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beihgr  umgmmed to+tl.2¢ fér71z'Tcfe;- it: man my Ldtzty» ta rzmm awn’
pr-efaré fiayfiéfle, «ézzxd :1 fozmd preflmtlj my lat aw ca/3; ‘upon
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V Gem'il¢t.Ex4m. to fall on Chri/Imarjay, (do it 13‘ named yet) A rite Me-

ti-opolitanc of all the Feftivitiees , fit Gafpar Ferrandi

called it in the Councel of Trent, It wan tztnefor me
then hy oonfideration, reeolleéiion, and other thoughts to
cafl out feare ; and for my anintation,the al/ttflon ofhin; to
,Caéfar happily ooettrred, as they that dare confidently fleahg
in-your jnditione and forntidahle Aflimhlze, tonflder-my;
out/ya_t Conitellations you are, nor of what Magnitude;
fivthof .1», that defltondingly he afraid, are ignorant ofyottr
henigne -Afpeéts, and graeione Influences. The eieotien

of a Theme, andthe manner of handling it mat in tea} ~
power, and hy Divine guidance I thofe Moderation,not ,

heeattf e you wanted it, hat for that forne fofnppofed, and I
few, men that Chriitian grace, we/1 nnderjioiod would jag
flzfie your proceedings .- Tour eares entertained the Diftotnfl:

with _/]>ontaneooo.c attention , with the uertne of the 7’ ext,

which Tertullus heg’d of Felix, vii é7i_:cmiza- you have now
required it to the other fiznfiz, to another eenfitre, in publi-
cumformidandumquejudicium at Cafliane faid open
ht}: Ii/ee flfldfioflg and fitr nty part, though the ftthjeé? mat-
ter,l know, wt’/ltneet with fatal! judging: , and my weake-

tnefle: aifo he ever hefore me, yet 1/m«ocate,~ea,,,,,, cam-

ntandt,andwith the exoptation of Orofius to Aufiin, Uti-
nam tam eflicaciter quam libenter : for, now, at Dedi-
cations have heene made to yon ofleale, Righteoufneffe,
Magnanimitie, Perfeverance, &c. fin the world /1241! fee
you Patrons of Moderation alfo , notwithstanding the
unpolitique, Antichriftiau, and Tyrannicall endwottrt
ofyonrOppofites, /"ome tfw/tith lahonredfo mnehfome
yeamfinte to emhroy ie the Nation again/iscotland, in ir-
reeoneiliahle and into/line oonthnfliom, the perfitzft uniting
ofwhontto E N G L AN 13 mat the zealon: indttflrie of the

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mfeft Patriots in/firmer timer, at our chronicle; re.
late,and who ncwa [2»,hy fttpernatttrall providence, in Co-
-venant, and many other ohltgationt, are contrived into 4
more firme accord then ever. T hoflt other horrid Mxfere-

t ant; of Ireland have raked H.611 and Rome for the inven-

tions, and exerctfe: of [itch crttel harharities open our mifi:—

\ rahle hrethren, that no Chrifiian care can heate yvith- Kin Charlu_
out horrour, not Story parallel, as hxs Majefcxe did D°C=”3"- “"'5h

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declare agamffthofe barbarous Rebels. I wt/b that,13,,:i:c ‘

Remonflrance of our C lergie there were commanded to he Counfcil-»
in every Parzfl: of,E N G L A N D, and the additionall de-
pofitions hajiened to the Prefle, that all the good people of

the Land might lenowvtheir good meaning to them .- And in

this Kingdenze there wae a generation of New Refor-

mers that paved the way to Popery, and under the colour of

a good worke in hand,aud the pietie of the times were Hob’ T3213;
bufied in taking the out—workes, and that being done .nfi‘:ge’; ,_
they would have a bout with the Fort it felfe: It is the p. 19a: 2. 2043.
language and fentence of him that here may well he credi-

ted, and oar eye: /"aw then, the Innovation: fo nttmerons,

that with a little time and ohfltrvation it might he demon-

jlrated,‘ the lawlefle Mutation even then wad greater from

the rules, and received praéiif e, then it is like to he hy the

Direétory fo much expefied , which hefide Parliament

Anthoritie, will have the Scriptures, and the example of

Reformed Churches to give it countenance -, I thought in

thee E ptfllel might make fame farther mentioning, hot I

ma/Z renzemher that ofAuItin to Macedonius, Negotio-

fil-limos in Republica viros, 8: non fuis, fed aliorum E1“ 54~1"i‘“

utilitatibus attentiflimos non debemus occupare pro-

oemio: I will tum-one therefore my prefacing, into praying,

that our God onely Wife, wottldfifl every one of you with R999. 16.21.}
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e wifedome, even that wifdome which is from above,

and is firfi pure, then peaceable, gentle, iaraemic, the
grace of the Text, Moderate, andfull of good fruits,
téat gajfing Ireland may be recovered by you, and M you
bmue done Worthily for Scotland, you may .€»e famous in
E N G L A N D ,4-mi regaining the Kings royal! Pcrfon and
favour, you may make /grim gloriom alfi, and raife up in 51;:
Daminiom the foundations for many generations, and

. ' be Called the Repairers of the breaches, the Reftorers

-  of the paths to dwellin. I /lm/1 waits? I/éecomplemmt

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ofG'0d: gaodpravideme in you, aazdéaj you, that in bi: due
feafimwuery mountains of oppofition may be aplaine, and
t/zefe troublous times may determine in the mza.’wnce-
meat, and firme eflaélzjbing of Rigbteaufneflé am’ Peace,
thong/1 your band: 51.3/rich :19, and /bafl be in the dayl}! de-
votion of

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Houfe of .C o M M o N s, at the Monethl_yFafi,
December 2 y. I 6 4. 4. I

Phil. 4. vcrf. 5.

T3 Emmi; t3,uo7v‘g,Va:o'31i7w v;r3Eow aZv9pc57ro1;, 5 u.u'pt@~ iyyéc.

Let jam‘ moderation 5e known auto}!!! mm. , the Lord
is at /mm’.  .

' 22' ; , ‘.-’’4‘.’i%'//'/’’*  is Gods word that I have read , let no
' ' ' 1 ” e " I manszealc be hot againftit, or me; and
how meet it is for this time , this very

time, 1' udge not till you have heard: my
% t / X52 thoughts were not faflened here With-
’ , «/roe out fome dtfficultte, I confidered again
, and again , and as often prayed , that I
might fpeake a Word in feafon; it muff
be affirmed, there is all the reafon in the world, you be even
now alfo incited to zeale, wifdome, magnanimitie, and pre-

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know, but you would be acquainted with it, and grow up m- Ep[,,'4_, 
to [ lorijz‘ in all things, omolée ejfaolijbealin ever} goon’ wordmtd 2 The{f.z._ ' 73

I worke. But that .1 may in time take off all prejudice, I fhall,

not fpeake of Moderation in theienfe of Polititians and the
world, butas it is a Chriflian grace, and not mconfifient with

g holy zea1,they were bothin our Ma(terChrifi.z Com o.1.we

_- read,

Job; 2» 1 7.‘
Evrtemsiott.

Dofirik 1.

2;

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 idiiermon hefore the Honorable Hoof? of Commom, i M
i '1;¢a;i.it,gentIcncfl2»  Chrtfl, and my Philippiom: had to doe

with dog:,e7Ji/1War/Qer'.I,olamgc’rom menof the cohcijioh, Chap.
3. verf. 2. yea, verf. I 8, 19. With wicked Walherx, of whom he

cortlol notflrmkc without Weeping, ehemir: of the ore 1]": of Chrifl, _

he/I} -godr, pm:?ck;worme:‘,' minding earthly thing: , lively cha-
racters , of a great part of your oppofites : and if Saint’ Pool
then, furely,I may fay now, Lotjotzr moderation he known mt-
too?/1.79700, the Lord :3 at homo/. _ ' ' L

. If yet to any apprehenfion the litft claufe feeme apcooler,

the fecond Willfhew, it feernes fo onely, and my Moderati-

on doth not make a medley of Religion, nor complyes with

i any tranfgreflion, but it is a,blefled,' and a watchfull vertue,

living alwayes in Gods light, and in expeflation of judge-
ment to come; it quencheth nomans zeale , onely It makes
it burnr:.faire,and fhine more clcare; it isen 1' oyned in the lid’:

' claufe of the Text, and the reafon thereof is in the latter, the

Lord 1': at hrmtl. . . I

Inthc former we have thefe foure things.

I. The grace required, zloloohraztion- -   .’_,  ; ‘ /

2. Theleat or fubjeft of it, four, of joto.  . 

3. Its declaration and difcovery , lot iqhe known.

I 4. The ampliation and extent, to all men. n

The fecond elaufe {hall be touched upon a; a reafon, but my
purpofe is, God willing, to handle both in that metho_d,which
our dayes have found lo happy , by Doctrine and Vfe, yet in
the explication, and application, I {hall pafie thorough each
particular.

Let this then be the firit Dofirine , Modcrotioh 13‘ oz ootho.
Ziqm grace of tmizm-r_f:z.(l prmilifi: h} 411 mm to allmoo : and the

. Application will fall into five particulars, word: of Comploim‘,
_ Limitation, fohfutotion, In’/}r:tEZion,‘and E xhortotion.

. The fecond Doctrine of the Lord: heing on: hand, will from
the Scriptures hold forth unto us thefe {even Ieafonabl.-e cone

rfidcrations, fitted for our'prefentnpra<?cife.

raj ..r Speed} Ropmtottcofrom‘ dead work‘.
i , A 2.. Wife weoozihgiororfelwofrom the world.
' -‘3.- Conflantporfworante in true Religion.

i 4. Zmlom endeavour after‘ holihofl}. _
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‘ 5. Chrzflian patience in trilmlatian. ~   

6. oHolyfzzitb in the Lord Iofua Chrz:/2.

7. Sober Watcbfuloeflo untoprajor. e i t ‘    

Moderation 23: at catboliqufggrnce of unioerfozll P!-45;,-fe 5] Dean,” R
all men to all men. In the 0r1gmall,1t is 7:) éms:ué;,Ad] eétivcly; ~ g t ,_ _
which is fometimes emphaticall, in the proprietie ofthe
language; but that criticifme, and curiofitie {hall be omitted;

etit is fit to mention the diflerent interpretation.

Firft , Modeflj , {o it is read by fome , which is a vcrtuc, Tbeapbylofi. s
keeping fuchmediocritie in externall things , that no mans H¢im0,Lm, _
' ffended , it moderates the outward 9"“
com/erfe"n fpcech, apparell, and life, in their fenfe, who re- Again. 2:.‘
ferre it to the words immediately foregoing: I/erfi4. Re- .I_zo,.z,3.

So Bernard. We rciojcc in that we hope, oemfe the i  
Lord £1 at hand , we reiojce in that we flofior, that our Modefl} T- _I- P- I 780
mi ht be Iepown to all men : this madefl] is not the maidens

bluih onely , but acolour Well becoming men , women, all

that be Chriflians; nature puts a modefl: afpcfl upon thofc

that fhamc to doe evil], the blood making halt, as it were, to g _
‘cover eventhe fufpitionof guilt , Amorofe extends it to ge- ofiic;z.x. 60131) i
flutes, gate, and bodily motion, telling his own exiperinitent i

this way, how he refufed to admit one into Orders, meerely

for his imrnodefi gelture; he fuffered not another Clergy-y

man to walke before him , his going was to offenfive , and

uncomely : and I was deceived, faith he, in neither, the one

ran out or his funélion, the other out or his Religion , and

turned Arrian , fo difcernable is the inward man {ometimes

by the motion of theoutwatd: no marvell therefore if light- a

nefle of igelturc be immodefiy and a prohibited evill, Prov.

6.13. Efa. 3. 16s.,Some better Expofiters read it, ,4 3, ,

Secondly, Patient minds; and fo our own, Tranflators 'elfe- G,mw;_
wherer_E.ngl1fh the word, 1 T im. 3. 3. and thus it is a dutie F,,;;i_ (9.53
Very feafonable for thefe fuffering times, when men can be as '

i the Turtle, though in feverall conditions, have but one- note, . .
’ ~   . Pz6t*.Hl61‘ogl.

keep the fame tune , hen they be quiet in tribulation, and ‘
murmure not when affliétion comes;but the laft claufe of the 1'

  Text will invite us to patience by and by. .
y Thirdly ,1 {hall iniift therefore upon our own reading, M44
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have {ee_ne,s oneonely excepted, who in fome other things
alfo is him felfe excepted againfi-. And Moderation.is a word
of fuch latitude, that it reacheth to publique employments,

* in civil! matters, in the judgement of thoie that well under.

flood the force of it; thence they call Moderation_the Afieil
f or of I ultice, mollifying the rigour, and feverity of the law,
for Legiftators intend ltr.i&neiTe of rule, but their provi-

_ deuce, not being infinite, nor able to forefee all occurrences,

Aguin. 2.2..
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leave a neceflit-ie for'Mo%eratz°0n, and Writers oF both Rcfi.
gions doe thus inllzance, it is Juit alepafimm redderc, It is hone-
fizy and faithfulneiie to reflore the pledge,or. that we are trufl:-

,ed with,yet fometimes, fay they,it is not iniquitie but Mode-  

ratio» to doe other wife : for example, a man hath given ano.
ther his {word to keepe , he proves furious and diftempeted,

the other is not bound to reltore ‘the {word , becaufe he may"

abu fe it to his owner others hurt; Val, mm qmév depcfimm ,-«.5-
pofcit ad zmpugazatianerizpdtrze , ‘Thus , to take away a mans
goods orlands is_in}ul’rice ,. yet if it be ‘done indeed for the
Common weale,it is Mos{erzitzo2z,not iniquitie:For the wen.
fare of_the naturall body diet is abated, though the paricm be
unwilling , {leep is deny_ed, blood is let out, yea a member is
cut off for the prefervation of the _whole ; and for the fafetic
of the body politique, we may without wrong be drawn to
part w‘*‘ our private for the publigue good,I:ztere_/ikeipuélicie

tit refmi qmfque lien: utatizr. This Moderation is thefonl and
lflfé of the lavv, without which the lawit feife foinetime will
_av_our of unrighteoufneile. This may {eeme a paradox,and it
is_indeed mzmwlam Iurzflarrzm * quiz difceziit :2 regula,

faith Luther , a ftrange thing to tranlgrelle ii Rulc. without

tranfgreiiion : and this ferves much to }illl31fiC' the prcfcm;
proceedings,and might {atisfie the difaifec/ted alfo, if reafon
could doe it, in fuch times ‘as Fl]CfC,.\U‘l’ll(:l’l they have helped

oiirfinnes to bring upon us . it is not in iuftice, much lefle cru.
eltie, to raife forces , require contributions , impofe taxations

for the fafetie of the kingdome ; and two of the forenamed

Writers give this rule, it is good foinetiine to {T b ‘ h
words ofthe law, and follow that which reafoiiaczfllcg t it

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and the common benefit. I {hall touch upon Moderation again,
as it refleffis upon publiqne affaires , no-w therefore —I fpeake of
it , as it hath reference to private Chriftians. Some will have the
word imemér, as §71'lJ'i)ca6lo1', over and above that which is right and
jolt; othersheither from a Noune that fignifies equall and good , or 2‘

a Verbe that is to yeeld, the Prepofition adding furtherforce, and I.

then it is a vertue inciting good men fo much to right and equi- 9"
tie , that for its promotion they yeeld fometimes. and part with
their own. Further, it flops the violence of a mans own paflions,
guiding them to their due ends, therefore in the Hieroglyphick p;‘m_"
the Bridle 8: Helme are the Emblemes of Moo/c=ration; and in this

{enfe it is a prime and choife vertue , carrying a man to thetop of

the hill, cmoralitie cannot get higher, and many Chriltians come
{hort thereof, both in themfelves, and to others. And yet further,it

is a grace fhining outwardly, it is vifible, and illulirious, known rm-

to men, it hath influence into all other vertues, itqualifies and tern-

pers them , it is as {alt that makes other things favory , they relifh

not fo well without the falt of Moderation , it is the graine that
evens the fcale, aequipoyfeth all, it curbs exceffes, fupplies defeéts,

and is every way helpfull ; the molt zealous would be loath to
heare, as thofe, Row. to. 2 . The] have or male of God , om not ac;
cording to knowledge, the zeale according to knowledge isthe Mo-
deration comn-1ended,commanded in the Text: and as in Schooles.

and taking up of differences the Vmpire , and Moderator under-
{tands , pro C’-3“con, the allegations of either fide , by his wifdome

he is able to remove fcruples, and give every one their due ; fo this-
Momma» is‘ themoolimm , makes the vertue , walkes as it Were

 

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' betwixt the two extreames, and keeps off the diltempersof ei-

ther, as jldlztt/2. 10. 1 6. Be wt:/e itofirpents, modkarm/e_/fe. 45 dot/:15-
this Moderation regulates the rigour of the one, and the {implici-
tie of the other, Handing up to keepe out-. both venome and folly,-
that wrong be neither done , nor revenged. And yet neerer, in.
our converfe with men , this Moderation hath chiefe place, for-
bidding us to be fierce in reafoningmafh in ,cenfuring,not Prand too -
ftriétly upon our.term.es., but in our defence and vindication abate ‘
our right , part with our own ,-yeeld to our‘ neighboursdnterprctso
Fairely their fayings , and doings, and make the belt conllruélions.
wecan , that our Moderation ma} ée.@owI1,&c. it is in Bean’: de-
” ‘ E 3i ‘ T , fcription,

5 ‘ I 6 . /Isermon hefitre the Honorohleofieztfe of Cotmnom, L

f¢riptior1,'et quiet f]7irit~.i‘dki7lgdfl in good part , and I may cflit a_
gracious imude that thinks, and {peaks well ofall, and doth ill
to none. ” L

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, lingt, ttmnulte, which Saint Teal was fo much afraid , he fhould
‘ finde among his Corinthians, 2 Epifi‘. 12. 20. and thus Moderoti.
on‘ is nigh of kinne to Chriitian charitie , it is not apt to credit ru.
rgours, or be mifguided by reports, it it not pezfedttp, doth not he.

  have itfetfe mxfleemelfithin/goth not will, &c. 1 Cor.'15'.4.,5' ,6,7, it
will have full information beforee it palle fentence fo much as in
its own brealt againft any, {he will follow her Lords example,who
though the cry ff Sodome was great , yet for our inftruétion he
laid, I will gee down: now, ondfee, Whether they have done altogether
according to the or], &c. Gen. 18. 2 I. and though the appearance
befoule , our thoughts and fpeeches mu9c be as faire as they may;
Iafiphithus moderated the forrow of his brethren for their felling
him into E gjpt , God, faith he,/Ent me hqfore]o’tt,_tofa'z2e}ottr live:
lg’-4 mightie deliverance. Gen.4;. 7. and isit not coniiderable, that

’ though Solomon had then taken to himfelfe To many wives and
concubines , which in a t gent meafiire alfo took: away his heart,
yet the holy Ghofi: ufeth this expreflion , Solomon dideoi/I in the
fight of the Lord, and went notfull} after the Lord, 44' did David his
father. 1 Kings I I .6. ice and learne thelanguage ofCanaan ; Me-

Feeimee cnorme . . y . _
;g,,0M,,t,;e mu 2 3, 34. Feather, forget/e them, for the} know not rwheztthey doe ; and

bait, non melz‘- Saint Peter learned this Jllodemtion from his Mailer , Aft’. 3.47,

’_i“7-’:l750Pl’}'W3- I Wot that through igneremreje did it , Mflid olfia your ruler: ‘.1 e As

ggb Dog that holy man judged one brqthersfoule to bejvcry‘pure,::he'cau{o

I 6_ ' ' his cellwas fo trim, and he faid, anotherwas very r1-ghteousrwith-
in, that tooke fo ‘little careof‘ cxternall neatncffet ' -

{ire of revenge a feminine‘ and ‘cowardlypaflion : and that is but
an emptied objeétion‘, with ‘which neverthelefle fome : mens
mouthes are filled, he is a filly Fellow, hath no mettall in him, that
is infcnftble pf afimnts, but that coins of re vcngc What mettall _is
- ' , . . It

Firlt , It regulates thofe evill humors , that be fo rife in nature, ,
, cvcndehatee, en?/jingt, -wmth,flrz'fe.c ,hoel{hiting:,V2h£_,77ering:,fwel- L

I deration, teacheth to aicribe many offences to ignorance andinfirw ,
mitie :«Thus our Saviour Chriit prayeth Forhis crucifiers, rLuk.? is

  Secondly , Moderation is a well-doing grace . fo good , that it
doth ill to none, {he knows, that even nature didever account dc-.

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it made of P its {lamp and allowance,I lam furc,is not from heaven,
it is digged from the mines of hell, by the hands offlefh, and bear-
eth the image, imprcffe,andfuperfcription of the world, the flefh,
and the devill, . ‘4 . it :3edrthl},finfmzIZ andzlevxilli/h,Iam..3.1 5.7
You fee then the low dgfccnt,‘ the bafe pedegree of this lofty va-. a
lour; but our Madération is ' better borne, even from above, and
hath learned cfher Maflver Chrifl, to be friendly to thofe that be
hoftile, Mntth.«5. 44. Law your memies, hlefli: them that mrfe
]05!,- though they revile, We rnuPc not, doc‘ good to them that batch

 

A Jan, cm. though by word and atftion they damnifie us, we mull:

preferved and prolenged by’ Moderation : but,’ i— :

fiudy to winne them by our well-doing; and I/913 I35 the goodtfirfiez

faith ‘Father L.'m'm:r,ioar Mafler ‘Chrifi oz!-‘Iowa: m to do: to our Pm zup_s_,Q
memz'e:,to Warm: thmat am fire, and draw them from-evillby » ’
our good: It were eafie to expatia-te here, and enlarge feverall
reafonszas 2 t ~ A t L

‘L Fit-Pt , Moderation is a gracious and an acceptable vertue, it
{weetens and endeares the owner theretaf, whereever he comes,
it offersa kind of violence upen rnens aifeétions before they be
aware : M the mzhclcwing hmhand 1}-womlze h] the hal] L‘0?2’Ufl‘_fl19-
‘5”’5”fthcWifi’ai Pet.3-I.i ] V ; <  ’. ‘ t '

Secon-dly, it is an healthful! ve~rt7ue :.itntnoderation and wrath

kt‘/lath, C’-fir. Iob 552. As Sjlla is laid inehis anger to break a veine, Aug are C D_
ofwhich Rupture he died ; but,qm' '
hm,Pro;1z'.12. It isnotindecdin the Hebrew, but the Seventie,
and Latine Io have it; and Interpreters there upontfayg. "mat a life‘ is

R64,/arty.

Thirclly, take the reafon sf the Text, in that fenfe oiiit, the Lord
inst hand, feeing, and hearing,ali our cogitations and fpeeches,

_' Pfai. I 2_9.2,g,4.. T hou knoweff my dawnfitting, @"C.~.'I’tfi0u:uV;ydg,1’:-‘-

flamlefl m] thought: afar of,’ :c§'c. there zlmotta wardin mj.'ton;gue,
hm lac, than 0 Lord, knowefi‘ it altogether. It was good counfell
of Seneca, Sicfrtc omnia, tmtqmmz firefiet taliqmk ; and Moderation
is not to learne , that God himfelfe alwaies obferveth the mo.- t
tions and commotious of our tfpirits, and every other difl:emper.t ~ A
V Pourthly , ‘Thc’Lbrditathand, to call us to account ‘fer every
inward and outward? exorbitance, thinke, ipeake well of all, doe
ill to mine ; ifwe have beene immoderate_in this orany other way,
«let us repent, amend,. and remember the Lord  {at hand to reckpg
wit .

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with us For every mifdemeanour. I might proceed in Further con-
firmation, and declare that this.Moderation is of fuch vait, and
comprehenfive extent that it checks all overflowings of heart,
tongue, gefiure, apparell,diet; yea It. hath influence upon all our
doings and fuferings: and the-n the   ‘

PirPc Vfe willbe matter of complaint in the univeriallwant of
this C}!/[adoration almolt in all things and perfons,‘ in this age, and
inundation of mifery; no Moderation or abatement of mirth,-
though all the Land mourne, how Few doe lay it to heart? as
much exceife in diet almofl: as ever, when fo many be ready to
iterve; pride, and thofe other abominable vanities now notorious
alfo, even Women, wont to be the devout Sex, Y6! now how are
fome of them flwt: in jonrfiafll, Iude 14. with {pets in their
Faces, as if they would out-fiace our very dayes of Humiliation ;
and men, how greedy are they of the world, plotting and prejc.

e &ing for riches and places, as if here were their néio/iag citie, and

7/: 2.

they had no thought of one to come ? and in C ivill matters, thofe
Courts and contentions, I heare not that men find either much

~ more equitieor expedition.

Second Vfe of limitation; for it is 75 éonmté: ujuéir, it muit be

a of Jon ; your moderation, not of, or in thing: /belonging unto God,

it reacheth not to the principles or praéhfe of Religion; obierve
that once for all,-, Men tnult be as zealous for truth and holineffe as
they can; Men, all men have no power to be Moderatours of
them, themfelves are bounded, and confined by the Almighty,
as Solomon {aid to S/Jimei : ‘ Build thee an bonjé at Iernfalont, go:
not . from t/oence tan} whit/mt, I King. 2. 36, 37. From God: Word
not/wing mnji‘ do tnhtn, and nothing  5: added to it, Deut. 4. 2.

12.32. Rotzel.;2z. 18. Our God is omnifcient, difcerning at ‘

firPt all poiiible emergencies of things, perfons, and occurfions;
Io his Statutes be perfect and abiolutc, and rnufl: be obeyed With-
outdifpute orimoderationg it isa moi’: dangerous adventure, to
examine, or regulate Divine Truths by Humane wifdome ; fuch
daring hath introduced many foule Errors into the Church, and
retained them :our Mailer Chriit faid, Drinkeye on’! of tlnis, Matth.
26. 27. All the Clergie, Fay the men of Rome, the blond may
hang on Lay-mens beards, theyimayfpill it on the ground tour

, God commands all men to know his Word and will; the Papifts

will

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will needs be Moderators here, and forbiddeth Scriptures in the
N other Tongue,-bc"cau{ethe_ cotnmon peoplg may pmfanc and
abufe them : a feeming antinorny and oppofition appears {ome-
times in the Word ofGod; yet even there and then rneneoiught
not to moderate, but one Text mull be eotripatednwith another,
and fo darke places w‘ill be enlightened 5' I n everydioubtfull bufi.-.
nefie they were wontto reeks of the Lord, Gen. 2;. '2 3. 1 Sam‘
23.  and elfewhere; or of hie Priejie, Exod. 18.15. D&_m.17.9.
elihiqtte ;or at htit word, I Sam.2 2.5. 2 Chron.18.4. and in other
places; we-rniufl fay with Saint Paul in all fuchmatters,;W.hat
flzit-h the St'ripteere?Rom'.4. 3. And againegwhat/aith the Scripture?
Galat.4.3 o. The Scripture is the {ole rule, judge, and moderator.
The firf-l Chriflzians were exceedingly precife this way; not to
tell you how they would notipart with a word, not a fyllable, not
a letter in divine truths; they complied not with the Heathen in  
fmallmaitters‘ : Theyiwoteld pee heme ineenfe,’ eearfweare’ et erawne, 0PM» 3-3 -P-7 Io
ner  their daore: With Laurel, mar 14]" grape: 4: Bzgfchm feet ; P‘l""El"97° r
‘Tolyearpe would rather dye then f Wear: 6] Cefizr: finum ;,s and L:-?;d'xde3(_i° '
the [hrtfliene in Ixejline Mart]r would not tell :3 lie taftwe their 1d,§_;3§
liveujghe after connivence and complication briought in errors Suidat in
by heapes. and huddles: and Rhemmm a learned Papift confefieth ’AvEér71@-.
the foundation thereof was laid in this prefutned Moderation: Eufib-Hi/i-‘°
the approaches of gentile: to’ Chriflitmit} Were invited and en- 3 0"  y y
tertaimdwithefivme‘ pleat/iug .ch4nge.t of their rites; whereeu their P' L 0' L
tatezll metziom-vo_uld have .thr:efl them quite off: but thofe tolerable I" T‘"“’-
altetationsrase the-yr feefmed, introduced at molt intolerable fuper- P"°3 ‘M’ ;
flition, and profanenefle, the‘ {mart whereof Ldothyet remaine; 
andweare not purged from the fhame, and Raine of it to this ‘   g e  
very..day~; there ought to have beeneino blinding,‘ noblendingin ‘ 7 ‘ i
Divine*»Trut,hs ; Men {hould not bring their mixtures hither :.Of-, »
fer their new to th} -go-vernjottr, nhd'WiIl:hche;}tleet_fc§{1ritb thee? Mal.» ,
I .8.‘ We will not have dro{Te with our filver, nor mingle vinegar A
with wine ; we mull lay here as Iihu to Iehamdah, Come fie en}
zeele, zKing. 10.16. And you mufl: be '. molt earnefttagainlt 1
thofe errors that be likelieli to encroach ; and even Chriflian Cfl’[o- 3
deration will growewarme e againll the fireame of COmmOfi.'EOf*,

e ruption : Our Mailer Chrift fotbad expteflely, to fzgmire 61 hea-

-ven, or 6] earth, or 12} Ieruflalehe, cfrc. Mat‘th.5.34,y 6:0. for it
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fgemcgfby P}Ji1e»the.Ie\iivii,.1thait: was‘;-lrycuflotnary finne of thofe

times : andfo, Gal. 11.4. Chrifl bnth delivered»: from the pi-efent

e-wvt world. There isan Emphafisin that -n? iwe;?31'©' aa«:u@—, the
prcfentevill world; we mutt be mofl: watchfull againflz. thofe
cotruptionsgiin faith, and manners, that are growing upon us,
what ever they be; and not tofpeake ofothers now, For my part,

ufe what .tHader4tio:e‘you pleafeto the perfons, -and efiates of the ,

npapifrs ;but letnisavoidt I befeech you, whatfoever in truth, or
true appearance is doftrmally fo : the Iudaicall Rites had another
1-zind‘oF_c1ain1e,ye.t'theifirPc Chriftiansdeclined them with great
and«univerra1—tvt-hemcncy : Say the world what it Will, I freel}
proirannce , faith Hietomc, that the Ceremonie: of the Iem: are
perniciam and dead!) to C/Jriffianr; and rv/aafaever oé/érve: them,
whether be be Jew or Gemiletefunkf dmme into hell : and yet Gods
dircétion to his firft people concernes aii his I {raei now, "Levit-

F I 8.73 . ‘- :4ftt7‘ 3/aedaingt if 1:5: Ldndfgypt wherein}: dwelt/Z413

i 7  yemttlae  dicing: -oftbe Land ofC'arman, whit/yer!

A ‘ éringyavt, all  a9t,¢'€. Andin both refpeflts we Ihould a‘-
bandnn the mics of Popery; for We came-halting from them, an!

5 : they yet dwefl amonggus; we have fbund by»too1ong,?an:l wo-
t  Jail; and wounding etexpcr-ience,%all our" complying with them

InjmzE.3.: 

Bp. ofvzm \
Anne 156:.

.01? aéj

V couildnot winne the leaft nponothem. In our firft Reformation
‘ Ardrbifhop Cmnmereenioyned that "no Jmniflerfbouldorder amt-

terxfo, that the mleurned feaple think: t/2eeold‘Popifb Maj? earr-
timmjtill ; but the piety if  times, as it WM sailed, —wanted no-

’ thing,‘ but arcommand,‘ to tritnme the Sacramentsm  »'Chri[t -after

the p1aine«Po,pi[hedrefl'e ofAntichrift. In our fecond Reformation
a Bifhop printed it, in the beginning ofthe Queenes rcigne ; We
are luiarm much like the Papiflx, that it ottrfilttlt generaflj, that we
difir wvtimarefmm them; but the goediway-Qt -in /Mad cf late,‘   ac’.
counted «it»-their great honour and glory to come nigh unto  :
To conclude, and I know you gbferve itwell, danger from Itam
wasforefene in the tfiréh and feeond Reformation ; I Iayno more;
but, fiemlretbe third time. i . . « «   v i i t 

I The thirdVfco of Confntation iris dftheltieménttrzrnts, me;
A-minians, and ‘Sociniam, whoendevour  my Text;-tho‘ get '

tcuntenance for that Babylonifh Errour, the ailowancc of all Opi-

known:

nions. aeif, :becau’_fe. the  faith , Ietjour ‘moderation ie t

N.A;,t/1elmzeet'/xlly F:;jl;ll5eccnib.2y.%1644, I  £1 4

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kéoléne agnziltzlll ruck ; lltbcrcfote lallm l£9t‘l£Cl,_‘fs; mull lag bdtatlllitlhollflrdm. J
;Wlth in Religiqn . and tvgrypnefufléretd ‘ in what hcfuppofcth fig”-m_

,to.bc truth: itlsacunning and tcoufE:n.ing'dcvife. that [hikes in ,,m,,t_PMf_

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. with corrupt nature; butr.bcaaufe it oflasviqlsncettta !Il§’.4'I.’€t?£.t5,‘1 Harm. zgmoun.

vindication, and it will be in thefe fixcpartigulare, t _ _ A
'-?Firfl, ‘Is it probable that our AIJ.0lll.€. who czlfcwhcrc , almoft t

evcry where, is {o zealous For unitic. againft Schifmcs. flaouldjn
any {art tolctatel them , and fo voluntarily apcn a wide doom
fetdivifiea E‘ in this very Epifilc he Writcstfor “peacsrmven pal-
fionatcly, but with mightlc powcl‘, Phil. 2. 1.3. If t/met 5; am]

camot.bclt;-mtltoit,9rVyou. iffomewhat be ;1o§m:ld:¢lbyway‘gf er Sooin.
; p. 2.31.

» ronfolatian in C/afrzfl, rm} comfort nflozte,  cm] f2/lawfbip aftlae

fbirit, if any énml: amd merciex, fulfill 1: my in}, that]: J»: like

minded, having drcfivm ltr:u:,~hixg .afax:<4cc-oral, and tafqaq mind.

And in thclncxt;Ck4p. 3. 16.‘ -.—-—Let :4: m1_lke.£jtb: fimllrule,

{let :4: mindthcfame thing: cxpreflions difiércnt from all licen-

Iious tolcrations: the fame Apolllg aboundsin feriou:fdchorta—

_tions from fcbffvm auddifl}nti.m.c,Rom 13.1 2. 13.1 7. and as Mrrt « ‘

mt,/1,. I, Cor,3.3. and in‘ other placcst And he dethinery often ex-

h9tt_.wit,h eamcll words and argumentsgnot onclyllthat 311:7 be lik;- L
r;in£l¢d,tRom.15k6. P/:il.z.z. andofdone mind, 2 for“. 11.3514: I .
a t e flame migd, I Cor.1o.zo. 5;; :4: , ea ioymc to at er in the r _
firm: mifld. midi» t./aefame iudgezgentl-‘jAnd is here fhclcall - wmpmmm
probation qftl1at:,m;31‘tg'plyingl Doélzrinc 3 ncithcrawill that cxcuali:

fo long as they all breath Chrilhtcnd to the advdnctmcmmf Chxifi;

it matters not :‘ but1g:t~SaintPaulanfwctthisflbicfiicfiialfo, I:

Chm]? diroidedl? 1 Cor. 1.123- C-onfieler ‘it’ well, and fcafon your

T confideration with that of our Mal~ler'Cl1_ri[l himfélfe,"J?!4'4x.-.9.5lO'.

Haw £41; in jaw" filwx, ¢nd;l24'.:-repe4££’9he with dnahar : Ifwe ‘
wmfc, grefatvedqby -lmqmilitie from the": cor-‘tuptions _fclfc—o'pi-
nion, it would-be mi hard mgttcrto embrace uniticg; T    .

$e60tJ§lly. Sash allowancc would provc...d llwflzivc :¢_ £1035-
neffc, both perfonall, and domcllicall 5‘ j0wu3 igiigio,  Ultllfltlr L_  3
légia ,  {bane ~.bc»r.l-1c fame : fiuppofeélgthe .husBan¢d,af»-one l
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-two ethgrmd the-<li:rvantsoflas;manitinane-:; whatflliall éméyaeaui
flcr 9f the tbénfz deal hate? how .t.pk=.r-fom'ie tl1_c family duties? I
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 j Duke ofirfittcnécrge was wont to'{ay, New garments introduce

. :    new manners, new manners bring in new men, and new men

« ~  r 2: tbrulhout- t‘he“‘oldi; fo_ new opinionstfuff:t';edi»w1ll devoure the
 oldfgand the toleration of every’ Religionggvfwill defiroy all Rel-i‘-v

gion :and in c0nclui(ion,ll‘ea've no Religion at all. ‘ » ’

bleeding condition of our own: l\_lation at prelentis aliving, al-
_ —molta dying awitnelfc of this ; and if that one Religion of Popery
f to tolerated as it was, - hath broughti in upon us”li)’many’dellru&if-
V sons 37 what will that multiplication’doe, but haften» defolation
i withouttreeovery? for every party would endevour to fupport
i ‘ it felleto the preudrce of the ref}; 6- dam dc rfels_gwne« cermmm
 V * eflaregia, dub; dc mla terra.4mf[d; as it wasfaid long fines. * i

to flenée and (ham: {for when not long lince a toleration of Po-
. peryin that Kingdomes was propofed, they. faid,‘ To give the Pa-
} ‘ 1’¢'1-R9m°”fi- pillsa toleration is a grievous lime. and will make us acceilary to
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al-l their abominations; and the perdition alfooffeducecl foules. 

fan, 14., 1,452,, the Grand Signiorz told his Mufti, that is, his chiefe Priell, As a
. . r _ Garden is beautified with varietie  flowers, fo his Empire
«wouldibe adorned with diverlities of religion: -let {uch tolera-
 a tionfind allowance in the Turks’Paradife ; it lhallnever,iI truft,
-* a be planted inthe Paradife ofGod. « = » , i
t  .Sixthly,iWe'have undertal<en”all in the Nationall Covenant,
; the eltablxfhtnent of .'ZJm:form_t"tie, and how that can (land with
this Omnifarmitie, indeed Nullz'f‘orjipiti:, I underliand not : it was
aprodigious thing inethedayes of Ieremiab the Prophict,"Ier.2.z8.
According to the number qft/9} citiex, m tin} godr; 0 Judah :‘ here
would foon appeare another kind of multiplying and increafe gbut
though this fancy be never fo plaufible. Divine providence bath
-9], 4; {hutit outofour Campe by_ our Covenant. a y 7
:~ .Fourth Vfe oflnftrufliong If our Modcratian mnfi 5:. ‘known:
natural!-mm, in fame cafesthe-"n it is noteunlawfullto can-fe our

e Market, or founding a Trumpet; but fit-ft, a man may be his
owne, Encomialt, if his innoeency be fufpefled, or befmeared;

“ Thirdly,thi-slibertie is iuconliftent with civill tranquillitie '; the ‘

  ‘Four-"thly~,the late Bilhops of Inland may put this libertie to

cm 0} [mi Fifthly, Thismaybe currant doétrine among the Turks;a_nd ‘

 1   fight to fhine, not purpofely, proclaiming our srightcoufneffe in v

 Sdmel, 1 Sam. 1 2. 3. Second;

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‘-town Apologie,‘:{ls Saint Pfaulxiidr, $153.22.]. g . a s a . «
  Thirdly ‘s’ Bythefame example 5 “a ‘manimay ftirrenp others to
emulation-,‘by m2gni=fyi_n'g hislotfiee, F0 we“tead, Rap». *171':.  3.’ » -
« 7 Fourt»hl‘y,‘?'I hustitis ¥{aid<,— if a smanbe tempted to delpaire, it is
wifdome to rcmembervgoodraétions pal} , as Ioé1,’whenh‘e was

flaggered by the reproaches of his friends , thought of his former A

integritie , which kept hirnillfanding; and I have readof another,

that in his tentations to pride!l;=“ob'e$&edihis finne againit himfelfe; i

wh‘ieh_brought-hism to humiliation‘, and inhis fitsof‘ = defpaire he re»-
ileéteti ?upon his righteoufnefle; and i=was‘fo~prefervedt from falling:
and Moderatian mufif not be known for pompe and ' oflentat ion;
‘Tim lazéomndazm cf} cclare s 2/irtute: qmrm viii»: _; It is not fo dan-
gerous to hide out vertues , as our vices; the revealinlig even of
piety may be linne ,' but-‘the confelfionbfi linne is pietie ; and if a
mans righteous performances beoccafionally divulged 3 God mulk
have the praife torit, who is the donour of it : like veflels of gold
and Glver , that receive not into ‘them the Sun-ihining fplendour,
but by reverberation returne it whence it came, fo dgethe Saints
in all their gifts and graces ~. “wellcalled: in our language ‘gifts , that
«nothing beaflumed unto man; but all afcribed t to(hrilt , — the King
of Saint:, Ree/cl. 15. 3, from whom ptoceedeth every good and
perfeét gift, law. I. I 7.   i a

Fifth VI: of Exhortation , will fpeake as it is«.ot7fpr‘_ivate and I/fg 5,
ipublique concernment, and firft, Afenfu dimfi ad fer?/#712 ciompvfi-* 1.

mm; Let every man: cilfozlemtiaaz 5: known to zzllmén , all men in

_/cnfu mnpofita é» Aggregato, that is, the Parliament; which is in-

deed the Itacyéwuay, the Parliament of England is,the e/Ill mm of
England, 8: new if my voice could reach to every nativegand free-

born of this Kingdome, my Text fhould ring loud inftheir cares;

Lctjatlr Moder atianin thought, word, and aétion be kzwwfl 20 A11

man, be fhown to this _All men, for thefe conliderable reafons.

a Pirlt, They are your felves, you fentt them hither, you remain: T

here virtually in them, and with them, doenotfvitioufly fu1:pe&,or
prejudicate their%en'deav"o‘urs, doeénot perfidioufly , lzrmghtffay

rfelif-*fe$lonici>’ul'ly dens.-rt‘, ¢and»oppofe them, asifome have done; Qgli
filvi uqmaui him a? it is {elf-injury and iniquitie to be injurious

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   .ib8“H(iif_P6rd_5/‘C l‘1.o#f 5 0faC0?”’”0”-B

——.r~~—§ .1 ‘v ,

- Religion, King, -and .K.iflgCi0[nCu,  - e

. Secondly , Thea t1?arliameuta;isr §thc,fiiPreameeMagifir.acy ofthc
Kingclome , and it isalaw in the Oldlfeflamcnt , not repealed in
the New, but tcinf‘orc;ed,e Excel. zz. 3 8. Tlnauflyézlt not vjwilc‘ the
Godi, ..thati.is, the Indge-4 and Gamma?! 133 the word is in the

pteqeding: ..Cb.¢pter,: 21 .. 6. and f.o:.it‘is.i. 461- 13;. 5; T/M1541! not

garage willaaof tlacfilinleyr of»p:'ople‘._   7‘

1 Thitclly , They have fiudyed to brealte of i every heavy Wife,
and deliver you from that vallallage was brought upon you by the
tyranny o f evill eounfelleursrl; Qonfider well, Old lfmclfelt their
litw: bitter éy tlzcire cruel! égandgagecg .in1,.E gypt, Exod. I .14.. Andie-
cmfi ‘of it, the}~be4r/{emdnot to U1/[o[a:,=:-Exod. 6. 9; Such ’-a {pirit
of bondage was upon you, you cryed for 2 Parliament. God’ heard
you, and will you now murmure againfi .Cfl*f0fe:,. and fight againfl:

‘ your Deliverers 5;‘ e -

Fourthly; All the evi—ll:that is came upon 5161.1 ya and the king-
dome, isfrom yourfelves, in tliisycry particular, fame groan: un-
der burdenous taxations, in other places the warre and plunder-
ing dcvoure all in a grievous and bloody manner; the former
would not have been, the other could not have been done, if you
hadrbeenyttue to your fclves, and your moderdtimlewwn, and

fhown to this All men , and in them to your own peace and hap.-,

inefliei y - g e   r .  
Fifthly, And yet let it be fo manifefled, becaufe the odium, en-

‘ lvyandadaugere, that is upon them «from their oppofites, is for en-

deavouringlyouragood; let them therefore: have —,your prayers,
your purfes, your perfons, your power, ‘becaufe their perill isxfronii
their Moderation ; they would confine and regulate the evillcoun—
fels~t the King iufieligious and Civillaffaires, this is, and bath
becn thcirregreat offisncei wb,ic.h is indeed; their praife , and I {hall
fpeake to-them :',:fH5I fay.i.t of‘t-hem“; 'C1fcWhere', they are ready-to
embrace hey Moder.-fiiw . ' that is ,eonFxi1ent~ wzith zthe fafctie of
And BOW; Worthyfienatctsa I bofeecb you, fuffet ye alfoa
ward 0f.'Ex‘hortat¥ien_; :G:ods.:t.ruthss you knowagatel above,-beyond
mans gamer. one.N?at1on prefiames rem. t9%iY§;1fiW:es-toanothefi,
 if allthe Nationssin the world were :rc.cam'e§ued{it1aa? - ecu...
menicall Allemblyy, fh¢Y.lheuld_ have £90 Authexitie :t_omo§%‘rate
any one Doflrine of the molt High ;- there be fome circum ai)-L
  ~' ‘ - t ' tia s,

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1  ,)1t;iZlctm9netb[]gE4fl,December gay. I—§l44. l‘ 15'

cu... .¢—uav

Ow»--"'-‘:-9--:-~—.-—-. :--r.a_.—_._—.f.y-- --

tia i, cdm3_etning¢~Wh,iCb my Tcxtifpeaks to your ; Ltfjaflfg MM-i
ration 5:; knawfilthta n/Irma. ' ' ~ i’ sf . . '
Firfl, In the manner of enforcing them; fierce and furious t'aro- Madras regeridi.

feeution even of agood caufe, is rather prejudice , then ‘progmoti- V
ongbut Eckim» told Melanfihqn as itwas , that his Méderation, TuaPbz'1ippe
and the faire language 0if;i:l’ont4n:4{, did exceedingly further them; iwtélwétoa,
when I4mc:_;ax_1d Ia/an {aw the Sa-maritans would not receive 0‘ P°""‘§"'
Chrill; the} ffiid . Lard wilt than that we command fire to come J<P"€°’‘°3’‘°;. \
down from hmwnl, mrdcion/um: ‘them 4: Eliot: did ? 5»: be turned, 1.’ 6:“: I
and 7f.65I4k‘ea't/9671!, andfi;¢id,Tc Iqnanrlnaet what manner qfffiiritje are film ,Ueg,.d,,,‘
of, Luk, 9. $4, 55. We mull verily -gvgn tenacioull adhere to all Ifiz.Me1mzz=f.
divine tr_u'ths our (elves, and with our wifelt M crdtian labour 3945- 335-196?”
to plant; and propagate. them in others , and I would fay with ‘ '
Emfmm ; Mibi videtur plm profici c-iruili madqfH4,quam impemg. E13, 2, 54», ; 53,
Oppofitcsg -ll”1'Cl¢¢.Cls”‘13_1't1llt be oppoied, gain-faycdge reclaimed, but

all rn_ul.l.be-do11e.rin a» way, and by the mea-nes appointed from hea-

vcn;_ It is one thing tofhe W moderation to pious, peaceable , ‘and

tender eonfciences; it is another thing to proclairne before-hand

toleration to imgpious, fiery , ;andunpeaeeab1e opinions; I fay no

more, buf..,3 56? 1/igilet‘ Medmeio. at nosmfarmiqt 4'ifc£,v/ind‘; Let
Moder:2ctio11he {0_1nuc.b awakethat difcipliné fallnot a41<=cp- _ . . r  

5€C0hdly 3 G5-tic me leave in theenext place ,{to’minde youof 5W17€gI'tW«

the Harpies of t;l1i,s Age , .wh_o {laying a great alteration like to be

~ made in the _~r.c;1/efinues of the Church, have their mouthes open,

and their fin.gers,itch {gr _a flxaeg-;i here is great need of yourVm-
pirage. and 1l49§l¢fntian»: ,-corifider-;;I .bef:¢cl1 you 3 thfircbs many
darke c-others in the Land , that-have‘ not where with to get oyle _
for their“lamps, their foules cry aloud for your help, and fume aske ‘
no imorebut their owmwhich hath toolong beenkept frlolmtlthem, a
audit is now high time to make teflitution ; Sacri-ledge harm-‘»V.¢.t
prof!-Cd at-gfatalleoflenee, you awili n9t fo muohas in tpuhpofehe defi-

led witbielit; you would -not ‘have Mini[ters‘medle with fcculari-
ties. povertie will make them more fecular , and if Preachers be
PO0T€:§'.th¢IC.~Willl9§;[§00PC Preaching too at the lall: ; Oh that eve-l

ry Lamp: ,_ in . the ~ Kingdom; had its proportionable ‘oyle , that is .
your .4:ncleav.our ,.~at‘1d: as you have no thought your {elves to en- e «
tangle your own Patrirnonies with the Churches poff€,fl'10n8.a; '
with you would declare .to the world , you will  fu_ffe.r_othct;_lsi  r

to:

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4.-o—:v

1 V1 3;;-manréefbre the Honourable Houfé of Common},

to doeit ;* Andagainlgl bcfecch .y.Ou*in this ; Letjour Modaration

' ée/e"Wa&C- e e s. . -   “ Y ‘ t
3. Andrthe fabricks ofthe Churches in fome places call for

p_ _ your carc,the {tune out of the» wall .Cand __the beame out of the
‘ timber dccayingapace : I«am’gladfor’my part,‘-I/.7ey “ere fcmrdddf

Temple.

, 3 T tbeirgajgazing,‘ ‘and 1 marvelledatgreatswhile rmce, how, and‘

A L  why the Organs grew fo many ", and blew foloud‘, when the var;
r. Hamilicx acmfedt/afemfor dqfiling Gad:/am/5'; Much difpute there
was of lateabout adherent and inherent‘ holinefleof Churches;
and it waslaceounted a finne to be covered: in them, and its is no W a‘

o s pnnilhment in fame not to becyovercd-’, a punilhmentxbythe

j wincle and weather, Fromthe roofe, and windowes; fo eafily men ’
fall from one extreame to another , and tis meet that In -thxs alfo‘ 7

 your Moderation jbould ée /(gowns, »   - .. -

4. And your Moderatiunlmult have influence upon Holydayes
alfo; the Lords day "indeed, theholy Sabbath is ‘aiNali._metangere,
you mult not otherlwifel meddle therewith , then to {an&ifie— it
your (elves, and command that by all others it be finétified , and in

Dicsfcfii. i-

this you doe well to ufe all diligence , betaufe of the molt profane e

and de’fpe‘r7atel attempts of late made“-againfl «it, as if we had beeme
Turkes or*Pagans,a'nd not Chriftians,fro<mi Chnlt; Divine preeepte
intbhhente obedzendtizez g/1, nantdtfinmndum, Augxflin. the thunder
of Gods Word was notheard, and now the thunder of Gods
Immadzmm fe- {word is felt; you have power , tismofi happily improved For the
fiorum multxiur Lord, and the day ofsthe Lord; tl1er’Je~is»atreafon andtelig-ion'you:
difiem 740“ ‘$0 Moderatiofi fhould be knowne tand“fbo‘wn‘ie to‘-theother Feltéivi-

Dc C.B.l.x6.
6. 32.. ’ -

fl‘:/;e;:£:fqZ,-4 txes, not onely becaufe of the1rabufe,{uperfl:t1on, and other evlllsg
M,-e ,,,,m, but ‘of that mcreafe, the holy weeke of [rent crept mto the ruhn-A

diam pm: pec— cared Kalendar inthefetdayes : {o did the Converfion of ‘Paul and
cetmgquam fe- samba his day. I‘ would commend"the-zealot.9of’1t'his devotion
735 ”"°dem“ to the care7of "Rome -heath en‘ , ‘C’-.‘ e€'aj]z': rude flladérdtianefiflarum

fifldwldew-‘ ltd’ the’ " L tna'n3to‘9d”l ortabove themb ‘tl E h ‘ ’
boy M Wudzm ore Sy0W=.1r&(>)\)l_7ne “} ._y ‘ pl  «L L __   p  c.>..w1{ to- rafvvam;
fem’: rebws, mm For I halten to make _mcnt.1onof thatyvhlch I. know every one ob-'-
voluptatibm (_9’ fervcsj that the provtdencei ofheav'ems»herebccomea ‘Moderator,
W€"iW‘ d“"’.- ’a%p“peinting'the hioh<‘:'(’t’FelIivit_ie of’. a.ll.the;.ycete“,« to meet with
;"°z:n'c-0‘;;;$fzP;{" our monthly Pafi?and1befuhdued‘by it u: for ca»,/aflm doth wen
P_ 9 .' call the day of Chrtlts Natrvxtxe the Metrapelu.I’a_nd. chicrc of an
Q06 B. Philagou. ‘other feflivalls; for Indeed afrofm this arofe alltbe other dedicati-

s s t on:

 

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At the monetlaly I~'4fi>,’Decemb. 2;’. "1644. T V 17
Fons in the name of Chrifi and l!lJpofllts,‘vullqioh‘e]s‘hgd~ msebeen

“lmgwnc in the world, thofe be the ‘children foffthati rt:-o~:thjc%r?,’{at’:d

Whois not abundantly fatisfied with the hand‘ of God upon them
altogether, which hath, as Ag/Hn'l"a‘id of the Ie mics fynagogue,‘gi-
v_entheman honourable buriall? but to thofe that are not thus fa-
tisfied. I have three other things to fay. »  r  -.5 _ a  :9 3 '  _— “ '
‘ Firfi, Tis probable enough,we never yet keptright the day of
Chrills Nativitie, I d-oinot meanein refpeft of the manner,but the WOW? T-P-35 Is
time s, ‘ learned men fuppofing it very unlikely that -ifuch an generall
taxation {hould be made through the peaceable world iii the
depth of winter, [0 unfeafonable atime for allto travel! into their
onme Citie: to 17: Marco! , 45, in Luke 2.1..c§-ca. not to mention their
other conjectures. ~ . ' a i ' g i e >
Secondly, Clemens’/Ilexczndrfima about 14oo. yeeres fince de- Stygm,1p,[, ,, m,
clares,that fome thought the day of.Chril'ls birth was in the month 1:. 98.
of L}!/[a],and‘others in Ianmzrj , others yet in ripri/1; there were
yet further furmifings; but obferve, if there was fo little certainty
in thefe dayes; {o neer the times of'the*Apol’tles,there mutt needs
be much more uncertainty now. e ; .

Thirdly, It was Gregorie: counfell, that the Pagan feafts fhould Efifi-5-9» 71-. g

ibydegreesbe changed into Chrifiian Holy-dayes,that they might
the moreeafily be drawne to Cthri(tianitie;and forne writetexprefi
ly, that our Chrillmas Feflivities, in refpeét of time‘ andtmanerof'

  celebration, came from the Saturnals of the Gentiles; Thefe were 1,,‘ B,;e,.;,_'c woo #-
alfo obferved 1n the month of Dccemfier, They had their liberall Haflvin. dc F:«-‘

Feaflingsand Inv_itations:,? *Se‘tv.aim:s;among ;tlie'_tn alfo atthat time F773 C”T"Ji"“"ii’7-V’
were Maftetly and followed theirrownc affairs f,e They had a Will1lCP"‘ ‘ " ‘
CCl'ClI'lOI'ty:;' like tothe Lord of Mifrule in fome places,Ne w-yeers
gifts were alfo fent abroad,which Hieromc calls Samrmzlimgzfimr-e
M144. ‘ Brute it twill be faiti;   thisisxhard docftrine for fervantfis whofe
condition I".nall’be W.0Ift:t.then*beaPts,i«f~1hiey havfeno re€‘t;ntir'relaat=
ation ,e «and {ball thofeiabufesnquite abolifh the memony3of’§Ch’rifl's \
Birth and Nativitie, and that among Chrifhans? I 5 this» your Md;
demtidn 5’ thisrelifheth furely of extrearne éitceffe rather.’? I‘ have It,
‘til’-ll‘.C'¢,tel}ll1gi'S'1ZD‘3t{PC"3i{C againfi; this pretence, not dou‘btsing:§’é:iJt'iihati’ \'il:\;‘0. H23;
fervam sfhall have.tiniet allotted theui for itheir‘-reiré fiiing; and 511::

Goclnot-. robbed of histhonour, care heinngftaken ithat the-.itIpb1-eh . «r .;*e;.«; .m'£~.:?-1
benot fin.ful1,northey in them; .and if anyesermon or Leautew - -.*~ « ' ‘:<' 
 « .. V   D   occafionally n

Objcfl.

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‘C;-‘tn. 7 9.

A S Hamrdflfi Haufe of Cammom,

.—..-—ou——-¢- ...— —..-nu.-p —.u

i  he‘-in.the on  hf ltheiraretiefliings, that

they repairethitheralfoa-foreven the Canons of 1 6 o 4. reqr-tired
Schoolemalters to bring their Schollers tothe Sermons , lee them
quiotlyand civilly behave.thetnfel.ves there; and examine them
at times, convenient what .they'have learned by fuch eomming,
Yea their condition then :both inwardly and routwyairdly will
-beemuch hettered. «And to the other part of " the Objefiion

y firctchathem outta the ponre- 1 i,

   PirPc.lI with on mine owne behalfe and others, that thofe hea-
thenilh,mad, and riotous ufages had never been kno woe among
Gl1r_i{iians.y andrthat‘ now they-Imigh-t beqnite abandoned for ever;
but let,-the neighbour-ahood ,4 and ‘icharity of-rhofe it-i mes at lealt
in fome time of the yeere be continued ; fnre i I am , that fame
who had withered hands all the yeere befide, did at that feafon

t  Secondly. ,;' Thoughthis day of; Chrilisi Birth be thus overcontc
by ourmonethly Falt . yet our Saviours Nativitie hath , andlhall
have its , Commemoration , not onely in the Day {olemnizedfor

his Refurreétion , in which is involved all the Complement and t

Confummation of Chrifis doing and fntfering, and Exaltation; but

further; the Lords Day is thought to be thevery determinate Day

of the weeke when Chrilt was borne; for thofe that mention the

Priviledges of thatelder Brother , the firft Day of the wcel<e,fay

'A1b.MiConz_9._t.:
15.3.2 |> 

it was not onelythe firlt Day of the world , no night went before
it, but it fhallbe the lafi day , and no night lhal-lcome after it, and

='_‘I‘.i'l.‘lt. itwasthe very Dayof. Chrifisfiirth and Baptifrne,&c.

" ” ,,ZTbindly,If;the«.ferions difquifistion of Hiliorianaand Mathemati-
cians, {hall calculate and defigne the moneth &:.the day, I fhalinot

vote agaihlt the Chriftiancelebration therof, but as at Berne,when
ghefioliael was firlt reintroduced, they fet their prifoners at liberal
tie; andttroelvaimedfreedome ;_, and webbferve a Dayin’ memory
ofiqttnllelivorancc fryémstHat'Hcllilla,tzRomith Powder Plot ; {o,if

A God -pleafc todelivcr us from the Diabolicall defignes of thefe

fffiuuia.

fit.P:rt. pm. 2.".
P! 3592 4 .3 -

times. [hope you will appoint a Day in Commemoration thereof.
_t r I‘ifthly,; Andfor Falth1gDayes , yourf_Chrifl:ian- Monhratiou is
already gnad-62 Luann. flhttwiue-or thrice ’in.tbe weekcl-,wihich'they

flidtcf old‘-.nmight1iIrmur?ot' vain—glo1<y;tieitber~ have you com-‘-‘

gnandcdfitch rigottrous ohfervatiomas Lntbqj blamed in Malawi};
 t    '    maceratings

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thacerating his body . firm“ 3 aflfitflkhm e g3 no!‘ 3913215-
mtm’ , who confeiicd he did toomuch debiiitatehis 1 hiodiibyhbtlit
ngncc, and watchtng ,. ' but as ; Zach; 3.: I 9'-.:;:Thc;Fafi?o£ r-rim fem-1h

' moneth,&c. and yet hefidesthis; your"havemd.mariiy;dtherncoa;

fionall dayes o"i‘H:umiliation.;.thatwhich you had theiail Weeke a-
mong your feives, was moit remarkable arndn , men, and aoceptaé
bie, weare affured, unto your.God aifogand y ’
vite untoaone:  Fait moreezsflh theta ?l‘vu.£npct‘wer'e‘ib1ovt§a

L craveieave‘tom-  ,i

Vit. ubi [43,

in Sion, and a»1=anonain-.d;t obuti wmndébavea me. a

row both the Armies, in all the Kingdome, and though yonripoW-
er reach not fo farre, Iewiih it were tendered. to them; and triaii
weremade of them; however, two moiLmem1otabie~occat§ons
malote Divine. dircétion end.»  -umyeatiediai-_
1-5,; 4 la; - T A.   g  ';—~j  4;  .221:     -3'  .3; .3’:
Firft, Treat-ic of Paeification."isain‘yoiir ferious etideavours, that
the Kingdomsmay yet be happy in a fizf: and av ll-groimdedfedze’;
8: it is high time to haiten it, the whole Land A iris already lair!
Waite by the Sword, whichfif not fpeediiy  ath‘ed’,' in bi ‘ D ‘ V
upon us=a worfe evil] unavoydab1y.,a:Famine"‘; r they 

  

with the fword , are éetter than tb:}>thut 1rejZzin?iviHa 10I_fll‘1_!:'dé7','i86C'3~

4. 9. butler not the feare of Sword , or Famine icare you
into any other Peace then that which is the‘ Peace of Gocimade

in Chtilh ioyned with truth, e1fea'gre'ater rnifehioie‘ vVili"ft‘fii ant %

on theNat-ion githen warre or hunger g‘ No: afizmiéde ofi‘hrMzi,f7‘ air

’ 4 t/9irfl'for water, hit :17" hearing the ward of Gad,   haze‘. Am: *8; "1712
a Great caufe have wetherefore now to cry mightiiyzmtoifizod, and

[Edge of  a rigbtiway far as, omdfartmr [V1.25/6AbfitI,~dHdf97'r‘fll[ 
fitb/£4fiQl', E%7'."8. 21.;  I   t:  ' :15  L. :'‘’.-'‘‘’}‘‘-;'i.  ‘.-is Cit’;
tSec,ondly,- Theigreat dIange‘fin.E€defid[i3i€ais,’th:itisétfih ”'  ;
fuddeinlyin the of:=wo:t1:ipana»4:5ovem5-

 

ment-, mayrwell~dowble‘ou=rdevotionsin thisiverytiniegffiékonié P,.,,,,g_ 55
"vVrit‘es,that when Cerirztbm, E.6i¢m,anci other hescn.qges.denyed Matti-.

Cixifiseoomingin tiiefleifii thehoiy men of thoféititfies 'tiei'ttEd i

saimi1.ba.:hqenvange1iito,:»m writc:his;Gbfg"a’ei’itiIt11eir“¢oiif'xifliti3;
on ; whibh he  theiriundietttaking -‘t’o'*FaIi:‘, 
for Gods biefling 2 -d'0|'lE, Saint‘ X1915», he faici, wasofun of tiiii
holy Ghoii, and wrote at; In the éagimirfig  the Wad; * ," i

  

it. it find ‘“grc‘atn‘et1”e*’of titist!‘t1erk<':’i‘s; r ‘t ed
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Mycozt. Vit.

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upon , witlrthe multitude oF ‘oppofers , there is great reafon we

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,fl30uld..élll with our holiell diligence invocate the Ma:-{tie of "hea-
yen, thatthefethiogs may tend to’ his glory, and finde acceptation‘
in,th_e fduls,hearts', and lives of .fh¢ P¢0Pl5- e i "   #7 i   1
. Sixthly , The men of my'Profeflion defire = to have a‘ [hare in
your Moderation alfo; and indeed I cannot think, but that 0l?T'z°‘tm,j
othterwfhcire called, =delit.‘1}e_ btamanigexerzis, favoured not of huma-
a3itiie7.:V'vhen his fouldiers=ha'd taken tne:Ternple.»at Hierufalem, and
.Qh'cj Brieffisbegged thdir lives, hetdenyed them~;faying,' they {hould
operifh together ;' o I wifh all t_he evils of thefe men were dePcroy-
‘ed , but doe nonegof. their perfons; deferve favour? did none of
tbc:m3;.':£D their power; withfiand the inundation of fiiperliitioné
hen tb¢ioMOn;k3and Nunnes 3 here thrult themf elves out of their
unclean Gages ; they had falaries For theirlives, and in other«coun-
greys ,~ Exirepotermatzzdlnéaicm, cahiugiumg Ii-tem5,~ qwkernt a~
flimm, Theywere difmifled from their employment, but had {ti-
pends to their death : Y ou.havealready herein: declared your Mo-
gigmtzqzzg in aflignging a portion , for-the fupport of wife , and chil-
idren,andeit we-reWell,ifiono.comp.1aints:were brought before‘ you
againfi: fame, that arelfo-loath to part therewith. o v s“~ ‘-
Seventhly, Another fortiof men call for your Moderation ; yea,
andiplead merittoo; I know not what to callthem, but I meane
the tnenfof, many opinions, thoughals hope, they be neither fo nu-
~I1.iqtQus,3nor faultie,.as their oppofites fuggelh and yet to‘ asmany
of them, as pretend 'to‘godlinefle,- and be with usin Covenant, I
fay no more. but wilh themto read it, to Rudy it, to keep it;in the
tell‘ , I~woul.d wonder with what confcience, or wifdome they
abllaine from that bond , -when the Romanifls univerfally are in
armed_ combination. againll thermand us; fa very hard matter,I con-
felfe; it is to moderate erroneous opinions, fome havedared into

 the world that lhould have been; Anonyma,~not once named as
~ 7 becometh Saints; and forthe tell, I thought fometimes, and par-

don me , pifelthinlifi {(9 Gill, , if, their Tlwnt: were commanded
frp.II).1he;n,_ini expre,fl"et,teermcs, they wouldappearc, either notto
be mm‘;that for them publiqueatztraquillitie lhould be endangered,
orelfe coming forth nal_<c.c:h!Jto the wor_ld,barefaced , and in their
colours, they would beat (ham: to their abbettors. ' "
: .p Eighthly, .'Il1e_z_Papi£ts:¢indecd, thatr_be Iefuitcd, in refpeég of

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’¢b¢i4- guilt, and Ireland: blond, expeét not. your Moohrmiah; and
-.fi_n‘CIy fuch fhould be £howne_ them, as may prefervc your’ {elves
and theelfingdomes front their fiauds and cruelties ; againfl which
you willbeynow more’ vigilant then he_ve_r, becaufe they have re.
‘vealed now more then ever. their evrll intentions, and can {wals
low thole oathes without chewing,which former times ofpeacc-t
ablenelie could not get downe, by any art or perfwafionls and

though! their very»Religion, like Draco‘: Lawcs, be written in p. 5:13.  ~,

blond, as King lame: o‘b_ferv?:d : «.,and in the Nether-lands they
madea fhew ofi/Moderation, and called their Edie} to, yet even
that intruth was,‘wa3 Felt,and was then called Murderotion;alfo as
xllctemnewvrites ,1 they had then their iCanfz‘lium /Ztinguinzér: they P’ 46"
walke by the fame Prineiples_,~and,worfe Praétifesg yet none
of themevet fuffered fdeath among usifmcerely for?Reli¥gion. [I
had othet particulars to have mentio'ncd,but I {aw the time would
notpetmitme to {peak them outofth: Pulpit; I forbeare them

therefore now alfo ;] and I come to handle the reafon of the iTe5:t, Secmzdopar. ‘ _
but Dofirinally, iandvery brtcfiy ‘: The Lord not «hand : ‘ and I {hall 6 :..J,u@  f t

not inlilt upon the Lords beingat hand, ‘by his prov identiall jap- 3,64.
proximat-ion to fupportusiimor deliver us from trouble,'as Pfizfi  
22. I I. Be not azrre from me, O Lord, for trouhletlmecre : not
how he is at hand to obferve all our azftions, "foe keeping us in awe
and obedience, becaufe All thing: are naked, and opened to the: ejext
of him with whom we home, to doe, I-Ieb.4L‘I  Bu to in this 7—Doéi,ri>-f  
nall part of the propinquitie ofout Lords coming to judgement ,;
I {hall Lfhew firlt, the parallel Scriptures ; and iecondly, the pro—'i
bahle reafons thence; and then the Application will be infuch
pra&ical1 ufesa as you {hall fee Gods Wordhold  fo'r'th vilibly in
thoie placeswher: the Text, otthe fenfe"of'iét,fis mentioned. '

Firfl, It is very confiderable that the Apofiles all F9 fpeake, as .593’ i

Chrili, the Lord, would in theirdayes come to judgenien‘t,'fo ’
manylhundred years agoe. V Thus I Car. to. I 1. We am the} ups»: e

whom the and: ofth: World are e'omc”.So‘ H4.-h.i1o. 37.2%: 2: li-titlo’whiI:,f’  . ; it i  ii

ympbu 3"g°o;2 a’g'gy,~ yet 4 72:7] -var] little ‘While, ' and be thcfi jhyhzll-conic,
wiflcome, andivillnat tarry. And Saint Lame:  Behold, 'the“Ind be,
_/bmdeth hefore the doon,;.9. And Saint~Pet:r,‘The and ofrz‘/[things
:3 at hand: And thus Saint Iohh,It :21 the lafl time, 1 Ioh. 2. I 8. And
fo Saint Iudc,1‘8. And if fo then a thoufand years agoe, it is the

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miracle of miracles, that yet the Lord is notcome rto judgement _:
‘rhe~fucceeding Ages after the   Apoltles were of the fame mine,
’;,md they watched on Ballet Even by ancient tradition, as if their
Mallet Chrillz. [would in one of theft: Vigils come .to; judge
the world; i7z_fimili:#dinem Q/£g]ptiitcmpor13,%faith Termllgkwa
A: ?°lmrazak the King rofi: up in tke night, amdall 12:3 ferment: , and
:t19e_re.w.u A great or} in E gypt, (five. Exod. { 2.30. And in Cyprian:

  all things were accemplifhed, as he thought, that were

fe_re.rur_min.g tokensof-the worlds end. It were eafie to heape up
the con 1' eétures of afeverall Centuries; butwe malt all acquiefoe
in the determinationoFour»MaPcer who {hall he the Iudge, Matt.

‘ 2.4.  Of:/amt dd} amlboure lgnowetb no mam, no not the Angel: if

beazzm , é£1ttfb¢,Fat_lJc7‘ anal}. But that I may prepare my felfe
and you to theferious and _pra&ieallcenfideration of the fore-mew

tioned Vfes :, obferye thefe Scripture arguments. , i ~

i Pitt}, be vi,/M/I be figue: in the Same , and the Maouei éc‘,

LItk.a1.25. ‘Andi? Mathematicians, maybe credited, the cele-

prodigiout fights and noifes feene and heard in our
dayesr  ~  . \ . 
Secondly; Men: bearttfaile them, for fl.-are, d'c._ Luk. 21. 26;
4j\sl_ight_n—it_1g_is_ firtlt;   (cane; 4 then thunder heard ; {mo-ke precedes

~firefi,V  the [ear gfwels befejre afierrme ;a-fiithe-tbule ofman,‘-. that

.3a§' Zcwépyae, a’§ Sjneflzaa, calls it, clroops before danger,-trembles be?
fore itjs hurt,1and by its inward timoroufnefle foretels evils to
come; andthat appeares by the feverall prefagingsl of men that
difcover their Eearcsby their conjeétures: That famous Greérter
found out the yegre pfthe ‘worlds end by the word 1w1i6i#m,: eve-.a
my letter thereof being numerall; but we have already outlived
thgt Fannie abovethirty years. Aretiw byfotne Chrqnogramma-
ticall expreflicns Qf Sctipmma propofed this next to be the lafl:
 werld. .Do&“ere Alaéqffarxeeneeitl out qf:-thofetwo
 cisf”tsAéa7n<.i. r.rzeyfavenref;faacyt.and. (care.  .1. ._

 ~I.hirdly'i, Rcligien and hlolinelfe, the twosipfllars-‘gf. Heaven and

E5:th,_a2:e ftb much decayed and di{c0untenaBcc€_Las.Wc fleedne

ther dc_tn9nPqratienzhat'ibg{¢il,¢fz‘ atdpcrifiomaeetimer are come,
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the lefTetworld,is flail’ of corporafliinfirmities ;» fo the greater
world inits declining -eftate abounds with manifold abominati-
ons : read at leafure the two next verfes, and fee how un-
happily the-{e clayes comment upon them; if you thinke on any
ogeofthofe (innes , the fame ‘thought will tell you where to find
t em-   e W  . i  
Fonrthly, The unnaturall diviiions that are up in the world, are

undenyable . prefages that the Lord :3" at hamd : for when the
' Difcipl-es privately demanded of their Matter, whatihould be the

fignes of his coming to judgement; among others this is recor-
deal by the three Evangelifis : -The hra‘ther_fh/zl1"h:tr4y the brother
to death, mzdthafazhrr thc=fi2mre,@~c. Man: 3. 1 2. Matth. 24. to.
LmQ.zr.16. And We need not enquire‘ among icwes, Turkes;

and other Nations for the accompliihment hereof; but as Chriil; a

in another cafe, Lula. 4.. 21. I-may fay, Tbia da} zévthzls Scripmre
fu{fil1cd injourmrer, 0 England: never fince thou wert a Na--
tion didit thou fee thy {elfe Io miferably tome, and rent with fuch
civill, uncivill, unnatural], and bloudy difirafiions : I F it had beene
{aid to any of thy people, {cure or five yeares fince,7that they
ihould doe fuch things, as are now done in themidftof thee ; they
would have replied with the indignation oFH:¢zael, a -King. 8. I3.
Are we dagger, 'deftitutc'of all humanity , to do: this .?_ and yet,
wretched things are done by men; Chriitian men, Englifhmen a-
gainfl: Englijhmen, ptofefiing the fame Religion, proteiting the
fame Caufe,and End of their quarrell : O that thou couldfi: yet dif-
cerne thofe formidable clouds of blond in their fcattering :. but
alafle, they threaten worfer evils, even to make thee afullfea-of

a blond Within, as thou art Without {urroundccl by water: For the

Wofull divifions of England there be great thoughts of heart: I
will not fay, as Ieremic. 2. I 1. Be]: aflani/had, 0 heazwm, at thzlvg.
Nor, he a/hamedje Hmhamdmemloel 1.1 I . iBut let iallthofe be
afhamed and altoniihed, Prophets and people, that have not help-

ed to quench, but kindle this fire : Tim isindeeda lazmenmtia'n,and’
/5411 éefar 4 lamnmia», Ezek.» 19. 14. But to returne from this

fad-complaintuponronr'moPc miferahle diifenfions, aedolefhilpmi
fage that the L0rd"r3~d£haxd,_7 the = pro iofthe wbrld decays; ‘- prou

Iligious fights portend as much, and t e » fainting of mens: hearts

fore-bodethe fame :1 amnot ignorant , ‘thatafafi>me4icuiwinefledtby
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firong evidence of .Chri{ls_',reigning here upon earth 3. before that
time, underfiand all thefe places of that comingoFChrill ; and my
purpofe is not at all to pry into thofe hard and hidden moments of
Gods ownelconcealing : and furekl am. thofe that wade this
way meet with deepe dilficultieseg as how ? e ” .
Firll . all the fnre—named Scriptures Ihould he fo applied,
I Col‘. 1 0. ['13 Ybe end: of ‘the world are com: .-"and it is not 3mg-
yémas, the Romane world ,or Empire. 35 L"k° 2-t. And Saint
Peter is yet more univerfallyexprelie; T 11: em’ qfalltkingxzk at
hand, 1 Pet.4.7. A   e  t       e 3;
Sccondly, theday ofiudgement is called, dgreat and notable»
day, 216?. 2'. to. Mn appointed day, 17- 3-1. Yet itismore then

one , oneqf the dayex of :19: Some: afmma,Lul<. I7. 2 2.26. ~ t .\ -

Thirdly, Who can determine the finals of the Beal’ts~p'ower,
unlefie the Originals were manifefl?Rw. 1g.$.8cc. g   »   . 

. Imight fay much of Ancient and Moderne confidences {this p

way, but my purpofe is to improve the remaining time allotted,
in the ferious confideration of what God himfel-fe t_els,,. we ought
all prafiically learnt: from the Lord: hing at band, and the judgc-.
‘meats now in the land may,and ought to hallen thefc. truths home
to our foules. '  : y  e   ~ » 
Pirft, Speedy Repentance from dead workes: reade -A&'. 17.
30,31. -——- Now he commanded: all man ever} when to repent,
éecamfi he hath appointed 4 day in which be Will iudgé the world,c§~c.
Many things are here. obletvable, shut the . 76- mix», the Now, dig that

I defire to Falien upon you,and my felFe;‘ for if in Saint Paul: .

daycs it was an argument of, and to Repentance; it fhould much
more accelerate us thereuntc, upon whom the. Lord’ is nearer
now by": fixteene hundred yeeres. Conlider with thy felfe then,
0 my foule, and fa p"po‘fe,., thou: wert here" guilty IVOE’ fome ' capitall
crime, for-which the Iudge werereadytn"‘r‘eckon~~With thee, and
paiiefentence of death, or delive_rance,‘as he finds thee; Couldcfl:
‘thou fleepe or be fecure‘ Pg or‘ won1d‘e{l‘thon trifle away thy rim: 3
rwbul-d notall thy care be by t» {ome meanesor other to gaine favour
from the Iudge? Be thou afli1_rc:d',,l~_Qlny.fQ§.;l_ll€,' Iéznt t/zeagngazlly
[ball aotfiandin the «_it¢dgemém;,- [-?{al. I .{5.~7 .‘  iconfaicncgt A knows
what-aload offinne lies upon thee , wen oi féurdcn too »/mam’: 
tbce{t¢t5?€aé'e, Pftal-313-=4-e. Qh why doll thou. not hafh;n_ :o,¢_a{‘¢_¢b‘y

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felfe of this weight by unfained repentance, before the Iudge i
come, and pronounce the irrevocable fentencei‘ Read, and re-,
member to doe as /1fl.3. 19. Repentje, andhe converted, thatjottr
_/Fmse: am} he hlot-tedettt, when the time: afrefre/hingfha/lcamefrom
tbeprefenee of the Lord. I nfinit is the matter ofour Humiliation,
in refpeét of nature, perfons, and nation; of pal}, and refent
times :but this day, and thofe next it, have been: hereto ore the
onely merry feafon of the yeare, and the Devill hath beene fervedl

, better on thofe Twelve dayes, then on all the twelve moneths be-

fide; and our Mafter Chrifi hath molt unchrillia-nly by many been i
difhonoured,°even in thofe dayes {aid to be devoted to his glory .-“
And I may borrow here the words of Nit-bola: de Clemangtlr,
touching his Popilh Fellivities; What heathen man, if he had
come into thofe fealts, feene and heard our Chriflzmas Gamboles,
would not have taken them rather to be the Floralia of V:-r7
am, or the Orgia ofBacc/me, then Chrifiian holy dayes ? and who
can lay his hand upon his heart, and fay, he is innocent as touching
this in all refpefis? Great caufe therefore had your Ordinance to amt,-,wi,“*
command this day to he kept with more folemne httmiliationrhecaufe °
it ma} call to rememhremce our finnex, and thefitvtne: of our fare- as.

then, who have mrned thzéfiafl, pretending the humor} of Chrtff,

into an extreme fargetfulnefl} of him, h git/z'ng lihertie toearmtll
andfenftmll deli ghtx, heing contmrjto t e life which C hrij} him/elfie

led here upon earth : Thole dayes were profefledsly dedicated to,
extraordinary tnirth,and re joycing : we read no fuch thing of our

Mallet Chrift at any time, but be wept often, and ofieredup man}

prayers, mgdfupplication: with _/{rang crying and teares, I-leb.s.7.

Our Malter Chrill was never idle; but went about doinggoad, Aft. .,

1o. 38. and elfewhere, every where in the Gofpel ;, but among

nsit wasaccounted almollca crime, for men, or their {ervants to   a

doe any labour on any ofthofe dayes: praétifes, as your Ordinance

{aid truly,contr4r] to the fiairitmzli ltfeaf Chrift in our fimles, for —
thefanfiffjing andftzviagg nghereaf (‘hrijt rm pleezfed hath ta_mge.- ,

an humatzefiflt, jetgteal to alg}j_t;dawne,dg¢5ne : but the extreme, £01.‘! j
getfulneffe of Chrilt in thofedayes of Chrilt, the extreme, excelfe r

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a ofcarnallkandifenlnalldelights were molt extremely diPrantfro.m~

that fpirituall lifefhonld be in Chriltians, who wéar/(gout their fil-
-nation with feezre and tre7t2hli,,ng,, Phil. 2. 1 2, not in feeure, hea-
  " ‘ E thenilh,

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mindednefi’.

T thinke how ‘unfit we

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 tfififihégfidspofaherlmgfimefiu; Thejpajfiy the time ofltbeir‘ fé:

iaurning her: in ‘fear;-,. .1 .PetLi.I' '7. Not onely becaule he that /mtb‘
;t'a1lcdm’5A: Ed}, ‘and Md; #5 to-J1: fa‘ -/ik§"Wlf6,>VCrf7; 1'5. 16. but be-‘A
caufe, efoararedcmptta» 5"} ’f;VJ?*p;rec'iIom" églo2g‘da‘f Ngri/?;(rg"é. iverf. 1‘ 8,;
zy.~ therelhie wet1aau1.:hp_uffao»2r iimiih f:are—;l*z10t‘in¢_wn‘nfDn,'
wild',e  impi6us'ipa£limtéssi wl*aichid0e'pi1t- merfin_t0' a pomxte
altogether unmeet for the 1%_l‘\(lC€ of Chrifl, or care of”ouH"ou1es’:l
had chc'Nation'nolother Gnnes‘ to anf wet for, flxrely without the
blond bl:-‘Chfif_h whom: men ha-VG-fOumucl1.dilhonQL§rcd to his face,-
we  iii a» moth ‘c$e1‘perat'e* c‘en’cii£ie)jn“: l ‘Goc_h_-snce iherc-4
fbre and mminer and; bewaile; and confidier, Gods providence;
hath made this day, this very day, -the head of all that fecundity, a

day of Humiliation 3 dfloee not mifcall it, let it be {o to every one of ‘

us, for out owpe,“ theeeNéit-ionall» tfrar‘1.5grefl‘1or:seit- hath beéne; for-
méily fguflty éfin théfe dayes {and if the Lord, wk? 15.: at km/, hall

called any of‘ ttsiéutl or the woflii; when fvvelwere bufie in thofe %

f'ooli{h‘,lvaine’, and unchrillian ufégcs; we may now tremble to
in~thecloudsv  I     ~  - _‘ ,

.—-Selccmdly , «Lee--usiwxfely l wean: ‘eurfifelvcs from the ‘world,
arid this we learn: from the very next words after the Text. The‘

Lord £4 at lazma’,-V In .natbz'ng =ée‘ careful! : -Yea; out lLo.*d~ himfclfe‘ l

gives us the fatnelcounfefl,‘ ‘in-theevery fafnefwetds,-Late.-V21. 34.-
Takgtlaecd t/.iazt'.lj"0W‘r 7aed.§‘t.I¢ 5é!hai2’§- a(¢%‘¥‘{dnj* ‘ti:3¢e'_o*lv'i"fL'anh‘é‘~Wz'?'I2l‘ -271:‘
cdtiéfaftbzk lgf‘e.,».e'21nd t/74i:;iaj".i¢ofi¢;§jwhiunawarés‘: 5 There  ‘
baa feafon flit‘ bttiee thiagég but n“ane~f{Fpr' Ceh’rifl:ia1js—et‘d be foHi‘<':it‘ous~

for earthly kthings: Our: 1I’a2z‘l9lL-‘i-liileierz hemuen , /0 we ftty, fa ”2‘z>é‘j

praf; hug/at ‘mar ~5Go(Mt(e}¢;5fi7l-Waprofeflk, -Heb-.; ;-i.; 416; Why-’

  dge was man; digge {@fa¢5p*e:§£i¥he‘£éa‘£rh,<l‘>.ifi-d‘defiée tc":‘loa”'cl?;lotir'*~

fen/esawirfi nhiek ec1ayee;=_»;*IheiA}s5{1{1e,Y¢a1‘§Béé  ‘myi
Teéltghgirt-i éxsprefli-ens‘ t,fiatetna'y‘ loath anyem§h‘fHcre6Fg1"wh¢yFe ¢n215
z3¢=.p(il:‘fa”0*-J?I‘¢‘?'ia’;‘g.l dfifil.‘ tkeiwglqrj  in‘ *)fie;ir iébb‘ "vfiind l [ez2'r’t}1l]l
tbi .¢,=Phil;3.Ig.f. Da&fihét_iéfi~is‘d?éfi-‘ejnd*"énd‘\2i%hyf-‘fhoulfl 
H bsitheir portidnsflwhii‘c§fé‘i‘k€it“f61‘§I&l¢h§xzeh??;I3Ln?tEfhey A are
thétbuxwerfien oFthi%3wBr1d&t£tb6>méaaé>ti‘rgr¢.j:li‘N6fuéfilizhattcig:.
:Iaaz»+3*g:z.;~r;la;«zn theiflffwa-xi! geheywwlanaw inigtéémrg witli rwiae;*
tfiatf miglhe'have'edFxvex-fécrlviteh?Saints   who are'rho_fe dam-l
 zipdi mgwaeus: men:-?, ‘r_l a2~;Aawia>a3.z* «ppaa>a'2ia‘e.r,x '1i'i’e”n'-‘dun’

.«g’«r'i"' ',_:if','.‘»' , ' '1’ I afg

d becnei to meet the Lord Iefuscoming 

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ex! Sermon hefore the Honourable Houfe of Commons, t

owns Advocate be {ilennand indeed it is molt juft they be Io dealt

with, that Apollatize from the truths of Chrill; it is full, Ifay, a

Leg: taliamk, even by the Law ofretaliatiomfor that’s the fentence
of the holy Gholl , If we den} hm: , he wt/l tzlfo den} 1;“ -_-. '[1'm_
2. I 2. ».f V ‘ ,
  Fourthly, Zealous endeavours after holineffe : and thus 8.’ Patel
having fpoken of the Judgement to com . 3 Car. 5. t o. he adds
prcfcntly, emf I 1. K nomn g therefore the terroar of the Lord, we.
perfmtle men, to what ? but the righteous aéhons of godlinelle and
Chrillianity: and. upon this very foundation 8. Peter builds a flrong
argument to ho11ne{Te; for having lpoken at large doclrinally of
the day of the Lord , as alfo concerning the formidable manner of
his coming, 2 Pet. 3. I 1. Seeing the» that all thefe thing: my]? 5;
J17 flblzml, what manner of perjbm ought]: to he in all hol] eon?/erfiz.
tion andgodliheflt‘ ? he interrogates, but anfwersi not ,_ not bccaufc
the holy Gbofl was at a Non plea, and couldanot expreffeit; but be-‘
caufe he would have us enquire , examine . and increafe in every
good word and worke in ourovvn perfons, and asvfarre as ever our
relations doe , and can reach private men in their intere lls; ub-
lique perfons in their engagements, according to that of the holy
Prophet-,e which concerns every one p 95 us, Let iudgemn; 71”;
down: do water:, and righteottfnefle M 4 mightjflream, Ame: 5 . 1 2'.
It mull be done lpeedily, delayed no longer, let it rem down: , "and
it mufi be performed i m partzallymm down 45 Watemwhich favour
none. drench all that be neer them, yea and powerfullyalfo, do‘ 4
mightiejlreem, that will fu ffer no obflrwfhons, but beares all oppo-
litions before it‘; and that of the author to the Hebrew: is pertinent
to this purpofe alfo, Let It»: confiahr one another to provoke unto low,
mdeo go ad woriv, uorfbrfizkéxg the aflemhliug of our felt/e: together
to the fatsamter of flame :9, hut exhorting one another, ttmljé much the
more, heme/ejefie the do} approaching, Heh.to.2  2 5 . a Scripture
otherwife remarkable in thefe times , wherein men confider one
another,and provoke not to love , but to f chif me,
good works,but their owne fancies, tofeparatiomand firfiking the
aflemhliet : but there the =ApolHe layes the force , and to would I ,
in the eaoém ‘ulimer , fa much the more provoke one another to
good works , hee4m_/e]efee the dajftpproachttsg. .   ~
Pifthly, Chrifiian Patience in trabulatlon, is the next thmlg to b;
' a cam: ,,

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learned from this doétrine of the Lord: heing at h4nd;an hard leflbn '
1 wnfeflc, and they are out. of the Forme , and Schoole of mm;-¢
that have learned it , for it is an herbe of Grace, and grows not in
mans garden, we are all by nozmro children of Wrath, Eph. 2.3, not
onely paflimlj, fubjeét to fufler the wrath of God becaufe of our
finnes, but afiiwclj alfo, we are hot, fiery, and impatient, and upon
cvery occafion doe difcover our diftemper; Luther {pake obferva-
hly, becaufe his own heart, God hath given us, faith he, many blef-
fings, health, quietnelie, wife, children, and which is above all, the
word of his Patience , and yet one fit of the Stone beatsout the
memory of all thefe benefits ; Vno maloplm mowmur quam mill: 3. 59. 5. 8 z,
homéc, Though we have had twentie yeers offelicitie, if one day of

fortow come, all the former calm uefleise Forgotten, clouds of in-

dignation gather, and breake out into Ftreames of impatience; nay,

if one tooth doe but ake , that Center or point of paine darkens

all the Sphere and circumference of Gods mercies ; It were eafie

to abound in complaining, but farre more comfortable to Falien
pupona remedy, and that is not farre of; becaufe the Lordzlt at;

hand ; and what fenfe Ioever is put upon the words , they breath
upon us abundant matter of patience. “

Firll , The Lord isfo nigh, that no fuffering can befall us with— l
out his appointment , and if we remember it is his hand, we will
not utter to much as one word of impatience; as-Daoidprofelfed,
He was ohmzhe and opened not his mouth , hocamfe tho Lorddid it,
’1’f4l-39-9- “ a   e

Secondly , The Lords example is neere , {hould alwayes be at
hand for our animation and encouragement; It is enough for the
difciple to he 46' his Mafler,and the format as his Lord, Matth. I O.
2 5. an expreflion that may make us not onely patient, but joy full.

yea triumphant in mifery. C hrifiians to be as their Ma-Pcer Chrili, it
i is en‘ough,and they thatconfider it well,need no other confolation.

Thirdly, The Scriptures of Chrifl; are Written for our comfort,
Row. 1 5. 4. and in them the Lord is at hand ; For the word it more
the, even in thy. momhmzdin th} heart,Rom.lo.8. and for this, in i
this; thou mayelt be patient; 1 viii rciqjle in him ybecaufe of his
Word, in the Lord I will rainy‘: becaufe of his word, Pfal. 56. 10. _

i Fourthly, Yea the Lord isat hand , toput a period to all out p
\ a E 3 preilittes ;

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-gkmguion;dre2eetb”i:ig7a,- Ink. 28, fo lam; 597,8.’ Bejpetteflt
ggiygrefivre brethren , Imto the comikgof the Lore! ; Beha/d,\zhg Hm-
xhmdmaw wgitet/2.. fat tJse;'..preci3m- fmit of the earth ., ez;_/eel bath long
]mti't2teeg€m'it; tiillveireeeiwthégetzrly. and letter reinegéa ymzfig
patient ,‘-flaéliflr _Jaz'ei:e:'Ieee1;°t:',(fi2ratt/yea; coming ‘a the »Lore’ia’r"awe?ti/a
-wIg}1';..Itisn¢‘grcaf matter that the husbandtnan exfpeéls; flute

éfiiriaerezrtlg , "7et'Iaeeba.tb greet patience; we have much more in
-liyph,-t*,:i~xeaverilyat1d.eternail things: and therefore We fhould be
rexhuchzmere in=;pa=cieno‘e§‘=a-nd"‘swe iméye-nohte’Aa-lie the teafon of the

~ aText;*h:gitas:mv6'mds, éompaffetheabout this ieflbn of patienée;

initip 7.“,.t2erflr:fi". 8; Yea inthis , and fforithis, heare thefiludge —

himflclf, ulna zimt lama’, Lu2k;z 1 . 19.‘ B} ymr Pfltifflfie-130]]-e 1]} your
faxdes, a.+dire_&i¢n‘tbr etimesilikeoutrsa fuffcring times, jtrfihzllaée /14.
91:11’ afi éallsnimfar my ~n2merf;t{c', F-V'?e“r1‘t.«‘ 17.: ‘and if ethey%'{ay;?Mgfi¢1-,
;.i’n’that depiorabd-e.-iiconditiod, Whereiho‘;manVW*iii appearesiforeus,

‘ what fhall we do} hisanfweris,a be not foiicitous for year houfes,

flW»"0”14“d"ae9t.1ands, or reputation, or body, but féreyoutfitules; pa]]"efl"e them

2207: luxztriat. -

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Faith.

6;zp4tz'e;xte;. .   ..  4 . ,

‘ Sixthly, Faith in the Lord fefu‘s"Chnifi>éis'alfo cemeimcndeetoeus,
efio'mthisDo&rin of-A the'L‘ard: being at heme! , 'for when the Apo-
sfiik: had faid, Heir. re. 37.‘ Tet at very little while , emdbe theztflmll
.eai?ne_,. m'11eame,and;wi_/I not tarry; evetyonethat heares this, and
beliievese ii, iwould ‘prefently~ ‘make enquiry, Is the ludge pom.
ing, foicertainly, foLfpeedi1y,fo fuddenly? and is he indccde fa ‘wxigi/1
at Iatmd ‘.? Alas, what {hall We t7hen"doe, what courfe ihaileiwe ‘fake,
1w'here,iasorhowifh‘alis’weappeare S‘ The anfwer is ready, moi’: ex-
cellent and  ninuthe ‘verynext words . Verfi 38; Now
 1:‘-are égcfaitb ; x_Nmv,at;that ‘verytimes in tiheiiiniicantidf
uc‘igin0‘thé Wor.lda,T faith lfhail {uppbtt a[],d'}3l}5i‘i€i;ii1i7il11 that
dcpexhdupona od :;A man indebted, ‘that hathhét Wherewith "to
fatisfieiris   Crediwr»; dares ndt looke him in the face; but if his
‘fimeeiéhtaker out the; B08015:-arii is wel‘l," and he is fafe : We are 211
 i'atTrea!'eist   agaififii God by our finnesfigthd

acahrémotiitufaver  me.Mft'vg*.oftu! tbattfimzl-,"« Io'é‘9.';-“. :n(_)t'fhc«Iefa‘& ‘

pactzof one oiffimany thfmfands, whatfliail We then doe‘ ? Li‘ve'by

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of out tmgodlineife , that great and fuperabu-ndant' 'e:ep'iatio;1 is
made over to us by honly belecving; for he was nototxely our Sam
tie, Heh.7. 2 2. but be lastly hlotted okzt‘ the hand-Writing that mu re-i
‘gaizin/1‘ m,and*tztkm it‘oIlt"af1thJ way, &c“.}(’al.., 2. 14. It "is Written»

of Tilhte, that being calm to Rome befete the Em~petour,:o giire M_ ;;/«cg, M A;
acebuntbf fame Mal-adminifltatiqn, and triifgovernment, he{put4 38, ~
. on the feamlefie Coat of Chriflz, and'alltl1c‘titne he Ware that gat-

ment, Cafazr: furywas abated,=to his own, and others admiration;
That mayibe a::Pable: but fure l atfi",‘ if wethave the Robes of
C.hr‘iPcs Righteotifneffe upon usrbya lively faith ,, we {ball then
have no caufe of feare, in that we have not onely am Advocate
with the Fath:r,t1 Iah. 7. 2. but Chrill the I udge, for our defence

J

and deliverance ; It is a terrible queiliomthat of Ioh, but very pto— ‘ * i

fitablee; andléhmy fiiuleifleepndt this night, not any other. tillctbou L

hail put it-home to'thy~ fe'l’fe'; F01/‘t/Ia fLar2slz2s nthmzd; the.:cfuefi7iotI

is , Whaztfhall I side, When God iifeth :41), amdwhen he wfiteth’, where,

17:41! I hr/fwer him? Iah 31.» 14. To which no other anfwer,e -no
better anfwei‘ can be given , then that cf Saint ‘Paul. Ram, 13. I 4;,
P»; on the Lord Iefmachréff, mdmoa/qr notprapifianfar zhefl.ef;9,i 
flat/fi/Z the 132]}: therebf. 7 . a Q. ‘ L y   " '  2*  

Seventbly, The lafl‘ Praétieall confideration held forth from this

‘ Doflrine of the ‘Lord:"heinghighnt hdnd,.is fobet Watcllfiilneiie

unto prayenandgthisis the veryu‘V_{e,« in tet-mes , Saint ‘Peter iwils
us to make thereof, ’ who «haying ifa'id'-;} The end‘ of arhirlglrfl at
hand; ad detb this iimmediate, ‘inFere‘nce‘: Be jmitherefore fairer,

andwmch mzto prayer, I Pet.4.7. Yea,our Lord himfelfe, who‘~z3.at  T  

h;md,fpeal<stoeachoF thefe. ~ . . A . % V a T
 13g,-1}; Concerning Sahrietie-;=aTal;ge-been‘, lefl 4t’w1»j.;imayv1n«

heart: he<so'vvercona_ee~‘iei‘fh, faafitiingi dad ffi§,_f;2éi;idfih‘dz6ata’g: =
V  2   ,‘fi'“*«.!

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some oiijapi itmzjavcirzfs, Luli-;_2I§i«?5'4xi‘i  —  L -  ‘I 5., 
iSeec>'n‘c'll}I' , The Evangelifis generally, for the famer_e_af_o1? ‘ekf
hurt to Witching, Mntth. 24.42. M4r!Q,13.*;3. anetttiey iibé. _
ameang fa m_uch:ab€t-incdce from fleep,‘btit frqm:‘,fin:ie,4‘aficPMtcls§
iihzg’-;!5éf~3fOEéWO7fldlin€_fli6, but §orrpt2yei‘L77   V‘ ‘ ‘ - *3 *'~»‘i ‘<’3="v' W"

It

 ,]fhirtflyg.Sb;* saw [H363 ‘ iWattch]ei‘hé}iEforé,i’ a»zi1§rez}<azia2yvn«

‘land in the‘ words, he givesa Direllbjjcbfj Prfljefes fwéiflflflfi

;gf’ Pn¢tintibns,dnc, )2 ma} he mama" wafihy toq}'aeq¥ei-‘W?/3

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, thing: that/ball come to paffe; the other , that}: may flandbefor:

the Some of mm; and if you aske when, and how often this muft
be remembred, he tels us that alfo ; pm} olmzm : a dutie needfull
ever, but molt of all now, in re fpeét of our own particulars,and the
Churches of Iefus Chrilt. . t

And For our f elves, let us pray for pardon offin, Pcrength againfl:

lulls, (landing in 1' udgement ; and as the Martyrs in prifon, and at
the {take , {aid to themfelves, and others; Pray, pray,pray : to re-

p member the Lord :34: hand; therefore forget not to pray, yea,

Watc/9,auo{pra], Matth. 2 6. 4 I. that}: enter not into mrtatiom, into

Ne intremm in the devouring part thereof, as the_belly of a beafl: we know not
ventrem t¢ntm'- what calamitous times maybe relerved For us, but whatfoever

onii. quefi bcfiiaz
cujufdam. Theo-

pbylafi.

p. 14.

p. 36.‘ A

they are, or may be, we cannot be armed againft them,but by pray-
er, fo we mufl: be prepared , and this we fee by ‘our Apoltle, who
to the Text, The Lord is or bond, inftantly fuboyncs; Be careful!
for nothing , but in war] thing by prajcr dndfxopplication with
thank:-giving, let your reqflefl 6: made known auto God, Phil. 4. 6.
Prayfor me, faith Father Latimcr to Bifhop ltidley, again and a-
gain pray for me , ‘for I am {omet/imes to fearefull, that] could
creepe into a Moufehole ; (It is his own expreflion) but God doth
vifit me again with his confolation : and then the other anfwers
him, unlelfe the Lord aflilis me withhis racious ayde in the time
of his fer-vice, I “/(grow I /5411 plot} hut t e part afar whit:-liwr’d
Knight ; and yet what Champions, what viétorious Champions
were they both; and that by prayer ? For in the fame little Trea-

‘ tifeof their comfortable conference, during the time of their

imprifonment , Ridley calles on Lotimer , as upon an Old émren
Soooldier for iaflruilion , omdkclp to hackle on /1:2; /mrnefle; as hc
phrafeth its and Latimer tels him, yoxof/24/lprezmile more m':lapmy-

. ing, tImz_/Z'Itd}z'n,g, though mixture ée 6:.-ff ; but forget not to pray.

Let every one for our {elves remember , ‘t/;re‘Lo'rdz3 or /wool; 13¢.
(ides, the houfes we dwell in are made of clay, and the calamities
of thefe times are daily battering thefe Tabernacles of dull, that
may very foone , and fuddenly. Fall about our cares; therefore let
every one of us alwayes 5%? faéer and wdtpcbfro/I xmropmyor, and
pray earncllly to Go , that he will give us Repentance from dead
works, that he will weane us from thefe things below, and teach

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us/to perfevere in all Divine truth, and make us abound in every.
good word and worke .3 that he will enable ns to be paticm: in mi.
bulatriton , and fill us with the mofl: holy faith. in the Lord Iefus
Chri . .

And for the Churchesof Ch:-rift, remember it is their Day, the
war} day qf facohx trotthle; all the Ifrael of our God is in pct.
plexitie, pray for them all, at bomc and abroad, pray for the over-
throw of Antichrilt, the fall of Babylon; pray for the Peace of
Hierufalem, and the wellfare of Sion; yea, pray earneflly, holily,
conftantly, and as Ittcah , wmflle with God, and aloe not let himgae,
tifl hegiveyyan at hleffing ; Andjm that male; mention of the Lam’,

Jet. ;o‘:'7'.

hold not your P€aC€,ddj nor m'ght,hcep not/ilencegtndgitze him no refi, E{a_ 52.69%

till/2: eflahlifly , .g;‘1dt‘i[[/jg make Hicrttfizlem , the Churches abroad,
and in thefe Kingdomes , ozpmifé in the earth. And let us of this
Nation pray , pray that God would returne the Head to the Body,
the King to the Parliament ; that he will heale our breaches, com-
pofe our differences, and ha[’ten the refiauration of a fate and well
grounded Peace,that yet {ticks in the’eBirth; pray that he would lift
up the light of his countenance upon England, Scotland, and Ire-
land; Lord, lift up the light of th} cazmtemmte upon them, turd the}
_/ha/lhefafe; And let all them that love God,that love their Religi-
on,that love their Countrey; that love their Soulsfay Amen; Yea, _
fay thou Amen to theft: things ; Thou that Art the Ame»,
thefaithftt/I and true Witnefle, the hegintting of
tht Creation of Gad, Amen, Amen.

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Adobe Photoshop CS5

600 dpi

Grayscaie and co1or avai1ab1e
on request.

JPEG

Grayscaie pages canvassed,
images brightened.

Co1or pages cropped.