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A brief Hiftoricd account of the Carifesof our unhappy Diftrnflinns, and the oncly '. '. Tpny to Heal thcju,

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^^av^v^ F you mil he pica fed to alloro

iMS j'^-5 "^''^° ^^°' I'liy^itinn in the

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Body.Politick (conjijliii^ both o/ Church

rtr?//State) ro/'^rt Priticnt, ihm J mil rnvQ

}'jjvc your Hiqlmcfs « ;«y? accouin, loth

I /;on' y^r, ^7W hoiv faithfully J ha vc prafli'

\fcd iihon it, by vertuc of my ProfcH^on.

i When 1 firfl obfcTvedthinos to be fonmvhat

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n^hich the/t appeared by fome iufallible in^'

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dtcatioDs ; / tho!/{rJ)t it my nnly^ \o pre- Jcrihcajiivho!foi)in\L\c€l\.\':w^i {out of the l22.Pf;iIin, atthc6.vcrfc, ?'/; « Scinioii tvliich J ivns called to I'rcncb in the Cat he- drnll church ofSni>it?:\u\s, ylnno, iCj^l, and 1 Jbuu after piiblijh' t by comniand.undix thisTitlei A PatlK-ticnll rVrfwafion to pray for the publiquc Peace) to be duly and dh'Ouily tal{(n every inorniny next our hearts i hofnig.that by Godshkffiui^onthc Means, J Jhould have prevented that di- llemper from groivin^ into n fornid d/f ca[c\ yet find n^ that my pievennnn^ Phy- fique did not trork^fn k/rid'y, and talc [u (^ood an efcH as 1 carnefy dcf'rcd; but . rather that this my [o tenderly beloved Patientj^rf Ji' tvorf nnd)vorjc ; ns not only bcinv inproccfi of time fallen into a feaver, and that peftilentiall, but alfo as havmp^ received df'Crs dnnirerous ivounds, ivhich raiickl i iig and fc llri ng Inn^ardly, broujdjt it into a Jpirituall Atroj)hie, and deep CcMifiiinption; and the parts ill-affcHcd (for want of Chrilliaa care, and jI^'I/ in fuch Mountebancks as were truflcd mih jhi cure, rvhile myfelf ancimofi of the An- cient

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\cirnt Orthodox Clergy ivcrc fe/jucfred . end flenc'd) began tonangrene-: nndivhen ■ [owe 0 ^i: r became fenjille ^thereof, rre tool : the confidence, (bcinv partly embolden d by the connivence of the i.ii^hJr PovVvTS that . then ivere) to fall to thcrxercife of our 'h li- mj'erial I'liiidion ngctin, in (uch Joor Pa- rilhes as would admit ns:thcn J faw that it ivas hijr^h time, not oncl^ to prej'cribc fron? I'urgativc medicines vi the PiiIpir,(ro;/.Y/;/- \^ered of the liyrrhe of Mnrtif;catio)i ; iheyllucs o/'ConfcfTioii.rz//^ Contrition; die J{i,bnrb o/'Reflitntion rtz/^-ZSatisfadi- on,with divers other Jafr roots, feeds and flowers , fc and nccefary to help to carry ■ nway by decrees , the incredible confluence I '^l ill humours, and all fuch malionant mat- ,-cr /IS offended) but alfo, to put Pen to pa. Ij'cr, and to appear in VuwX. ( as in this im- ''I'crjecl and impolifJd piece, which as 'iiiilty Mnnhiql) prefumhtion, herein all humility \ lirnsyour Lordll'.ips Pardon) wherein my ' (hieffcopc is to pnfonate the p^ood ^:m^:>.^ (Vitan; that ns he cur' d the wcundedTva- poller, by fearchinn his wounds with wine, '/"id fupplcino them with Qyl ; fo J have i (-1 3) here,

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hcrc,loth (kfcrihcdthe Rifc.^W Progrcfs of our nationall malady, and alj'o prcj-'-iiid 'the cnely J\cr)udy i that 1 viiiijit he iiij ant Idiid iiifrunicntall under Gotl and your Hif'Iincfs, in the hca/inc^ of the fame.

Jndfor both niyprefcnt wider takin^.and dedication, St. Luke (Chap. 1.3.) rnal^i nil ylpolo2Je ■, It fccm'd good unto mc, having hnd pcrfcd undc-rlbndingot things from the very firft, to write un- to thee in order (molt excellent T/'^o- ^hdus ) t]i<it thou mighfO: know the c:rtaip.ty of thofe things wherein thou 'h?.^hc(:\\m{\.x\.\QiC(.\.And bccaijfc we ar voivupon the point of recovery, and there is little vi/iblc caufc of danger, j'ave oncly b\ rchpfing : therefore in a Sermon (ivhich I :vns very lately cal'd to preach at Mercer; Chappel) 1 have pre fc rib' d an ivholfow dyci (al'prov'd ofin Prov. 24. 21.) and n'hi(' J have here alfo pnbl/fjcd : audi make 7. /juefioii but if it be confcicntictifly obfrv'i^. it voill fcrvc to prevent all rclapfnn in thi: kjndfor the future, Tet becaufe Gods n'or . is never more lively and mighty inopcrati-^ an, the)} rvhtn it is countcnnnc'd , and aJJ. ' '' ' " ■ Jlc:

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\^cdivith the power cf the Srvcrd; give me

I leave not oncly to crave your Lcrdjhips pn^

Uronagc to this poor Vade mccum ; but a!-

fo your yracious concurrence, ^ coura^ioui

] carrying on oj ivhat you have already fo

j happily begun in the name andcau/e of God,

and his ylnointcd , till you have finiffd

' this great, and ^00 d TV or Ji^, andbrought it to

pcrfcflion: Thative, and our children (a-,

mong Tvhom your name tvill be for ever pre-

I cious ) may truly fa'j of you, ns the J^man

\ Hijlories do o/Fabritias , The Sun may

I fooner be brought to alter his courfc,

: then you to alter your mofl hcroick

■ Rcfolution. Aly Lord, ns it mujl needs \ grieve you to fee the fe three difrcfed king- i doms lyr, lil^c a Body rvithout a Head: Jo it

i may alfo chcar yon to confder that the Com- ■

■ fortcr hath impotvrd you , (and in this I nicl^ of time, you onely") to make thefc dead i and dry bonesJive;Tou may by this one Aci : ennoble and a:tcrni:^r your felfe more in the

hearts and chronicles of thcfe three J^ing- doms; then by all your former Fiflories, and the long line of your cxtraclion from the V\^Vii2.^i]Xti%, your jincefors,7\^hich gave A 4 names

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pnmcs to the J\/iigs oJ"Eng^lmi\ for mn/iy gcncrntiohs. it n n^ncat^cr honour to />m{c a KiiiiT, ihrn to be one. Tour prober name viinih you of being St. George jur i-jig. land: your Sirnawe prompts you to f ami for order : then let notJ'anic/^fenyj,puntli. lias of Ijumnue policy, or i^tntcformnlitits, beguile you [irbom ivc loo.{j/pon ns ] cchro's Tilnj^ijlrntr, who tvns a wan ofcour/!(^c, fearing God, dealing truly, andhaling cove- toufnej}) ofthnt inimnrcejciblc Cmrn of Glory due tit you , ivhom ive hope that God lath defgnd to be the repairer of the breach, and thg lemporaUj^edcimer of your native Countrey. The cafe of Rome differs f'o much from our prcjcnt condition ; 'that \vhat prudcnt\-7^h\v.%reford by cun. elation, you cannot now pojj/bly conibafji mthont: expedition. All our hopes ( under God ) depend upon your sk^ll at the Ilelmc. Gjvc me Ichve to conditio (as Morclccaj

■closd with ritcr 4. J 3. ) Think noi

vyiduhyrclf that thou (Imlc cfcapc in

xhz- Kings Houfc,' more then the reit •

. for if thou forbeareft at this time, then

Jliall our enl;ir|>cmcncanc} dclivcrnncc

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rife from fonic other phce ; but thou. ;>iil1 diy houfe lh;ill be deftroyed : And wlio knows wliether God hnth re- fcrv'd thee for iuch a time as this? Thank^God fur the power and opportunity you have ?!o:v in your hr.nds ; and pardon the fcafona'jlc applicsaion by Him ; who (as he is too old to far, and too ^rent cifuf. fercr to fatter) hath tin other ambition, but to deliver his own foul, and the Nation, by fiiccrely approvim^ himfclf.

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yV^ilS the Text, hke thofe two l.nKScik^riy ClHrubimson ihc Mercy. feat Qixori. 3 7 . 9 J louklng on cnch other : yet with this difference , That God is an heavenly King, and ctcrnn!, i Tm. i. 1 7. bnt the King is an earthly, and dy-

ir.gGc)d,P/rt/. 2,2.6. And yet in a

qualified rence,thcy are both Gi^^/,and both ii(/'r7<7/, and therefore both to be feared, as you are exhorted in the Text ; My fon, fear God, and the Kin^, and meddle not, &C.

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In wliicli words (for my r.iorc ordcr- I3' proceeding and your better profi- ting ) be plens'd to obfervc witb. mc ihtle four principall parts, t'/':^. A Preacher, and liis Juditnry; His Do- Urine, nnil bis Vfe.

. The firll, i'i\. This Trencher is a Prince too ; and in botli- a tranfcen- deiit, ■ . . >. .

Thefecoiul, t'/\. His>^«^/'/flry, arc Sons; and therefore r^irr^'n/^, and fl/'f- dient.

The tliird, vi:^. His DoF/rine is , ir^r God find the King ; a DoUrine at all times moft expedient.

Tlie fourth, vi:{_. His Zy?, is. Meddle not mih them that hej'cditious , or dcfirous of change : an Ufe at this tinie not im- pertinent. And therefore

iV/y Son,frar God and the I\iji^, and meddle not, Sec.

This Preacher, Salomon, and liis yfn~ ditorpSonsi I will touch oncly (as a Prejace. to my cnfuing Z)//ro//r/t') in a word or two j for no Preface fliould be long.

We find upon J{ecorn (in the itf. Cl.apter of Saint Lnl^c j that rich Man Iiiing to i'uther ylbrohani, juu forma^ pnujjcris, tb.at one uug'ubc fentiioni the dead to preach to liis live furviving brethren .- And though his Petition was denied upon an equitable reafon, yet it fcems here to be granted : Tor if there, be any Venue more then ordi- nary in the Sermons of the dead, I iiope there will now fonic good be wrought on, and in you; for here is One that preaches to you from the deadi anil this Kcclcjiajks vvasaA'o« ficnt i for whiledhelived, he wascon- feifed on all fides, to be tlic wifcft Pnnchcr, and the wcalthien: Prince tiuit ever- fpake out ot a Pulj>ct, or fway'd a Scepter: and lie that is both wife, and wealthy, can never want t^w Auditory. It is King Solumon t\\ax. Preaches \\q.vc; 1 am but his Eccho; the plain Sow^x^i His ; mine's but the Defcant ; the 'Text IS His, mine's but the Parapijrafe , Giofs, or Commentary : yea, lliould I re- peat but oncly His Text once m6re,

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yoil muft acknowledge it to be an ck- ccllciit Scrwou, aiui :\ fcafonablc one too ; and God grant it n\ay ivorl^ kind- ly upon you at this time, as it li.uli xw the worll of times done on me, 1 thank the grace of God for it: anti here I openly and ingcnuoully profcfs for niy own parr, that I ticvcr heard a better Strnwn then this which wife Solomon preaches and preffes here, 'My fin, fear Cod, and the Ki"7^, and meddle vot.^c.

And as the LS'rr;/;o;n's his, fo I truCkl may truly fay, that his yluditory is ininc : for though men were never of more different perfwaftons in this Ci- ty and Nation, then they have been of late ; yet fuch is my Chriltian chari- ' ty, that there is rot any oneperfon in this great y^^mW_y, to whom in truth and tcndernefs of my particular af- fecftion, as well as in King Sonions ge- nuine acception of the term, I may not fay. My Jen : For (as the Learned ob- ferve)they5;j he fpeak<; to herc,v/as not his/o/j by naturall generation (as the Ccrm is ordinarily u(cd clfewhcre} but

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only bypaternallgoodalfcdion: and fo you arc all myjons ; and fo you fliall be, not onely whether you will, or no, but alfo whether I will, or not : for long fince have I bound my felf to you (asS' 2?fr/wrr/ fpcaks, yld Jbhatcmpra:- monjlratcnjcm) in holy Charity, even that love which never fails ; and there- fore no raifcarriagc of yours can make me cancell this bond of perftSlneJl (as ihe yfpof/e dignifies it) but as an old /'though unworthy)Miniftcrof the Go- JJ'cl of Chrifl: I muft own, and call each oiyou,?ny/o)i.Thoui:^\\fomcJnterprcters (1 muft tell you) make no more of this loving compellation, then that Solomon (being an exad Preacher) ufeth here, wliat J^jctoricians call Captatio bcncvo- IrntifCi and fo he faith, My fan, when he would gently perfwadch'is jtudito- ry to fear Gcd, and the Kvin; As if he , had fiidj (as it iras Im full intent and vieaning) He that fears God, and the King, as he fhould and ought, (lull no longer be my fuhjeR or fervant onely, but he iliall be henceforward, /Tj^yin,

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by my c:r:icioiifi :\cccpration, and ad- optioi;: And you all know well tluric is no mean J-Jonci/r to be tho reputed Son of'fuch a J\l"(^, asKiii^ .Vo/ow&w; or rrvthcr 'ot n greater, better Ki/ia then hCjCven of God himi'elf, n^hofc Join NDu arc, if yaufcnr him, ns he exhorts in the. Text : u^ ml not only his fans ((^.\ih S^- •P^;;/ in the 8. to the y(ow^/ij-} but heirs ' too--, Heirs of God, and joynt heirs ivith Chrijf, and thatof no lefsthen two in- comparable Kir.gdonis, f/^. 'The King, dom of arccc in this life, and the Jqngdom of glory in the life to conic. ■ Hithsrto of die Preacher, Solomon; and his A'tdirory, Sons; which iiow- ever they defcrve to be amplified, and cmbroider'd with variety of the moll Or/>;ji colours, yet 1 have purpofcly forborn, bccaufe I told you that for this once, I wcnild ule them oncly as Preface ; and 1 hope you will the rather pardon mc, becaufe by this means I am" enabled to make the more haft to .the DoFlrin: of the Text, Fear God, 'and the King: which is a Do^/z/r^ atall •. - ' times

limes moil expedient: and herein ice mc again commend to yourChrilban obfcrvation, both a Hngle Adl , Fear, and a double Objcd. God, and the

j And bccaufe thefe three terms,F(5<7r,

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and of telling you what you know well enough already; I fliall oncly intreac you to take fpeciall notice of two diings therein, which I believe to be molt materiall :

One is, the conjuiuftion and combi- nation of rhefe terms ; for it is noi,rear God alone; or/<'rtr only rhc A'?'/;^.- but ic MyFenr God,^ the King,hoi[\ together.

The other is,the right order and dif- pofition of them, for it is f n'd here, firft _/W God; and i\Kn fear the King, 'My [on, fear, &C.

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thcfc terms, wc cannot but obfcrve, that God and the Ki»g arc coupled in the Text; and wluu the lioly Gholt hath thus firmly combin'd , wc may not, we mull not daic to put afundcr ; for in the fcventh Cliaptcr oF Jnd^^es, at the 20. verfc, The Sivord of tJu Lord and G.'dcon , is fpoken of as but one two-handed Sword; the Lord gives it, and G/dcon girds if to himfelf ; Gidcoft gives the blow, and the Lord gives the blefling ; &: Kings at their Co- ronntiou, have a fword civcn them ; the Md/tin i the power oHifc and death i> put into their hands; for the Kingi? Gods Sword-bearer , and he l/cnrs not the fuovd in vain, faith the Apoftle, J\om. 13. 4. And therefore he bears it not in vain, bccaafc God hath put it into his liands ; and bears it with him : And there is no figliting againd God , but they fight agaiuft God, who refill _ his Ordinance, andgoaboutto wrellt the fword out of tlie hands of liis An- \ nointed ; whom ^in the i o$.?[al. j-Jhc | haih fenced about with a 'NoUteTaim-

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»v. See. Touch not mine annointcd; for they that touch him, in the fenfe there projiibited,of}er violence to God him- Ich : as he tells Samuel: they have not re- //Jlcdorrejcflcdthee, hut^ne- fo indifTo- luble is the conjundion of God and the /.///j7,_and therefore, I^fy/077, faith Solo^ vion, tear both.

And this I prefs the rather, bccaufc too many of latc.and fome to this very day, that are great pretenders to the tear of God, do not in truth fear the King at all: and havin[> for the pre- fent diverted himof ailiiis native and legall rights, one of v/hich is his power; they look upon him (as thcPhdiJiines did upon S^/TT/^/Jwithout his hair, in which his ftrengtji hy) with fcorn and contempt, as U' he were as weak and worthlefs as other men: but let them remember how God renewed Sam/ons ftrengdi, to revenge himfelf at lafi:. Od)ers{'on the contrary) have feem'd fo to fear the King, that they did not: let the fear of God before their eves; but as EpheJIion faid to Jlexander ,"• Jr.

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iicfcis tc Jrnpcrntorcm c(?e, e? leges dare.mn accipcrc ? So thcfc were ready to miin- taiii that Paradox, or rather Hctero- dox',r/:^. That Kings may do what they lift, and that they arccogivc Laws, but toliveiindernone.

The ph\in truth is , both thcfc arc dangerous extremes ; for he that in fearnig God, excludes die King, is a pure hypocrite , and he that lopromote the fear of the King, excludes the fear of God , is a prophanc Parafitc : and therefore, that you may die better a- void both thefe dangerous Rocks, on which fo many have made Shipwrack of faith and a good confciencc, let me entreat and exhort you , ever to joyu the fear of God and the King in your practice , as here Solomon doth u\ his Precept, My foil, fear God, and the King : for this is the right combiuatioa and conjundion.

And if, in the next place, we have regard to the order ancl difpofition ot thefe terms in the Text, wc fliall foon obfcrve how God is ifirft to be fcar'd,

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r.nd then the King: nsS' /^f/rrrcafops IFhetber it t's meet to oh/y God or man ^ . judge ye. If God command one thin<T, I and the King (hould command tiS 1 contrary, then I fay, Gods command : is to be prefer'd; and yet let me tell ■' you, that the King is not to bedifo- beyed : for a true ChriJHan is obliged to a two-fold obedience; adive, and pafllve; where the King comm'ands thmgs lawful!, there yeild adivcobc- dicncc, and know that it is your duty to do them : but if he fhould command Arch a thing as you may not lawfully do, then you mud not relift, but fuffer patiently for your not doing it, and this IS your paffive obedience; and in both thefe you may ftill keep a good confciance; for as I faid but now though God be to be prefl-r'd, yet God will not have his Annointed to be difobeyed.

Indeed, fome of zhc Hent/jens deifi- ed their King, as Be/nf, Saturn, J;///- tcr,B<c. And the men of Tyre [y^R i oj deified King Herod, crying out. The B J . voycc

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voycc of God, and not of mnn. But 1 mull tell you, thnt the fame Ipiiit of m///;,rh.a bids you both to fear and /;o- vc-jr Kiiip^s, forbids you to ndorc them. The furell aiul f^fclk way is this which Solomon chalks out in the Text, Wt- Pirfl", tnfcfiy God, and then the Kin?: whofe fncrcd Vcrfon and FuiiU/on (as Gods Ordivniicc) merits at our hands, fo much honour, fear, and reverence, from our outward and inward man, as can poflibly ftand with the (Swcffcir of God: and to fpeak freely, I Hull hard- ly be brought to believe, that hcdoih make a confcieuce of fearing God, as he ought, who doth not for GrtiV/ fake (being fo frequently and fo llriclly comiTinnded thereunto in both ihe_ 'Trjlnmnts,^ make a confciencc alfo of fearing the l^in?, as the cxprefs Image, and Annointedof Co<^himfelf. Then, .A/v Son, frar God, and the Kino ; and in thy frar, obferve both the faj} combt- 7Jrt;*/ow and conjunUion; and alfo the right order and difpofition of them. 'And fol have loon done with the

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Dotlrirr, v.'hich being fo clear in it f^.df, v.nd (like a Mathcniatlcall Principle) lliiningbyitsownliglit, needs no far- ther demonftratif'U: ami give me leave to tell you, that hitherto I have con- tr.lded my felf on purpofe, that I might have fomcwhat the more time to fpcnd on the fourth and !aft part of my fext, which in the diilnbution of the words into, parts, I call d i\\c'Vj'c Xiu\Jpl>/icat/on, in thefc words; J»d virddl: nnt ivithtlirm, ^c. And herein I ihall a little enlarge my D/fconrfc ^ac- cording to the inodc of ihefe J^rfbnni/:;/ Times, which commonly infills molt \\\^onVfe and Jp/dicnticn) and fortius once, I Ihall lo It the rather, becaufc both the /n/pic nrcejftty of preflliig this fo ieafonable a I'oiiii, and alfo becaufc I am convinc'il in J^cnfon, that your Chrijiinii Expeclatlon calls upon me for , it ; and you fiiall have it Jh/ly and faith, /}///•/, God v/illing.

The words in the Onyhiall are of a

large extent, and accordingly rcndred

by divers ofthe Lcarncd,divcrfly.ror,

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(I j Et cum itcra7itwi/s luifjurta'rs fiias, r.e

, i j mifccns tc : that is, mingle not tfjy/c If with

I'l fnch ns iterate their iniquities.

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jij; JInltisncmifccarii : th.itis, BeilOtthou

wixt with foot I.

Cardiiiall Cnjrtnn, nnd divers others

trnnflate it, lit cum niutntorilus, S:c.

thntis, Have thou nothing to do with

fiich ns arc ChnjniclDifisi and to fliew

that by Chnjinrlims^ he doth not mean

fuch /'//v fnuh, ns this too rcJi(hrious^:\\\(\

cvcr-CTCiiuloits Age calls Pure 'Nnturnlls ;

Vatnhlus rcn(!crs it, Et cum rcrum vova-

T;imJIud/('Jis,$cc. Medrile not mth Juch

Hi arc. dcprous of change ; for nil Inch

for wnnt of tlic true fcnr of God, do

commonly prove mod unn^tumll ro

their ^i>^°^, ^nd Cotmtrey, by imvardly

and htordinntr njfccl'nirr^, and outward.

ly, prc^ofcTOttJIy opcling Innovnticii,

'I whicli is the greateft houtcfcu in z fettled

lU ffate; arrd nccordingly rcndred So-

'•■\ fjatef fo odious to jithcnsi Ctrfar to

\\ Tlcm; and f/yr/,'? himfelf to the7^""-^i ... •■>..._. 1 .. . •' , •' '

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who generally look'd i:pcn him asaa Jymvntnr , thou/^h God knows, and hears him u'iti-.cfs, that h.e cam.c not tc drfroy the Law, but tc fulfil it.

Our be ft and lall TianflationxctTi.d'i \ if, 'hlrddlcnot trith them that are Jcditi^ I oils. Here then we have divers learned ;men of tlivers minds, m rendring the words out of the Hebrew context. . l-.ach'ot them abounds in his own lenfe ; and each of thefc fenfes may . he true ; fure I nm they want not good /luihoriiyxo jujlifcihcn feverall read- ings. And thuik not this (Irangc; for Imudtellyou, that the HolyTon^ucis hut n very narrow Lancuaqc : and To one word in Hebrew, ortlinarily fl^ni- fi.-s divers tilings ; as I could give yoii many tnllances, but tliat this in the Text is fufficicnt. And fure I am, that very good ufe nuy be made here of the (cverallreadiufTs ; and fincc we are now upon that which I call the ufc of my Text, it will, 1 hope, be well worth the while , to fee andobferve what whol- lome Lrjfons we may learn from all, and '

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. every of thcfe four 'rraiif]at!cns. . The firftwlKTcof reads ir, Keep no; company nvtl) cujhriinry (.iincrs : and if you fay, Why nor widi tlu'in? The Princely Prophet /^rt:.-// tell-, you thf rcaio)i(Vh\.i . t .y wIktc he fliith, 7?/r^/7r<7 j; /"/ir man tha^hath not waJl:rri tn the coun-

fil of the iiiipndly, vor (lood in 'he rfav of

Ji'mrrt, nor fate tn the cha/r of the fcornrr; which arc hat: io mxny dearer i of fin: And it is moll certain, thnr he nd)o )vall^< in the cou'} fell of the unr^odly, :inc\ Jfnmls in the rvay ofjitviers, will c'rc long come to complacency in fin, and fo take up his feat in the chair of' the fcorner. Or, ns Pn^n'ni rentiers it ; In Cathedra pefli^ Icntin, tofignifie, that as :\whahituated

fnncr becomes an lall a fcorner ; fo a j'cnrner, like apeJiilentialJ chair, will mor- tally infect all that come ncer him: Then, 7i/y/o,7, come not in his iva/I^;

J] and rot in his rrny ; fit not in Ii:$ feat ; at lead, kcej^ no- unneccfiary company with him ; if either thou wouldcibbc

jafc\\zvc, or favrdhcrcci^icr.

He that touches Pitch ; faith Solomon)

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funll Lcchfiled. And ns the Proverb is I true ot maleriall pitch, fo it is much i more of the vwrall: for fome of the J Ancients nfiinily rcfcmhle a cnjiowr.ry _ fiimcrco/'/V^/', if he /cvf/yf/, he pnutches you : then foul not your f tigers wicli him ; or, which is Ji'or/r,your funis. \Vc read, that as foon as the children of//: rncl were ming/crl wUh the Htathen hio. laters,ihcy k\arn'd their n-orhs. And elf- wlierc theTfAV fiich, Tlhitofihefro^.vnrd thou f, alt learn frovnrdncf. But all cnfto. niary fnners ^rc fo-i^ard, and that from their yo:4th up ; and we ufe to fi^y, 7 hat the cloth that is dyed in the iroof mil never lofe it's colour: but all habitua- ted Jinncrs arc dyed in the irocll, if ! may fo fpeak ; mymeaninc^isthcy will hardly he reclaimed s __ Dedicit Nehalcne f>nrente,S.cc. L\kc rotten Appfcs,ihcy in- feel the fd.-wd; Then f.\y of rlicm as "Ja- cch did of Simeon and Levi, brethren in evil ; Into their fecre: let not my foul tnter; My glory, be not thoujoyned to their affmbly,\c^ you bcrcome as ndcked aiui Hanatiqns as thcmfclvcs ; for in •

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tliis fcnfc that of Saint Cyprian is Un- doubccdly true; Difcit fnccrc diim con. fucfcet vidcre : Here each JJ>rflator be- comes niifT^or, and jff/apartby fee- ing -others p/ay. The conipany and congregation of the n'/f^f-^isthcDf. vi/s knmkm; and take heed wliat \i faid in p.cckfiajlkall HiJIory (that tlic Devil finding a pare Virojn in an aiu pnrc place; he cntrcd into/;fr, and re- ally pojjcjpd her, giving this reafon to the Exnrcijl, liwciii cam in rr^no nico) be not true in you, that if the Dev/I find you in fome corner-creeping Tc'. venticlc, or in any other evil conipnuy, or rmrvarrarHnhlc place, hc do not (a? /^/■^of the SoyV)fc}xj! on you as fo ma- ny Jfrayrrs; and enter you in his blacl:^ loo\ as Improper ^oods and chattels ; and fo your later end prove rvorfe then your hcQinnin'T.

Divines well obfervc that {oxwcfvs arc fOOTWo;Koali, as^^";^^/'; fomc/ro- fer to fome natures, asy/mlfition: and .tofomcrt'i^f/, cii/ujf to youth, avarice to old age i fome//// arc neither naturall,

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nor;;;;;w/^M//, as y/i-r^r/;;^ ; and- fomc ■ arcagainlbw/.A^, as^/w/^c/yj/ and drun. • kenncJS: Burof all//;/ it is molt certain, that an hal,it once gotten , is feldom lolt : and therefore the Crctes ufed this , jis that which they conceiv'd to be the icaviell curje, 0 may h^ [all i n't o an ill habit \ prefuming that out of this, as ic IS ihcjlrcno^cjl fuare of the Devil, fo it h ixtrcmed/fficult to extricate ones felffor the Devil hath prcfcription againft all fiich ; and Lawyers fay, \\\^\.prejcribtion Jiath the force of a Law : and St. Chry/o. Jlo/n futh, that it was much for ^onns to recover out of the belly of that //j : but it is a great deal harder to recover out of a /o//^ cuj/om of fin, • which in lome rcfped is held morally impofdle. And therefore I fay witii Salomon ia the Text, My fin, fear God and the ^\ng,and meddle not mth them that ite. rate their iniquities; {o Pa^tiin reads it out of the Hehren'i and fo you have the firft Ufe.

But wiiat Pn(^,iin renders cuftomary' /■/wr/ , the Chaldce Parajpbrajl reads.

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\ nil whcth.-r Ii:s F^t/jfr or his Ifoi/jcr \ ho!jj!^ht huni'onh: So ilicfc Jl^iow nor, xncknoivlcd^e not their holy Mother , the I (hiirch,\v< wns th^.- n^omb i\\?xl>are tlicm, i .uul whoft-Z/rt/z/g.;..- t\v'\x\fuc . A,ul ic j IS well ^( they nrl^wr'r'i^e tlMir father, . \ Secondly, ThcynrcnsA//:n77/<-/,& \rdf-cancritc(i, as nnv/;o/; ^^11 them of I '■\^'^'\'i:frhifmc,facrilcrinc,Jei{iiion,rcbc!l20n_, 1 .Hid any otliL-r cri'me of which rhcy them to be numbrci] among the fools of iland_^,v/7/'y by the Lniv oi'Gcd, and the Jfracl: for thu^v tharare n>ifc to do evill j Kiiiif^ : and they will nor h? coi'ivinc d- of. t^aiih.it Prophet fpeaks ) but to do ivell, yMzwivirk^dnrf}; and as St/o/;w^ {\^<:,ik5 have no underfauding, arc ^ofcnions fools: I of a/oo/;thcy fear not til thcyfet/ the /"O^/

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Fools; Et eum Jlidt'is }ic 7nifecaris ; that is, Blcndnot thy [ilfnvib fuuh : So that all fuch as for want of the fear ofCo^/jand the ^iiw, keep ill company, ai\d live in any ill cultomj arc Jlarl^ fools : and though they be irfe in their cnn eyes; yea, and palfe in this world for q^reat Politiriaus , as Jehitopheliw his time was call'd and counted an Oracl:: yet as T/A':w.'7r told Attition , linnc will make

■ipon their own W^r. And clfewhere :hc finie Salomon faith , Serjl thoii a man '■■^at is ivijc in his o^vn conceit f there is

and that I may notfccmto fiy itonc ly, I will ]irove that they have alltlu charaHcriflical notes, and rcmarkciblc pro.

perties of fools. For, fj-^o^r hope of a fool then nfhim ; ' for of d

• I. Thcyareas7;7;;o;w:j^, andrWor/- ("itnrall fool Go(.\ reqrdresno more thtn

hie as any Jool: The Oxe {noivcs his owner, i he gives : but of thcfe ivilfdl fools, hc

/ind ihcjfc his Maflcrs crib ( faith the [will exafl a renfoii , and a rechniuv of all

Lord in //i/rt/' r. ;?.) but Ifacldothnot \''\\cir7tii[doinas. And letmt'adcl Hcthac

l:non\mypiQpk doth not confdcrXw<ij-ipo- ^^ wife in his'own re«rf/>, is both a ivife

y//c faith, that th-y arc rt/jrr:;'^//frt/ ;;///;/, ''f^nn, and x fool -, a rvife man\\\\\\<,Qyfji\

yet never come to the kjwrlrcln^ of the truth. i'Pinion, and a fcol in all mens el^e.

And zsMilitidcx o^ yfihc^is co\.\\d not |; Thirdly, Like fools, they arc all for

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the pre fcnt: c^.ihc Epicure crycd , uUrc

uckhcv(orc.fcc,uoTjcar-.^ch.n<rc: they Uz ad couufcll. Make unto you frauds mch the unrighteous Mawmn^that th.'y may receive yon Jhilin^Mo then ever- , /..A.iu.r.iu Though chcy can-

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thing IriiJy^obii, but what wc cnwiut lofc i nj^di'lfl Ota- wills : fuch are God himfclf,

and i\\c good t1}iii^s wliich he hath pre^ y pared ^Qvns in his Kirigduw, where nci- ; thcrwor/; can eonjiimc^ nor rujl canker,

m-iTtheeveslreak^in andjieal: and ac- j cordingly it is our Saviours counfcl: i I.ny not up for your flf/vcs trrnfurc on earth) ^

lajtiiig habitations. ■not! forac '

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^;..;>. in Snnuncr ^ofupponXxcv^n

^:j-lG!:?taf;^.^°-a'l l^ ..^«./ was^told by his

Grapppcrs , they /'^/!';^|j';( '^^ T.s nt Gods right hand, and plearures for

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'^i a dream o^pleafure^ a n'^^e o^goldyZ Ba- ' hylowji) garment, and the like tranjitory

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;./'f7r/ in P/;r/'/ for liis^/rr/ In Paradifc : fo ■

i;^::/^::^ o Gc;]s ;..^c«.«/. ..- :;'-^>/^ cwiduiut..^^y,.^;^j.

St ando:.rr/.nuthan.^ . ./.r which our Lord adv.fed to/.// .//,

•• Fou t Iv ■ Ukc fools, ihcy prefnr. ^^^dgive Uto the pot>r, prora.fing h.m

■ W/IXfore^rrlVi: ItiswcU obfer. Vf^^A ,nH..mUuc he -went away

^ed 'bv Sc. y^//rf"^ that there js no-

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that on ci7r//;, which they cannot /5«^ /rr/;, to rca/t^r that in heaven which tlicy c an never lojc.

J Fit'thly, and laflly, they arc as marie'}, cm, :\i\d /n/fc/jicvoi:Sy as any feoh: It is Pajlinicto ei [ooltodo mijehnf, Hiith Solo- inon (rrov. lo, 23.) ^in'n\\\%hablc,\\z makes himfclf ;77r/Ty with it ; and Utr.n. tur enm?nnlrfacrrint, faith David; they r.yoyec when they have ri/ind others; cinH/niJ^lj to fee them lenient. lir/JJja:^- :^nrs fumptuous fcaft was hcigiitcn'd bvthc /fo^iiof his deh"cious meats ami /!>'"{[, as they were fervedin tlic vefic/i of the SatiUuary. No bon^ls, to fuch yjrhcifls, Hkc a confceralcd Chnllite to frt;o/y/? in i :[nd no JI c/Ij io /iveet, as that wliich the ir^^^/(? roZ-V/ the y/Z/^^r of: l^lomy gotten by Jlinkhijf means (as the J^onmn Eniperonrio\<\\-\\% Jd7}^ Jniells y. f:veei':[sl-'onr/f ^ain : Lueri bonus cjl odoi cxrc qnnUbcti what carc fuch/oo/j-, Uu rend and tearl\\c Churches garn>C7Us , {c\ their onv; may be 7vhole\ or to btiild h'^a ihc'w Babe/s, with , the ruines of S'ciiM So that we may juftly cry out with Ten

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tulHan, Nojhafn^odiunr, ui fa .xdi/ucni And wlien they Jiave rob'dzhz Chtaeh of h^v patrimony, and the whole Js^nodom of ner aneient plenty; then .1 [tlfe^dtnyiii-y Ordtnanee (wlicn there is mmoTcXdz^ hi: taken nivay ) not oneiy makes fatif. [all ion for the facriledge, hni lujlijieuz to be no fin.

And how fcvcrely fo ever Dhinc arrd humnm Lam rcnfwe opprejion, extorrion

homieidc,vmrder.fehljm/edition,rebellion treafon; and if there be any thing Ji^r/r, thattlicfe mifchievoits foolsh:i\% omitted, yet It is now but rvipbm their men -hs (mih the Narlot in the P,vverbs) and then they may f:iy as trn/y as> doib , that tliey Iiave done no 7vi\cdne/p And tlic Prophet David afllgns the i!n. doubted cau/c of all thefe and all od^er' evils, where he fliith, That God comes not in all their thoupdns ; that is, they never thmkupon God^^cijujl^jud^e-. andfo ihcy fear not him ; for if they did. thcv \vou\dfear the Kingr too ; for they tha'c Jtatt^r thcmfelves that they do fear the one, when yet they live in cpen oppoftion, Cz and

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nnd aUuaUrcbcUio)i agninft tlic othcr;:iv<i Aich fool: in the Text, ns ycni art- charfd not to mlnnlc with: A/y Son,j'ear God and the K^ng, nvd ni'w^lc not ivith fools ; and fo you fee what ufc nre you to make of the Chaldcc I'araphrafc, read- ing of the words out or the Hebrew context ; ajid I cciWthc fee ondV/c,

But in thothirdpl.iec, I cold you that Cardinal Cajetan, and Fatnhlus, render the words bodi to one fcnfc; forf«j/;j ni'jtatorihf/r, faith the one, Cnmrerunnio- varumfudio/ls, (aith the other : A/y Son, fear God and the King^nnd meddle not with them that are dcfrous of change i and fo one of our EnyliJI)Travflations reads it : ':ind this by degrees brings the Text fomcwhat ucerer to the T/mf/,and more home to our fehcs ; who (out of a defre cf change) have of late run through ali forms o^ Government; and yet we have deneuoihlng all thcwhiie, butwhatin us lay, undone our felvcs ; yea, they that took nioft delight in ringing of thcfs ' chctngts, cannot yet give iiViyfatisfcHioh '-.to' thcrafelves for the ^efsnt; 'and

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nnich lefs can they aprc thcmfelvcs of ■ any fbund fettlemcnt for the future in : the way they took ; for as Taem^j (au cxxcllont/V//?«rw;;, and grear 6"/^r<y:

wwMin his //w; gravely obferves. All ; chau^cs in Government, commonly do cheat them mod at lajl, who at>// did raofl /Vr/r^thcm.

True it is, That this defrc of chanie • is in all by nature corrupted by the Jail of our fr/I Parents; vca, even before the fall, the de/rc o/f///?;;^^ was thc'vc- ry frf halt,\vkh which tht: Devil ana/fd for Jdam and Eve in Parad/fe; who, though they were created fo holy and happy, that they could not well be het- ter ; yet as foon as the Serpent, or tlje Tievil, or ratlier the DeviVxn the Serbenp ' had fnpigefled to them (Geu, 3, ;,) yv J\)an be ai gods, &c. they fell ftreir^hc rp nilbling; and fo by eating of th^/or- ; hidden frtdt, they have c\'er fincc /?/J ] all their children: teeth an edgc,.:L% the ' .Prophet fpcaks.

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ltix:iriivit]\c}nnns, tin: then kixw !:t:Ie of God, v/ere fo dcfirous of change, when as we find God.^ own people, the jt :r:V,not onely tro!djlcd\nxh .ijjdce,b\.\c dcjpcratffy Tick of this verti^^mous dfl- caic : for they had their Dw es, or Lea- ders i their 'judii^cs s their Prophctj; their H i 9p-? ri cjf s, ihc'w K^ngs; and for a tinie they hadan 7/'/;fr-rfj7/;//;;7j ^lul no K/w? 7;j IJrncl , befide divers dtlicr hor- rid y^n^/flZ/j- in governmenr.

And if we draw nearer homc,\vQ can- not but take notice how prcdomiuan 'n\ all Ages, this dcfire of change hath bin in ■^\\ parts o^ C/jr/f}endom.\VhaZ cho^pinfr

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and chavgnig hath tliere been'in Boi:c. rnia, Pcrtugnll, Volonin, Susv'm, &c. To which I might add tlie Loiv-Countrics. KwfXih^Kiii^^domo^ Naples \\:{\h fo of- ten clia)n(di\\c\t Goveniours, that atlaft their lijfatc was reprefentcd in an y//?r, that liaving caft his Fsjdcr, turn'd his head [lacl^, to Qc who would be fo tried ■ as to bejlrids him any more.

And even at this day the old Ppo-

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is in nothing truer then in the point of Government: for nl! Stiitcs have thcii* policies, Cind n/fe by Lnri'j ; So it hnth been, fo it (liould he with us ; and fo jc flia!! be, I hope, e'rclong: Foraman were l/ettcr to live among the molt /'r/r- hdroin people under heaven , then un- der an abjblute Tyrmwy , or /trbitrary Government. Layvs there mu(l be ; and lex (iligando, faith the iT/'^ywo/'/^f r; It is call'd a Larv from hindivn; all Laws f.re hkc p^cs -. and this it was that for- ir.erly rcndred this Monarchy, though never (ograciom in the publiqiicnfimini- Jhation oVjiijHcc, both commutative, and Aijiributivc , yet to feem fo grievous to Viicm that /f<7rf// neither Go^, nor the K/V?^: Thefe^'likc fo many bra/is) find- ing dicmfelves pimh'd \j\i\\ o. yol^c , I mean that of GocZ/L/zTr, and the K/«^r, "did never lin wincing and flinging, till . they had caH: it off; though by divine difpcnfation it hath fincecomc topafs, that while they would noifubmit thcm- fclces to. Gods Ordinance, but went cbbut by wdavofull means 1:0 extricate ■ ^ "' them-

and the l\jno,

;iemfclvcsoutofonc/^rf/?//m thcy/r// till into an Z'^rtt'/Vr; like d)e77//jinthc Proverb, that leaps out of the frying-pan . Kto the Jirc. juft asP/^/7//' o^ Maccdon old certain Grecians that had revolted- . rom him to T. ^lintus, d)c I{oman ''mmandcr i Commutajiis vcjlram cnte. /impolitiore qnidem^jcdhngiore : that is, • \o\.\\\:i\cexcJ)an^dyo\.\x chain (mean-. ' \\\^i\\Q\r [ervdc condition) for one that ; tiirft fight fcems a little better polipcd, hut you will find it in time to be much Vior'e hcnv\', and lajling. . And this was : 1 cfled, the genuine meaning of T\e^ 'jubams mCw'Cv to his difccntentedVcix- iioners, t'/~. That they \\\o\M feel his •• ^'litlk fin'jcr far heavier then his Fathers \oyns i for whereas \\\'i father had onely • -Jjipt diem with/fo/jr^w, yet he meant • \ofcourae\.\\cm\\'\\.\\ycorpicns. Do you ;!!clp nie out in making the application, .• ^,vhich the exigency of time conftrains m& .• ::ocontraH. ■ . '•■»

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Tvrote froin the month of the Proj>hci, and f^y/ it into the fire i then the Pro- pbei: jcrcmy took another roul , and gave it to Bnrt/cJj ihc Scribe, and ]ic Tpro.'f therein <i/y the words ot" thchM{ \vliich7f/;o/rt/,7';2 bnrntin thcInT; and there mere added brjides unto them inan^ the /i(^ ivords ; fo that all he got by cut. ti'KT and burwiia Gods JT/fl revcald in TTT/V/wj^againftboth hiin and h\s penp/c, wasonelyto have more ]ud^/;iaitj iiv^. denounced, and then i'lflitlcd iipon/'/'w, and/;//: So all they ihaz fiyht againli Ciod, and his yinnointed, '\\\ ftcad of dif- 7>i7n£/rif7 do the niore ifunnrr/c them-

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felves; and, like lomany unruly Colts, get nodiing by their difordnly dcfiri' of change, but o'.ielv to have the brnv: of Gods indignation fajlned ^o much the deeper in their flcflj. Thus they tha: rvittijnly and rvilfully rcjijl Gods (9r/y/. vav.ce, turn that which they rcly'tl upon astlicir /j{el/efl remedy, into tlie n^nrf: of mifchicfs that could have befallcii them.

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[0 fctirch ihc Land o^Cnunnn, reported that it \\\\%a hud that did cat up the J71. habitants thercot. So it is jiregnant in Hijlory, that vcxy few Nations four of ihc meer defirc o^chnngc) will long en- dure any Government, no, nor Icarcc ;i- iiy Govirnour, The Bchicl^ Common- ivcalth, the I\^rJi^o^Scot/nnd, the Geneva Di/cipl/ne, the Nnv-Englnndcrs VfoJ)ia, nor yet any fettled in this Nation can plcal'c us loiig(who arc yet in our witsj how then Ihall kjatisfie the tivo Arch- tnanics of all ruictiud gozjcmmcnt , the Annhaptijlicnll Independents , and (the l.ilt cxtraH of our J^eformatiin ) the l^onjtvjicall Qunkf^rs , who would (if they had power to their will) foon lay the (txe to the root oS-A\}>IngiJlrncy,ixr\d A//>//y/ry whatfoever.

And what ihcjrudcnt Italians fay by way ot Proverb , that the life of ?nnn is (Jjort, of /C/;;(^/ Ihorter, aud oi Popes (hortel'bof all: is now generally true of all forms' of Government; they arc look'd upon as fjort-Uv'd , wwdfort. laJHng ; and all , and onctj' becaufe of • this

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this inordinate dofire of change, cfpcci- ally in the yinabapriJIs and the ^nl^n, whofe rrhinplcs arc drjIrtiHivc ot rule indfetrkmnits in which both our l^cln^, as men, and our rvell-bcing, as Chrijh. enr, do under God, and his Chriji, cliicfly conJJJl. Yet I willbcbold tofay, that if thofc very Thanatiqurs, who arc now fo greedy oi parity, and fo fond of J- narchy , could be made fcnfiblc of the many Jiuferics and mifchicfs , which na- tLirally jprout from that bitter root , and were bound to live any conjidcrabic time in fuch a confufion as they would brinq us into; they would foon become more Tocary of thac Calf which now they do fo unrcafonabiy/rt'o//;:;^/?, thcu ever any men were of the n^or/? form of Government that yet hath been heard of in any part of the habitable World.

Little do thcfe men underftand the deceitfulncfs of their own hearts , which like Africl^, is ever producing «cn' "Monjiers: and l\\cgodof this Tpor/^hath (q blinded them, that they do little pcr- ••'•'. e'-ivc

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'\i-ivc the corrnpticn of their o?r?; iiaturc ; ■'.vhich ('like/o7/;f women with chdd) otten '/?/j.7j- for (uch thin<:s, as bcini^ had,

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\ Then,, That I may a little o/'f^ their ■:'ics, I will Hicw them out of Gregory I'^a^jan^icn (\nh\i excellent Oration of '^'Moderation to be us'd in divine mat- ■ jtcirs)* "what intolerable mifchicfs are \(ncendrcd by confufion, vi\. In thcrt/r^ -jhihdrirgs; in the rarch tremblings; in the fm forms, ^udi J})ip wracks ; in T/'/'V/and '.Families, frifc and contention, Biftajes '^r\i\\Qbodyi death aa<i damnation in the j foi^ti

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(uul; foi" rhc head of this MouJItr h thd /^rc/7; the /je/ttl is difcontaitiX.\\c cyci, envy, l\\ccmcs, cvilre^orts \ \\\c t oiviu! ^ fcdihsH; the hands, rapi/ic and bloodjhcd, AJid ihcfcci nwr, and dcJlnSion. Tlicn r?;)* /or// /frtr Co<'/, rtW //ir /(/V/i/ , ami meddle not wit/j liwm that arc dcjirous o; change ihccanCc you -.iTC now conv/'nc'i' that tlicy arc Hkc thcfndt wc call i\/f//. diers, which arc ncvcv ^nod, till they hi

The 7^1ythoIo2Jfl appoficely iliii Urates this 7II njjydion in a fnblc to thh effect: Upon a time the i-zo^/ pctiti- o\.\dJrjf>/ecr to grant them a /j"/^> ii; condefccntion whercunto he tun\blcc; among them a Lo^ -. and ahcr they luc leap'tla while both on it, and about it and found it to bclnfcnjilj/c ; then thcv petition d again for a Kif{2, that IhonKl bcaHive cind Jlirrin^i and thereupon ■he fent them arr^/z^jwhich (Irait^ht fcl! iOpccklna them up ; The Murali whcrco: flicws plainly, that nothing can lent; give fatisfadiion to this natural defirc

I ' . and the Kr,i \ -jy

',' oFchange i whetlier the Covcrmur^^nd

i nn-enwicDthc :i lo^, or a Crane ; pnjfrcc

' or aclivc j clement or cradl; grievous or

l.jrncioiis ; yet fuch as dt fire cha7i^c will

ilooii dijirel/jh hoih him and//; not fo

j much becaufe lie is unfit to rule, as bc-

jcaufe they arc vD-t^^illin^ 10 obey, citjicr

I'jim, or any other-, n^id though they

ifoinctimesarc To w// that they know

j not how to better thcnifelvcs, andthcir

■:(onditio7:,yct will tlicy leave no Jlcne un-

'moved to imfettlctind alter it: and ra-

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'\(ury could never Jit a ^nrmnt to the

[hdy of the Moon, bec:\u{efljc is ever

yraxjng or irninina ; fo neiflicr can any

uorm oi novcrnnicnt long/w> with tiie

■Mnmour of- the people, w^iofe rcflcfs de-

.fireof f/irt;/^^f isfuch, that /'like/o jna-

■wy children) they commonly cryloudrft

I for they know not wiiat ; and bcinj^

'Rebellious by nature fince i^e fall, they

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and therefore is to hcfubmntcdio, nor onclyfor/trtr (ns thcy^/oy//cr]H'aks m the 1 3, Chapter to tlit; J^owaiu) but fw;; yir conjcinice fhkf.

l{cbcUion IS ns t be Jin of JFitckraft, (faith God by his Prophet) and innDkind being bnritcf)cd\\'\i\\ it ; it falls out I'or the moftpart with us, as it doth with Witches y tliac chain ((aith Dtlrio) which tlie Divcl makes the Witch believe to hi:, oi gold, flic finds (when the viijl is difpcrs d)io be but copper and counter fdi; and feeing her felfrt'f/i'rt'fiY, (lie grows difconuntcdi yet for want of Gr^rr, rof/onllill as the Dcvih driidgc,xo the utter undoing of her /?//' and others: Thus, what fome few years agowc/tV vj>, and both approved and ajiplnudidi yet now, when we have even ^/>f^ oui felves in the nmys ofrficl^dnefs, and nj- jliSlion hath yiven us undcrflaitding > wc dojuflfy both ;vyV.^. and refijl,:\$. finding curfelvcsr/yca/f/'/, hrrg^rd, and utterly ruin' dby ouv OTpn ijwentions; I mean,i])ij de^rc of change : but the Lord in incrcy change am dcjircs bjfore it be tuoiatcj"

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;; and give US al! grace coiifcicjicioufly ,;; to follow wife ^Wowc/ircounfcll ja the li 'l'c:it,vii.Tofcar God and the King; and "! not mcdd/c rvitb them timt are difngns cf \ change. And thus I have done with the

third reading of.theworcls out of the ; Original!,and the ^yZ- you are to make

of it.

But our lad Tranf at/on runs, ^Mrddls ^mtivith them tl)at are fediiious ; for al! |fiich, qua fuch, fear neither God nor ithe King; and therefore were there

110 other rcafon, yet this one is enough

to drtcrrc you from meddlina with them: ^ but there be many more, as you fliall ] fee ere I have done, wliicli I will touch \ onely with a light Pencil, and fo con- 'elude.

Sedition is dcfindto lean infoknt de^

c a nation of Jelfconccitcd fubjeHs , from \ fuch lanfull power ns God hath fee over '\them. Saint PW fin the 13. Chanter j to the J{pmnns,z.) hath this ylpojlolicall ] Canon, . Let every foul be fubjctl to the j higher Porvers\ ■ where fpeaking in the

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tint there be mere then o;;e ; divers for/w ohovenwinit, and rt//ot them arc pomrs> And ihc<^p ineach, h.uh an •^ lo \:^ccrrc!nthc ; and thc/;/;'/;fr the /.oa-^ris, the more is oiw Jdjniion ob- liocd thereunto: But by our W^- mntalllan^s; The Kmg is the /;/« po,ra-,and all others that bear any rule ' araons.andovcrus, :ivcfiihrdni.'iteun. tohuiu-andSt. ?^/rr (inihefecona Chapter ofnis Hrft EpiJUc GcncraU) al- fcrrs ;o//7r'r'f/v.that the King is Supreme ; and the Phi/ojopber will allow 711 uncrjuo- huczcmrc, but «n/y;;j >w/?///w. So thnt i\Mtco.ordinathn which feme reditiou._ ncrfonshavc (o fiercely maintain d of late, is point.Unndi againft, notoncly jRcIirioii , but n's^U renfon. And as h)i' ^^z^crv coynri clillindlions of the rcv- ^■fjlorimi fchifnmnck^ , whereby they have done their utmoft to emrvafcih^ Kiii'^s Svprnmcy ; and With the Cnrdi- unirm King Wr/;r_y the 8. daycs, who fctup his Cap above the Cronm thclc ^vould/^^ t^p their X7r^/ above the A'//;^, (Popery :indPresbytcm, both m .••> -^ ^ ■^ "^ o/jj/y/on;

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I tf/in'-ons ^nd pra?Uce , ditfer in many

things oncly \\\ terms') by a 'jefuiricall

cvafionof co-ordiniiion, and fi/ljcrdi/ia-t

■ iiou; of the Kin^s politick capacity,and

\\\s pcrfbunll ; otniajorJino^nlis^TLndrdnor

' univcrjis, lUc. Thefc, I fay , and fnch

' like dijiinflioiif , arc but the braiti'/icl^

i fell oris o'^ [editions 'Mnlrconteuts , v.'ho

'■ call off cheyfrtTofGodand the King^

I and when they have n^oWrr/ their owii

\ (onfcienccs,7iX\a all theirs, whom by fuch

'{decoys they have drawn in to fide with

\ them, in Head o^Jeriori/ly rcpeiitinf^,ihzy

] Inirjh out fome uich ncrv-favajeddijlin^

\ ilion, and think therewith to pihcup

;■ the matter. But the Cafuifts iay pcr-

i cmptorily, Kon eft diftivgnendum, uhi

■■ lex ipjanun diftinnjiit : wc muft not di.

1 [tinynijh, where tb.c/rtJp it felf djftiiigui^

pes not. But the Laiv in this cafe diilin-

guilhcs noc,as they know very well; Si

now you know it too , yicddlc net n'itJj

//.r//;; whom you have,and will find like

ihe Trojane Ihrfe, whofe belly wa^ lined

wich armed men, who ^x9i fvrpri'^ed^ and

dx^nfacJ^dTroy : Et ah uno difcc orr^es.

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And that I may the better take you olF frorainetldUng with the fcrfit/an licre- afrcr ; give mc lenvc to w/c and ;/r^c two foits ot yfraununts: the one I w:ll draw from the due confideration oi tlic bad caufesi tlie other ohhcfaficoti- fcqucnccs o^ /edition.

The fornicr, which I take from tlis caufcj of fedition, looks upon tlicm ci- ther as primary t^ elHcient.or feconda- ry and fubferviont. The primary caufe oi fedition, is tlic Devi'/: who,as he worjl^ cftcdtuallyinall///^ chililrrn of dijobcdi. ciicc: foheccafethnottoy/'/V them up continually by his pQrverfe nnil pcfti- Xontfii^qrjlicns, i\nd in fufonf, fbmecimcs fccrct/y :\nd i/n/i/JJ/cFIfd/y to undermine, and fometimes oprn/y and imjndcnily to rife ;//>, againd the civil Magi(tratc, who is ciijlos iitriufq; tnhidit : and whom God hath fo often cxprefly command- ed us to /ate, honour, fcrve, fcnr, obey, de- fcn(l^prcfcrvc,n)aint{im,fi^it for ; and in a word , To render unto him all his'dws , as thcy//)o/?/^exprcflethit, and prelTcdi us, in the 1 3 ro the l^mans 7. Tender ■ ' therefore

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therefore to all their d.wes, Tribut<: to whom \jribnlc is due, ctijtom to n^hom cufiom, fear •to n-homfcar, honour tn whom honour ; but

Voih, tribute, :\\\i\cuflom, :\\\<\fcar, and ^lourarcthcKuws due, God himfelf, ;ivlio.is jMvdparanicnnt, and the oncly \'r<nt proprietary, hadi made -.md declard jihcm lo. And fo wc mud not think in j.uiy of thefe kinds, that wc give the l^mpi^ fome-wliat that wc imyjujlly }^rp, M< if -t wert" ours ; but we m\.\[\pay them |i to him, as a debt duv.wwio him : And to

;ignifie this the more plainly, Si.Vnul ■ '.here doth not f^)',Datr, hni ]{cdd;te. JAnd our^'rtt7o//r hijufelf, to Ihew that ''fhriflianlibcrty williland well enough huh ci.villfbjcflicn, uftith the felf-famc

ctm(mMatth. 22.21.) l{cndcr there- '■ere unto Cfffar the thino^s which arcCttfars, .:'/y1 unto Cod the things that are Gods : Ivhcrchc joyns God andfrt/rtr toge- ■ lier, to (hew that both of them have ^hcir d/finFl r/V/vj-; and that we mull '(''I)' them to both accordingly : and that- VWC defraud, ot detain iKcdues of the pie, wc muft be rcfponfblc to the cenfure i DVj • and

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and vaineancc of the other; which I car- nelUy entreat the Jcditious to fAtr; upon.

The later, v}:{^. xhciiiJni fieri all can fa pf (edition are many and many : aiul therefore for brevities fake, I will hint but fome tew of them, which I concent lo be the chief, that you may inoiv then, torti'o/V/them. And fuch arc,

V\v\\.,Evjl company, and counfch thcfi the Devil \\(ci\\ as his hcllon^'s to blow the coals into zfame, which he firft: ki/xllcil, and feton fire. Tully (in liis third Om- .tion again II: Fcnrj-) gives him this illchih r^r?n-, c7;(^. That he was , "Mains civis, ^ bad Citizen ; Imprvbus Conful, a worC Confuli becanfe like Sylla, he look'c inoreathis own /T/frtZ-f ^/j/;;, then or' l\\c puhlifjue^ood ; and fcditiofiis homo, r. , feditiousman, that is, one thac lovciif to engender (Irife, and raife tumul;/.

by ill arts among the people, the which nothing is more dnuacrous aiu; (icjtrulhve.

Plaio(in his fifth Book Dc l^epiJjlicn) ri:akcsbpth luxuriancj in roealth to b

• a)d the IQfig' ^,o

one procreating caujc ot Sedition : ( as when horfcs ■.n-cpnmj'cr'd, :[nd provencier- jiticl(d, they Qvow'/jcad^flrony and wi- n//y) And extreme poverty and begging ncccfftty to be another. For, Durum te- htm neccffitm : and our Proverb is, lljnt iircvf/ity hath no Law: which holds «o/^ onely in this, that/oor folks fcldomc luvcthe btnrft of the Law for want of moneys to /^e i\\Q: Lanyers (among whom, Might commonly overcomes iV^Jjt. ylbjqiic dativo accufativo, 7\oma favire urgat) But it h.olds in this refped: too, bccaufe when men arc in fo lorv \ condition, that' they cannot polTibly live in a nmfe, then they grow mafcccn- tent, and /editions, that by cnibroyling all, tliey may enrich themfclvcs ; what care they, in fucii ^idrlpcratehuinonr to fet other mens houfis on fire, while they by the help of the ligjit can fee the better how to run airay with their^^oo.Vj'.

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cor/unon people of the li/j^hcr /jo}vors ?\are To in.\iiy frocrcnting caufcs of fadtion, which like nil unluck,lc conJJcllatiorntva portends ivil, and iic\'lt jnoducej any qoodiw a fettled State : Wherefore fnicc allthefrttf/?/ o( Jcd/tjon arc fo cv/l-niul ominous. My Soil,, meddle not mti'thein that (ii'c fcduioiis. ' • , .

And yet let mc tell you, that the con. fcqitoiccs of Jcdition are fnr tvorje :■ -For,

rirft, Sedition is ever turhnkvt/M feis nil in an uproar; as yon may obforvc (in ^4 els 1 9 .) when Dcrnctriiis, and the Crafrjvien, who were their Crnftf-ma- Jlers, faw their gaiii by Diana's Jdvn Jljrines^o down, by S'- ?«//// preaching chat they were no gods which arc made with hands i they ftrait xofe uj), and like madmen ran to and fro.crying, Great i's Diana of the EpJ'eJians, .till they had foon put the -w-hblc Cuy in com- ■ bi'Jlien-ixniXcovfuJion. . ■ ,

■ tSccondIy,^W^//c7^filIs all places "With TTflr, and ijloodfljed; as both Ho?r.cr il- luftratcsinhis ySdTfrfjtefxi/s/xjiKlrfj.and Jo- fephns (de Bella Jud/:ieo') iliews ii large ■"'■''•'' ■ th';

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the barh(\rif/nc and.l/oody-^iindcdnrj^o^ ih(ifn[lio;/sai\dfcd/tions. ■ "ihiviWyj -The nced/rfi'rirMrre/s, ai\d ^rcundlff \conlcntions ot t!ic Scdjtionj\, how ilight Ibevcr they feeni at firft:,ycc )na' ,y tinu-$ they (\'\k<:Jno)v. balls hyjon^ /oL'/n^' Qro\\^ zajl and j'ormidabk : and •the incredible Story which Vaulus Joz'inJ lells of the bite,- hccww: aiahtnticjue aii,d dcmonjlrablc., both formerly in the City o( crufahs.n, and Syraci/Jii ; and of h^ic^ in the F/Jhcrfnan oi' Nafies i not toin,- ftance our own /rr ,7 experience at Ijomr, which can'lurdiy be parallcl'd. . Fourth'Iyj Sedition many times cnd^ in the conjlnvration of whole 'Tows and Cities, as /''//;:j/7 JZlcgantly/'o/V/'rtj'j-it.ia ■that of Troy ; Jam/ji/e face/, G? Saxa I'C- Jant^ furdy arfiifiminijlrtit. ■ \,

Fifthly, Hcnvc'r the feditio//scom- .monly jror/^^likc fo maUy T^ioles, and J'yonrrs wider ^iro7:nd ; andlikc the Gi-/:- poivdcr-Traitors \\\vauts]Q:[% byjealoii? whijjjers addle l}ja\innso^i\\c head.priirjs t\nd other v/.y?o«//';//'f(7pofturcs; fca'L- 'icfdhL'ls, fcandalous/wi'tf/Z/Vw, Puri-

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'Six.thiy, Thcplanfiblc VroIoguPs^wA pTetevfes of the jeditions, do ufually dc termine in a tragicnil CntaJIrop/jc, as tlie faHions between the G//r//7;/ and Gibe- lines, tliough at fifft but perfonnll (thofc engaging on the one fide, thefe on the •otherj over-ran ahiioll all Italy in the ■(onclajion.

Stv<t\\x.\\\y , Sedition is moft impetuous; &accordingly corapar'd to fuch things as are moft nHivc Sc de/ir//Rive:ai to the Sea hreakhviiii, which carries all before it. So to tifirc breaking out, and :^ plague o'ipcJlUcncc ; Incipit adi/no, iiificit omnes, '■ Laftly, Sedition is a perniciom evil; T^hticidydes (liles if, All kind of evils. And nullum malum perniciofnn, faith Pla. to in his Book lalt qviotcd ; There is no evil more pcrniciont then /edition ; for this divides, yea, and di/corps a City: Divijion commonly udiers in deJlruHi- .

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Secondly, of A/iip, for wc hnvclmd form:inyycars,no^r;;/'/^oftheo/c/and • \vcll-kno\vnArtnv of the Lfiml,buz only an jlrbitrary govcrm'.cnt, chmi^dWkc an j4In:amcI^,i\om year to ycar,ac the null of our 7/0)1' t orf/s pro tcmporum rntiovc.

Thir^Uy, OUihcrty ; which hnih been no odicr of lace,but nicer vajjiilla^e^^or if wc did not what onr Task-rm^fhrs lifted to /w/'o/f upon I'.s, honns and ////- pTifciimcnts na/tcd for uj''i\%SM\X. Paul fpeaks of himfclfin the 20 oh\\zu4cls') in ivrry place.

Fourchly, Of Property, for no man

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but ftarting up a Covenant, Injwgemcnt,

or an Oath ofa5j:trcition for all ; orpicl^

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^and then he muft be in)pri[hn'cl,pilla{''(i,

and plunder d w i thout bail o r maiiupri\e.

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and/mj' for/wl'licI:^pcacc our of never fo good afj'c'dion, we were voted Dclin- fjnrnts, Malij^nants, Jll-aJpHcd.

Sixthly, 6fyVn//_y, for this City and Nation, winch iovajflucncc in all kinds, was the envy & admiration of the whole earth, arc now reduc'd to fuch cxtrcvm vccrjjity, through tlie continuance of the ivar, and maintainance of the ^rwv,that had no enemy: and the gener all decay of trade, (there being no c^nfiderable/w- j}ortat7on or: exportation of {roods forma- lly years) that the rich arc not able to fijcconr:i\\d/iipport ihc poor, which arc become innumerable, quo ad nos ; and the/.'oormuft.c're long, either/^// upon the rich mens (oJl'ers, or cat up one ano- \\\cx^carknfcs.

Seventhly, OiTruth,']nJ1ice, Charity, Kin;T, and Go^himfclf; all which (fave that there he a/ni' 7ianies in Sardis; .md that Go^hath an elrflion of crace m :i\\places and naes) fecm among'iis, like materia prima, at this day, ro have no oihctbeing then in terms. Indeed, all this vvliile, \hc prevailing fa^icns have

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It isobfervable, that the Scripture fcldom fpeaks of the death of Gods Servants, bnt cither with fome allay of the bitternefs , and acrimony thereof; andthus it is caird not a death, but a departing, a dinblution, a flecp, a red- ing under hope,a refre/]j/ti£^,(^c.Or with. fome additian cither of honour, as Pre- cious

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hundred and fifty Privets of the congrr^.u tiois,me»ofreiiCn'};y and ull diat li(]cd witluhcm in i\\m jcditio?} wliich they rais'd againft Mofs and A.xron, ( Gods M^^^ifr.irc iind Hi(^Is pi'icfl) who were s.Ufn>ol/owed up ciuick by the eanh opcn^ ing) as wc read in Numh. i6. vviu'cb j may fcrvc as a n'tifning piece to us, crc. j ^ And next in many p.vtictdars j for ■[ falr-fpokcn ylhflow'C who fediclou/ly j affcmbled tJ-.c mighcy men of Jf^el to- ^ethcr againft UiiNdtnr^l and Civil ft- ihcr, Kin^ David) wasfuddainly /u'/VW up in ihc forh-e of a Trec.and (okhhan^- ing bct'.vcc n Ijcaven and earth.

So Zimri who at fir ft confpird a- [^ainft, and dien_/7f)v his Mafer^ ( King 'Elah (in I King. i6.) foon after iu/iit hiwfclfio death in the clofc of the fame. Chapter,

SoShel/ay a man of Belial^ for hlorving the trumpet oi Sedition^ f\ying, ]Ve have }io part in David^evcry tnan to his tents ^ 0 if ad (in i Sam, 20. i J was foon af- ter beheadedh^ the men of Abel \ and his ^kdd was cdf 4i;cr the tvals id^oalfi \^

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abundantly tea.fic this truth , That; dc.th: And Ao hc^.s t/.e e. J JcrcoF

r/;r/> dejlrufiion comes [iiddAinl-j .; How many memoy^l^Uand fe>trfid ex>iwp!cs of ^/w>/c /w/?^f(f in this kind have wc feen of latCj whoi^: f 1171 i^]/?H)it was as jiotori- ou: as their //V;. Then, wj fofj^ 7/icddlc / not rvith them 'y ((or whether you look into the Laiv of God , or into the Civili Zrf)v,\vhich is the L,uv o'iNdiions-, or in- to the Common Law o( Englind) ftill you will findj that their dcjtrul^ion comes fucidainly : and one would think that is b.id enough i and yet I mull tell you, or rather iV.cText it felf telsyou, that r.'crc" is a great deal more^ and worje be- hind : Tor my Text is like a Bee thai hath both honc-j and Cijlhig. It begins (as you hu'C heard) with the feur oj 'God Ar.d the. AV'vj, which is all hone) : but If CliMgli/igs and [c.ditiot(4 pcrfons ^.?-....: j.iu .. ' (of

(faidi Solomon,')

This ^itsfcir^ is a hUmo fcit : This' Jntero^ntion is equipollent to a fin^^lc Ne-. ^•ition : as if he had fa id, No mani-ncws it while he lives hr re ; though this ^/// ■ fcit hath be;^otten injinite and intricate (jtiejlions j yet r.o man nlive is Able to unriddle and rejolve them ^ but the [edi- • tiotii^ nor they neithct till (as it isfaidof- I'ld.ts^Acl.i.) diey^^iJ to their crvnfiuei ■md that you may not go thither for com- • pany, let me couiifel you, as Mo(es doth ihe Jfraclites (Numb, i6.) Dep.jrtfrom the tents ofthefe mcked men ^- and touch nothing of theirs,^ lejl that you peri jh in nil theirfitis.

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^^jjr^JSitjs a rr«//;; generally rc- Tiv^/vv''--^ ceived. Tha't no '(late or cotj-

'^M'^L:J <^/V/^/?on earth, is'^abfolutely ^•:ji;/."\i;ra ^crfeU and hi^f-j \ fo it hath been the unwearied <'Wt"v^'" of •all that 2X0. wife -iind goody to attain unto haypi- ■'u/a-nd perfeclicn'm every kincjj osnccr as hu7/janef/iiilty u'ould ad4iiCi'.And be- caufc nothing contributes more to hap- pincfsthi:n C oz/ c r 7} r/ienty which hy curc- ing the unruly p^ilfions of incn , dotli both help w lifeguard dieir perfons, and diO:ino;uiili their Jntcre/ls^ (o as they may irccly and quietly enjoy what the

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§ciuly fuppclingit withmy 0_y/ j.. loiay o. my utmoH: endeavour' to heal jit\d. re- cover it. . ;;.

.And l^rc affeffling :brevity,<I will pAfsby allfuch .infirmitiv[i as, a quid:- [sghi might have difcern'd in the ,firft ten ycar>.o.f the. jatC;Kings reign j And I.will.takc niyrifc i)o. furdiCT then an Ordinary ■Xolitiiuni n)ight/havc cafily rgrv^dj^-tf/f k Thatthc Y^'^ol-Jrunc'e^

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^/'/r/^jand tlicJ/.r/f/of the Low Coiai-i /rcj/, growing at that 7*;w daily more' 2nd more fofe/jt by Sea and X^W s and fomeoCthem not only 'tlircatning in-' vadon, but alfo year 'after year, and almoft daily committing upon the A^jr- rcrv feasy fuch out-ragcV ^nd infoleoT- cies, as could not well be any longer cndur'd : His Majejij (not only to fup* port his ownjufi Cre,unef^ and tlic Ho- noiir of the Nanon^ but alfo bodi to fc-' tiirehis ^^kZ-jV^/ at homc,'.and to give check to the Ncigboufing Prwces abroad j - (all which without mr greater fupplics then' tiie. ancient' Revenue, of the rr<j)v;/,' could' not pofTibly dien-.bc done to any.puri.x)fej rais'd fJ)ip-f.>:or,ey •' yet not untill fuch "time: as divers of the rpr/ii^^es had freely delivcr'd their' Opinions^ that in fuch Articles of nc- cclTuyjhc uiight /-in'/v//y' do ir. Now^ grant diac the King h.i f ' herein CKtcnd- cd His rrcrogaiive n- little too farrc',' though when die Crfe was ai-gu'd, the ^■udgcs wxrrc divided about ir, and' one"" half of thcm/o.v//y and //;?;'■ main tain 'd' ' • ,'■ it

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ic ro be i.nvj yc in regard firll He was in.fomc fore then ncccfTuated to do what- He did for the weighty Ren fans prcalledgcd ; Next in regard it was all the T>ixe which was then yearly paid : To both which, Ice me add, that in re- gard it was but a Flea-bite to each par- ticular man, in comparifon of thofe in- fupportablc Prcflures, under which v^'c have laien groanitjg and g'^fpf^g ever fincc J all fober and uiibyaffed men mufl and will confefs, that it had been a great deal bcctcr for us to have pati- ently cndur'd tliat fino;lc inconveni- *cncc , then fomany milchicfs as have fincc befallen m j and that iiad the 5hip-money been illegall , yet' the Rc- vicd-j iiach been far worfc then the ■I}ifcjfe. • •• . ^ ■ .

The Sh'tp-moncj was no fooner afTeff- cd, but llraightllart up. a dtjcontentcd pjrty , which ( having learn'd out of Machidvil i that it is be ft fi Hung in troubled waters ) ■ greedily laid hold upon • that obliqtiity^ to ■ render his Mj- jejij ociious:' tor they not- only dcni- •'• Cd

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.ed the payment, but fell down tIAk into fedicioiis and uimultuous couri?^ : for l\^c 'effcduall compofm^ whereof his Majefty' thought that ■ tlie fpcedy calling of a. Tarli^moit ;wouId he the moll likely expedient^ • and accor- dingly, of hisj accuftomed grace and clemency, hciffu'd out his Writs to convene fuch a great Councill as -by .their Wijdowe and Moderation mx^ht wholly falvc'up what. was pa(l,'a'iid fecure us from all Innovation for /die future. But die Tributes 9f the People by ill Arts, had fo imbitter'd and exajpe^ rated ihc feveral Counties and Corpo- rations , th;)t inftead of grave , able,, and wonhy Patriots, few or no Knights and Biirgcjfes were thoUn , but oulic old Puritan PafNon, whom tlhC/jnrc/j and State , ever fmcc the Refonn,uion , have found to.be inveterate and irrc- conciliable Enemies to Peace and Truth J Both which, though dicy fecm'd to cry up in the Beginning of the late Troubles ; yec it appcaretii at this day, that they will not Jay down _ their

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their ' Arms, that'tlicy may Kivc Pcatc ; nor ytt leave tlicir lying j 'tlin'r they may have Truth. -Thefc tender. Confci- cnc'd Men (fa they call'd themfclvcs) •lind then an Opportunity put into their hands to aftuatCjWiiat m Corners they 'had To' rnany A^cs together afore- hand defirtnaV "^^^^ not only there- '•^^ihir Alteration , "but nnc^r Abolition )and Extirpation of the To truly ancient 'and every way' excellent Govemmou "huh of church 'and StMe j though the poor fcojU that chofc them, and many -of 'them in the' Simplici- ty oPrlieir Souls, neither did, nor in- 'decd could give them any fuch unli- mited, timi' extravagant' Power ^ as that Coijvcntitl: (being flefht with improba- ble Stteccfffs) did afterwards by degrees 'nffumc to 'Thenijelvcs ; And I call it a Corivttiticle in the fame Scncc that tlw 'Trent-council ■ was fo call'd, and be- cni'ife there-was packing in Bodi much a'like before the prevailing Fa(flion in lithcr could accomplifh their De- •|igns. ' The- Members being 'nict, af-

tcr. an, hcan-j ihanhgiv'ing amor/' ihcwfclves y that djeir i'.(^;y■ was (b numerous J. and an hypocritical JUnni^ liittiof)- (o: die JEvils. i\]cy intended 5 they fell clofcto workj and the bet- ter to carry on their .Defrgns , tb.ey publiflu ii Ret;;onJ} ranee to the King- dom, in wHch ( with acturfcd C/aiw)- they laid open their Civ^il Fathers na- kcdnefs (fuch as it was) and to ren- der Him not onely odious, but ri- diculous, they aifix'd fome pcrfonall faults upon //;>/;, which He was in no- wife guilty of. And his ovcr-fghts ([(Hi' had any ) they did aggravate and em- broider with fuch malicious i'?/;ao'/V/' that they did thereby gull ihcjv cIL meaning Feople into a kind of Credu- lity , or at Icaft Anxiety j and fo by little and little they did eftrange and alienate their ibrmer good Opinions and dutiful Affc(flions from djtir, kiw!' full and oracious,' S-QW E,R A I G .N r ■ a PraSItfe- trc-afon^blc in ic fcif, and fo • confcft tobcin'any others; yet, rhcv" nor.oncJy. (o^wiv'd at- ic. ia them-'-

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fclvcSj and abfolvcd thcmfclvcs for it ; but juftificd k as a Vcrtuc both need- full and commendable , ■which it h confcft by their new L^gijlittive Poivcr, ilicy might- both as colourably and warrantably do, as a Lord in the rioufc of Peers- did profeflcdly main- rain thatweinay do Evillchat Good may come thereof ; and tliey had no other ground but his bare word ( and thatcxprefly contrary to Gods Word) whereon they built the whole Fabrick of ihcicUtopliDj RtformAticn : of which wc can yet fee no other I'ruits but the Prophanation of Churches , yea, even of Saint r^uls , the renowned ^foibcr-C/jurc/j ohhls City and N-ttio):^ which is not only turn'd into a Den of Thieves^ but a Stable for Horfes ; which leem to have as much Religion and ChYi^iAnifj , as fomc of the T^dn- y^^jis diat ride diem : and more hor- x'vX- Offrcfions by High' Conns of J'-tt- fiicc^ and other arbitrary Im^tfitions ^ then ever were done by colour of Au- tbprixy ifi- tlkj Kcign ^f all the" Kings •n fincc

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/Incc die Conqiicjt. Tliefe and worfe arc tiic vifibic Pruits of their preten- ded Reformation , as you fliall fee ere I have done. The Found.uion where- of being laid in fuch rotten Princip/esj die Stnifhire (diough like the City-pa- ^c.wts^ it was fomewhat fpecious ac firft, as being richly gilded, and fairly painted ) was not likefy to prove much better j yet they carryed on that which they c.dl'd the C^ujc ( for they were afham'd to call the Rcbdlion by its pro- per Name ) vigoroully , and broughc it by dejrrees to\hat goodly B^hd^ and confufccl C/;.jwthat now it is : For fird they contriv'd a ProrcJI.uion , which ( like a Viper ) had its teeth fo bu- ryedin its gums, that it fccm'd ac firfl: blufli an harmlefs bead, tliough tlict bite thereof was deadly : for dioucilv tlie Plot eft. Ill on had divers plaufible Pretenfes interwoven in it , and was made, as rheyfaid (like our ordinary MnjAfi.uks) only for the Meridian of ihc He tij<:-y yetdsfoon as the I^tcwbirs had .taken it ,. it \vas impos'd upon ■ "- •■' the

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tlic People \ and the cliicf ends of ic were 5 firft, to cement the Fjc7io};sfa(\ each to other : Secondly, like a Shi!;- I'd fth to dU\iuou[(\^ an F-phnu/tiie from anJfr^clitc. Thirdly, to ibrtific iheni- felves againft the KING and all his ■jddlicraits ; And fourthly , to bear ihcm out ag;ain(t the Reach and L^^jl) oi all fouill Liwvs , to which they mighc poffibly become obnoxious in their future Arb:tr,n^ Proceedings, And haviii<i; thus preparM the VVay, they fell to pur^in^ ihif Ifo/ife ot all fuch as they call'd and accounted ///- ojfcffed^ and M^ligfinnti j diat is, in plain Eftglifli, They CKpell'd all fuch confciciuious Pofoiis^ as cither out of die Fear cf G 0 D^ or Fidelifj to His ^Innoiiited^ wt)uld tnot concur in their da.'i'Terous /V^v, and deteflabic R([o- lutions : and they purg'd ic fo often , and made their Poii&ns fo ftrong and fulfonic, that c'rc long they had not lefc any confidcrablc number of ho- ^eft and upright Mert among them. And- ch.c - Purgative Phyjicl: ' having

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ihey could not have help'd Him who .-.muft no longer (forfooth) be triiAed ; with the Militia ( one of. the faftcft ana : faircft rioweis of the Crown, &with- •. oucAvhich 3 Monarch is a King and no '.. king'jbiu it muft be put into luch hai>d5 A. as they could confide in: and that bein^

.taken away, hVotcox tn'o Aript. /////: . of all Powcr^ in a trice,boih by Sea ani , Land. All his Forts , and Torts ^ , : Capes iMiJg'JzitJts, 2nd Ships, were no: . .onely/ir/x'rt'by tbcm i but both wmV; ^\ 2nd kept, and turndt and jortifidz •. gainft Ilim. . And about that .T/V;^ Si. ... Ji'tcbArd Cournit J.ord. Mayor ot Lor,- ,. Jon ( a M^n of fo Hngvlar- Integrity , ..^.that.ilic whole City for the lime floo: ..uprigh{inliiin),wns,committed to .tb; ...'iTowcr s.tjnd .//j'tf Pennhigtort lublh-

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deny it i Tor while this hung in iiipence,' the Members tamper'd with 'Vww;, Mun)\\ni)ig -, and other Zelots Citizens of defperate Opinions, and ^(-•fpicjble fortunes) to fally with their )U)myloni down to }V/jitc-hj /I in gveac Lumbers, and greater diforder-, whcre- •i many Sea- men of the fame flrain Atre liyr'd niidcr-hMid to meet them by vater ; that fo , what with their huge rumbers.and their hideous noyfe, they n":ighc at laft intimidate the Court s r 3 • ' and'

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and bodkins, which were firft melted ■ 3iid then ccin'd with the r.irliifjftnits ' (lamp: Tears and Jcaloufics were crc- • .'ted, and fomcntea : new dangerous plots were daily difcovercd by the au-' thois and contrivers of them : All Liiown or fufpciflcd Loyallifls were li:in fli: outot the line of communica- tion : The Companies ol the City took dieir turns to march down to Wcflj-rtiiu- n,r daily to guard the lloufc ; and the- City for the time feem'dtoail fobcr' mcnbut agreat 2;(f^//4w, in which, like To many mad men, they ratled with their chains, and liollowed, yea, and laughed, when in truth they did but help to haQcn and lengthen their own nnfcry. The Scots were call'd in to Icndtlieir brotiierly affiAance, and to this end a folemn League and Cove- nant was equivocally pcn'd, and takenj and impos'd as a fnare > to entrap all . confcientious Subjeifls: A Diretflory was publilh't for Uniforihity in Do- . drine'and WorHiip, which- had neither the' Lords Prayer/ nor an^ of thi three ■ " •■' ' -r 4- ' -*'-Ci'ee'-J, '■

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' the Towcr^ and then voted dowfj Host and r>>'t}}clj, and To was the Hoiile uf the Lords 7(inf:r,}ll a'terwnrc's : A diffract fill ////*. >nd C7WIS fcncafttr his M,iy-pit , and his Koy,i/l Cor.[ort , and his no IclTe ///;;;c<r«/, then ://ufrjciis J'io(^nij were all jlig}ji.ui'^d ; All that cngag d with , or but Icem'd to favour ////« J and his righteous C^nfc , were voted Dc/innucnts > and Malig- 7iAr,ts '. Iht church Qi Eiighnd (with- out any trial at ail ' was caff, and ton- fienin'd : The obfeivation of Moly- dayes, yea of all the Feafhvals ktptm foinm^rinoration of C/"-//? hin^felf, was fivept .aw^y wich anOidmance: The

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thjy held him like a Wolf by the ears-; whether they held him or let him go' they wcreAilI in danger-, as not be- ing able to fatisfic and fecure their own Guilt ; they at h[\ fet up a mock- Court of juftice, in which they for- mally arraign'd and condcmn'd him < and then mofl inhumanely murderd him before the Gates of his own Pa- lace, and ufnall place of rcfidcnce.

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And here obfcrve by the way , that though the Presbyterians, Indepen- denes, AnaUiptiUs, and all other Schif. manques and Seiflaries, may well be called LEGION, for they are many • yet though they be never fo many ; end never fo far differing , and dif- " .agreeing each from other , in their peadsjycc hkc Snm[ons Foxes;; they are '

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tyed together bytb.e tayls : nnd likt S'nnton mA Levi, they agreed hks ore- _ ihrcn ii) aLtuatinfj this, which was ns. cnplcnlla crime, ;tnd.2S hoirid nn ini- quity, nseveithc iuti btheld. And wh'.,ch 1 m.iy not pretcruiit in (lie nee) when the Zt-lots firft tojk up Arms, they pretended thuihcy did it not a- gainfl the A7iYc7, buthi^ cvi! Coun- I'cUors : But God (who is the Tryci- nnd Searcher of the Heart and- the lleins) knewfull well, tlir.t it was the Kiii^s Pcrfo)) and office that they rebel d ngainft i and thtretore hi? providence piotCifled Hiin in the 6Ay ofBjttail, and put Him fafe and found into their hands: that all the World mir.ht fee by their ;.(fluall muithering Him at lift, that they had intentionally murther'd Himfiomthc firft rifeof the Ucbelli-^ on: 'I'lius what they did with the full iuay and fwingc or their Wills, did e-. vcn againft their Wills conduce to-, wards their making good in hisiJ.v/V,' ^vhat they had often promis'd in the Entrance oi' their damnable Undeita- • ■ ■ -kings,

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^ The King being thus tranflared, and all his Royal Progeny being baniih'd iorthepieient, and by an Ac^ of this perpetual Parliament , for ever difa- bled for fwaymg tlie thicc Scepters of iheir Liith-right j and the King- domes themfelves being llrangely metamorphos'd into a Common: Wealth, as fome are pleas'd to call ic

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■ whom it is faid , • ^lui. when there, rv.u • ■ m Kivg tit ifraclytvcry on Jidj!j.n rvhtch ■■ ficvicd tight in his own Eyes j andconfe- i.qucntly,'few j or. none did that then •which was right, la CODS eyes. And '••this being jud our Cafe in this//;//r-

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i^rcatcft power ; for'the General ,■ 'nnd ihcAdrairal, E(Tex?M }V^rmcl: ywcre both theirs, but after lifl'ts: his death, (whether it were natural , ns fome fay he dyed ot a.Suifct, he b?ing a noted r.piciirc, that fcrv'd no other Cod but liis own belly •, or as others fay^ it was violent, and that he was poyfcr/d; which if trnc , was the juft Reu-.-ird of his Rebellion) the. morally 5^.Tft)^;/c /w.'i£'/>(';.\^r;;//0Ufwitted their Brethren, and their Elders too, "I mean the E[m- itc PresljytcriATis ,' and got for a time both t\\Q Birthright i and the BLfingoC the Civill power , and condu(fl of the ytrfnj into their hands , till ere, 'long the Lievtenant Gencralj v. C/omwc/,{2 man Fafl to no Religion ) hufJntcrcf} ) by- his Aifilcm-hkc Infinuation Avith the CoihrndnderSy and by his Preach- ing , Praying, and other Giftsin cant- ing., lud fo gain'd the general good Opinion of the Common Souldicrs,

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■ longaihehved. And if ar.y wo.u er • how he fira f^ot , and then held the ■ iwfcyUlDlmii f Let ir.e lell the-n ,

• that this hvavc oUvcr, befidcs ciuu h^ .• was a Gcnilciihtn bom, and To had hhc-

• ;iaU EdncMion at liome ;u I'c^cc , and . abroad ituhcir.rn: he was alio a ninn ; of excelletit natiual P>nn , and l'>

• thorough a Politici.w, that hecheckd ;. at nothing which was ill: lie pav d h's . way to Preferment , throuL;h Ulood ,

Perjury, 6"^ And having got th.' r- Power, helaidafidc the golden ^r^/--

• r UKi as an infigmhcuit bauble tor legit;- .*inaccfn//f^M^o piay w;th, and pleat'-

• the-Tifclves, and rul'd this ( which Iw obfcrVd to be a (lirring, and a head

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liicfj.ircJ the cidcft fon of Oliver vvas (as r/.tuloe faid) dcfign'd to fucceed his father in the FrotciJor/ljip 5 and ac- cordinRly declar'd by the then Coun- cil of (Ijie : and his fecond fon thrjrj continued a while his Viccgercncy la Ireland j but the Members of the per- petual Parliament (having an aUinf' G tAfotl^

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plngi and changing!, nsihcy had ob- j, . krv'd in Church and State, (which had Jim through all, Forms ot Go- vcriunent, without any prcfent fatis- faetionjor hopes of future fcttlement) and that after To prodigall tfTufion oF. Time, Tre-^fure, and Blond, they had clone, i[» tihCl, noth.ing. all this while, but undone thcmfclves : then (as if GOD had pur anewSpirit into the old /;r;fj;Vj/, which had opened, their eyes) it feems tSiat all .Countie?, and Cor-, poraiions, and this City above the reft: (in which there were about that time lb many commotionSj and curfory in- fiirreftions of the Apprentices) had under-hand promis'd to ,rifc 2S one man ^ and to Aand for a free Parlia- ment (which they knew could not le- [^ally becall'd without the King) as the onely viflble means to redeem Ui\ aiulour Pofterity, from the Houfeof Bondage 5 in which vvc have been con- Itrain'el fo many years to make the full tale of Bricks^ though our hatd-hcart-

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jj find L^fj.'bcr! without a coofli(fl rc- i turn'd viitorious 5 And now the Piia. naticlcs began to promifc th/nifelves pcrpctuall peace and fafc-ty, and a fc- cure raipji. But they \vl re vc^ry much deceiv'd in lockingfor an abiuint^Ci- ly here, where they might reft and re- veil: Fu: Liwb.ri having gotten re- putation l)y that which indeed wava Teeming fucceffe without a vielory 5 then (as it was faid o^ Afurim') he led thcArmy.and Ambition led him(wlio was a Prince of 0//'i'tv/ faith, that had learnt of his Great Lord and Mu(lcr, to keep no Oaths, or Eng.igcmentSj Covenants^ Vowts, or Promifcs, but what he wanted cither povver or op- portunity to break) and he grew im. patieni(iike Cif/Jr)of having any pow- er above his jand accordingly he rou- ted the poor Members, though of the fame body famatick, and put them on thefuddain to feeknut new habitati- ons. But the nine dayes wonder was hardly over, ere He, andhis Confede- rates found that their head- pieces were founder and better then their

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hcad$5 and that they had made a great deal more hiiflc, then good fpced ; for T3pan mature ddibcrntion , they bccnmcfenfible that ihccomtnon foul- dicrs wt:rethcn ready to iii\i|iny for

want of p.iy; and that tlic OlTicers liad neither ready monies in flop their mouths, nor any poflible way wlierc- by to raifc them. And while thty were in this tottering colulition,Pofl^ out of the N(>rih(^\\kL''j''l'' Mcllcngcis

"of ill News) came tripping atcncho- thcrs heelsj and the news grew fo hot, that Cenerall Mo»rk^ had taken tbc Field and was marching Satih-tv.ird^ that it did no htilc cool his courapr.

■ And at a Council of War, Lnmkrt was oppointcd toadvnnc(N-"'//;ivi'f/ tool)- flruft the General"; inrnd'j.* yet hediiij not fct forward till fuch time as the Ati.ibiipl'ff') ^"({.c^i 3nd all other So- Varies were h(i:c put into Anns; as the oncly godly pariy, in whicii both that Ariny, and Jrion then Lord Mayor, and lilchl/un/ ^ with divers prime Citizens of the FacTiiii] could then confidcjto which'kt mcaij

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that Generall Flceirrood undertook to keep all quiet hercr to whom L^/w- icri on his march difpatch'd fcverall miffivts, as fomany cautions to keep the Members from re admillion into the Houfe , which though he Keligt- oufly obfcrv'd,avfar as he was able.ycC llizkr/p^ge^ Morlry^and the rell ot the Jinifip (tor fo they were abudvcly then cnll'd between the fcorn and hatred oj the coumion people) out-witting and over-powering the phligmatick Ge- nerall, did by fuch power as thty brought with them from PortJ/j/ouib^ force their re-entry into thciloufc^ and did, Spider-like, evifcrate and fpiii out thtmfelvcs,and their time, that Co they might not want new Cobwebs (fuch as the Oath of Abjuration, .ind the Ailcfment of an hundred thouland pounds a Muncth,and fuch lilic trifles) whtrtin to entangle and engage us. As the Houfe fate, hatching thefc Cocatrice l^ggs , they cafl LuMhirt fuch a bone to pick, ai beat out all his teeth, and kfc him no more power, then ordinarily the Prince of this G 4 world

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world gives to the children of difo. bedicnce, whom he (hips and whips at laf^jas the Guerdon of thtir former fcrvicc : and L<iinberti forces being difpcrsj'd by an Order of the Houfc, Gcncrall Mondi marclicd on hiihcr- wards without the Icaft oppofition j and whicli isinorc, all the Counties which lay in, ornecr ihc way, as lie march'djdid unaniniuufly petition him '(as it heliad been foinc petty Prince, and Saviour of the people, as wc hope lie v;ill prove, ere he hath done) for a free Parliament; promifing withal), that in order thereunto, they would •Hand to him with their lives and for- tunes^ but both his carriapc andex- prcffions, were then fo rcfcrv'd and doubtfull, that the Pciitioncrs were difmirftd with little fatiifadlion, fave that the man is tmintntly civil. A* inong which Petitioners, thc^rcwerc divers hioneft men, both of the Alder- men, Common Council, and young rnenofihe City; who (for Clewing their good ofl'edions to fuch a free •parliament) were rccur'dini|ocroipi:'-, • " ' • and

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and other Pnfons : for though the Members ufed to give thanks to fuch as prcfcnted them with Petitions, fram'd in the Houfc, and fubfctib'd both in City and Country, according to their dirc(fllon (which decoy v/33 grown Qalc.and almufi: out of fafhion) yccnov/, when they fawall parts peti- tion for a free Parliament, (which they rcfentedas delhuillivc to their new model'd Covimon-n^iAUh ) they grew more impatient, andinfoknr,then or- dinary '-i cfpccially when upon Gene- rail liknkj firft approach, they ob- ferv'd his tair compliance, and for- ward obfervancc o( the Councill of Statcsextravagnnt Order; Tobrcak down the City Gates, and to pull up their Pofbs, and Chains, a violence fo uncxpetftecJ, that it did not onely ftar- tle the honeft Common-Council for the prefcnt j but it foevjtreandy dif- gulted the Citizens in gcnerall, that though foon afcer he laboured to faive up the mattev by fome healing piai- fters ^ yet they did not forget, that he had uot oncly broke their heads, but h:d

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had with fomedillionourmadc tbcm, for the time, to pull in their Homes ; with which they liad C lilcc fo many mad Oxen) gored the King anrl his pnrty,d\irin^ the continii.Miccf>f the Wnr 5 which as it took its firfl rife thence, foGod gr.^nt it tnay notcrid there, asthcjuft punifiiincnt of their fad^ions fnrwardntnr.

To fwctten th( rn a}:.^in^ he fcattcr'd

afew fuRar-pliiins amnnfr them, pro-

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Tdrtt3riiini : and thereupon the giddy-

•headed multitude Hraij^ht made great

acclamations , fomc of them openly

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CH■iRLF''>^ God fend us a King again ;

and others drank healths to the King

'and to the General, as they were then

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'T])iScimdr\unn'v\ved, ^97 andfoonely Inablcdro domoremil^ chief, unlcfTe many of the fecluded Members ( which arc lately mtrodu- ced) arc become Tvcal Converts (as it is not without fome good grounds ge- nerally hnp'd) ihouj-hfor theprcfcnf the C^ialilicrtions u''' they prcfcribe to all Cuu^'tui T,v\ACor^or4'.iDr.s to bcau- ly obfeiv'd in the Eledion of ihcncy/ Kfiii'Ui and F:<^c^<#/, give the v^holc Kingdumc juft caufe to fufpce% that ■ the intent and meaning of the Houfc, istohavenofrec choifcat all.bccaufo they wil isot allow any lobeciiplcnas Members of the tKxt, hiitonely fuch as have fignally feltifnd their good af- fedlions to ihis : and (i( \ may deliver my mind withr.ut off-mce) I cannot fc Cas thirgi now Oand) liow they can le- g.illy inucontWdts t0c.1l a ntw Pari, without the Kings conftnr^ Of grant they cnuld,why the iVUm.btrs now af- fuiibltd, liiouia not have altogether as much power and will to [redeem their poor bleeding Cnuntry which thevhuvc thusiuibroii'd. as the next c^\y have, fuppiling it to U- as J; cd as

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Thus with th'.- good s^nnrttdtit wine, IhaVcfearch'd the yet ftrflering fores of ths Bociy-V'iiittclf^ 5 I have lanc'd rhcm to the quick , and not on- ly let out the iinpollumatcd nutter, but taken away thr: proud, ;ind dead flcfh j for Gad knows thnt it is the humble, and carncftdirrfrc of my licart and Soul rather foundly to heal our wounds, i!icn oncly fnpcificiallv to skiu them over , led if they break nut flp,Vm, the parts that arc il-affctflcd, flinuldpangr?nc,and fo the whole bo* dy pcrilli. Now I come with thcJ^. tii^ntjn to pour in my Oyl, and toap* ply an healing Haljant'^ to which do you joyn with me in prayer, that God t\'ould be pleas'd to give his blefllng.

The mnft authentique Ph^fitians fay, that the exaft knowledge of any D ilea ft*, is the fit ft Hep to the Cure ; and that the next is avollcity in theP.^- ticnt to be nnde whole : The former (by Gods affiQance) we have attain'd imto by that difcovcryjWhich hath hi- therto been tnade i and that the latter is no Icfle ntcefTary, may be gather'd

from iha: uuexp-.d^ed quc(hon, which our bltflld Lord himfelf ftartcd to the mafi that had l.iynCo uuny years cripl- cd at the Pool of Bcihi-fdt ^ iVtlt thou le firtde whole .«* which had been fupcr- vacnncous, but that fume will. not , as ' the Prophet ynm^ fpeaks oi Bah^lot} 5 We would b.ive iund Bjbyiou , lut fie wou'd not be healed. And Chrift be- moans 'jiriifilcM^ frying, lirv cftcn wjtild I hive gjtbrtd iho , (Vtfi as an hcti gciihcrs her chickens under her rvingti But ihoii wou'djl tiot.

Thusiit this day we fee fome of our ordinary btggsrs go about with fcal'd heads, and running fores upon them ^ v/ho inight bo cured in our HofpitaU, and coll: them nothing \ yet they will not i partly, that they may have the morcplaunblecaufetobcg,andparrly that they may beget morccompalfion in the fpeftators ; but principally, that thcfevifiblc griefs may be a fupcrftde- asagainlt the Statute, that' provides fuch Vagrants fhould be fet in the (locks, or fcnt to the Houfc of Corre* ftion : And the truth is/hat there be

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And lo fuch particular cafes (of which thercisnoeud) iris impofliblc for any rnauio apply fomany proper Reruidits : All iucli mull be relieved by fume fpecia! A(\ of i^arl. provided,, whentherc tsciufeiMy fcopcisto heal the body Politick) and fo many mem- bers thereof (as b(inp become truly lenfibicof the mortal difcafc in v/hich they have folonj]; lain hnp,ui(hinp) arc willing to be rclloi'd to their former htaltli/Jaud happiuiffaj aj the three

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And aj our lirft diflcmpcr grew into a form'd dif^afe, and that pdiilential, • beCHife whtn things were out of or- ■ der, we did not humble our ftivcs be- fore God in prayer, quikntd uiihfa-> Aing C prayers and teares being all the weapons thaiGod allowi Chrilbans to take up agnirdt tlair la\?full l^iinccs) but made our addreflcs ontly to a fjr-. //j^t'«;,in which alone wcdid then put' nil our belief, and confidtiiCc : foGod liaih I'.owfcverely fcourg'd Ui witlv that arm of fit fli, which r.i an Idol v.'C fct up in his Qcad (and fo we can julHy blame none but cur feIvts,tor we reap but what we fow'd,&: drink but v.'l;at wc brew'd ) and he hath turn'd that which wclook'd uponasouronelyre- medieintoan Epidemical, end almc'ft incurable maladie i to brn-.g us at lalb to acknowltdge ingcnucbUy, th.at as neither powcj nor policy can prevail sgainACcds irdituncn'; fov/eouA dtptnd upon him alone lor fafciy.rnd

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falvaiion. King///i was oncly trou- bled with a dilcafcinhis feet (one would lliinkit was far enough from hij heart) and yet bccaufc he foiip.ht to thcPhyficinn for help in thchrit pincc, when as he Ihonid have gone untoGod it proved niortn!. And as the woman oiSjro-ph£nccid^ that fo many years was troubled w'nh an ijfue of bloody though flic fpcnt all flic had upon Phyficianj, yet was not cured till (he camctoChrift: So howe'rc itmu(t beconfeft, that a rarliameni x\'^x\y cor»Qitutcd,bc a proper Phyfician for t\\QBodj-Volitick^^ yet it cannot cure ourprcfent lloodj-ptx » without the fpecial concurrence and bcnedidlion of the Almighty :|forit is moft certain that no fccond Caufe can work to any purpofe, without the influence, and affiflanccofthc firff.

The Law both of God, and this Land, run all upon the right,and pow- ero[ Kings ^ under whom (as Gods Ordinance) WG havenot onely liv'dj but flouriflicd many hundred years : AUthefrcc-born people of thcfe three V' King.

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Kingdoms, arc bound not only by the foriucr oaths of Allegiance^ and Si/prc- ni,icy 5 but alfo by the Prolejialio;}, and the Solemn Lej^e«o'and Covenant^ to en- deavour by allmeans theprcfcrvation ofthcK'ng, andhis Succcflors, and conftquently of Cbarks the Second, who is the undoubted Heir of his Fa- thers rights, and our hopes j without whofc gracious concurrence no Law can be binding tou£,and during whofe exile, we have lived oncly under "Ly/zr- patiun and /^tj/jm^, enmity and animo- fity, poverty for want of trade, and continual cxcedive alRfsmcntstopay ihcSouldiers, who can never have all their arrears before wchave aKj/J^.-nei- thcrcanwc txpeft to fee any end of War and i^lood-flud, and all the niif- chicfs and mifcrics which now lie fo heavy upon us, til! our lawful King be rcduc'd and rclbr'd. As when a bnnc is broken, or out of joynt, the Patient can never be freed from cxquifit paia, till it bo not oncly fct, but fct right a- gain; fo though wc have been long H not

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not onely out of joynt, but even bro« Iccu ii^ pieces 5 and have fuffercd incx. prcfliblc panp,s :\nd pains j yet to this daywcfccl little orno cafe, btcaufc none have had us in hand, but fuch ir/;;/)ir;tA^/nnd AJuitnkbjnckj^ as (want- ing; cither ntiil or fidclity)h3vc in (lead of healing our wounds , inflani'dthc diftenipLT. None can fct us right agaiujbut only He, who is(undcr God) our proper rh^Jiiun^ and Father of ourCountrcy. Then a K»«5 vvc mult have, for none can extricate us out of all thole dilhcultics and dangers in which we have io deeply iiwolved our fclvcs J none can give juli: and full fa* tisfadtion to all t-adtionsand intercfls, but a Kitj^. And He, not a rcrl<Jn l{^!irljil{^^ nor yet a balHed Ricbjrd, but cur lawfullA.'//;^^, CH^UiLEs"^ without wiiom wc are now convinc'd, that wc canuLither enjoy our birth-right in this world, nor Gods bltfling in the world to come ^ notwithflanding all

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