 the quenching of this flame. Or howe- 
 ever, * if that jucc^ed not, 'A^fr*'^ 
 yjt this w M be Come comfort "-/"•p}™ ifabfafr- 
 
 r . J J ojum jaltem non erit , qml 
 
 tjm? y that [according to my p***]f*tmmti&c- safo- 
 finail talent) I endeavoured **-'?*??*' 
 to dogood. V)e confcieitce whereof is re- 
 commence enough fir the utmoft ambi- 
 tion of 
 
 Your poor Servant 
 in the Lord JefiP, 
 fit B. 
 
 The 
 
s 
 
 The Titles arid Texts of the feverall 
 
 Sermons. 
 
 Ermon * . St. Pauls glorying in his infirmi- 
 ties. 2C0R.11.30. 
 If I muft needs glory , I writ glory of the things 
 which concern mine infirmities. 
 
 Serm. 2. The Rulers faiacneis in confefliag 
 
 Chrift. ptf+vfc 
 
 John 12. 24. 
 Nevenhelcffe , tmonbtht chief Rulers alfo marry 
 
 believed on h'm y but, ££C* 
 Serm. 3. The envious eye. p*/Jf&«77- 
 Mat. 10.15. 
 
 Is thine eye evil because i am good > 
 
 Serm. 4. The tefMlcfu re&ion. fnj ■'///. 
 
 I P H l t. 3.21. 
 
 Who fhall change our jv le body , that it may b& 
 fafhioned like unto his glorious body . 
 
 Serm. 5. Thankfulnefs for Gods benefits. j^A 
 
 PsAt.116. 12. 
 Whatfoall I render unto the Lord for all his be* 
 nefits towards me} 
 
 Serm. 6. Preparation of Gods way. ■/ ¥g. 
 
 John i. ^3. 
 He Jaidj I am the voyce of one crying in the wq± 
 detneffe^makeftr^ght the way of the Lord. 
 
 Serm. 7. Vi&ory over evill. fy-it* 
 
 Rou. 12. 21. 
 3e not overcome ofevil^but overcome evil vrithgocd, 
 
 Serm. 3. Timely tritiembrancc of God. X 1 3 
 
 EGClE$,r-.5. 
 
 Remember now thy Creaatour in the dayes of thy 
 
 jmb. SERM. 
 
2 Co R. II, 30. 
 
 If I tnuft needs glory , / -will glory of the things 
 which concern mine infirmities, 
 
 Othing is more unwelcome to 
 an ingenuous nature , then to 
 meet with a foolifh adversary; 
 where filcnce may caufe a 
 fufpition of wcakneffe , and 
 coatefting a difcredit fromfo 
 unworthy a conflid; Anfwer a 
 fool> and an fiver not a foot \ were both the coun- r f v * **' 
 fel of Solomon , and Would require the ad- 4i % 
 vice of as wife as he , to diftinguifti which one 
 ihould follow.Of this unhappy condition were 
 the enemies that infelted our Apoftle , Men no 
 leflfe empty, then malicious ; and as they were 
 conlciousto novertuc in themfelves, fo con- 
 demning it in another. When his integrity 
 keepeth him from offending, the offence is his 
 integrity, and when nothing Iks in the wayto be 
 carpt at of his envious oppofers, he ftiall be ac- 
 culed of too much goodneffe;The chief Arti- 
 cle of his enditement is his humility , he was 
 not ftately enough to be an Apoftle , and with 
 a bafeneffe ot pretence, and neglect of lan- Chl p- io . 
 guagc, maintained not the garb of a Do&or. v ' l & l0 \ 
 B JLloqtiAr^ 
 
(O 
 
 Virgil. & % Eloqttar, an file am ? fhould he confute their ca- 
 neidlib. $ . lumny, or labou: to aggravate it ? had he not 
 been thus guilty , he had been le(Te innocent. 
 It had well ftood with Pauls credit to have de- 
 fpifed (uch poor accufations, and his bed an- 
 Luciani fwer had been with Alexander in Lucian unto 
 dialog. Armibal^ ^lv y&vu , to anfwer nothing at all; 
 but it ftood not with his profeffion; the Church 
 was to be fatisficd , that had a chief intereft in 
 his reputation;left his perfon might prejudice his 
 Ecdef.io.i dodrine^ Utile j%, (faith Ecclefiafies) dif-fea-: 
 ions his fame^ that is^ in reflation for wifdom and: 
 learning ; and a fufpit ion of def e£t in an exem - \ 
 plary perfon, denies his other vermes their de- j 
 fired acceptance ; The Corinthians eafily be 
 idola ffebr. leeved it was a fault in their Apoltle, falQiood is 
 appellants more winning then fincerity , though accom- 
 dolores, panied with tyranny and oppreflion ; and with j 
 tnfani- 1 ' * lcr collr ^y dreffes finds ready entertainment, 
 tmtmM w ^ en naked truth can get no admiffion ; The 
 quiafitpcr- Ifraelhes that grumbled at the (e verity of their 
 fiitiofi true religion : could voluntarily endure that 
 [mdatu hcll-ot Moloch^ and when they retufed the voice 
 cokbantur. °* l ^ c melodious charmer , could exa£t the 
 Idelolatra groanes of their dying children? in that dire- 
 enimfole- ful facrifice : The Turks in their faivage cere- 
 bant /*j*- m0 nies: The Papifts in their coftly fooleries* 
 J ficete fy~ z hc precisions in their painful nicenefs, how do 
 corpus tan- they prove their zeal of mifguiding, aud fuper- 
 ceolis con- ftkion, that to countenance their errors, affli£t 
 federe, fy thcmfelves with devotion, and make Religion 
 t!%c Ca p a torment: This was the Corinthians difeafe, 
 Mfttfn ' andS;Pa*ltc\lsthcmfo>vtr2o.ForjefHferifa 
 i Oam.ji. man bring yen into bondage, if a man devour ey on y if 
 a man take of pu y &c .when he that fperf himfelf 
 
 for 
 
(3) 
 ? §r their fakes f could not obtain the leaft favour cfo;\u 1 5 
 Prom them, but (by a fatal requital ot the dea- 
 reft attention) the more be loved them^thc lejs he 
 vas loved.- he now (aw the danger of his hu- 
 mility , and that to improve the benefit of his 
 reaching, hemuftraifehimfelffnto a loftier 
 >ehaviour; where befides the ftrange tyrannr 
 )f being compelled to be more irately, he^j u 
 mitate their method thai defpifed him. r e 
 alfc Apoftles by their plaufiblencffe ' , e *T 
 oiling the graces of their endow -* J ? c 
 Wwifted thtmfelves into the r ^^ on r of 
 iie C™«hi<*s& by fuch r.^y inducements, 
 
 le muft difplay Irtv ilf ' ! f 1 
 
 ^ill gain thei- Vf ooation, and by a merciful 
 
 latterv It Ai0UL ' m to l Pitying. 1 hat 
 r p Xclier may be accepted , the man mud: 
 c vindicated, and prove the truth of his do- 
 trine by the worth of himfelf. Had he failed 
 1 the varnifli and outward flour ilhes of ac- 
 OUnr 9 the fignes of an Afofile , were enough 
 evince the dignity of his calling; thofe 
 /hichhehad wrought among them in all pan- . 
 nee^ and wonders^and mighty deeds ; but nei- ia **' 
 her is he Co defective in the trivial accomplish- 
 ments of greatnefle, but he can equal them in 
 heir utmpjfcboaiting : Are they Hebrews} fo v c m:. 
 ml: are ;they Ifraelltes} fo ami: are they the 
 \ed of ^Abraham ? fo-am I : In this cafu.il glo- 
 y of nobility and highnefTe of birth , he can 
 Lifter an equality, to be even as- they, bite in 
 hat nobler birth of the foul? regeneration in 
 thrift Jefus; his couragious zeal cannot en - 
 lure an equipage , but in a holy ambition 
 Ba ..ftrives 
 
(4) 
 
 Verfe 13. ftrives for precedence; Are they the Mmftcrsof 
 
 Chrifi} J am more: in labours more abundant^ 
 
 inftr.fes above me afar e , inyrifons more frequent : 
 
 Now the prerogative of his fufterings mall be 
 
 the preferment of his Apoftlcfhip , and the 
 
 large ftory ot his affli&ions , the fubjeft ot his 
 
 Rafting; \ilmtift needs glory , / will glory of the 
 
 ^- which concern mine Infirmities^ 
 
 **J ,^Ai? ave heard the Hiftory of thefe words, 
 
 £*™url& P arcs would be confidcKd, which 
 are only twc„^ ts ^ +1 r ^ <ri r 
 
 inconvenienc^^ ^ *7W Si °^ n 
 is contained to gfc rdo1 ™™ ' Akh ^ ^c 
 that glory ; it ^U^^"**^ 1 ^ 
 which, whilft I with my h&^Sf' * 
 to make a brief dxfcovery ; SK*^™? 
 affiftanee, and your charitable attcflBi,. n J? 
 firft,of the inconvenience, iflmttft needs g^ 
 
 Firji pan. T^TOne are more unwilling to blazon their 
 XN praifes, then they that moft deferve to be 
 commended : v worthine{Te is filent in her own 
 advancement, and had rather have her excel- 
 lencies fuftcr in concealment:, then revive them 
 with the breath of her own applaufe; Thefe- 
 cretairuranceofgoodnelTe is iufficient recom- 
 pence for her ambition, and fhe accounts it re- 
 ward enough of her greateft dclerts to have 
 
 Maik.i. 44 done them : When by the foveraign touch of 
 our Saviour, the leaper was changed into 
 cleanneffe, his only prescription was, that he 
 fhould fay not ing ; and in this he was a Pati- 
 ent after the recovery : Firft , he bids him be 
 whole, next, fee thou tell no man : as if his mi- 
 racle would have been difgraced by publiih- 
 
 ing; 
 
(5) 
 
 ng: Anditfeems, Nature would be like her 
 jod in this, in wnole wcrthieft endeavours we 
 ■nay behold this emblem or modefty , whiicft 
 ive find the ampleft bodies buified in a fpeech- mftor. 
 effe employment, and ufually the bigger note AnimaU . 
 in the Imaller creature ; *o>,vQ*>ya rd IkcLtco iff lib * 
 iiyiKm , faith the great Phiiolopher, and our 
 rares bear witnefle to the truth of that obler- 
 /ation ; The Fly, and the Gnat , what a noife 
 :hey make , and with their lowd alarmes de- 
 ude our attention : when the Beauty of heaven Ecdu$. 
 fiih his various jhew 9 makes no found at all: *?•*. 
 Quanta rernm turbafub hoc filent\o evagitur ? Seneca de 
 
 That living mountain Behemoth , though he bene f* lt 4- 
 :an draw up Jordan in his mouth, there is no t Mo. 
 mention of a voice, and though out of the door if.*?- 
 vf Leviathans/^? go burning lamps , and fparkj clw P« * f * 
 if fire leap out^yttno voyce is heard:and x teems I4 *' 9# 
 God would be like his nature in this, who com- 1 King, if 
 :th not in the acclamation of a tempeft , but in ** 12 " 
 *ftillandfoftvoyce>whctC2Lsby a curled oppo- lPwt *** • 
 (ition , the d<?W/ is the roaring Lyon : But With- 
 out the pardon of a metaphor, we have a more 
 obvious inftruction in man, where action and 
 language by a common repugnancie, feem not 
 more to teach modefty, then enforce it : If you 
 wil beleive thecrkicifm ofPoers,though not the 
 ftory, it was the chara&er of Virgil upon Dran- Mneai. 
 ceS) that he Was melior lingua , fed frigida beJlolib.u. 
 dextra, a perfon of a voluble tongue, but of dull 
 performance S And Ajax in the Metamorphofis^ Metam, 
 affuming to himfelf the praifc of honourable J *' 
 exploits, could afford Vlifses that other of lan- 
 guage, Quantumque ego mart e feroci^inque arte 
 valeo^ t ant urn valet ifte loquendo : Or if a more 
 B 3 catholick 
 
(6) 
 
 Catholick in (lance will better content your obr 
 {ervation,the mightkftMonarchyhath bequea- 
 thed you an example : In the time of %jmts 
 pafeb de braveft: adventures > (as Pafchalins defines it) 
 opt genere Ul1( j er t he politick emulation of Confuls, what 
 elocut. rll j en€ {fe of fpeech accompanied thofe noble 
 achievements ? Homines tacebant , quia res lo^ 
 i {jHebaxtur; whereas Cjreece, that fcarce earnd 
 
 Verulam anhiftorian, in the plenty of language excee- 
 ptf. in ded all nations , and had this property of chil- 
 Org. no- dren, to be as bufie in prating, as feeble in a£ti- 
 ™ m ' on ; or without the trouble of chivalrie , you 
 may take notice of a more lutable inftancein 
 arts and fciences, where you may perceive the 
 profoundelt truth attended with the courfeft 
 expreflion, and the mod flourifhing eloquence 
 coming neareft to fi&ion; witneffe our Logick 
 and Mctaphyficks, that to explain their niceft 
 notions* borrow almoft a canting dialed, and 
 byabarbarons lubtiky of terms at once pur- 
 chafe our laughter and apprehenfion; And you 
 may no leffeobferve in divine Scripture, how 
 the loftieft myfteries are difguifed in a reve- 
 rend fimplicity, and the moft lolemn bufinefles 
 of Religion performed in the fecrecy of a San- 
 ctuary, whence perchance the Nations' by an 
 temllian apilh devotion , fo muffled their fuperftitious 
 adv Valen- ceremonies, Solofecreto venerandas ; that what 
 tin. t h e y wanted in rcall Majefty , they might 
 make up in a myftical filence. But if you wil] 
 fave this labour bya more familiar inftru&ion. 
 return we to our felves, and S. James out of oui 
 own mouthes will inform us , that the lead 
 part of air felves gives the loudeft report ; Tht 
 Jhm x 1 • tongue is a little member ^and boafietb great things] 
 
 Thi 
 
v / ; 
 
 This is the inftrament of glory, and isfointe-4^^ 
 reft in the quality it exprefleth, that in the Ori- mnis tig- 
 ginal it is taken for it * C^Wfignifyngboth ni ^& 
 glory, and the tongue (by the authority of no ZuTatia* 
 leife Rabbines then Iaeob and David,) as there- re magi* 
 by intimating, that the chiefeft glory of man is cognoftitur 
 in his tongue. If the foul be puffed up with H^am ora- 
 haughtinene, it is the tongue ikxt fpeaketh proud u ™ e Pet * 
 things , and when the thoughts are confpiring % ^jT 4# 
 in a mutinie , andclofe rebellion, atlaitthey GC1..49.V. 
 burftotlt, With our tongue wewill prevaile , who Pfal 30 1% 
 is Lord over us} Neither do We find it more p r I , oS * Ij 
 forward in their fault, then peculiar in their V^** 
 punilliment ; when proud Nimrod by the mad- Gen' Xo^. 
 nefle of ambition thought to reach heaven by & 1 1.4. 
 his tower of Babel , the confufion of tongues & • 
 was his puniftiment, that wherein he had be- ^inaZ 
 fore fo vainly domineen I, he fhould not now imperantk 
 be underftood ; and the damned Rich man in in lingua 
 theGofpel, as if his tongue had been "chief e ftJ bl <j*n* 
 a&or of his arrogancy , complaineth moft oip^fj"' 
 that in the puniftiment. Send Lazarus to cook nonintelli- 
 my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame ^ And geretur ju~ 
 juftly may it be tormented in hell , that did fo bens homim 
 torment others here on earth ; you will eafily J*jf?J^B 
 admit the congruityot the judgement.- it yoiig ereiUt0 ^ 
 confider how we are tortured with any mans dim tie* 
 boafting , and if we cannot almoft with the 'r^henti. 
 fame patience endure our own reproaches , as Aug \f , 
 anothers felfe praifes; *iirf\H pi > cries their ^^ * 
 fellow in Menander\ he kills me with bragging, Luk.1624. 
 mt]®- yhopou I grow lean in his company ; (beg.Mo. 
 And yet it is not altogether unpunifhed in the raUib.i. 
 very offence,- whiieft we argue every man %1*{™ C * Q 
 is moft defe&ive in that venue >which he moft 
 B 4 attributeth 
 
ftf) 
 
 atributeth to himfelf : and as Plutarch fpeaks, 
 
 out of Vemofthenes , i ri fo*uv «tcu ta/St©-, 
 
 come away onely more incredulous ot that 
 
 worth , ot which any man reporteth himlelf 
 
 the owner. Even truth it felf could not be 
 
 beleeved in giving a teftimony of it felt ; If 
 
 Joh.8.13. ^y ^j. w } t xejfc of thy felf ', thy witnefs i* not 
 
 true • which though it were blafphemy to his 
 
 divinity , yet as he was masked in man , it 
 
 might feem onely a churliih difcretion ; and 
 
 therefore to one that upon the taking of an 
 
 Boet. it injury, infultingly demanded, if he did not now 
 
 conf.lit.%. think him a Pnilofopher , it was jultly reply- 
 
 ed , InteUexeram ft tacnijfes ; I had fo thought, 
 
 if though ad ft faid nothing : his faying fo, laid 
 
 InBiblio- he was not lo; 'O whip©- awe *?vV]« derail i 
 
 thecafatr. ^ ^ gT ^ ^my , faid the reverend Monk Antio- 
 
 thus ; Tne prudent man concealeth his riches, 
 
 and vertnous labours, and like Mofes, putteth a 
 
 veile on his Ihining graces, as it were blufhing 
 
 at his good deeds , and afraid to hear of them; 
 
 rfo y!%hi<rcM ^i^iiram , imitates the Bee > that 
 
 what (he extra&eth from flowers abroad, car- 
 
 rieth home with her into her iiive , and makes 
 
 honey within ; is offended at nothing more 
 
 then fmoke, which istheleaft hieroglyfickof 
 
 human fame ; (and it is to be feared , that 
 
 thofe who live upon this ayre,like thofe Aftomi y 
 
 Solfaipd- the mouth-leffe people in Sdlnus , have no 
 
 lyhijl. cap. m oU'hestoo, in the prailesof God) Our Sa- 
 
 Mar 6 1 v i° urs caut ion Was ijot in vain : When thou do ft 
 
 thine almes^ do not found a trumpet before thee , as 
 
 Chnfok- ^ e Hypocrites do ; Talis eleemofyna hoftU'is eft : to 
 
 g us. feek the glory ot men by almsgiving,is to make 
 
 war with God for his gloiy .■ his prerogative 
 
 royal, 
 
(>) . 
 
 royall, which he that is afraid. to do, muft do 
 chat which is hard to be done, that is, be fo tar 
 trom proclaiming his charity, that he muft not Verfe 3. 
 know it himfelf; the left hand muft not kyo* what 
 the rtght hand doth : But to do it therefore that 
 others may know it, wemay'note the danger 
 thereof by the penalry , denounced horn the 
 mouth of Chrift againft theft, (a)Animalla glo- ^ j-^^ 
 r/<e; Verily I fay unto you y they have their reward: 
 which is no more but a biaft of vain praife,and 
 when they have this > they have no more for 
 ever to receive , or look for beiides : it is their 
 laft reward , their final recompence : fo bad a 
 bargain do they make to fell their good deeds 
 at fo cheap a market, and for the light breath 
 of worldly praile, which is but for a moment , to 
 deprive themfelves of a far more exceeding and 
 eternal weight of glory . % Cor.4.t 7 
 
 No queftion, our Apoftle was well acquain- 
 ted with thele and the like ill confequenccs of 
 boafting , that made him fo backward in the 
 attempt^ yet he had in himfelf the true foun- 
 dation& fubftance of glory :he was called to his 
 miniftery by a newOrdination;*^ of mentor by Gal.i. t. 
 men, but by jefus Chrift : and by him not being 
 hjthe dayes of his flcih , when the reft were 
 called , but in the full Majsfty of his glory : 
 vouchlafing them, ascobe the Preacher unco 
 his converiion by an audible voice from hea- 
 ven; fo to be the Great Bifbop to ordain him * Pet.*.a? . 
 a Preacher, and an Apoftle , a teacher of the Gen- iTnn.^,7. 
 tiles : and that no fotemnity might be wanting 
 here, inftead of a'whiterobe, he is inverted Ads 9. *.' 
 with ajh':ninglghtf: t *hc was. caught up to Pan- xCoi.U.4 
 dife in the time It his mortality, tobeancye- 
 
 witneis 
 
(10) 
 
 Colof. m> witnes of the heavenly Canaan\of the inheritance 
 
 of the Saints in light , and obtained alone after 
 
 Chrift , the authority of coming down from 
 
 Videmus quanta ma- heaven; he was more learned then 
 
 tfasinejus fcriptis ex- ail the Apoftles : what depth and 
 
 h, quanta dltitwto em- {ubiimity in his writings ? what 
 
 k;,p::4;t **<* and &*,* \* r^&- 
 
 hat-, fulmina demque ons, where every line is an argu- 
 Ut, non verba • Calvin ment , every fcntencc a vi&ory? 
 ft i Gor.ii: 6. And to make up hispreheminence, 
 
 L if we beleeve TertMlan , he wanted not a predi- 
 
 £ftJIra»n of the holy Ghoft , in thatprophetick 
 bletlingof dying Jacob to his youngeft fon, Ben- 
 Gen.49 ,27 jawin {hall ravin as a wolfe y in the morning he 
 fball devour the prey , and at night he {hall divide 
 the fpoyle ; 7 aul was of the tribe of Benjamin^ 
 in the morning, the forepart of his age, wor- 
 rying and devouring the flock of Chrift, perfe- 
 cting the Church; in the evening, the declen- 
 fion ofhis life, dividing the word , a Dottor of 
 1 T\m.*i7 the Nations. And moreover, he was challen- 
 ged to give an account of himfelfe by the falfe 
 Apoftles, which might not more encourage his 
 boaftingthenexcufeit, Then betides too , the 
 Corinthians who more regarded their reputati- 
 on then their edifying, muft have fomething to 
 Gbl M*i?£^7 °f in his behalf,, for the out ward appear- 
 ance; fo as now to hold his peace would be a 
 fcandal unto his profeflion , and be interpreted 
 not fo much modefty as guiltinefs : Laftly, 
 God was the Author of his lingular endow- 
 ments, and not to acknowledge them to his 
 glory wereakindoflacriiedge, a crime little 
 leifc then to deny them; And yet all this would 
 [carcc rack our Apoftle into the commending 
 
 of 
 
of himfelf , although it were now fo main a chap 1*7 
 part of hisfun&ion ; Per ad venture , the thorn o venerium 
 in his fiejh , was that which fo awed him with q ™f a ™* ifi 
 the remembrance j the meffenger of Satan that ^n/t 
 was fent to buffet him,/*/? hefculd be exalted ottt an tidotum, 
 ofmeaftire\ vainglory was the laft of his fintul quafi quod 
 enemies, that was to be deftroyed ; and which de f^nte 
 after fo many vidories over the world and the ^r^' r " 
 flefli, nay after the triumph over death and the j e ' verb ^ m 
 grave, remained yet behind to be encountered- Ap. Ser. $. 
 and fo doubtful was the contention with this Dicer at m 
 fin, that had he not been beaten , he had not ** Y ^* 
 conquered . CufidoglorU etiam fafienti nov'JJim* ^ a[ja ^ 
 exuttttr ; ic is the lait affedion that even a wife la, necdum 
 manslayes afide; and therefore Plato fitly ftiles tamenfubi- 
 it, ntevTatov x tT ® v<t w 4t/XHT^y*oi/ &<woi\fte&cu i i* ra *t ent ' 
 the laft garment which the ioul putteth otf,or as ^Jf^l. 
 Chdrron nolcffe fitly renders it> chemife de Varne^ a d e0 a nce$s 
 the skirt of the foulc^ which like that oiNefsns Mi cena- 
 bequeathed to Hercules , is hardly pulled ofk men re fi*- 
 tili it fire and confume us • Color efi omnis afi- b £f™~ 
 ttus^ fayes the knotty Father in his riddle ^ poffetnifi 
 pallioy every pa (lion is a kind ok heat ; but when colaphis 
 it is once tanned, or kindled intoaffedation, it c&futCAv. 
 brcaketh forth into the flame of glory ; eve- J™*'^' 
 ry paffion is violent , intradable to reafon* but tjtf&iutH 
 this by a certain excellency and foveraignty in char.de 
 mifchief,overmaftersthefe paffions, andpof-/*£*f*fifc.i. 
 feffeth the Monarchy is man. Even conque-^- 2 ^ 
 rours themfelves that left nothing to be ^^ fJubrek 
 dued> were fila gloria minor es , captives to am- cum in af- 
 bition, and the greateft conquerors } the grca- feSationm 
 teft ilaves : like an imperious wife tofomeim-M^^ r » 
 potent great man , nothing can be done with- ] Mio%l"'u 
 out her confent, and the miferable husband 4r ^ r e $ m 
 
 cannot 
 
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 cannot choofe but obey her, how unreasonable 
 
 Bilblhth focvcr ; Iv k&vti y&$ cmtrt^tvfjLdLTi mpv<pi?aT<u • 
 t h atru7 ^ : as Amiochus eiegantiy delcipners it ; it beiea- 
 vmglor. S ucrs ani ^ underxniiies ; all our a&ions, our 
 words, our intentions ; if it cannot allure us, 
 //<£ r inn \<9&&i , by the proffer of honours , it 
 far more prides us in contemning them , by a 
 fnew of equanimity, and caking pieafure in the 
 repulfe; if not to flaunt it in the vanity of gor- 
 geous apparel* it fets upon us by ncgle&ing it; 
 if not toflourifti in eloquence,it makes us proud 
 of faying nothing , by conceiving our felvcs 
 wife in that filence, im x fAv nW *KKwx*ftXv> 
 RerbaSay &cc. In other fins and perturbations, we apply 
 dimafi ourfelvesto convenient remedies; we faft, we 
 e \ l ve£ ue - § r * eve > we P ra y a g a * n ft t hem : But here wc 
 Musn7r' arc contented to be deluded, and tickled to 
 vos con- . our deftru&ton, and like thofe that have eaten 
 uahit , ri- the Sardomck^ herb , even fcattgfour felves a 
 Suoradi- dying: Nay oft times thofe very devotions of 
 qui modern ^ a ^ in § anc * P ra y cr > become the fuel of this mif- 
 appetunt, chief, and like wholefome cordials to fome 
 vduti ri- venemous creatures, are converted into the na- 
 dentium tur e of its poyfonous conftitution : Againft fuch 
 reant mC ' a P er i^ 0llsan( ^ intruding evill, who can be wa- 
 Solinipoly* VIC enough ; vix covet cum etlam cavet , the ni- 
 Mft.cap.io. ceft caution may be overtaken. And yet fee 
 Saivian. the prudent induftry of our Apoftle, who ha- 
 deGub. ving formerly fmarted for this fault, was ac- 
 Plautus. quainted with the danger, and labours to avoid 
 it : like a mindful Pilot, that having once fplit 
 his vellel on fome unknown rock, from the da- 
 ft tine of his lolfes hath learned fo much expe- 
 rience, as to prevent it in a fecond paffage : 
 So our Apoftle beias; forced to comm sad him- 
 
 Celf; 
 
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 elf> rather then that commendation (hall ex- 
 alt him into a vain conceit of himfelf, by a 
 vertuous ufc of neceflity, he will abafe himlelf in 
 lis boafting ; he will not begin without many 
 defaces of Defooling himfelf, and if he do, it 
 (hall be but pinery ^ , but a a little while > as Chap. 1 1 . 
 chough heailumed another mansperfon , and x5 - 
 would ftraightway lay it afide ; and when he 
 docs, it (halt be in his infirmities, where his ve- 
 ry glorying is humility : If I muit needs gloryj 
 will glory, &cc. 
 
 THe fhame of the worldling is the grace of Second 
 aChriftian, and what the natural man P * YU 
 fcoffes at as fooiiftineffc , the beleever wifely 
 adores-' Non pndet qui A fH&endnm eft , was the 
 pious obftinacjr of Tertulllan^ to account the 
 chiefeft glory in that which the world deri- 
 ded, when the Apoftles arc beaten before the 
 Councel , as if the punifhment had beep their Acts j. 4 o, 
 ^licity, by a new maxime ot their Mafteiyhey 
 ?, C V^ M ^lad of their fuffering , efteeming . 
 it honour iu^ H , fo h j rc joycing, that v « lc 4i. 
 hey werecounteu . Kv ^ erli famefor 
 his Name. Me thinks here ^ hardy Stoick 
 might almolt perl wade you he were «. < irilH- 
 an, and with Idle wonder be beleeved, th«*% t^ 
 is happy in his torments ; were but his confei- 
 ence as good as his patience , and did he not 
 feem more without reafon, then paflion ; 
 And yet if you look more nearly into him, you 
 fhallhnd that courage ot his rather a resoluti- 
 on, then practice, and not fo much his excycife, 
 as his ftudy * and you (hall find Paul as far ex- 
 ceed him in the agony oihis fufferings, as in 
 
 the 
 
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 Chap. n m the purpofe and intention ; hunger , cold y thirftj 
 verie 17, nakedness, labours 3 watching • thefe are the ar- 
 guments of his Philofophy, and he maintains 
 the truth of his profeflion, not fo much by dif- 
 iCor^i^.g P uc i n § as Offering, So as if he deferved not to be 
 called an Ayoflle^ becaufe he ferfecuted the Church < 
 of God: bythepreheminenceof his afflictions, 
 he deferved chiefly to be called an Apoftle, 
 as being thus perfecuted for the Church ; It 
 was the cognizance Chrift fet on Ms difciplcs, 
 that they fhould be hated for his names and 
 without this, they could not obtain his fignal; 
 Matth.y. bleffing on the Mount; even that which is pre- 
 n, 12. fented with the greateft emphafis : Blejfed are 
 je, when men jhall revile you y and ferfecute you? 
 and [hall fay ail manner of evillagdnfi you falfely 
 for my fake \ rejoyce^ and be exceeding glad , for 
 great is your reward in heaven: Infomuchj as 
 the falfe Apoftles by oppofing and traducing 
 him, unwittingly fulfilled the prophecy of our 
 Saviour, and became themfclves the argu- 
 ments of his true Apoftlefhip , and v<*x °^. e 
 them leave to wonder at this 0-7^ mauai- 
 on; Thathelhould «*—<& dignity of his 
 calling by OT ^^«P^ s T difgraces , and vin- 
 dicat^i reputation by laying on greater 
 ^riions ; fuch -a circle of calamities who 
 would not rather interpret the brands of an of- 
 fender, then the marks of an innocent ? and 
 afcribe his efcape ( rather then delivery) not fo 
 much to the divine protection , as the infelici- 
 ty of perithing? Iftoberefcued from fuchde- 
 fperate hazards, fhould be an evidence of his 
 integrity; why not rather of his guiltinefs to 
 have fo often incurred them? Each flouting 
 
 Pagan 
 
Of) 
 
 ?aganatlcaftw'll tell him, he difcredits his 
 5od to make miferics the reward of devotion, & c " P* rs 
 .nd the guardon of Religion to be only more ^*^r 
 hen ordinarily wretched ; what refer ves he melkr ut 
 or his vengeance, that does this in his mercy ? tichis, ege* 
 vhat for his enemies, if thus to his friends ? he tJ . s >*k e - 
 :ither cannot, or will not fuccour them:, and|^ e ^ 
 s therefore impotent, or unjuft. But the affii- t Mtis\& 
 iionsof the righteous in all ages of the World, Veuspati* 
 :onvince this ftale Atheifm,&: by the cuftom ot tur - f *fi* 
 heir fufterings,have now made it ado&rin to be ™}?*°* 
 jood, &unfortunate,{oasitmight well appear mnpotejt 
 >y this character, that he wasGods beloved, to tfitulari 
 )e thus perfecuted* and reviled, ri 5 $fi ov i/W*-M • Ita 
 Mil* jSonOtTr ro7< a7/**<4o' w , fays the great Phi- J« ™? u 
 ofopher;the divineMa jetty is wontto befriend, 7 ^hw e ^ 
 ic favour thofe that fuffcr injuries.Nor doth he Min. Fd. 
 rvermore exalt his faving mercy, then by the 08av. 
 lumility of his companion , in relieving tHe di- A'ifl.rbet. 
 trefled .- witpefle his own fo many promifes of l txaf%7m 
 kliverance in troubles; and never any fo emi- 
 tently accomplifted,attheexpence of foma- 
 ly miracles : And might not Paul glory in 
 :hofe infirmities that were fupported by omni- 
 potence ? That fo weak a veflel , fo cracked 
 ind bruiied with affliftions , fhould thus va- 
 iantly hold out againft^H the encounters of 
 idverficy? who ujuld be fo impious as not to 
 icknowledgc the affiftanceof a deity ? who fo 
 igid as to exped other^pf oofs ol his innocence 
 )eyond his life? Inter tot fericnU non fervajfent Seneca* 
 Hum dil) nififibifervafsent : The heathens could 
 :onftruc fuch ftrange deliverances to be the yir i{ 
 mmediate work of a deity ; One of their own j}heU* 
 ?oets did intimate no lefs, when bringing <t/£- fift.fi 
 
(x«) 
 
 neas into a tempeft , he could not deliver him 
 without railing a god , Neptune muft appear 
 and gravely check the rude winds into -< 
 civil luDmilfion : But if you will fee a dangei 
 indeed j beyond thefi&ion of a Poet. Beholc 
 our Apoftle in that navigation 5 exa&ly pour- 
 Afts xy.$. trayed by anEvangelift; ^^27. when tht 
 time of fuling was already pafi ? and the Sea 
 lightned ot her burthens , had now as it wen 
 licence to be outragious ; Their firft lanchiii£ 
 forth was in defpaire , the winds were contra-: 
 
 Vl 4« ry; and tempefimus Euroclydon by the order o] 
 that Sealon , had the tyranny of thofe unruly 
 dominions; unto whofeulurping violence, the 
 
 V- 1 S- Pilot is forced to fur render his office , and lofe- 
 ing his art in aftonifhment , commits all to the 
 mercilefle billowes; The companions of this 
 
 v.42, voyage were a great part of the calamity , foul- 
 die rs and pn finer s ; No place of doubting here 
 was left, fave in the variety of pet idling; either 
 to be fplit on the rocks , or ingulphed in the 
 
 v.i 7. qulckzfands. Their onely refuge wastoundoe 
 
 v « * 8 . themlelves, by lightning the Ship of her lading* 
 io as theylefc nothing to becaft away but them- 
 felves; Their munition too being now grown 
 
 Vis* danger us,and their tackling only able to profit 
 them, in being rhrowen away. And vet they 
 did but begin to be loit in the dammage ol 
 
 V«2o. their goods ; for w&<r& *K*)t (fayes the divine 
 
 Exod Hiftorian) all hope of their fafety was taken awaj % 
 
 % u * Onely a three dayes darkneffe was enough for 
 
 the feventh plague of Egypt, which though the 
 
 V. 1 o. leaft of thefe evils, is exceeded here too; No Snn 
 orfiar in many dayes appearing, nor affording this 
 lamentable comfort, to know the place ottheir 
 
 periling 
 
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 peiilhing : To paint out the perill in its lively Verfe 30. 
 extremity > the Marriners wer~ afraid , thole 
 eaguers with death , and play-fellowes well 
 1 anger ; and under colaur of caft.ng Anchor ^ 
 vould have dole away in the boat : All das 
 vhile too , that they might not only be af :SR y 
 hey tormented their bodies with a fourteen V«ifc 33. 
 \*yes abitiaence , as if in the expectance of 
 ieath* they had forgotten to live. In the mil- 
 lie of this extremity , our Apoftle dares pro- erfe 21 * 
 >hefie a deliverance ■> but fee how it is accom- 
 >li(hcd : Their fafety muft be contrived by a 
 hipwrack, and the breaking of their veflel by a Verfe 4 »• 
 ucky dif after , is the only method of their 
 fcape; for on boards , ar.d broken pieces of the ^^44- 
 if, they efcaped all fafe to land : And who can 4^ negtt 
 eny now that Paul is Gods charge , to whom diu cur a 
 uiae it {elf becomes a prcfervation ! Had he #>P™?w 
 emaincd unftnken in profperity , how had he \*™J™ 1 
 :nown ? or the world by him, the myftcry oi rutna ? * 
 hedivineproteSion? which appear es not ioMaru&l. 
 leanly in a fetled tranquility, as when we *Coi.i< 
 .re prcfled out of measure, and defpaire even 
 tf life : Then is the time for him , with whom 
 .11 things are poflble to work a d liverance bc- 
 icting himfelf , that he alone may have the 
 ;lory. And to this end , you may plcafe to ■ 
 »bferve,how the Father Almighty tak.th plea- 
 Lire in the infirmities of his children? and hnm- 
 dcth his Majcfty to the fafeguard of thofe that 
 remoftdeftituteot meaner fuccour* When my 
 7 ather and mother for fake me (fayes the Plal- Pia 7 : 
 nift) then the Lord careth for me: as if he (lay- . 
 d for that opportunity ot el ^ftiuij , to endear z * etc*" 
 he favour of his adoption : fo in the minority 
 C of 
 
of Abrahams pofterity,he Was familiar with his 
 people, when Ifragi was a child) then I loved him i 
 Hof. 1 1 . 7. But Being multiplied St grown nu- 
 merous, he withdrew his pretence from them . 
 So in the infant ftateoftheGofpel, miracles, 
 vifions, and revelations, maintained acorn* 
 merce between heaven and earth , whereas in 
 the elder time,as wealth and worldly pomp in* 
 creafed, thole gifts and graces discontinued. 
 
 Valitf. 9 Soihc young ravens <> and the hungry are filled 
 with the riches of his bounty, when the rich 
 
 Luke 1. J? (like Midas with his golden penury) are fent 1 
 empty away. But if you will awhile attend the a 
 Minutiora qm maxmus greateft workeman in the 
 
 artifex de induftria ingeniis -meaneft of his Works ; with de- 
 
 aut viribus ampUavit , fie Hghtful wonder you may bc4 
 "Wmtud in medmnute \ lo \^ im Maximum in minimis A 
 prebaridocensquemadm.vtr- T ' , . ,, } 
 
 mem in hfirmitate. Tewtl. no where more admirable the: 
 lib. i .adv. Marc. in things ot the imalleft mo- 
 
 ment > and oft times lodging rare endowments ti 
 in the moftdefpicable creatures; as if fromtheji 
 very contempt of their littlenefs , he would in 
 creafe our admiration; For inftances, the Scri- 
 pture will readily furniih us ? that one place a 
 lone in the Proverbs will do it,Ch»3 o. where thq 
 ProY.30. wife man tells US , There be four things which be 
 **• little upon earth , but they are exceeding wife ; fo 
 
 wife in the judgement otTertuttan, that he 
 choofeth fome of them to confound the proud 
 wifdomofman, daring him to imitate , if he 
 can , Apum adificia , formica fta~ 
 In bis tan t^atque, y, - ^ hom y i$ a -. 
 tarn nullis, quo ratio f quart- > . > / J 
 
 ta vu i qlam inextrica- ™* the architecture of the Bee, 
 bilh perfeffio ? GalhJib. the granary oi the cmet, the lawn 
 tucap.z.' of the fpider , the loom of the 
 
 filk-worm; 
 
filk-worm; whofe [curious indiiftry maycate- 
 chife any (not worfc then an Infidel) to give 
 God the glory of f uch perfections Alining in his 
 darkeft creatures: But farther yet, you may be- 
 lold them not oriely the objects of his boug- 
 ie and wifdom, but the inftruments alfo of his 
 >ower, and jutlicc j when to plant the Ifrae- E xo d.»3/ 
 ites in Canaan , he provides them an armic of i$. 
 rlornets to marftiall their way , and proud 
 D baraohin his own dominions aeknowledgeth Exod.8, 
 in overthrow from lice and frogs : The Oxe 
 joad , and the jaw bone are exalted into the 
 L&ivityof a conqueft, and but the found of the j fh.$.co.- 
 :^am$-horns is engine enough to call down 
 he watts o£?ericho: So the icorn of man can 
 riumph over man to the glory of God, and 
 he vile'ft creature armed with the divine ju- 
 ticc, becomes the revenger of humane rebel - 
 ion. Thus hath God chef en the rv earthings* of CoTU 
 he werid to ran found the things which are mighty y x 2 g # * 
 mdbafe things aftheworld^and t fangs which are 
 lefpi fed hath Godchofen^ yea and things whieh are 
 tot to bfing to nought things that are -, that no flefc Verfc*?. 
 lootild glory in his prefence. So when {i£ Would' 
 make ufc of fit melfengers to declare Bis will, 
 t became his omnipotence to make choice of 
 :be moft unlikely Agents : to put his trea* 
 r nre in earthen veffels , that the excellency of the Ql ^ % 
 lower might he of God , and not of them \ SloW 
 :ongued <JWofes,\u&s Amos^ fimple Peter; urito 
 :heie hevouchfafes his pretence, conference, 
 ;cvelations, and makes them fit for employ- 
 ment* by employing them ; left mote fafhio- 
 1 ruble undertakers might rob him of his giory > 
 ay fixing the peoples eye no higher then thdf 
 C 2 own 
 
own worthiuefle : Of which danger we havL 
 a double example in S. Paul, whQonalittl r 
 more then ordinary manifeftation of his vex 
 rues among the 3arkmans^ was twice miftakei 
 
 Aflsi8. 4 for a God. Once at Melita y for not falliq< 
 down dead at the viper , as though to outliv< 
 the ftingof that Serpent, he muft needs be im 
 
 Afts 14. mortal ; And before that at Ljfira , where hi 
 
 it. eloquence accufed him into Mercury ; anc 
 having eafily perfwaded them he was a God 
 J could icarce make them tp beleeve he was ; 
 fnan:but their zealous idolatry will needs abufc 
 him with facrifice. And he knew how dange 
 rous it was, to avail with the Almighty ir 
 glory, by accepting that horrible courtefic* Ii 
 
 Afts ii.ii XLU t j le fl atcer y f others , that made Heroc 
 
 guilty of biafphemie, in that overftrained com- 
 plement, {The voice of a Cjod^andnot of a man) 
 and yet he is farn to recant k hlmfclf by dying 
 
 Vcrftzj. the wormes by a mortal demonftration fooii 
 confute his divinity, and without the help of a 
 Surgeon,prcfent him an unteigned skeleton be- 
 fore the eyes of his kind murtberers.' So that 
 you fee this outward baienciTe and infirmity 
 was necefTary in our Apoltle, to raife the con- 
 ceits of his beholders unto the true Authourof 
 his miracles.But thoughGod magnify his power 
 In the weaknefs of his creatures, would you be- 
 leeve that he ftiould practife this ftrange myftc- 
 ry on himfelf, and that be fiiould magnity his 
 power by his own infirmity ? And yet behold 
 the eternal Son of G .yd effecting the wonder of 
 
 phil.i.74 our redemption in the form of a fervam , and 
 triumphing over Satan in the infirmities of our 
 
 Rom.8« 3. nature, afsuming the Uksnefs of wr fitful flefh y 
 
 that 
 
:hat he might condemn 'fin in thepfiy\ and by 
 >afiing of death liimlclf, iwtilorting tip death in H ^ # 8.^; 
 vlttorj. AndmigfctSot Paul g\6xy inWiniir- ^ r *' 
 mities,that were enabled by rhefufterLigs of his- Efidehonc- 
 >aviour ? To be like great perfcriages even in ft -amenta 
 ruferiesisagraceRiladvcrhty. How proud is cer ?°™ 
 :He fouldicr of that Wound that refcmbleth £fTfr 
 lim with his General? almoft thanking hisXsUJr! 
 misfortune for advancing him to fo worthy a Saluft. 
 danger: And can he leffe £xuk in hisfufte- Gil 6. 17, 
 rings, that bears in his body the marks of ih? Lord 
 Jefus> Befides, it rrtay feem too that God 
 nmfelf aUoweth this -hotted oftfcritation m hh 
 brvants; when by the confent- of Schoolmen, 
 ill the Martyrs fha-il appear in the Church tri- 
 umphant, bearing the lignes of their Chriftian 
 bounds about them, as it fo many fpeakiog te- 
 stimonies of their godly courage , that what 
 lere they endured in behalf of their Saviour, 
 nay be there an addition to their glory.* And 
 !iow eminently fhall his body then glider 
 tvith skarres, that left here no place for a new 
 ^vound ? that by a valiant emulation did not 
 .0 much imitate, as repeat our Saviours fuftc- 
 :ings, ! Infioning, in whippings in watching y in VcifcafJ 
 f a ft*ng> in perils efhis own nation , in perils among 
 \he Gentiles , in perils in the City , in perils in the 
 \vlldsrnefs 5 in being haled from one Magi- 
 [frate to anodier , trom Lyfias the chkf Cap- 
 tain to Felix the (jovirndHr , front -Pefius t0 4&s 23.26 
 Cdfar : [p being falfely acculed > and pro- M- la 
 iiounced innocent by his Judges : nay to make 
 jpthe refemblance, he wanted not a blow from 
 :he High-Prieft, nor an Ecc'e homo \ behold the 
 an: fo as he maybe well applauded with 
 C 3 that 
 
 r 
 
it 
 
 Salviande ttaatelpgje oiSalytan^Singtilarn Domini fr&cUr c 
 Gub.ltb.i. rm imitator \ An excellent djfeiple of a fingiw 1 
 lar Maftier ; that walking in the fteps of his* 3 
 leader, hath made him plainer as it were, and * 
 iporefignificantbyhis footing; and may Well 1 ' 
 befpeak your imitation , as he did {ometimes' 1 
 1 CoxA\s\$\tCorinthians> y Be ye followers ofme^ even as A 
 Apfltcatiw alfo am ofChrift : By the example of his fufte- 
 rings, we are fummoned to a warfare, and whe 
 would refufc to follow his Captain in that 
 way , which he hath traced out by his owi 
 blood 1 Our fighting is fuffering, and who is (c 
 . weak but can do this! nay weaknefTe is oui 
 onely ftrength , for when we are wea^ ther 
 CKip«ix: are we ftroftg; The mind is more able to en 
 1 °* dure the encounter, when its domeftick encm} 
 
 theflcfli, is brought into fubje&ion ; and b) 
 the difciplineofaftnft life, is taught morerca- 
 4p^r. dilieto obey her injunctions. In bodily difea 
 hyper. f cs w j ica t [ ie fickneffe is in its vigour , t5> m* 
 TrfJoTA //a/TM AvstyKcSop xfa^** , faith the grea 
 Phyfitian, a [paring diet is mainly requisite 
 that the ftrength of nature may be wholly em- 
 ployed on the maladie; and it is no lefs impor 
 tant in the confli&s of the foul* which become 
 more vigorous by abftinence, as thereby uni 
 chrtfft. ting her forces , and refining her (elf from th< 
 eauhly contagion/^ vrny^ n aJ/xt^ m»(faitl 
 p SuCbrjJbft m )Ttiis is a refplendent vidtorie, thi 
 Is the triumph of the Church > thus the devill i 
 vanquifhed whiicft we are afflicted , and take 
 thefoile by our miferies •• by our fading he i 
 made hungrie, by our thirft he faints * chalet 
 hcisbyourpeif-cution, and difarmed byou 
 nakednefs. Thus is the Lord of Hofts pleafe< 
 
o fight his battel by our infirmities : and from 
 :hevi£torieofour Offerings to ereft atrophie 
 o his glory. Even fo Lord ! evermore arm us 
 viththy felf againft all affaults of fin and Sa- 
 an,that by the power of thy Cxofs and Paf- 
 lon, we may advance thy glorie here , againft 
 he kingdom of darknelTe ; untill by the pow- 
 :rof thy refurrection, we fhall be advanced to 
 hy Kingdom of glorie : For thine is the King- 
 lorn > the Power, and the Glorie, for ever, 
 
 ^ M E N, Q C i: ,. fy. 
 
 C4 SERM. 
 
 N 
 
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 SERM. II. 
 
 101 
 
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 i 
 
 i 
 
 an 
 
 on 
 
 TOH.12. 42. 
 
 Nevertheless Among the chief rulers alfo^ many be- j 
 lleved on him but because of the Pharifees y they 
 did not confejfe him , left they jhould be put out of 
 the Synagogue, 
 
 Otfoing is more incredible to 
 the depraved nature of man, 
 then the myfteries of his falva- 
 tion : He could eafily beleeve 
 the father of lies in the plot of 
 his captivity , but can hardly 
 beleeve the God of truth in 
 the counfel of his deliverance : Toperfwade fo 
 ftrange a conceipt, the Almighty muft take 
 paines with his creatures; and that word which i 
 onelyfpake mans creation , muit himfelf be- 
 Luke 1S.8 come man to preach his Redemption : BiKJhall 
 . theSonneof man find faith en the earth} behold 
 jch. i.nrthc barbaroufneffe of infidelity ! He came 
 unto his own , and his own received him not : 
 and yet the main bufinefs of his do&rine , was 
 th exhort a beleefe, and that doftrine canoni- 
 zed with miracles, the infallible teftimonies of 
 a deity : fuch miracles as were not fo much the 
 labour, as the property and emanation of his 
 
 perfoiij 
 
(»J) 
 
 erf orv>nor were wrought by die d ifpenfation of Zanch ^ 
 greater power, but by his own vertuc and au- rr #, £i . 
 ority> which was common to the fcliowihip fam./,$ c. $ 
 >f the Trinity, in which he was not the mftru- 
 nent bu: the partnered differed from his Fa- 
 her not in power, but in the order of working : 
 vhichthedcvLsby a (harper Pnilofophy per- 
 :eived to be above the contrivance of natu:e, Vi & lu ^ 
 md as if by pleaching the Gofpel of our Savi- vtv j n 9 j e 
 >ur, they would condemn the ftupid Jewes, civ.Deu 
 ifurp S 4 Peters very confetfion ; Than art Chrifi cap.u. 
 hcSpnof the living Cjod. But this degenerating Maah,i*. 
 tock oi<iAhra,ham^ children of his fle(h,Not his l6# 
 aith,in a Sceptick madnefs, will neither credit 
 heir ears in the words of our Saviovir,nor their 
 :yes in his mighty deeds:which Ifaiah in a pro- 
 )hetick rap:u:e forcfaw and wondred at ; who , 
 villbeleeve our report ^and to whom is the arm of the liau *? T ' 
 Lord revealed} w l ne£e<>had they not binpunifhed 
 kVith dulneffe , the prediction of their u lbclicf 
 night have taught them to believe the Mejfiah; 
 .heir aibeieef being the;e foretold as a token of 
 :heprcfenc Mcjfuii ^ Bat their voluntary ob- 
 [linacy, that refuted to appre- „ . . 
 bend their Redeemer ; by the *™™^T f't 
 congruityofGodsjuIhce, {uffers en ' im rt ««*,*, fie o5- 
 
 che necelfiiy .ofio UltOWard a dmat,De:.s deferendo, quod 
 
 refufal, the per veneneffe of their 0CCiilt0 ) udk *° f acere P 9te ft> 
 
 underftanding is revenged with m»> »*» P«eft Augufiin: 
 
 .! ~ '~,~~rr : : c j cl j m v - *°- Occident Ale eft 
 
 LheimpoiTiimry of inderftand- veyb o De i quo j homines ex- 
 
 tflg : Wnilelt (as I may have exeat-, verum id hominum 
 
 leave to fpeak) oy an admirable nialitU imputanjum eft, qu* 
 impoftufe of the divine judge- v J r f m ****& in , mrt€m * 
 
 ~>«««. «.£«!,* U- c ? • u Calvm. in etnaem loc* 
 
 ment, the light of the world ap- 
 pearesdarknelTe to their (oules; the bread of 
 
 life 
 
life yccldsthc favour of death , and the rock o j 
 falvation becomes a ftumbling-ftone totheir^ 
 ruine : Nevertheleffe all were not tainted with 
 fenfelefs contagion ? but many exempted^ 
 whofe rare prefervation might publifh at once, 
 the power and companion of their Redeemer, 
 being not only thofe of the vulgar rout, which 
 out of a cuftomary hghtnefs are apt to em 
 brace any uncouth novelty > but men of a dee- 
 per reach and capacity , the politick and re- 
 fcrved nobility, whofe faith was as wonderful 
 as the others inctedulitie : Among the chiel 
 rulers alfo> many beleeved on him. 
 pa 1. 1 . T T" TEl might the Evangelift imploy this cm- 
 W phatical rhetorick,to expreifc lo ftrange 
 Joh. 3 1.9. an occurrent. Great men are not ah ayes wife, but 
 lefsufually rcligious;the pomp andfplendour of 
 their eftates , being incompliable with the bu* 
 Joh.7,48. mility and retiredneffe of devotion. Have any 
 oft he rulers or of the pharifees beleeved on him} was 
 the infolent demand of the Pharifees ; accoun- 
 ting fuch rudenefs and weaknefs of judgement, 
 only beff tting the ignorant pcopk : Neither 
 hath any age been lo happy as to contradict 
 this wretched pofition ; as it is eafie to obferve 
 through the whole courCeoi the Gofpel, where 
 bafenefle and poverty are fomuch the portion 
 of chriftian profeffoufs , that the Apoftle takes 
 Mat 11 *»V lt f° r § rante d 9 Hath not God chofen the poor of this 
 zSairui. world, rich in faith , andheires of the Kingdom} 
 1 1 . vid even fo , it feemed good in his fight , to hide thofe 
 B imayd things from the wife &prudent ^& to reveal them un- 
 fper Cant. tQ y^y es . t \ c2L y C t [ ie proud like the Mwntams of 
 fern, j 4. _,.£ ox . . j • 7 j 
 
 Pfil.104. GwmifW\mo\\X. any dew or ranupon themftndio 
 lo. fend bis fpr/ngs into the v alley es , to fill the loW- 
 
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 with his bleflings. Thus , we find the fimple 
 ,epherds early vifked by the day-fpring from 
 nhighyTbe Glory of the Lord fane roundabout 
 oem, as it were the morning beams 01 the Son Luke 2. 9* 
 i righteoudiefs ; aid ftraightway they %\ a 
 ►ions gratitude make the report as iarge as 
 heir joy , rejoycing others , as tlie Angel did 
 hem , with the good tidings ot a Saviour; 
 whereas Herod the King, vainly tearing a rival ^//w- 
 i) his temporal Kingdom, with furious fubtiky > nt mu u m 
 ittempts to affaffinate the King eternal , at his w angu- 
 irft appearing in flelh : and how earnelK/fr*^™* 
 y he intended it,the bleeding innocents are lb ^ r ^ r ^. 
 nany witnefses; whole lives muft be facrificed ™ in guert 
 :o the rage of a tyrant* becaufe they are neare chryfoU 
 n age and voifinage to Chrift.To hold on the fem. * s»* 
 parallel, wc finde on the one fide , the defpifed ^- 2 - ! ft 
 people flowing toChrift from every quarter, ^1**1 
 j allleans , Samaritans , Publicans , FijhermMilAinii. 
 iich are the men that hear him gladly , cry up u- 
 his miracles, admire his doctrine, celebrate his *r uke J *' 7 
 triumph with folemn proceffion ; when on the jjj ) ir ^ 4 ° , f 
 other fide oi*?x o fl**> the rulers are plotting v. i*.&it 
 together aga'nft the Lord, and aga'nft his anointed^ Pfal.2. t j ' 
 rejecting the counfellof God again ft themfelves^znA Lu ^ e 7«J* 
 hindrmg others that would embrace it : not 
 fuffcring fomuch as the little children to cry Mat.n.if 
 Hofannah in the temple , although the ft ones Luke 19. 
 were ready to proclaim him,having given fuch * 0- 
 evident proof of his God-head , in the raifmg 
 ot Lazarus from the dead; a miracle fo fully 
 miraculous, as might have even f oftned hearts 
 of f tone, and did no lefs wonders in many of ^Jf^f 
 the inferiour rank; whom of ftoncs i<ufed /; re ^^ 
 up children to Abraham: but ycc is fo hwcrat.Cal. " 
 
 from 
 
from converting thefe Rulers , that this alone 1 
 doth exafperate their utmoft fury : fo that now 
 wholly loiing their patience , they ca nnot ex^ 
 Cbp ii. pcft his doing any more good works , to defer 
 47.53. his paflton; but from rhat day forth take coun- 
 fell together, how*theymay a£t the moft hor- 
 rid wickenefs with the greateft folcmnity. O 
 the defperate madnefs of hardened impiety, 
 that emboldeneth poor flefti to confront the 
 Almighty ,in the moft fignal a&s of hispower I 
 fo little regarding the power of his wrath,as not 
 {earing to provoke it by the murther of an in- 
 • nocent perfon. But carnal policy ftartles at no- 
 thing that may promote her worldly interefts; 
 and is not afhamed to profeffe it, in the face 
 Chi it °^ a C° unc ^U where Caiafha* the Prcfident, 
 5 o. P ' clearly refolves it; Th£t the peace of a Nation 
 is cheaply purchafed by one mans definition, 
 be he never fo righteous; it matters not , that; 
 if the Common-wealth cannot o:hcnvife be 
 pieferved . And in order hereunto > the life of 
 Liz,ams is put to the vote too , because that by 
 £- j ' reason ofh'm^ many of the lewes went away and be- 
 * leeved on lefts. U nhappy Laz>arns \ that having 
 
 Qitop & efcaped one death already, is now in danger 
 *v£i K, iv of another from the Rulers ; and for no other 
 fty*'** fault, but that he received the benefit of living 
 ^mdiis again by a miracle : which, how it fped with 
 him, as we cannot learn; fo for Chrift , as furc 
 we are, the confpiracie ripened into execution: 
 wherein we find the Rulers ftiil , are the prin- 
 cipal agents; as if by the pnviledge of their au- 
 thority, claiming the precedencie infotian- 
 fcendent a wickcdnclfe ; And that they might 
 more thcncrucifie him, they aggravate his tor- 
 ments 
 
 it 
 
lents with ridiculous blafphemy ;• If he be the Mat. 17.41 
 in.g of Ifrael , let h'.m now come down from the 
 rofs,and we will beleevehim\ as ifthcirenvi- 
 us difpofitions (ufpe&ing the benefit of their 
 ruelty, would hinder the redemption of man- 
 indby his blood, and could only beleeveon 
 im, when they havema.de him no Saviour .• 
 md yet if their charity can with patience be- 
 old them after fo odious a fad > you (hall find 
 leir conftant malice tormenting him alter 
 sath, with barbarous indignities. Theyde- 
 me him to Pilate by the termol Deceiver v as if 
 is miracles were but fo much impofture , to 
 dude the people ; They fecure his Sepulchcr 
 i:h ^double munition, impiou(ly{uggefting * Sealing 
 teir ownabfurd phaucie of his bemsj ftolkn *- 'keftone, 
 *;, thereby to dilcredit his profeffeel doOrine J^JJ 1 * 
 :rifingfrom death : The truth whereof how y Cr fc 66. 
 icy labour to ftifle* appears by their pradiiins Hu&'tif 
 ith the fouldiers ,whom they prompt with 
 rgemony toffj he wasfhllen *«>4;,againft the 
 /idence of their own leijfes*Laftly,to fill-up the 
 leafure of their fpight ; they perfecute hima- 
 efh in hisfurviving difciples,whom they forbid £** 4 ' ]? * 
 ith threatning and beatings to preach in his name^ £\ ' ^ 40 
 ; if they feared v le ft after the rate of fo many Chap 4. 4. 
 loufands as were converted at Peters one Ser- 1 Gor.i.s 
 ioiij themfelves fhould fhortly be left alone, as C lc -) EnH 
 icmoiiftersofunbelecf. And for fuch inef-^7 
 £t the Apoftie reckons them, where he term- ve i [ a ften- 
 h the Gofpel fuch a myftery, as none of the tia,velop* 
 rinces of this world k^ew^ that is , none of thofe hujep- 
 horn the world accounts eminent , either for Unt } a c *' 
 ifdom, power* cr riches > were called to bej/^frr 
 irtakersofit ": But if it be true ^that none oiAntt'. 
 
 that 
 
K3° ) 
 that quality are admitted, how fhall this of jSjP 
 text be verified; that among the chief Ruler F 
 many beleeved ? None , and rpany , are fuel fc 
 * (7uVrtT«« as can no more ftand together, thei ;iv 
 light and darknefle s To reconcile this feemini k 
 repugnance, wc are by many tounderftand,bu to 
 fome greater number of beleevers, thencoukte 
 be expe&ed from men to dignified : Asfu:h b 
 they Were many, though few , if compared tc I 
 the refidue of unbeleevers : and thus, it will be h 
 no hard matter to accord the Evangelift wkl « 
 the Apoftle , who intended not by his nega- } 
 Pifcator, rive to exclude all great ones fuom being con- il 
 obferv. in verts, but onely to imply •> that lb it was for the o 
 i Cor^i. greater part, they were generally fuchnoiwl 
 26. proficients in theSchool olChrift;tnat he hold: 
 
 it no wrong to charge them all with commor 
 ignorance : So did our Saviour in the like cafe 
 Mat,tf2f. where he faith indefinitely, that myfteries anfo 
 hidden from the wifeandprudent, becaufe fo few } 
 Ieb.j,3i. attain unto them ; and fo the Baptift fpeakin§ 
 of Chrift, faith, that no man received bis teftimo 
 nj , that is> no man after a fort, confidering the 
 number of thofe that rcje&ed it : Although] 
 fome were known to receive it , and the nc 
 words evince as much ; affirming ot him th; 
 hxtiirecehedit)thathehath fet to his[cal'<y th 
 God is true; And thatS,<P4#/had no other m~ai 
 i Gor 1 in ?M % words befote do clearly manifeft, when 
 i 6% ' # he wills the Corinthians to make the'r calling, tha 
 not many vnfe men after the fit '(h , not many mighty^ 
 and noble y are called; if not many, theniomehe 
 A&**i 7. denies not; °rhcfhould have {poken contrary 
 ^$7.34 .to his own experience : The Deputy of Cyprus. 
 Sergim PshIhs the Judge of Athens , Dionyftxs 
 
 diver: 
 
ivers of the nobler lort at Am**, befides fomc 
 
 chers ofCafars boujhold ; were as fo many tro- MU.?. i*. 
 
 tiies of his powerful miniftery : But however, 
 
 ive him leave to complain of the rarity of no- 
 
 L e Profelytts, that found among them fuch ill 
 
 icceflfc of his beft endeavours, which in Felix 
 
 le Governour wrought only a trembling in- a&$ 142* 
 
 ead ofbeleef ; that is, no more then is wide- iam.2.*?. 
 
 Ms; and from his fucceffor, the noble Veftut aSlh6m 
 
 btained the cenfure of learned madnefs ; and 
 
 Lit almofi ferfwaded the King A } griff a to be a, Ver.28, 
 
 briftax, And yetthefe may pafs forfober In 
 
 dels; compared to thofe in the ages following; 
 
 > wit, the %jnnan and Grecian Emperours, ' 
 
 r ho being tranfported with arrogant mad- 
 
 rfs, pradifed all the feats of cruelty during 
 
 leir tyranny, to the fuppreflion of religion , as 
 
 onflantme moft juftiy complains , £ CT/ flf \tf m ttcufSp 
 { his ungodly predecefsors ; the riv *A>r9« \iyw </W pi- 
 •uel Authors-* of that Decad ot f"w Eufeb.de vn^con- 
 arfecutions, which they wrote ■ /to'- fc*-"*-4«« 
 \ fuch bloody chara&ers ; that but to read 
 lem in the Church ftory is a kind of martyr- 
 om to thofe that have any bowels of compaf- 
 on. And if the juftice of time had no: canceld 
 ich difmal monuments of impiety, you might 
 e yet more diftinftly informed Dsmitius de officio pro- 
 y the Wicked induftrie of Dom!- confute , libris feptem re- 
 us; who(asL^^r/Wrelateth) **** &™f m D <f" 
 
 1 > 1 „ • J coHent , ut doceret quibw ' 
 
 eaped up feven volumes contain J J$ ci opmer ) t e0Sy 
 ig the lalvage edidts of Princes qu j f e C ultores Dei confL 
 
 Dr the punilhment of Chrifti- terentur.LaSant.Inftit j, 
 
 ns: Since whom, the mighrieft cat- ,2 « 
 fonarchs on earth , by the fedurement of 
 iatan and Mahomet, are to this day the more 
 
 profcifed 
 
profefsed enemies to the Gofpelof Chrift • yo ; 
 have heard enough of this fad truth,the fumr * 
 whereof amounts to this; that the Grandee jj 01 
 oi the world, are commonly leaft in the King \ 
 domoi heaven; which is an hard faying ft? 1 
 flefh and blood, and yet no more, then wha '* 
 
 Mat.19 m 0lir S av i our f earneftly preffed 5 touching th lc 
 difficulty of a rich mans entrance into heaven 1° 
 
 Verfe 2 j# which dii-fo exceedingly amaz,e the difcifles^ tha *? 
 it put them to enquire of him, who could be fa- ! 1] 
 ved pn fuch terms ? But that which he anfwe l 
 red in that cafe, may ferve as well to refolve u ? 
 
 Verfc 16. here, that though on mans part, the falvatiot l \ 
 of fuch amountcth to an impoffibility, confide * 
 ring the weaknefle to refift fuch ftrongtem 1 
 ptations,yet it is feifible with God, whole graa 
 is fufficient for them ; And his grace is not ir 
 vain, for in all ages many inftanees are to be c 
 found of Rich and Noble, that were fcrvann 1 
 of Chrift on earth ; and are (we doubt not ) 
 
 Mat- 25. 21 entered into their Maft&sjoy* But what it man) 
 ftars of that magnitude, feem to come fhort o\ 
 
 Rom j. 1 3 t y je gi dr j fG ds wc are not therefore to qucftion 
 
 Gen|8 •**. the jufticeof the Judge of all the earth; who, as 
 
 Atf s 104. 1 He u no reffetter ofperfons, fo high and low,rich 
 and poor, are alike to him, not one preferred 
 before the other ; but in every condition: He 
 that feareth him y and workfth righteoufnefs^ is ac- 
 cented with him : It is only the tailing in the du- 
 ties, that makes the difference ; which is not 
 the fault of wealth or honour,but of the perfons 
 n that abufe them ; and make that which (hwld 
 
 I ia « 9* 2u h ave b een for their welfare^ an occafion of falling. 
 
 As for inftancc , being taken up with the 
 
 prefent luftre of their worldly pomp( which fil- 
 
 leth 
 
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 th their eyes* as tooneereanobje&J they 
 annot difcerne things fpirituall, and remote 
 omthefenfes ; oratleaft, efteem them lit- 
 e,at fo great a diftance ; r& ph ><*? y*.m\M* Merc Trif- 
 lf>TH> ra <?e ifavn Jitonrtiv with as Tnimcglit mep.Fi- 
 
 lvinely obferved ': for the things that we be- minder. 
 old* too much content us in the certainty of c ^' 4# 
 offeffing them ; whereas thofe that are ab- 
 :nt, and invifible,beget a diftruft in our irna- 
 ;inations,whether they have any being or 
 iO,as having no fenhble (hape, or figure, to 
 pmmend them unto our capacities. And tnis 
 pemeth to have been the proper difeaie ot the 
 uling Scribes and Pharifees ; that being im- 
 lerfed in earthly defires, and namely thofe 
 /hich the fcripture termeth, the luft of the 
 ies, and the f ride of life , they were not in cafe x °*- -1 
 3 fet their affections on things above ; for touch- r 
 ig the former,the fin of covetouGiefs^that we ° '*•*■ 
 lay lee how fitly our Saviour compar'd it to 
 torncs, that choke the feed of the word that Mte?|.** 
 i fown, and will notfuffer it to grow up, we 
 tave in thefe a clear example, that being pre- 
 mt at the delivery of his heavenly do&rine* 
 oncerning the foveraigne uie of riches, 
 i being laid up for another life, it is faid ex- 
 reily, that being covetous, they derided him: 
 yerefofar from receiving his counfel, that u< x J ^ 
 hey defpifed him that gave it ; and this, be- 
 aufe their hearts were foreftalled with the 
 yorfhip of their Mammon ; which kept them 
 com ferving a better Mafter ; And who can 
 ay then , that Gad is unrighteous^ who taketh 
 wj£**w*onfiich Idolaters, though he fwfier 
 D v tht 
 
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 Rom. j « * « the God of this world to blind their ejes^and leafi 
 iCor # 4 4- the ight of the glorious gofpel fhotild fhine unto 
 them. 
 
 Then for the latter, that is, vaine glory ; 
 
 how it raigned in them, we (hall need but to 
 
 lookc how our Saviour emblazons them ; 
 
 Mit«i3 'i.Math.2'i. That ail their workes they d-d for to 
 
 Accuratly befeen ofmcnfFhcvL fafting,praying and almes 
 
 Jifplaytd giving, all are levelled at this markc/The eyes 
 
 on \T*l> °f ^od w ^ not ^ crve c l le ^ r turnc '> but h'kc fa 
 verfeof ' many ftage-players, they play religion under 
 Maths, the maske of godlia-jfle 5 to entertain the eyes 
 of men; get them attire for this piupofe, broa- 
 der phy latteries then were ufually worn ~, anc 
 larger borders on their garments : as if that 
 were to keep the law of" God more cxa&h 
 then others, to have it embroydercd on theii 
 appareil • more fumpiuouily then the com: 
 mon people. And yet this hypocrifi 4 ,as grofi 
 as it Was* might be fine enough to deceive the 
 more fimplc fpcSator ; but that, to prevent 
 this danger, our Saviour proceedeth in the 
 dilcovery; andlayes down fuch mattes, a: 
 none could but fee with what fpiric they were 
 adled : for to ailed (as they did) the upper- 
 mod rooms, and the chief feats ; to be in lov< 
 f with pubiique greetings, and glorious titles 
 verj. .7. ^hefe ma cj e ii appeare, what wind it wa 
 .that filled their failes, and that they fough 
 rather to be honour'd of men, then to be ap- 
 proved of God. Now what an obftaclcthi^ 
 vanity is in the way oi faith, he made it nnque 
 Io.y.44. ftionable by that demand, ch*p. 5. How cany 
 beleeve^ that receive hononr one of another ? beiu| 
 
(ii) 
 
 s they were, fitch Haves of glory, it was not 
 >offible they (hould be the fervants of Chrift, 
 iut they muft part with that which was dear- 
 rto them then their foules> that is* their e- 
 teem, and fame wirh the people ; In putfuit 
 Vhcvcofyheyfeeke not the honour that Is from God * , 
 nely but make a blaftof empty praife their 
 ummurn bormm^Scmind no happinclfc beyond 
 c. Nay rather then faile of this wretched end, 
 hey feck the honour that is due to God only ; 
 leprive him of his prime-Crown- J ewell;that 
 vhich of all things, he will not part with to am- ™f * l » 8 * 
 her: For what fcffe do they, that glorify 
 hcmfelves, inftead of God, by a proud con- 
 idence of their own excellencies ; which was 
 he fin of thefe Lordly Pharilees; tvho being ig- 
 \orantofGods rlghteottfnejfe y & feeling to ftablijh Rom.ioj 
 heir own rlgbteoufnejfe^did not fubm'tt themselves 
 o the nghteoufnefs of Cjod. That ignorance 
 vas the effed of their $ridc<>hca*fe they fought Rongji 
 O be juftified not by faith, but at it were by the 
 forks of the Uw . And therefore no marvaile 
 f they could not beleeve; whenprcfuming on 
 heirworkes, ipfo fno tumor ec&cati (faith St. % 
 
 !\uftin) that very prefumption did fo blind 
 iem,as to make ihem ftumble, at that ftum- ver(i QQ ^ m 
 Ungfione: (That (tone is Chrift, they may 
 lanke their pride for fo transforming him.) 
 : or pride, as it k of a fwelling nature, fo with 
 , he (Welling, it darkneth the mind, that it 
 Jannotdifcernethe truth ; you may hear it 
 ! !:om St. Gregory: Tumor mentis dnm w flat -^- *-°ral.F. 
 ' ubilat : It is the high mountaine that ftands ** f 
 ; i Chrifts way, and hinders the influence of 
 Da his 
 
<3«) 
 
 Mark it ^ S & race > ^ ^ C ff ert0 ^ ea ^ e fochmenas 
 
 RllelsJ'thck, they are whole enough, and have no 
 
 i 7 . * need of che Phyfitian ; if to relieve them,thcy 
 
 are rich, and abound in goods,and have need 
 
 of nothing ; if he fpeake of freeing them from 
 
 ValUsphvia Yig*nwad*hz bondage offm> they are A- 
 
 facunditatemquuminterea brahams children, and were ne- 
 
 fummi altorum montium V er in bondage to any man;they. 
 
 vertices ficamantnt :val T[ fl j h $ Auftill fay, 
 
 lit ergo pat qui celeflem c , VV D/ .P. ., . nL . a Jy 
 gratiapluviamvdt / u ^ Superb is Fhari^ts^vdnn Cknftus. 
 
 pere. Calvin i adcomth The Pharifecs pride made Chrift 
 cap<<%. SuperbAdaUm eft contemptible in their eyes. And 
 del contempt™ Aqmn v/tfceo, itismoft juftwith God, to 
 **.qA6i.ut6. withhold his grace from them 
 
 thatfofcornfully rejedit; let even the hea- 
 then man be Judge; Superb hs mtfer indignm eft 
 mifericord:* ; The difdainfull wretch deferves 
 no mercy;and how much leffe> if he contemn 
 the Anchor of it ? which is the formal a£t oi 
 pride, as the Schoole defines it : for whereas 
 other fins turn from God through ignorance^ 
 or infirmity, or the defire ot fome feeminj 
 £ood ; pride departs from him eo nomine 
 that it will not be fubje&to him, and his rule 
 that we may fay ot the proud, what St. Pan 
 Rom.8.7. doth of the carnal mind, Itisenmhy agamj 
 Gou^for n is not fubjetl to the law of God, ne'the 
 indeed can be ; like the fin of Rebellion, whici 
 is fuch a turning away from the Prince, tha 
 it.urnesuponhim, and fights againft him 
 Jaro.4 6. ^ n f°niuch, that Godisfaid ipyctTiKaTtpas, t 
 ll\y\l.ii re fift the proud, As it thefe did p .^v- fcp hir 
 & v. 1 5 ; more then ai ly ; to ftir up his jealou/y ,/ kg a ma 
 of war : to powre upon them the fur) of hn ange\ 
 
 at 
 
 
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 nndthe Strength of battel; It may well be fop fa j #4 ^ g 
 judged by the effects jif we confider the nor ksof 
 the Lord, what deflations, becaufe of thisiin, 
 he hath made both in heaven, and earth; thun- 
 dring fo dreadfully with his judgements a- 
 gainft it, that the foundations of the Moun- 
 tains tremble withali; It is St. Auftins high f^\ c ^ 
 CX^VCfCxOiii Intonas faper ambitiones fecuL\& con- c .$ ' 
 tremifcunt fundament a montlum: The Angels in 
 heaven,that would needsbelikethemofthigh, 
 by partaking of his glory, (as if in their devils 
 ambition they would devide the monarchy of 
 heaven) were thrown like lightning from 
 their bright ftat ion, into the abyls of darknefs, 
 and miferie ; And following them, our firft 
 parents in Paradife , enchanted with the Gen.*.* . 
 charmeof TLrltU font diije fhailbe as Gods^OGVi CwndeO- 
 felt the delufionin their banilhment, being "®*^™ x 
 condemned to the world? as it were to dig in ^Mm™- 
 the Mines : So jealous is God in fecuring his bi at me- 
 glory, though it be with the mine of his molt *** dam. 
 glorious and excellent creatures. And on this **&* de 
 accompt, we finde him conferring his graces fa 10 ' 
 lo ftrangelyj might fay >prepofterouily; that 
 is>on perfons fo ungratious,in the eye of man; Gen.4 8 - 
 that Jacobs crofling of his hands on thefons f * 
 of Joieph,may feem to have been an intended 
 Emblem of this myftery : where God often 
 layesthe right hand of his favour, onthofe 
 that are lowed in the worlds efteem i ratfing 
 thepooreoutofthe duftW exalting thofe *f pfal.nj.7. 
 low degree ,bttt fcattering the frond, (like thofe LukeMi.* 
 that were building thetower of Babel) in the t l 
 imaginations of their hearts. Suitably hereunto, * JCn * 
 
 D 3 you 
 
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 lfii Fehf. you may note bomPeluJhtj that in tlic herald If 
 
 Ej# 394. dry of Gods attribuccs ; over the high and 
 
 «*j. mighty of the earth, rJ tw* JWore/tf* «re/**j 
 
 «V7«3 he is (tiled in termesot diftance, and 
 
 imperioufneffe, King of Kings, and Lord of 
 
 Lords, when as to the poore and deftkute, by 
 
 more iamiliar,and refpe&ive titles,he delights 
 
 Pfal .63 $ to be called the father oftbefatherlefe, and tht 
 
 Judge of widows, Neither is it improbable to 
 
 avouch ; that the Son of God, our blefled Sa^ 
 
 viour, would therefore appcare in that defpi- 
 
 r^r* 1 ^^kle condition, (The Lord of glory m theformt\ 
 
 A - 2 - 7 ' cftfervant,) either to confound the proud 
 
 thoughts of the haughty in their (cornfull re 
 
 je&ion, or to proftrate them in embracing fc 
 
 humble a refuge : when during the courle o 
 
 his mortality, he miraculoufiy retrained th< 
 
 glory of his Godhead, that it thould not flow 
 
 out into his Body ; was not pleafed to win the ft 
 
 beholders by fuch ravi filing ma jefty ; Anc 
 
 but once permitting a glimpfe of his divinity 
 
 in his transfiguration, he communicates tha 
 
 heavenly fhew onely to three chofen witnef 
 
 Mar. 179, ^ cs i w ^° mu ft not report the newes of thei 
 
 viCionyumillhe was r> fen from the dead • wherea 
 
 being to undergo the opprobrious death c 
 
 the Croffc, (as if he would now tafke his dif 
 
 ciples with an impudent faith) he offereth u 
 
 8 his crucifyed perfon a common fpc&adc t 
 
 in b!«$^ nations ; then flowing together like 
 
 of G^ctkc, fpring-tide, to the feaft of the Paffeover • An 
 
 aa <i Lac ; n 3 leaft the ignorance of any ftiould leffen his U 
 
 and He- famie,(uffers an infeription in the lowdeft lat 
 
 J^T ij. gu^ges of the. World ;J^ of Nazareth, Kin 
 
 i 
 
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 if the Jzwes : Nor was his doSbrine more a- 
 greeabie to the arrogant fpirits of the mighty: 
 which propofing poverty and patience as the 
 principles ot Chriftianity, fo nullified their 
 prerogatives of honour, and infolence j that 
 mult now learn a new degree to exaltation, 
 3y debafing themfelves ; and through the po- 
 ticie of infirmities, alpircunto the kingdom 
 oi heaven. 
 
 But the raritie, and difficultie of their con- 
 irerf ion doth more illutlrate the faith of our 
 rulers ; that notwithstanding thofe impedi- 
 ments, could allow themfelves to be Cnrifti- 
 ans ; In whom, if youconfider the aft of dick 
 :>clccving,you may juftly commend their hti- 
 militie; thatrenou icing the proud opinion 
 af their own abilities in performing the law, 
 they would condekend to the captivity of 
 kith; that faith which the Grecians derided, 
 as fodifhneile; woy x) /Wf Caf ar voy!ifyv\%<;<> (ayes 
 Clemens, terming it barbarous , and vaine ; 
 and wherewith Julian grieved the Chriftians, ckm. 
 that their wifdome was nothing but creduli- strem.t* 
 tie. Then withall* no leffe their refolute pic-^ r K* e 
 ry,that for faking the ordinances of the Patri- *f " /w- 
 ai ks 5 and Prophets,their reverend Anccrtors, <r oy T ^ 
 (together with the legal inftitutions, where- v^trif** 
 unto they had been (o long accuftomed) they &"/ <n>?^« 
 Would thus adventure on a new way unto fal- 
 vatio:]. Or if you conftder the obje£t of their 
 beleci, which was the Man God Chrift Jefus, 
 you may juftly admire the fharpneffc ot their 
 faith that could difcerne his Caving power, 
 Whom they beheld fo obnoxious to humane 
 D 4 infir- 
 
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 infirmities , fo much inferipur to tbemfcl ! 
 
 ves in ftatc, and deportment , and fo un it 
 
 worthily cxpofed to the contumelies of th< 515 
 
 feeffing multitude; Whofc lineage, kindred t 
 
 and breeding they knew , and grew up wit! \t 
 
 him, in the leafurely degrees of maturity ; anctb 
 
 yet after all, without the fufpicion of heather p 
 
 idolatry, would thus aflcnt unto the word 
 
 fhipofavifiblcGod. | 
 
 But howlbever , let not charitable admira u 
 
 tion betray us into facriledge, nor our beneve ffi 
 
 lence to thefc Rulers detraft from the mercy o p 
 
 God : who being the prime, and grand effici i 
 
 ent in the workc of their convcrfion,may juftl fl 
 
 exaft the folid glory of fo great an atchicve |c 
 
 nient. 1c wastbeunfearchablc councell of hi DC 
 
 wiil to ordain them unto life, that he migh jj 
 
 Roni:$i ma ^ e \^ orm t k e r i c hes of his glory on thefe veffel \\ 
 
 of "mercy ; And having thus decreed the end:c( 
 
 A-znftin- ^ e t ^ cr, " n included the mcanes to attaint it: m 
 
 debono predeftination being (as St. tsfftftin fpeakes j< 
 
 ferfev: the preparation of devine grace ; whereb; |q 
 
 ca F- J 4* their foulcs were organized for the infufion o jj 
 
 faith, as their bodies were for the infufion o % 
 
 their foulcs: and gave cafic admiffion to thof 
 
 fpeeches, and wonders, which were appoin 
 
 ted as the outward motives of their calling 
 
 Aka.cs de having no ability of thcmfclves, cither to mec 
 
 Auxiiis with that which could affeft their phancies, o; »| 
 
 gratUilib. t0 be affeftcd with that which they met witl; ij 
 
 *' all ; but wholly depending on a fupernatu 
 
 rail affiftancc, as well for the propofal of fuel 
 
 futable induccmcnts,as for inclining their ah. 
 
 fent unto him : So then it was the language c In 
 
 ou 
 
r Saviour which exhorted thero to beleeve , 
 it it was the Spirit of our Saviour which in- 
 t pre ted that language, that tbej received it 
 )t as the words of a man, but as indeed the] were _, - . 
 e words of a <W* His humanity adminiftredto,, 
 he operation of his miracles, but his divini- 
 * enlivened them to apprehend thofe miracles, 
 id thereby wrought in them a greater mira- 
 e ; to wit, their convcrfion ; Not by the im- 
 stent device of perfwafion, but by the rcall 
 ficiencic of inward vcrtue, vi&orioufly 
 ming the rcpugnancie of their wills, and by 
 aurtcous violence, determining them to an 
 luall bcleefe : without which fccret in tclli* 
 :ncc, many wcrcprefent at the fame excite- lohm.ir. 
 lents, and were not moved to bclcevc ; A$^ Luke i$. 
 ins afertis furdi era^t^videbant^et caeiftabant. i l - 
 lieir iufpcndedlcnics had not the power to *' Cor, 3- 
 rquaint their foulcs with the truth of thofe oc- 
 jrrents. And as this fpirituall dirc&ion , 
 /as divcrfly communicated, (bmewerein 
 uccdto beleeve at one Sermon, nay, one 
 tying of our Saviour, and fomc oncly be- 
 olding the leaft of his works,as the metaraor- 
 hofis of water into wine, When others like 
 nto Z>*Ws Brethren, would not be pcrfwa* 
 cd, though LazArusvxok from the dead. So 
 aine were the diligence of the Gardiner in 
 laming, and watring,unleffcthe Creator by 
 is influence beftow the bkffing of encreafc. 
 ou have heard what benefits God hath con- 
 :rrcd on thefc Rulers, that by the gift of illu- 
 mination, more highly advanced them above 
 ieir peercs, then their dignities advanced 
 
 them 
 
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 them above the people. But will ye hcar,wha K 
 
 thefc Rulers returnc unto God ? They arc ( * 
 
 far from the endeavour ofrequitall, that the & 
 
 will not acknowledge his favours, fo far frog U 
 
 the folcmnity ofthankfullncflc, that fearing a w 
 
 it were, to beendited ofrhcir convcrfion,thc h 
 
 difhorour this his fuprcme mercy with fpecct * 
 
 lefs ingratitude: They received this Chrift b *i 
 
 the hand of faith, "But becaufc of the Pktrifec, & 
 
 they did not corf effe him: which is the filenCcc'W 
 
 tbcfc/fulcrs, and comes next to bcpublifticcip 
 
 a I fthat diftinftion in Clemens be rigjit, of & 
 
 K1S t wofold confcffion, S# ri win $ \* ^ , Tt 4 
 
 apudclem. one in beleeving, the other in uttering, the ft 
 
 Alexand. had already confeflfed him with their heart, an on 
 
 can their tongue then deny the naturall dury < i 
 
 confeffion ? Speech is the delivery of the foul eft 
 
 and brings forth to the life of knowledge 
 
 thofc conceptions of the mind,which by totifo 
 
 Mat.%4- ctralmcnthad either penfbed in thewomb^ect 
 
 19,'j/i/. fwellM into an irkfeme timpany.-whofcunhaf ici 
 
 Pelufiota py Bearers may fcare in fome fenfe that * li 
 
 Eprft, hb) p r 4g n4n ti(, us f our Saviour, foas Pelufot ejiei 
 
 p^ fr<ft pound sit, oftbofe which arconely big wit t 
 
 Anim, W,g^od notions, and cannot deliver them. Bt 01 
 
 i,idj>. 8. what Arijtotle obferveth of other Creature la 
 
 (sJK& *oKvyv'oTd1a %nv j That the fmallcft at t 
 
 tiioft fruitfully becaufc the fubftance of die b 
 
 growth is confumed in thefupply of gener; n< 
 
 tion ; Thccuftomc of mankinde hath traiSfl: st 
 
 ted on thcmfclves; among whom many tim< s; 
 
 the ieaft in dignity,morc abound in goodnefl >a 
 
 beftowing their vacancie from honours, in tl d 
 
 pradife of vertue- when thegreat-cnes lili; 
 
 tt 
 
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 tt Indian fig-tree ( in Athen&tu ) which 
 ough of faire and goodly dimenfions,yields f^™'*t{ h 
 de iruit, as rioting all its fap into blollbms, J JJ* 9 
 they laviQiing out in liixurie> and vainc|/*Twr 
 >uriines,prove barren in the works of pietie. Ifeirow 
 either need we be troubled tor an inftance; «?******- 
 we looke but a little back in ftory, we finde *^**™" 
 e unregarded multitude in a pubiick pro- Tf ^ K g J 
 flion goingforch to meet our Saviour; and sup.v. ii« 
 ith trophies of palmc-branches myftically **• 
 eluding the triumph, of his refurre&ion, 
 hen thefe Pythagorean Rulers in a coward- 
 dumbneffe, fuppreffe their applaufe, and 
 ford nothing to entertain him, beyond a 
 nirteous opinion* Thus is he requited, that 
 ft the glory of heaven, to take penance in 
 s(h;the fervicc of Angels,to be the fervant of 
 len ; Not to be acknowledged by thofe 
 horn he came to redeem, by thole who ex- 
 uded the ranfom of his blood* to fatisfy for 
 teir guilty ioules 13 the guiltineire whereof, 
 id they rightly confide red, they would ra- 
 ler have been alhamed of their fins, then 
 leir Saviour,which debafed him thus low in 
 
 fmpaflion, to procure their expiation. Or 
 ,d they rightly confidered the worchineffe 
 that duty, which fo unworthily they decli- 
 ikd, they would not have needed any other 
 •; icouragement to embolden themxonfeiTion 
 lithe honour ofaChriftian; whereby God 
 < lakes man the witneffe of his truth, and the CalvinV 
 Iiatton of hiscaufe^and in this vouchsafed ex- hmz . dc 
 }dlence,preferres him before the Angels in^rjjj^ 
 lignity. An honour that raifed the Baptift 
 \ So 
 
I 
 
 (44; 
 
 Jcui.s, ( n eate to the fon of God, as it is poflible f 
 Mith.u. t j ie f onso f men . witnefle that of the Evang 
 lift. He was not that Vght, but (which is ne 
 UiitO'it) wasfentto beare witneffe of that light. 
 regard whereof, Chrift was plcafed to I* 
 nour him with that high teftimony ; That 
 mong them that were born of wo men r there ar 
 not a greater then John the Baftifi. But certai 
 ly, had they duly weighed the neceflky 
 this duty, the whole^world would have pr 
 vedtooweake an Oratour to have tempt !, 
 them tofofoule an omiffion: by which wilf 
 defeat of theirs, their faith did but ferve 
 aggravate their guilt;ani in being erilighte | 
 ed Chriitians,they became onely more kno 
 ing offenders.- No leffe fevere is the jud^ 
 Profper. ment f Proffer ; that, not to confeffe trutfc 
 equally pernicious, as not to beleevcit. 13 
 reprobifmt qui verum quod crednnt non loqm 
 tur y quam qui vemm quodloqnnnturjnon ere An 
 And fome men are fo much offended at th 
 ^J^fiience; that they will not allow them a J 
 fiprojtce- £l ving faith ; Or if becaufe of St. Auftlns autt 
 rent &c. rity> they afford them a beginning of fait 
 Ajujim they accufe them of (lifting it in the beginnir a 
 
 mmu *. ike ^ ruc11 Parents ' thac fearing fhame, or \ l[ 
 Felix,' kkc inconvenience , paricldium facmnt^at. * 
 quam yariunt < murthcr their iflue bef( lc 
 the delivery 5 as no leffe cruelly do thefe w f, 
 their faith. In whofe hearts had it lively e 
 fided, as it feemed onely pi£tur'd in th S 
 brains* it could not but ydid fome fignes 
 - lifc;at lead breathe out into expreflion ; for j ? 
 of the abundance of the heart ^the month fpeakt^ li 
 
^ 4> ; 
 
 j "pake themouth of truth it felfe. Which na- 
 al correlpondencie ( Nature feems to have Ma t-i^54- 
 fended in that elegant ftru£ture,by which 
 : tongue of all vifible parts) is rooted near- 
 [ unto the heart; as if thence receiving the chanondt 
 r /ce of knowledge, it fhould fpring forth in /*£•/». i. 
 j: fruit of utterance. Which the Symboli-^* 11 - • 
 • Priefts of Ifis implyedin their do£trinall 
 lblem, prefenting each votarie with a 
 r mch ot the Perfeaq ttee,whofe leaves, and 
 I tit are faid to ref cmble the hearr>8£ tongue: 
 <Hvy<L$ Shots&v h*y* <ntinei$i£v) as Piu-j"* 171 ™' 
 ch gives the moral otit: for man cannot 
 more divinely employed , then in fpeech 
 ticerningGod.But the Roy alProphet more 
 arly evinced it by his praclick Enthimem,/ pfy. 1 16. 
 eeved^tberefore have I ffoken : concluding ic xo. 
 ceffary, that when his heart was ho within *^f«JM • 
 11, and the fire ot zeile enkindicd in his 
 ;aft, then Was the time, he fhould fpeak 
 th his tongue. And could thofe Rulers be- 
 ve on aSaviour,whom they would not con- 
 fejorrelyon his divine promifes, which 
 :y durft not approve before impotent men ? x j oh 
 mid that faith whofe victorioulneffe ihould * ' 4 ' 
 nquifli the world, be thus eafiiy vanquished 
 the infirmities of feare, and ambitio 1 ? By 
 c fame weakeneffe as they feared to ac- 
 owledge Chrift, they would fooner have 
 nyed him, by how much the prefence of 
 ngers doth more affright us, then the pofll- 
 ity of them: whole degenerous praaife 
 id others repeated by imitation, how woul i 
 tiriftianity have become abortive? and c- 
 
 ven 
 
<4«) 
 
 calv.excu- ven been ruined in its infancic ? Could th 
 fathai be (o in jurious to the providence of the 1 
 f fw* mighty, as to leave him no other means 
 Nicodcm- p rote &ion, but the daftardly ftratagem 
 (hrinking flefti ? Or fo ungratefull to his boi 
 ty, as thus to (moother the riches of his gre 
 in ftiamefull obfcuritie ? Nay could they be 
 malitious unto their own goodriefle,as by t 
 abfurd hypocrifie to make themtelves 
 fpe£ted ot that evill which they inwardly i 
 tefted ; to feem oppofers oi that do£tri: 
 which in confcicnce they allowed . To coi 
 terfait (in, is the Plague of fiction, which 1 
 yond a (ingle mifchief, inveagles others ii 
 the fociety of perdition : Whereason the c< " 
 trary, to perfonate vertue, however it d< ' 
 condemn the A£tors,may yet by a charita 
 cozenage, beguile the (pe&ators to a feri« 
 goodneiTe. 
 
 The courtefy of feme would needs 
 filch a religion on Seneca ; that rcfervin^f 
 tfonquidemagemfingentemfcemcum himfelfe a dilfent 
 in theatro fed imitaretur in templo/o mind, he did but mc 
 damnabilms , quod ilia quamendaciter his heathen Idols Wit 
 
 racheragereexiJlwiaret:ScenicMaii- mimical woniiip ■ fl 
 tcmlndendopotiHsdeleflamquamfai herein, their char 
 
 lendo deciperet. Aug. de Civit.lib. 6. doth only render hil 
 
 €ap.\Q. more impiousTragc 
 
 an, thus to make the temple his Theater, ; 
 confecrate his diffembling under a faigi 
 idolatrie; which was fo much more damns 
 here, then if he had afted it on the ftagc 
 the people were thereby deceived, miftak i 
 his fiction for realitie. Nor are thefe Ru 
 
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 s worthy of blame, whofe kerning judaifmc, 
 thcr hardncd the ignorant in their errour, or 
 ended the co ,, (Science of weaker con vcrts*Buc 
 ■twithftanding this heavy charge, others 
 ere be, that from a fence of humane fraility, 
 :p in to thcrcfcuc of thefc Rulers, andbc- 
 >w on them a true, though a weakc, and 
 iplicit faith, alledging for them, that as to 
 vc denied their Saviour after examination , 
 d been lolemn apoftacic, (o being not asked, 
 
 fupprefs him, was oncly infirmity, and p £i. 
 ight confift with the Infant faith of thcMu* 
 linking Gofpcl : when to avoid the tumult 
 d danger of fudden innovation, they could 
 >t fo foone coBforme thcmfclvcs to the pub- 
 lic pr ok flion of a new religion: whofena- 
 re it was to proceed rather by infinuation, 
 en by violence. Neither could thefe legall 
 rcmonics (imprinted by education)behafti- 
 abolifhcd; which muft be fufF. ed a whilc,to 
 vetcftimony unto their fucccding truths,but 
 sre wholy di!chan?cd by the fullnefls of faith; 
 hich was pcrfe&cd at the afcending of our 
 ^viour, ani defcendingof the HolyGhoft, 
 > that following ages arc as far from the pri- 
 led^e, as the nccciTity of this filcnce ; nor 
 njuOly pretend the weakneffe ofthcfeRu- 
 rs, to cloaks them in their maskM devotion, 
 hough many defiring rather to impute a 
 Lilt to fome patron, then to want a patron for 
 cir faulty prdent to thcmfclvcs the example lohr $,*, 
 'Nicedcmtts ; He tbut came to lefus hj night ; & ?Mf * 
 
 if this might excuf: them from coffimin^ b 
 
 C*> tut 
 
 cxa fat'") 
 
 iy, in the open profeflionof his truth. But fi J f ^ 
 
 If* Hi*: 
 
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 Revja*. if they will tame their eyes from Nicodewu 
 ji*. the Jew, to Nicodemus the Chriftian, and be 
 
 lohn 7. hold him enlightned with the bright mornini 
 
 lames 1. ft ? r ' Thcy flia ^ 1 find bim in thC mi( * ft °* " 
 
 i8.nt £* n § confpirators, the oncly advocate indc 
 Joiv 19* fence of Chrift, and vouching the equity c 
 39* their Law in his vindication. And if the 
 
 will accompany him to the funcralls of Chrifi 
 They (hall find him manifesting hisftitk by h 
 worlds; in his hundred found of frvett Odours 
 when the chief Rulers were now profccutinjfc 
 thevi&ory of their malice on the fcattrcd bt 
 lecvers, and by a greater wickedncfe ftrive t 
 blot out the memory of their wickednefs, i 
 blotting out the memory of our Saviour, y< 
 not wholly to deprive them of the favour of: 
 great a protection, they may perchance refen 
 ble him fomewhat,in the burial of Chrift, whex 
 they carry fepulchrcd in their ftony hearts.ai 
 though herein alfo they may note the incoi^ 
 gruity ; that whereas he honourably entcrr 
 his Body with coftly ointments ; They Bui , 
 his divinity in their rotten breafts; and wit ^ 
 Pharifees Uncxcu f al:) l c violation, entomb to themfclv; D 
 ' the Lord of Glory. 
 
 You have feen the fubjc&s of this fear, ar 
 now if you plcate to refleft on the Autho 
 ^"^J^ of it; to your juft wonder, and commifcr 
 tion, you (hall find them the learned, at ^ 
 Eorumnome*Epiphan.(lib i.eap. Klous PharifacS ; Men ■ 
 *S:)appofitjffime afeparando deduch incapable of Chriftian 
 quodvefpontaenaquadZetfupcrflua ty, that they difgrao ■'< 
 rtligionc, et fiff* yiu morumqt* rev jl c anc [ pcr f C cutC : B 
 tanZlttate arcliquufe jeperarcvt: 4 t 4 / 
 
 Corn: Betram:depol:lL: Cap,i 9 : that COimWMHCC, 3),, 
 
 ei 
 
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 mbrace it.Thcy were theDo&ors of theLaw, ch rjfd 
 c from the direction of thefe miftick ceremo- fcrm: i f \ 
 ies,expe£ted theaccomplilhmentofa;^^j 7. 
 nd would you think thefe fo uncivil, as not rj* r ; 
 ) welcome him in the flefh? nay lb unskil- 
 ill, as not to know him in the flefh ? whole 
 "e and preaching, dayly unridling their 
 rpes,and prophefies; They yet accule him 
 3t to fulfill the Law, bur to deftroy it .• Adeo 
 t z,elnm legis imyngnabant legem ; et in J)eHm y 
 'iamorepeccabavt. Thus, by a ft range mal- 
 iie of judgement,they abhorred the truth of 
 lat do&rine, which they admired in figures.- 
 ad as if their hcrefie would make a fchiime 
 i the Trinity , think they did God good fer- 
 ice in fighting againft him. If you do but 
 verely examine the Chronicles ot our Savi- 
 its warfare, you (hall find this buly fattion 
 s fierceft adverfaries,and almoft paralelling 
 r ery a&ion of his,with unwearied oppofiti- 
 i:Somtimes you may find them attempting 
 1 enfnare him with fubtil queftions; as if 
 ey would entrap him in his own words,that 
 lew the wickednelle of their thoughts, he- 
 re ever they founded in blafphemy .Some- 
 nes you may find them detracting from his 
 >plauded miracles, and rather afcribing 
 xxlneflc to Beelzebub, than divinity to the 
 >n of God . He cafieth out devils by the prince 
 the dlvels: And fomtimes you fhaLfind them 
 pining at the fuccefs of his miracles; Behold^ [ h n I2i 
 world is gon after him, and tf we let him thus 19, 
 we, all men will believe on him : Omnem &?• "•*%. 
 ;Hm,*tatem , conditionem etiam dignitatem , Tert ^' 
 E tranf* * *• 
 
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 tranfgredl adho c mmenflmfi detrlmento mmn 
 Even bewailing the lofs of Mankind, a \ 
 revolting to Jefus of Nazareth, from ta 
 God of IlraebSo improbable did itfeem ur 
 their untamed reafon, that Omnipoter 
 ftouldbe ftirowded inpafiiblefl-fti; neitl 
 could they out of an ungratious reverenc 
 conceive an eftatefo misbefeeming a deit 
 And yet ( if the authority of Sixtm Senen \ 
 and learned Drufms can prevail i 
 Biblkh Sane J. i. j>. gainft Chanter on ) they maintair \ 
 i»? . porn animas ab t [ lat w hich was more unlikely; a il \ 
 
 veni. phancied that the body of Chi| 
 
 was animated with the borrovJ 
 Mat«i6«i 4 foulof Ellas, or lohn Baftifi, or one of i \ 
 loi\ f ' 2# Prophets, perad venture, becaufe they r*<n 
 1 f ved not the love of the tmth, that thejmigh\i\ 
 Matth. 1$. faed y God [ending them fir ong delnfion , ti\& 
 ^. they jhould believe a lie. But their fublimef iitj 
 
 rits , that dealt oracles out of Mofis ch> i 
 AuflivB de would not ftoop to the rudiments of fo pc | 
 C mt *h l l* a Matter. Ne commune Hits cum vnlgo vocai^ 
 
 l$tm y &c. as Saint lAMgufiinc of the Platoni I 
 
 left that the vulgar title of Chriftians fhoi i 
 Matk i». vilifie their profefllon into the likeneffe of 1 1 
 j*. multitude ; from which they would be \k 
 
 ftinguilhcd in purity and profoundne. k 
 chald. though indeed they onely differed in * lo in 
 
 Paraph. ft 
 
 lonathas in Amos %. ti. innuere voluh Pharifaos perpetuos q^{ 
 dam ejfe Na^ams (i ) ab injlitutis vulgi fcparatos, 6* in ; 
 hecupatos , unde fe author it at em Mam dtcendi fibi arrogarint , 
 ttiam ees una cum fimlatailla vita fantlitaU omnibus tnaxime exit & 
 O ill*ftres,reddidcrit Bctram, i ( 
 
 rol 
 
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 obes and aufterity: The opinion of fanflity 
 iifed them into efteem with the people ; 
 nd thereby their politick zeal eafiiy winning 
 n the fuperftitious rout, attained chiet ju- 
 Lfdi&ion in the Common wealth ; being con- 
 ned to no authority but by a kind of equivo- 
 all fuperintendency, in ter poling all , as well 
 i matters of Religion as Policy , whereby 
 hey became not onely terrible to their Infe- 
 iours, but to one another.* Infomuch that 
 ur Rulers arc afraid of them, left confeffing 
 efus to be the Chrift , they ihould be put 
 ut of the Synagogue. Part.;.' 
 
 I[T is the priviledge of private perfonsto 
 border their affairs with confeience, whereas 
 rinces( by a miferable bondage offtate) 
 nift direft their proceedings according to 
 ime,and reputation .• Their dignity gives f/ rff . 
 lem command over others; But their am- j%fc£j 
 ition gives others command over them; hmil.n. 
 'hiPft every a&ion muft be compof ed for the 
 xvice of vulgar opinion: Their vertueon- 
 r , and Religion are made ufe off, but as 
 i> many pidtures to adorne their greatneffe; 
 md&all be employed, or neglected* as will 
 trfl fuit with their advantage. Nay God 
 :<imfelfe, if he ftand in competition with 
 rfieir wealth, and honour, flaallfuffermany 
 omes the execrable indignity of being re- - 
 £tcd ,1 and even weary his Infinite patience 
 f> fee the broken Ctftcms of worldly vanities lerc.ij j. 
 ^:dcrcd to[thefoHKtain of living waters. But 
 jj the primates of this agc(rW have better lear- F . f 
 \d Chrift ) difcUime fo prepoftcrous a me- ? 
 E a od 
 
 ic. 
 
(5* ) 
 
 thod sit is too apparent in our Je wifti Ruler 
 who afte&ing rather impious applaufe,tha 
 Innocent obfeurity, valued their intcreft i 
 the Synagogue, above the owning of a Sav 
 our : which , how great a fin it was , th 
 Holy Ghoft hath plainly fhewed, by fettin 
 his Brand upon the finners, That they loved tV 
 verfe 4j. fr*tfi °f m * n m°™ than the praife of God : d( 
 daring thereby) that it was not confeience 
 or fuperftition which kept them from cor 
 fcfllng Chrift;but only the care of incarrin 
 difgrace , and hatred With men : which ii 
 phantafmes would have vaniftied like rf j 
 fmoke ; if the fear of God had been (as y 
 ought) before their eyes, as they might hi\ | 
 learned from Mofes, their great Mafter, wh t 
 being themeekefl on earth ; yet feeing htm who ^ 
 invifble^ Ikcl^ici fayes the Apoftle, gre:ii 
 hard enough for any encounter, not fearh % 
 Heb.i r, the w at h °fthe King himfelf ; chough it be Q 
 ij. Solomons words) as the roaring of a lion. fc 
 
 Prov.i^. And more from him they might haijg 
 Xx * learned > to choofe rather to fufter afflivt f 
 
 ons with the people of G^d, than to enjoy tl I 
 fhortpleafuresotfin; toeftcem the reproacf 
 for Chrift, greater riches than the treaf ur , n 
 in Egypt. Nay, Hermes^ the heathen cou n 
 have taught them this ; o /W tq) Amifft* **** f 
 Jtosww He that devoutly (erveth God, w% 
 undergo any adverfity - , by a rare chin t\ 
 ftry, converting that which is grieve^ 
 toothers, into his delight and benefit: opm 
 Phil. $ a. their faith had been fo qualified, as it fhou fa ; 
 Gal.V.& be by that of Saint Pax/, which worketh by loi ^ 
 
 th 
 
(53) 
 
 Ley would (as he did) havefujfered the Ufa 
 ' ail th 'ngsfor Chrift, and now counted that 
 fle their greatcft gain: fuchis the proper- 
 r of love, wf*rt *vtqs *°teuii m$ ayzv&frn $ MaxTyn 
 " ; it hates nothing fo mortally,as fear and us,ferm$. 
 rceifity, as being or a magnanimous nature, 
 id more for liberty, than ever were the La- 
 demonians, w tAoCtop nQimy, ovT\i^avvOf /«. 
 •* itadmireth not riches, neither feareth i fe l8 I4 ; 
 f rant> nor death it fell, the King of terrors; 
 'hey come very far fhort of this that will 
 ave the fpoufe of Chrift to keep in with the 
 iulterous Synagogue; that Synagogue, Gen. $*• 
 'hich like Potiphars loofe wife, laying hold <2> 
 1 the garment , the Humanity of Chrift , 
 t go his Divinity? not knowing himother- 
 ile than after the flefh.-can this be love then, 
 i US to take the members of Chrift , and make 
 em the members of an harlot ? It had been too l q ov ^ .*. 
 ow for love to have once demurred on 
 Reparation ; or however , their voluntary 
 glit (hould have at leaft prevented the fear 
 : being expelled, andnotexpe&edthevio- 
 nce of others, to impeach the for wardnciTe 
 •their departure. But thefe young Chrifti- iTim.1.19 
 is, niorefenfible of infamy than of fin, will 
 ithcr adventure a jhipwrac&f their faith, than Du ; s tcs 
 : their authority, and ere they will relin- j^J^rte; 
 f .ii(h their poffeiTions of honour, will retain competes ' 
 Hem with guilt and impicry. Ilia faerunt re- ligaventnt 
 bancntibns vmcula, ill a catena cjtiibus y & vWtns & c - c JP r » 
 i >tardata eft, <#• fides pre j[a, ; as Saint Cyprian fyf JS , * 
 fliargeth his lapfed auditors ; thefe were the seneca 
 aftters which fhackled their faith , and re- £/>//*.**• 
 E 3 drained 
 
(54) 
 Arift.rhe- ft ra t ne d the courage of their zeal, thefe 
 mala magn'fc^xh^ pretious imped iments,tha 
 Skveteres liketoo long garments ( ^Socrates phrafec 
 muilinos it) rfo-i-vx** tyvof*£*(ri , intercepted thei 
 wduii™*'* mind from proceeding in the way of vertuc 
 
 fuZfdola- an( ^ * 1C ^ ^ iem g rove ^ n S * n ^ e embr acemei 
 
 ier injurias of earthly pleafqres, fo unhappily did they vc 
 
 detmeuSc- rife that note of the Philofopher, t* M)*t$ 
 
 neca Ep. c &vr£ cwxA.the fmalleft grievances affeft 01 
 
 ^ypcn feifes,but th c gf cateft evils are little perceiv\ 
 
 f * »/f y $ kuirti $ KApnti* tJk k*kU{ • the prefenc 
 
 of iin is not troLibiefome unto us ; fo anciei 
 
 inhabitants inured to a place are loath to fo: 
 
 fake it> though annoyed with incumbrance 
 
 reafon that T ^ w> vqmm x^ v * ewi\fe&, & 
 
 long accuftomed evils, are le{fe grievous un 
 
 us than wholefome changes. But if at laft ft 
 
 examine the quality of that punifhnner 
 
 which they fo fearf inly declined, the phyfid 
 
 f^ft "•' Hfh Eraftttsmil boldly afl'urc us, it Was j 
 
 fade ex* fpi^itual Excommunication,(fo reafonably 
 
 ccrxmm. aflri ighten them) but meerly a local remov; J 
 
 • A _ , , orlaickdifccmmoning, or c< 
 
 pulofuo/&ineowplihsnon mumtics ; notof hcclehaihc 
 cenjeri , ExtmpL m Covin- rites and ceremonies : ftill u 
 thhmccfto, i Co.^.ffm. der t h c covenant of fome n 
 
 Si 2fS" 2 ' 20 ' diftance > thc y mi § ht come j 
 
 to the Temple, and partake n 
 thc Sacraments,bcing as it were, transform 
 out of naturallje ws, into Profelites: So 
 had not their ambition perverted their judi 
 mcht > they would have congratulated 
 convenient a mifchief, which happily bani: 
 
 ta 
 
 or 
 k 
 
 Hi 
 
 lor 
 
V >> ) 
 them to a reformation , and the more 
 :e profeflion of the Gofpel; nay which fo 
 ratiouily delivered them from the inflifters 
 that bani(hment,theunfociable Pharifees: 
 ho by this meanes rather * 
 mifhed themfelvesfrom the shut de dhne dracus tid- 
 cans of their Salvation, yet r r ur > a ^mijfus in Exi- 
 ethefool-hardinefc of vain 5' ^pfnmin Exilium 
 
 " .- j./- r - I mijit. j±.han. de var bill* 
 
 oriousQilpoliUons that can /#, 4 . 
 
 ith more patience endure 
 
 e troubles of iniquity,than thefe for religi- 
 
 1 : the terrcurs of confeience in betraying 
 
 hrift, than the frowns of men, in confeffing 
 
 nv which ftirred up the pity of Petrus Blefen- P. Bhf. E 
 
 % to confider the Courtiers of his time, fuffe- 1'?- l *f 
 
 r * • \)itd curia- 
 
 ng as many vexations for vanitie , *Sij Hm ,fy € - 
 3od Chriftians for the truth ; marivejfe j us fa cmm 
 id painfulnelTe, hunger y and thirfi^ cold and modis. 
 ikgdnefcy with all the catalogue of TW^Cor.nr 
 fiittions, inqmbusglormm martyrlj merer en- 
 'r, whereby they might purchaie the glory 
 f Martyrdom, ft h<tc pr* Chrifti nomine fufimc- 
 9 nt: if they {uftcrcd all this in the name of 
 thrift, that whereas the Righteous by ma-A&s.n. 
 f tribulations enter into the Kingdom ofGod^**- 
 iefe Martyrs of the world, by as many tri- 
 ulations adventure for the Kingdom of Sa- 
 in. 
 
 I dare not paffe (o hard a fenfure on thefe Applicati* 
 lulers. They are gone long fince, to ftand,on. 
 »r fall unto their own Mafter, and from him 
 iave received the reward of their doings, 
 whether gcod,or evil.lt wil be more wifdom 
 Dr US that Kmiine(confdering onr felyes y letfi Gal^.x, 
 E 4 we 
 
(5«) 
 
 we slfo be tempted) to excufc them all we 
 may ; and to cover their imperfc&ions 
 in the remembrance of our own; who happi- 
 ly had we fallen on their difficult times Qiould 
 likewife have fallen by the fame infirmities; 
 which yetfo faintly we withftand, although 
 aflifted with {o many advantages : They be- 
 leeved on Chrift, in the nonage of the Gok 
 pel,being environed on every fide with af- 
 fronts and difcouragements : when we that J 
 are in a manner, borne Chriftians, and learne < 
 more in our Catechifme , then they could i 
 2 ?er. $«is through the couiieof their lives* yetfo lit- 
 v/foia ei tie exceed them in the pr'a&icall knowledge of 
 immacula our Lord and Saviour Je[us Chrift : we for ) 
 afhtumpu- W ^ 10rna ^ Preceding ages endured a warfare I 
 *iiat™& againft herefie,that we mi^ht enjoy the ea-p 
 w& ir.con- iy inheritance of their vi£toty,and beftow lit 
 n abu our leifure from the tryall of faith in the de-:pt 
 
 l J lte } 7ar!d- v ? ut P ra ^ e °f * c > We ^ earc no Plaiting r. 
 mus P and ' $hm($csto moleft our lawful zcdic- y n*tc*tm It 
 Salvian de e ft deus mfter^ut fax ei noftra fervUt; our in- tg 
 G.ibjib.3 dulgentGod is pleafed to accept the (ervice oi t 
 our peaces although -the degencrous pra&ifevc 
 otfome abufeth others into Pharifees, whofc li 
 favour they think no other wife to be gained nc 
 then by the fupprefling, or at leafb the dif- B 
 gulfing of the truth of Chrift; fearing leaf] H 
 their open profcflion fhould betray them intc k 
 contempt f andobfcurity.- thus for the acqui-f? 
 ring of lome trifle in comparifon, they ha- 
 zard the richeft je well of their foule; too evi- 
 dently prefaging, how they would underva- jej 
 lue their faith in the defence of their dearamc 
 
 live: 
 
 a 
 
v >7; 
 
 es; fliould it pleafc the Lord, as heretofore, 
 examine their conftancy by rack, and tor- cahin.de 
 •es: If diflimulation might honeftly fave wand, fa 
 from the rage and difplcafure of men, in paftit o- 
 inedidthofc primitive Martyrs fo prodi- M^ 
 lly expend their vitall blood, when a clofe 
 votion might have fecured them, and yet \ 
 ey chofe rather to cxpof e their bodies unco 
 the * variety of torme nts,then y . . , . . 
 
 evwould gratific.thcencmte ^JSSSSSS. 
 Chriftby a teeming comply- mC nts. wherewith they 
 
 ice. were iryed. Adv. Sacr. 
 
 Tis happy for ns, that Chrift Ca P- l lS - 
 ith no fuch enemies>here,no chief e Rulers 
 hinder his truth, but to promote it all they 
 Uydittisyfcriftis $recibHsfxemj>lis]dx\t fhould 
 pleafe God for our unthanktulnefTe to per- Vid.Ep- 
 it fuch over us, thefe fouls of wax would be tyfjfft* 
 k eiaough for any impreffion, though ne- a ^ Uls ' 
 
 rfomoaftrOLIS. Andr. 
 
 It j#*ends little leffc, to lee men tamper- 
 ed with the do&rinc received; quafi nonc&le- 
 
 ' dogmafo (to fpeake with primi- Vinunvlu 
 
 rzlirinenfis) as though itwereno celcfti-^'^ 1 " 
 I ordinance , which were enough to be 
 ice revealed, bu: onely fome earthly or hu- ' ■ 
 
 ane invention, that could not other- 
 febeperfe&edjthan by continuall chan-^ Tim ^ 
 ng, and mending;Not minding St. P*hIs 
 tojitum cuftodiy his charge unto Timothy, to *Remnon 
 f that which was committed to his trvft; * not ™&™V f e * 
 broach new of his own devifing: to teach ^ t J3^ 
 ely that which himfelfe had learned;^ the # w ^itt 
 ue for fubftance, though in other cxprefli- fidd non 
 
 Oils, rWWHfiiw. 
 
ons , foas to be the improving of faith, not the 
 changing of it .- as the naturall body that is 
 grown in ftrengh> and manly dimenfionsl 
 is ftill the lame that it was in infancie,though \ 
 encreafd in ftature, and proportion.lt is true, 
 x. Theft u we are bidden to freve dlth'mgs^SSt they a- 
 %u g r ec to the analogie of foith;but1:hen with- 
 
 all too, there we are charged to holdfafi that 
 which if good y If having found this,wefeckc 
 ought elfe,itmay be feared to be that which i 
 worfe^The Heathen man could (ay as much 
 Quintain- Referto quod efi optimu^qm qmritalittdrfejus vc* 
 fiit.Lib,!* lit. Truth is Gods coin that hath his Image &[j 
 fuperfcription enftamped on it;and to alter i t 
 in the leaify'sno lefs than high treafon again! ^ 
 the majefty of Heaven, nor were ever am 
 known to efcape his vengeance, r .hat attemp 
 ted k. 
 
 Mat* if. 6. The Scribes and Pharifees may be our ex D 
 ample in this cafe; they making vojd the <kr^ 
 of God by their traditions^ and for this caufe* 
 *r- God gave them over to a reprobate mindt 
 
 ' 4 ' confounded their wifdome into Jewifh fables. 
 as their Thalmud bears fad record to thi 
 Rudis /«. d a y 5 a rude, confuted maf s of nonfence, lik 
 digeftaque Vj r gi} s Monftmm , horrendum , informc 
 where the very light is darknefle : And a 
 they for the old Teftament, fo for the New 
 Rev.c.2. t ^ c f e ven Afian Churches;nevcr quiet fror 
 M* Hooker heriticall impieties touching God, and th 
 ZccLpol. glorious Trinity, till the deluge oi mifer 
 zifcj- (wherein now they are)o\ er whelmed their 
 TertiiLde viderint qm Stoicum^ &platonicum^ & dialeft, 
 frtfeript. cumChriftiwJmHm frotulcrint, Itfeemsthei 
 
 f ^- 8 - wer 
 
 L 
 
I 5* J 
 
 re fuch in Tertullians fayes^ that framed ; 
 
 mftianity by the rules of Phylofophy, tj**?* . 
 d thence have iflued more fwarms of (hipping 
 onf ters, then ever Africa produced . of imma- 
 
 T3ut the later times may ferve fufliciently s inatioa * 
 
 warne us, by thefe ration all hereticks; the 
 Kimans, on the one fide,and thofe irratio- 
 ill, the Anabaptifts,on the other; how dan- 
 *rous it is to affect [peculations, befides the 
 arrant of Gods word, and that asLutker tr«- 
 
 (zid ycum exardefch *Yvi DW—when the WratJ^ 
 : God is once inflamed, there is no errour fo-SMA 
 3furd,and fenfeleffe, but Satan can make^ mW " 
 tobebeleeved;asitistobefeea in that of T l9i 
 Mahomet. 
 
 Bur, to let thefe pafTe; there is more to be 
 lid in favour of thefe Rulers, 
 
 i. They were not catechifed in the great , Tim.j. 
 nyfteryf as SuTmI cennes it) God manifested it 4 
 t theflejh : which is (b profound;that Sc. Peter iJkM.it; 
 dls US; The Angels de fire to look? intott\\t\s 
 ask enough for the bleffed Spirits to con- 
 emplate; they cannot be fatisfied with the 
 ight of it,but was not made known to the Sons 
 fmen^ui that fir ft age> as it was afterward by Ephcj^ 
 preaching of the Gofpel. 
 
 2. Chnfi our fajfover wasnotjetSacrlficed\ \ Cor.frf* 
 >y the example of his death to incite them to 
 iiffer with him,and by the vertue of his death 
 :o worke fo powerfully to the mortifying of 
 their earthly affections. 
 
 Nor 3. was the Holy Ghoft defcended, A ^ 2;J# 
 fo,as afterward he did in the likencfle of fire, 
 
 to 
 
DO 
 
 mi 
 
 to quicken the deadnefs of their cold and dub 
 Mir t ;j.i2.^aions. L t 
 
 All is otherwife with us; wfoV *W#/» ^^ 
 faith our Saviour, *w£k daf*i» tfi f may wc fa; 
 unto US h is given to lyiow the myfieries ofth 
 Kingdome of God, the vayle is long fince lai< 
 afide,the Curtain drawn;that now is fulfills 
 3; l u 9 ' thatProphecy of Ifaiahrtffo knowledge ofxh 
 Lord hath fiuled the Ea th,*J the waters coi 
 ver the Sea. k 
 
 r Fct.t.iit ^ Chrifthath fnfferedfor us, leaving us a; jy 
 John. » 2. ex * m pk t0 follow his fiets, and is dayly befor § 
 52. our eyes evidently fet forth, crucified dmongus 
 
 Rom.8.2p.and for the vertue,it is magneticall, beinj 
 lift up, to draw all unto him,to be conformed unt 
 the Image of his death. 
 4& *.?7* 3 . For the Spirit , it is the promife for theft 4 
 
 Cor laft dayes;that it fhould be poured upon all 
 f Jt ,•' flefh; not fprinklcd by drops,as tothefeo: 
 G€n.7.n. old , that were under the cloud , but fhoWrec 
 down,as it was in the flood,when the window, 
 of Heaven were opened. 
 Rm.i*. . - Having then gifts £0 far beyond them; it 
 will be required, that in dutyes, we (houle 
 be beyond them too, according to the grace 
 that is given to us; and we to hold our felve: 
 obliged ,as more firmcly to beleeve on Chrift 
 • fo ? more zealoufly to confeffe him: this wc 
 ihould; but what we doe, it would do well tc 
 be confidered. 
 uFiith. Firft, for beleeving; never was more pre- 
 tending to it-- which of us would not be offen- 
 ded at any, that fhould make queftion of it i 
 LuhiJ.8* and yet icis that which our Saviour que- 
 
 ftion< 
 
( C1 J 
 
 ions whether he (houldfind any fuch thing 
 
 : his comming;and as unqueft onable as we 
 
 lake it,it is caiy to be miftaken in it; there is 
 
 vow 4§ vfdpviJLQ< ( {aith St. Paid ) a know- 1 Tim<*« 
 
 :dge falfely fo called; 8c why not fuch a faith 10. 
 
 x);for faitn is it f elfe but a kind of know- 
 
 :dge. Nay clear it is, we may be deceived 
 
 lit, by the dead faith in St. lames; not wor- J*** l 7* 
 
 ing by charity , by the temporary faith in^ 1 '* 3, 
 
 tie parable, that wnich enduretbfor a while; 
 
 y the hypocriticall faith in St. iW, without Eph. t *o. 
 
 epentance, or ne wneffe of life; and therefore 
 
 he Apoftle knew what he did,in calling upon 
 
 le Saints at Corinth to examine themfelves, 
 
 vhether they were in the faith, or no, to try *• I3 * 
 
 heir faith as it were on the touchftonc,whe- j^,^- 
 
 her it were right>or counterfet>as gold,or fil- fyre. 
 
 rcr is wont to be tryed,(for fo the word there 
 
 tnporteth. 
 
 And no better touchftone then that of 1 
 
 Philip to the EnnnchySi credas toto corde; if our A * 7% 
 aith be the fruit of a found heart,and not the 
 doffom of the brain only. The brain is that 
 which the wife of the world do fo much 
 magnify; as the imperiall Throne of the 
 Soul; the Oracle of reafom and underftan- 
 ifng: But holy Scripture fets more by the 
 heart ,tmking that the inftrument of choo- 
 fmg>judging, beleeving, and all; the reafoa 
 tvhereof may very well be., becaufe the heart 
 Deing the fountain ot life,heat,and vitall Spi- Myriccl* 
 :its,and having befides a powerfull influence, vis.p.iJm 
 into the affe&ions,it is to (hew, that God is vcrb &w 
 rhiefly for the praclique , or active know- 
 ledge : 
 
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 Oil 
 
 Ik 
 
 [?: 
 
 ledge o-as that which is lively ,fervent,and aip 
 &ionatc,that he regardcth not fo much the (\ 
 culative notions, which are many times col 
 and hcartlefle and may be in hypocrites nay . 
 DcviIs,whofc knowledge fnrmounts,thc pr< * 
 foundcftDoftors^H thcSorbon are but Infan *' 
 in companion. 
 
 As Ariftotlc notes of vitious perfons, tb w 
 
 f hi l' * & tlley may bc excdlcnc * n tlle Mathcmaticks,bi 
 
 t i; are wholly difablcd for moral vermes , ar 
 
 civili prudence,; J*/*fpip*/ ysCp w (jlo^U^k 
 
 becaufe that wickcdncffc perverts the judge n 
 ment, and makes it erroneous in thatwbic k 
 concerneth pra&iquc dutyes: the like fait 
 Aqutnfc. tstqvwas touching proud perfons; that the iot 
 
 ™<fc * i*x ma y atta * n t0 tbc u n<k r ft anc *ing of dcepeft m] \ 
 
 citans ftcrics, but can not perceive the fwectneffe < to ! 
 
 Grjtgro 4 of them;!0* fi novermt qnomodo funt , ign&rm | 
 
 quomodo fafiuxtj&z they may, but can not ta k 
 
 how good the Lord is. iifi 
 
 By faith with the heart then is undcrftooc i 
 
 !fc ftT^ not onG ty '^^ t0 ^ eW wbat * s to k° ^^ s1 
 * ved, but life, and fpirit to aft and move us t Bt 
 
 do good workes,and decline the contrary :] ' 
 
 no fooner enters into the Soule, but by its liv< i 
 
 ly heat, and vigour, all obftruftions, and itr / 
 
 pediments are removed from the mind; depn \ 
 
 ved habits and corrupt defires like Sampfon C 
 
 cords are burft afundcr. 
 
 A dead faith, indeed, may move the under 
 
 (landing to apprehend and difcourfe of an ofc 
 
 jeft laid before it.-buc not with a vitall motion 
 
 it is but as the trembling, or panting of tb 
 
 body 
 
 51 
 
\ u 3 J 
 ody,whcn the head is fmitten off, but no 
 Dmplcat, and per left motion; fuch as that of 
 talking is ; which is not found in a Cark- 
 afe. 
 
 Nay a walking there m&y be too, or fcem to 
 c, to the eyes of men; and yet proceed from 
 
 principle of life; but as the devil can bor- 
 
 ;>w a body, whole Sou!c is newly departed De i ri9 Mdm 
 
 oai it, and by the heat therein rcmainiRg,^.^*,- 
 
 ukc it fcem to be alive, and to performe allj/f. 
 
 ic offices of life; So, many therebeofthefc 
 
 talking Carkcafes; Pharifccs Hypocrites, as 
 
 ur Saviour joynes them, that have a name Reve j , T 
 
 bat they live \and are dead&aving (as the Apoftle x Tkwj, 
 
 ) cakes) m forme of Godlinejft^ but denying tb* 
 
 ower thereof. 
 
 But then as thefe Corpfcs arc foon difcribed Fifto dth 
 
 ) be what they are.; and within a little while, *dn*turam 
 
 riapfc into their ftatc of corruption; fo here, ^ am l! d t 
 
 \ n r r ' i t. unt. 'hem* 
 
 ic lnconltancic, or lmpcrfevtrance at length p er j- otl ^ & 
 
 ifcovers the imp6fture, and fhewes what me- fenepoteft. 
 
 il their faith is made of , furc,not of Gold,that * P c.i i .7. 
 
 1 tryed with fire, although it gliftrcs never fo 
 auch in the eyes of men. 
 
 That ours is not of that allay, we (hall bsft I ^ he{ - i 
 ffurcour fclves, Wwcfindhyov vkfy fas St, t \ 
 } a*l termes it)tbe roorl^ of faith in our fouls; 
 irhofe workc it is,a&to implant us into 
 
 hr lft; fo to bring forth in us the fruits of his 
 wir;his fpirit can not be idle, or barren, but 
 fill (till be doing fomewhat toward the for- Gal.4.1* 
 ciing uf Chrift within tos;pnrifying the heart, Aa.15.9. 
 encwing the fpirit, purging the conference, Eph-4.*?- 
 rucifying the flefh , with the aflfcftions, gJJJJJ* 
 
 and " ' 4 ' 
 
Rom . g and lulls. This one for all; IfChrifl h 
 ii/xtaCrd- us > the body is dead as unto jff*,hath I< 
 liumjn as it were, the power of tempting us to ful 
 eapj.ad the lufts thereof^** the/pirit is life as unto rig 
 Oalat. teoufneffe; Our inward man is frefti and live 
 to do the will of our heavenly Father. 
 To conclude this point, IfChrift be rooto 
 Epb. j.17. an d dwell in our hearts by a lively faith; and ( 1 
 not onely hover in the brain,by an aerie knov 5 
 ledge, we make him the Centre of our affed u 
 ons; fixing our love, hope,joy,defireinhic 
 welive no longer to our felves; but to him tk 
 iCor. j.ij . died for us, all our ftudy is how to plcafc his 
 wc fct our felvcs to obey his command 
 though never fo barfti to our nature, or int 
 reft,offering our fcrvicc with the Apoftlc 
 Lord, What wilt thou have me to doi and read ci 
 A&s.$<6. With him, not onely to be bound\but alfo todie( 
 ai.13 there becaufc)/<?r the Name of the Lord f\ 
 fus. 
 
 Such was the effcd of St. *Pauls knowin 
 
 Jcfus Chrift, and him crucified; and there 
 
 hope it might produce fome what at leaft, lit 
 
 in us, if wc determined, as he did, to make 
 
 Tho*de t ^ 5C principle mar ke of our knowledge O Ji?JL 
 
 kempis.de fa* crucifixusitKeor noftrum veniretfOHirquai 
 
 imiuChrl. ciito & fufficiehter dolii ejfemus ? So n 
 
 *• folvcd by one that excelled in the pra&ical fc 
 
 encc of Chrift ianity; That if Chrift were fixe i 
 
 in our hearts,as he was to hisCroflc, wc (houl 
 
 become fufficicntly learned in a fhort time 
 
 This 'Books of the Lamb that was jlaine, woul 
 
 pc Y e, * 5 '9»fupply the reading of many books; and tcac 
 
 and 1 j. 8. (1^^^^ as wc can m x p^ w ithina; 
 
 tfc 
 
le Doftors of moralitie; And for want of Io \ arriJ j 
 
 udying thisy it is no marvail if there be (o ve- \er G cfoim 
 
 1 many non proficients; £ver leArnir g^ard 'never M l iar.ifmo. 
 
 ming to the k^ovpfedga of the truth , fpending * lb >*^*h 
 
 icir time, ftrcngtb,and labour for that which \*[ lm 
 
 in not fatisfie thefcule;howevcr it may pleafc Bjai.fi I] 
 
 ic pbancie, and mean while negk&ingthe Honeftacr 
 
 e thing neceffarj, or intending it but on the l miS y 
 
 h when they can be at leal tire from other ^7 
 
 nployments. necam ' 
 
 How defeftive men are in this kindle is 
 
 >t moraagainft our cbaricic to jud ge, then bc- 
 
 )nd our power to know,' lis a fecret belongs 
 
 God alone: Ifonr hearts condemne us not fa is 
 
 cater then our hearts, and knoweth Ml things ^ °, ■?■**• 
 
 ie time commcth ; when the fecrcts of all 1 ° 1,4 ■ V 
 
 arts fhall be revealed ;fuch as we could not 
 
 low our felves, by reafon of our hearts deceit- 
 
 biejfe. la em. 1 7 , 
 
 But if our faith be cordial! indeed, or with 9 ' 
 
 5 heart, it will not be imprifoned there, r f 
 
 t come forth at the mdurh, there will be conr jj Q ™??\ 
 
 lion joyned with it; the other duty that we 
 
 intioned , which is then neceflary unto fal- 
 
 tion when the glory "of God, and cur Neigh- 
 
 urs edifying are concerned in it : And for Aquin. ft- 
 
 mt thereof our Rulers are thought not to cundafe- 
 
 irehad a lively faith- which will not confift "»**«• 
 
 th the fpirit of fearc, or graceleflc bafli- 
 
 ncflc, fo as to be ajbamtd of the Gofpcll of- 
 
 But if this be it that proves good Chrifti- 
 
 ?, no fear on cur part ; wc have given our 
 
 nes to Chrift in our Baptifme , and are 
 
 F known 
 
(66) 
 
 known ro all the worlri by the name of Chr 
 (Hans; and if our faith be not fpokgn oftoo,(\\\ 
 
 Kom t R f ^ at °* ^ e ^ omins ) trough out the who 
 ' ftorld-, it is not for lack of our not profeffir 
 
 Onely here wc fhonid do well to take 01 
 Saviours dire<5Hon along with us; that i 
 
 Clem.Stro- < * 7r ° T«V KctpirSv To J^ivJ^p V yvcopitny ^ to difcetl 
 
 W4r lib. i . the trcc,not by the Ieaves,and the bloflbms,b 
 thefruit:ncvcr indeed more leaves, and blc 
 foms to be fcen; we arc all become Gnoftict 
 men of knowledge; that the Heathen m 
 Seneca E- m 'ght better have (aid it of this age; literar* 
 pijhio6. ixtemperamalaforamttf; when moft are for tlv 
 which St. P*#/termcth Oppofitionsoffciem 
 i Tim.*, or the fcicncc of oppofition, and few tor t 
 20, conference of Chriftian duties: to informc t< 
 
 head with curious notions, not rcformc t 
 life by true repentance; Divinitie (for the foi 
 uerfc eo ■ thereof) 1S * n every womans mouth, to be j i 
 dew. guing (or rather * babling,) (the Apoftjjf 
 word ) znthe higheft , and decpeft myftcri$» 
 Gods fecret decrees can not efcapc thcra ; th « 
 make but a (hallow of that^r***- deep, and c « 
 found it to the bottom; but for the pow ii 
 of it, when alt is done, it is but talkc, a z& h 
 that vapours out in words; and thus Religi h 
 (in effeft) becomes a Comcdic, or an art » 
 pure diffcmbling; the difcourlc whereof haF 
 Sir w.Ra* ^° ^^ t ^ lc worid,asit harh well ncarc drivp 
 kgbpre- the pra&ife of it out of the world. 
 fin t> But if St. Cyprian may be heard, nihil pm- 
 
 deft verbis prof err e virtutem & f*Bis deftruw 
 veritatem^xi availeth nothing to build religr 
 
 W 
 
fcith our tongues, and deftroy if with cur 
 [eeds;to prcfcfk a beleeving onChrift with cur 
 qoutbs,6ut in works to deny him;Jo it may be 
 [one no lefc, and fuch there were of whom 
 he Apoftle St. Peter and Judc do both com- £\\ 
 j>lainc,ungcdly rncn that turned the grace of God c / ' ' 
 \ito wantonefe^andfo denied the Lord that bought i r K :. ; . 
 fiem -Nay luch there be in thislafl age; the **■ 
 he lawlefle libertine, that transfcrmcth Chri- 
 ;ian liberty into carnal liccntioafneffr, and re- 
 :irnethtohis wallow, becaufc of the fountain 2c*h $*. 
 bat Zeeharj mentions, opened far lin y and far 
 ncleannejfefhc prelumptuous Prcdcftinarkn, 
 lat holds himielfc to be in Chrift, without tee- 
 ng any change in himfc tfc, by repentance from 
 tadrvorkj\ and that have he but faith, UvpHcb^ii 
 ow he lift, he tan nor chufc but be laved Now 
 /hat is this elfe, but Etknicum agere fub nomi- 
 t CbriftianifTo walk^as other Gentiles yra/l>e, in Em *.&* 
 \e vanity ef their winds , being alienated from the 
 fe ofGcd I nay work then thefe if the judg- 
 ment of Salvian may be credited; atrocint fub 
 xnUinomims profeffxone peccamus : we c fiend 
 )ore hainoufly, being inverted with a facred 
 ule^the higher cur prerogative is, fo much 
 it greater is our fault; for the very religion 
 lat we profeflc; helps to aggravate oar (in, 
 nd to make it much more finfiilJ; there may 
 e fomc excufe for ignorance; the chief of lin- 
 ers (a she calls him feffe) obtay ned mercy co no- 1 T: 
 \im % becamfe he finned i^norantt]^& in unbelief »1- 
 ar contempt, or wiifull fin will not find fuch 
 ily pardon; Scenti & non facienti ( faith St# 
 %mci)To him tbat knomth to degood^and doth it hrc | 
 F % not, 
 
not ,it is the encreafiag of his fin,& confequen 
 of : his \ u rri foment- tobifcen by thcServant th 
 knew his Lords mll^and did not accordingly, ^ 
 Luk.n.47. it is that which NacUnz.cn fo p^ffionarc r 
 bewailed, under the poison of luch wrctchc : 
 o"'/* ! r »f **/*** $™ to?, woe unto mc that cvei ^ 
 c at i w * s C ^ ar, ' cd > ** ^ iCt m y clcanfing I am foulc I 
 4 * againc; if I fee thofe Heathen that arc not baj rc 
 tlzcd f clcaner,and purer than my (elfc. 
 
 It is no more than St Peter warrantcth It hi ^ 
 
 been Better for them } not to have known the way ,ai 
 
 cw '* x ' righteeufneffe>the* after they have known it,*! 
 
 tu ne away ; Too many fiich Apoftates there I ^ 
 
 among us; that tor every trifling circumftanc ty 
 
 arc fo ready to part with Chrift, for a momet er 
 
 tany flafh of fenfuall plcafurc, for a little du *' 
 
 GPartfi- f fining clay, for a vaincblaft of popul; ! 
 
 Aioribu P ra ^ c > which is al) one as with the Jc wes , t k 
 
 tap**. * en J theHoly one,and the jufi % md prefcrre a B at 01 
 
 A6.3.14. r^<w,any wicked luft before him. 
 
 This is worfc yet, then we can charge ot 
 Rulers withall, we can not blame tbcm for ft*) i 
 ning their profeffion with a vitious convcrfa & 
 tiomull their fault was not confefling for fes ' 
 of men, what they belceved concerning CbriG 
 not that perchance they were utterly dumt 
 orfpcecblcflc that way; but becaufe their cor 
 fcflion was not free, and ingenious; the Evan 
 gelifi brands them for nonprofeffours^sz poin 
 Cafoin.b c f abatement in the praife of their faitf 
 Wherein had they been rightly grounded, a 
 1<rtw on ^eir ** r ^ cntrancet hercinto,they would hav 
 fhc place, profited fo well,astohave conquered ihclov 
 of humane praifs to have fixed their gloryin; 
 
 witi 
 
ith Sn PWin theCrofleof Chrift, and to 
 teem all thepompcof the world beneath it; 
 fot to this end our Lord was 
 cafcd(fortbe confounding of * d f l £j£^ i% % 
 
 , • . • r °,.mts Crucem ham ubi 
 
 •cudimpictieto configne his tHm demmta fo ir b* im- 
 roflfc on the forehead of his pietatjs irrifit , in c^rum, 
 rvants; on that very part ?** m Mum credtrer,:, 
 hichisas it were the feat of fyntibus fixh- r.bieft quo, 
 amcfaccdncff^in token that ut de n s omine ejus fid ^ 
 cy (hould not be alhamed to non erubefcat. dugufiiu 
 nfeflc the faith of Chriftcru- ibidem. 
 Fycd,and manfully to fight un- 
 r his banncr,againft [fin, the world, and the 
 pvil. 
 
 rAnd fuch was the zeale of the primitive 
 iriftians, the noble Army of Mtrtjrs, and 
 >nftflbrs,whofs heart was warmed with the 
 iking bloud of Chrift, they theught nothing 
 much to Ioofc,or fuffcr for the 
 ftiraonyofhis truth, fceking Multh ****? Unc m J' 
 >rc earncftly the glory of ^ yeba ^ qu J am ^ 
 artjrdome, then the moitam- Sklp*Scv.Hy.z. 
 ious to afpire unto the height 
 Vordly glory, 
 
 It is that which may excrcife our thoughts 
 wondring,how they fhculd fuffcr what they 
 1 , with fo much chearfulncfle f as *s \- <*V 
 )ugh it had been in other bodyes ; confide. *°JP iot < 
 ig they had no more to move them*^**'^ 
 :rcunto , then what we reckon our fclvcs , €af ',." 
 have, that is, a good Captain to lead 
 I encourage them; a righteo'is caufe 
 prompt, and embolden them, a gracious 
 F } Cod 
 
(70) 
 
 God to relieve, and fuccour them , an< 
 a glorious Heaven to receive, and rewar 
 them. 
 
 But what /hall we think then of thefe poc 
 fouks, that wanting all thefe, yet endured r 
 Icflfe torments 1 fuchas we find in the He 
 thenMartyrologie, as Zeno y Socrates, An ax a 
 chus, &c,that fealed fuch leane, and barn 
 truths as Phylof ophy taught them f with tlf, 1 
 expencc of their dearcft blood \ 
 _ fl: HacnonftnecaHfadominus in fcculum <xin 
 
 fit- : (o thought Tertullian ; thefe cxampl J 
 'tyres. God permitted to be in the world , not wit ° 
 out fomc fpcciall providence; but either to c 
 hort us in this our day,or to confound us in t 
 great day, if wc fcareto fuffer for faving trut w 
 what they affe&ed for lying vanitie, 
 
 Buc here there is fomc caufe to fear, tha> B 
 bur courage were to be layd with theirs 
 the ballance ? it would be found much 
 light. 
 
 Indeed we have no prefent occafion to ma 
 experiment of our valour in this kind; livr 
 
 ' under no Tajran Princes, 
 
 jJonemmfunt Pagam pmcipes, oer f ccllt ; nc f vrints f uc i 
 
 pon Tyranm ferfecutores.nonfdn- P c »ccming lyranw, IUCI 
 
 - g & ianQormfunJitur, nee fides might ilimmon US to a bl 
 
 f fpliajs comprobatur. Salvian dy tryal!,tO attcft our fai { \ 
 
 de GuMib.]. by differing for it : Nay i 
 
 the contrary,not to confdtc Chrift in fomc j » 
 
 nov/,is all the dangcr,!cft we fhould fuffer t ° 
 
 which amountetb, unto a putting out of I 
 
 Synagogue: but yet however, there is ma 
 
 enough to excrcifc our Chriflian fortiti 
 
 fc 
 
(70 
 :rcbc fotnc things as odious to the mm of 
 is age, as the name of Chriftian was,or could 
 two Jcw,or Gentile,as namely for a man to Mr-Hcrans 
 ike conscience of his waycs,to walk more^.^'™ ' 1 
 rcumfpc&ly then the common fort , tobc.JJ^^*' 
 i& in thofc things, wherein others takctf^rf. 
 :>rclibcitic,and nottoruti with them into the » P*m 4- 
 mcexcejfe ofriot; this the Apoftle exprcfly 
 >tcs to be an occafion for the Chriftians to be ca t *•***•• 
 il fpoken of by the Gent ilc5,having nothing 
 c to accuic in them, bur their good convtrfati- 
 in Chrifti and this hath ever been caufc c- 
 >ugh for the righteous to be hated, fo]ourring 
 Sthey do)in Mefeeh? in the midfi of a crooked -*• !i Jl 
 \d ferverfe nation^ ffe jamintcrnocenus innox- **" 
 m>crimenefl)&c. Among vitious perfons to 
 :vertuous,isacrime(Taith S.Cyprian)not to c fl£f L 
 ciitate evil mem, is to offend them. They ^jr b 
 1 Wifdome arc not afhamed to profeffc it; 2 
 te is grievous unto us, even to behold him, for his Wfdoro.2. 
 re is not like other wens, His wayes are of ano- if - 
 \erfa(hion\he up fa aide tb us with our offending 
 \ie /4**>Such an upbraiding is the good, &c in- vcr ^ 1 '* 
 occnt life to corrupt and depraved manners, 
 fccantiumfrontem^etji not zerbisja- 
 
 \en ipfa vitacrer.ere dijpmui verberat- Cur *• fi*[ al M ui 
 
 U r r n* • i_ • intern fetive bom, qui 
 
 is Lattdnttas ; chc pious mans cmufiitmrikstib. 
 fc, though his ttfngue be filent, re this ■, convitium bar* 
 ukes thcoffendor, not tohaveiel* vtvendofncian\ fe lm 
 Dwfbip with the works of darknefs '***'*' ft*. ^.9. 
 s to reprove them; In regard hereof, the mocks Eph.5,1 , 
 ndfloutingsof gracekfle perfons maybcarc 
 he name of perfecution, by the authoriticof 
 it,Paul,(b terming the carriage of Ifmael to- 
 F4 ward 
 
ward J [a it which though it were no mote 
 
 then mocking that we read of Gen&iJ. The 
 
 CM* 4**9- Apoftleftilethit perfecution, and applyeth it 
 
 totheftatcof the Chri- 
 mnquam deep tribulatio perfecuth- ftj an Church , as then 
 ms ft nunquarn defetobfervantia pie- h was . £ ven fi %t /, no ^ 
 tans leo.j.sJc q uad. wasfothen,and will e- 
 
 vcr fo be , fo long as there be any 6ornc 
 after the flefh , they will be prefecuting 
 thofe that be borne afrer the fpirit : there 
 ^Tim.j.it. is no avoyding it* ^411 that mil live god- 
 ly in Chrifi Ie(ks , fialli 
 Vtsprobartverumejfe quoddittum fuffer perfecution % moxt> Ot ' 
 tjt ! kapc pie vivere in Cbrifto. l cll cj t ispartofthc Croffc 
 
 *K W M** ^ that Chrift left to be the 
 
 Rcwj.io. portion of his DifjbiylcS'.Hercis the patience >and 
 
 thefath of the Saint sjtwc that profds our felves-D 
 
 j Pcm. to be Chriflians? can be content to/uffcrasoi 
 
 \6m«3. ChriftUnSy that is, for Well doing, and glorified 
 
 Cad on this behalpi not regarding whatwc; 
 
 may loofc incredit,favonr,or preferment , notitt 
 
 y r4# reckoning of the reproach^ or (corn that can be: a 
 
 cafl: on us for the name of Chrift, this will tefti-- ill 
 
 ty that we arc Cbriftians indeed, and not falfe-- S 
 
 ly fo called. All which we prcmifed,and much d 1 
 
 more 3 stour firft entrance in'o Cfcriftianitic; il 
 
 cum ad hancfeElam uticjHefufcepta conditione e'pts % i 
 
 patti venerimus* as fath TertHllUn, when by t, 
 
 *dSal an *°' emn oat h> and concnant, we engaged »c 
 
 - our fclves upon this warfare, to continue:*' 
 
 Chrifts faithfull Souldicrs unto our lives 
 
 end, 
 
 t.Tim. Where is that xAKoirJitmy then, the Apoftlt & 
 
 2 >1* fpeakj of, the enduring bardnejs as goodSouldi- :p 
 
 ers 
 
f lefts Cbrifi , when every fmali affront 2 - Sm**t 
 lis us, the fcornes of Michal, the Athenians ^ 
 :king,quencheththe fmoaking flaxcof our 
 ,makes us a foamed of our forwardnes in the 
 fcflion of religion; nay fee the perverftnefs! 
 : fore head of bra fie in theadtingof fin, is 
 •c tender then flefh in defence of Cbrifi- can 
 ;r his name to be diftionoared with hor- 
 blafphcmic, his body all totn and mangled 
 (h with curfed oaths, his ttuth empaired 
 h impious abfurditics,and never once open 
 ir mouths in his juft vindication, 
 [oward thefc baptized Atheiffs, *te T ° V¥ 'l** clem 
 Kvptoy (as Ckmens fpeaks ) unchriftingjfo,,^ 
 Saviour(what iyes in them,) and unchnft- 
 gour holy profeflion, we arc (it muftbc 
 ifcfled)tco patient , In zeale to the glory of 
 d, Babylon bath exceeded Sion ; tve want 
 t decree of Nebuchadnezzar: the fury of this Mr- Hoo- 
 wicked bruod hath the i eines too much at k& Ecd. 
 rrtic : the venom of their poifoned hearts Pf- llb - *■ 
 aketh out at their mouths to xhc anoyance * , ** i 
 nany others, 
 
 Slow what is this elfc, but(as one fayes . 
 11) to (hew our felves Gods againft God, iksh * 
 1 flaves towards men/ to fide with flefii, 
 1 its corruption againft Chrift;and his fpi- 
 ,and how ihall we think to lcokc him in 
 : hcCj&hrn he (hall come in the glory of his M T . g 
 ther,witbththo/j Angels ;but even call to the a s-* 
 nntaines to fad on us } and to hide us from the Rqy.6,i6 % 
 4th of the Umbe. 
 
 [nowing therefore this terrour of the Lord, 
 pprfwadc men, tho& that have reafon to * I# or '** 
 
 be 
 
t 
 
 be perfwaded, not tocclipfc the bright Sdj 
 
 fnine of his truth with earthly afft&ions , n< 
 
 robeafhamed of confeffing that which wit 
 
 all our ftudy wc endeavour to know,andi 
 
 knowing whereof wc account our cfiicl felic 
 
 re.Not to make religion a cloakc for the wes 
 
 thereto put off, and on,upon occafion, as wi 
 
 beftfute with our worldly endsjbut to cout 
 
 iTnv.6.*. g j/i„ejj e ourgreateftgdne^ what ever wc loo 
 
 Phil. 3. 8. by *t ln outward refpefts, to cftccm all thin§ 
 
 elfe in the world but loflfc and dung for the e: 
 
 En} M .T4.cclIencicof the knowledge of Jcfiis Chril 
 
 Not to be as children toffedtoand fro, arj 
 
 carried about with every whifling wind. 
 
 Hcb.io « do&rine, by the flight of men, but to hold fa 
 
 * theprofeflionofour faith without wavcrinj 
 
 Miuf.f . for he is faithfull that hath promifed, a blcffc 
 
 11. 1 i. reward to all that fuffer for him,and his right 
 
 oufncffc, eyen a crown of glorious immure 
 
 litie, 
 
 Hcbai.j. Andl left we be weaiied, andfaintinot 
 
 minds,, confider we him that endured fucbcoi 
 
 tradition of finncrs againft himfclfe; and y 
 
 this ncitwithftan<ling,gave not over to do ti 
 
 the workehchad in hand, but is for this can 
 
 he came into the r*orld y that he might bear wi 
 
 Jo] KiKv -. n€ f s m x the trnthjio when he was to Icai 
 
 \T ms 6.11. the world, he witneflcd (as faith the Apoftl 
 
 before Pontius Pilate a good confeflion; ar 
 
 confirmed the truth of his doftrine by a dol 
 
 *.f A , rous,andbloudy dczih^uantafLibet nobis an, 
 
 Ep.hiiib. ict&te** ftferas vita prafentts propinet tjflifl 
 
 9. &c.as Sydonius, expicffcth; let the world pr 
 
 1 
 
 
-(7*> 
 
 t us with never (o great a Cap of affii&ions 
 s but lith, if wc remember how much our 
 riourdrankcat che Crofs, Norfhould wc 
 :d any other cordial to refreil* us in our fuf- 
 igs,but that wherewith Peter is faidf by clmm 
 :mensJto comfort his wife, when he hwftrom.7. 
 r led to martyrdom.f^i>w£<v to MfU rcmem- 
 rthwLord; whofc Difciplcs if we be, we 
 ift not think to fpeed better then our 
 after;No, he tells us, it is enough for the Dif- 
 ile that he be as his M after : and WC to hold 
 ir fclvcs highly honoured todrink of that ic at 
 !p, wherein he hath drank before us : nay, to 
 Joyce in as much as we arc partakers of the 
 flfenngs of Chnft, that when his glory fhall l P " M '* 
 1 revealed, we may be glad alfo with oxee- 
 ing joy y for if we fuifer txith him } we fhall reign 
 ithhim: If we follow him by the way , of his i.Tnv.2. 
 rofs {being made conformable unto his dea.h) !l - 
 will bring us where he is, to be partakers Fli **" T 
 f his glory : But that is a zobis datum eft, too t 
 ye cannot have it of Qur felv*s, it muft be gi- 
 cn us, in the hehalfe of Chrift , not cxely 
 o beleeve on him , but alfo to fujfer for his fake. 
 Into him then to make our humble re- Pm * ut9 ' 
 
 DBlcflrd J-fof t Author and finifier of 
 our faith, who haft given us the grace to 
 )eleeve on thee, giveiisalfo the courage to rtc 1 • l3 •'' , 
 tfmfcffc thec, and as thou haft enlightned 
 3ur mindes with the knowledge of thy 
 tru:h, fo enflame cur affedions with the 
 
 zealc 
 
wal of it; that whether by life,or by dcath,v * 
 may glonfic thy name- and nothing be al )$ 
 to feparate us from the love of thee % for the : 
 Pon\8.)j. oncly art Holy, thou oncly art the Lord, the ${ 
 onely O Chrift with the Holy Ghoft, art mo 
 high in the Glory of God the Father. 
 
 Amem, 
 
 SERM 
 
*17.) 
 
 t**+4 +♦♦+♦*♦♦♦*+++******♦ 
 
 SERM. III. 
 
 Matth.20.15. 
 /; f&#** ey* *W/. bccaufe I am good 
 
 T is pitty that goodneflc 
 ftiould give an offence, or be 
 troubled to juflify her wor- 
 thy proceedings; and yet 
 fuch is her fate with evill 
 men, that make * vcrtuc the 
 ground of their hatred, and 
 parage it(allrhey can) with foulc* detra. 
 on ; you have here the truth of this com* 
 int reprefented in a parable, the parable of 
 houlholdcr, that hired labourers into his 
 neyard,who for giving alike wages unto 
 ne that came laft, is blamed by the firft of 
 iling uujoftly, but innocence is never un- 
 )vidcd of rcafons; either for the defence of 
 • felfc,or the convi&ion of gain«fayers ; It 
 s his bargainee faithj with them, he had 
 "j :ced for fo much, and fo they could demand 
 more; then befides, what he gave, was his 
 n, and therefore why not as much to thefe, 
 othcmfclvcs ? and none to controll him 
 it : and thus having cleared hirafelfe from 
 
 their 
 
 AfxH^OfJii ' 
 K&Kdi Ip- 
 
 Ferynd. 
 yap* del 
 
 JlLKpZ- 
 
 Menand. 
 
their falfe imputation, he now charged t 
 with a fault indeed, their envious rcpimkrt 
 and this occafioncd by his good deeds : tt|rii 
 eye was evil, becaufe he was good. 
 
 In which words, he Co reprehends their b 
 vie,ashefeekesto amend it, and this, by < nd 
 playing unto them the ftate, and condition v 
 that wicked paffion. 
 Divifion* i. In the Organ,and inftrument by wh w 
 it workcth, OculmfSxz Eye. 
 
 2. In the nature, and'qualitic,of whicljtfi 
 confifteth, MMhs^ E vil. 
 
 3. In the motivc,andoccafion>frorn wh 
 it proccedcth; Quia ego bonus fum, becaule I 
 good. 
 
 Thefe parts ad oculum , the text prefer t\ 
 from thence we have the draught, or port id 
 dure, as it were, of a pifturc laid before t 
 and that fo accurate,, as none can prefumc to 
 mend it : our labour is onely to fill up ct i 
 part,as the grace of God (hall enable us,defin % 
 there be in none here prefent an EvittEjcM 
 Mat/.ij. fcnfurcthc limners impcrfc&ions, but in jo 
 a Jingle eye y to makcthe beft ufc of them, for r oq 
 amending of their own", I begin with 1 A 
 Organ, or inftrument of envic* that is, 1 >i 
 Eye. d 
 
 a 
 
 fart 1. m £ An at his creation .was an uniform a q 
 
 Thelnjtru- IVlentirc^liRcrcatutE^Wul and body like 
 
 menu we } tun ^ inftrumcnt,foundcd nothing but I 
 
 praife of his maker, and his own fclicitie : I 
 
 being once fnbducdbyfin,he fel at difcord w: 
 
 hisnielfe laboured his own deftruftiop. And 
 
*£? ) 
 
 : thcbcfieging of a City,thofe Forts and Bul- 
 h irks that latdy defended her, but now fur- 
 ! ized by the Enemy,help to batter, and demo- 
 h her, fo hi ruining of man f builr once as s p ; m>i . 
 fj ty that hat unity in it felfc) thofc members 
 J d faculties that were the chief agents of his 
 % ppincfle , became now the Engins of 
 *naifcry. I will inftancconelym the eye, a 
 4 ;mber abounding with fo much excellency, 
 d withall, fo much iniquity, that I know 
 n t whether it may more invite your admira- 
 m,or your forrow* An Organ fo divine, that 
 emifticall Egyptians could not find a fitter 
 :roglyphkk to cxprcile the divine all- feeing ^ IM T- 
 ovidencc. But the Stoicks unable to fitisfy z g. i% ^ 
 :ir wondring without the help of idolatrie, 
 titled i t a very God f as if to be fure of a pre- 
 it dcitie, they would have their Heaven of 
 xiscbout them. But without fuch wild Hy- 
 rbole's, it is praifcenough,that which,may 
 nfift with pictic; and for this, we find an in- 
 nce in St.Chrifoftom, who chofe this part cbryfoft.ad 
 ovc the reft, to .aflert the power, and wif- Anthcb. 
 me oi God,thatfrom fo vile a matter as earth hm. it. 
 lich aftordcth brick, and tiles, could cxtraft 
 goodly a picce,as is the eye, that for its ma « 
 Tic, ftrikesan awfulnefle in thcbefeolders, 
 d befides, endued it with fuch vcrtue,as 
 ithin fo narrow a compaffefo comprehend 
 many ob/efts,as mountains,"Forrefts,Seas,& 
 raven. God barb fo done this marvelous vtorke y -,-,. . 
 ntitoughttobe had.n remembrance : giving 
 eye luch a prcheminence above other 
 rts in man; ether i, in regard of the clder- 
 
 fhip 
 

 fhip thereof before the birth \ afcniorityi 
 wc may call it)in the wombc ; lyhcrcitis t 
 begun to be formcd,bcforc any other part;tl 
 as the light was thefirft creature which G 
 
 Gcn made in the greater world, fo this light of \ 
 
 hbt.6.li* &°dy is the firft thing too,that is made in m; 
 the lefler world. Or 2. in regard of its cot 
 poficion, with fuch manifold variety of h 
 mours,and tunicles; as if this title globe wc 
 the model of nature, wherein arc comprized s 
 bcr perfections .• Or 3* in regard of them 
 nition, being fortifyed in a cave of bonc,mo 
 artificial^and dcfcnfive,thcn the tent of a d 
 mond ;as the jcwcll within it is farre more pi 
 tiousjand befidestoo,fenccd above with a pe 
 ticeof brows a & (huttings of lids,whofcquic 
 motion comes nearcft in nature to t he rate o 
 moment, as if thereby to prevent (befideoth 
 
 Jctcw.9. ann©ysnccs)thc temptations of fin; that dea; 
 may not enter by thefc windoes; But you w 
 cheerfuly give God the praifeof forarc 
 workc,if you confider the lingular ufe, and 
 fice thereof. 
 
 It is the Eye whereby we put our fclvcs h 
 to our own protection; and then make r 
 doubt of our being in fafety, when thiscentin 
 
 fixod.10. tells us,wc arc not in danger, which the fig! 
 
 **• (by a kind of providcnce)can difcover before 
 
 approach, and needs not,as the other fcnfcs,l 
 be warned in the {mart of it. 
 
 It is the Eye that makes us to be in the pr 
 {encr, each of other, wheh wc Acmtoaij 
 knowledge with bafhfulncflb at the lookc of itj 
 and wanting this, we come fomewhae ne; 
 
 tl 
 
ic Egyptians cafe in their plague of darknefs, E x od.ip; 
 > account all the world but our dungeon or *i- 
 pulchre. 
 
 It is the eye that affureth our itnderftan- 
 trig by the mod certain demonftration, and 
 uncth our opinion into knowledge; as no lefs 
 it infidelity fnto belief, that on the teftimo- Ijhn [%o: 
 V of our fight, we difclaira and renounce our * " 
 afon, and arc confident any thing may be 
 \i becaufc We lee that fo it is. 
 It is the eye that enricheth us, by giving us 
 e fruition of all Gods creatures ; and not 
 lelyfatisfiesour curiofity, butaflifts our in- 
 t ntion , for the enquiry of arts and fci* 
 e tees. 
 
 i It is the eye whereby we caa travell, even 
 a hile we fit (till, by whofe celerity we can 
 bit-runthefwiftcftftar, and be in an inftant 
 i the end of that journey, which they muft 
 fj ? leifure attain unto, 
 it Nay, laftly,by this we can make am fpetlamus mam 
 
 at betcer life of Aftronomy^that banc cjeleflem rempubli- 
 holding the Common-wealth of Ciim >&in eafi^iorm 
 ,ofc hcvenly bodies,, how tt- &5/&SZ& 
 b ilarly they oblerve their courlcs, ebfequ'wm&c. m™ p1 
 io id conform unto the fir ft movers lfi*&*1>A$$ i 7 .i«. 
 gi : fhould {hive to imitate their orderly Go- 
 si rnment , and frame our aftions after the 
 i^liage ofhittl/0 whom we move 7 and have qht 
 
 ing. 
 pHius have you feen the excellencices of tfi 
 re, and now be content to fee the iniquity, 
 fit iich the eye fo abounds withall, that fome 
 eathen Philofophcrs fas CUmcns reports) 
 G maintain- 
 
maintained it to be mans highcft happinefl 
 toabftainfrom the evils thereof; Nay, fom 
 Chriftians too we read of, that in an impi 
 ous and ignorant obedience to the literal! ad 
 ^ vice of our Saviour, finding their eyes to of 
 
 R-l r. i* ip. f enc j them, plucked them out,\eft they ftioul- 
 light them to utter darkneffe. But withoi 
 the help of madnefTe to aggravate this woftr 
 truth, we may with grief enough confeffc 
 that there is fcarce any fin that is not promt 
 ted by the eye, which by reafon of its a£tivi 
 nefs and volubility, is apt to offend both wit 
 more frequency and facility, and that at 
 diftance too, without the company of the b 
 dy.- For if it look on food with greedinefl 
 without the charging of the ftomack, it coj 
 mits the fin of gluttony : and if it look on 
 
 Mat. j, 28. woman with luft, with out the touch of carrf 
 embraces, it commits the fin of adultery; af 
 ifitlookon riches with covetoufnes, withe I 
 thefeizure of the^nd, it comm its the finloi 
 of robbery. Not that the eye alone is gv 15 
 ty of producing thefe wicked a£ts , wh £ 
 flow originally from the heart, as 1 «s 
 
 M , fountain of evil things, and by name ofi I 
 r 7 * x evil eje y as our Saviour vouchetlv it , M k 
 
 The heart ihen, that corrupts the eye ; ;lil( 
 the eye betrayes the heart, and both hlic 
 their refpeftiveintereft in the ierviceof lent 
 quity. But however ,the eye is entitled to lere 
 fault; becauleitdothnot onely yield tof,as 
 heart>but f educes it,and it is as the windovi irhil 
 let in evii;as you may find in vie wing onlyife 
 
t*3J 
 
 Lecords of fin; it was the eye that enticed Eve 
 ext to the ferpent ; or rather tempted her 
 :yond the tempter h When the woman faw that Ger V>3 ^ 
 t tree was good for food, and that it -was flea* 
 ntto the <?k, (he took^of the fruit thereof and 
 i eat^ and thence bequeathed the itch of eu- 
 )fity to all her pofterity. And if you turn 
 rcr to the next great fin of the world, (that 
 fiild not be purged without a deluge 
 waters ) you ihall find that all begin- G fu 
 ig from the eye ; 77?? fonnes of god fan cn< tU - 
 r daughters of men that they were fair y 
 d they teok^ them wives of all that they chofefcy 
 lich wild polygamic, they replenilhed the 
 tth not fo much with children , as tranf- 
 eflions s and yet this Was but the dull mi(- 
 ief of the eye, unacquainted as then with 
 : art of fin ; but if youlnok into the eldet 
 e of the World,you (hall fee the ftudicd and 
 borate malice of the eye, burfting forth 
 imSaulin envy againft David; when be-* Sara,f *' 
 y applauded with fongs of triumph for bis # 
 •tory on thePhiliftine,it folio wes thereupon, 
 ill eyed \)zvidfrom that day and forward ; cm- 
 pebat ocnlos; fo renders Tremelius^ darted 
 "eyes on him, as it were fharpened or point- 
 with envy, thatfurewe maybe, he was 
 1 of rancour, which thus run over fo high as 
 ; eyes. And yet the eye is not fole inftru- 
 mi of envy, for blind men may be affe&ed 
 >rewitb, and the Ear alio can entertain en- 
 , as the tongue can utter it ; but this no:- 
 nthftanding, the eye is chief a&our in this 
 f Hon. 
 I G a Be- 
 
<*4J 
 
 Bccaufe being of a more bufie andinqu 
 fitive nature, it meets with many occafions 
 'envy, that come not unto the knowledge < 
 the ear. 
 
 2. Befides, being of a quicker apprehenl 
 
 on, it more deeply affeds the mind with fuc 
 
 objects, asbe prefented unto it, than the 
 
 can move her by the moft certain infor: 
 
 tion; and therefore being infeded with en 
 
 Lrvorta- It woundeth the foul with deeper impreffij 
 
 bificum of the objc&it maligneth > and maketh " 
 
 waits ve- $oifon much more ftrong in opct 
 
 3 As the eye is faid to be animi index, £ 
 minds interpreter^ here it is moft truly vei 
 fied.; no tongue can fo expreffe the though 
 Ovid. Me- as the eye difcovcrs the difpofition of an cm 
 taw. ous f 0ll } . Ntrfquam rctta acies ; the look is r 
 
 ver but awry , as was that of Saul toward L 
 In his vtt ; limb intnebatur (faith Juntas) he look P 
 notes on askeue on him,as if dazled with the fplend { 
 the place, ^£ hisvertue v he were not able to behold h:| c 
 aright. 
 
 Nay 4. Some are bold to affirm* that'" 
 
 can fend forth the power of its malignity, r ? 
 
 hurting that objedt it beholds with envy ; a * 
 
 it Were not enough for the eye to be like th< w 
 
 heavenly planets in figure and brightnefc,fc S| 
 
 it mud refemble them in their wor ft quali ^ 
 
 by calling a malignc afpeft ; and though? & 
 
 Vakdus de $** un dei" the title of his facred PhilofopI 
 
 tmapbl&° den y this blading property, yet ^4 ^/V 
 
 "lofoph.c. 68 and A&orius as rationally maintain the lik< 
 
 f*'i hood, and that without the danger of adir s 
 
 t; t\ 
 
(85) 
 
 g any Platonicali emiflion of Eye-beams •* 
 when every paflion of the foul hath f uch 
 ninion over the fpirits, that it can force 
 m into any part of the body, agreeable to 
 everall propertie, and doth manifeft the 
 ae by fome outward alteration m the part 
 ifited ; why ftiould we not allow the like 
 & unto envy, whereby the fpirits boyling 
 rom the heart into the brain, and thence 
 fen into the eyes, may well flow out at 
 ~e porie palfages in poifonous rayes, which 
 tug into the eyes of thofe whom they ea- 
 ly behold, by mediation of the infe&ed 
 k , do thence ftream into the heart,as feek- 
 a place of like affe&ion unto that from 
 ich they fprang ; and tainting that with 
 noifomnefle of their ftrangc quality, at 
 , declare the contagion thereof in the lan- 
 ding of the outward parts. Or if with Ba jn hom ^ 
 3a/il , we rejed this opinion, as rather be- de inviiial 
 cd by the vulgar,than allowed by the lear- 
 ; yet thus much he gives us leave to re- 
 z , that i* H-tfix>*hot faiiwit ; the devils, e- 
 lies to all that good is> if they find any 
 on inclined to maliciou{ne(Ie,as they have 
 er to abule their bodies, fo likewife their 
 to the executing of their wickednefle; fo 
 dill it is the guilt of the eye, that bficom- 
 h thus a weapon of uarighteoufneffc to 
 Prince of darkneile. And as if Nature 
 id be revenged for fo foul a violation ; 
 itiall find no part infrited with moredif- 
 > , nor fooner decaying; as if &e would 
 ;e us to bewail the errours ol our fight, in 
 G 3 the 
 
En 
 (In 
 
 (86) 
 
 the Wantef it ; and you mty obferve, tha $ 
 **><ȣ thelapd differs moftin the agony of death, b] I 
 the cracking of its firings, and diffolution < } 
 fpirits ; nay and after death too, bears the t< ii 
 kens of that deadly conqucft , being flur 
 wide open in gaftly wife, as if jaftly then to [ 
 open to injuric, that was before fo injui l 
 ouflyopen to all iniquity. Buttbepyoum; 
 withallobfervethecarefulnclTeof nature tc 
 that in the fame part whereby we offend,ha 
 Ecdus provided an expiation , that feeing (as Sjrq 
 fryj? rffe-ffpeaks) nothing is more wicked than the Jf 
 therefore itweepeth on every occafion ; And ( 
 loved) let this pronenelfe to weeping, br^ 
 motive unto us of godly (orrow, and let! 
 Lam. 3. 4 . iQ^id^OUitycsWiihJeremk^ if not torun d$ 
 2*Cor n.^tth rivers of water^ yettotrickjedown at leal 
 u. with fome few drops of penitent tears : to 1 t 
 
 ^. ,, j j wail the finnes that we haai 
 
 iZelare quod bonum videas fa • j ju 
 
 iwJeremaoribus 9 ieve&m- committed, and have HOti 
 
 dicum apud qvrf Jam crimen vi- pented Oi , nay, icaixe I A 
 den.r-, dumque exiftimatur hve knowledge them to be fill ft 
 effe, wntimeretur,&c.fyp.de as man y a l as j too ma m 
 
 }vm% do, untill with the rich ir iri 
 
 intheGofpel, they lift up their eyesbeinf & 
 torments .- one precious drop of this wat< (c 
 now, now may quench the glowing fpark iei 
 envie,* which by our negled might kindle ' 
 to everlafting fire. G let us be here then 
 
 M . Baptifis to our felves,and preach unto our e< 
 aH ?4 ' the Baytifme of repentance for the remijfwn of u 
 finnes^ 
 
 Here let us arife and bath them in the * 
 ver of their own eompun&ion, and with 
 
 Fi 
 
 ieii 
 
 tc 
 
(8?) 
 
 .rs of our eyes,wafh away the evil of them, 
 rich in thefenfe of my Text, is the nature 
 d quality ot envy , and comes next to be 
 covered. 
 
 . apoththegmc, words are the image of 
 ngs, aod represent them as they be in na- 
 e unto our underftanding: but behold here 
 ice beyond the propriety of Expreffion ! It 
 lot enough for the envious eye to be called 
 the name of Envious, but it muft be para- 
 raledbytheterm of Evil, asii it could not 
 triierwife diffidently made known unto 
 ; and if you will beftow your attention on 
 aleafubjeflt, you (hall hear itabundandy 
 ike good the ltiic of evil* both in regard 
 the evil of Unne, and the evil of punito- 
 ry 
 
 -irft, for the eviloffinne ; we confident 
 ;he generall by the Parents from which it 
 iends ; which are no lefle than two capital 
 nes, pride and eovetoufnclfe, when making 
 r own pertons the God of our defires, and 
 king infinite contentment in rhe compaffe 
 our ielves, we maligne the profperity of o- 
 ?rs, as feeming to diminifh our own felici- 
 : which (^) Saint Cyprian and (£) Aqm- 
 ; conceive to be the caufe of Satans banilh- , * s -- 
 »t from heaven, as grieving at the dignity fo\eh ' fy 
 
 Jivorc. 
 Poflpeccatumfuperbuconfecutumcfiinangelopeccante malum invi* 
 , feamdumquQd dehorn heminis doluit* 4qHin.l>9,6$.a,i % 
 
 C 4 of 
 
of mam whom he beheld made after God 
 own image, infomuch that he would relin 
 quifh his own glory, to deveft fo noble a crca 
 ture of perfe&ion, and rather be in hell him 
 Wifd.** fclf than fee Adam placed in Paradife. But cer 
 ?i. rainly after his fall it was the firft pra&ice c 
 
 his wickedneffe on earth, to envy mansinnc 
 cence, and to implunge him with himfelf ii 
 theabyfle of finne, and mifcry.- and it wa 
 envy too he made choife of, to be his cngin o 
 
 Hint Viabolus inter initia ftatim perdition > poflcffiilg £v 
 mundi per'nt primus fa perdidit. With an etlVlOUS though" 
 
 cjpr.ibjd.fyLatlantJib.i-9'Deum G f God, as if he forba 
 
 Vteypia induSm exprobrat fy { ± f k ^ 
 
 confultd wandajje de arbore, nx in , , r , 
 
 graiu inferiori fominem tenerex JedgC tor no Other enc 
 
 Cah.in Gen. but to debar them froi 
 
 the Society of his glory. Neither is ther 
 any im fe&ion in man, that feems fo proper! 
 to be the infufion of that venemous Serpent 
 
 t M - ' -■ . for whereas all the othe 
 
 Inter c*teros peftucntuz morbos quos ^/n^„ ,^^j „] r 
 mtiquiffims Me ac fztidijfiwus pamons were in me toi 
 
 ferpensgraviffimaUtiferdmulati* 111 theitatCOI innocence 
 onis invidiam fyteterrimo Mo vi- (although in a pure an 
 
 mfi oyis fpirixu ihhalax* Calv. ad perfed condition) the* 
 
 Ecc.Cath lib.i* rr i /- r 
 
 was only no occahon fc 
 
 envy; but this (like a curfed weed) fproutc 
 
 immediately from the foil of corrupted n; 
 
 ture. Neither is there any vice arifing in \ 
 
 from the bitter root of original fin, that moi 
 
 Jam.4 y. enfotceth vis to acknowlcdgeour derived coi 
 
 Wption;8Cthat the Serif ture faith not in vair 
 
 i:tum<ocnemm antiqui ferpen- The ffirit that dwell eth in i 
 
 tis. Parif de mor. 4. lufteth to envy. The plac 
 
 of the Scripture that faith this, St, Iames\\fc 
 
 vouchet 
 
jcheth it) hath not told us; it is by moft 
 iceived to be, Gen, 6.5. where it is faid , that Gen.6. y • 
 >d f a\V that every imagination of the thoughts 
 mans heart was onely evil continually. And 
 :n, this parallel will confirm the fenfe of 
 1 Texr, that envy and evil are Synonjmma y 
 words implying the {elf-fame thing, and 
 
 thereby to be admonithed, that there is 
 ncthing more of evilin this paflion then the 
 t, or elfe, this expreflion might have been 
 ired. 
 
 The evil whereof we come in the next 
 ce more diftin&ly to confider; Firft in re- 
 id of the univerfality, and then of thema- 
 nity of ir. 
 
 Firft for the univerfality; it is of fuch a dif- 
 ive nature, that like a generall inundation, 
 ^preadeth almoft over * all mankind, (t> as 
 :y!ew (like Noah and his yidiego fy expertus frmzeUn* 
 nily) are exempted from tempuernm^nondum hquebatur, 
 
 though happily they may & intucbatur pallidas amaro 
 
 free from other infirmities, ^M!ll!fT m fmmAH% 
 
 5 Naz.ianz.en inftanceth in 
 
 tfebiusj a man (other wife) victorious over 
 
 t paffions, and endued with lingular piety, 
 
 the troubles of thofe times abundantly ma- 
 
 :efted; «/*«* ft rl KttMyTt a.yf}§awivoy, onely 
 
 ward Bafil he exprefled fomewhat ot Inl- 
 ine weakneffe in the maligning of his emi- 
 nt endowmeni:s;you may fee the tin&ure of 
 is malignity in fecular profefifion, as namely 
 the compilers of hiftory, M}wKfi9ridtgyshu1ms ^ 
 lOle : Collettion, (as 7)r> Urvn bus moratur, &c* Tyr, 
 
 oblcrves ) arc naoft em- Max.Scrm.n. 
 
 ployed 
 
ployed in matter of a more dilmal nature o: 
 as tyranny, oppreflion, rebellion, murthers }C 
 and the like fad accidents; as if thele thing 1 
 onely could raife the authours obfervation 
 that carrry in them the reproach of human 
 mifery.So for Advocates,Oratours and Poets 
 „ . " . . , it is the note of Charron, tha 
 ¥ l ^\ f<L 2i lt lr being cold in the praife c 
 
 bteth ehouens an mal y &c* ? rr l. i 
 
 charronde la fry lib. i. goodnefle, they are eloquen 
 cap.}). in mifchief : the Words, inven 
 
 tion> figures to defame and flout, are mor 
 rich, more emphatically and iignificant, the, 
 to commend or fpeak well: And fo general!' 
 for the reft; all are infected with the plague c 
 envy, more or leffe, as it may appear , 
 i By the credulity of men unto evil reports 
 jfilPeluf. either * out of their own guiltincls, efteem 
 fcj>.i*2./.$. j n g others by themfelves; or elfe luppofm I 
 their own faults leflened by the afperfion of c g 
 Ecclcio.t thers, when like dead pes in precious ointmen 0] 
 one fenfelefs rumour fhall caufe the beft nan ls 
 to fend forth a {linking favour, and difrelii 
 all the fweetneffe of the moft approve 
 vertue. 
 
 Or 2. By the acutenefle of men in difcernin \ 
 the lmperfedions of others, though it be butjL 
 Mat ?.$. mot€ m ^ ie ^ r brothers eye-> and taking no notu 
 ijllYeiuf. of their venues, like the Ravens, of whic 
 ip,il7>t'$ Pelufiet {peaks ; oi KHparas <7rctz&T$ixwTK>V{\ 
 paffing by gardens and flowery fields, dire 
 their flight onely to carcafes; and 
 thcnolecanfmellno water (faith Hippocr\ 
 tes) Uv ^ ?*.*■*, unleffe it be corrupted ; 
 neither can they perceive any action, that 
 
 a 
 
(9i) 
 st leavened with fome depravity. This for 
 e univerfalitv^ 
 
 We are a|*To look upon the malignity, jguiim 
 hich is more peculiar unto envy, than to any malum im* 
 J her vice ; for whereas any other [vice is con- P^gndt, fed 
 ary but to fome fingle vertue } as pride to^*^& 
 anility, anger to patience > and the like ; nunim p ^ 
 his of envy is contrary to all, hating every nfJt mor. 
 iing for which any one is commended : and 4- 
 i it is contrary to all vertue; foefpecially 
 lto charity, the chief and greateft of Chri- x Cor.ij^ 
 [an vermes: being grieved at that good for 13. 
 hich charity rejoyceth* and rejoycing at 
 iat evill, for which charity lamcnteth ; tots 
 f h©-\rh, otav fAKfJvTA'ity, faith Saint ££rjr- 
 ftomei Then onely the envious man be- 
 )mes a friend, when he fees one weeping 
 id bewailing his misfortunes, and he more 
 illingly condoles his mifery then he could 
 )ngratulate his profperity . Befides, Charity, 
 ; it extends unto all men in a courteous re- 
 >e&> fo in a nearer affection to thafe that arc 
 lyedbyfome natural relation, or ref emblc 
 lem in fome like quality or aftion ; but envy 
 liefly^ maligneth thofe that are neareft, 
 tr£ yivos, kutsC avyyivuzv, &c. either by Arift.Rbe- 
 Duntrey, or kindred, or age, and which are tor ' /,2ir * 
 10ft like them in riches or fame, ot art, or the ' *' 
 efire of the fame things : then further* as it is 1 Joh.4-8, 
 Dntrary to charity or love, fo likewife is it to x6 - 
 ic God of love ; tor whereas God freely com- 
 municates his goodnes to his world of creatures, 
 nd dclightcth in the good which he impartcth 
 nto others; the envious man would rather 
 
 be- 
 
be deprived of goodnefle himfelf, than tha 
 another thould enjoy it , and is more vexed a 
 the welfare of his neighbour, than he would 
 be at his own calamity. And if you will de- 
 fcend in your thoughts by the feverall ftep: 
 of nature, you ftiall find it as far from the 
 creatures, as they come nearer to their Ma- 
 ker in perfe&ion. 
 
 The blefled angels are fo far from envy 
 Francifa that (as the Schoolmen do affirm) they re- 
 Vitioria>fy Joyce more in the happinefs of their blefsed 
 "hat** a f soc i atcs > than thefe their felves do in 
 their own happinefs. The higher in glo-i 
 ly are more delighted in the felicity of thofei 
 below them, than thofe below them are de-< 
 lighted in their own teliciiy .* becaufe (as they 
 argue) the accidencary pcrfe£tions,which fol- 
 lowed happinefs, being communicated accor- 
 ding to the capacity of the receivers, it muftr 
 needs follow, that the fuperiour having a lar-l 
 ger capacity,muft conceive more happinefs in) 
 apprehending the joy of their inferiours, than) 
 the inferiour conceive in apprehending then; 
 Pfal..8.y. own joy.Step we next unto him that was made] 
 a little lower than angels in dignity; kisnotj 
 to be found in the beft of men, butalwayea 
 where it is, it isan argument of a degeneroi 
 a •• j difpofition, that confefTeth aj 
 Semper minor eft qmmedet. g^oncy to the perfon envyed 
 
 Ego%mperfenfi 3 nemlnemaU So that Cicero did not more 
 terms qui fu<* conHderet vir- bravely then truly refolve, that! 
 Uti invidereMMp -to* no man gj$g { s confident of hi! 
 
 own vertue,doth envy tKat of another. Nay ; 
 look on thofe creatures that are lower than 
 
 man 
 
 I 
 
fiian, I mean the brute beafts; and Plutarch 
 mil cell us, it is not in them neither, as ha- 
 zing no apprehenfion of glory or profperity, 
 tfhich arc the main provocations of envy. So 
 :hat thofe fabulous contrivers of MansCrea- 
 ion, that would have each creature contriftf^ 
 in affe&ion to the making up of his foul , 
 night here have failed of a creature to make 
 ip their invention;Nay,one degree lower yet, 
 ook we down on thofe that have made them- 
 elves the loweft in nature (if fin and mifery 
 an make them fo)the very devils themfelvcs; 
 tnd although we cannot deny it to be in 
 hem, yet we cannot deny neither, but it is 
 vorfe in men than in Devils ; For Devils do 
 ion envy one another $ and befides, their en- 
 y arileth from the want of that good which 
 hey have loftjwhereas man envies that good, 
 vhich he may obtain, nay, ofttimes that 
 vhich he hath already, en- >T • fi ;. ,_ l 
 7ing * not that himlef wants . h ^ fed ^ £ s 
 jood, but becaufe another doth e # <pilms hvidew.Ari- 
 K)t want it. This may fuflficc ftotrf. 
 or the evil of fin, our next profpeft is that 
 vhich attends it,the evil of puniihment; which 
 nay be confidered either in regard of the 
 lilcommodity,or of the anguiih, and torment 
 )f it. 
 
 Firft,for the difcommodity, it is injtt- 
 ious to the Common wealth; for as Flato Pl*tod* 
 vifely blames the envious man, twt»V*aa»? #• 
 h&fcohyfw hifjLifo^ vnifixW) &c* while by 
 lerogating from others, he thinks to excell 
 hem, he proceeds not aright himfclf to ver- 
 
 tue, 
 
tue, and hinders thofe that would proceed by j 
 unjuft detraction ; fo that damping the defir' D 
 of attaining yertue in the City, he deprives i rt 
 (what lyeth in him)of worthy achievements $ 
 For though fuch fpirits there may be, that tab » 
 pleafure in the envy of their adversaries, as ; D i 
 testimony of their go adneffe, yet others of j be 
 fofter temper choofe rather to oblcure thei m 
 own excellence, then to provoke another J 
 Xeque emm cbrifiianos qua* malignity. And as 1 orne "Chris i 
 tumvis fortes ac fingulari to- ftians are laid to have fle< ,h 
 
 lerantiapr&ditos], fait ant urn f rom t h e glory of martyr fi 
 rationem habere oporteufed do t 6 $arc their perfecu ■ 
 
 BSSSftBSir^ "»?«»«& guatrfmurthc, , 
 
 Terdit qutcunque omnes mer- 19 they Will reftram their men if 
 
 €ames lucranw. g. Parif- ting endeavours, for fear of en .* 
 
 dangering the innocence of their brethren.^ 
 
 Thus is envy unto others;but is much mot \ 
 
 injurious unto the envious perfon himfelf, a y| 
 
 defrauding him of that benefit , which hi a 
 
 might enjoy by charity, whereby he migfci $ 
 
 make his joy as univerfallas the bleflings 0^ 
 
 mankind; nay, make all thefe bleflings as i ra! 
 
 were his own, by rejoycing in them. 
 
 This is th c firft fort of pnnilhment , bi d] 
 
 Quid infelid viro prafiat a Worfe is behind , that is i 
 
 invidia, quem in fecretis the Anguifh and Vexatio c 
 
 Sfc&tt? trr 1 cnv * ■ K ^H * 
 
 alienam feltcitatem tor- thole that entertain it, as it th lit 
 
 mentum Wins farit. Aug. divine juftice had appointc :p| 
 
 de temp.Sermfi 3 . t hi s f j nne ro b e t ^ e torm ent of tri 
 
 felt, that could not likely have a worfe ton >rn 
 
 ment thent therefore rightly termed by N& an 
 
 z,ianMH f fozQir ^roFiffS wivihit®-, the fting* f, 
 
( so; 
 
 icvilfpirit ; and certainly he that Iodgcth it 
 
 himfclf, doth but ncurifh a fnake in his 
 
 eft, to affliftand torturchim: Veht quofdam teBori fa 
 
 :>r whereas every other fin hath admovere carnifices, quife 
 
 meplcafuretocnd&reit,asluft, ^tefiims cruciatibus lace- 
 
 tempcranccand t£creft,oncly rm >& c -CyP r - 
 
 ic envious man gives away his foul for no- 
 
 ing but bitterne(Te,and anxiety : a (in fo pain- 
 
 1, that God is wont to make this the pu- 
 
 Qbmcnt of other finnes ; as appearcth by that 
 
 hicb he thrcatneth to £& B concerning the, Sam 
 
 ickednefleof hisfonnfcs; videbis amulum tn- |»ai." 
 
 n try umflo % r hou (halt fee thine 
 
 cmy in my habitation 9 and Vider*MaYxyrAbii m Excit&- 
 
 e man cf thine whom I (ball not * m " l " m cont J a te V* **** 
 
 mr J • / nut tuosperpetuo nrat.- 
 
 t off from mine altar, [hall be to 
 
 fume thine ejes, and to grieve thin: heart ,that 
 by feeing others in the Priefthood , from 
 hich they were rc/e&ed. Nay, a plague rcfer- 
 d, toaccomplilh the pains of the cfamned, 
 our Saviour tells the Jews; There (ball be 
 epingand gnafhing of teeth ^ when je /hall fee A* g u "** 
 iham, Wifaac, and Jacob, and all the Pra- 
 tt s in the Kingdome o(God; as if it (hould be a 
 11 to them,but to behold the glory of heaven, 
 dthe extremity of their damnation (hould 
 the fight of others falvation : An inftancc 
 icreofyou may fee inDive /,bcgg:ng of A bra- ^V.tfM 
 m to fend Lazarus with the tip of his finger 
 ^ped in water, for the cooling of his tongue; 
 rtainly, this could no way ealchim, being 
 rmented in that flame; it rather (heweth that 
 ing more inflamed with envy,than with hell- 
 :, he made this motion for nothing e!fc, but 
 
 that 
 
fbat Lazarus (o for a while might be deprive 
 of his happineffe, and defend into hcil out < 
 Abrahams faofonu. And well may it 6c the pi 
 mifhmentof the damned, when it hath in thi 
 life the property of the damned, that is, inq 
 rableneffe.* which therefore Cajfianus fuppofc 
 to be that plague intimated by the Prophet Jt 
 remit in the eighth of his Prophecy ; Behold; 
 
 IerJ.17. w y/ fendferpents, Cockatrices among joh rvhi\ 
 fhallnot be charmed^ andthej /hall bite yon. Fc 
 
 „ v T u / . as he that wasfirft infefted wit 
 
 %dt vulnera occulta font, .. r T t_ ** _3 
 
 necremedium curi meden- this poyfon, I mean the DevJ 
 
 tls aimimnty quife intra waspaftthc recovery of repcr) 
 
 tinfeienti* Utcbras, cm f ancc : fo they that arc through} 
 
 dokreclanferunK Cypr. ftung whh th j $ f erp< . ntj arc bj 
 
 yond the cure of the charmer, charm he never' 
 wifely: you will yield the difeafe to be defp 
 rate, if you confidcr the quality of it, whi| 
 contrary to all other difeafcs,is encreafed by t\ 
 remedies: for the more one ftirrcs to miriga 
 Hie eft ignis Grtcus qui fa- the unhappy patient, eitherU 
 perfufme aqu& accenditur, patience or humility, or rniC 
 &c$arif* nificencc, the more is he exa,| 
 
 ? pt^//6 P eraf€( * W *^ thoftSwii of envy ; nor is any \vi | 
 to be cured thereof, butbythernincanddeftri 
 ftion of him thatheenvyeth; out©- op«* t8? p. 
 Bsfilibom.**" fayes St. #*/// : This alone is the per if 
 deinvidia' * his hatred, if he fee his rivall become milfr 
 rable, andinftcad of being the glorious objo 
 bI his envy, the wretched fubjed: of his pit 
 H ithcrto you have feen the nature of this 
 vil, as well in refpeft of the fin, as of the p 
 nifhment, together with the particulars co 
 tained in either; in the former the univerfali 
 
 i 
 
 A 
 
(97) 
 d malignity, in the later, the difcommoditic, 
 d vexation ; but yet you have not (ecu the 
 ound of this evil ; which is no other than 
 odneffe it fclf ; as it followcth in the next 
 ardstobc considered, facaafe J an* good. 
 
 rHc light is fweet* and a pkafant thing it is _, , 
 for the eyes to Mold the Sm<> and yet no- part j[ c 
 ing is more unpleafant to a difeafed fight, occafion, 
 it is not able to endure the brigbtncfle, and Eccks.ii. 
 us likewife it befalls the eye of the foul* f« 
 
 rhat good which is the dciightfome ob/cftcf 
 : mind, while flic is found and rightly order- 
 f is the occafion of her hatred being once 
 praved, and inftcad of plcafing her becdm- 
 j her loathing and dettftation: and as to a 
 rrupt ftomack To^os-i^A^ai (itevTHt faith the 
 ;at Phy fician, the very nourishment becomes ^ ocr " 
 •ruption,ib to a foul vitiated with envy, that * * r# 
 odneflc which fhould feed and cherifh her, 
 ircafeth her ma!ady and pcrvcrfneffe ; that Rom. 3. 
 icrcas evil things work for good unto the 28; 
 hecous, on the contrary, good things work 
 evil untothecnvious;whoby theworftkind 
 Chimiftry turns the happineflc *& commodum aliquid fibi 
 Others into his OWn Unhappi- qv.&rit , fed fob fraterno 
 fr, King Solomon in his time P4"M detrime^to, Parif. 
 :rvcd this wicked difpofition,and complain-' 
 rf it, Ecclef.^. I considered a/ltravell, and 
 rjrightyvor^ that for this a man isenvjedof^^^AA 
 neighbour > but his father David felt thcex- 
 lencc thereof from his enemies, ashefcems 
 mpiy by that cxpreffion, Pfal. 118. Tkjw z \ llV \ 
 fajfed me *b*Ht like hes . f or they would not tu * 
 $ havq 
 

 have been fo troublefome, but that they pcrc 
 ved fomc fwcctncflc in bim more than ordinal 
 and this we may fafcly affirm to be one ma 
 caufcofthcbcftmcns pcrfecution in all ages 
 the world ; and we may make it the ground 
 
 Perquampaucivmcxiisqvi S <« li ZZ S °M«**}™ i * ! 
 
 dari ilhftresque turn virtu- there have been Icarcc ai 
 
 te tum jortuua habhi funt> perfonages accounted fame 
 
 qmsnon infelix exitm > fyc. for vertue or fortune , but foi 
 
 M-ftoi****- difmall death hath point 
 
 Auenamvirtut^mpreprtorum , r f 
 
 vitiorum exprobranonem exi- thc ™ . out t io \ . a t n sample 
 ftimavtes, Job. Vfowerpoly- pofterity : while the £nVl< 
 math. nature of man accountcth (\ 
 
 illuflrious merits, an upbraiding of their o 
 defeds, as if they were lighted unto infamie 
 the fplendour of vcrtucs (bining about the 
 Tfie truth whereof will many wayes appear. 
 we confidcr the diverfity of goodneffe, wb 
 envy oppofcth* 
 Gcn.4 8.iIohn m*. It wasrighteoufnefsin Ai QI 
 
 Tantum vahh *d ■ confumm*- that enraged Cain to inib ! 
 tknem [ceteris *m»latm 7S f*~ thc csrt b with his blood^J 
 toy, ut nee chamas f rants. , c r * r 
 
 frccyprjezelo. ^ of cnv y fo tranfpor | 
 
 / ' him , that neither cculd 
 love of a brother, nor the fear of God, nor I 
 punifliment of fin deter him from fohorr I 
 wickedneffe; fo that this may be one reafbn v E 
 
 cT< l ii the Apoftlc i°y° s thcIc two > Env y and M 5 
 
 l ' thermote than once, to (hew how near t 
 
 arc allycd each to other* 
 
 It was graaoufneffei n Iofeph^ that made r 
 
 Gen.37.4. envied of his brethren, becanfe bit father I J 1 ? 
 
 him more then all his brethren : fo that Iacob P 1 
 
 Vcrf. & in thc right, when he told them fat thc figt 8c 
 
\99i 
 
 is bloody garment) 00 evil ieafl bath devevrZ 
 
 i him. Omnium 
 
 infemali* 
 * ferarum ferior, fa a demefticatione ehngatior ;' q, Punf, 
 
 It was viftorioufnefle in (jideo* i uc jgrs 8. i 
 jainft the enemies of Gods pco- invidebant EphraiuGi- 
 c, that incenfed the men of £- deo ?h <l"oJ magna gh- 
 
 iraim to chide fo fiercely and ££* f 9 J r ? l J* a i-T 
 
 ■ • » i • -r i_ ' ,j redicnt .p. Marl* ibid. 
 
 tartly with him,as lfthey would 
 
 icountcr him afrcfh xviili envy, after his vi- 
 
 ory over the Afidtan'tes ; And therefore God 
 
 rniflicd Abraham upon his Coaqueft of the 
 
 ur Kings, with a protcfting fhicld inftcadof 
 
 triumphant garland, fear not Abraham, / am r 
 
 j field, as it were to dsfend him againft the ° ""' '*' '• 
 
 rry darts of envy ;and in /?0«/* 
 
 was utualfor Captains intri- %ZtZ?T Tn ?f*^ 
 i u L if ft** 1 ™ erat tnumpoantium 
 
 apb, to wear in a golden ball quodprtfefeiebanuincl*. 
 'boflfe, certain charms againft fis intra earn remediis % && 
 ivy, which then they thought *** 
 oft inraged with the fame of their noble a- 
 ;ion«. 
 
 Ic was vertu oufneffe in Ddvid; that provoked 
 tul to malignc him every day more than 
 thcr ; and to requite bis greateft benefits, 
 ith the gr:atcft injuries that were pofliblc- 
 ; the one incrfcafed in grace and favour 
 ith God and men; fo the other nolcffeiri 
 :adly hatred, and utmoft pra&ifcs todeftroy 
 m ; that if the Lord had not f-cured him by 
 cfavingftrettgtb of bis ritfot band, he had cer- p^ '. 
 inly periled 6j the hand of Saul, whofe honour, \sam.*7j 
 ite, life and f afety, were dearer unco him than 
 5 own, 
 
 H * li 
 
ncr 
 
 (too; 
 
 It was repentance in the Nirivhesfhit fo 
 
 diflcmpered lonab, as to envy in a mannci 
 
 Jonah 3. the fucceffe of his own preaching: Codrepenti 
 
 20 him of the evil which he [aid he would do m 
 
 chjp.4.1. t fo m . an( j t ^j s | ccms w j| j n t j ic eyes f t ^ c p 
 
 phct, who forgetting his own deliverance fr 
 ittfc j. the whale, repineth 'bitterly at the delivcrart; 
 of his auditors,and that mercy which he (houi 
 have given his life to obtain, he befccchcth Gi 
 to take away his life, becaufe he feeth it d 
 taincd. 
 
 ' But if you will at once behold the anpanjff 
 
 lelled hiftory of envyed goodneflc, younroe 
 
 copioufly scad it in the lews againft our SavK 
 
 our; (till encreafing their malignity, as heeii 
 
 creafed his good works ; when even thofc tr I 
 
 racks that faved others, ferved onely to deftn j 
 
 himfelf, and ftirred up the people to importu k 
 
 Pilate that he might be crucified, which 1 1 
 
 Romane govcrnour clearly percei ved,and fou^ t 
 
 loh. jg ii t0 re k a [ e him, for he knew that for envy they £ai 
 
 Matb.ij. delivered him Hi funt invidu mores* this is ev be 
 
 * 5 - the nature of envy, r£v ha^T^r aa^sT*/, iti* 
 
 ryndarus faulteth the worthieft perfons,ihofe that fhiiot 
 
 od™\ beyond the reft in glorious anions ; X H P ov * w 
 
 «f e oyx, icifo, it meddles not with fuch as be to 
 
 a meaner quality, that in this refpeft it 15 k 
 
 kind of mifery to grow eminent, when by c p 
 
 fcurity one may avoid the grief or envy of [ f aj< 
 
 ing envyed. rti 
 
 AthUtam And as lt is Wltfl ^ n § le pcr(bnS,fo with pi ^ 
 
 Evexia qu£ ad fammnm plmtudinis evafit periculofa; natnra enim ^ 
 
 §atu manere non poteft , neque ociofa quiefcere* Hjppoc. Afhor; m 
 
 Lib. 1. . A| ! 
 
 li 
 
ck bodies too ; States, and Kingdoms being 
 ice grown into wealth and greatnefs , have 
 ieir cMJgia. ^ifo, like the natural body, fuch an 
 ;qui(itc ftate of health as is in danger to be 
 bvcrted by fome malignant predominant ha- 
 or ; for the fins that arc bred by long pcaccj 
 id plenty, God lets in the fpirit of envy , 
 hich tutnetb a fruitful /and into barrennefs y for p^ z%Xo 
 e mtkednefs of men that dwell therein. -^ % 
 
 And thus it farcth with the Church too ; • 
 henflourifoingmoftinout- C hri(tia*orm * W £%?* 
 ard profperity, and having \vilU, ccntrariamquc /?.#- 
 ?acc from enemies abroad, tatvnem querent , Ucemiaqki 
 ere arifcth a fort of men ethowretfaturitaSjfcc. fa 
 ithin hcr,f like wormes that ^f ** V' 
 ecd in the taircft fruit)^*^- s z °' * ' 
 Zferverfc things ) to draw awaj difciples after 
 em } by mcans\vhcrcof, the bond of Chriltian 
 
 'ace is broken, charity vio- rr . . . . , 
 
 >*A #^.i*v, ^,^^A .!«;#„ "me dominie* vinculum pacts 
 
 P? truth corrupted, unity ^^ c»r.* v h. 
 
 Dt into fchifms and hercfics; * ^ " 
 hefe among others, St. Cyprian reckons to be 
 efruit ofan envious fpirit; But for thelca- 
 nofthefeill weeds, our Saviour feemcth to 
 lvc intimated in that parrablc ot the Tares; 
 fattb. 13. where 'tis faid exprefly, When the n |a j ltl j i 
 ude was fprung uf^ and brought forth fruit, then ' \$\ 
 
 peared the tares alfo % that is, when the Church 
 as*gro wn to fome ripenefs, then was the time 
 r the enemy to annoy her, 077 Tif'77 t&I x^«r 
 Zp&lTntyi as C/emens gives the reafon Clem.Akx. 
 
 it ; becaufc every excellent thing is attcn- Snm -T^ 
 :d with malignity. 
 
 All this while, vvc have confidcrcd enryed 
 H 3 good; 
 
II 
 
 (102) ■ 
 
 goodncfsin reference only unto men in whon 
 it rcfideth ; But then it would be as well con 
 fidered in reference unto him from whom i 
 lam. 12 17. procccdeth, that is, (as the Apoftle faith) Th 
 Father of lights $ from whom cometh down ever, 
 good anuperf est gift. And in this refped, en' 
 will pro * c to be a fowl of an higher fligbt,a I 
 thatftnkes at Godhimfclf: and thus the tc 
 , here fcts it forth. Our labourers in the vine 
 yard fcem difpleafcd at the equal wages of thei 
 i ellowes ; but God who is meant there undc 
 the title of an boulholder , takes the matter t 
 b/mfelf, and interprets their repining to be 
 murmuring at his own moft juft proceedings 
 an envious upbraiding of his goodnefs. So th; 
 in fhort, to malign the gifts and bleffings bij 
 flowed on our fellow-tcrvants, is to offend tf u 
 JDonor of th&n. This were enough for a filet 
 caro^ to flop the mouths of all gain-layers, cori 
 Z?ch;*s?. fidcrmg whofc doing it is ; when the vilefttm 
 Vi*>.L%. 2. men are exalted i And yet the world is full 1 
 fuch muifiuucrs, who are not fatisfied wir 
 that which (truck our labourers dumb, andlc • 
 {Hem nothing to reply : But think they hav 
 mfon on their fide to prefer a bill ©f complair . 
 fwcingfomeperfonsout cf a ftupid Icthargi ^ 
 ^ dulne{s (as it were) awakened to prefermer, j( j 
 
 Relatedby ^ as fa * Ancients pi&wcAliMotheus lyins : 
 
 Vlpian and n ~ 11- 1 1 • 1 1 1 • • '™ 
 
 vLura,, ■ »ecp,and Fortune by him holding a net, wi ^ t 
 
 citanteRbo- g°°dly Cities flowing into it without any a u | 
 
 digtno,$.i8 . o£ his : fo thefe rewarded with a donative, t\ . 
 
 never laboured in the vineyard, much lefs ha l 
 
 torn the heat and burden of the day : when on t ■ .,' 
 
 other flic, others there be, like thofc in t ] 
 
 Goff 
 
►fpel, that have tojled all the nighty and have 
 \en nothings that have employed their whole Lukc *• fc 
 c in vcrtuous induftry, without any the 
 ft cncourageoient,favc t he conscience oft heir 
 od defer ts, and arc either referred over to 
 3ther life for their recompence, or fo unfea- % 5am J 
 lably advanced, that like old Barzillai, they z a * ^ 
 ve not the time, or the mind to enjoy it : 
 :re, many think, they may be /offered to dif- 
 argc their indignation, and defend them- 
 ves With the examples olfob, Vavid^Jeremu 
 } Haiakuc^ whom the Scripture records to 
 ve dons the like ; and yet we do nor hear 
 sm blamed for fo doing* Nay, (o far from be- 
 g blamed, that /bme great Doftors affirm it 
 ivful for them, and others, by the help of a Grr^. de 
 lin&ion : as, that confidering the advance- Vakniia* 
 :ntof unworthy pcrfons precifcly according 
 humane diftribution, we may be offended at 
 :h a difproportion, as a dieted in nature, but 
 at confidering it abfolutely,asitdependeth 
 i the orderly difpofition of divine provi- 
 nce ; or as it is oppofcd to Spiritual things 
 ncoraparifon whereof it is as nothing) wc 
 c not allowed to murmure at it: But furc the 
 :ripture fcarce aliowcth of this difference in 
 ic difpenfing of promotion; declaring clearly 
 this calc, that C/odu the Juige vph§ fats down 
 e and fet sup another , and forbiding us with- ^{Zl '** 
 it any limitation, to fret our [elves becaufe of ^J^ ^ 
 m that pro/pereth in his evil way ; or to be er.*> 
 \ous again ft the workers of iniquity \ unto whom Maldtms 
 :rchancc God gives their heaven in this prc- 
 nt life, evrcn all the heaven ;hat ever th«y fhall 
 H * enjoys 
 
enjoy ; and gives them riches, power, and he w 
 
 nour, for their greater puniftimcnt in the aba on 
 
 of them. So that to murmure at their profper n' 
 
 ty, Were to prejudice the wifdom of God, w* i i 
 
 imployesthe hands of men, as theinftrumenfe 
 
 of his bounty, to difpenfe thofc benefits un! 1 
 
 otberSjWhich from him they have received, t* 
 
 Thus (according to my wcaknefs ) I ha! f 
 
 laid before you a Map of envy ; containing tl : c 
 
 inftrument, the nature, the occafion thcreol irc 
 
 But,as he were but an ill Phyfitianthat woul !oo 
 
 ftomil it ^uveu Tnttfasia, (in St. Bafils words) lcavic 
 
 Jnv. the patient in his ficknefs, without endcavo 
 
 ing to amend it: lo having difcovcrcd thi 
 
 much oi the difcafe, it is meet I fhould apply tl ki 
 
 remedies ; which is the laft exercife of ya n 
 
 patience. 1 ra 
 
 Applica- In applying the remedy, we firft found tl ij 
 
 tion. caufe of the difeafe, and this being taken aw* £ 
 
 the reft is eafily amended; 'Tis the eyc(rtio 
 
 heard) that is the inftrument of this pafli4 
 
 but the mind is that which moves this inftiito 
 
 ment; and therefore this is firft to bcdetftl 
 
 with, ere wc can hope to cure the other. Tj 
 
 wifeft heathen ( as the Oracle voted him) " 
 
 light enough to direft us in this mctho 
 
 SoC'dtesin OpSfyui* w&> M^fc i J&i&fy > we muft 
 
 cbarmide ^inktocure the eye without the head; y 
 
 ' the body without the mind.* and for this, I 
 
 commends as the only pbyfick,e imM^-m vyt4h\ 
 
 thcwhollomcharmesof moral precepts. B*b 
 
 for thcfe,we need not go to any Gcntilc,havft jj 
 
 Jc^Tim tbe te4cher °f the Gentiles ( as llc ftilcs himftU J 
 j. 1 1. im ' for our Phyfician in this kind, who prefcribeti 
 
 t» 
 
 )C 
 
0°5) 
 
 vodire&ions*forthe rcdrcfs of this dange- 
 rs afte&ion; that is, a Caution and a Recipe, 
 i extirpation of vain glory which is the root 
 it, and an implanting of charity, which is 
 c cure of it. 
 
 The former we finde Gal. 5. Let us notbede- Gaf. y.irf, 
 out of vain glory, povoking one another ^ envy* 
 f one another. It is the fruit of vain- glory : for 
 cannot be, but that he who ftrives to exalt 
 Oifeif, cnuft envy the eflare of thofc whom he 
 inks his competitors in glory : and therefore 
 e way not to envy another is to tbmkbutn- 
 y of thy felf ; and by refle&ing on thy infir- 
 itics,to cfteem another better than thy feif; 
 lich is that the Apeftlc cailcth, In honour pre- 
 ring one another 1 But he that maligncththe£ !lI ' ,a * *• 
 aife of another, as undefervingif , thinly more ^veVz, 
 rhlj of him/elf then he ought to thinly and falls 
 to the Pharifees fin ot defpifjng others : and L u ^ e l8 - 
 ould God take him at this advantage , he 
 ould be fo far from claiming an inherit 
 vce with the Saints in light, that he might Cof* i.m; 
 ther fear his portion tvith the hypocrites y and an- Luke 1 *• 
 lievers ; for with their very fin our Saviour? ", 
 argethhim; How can je lei eve that receive ' * < * 4, 
 uour one of another ? 
 
 The other dire&ionis, to put on charitj>CollJ4- 
 rich envietb not; for it cannot be, that he lCor,I 3 %4 
 ould envy snothcrs felicity, that is ready to 
 part his own felicity unto another, as unto 
 member of that hod) whereof Chrifi is the head; 
 no man ever jet hated his own fie fh, but nourifb-Z°' *' 3 *' 
 1 and cheri[7jeth it^ even an the Lord t he (, hurcb; ^ Cor.'i u 
 i if one member he honoured, aU the members 16, 
 
 rejojee 
 
lorn, u.f Hjtfjc* with it ; Now me are nil one body in Chfiftt 
 Snjil Htx- gfaAgvtr* one Members one of another* *vJW t»i 
 
 Rom. ii 
 
 BnfilHtx- an J eVir j one Members one of another f \y$v& ^ 
 
 m.Hm.7.* M j 5 ^ 7f fahh %T ^ M fi t% The Vip Cr be] 
 
 being to 
 accompany with the Lamprey, is faid to empty f 
 himlclfol his poyfonfor the love of that toukj 
 conjunction : How much more fliould tht 
 fpoufc of Chrift, caft away all hervcncmouaJJ 
 rancour for the reverence of fo holy an union 
 
 Eph. y.32. This is a great my fiery ; hut I fpeal^ concerning 
 Chrift and the Church. 
 
 Tofurnifh you with particular remedies be 
 fitting the fcvcral kinds of your difcafes ; I: 
 thoufeeft thy neighbour advanced above thj 
 
 Vaxjdni. * c ^ by favour, titles, or preferment, look 01 
 the Dilciplcs of Chrift, and there you find odj 
 call'd a rock, another leaning on his Maftcrj 
 bread, withouc the indignation of the othc 
 Diffiplcs. 
 
 Or it thou fee another abound in Learning; 
 Judgement, or the like abilities, be not fo eT 
 vious to cby fclf, as to be vexd at that whi< 
 may better, or inform thec, if thou wouldci 
 make a right ufc thereof ; and if thou hear bid 
 defeud the truth with applaufcof others, m 
 not a pervcrfe emulation tempt thee to maia^ 
 -. tain the contrary, tathefnbvertingofthe hem 
 
 14 / n crs : For there is (faith a great Divine j &tj 
 
 Uax.0 Gfc. wo*% *9±& y a time even to be overcome, as I 
 
 chiy©*. every thing b:fide : and it is better to be hfl. 
 
 Eccle(.j.i. nc Qjy vanquifhed, than to obtain awicknf 
 vi&ory, with the fhip wrack of thy Religion 1 
 
 Xam.j. 16. j QT yplj ere €nv ji n g andfirife is % there U {onfufu 
 
 aPtt.I.J, a *d ever y eV M w° r k* 
 *, Or it thou fee him endued with fpiri 
 
 grac 
 
 \\m 
 
 •;C 
 
 111 
 
(107) 
 •aces, as Vertne, Knarvledge, Temperance, Va- 
 wee, and the reft commended by St # Peter to 
 rt Chriftian pra&ice; Here is matter for thy 
 xily emulation,but not for thy titter envy ng^ Jam. 3.14; 
 ou fhouldcft carncftly ftrivc to match him in 
 c cxercifc of holy duties ; but not to damp 
 s alacrity by malicious detraction, according 
 i our Saviours precept ; Our light isfo tofhine Matt.j.i*. 
 fare msrjy thxt they feeing our gosdVvork* , may 
 orifie our father which ts in Heaven. And (hall 
 yenvy be the cloud to dimn the light of o- 
 ers works, and thereby hinder fo much glo- 
 as might redound to thy heavenly Father ? /^vA*^ 
 though fuch a man were thy enemy, yet be- 
 afc God by him is glorified, he ought to be 
 ide thy friend ; and now becaufe that by 
 ai God is glorified, {hall he therefore be thine 
 emy ? O remember whofe bufinefs it is he is 
 out / and rather encourage his faint endea- 
 urs with the addition of thy fervfee ; that 
 :hou may eft help to eftcft what thou dayiy 
 jyeft for, that Gods will may be done on 
 •th by thee, and thy fellow Servants, as it is 
 Heaven by the glorious A ngcls. 
 )rlaftly, If nothing here bciow can quench 
 neenvy, where thou thinkctt thy fclf to be 
 atcd with the pofleflion of others ; look on 
 >fc things that arc above* that eternal inhc- 
 ancc with the Saints in tight, which is not 
 ined, bur enlarged by the number of poilef- 
 s, who fhall he furc of room enough in thefc 
 ny Man(ions : fo many as (hall be accounted , . 
 >rtby to enjoy them; But then here lyes j0,t4 ' ai 
 : fear on Chy par , There (ha^in no wife enter R €YtX , #17 
 
 anj 
 
Gal. j. 20. any thing that defileth ; and thus do all th * 
 
 works of the flefh ; among which arc name< 8 1 
 
 CKHlations,ftrife,envyingf*u;hcTCof the Apoft] ]a 
 
 warns the Galatians with feme vehemence * 
 
 that o\ -d tsr&ojoplt^ they which praUife [uq\% 
 
 Creti'w in things, fijall not inherit the Kingdom of C/od: X f 
 
 hmclocum. inherit Gods Kingdom, is onely for thole tha ■«• 
 
 be the Children of God ; that is, fuch as be re D 
 
 formed after his Image: which he come n 
 
 fhort of, or aboliflhcth in himfelfwhofocvc va 
 
 doth the works of the flefh. The Corinthian * 
 
 i Cor. j. j. are roundly told as much, For whereat there j » c 
 
 among j oh envying, andftrife, and divifions ; an J 
 
 ye not carnal, andwatkju men ? chat is, as natlp 
 
 ral unregencrate men, who arc defcribedb* 
 
 the Apoftle to be full of envy , and malignity ^ 
 
 Rom,i.29 and fuch were wc all by nature, tot we an* 
 
 * Cor.6 4 u ycafked, tot we are buried with Chrift by baptifi (f 
 
 % om * 6# 4 * into death : and how [hall we that art dead to fin ty 
 
 live any longer therein ? The time pa ft of our liji y( 
 
 I Pet. 4.3- ma y fftjfce tu to have wrought the will of the Ge^ Ca 
 
 lt# 3'3* tiles , when we lived in malice, and envy^ 
 
 K hateful, and hating one another. It is now hig^ 
 
 j , ' * time to awake out ofjleep^ andtowalkjhoneftly I'M 
 
 # » f 6r ^, — w<?f * » /?r j/i? <f *^ envying : Si r eccffe s1 
 
 runt de pe&ore too tencbrse, &c. - as St, Cj 
 
 prian hence snfcrretb, If darknJs be dilpel* !i 
 
 from thy heart, if the beams of day have flhin'i I 
 
 on thy foul, and thou art become a child c w 
 
 the light, and of the day, follow the thing ^ 
 
 which arc of Chrift who is the light and tb \h 
 
 day, Qutdinztli tenebras ruis? Why doft tho . (K 
 
 ruih into thine old Egyptian d^tknc(s 9 Md cup 
 
 Wrap thy felt again irTthe night of envy, arwjfi 
 
 witl 
 
(icp) 
 
 nth the damp of that earthly pafllon cxtin- 
 ;ui(h the light of peace and charity ? St. John \ i fm *; 
 ath (hew'd the danger of it, He that faith he is 9. ii§ 
 1 the light $ and maligned bis br ether % u in darkj 
 }fs even until now, and walketh in dark^efs^ and 
 fowetb not whither he goeth, became that 
 trfyes hath blinded hii eyes. Vad it enirn nefcius 
 1 Gehcnnam. Both* St. £fynVf*,and *Aufti* 
 e bold to fay it ; for he goetb blinfold the 
 'ay to hell, and falleth headlong on his ruine : 
 \ having forfaken the light of Chrift, which 
 kould guide his feet into the way of peace. Lukc l 7 * 
 
 [To be fecured from this danger, there is no iohn 8. 11. 
 ther way then to follow h)m who is the light of 
 e world ; and that by obfcrving what he did, 
 \i taught, who prefled nothing fo much as 
 arity while he lived on earth :, and dying, 
 htu an example, that wefkould herein follow his _ % - 
 fs : Were it not for this, he could have 
 redu?, Ktf^x&j $%iu*n yinf ( ss Nazianzen Naz-Om* 
 :aks ) by Hi? will alone, as He made the $. 
 
 hole frame of the world onely by his com« 
 anding word ; but that he would (hew hour 
 jch he loved us, and would thereby excite 
 to love one another. 
 
 This love of Chrift fhould confirain m to %Cfr.fxi 
 ilk in love, as he alfo loved** , and gave him- E^h. 5. x # - 
 f for us an offering to Gsd for afweet fmcU'.ng 
 four. All our fittcrnefs fhould be allayed 
 ith the fweetnefs of what he hatbdonc,and 
 fcred for us; as the waters of Mara were Ex0(J# t ^ 
 dc fwecr by the tree that was caft into them# # %^ 
 num cmcU is of that vertuc, that if we ap* 
 it as wefliould, no root of bitternefs could Heb.i2 # i? 
 
 ever 
 
ever firing up in our minds to trouble us ; i\ 
 would prove the ntortifying of our lufts at 
 affc&ions, the crucifying of this body of fid. 
 
 fe.o *rf <• Novt if we have been thus planted together i\ 
 ■ the likeue/s of his death, we (bottlabe alfointh 
 
 i Pet i.i i bks ne f s °fhi* refurrecliony andfo an entrance /ha 
 ' be mmfired unto us into his everlafiing Kingdom 
 
 Unto which, He bring us in his due time 
 Rom. 1 $. t h at g avc h j s $ on f 0r m yyfox YPC were enem i es ^ t, 
 
 * 1 ' 20 ' make our peace by the blood of his crofs. 
 
 And in the mean time, — O thou great houi 
 holder of Heaven and fcarth, that haft called u 
 into thy vineyard, tQ work our our /alvation b 
 faith and love, according to the qrace that is give 
 
 Rom.i 2.5. m to hs^ give us evermore of that grace to cna 
 ble our iouls and bodies, to bear the burthen an 
 
 *■#»• heat of the da j ; all the difficulties that (hall b< 
 
 fall us by thy providence, during the courfec 
 
 this mortal life. And it it fhall pleafe thee t 
 
 impart any of thy fpecial graces to our fcllo 
 
 labourers ; fo content us witli thy (elf, th 
 
 we may not envie them, but glorific thee, * 
 
 Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, One Godctci 
 
 nal. Amen 4 * 
 
 >tj>: 27 h- 
 
 57' 
 
 SERM. 
 
(til) 
 
 fruition 
 
 SERM. IIII. 
 
 PH I I. J. 2f. 
 
 Vb y (b aU change our vile body, that it may he fa~ 
 fhionedlike unto his glorious bod]. 
 
 Ur Saviour hath got the vifto- w f^ ,,#I4 
 ry over Hell, and the Grave, 1 Cor. ij. 
 and well may we be at the fo- u* 
 lemnitb of a Triumph ; a J*^*/- 
 Triumph of joy , and exal- C* 7 *™- 
 tation , though not of glory ^7^ u . 
 ; this wc lookc for here- w \yfi^ 
 ftcr. It was neceffary, that the Captain and t&i &&c 
 Wince of our falvation (hould go before us into Gtty c *** 
 leaven, both to prepare a ylace for us, and as ^ 2; |Q ^ 
 lib for the place; wc arc not ready to go yet a a&$ j.j u * 
 pbile. It is not meet wc flioirfd come thither Iohn u*» 
 a our old cloths ,thcfe courf: and foiled bodies 5 D r - Donns m 
 his were to lefTen the glory of our Saviours ^^£ 
 :iumph : they mud be new fa(hioncd and re- ^/ 
 ncd ere we appear in his train ; yet in the 9ph.»-t* 
 lean time wc arc fitizens of the heavenly Hie- w.th Heh. 
 vfaltm, and have our tide and intcreft therein, T £ **' 
 wedonoe forfeit chem by our own fault: mun )JL* 
 %J $ 7-: TKhlT&pa. h QuyL?o7i - fays the Apoftlc, cxlorum not 
 *ur * corporation is in Heaven, from whence alfo gcrimusfe- 
 
 cundn BtiJL 
 \*\tJj[m mwicipmm potiks qnam Cnverfationemfignificat. Gallice* 
 Borgefia,(y) Jus civitntk naftra in exhejije reives fumus cxlu non 
 rraZanch. &f 
 
v 1 x *; 
 
 wee iooh^for the Saviour ', the Lord J e fa Chrifi 
 who [ball change our vde bodie^ that it may b 
 fa[hioned like unto his gLrhus body. 
 
 ^Aftraagc, and happy alteration, jfjrom cp 
 
 fcry unto felicity, to be taken out of thedu 
 
 and crowned with ecleftial glory ; and y 
 
 fuch (hall be the honour of our body at the U 
 
 rcfurreftion : it (hall be raifed out of burnt ( 
 
 corruption into high and glorious immorta \ 
 
 tie; of which blcffed expedtetion, my text j 
 
 both the promife and aflurance, wherein yci 
 
 may fee comprized all the means to effeft t\ i 
 
 marvellous work; the exalting of eur bod n 
 
 Vivifm. Here is, jj 
 
 * T Firft, The Artificer Chrift , implyed in tj 
 
 Relative, %*:> Who? 
 
 Secondly, the miraculous manner of or 
 
 working , agrcca61e unto (o powerful &; 
 
 Agent, transfigurabit t (hall change. in 
 
 Thirdly, the matter, or fubjed: of t&\ 
 
 work, Corpus nofirum y Our body, s % 
 
 that, though never (b unlikely to app jty 
 
 ranCw in being humile^ a vile body, 
 
 Fourthly, the pattern, or enfamplcwhccis 
 
 unto he will work, E \ns corpori glori kj 
 
 his glorious body. ^ 
 
 Laftly, the projeft, or intent of this wc t\ 
 
 Vt conformefiat, that it may be faftiio k\ 
 
 like unto ft. rity, 
 
 So, we have every thing requifitc unto idie 
 
 performance of this work, the Artificer, talc 
 
 Matter, the manner, the Pattern, the Prof fa 
 
 that may now ferve tothcraifing ofourfaph 
 
 as hcrcafor to the railing of our bodies : wuk 
 
make each (everal circumftence the Ob- 
 ofourcoiifidcracion j beginning with the 
 t,the Artificer, Q»/ ? who ? 
 t is not curiofity, but gratitude, to enquire fi& p art 
 r our Bencfa&or, and him (o great a Onc y The Ani£- 
 ) :hc Repairer of our bodies, whom we may * cr * 
 d with as much eafe,as £atisfa&ion, by re* 
 Sting on the laft words before, where we 
 ve difplayed with aecurarc heraldry, the 
 vlonr^ the Lord Icfus Qhrijt ; And why in verfe 10. 
 ;h plenty of Titles ? But to intimate unto 
 both the might, andmyltery of ourdeli- 
 
 ter^God, and Mail; who, }Taliauxilio y et n*turanrft?a 
 he bcgan,will COnfummatC indigebax^ et Cdiifa, ut reparare 
 
 «: + redemption in his two- fr" 1 *™" z™™ f c fa*™*\e- 
 a natuie,ootri as ^nnit me hmiBtate m ^ di . A u g de tm. 
 )rd in his divine, and as J e- S5 . 
 
 > a Saviour in his humane "oratione $.-inrefuYre?f. 
 tULT, fliewing in the One his Au ^ r ref«rre8hnis urn alius 
 
 tbility, in the other his pro- M^ptf.qmmDeusnaxurs 
 
 J1 :r ^ t> |5 I duaor i long (time envn exupe- 
 
 lety to raiie usj But both rat ,nnem l«t«r* vimum. 
 ays the railing belongs ua- Vofs.de refur. tbef. *o. 
 him, more eminently as F.fl&rr.i»».K€g.4« 
 : is God, for who fitter* to repaft the body 
 en he that made it ? 0/>*> I-km ri iV/ i'i?>o 
 wsncLt ; as St, Gregory Njjfen {peaks , ne 
 :ft knows how to mend his own work that is 
 ined, and to reftore it unto its former inte- 
 ity. This is the A& of his \Vildom,but it 
 the A£fc alfo of his Power , and that fo 
 intcendcnt, as no power befide is able to 
 zdiiLNottPlatos revolution of thcSpheres, tf 
 >r * Origcns difpofition in the dull, thac*^ **?' 
 ight lye for ever difperfed, did not God 
 I teal] 
 
 
recall it into a oouy • ^o it muii way \u 
 Prerogative of the DeitL 
 *-^^^ and thus, it is common utJL 
 
 I^II^^i^^i thc whole Trinity ; who* >* 
 
 convenient e in tribw agendi they are One in EflcilCC a ty 
 
 concordia, noninunodeficiente nature, fo they are equal an'! 
 efficaaaperatcnduAugMCver. wor king; But it belor 
 iom. [cm. ii. more pc^^y unt0 Chd ;ftor , 
 
 as he is Man ; for by man came alfo the reft u jr ;i 
 
 rettion of the dead, i Cor. 1 5. *U vh) 
 
 i Firft, by the venue of his humane nature f^ 
 
 nited perfonally unto the Deitie, wherteo 
 
 with * it concurreth as an i $ i 
 
 •C*™ fa minifteriodivhha' ftmment uutothe railing Ws 
 
 tu iperibus infervnt , tt huma- bodles b • ^f j 
 
 €it.dtbMutf.inAur.fcr.4. conducing to that Worker 
 
 which Power he manifeftc v 
 
 in thefe effayes of the refurre&ion , (thot fa 
 
 dead that he raifed to life, in the dayes of h ou ! 
 
 mortal flefh) when he dif patched not the mi m 
 
 racle by a Word alone ( as he made thU 
 
 Lute7- 14. World) but by touching the Bier , to (he* 
 
 us thereby ( faith TheofbyUtt) that hisflef § 
 
 hath a quickning vertu^being married to th t 
 
 Word that quickneth all things. And he wi ft 
 
 manifeft this power more apparently at th ( 
 
 Dan. ii. i. general refurre&ion , when by the voice ofth ^ 
 
 3. with Son of Man , all that jleef in the dnfi Jballbi 
 
 letn j .!*• awakened, and ftart up unto Judgement. 
 
 **• Then again, as by the Vertuc, foby th< 
 
 jnpftrepu Merits f h; s humane nature, in his bitter anc 
 
 SiaJfl? bloody paflton, whereby He crucified death 
 
 ffifirrx. into liic^sfl^meHsfirains it h$ Imwdwatprf) 
 
 anc 
 
1 d opened the Kingdom of Heaven unto all 
 l lievers; That as ^hc dearh of the legal 
 [ igh-Prieft did *? mrel^i ' 
 '•*A'm,(as Ifidtr PelHJkt E rf «o 9 .IJ.?.w tte place 
 \ n J i r ii m Numbers chip. **. v . if 
 
 '") rcftore the cafuall *" •&• 
 
 *n-ilayer unto the Land of his pofleffion : 
 the death of our eternal High -Prieft, will 
 lore us to our heavenly Countrey ; for ha- 
 lg taken away fin, that was a the caufc of 
 
 arfl, life followeth of it , cbriflus per mortem fumpec^ 
 
 ^as we may tee in the Ar- catnm fufiulh quod fuh caufa 
 
 les of OUl Creed, ftraight rnertiSy nem.ni v. dubium eft, 
 er the forvivenefs of fi»s y 9»* c * u f a remota effeStm an- 
 mesin, TFc reflection of **• '"• *<"• 
 ■ £0^7, that cannot long be imprifoned in 
 e Grave, the ran f ome once paid tor its dcli- 
 rance : or our Saviour fhould loofe thereby 
 c reward of his fufferings ; who had not 
 ffered fo much in his body , but that ours 
 xild enjoy tbj benefir. So that, Aferitojuf- 
 aturus — we may affume Tertnllians confi- Teml. dt 
 nee ; well may he raife the flilh, that him- r i l 'rr % c*r- 
 t was made, and from deaths that himfelf nts 
 fered, and from the grave where himfelf 
 is laid. Nor ne:d we make d ubr,buc what 
 : hath begun in himfelf, He will accom- 
 (h like wife in us, and raife alfo our vile bo- 
 ; . the fubjed of this work, and our next 
 rticular. 
 
 Had it been our innocent body* f uch as it Second 
 sat the firftmaking> ithadbeennodrdi-p*". Tt c 
 7 preferment; for flcth and blood, the^^' 
 wn ofearrh , to inherit the Kingdom of 
 d. And yet,then it was in its purity ,and had 
 I a fosne 
 
fome nearer affinity with Heaven ; but: J 
 this vile and despicable body, fo marred a •. 
 difordered by fin ; for this to have theglc ' 
 of a refurrc&ion, is a miracle as great as t 
 refurre&ion : you will eafily allow of t fc0 
 wondring* if you but fnrvey the ftory of 
 vilenefss In its Original > Exfeecibus terra. 
 Veto TertttlLUHs language, from theflime a; 
 
 dregs of the earth, no better then the d\ 
 we tread en ; Nay,worfe fince that, a De l, 
 a Job 14, mHn ^° fi^ine, in Jobs confeflion, concetvea 
 4. fecund, nnclean [eed, fuch as weevenblufh tothi 
 vufcdt. on ; Then in its bed eftate obnoxious to 
 the variety of miferies, as want , difeafes, a* 
 deformity, and whatever either injury can! 
 fli£t, or weakness fuffer ; and y et there we 
 fome excufe in its weaknefs, but it hath m 
 b wifd. fJx&My a ^° 5 oppofing, and b deprefling th 
 1 y« " which h divine in us with its earthly weigf: 
 
 and obfeuring thcfplend* 
 
 *Miui rffe inferos negaverunt of our heavenly feint : th 
 -qumnipf* corpora, quibus inch- C Qm r*PMnfonhrr*m* -ir 
 fa anima career em fotdumpaii- \ OVUt s 1 HUOLOpnciSin a ze 
 
 ax*r, &c. vid. Mac>$b fomn. lous blafphemy, pronounce 
 Scipionis, lib. 1. it the only hell of the (bnl, , 
 
 which (he did not fomuc 
 • Marih live,as take pennance; and fome * Heretic; 
 vTtitin ty * bold ^ facrlled Se, denyed it to be Gx 
 Manicb. own making, and devifed another to be tl 
 Creator. But in a more fober deteftatic 
 VtQdn. you may hear N , *z,ianz,en accufing it by h 
 
 Orgt.tfJe OWncx ipencncc:Q^ I^^t^K^h, £*ri£7n* 
 
 PaupMmo- ^f^oy , chat when it flourifhes, vexes me wii 
 
 rc * war , and when it languiflies , afftids me wit 
 
 grief; which Hove as a fellow-fervant, ar 
 
 loa 
 
 
J Dath as an enemy, flyas an impediment,em- 
 jrace as a companion ; It I ftrive to opprcfs 
 .l c> I wane ics afliftance in good a&ions, and 
 : [I deal friendly with it, I endanger a rebel- 
 lion. O wonderful Conjun&ion, and alicna- 
 fion! what I fear, I cheriih; what I love, I 
 I ear: wc have here fo much to look upon, that 
 ;ve may forget to look any 0nA . ... .... .... 
 
 arther And vet the ^reateft ? f *****'>***** d V mm 9 
 I artner . /ina > et me greatcit eaiuct jn Qrtgincm terrdm ^ 
 
 . fliCneS IS behind,ln Its Irailty cadtveris nomen> & <U ifto qu*~ 
 itnddltsolution : tO fee it fall que nmine peritur* in nudum 
 
 nto earth , that earth crum- **&)** nomen, inomUvQta. 
 Sle into dull, that duft va- «-»*» *«**- 
 aifh into aire, b that now we have nothing 
 to lee any further. And can you then blame Aa.17. 3 i m 
 the Athenians for mocking at the ne wes of a 
 refurrcttion ? You cannot from the light of 
 nature, but you may from the fchoole of 
 Chnft, which doth teach us to our comfort , 
 that our body is neither fo defperate, or igno- 
 ble , but it may rife again ; AH the vilenefs 
 is from our Iclves, *A principle non fn'it ita ; Ma f« l 9$* 
 it was not Io from the Geation. It is C°rpns 
 noftre. humHitatis^ in the text,not a the vilenefs a T t „ Zanm 
 of our bodie, but the body of our vilenefs : chics ob- 
 the vilenefs is more ours then the body; The k***iem 
 body is Gods, who created it honourable , ™ * c 
 till we dishonoured it by fin. And yet hath it p ace " 
 pkafed the divine good nets that can works Admhan- 
 good out of evil ( as it brought light out of ^ Dei fo: 
 darknels) to make even this vilenefs fervc to tenti* , *c 
 our advantage : This weaknefs to humble us, te™*$,qu& 
 
 ilia quo que 
 quamicontumeliam^ & dtftraffhncm v : dcntur tendered fuarn glorii^ 
 faadbominum utilitdiem convcrtit. Hjfer. metb*llb* 1. ca? . 33* 
 
 I 3 that 
 
ft 
 
 that when the conceit of our exec llcn< i-' 
 
 too much exalts us,the fenfe of our infirmit; f 
 
 may curb and reftrainus. This malignity p 
 
 exercife us, that having our cnemie ftili h 
 
 hancTto encounter us, we may ftill be addrc j$ 
 
 fed toafpiritual warfare* This mifery toe k 
 
 cite us, that we may groai k 
 
 Mr4 4^ now piLm -cci- th . c m ? re earncftly tor 01 , 
 
 *«></« roUmtiir ifl'onM, &t. adoption , the rcdemptK fe 
 
 ibid Nam* maffacarnisnoftrs- of'OUT'&ody. Nay laftl w 
 qualis nunc eft, exceUentes ill* this corruption to purific I C 
 entorum refifatatorum dotes t h at we may fo become C fl 
 induct, atque mhtrcre mtmmt , , * '. l . , 
 
 /#«r: fuambrmmarteam- pable ot glorious endow 
 fumi penitits, fchacnon aliter mentS; when OU1 - body (hi jj 
 quam amum i^ne purtatur , arife more glorious OUt < 
 
 c^44f«m«4nm q*aliutitmix- that duft, in which it teeme 
 SSf&?^&: tobcabolifhcd; forthoug 
 n often Jh. i Cor. 15,36. it be hidden unto lenie , it 
 
 not loft unto nature : nc 
 may we call that a perilling , which is on! [ 
 aretyring. Habettfr ctre fuos ftntis interim r ; 
 
 l » j/rr - j. Tmullian had the faith t 
 
 Cum in h&c gjjiolvt videtur , ,. r . p-r , 1 
 
 velut in vafo transfonduur [ dlfccrnc them. The bod 
 
 fi etiam ipfa vafa defecerint in hath its receptacle as Well c 
 
 foam matneem tenam reforbe- the foul, and though it b 
 
 tut, utrurfus ex ilia reprieve- difperfed among the fou 
 
 m > dtn ^ cap ' *i* Elements, it is but laid up i 
 
 , fo many vellcls, t hat fhall faithfully reft ore 
 
 at the rcfurre&ion. Look but on its Crcati 
 
 iVinedaln on ' anc * we nccc * not doubt of its repairing 
 
 lob. a that was from the dull, and this is no mon 
 
 £>uid mi- a Then did God prov : de us a type of the re 
 
 rabilius quam in noftra erigine fy prima for mat ione ex terra vncgtnem t 
 mmoria noftra mmii conjiitujjje Deum> rupjus in ipfa nop a merte ( 
 
 furrc&ion 
 
(IIP) 
 
 $&tu in terra futurtper refnr. nativitatk* fy uitd foldtvi ofiei :ijfe t 
 I reg. Nyfs . Or at . 3 . de ref. v. 
 
 f jrrc&ion ; and as by forming it our of earth, 
 *ic prcfented us with the memory of our 
 :f leath : fo by its returning into earth , he pre- 
 *e:nteth us with the hope of a new life. Or 
 H we look on the excellencies of its creation, 
 01 vc may there find hope of its repairing, the 
 deliberate * contrivance of thcTrinky^the <di- » Aquin.f. 
 "J fine curiofity of its workmanfhip, in making i.q# 1 an. 
 H after the image of its maker,wkhthc marks 4- Gen. 1. 
 G >£loveraignty and dominion. It is not likely **• 
 w :heyhad been graced with Abfit utDeus wgenii fui warn, 
 
 Romany prerogatives tO lye adjfatnsfui vdginam,molitionk 
 
 ( br ever abandoned in the fa regmm, liberalhatis ft* 
 
 c srave Aid vet how little bdreJm.rehgionvfafdccrai- 
 grave. xx,iu yuiiuw littic xem ^ te a- im . nji f ul m inem % 
 
 5 are thele to tho e otaers in cbn $ f ui iororem m £term an 
 
 • their regeneration ? When Jifiinct mtcitmn Tenul.de 
 
 [ it pleaicth the Almighty to refwr. car. 
 
 Ualhionthem iiiro weapons of rigbteottfnes^ toRom^.ij. 
 
 1 incorporate them into members of his Chnft , 1 Cor.6.1 J 
 and to build them into Temples of his fptrit > vcfe 19. 
 Now can any imagin: that thefe weapons 
 fhould lye ufelcfs in the grave, o: theie mem- 
 bers divorced f om their body,or thele-Tem- 
 ples demolifhed in the duft ? Certainly God 
 is .10 lets jealous of his glory in heaven, then 
 Upon earth ; and when here we glorify him in 1 Cor .*.!». 
 our bodies, 'tis reafon that Cum Deusjit Rex ghr'id, *e- 
 there We ihould have bo jies ceffe eji ut cives ejdS Rvgni cm- 
 Whercintoglorifie him, Or gruenter veftiant*r,ii*perft8i 
 
 dfc, hcfhoul-llootcagrcac J^^l'L^, 
 
 part OI his glory ; tor none e ft g i t f M animarumyc t. Gxl. 
 five him thanks or fraife in the V*ri[. ie univ. p. ». 
 I 4 grave. 
 
DO! 
 
 grdue. And as God fliould lofe fomuch ■ bn 
 
 his glory ,fo we of our happinefs, if our fou ek- 
 
 °nly reign in blifs, without the feilowihip < jjdc 
 
 their bodies, that are nolefsfenfiblc ofblil $ 
 
 , T . r convenient unto them. Na 1 & 1 
 
 2£5S#CUfi ourfouls being pa.cs onlyj* 
 
 gdnuipfafiieffeittvufimH' humane nature, welhouljo: 
 
 tilau quanta ad res quarnofe- be thereby * no more the 
 
 rgti»nes exercenm p.r corpora, halt bleflfd, nor appear i 
 
 G^ffeuM^.ca^. comp i eac Saints, as we ar 
 «Jn\mt^^Aw men; but more imperfed i 
 
 communis eft alius, qua animus the lUte ol glory, then W 
 
 ecgitavit, corpus effedtyutrumq^ were at the Creation. Bip 
 
 in judicium venlat , ttrxj^ice let man fejfc ot h ; s happifca 
 4Ht pa?n<£ rferftftKr, autgloru re- r rannftr r^j of hi ^ 
 
 finfrtur* A»*. <fe jf* refur. nets, yet cannot Uod Ot 111 A\ 
 
 Vt ex focietate , <fr c/rard* * ft*n$C; which rcndring un 
 
 quamreddideritauimacaro.ali' to 6VCry One according t< 
 quideicommodiproveniat. Cyp. to h} s work, Will not futfe 
 de refur, . . . .the body to be unrewarded 
 
 EtwquQconvementius incorrupt , ^11 rrn j 1 
 
 tiWiWe/^^r« M y« but as it hath allied tin 
 
 in q:?o corruptibili gtmuer u nt. folll ill her labours, ill Watch 
 
 AugJe civ.ti. it. } n g an( j fafting , and prayjl 
 
 ingy fo to accompany the foul in her recom J 
 Corpus no- penfe , the joyes of Heaven. And thai 
 ftrum.) n0 t any other,bui Corpus xoftrtsmy Our body 
 . mm e (i c d The fame to reap the fruit. 
 
 ^SinT^tiAriSa^ that (owed the hope of fal- 
 rdjuflititrfitparticeps beatitud. vation. Thele eyes that have 
 iffius,itxcojigruumeft>utpars y fmarted with tears of com- 
 v. oculus, pet quem fanUuiU pun aion , to be delighted 
 
 iBaSSgssSSi r h ,° b ! cds °< *** t,Kfe 
 
 lob. 19. %7< Suare^. hands tnat have been open 
 
 in charity, to be filled with 
 plenteous bleflfugs \ Thefe bowels that have 
 
 yearned 
 
(I.I) 
 
 •warned in compaffion, tobcrefreihedwith, 
 
 1 :hcerful pleafures, which otherwife they had 
 
 <i til done in vain, and fo the . ^v. ^ fuM tm *•_ 
 
 * Jodies of Chnltians were ot t(|rw £ ^ in urne . tMJie tu ip . 
 
 ')ill mens moft miferable; f e M n fis fi in t«m funexcris 
 
 < lor ftiould their fouls be in diet*, ch-yfoL 
 
 *mich better condition, that si dtfiinSa fit m*uri* quart 
 
 aoy taking a ftrangc body, irftTmattritpuiktillayudam 
 
 l<k)UldfetupanOth?rp?rfon, antm, tranf^ranoSu^ 
 
 rand by that meanes incurre Ai ^ }$^m£\t 
 
 ;(poor fouls) the tranfmigra- €u erm{trVitS a vefiigia &*. 
 
 'cion of Pythagoras . But our LeodeAfccnf.Ser.i. 
 
 1 Saviour hach quit US of this Ipfafacit teftimoniajui cor- 
 
 ifear, by retaining the print pons, fa rtfon. indicia,^** 
 
 ofthofe wounds that here- /*< /«?'<" "™*d« K" 
 
 ceived at his paflion; both to f' on " chr ^ 1 16 * 
 
 fhew, that his body is the fame that it was, 
 
 and ours to be as his, at the refurrectioji ; the 
 
 fame that it was in reality? though mended in 
 
 conditions, by the power of Chrift , who (hall 
 
 change them S The miraculous manner of 
 
 his working. 
 
 HE that hath fo much fubtilty.as to divide ^'^^ 
 a moment , might give you a defer ip- The Man- 
 tion of this change, allowing it a place be- ncr - 
 twecn the refurrettion and glory. But when ic<>f-* £ft 
 all fhaJl be done in the twinkling of an eye^ (be «* * T ^ 4 *» 
 done in leffe fpacc then we fay it now) Our jV^ S ? 
 belt underftanding thereof is to confound \i)*mjfi. 
 it with the reft, making all three but one hOtiJimtcmf** 
 The rifins;, changing , and glorifying of our rt ab f 9t ~ 
 body. Yet, though we know not the doing yf a ji* eC 
 of ic, we mult beicivcic ro be done, which is %£'&£* 
 
 fo 
 
\. 
 
 (Ill) 
 
 fo requifiteunto glory , that none can be gle $ 
 .r . jt ■ r«. rifted without it: not thofetha 
 XJSSS&mS. ^ be found alive at the la 
 fcr dtmutwtm cxfnn- day , who (hall rather cicapp 
 ttd ancunent cum re fur- death, the condition of Mortal: l 
 gentibus. Tertul. dc refurr; t h en t h j s changing , the condlt 
 €g t-+ u onoftheblefled: For though* 
 
 fhall not all Jlecp , yet rve {hall all be change^ 
 V.rct. ? Cor. ch. 1 5, 
 
 MauM-t. All (hall be changed : That is agree< 
 43c. on,but in what manner they (hall be changed 
 * Num.** hath divided opinions. Some imputing 
 Tkciff l ^ $ c ' lan g c unto the fubftance of our bodies * 
 tift*' - which fiii difdain of this grofle compoficion »' 
 V.Greg- they would promote into an aiery , or ceiefti n 
 Mral. lib. all nature. An errour once committed 
 ]rv?* 9 an( * * ^clamed by Eutjchius; but refumed af 
 Harml ter ^ im ^Y c ^ c Socinians,that with the rtfur 
 ^rM^fj.redionotan old errour, deny the refurre&i 
 T*gr$.& on of the old body, nay thereby make itnc 
 Befkri ex- body at all, but a mecr fpirit; or which i: 
 folvbo* more prodigious, <™/x* »V<»><x7:r,a bodilefs bo- 
 tin.ser.i. dy, no lefs phantaftick , then the minds thaq 
 
 pmif.u conceive it. 
 
 . „ A ^ • :l . : ^ a Others as ridiculoufly, afcri- 
 
 &&£&!&. Wthb change -*»£&«: 
 
 *#/*. 1 14. K. p.Mart.ibid. of our body, that in Itead of this 
 
 Num.* 4. Dan. 12^. humane (hape, in (hall be round. 
 
 Simtteria corporis refur anc J orbicular , not thinking it 
 
 genus noneffetcjufdemfpxi- fa tQ - ^ , fo 5, 
 
 «, compmtum ex ula non 1 r • l j 1 1 1 1-1 
 
 /U» »*» #r idem bmo, unlefe " be moulded like unco 
 
 vff//w net homo , /></ wan- them* (A metaphor well bent- 
 
 firum. Suare^. t j I4 g t hc Poet) But this were to 
 
 rife Monfters gather then men , and (to the 
 
 mtamy 
 
aoifamy of heaven) to make us more deform- 
 ed by glory. 
 
 .ai We need go no farther for our direction 
 ajuercin, then that, that was the occafionof VGerharti 
 ils heir miftake ; which is che word here, hc.com. 
 ivk-nto-xipA'tio-tt 'that fignifics a change* not of #/**'*• 
 ihefubftance,orthefigure, but ofthequali- M * ru 
 %kxts y (uch as be not worth the keeping ; It is 
 )ut*5£fat jthe habit onely^ notf^^A! the bo- 
 ft ly, that (hall thereby be changed; which our « CV. i* . 
 iApoftie exprcflcth elfe where , by a phrafe of ^ ; 
 jrjivefting ; This mortall [ball fat on immortality; +#£*• 
 i iotas a flame todevourc, but as a garment nature fa 
 i| :o cloath , and adorn it. Glory , though it )m ncn dc- 
 i exalt , yet will notdeftroy nature , nor take P™*^ 
 \ away ought of her en tirenefle, but amend her ^p*^ 
 [.impeife&ions. It (hall be ftill the fame body t ' m *t& 
 . in effence, though different in properties. As refift. ' 
 .the iron that gloweth with fire, sim !anaJi co i $repur ^ 
 } is the tame that it was before, pured'ting*uir % manctqui- 
 and the wooll no other that is ** prijlina, fedekp*l- 
 ftained with purple* And fince ^p^^rfiri/^ 
 out Saviour hath demonftrated this truth in 
 himfelf; it is not boldneft, but piety > to auks 
 him our Example who in the 
 • preluded he*^ glory of b ls >*$&*■ JJE5B 
 transfiguration , when his face fe f Hrre monis , &f*rmam 9 
 dtdjbifie as the Sun^ retained then quid refurgentes per Chri- 
 the fame feature, and linea- fa>»> c hnfli mutants m 
 ments/to be b known of Peter. ihrim.Gbyfibg.Siw* 
 And in thefe many Epiphanies of himfelf, af- 
 ter his rifing,it was but theufual (ubftance of 
 of his body that he prelented unto his difci- 
 pies ; which he proved by tfce evidence of 
 
 his 
 
hisfiejbsndboHes^^ndcxpotcdk unto the di 
 cuflion of their ableft fcnCes, That we ne< f 
 not fear to loofe any thing by our chang \ 
 no more then he did by his,as not doubt of tf $ 
 Trdnsfau- certainty of our change , though fo long afti : f 
 rabitin W s > though his be in the time paft , fo mar \t: 
 the future agesagone ; and ours be in the future, w |at 
 tenfe. know not when : Me tenia die ab aridita & 
 On that in mor ^ virnit ; It is St.Gregories allllfion. \] h\ 
 Num.eh. indeed like the rod oitAaron foon reflounft fc 
 17- v*. ed into life, {hewing the power of his divinitj \\ 
 by the renewing of his body. But we lik % 
 thofe rods of the other tribes,muft lye withere 
 in the grave, expe&ing untill the laft dav, th \ 
 f pring of a ref urre61:ion. And good realon w 
 a , Cor. feouldfo; if he as the a fir ft fruits is gone befor 
 15.10. us,that we as the reficiue, ftay till the hatvefl 
 V. PMart. that he in all things v may have the prehemi 
 N* ,R€g ' 4 nence,as in time, and order, fo in venue, an< 
 fol&e?har- ^ nii Y* His body that was all pure, and im 
 diioc.com. maculate, had nothing at all to hinder the ri 
 fing; but ours that was born in finne, ant- 
 hath drunk iniquity like water , muft be con 
 tent to lye in the grave, to extraft its impuri 
 Xty^-ikcttw fating all the day es of its appointee 
 b Job cha. time ^ Hnt W oht change come b : And come it wil 
 14. ver.14. one j a ^ w j^ t ^ c com j n g f our Saviour,whc 
 
 will recompence the delay of his coming with 
 thefulneffeofhis bounty: changing this iamc 
 body of vileneile , into a body full of glory 
 even after the likeneffe of his glorious body 
 which is the patterne or enfample where< 
 unco he will work ; E\*s corpori ghriofo • his 
 glorious bodv. 
 
 Then 
 
f»0 
 
 rHen, a body he hath in heaven ; and did f^ r * 
 not leave it behind him, when he went jhepac- 
 fflhto glory. It was but a dreaming phan- rem. 
 
 * ie of a fome,that he had bequea- 
 
 * hed it unto the Sun, becaule of a y ™ er &° h 'l™.*** 
 -hatof the «Utifefa** ,./»< 'fTZZ^t"^, 
 
 J abernAculHmfrS the vulgar reads & [parens lucis radios,cui 
 He j He hath fee his tabernacle in fanfyrum expert emm 
 4 he Sun* Or that hehadfwal- nnfimi*. Theod.takg.%. 
 I owed it up by his divinity, be- '^g^SL - ** 
 i ;aulc of that ot the Apoftle , Wr 
 fl^w C/?ri/?- »£ »*<?r£ rffter ri< ^r/&: As if the 
 k leih did misbecome him in his glorious eftate, 
 *md were therefore in their rigid conftriidti- 
 [3H, to be excluded from cntring heaven, 
 t which is atreafon beyond that of Indas; b &cn b v.Gtrh. 
 co rob Chrift of himlelf, by robbing himof/oc.*wi. 
 that nature , which he made himfelf. But it 
 is as cafie for our faith to reftore, RefurreSio Dmini non 
 What their impiety Would vio- finis earn* fed commutdtio 
 
 late, and more cacholick to f^necvirmu * dugmw 
 to avouch, tnat tne Body of our ^J it J u ^ iunm J m . 
 Lord is not endea , but refined radefecii,&merit'odicitur, 
 withglorV; nor hath changed i-<tr« Chrifti m eojtdtu,quo 
 the propriety, but the mortality <w«"«j#m»««*I 
 into the tote and wontfaofin- ^gggSS'SE 
 corruption ; By meanes wnerc- f ltter e jfentiam,& non fit 
 of it now appeareth in nolcffe iff* per gkriam. Leo dc 
 Excellency , then before in hu- rtf - Ser - u 
 milky, and is no more a dilhonour* but a 
 -glory to our Saviour ; ferving him as a Tro- 
 phy of that conqueft which he wonneinhis 
 flefh, nay as a Triumph of that conqueft 
 
 of 
 
(i 2 6) 
 
 jhtectt^i ^ that conqueft which he wonnc in wea 
 
 I 
 
 lye 
 
 ft 
 
 DC 
 
 &fan£M, nc * s 5 in weak flefh prevailing over the pow 
 *JK^*./h*/ofdarknefs* And as thus it ferves to his g 
 fy cctin fc r y 5 fo as m uch unto our benefit>to confirm 
 J^P e/ usthehopeof a like advancement .• that hfj! 
 TertJcrc- v * n g (zsTertnlli** (Hies it) defofitum carrtis , 
 /«r. arm*, pledge of our flefh in heaven, we may expe 
 
 aT , f . . . our owne to come after > a n. * 
 
 ^SSS^S&Se doabcjgol.Hlo.ftipi.rfo. J 
 .MMmbv «o« <•/? <fc ^«*«- as wc doubt not of a commun » 
 «/(>«» »*f«r^. l.o ce re- on in nature j A comraunic "l 1 
 fur. Ser.i. ftiil reall in fubftance , asbefoi* 
 
 »&££3fi£ .imeiomifc.y,«hilchoco„va 
 ghriofaptr fyuithncmJi- ted here on earth. For though 
 vimmis perfeflam;Efl a. his foul was originally glorioi K 
 difpenfative fattum, ut ab by the fruition of the deity , y< * 
 
 slzj* /f r ^ w r/r for thc work ° f ° ur redern P ci ° 1 
 
 AiSfVJ.^ !? e reftrained that glory iron « 
 
 Y.Gerh.foc.eom. flowing OLlt intOlllSDody ; Fo J 
 
 Et M*!cl% Cani loc. who had bin acccflary to his pal » 
 
 t hcol. lib.i i. cap. r j. fion? j t his divinity had brightlj 
 
 fhined through his flefli, as one time it die 
 
 on the Mount ? But having once accom 
 
 pliihed that myfterie by his death , ther 
 
 ftraight way his foul at his rcfurreftion diHu- 
 
 fed her glory into the body,although the body 
 
 appeared not glorious unto the eyes of his 
 
 • u.~+a~* , v» dilciples; as being unable tocn- 
 
 stored*; r P 6w y aJajtru- dure io bright a luftre. But yer* 
 
 endam c*mhs vcritatem then was liis body dilcharged 
 
 fidemque refnr etthnU. Jo. of all mortall afte&ions i For in 
 
 XXmulc r.liku.c^p.1. t [ lat fe too J, f OQC J J c was not | 
 
 lJ£&$%fSL outofhumaneneceffity, butdij 
 Awg; <k temp. Scrou*?. vine dilpenlation,and done with 
 
 like 
 
ike miracle , as he faftedin the wilder nefs. 
 f icither was it for the refrefhment of an hun- 
 1 :y body » but for the proof of a true body > or 
 
 (you Will) not tO nOUrifll his Cibantn indigtbat ctTfts 
 yJVa fielh, but the faith of his immrtalitate (hndtWH, fed 
 
 ifciples And to like plirpoie cm viveniium in b*cwi 
 ,ere his wounds ad f*„ a „d* ^^>$% 
 K ulncra, ( as bz. Anpn applies Ter cibnm,&pumdam*- 
 ilCm) to cure the Wounds of ftravitdubirantibnsJeejus 
 
 iicir unbeleif . neither were veritate. Thtod:&*\: x. 
 
 , 1 c,>ny t okcn S 'oihisw ? ak„,ls > ^ r r'»;^;t,t 
 
 { ut rather enfigiKS of nis glory, rMMj „ t f MMnt WnJM „,. 
 
 j 3 witnefs and remembtance ot credulity*. Aug:5«: <Je 
 
 I lis noble victory. But being temp. 147. 
 
 I »ncc afcended into heaven , He N . m 1. «*»«?«»■ 
 
 U , 1 j l • i . ranix > cicatrices fervant> 
 
 c io longer concealed his glory, f e dutinperpetuHmvia 9 rU 
 ): >ut fuftered it to Itream forth f u * evemfma trnanp- 
 jtito his body in all glorious fjbvm.Ucner. Beda. 
 abundance; honouring it with ^fi^redeamhnkf^ 
 [,11 the graces .that the deified ^££ 
 [j :a ure can receive,and the divine p, s derivavh , # "*f*- 
 ( iature beltow-, Graces furpafling aum en corpus thrbfkm.- 
 t he conceipt of man , and how Ac l uin - *• ^ 5 5- an.3. 
 ^uch more the cxpreflion ! yet what he 
 path difcovered that was caught up into c 
 jhe thrd Heaven > we may falcly report, 1 ° u * 
 jseingthc gifts of drifts glorious body> 
 .wherein ours shall be fashioned like unto it, 
 which is the projett , and intent of this 
 jwork. 
 
 I T 
 
 
(izs; 
 
 Fifth? art. _. 
 The Pre- 1 
 
 
 jeft. 
 
 T Was the priviledge of Man at th 
 [Creation to be made after Gods imagj 
 i u i n • but* that was chiefly in his foul 
 
 •CommuntcaturhemmDei tt;,i > i j r i jL i 
 
 fimilmdo per modi imagt- ™ body had little (hare in thf 
 
 nis fecund, mente tantum. liKcnels, and loon forfeited th 
 
 ftcundum alias v, partes little by fin , unto death , at 
 
 p-ertmdumvejiigii (E ? bt(. corruption; ytt fee the ra: 
 
 o 9 i!m'LT m ' P,t ' mercy of God l that for the o 
 
 'bPerverbi'hypvflatkam paire of his workmanfhip , b 
 
 wniencm, o» twm jjl^w t» came an incarnate Example,th 
 
 y'iyn-w, j $ Tr.n >&t fo , the body as well as the foi 
 
 ffifSe'GfcZ*"* m{ M hz P a " ake ? f the divine f ' 
 
 de oei imag.' militude . Thus is the body mo: 
 
 b honoured at the repaire >then 
 
 was at the creation , as the likenefs wher 
 
 with it is hoyeurcd , is like wife more he 
 
 nourable^. That was onely by the word, bt 
 
 - e Veimenim efl ceufons th . i / 5 >y the c company of Chrif 
 
 vnde fiumt omnia bma, aniing from the vifion of h 
 
 vita.fy fa/uft fed cars at- glorious body. That ondycor. 
 
 ijKf humanitas eftquafi ca- fifed in fome fading refemblad 
 
 d Dos eft perpetuus am, d endowments ;and thole to pr<| 
 m& fo corporis ornaw cious , that all the treafures anl 
 «m fufficiens, interna riches of Nature are too poor tl 
 
 beatmdtnejugiterperfeve- exprefs them. 
 
 When the body fhall be atti 
 red in thefe eornaments,wherev 
 St, Paul gives the fiimme, an< 
 f Schoolmen the terms s in g im 
 pafiibility, being h delivered froi 
 k Incorraption. v. 41. * the bwage ofcorrtiftidn into th 
 
 Rom f 8 .%%: and *j, freedoms of inviolable eternity 
 
 rans> Aquin. iuppJ. q*9$. 
 art. 1, 
 
 c Veluti quibufda ornamen- 
 tisChrijl^s Eteflorum [no- 
 rum corpora ditabit* 
 f Eftius in a •fenc. 
 
n a clarity, fo refplendently _, - . . . 
 
 dutiful, ««« r b« agio- Kitaaa.*!? 
 
 jfaea eye can behold it* In b p cw *r, ibid, fo as to meet 
 
 Agility , anfWering the foul Chrift in the ayrc. iThe(.4,I7- 
 
 i moticaas eafiiy as her own c VuUt.Vtfitfimik ffiri* 
 ioijghts,&: with like expedi- f^ JJ» ve s rt ' m tn ff 
 !onv c In fpirituality,becom- _ l uin « u P tc l- 3* 
 lg fo conformable unto the fpirit, as if it were 
 yen changed into it : when we (hall be no 
 
 more fubjed to any bodily incumbrance, Mat.tt.30 
 lore then the bleffcd Angels , ( but more 
 'onderfully they) in the truth of a body, be 
 
 ithout the infirmities, O this were atranf- ijjbJere- 
 
 Imation worth the ftudy of a Paractffus; ftmend* 
 jtough not to attempt it on earth , but to ex- J*V***< 
 ( *£t it in heaven. A transforation really cf- 
 3 dting what he vainly pretended, the enfran- 
 
 lifcment of our bodies into youth* and im- 
 mortality; In contemplation of thefe joyes, 
 • )W may we anticipate heaven ! andbctran- 
 
 >rted thicher in out foules, by meditating on 
 n e glo:y of our body, that k fhall be not only 
 ';hioned into a glorious body , but fafhioned 
 ^tH'ito (^hrlft-s glorlom bedj^uHvai uC 'jLL/xoppor , as . 
 
 at Chrjfofiom repeats it with aftonifhmcut, /Jjjf*' '" 
 *liion-d like nn to that body , thatfittethac 
 
 c right hand of the Father, like unto that 
 . lich is adored by glorious Angels, and at- 
 ll idedwith heavenly Spirits: that which is 
 
 ove all Principalities, Power, and Domini- 
 % s\ Then to confidcr the difparity in the , , _ 
 Sjcft glorified; that it is *W, this vile bo- ^J 1 ^ 
 
 1 ,and none other, that is enobled thus with ^ cr . 
 Sry. This weak and impotent body fo 
 
 K armed 
 
(MO) 
 
 to ,* , e . armed with impaffibilk* L 
 
 ttngrutnti* cum colons fua- to all CYllS, ihould now DC ■ fc, 
 
 ware. • able unto none. This di j, ( 
 
 ~iam inegkbili facilitate, and heavy bod yfo quicken M , 
 
 wr //r ei gloria, quodfuit far a- w [ t u a p;iir V% as ro become* L 
 
 a wing to the foule, that w ^ 
 here a burden! This poor and indigent bo [j, 
 foenrkhed with spirituality 5 as to beftow L 
 
 (elf wholly in praile, ai rc 
 VeCivit.ltb.il. cio. infe- thankf giving. Here wemu 
 
 cula Uciihrm Uudabnnt te. have leave to break out W >, 
 Pfa1 - 8 - 4 * the Pialmift, Lord\ wktty 
 
 P6I©.^.4. mAriythat thoufhwldfi be fo windfall ofhim^ tl | e 
 and v* 5 by a glorified body haft made him,«** a lit L 
 
 Ummuun, nonangehcam 1 ^ Wftyi but fo fidl 
 
 naturam,& eamftoU immrta- Higher ***» tfw -/%<r// ,:, WJ g 
 JBf*r< glorificans , vexi* ///j>er (hall not difdain 5 but &|L 
 omntf «rfo* fuper*mnesfh>ros rence our nature, which tl" L 
 
 ^rf^m, g^ r w f J j**"; * behold thus o-*>W ftrtjR 
 
 Seratihin.CQllocans addextram T r . lot! 
 
 fuam,hanclaudantAngeliado- f^iJfcUS preferred 141 t 
 r<*flt domindtiones , fy omnes WOl'le part, the body, to L 
 viwtescoelorum tremuntfufer ike unto Chrifts glorious bo \ • 
 fehominem Dam $y§. ™S* Jlke untQ j c at fc * ft fc ^ p 
 
 "Ski «tf" ennfomab'mr tion,though inot in *equali^ 
 
 csrporiChrifli in gloria fecun- Or in Iheodorets dlftinttic ^ 
 dumfimilitudinem, non fecun- like unto hx? imovi in tt r r 
 dum^ualitaxem. Aquir- fup. J^ ^ t hough not «^ ™'< t 
 
 * »*•«•*> in the degree of gbr?? 
 
 wherein the body of our Saviour fhallfai^ 
 differ from ours, as ours (hall in fome fiP 
 each from other 5 They ihall not all be al l )] 
 glorious, in this glorious likeneffe. ForiT- 
 the Sun, though with equall bounty he difif C 
 
ihisbcames on all fides, yec is _ . ,. , • • 
 > more d iml v . or briffhrlv re- • mt W al \ u } i ftnMficati- 
 ■'JTcfentcd according to the aaruv djgnitas cce i eJlis fa. 
 
 %je£tthacheenlighceqs;-ap- tur,nonquidemex tneriu ope- 
 faring OtherWlfe inGlaile, ranti ■ JeJ ex benignitate wife- 
 
 indChriftall,and Diamond: l ms f l Cmnat """""M 
 
 Pic c \ & grattam pro gratia remitnc- 
 
 >0 the Sun Of glory, though r J lt% Moron. Apologia- 
 
 He impart his fplendor alike 
 
 into all the bleffed fociety , yet it is divert 
 ^received among them, according to their 
 \ iyeral capacities; which proceedeth not from 
 
 ie merits of the receiver, but the favour of the 
 ; lewarder, who gratifies thofe gifts that him- 
 ^Ife beftowed,and accumulates the grace of 
 fl ln£tity, with* the grace of 
 
 fary. Nor Qiall this diverfi- ,::"*£ i™'™'™*** 
 
 t i J . r • ArchangelisAngcli uteri, tan- 
 
 f be any motive Ot envy in quamnoliteffeunufquifquequod 
 v io(e glorious Inhabitants, non occeph . -$ic itaque h*be- 
 
 %en he that hath leflfe then bit dmum 4 ius alio ww , ut 
 (bother, (hall have fo much, *°< ww dom ; m *?«*>** v*- 
 
 i ^ „ j r 7 lit ampltus. Aue.de av:t. l.b. 
 
 latneihalldefire no more; 12# gg¥ 0m h 
 
 Ot any that awaketh up after 
 thrifts H^eneffe^ but fhall be fatisfied therewith . 
 r hat is Gods part , and fo no fear of the per- 
 lt «:mance; but then {omeching is required on 
 purparts, to attain unto this likeneife: and 
 r ^ tat is by another lik:neflc to coniorme our * 
 ; jives here unto him, by the likenefleofhis 
 EL in the practife of good works, and bv the Ron? ^ * 
 j- renefs of [lis death , in the crucify mg ot our Gal.f .»J] 
 rfs f {ot every one that hath this hope , purify eth xjch^.j; 
 
 wfelf) even as he is pure . i John ?. 
 cf^eaving therefore the fe prom fes (dearly belo- 
 I w!) Ut Hi ckwfe our fehes from aU filfbmejfe of 1 ' ufv 
 K a the 
 
the flefh^ and fpirit^ and prepare for this g 
 rious conformity, by an holy convcrfaticj. 
 Remembring that they are thofc * bodies, 
 »L which we are to receive t 
 
 Every one to receive the c . L } . , . 
 
 things done in bs body. J™« °t OUt labours j whl 
 
 2 Cor. « 10. being vile by their native ii - 
 
 Vt ab omnibus offenfionibiu purity , O let US not tlUl 
 
 refurgentes, ad Mam incorrupt them more Vllc,by our voll ■] 
 r». glorifiund* earn* refur. my tranfgrefTtons , and i 
 
 that mall be revcaled.NntHr 
 confuting them with envie, nor defili 
 them with luft, nor corrupting them with 
 temperance . but difpofing diem by religic 
 difcipline unto that glorious alteration. 
 . . 1 . n j And as we have borne i 
 
 viu,fygl*rU,utitviribuiad by the iociety of iinniif 
 UUm afpiremusj dc portemus fo let us bear the image of i 
 imagjnem cbrifti icekflem *r heavenly, in the imitationfc 
 cxlejl.hicvttamineamus&c. his righteoufoefs : by fa i 
 
 oning our felves (Co near as we may) Ip 
 unto our blefsed Saviour > like him in impapi 
 bility, by our hardinefs amidft themife 
 of this world ; like him in .charity , by li 
 good works (hining before men ; like hiirf 
 agility, by our readinefs in holy actions ; 
 like him in fpirituality , by mortifying 
 deeds of the body. 
 
 That fo , beholding as in a glajfe th* 
 
 iCor.jixSr^ of the Lord^vemxy may be changed mtch 
 
 (ami image , from glory to glory : when 1 
 
 King of glory (hall once more defcend ftr 
 
 heaven for the perfecting of ourredemptir 
 
Cm) 
 
 I an A d .^cre as before, for the WraW/;w ; ; ^ 
 •» juihfymg oi our iouies , * he ammabus )*mun<bt , burnt* 
 : >i came obfeuredin humility, «ntc vcner*t fa tcculm, pr te 
 
 ti he (hall then for the glorify- gkrifiunio, t miferaca",, f A b- 
 iing of our bodies, appear in %??"**£ "'fJ**^ 
 ; t r tullmajefty> coming in the f 
 
 ^clouds of heaven h when Angels (hall be 
 mis fore-runners , that with the voyce of a 
 I (trumpet, (hall rovvzc this vile body out of lTi]?f 
 icthe duft, to w^* the Lord in the tyre , and 17. 
 A to follow him into his Kingdom. 
 
 • Unto which exalt us O Jefu > by the vertuc 
 :i and merits of thy rcfurrcch- ^ ?a7 ^ J^* um% ^ 
 ion, mat our bodies may cuitus^icftjkutibwinvel- 
 
 cornmunicate with our fouls lus y & titer U+tiris qui eft 
 tin the triumph of happineffe; f utur " s ln P™ ' f 4«- 
 
 >ro be the monuments of thy ls ? nvd T f J* *' 
 
 r , J alter circumdabiw luimneh- 
 
 ipovrer , of thy mercy, of thy c , t veflme nto, in prim 
 
 1 glory in heaven: Tftat our twit pudorU cmcem contempt 
 
 foules and bodies united in '« *hm wnm cum aerci 
 
 >lifs, may be united in prai- j*v l *™» *'"*>/«• C 7 .ii. 
 
 r ] 1 bitten. 
 
 ling rhee ; even thee , cur 
 
 Lord Jefus Chrift, the Creatouf, Redeemer, 
 
 ind Glonfyer of our fouls and bodies. Amen. 
 
 K5 SERM. 
 
034) 
 
 SERM. V. 
 
 PS A L. 1 1 6. j 2. 
 
 What /ball I render unto the Lord for all his- w 
 benefits towards me} 
 
 Propofall very feafonable 1 
 
 what time focver j while mi. 
 
 are receivers (and fuch i» 
 
 they are) it is fit they IhoiA 
 
 think of rendring,oi renderiiflk 
 
 fomewhatfor henifits received 
 
 And not only f eafonable , but alfo necefsafr 
 
 in thefe times of ours, when more benefits aft 
 
 received, and yet lefs rend red now then eve jt 
 
 for whereas men in all times have been chalk 
 
 Wbemhcy ged with ingratitude, the Jewes in theft 
 
 knewGod, t i me by t [ ie p ro phets every where in theft 
 
 '" writings , the Gentiles in their time by clip 
 
 Apoftle, Rom i.i i . we Christians are beyorw 
 
 either in our time j Our tim" is markt out w 
 
 St. Pad for the very time of ingratiruij* 
 
 2?«w. 3. 2 # In the Ufi dajes (and they aifc 
 
 V 2 ". tKefe) Men [bill be &x<£vm Unthankful ; n<| 
 
 only give no thanks, but have no thanks ill 
 
 rhem to give s be altogether voyd of anjfe 
 
 mind thereunto > and therefore in thefe /wife 
 
 bus times (as the Apoftle there calls them) | 
 
 behoveth every one to looke unto himfcifaH 
 
 an- 
 
 they glori 
 fied him 
 nntas 
 Qod 3 net 
 I her were 
 thankful. 
 ftom.t.n 
 
(in; 
 
 and to confider with the Pfalmift of gnid re- 
 
 r' 4 nbuam , What jhall 1 render , g£c. 
 Which words are occalioned on adelivc- ° Gcafi °n. 
 -ance that David obtained , although from 
 vhat danger, appears not in the Text, whe- 
 hcr homSaul his Father, or Abfclon his Son, 
 >ut one of them it was * and a great one it 
 vas, even from the forrowes of death, and the 
 >ower of hell, v. i . And aceordingly was his 
 latitude. He will not rufli haftily on a re- 
 :ompence, but deliberates which were the 
 >eft way, that he may more folemnly perform 
 l <t: and the more to encreafc histhankiiil- 
 ^eis for this one deliverance, heletreth all 
 1 3ods benefits before him , Quid fro omrA- 
 
 S The whole verfe is vox onernt'^ (as St. Ber- ^ mme \ 
 Jw^termethir) the fpecch of oneburthened^™^ ' 
 i vith Gods bleflings, and troubled (as it were) serm.15. 
 ■n himlelf , that he had nothing to requite Dmiion. 
 1 hem > But to view it more diftinttly , ac the 
 *irft fight, it gives you the profpett of two 
 Hain pans; that is, Davids gratitude, and 
 Gods beneficence: That in the firft words, - 
 \?hat(h*ll I render. This in the latter , for all 
 ^is benefits • (although this that is laftin-or- 
 icr, is firft in nature 5 Gods munificence is the 
 r faille of Davids thankfulncfs) 
 • Thefe two main parts divide themfelves 
 nto feveral members , One as many as the 
 xher i fo as we fee in the natural body the 
 nembers anfwer each to other. 
 
 K4 In 
 
6 3*) 
 In the formar i . The confutation •, Qw 
 we have what. 
 
 i. The A&,mn£#*07,rendt 
 3# The Receiver, I > that 
 
 David. 
 
 4* The Donour , Bomino^ tl 
 In the latter like- Lord, 
 wife the fame i . The motive, Benefits, 
 number. 2, The quality, Ejns , h 
 benefits; 
 
 3 . Th e quantity , Omni*, A. 
 
 4. The relation,)^™ mc^u 
 
 wards me,or upon m 
 Then laft, that we may find an head fc 
 thefe members; that our difcourfe be not <*« 
 qokou like a body without an head , we (ha 
 fumme up the whole in the duty of our lelve 
 and fee what we alio are to render for the b: 
 nefits towards us. I begin with the conluk; 
 tion, Q#/d,what? 
 1 Patucu- Something he would render , but what h 
 Ur* cannot tell> the light of Gods benefits urget 
 
 him to thef one > and the feeling ol h 
 own wants holds him to the other; that as 
 {pur incites him to a requital, but this as 
 Bir, makes him pauze awhile , pins him to h; 
 qn'd of confutation, what he were bell do. ] 
 he had gone with the world, no need of con 
 fulting thenra few words of ccurfc would ferv 
 the turne well enough, at moft, that lleigh 
 Luke t8 u complement of the Pharifee* God I thanks thet 
 and no more : But David is of another mind 
 foe makes it a bulinefs of meditation , calls 
 Parliament within himfelf, mufters up all th 
 
 powei 
 
(x?7) 
 H Dwcrs of his foule* that he may do it tofomc 
 irpoie; in the mean time thinks it better to 
 main in Gods debt, then to repay unwor- 
 uly . It was his cuftome ftill at the receipt of a 
 *w benefit, to ftudy for a new praif?, all his 
 times are fo many monuments of his deli- 
 rrate tbankfulnels , that we may lee 'tis not 
 lough to thanke God ex tempore* And it 
 tms God intended no lets by appointing LeVit -7- IX 
 faenficeofthankfgiving, but that itfliould 
 ^ done with folemnity, as facrifices are wont 
 > be, and ic may appear more exprefly by his 
 lanncr of appointing it* Firit for the rank 
 fit, it was one of the kinde of peace-offerings, 
 hereof avow was the o:her, and fo both 
 'ayes doth intimate unco us a deliberatenefs 
 i the doing of it, both as it is put under the 
 ne, and as it is joyned with the other, i , As 
 is put under the title of peace-offerings, that 
 lhouldbedoneleifure!y,and maturely, as 
 1 time of peace things are done* not haftily, 
 nd tumukuarily , as in time of warre. 2 t As 
 is joyned with a vow, that it fhould be per- 
 >rmed with like heed, and foreiight, as vows 
 ught to be , not raQily and inconfiderately, 
 /ithout regarding what we are about. 
 
 Then for the matter of the facrifice* be- 
 des the Cakes and the Wafers , it was to be 
 f leavened breads which required lome time Vcrfe '*♦ 
 )r the preparation ; could not be done of a 
 Jddain: and befides too, in leaven we know 
 lereisfalr, which was the feafoning of all 
 icnfices in the old Teftamcnt , but is a tipe 
 f wifdom> and difcretion in the new. 
 
 And 
 
(i,8) 
 
 And all this to teach us a due care and a 
 
 vifednefs in our thanksgiving, without whi 
 
 . it is but mfnlfum facrificium, a (altlcfsc or un 
 
 Ecdef.M vory facrifice, no other in Solomons vcrd 
 
 then a facrifice of 'fools y who confider not that fl 
 
 do evilt;do evill even then when they think 
 
 pleafe God, who is not pleafed with fuch [ 
 
 crificcs, but rather highly offended , that's 
 
 the thanks they have for their thankfgivu 
 
 They are but io much the greater finne 
 
 and while they think to quit themfelves 
 
 ingratitude , they fall into irreverence , a 
 
 profanenefs. So that > Confnho opus^ we f< 
 
 great need there is of consulting, tobethu 
 
 us well of the facrifice ere we offer it u 
 
 to God : It is that which makes way f 
 
 therendring. The A£t, and our next pa 
 
 ticular. 
 
 j.Parti- A difficult matter indeed, for can there I 
 
 ***** any rendring to God ? Dcm in coehs (lakh E 
 
 cc t >'' 2 ' c f e jj a fl es y Q Q( l } s - fn h s a V en , and thou upon e/trt 
 
 and lo as much above the reach , as the ntx 
 of thy recompence; But more difficult yc 
 that we may be able to render , we muft hai 
 fomething of our own , for we cannot reps 
 one with that which is his already : but alaft 
 what have we of our own but only our fin 
 and thefe no way meet to pay God : let us fi 
 how Da i/zWrefolves this cafe, it folio wes in tf 
 Vcr ft 1 * Verfe, / rill take the cvf of falvation. Rut is th, 
 to render, by taking more? St. Auftin isi 
 bold to tell him if he (peak yet further of tt 
 king , he is a debtor in his very payment ; 
 greater debtor certainly , and Io we are a! 
 
 th 
 
(139) - 
 
 ie more wcpay unto God, Qtantoquh amplm retri- 
 
 i ie more wc arc obliged un- t*«* Dmb <»#" [% 
 
 toforbis grace whereby J^E^ESS 
 
 Repaid it, and iobyaitrangc ba ia tur 9 OaJmlrabilegmitk^ 
 
 i jot of gratitude wear&tyed dim vinculum ! &c Biad- 
 
 5 C faftcr by loofing. waA dc JptuiuMq Deunw 
 
 ii And yet notwithftanding all this, God bath 
 ft us the means of rendnng, and he is pleafed 
 i ^ accept of it though never fo little, tccerdittg 
 t that 4 man hath , though but a willing mini* 
 sCor.8. fo that none need to plead a difabili- 
 r, of what condition focverbc he ; poor and 
 i idigent, he may do it without coft ; or weak 
 
 l id fickly,hc may do it with- ~ . . , i . 
 
 iv» 7 , / &ui grate beneficwmacccpjt 
 
 lit pains, have he only a ; ^m V ^/lonem ^4 
 jianktul heart, humbly ac- fiatim gmus eft qui fe one rat , 
 o lowledging Gods benefits, Sen.de ben. u& 
 
 : hath rendred already ; it will be taken for 
 :! quital enough, but to confefs, that he is una- 
 E c to requite them. 
 
 r; That's enough for fuch as can do no more, 
 -it for fuch as can, not enough for them; a 
 ,:.orc real performance is required at their 
 Binds: for fo the word here importcth ; not 
 a'hat dial I fay, or wifh , but render, a word of 
 is Ding, fothat if God hath enabled thee with 
 greater faculties, then rcfolvcwith David, I 
 j III not &ffer unto the Lord of that which cojts me 2 S™ 1 ** 
 ythingy be at fome charge upon him , in the re- 
 hiring of his houfc, in the relief of his poor 
 ;j embers, with the like works of mercy. 
 ^ And yet this not of courtcfie neither, but of 
 
 ary, not as frcclargcfs , but as a due debt ; It 
 
 is 
 k 
 
(i4o) 
 
 is not ^mdtribuam, what ftiall Igive, but ret 
 buam render f by way of rcftoring, as Gc 
 right , andfo unlawful! to withhold it : ti 
 iChro.19. when all is done, they mail fay with Dav 
 of thine own have we given thee, given thee, fai ; 
 r wmr . hJB , f - j , "David, but our Saviour ca 
 
 eoacccpimus.mjlrumeffedicit Ifrcndring, Mattb ^. 2 
 tit demus, ut qutm devmo non titri^ort fo the word 1S 9 renc 
 illiceretadUrgicridH,ncecfitai unto God the things that 
 cegeret a d exolvendum. A Gods, and both to good pu 
 van.ad£cckr.C,h,U,b.i. pofc , acCording as & pa S, 
 
 be from whom they come , given from the 
 that do it willingly , it goes for their gift, b 
 render to fuch as bejsackward ,'tis a taxc upr 
 them ; Co Sahian fmartly enforceth it , Da 
 vis^redde ft non vis , give if thou be willing , 
 unwilling, reftore, God cxafts it at t) 
 hands* 
 
 But 'tis the language of the world, Quid r 
 cipiaml what fhall I receive? more if y« 
 will, but no rendring any thing at any hand,< 
 if they do, it \sbutmahm pro bono, (as the V(i 
 PfaI.3M2mift fpeaks) evill for good. Nothing for Go< 
 feed, and his rain , but the weeds and brycrs i 
 fin, nothing after bis pains in planting, fencini 
 '• *• digging, pruning, bur wild, and fo wer grape 
 Deuuj i.6 thole of murmuring and repining. But, bam 
 reddu Domino ? it was Mojes exprobration t 
 the Ifraclitcs; doje thus requite the Lord f and 
 fear it may be faid to us Chriftians , that arc s 
 deep in Gods benefits as ever they were; bt 
 that fo it may not be faid , let each of us endea- 
 vour for his part ; and put in with David for 
 particular thankfulnefle , that what he faid i 
 
 h 
 
(141) 
 
 i own perfon, wc may every ortfc fay in ours, 
 G at fall I render ? Our third particular. 
 I, that is David^nd Davidin a threefold re- ?• Partial 
 ft, i, as a more benefie'd man; 2. a par- lar; 
 alar mau, 3. a righteous man; in each of 
 :ierefpefts to be thankful! , and we in each 
 1. Asabencfic'dman,cndowed with more 
 ■Jf ours and deliverances then others , and To 
 1: >re engaged to tbankfulnefstoo; for ever as Gloria am- 
 p 2 benefits arc, To mud the gratypdc be , for as bra vhtu- 
 ] aryisfaid tobcthefhadowofvcrtue,and this tHe fl-* m m 
 rone rcafon, that it incrcafeth as vertue doth, ep#79# 
 hich is as the body that makes it; fo thankful* 
 is is the Shadow of bounty, and {hould 
 ow in proportion , as the benefits do , that 
 ok how great the one, fo great ftiouldthc 
 bcrbcalfo. Neither may any man here think 
 mfclfcxcafcd from a larger meafure of thanks, 
 xaufc his outward bleffings arc not fo emi- 
 'nt as anothcrs; for not any of us all, but if wc 
 id ttmCiKwit % Sec. as St. Bafil fpeaksjock down 
 n that which is beneath us , and compare our 
 wn good with that which is fomc way worfc 
 1 others, wc {hould find great caufc of thank- 
 ilnefle, and to fay that of the Pharifcc in a very 
 ood fenfe, Lord I thanks thee that I am not as 
 ns ma* ) not hereby to magnific our fclvcs, 
 ut to glorify God in hisbleffings; which is 
 y acknowledging them- for, a$ Rigaltim reads it. Lib. 
 egat\beneficum^qui beneficium depxnitentia. 
 on honor at , fit is Tertuttian) #°* wrecunda, fed ingrau 
 ledcnicth theGiver that does S2fflK W^mE 
 
 . . . r , r ceredivtna. l^eo«Ser«f. Non 
 
 lot honour the gift 5 and,/*- e fl ifiaverecundra.Jed infici- 
 \rau mentis eft— faith Leo i to andi genus. Sen. 
 
 conccate 
 
 
(»4»> 
 
 concealc Gods benefits, is not to much modci 
 as ingratitude : a way with that modefty , t 
 prejudices Gods glory, 
 
 Thcfecondrefpefl: confidcrcth David, a 
 
 with him every one befidc , as he is a partial 
 
 man; who having received particular bencfi 
 
 is obliged eo nomine > unto a particular than 
 
 fulneflec For befides thofe benefits in coi 
 
 tnon, whereof all do partake alike , every m 
 
 6ath thofe by hitpfelf, for which, by himfclf, 
 
 is to be thankful : -which our Saviour did in 
 
 marc unto us after his curing of the lepej 
 
 when but one of the ten returning to gi 
 
 Luke 17. thanks, he enquireth after the reft ; where be t 
 
 j?> »w? would excufe none from the dutic. N 
 
 is this to be done in private onlie, with o 
 
 (elves, but in pubhek alio, with the whole coi 
 
 gregation, that God may reap no leffe ofusth< 
 
 PfaJ.iS. o. he did of old in Davids time* that in his Temf 
 
 every man fpeat^of his honour. N.ne muftt 
 
 dumb in this Quire; Any ones filence doth ir 
 
 jure the confort, that the Mufick is not full 
 
 Every one fhould lend a voice unto the Ai 
 
 them of Gods praife, and all little enough. 
 
 Every one fhould , but every one canno 
 
 Bafil in that is not as <D*vid in the third refped:,that ii 
 
 Paiji. a righteous man, for fo he telleth us , ?/*/. y. 
 
 praife is comely for the upright ; for none bi 
 
 them , and for them comely 5 will not fit we 
 
 with a pervcrfe or crooked heart, no more the 
 
 a ftraight fhooc with a wry foot; and 'tis as ur 1 
 
 Ecclus.15. comely in their m ouches too, faith Ecclefiaft 
 
 5. ctu^praife is not feemlj in the mouth of a finxet 
 
 fo , no where comely for fuch as they , An 
 
 henc 
 
(Hi) 
 
 nccit was, that when the devils would have 
 »zond our Saviour , he ftraitly forbad them, Muk i, 
 3uid have none of their praifes; And the like 15-34. 
 i St. Paul to the fpiric of divination, would A & $ l * xt 
 t fuffcr the mod high to be difhonourcd with 
 chvilecommcndat-Knis. And therefore Saint 
 tfils advice would do well, tiXovjjLJmS** &c. B ^* - * 
 us be ambitioufiy careful to avoid all crook- 
 ncflc ib our doings, and re&ific cur foulcs as 
 Iraight rule , that becoming upright indeed, 
 s may befic for the praifc or God , for without 
 at, no praifing of him. Which the Church 
 3ft wifely considering, hath taught us by 
 ayer to prepare our felves thereunto , both 
 : the deanfing of our hearts to conceive Gods 
 aife,and for the opening ofourmouthesto 
 ter it. 
 
 The former we have before the Command- 
 ants ; cleanje the thoughts of our hearts by 
 I ? infpiration of thy holj Spirit , that tie may 
 mhilj magnify thy holy name. The latter, 
 the beginning of ouf lervicc, ( having Dav.ds 
 arrant for it) O Lord of en thou our lips \and our Pfel. ju j 
 mth /ball fiewjfortb thy praife. To the doing 
 . both we receive his afliftancc * and obtain 
 I at of bimfclfe which we ofter unto him; who 
 I thcobje&ofour thankfulncfs f as he was of 
 ] avidsjehovx,) to the Lord. 
 
 And to whom more fitly 4, Particular." 
 
 t e thanks , then to him that ^ m: j em # m verbo ^ 
 
 ive the benefits ? who by ]uflit, ratbne quA difafint, w- 
 
 { S 'Word commanding , by wte fa pmt>de nihilo expref- 
 
 >wifdome difpofing , by & in ^rnanmtm majefiatk 
 
 s power ceding, brought *» ****»ta«- 
 
 the 
 
(144) 
 
 the mafs of this world out of nothing for t 
 
 glory of his Ma/cfty , and doth continually frc 
 
 thctrcafures of his baunry , fuftcin thcwbi 
 
 family of heaven and earth, For being my* if 
 
 ^/7ri)$, as St. Cyril fiileth him - y theevcr-flowi 
 
 fountain of all good neffc, and beneficence, 
 
 never ceafeth to defund on his world ofcrc 
 
 PM.t turcs,and to rcfrefh them with theftreames 
 
 Vh)\ 1 48. his mercy : whofc^ry not only the heavens 1 
 
 10. c lare> but every creeping thing of the earth, be 
 
 ir never fo defpicable , and if men fhould ho 
 
 their peace, the very [tones would immediate 
 
 cry out againft our ingratitude: And yc 
 
 ftrangc it is to fee, how many have failed : 
 
 this duty of praifing the Lord { The Gentil 
 
 fo much for their part , that they praifed ar 
 
 thing more then him 5 They changed ( faith S 
 
 Rom*i.2$. p aui ) t fc gl rj of God into an image made lik* 
 
 _ * x u beafis , and a creeping thing 
 
 z Felt* y Cnmi,Lupw pro Veo A v. ; c . .£ & j» 
 
 fnnt aioratit* LeovorLr hi- * C *> ? Sn ^C, the fire , IK 
 
 minum Anguii & Dreco. Et thc Unions in their Garder 
 
 (erubefco refene J am euam were more highly accountc 
 
 apudndnnullos ccepjtfum tdora- of .them , and obtained d 
 
 ri, Cyril. H^o . Cater.*. & v ; nc worflii inftead f Gq 
 
 Ctar.Alex.proto. ^ ^ ^ _^ 
 
 ftionld I fpeak with Cyril 9 « ^ydhnt a^e^k* I < 
 wonderful blindncfrc in men / to fall from fuc 
 lofty Majefty, to fuch abjed bafenefs ; or rathe 
 with that other Father , O ftttpendam Deipati 
 entiam I O the admirable patience of God ! ths 
 could forbear to break the heavens, and rcveng 
 fofoulc indignities. Now though heathenifm 
 be difpcllcd by thcSua-lhineef theGofpel, yc 
 fomc clouds do (till remain in the minds c 
 
 man 1 
 
fiany Chriftians, who fct up other Names to- 
 gether withtha Lord, and unto them afcribe 
 heir felicity, as thole of fortune , and nature, 
 vords fb ricfe among us, which arc indeed bur 
 he attributes of God, though miftaken by men, 
 >rthat which is termed fortune here below, 
 ath the name of providence above, and is no- 
 ling dfc but the will of God, from whom fas 
 I. James fpcaks ) Every goob gift defctnds. De- Jam.i. r 7 : 
 ends, faith he, not, flippcth from him , that 
 , comes down by appointment , not falls 
 wn by chance. 
 j And as Fortune is the Naturam ihteUjgimus ordi- 
 
 jill of God; fo nature 1S no nariam Dei poteftatem , ficuti 
 „ her then the power of God, frrtunam ejus votuntatcm, &c m 
 
 ]d what (he doth isbyhim, ^fr *«*•*•»: 
 i his Agent, orCbmmifiary here below, only 
 Dring us with thofe blcffings which fhe rc- 
 [ivcth from him; for though (he reach out her 
 ] nd , and give us plenty of provifion, it is God 
 ! c it fills her hand before, and then opens her 
 j nd after, that (he may rain down her fliowrcs 
 y on us. 
 
 j ( Another fort more dircftly injurious unto 
 (: divine honour, exalteth Saints (whom thd 
 |f xl of Rome is pleated to admit) into the 
 t -one of God, andgivcth that honour to the 
 jj feature; which belongcth oncly unto the 
 M 'catour, making them the objeft of their 
 
 aifc and thankfgtving ; A fin of fofouleana* F "Hy *- 
 * e, that ( let them mince it how they can ) is VP CC L by 
 ! lefle then plain facrilcdge, or idolatry, choofe j^hson on 
 Jy whether. "" the Creed. 
 
 A third fortmakc idols of thcmfelves, and 
 L impute* 
 
impute what they have to their own abiliti 
 
 Hab,i.i$.likcthofc of whom the Prophet complaine 
 
 of the thai Sacrificed unto their net s^ind burned ince* 
 
 CbMezvi*. Hnt0 t h e i r drag. It was their own hand th 
 
 wrought it ; and their own brain that coe 
 
 patted it, and no thank* to any other. Thus 
 
 the Lord on all fides robbed of his due , his d\ 
 
 PfaU?. 1b I may call it, for ZJ-it/i J docs fo.P/4/, 29.2. C/r 
 
 unto tbe Lord the glory due un\o his name : and 
 
 due, then, in no wife to be withholdcn ; for 
 
 Rom.i $.7 faith the Apoftlc , render unto all their dues ; 
 
 which, one of them there is, honour, to vchow I 
 
 tour; much more to God then; he to have rao 
 
 then all , as being more then ail to us ; cith 
 
 King, Father, Bcnefador, or whatclfc wee 
 
 name , and may .'well therefore challenge tt 
 
 honour at ourhands. This is all we can rctu 
 
 hi 111 for his infinite bcr»efits;and this is all he 1 
 
 quires of us for thefc benefits; The natu 
 
 whereof we now come to confider in the ne 
 
 place ; The motive of Davids thankfulnef 
 
 and our fecond General. 
 
 5. Paiti- What Benefits are , wc all better underftaf 
 
 cufor. ^y experience , then by definition ; eve 
 
 thing that we enjoy is fuch, fome ray, or bes 
 
 of the divine goo^Snefle imparted unto us; n 
 
 do the beams fo clearly difcover the Sun, as t 
 
 nefits do God, whodifplayeth hereby the ricl 
 
 of his glory over all his creatures, Nay,thci 
 
 hy the Creature gets fo much glory , as to 
 
 like his Creator, and in nothing folite, 
 
 in this ; by doing good. In this alone , G 
 
 and man have mm i$yov ( as Synefms fpeal 
 
 Sjwef-cpift.^ j c j nc j f fellowship * and communion, ca 
 
 wi 
 
(H7) 
 vith other : a communion fo near , that the 
 catbcncculd not diftinguifh them, bur mif 
 ook Paul and 'Barnabas tor very Gods in the /■ ft, T4 ir 
 ke»ejfe of men , upon the healing of a crecplc. Dr./*^- 
 >nd whatever other Gods they deviled, asthc^ 710 ' 1 ' 1 ^ 
 an, Moon, Starrcs, naythcvilcft bead %ha& Crc ** 
 •as, it was mecrly for the opinion of fbmc be- 
 :Rt received from them. Whereby theyfcem- 
 1 to acknowledge, that Benefits came all from 
 od , though they knew not the God from 
 horn they came; from whom nothing but 
 >odne{fs proceeds ; no worfc matter from 
 m : ( however fomc heads that aic giddy in 
 c maze cf Godscounfcls imagine to them- * 
 yes) for more pofliblc it is for darknefle to 
 me from the Sun, then evill from God , who 
 ing eflcntially good, or goodneffe it fclf, can 
 foon ccafc to be God, as to do good ; « $ wr 
 ;f &mu , ( It is St. Bafits f g*j^ r 
 
 gument) f he be thcAu- AutboT ma C ^ id inter J efi 
 
 our of evill, he IS not good, utrumDeos nege^ an in fames ? 
 
 id if not good, not God Semcp. it*. 
 ither, th:y both go together. 
 , But though not of the evill of fin,may he not 
 ' of the evill of punifhment^ no, not of that MtUbX& 
 J ither, as evill, not of loflfcs , or ficknefle , cr ™ loc {-^~ 
 iy tribulation (01 indeed of the punifhment ** ■ 
 the evill, he is Authcur; but then that is a 
 ncfit; the very thing we have in band, an Aft 
 mercy from God that inflifts it, and on man 
 at fuffers it, cither for the exercife of his pa- 
 :nce f or the correftion of his fin, and fo as a J* J 
 nefit.;, look for lobs bcnediftion,to have the 3° yi - 2iv 
 >rds name bklfed for the lame j for thefe as 
 L a well 
 
(r+8) 
 well as for others , that be all ( His ) benefit 
 which is the worth or quality of them, in tl 
 next place to be confidered. 
 5. p art i- Benefits arc thereafter cfteemed,as the party 
 tkular. that gives them : indifferent ones from a pcrft 
 eminent, arc highly accounted of, yet if wi 
 the excellency ot the Donour , they are prcc 
 ous in themfeives, 'tis good reafon they fit 
 better acceptance; But befides this, if* th< 
 Gratiflima come freely too, without any fuitordefcrt 
 flint bene- the receiver, this gets them a welcome, no; 
 fitia para the like : Now all thefc degrees arc to 
 tajacM foand here in thefe (His) benefits , and that 
 7afy!.' the higheft degrees that may be. 
 Seli.dc * i - ^h c Donour is God Almighty, fuprec 
 bsnJ.3. Monarchof Heaven , and Earth; unto who 
 the mightieff Monarchs of the world are b 
 Vice-Royes , and Deputies ; and derive tV 
 from him, which they impart unto othci 
 now for fuch an one to give us ; what can 
 more ? 
 
 2 . The Benefits are fuch as make us to be o 
 fclves; and but for them , we (hould not be 
 all, not only what we have, but alfo what \ 
 arc; our foules, and bodies , with all that fufta 
 them, and what can be greater then thefc ? 
 
 3. For the manancr of conferring them; 
 
 is gracioufly firft, and th 
 Planum eft, quia nihil ante continually. I. Graciou 
 
 cssaasssssjr «••*»•«*■*.! „ u * 
 
 nifett at our creation 9 wh 
 we could deferve nothing at all, that w< 
 nothing at all; that had not lb much as a tong 
 to ask , nor an heart to think pf a prayer ; a 
 
 mil 
 
(J49) 
 
 ight ftill have been left in our nothing, had it 
 
 3t plcafed God to prevent hs % as he did David, pfaJ.ar. j 
 
 ith the bleffings of 'geodneffe* 
 
 Gracioufly, fo, without fo much as a requeft, 
 itgracioufly again, at the firft offer olarc- 
 wtt, ere we canfpend any time in a Petition a 
 dbuc tills lequenubus ego audiam , is his own j^. 
 •omifc by his Prophet Jfaiah ; vhi.es they are 
 t [peaking , / mil hear : O the main 1 peed of 
 s clemency/ (aid Nazianzen^ J^ to ^>^, Na^.Orat. 
 : defircs to be defired ; teems pleafurM with a 4 o./ w /*n, 
 :ncfit,when he is askt one,and gives more rea- Sum bap- 
 ly then others receive, . xt > m * 
 
 But how gracioafly focver he give once , if 
 
 enced again, and dare not ask , for fear of a 
 
 icck, or a denial, we arc .but in an ill caic , but «*«* 
 
 :re is comfort for that too ; be upbraidetb not, L ^ 
 
 m.i. 5. fends us not away with *F Hi recepifti,^ 
 
 icfe, and thefc many good things thou haft 
 
 ccived , and art thus much . , . 
 
 j l. j r j u • n.:u NeDeos qui dem mmor tales 
 idebted already : but isftill ab hac t j« tfkrf liberalitate 
 
 ady With new benefits, like facrilegi > neghgentefqut eorum 
 afe upon Wajjjc, to follow deterrent. Sen.de ben* lib. x. 
 
 idore whelm the former : hits none in the 
 «tb with their un worthincs, but how unwor- 
 ly fbever , makes them partakers of his fa- 
 3Urs ; who makes his Sun to rife on the eviff, 
 \iatth % 5. luch as vexcand offend him, nay, M 
 ^indtotkrvmhankeful- Luke 6. fuch as for- ££% 
 1 :t, or repine at him ; nay further yet , beftow* 
 { h gifts on his enemies, Pfal. 68. fuch asblaf- Pfal.-68.i8 
 Jicme and perfecute him ; On thefe gifts, a 
 urality of tficm, but all upon David, and 
 ch as he , which is the Quantity of thefe 
 L 3 benefits, 
 
(I 
 
 C*5o) 
 
 benefits , and comes next to be weighed. 
 
 "No marvail if he ftick at a <\itid rctr\bmn 
 that fees all Gods benefits before him ; any or 
 had been enough to puzzle his gratitude , an 
 does he fpeak of rendring for all? what worl 
 oi Davids could do this ; nay, what heavens 
 Angels , or any thing letle then the A 
 mighty. 
 
 Call vvc but our eyes awhile on fome 
 
 that All , and we may foon gueffe at the d 
 
 pfel. 1 19. ficuky ot the attempt; on thefe bodies of oui 
 
 x 4* f° fearfully , and wonderfully made , fo cui 
 
 ^ , - i f, , ~ ;„ ou Ay wrought by divine ai 1 
 
 Corporis fabneam cum tit' A , p J . . 
 
 tueortot invenio. benefica tua ?S 1™* the Very heath< 
 quot membra, quot fenfus, quot into the COnfefllOn , and WOI 
 
 ven£> q*ot fibr*, &e. Giana- der of a Deity : where loc 
 
 tcn,: how many members, fo m 
 
 ny benefits appear ; Every nerve, and mute 
 
 about us, i^ an inftancc of Gods finguh 
 
 bounty. 
 
 * Rod;- *, On our foules made after the divir 
 
 yiuAnt. Image's and * capable of all Arts, and Sc 
 
 ctili cnccs ^ all vertues and graces, all naturall,ar 
 
 r ° heavenly endowments, and which is mo: 
 
 then all; of God himfelf, the Lord of all. 
 
 3. On all about us , and' what fee wc but 
 
 world of benefits ? where among fo mar 
 
 tt,ynW de sfc fiber millions, and millions of ctj 
 
 Crcat. tit. 9 s. & 99 . uires, there is not one but fc 
 
 Bafil Hexam. veth us,either for our necefsir 
 
 VtomvesrerumnatiY&fciYS or delight , or inftructiO' 
 tribntum aliquod nobis con- j> f g f ^^J as g a j nt fa 
 ferret.Sm. de Ben.hb*). r • i • • r i u« D* 
 
 J faith ; it is for us «that the K 
 
 vers flow, and the fountains fpriug* anitl 
 
 clou; 
 

 (*50 
 louds yeelds rain; The heavens with theft 
 oft, and the earth with her fruits, they are all 
 lor us; Ail nature in a manner is tributary ua- 
 
 : ,oman. 
 
 We cannot ftay top look on that Sea of 
 J enefits , the manifold benefit of our redem- 
 "j| lion; which Saint Ambrofe thinks, David here 
 ' hiefly intended, wherein the Lord gave us 
 , timfelf for a benefit ; and with himself the 
 j t'hole treafure of his riches , and bounty. 
 
 Yet can we not but look with Ds.v'd on 
 lat other fort of benefits , his many delive- 
 Slices, f one of which finely was the chief mo- Vcr.3.6,8. 
 iveof hisprefent gratitude) They are benc- 
 its too,and as great as any ; every deliverance 
 rom death is as much as a new life , the keep, 
 ig one alive* as much as the giving life \ And 
 lough every one be not thus delivered , their 
 benefit is no whit the lefle > nay , rather the 
 nore , that they were not in danger • In the 
 late of our bodies , we all know 5 It is better 
 lot to be fick> then to be recovered from fick- 
 leiTe ^ And in the ftate oi ourToul too , Saint 
 
 inftin thought 1C better, non A u-uft. Comefs. Non eft 
 mpUcari>quam exui , notonce peccatum tamgrande quod un- 
 o be entangled in fin, then to f a ^ fat homo, quod non pof- 
 
 >r reWfed from ir And fo J lt f Mer * * itcr homo, fi Creator 
 
 icrcieaica tromit. Anaio, defn d ^ ^ « . 
 lot improperly m this re- pmter mnikm bominumpec^ 
 
 pe£t I may call every mans cat* non immerito meaappel* 
 
 in my benefit , there is none labo benefitia, &c Gramunf. 
 )f them all that a^y man hath committed, 
 >ut I might have committed the like (that am 
 be fame by nature) if Gods grace had not pre- 
 sented me : And I may call the punifhments 
 L 4 of 
 
tt/5*.) 
 
 of all .men my benefits too. There is nomaik: 
 
 born bhnd,or lame, or diftorted , but I might : 
 
 have been lb ; thar am made of the fame cla4> 
 
 that they were, if Gods mercy had not fuc ji 
 
 couredme. i: 
 
 After thefc, do but glance on thofe fwarm tea 
 
 of Benefits (like (o many mores in the Sunn; 
 
 Lam.?. *3-bcam:s) that are every day renewed upon up jt 
 
 on us with the morning , which although fo nt 
 
 their cuftome, and frequencies we cannot pej: it( 
 
 Pfa!/8.59 ceive, (and the more unthankfuil wc) yet Dai 
 
 WcUd, asitfeems, Pfal.6%. 19. where hui 
 
 bleficth the Lord) who daily loadethns with be \\ 
 
 nefits : yea double loadeth us , once by heap u 
 
 ing an us the blcfsings of each day, and again w 
 
 by taking from us the fins of each day ; T hi; \ 
 
 ** nfa5,19 * unloading is a loading in Saint Bernards ac-i 
 
 Serin, is. ^Vk / ? . 
 
 ' count ; * Oner at beneficw , cum exonerat pec*. 
 
 cato. he loads us with benefits > when he un- 
 loads us of fins : whole loads of benefits ; anc 
 'tis flxange we feel them not, who are each o! 
 us under them, that have not onely allupoi: 
 all of us, but all upon every one , none beared 
 off the weight from another : which David ac-) 
 knowledged for his part, in his all upon me\ 
 the relation , and ouu laft part. 
 ?.Pani:t- God loaded David with benefits, and DavU 
 iar. loads himfelf with thankfulnse,fetttng all thole 
 
 benefits on his own fcore , that were bellow- 
 ed on all men, fo it appeareth by the words,il 
 we read them according to theoriginal,in a di- 
 ftin&propofition; All his benefits are upon me&i 
 counting all his own in regard of the obligati- 
 on, what was every mans in regard of the pof- 
 
 fefsionj 
 
(153) 
 
 !Tion;Nor is it the pra&ice of David alone,but 
 every man elfe , that will be thankful ** « 
 vk* M** \iw*\w i as St.ftryfoflcm affirmeth, *Dccom>] 
 is the good fervants property, that what be- t Hn f. n "l 
 •fits his Lord gives in common to all, hc cordtsM ^ 
 counts given to himfelf >and himfelf engaged 
 r all h as he inftanceth in Saint Paul; touch- 
 g the death of our Saviour ,which though mi- 
 staken it were for all belecvcrs, he applieih 
 itohimlelf,asifhe only were the receiver, 
 rfohefpeaketh,C?^/.2.2o.///^ by the filth Gd.i.iQ. 
 the Son of God^ who gave himfelf for me: not 
 at he would hereby impropriate the exubc- 
 ,nt merits of Chrift, but as one that reckoned 
 mfelf obliged for all men befide. It was here 
 s practice, and his counlell elfewhere > that 
 ving of thanks be made for all men^ as if the be- iTirn. *• 
 £ts oi all belonged to every one. An envious 
 iture would ftand off at this, and be ready to 
 ufflc the thanks on others that be alike in- . 
 reffed in the benefit , But as * Salvia* well^^ 
 gethagainftthem. The debt that is com- 
 1011 unto All, is as much every mans in pccu- 
 ir •> For as Chrift did iuffcr for mankind , fo 
 ithalU for each fmgle perfon> & totnmfe dealt 
 liver fis , & totHmfingulls j And fo whatloe- 
 *r he did by his paflion , as all men owe the 
 hole unto him , io likewife doth each 
 ian the fame ; if not ( rather ) each man 
 lore then all , becaufe he hath received as 
 luch as All, Thus , he that thinks much 
 ) be indebted for others, is as deeply in 
 >r his own particular : nay , deeper by far, 
 he mark it well, no t only for the benefits be- 
 
 ftowed 
 
OH) 
 
 flowed on mankind? but for thofe on all ores 
 tures befide chat ferve man. Davids (Alt Hpt 
 _ . . me) will reach out to that tod , what benefi 
 de Sab. are conferred on thole creatures > are confer 
 Tit^(f^7 L *cd on me, bccaule on them for my lake; The 
 receive none ot thofe benefits tor themfelvc 
 but only for me } and therefore, as the Mafti 
 is beholding for thofe courtefies which ai 
 done to his fervant , fo am I obliged for a 
 theirs that are made to ferve me , and fo, ai 
 to perform for every creature, that which eve 
 ry creature owes unto God : Oms , I lay, an; 
 cannot perform of themfelves, for lack oftho 
 faculties which I have. I have underftandin 
 to apprehend Gods benefits, and I have 
 tongue to report them, which the other cre*j 
 tures have not, and therefore I, as the public 
 Oratouryim bound to praife God in their be 
 half, that fo they alfo by my voyce , may giv 
 God the glory. 
 *~k „>; So much of the Text in Davids behalf, no\ 
 Qt u (omething in our own, to fee what we o 
 
 our parts , ftiould render unto the Lord : 
 matter very important to be confidered , n 
 lcile then our welfare is worth , both for th 
 keeping of thofe benefits we have , and for th 
 procuring of others; For as it was faid of Tra 
 )*n the Emperour , that th 
 
 Efficaciflimum pro candidal* vVa y to obtain lie W favours a 
 genus $ng*nii,grMas age- b[% hand was b {^ 
 rtHfeftttoff. ^ thanks for fa*to£g 
 
 likewife with the King of heaven } no meane 
 fo efte&uall to continue his bounty , as on 
 thankfgiving : whereas on the other fide 
 
 In gra- 
 
 ii 
 
 I 
 
('55) 
 
 igratitude is ve ntus urens (as lngratituch ventus urensfic* 
 
 Wnmrd calls it)as it Were a red cans fibi jontem pietatis , re- 
 
 fed, that WfghtS, or Wafts rm miferie $ rdU 9 fluenta gr^ 
 
 cr> j i ' J f/<«: $/£er Cane. Derai.yi. 
 
 1 ie fruit of uods mercy , and ' 5 
 11 tries up the fountain of his graces towards 
 
 j ; For what makes our prayers lo unefte&u- Dell: ^ 
 l,our labours fo uipro(pcrous;the heaven br*fs % j m 
 11 terns , the earth Iron under us , the ay re infe- 
 
 2 ious round about us ? All is, our unchank- 
 1 ilneffc to the Lord for his bleffings , that ren- 
 1 reth us unworthy of them^w iniquities v fays 
 
 G ie Prophet) f>ave turned atvaj thefe things ; and . 
 
 a mr finnes have withholdengood things from you. 
 This fhewes enough the neceffity of our 
 u:y in his kind , how much it concerneth us 
 ll to be thankfull : which duty we ftiall the 
 etter perform, if as David did > we confider 
 f Gods benefits towards us h if>as the Prophet 
 Ifal willeth us > We do lev are oculos In circuitu y /ia;.4?. T 9» 
 ift up our eyes round about , and fee how God 
 lath encompafled us on all fides with benefits; 
 hat whitherfoever we turn ourfelves, we are 
 ull of the fight of them ; and it will appear on 
 he review , that we are not behind David inj 
 >enefits , not behind him in any , bur before 
 urn in fome. 
 
 Firft, for temporall benefits , we were born 
 n peace, and tranquility, which David fcarce 
 Obtained in his old age, and that after many 
 /ears , and perfections , and thefe not from 
 Grangers only, but from his own fubjects, nay 
 lis children. Then, for f piritual benefits , we 
 lave the happincfle to fee that performed, 
 which David jellied 7 and could notobtaine, 
 
 that 
 
,Cor * I 3uhat is, the coming of Chrift in the fleft [ 
 
 GaU«i W ^ at * ie ^ aw darkly, by prophecy onel • 
 as through a glafle , we evidently in tl 
 Gofpell , as before our eyes : what he ( , 
 figures, and obfcure ceremonies, we I 
 clear and perfpicuous Sacraments. We the 
 that arc before David in benefits , not 
 bebehinde him in thankfulneffe , but to o 
 
 *Cor.$. f er mt0 Go fi*> as ^ e ^d (verfe i5,) the J. 
 
 12. crifice of thanksgiving. Of thankfgiving , I 
 
 our lives , that by our innocence , at 
 good works , his Name may be praife 
 and fo ( as Saint Paul fpeakes ) the chant 
 giving of many may redound to Go< 
 glory. 
 
 Secondly, of our mouthes, by makii 
 them full of Gods praifes; rendring than 
 unto him , according to his benefits on , * 
 towards us, for the plurality of his benl 
 fits, a plurality of thanks, for the cont^ 
 nualpeffe of his benefits , the continualnela 
 
 Ha!. 105. i of our thankes , thank him manifoldly 
 and thank him continually. And that n-3 
 faintly from the lips alone , but from th 
 heart and bowells ; rowzing up our fouls! 
 with David , and all that is within us, >l 
 
 jr a ; 2 - x . praife his Great, and holy Name: remem 
 'bring that it is to him , who pondereit| 
 the heart 5 and defpifeth the honour that } 
 only from the lips ; and therefore ( as tl 
 
 CoJof. 3, Apoftle advifeth ) to do it heartily as to tA 
 
 2 3»M. Lord, knowing that of the Lord, we fhall t\ 
 ceive the reward ; when for our rendering 
 wee fhall bee rendered unto , both tf 
 
 bencfi ; 
 
c x 57; 
 
 enefits of this life , and of that better 
 
 /hich is to come. Which the Lord grant 
 
 lno us All , for the merits of Jefus Chrifh 
 
 1 no whom with the biefled Spirit, we 
 
 pre to be rendered Thankfgiving , Ho- 
 
 Praife , and Glory , now and for 
 
 Amen. f^ :2j r7 . 
 
 SERM, 
 
(158) 
 
 SERM, VI. 
 
 John I. 25. 
 
 He faid> 1 am the yoiceofonectyii 
 
 in the wilder mffe^ make fir aight 
 the way of the Lord. 
 
 He words ancJohnBaptifts, a 
 are part of t he Gof pel appoii 
 ed to be read upon this d« 
 So the Church in her wifdc 
 thought it meet ; that next t 
 fore the birth of our Savioi 
 ( the Feaft of his coming in the fleih ) I 
 tore-runner ihould be heard with hiswarni 
 found, to make way for his coming; It ^ 
 the office chiefly for which he was born ( 
 Luk.i 76 k* s Father Zachary fpake at his birth) to 
 * before the face of the Lord, to p re 'pare his w< 
 
 Hek<f .4: to ^ e the Harbinger unto Chrift h He ti 
 not this honour unto him f elf \ without acalli 
 
 Ier.i j. 11, thereunto, as many do now adayes, t\ 
 runne on Gods errand > without his Co: 
 miflion. He was none of thofe *u8w/*^r 
 
(»5P) 
 
 as N*z>ianz** ftiies them) Heri prophani , hoJiefacro- 
 ttemporal divines, that ftart ™» Antiftnes , vet ere s vi- 
 
 > like MuQiromS, 13 One tto , pietate rudes. Nizhnz. 
 i / /T Or at xi. 
 
 gnt, into great prorellours : 
 le had good warrant for what he did > a 
 ommiffion granted long before from God 
 mfelf, as hevoucheth authenticall record 
 r it : nolelle then one of Gods chief Secreta- 
 « , the Prophet E fay as - He faid , / am the Ifai 
 'ice of one crying, &;c. 
 
 To examine this teftimony then aright, we 
 e to take view of the Original copy , and 
 lerewe find at the fortieth Chapter > thefe *&***«• 
 ords of my Text, firft fpoken h r *r? , type- 
 lfe, concerning a deliverance of the Jewes 
 pm the bondage of Baby Un\ by the'meanes 
 ICymsKing of Perfia^anto whom this charge 
 therefore given to make all things ready, for 
 iat deliverance. But J 1 ** t*V*, under that 
 r pe is prefigured a greater deliverance from 
 ;e bondage of fin, and death, by the coming 
 : Chrifb whofe coming to mafa^it appear 
 icre lively , his forerunner is .ap|ointed to 
 lake way for the fam? ; and that is John 
 a$t! ft ; he was intended chiefly thereby ; fo 
 5 applieth it unto himielf, and with him con- 
 irre the four Evangeiifts : All agreeing in 
 lis » that in him this Scripture was truly ful- 
 lled ; he was the vox clammtis indeed , that 
 fought the glad tidings of a. deliverance. 
 
 To lay cut the Text as we are to ii>- tAvifum^ 
 r eat of it h there arife two pans to be cor> 
 'dered. 
 1 
 
 1. The 
 
(i6o) 
 i # The Preface , / am the voice of one t\ 
 
 ingjn the wildernejfe. 
 
 2. ThemetTage> Make fir tight the way a 
 
 the Lord. \ 
 
 In tjic Preface , we have thefe two par d 
 
 tulars. 
 
 i. The quality of the meflenger r Vox ftf 
 
 mantis , the voyce of one crying* 
 
 2. The place where he cryed , i* defer I 
 
 r* t/?^ wilderneffe. 
 
 In the Meflage likewifc, we may have ) 
 
 many. I 
 
 i. The Subje6t, Viam Domini-, The wayk 
 
 the Lord. |» 
 
 2. The Aft; Complanate ( i ) ; make fir aigh V 
 
 (i.)P W & aqnabHesfaci- Bltt thefe tWO relating fo 00 [ 
 
 ieCquodivdvfenificatJ nam each toother , we (hall trew 
 
 purgare viam proprie dititur of them together : Of the re C 
 
 Cmqmtmy^jadiibramen- j n the order , and metht r < 
 TJSSSSUBS^ Propounded ( by cheaffiftan } 
 
 of him whole way it is , tn » 
 
 he would vouchfafe me to be his Harbing 1 
 
 unto your foules; though I be but theEccfto 
 
 oiVox clamantis'y thevoyce of one cry ing y my fit . : 'Q 
 
 particular. | fi 
 
 *. P*rr. 7fe j *V Johns record ofhimfelf} when the Jet or 
 
 Verfc j ?. yiwf Priefis and Levites to askjhim , who art thot [h 
 
 It may (eem fomewhat ftrange they fhoa fc 
 
 doubt of that ; confidering the parents ( It 
 
 whom he came ; his Father one of thechif] 
 
 Priefts,an eminent per fon at Jerttfalemtyhis M* f 
 
 Luk« i f jrf.ther* the *&^ ^*.r cW/*d £<*rr*f/ r and fo had tt tt 
 
 fame to bring forth at once, a Son , and am i 
 
 rack. But herein lay the ground of their e k 1 
 
 rou 
 
(Itfl) 
 
 ir, they heard from Mofis of a Cjreat Pro- Deut it. l7 
 t that the Lord would ralfe up ; they heard ^i* 3 '* 4 * 
 m Malachjy that Elias mufi come before the ac '*** • 
 Jfiah j and now feeing John by his doctrine 
 1 deportment give tokens of a perfonmore 
 n ordinary, they enquire of him, whether he Yf^'S lm 
 E liaiy or that Prophet. He was both in fome " A j% 
 t> as Chrift bare witnefle of him , and yet 
 
 both his anfwer is negative; He was 
 ther of them in that fenfe as they imagi- 
 
 i A phancic there was ' at that time among M * Eu " r < 
 m of a **\tYftn<rl<t or tranfmigration of 
 les? and fo, he denieth himfelf to be fuch as 
 y conceived him. He was indeed that 
 ts who was to come, in regard of the Spirit 
 
 Power of Elias ; but not that very Elias L £ kc f l7 * 
 •ugh, who was hurried to heaven in the fie- * in £^ 31 ' 
 Chariot h And a Prophet he was , yea , and 
 ethen a Prophet^ as mewing Chrift prefent 
 he eye of flefli, which the others did onely 
 he eye of faith* But yet he was none of the 
 Prophets newly railed to Hfe, as their que • 
 m fuppofed : And therefore to put them 
 ofdoubt) he tells them plainly what he is; 
 clamantis, whom E fay as fpake of fo long 
 ore, there they might be fatisfied concern- 
 him, and feek no farther. 
 3ut Vox clamant is is Vox tqtiiveca , and 
 
 1 bear a double acceptation, to be meant 
 ler of the voice of God , fpeaking by John 
 lisMinifter, or fecondly of Iohns greater 
 temence in the delivery of his do&rines 
 t-h thefe fenfes the Text will bear, and we iu 
 
 th to confident, 
 
M/fc Tohanncs MnrJkm 1 ln the ^Xmcvknk^ 
 
 )^J.m n,nrh trjtbcat Me clamantts referreth unto G 
 
 minifteriM vocis prdbeat Ipfe 
 autem Deuspcr Idvinium da (peaking by hhn as a Kin 
 met. Ckmnir. Luke 1.70. hj s Herauld} fo as he fpal 
 the mouth of his holy Prophets fince the world 
 van 1 and as he will fpcak unto the Worlds c 
 by h : s Mi lifters appointed to declare his v 
 Ifni r9.11. As we have his own word for it unco Efi 
 *Oftcn<BtDi».mJlc nosallo- My words which I have put 
 qui, ux hom'imm miniftem fa thy mouth 5 (h*U not depan 
 opera utivelit k v $ f the mouth of thy feeds J 
 
 from henceforth , and for ever : which cat 
 be meant of thole that Were of the race of \ » 
 *6 according to the flvfh, but fo asclfewlj 
 2 Kings i. 3. f° me are termed the b Set,i 
 
 b No n quod juxta camem ex the Prophets; that is > furf ( 
 illisprognati effent , fed quid Were trained up in theSch 4 
 
 f*nit a inftitutione ab Mis eru- of the Prophets , for the ec 3 , 
 direntw. P. Marr. j ng f Gods people. 
 
 This cow fe fo eftablifhed by God in I 
 Old Tcftamcnt , Chrift re-eftabliQied ir i 
 New; by giving, as for the firfl: time, Apoj lD 
 Prophets, and Evangelifis . fo for the laft , g 
 Sph4.11. ft ours \ and ^etchers , to continue fuccefll u 
 for the works of the mini fiery , unto the w\ ^ 
 end. k 
 
 Etiamhodie rtamat lohtn- The World hath ever , j, 
 
 nes exemplo <fy verb§ fy vods ever have need or thole fo 
 
 fuo tonitruo deferta noftrorum bring the good tiding ft] 
 cmutitpetcawum. AmboL peacc , not un elyfor f WO f 
 come out of darkneffe , to be convened i ff) 
 the crrour ot their wayes , but the childrc l; 
 light too, otherwhilcs have need tohe.;^ 
 their fins being remitted, and thcmfelveL 
 4 ft f 
 
fi«3) 
 
 >rcd to the favour of God', upon their repen- 
 ice; and for thispurpofe (faith the Apoftle) 
 { hath given to us the mimflery of 'reconciliation , *Cor.j.i? 
 ic Embafladours for Chrift,and in his ftead 
 ^efeech and pray men to be reconciled uko 
 id : An Embaffage j f fo high concernment", 
 rould hardly be believed , if it came onely 
 m the mouth of man ; But that we have 
 rifts warrant for its He that heareth yon, Lukeio 6 
 reth me : and^whofefoever fins ye remit , they 
 remitted unto them. For what he faid unto 
 Apoftlcs, in this kind , Id ad totum liturgo- 
 t nationemrefertHr , it belongeth to all the 
 ion of Minifters h liTertulltav had not (aid 
 vc have no reafon to doubt thereof, but for 
 fe laft words of the Commiflion* I am with Mui%.tut, 
 alway^even unto the end ef the world i where- 
 hot only thofe that Were fent vhk voce , to 
 :h all nations ; but all faithfull Minifters 
 I. ever fhould be in every age, are promifed 
 Q iave the prefencc of Chrift ; that is, the af- 
 i .nee of his Spirit, unto the enlarging of his 
 i urch. 
 
 li uch honour hath God vouchfafed to men, 
 w d many times, to the meaneft of them,) to 
 
 cethem <rvv*n«<> workers together with him- *Cor.6.r« 
 ) CO the Work of falvation ; p ffet quidem e coeh ipfolo- 
 C but that he can do it Of q*u aut Angelos miner e, fed in 
 
 # felf , without Minifters, as eo m f0* »$ ri . ratk7 l em h r abu * 
 t a work without mane. ^Z^ZltJZ 
 
 Iter of Word, or otbacia- familiariter not id fe «J)ici*ti 
 4* It ; This IS Confeffed, that Calvin in Ifai.Hyperius metk, 
 
 t : he can do, and doth ma- thai. 1. 3. c. 1 1. 
 .vfpmes, how and when to him feeroatfi J 
 
 506W3 
 
 
 M 2 gc 
 
 ! 
 
:l 
 
 Ci6 4 ) 
 
 good h and thus he can fpeak [immediately by 
 himtelf, or can employ the tongues of Angelj 
 to make known his pleasure , but that wer 
 not fo expedient for us, as may be teen by th 
 Jewcs ^ who having once heard the voyc 
 Exod. 10. of God, entreated to hear no more of that; bi 
 1 9. & that Mofesthc man of God might impart h 
 Hibtu.!?. commands unto them. It is mercy in Gc 
 then, to condefcend fo far unto us, as to mal 
 choice of men like our felves to be his melTc, 
 gers, and to employ them as his own mou 
 to fpeak unto his people : And fit will be du 
 H b.i2.x? in US, not to refafehim that fpeakerb (thus) fn 
 *Cdr,4*7. /^ w* nor to efteem the treafure leffethat 
 prefented in earthen vejfels ; left for our wa 
 of reverenee herein, the heathen rife up in l| 
 day of iudgement, and condemn us ; Ev 
 Judg.3. 20 Egton the Moabite^ when he heares ofamff 
 Sec this fcnger from God, rifeth out of his throne; a: 
 
 fed b a Mr" that iS n ° 0C ^ Cr Whl ' Ch - 1S f P° Ven in G ^ 
 
 ^Jin^riame, agreeable to Scripture} the found ' 
 thcPrea- Mans: the fubftance and tcnour thereof ^ 
 chers plea Gods : and the Embaflagc is not his that di !,' 
 in medio. vers i rr but the Kings, or States in whole na . 
 it is fpokeru And fo we to acknowledge I f 
 great King of heaven in his Vox elamanth^ sf r 
 
 i Theft t0 rcceive tf y not as x ^ e wor ^ °f min j but (as if 
 
 j,. in truth) the word of God, r ] 
 
 But a Caveat withall unto Gods Minift tt i 
 
 i Pet.4.if that they fpeak in their Sermons,** the Ora rcri 
 
 of God; that is, the found wifdom of G P 
 
 word ; not the fond conceits of their ot loy 
 
 braines much leffe that which is repugnan P 
 
 Saipture, as fchifme , facriledge, refiftin ^ 
 
 led 
 
Argiftratcs : Certainly this is none of God 5 
 oyce , it is Vex Ruguntis, the voyce of the i Per.5,8. 
 learing Lion rather; or the hiding of the Scr- 
 >cnt; Ir was his pra&ice from the beginning 
 be a Preacher of dilobedience. Ourfirft 
 arents found it fo by wofull experience , and 
 ic have felt the like lad effe&s from his Mi- 
 llion now , whereby there is heard nothing 
 lmoft but Vox Ingentis , the voyce of many a 
 ne, crying indeed in another fence : many a 
 \achcl weeping for her children ^ Our Country ^ erem -3 I » 
 > even become that Rachel. 
 
 1, Th is VoxcUmantt s relates unto the per- 
 )n of him that cryctb, and (o &*** B ugenfis. 
 ^Hebrew feems to favour it, &' e»vn fpmtuj? yirtute 
 ./^uuhe Prophet, the 22Ztt£gZ3Z 
 eying voyce, implying the vfimiQbrifrfr*conemcg\uut 
 
 oldneffe and liberty of Iohn y nemo effet q*i fe excufare t>o$et> 
 
 lat he (hewed in his preach- q^oddamantem non audffit. 
 lg. That openly without fear ofmen, or re- 
 peat of perfons, he rebuked the people > and 
 reclaimed the Mejfiah ; In discharge where- 
 fhefo behaved himfelf, that he took for his 
 tie Vox c lamantis^ I am the voyce of one crying^ 
 s if he were nothing elfe but a voyce, exciting 
 > repentance, and amendment of life } asiii- 
 ecd, every thing a! mod about him may feem 
 ) have done fomewhat that way : Ipfe habi- Tertuilian 
 isfonat; his appareU diet, his place of abode Je faith. 
 rcre as (o many Sermons of mortification; 
 ven to look on him was to hear him preach* 
 lough he opened not his mouth, he taught 
 y his a&ions, the moft effe&uall way of prea- 
 ling. 
 
 M 3 Again 
 
01 
 
 k 
 
 (166) 
 
 Again , in regard of thofe unto whom h 
 cryed,his crying implyeth their fpiritual dea 
 neffe, and hardnelfe of heart, that (uch the 
 /*a> r s *♦ Were as Stephen after called them * fiiffe-necke, 
 and uncircumcifed in heart • aud eares '-> Tt 
 world was ever, will everbefickof this d|f, 
 7 (cafe ; the voyce of a Cryer is no more the 
 needs s Againft crying fins , we may be at 
 Mark i.irt l° wc d t0 ^ e B° aner g es > to come with the thui ^ 
 * der of the law , when the foft voyce uf tt v j 
 Gofpel will not be heard. It was the way th; 
 God himfelf took to procure audience uni' 
 his Sonne, fpeaking in fo loud a voyce, th 
 Io j 1#lJ<2 « the Aud i tours [aid it thundered* And Go< 
 * i-King if " true * icrvants have never forborne to thui 
 11- der in effect, againft what is unlawfully a i 
 
 Luke 5. 20. though it hath coft them the puniihmentc dj 
 jer.jS. 6. JohnBaptifl, to be call into prifon. But no re; r 
 fori for any (here) to complain , that the D 
 If i *8 1 " illout fr es are flopped in this kind ; They ma 
 cry aloud and [pare not , lift up their voice like 
 trumpet-, they are liked beft,moft cryed up,tha 
 cry down fin , that {hew the people their tran 
 Amos 7**1 grejfion: even in the Kings Chappd , and'fftf 
 Kings Court ; the meaneft Prophet may re 
 Aets i6iis prove* and not fear to be reproved for it, fo 1: 
 [peaks the words of truth and fob er neffe. 
 
 And herein the Lord is gracious unto u 
 
 J faiafc 3 o, t hat though he hath given us the bread of adver 
 
 i D * fity , and the water of affliction , yet he hath fill 
 
 icred this vox clamantis to belieard among 
 
 us # , Oncly (under favour) it were to be wifhe<. 
 
 T that fome which are ableft to cry in this kmc 
 
 for their worth and pares, did not flop thei 
 
 • ow 
 
(i6;) 
 
 \ 
 
 3vvn rooutbesi now ih this time of greatcft 
 iced, vviie ] theC^utdi and g vcrnmjnt, are 
 
 cryed down by the fonncs of thunder : We 
 
 icar in the Prophet a Woe <knw*cid againft Z cbar.n. 
 r doI-fhepherds, that is 5 fuch as i iw mottthes and x 7 
 beal^ not i> \ fhall fay but this, that heed would Ptl J*' 1 ^ 
 >e taken, »* filentwm clamet, that this filence 
 >c not a crying lin^ This, tor the quality of 
 he meflfenger , come wc next te tne place 
 inhere he cryed, In deferto s in the wiiderneffe. 
 
 rH'S was the School wherein John was Second 
 bred,untill his (hewing unto //r^/,and Part * 
 [jis wis the Diocefl^ wherein he preached : 
 rhis may feem firange, that he (hould preach 
 
 1 a wiidernelle,and loo(e his labour by fpeak- 
 3g there, where none was to hear him, but it 
 
 fas not fo defolate altogether, as to affoard Lu&e 3.5. 
 
 o Inhabitants. Saint Luke caiieth it*/?* Qoun- 
 
 y about fordone where though there were not 
 
 aany houfes^yet fome there were , and that 
 
 t Iohns Father among the r *nta erat vis & virtus f«* 
 
 at ; i5ut the tame ot his prea- frd £ Cd tlon ^ ut deferto swiu- 
 
 bing Wasfoch fit (eemetll) tern gentium concur fu efficerei, 
 
 pt it changed the wilder- fo Ct SteUa - 
 efs into a populous City, for all lerufalem went 
 ntohearhim, nay allludea^ (faith Saint Mat- Mar:j. y. 
 few) and all the Region round about lor dan. It 
 light be out of curiofity , to hear fome new 
 o&rine , (as people are wont to runnc vio- 
 ntly that way) but confidering the found- 
 effe of the Preacher, we will call it their zeal, 
 fid fo I may ad erubejeentiam vefiramdicere; tCor.4 {. 
 >eak it to the blufhing of many among us; AsE J*f™<s 
 *M 4 that rcnd€IS IU 
 
it**} 
 
 that will fcarcetake the paines to ftcp outwl 
 
 J?fal.i^ 2. their Chambers to worjhip God in the beamy ,# 
 
 holinejfe; when they thought not much to gfc 
 
 into the wiidernefTe to hear Iohn preach. mi: 
 
 But why muft this be done in a wildernefl $ 
 
 would not lemfalem ferve as well , where tl no 
 
 people might better be called together to he; 511; 
 
 a Sermon ? The reafoas are dfverfe ; ar ft 
 
 rhefe among other. * Sal 
 
 Charge? * . E fi*7 the Prophet had fo foretold it; ar oi 
 
 fo this Scripture muft be fulfilled ; ThcPnby 
 
 phet there by the term of a wilderneffe imp! n 
 
 eth the defolate eftate of the Church in tl 
 
 Allegmce Ife'ias defertum bondage of Baby Ion, but sfc 
 vocatmifertmEccUfuvajlita- lures them Wlthall , th; V 
 
 tern. though there appeared ip 
 
 SedBominumviam repem- more elcape then in awildc Iff 
 
 rmpennvia. Calvin. ^ where ^ Waye$ ^ 
 
 obftru&cd with thornes and brakes, and oth fo 
 incumbrances, yet God would make his wjjd 
 through all , for their deliverance ; The li h\ 
 does Iohn the Baptifi here* though the Chur :o 
 3t that tifne feemed barren and unfruitfull, ) i 
 
 j . by the coming of the Me fi ah it fhould flouri: Q 
 
 ai,$5 * 1- andblojfomas the Rofe. Though nothing t « 
 
 Mar. 5. 7. beafts now feemed to range in it , gtn.mma 1 ^ 
 ferarum* as he termeth them , a race ofvipe m 
 yet by the preaching of the Gofpel , the jr 
 vipers fhould be changed into children 
 ^Abraham. ;^ 
 
 a. This preaching in a wildernes reprefe \ 
 teth the liberty, and univerfality of the Gofp \ 
 in comparifon of the law ; then the Chut I 
 
 Cant.4.11 was hortm concltfns , (as Sglomon pi&ures \ 
 
(1*9) 
 i Garden inch fed, a faring (but ^^ ^ ^ 
 
 t h a fountain fealed. foguar- l umI ud.populicenclufa,Evange^ 
 
 led with a Cherubin, and na- /,« autem qu*da ionannc cepn 
 
 Iling (Word, that no Gentile pr^dkatur in vaflo deferto : e/f 
 
 :ould enter thereinto, but enimdoarinaliberrimtinpib- 
 
 L*.« vlrUo^^l.'U * Crs*^: " fd * tam communis omnibus 
 
 iow tis become like a ipaci- & h)C CQt n i umen , Lmhcr# 
 
 )uswildernels; all may come 
 
 nto it. Thegrace of God ivtexcrM*, faith Rom.?. 15. 
 
 Saint Paul , hath broken forth "(like the courfe 
 
 >f waters) unto all. and fo the gift which is 
 
 >y grace, is juftly called by Sz.Iude, the *w- rude ver,?. 
 
 W0# falvation. 
 
 3. This preaching in a wilderncfs dire&eth 
 
 he means whereby we may become meet 
 
 learers of the Gofpel* that is> by fortaking the 
 
 x>mp of the world , the noife and tumult of 
 
 f eru[alem , all our trail in earthly things , and 
 
 o rely on God alone , and his good pleafure; 
 
 t"or fo long as we truft unto our own ftrength, 
 
 md rely on worldly fuccour , we receive not 
 
 r ohns do&rine of repentance , nor admit the 
 
 Comfort of a Saviour s / ™M bring her into then [ %1 , 14. 
 
 Wilder neffe ( faith God of his 1*"* . . , , . 
 hn. l s Jr / r Lt Dejertaentm minus habent 
 
 Uhurch)*«^^ pj^ miniif offenJjon % 
 
 Unto her^ lpcak to her there, \uas mores, &vrta acgeftvs 
 
 Where he may be heard With bomimm in urbibus exhibent, 
 
 A LWfull fllcnce, Without noyfe, **g Prophetic. Chnftusfc 
 
 trdiftraftion. ceffit a turbis. Arewi*. 
 
 Hereby is not meant , that we ihould bc- 
 
 ome Hermites, and live feclnfe byourfelves 
 
 cbut of humane fociety h but this is intended, 
 
 pin holy retirement^io-oft as might be) from 
 
 n he noife of die world , x°s n** 1 in Saint Pauls p 
 
 :erm , to withdraw and fequcfter our (elves * ' a ' 3 
 
 other- 
 
■ (»7o) 
 
 otherwhiles, that we may the better converf 
 Pfel.4. 4. with God, by holy meditations , and devou 
 foliloquies , to commune with our heart in oh 
 Chamber) and be fllll ; that every one may fa; \ 
 Pial # 8<.8. With David, Attdiam qwdloepiatur in me Dens J 
 / will hear what G§d the Lord willfpeak^. 
 
 Or if this privacie will not be had, (as neve o 
 more hardly then aLthistime :d 
 
 I/i turitf <fr conviviisfacrat w Jj Cn every p j ace ^filled Wit] | 
 
 Q^inr^.S^^ da r r ^onti^orOyer^-iB 
 
 atfibi animus jeer etnm j we ma; * 
 be alone even in company; having our convei ] 
 fation in heaven , and fixing our thoughts oil 
 4 heavenly things : b iptiS rMwSwfysSi.Baji 
 fpeaks) in the clofet of our hearts (if all be we er 
 there) we may be retired from the world, an< j 
 go no farther for a wildemefie. 
 
 No JSie employments need hinder us fror '| 
 
 thiss Ifiivid^nd Efther ,for King,and Queen * 
 
 lofeph and Daniel y tor Courtiers andSrates K 
 
 men 5 they could all be at leifure for the pra a 
 
 £tice of piety ; amid ft all their plcafures , an< cr 
 
 engagements, toconverfe neverthelefle witl^ 
 
 Numb.itf. the God of S frits. I have done with the place to 
 
 *& and come at laft unto the meffage; Makxt 
 
 ftraight the way of the Lord. ic 
 
 TbirdPart. \/\7^ J cou ^ h ar( ^Y expeft to hearthi Gp 
 V V from the wilderneffe, but that th c 
 dodrine (hould be wilde as the place ; at leaft an 
 fomething tending to (cparation , or the like {( 
 By his preaching in woods , and forbearing Hi 
 the Temple, he might feem to countenanc | 
 that very way > and 'tis marvell that our new k 
 tangled Teachers alledge not John Baptijl fo | 
 
 tlieii 
 
(*7i) 
 
 leir Founder, as well as thole of the Church 
 f Rome do, for their monaftick lile. 
 
 But we need not to fear any fuch thing 
 :om Iohn^ whence he took his Commiflion,he 
 ikes hismeffage, and that is no more, but the 
 oint ot repentance , which was never known 
 3 raife tumults in a State, but to be the onely 
 r ieans to (upprefs them = To allow ot the mef- 
 igethen and weigh it aright, 'tis prefented 
 nto us in the form ot a metaphor, and this al- 
 id ing unto a a cuftome ufed a skm fieri folet pincipibns 
 
 y Kings , and Generalls of felenni ctmitatu in urbem in- 
 
 ttmies in their march, or mi- grejfuris. B.zi in Match.; .3. 
 tary expedition. They had b H. Grotius citing X;nc- 
 snain b Officers ( W«*^ » F hon ' 
 c munitores) to level the way , that nothing 
 light hinder them in their journy. So at Titus 
 tjpajiax his coming to Ierufalem , et>€7r>i<fo *w 
 i '** > (faith lofephns) the valleys were filled* Tofcpkrf* 
 5ie hills abated, the woods cut down, along Bcll ° lHi{ * 
 a tat coalt, for his eafier pafsage. Anfwerable 
 ^reunto, This Khg of Kings (as he is ftyled 
 \rv. 19.) in his fpirkual progrefs unto our 
 x uls hath his *& *&v*$ , or fore- runner to pre- 
 ii( ire his way, that nothing may hinder him in 
 
 s coming unto us; Come (indeed) hecan by ASs 9. 
 hi s power , and nothing (hall hinder him , as 
 fri came unto Paul at his converfion 3 but 
 :ft at is not a way fo cafie for us > fuch a com- 
 ic g God threatens to the Jewes, Mal^. 1. 2fc- MA^. r; 
 Jp he (ball come (faith the Lordofhojls) but who y . 
 <$ ty abide the day of his coming } or who fhMl 
 ,f\ndwhenheafpeareth} for he is tike* refiners 
 tqi * > not to be endured of (uch as are nothing 
 
 but 
 
C'7 2 ) 
 but drofs, unclean flefh is not mettall for fuch 
 furnace : unto fuch alone he will arife a Sui 
 . , with healing in his wings , that by godly fear, an 
 3 * 4 ' 2 ' pure affe&ions, are prepared for his conuu: 
 Nor it is not hisufuallway neither, we ai 
 not to expett he fhould come unto us (till , : 
 Afti u i* once ^ e came unco the Apoftles, ; /s the found of> 
 mighty rufhing w'md:\ikc that WhichEliah fom 
 iKinp.s. hc2XQ y renttfig the mountains , and breaking n 
 it. rocks : although fometimes he do cometfc 
 
 way,or make his way rather like that famoi l 
 * Annibal nAjUt o incenefi^ * Generall thorow the Alp| j 
 $ infufo acetojcopulos f regit, with fire,&:vinegar,by the he. x 
 f .Lwius« Dec. %.lX anc j (harpnes of perfections i 
 
 The ordinary way he is pleafed to take, | 
 Rev. 3.20. to knockjit the door of our hearts, by hisgrac f 
 ous infpiratious; to exhort, and invite us, I 
 his Word, and Sacraments : But when we aj ^ 
 m . r,..^ . r railed by this meanes (as \ i 
 
 $ut fiht Dei funt> aguntur , • .' . . n f r u * r an 
 utagant,nonutillinthUagant. ™ e T r § J nand n ? 1 Ci f mc [0 
 
 A..g. <fe «r. e^™. r^. 2. high) and are ftirred to r^ 
 
 SuutCylindrum pritmmetum, pentance, then Atti AgiMH 
 
 moxfuo impemvohitury foe. we are to obey his grace 
 A.Gcii.notf.^. f * moving us : Our will is he , 
 
 in the manner ot a Bowie, that by vertue 1 
 vis imfrefra , (the force imparted from the 1 a 
 j gent) is fct on rowling; yet fo , as the aptnef i 
 
 of the round forme conduceth fomewhat un J 
 the motion. 
 
 It is our part not to refift his grace, and hi C , 
 ly Spirit, not to flop our ears, not to hardc 
 our hearts, nay more, to ftirre up the g ^ 
 that is in us ; by pious incentives to enkind J 
 that fire, that we receive not his grace in vai ^ 
 
pray with D^-p&l.j.s. 
 ud y make thy way fira'ight before my face : and 
 villi Solomon ; The Lord God be with us^ let him 
 wt leave us ^nor for fake usjhat he may incline our 
 >earts unto him y to walk in his wayes : Laftly, by 
 epentance to remove thefe „*••/• • • *- • 
 
 • i- , r n u a Opinio \c. proximo. imiti& 
 
 impediments, thele ftumb- ^^ impunmxiith* 
 
 Illg-blocks Or fin that lye in dur&fy affer a vti in (eves fa- 
 Thriftsway; who Will come ciles <fr expedttas vertantur, 
 
 ,s a Redeemer unto them &*• Cbem »- 
 
 alone) that turn from tranfgrefsion in Iacob; Efoy. 5?. ] 
 
 5therwife he may and will come as a Judge, 20% 
 
 >ut not as a Saviour, or Redeemer unto them. 
 
 Jo that vita retta is vita correcia^ to amend our 
 
 ives, is to make a ftraight way % to fupprefle 
 
 )ur lofty, and highlwolne thoughts; thefe 
 
 nountains, and hills to be brought low by un- 
 
 eighned humility, to reform our depraved, Ifai 40.^ 
 
 ind perverfe conditions, thefe crooked wayes 
 
 o be made ftraight according to the rule of 
 
 >ur heavenly Mafter : to moderate our fierce, 
 
 ,nd outragious paflions , thefe rough ways to 
 
 >emade b (mooth> by gentle- . - . _ *> 
 
 ieffe,meeknc{Te, and the like a L% H ' d flt ; *&*'«*» 
 
 » _...', , "jperitas conteratur ( nam id 
 
 fertues. This is the way that M„f, g nific M t) « quando ter- 
 
 Zhnd himlclt trod in the ra comunditur, qus ad ioBri- 
 layes of his flcfll , and by this nam contritions fulehri conve- 
 Vay he Would COme UntO US| niu "J^ltjnimDeusbahitarc 
 
 S<?ftayes but our leifure to \t£.i tmm ""'* 
 nake it ready for him : you - 
 nay hear it from his Prophet Ifaiah , Extettat 
 Dominus ut mifereatur. The Lord waiteth that he IfaijoJJ, 
 nay be gracious unto us : Could We fee What 
 
 leed we have of his coming , by the fight of 
 
 our 
 
<*74) 
 
 our fins, and our mifery by fin, we ftiould noi 
 let him wait for us, but fuc unto him 5 and in* 
 poitunc him with Davids paflionate, earnef 
 
 PiaJ. io 1.2 longing, Vfal m \ oi. O when wilt thou, come unt. 
 me > And look what refolves he there makes, 
 to prepare himlclf for fo great a Gueft 
 the fame fhould we, and ought fo to do } 
 as wee hope to obtaine his prefence a.fl 
 mong us. at 
 
 But fee the courfe of the world herein, anc cf 
 this may teem to be the leaft of our care , as i ■ b 
 the charge did run quite otherwife ; mak< 
 ftraight your own way es, and not that ofth<« 
 Lord: The practice of men runs chiefly tha^c 
 way, wholly to mind their own ways, to mafc dI) 
 them ftraight for the compafling of thei :» 
 ends ; and for Gods way , Ivfe v:derit y let hhi » 
 fee to that. Ic is thus with the nioft oi us , W\ \ 
 follow each other like ftieep in a track h no d 
 qua eundem eft, but qua itur • walking (as the B 
 
 Ecdel.n.p Preacher notes) in the wayes of our hearty and h ft 
 the fight of our eyes y and never fee our (elves a^ li 
 bout the way of the Lord, to prepare for bjl 
 coming • untill we are going the way of alt; 
 flefh,and are even within the hemisphere o M 
 the other life. Ik 
 
 Some inclinations we have perhaps, fome fl 
 times that way, but it is onely as a morning hi 
 cloud; let a trifling pleafure,or fome (orry pro' dp 
 fit come befide us (as the golden balls to hei * 
 in the fable) we are apt ftraight wayes to tun lj 
 out of the way, and forget the race that is fe, ee 
 
 ™ h - Xui * before us 7 but ^9«* here, imports as much a ■ tt 
 ittfovd* j a path fo ftraight, as no turning afid< ic 
 
 untc >. 
 
(170 
 
 unto any thing clfc, no turning back to our 
 former couries. 
 
 And rettasfacite , meets with another di- 
 feafe of the world, that is, talking much about 
 the way of the Lord, great difcourfing of Re- 
 ligion,but little or no doing at all ; as if it were 
 >ettas dtcite onely ; fome goodly words, and no 
 more to be thought on, a fair (hew of leaves, 
 md no ftuit at all ; but re&ts facite is the 
 :harge , not to be talkers of this way, but do* 
 :rs of it. 
 
 And yet (rettas) requires fomething more 
 it our hands, a right intentioi we are to pro- 
 ceed with, in the way of the Lord ? that our 
 )bedience be not out of fear, vain glo y,cove- 
 oufneffe, Sec. but onely for the Lord himfelf, 
 md for the glory of his Name. It is one thing^ % j c V 
 fay the Schools) to feek God for fruition , or difl^ . 
 o enjoy him; another to feek him forcom- 
 nodity , or make ufe of him > One thing to 
 eck him onely for conscience to know his 
 rill, and do thereafter, another to feek him to 
 erve our own turns, and make advantage by 
 : ; one thing to feek the face of God , to take 
 elightinthe light of his countenance, ano- 
 her to feek the hand of God , that it maybe 
 pened , and fill us with good : To feek him 
 ius, is not the right way ; the Jewes he bla- 
 leth for fo feeking. Ihej have not cried unto me Hofcak jl 
 >ith their heart 9 when they howled upon their beds^ *4* 
 } oey ajfemble themselves for corn and wine: 
 eek him they did, after a fort, when his cha- 
 ining was upon them; but it was not with 
 icir heart, not with a defire to regain his fa- 
 vour, 
 
<*7«> 
 
 vour, It was for nothing but to have their em- 
 pty Barn, and Cellar fupplied with Corn, and 
 Wine, the want whereof made them howle 
 
 Ro«i& * 8 ; like beads : and fo by their crying, they fervea 
 not God, but their own belly ; which is that* that 
 God here complaincs of, and we to beware ol 
 doing the like : It is true indeed in our coming 
 
 Heb.ii.tf.toGod, We are to believe that he is a rewar- 
 ds of them that diligently feek^ him ; and W( 
 
 Verfatf. may with Mofes have refpeU unto the recomfena ( 
 of the reward i Butftill, theprincipaUcndmuf j 
 be, the glory of God , this the mark we an j| 
 chiefly to aym at > in our feeking f and fervinj c 
 of him. 
 
 Tbetc is fomething yet behind in the Text ^ 
 that calls for our {'peed in this godly employ 3( 
 ment, EuSuWt is in the prefent tenfe s allowe T 
 us no time to put it off, but out of hand to g< , 
 about it : what ever our other bufinefles are [ 
 this firft to be done that moft concerneth us ? 
 And this is not all neither* E «W is quickly ; ai B 
 adverb (landing in the forefront of the verb j 
 to excite and quicken us (flow as we are ii K 
 fpirituall matters) not to let flip this opportu | 
 nity, which being once loft > can never be rej 
 
 zCor.6.2 covcr cd. Beholdy now is the accepted time y behoh ^ 
 
 * mw * s the day of falvation I to vrork^h out noV| V 
 
 1 %ulu while we have the light, before the night c I 
 
 death overtake us , before we be gone too fa ^ 
 
 on that way, from which there is no re, 
 
 turning. 
 
 But this is a motive at large as we make i ^ 
 it may ferve all our life-times There is fomc 
 what more particular now > that the rod ( 
 
 Gdf 
 
 to 
 
 % 
 
(i?7) 
 3oJs judgements is upon us; even to drive us 
 nrothewayoftheLord, when alt wayes be- 
 ow arc&toM and fall of danger. * *f&*tod 
 TopurfueourfinfuUpleafurcsfhll, were a 
 range kind oiftupidnelfe, when the fnrj *f if a i 4 V.iy.' 
 rods anger hath fet hs on fire round about ; even 
 rtiile he is ftorming us with his judgements, 
 len to provoke his wrath agaiuft us. We 
 ijgh at the * thracians for no « Thnces dum mat fulgu _ 
 Jtter then mad> that When It ratque, inccelum fagittas exew 
 
 Kindred and lightened mod, tim , Deo minit antes, q»bd 
 
 tot their arroWCS againft nuUnm alimjrater fum ejfe 
 
 »aven in riireatnmg wife, **^^**» 
 
 id what other do we by our oathes, aai blaf- 
 
 leraies , but flioot arrowes againft heaven, . 
 
 id challenge the Almighty ! fo long it will 
 
 \ in vain to complain with the Prophet Jere- 
 
 y , how long (h*ll I fee theftandard , and hear the _ , 
 
 tnd of the trumpertlt is Godsanfwer there;F<?r * '\ t7, * 
 
 y people is fooLfh , thej have not known me^ 
 
 ere never the wiler after all thofc fufferings; 
 
 id till that were done , his anger would 
 
 >t be turned away, buc his arme ftrecch-" 
 
 out to inflict new punifliments. 
 There is one motive yet that comes nearer 
 en all, from time of Advent , and from this 
 01 >y efpecially;the laft of chat name. Where- 
 < by the Got pell otChrifts fore-runner, the 
 ■& lurch would teach us to prepare for his com- 
 $ I in the Feaft approaching : that we keep 
 
 c Birth-day of fo great a Prince in fornc^.^. 
 d mature anfwerable. Mw ^taS^jrm o-uiiat$<> acfoerfus 
 
 W^ztiari^en fpeaks, not in the magnificence J uitau. i. 
 
 gorgeous apparcll,and coftly fare, (indeed, 
 N our 
 
 1 
 
(i 7 8) 
 
 our wants take an order for thefe, our exceed 
 ing that way^ *to* ^^h******^**, bun ii 
 the purity of the inward man,jn the joy of th 
 f'pirit. This we may all, and the more of thi 
 now, by how much Ihortcr in the other : eve 
 to make a vertue of ncceflicy , and turn all ou 
 PhiU. 4« mirth to Gaudere in Domino : This joy none ca 
 It" 16 ' take from us.yzt. 
 
 As we have time then , (now more the 
 ever for this purpofe) to beftow the morei 
 the decking of our fouls , that we come n( 
 /^usuftin. into the pretence of ChriftjWrwriflw^^w/j h 
 Ser. de # volHti^ (as Sz.Atiftin warns us) cloathed in tl^ 
 temp. dom. rags of our wonted corruptions; to fearch, an 
 2 # Adv. examine all the corners of our hearts , that n 
 fin lurk there to offend the eyes of his glotioi 
 majefty : to come furniGied with charit 
 meekneiTe, humility, &cc. as the trimmings 
 our faith, the wedding garment. 
 Secundum quod ummiquem- . As he teeth US thus prep: [ 
 que ornatum bonis moribus vi- tcdy he Will C0II1C the lHOj 
 
 derhjtailligratiam fuAmife furniihed with gracious la || 
 ricordifidjfpenfabit. Aug.iMtf. ge f{ es f his mercy ; Will n I 
 
 be behind earthly Princes, in munificence c I 
 his Birth-day. 
 Thus (as the Prophet Hofca fpeaks) afi 
 
 Hof.fi. i. two dayes he will revive us^ fo many as (hall 
 partakers of his feaft at the holy table , and 
 
 I jb.fi. * 1. the third day vie jhall live in his fight , byeatif 
 of the living bread that came down from heave. 
 and fhall thereby receive all the benefits of 1 
 merits : Remiffion of our fins for one , wi 
 die alTurance of in ward peace, the peace 
 conference. And who can tell but that tl 
 
 m 
 
( l 79) 
 may be the pledge , and earned of outward 
 peace ,even that with our enemiesllt was fo un- 
 zoJernfale^Thc Prophet next before my Text, 
 bids cry unto her, that her warfare is accompli- ifa 40j : ( 
 (hed) that her fin is far done d\ The forgiving of 
 the one, is the finifhing of the other : It would 
 the (ooner be fo with us, if following the Pro* 
 fhets , w\6John Baftifts counfel , we did make 
 ftraight the way ot the Lord, that nothing 
 might hinder him from coming to help us: 
 Then would he make a ftraight way for us, 
 unto that peace fo much defired : both filling 
 valleys , and flatting mountains, removing aU 
 obftacles that lye in our way, which that he 
 would do , we make our addrefle to his throne 
 iDf grace, in part of the Collc£t of this day. 
 tord raife up thy power, and come among us, 
 < md with great might fuccour us; that where- 
 is through our fins and wickednefle , we be 
 f^ore let and hindred* thy bountifull mercy 
 a nay fpeedily deliver us ; through the fatisfa- 
 *i Hon ot thy Son , our Lord ; to whom with 
 «hee, and the Holy Ghoft , be Honour , and 
 oGlory, World without end. Ame n. 
 
 
 
 i - ' ~ 
 
 i 
 
 H * SERM; 
 
 I 
 
 % 
 
(i8o) 
 
 Militia efl 
 vita bomi- 
 nis fuper 
 terram* 
 lob. 7. i, 
 Secund* 
 vet. 
 
 
 SERM, Vli 
 
 ROM. 12, 2T # 
 
 15e not overcome ofeYi% but wercomt 
 
 tvill with good. 
 
 He life of man is a warfare upo 
 earthy his enemies are thole c 
 own houfc;his fkfhly affe&ion 
 a kind of viperous generatior 
 that deftroy the womb tha 
 breeds them : we are the fiel 
 in which tky fpring , and we are the ficl 
 in which they fight , and we are the enc 
 mies too , againft whom they fight ; the 
 fight in us, againft us; Tis Saint Peters m 
 taphor ; r&nvh*w ; they war againft the [on 
 and with too good fucceffe , do oft gain tt 
 vi&ory over her. Sometimes pride and an 
 bition (wayes the Scepter within us ; the 
 lull and covetoutneffe , gee the dominion 
 untill Anger, and Revenge, fnatching d 
 Empire from each of them , ufurp the folc t 
 rimy over us. Affe&ions more violent ai 
 
 outr, 
 
(I?o 
 
 cutragious then any of the other affettions : 
 Other affeaions do win the foul by affault; but gf£JdT 
 thele at once over-run her, and like a mighty j tnx dnim 
 tempeft, bear all down before them ; minding mos, h* 
 nothing but chedifpatch of their fury, though pneiptat. 
 with mine and ddtaiftion. So that great need * r ; & ' *' 
 we have to beware of this evill , and with our ; ' 
 utmoft ftrength to conquer it h which is that, 
 our Apoftle advifeth everyone in this precepr; 
 Be not overcome of evill ^ but &c. is* 
 
 Here is good and evill fet before you this 
 day, and it is at your liberty whether you will 
 choofe, either to overcome with the one , or 
 be overcome with the other. - * „, , .' * . 
 No fatall decree or neceffity fy**,£w>rmyJT r»»» 
 compells you to either. Irany am) w ? u ' 75 '°*>'h'»ii ayou- 
 fuch thing there were, then <nr. OWc. /.». m 
 were our preaching vain, and '■• ****** kit" paint -dia 
 your labour alb were vain, *£»£?•£ 
 vain ftnvmg to reverie what magant Jeda^nm, n onhter 
 
 heaven hath determined. It homines, fed interferes funt 
 
 is (we fee) the Apoftles coun- numerandi, Donzdiim*, dt 
 
 fell UntO thzRomans^hom he Urendistnjurvs^mcd. 
 
 i would not (certainly) have deluded with a task 
 e impoflibkyior have made them doublymifera- 
 4>le, by feeking to avoid a mifery unavoidable. 
 jit was their pra&ice , not rheir deftiny to be 
 ijrevengefull ; who bang defcended from war- 
 fl ike anceftours, thought it bafe , and degenc- 
 $ rous, to fuffer the leaft injury to paffe unreven- 
 » ;ed. And hence (likely) it is> that St. PatUdiL- 
 d "wadeth (them) more exprellcly from th^ fi i, 
 Jl| :hen any of thofe other Nations unto witoin 
 u ic feat his Epifties > that he chargcth this'Ho- 
 N 3 ftrine 
 
(x8i) 
 
 ctrineupon them with fuch variety of perfwa- 
 
 fion: as knowing how hard it is to reclaime 
 
 men from a vice of tradition > That fumming 
 
 up the whole charge in this verfe .of my Text, 
 
 he arrayerti it in the language of wart asbeft 
 
 agreeable to their military condition b as if 
 
 thus he had faid in plain terms ; That lhame 
 
 it was for them who had overcome Nations, 
 
 to be themfelves c^ercome of evill ; the vile 
 
 paflion of revenge. That after all thefe great 
 
 * Nulla efi tanta vis w& viftories obtained on others, 
 
 non ferro , acviribus debilitari there was oney et far * greater 
 
 frangique poteft , at ammam remaining over themfelves,by 
 
 Imctrt , iracundtam cohibere, pat i cnce an rf meeknefs,which 
 for uflimi e/h Laflanr Jw/w. /. i. * ' -i • > j 
 
 J™" 1 " is to overcome evil with good. 
 
 Vhifion. So , the matter of his advice confifts of two 
 parts; adehortation , and an encouragement; 
 And the fame fhall be mine in the prose- 
 cution. 
 
 The Dehortation in the former ; Be not over- 
 come of evill. 
 
 The Encouragement in the latter; But over- 
 came evlll w'itb good. 
 
 In the treaty whereof while I am as the 
 trumpet, to excite you to the Battail, my hearts 
 
 R°nr lcI * defire and fray er is , that it prove not only a 
 found, but that it may more affed the hearts, 
 then the eares, of thole that hear me. I begin 
 with the Negative part , or dehorarion ; Nt 
 vincitor a malo. Be not overcome of evill. 
 
 Fuji Part, 
 
 T T& a mifery to be overcome , 'whereby we u 
 1 bq*!ome fubje£t to the (corn* and infolence jjj 
 oftheConquerour: yet if our Adverfary be|t 
 
 noble, 
 
(i*3) 
 noble 5 oiir forrow is the lefle , that he onely 
 overcame us, whole venue (as it were) defer- 
 ved a victory: But where the unworthineffc 
 of the Conquerour meets together with the 
 overthrow, that makes the mifery extreme 
 indeed : Now both thefe mifchiefes befall 
 every one in the ad of revenge. He is over- 
 come, and that by the worft of enemies, eviil 
 it felf ; nor this by a fingle onely , but a 
 manifold evill; three in one. 
 
 i . By his own anger* and impatience , that 
 ftirres him to revenge. 
 
 2. By the injury of his enemy , which he 
 covets to revenge. 
 
 ?. By the malice of Satan, who forwards 
 the revenge ; By all thofe he is overcome , as 
 may appear in each particular ; have you but 
 the patience to hear the manner thereof, in the 
 order propofed; and firft,how he is overcome 
 pfanger. 
 
 To be overcome is to fuffer that which we 
 are unwilling to undergo, and this, does every 
 one that is aftefted with angen He fuffer s an- 
 gutih &: grief from his adverfary,and therefore 
 retakes himfelf to revenge : which is no other 
 :>ut the acknowledgment of his grief and vexa- 
 tion -• And therefore Anger orall the affecti- 
 ons may beft be termed(as St. Chryfo{K ad AmiQcben] 
 {.hrijoftom notes) w9n nt 4t/^i *. % m . 5t. 
 ipaffion ofthefoulejbecaufe v ohnm tm in f ene vuh 
 
 le that is angry,is not fo much fatitur, amara feikitudine ne 
 igent , as patient rather, and mn tontingat ultio , anxius* 
 "uffers a kind of agony in the «* Ma *- ** **■ 
 it of his anger : But you may fee all the effeds 
 N4 of 
 
f i«4) 
 
 of an overthrow S thofe that ufually befall fuch 
 as be overcome. Firft > in regard of the body, 
 which it ranlacks as a City that is taken by the 
 enemies,filKng all with tumult, and coniufion; 
 employing the members, fome,as inftruments 
 of its fury, the hand for ftriking, the tongue 
 Vultus mlnax , torvus afpe- for reviling; others as the pati- 
 
 Sus pallor' in facie, in labiis CntS of It , as theeyes in fla- 
 tremiriltridorindentibMyVer- ming,thelips in trembling, 
 
 bambida, effrtnat* cenviva, t he teeth in gnalhiog. Nor be 
 
 nanus ad cad,* vio lenttam thccok)Urs here WantingQC i- 
 vacua.cdiotamcnf*rio[*men- ther, but let up to the View, ill 
 
 us armata. Cypr. de ZAo. token of vi&ory, either a gaft- 
 
 gualem intra putas effe ani- lypalcncfle, like the guilt of 
 
 mum cu)us imago extra tam f Qr b}ood redne ft e 
 
 fxdaeft* Sen. de ira. lib, i. ,-, , i y «. n , 
 
 J J like the rage mac kindled it : 
 
 And yet thefe are but fhadowes of the difor- 
 der within ; which could it appear, and fhine 
 thorow in its true deformity , were enough to jw 
 ^maze, and ftartle the beholder, li; 
 
 Then fecondly, you may fee the effects of i in 
 this overthrow in regard of the foule, which it cc 
 holds in captivity,di(poyling,and robbing her w 
 
 3ui eo morbo Uborat ne ue °* al ^ ieL ' C ^ IC ^ f acu ^l cs > thacof 
 
 cerSe? Z°que audire Tm foould lend their afliftance : fu 
 
 qmdquam valet, fed rabic qua- The reafon, and memory can i eii 
 
 damefferatur 9 fy wmis fit have no audience in this gar- J2 
 
 expert* f'lacow * r m>. boy ^ jfc fe^fo ^coiliei 
 
 fcnfelcffe, and loofe their employment* So is 
 as the party like a perfon poffeffed* neither cc 
 Jiearing>or feeing any thing , rufheth head- 
 sine id tempus venut quo long, he knowes not whither : 
 
 ipfi'jubeamusy nunc ex imperio docs all ex imgerio irx , from a 
 
 l(* loqmmuf. Sen. de ira. j « the 'command and violence of$i 
 
 Paffion. 
 
 VII 
 
 k 
 
(iS 5 ) 
 paflion. The man is expelled, and anger rules 
 ill : The Comoedian noted this in his angry 
 man, when he makes one bid him, A&te reds\ 
 return unto thy felt, he was gone out of himfelf 
 3y anger,and had need to bt recalled by Iriend- 
 y admonition. 
 The laft evill of an overthrow is death; nor 
 
 SthisWaimnghcvCySttt/tHmrrtterficitiracuKcha) 
 
 aith Efyhaz, to Job, wrath kjlleth the foolifh rnan^ * V *' 
 
 t doth Co either way. Firft y.. , , ' u - Am 
 
 . , c • • i j .j • He tb* T lovcth net bis bro- 
 
 WthalpiTltualdcath, depn- ther>ab,deth in death, ijoha 
 
 Zing himofGod his true life, &C j. i 4 . Quam nti^efibi irre- 
 
 ill the COmfortS of his (pint; gam. cum enim amor vitalis 
 
 hat he IS no more but ambti- color fit Animz > ejusextinaio 
 
 'a»s cadaver, a walking car- £j tf^ 
 :a(Te , being deprived of the 
 «uc foule, that ftiould quicken and enliven 
 lim. Thenoft-times too, with a bodily death, 
 when inconliderately rufhing on revenge, he 
 ighteth on that milchief himfelf, which he 
 ntended to another ■> or, but at beft, doth ac- 
 :ompany him tu the overthrow. An inftance 
 thereof we have too often, in fo many paircs 
 )f duellifts, the braveft A&ors of revenge, and 
 "uch as the age molt highly accounts of* where 
 :ithcr party that engageth , is both fides in 
 langer,ifhehave (ucceflfe in his rage by the 
 ieath of his hdvtiizvf^incendo victus eft, he 
 s overcome conquering; The law, and his 
 :onfcience embitter the triumph, the one pur- 
 ging him with juft revenge, the other with 
 he guilt of a flaughtred Christian. If he mif- 
 £rry in the combat (as victory is doubtfuil) 
 lis ova-throw is here doubled with infamy, 
 
 but 
 
(186) 
 
 but in the next world with — — (God know* 
 what) WOlie •• Purfuream vomit ille ammam\ he 
 poureth out a bloody foule, even panting 
 with threats, and dire revenge , and what can 
 hcexped at the hands of God, but that he, 
 become the eternall monument ot his juft 
 vengeance! Thus you have feen him o- ; 
 vercome by one evill (and that were mifery 
 enough) but cvill feldome comes alone > 
 another fpllowes on the neck of this ; hd 
 is vi&M *b i*j#ria<y overcome of that injury 
 which he feekcth to revenge. 
 
 His very ad of revenging doth witneffe fo I 
 much,forhadhenotbeen overcome, hehad| 
 not entrcd on revenge > unto which he now | 
 flyes as the redrejre ot his injury , thinking by j 
 this meanes to mend himfelf ? whereas it pro- § 
 vetb clean contrary s for while he ftrivcth to i 
 be revenged of fomc outward injury done by tI 
 man; he bring on his foul a far worfe by fin, (! 
 which tyrannizeth and infiilteth over her,and a 
 detaineth her in bondage more flavifh then I 
 that oi Egypt or Babylon. Befides* by reveng- H 
 ing too, he becometh acceffary to that evill yj 
 -. . . c which he revengeth on his » 
 
 Kon minus emm malt eft re- Pnprm7 . an J f h? r riw mike* 
 ferre muriam quarn inferre. ? 1Ct 9V L aild hereby maKes y 
 
 Ladan.^. 18. himielf the greater offender fe 
 
 *DepatientJaeapi 8. Qtii of the twaine : Qnia duflicat^ 
 
 01 
 
 i 
 
 B 
 
 mmorem etiam retorquet inju- malum , fares TertulUan * , be- 
 renat author crMt,quum W)urn „,i • u , u r i i r 
 
 hominis faSum fequens , ! vi- which was but f mgle before, bq 
 
 tuprationem in feipfum tranf* an< 3 feconds the fault of ano- 
 
 feru T yr . Max. Scr.i. ther by his own tranlgreffion. 
 
 Prov.2^.4 Thus by *nfweri*g a fool according to his folly x 
 
 he 
 
 
(«*7) 
 
 le becometh like unto him, nay,is a more fool 
 hen he, according to Solomon h He that is hafiy ehap.14, 
 ifyirit (that is,thc angry perfon) txalteth foU 19* 
 y , is a fool in the highett degree, that is thus 
 mprovident for himfelf. St. - n ^ 
 
 Hiereme reports it for one of . t^i^B^uw.twff. 
 he Proverbs or Anftotle^ Ig- 
 temgladio neconfodias^ do not ftab the fire with 
 ifword: giving his expofifion therein ^ that 
 vhen an enemy like fire , incenfed with ma- 
 ice, fparkles out in reproachfull fpeeches , a 
 ool he were that would come with the fword 
 >f revenge to encrcafe the combuftion , and 
 tot rather wftfi the water of his tearcs to 
 .Hay the heat ; he wailing the miferable ftate 
 if him,that is thus on fire with malice:but fo far 
 ; the revenger from this, that like the moath 
 o a candle , he leaps into the flame himfelf, 
 nd endures a worie punifliment, then that he 
 /ould inflict on his enemy . The worft he 
 an do unto him, is but Come tcmporall mif- 
 hiefs,inhisbody,or his goods, or his good 
 ame, but to himfelf he procureth a fpirituall 
 i vill, even to the flaying of his foul ; And io 
 
 > ecomes he as the f Bee , that Konne videtis Apem, quer*- 
 
 > y flinging acquireth her OWn admodum moritur acute* , per il- 
 
 : eath , and dies her felf in the ladn . os **i"* l <!°<et Deus * 
 - -ou„d that (h c riv«a„ocher. &*&*!£& 
 •o this is enough to the whim pmus. Cbiyioit. ai Amiwciu 
 1 mcc overcome , and too hom. *3. 
 ) luch for his raifery, if rightly confidered ; but 
 • et a third evill is behind , and the worft of all 
 iree, he is vifttts a diabolo , overcome by the 
 i evill. 
 
 Although 
 
(i88) 
 
 Akhcuphthefouldiers win the battcll> yet 
 the \iStoxy is afcribed unto the Captain , or 
 Generall, that leads thofe forces ; and fuch is 
 the devil here, the chief Agent in this confliQy 
 that fets thofe inftruments on work, fo to win 
 more (culdiers to his fide: whereby (accord - 
 A»hoL**c. r. Diabo . 4*8 "> SiAmhrifSs compa- 
 lusvenator tile h ullidifs. q ui nfony heplayes the part of a 
 per acceptam avem inclufam crafty fowler , who cakes one 
 taveii alum cmfrehendere ni- bird by another , and having 
 titur. <fyc. caught thine enemy faft , in 
 
 hisfnar^ofmalitoufteffe, urgeth him to re- 
 proachfull language , that fo thou an unwary 
 bird anfwering him with the like note, maift 
 be taken likcwifcin the fame fnare. And to 
 M31.13.18 this purpofe it hath been obferved that the de- 
 vil is called «x,M* « '***•*#' in the Gofpell , the: 
 hoftile man; becaufe heaffailcth men by man, 
 and makes one the Engine to o'rethrow ano- 
 BM.hom. thcr. Whereupon it is St. Bajils advice, that 
 i®t de ira< when we fee any man offending us, by conrtr 
 melious words, or a&ions, we mould conceive 
 him to be *te°» £&&!>iwov , &x. a ftone caft 
 by the devill agamft us , and fo place our an« 
 ger aright on him that lent it, and not on the 
 party that is fentuponus, but rather to take 
 compaffion on him, who for that time is not 
 Wis tibi demonftrem m- himfelf, but like one tpoflef- 
 mam fpumamem & immnn- fed withadevill, is violently 
 dam) Cogita hafcentcs , <fy borne unto thofe outrages, by 
 
 lTZ! x o ay&Ct fusk cbyU the fpiric diat is iu him; lo 
 
 - *°* that to be like him in malice, 
 
 is but to come over to the devill , and to take 
 his yoke upon us, who contriveth injuries as a 
 
 ftratagem 
 
(i8 9 ) 
 
 ftxatagem to provoke our impatience , and 
 thereby to increafe his curfed dominions. 
 
 Ana thus without more adoc, we have 
 brought the Revenger to his third over- 
 throw, and that is his higheft , or (uperlative 
 degree of mifcry, we can go na4iirther. Now 
 meet it were , that we allay how to deliver 
 him from this plunge , and withall to defend 
 our fclves, from the like hereafter; Both 
 which we may do, by making ufe of conveni- 
 ent remedies : For that which is pad, there is 
 no other way but only repentance S with 
 fhowres of teares to quench thofe raging 
 flames of anger, and chat fire of hell, which 
 thine anger unrcpented of, hath kindled a- 
 gainlt thee. Then, for the time to come , the 
 prevention were eafie if we would our felves : 
 if we did not maintain our enemy againftus; 
 But we give way unto it our (elves , we che- 
 riih the Serpent in our bofome , that frets and 
 corrodes us. For without our content*, not 
 erodes , nor enemies , nor all the powers of 
 earth and hell could move us to anger : for as 
 it was fmartly faid of the f Icon# ^^ ^ 
 
 \lurkes, and their lmmcnfe graves nobis non ipftrumwri- 
 CCOnqucfts> that they gained ta/fed nojira JelitUfecerunt. 
 ( movc^nofira ignavia quamfua Lt "°- dejguai Ser. i. --Nequc 
 . v rtute ; by the (loth of Chri- "J&ti** f ™*" 1 ™'^ W* 
 yftians, then by their own va- ^ mk salt. &<«*.«**. 
 y lour , lo it may be as truly of 
 othete temptations} that they more prevaile 
 1 by our negligence, then by any ftrengtfv that 
 : is b them: we never ftrive , nor takearmes 
 lagainftthem, but like thofe weak Chriftians 
 a in 
 
(ipo) 
 
 Ante aciemmuhi vM, Jne in St. Cyprians time, that re- 
 
 mgrcffimtr(>ftT*ti.&c*£yp voked to idolatry , before a- 
 
 delapf. \ ny perfection once affailecj 
 
 them; To are We in like manner ante ackm vitt* 
 
 overcome almoft before the encounters nay, 
 
 foyled and \ianquiftied by anger > without fo 
 
 much as a thought to withftand it. 
 
 But no longer to detain you from the renrt - 
 dies, the means to prevent this dangerous mil- 
 chief are principally thefe. 
 
 trj *• As againft an enemy- 
 
 Sicut qui expert obfidio- « } proewtt* , to kcet 
 
 nem contrahimt fym promptu J , r > . . * 
 
 collect* quibus eft opus , nihil watch , ana ward againft it . 
 
 fpei collocames in his qu& funt to meet the firft motion there- x 
 
 extra chitatem. it a ms opor- of arifing in oiu* hearts: which? 
 
 tetadverfus iracundiam^c. we may e afllv (uppreffe anc :■* 
 
 Piut. it cohb.ua. vanquilh at the ! beginning I 
 
 butifwefuffer it to kindle with delay , it willii 
 
 break forth into a flame , that will hardly be I 
 
 quenched. 
 
 Then fecondly , to withdraw thofe forces » 
 
 whereby it takes advantage againft us ; aa 
 
 namely, a too much love * oi m 
 
 • Mfry «"%'#>•*■' ourfelves, by means whereof 
 
 ** m m '*> **' Bal,i ' every thing enrageth, and oft > 
 
 jlnnoccntcm quifqms fedi- f cnc j s us , that complies noi 01 
 
 chMpUiensteftemnon confci* w j t [ 10ur humour, and difpo 4 
 mum. ben. deira.i. Jtfon . ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
 
 TpaBi (KAVTov,quamfc. ex t impartially into our own bo- ii 
 mkis vitiis , fcekribus J &c. fomes, and there take a righ ft 
 
 ttmpailusfis. Doncdlin. fo f yay of QUr ^^ afld obl[ § 
 
 quitics,we(howld find more then enough foi 1 
 our anger, to fpend it on our fins, and no oi 
 mind the injuries of others agayift us , bj kc 
 
 thinking 
 
linking of our own more grievous "againft 
 iody our heavenly Father. 
 
 3# It may awaken our courage toconfider 
 te circumftances, that we are overcome by a 
 aflfon; that which was made to be the lcr- 
 ant of the foul, which is no Jeflfe fhamefull and 
 repolterous, then for a King Nefcias utrHm magis ^ 
 
 beyanquilhed by aflave: ftabilevmumfit, andeforme. 
 ay, by the worft of paffions; s™. * '"*- l • 
 jch'an one, as is not more loathfome and de- 
 'ftable , then ugly and deformed* 
 
 But chiefly confider the danger. Firft , in 
 :gard of our weak and frail bodies , that may 
 erifh in the preparation of our revenge a- 
 
 ainft Others. And then, Se- See the Parable of the King, 
 
 )ndiy, ttl regard of our loulS, that punijhed kirn who fhewed 
 
 ut depart in rage unto the no mercy to his fellow, iYiauh* 
 
 udgement Scat of God *, and ■ 8 - l * 
 
 'hat mercy can they look for there of him, 
 
 ut were here fo implacable toward their fel- 
 
 >w-fcrvants. 
 
 Hitherto we have heard of the feverall 
 verthrowes that accompany revenge , with 
 ie miferable confequences arifing from the 
 ime o which may ierve as an incentive to 
 xize up our courage, and to enflame us with 
 defire of conquering that evili : To the con- 
 ueft whereof we are incited by our fecond 
 JeneralU which is the encouragement, or 
 3:ive part; vince bono m^um y But ovcrewtc 
 fill with good. 
 
 It is noc/*£*,flye from evil, second Gcnmll- $u* T U 
 
 flying from Anger, Ulllefle quart se fuga ijia non adjwet* 
 
 'ecoujd leave our feive's be- tecum ftps. Sen^$*, 
 
 hind 
 
hind us ^ Nobifcum fugmus : wc carry thl 
 enemy along with us : nor it is not refijte^ nei- 
 ther, rcfift evill onely* which is enough tc 
 Jan\ 4.7. foyle the dcvill, as St .James inibf mes us ^ r^ 
 the devUl , and he will fiye from yon. But it is 
 vlnce^ overcome, to aflure us, that in this com- 
 bat againftanger , it is aswelltheChriftiam 
 cafe* as the Roman fouldiers ; autvincere, ant 
 emon ; either to overcome,or be {lain; no other 
 way behdes that, to fave us. 
 
 Overcome then we muft . but what are the 
 means, whereby we may obtain the vi&ory j 
 why eafie enough , and as certain too ; for a< 
 thereisnopoitbn in nature, but hath its anti- 
 dote; no difeafe in the body, but hath its re- 
 medy: folikewife in the {piritualftate, ead 
 mifchief is anfwered with a redrefle. The evil 
 (as we heard) were three, and right To many; 
 are the goods to am:nd them. And as in phy 
 
 Ad morbos extremes, extre- fick, each difcafc fcbeft'CUttll 
 
 maexquifite remedia prtftant. by his contrary ; io here if I 
 
 Hip. Afb. lib. 1.6. like fort,againft each evill, m e 
 
 have its contrary good, for remedy. 
 
 1 ♦ The good otpatience againft the evill o: f 
 
 3. The fupreme Good, God Almighty I 
 againft the devill, the Arch-evill, by every o I 
 thefe we may get a viftory; and firft, v'mce fa- 1 
 tientia, overcome by patience. 
 
 In Olympic!, lex eft male- A ncW kind of viftory , tC 1 
 
 faciend(ivincere;inftadhchri- overcome by enduring yancjfli 
 fii.noneumqui^rcutiu fed qui f au different from the cuftdn 
 >% c « i '"' m ' iari decretm of the world, where he hatl 
 tlti chryroa, theprize^that by might,- aw 
 
 iorce 
 
 an< « 
 
rce, fdbdues hisadverfary : But it is other- 
 iteinthe lifts of ChrifU here, he that re- 
 ives the hurt > is crowned as Conqu:rour, 
 id winnes the Field without giving a blow : 
 nd therefore in the Armory of the Church 
 fcribed by Solomon, fant.q. We hear of a Ont.4.4. 
 ouf and bucklers , all jhields of mighty men ; of 
 icklers, 1 fay, weapons of defence, and fafe- 
 iard, but no mention of a (word, or fpcar, to 
 vade, or offend an enemy. And hereupon 
 is obiervable, that St # Paul makes patience 
 
 he thefirft ligne of an Apoftle , iCor.iz. * Cor.12. 
 e jigneroj anApoftle were wrought among jon in lz * 
 patience : and peradventure on this ground, 
 
 exhorteth Timothy tomanifeft hislpirituaUTim**. 
 irfare, not fo much by fighting , as by fuffe • 
 io7T($t\7oi , endure hardneffe as a good fouldier of 
 us £hrift ; which hardneiTe every one muft 
 dure, that will be like unto him our Captain^ Hcb. 1. ro; 
 } obj fufering entred into glory .And by this way Luke 2 4* 
 ofe Armies of Martyrs fought the battels of l6% 
 1 Lord ; being armed with no other wea- 
 nisbiic patience, and meekneffe : whereby 
 zy triumphed over the -malice, and tor- 
 ems of their adversaries. But you may fee 
 e evidence of this vi&ory in Eodem exitu fifpungetur quo 
 
 ery true patient man ; Upon telum aliquod in Petra conftan- 
 
 10m if an injury light, it is r / s *"**! librMm fyobt*- 
 itastheblow ofa Hedge up- !um ' &c : rcfluU : 
 leel Anvile, that makes no dint or imprefli- 
 1 at all, but recoyles on the hand that fmote 
 
 Me velut rupespelagi , &c, He ftandsfyfrtt, Vh*\L 
 id unmoved , like a rock in the Sea, which J£n6d* 
 ough never fo much beaten on by c he wa- 
 O tcrs > 
 
(fW) 
 
 ters , yet it is no wayes fhaken thereby ; hub 
 
 breakes the waves thataffault it: So he, as ii 
 
 pmmmefl magnmdinis were, divinely iufenfibly , c! 
 
 vera mn fe [entire pewffum. ther leems to perceive not] 
 
 Sen. de ka 9 or negle&s the injury , con 
 
 ceives the doer not worthy of his anger, bii 
 xather of his pity* as (bme frantick per (on tha 
 Ihould affaile him: you will eafily yield thii 
 to be a vi&ory , tf you look on his enemy>ho* J 
 at it*.* „»;* t* ufa vt he frets and vexes to fee hi :, 
 
 N. icctrco quu te Man wr |e , . .; 
 
 debeas quod cum fruSumejut malice thus defeated , and dll j 
 cvertoris non ddendo, ipfe debe appointed ' and even acknoiV 
 
 at necefie eft. TmvMdepdt, ledgcth the overthrow, by Hi 
 forrowand difcontentment: neither need % 
 for proof hereof, go beyond his own confeff'j 
 on, but come from that unto the next wayCj 
 vi&ory : vmce bene[tciis\ overcomes with kinc [ 
 nefle, or good turnes. 
 
 A vi£tory fome what ftranger yet, to ovei 
 come malice, with doing good , but certainlj 
 more effe&uail > then that by patience; Tit J 
 patience perchance may make thine enemy \ 
 X^w&wMTiKTM confidcr, but thy goodnef. 
 dai, Termeha apud, Sopbo- will make him relcnt;for in i f 
 dem, doing (faith our Apoftle .j* 
 
 K 
 
 the verfc next before) thou [halt heap coales 
 fire on his head : An expreflion borrowed froj 
 Refiners of mettalls , that are wont to he; 
 coales on the head of the Crmille , or meltir 
 pot, for the more thorow-eff e&ing of the wor 
 and fignifying here , Ardorem charitatls ( 
 Luke 1 2. Haymo expounds it) the fire of charity, whic 
 49. Chrif came to fend on the earth; the coal 
 
 whereof thou heaped on thine enemies heat 
 
 whe 
 
'hen thou relieveft his necefE- NGn in mA£au ^ m M . 
 
 LCS j Non in maled'tltum , &c. demnationem , utplerique exi- 
 Uth Saint Jerome , not tor his ftimant,fedin correffionem, ut 
 
 idgcment, or condemnation, fit*™**" benefietis, odii frigore 
 
 as fnm* rrrnnrnnllv ima- ^co^fo 7 gne chantatjs(nam hoc 
 
 N u i u- y ^ ordinclegtndafinr verba JIni- 
 
 [ine) but tor his COrrethon, micusejfedefinat.Hkton.lib.u 
 
 nd reformation, that being cm. Pelagian, 
 vercome with courtefies, 
 emay ,cca(e to be thine enemy , having his 
 nmity purged away by the fire of charity. 
 Tiis will do it , if any thing will ; let him be 
 f never fo fullen mettall , the coales of love* 
 nd friendly offices will melt, and foften him; 
 nd transform his ftubborn hatred, into com- 
 liancesofaffe&ion. We have an experiment 
 ere of in San/, a perfon of an obdurate nature* 
 tat hardly we (hall find a worfe; and yet Da- 
 id mollified him with good turnesj infomuch, 
 lat i. He drew tcares from his eyes 5 Saul i sfenvi^; 
 ft uphisvoyce^andwept^ a. A confeflion from v ^c if. 
 is mouth, Thou haft rewarded me good^ whereas Vcrfc 1 9- 
 have rewarded thee evilly nay, 3. A bllef- 
 ng from his heart - The Lord reward thee 
 ?od y for that thou haft done unto me this day # Cant.l.fc 
 o that the Spoufe in the Canticles might very 
 rclifay, (and fothe t Original will warrant fgftgjfcr 
 ) love isftronger then death ; ftronger certain- br&i com* 
 r in this way of viftory , whereby David did M*fw 
 tore perfectly overcome , JW,then by death car€nu 
 e could have done : For he Tooufhalt Uve thy neighbour 
 
 Kit Conqueretll by death,' and htte thine enemy 9 Mir. 5,4$ 
 
 oth but overthrow the body, ^ d etidm in un0 homine m *k 
 avuig the mind wholly a- ^$£&££ 
 crfe,and unconqtieied ; but hmmmLTJJ^lsTl- 
 
he that conquercth by love , overcomes the 
 whole maji; deftroying the enemy that hated 
 him, and preserving the perfoii, to love and 
 honour him. 
 
 This is Gods own way of victory ,to overcorn 
 
 by mercy ,and good neffe/o, he overcame Da- 
 
 vidy with his murther and adultery •, Peter witfc 
 
 his threefold and ihamefull deniall, Panl witl 
 
 his blafphemy and perfections who neverthe 
 
 Gali. 25. kfle obtained m:rcy, even to preach the faith 
 
 which once he defiroyed. And but for this Wa^ 
 
 ot vidpry v heaven Jiad wanted many of he 
 
 Saints, and the earth been defolate of Inhabi 
 
 tants. But this is mercy befitting his Majeft) 
 
 ^ 0. ^2.t where fin abounded ^.gr ace did much moi 
 
 abound : -abound toward thofe that did all the 
 
 /fas 412?. .could,- to provoke the fury of his anger again; 
 
 them : for what greaterprovocation,then tha 
 
 Rom ^ 1 ^ which Ella s complaines of the Jewesv Lon 
 
 iKine 'i9r^^7 have kitted thy Prophets , and d'gged dovs, 
 
 1 4§ w thine altars ; and yet notwithftandmg the; 
 
 . . .„ . indignities t, he plyes ther 
 
 baU ler:. dtp at. } ■ t • ' 
 
 nay , when their mahcio 
 
 wickednefle was come to the highelt, th 
 
 they had no more Prophets to kill } after 
 
 t Cam major em aggreffi funt he fends UiltO them hiS So 
 impietatem maioribus eos pro-* t even then beftowing tl 
 fecutuseJtbeneficiis&c.Clvry- higheftof his favours, wh 
 lotl.adAuvoc.hom.iT. ^ faad commitCed th( 
 
 utmoft impieties. 
 
 And it vve look on him that was fenr, c 
 bleftcd Saviour, in him we may no lcilet 
 hold the like wonder of mercy , when havi 
 
n his ali-torne body, t no part f Nec reman/it in eo mfi lm m 
 
 eft Whole, fave Oneiy his 'gu'a,nt jrn cruafigentibus or*' 
 
 :ongue; he employcth this in ret* G^.. Mcdiux. 
 graying for thole that crucified \ and blafphe- 
 ncd him, which is ( if we compare them 
 eight) the great .ft benefit, for the greatcft In- 
 ury 5 to pray for thofe that fo defpightfully 
 aledhim. And dQubtlds, no fuch powelfull 
 means to obtain their pardon of his heavenly 
 "athcr. The effect whereof we may plainly 
 ^eeinthecoriverfionoffoma- ' c , 
 
 * -choufend a, .T,ur, Scr- J^Zfc/ & ™ 
 mon, which had not been io 
 *ffe£tuall, but for the prayer of Chrift on the 
 Croffe i which could not poiTtbly but find au- 
 dience in the ears of a gracious J tidge. When 
 we (ee here below , nothing fo preva'des with 
 thejudgin behalf ©f the Malefe&our>as when 
 die party offended fues , and intercedes for 
 itm ; And yet this did Chrift for his deadly 
 enemies. Nay more then this* he died for aSsi.ij; 
 hofethat by wicked hands (as Peter tells them) &3.1*. 
 lad crucified and flam the Prince of fife , and 
 )OWred out his precious blood VivJficawrfanguineChrifti, 
 Or their fakes that {pile it : etiam qui ejfudit fang. Chrifti. 
 
 making this extreme act of c Vp debonepatientu. 
 their malice , the onely means of their fal- 
 vation. 
 
 Here was overcoming indeed, of abundant 
 eviil, with exceeding abundant goodnefle , as 
 if the kjndnejfe^ and humanity of Go dour Savioux, Tit.3, 4, 
 would (trive with the perverfeneffe of man, to 
 put-vie, and conquer it. And what is this but 
 to teach us the like way ot vi£tory, to contend 
 O 3 with 
 
with the malice and crotfeneffe of our ene- 
 mies, by our charity, and good deeds/ not. 
 need we doubt of the fuccefle , having Godjf* 
 himfelffor our example J nay more, for our 
 affiftance too , as it followes in the laft place, 
 vince malum Dee y Thou haft God oi thy fide, 
 and needeft not tear, what man , or devill can 
 do againft thee. 
 
 This is our laft, and fureft refuge, that if all 
 other means fliould fail us , here , we may be 
 fore to overcome, if we commit the matter to 
 him; if we do but as the Apoftle exhorts us in 
 the nineteenth verfe, dare locum lr&, give place 
 unto the wrath of God, who (there) challeng- 
 ed revenge unto himfelf, as his royall prero- 
 gative. A£ib$ vindiSta^ Revenge is mlne^ and af- 
 lureth us by his promife, of the execution] * 
 thereof h Egorependam ^ I will recommence faith 
 the Lord. So that to be forward in our own re- 
 renge,is to anticipate, andufurp the office erf 
 God , and to afsume that to our felves , which \ 
 is his peculiar jurifdi&ion ; and fo by confe. 
 quence* to make God our enemy alfo; where 
 p hs improbum ilium c*£is as to refer the caufe unro him, 
 
 fufiinendo, ab eo enim vafulnbit is to giVC him this tight , and 
 
 aqus gmti fujlines. Tcrtu!. w iu p rG ve much more benefi- 
 ciall to us in the end: as bringing the* Al- 
 mighty into our juftice , and making liimtlie 
 Revenger of our quarrell , who will not be 
 wanting unto his own charge; but will either 
 Patientes fadt defecuturi vindicate our caufe by fomc 
 ulttone femitas. Cypr. tint* ienfible token of his wrath on 
 pOTttnan. our adverfaries,or fo arm,and 
 
 fortify our minds with Chriftian conftancie, 
 
 and 
 
 k 
 Mb 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 ; 
 
(}99) 
 
 and n folution, that wc (hall find even pleafurc 
 and contentment in our fufferingss Or how- 
 bever, it fhall one day prove our advantage, 
 vhen t God fhall vtfmt ** f ^ toifirtroHrdO*. 
 u&Ut wcare us Garlands more p rov , 25.21. 
 
 1 glorious out of thofc injuries 
 hat we have endured for right eoufnetfe fake ; fo Mat. * .10. 
 hat our jbort and light afffffiion (hall work^nnto 
 is afar more exceeding^ and eternall weight ofglo- z ° 1- *' 
 y : which the righteous judge will give unto 
 :very good fouldier of Chrift* that by patience 
 tnd meeknefs following the foptain of their fal- Heb.2, 10. 
 tation , are n**dc perfeft through fojferings. 
 Wc have his own Word forit. Revel. 3. f/a- Revel.*. 2I 
 •enti : To him that overcomeh , wHl I grant to fit 
 pith me in rnj throne^ even as 1 alfo overcame , and 
 tmfet down with my Father on his throne. Let 
 20t this trouble you; though (hotwithftanding 
 his glorious profer here [made by Chrift) no- 
 thing were promiled in effeft, being to be had 
 Dnfuch hard conditions; by t drinking of hist Mat, io # 
 jitter cup. Yoxjoabet & pax coronas fuas , be- "' . 
 ides perfections Crown of Martyrdom, even z $** ' 
 peace hath her bowels too; wherewith to 
 :rowii the Chriftian Conquerour upon his vi- 
 ftory of his adyerfaries s to fubdue inconti- 
 nence is the prize of hoftility : to overcome 
 anger, and revenge, is the triumph of patience; % Tij 
 By thefe,and the like , we may ftrive for ma- , Cor.^' - 
 fterieS) and obtain a Crown incorruptible^ a Qrown *f. 
 9 f gt Qr Jy x ^ at f ^th not away. * Per. j. 4. 
 
 YOu have heard in brief the Apoftles ad- Applies? 
 vice to his Roman Profelytcs, whereby he tion - 
 O 4 inten- 
 
Ooo) 
 intended not to diiswade them from repellir 
 violence by lawfull deface, or to difarmcthc} 
 Chriftian Magiftrate for the puniftiing of injrfht r . 
 Vei.1.3.4. ftice: The Chapter following will clear thilElt 
 mill , commanding fubje£tion to the highctfhc 
 powers, and propounding Rulers as a tcrroiijty 
 from evill works; as bearing the fword ioth 
 that very e^ d, and being Gods Minifters to ex- he 
 ecute wrath upon him that doth evill; Hisdu* 
 meaning is onely here to repreffe the immdw 
 derate paffions of anger and revenge in pri- cni 
 vate concernments; that we be fo far from re- oc 
 turning evill for evill, as rather to forbear, and it 
 CoIoCj. f or g lw one another ^ if any man have a quarrellm 
 1 ? . agamft any^ even as God for thrifts fal^e hath for- J 
 
 £pJm- ?*• given us* Npr is this any other but what he re- \\ 
 1 Cor. il ^ ce i vei i f t ljeLord^ who among thotc a ft onijhing^ 
 m?tj. iS 5 doctrines which he taught as one having authti-k 
 *9. : ' rity, inculcated this beyond the reft,with morel 
 ^l .variety of cxprcflion* Love your ensrmes , bleffe a 
 
 44. them that cur fe you^ do good to them that hdteyoujt 
 
 and fray for them that delightfully ufeyou^ and 
 ferfecuteyou. This is the grand refult of thcii 
 bMultum hvero aberrant gpfpel, the great duty that! 
 inepti quidam hommes, qui hoc Chriit came to preach, and CO |i 
 tanwm chriftiamfmi effe *m~ exemplify by his life , and I 
 mt, ut hops diliganw, &ne^ death, and yet b not fo new,as 
 g ant ™ K f "^ fome would fancie it, but that 
 
 trim wan eftlex Dei pojl the Old Teftament had much 
 ch.iifii^dventum^c^M3L^ to this purpofe,both for pre- 
 in i Rc£.&. 2? cept, and pra£ticc* 
 
 1 , For Precept , Thou fhah not revenge , nor 
 bear any grudge again ft the children of thy people : 1 
 
 Levi:, J 9. 1 2< nay more then fo; Thou floalt mt 
 
 abhorrs 
 
( wi ) 
 
 wre an Edentate , no not in Illter mnes Genus qvdt Ju- 
 Yptin» 5 Deur. 3 2 . 7. Thoie ddpterant immicas reputare, 
 
 t the Jewes might have er <">t Mist®* * 'i uibi4S m " e 
 fonto hate beyond any w»™ &««L *p ar*dtiit*u* 
 
 c * 1 J mwftra ram /*«*• B - N 
 
 ler nation; from wnom a^^JBb-* 
 yhaaiuftcred all tnc mi- 
 i:sofa moll tedious , and cruel bo idagc. 
 le fame was intended oy that inpn£fc\6'3 of 
 hieing, and relieving '^n enemies beaft, 
 'od m 23. 4. ^thereby to mediate a reconcile-* IGA p?- 
 *nt, when the party thus pleafured could not ^\-Epift- 
 x>fc but be wrought 0:1 by th£t cojrteiie. llb ^ L ** 
 t cxpreflcly and clearly, Pm/. 25. ii.'Jf* 
 ne enemy be hungry 5 give him bread to eat ^ if 
 be thirfiy give him water to drlnh^ pr thou 
 It heap coales of fire Hpon his head ^ which VC- 
 placeour Apoftle here cketh , tor the pref- 
 g of Chriftian charity, and cmgrandi diligcntla Mer- 
 it IS enough to make It ap- vandum aft. nedum bmc tcujn 
 
 ar, that Solomon meant it in n n m * in **#»**> *'?• 
 ^ofpel-fen^notfo^asiome mus fc fa ^ mnnUlii hcC 
 
 bZYM Attflws time abuled frtceptum qit'Jfi ad fatiandum 
 IS precept, for the fatisfying furoremfitumafluinere. SerJc 
 
 their revenge, feeding their tcm l6&> - 
 
 emy for no other end, but - , , \ +,,„ 
 
 , y • i 1 - 7 ., Ad [an&ndum ergo talem 
 
 at hcmight burn in eternal! fhrenct - cum }m ^ €S [antes, 
 
 rmentS^ Avert at Detts^xh fy eharhatis igfie (uccenfos 
 
 e Father, God withheld this hmatwr fpjantl. dkens> Car- 
 ife from our minds,that any tooci J &* c - 
 Duld do good turns with this mind, to im- 
 jnge the Receivers into endleife puntfh- 
 ent. It is none of the Holy Ghoftsmeau- 
 g , this h who iotendeth hereby not the 
 me, but the cure , of him that is fick of the 
 
 frenzie 
 
(202) 
 
 -J. . ...,.,*• fren2?ie of malice, and thaw 
 
 Cum enm rnimico tu9 pio a- ,, * • ,. *. , , 
 
 mmo frequentius benefeceris, (by plying him With fcquqU 
 
 quamiibetfit imptis fc crude- benefits) as it' were to lug k 
 
 lis>tandem erubefcet 3 & debet, round him with the fire 
 
 & pctnitcreincifit quodaJmh r j iy charity, which will moji 
 f lt> ® Cm him at length , be he never i q 
 
 barbarous, to blufh, and grieve , and repent cfe 
 his rancour againft thee , and to requite tbid 
 in ftead of hatred, with hearty affe&ion : Thl « 
 for precept* 
 
 Then for practice; it is no leffe evident «i 
 
 by (undry particulars ; By the kindnefle ot Jo ( 
 
 i <.% j i • feph towards his Brethren* that deferved (o ity 
 
 x/oJ,3i. at his hands. By the charity of Mofes interc^ 
 
 $2.& chap* ding fo paflionately for the Jewes, thatwertt 
 
 >7*4. ready to ft one him; By the courtefie of Eli(ha k x 
 
 xt.** 6 ' cnterta i D i n § xhtAfsyrtan armies ^ that we»n 
 
 fent to deftroy him , by the Evangelicall fpiri c 
 
 Vhlj .4. of David, who was fo far from re warding e vill 1 
 
 that (to ufc his own words) he delivered h'm j 
 
 that without a caufe was his enemy • 
 
 But yet however > that which was barelj 
 propounded there , and rarely performed bj 
 Mat. . oneamongathoufand, is powerfully prefsed 
 'in the Gof pell , with an Ego Mcovobis^ anex-c 
 prefs G)mmandemcnt to love our enemies [j 
 and to exprefs it with all the tokens of heart} 
 affe&ion , as blefling , relieving, praying foi 
 them : And for examples to enforce it , there \ 
 befuch as none can be greater; of God the 
 Rom.6. 8. Father giving his Son for us when we were ene- 
 I?' mies^ and making his Son to (bine on the wicked,* 
 
 HehVi.^ ;an dtheuntIunkfull. Of God the Son, thac i 
 *A* 10. 3 8 notwithftanding the contradiction offmners went 
 
 about 
 
 i 
 
 K 
 
 J 
 
(aoj) 
 
 wdcmggood, all his life-time hereon ferth; 
 i dying, prayed tor thoic thac crucified 
 n. 
 
 Of Chrifts difciples, thac followed their 
 liter both in teaching, and in pra&ifin? ; as 
 yhen the firit Martyr, that fpent hislaft A <3«7 *c> 
 :ath in crying for mercy on thofe that fto- 
 d him : and /Wthe Apoftle, with his fel- 
 v-labourcrs, whofe profeffionkwas, being iCor.4, 
 tiled? we blejfe y perfecuted y we [njfer^ being defa- ra. 
 d y we entreat; and how the next Chnftians 
 the Primitive times were affe&ed this way, 
 fhen the Spirit that defcended in the like- Aa$t 4 
 ffeof fire,enflamed their hearts) the anci- 
 t Writers have fufficiently witnefled , when 
 : heathen could fay of them between 
 vie and wonder > a Vide ut[e invkem diligmt; a Tertun* 
 I how thefc Chriftians love one another. Apologct. 
 ndnoleffe for their carriage toward thole 
 thout , how they powred b , ... 
 rth b p ra ycrs for tyrants, c f* '^V* 
 d perfecurors, • refrclhed a^? L ****<+<- 
 eir armies in the time of eG ^,. Deme - triam 
 :owth, * relieved fuch as EtficVeopinpUcemus.fyt. 
 :re their worft^ enemies in Kac nobis cniimus expedite, 
 ievous famine, and thfc they ut ™* dttgamus, fy in vos qri 
 dfomuchthemorecordial- gft»>™"^w. L* 
 , as tney c believed it was ac- r 
 
 ptabletoGod, that theyftiould beftow all 
 x>d things on thofc that hated them. 
 In the Agesjfucceeding how much they de- 
 ined from the Primitive (implicity,and child- 
 ic innocence, they encreafed in malitioufncs, 
 rcry day more and more, fulfilling that Pro- 
 
 , phecic 
 
04) 
 phccfcofoLir blcfsed Saviour, that becauje 
 Mit.t4.11 iniquity abomding^the love of many fljould wa" Q 
 , f , % .„ cold, we have feenthe prc\, 
 
 Nufquam plane vijum tan- L^.^r \L "™ • .Upl- ], m ' 
 
 fiufqifamtimintokrandam.ftf times, when wars and d, K f 
 
 mnquamtdmenfenefcentmdi- fcnfioilS are no where (o f r 1 
 
 utiimitatem extitiffet , <frc. J . quent, bloody, and continue ; , 
 
 Sauroraan. adprinc.ChriJli. ^ among the pro fef S OUUS J 
 
 Chriftianity, as if tib* G^ 0/ /><?^ and love hl ipn 
 withdrawn his influence , and fuffered the d' 
 vill, the Authour of difcord, to low his tares <' 
 divihon among us : How have we hereby g 
 2 Sam.t. ven occafton to the enemies of the Lord to bla 
 i4« pheme \ to blafpheme ( I fay ) that worthy nam 
 
 3am.:.7. by the which we are called: and when ofthen^ 
 felves they are hw?*w kakSv^ as Na&ianz,tl 
 *Or*t.} i* * fpeaks in the like cafe) apt to defame us wit: K 
 forged kandals; how can we think they fhoui J 
 now forbear us, having filled their mouthc : 
 with juft reproaches! In (lead ot that w\ 
 mentioned ere while, it may be their note of u 
 us now to the contrary; Vide, ut fe mvkem ode 
 tint \ as if this were now become the cogni 1 
 zance of Chrifts dikiples, to hate one ano. 
 ther. Certainly, this is fo far from converting 
 Turkes, and Jewes, unto out Religion , that i 
 *^ v l e [ may rather * confirm and harden them it 
 rlufdei!*' t ' ie ^ r infidelity. That this cannot be the ex- 
 lib, i . ' pefted Mejfiah , of who fe peaceable kingdom* 
 the Prophets have fpoken fuch glorious things 
 1 jovls velutifxlminibusjhor- V/hcn men are fo far frorr 
 
 rifico qmpiam tormento oppete- beating (words into ploW- 
 
 re, touTomti.Jeerat adbuc vi- (hares, that they turn bells in- 
 
 tits noftris digmffima mundo rrii-rhrn'no- t Cinnns - (n 
 
 Macbina, &c. InV. Bellica. t0 ^UitllCUng t l.anons . 10 
 
(205) 
 
 r from not learning war any more, that ma- 
 have learned nothing eife ; 'tis become 
 oncly thriving piofeflion. The wolf to far 
 raid welling wich the lamb, that the lamb is 
 ther becom? a wolf* a our _ a . ... 
 teftine cruelty having not mido id habet h fe mgli d 
 ily this mifchiet in it , to be- m cives amciffimc fuflulit, 
 
 ave US of k> many Natives, vemm etiam hominibus lenifli- 
 
 k alfo to deprive the mod mua^tmlfmcordia^^ 
 
 zntk natures oi all compafli- J Rofc 0rat ^ 
 
 i, by the continuance of our 
 
 imulrs. The Leocpard, the Lion^ and the 
 
 ear^ and what other Beads of prey, whereby Mai **.*.7 
 
 le Scripture would let forth the lalvages and 
 
 /ild conditions of men,have each of thema£t- 
 
 i their parts of late in human #„# ra bies aer'm , cdters 
 
 lapes , and that With more animantia in fuo genere }robe 
 rueky,tllCil any of thofe Crea- degttntjongregari videmus, fy 
 
 Lires have exprelled in their %* r \™?*^ 
 
 r r . ferjtas inter Je non aimicat, 
 
 >wn nature; none of them ha- J ^ c% at h erCu i e hummphrima. 
 ring been found fo crue]l,each ex hominefunt mala- PUn.hift. 
 o other , nor to have done fo *#- n-proxm v. Cal.Rhodig. 
 uuch hurt unto men, as men lib : l 2l*}* %lm f*****?"*- 
 lave done unto themfelves; 35 ' & l 9 ' 
 which may be fomc colour unro the [coffers in * Ptt.j.j. 
 hefe Lift day cs, to encourage them in their 
 lewdneffc, and to fay , where is the promife m 
 that God repeated by his Prophet; They {h*tt l £**' 9 '*' 
 not hurt , nor deftroy in all my holy mountain ? 
 when this alone hath been the fcean where all 
 the mifchief hath been afted, infomuch,as 
 the mountains tfprcy, the deferts oiLybia , and P&'-T** 
 Arabia^ were ptles of refuge^ in comparifon* m ' J 5 ' 
 But we need not fo much wonder at this 
 
 peryerfe- 
 
(206) 
 
 VimiYum viderinm debet, pervcrfencffe ; for as C al 
 
 quod tarn multi adhuc fercci ■ gives the rcalon , There 
 
 ankpaticienimfunt veriincoU few true Inhabitants of Got 
 
 montts Dei. mountain (few (he means) ] 
 
 meetly qualified, as David defcribeth a Ciri 
 
 zen otSwftyPfal. 1 5. few entire and reall cor 
 
 verts, even among thole that profeffe them 
 
 felves Chriftians, when the unregenerate pai 
 
 is yet fo predominant in them, it cannot be c 
 
 ther wife* but jarres, and confli&s muftrag 
 
 3am.4.i« amongftthem. St. James hath clearly forei'd 
 
 ved it; from whence come wars ^ and fightings a 
 
 mong yon ? come they not hence , even of your Infti 
 
 Vitia qus in nobis regnant, that war in your members I Tt* 
 
 fitnt quafi amtti fatellitcs ad fins that raign in us are as ft 
 
 PH^^citandas.cAw'm. in m2in y armed Troopers, w 
 
 m * embroyle us in comentions.Thefe muft be full 
 
 dued>as ever we hope to fee peace cftablifhedii 
 
 Pfal.T4 7# our borders^ It is not our prefuming of the fpiri 1 ^ 
 
 14 > within us, that will do this work , but our coop 
 
 conforming unto the {pirir, thereby to mortif 
 Romt.ii the deeds of the fiefh. Now what our Cilde* 
 vottrs are in this kind , if it may be judged bj 
 our works , there is fmall appearance of am 
 fuch matter intended by us: when fome whofP 
 Mat.*.*, office (hould engage them to be peace-makers f 
 Rcn\i o. as to p reac k the G off el of peace ', //// iffifmt acerrl « 
 1 ** mi twrbarnm Incenfores y (if we may have leave 
 
 Caroli Pafcinl. cbrifiiana to complain with thatdevoui 
 freces.H* tuSifici belli con- French-mzn) even they arc 
 chores. the greateft Incendiaries o [ 5 
 
 n . a . t tumults, and the fomenters o; ° 
 in^^lf^'y^ adifmall war, founding a-> 
 
 laiincs from the Pulpit , zncf 
 *ftirrin| 
 
iring tip the giddy multitude, as the winds 
 > the Sea, which ol its own nature minquict, 
 iough£*7irj did (pare his lungs. Others /?<*- «&»• 
 ng war in their hearts, whet their tongues like a zx ***•*• 
 tordy and bend their b$wes, to jhoot their arrows, _ . 
 >en bitter words: who is there almoft among us, T ^ # 
 at ofendeth not in this \(md ? whofe language lam. j . w 
 not Well nigh CUrfing ? The Cups non ferm& malediSb 
 
 eapons of our anger are im- *ft r ? &c votismalisproamk 
 recations; what we have not ™ mr - Salv -* G ^ W V 
 le power to ad, we lupply with deftruftive, 
 oody wifhes , breaking out nothing but threat- Afls ^ i; 
 'ng, andjlaughter, and doing more execution 
 lis Way, killing more thou- In momenta occidet |ooco e 
 lids in a moment, then bmnum>&bocfil* vilunt** 
 ,1 mies of fouldiers can do in te > & c < G - p *" n ™ f - de mnb ± 
 jefi:ld;ThatifGodftould <*•• ** "\ IU 
 ffer us our choice , as to Solomon, to asks "hat 
 e {hall give us, i King,?,, it may be juftlyfea- 
 :d , *the life of our enemies * M ^ ^^ 
 fould be our requeft ; the nat.SeZt.*. 
 lain thing we ihould ask at 
 is hands. 
 
 But what we can dofos the promoting of 
 or own intereft , that be Cure , fhall not be 
 rmtted > though never (o much to the preju- 
 
 * Others ; Well foid the S en. it ira. 1 2, c. 31. vt 
 |eathen man, Regis qutfque in- licentiamfibi darivefn % in ]V 
 rafe animum habet, every man no # r - 
 
 - in him the mind of a King, taking liber- 
 
 y to himfelf over others , but allowing none 
 
 >ver himfclft will not do fo unto men* as he 
 
 J they Ihould: do unto [him 5 although 
 
 gainft the rule of Chiift : the Law , and the Mar*.*?. 
 
 Prof bits* 
 
PrGfhets. In a Word, fo farre we arc fror 
 
 advancing the profit of others with our ow 
 
 Tantum abe$ , ut aliomm dif commodity) ttiat werathd 
 
 mnmodis aliquid cum propria, pUL'fue our OW11 profit , Wltl 
 
 incornmoditateprtftemustutom- another difcommodlty ; fi 
 
 nes vet maxvnc nojtris commc- c c -t 
 
 dn cum aim J incommodo % >™ overcoming Cvi 
 
 corfulamus. Saiv. deGub. witli good, that we return evi 
 
 Afliduime mleftnrmm fen- for good ;come fhort herein o 
 
 futnomnembumanitatisexMni- the very Publicans : This w< 
 
 ftJrJT^ c.c.^ Vofc. ha r ye gained by the length o 
 
 our civill broils , even to loofi 
 
 all fenfe of humanity, and civil refpe£t. 
 
 * v*» Cu„, *ms>- r ; I will not be * ambitious ir 
 
 lis, tocUpmiil. lib.i.pr. recounting eviils , nor laboui 
 
 to aggravate matters of com- 
 plaint V But rather endeavour fif I could dc 
 any thing) to propound fome expedients k 
 amend them: wherein I (hall onely touch of 
 fuch motives , as will bed luit with the fcope 
 of my Text; left otherwife I might let in fuch 
 a Sea of matter,that We fhould remedies labora-f 
 Special motives for loving re, toaccoiint the remedy 10 
 
 enemies.- part of the dilcafc. Our firft 
 
 i. The remembrance ef our confideration , then , (hall be 
 
 chriftUnprofeflion. the remembrance of our Quit 
 
 ftian profelfion, which cngageth us not one- 
 ly to patience > in the flittering of injuries, 
 but to goodncfle alfo , by overcoming them 
 with love y and kindncflfe. It is that which 
 Saint Peter intendeth by charging us not to 
 
 i Pet.j.£. render ev'dl for evill y or railing' for railing y but 
 contrariwife blejftng y knowing that we are there- 1 * 
 unto called-y Our calling calleth for this duty" 
 at oiir hands s that we be not herein out- f; 
 
 gone 
 
 li 
 
( 2 °p ), 
 
 gone by the heathen , that a Pericles^ Socrates % a Vid.VaL 
 tsfriftides , a tfv fc rile not up in judgement a- <*f** ^-4- 
 *ainft us, and condemn PS • that cannot do by ^ ,2 * 7 - 
 he doctrine of Chrift, and the ftrcngth otthne?^ 
 ;racc, what they they did by the talcs of Phiia- (ib.yc^u 
 :>phy , and the light of nature. 
 
 But we have othergares Examples then thefe, b z.lhe e»- 
 3 be our leaders in this kind; one for all , b our aii, pte of 
 lefled Saviour , the Authour , and Founder of ^ ur J^ c /1 IcI 
 ur proftfilon ; whofuffcrcd for us (faith Saint & Mlftcr > 
 >eter) having us an example , that we [hould foU i p er- r ml , 
 w bis fief s, who when he was re- Vnm mhh ifj(}ar m ^ 
 led y reziled not agam , when he cxli ac terra fabricator ac Do- 
 ffered,he threatnednot>but com- rninus^ u£}as <>&£>©- a>8^«. 
 it ted himfelf to him thatjudgeth 7r( ^ 
 bteoufly. Lctus beaflaulted with thereproa- 
 ics, affronts, indignities.that malice & cruelty 
 n charge upon us; ttucq? pfj©- Wr* / f fpeak Orat. ij< 
 ithNazianzen, how fmall a pare arcthdeof 
 e (pitting, buffeting, fcornes, and blafphc- 
 ies, that Chrift endured I And Cum ab :improbo Vi0cl/tm c ^ 
 ough he could with leflethen fuseffet, ac difafsi terra ad 
 breach have difpatched the tartar* virum tllum detradere 
 
 ftnders quick into hell, he f acUltme Jflfri *'• BifiI ' 
 vcr fo much as opened his Oraucont.nac. 
 ouch , favconcly to pray that they might be 
 rgiven: was fo far from the leaft revenge, that 
 ing rifen from the dead^hc gave fpecial charge 
 to his Apoftles, that repentance andrcmiffion of^ u ^M^i 
 r, (hould be preached in his Name^ among all Na- 
 w, beginning at Jerufalem , where all thede* 
 te was done unto him: And expreffely by 
 : mouth oi Peter,* made tenders of mercy un£ *a& j#? ^ 
 his murthercrs ; whom he received dpon&3. %?* 
 P their 
 
(2IO) 
 
 frterfrfhres fuos non folum their fubtnifllon, not onely t« 
 ad hdulgentiam aimmh , fed the pardon of their offence, but . 
 itit^JV^" to thc inheritance of his heal 
 
 venly kingdom; I know not 
 how this Ad: ot grace aftc&ctbus, but it put! 
 Ad Ami- Saint Ckryfiftcmemto an ecftafie of admiration, " 
 och. horn, ri 7«t« dauMtriTiepf / what more wondcrf ull then 
 
 Ihxo. this! cven thc y tbac furthered the Sonne of 
 God are after this ^admitted tobethefonsof 
 God ; <**«** 1^ •jvj'ja 3 f a i c h thc zealous Father, 
 at the hearing of this , we may hide our faces; 
 that are herein fo far from him, whom we are in-t 
 joyned to imitate, fo far, as even to make wai r 
 with thole, for whom Chritt laid down his life* ( 
 and not to be in peace with them, whok peace h< ( 
 made by the blood of his Croflc, If all this will!, 
 j. The not move us yet , At leaft , and laflly, let ttt 
 danger of danger be coniidercd : Do we ever hope to let • 
 Sul? h f avcn on thcfe tcrm * ; or to be our kUes fort, 
 given? for this latter, wchave our Saviour! 
 warning-piece; Math. 6, 15. If je forgive mi 
 men their trefrafies , neLhermHyour Father foh 
 Adthm magnum tonhruum give J°nr trefpaffes : at M 
 qui non expergifdtur , non dw> voice of which thnndcr,he tba^ 
 mnfcdmoYtuus eft AuguiUa. j s not awakened, is not afleep 
 but dead in fin : And for the former, his cath u 
 confirm itj Verily 1 fay unto yon> whofoever pial 
 not receive the kingdom of God as a little childe, k 
 \ t See Ux.Herens Sermon, Jk*ll not enter thereinto ; As 
 the minority of the Saints- childe,f not only in refpeft O 
 z. Vottrine.^ humility, but in frecdomc froc; 
 
 malitioufncflc ; As our Apoftle expounds i 
 » Cor.T4 f * e ^ e w ^ crc - ^nd n0 q uc fti°n to be made of id 
 The unmodified paflions of fiejh and Wood , can ¥ 
 
 m 
 
 \ 
 
ot inherit the fygdom of God ^ no more then ccr- 
 uption incorr uption ; There (hall in no wife enter i Cor-iy. 
 Kto it any thing that defleth : of v> hich fort are 1 . 
 ic works of the flefli; and among thefe arc ex- * e *e!,* ii 
 uded by name, hatred y variance 3 iwratb, firife, of 27 * 
 fhich the Galatians were forewarned m.re 
 len once, that the doers otfnch things {hall not in- Gal.? . 21 
 rit the kingdom of God. 
 
 He that fhali well confider this ; how much 
 ie etcrnall joyes of heaven ex- ^ . , 
 :ed the delight of a iictlc re- ^ wermt> £ ^ 
 
 :nge tor the prclcnt , Will ne- fecum expendant, non ob kvicH- 
 
 :r confent to make fuch an un- la ™ whptgiem h tanth bonis 
 pall exchange, worfeincom- vel ™* ****** > &<• Don- 
 
 rably then that which the m ^ wrm «4 de GW . 
 Poet laugotat, X*"*** *****'• ac Dimedis armorum perm** 
 ', of gold for braflfc 5 to lofe fo tati?ne> 
 ch , fo glorious a reward, for 
 
 po@r, fo vile, (b fhamefull a plcafurc ; which 
 ough it may feem * y^wla? uiuw , tweeter * idcmjbi* 
 
 n honey to the tafte, it will prove bitter- dem. 
 ife at the laft ; as it is ufuall for fwect diet, to 
 gender cholerick humours in the body: There 
 the like humour in the mind too; Anger is 
 >t termed x iK ®~ for nought 5 Among other 
 aibns which I paffe, here it may do well to 
 in j us, that we arc to take the like courfe for 
 c care of this inward malady, as wc do for the 
 herwichout; that is, abftaining from ali fuch 
 lings as be apt to nouriQi it , and by making 
 c of fuch means, as will help to allay it, *)• , c >?^ 
 
 Among which, I commend for a clofe of all, *"}*j* 
 e advice of that blcffed Martyr; Cogita ccclefte in ^ ' 
 gnum^ ad qnod non nifi conctrdesi at que wartimes 
 P 2 Vominut 
 
Dominuf admttit. Think of that heavenly kin L 
 dome , unto which (he Lord admtttcth non 
 but thofc that be of one heart , and aife&i 
 on. Think that they alone fhali be called th 
 fons of God , who by a new birth , and holjj 
 ly life, anfwer the image of their heaven- f 
 ly Father ; Think that we ftand in the prcfence 
 of God, beholding , and judging the courfe of 
 our lives; and that then we fhali come to fee 
 him,- if we now walk pkafing in his fight \ 
 which that we may do, befecch we him, who 
 PhiU.iJ* wofkfthinus both to witty and to do , of his good 
 jleafare^ that we may have grace to put away 
 Ephcf. 4. froth u s all bitternejje, ana wrath , and anger, and 
 5 fj **" clamour % and evill /peaking with all malice , ana 
 that we may be kind one to another , tender-hearted^ 
 forgiving one another ^even as God for Chrifis fafy 
 hath forgiven us. Amen. 
 
 SERM 
 
(*'J) 
 
 SERM. VIII. 
 
 EcCLES. *2> *• 
 
 member now thy Qreatour in the 
 dayef of thy youth. 
 
 Remembrance needfull for us all; 
 not only for rfcofe of the youn- 
 ger fort, unto whom it is expref- 
 fy dire fled, but for thcfclikewife 
 Ii a elder yeares , be they never ££'* 
 
 - Co aged •, at Icaft to remember ^,9^, 
 
 rmofthat youth they once had ; and towjW. 
 to their minds thofe d.y« .of vanity, , where- Mh y 
 , if (on ftrift enquiry) they find any thing 4*«* 
 Me, as who alalTe (hall not do o ? They 
 lv redeem that time mif- . hVtta hoc mfera tS mm 
 :nt, by unfeigned repentance, ^ , }i J e ' xib;mus ? e / w6 / B(; _ 
 artodeferrc that work any b - u £tf cen d a {untqii& hie neg. 
 iser, b but even now to take i ex jmns * etc. non potms huju s 
 in hand, before thcV beany negB&nti* fupplkia luend a 
 er So, the prccejt fomc fmti ^.Gont.lib.u cap.U. 
 
 " " ' P3 way. 
 
way, conccrnetb us all, and every one of us lo toll 
 take it , as if fpoken to himfclf ; Remember komI 
 thy £reatotsr y &c. ! 
 
 pitrCor.?. The Charge is butfliort, and therefore nolj 
 hard task to remember; Nor be rhe Contents of] 
 it many, no more then two 2 * the j£*«/, snd 
 the £>uan<{o \ The matter to be rcmembred, and 
 the time wherein to be remember it. The trea- 
 ty whereof I (hall briefly prefent unfoyour at- 
 tention, beginning with him who is the begin-' 
 ning, both of us, and of all things. 
 
 Firft Parr; A N admonition fuperfluous f one might 
 jt% think , to bid any one remember his Crca^ 
 tour, as if any one could be fotmmindfullastc 
 forget him^ tha? hath beftowed (o many mcmoJ 
 rials of himfelf, all the Creatures that we feeaj 
 bcur us ; that ba^ given us our felvcs, fo fn 
 oi eminent bk flings, and wonders to be tl 
 , . -"Li a * * c monuments of his divinl 
 /• SS— bo « nt y- Infomuch, that wt 
 mificii excellent*, & mWu cannot look any where, not 
 taw fpkndore, <& majeftate move, not breathy not live; bill' 
 pulcbritudinti prdftantijjimum\ we have ob je&s on ail fides tc 
 A*t.zar* Aratoma wgemr. remcm beHrim. The * Heather 
 
 cat. ? mCa M0falift P refCribC ^ thiS 3S th< 
 
 oncly remedy againft themof 1 
 
 dGfperately ingratcfull perfon , Beneficits tms il 
 
 lam cin^e, fo to encompaffe him with thy bene 
 
 Quocunquefevertit t me?m- fits; that which Way foCVd 
 
 riam > fuam fugiens , ibitsvi- be turneth himfelf , from tfif 
 
 dfajt memory thereof, he iTioulJ nc 
 
 choofe but behold them. God hath done tbu 
 
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 •rcvcrp man, even what the Dcvill faidof 
 
 h y made an hedge about him y and ahout hisboufe, J b.i. ro 
 >d abort all that he hath on every fide ; tbat if he 
 ould never fo fain, he cannot avoid the fight 
 jereof; and yet ail this notwitbftanciing, it is 
 afllble to forget him, nay eTkmmaximtDeus exme- 
 then moft of all, wh?n he hath mo<u<i bom'vmm elabitur % cum 
 iven moft tokens of his favour tekfiak ens fmenteshmirem 
 ) be remembrcd. It is that ^efvma indulgent* debt- 
 /hereof he warnesthe Jcwes; »••*•*?. 
 
 >eutiron. ch.<5. v. ioji,t ~. When the Lord thy Deur.tf.to. 
 )rod foall have brought thee into land which he ij j 12 - 
 bare unto thy Fathers to give thee , (Jreat > and 
 oodly Cities which thou builhedftnot , andhoufes 
 ill of all goood things^ which thouflledjl not, when 
 oett (halt have eaten , *b J be full , */?*■« bewzre left 
 9ou forget the Lord. A caveat it feems, no more 
 ben needed, and not enough to fecure them* P"a!. 7 8. 
 om the danger. It is this , which God fo 41 - & lQ *- 
 luch complains of by the mouth of all his* pro- j£. , 
 hcts, that his people had forgotten him , who ill[ lm ^f m 
 ad done fo great things for thsm.For lof.%.\^ Eiech, 12. 
 it. So it fallcth out many times, that whereas a "• 
 rcatcrlargefle of his blcfliigs fhould be the 
 nproving of our memory , it proves (as we 
 lake it) the main obftru&ion thereunto; and as ^^^ 
 full diet in the veflels of our bodies , fo a plen- Filirecor*} 
 :ous receipt breeds ftoppingsin the mind, and dare. 
 le vitall parts of our foules. It is thus with L u k ^3?« 
 le beft of us many times ; and therefore no 
 larvell , if the worlt have need to be rowzed 
 rith the P/a/awy?/ compellation, Hear this } O yc 
 fat forget God I Every finnncr doth certainly pfai.jo,::. 
 , in an high degree. Ihe drunkard in his in- 
 P 4 temperate 
 
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 D:>n.?. i. temperate quaffing , the adulterer in hh lew* 
 Jfai.5.11, embraces , the opprcflbur in his cruell vio 
 ^: 2,4 it- l cn ce; who would -tier dare to commit tbcfd 
 l£ii impieties, did they remcm6pr God as they] 
 * ought. 
 
 To remember him therefore as we ought, is 
 not with a bare remembrance that there is a 
 God ; (The very devilj do fo , and tremble) but: 
 I Chc?^*. w ^ r ^ fcrious, and deep consideration , that he is J 
 p;*3l.ii9f ^ uc ^ a God; a God both rich in his mercj , and 
 ij7- alfo jail in his judgments, and thereafter to ex 
 
 prefTb the fruits of this remembrance in an holy 
 and reverent converfation, 
 
 f irft then, mntento^ & ama> Remember thy 
 Creatour by remembring his work of thy Cre- 
 ation, that he made thcefo excccllently ; Little 
 lower ther the Angels, fetting thee next to thefe 
 glorious fpirits , to partake 
 with them in their higbeft 
 perfe&ion , in bearing the 
 image of thy Crcatour ; 
 * which is not vouchfafed any 
 otthe other creatures, remem 
 bring this , let it enkindle 
 his love in thy heart, that 
 feeing nothing fo iikc unto- 1 
 
 mot procedens. Sed in cream- theeaSthyGod (and g llkcnefs 1 
 
 " ever begets affeftion) thou rc- 
 flcft thy whole love on him, 
 and hold him only worth thy 
 loving ; difdaining to beftow 
 that Jewel of thy foul on any o 
 ther infcrioar ob/eft, by fetring } 
 thine affeftions on earthly things; 
 a which 
 
 P&LM. 
 
 £ Omnia quidem bona opifi- 
 cia y clMcl t&twv *%iv eiKav 
 
 CpScatexh, \z 4 
 
 In tr'eawh rationalibits, 
 in qui bus eft intelleflus y & vo- 
 luntas, invenitur reprefenta- 
 tio frinitatis per modum ima- 
 ging, in quantum invenitur in 
 eftiierbum conceptum y & a- 
 
 gii> fyc. Aqu'm. p. I 
 
 «.4J. 
 
 art. 3. 
 
 1 3 . 2*. h. 27 ', 
 
 Co!pf. 5. 2. 
 
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 hich were as incongruous as for a Prince 
 
 vgbtupinfear/tt, to imbrace a dunghill -, Bc-^ ar j,4.^. 
 
 created into (o great honour, do not become pul«49> 
 
 * the foafls thzt j>etijh\ nay b worfe then thclc, »*•, 
 
 fwarving from the Rule and Order ^ty**™** 
 
 eatour ; c Every sci ol love to a fin, is a vio- wu l m ^ a 
 
 icn*»f that duty which belongs to the Goi fo contra 
 
 W, 2 Cor.13. il.who having done d all to naturam 
 
 Jeerc thy affection , as if he had made a e fire *«** 
 t J n i_ j • l u i muuerem 
 
 >nt thee, to enfiame thy heart with heavenly €MBm ^ 
 
 lours, may juftly challenge f this tribute at itaetiam' 
 
 f hands ; andic were (acriledge in thee, to connana^ 
 
 ith-hold it from him. turamef- 
 
 jetjivo- 
 tas noclra qu£ eft de natura fphhuali coripmgatur per amor em cum re 
 mo amata natura extranea ; ut cum amo, argento, <fy rebut mutis } fy 
 ttionalibui. Raimund. deSab. Ijb.Creac.tir. 1 16. 
 Si inferius eft te quodamas y adutendum ama> non ad illigandnm • v.g. 
 rum anas-, nob te alii gar eauro., quanio me Iter es quam aurttmj Aurum 
 m terra eft fulgens,Tu autem ut illuminareris a Domino , adimaginem 
 t facias es- cum fit aurum creatura Deijnon tamen jecit Deus aurum ai 
 t£inemfunm,fedte\ Ergo pofuit fub te aurum , amgr ergo ifte content- 
 idus efti adufumajjumendafunt ?fta> non eis vinculo amoris quafiglu- 
 o h&rendum e$\ n m facias tibi membra^qua cum coeperint prxcidi,ddle- 
 f atque cruciaberis* Quid ergo ? afjurge ab ifloamwe, qmamasinfY- 
 ra quam tu es. Augult. horn.} 7. 
 
 b Jguando cogitatione percurrimas omfia Creaturarum general offert 
 in fingnlis magna, admiratme confpkiendus pulcbernmus or do divinitus 
 fthutusyin folo hominein quo tanquam imagine Deiilluftriora dehereht 
 $ divinitatU veftfgia , tarn tetra funt conf. fanes, <&c. Chcmnic/aci 
 n. de caufa peccatn 
 
 c Nt Dei opus ftagitio ceinqnina , non peccato perverte ■ ■ * * Tu es 
 s a Dedfitfumy ^o^ct^e rSf TrotnmvTX, Greg. Nyi's. de horn crcat. 
 rm.:. §*j*ha fola vitia fypecc*ta Dei injuria funt i & contumeli*, qui 
 ^gitfbxc, eil Dei inimicus, faltemfatlo : Gal. P^ri!. de virtut cap.n- 
 d v. Kier ember g: de arte volunt* lib. 4, cap 6l>6 3. &feq. 
 cGul. Parif de eleel* div. cap. z. 
 
 f Etquidenim mn amaret opus Artiftcem-cum baberet unde idpojfet ? 
 ;rn. dedilig* Deo t 
 
 Render 
 
(2!8) 
 
 Render it then* as a rent moft due unto thyl 
 
 Great Land-lord , and to make it appear the! 
 
 bctter,that it lye not fmoothered in thy brcaftJ 
 
 M1t.aj.15 *\\kc the talent hidden in the earth ; in the iicxq 
 
 place, Memento & gratias age y Remember hm 
 
 gracious, conftant bleflings wherein he daily! 
 
 remembers thee, which Ihould he forget bud 
 
 ontly one moment ; g no other way there! 
 
 were with thee, but to fall back into thyorB 
 
 TEtcbj.j. ginall nothing, from which the fame fower of 
 
 his word upholds thee,which once created thee;] 
 
 Heb.t5.15. Rcmembringthis,^r (as the Apoftle mind* 
 
 thee) the facrifice ofpraife to God continually ^that\ 
 
 Uy the fruit of thy lips , giving thankj to his name I 
 
 , Mr * Mo °' This is* all the requitall we are able to makej 
 
 \uLcl™\S 0Y: ^ unfpcakablc mercies towards us; 1 
 
 lib, 5 t/er. hearty, and fincere acknowledgement, howj 
 
 4* . precious we efteem fuch benefits received, and 1 
 
 how infinite in goodneffe, the Father of I'ghtt. 
 
 Iam.M7. from whom they defcend, f More then this in- 
 
 •\Dc.San- his mercy he will not defire; kite then this in 
 
 s?/mon on ?^ rca lon thou canft not give ; It Were groflcl 
 
 1 Tim.4.,4. injuftice,if h receiving his good creatures,thoii 
 
 wilt not return him thanks for them, 
 
 % fam continue, fa inceJfantermdigetcwfervaru&manH teneri ut 
 tJjetrfuM de mbilo eft> fa m nihilredi,et,fi nnn a manu Dei confervam 
 tur^ Ecce ergo quomodo home fummeindiget Deo; quia fine ipfo, nu li 
 m:dopBtefl effe,nec ptteft dux are per mum momentum. Kamund. r/r.icy 
 fa fupratit i?. 
 
 Hiinc ciutem effeflvm can fat Dens in rebus, non folum quando primo in 
 cip'mnt Jedquamdiu in effe confervantitr,jicut lumen caufatur in aere i 
 file, quamdiu aer i [luminal us manet • quamdiu ighur res habet effe, tamr 
 d'tu oportet quod Deus adfit ei fecundum modum quo ejfe habet. Aquin; 
 parur. q*% air,!. 
 
 fcr [l Tener'ts Hit regratiari, qui till tantum dare voluir, unde omnis crea* 
 turn damrttibi, accipe, redde', actife beneficium , redde deb'itum ,fac 
 Kiim. tit. ?7« * CI 
 
( «9) 
 Yet left the remembrance of thefebkfling 
 3uid t xalt thee above tncaf$tre y zs it befell th :Cor.i 7 
 *fsed Apoftle through the abundance of revelaT 
 KJ, 3. Memento, & humiUs eftc^ * Mr. Hookers Sermon 
 
 emember whan i thou art , or of *" ™ ture , ot F lde > t0 " 
 
 "/1 r t r m \ ■ 1 ward tl c tnd. 
 
 lit of thy felte ; mat i?,nothing Vndique v ^ xm fhmuu 
 hereof to glory, brt to humble, b id quod fumw , <fr eb id 
 idabafethee; being by nature, quod tun fumus ■ ob 
 
 r *f for J *r*, wretched and nrfera- ea 9** Deus fecit pro nobis, 
 , 1 j 1 j r / c^7 03 ? a W>£ non fecit in no- 
 
 £ Wf;r,^^ ; F*r irii » ^ Number* de 
 w^ffl ffo<? ^ *J[ffr /r^^ another ? adorar . ijb.vc.i*. 
 ndrvhat haft thou that thou did ft Ephcf.i 5. iUv.3.17. 
 (?r receive} The more thcu hail, ■ Cor -+ 7- 
 6 much the more k endebted thou art to 
 lis grace that gave it; and more l accountable 1^ iUm 
 or the talents commuted unto thee; which if mills omnia 
 hou improved not in fomemeafure accord- bona qu& k 
 ng to the grace that is given thee ; He that Veorecipit, 
 lent them (finding thee like that m flo^hfull^J^^ 
 fcrvant) can take them from thee' and ttrip/^^jV 
 thee naked, as m the day of thy nativity , Ezcch. bus \n 
 16.4, 5. and therefore "humbly confefling q"antoplu- 
 thy frailty , become a fuitor unto his mer- ra f unt > m 
 cy,that prevented thee with the bleffing of good-*™* A*- 
 
 ilins Migari veracixer confpicit. Gui!. Parif. Mar. 2?. *s. 
 
 mUni« whom much is given, of th?m much wiU be required. Luke 
 T i. 48. Cum enim augentur dona y rationes etiam crefemt iottorvm. Gi eg. 
 horn. 9 Quanta enim majus aUqnis beneficium accipit , tamo magis eft 
 obnoxius pxn&, ingratus exiftens , fy neque bonere mctior effcSus, &c m 
 
 Chryfoft. 
 
 Piger e'jicitur intenebras cxteriores) quod ft is qui tantkm non eft ufus % 
 quMeifntnrmquifueritAbufusadinjuriamDeifLul.de Pom. par. J. 
 meit.&- 
 
 n Humilitcr confitentes fragfttatem noftram illus mifcricordiam Jen 
 precemur, ut dignetur in nob'u nonfolum cnjhdire s fed etiam augce I 
 'fciafua, qunip\e dignatus eft dare* Auguilia* 
 
 nejfe y 
 
(no; 
 
 nejfe > that he would vouchfafe nor oncly to) 
 
 keep , but alio to encreafe thofe benefits m\ 
 
 thee, which he vouchsafed to befiow on thee;] 
 
 „ T • r v • -j Ail that thou haft is from his] 
 
 vNwaitfimphater quid , , , c , VI 
 
 glorUm'quafinon acccpirM, bounty, and therefore ° glory foj 
 
 -fedaJdit, utadferatrepre- in the having; as to be humbled] 
 
 henfibilem^onqm in habitis, in the receiving ; giving all the! 
 
 fed qui tanquam in mnac gloi'ytohim, trom whonaaloiicl 
 c&uthnatur. Bernard. ^ haft rccciycd# , ^ ^ % 
 
 Or if this be not enough to work in thee a due 
 regard of thy Creator, let this be the fourth 1 
 Gcn.i8.ij advke y Memento & time. Remember that he is I 
 the fudge of all the earth y who is no leffeftiarpj 
 in di(cerning,then fevere in punifhing iniquity: J 
 having eys fo piercing,that he bcholdeth even ] 
 the p the thoughts and intents of the \ 
 pHib. 4, ii. 1?. Hac heart ^neither is there any creature 
 ad np h*yh™ iwV*S- that is mt mam f e n- tn hisfiahti but 
 saw referripoJJunt.HQii- , . J , J , , J *> ] 
 
 ^ all thmgs are nai^ed^and openedunto 
 
 the eyes ofh'im with whom we have 
 q Cm reddunt ratknem %Q d / or as ^ e Sjriach q readeS 
 
 SRS&3SSSTS *" Pb«) unto whom wemuli 
 
 ghatiomm & alhmm ra- give an account of our mmolt 
 
 tionem. JI2.5, though?, and actions : that if our 
 
 r i Joh. 3.10. hearts fhould be fo falfe as mt to 
 
 condemn us ,r God Is greater then our 
 
 hearts, and knowcth all things \ knowcth them 
 
 [Quodfit letter then we do our felves; as being f nearer 
 
 in me, & loulcs ; then our foules are to our bo- 
 
 magis quam arima in cor pore , & intimtus , per modum ejjenti* , pr& m | 
 fcntUyp'otenmt Lui.dc Ponce.- 1>.6. mcd. 14- Aquin. p- i. cj.8, an. ?. 
 Cuilibet ». Creature realiter illabitur > ejlquefibi intimus ratione fu£ 
 immenfitatU. Nicii de Oifceilis dift.37- Sent, i. Tu enim altifima, j 
 fepYoxime , fecretitfime, <& pr&fentiffiiM 3 ubique Muses, fo nuf- j 
 quamheorumes, Au&Con(.1.6 cj. 
 
 dic^ j 
 
(121) 
 
 iies, U'cmcmbring then, this all- feeing pre- 
 fence; that fillerli heaven and earth with his qH am tales 
 jdory ; be afraid to otfend fo dreadfull a. Maje- fat hmi- 
 [ty, or if chou haft a mind to finne, u feek thee nis geftus 
 Jut fome retred corner where he may not fee & *&*"** 
 :hee, and do what thou wilt. It were defpc- gj? Jj^ 
 rate madnefs in that malefactor, who x fhould f Uity qMa Us 
 dare co commit any capitall crime in the fight fat cum 
 afhis jrdgc, that were certain to to arraign ^rfatur 
 aim > and how much more , in prefence of c °™%j!!*J 
 :hat Almighty Judge, who obferves thy do- Regejquam 
 .eftaftions; be they never lo wittily (lifted requkun- 
 With walls, y and darknefs ; {o as he needs no q ue ***& 
 witnefs to accufe thee ; but ihall his felfe be P er f e ^ ^ 
 x>th witnefs , and Judge* and lay all thy mif- rlm,&1n 
 iceds before thee , when thou muft give an re i verh*- 
 account of thy thoughts; thy loofe and licen- te w Dei 
 ;ious ithoughts ; which fecurely lodging e Jf ea *P?t> 
 within thee , z as if none could fee them **l e l%l c £ 
 
 , ill ( \ \ur a jcmno 
 
 :here, made thy heart a cage or uncleane fa>\tm- 
 airds, ofnoylbme luffs, and vile affections: qieRegem 
 m account of thy words ,*thy idle, andim- rnax.perpe- 
 
 7 * - /t .■ tuofibiad- 
 
 iffe y & inh&rere> Kegem inquam longe maprem omnibus Regibus morta*- 
 libus, foe* Rale. Maimon* Nebochim. $.$. c:p.$ j. 
 
 u Auguft. de verbis Domini: ferm. $6. Autfipeccare vis, qu&re tibi te 
 nen vide at, & fac quod vis. 
 
 4 Deus qui fua adefi effentia. Judex eft omnipotens fy )i'~ftus>quis audeat 
 :$ram Judke, cui femper prtflb funt Satellites & carnifex ipfefurtum, 
 frc. admittere? Z^nch.dt Nat •Dei. hb.2. cap.<5. 
 
 y £>uqs plerunque chcumdatos nobis judicamus, non ut tutiks vivanws, 
 fed ut peccemus ercultiks. Sen. 
 
 z quam mirabiles fy terribilesoculi quos neque ccgitatio prava pra- 
 ter vclat ! Dens emmficut videt aft us , it a hc-minum contemplatur afe- 
 Hus I nee opus eft ut quis ci teftimonium perhibeat de famine. Vet. h'.ef. 
 epift.ioj.Cwi ccremnepatet, &<. mis bquitur voluntas. GlofsinG,a- 
 tianx deer. 
 
 pertinent 
 
(222 ) 
 
 pertinent words y all what ever thy tongiw 
 hath raftily and vainly uttered ; and how 
 * w r j s^a much more then, a of thy pro- 
 verfcvio fat reddhuri phane and malicious words ; 
 ratknem in die judkii, whereby thy Creator hath been 
 quanta dijtritlius de verbo dishonoured, and thy neighbour 
 mendaci, mordad &c W ounded I an account of thy 
 
 ban. urm.de 3 . cuftod. gjfts . ^ manifo j d ? an< j {cye . 
 
 rail gifts; be they naturall endowments) as 
 wit, and memory, or temporall commodities, 
 as wealth, and honour , or bodily eminencies, 
 as ftrength, and beauty, or (pirituall graces, 
 as faith, and knowledge; And as in all, or any 
 ofthefe, thou (halt be found anywayes delin- 
 quent, to receive thy fentencc at the mouth o! 
 God ; Oh 1 tlrs were enough to curb,and re- 
 drain thee in the midft of thyflofuli courfes, 
 CJisp.ii. when thou walked (as Solomon (peaks) in the 
 v - $' ways of thy heartland in the fight of thine eyesjzil 
 
 then to remember, that for all the fe things Got 
 will bring thee into judgement; a iudgement from. 
 Greg. No? which there is no appealing, *»« w' ^'»'i 
 
 Orat,\ 5. >tcti TiMvTtuov, W yo&tfv ii neivieioy ; as the great 
 
 divine cxprefseth it, but itistheonely,thefu- 
 preme, and drcadfull judgement, and yet 
 more juft then dreadfuil , or to (peak rightly, 
 *Cor;j.u. becau f e juft, the more dreadtull; knowing there- 
 fore this terrourofthe Lord-,\et the thought here- 
 of,Uke a clapot thunder , awaken thy memo- 
 ry; And if hitherto, thou haft 
 b^jiod home quiprim'o a- £ or 'o 0tten t hy Creator, b by: 
 mt fdpfm,f oat [apfm thinking too mU ch, and making 
 
 fc Deo. itaimund.tu.t40. an Idoll of thy felt, yet now, (lcc 
 me be thy Remembrancer) be- 1 
 
 g'lU 
 
in to remember him; Thou that art growac 
 Id, and ruinous in the neglect, let no more 
 me fcapethee, do it noil in the dayes of 
 line c age; And thou rhat enjoy- c Et damna *tatis malh 
 
 ft the prime of thy youth , d let exempt* labor farciat. Sen* 
 
 o rime (cape thee , do it now in nar ? 9 u * lt - '• *\ _. r 
 
 hedayesofthy y ou,h it hcT C x t/ ;*;-/X.^ 
 
 •efpeakes thee more particular- 
 
 Y % in diebHs)tivcntHtis xu& ; Now, in the dayes 
 i thy youth. 
 
 NO time is unfeafonable to remember our Second 
 Creacour ; who deferveth our cont nuall P*n* 
 emembrance, as well in Childhood, and old 
 ge, as in youth , and yet youth more then ei- 
 hcr, hath need (it feems) to be remembred of 
 bis duty* Fhft, for the frailty and unftayed- jfif Re *~ 
 lefleof thi> age, which by reafon of its heat,'*"' 
 ,nd vigour, is more prone unto n . . _ ' 
 pofenke, anddilorder. It fa J^SgSH^ 
 lence that wickedneis begmneth oa.iv. 
 icr raign , which but kindling 
 s a (park in int ancie , doth now break forth 
 ito a flame , catching hold of ail about it. 
 slow is that £**>* *fe imAvfAmi , (as St. * Chrifo- * Epifi |, 
 tow* calls it,) the tempeftof concipifcence, ddOtym- 
 i r hich raifmg up waves , and biilowes in the P iadeau 
 food , endangers a ihip wrack of the foule ; 
 slow thofc i**M*< cJW*'8ac™ ( as St. f Bafil j 7 J f g^ 
 ?rmeth them) unruly motions , which like ** ^ 
 rild , and untamed horfes, not obeying the 
 urb ofreafon, do carry men- e fcnfe/V. /. 2. c .»o; 
 >er eper abrpifto, cupidttatum (as ^V^r^Max.ferm.iz, 
 
 it. f Anfjtin confefsed of himfeiQ *# h z * 
 
 thorow 
 
(124) 
 
 thorow the precipices of finfull defires. Nol 
 g Lively exprcflVd by h that & warre of the affectior 
 
 Sincfi.sjib.de provid 'p.i. which I' ke rebels caufe f edition \ 
 under -the fcbic of <#,« f fc /„„/, that we f 
 
 and Typhos. } , J t r -,, , ,.< ^ 7 . 
 
 theta > as the Church did or hei 
 
 enemies; S<ep* adverfm funt m'hi a pueritia me a 
 
 Pfal.isp.i. Many a time have they af piked me from my 
 
 youth; although we cannot fay on with the 
 
 Pfalmift : they have not prevailed agalnfime; 
 
 . ~ A . _ , coooft > alas ! they have p:evai*- 
 
 ttiiMmr* mala&nefaL k } d ? h W f th f > C ^ ^f US COIIV 
 
 ddyfyibaminjuventutem, plainc, tor beiides this heat o 
 4ttfnf0 <£t<*re aw/V, r^nro youth, it i^ rafh , and inconfide- 
 vanitate turpior. Au^.on- race t00; and inftead of quench- 
 fd. 1.7. c« 1. j n g^ encrca { ec i 1 rhis fire with the 
 
 fe well of riot and intemperance, addicts it fd 
 wholly to fports , andpleafure, not thinking 
 of the vitioufaefs that iieth under; as being ye 
 Heb.3.t3' unacquainted with u .hc deceit fulnefe of fin: ne- 
 ver fo much as dreams of repentance, but put! 
 \ifa&i*v*&**bP- off that (with frugality) iU.icill 
 nifri. Anft. rbct. lib. i- old age , in hope of a long life to 
 cap.14. come; and in the mean time lets 
 
 jPer.4.4. loofe the reines unto all execis of riot. So 
 , that Job reckons it up for one of his bitter pu- 
 
 J° '3- 2 • ^foments 5 that God made him to pjfetfe the 
 iniquities of his youth ^ and David craves par- 
 don cfpecially for thc(c ,' Remember not the 
 finnes of my youth i which are fo much more 
 dangerous then the finnes of riper age, 
 as they are done with more eagernef s , and 
 Pfjl.ij. 7* lefs remorfe; with fo little remorfe of con- 
 fcience ; that oft times rather with delighr, 
 and oftentation ; libidine laudis % as it was 
 
 with 
 
(1-5) 
 rich St. \Auftin in his yonget k pmwj/«j* tanti 
 ayes, even glorying in tnofe ntcitate r nt inter 
 Jul extravagancies , that (houjd meu f^ret me minom 
 e their fliame and lorrou':. ***** ?** *«Jiebam 
 iood. nfe dtnfac «h* ritii J £ SL& 
 
 earning inouid be adarefced un- qm*mb magk tmpes ejjent, 
 3 y ouch, as a bridle to withhold & ^ : j «wi film 
 
 :from the courfe of fin, by the *KfaU&***m euam 
 rmembrance of that great God, ^' C T % ] 
 /ho (hall one day examine them before hi? 
 readfull Judgement Seat. And fo, this may 
 :fficcforourfirftreafon, why this charge is 
 iven unto youth. 
 
 Now to enter on a f econd ; As youth is li- Zi Rcafciy 
 *ritious, and therefore necdeth 
 dmoi]ition,foitismoreapr,and Mms dum tener ejf, 
 :ady to receive it ; either, firlt, rltu&d qiU form** fa 
 
 \ regard of the memory rhar ^^ jM'™ l W* 
 i regara or tne memory , tnat confejlimabipfo initio, orr.nt 
 
 now like left Waxe , meet for rerum bonarum imbui excr- 
 
 ny impreflion, and never likely chatione debet , quod v:z. 
 
 tteth go, What 1S once Commit- riipjftea rations ufuac- 
 
 :dtoit. Or *. in regard of the «&"* P"***' J"" ab ™' 
 
 ill, which in tender years is ply- ^^ jad ^ ^ B ,h). 
 
 at, and yielding unto the dire- rum yel maximl for- 
 
 :ion of teachers , and gover- wi *'** c;<OT (in&lanJi 
 
 ours: whereas being then left &#$& ^TJSL 
 
 , v • i- • ,t ^ .-n- facile cedn , frangaserwn. 
 
 [idi(cipl:ned ; it wihprove a difli- ' dlfif ^ w ^> ^* 7 V 
 ik matter afterward. Juftasit malum indurmmu 
 treth with plants , or Ciens; 
 rhich being young, or but newly fet, are apt 
 ) be bended any way, and to be ordered in a 
 ghtpofture y but let tiiem grow into trees of 
 nik, and hardly any reforming then ; then 
 on may fooner break , than amend ,* char 
 Ct Whicfr 
 
Deficit ejfe remeJio lo- 
 cus ubt qujt fuerant vina, 
 mores funr* Sen* <pift s *t>. 
 
 Nat hy a ten aciffimi jurmts 
 eorum qus, ludibnt annis 
 percipmus^ut fapor quo no* 
 va imbuas, durat 9 nee Una- 
 rum coloresqtiibus fimplex 
 ille candor mutatus eftelui 
 fojfuntj <& deter tor a ptrti* 
 naciterh&rent. Qu n\ 
 
 (226) 
 
 which is hardened by long ci 
 
 ftome. ''Opoiov yL? 77 ri t&og 7* <pv* 
 
 faid the Phiiofopher * for c 
 ftome becometh a kind of r 
 ture , and can no fnore in form 
 fort be altered , then nature 
 (elf. Now therefore good heei 
 would be taken unto what youti 
 is accuftomed * and as in thd 
 fpnag of the yeare there is great 
 care commonly had of the body, in dieting 
 and purging its for likely as it is then dif po* 
 fed,iteorjtinueth all the year after* folike4 
 wife in youth, the fpring of our life* noldf 
 care would be had of the fouie , by fcafoning 
 it With godly vermes* for it will ever aftei 
 
 Ai>k i **»*„;, ,rr, *r, a retain a tin&urc of this firft infta 
 ~*Adeoa tenens aJJuejCe* . ^ , „ . 1 -r 1 
 
 remultumeft. WtiOll j So that Solomon zdvilcttl\ 
 
 to very good purpofe, Infime pn* 
 Pi0v.z2.rf. erum^ Trap* Hp a child m the way he (hwl\ 
 go , and when he is old , he will not depar 
 from tt , not depart from that way whic ,' 
 he learned of a child .- and great piety i 
 were then , but now he fhoul 
 learne it. f He is now con} 
 to that place of his life, wher 
 the way parts in twaine , an 
 he ftands doubtful unto whic 
 he fhould encline.- whethc 
 on the right fide, to vertuc f t ' 
 and labour, or on the left, t 
 vice, and pleafure ? Good cour 
 (ell would do very well nov 
 Now it concerneth parents, ar 
 
 govc 
 
 t Dicunt pbihfophi hw 
 man& vita curfum Y liters 
 effefimilem^ quod umtfquif- 
 que hominum cum primum 
 adolefcentid limen attigerit, 
 <fo in eum locum venerit, 
 partes ubi fe viafindit in 
 ambas , h&reat nutabnn- 
 dus,ac nefciat in quam fe 
 partem potins inclinet ; Si 
 iuctm nattus fuerit y qm di- 
 rigat admeliora titubantcm, 
 fee. L*8m, libfi%C(*p.} % 
 
(*»7) 
 
 >vernonrs f chiefly to-order i Pet . Bkf. Ep'ift.cap.u. 
 tem^ to make ule of this con- Rkberi obftetr. Anim^ 
 mient feaion for d ifciplinc, and rUm Ca P-^ 
 ftruftion h xo employ thaivio- ^magnes Ejjaies hb. u 
 nee of their atfedions on ver- ^^ Jeferfselib.*. 
 ious couries } to iowe that cfl*/>. 14. 
 ,nk foile of their mindes with CaufinsHoiy court, torn. 
 ie feedsof piety; which would ]L . .' m(/r * *'^ /# tf 
 :herwife be overgrowne with ^ ■**? 
 te weeds and briers of fin ; to noufifh 
 em up in civility , modefty , temperance, 
 ieeknefs> and the like Chriftian venues, as to 
 urd them no lefle from the contrary, info- 
 ice , impudence , pride , de* 
 .uchedneffe* and what vices fo- , ^T'r °T* V mh 
 erS toprevent all occafions of f uam affriiuit. 
 efe , and especially , corrupt rcjorajuvenesfatiie fr*~ 
 mpany, the plague, and bane ceptadudmnu Scn.crag % 
 all goodnefle , wherfe poyfo- 
 >us leven more infe£teth , and finketh deeper 
 :othefoulc, then all the precepts ofvertue, 
 d godlinefscan do on the contrary. 
 Laftly,toputthcm oft in remembrance of 
 e(ethings,and toufe all the meanes and ad- 
 ntages to help their memories hereinr As 
 z%om*m did wifely for their Konmlli credm ; nge . 
 rts, in the apparelling of their nm turns attribumm *r 
 
 »Uth,by ordain ing tliem (firft) cordis figuram in bulla an- : 
 
 obe of (carlet,or purple colour, tenfoiweBcrent, qua*. 
 
 mi*, fr r wj,.« ( toh m, esjSBLSs* 
 
 bins) that for the reverence ot p^drem, fac. saiurnai* 
 ir nobiluy,they might refrain 
 m vitious a&ions; and then a. a golden bofs 
 their breaibyin the (hape of an heart,' that 
 
fo beholding each other, they might then a< 
 count themfelvcs true Gentlemen, if thei 
 hearts were honeft , and vertuoas ; But her 
 parent^ themielves (too many of them) ha< 
 need to be remsmbred 9 who in this poirJ 
 (worfe than the heathen) are no where moil 
 ■ ... .„ . fnpine , and negligent , than ij 
 
 Jti£iJr this matter of t I cation; that \ 
 
 quam indulge nttum voca- n c , .. I 
 
 ms, nervos omr.es fa mm- itead ot breeding , do otccntimc 
 
 tis, fc coypons jrangit. corrupt their children, either ( 
 
 Q - with too much indulgence , ai 
 
 Verbty^nlarv* ^facSc towards them; ne 
 
 frofcuhexcipimus. BH»t« m their hearts to c 
 
 ftite them , but rather che: 
 
 them in their faults ; receiving all th 
 
 lewd words wich applaufe and fmilinl 
 
 as the tokens of a pregnant nature ; whicl 
 
 fond indulgence > as it is ftill pernicious! 
 
 children , by unfinewing their minds , ai 
 
 T r . . bodies,into all kind ofluxuryJfl 
 
 JBrSS2&3& i| P-veth many times (by J 
 
 thonis, and briers, ycujha'J dlVr.lC JUltlCC) no Idle diialtL-Q} 
 
 becme anfmrahk to the unto parents, who are comma* 
 jutou of Almgtoy God, [y m oft: grieved with thol 
 finding them one day nails, wn om they bred moft wanton! 
 
 and lancets in your fides, , , r \. , r , , 
 
 to Mnifr^ even to the lyjthen teelmg the Tad truth 
 
 heart- Caufin. Syracides his obfervation, E^ 
 
 /*/£. 30. chap, (that exceilq 
 
 Chapter of advice in this kinde) verfej 
 
 Cocker thy childe , and he jhall make tt 
 
 i afraid , fUty -with him , and he will brn 
 
 thee to heavinejfe. Or (2^) With their ev 
 
 example 3 the moil powertull motive ui 
 to Cnne > which never entreth fo forf 
 
 " b 
 
t>ly , as when 'tis armed with '? Vet. Bfc/.j Er^l ? 4 . 
 the authority ota parem: be it ly- f rif f /,r ** **«*{******% 
 ing,fwearmg, dnnkmg, or ga- „ frf|4- 
 
 ming, that uluall, though dange- ^. .Q..- t ?. r, r: ; 0b . 
 rous fpott , which doth not lo Act- cap, ?-7#4.Egrcgie. 
 much recreate > as infect them with all iii 
 cuftomes of lying, and cozenage, and the like 
 abominations : Or (3 ] >' , and at be,; teir 
 
 care is to inftruft them in a thriving pro! fl|phj 
 whereby thevmavobiainef.;™- + «„,, r\ r , , 
 p« 4wr»u the beggeriy rc;c- )f ^, 5 . -, r f Vg^J 
 and bale glory ot the world \ jhrerm c r .f. l u £ c ^ m 
 not caring ilOW rhey thrive U\ 'htercanen fdtdgcret pater 
 religion, and che fear of God, «*jj w/ ^" ''«s /** 
 And hence fpring fomany - ' V 
 e<Sts both in Church, and C&mftion-wesftb; 
 o many deters as we fee in old age, fpnng 
 Jhicfly trom an ill-bred youth ; i.^A barren 
 md ignorant old age ? from an idle and EccciU *< 
 azy" youth, that negle&ed the * provision ** 3 ' 
 )f knowledge againft elder time .' for gu'omoM * Tuam ** 
 nvenks , a • Sjracldes well demandeth ; If^™ e f t am ■ 
 hoH haft gathered nothing in thy youth , how att€lU m 
 \r f ifi thou, find any thing in thme*gi} t ] y 5 a pro- ^knand. 
 : ane wicked old age , from a Wild and ungo- 
 rerned youth ; which then refuting the yoke 
 )fdifcip]ine> would never away with ; c after- 
 ward : and therefore, TZonum k )ni)cntHt* A faith £**■ \A%% 
 r eremy j It is good for a manthdt -j- L: ' :l > a . fat'emfc* 
 ie bear they eke in h:syouth\ for at- rans'juvertus effetum cor- 
 cr> hewillnotfowelleuJureit; fte'trMfrflnM&jc* 
 ivbcn his neck is grown (tubborn K^lt fa£ 
 tnd unruly. ^ , Adilcaled , and ves de ^.^ a , r c4i > f 
 mpotent old age , f from a dif- antepenult. 
 
 Q^3 (biuce, 
 
be- 
 ks) 
 
 folutc 7 and intemperate youth > which 
 queaths effcetum corpus (as the Oratour fpeaks 
 a decaycd,and broken body unto age, aboun- 
 ding in nothing Co much as (in, whereof the 
 bones lHa.ll be lull , when they arc empty of 
 marrow: by the wkneffe oi Zophar % one of 
 lobs milerable comforters; lob 20. 11. Of* 
 (jus imp lent ur, —His bones are full of the fmne of 
 hisyouth, which (hall lie down with him in the 
 daft. The effect whereof is no other then a 
 too late repentance, as thou maift hear from 
 knowing Solomon , lively forewarning thee of 
 the mifery ; when "thy pfh and thy body being 
 confumed^ thou ihak take up that wofull com-' 
 Prov„ck uP^fi&i How have I hated tnftrrMion^andmy 
 Vcrf. iij heart defpifed reproof * and have not obeyed the 
 i i, 1 3 . v oy ce of my t etchers y nor inclined mine ear to them 
 that injlrttttedme j And all this, for lack of ta- 
 king this opportunity of learning in thedayes, 
 of youth ; Our fecond reafon. 
 3. Keafon. ^ e now P^ oece( J unto a third ; which is 
 '''-•■ ' the acccptableneffcof thisfervice to God, in 
 offirring unto him the flower of oui; age. It 
 Ntmb 1? * S k* S comrMnd Numb. 18.29. Ton fhall of- 
 ' : ' fer unto the Lord of the be ft ; and the beftof 
 our time is oir youth, in comparison of old 
 - ^ . . a£je : For * even as out of a vcflel 
 
 terrffwmm ijfat , &c. and the thicker ftaye; behind, io 
 .->«>. inthecourieofoi-rlives^hebct- 
 
 iVnae veteribus fene- tei - dayes gO before, and the 
 
 t f ^fj.'* t' ut worfe remain behind ; therefore 
 eclius referme M* **ghtly here called by Solomon, 
 riyvpptuffmp $v}jlU I57 Mali dies^ \the evm dayes , that 
 
 r&v &Kw.Anu »i>.t>tob # charge the mind more with vi- 
 
 CC5, 
 
ccs, than the body with infirmities : and for 
 
 the body , difable that toward the perfor- 
 mance of holy duties , as watching, fading* 
 perfeverance in prayer. 
 
 For true is that of St Ulerome , Cuntta qu& 
 per corpus exercentur^ frafto coy fore mtnora fiunt y 
 Every thing that is done by help of the body, 
 is empaired with the bodies decay. So unapt 
 is old age for the fervice of God ; nor is God fo 
 favourable to old a^e, as he is Sce ot j ag e and youth 
 unto youth, as may appear by compared by Chimin of 
 the difference of his favours im- vv < ,d « **« **J Jf- and 
 parted unto them ; thole fore J*>nagac$ itfmes. M;j. 
 mentioned by the Prophet Uel y caf ' 2 
 Chap. % of his prophecy * and repeated by 
 St. Peter , Atts2 m Tour young men fall fee vi~ 
 lens , and yonr old men (hall dream dreames : 
 1 where the firft fhall have clear * So ttje , m j 3 u the 
 ipparitions, and the latter one- worthier age, for thatvjfi- 
 y drowzy fancies , no more to ws a>e merer appriw** 
 :ompare with the other, then «f G \ d r r *f» d, ^f 5 \ V [\ 
 
 j r . i • I * - i I>. Verunm, Aavanc. o] 
 
 i dream m the night with a Luni fig.m\x. 
 
 niion at noon day. He then 
 
 :hat hath fpent his youth, the choiceft of 
 
 us timcyn fervice of the worid,and the deviU 
 
 md comes unto God in ivs old age, with 
 
 ■ the dregges and lees of his hie, t Non enim tantum mi- 
 
 /hat acceptance can he look nimm in imo , fed pefli- 
 
 ->r rhen ! thor then u/hen he mum remanet -> Scn.tf.i. 
 
 3r then i that men when nc D ^ Archimimns /<■. 
 au fin no longer , comes to nex > ]am ^crepitus qmti. 
 
 TCfent himfelf a rotten, and .lin- tidie in eaphdio mtmum 
 
 ivory lacrifice: like that. old agebat. A*g. de civit.e. 
 ccrepit Mimique, or Aftor in t*********"^. 
 \<me (reported by Aaftin > cue -* 
 
 Q4 of 
 
c{ Seneca) that being grown out of liking with \ 
 the pcople,made hisrecourle into the Capitol, 1 
 and there fell a play ng before the Images, I 
 his Heathen God^ Qxaji Dh Ibemer fpe&a- 1 
 rent , quern homines dejierant : as it the Gods ] 
 would accept , and cake pleafure in that, 1 
 which men had delpiled firft. Whereas he | 
 on the contrary 5 thai hath mcanes, and 
 becafions of finning v as youth ? ftrength , 
 . . . beauty, &tc. and ncglc&s them 
 
 ; *ni Sf r&F a a11 io * hls God > ™Y be forc of 
 
 *vit a:>no aedi, opes, Jplendo- . . , a • j n / 
 
 r em\ vaUtudwem Jem. Kind acceptance. Amidft io 
 
 ipjbf. »f TiTOfAiroi ctTTiU many impediments, and di- 
 
 AausK, ^w <r* conxmfiy ac ftra&ions to remember his Crca- 
 
 q^amhabui ouibusChri- t0 ^ is c h 3n k. W orchy in- 
 
 Grat i-apologet. ^?°* }?° iClS ^ OUn > C "* n ,^ 
 
 b 3f/f|rijf w^ffftif *jf ipintuall martyrdome, bto oe- 
 cum felicitate hUayi ; «e bar himfclf of delights m the 
 tmttmpatzmagvd felicity opportunity of enjoying them., 
 
 St'/SSSjSJ Now th ?> is th , e ""H 
 
 time to draw nigh unto God,-, 
 
 V<rfe 2. before the y cares draw n';gh 5 w&<?# *&0# fkalt:> 
 fay , / /?^w #0 fleafttre in them ; while the : 
 
 c k Juni; L* Y m °J thy P rc( P eri ;y »* not dar 1 
 
 fttri f/ii- ?p?v«< d> ? i kencd , nor tne clouds return* 
 
 natal Tfi'jBo? ^iv^ftu. after the raine , c oefircaute^ of 
 
 tfUnmer, forrow fuccccding the former, 
 
 ^mthmgrmtmmgbut t hat Ihall wholly indifpofe thee 
 
 i he) e or rones vccich i-ow n /a- j » 
 
 HP 4m onrfrfi {paging ™ gfdir a^iois j When thy 
 >o«r/j DMtit^ ii **e« ;r alacrity flaau be dejected d with* 
 isdta8and,4ndove>rfyit cares 5 thy devotion interrupt! 
 utter/jr when it begins to edwithaches, thy zeale evcJ 
 Jj?f >* W - * 2uic '* h quenched ( as it were ) with 
 vhcumes ; and all the good mo- 
 tions 
 
:[on? of thy (oule opprefsed with infirmities 
 
 iv hen ( dileafes lurprizing thy fenfes ) thou 
 
 :ari ft neither fpeak, nor hear words ofcom- 
 
 ort ; not life up thy hands , nor bow downe 
 
 thy knees in prayer, and confeflion :o God. 
 
 Now therefore jM; the Lord while he may belh.i.n.6* 
 
 found , while thy ftrength and optima ytaqnc dies mi- 
 
 abilities (erve to leek afcer him * fms mortalibxs. &vi prima. 
 
 while the graces of youth may f tt &*> fubeunt morbi , tri* 
 
 ajdeer thy fervicc, and make ^t^lf 1 ^^' 
 
 .nee to appear more pleahngin 
 
 bis fight. And fo we have done with our 
 
 third reafon of this charge unto youth. 
 
 We may yet adventure on a fourth ; and 4- Aw/in; 
 the moft important of all, if well confidcred, 
 that is , to remember thy Crea- ra a 
 
 cour even now, while it is in die- Ijl S res e */ u * mlm 
 j>, oca in cum dtcunt eras, 
 
 Ms, m the dayes of thy youth, eras, fr fubitb oftim dau- 
 lot knowing whether thou maift dim. Aug. fer.i6. 
 ivetodo it any older , but that §£** f cit an a<f J ic ^nt 
 fven thismghtthy foulc maybe f^'^fe f'Z" 
 :etched from thee, and what be- ^Zt * "' 
 
 :omes then of that converfion, 
 which thou haft fo impravidently deferred? 
 He that hath promilcd mercy at any time 
 Jiito the repentant , hath not promifed one 
 iay :o the negligent , that refu- * AmoUe Confc.Lz. c . 3 . 
 ed to * know the time of his vifita- ^' l P**itcnti veniam 
 m. It is his admonition , ho£e % MP?*** peccanti diem 
 o day if ye nil hear my voyce, harl ^ r T 1 *^?^ 
 ien xotyourfrarts; And his again, L Ac 1 9 44. Pfil^, 7 . 
 Ecce nmc efi dies faint) s^ Dies falu- * Cer.6.2. 
 £r ttttque ( faith f Bernard) non vo- t Dtffc». in verba P*. 
 
 fy'tisi It is not faid the day " uU *^ 1 **: 
 
 of 
 
of plcafure; and therefore fpend not that time 
 on thy plealure, which God hath allowed 
 Philip. 2. tbee to work-out thy falvation^ work it out 
 n* now, while thou haft the day , ere the night 
 
 Ioh.'9*4'«& overtake thee? when no man can work , nor 
 ** 3 f • have any remembrance ot a Creatour > for in 
 P&L^f. de at b (faith the Pfalmift) there is no remem- 
 brance of him. And how {oon this may befall 
 thee, who can tell, but the Father alone, that 
 I ft$ 1.7. b&th put ffc f/«« 4*wf feafons in his power ? 
 
 . Thou that raoft flourifheft in 
 tfem* tamjivosbjbuit ^ hhaft nG ] e(s rcafonto 
 
 tffi&£& ^P&it,amidft (o many dan. 
 2^e. ger ? ,and cafuakies , as daily be- 
 
 Jnter cafus ambuUmus, fa t h ce ? j c ma y be fo much the 
 ft vitrei effemus , mms ne arer to thee , as thou art more 
 ±^ZlVbu- fecure, and lets carefull to avoid 
 men f&v*tur,& dumper it : lo far from avowing, as j 
 fecula j etfi enim cafus vi- thou rather purfueft it, by thy rt- ■ 
 nee vafi timentur, feneMus Qt$ am j f ur f ets , ^d manifold di- ■ 
 
 ± & J eb lLZ n IT^ ftempers: in regard whereof, ,, 
 +utotJ**«W* the femce glafs if not fobnttiej 
 nor expofcd to (o many hazards ; Or if no 
 fucli chances happpen; at beft, thy youth is by 
 nature but flitting, and tranfitory, and ot very 
 fhort continnance ; much like the vapoury 
 whereunto the Apoftle compareth our life, 
 • that avpeareth for a little time, and then vamfheth 
 
 # aval. It ist)Ut in diebus \uventHtis^\\zity in 
 the dayes of thy youth • a few 
 'OKtyoy&jiov yiy» dayes only will conclude it. Bun 
 
 ™¥tIw n ~ more briefl y ex P rcfsed above - 
 
 Fy<ayetf ' at the laft vcrfe of the former 
 
 Chapter, (as Tremellins renders it) & ortusipfe 
 
 eft 
 
(*35) 
 
 tft vanitas ; The very beginning thereof is va- 
 nity ,that is,no {ooner begins, but 
 vanfheth, is ready to let at the ^fT^T'/; 
 firft nfingl Nay more briefly i&J? •***" - * 
 yer, ifpoffible; As it the Prea- 
 cher made it nothing indeed : He affords 
 it not fo much as the lcaft dclcription ; where- 
 as" old age he fets out to the fuller om the firft, 
 unto rhe feventh verfe of this Chapter. So 
 !horc,and momentany is that ftate we lb high- 
 y account of, no better than a v A . . , 
 Jkmttef che field, that by „'JSSSS.tX 
 'rowing decayes>and periiheth miferape brevigma vit* 
 byencreaiing, as thou that art />om<Mjinren.j. 
 now in thy lufty prime , ftialt bHeu quantum mum 
 fhortlyconfcfc, by a remarkable abllul v Ȥ"* n - 
 3 change of thy felf , when thy , e ' ^ngh rS yl&s 
 
 : teu I > ;i ubeb»iedinwri„- ssgfagBiS* 
 
 cles, thy adivity ihackled with p tt dStob. 
 
 liffeiiefc, and a generall damp of d In f en m eorpore t4n _ 
 
 aincnefs fhall (eize on thy fpirits; quam in putri adifitio omnis 
 
 tfhen thisflelhly building a (chy juntfora didncitur. Seneca 
 
 )od y )(hal]beoutofrepaire : and *g^ ^ thcfcnfc 
 
 Itow ruinous all about thee> f£*pofitors. 
 
 when thy armes , the keepers of 
 
 hy hofife fhall tremble, and thy thighes, the 
 
 frovg men (hall bow tbemfelves; when thy teeth 
 
 'the grinders) fhall ceafe bectnfe they are few, 
 
 ind thine eyes that look^ out at the windowes fhall 
 
 te darkened-* when the voyceof rr . . ^ . , ' 
 
 lie bird, and muiick, and [all dm(£na dm§ Cor# GaL 
 
 he e joy es ot the fprmg Ihall be Mala atas mtlU deliuimen- 
 
 i burden unto thee. O then it ta actipit. Afran. apud 
 
 vould (land thee in ifead to Noaito. 
 
 have 
 
Pfa1.pi.9- have God thy refuge, thy refuge even thei 
 
 whenall things elfe fail thee. And the means t 
 
 , have him fo then, is now to make him fo, by i 
 
 7U 9 ' religious,and godly youth } by cafting cfFth 
 
 fins with repentance, and by cleaving fait unt 
 
 him in fincerity of heart. So maift thou cor 
 
 fidently rely on thy Creatour, who will nc 
 
 . ver f forget thee in thine ape,th; 
 
 r*? m T£«t te Jtl7l~ diJft remember him in rh 
 
 litnfur&enti fine Mio aeje- , , .. . 
 
 Mc. Aug> Civ.n. ,?. youth,but wil continually re,rev< 
 Lomb.hb. 4- fent. dift^. and cherifh thee in all thy nece! 
 Aqum./w/>. qAt.an.i. fities,and at length redrefs thet 
 g The dead {ball be r*r- in his heavenly kingdom , whe 
 fed incorruptible, 1 Cor. if . thy age fhali be renewed ii 
 5 t Flos refurrettionis in- to g youth, a glorious , and Ul 
 7d mP Zrfd fading youth, that (halinot wa 
 
 ^ CYCim * older with time, but flourifti ur 
 
 to all eternity. Unto which, The King etem< 
 1 Tfm.i. bring us in his good time, and for the tin. 
 1 7- , of our fo\ournmg here, grant us his grace, to Jen 
 
 iPet.1,17-^-^ acceptably, w'tth reverence, and godly fea 
 1 P ''a*** committing the keelng of our jottles\to him in wel 
 ip. e# * ^ doing, as unto a fan hf W Creatour. 
 
 F I N I S: 
 

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 'T'Hefc Errata , occafioned partly by the 
 A Corre&ors hafte , and partly by thediffi- 
 culty of reading the Authours Copy, (it being 
 no ftrange thing for good Scholars , to be no 
 good Scribes) you may pleaie to correct with 
 your Pen. 
 
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