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| them-over to their owne juſt confafion, Hee leaves them fi- 
| nally (never more to bee entreated) to lamentations, mour- 
| —_ woezto the feare, to the pit, and to the ſnare : to | 


| the Lyon, the Wolfe, and the Leopard. Thou haſt ſtricken 
| them lairh leremic)but they have not ſorrowed : thou hiſt cou- 
ſumed thers,but they have refuſed to receive corvettion : they_ 
| have male their faces harder then a ſtone, and have refuſed to 
returne. Whereſore a Lyon out of the forreſt ſpall ſlay them, and 
| 4 Wolfe of the wildernes ſhall deſtraythem:a Leopard ſpall watch 
over their (ities, every onethat goeth ont thence, ſhall be torne 
| 5 peeces, becauſe their rrepaſer are many, and their rebellions 
\ «re excreaſed, This courſe of Gods proceeding in his judge- 
ments, we may ſee moſt cleerely in the 4. of Zwwos._ Hee firſt | 
| gave themcleanneſle of teeth-inall their Cicies, and ſcaree- 
| nefle of bread in all their places; and yet they returned not 
untohim : Hee wi the raine from them, when there 
| were yet three months tothe harveſt; ſo that two. or three 


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| our many _—_— & umpenitencies, we have —_—_— our 
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Citics wandred unto one Citie to drinke water, but they 
were not ſatisfied : and yet they returned notunto him. Hee 
{mcte them with blaſting & mildewztheir gardens and their 
vineyards, their-figtrees,and their olive-trees did the Palmer | 
W orme devoure:and yet they returned not unto him. Peffi- 
lence he ſent amongſt them after the manner of Egypt: and | 
yet they returned not unto him. T herefore (ſaith the Lord) | 
thin will ] doe unto thee, O Iſrael. Hee ſpeakes after the man- | 
ner of a man, in whom juſt indignation ſtopps paſſage unto | 


ſpeech ; and who wants words to exprefle the horriblenefle | 


of the puniſhments hee purpoſes to inflict : Therefore thus | 
and thus will I doe unto thee O Iſrael, even ſo as hee threat- 
ned in the beginning of the Chaprer : The daies ſhall come 
pon yow, that you ſhall bee taken away with thornes , and your 
poſteritie with fiſb-hookes. As 1f hee ſhould have ſaid, T will 
make no more triall by judgements; I will now doe a thin 
in Iſrael}, whereof whoſoever ſhall heare, his two eares 
tingle; yea,and all his heart ftrings ſhall cremble;l will now 


This 15 certainely now juſt our caſe : (For to crie peact, peace, 
where there is no peace towards, is wicked, and to no pur- 
poſe : to bring conceits and ſmoochings to this place , will 
never ſerve the turne; either for the difcharge ot our- conſci< 
ences,r the ſaving of your ſoules) I fay, this is juſt our caſe; 
we areeven already come to this laſt point and period. By 


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gracious God to that queſtion in the I. of //ay, I | 
ſhowed you be ſmitten any more ? for ye fall away more and more. 

Or rather to this concluſion 1a the 4.0t Ames : Therefare this 

will I do nnto thee,O nation not worthy to be beloved. He hath 
made triall by ſo many Iudgements, and ſo many times, and 
al. in vainezthat the very next judgement 'we may juſtly feare 
and expe&@, without true and timely repentance, will even be | 


As the judgements upon this land have beene great and 


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ver ſaw, ner ſonnesof men enjoyed. 
which cannotbur be freſh inevery mans memorie : The con- 
| tinuing of our peare, at the death of our late Soveraigne of e- 
ver glorious memorte : And burdeliverance from the Gun- 
| powder Treaſorzof which two, when firſt every man heard, 
| me thinkes he ſhould have beeneafraid, leſt he had been 1n a 
dreame : as it 1s laid of the Ifraelites, P/al.1 2 pay oy arti 
ht apaine the captivitie of Sion, wee were like them that 
Te Goth and theſe Ho bleſſings were things ſo 1n- 
credible, and beyondall expectation : 
Yau know, a little before the Quzenes death, the wiſeſt 
| were at their wits end, and every one ftood amazcd and a- 
ſtomſhed for the feares his heart did feare. The Ieſuites 
from beyond ſeas infolently inſulted over us, and told us in 
their bookes, that this Kingdome would ſhortly become a 
prey tothe greedy ambitien of all the neighbour nations; 
that huge clouds of bloud hung over our heads, and would 
melt and diſlolve at the Queenes death. But it was neither 
fo, nor ſo,. They are the falſe Prophets of the Beaft in the 
Revelation, no marvell theughthey lyed : For he that dwels 
in the heavens laughed them toſcorne, our gracious God 
had them in derife 
 ked and wiſhed, that this land ſhould have beene elothed 
even with. bloud and fire, as-with a garment ; out of the 


| infinite depthof his unſearchable mercies, he covered it with 


| Peace, zoy, and happineſle, even as the ſeas are covered with 
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In the Gun-powder Treaſon, the necke of our whole State 


| | (the hope of poſteritie) was 
laid (as it Plaran me the blocke: The inſtrument of death 

was lifted up by the damned inſtrument of the Popes matice 
and cruelty, hee was even ready to give the mortall ftroke : 
znd had not the Angel of the Lond ſtepped in, in the very 
nickez had not our mereifull God, by his moſt miraculous 


both of Chureh and:-Common-wealth, the glory of this fa- 
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us the roote and the branch ;the name and the-remnanr; the 
ſonne and the nephew. Our land that ecftore. was as the gar- 
den of Eden, had beene by this time a deſolate wildernefle : 
Our Church which was before a harbour of Saints, had beene 
by this time a-poole of Snakes; I meane an habitation of Pa» 
piſts. The faire body of this Citie, that before was enhlived | 
with matcklefke glory and worth, ſhould by this time have 
been a rent and difmembred carkafle;and that which is worſt 
of all, the negleRed and forlornelimmes, inſpired with the 
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like a mighty Torrent, ruſh violently upon/'us.dat- 
ly more and nore.and fearefully prevaile and domineere in 
moſt places: W hy then {you area people of under ung) 
LHeaveit to your awne conſciences, to: confider what: | 


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ned repentance wee-prevent ſo great and fearefull judge- 
ments. And the rather, becauſe wee may aflure our ſelves, 
while the Devillis in hell, and the Pope at Rome,the Prieſts 


and Icſuites, thoſe natorious and tranſcendent inſtruments 
of bloud and death, will be working in the Vaults of darke- 


inſtructions, and dire&ionsin a godly life : It ſeaſons the 


nefl forthe:confulion of the children of light, the ſubverſion 
| of the Kingdume of Chriſt, and by conſequent the ruine of 
our Church and Common-wealth. Little know wee, what 
fearefuii and helliſh plot may bee evennow in hatching and 
| hammering , or how neere 1tisto the birth, while we are 
moſt ſecure : "Andfor usin the meane time, without repen- 
tance, and rocting out:dalatrie,to depend ftill upon imme- 
diate and miraculous diſcoverics and deliverances, is at the 
leaſt an unhallowed and deſperate preſumption. 

I cannot follow diſtinctly atthis time,any more differen- 
ces betwixr the ſtate of laying grace and formall hypocrifie. 
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good 'of others, that have 


for their owne _—_— But yet me thinkes there may bee 
conceived fome ditferences betwixt the child of God, and the 
formall bypocrite, urthe very ſpeculationand knowledge of 
Godstrurh, and in apprehenhon ot things:divine- a the un- 
derſtanding : Which I taketo-betuchasthele, - 

Firſt, the hight of divine knowledge '1n the formall hypo- 
cxite, doth onely: difcharge his beames: and brightnefle upon 
; but never returnes and. reflects on. bis owne ſoule to 
an exattdiſcoverie of the 20f his owne- underftan. 
affe&tians; the lumber of his conſci- 


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\ ence, the deadneſle of his: heart: but every. child of God is 


he.isbochillightned and inflamed inwardly in his owneun- 
| his Chriſtian vertues, areeverdiſperſed and working upon 


no part iathe ſpirit of fandtification- and ſound converſion | 


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eyer inſome meafure, both a burning and ſhining Lampe; | 


| ochers, Whereſoever he lives hee ſhines-asa light, amida 
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refreſhing ;bur doth firſt fully illuminate his © —— 
| notto an Oy enciaigs " for thatis Corned? for hea- 
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and ſhed into the inferiour Orbs and airez but are firſt roo- 


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naughty and crooked generatien, in the ſight and cenfure of 
God, the bleſſed Aon good menzthough Poe! 
ment "of the. world ,; and eye of prophanenefſe,, his 
£10us graces ever 4id, and ever will appeare.to wn wa 
but darkenefle ana diflembling. You may. conceive thus dit- 
ference thus : The ſun-beames (you know) are net onely calt | 


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ted in the Sunne, and doe inwardly and univerſally fill web | 
light that faire and glorious body : It is ocherwiſe an the 
Moone; for howſoever ſhe receive light, for the : cheering 
and comforting other bodies, yer ſhee remaines darke with- | 
in, and in reſpe3t of her ſelfe,ar Sia only to make her ſpots 
more conſpicuous, It is juſt ſoin the point we have in hand : 

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only ſhine upon the ſoules of others for their 1 


litze 1s capable. Bu in the form hrporris ox 1OWigever 1t 
may ſometimes diſpell ignorance anderrors from. the mi | 
ofihers; yet within he1s darkeneſle in ths Ad 


pect affning light, as is every unregenerate 1 


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he of divine knowledge in the child of God, Sock mer | 


Fourthly,in apprehenſion of divine truth in the formal hy- 


Bs Diſcourſe of true happineſſe. 


glued unto the faſhions of the world ; if hee were ſenſible of 
1;,would tel him that it is many times not ſo{weet unto him 


| | as his pleaſures: His cloſe covetouſneſle, or other unconlſcio» 


| nableneſſe in his calling, if his conſcience were illightned, 


| would informe him, that many timeNc 15 not1o deere unto 


tim as gold. | 
Thirdly the child of God hath an humble and gracious re- 
ſolution, a ſweete and willing ſubmiſlionever mixt with his 
divine knowledge, of being maſtered, guided and gover- 
| ned by it; though againſt the violent bene of his owne i1- 
clination -and the current of the time : but the formall hy. 
pocrite;(if he deale faithfully with his owne heart) may tecle 
12 himſelfe a ſecret ſubordination. and ſubjeCtion of his un- 
derftanding therein,to his wealth,honours,and worldly pre- 


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pecrite, the power of naturall diſceurſe, and-light 6freafon 


inthebone and barke, 1n getieralities, and uncertainties : but 
inthe child of God / the ſacred illuſtration of Gods fpiric 
doth plentifully concurre; and theretore he is ablero pric in- 


| ©, and pierce the marrowand pith of Gods holy truth, the 


particular yeines andfaving (enſe thereot. 

- ''T come now tothe other habir;' wiucl the Apoſtle calleth | 

eanm” mupensd, '{nirituall pruderice

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conſcience, and good of his | 


in the ſoule of every regenerate man, inrefpect whereof, the | 
—_ ktsof all other 'knowledyge and wiſedome are E- 
knefſe; which doth ever Faithfull y deſcry and dif- 
Nec utts him the ſtraite though unbearen' path to immor- 
ealitre; thorow all 'the paſſhges or particulars 'of his life : Ir 
reveales unto him the Sr s and moſt conſcionable reſoluti- 
on in.all ſpiritual debatements ; the beſt and ficteſt ſeaſons 
of reproving ſinnes and Aer | ; foules nnto God;rman y ob-, 
liquries of ations, 1 _ of many Eircurnftances; the 
fi truſts of hisoWhe i&tions, difgraces, and infirmities, 
ich' the formall hypocrite'cannot poſſibly diſcerne, *be 
kr he is ſtarke blind on _ eye. 
Amongf infinite, I ve one inſtance of the gracious 
workipg 7 ;apil'p power Hi hong habit. * 
Th us 1tha nag evill repore or falfd ander to bee un- 
juſtly raiſe (and withont _ the formall hypo- 
crite,, though it ſeldome for commonly pro- 
ho men ate more counterdaced becter co jor Fong 
oken of by the greater) » And by ' ear meh, 'then they 
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more generall Pharifaicall felfe-conceit of the reft of has 
wayes : Heangrily conteſts with the 1n1quitie and ingrati. | 


tude of the world, for cafting ſuch baſe indignitres & aſper- | 
ſions upon goodnefle and vertue : Hee would gladly beate it | 


out bravely, and make others thinke that hee pafleth 1t withe | 
out wound or paſſion; but indeede hee inwardly chafes and | 
frets, and is much grieved and gauled with worldly ſorrow 
for it : the reaſon 1s, his reputation with men 1s dearer unto 
him then the glory of God ; his chiefeſt good and comfort 
in this world, 1s the worlds good opinion of him. But inall | 
this, hee 15 ſo farre from working any ſpirituall good our of | 
it, that he rather entertaines a fccret encouragement to bee 
that indeed which the world cenſures him to bee, then for a 
bare concealed conſcience of his innocencie, ro debarre him- 
ſelfe of a full fruition of the preſent times. 

- Butletus now on the other fide, conceive a Child of God 
to bee wickedly and wrongtully flandered:tor it is properly 
his lot and portion 1n this life , to be loaden with lewd and 
lying cenſures, with unjuſt and odious imputations; ſome- 
times to have many grievous things and fearefull abomina- 
tions fathered upon hum, without all ſenſe, honeftie, or pro= 
babiliticz which he never did, he never knew, Andifonceill 
reports ratled faltely upon the godly, be on wing they fie as 
{wift as the Eagles of the heavens. Devils are ſpeedy Dro- 
medaries tocarry ſuch newes : They preſently pafſe thorow 
Tavernes and Ale-bouſes, Citie and Country, Gathand 4/- 
calon; they runne farre and wade, as currant and authengicall, 
under the Broad-ſcale of good fellowſhip; never morets be | 
controlled and reverſt, untill the matter bee brought before 
that high andeverlafting Iudge. But marke, I pray you, the 
carriage of Gods Child 1n theſe caſes : he doth indeed fiveet- 
ly and comfortably enjoy the conſciouſnefle of his owne up- 
rightnefle;though his adverſaries bee never ſo potent or cun- 
ning to threape him downe, yet untill he die, as /obſpeakes, 
hee will not take away his innocencie from himſelte. When 
che ſharpe and empoyloned arrowes of butter malice and ca- 


lumniations came thickeſt upon hin even with haile-ſhor, 
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A Diſcourſe of truc happineſſe. 


| his truly noble,and divinely reſolved foule is infinitely fatiſ- 


| fied with that in lob : Behold now, my witneſſe tm the heaven, 
| and my record 5s on bigh. Yet he doth labour co cleere himſclfe 
| {o farre, as the honour of God, the ſatisfaftion of the godly 
| and dangtr of juſt ſcandall require. 
{ But the gracious conſiderations and holy praftice, which 
| (in theſe afflictions of his good name) ſparituall prudence 
| principally miniſters and ſuggeſts unto him, are ſuch as 
' theſe: ; 
| Firſt,hee conſiders, that howſoever hee bee innocent from 
| the flander, yetthe finger of God is init, as it was indireCt- 
' ing the dogged malice of curfed Shimes, upon the royall per- 
| fon of David : and therefore he gathers, that the Lord would 
| thereby give him notice, that ſome other things in him are 
| amiſſe : that ſome ſecret corruption, by which his bleſſed 
| ſpirit 1s grieved, 15to be ſubdued and mortified, that ſome 
' grace is to be repaired; ſome of his wayes to bee amended : 
| perhaps his languiſhing zeale 18 to be revived and inflamed; 
| his heart, much duld with the contagious prophannefſe and 
| formalirie of the times, is to be quickned, and more enlarged 
| for Gods ſervice; repentance and humiliation for ſome tfor- 
| mer ſinne, not thorowly repented of,or in part reſumed,is to 
| be renewed. Perhaps the Lord hath thereby an holy purpoſe 
to reveale unto him, the omiſſion of ſome duties 1n- his- cal- 
ling, or ſome ſmaller faults (yet fcandalous) whereof before 
he was not ſenſible. Or 1t may bee, to prevent ſome tinne to 
| come, either that with which he 1s falſely charged ; or {Tme 
other to which his fraile nature 1s more 1nclining. Or laftly, 
by this experience to prepare him with courage, and furniſh 
bum with wiſedome to comfort others 1n the like caſe; or to 
glorifie his name by patience, inſome more publike and no- 
torrous diſgrace and vexation'to bee 1ndured in this kinde. 
Hereupon the Child of God doth preſently make a privie 
| ſearch 1nto his ſoule, doth narrowly lift the tate of his con- 
ſcience ; and after due and impartiall examination, feelingl 
| and faithfully addrefle himſclfe to prayer, practice of. cheſs 
{ conſiderations, and reformation of what he finds amiffe. 


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Secondly , this outward crofſe upon his good name by 
falſe ſfurmiſes and ſuſpicions, makes htm rexire into himſelf, 
and more fruitfully and cheerefully to enjoy all his inward 
comforts, his hope and delight in heavenly things, the afſlus | 
rance that his name is written in the Booke of lite; whichno | 
malice of men, or police of hell 1s ever able to blot out. Is, 
makes him with more fervent and greedy attention to liſten | 
for the trumpet of that laſt and tearcful day;more longingly, ! 
and with fixed eies, to waite for the Lord Jeſus inthe clouds ; | 
who, as he will puniſh all prophane Oppoſites to holinefle | 
with everlaſting perdition trom the preſence of the Lord,and | 
from the glory ot his power: ſo undoubtedly, with the bright | 
neſle of his comming,he will then at the furtheſt, before men 
and Angels,bring forth his righteouſneſſe as the light, and | 
| his judgement as the noone day. | 

Thirdly, by the mercies of God, for any ſuch wretched | 
and lying ſlander, bee is not fo caft downe with worldly for- : 
| row, hee dothnot ſo farre gratrhie Satan and malicious men, ' 
as to joyne hands with them for the affliting of his owne 
ſoule, with needlefſe-diſcomforts, or diſcouraging himſelte | 
in his calling : but rather hee raiſeth matter of comfort, en- 
couragement, and rejoycing. For thereby hee is made more | 
like and conformable to his Head Chriſt leſus; ho endured 
the croſſe, and ſuch ſpeaking againſt of ſinners , and deſpiſed the | 
frame for the joy that was [et before him. He hath thereby more | 
waight and degrees added to his blefſednefle; more maſſi- : 
neſſe and brightneſſe to his Crowne of immortalitie : Bleſſed | 
| are yee (faith Chriſt) when men revile you ana [ay all manner of | 
evill againſt you for my ſake falſely; rejoyce and be glad, for great | 
| #5 your reward in heaven. Andtherefore 1n deſpight of malice 
and falſhood, lie runs 6n joyfully in his race : and having the 
atteſtation of a cleere conſcience, the aoclamations of Saints 
and Angels, hee little cares for the barking of dogs by the | 
| way ; but followes hard towards the marke, for the price of | 
| the hugh calling of God 1n Chriſt Teſus. 

Suchascheſe, arethe thoughts and behaviour , ſpirituall | 
wiſedome acquaints the Child of God with; which good | 


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and comfort, or accuſe and: terrific. For example : 
The owrizz, which is, as it were, a treaſurie of rules and 
 leflons for dire&tioninour ations,propoleth the iniquitic of 
| 2.1ye even out of uature, eAriſtotle condemnes it, Erh.4.7. 
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& and diſcommendable. The ſounder Schoolemen Jemlleace 
every lye (though it be officious, and for a greater good) to 
be againſt nature, and indiſpenſable. Natures pu 
rated, and her law GE A 6 {peech and ah 
ſhee intends to bee ever the true meſlengers, of the 1conceats. 
and apprehenſions of the minde, are abuſed to falchoodaud 
equivocation.But chis pratticall pruxciple of not lyzng,how- 
ſoeyer it be cleere 1n nature, yet kt recerves further1 
from the Booke of God. Theretore the propoliuon may bee 
thus framed : 

Every lyar ſhall be baniſhed from the holy Maungaine of 
the Lord,/at 15. and ſhaltbebarred our of the new. Icruſa- 
lem for ever more, Reve/l.22.15. 

The conſcience of rhe lyer doth aſſume andtell him: TER 
L have thus and bus lied Fa advantage, and. greater, good ;. 
Thea tt followes : 

. Therefore Lmuſt be baniſhed from the holy Mountaine BY 
the Lord,and barred out of the new Jeruſalem for eVETmRore : 
| | Acondlufioy of condemnation and terrpur : ,. F 

Such1s the arguingot conſcjence for things paſt, Burchus 
it worketh about things tobe done: _ 

Let us imagine a man to deliberate with himſelke, whe- 
ther he ſhauid.be Non-refident ar ng. His habit of pra icall 
principles, (ifhee will deale faithfully with his owne 
| eſpeciallyby. ebx.helpe of zhe honcer Colanſty may ; yeeld 
| lum matter enough outof nature againit Nou-rctidencie, 2s 


| might eakly appeareifthe. point 
| cale1scleere, Exzech,z 3. be ay lustrcme irate yl 
Onan po muſt anſover for the: bloul of wake 
| ſoules, which by his uncouſconable and unwa ) = 


ence in his charge, have periſhed int 
RR ono eng dgement, | 


were incident. *Bur ſich the | 


| ſence, & neglig 
ſoule ſhall. not appeare belo Sa 
| on, red withrhebloud fine foule, for which hp pre 


ous bloud was ſhed : 


, Therefore I. will 20x be dow eeſoovar: Loufeungsre- 


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ftraint from Non-refidencie, that bloudy gangrene, that 
' (with remorſeleſſe greedineſſe)) cates and deyours the pre- 
| ctous ſoules of men. Oy £ 9] 
| "This ſhort explication of the'natnre' of- conſcience thus 
P fed, you 'tmay eafily conceve with mee thus much z 
that: KCTLY | | 
| Accordingly as the pradticall underftanding of a man is 
 farniſhed withprinciples and rules tor guiding his actions, 
; accbrditig to thenature of them, and-loveraignrie they hold 
| inthe conſcience, ſuch and thereafter commonly 1s his life 
a pee la oe Rletice Gnack againkt of 
| - Texcept the grofic erite; for hee finneth againſt the 
Pikes ar his nevi. light of his couſcience: there- 
| fore the ſound of feare is already! inthis cares; and in his | 
| profſperitie the deſtroyer ſhall 'come-upon him. Hee belee- 
veth not to returne out of darkenefle, for hee ſeeth the ſword 
| before him. Affliction and anguiſh ſhall make him afraide : 
They ſhall prevaile againſt him,as a king ready to the bartel. 
God ſhall run npon him;even upon hisnecke and again(t 
the moſt thicke part vfhisſhield :-becauſe hee hath'coyered 
| his face with falſehood, and inwrapped himſelfe urs cloud 
of hypocrite. 
| The point then mult bee exemplified 1n-other ſorts of 


men. - - | 
reaſon of his delightfyll 


- Firſt, the notorious ſintier (4 | 
conyerling with the wicked, and cuſtome in the workes of 
darkenefſe)doth obſcure; ſmother; and in ſome meaſure ex- 

Jon ne in his conſcience, not onely the light of ſupernatu- 
1 rall truth, but af nature too ; Therefore hee runnes headlong 
{without reftraint or btidle)intoYeſperare villanies and out- 
ragious rebellions, Hee drawes1n finne with cart-ropes, and 
| worketh all manner of uncleanneſſe 'with' greedinefſe.: Hee 
| 3s bound with his'ſinnes, and covered with wiquities, as afield is 
| hedged in with buſhes and the path thereof eovered with thorner, 

_— man may travell,' It ut ſhut wy;and is appointed to bee 
roere e. SNL Pl 
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his praticall principles, the bloudy DiRtates of the Pope of 
Rome, that man of finne, and Vicegerent of Satan; which are 
| ſo farre from receiving ſtrength or warrant, either from na- 
ture, or divine truth,that they hold ſtrong contradiction and 


eternall oppo! 
enlarged like T opher. For it can without {cruple or remorſe, 
| nay, with hope of heaven; and a brighter Crowne of glory, 
digeſt even the ſacred bloud of Kings, and ſwallow downe 
with eaſe the ruines and defolations of whole Kingdomes, 


prodigious crueltie, as in that horrible maflacre at Pars. He 
can be diſpenſcd with, and diſcharged from oarhes, and truth 
of ſpeech, the neceflarie and ſoveraigne inftruments of all 
juſtice and ſocieriE among men. He may expect canoniza- 
tion for blowing up ot Parliaments, and tearing in peeces 


newes of the worthieſt State under heaven:and after faile to- 


thorow a ſea of innocent bloud, without any check or coun- 
| terblaft ef conſcience. FEES 
Thicdly,the civill honeſt man hath his * conſcience infor- 
med with rules of naturall honeſtie, and generall notions of 
right and wrongh, and therewith contents himfelfe. And 


tions, juſt and upright dealing towards men; to that hee is 
well ſpoken of, and reputed by the world a good neighbour, 
a ſober wiſe man, of harmelefle behaviour, no medler; a 
peaceable man : and theſc are excellent, it not ſevered, bur 
| ſerviceable to true pietie and faving knowledge. Peaceis a 
precious thing, 1f1t may bee purchaſed and pofi:ſt withour 
impeach and prejudice to holinefle and, a good conſcience. 
Follow peace with ail men, and holineſſe, without which no man 
ſhall ſee the Lord. Peace and holinefle mutt goe together : If 
otherwiſe, 1tisan holy peace to bee at warre withthe cor- 
ruptions of the time : and to be at 
againſt God and his owne ioule. But the meerely civill ho- 
neſt man, by his praCticall- principles, 1s led no farther, bur 


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to the executions of moralt honeftic;as for unſtruction 11 hea- 
venly myſteries and divine knowledge, hee doth not much 
meddle with; care forgor ſeeke after; bur onely for company 
-.  Fourthly, the formall hypocrite, belidesthe direction of 

naturall hght in his contcience, doth interefle and acquaint 
himſelf with-praticall principles out of ſupernatural! truths 
and the W ord of God, for the performance of religious du- 
ties and ſervices ; but he puts them 1n practice with reſerva- 
tion, with 1s owne exceptions and limitations : Hee 1s only 
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perſecution you muſt underſtand , not onely 

the = triall and firiving unto bloud ;/but alſo 1nferiour, 
and not ſo ſmarting afflictions and rentations; as it 1s cleere, 
if wee compare the three Evangeliſts 1n their narration of 
the Parable. It is many times, diſgraces, and contumelies 
for his profefſion, diſpleaſure and diſcountenance of great 


of friends, the favour of the world, or the like, that makes 
him {linke and yeeld, and deſperately to cait himſelfe into 
the current of the times, there to {\wimme with others for a | 
while,with full ſaile of outward proſperitiezuntill he drown 
hamſelfe in perdition, and finke faddenly mrto the gulfe of 
endlefle woe and miſerie, Hence it is that CWatthew 1 3,27. 
| hee 1s called npwxzrpx, a Temporizer : Hee 1s not thorow, 


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| God 1s pur(as it were) inthe one ſcale of the ballance,and his 


— | @wne contentment in the other ; hee ſutters ſome worldly. | 
atification or fatisfation of ſome | 


profit or pleaſure , the 


eat man. the purchaſe of ſome Fellowſhip, Benefice, or 
| £5 954" dignitie;(for ſometimes it prooves perhaps as deare 
| as a purchaſe) the greedy defire and parfait of ſome unde-. 
| lerved office or honour; the enjoyment of prophane com-. 
pany, or coherence wath worldly wiſe men; the pleaſure of 


Ones, the hazarding of ſome profit and preferment, the lofle | 


| Gund; reſolute, and true-hearted for godlineſſe, good cau- | 
ſes, and good men. For many times, when the honour of | 


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ſome ſecret and ſweete finne, or fuch like; I lay, hee ſuffers 
theſe to weigh downe the exceeding waight of heavenly 
blifle, the unvaluable treafure

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whole courſe of his life. Therefore Zzke 8.15. the hearer 
compared unto the good ground, f which 1s the Child of God, 
' to whom inall my Diſcourſe I oppoſe the ſtory pabnmich 
I call the formall hypocrite) is faid to be of an honeſt and good 
| heart : that is, downe-right for godlinefic and good men, | 
| without hollowneſle, fauntheartednefi, or flinking. Hee 
makes Chrittiagitie as i were hits trade, he {weats and toiles 
in it, as the end for which he was created, and placed 1n this 
world: And as he receives the Word of God into his honeſt. 
and good heart ; ſo there he treaſures it up, and keeps it faith- 
tully. The word in the original is =#zm: He keeps xt,though 
x be with much difficutrie, ftruggling and co 10N W1th ; 
his ovene corruptions, the t-ntations of Satan, and vanities 
| ofthe world ; who cunningly conſpire and labour joyntiy 
to plucke it up, and wreſt it from him : aud hee brings foorth 
frune with patience. He yeelds no ground, though he meere a ' 


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Lyon in the way, or a Tyrant inthe face. In the day of triall 
and encountring with dangers and ungodly oppolitions, hee 
{hrinkes not; bur ſtands fait, and ſufters h1m1elte rather tobe 
overtiowne, then to be carried downe the ftreame of the tin- 
fall faſhions and wicked wates of the world. Hee knowes 
full well, howſoever he goes now on. his way weeping, yet 
heecarries precious ſecede; and therefore the time will come 
ſhorrly, that hee ſhall doubtlefſe come againe with joy, and 
brings his ſheaves with him. Crofles, diſgraces,and tribula- 
tions, may beget in the tormall hypocrite, fainting and de- 
fe&tion : but 117 Gods Child they bring forth patience, expe- 
rience, hope, and reſolution. Eyer whenhe enters conſulta- 
tion with himſe]fe, whether God muſt be obeyed and glori- 
fied, or man pleaſed and fatished; hee 1s quickly reſolved cut 
of that in 7/a.5 1.12. 7, even T, am he, that comfort you. Who 
art thou, that thou ſhouldeſt feare a mortall man, and the ſonne of 
man, which ſhall be made as grafſe : e-Tnd forgetteſt the Lord 


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| thy maker, that hath ſpread out the heavens, and laid the founda- | 


tions of the earth ? He conliders the heavie judgement deter- 
mined, & reſerved for all fearful men, all ſpiritual cowards, 
and faint-hearted 1n the Chriſtian wartare; who more feare 
men then God, and for their favour aud countenance, part 
with the protection of the Almightie, and the comforts of a 
good conſcience : They ſhall bee puniſhed with wnbeleevers, 


with the abominable , with murtherers and whoremongers, with 


idolaters andlyers, in the Lake which burneth with fire and brim- 
ſtone which us the ſecond death, Revel.21.8. 

You may now cleerely conceive the point I have in hand ; 
how the W ord of God 1s not roeted

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againſt a ſtrict courſe of fanttification; 
precedencie and nay. of greater men, for true. goodnefle, 
many times overprized, and miſ-valued by the worlds flat- 
tering cenſure z the common naturall notions of right and 
wrong. But it upon ſome extraordinarie good motion, by 
guidance of divine rules, hee ſometimes croſle the current ws 
tlre 


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| diſcountenance of Greatneſfle , unlikelthood of rifting and 


| way like the morning dew. For the tormall hypocriteever 
when he feeles diſturbance in his preſent ſecuritie, inte 


| ding to the times, to be but an ordinarie and pardohable in- | 


| litie, uprightneſle of heart, a tree entire ſubmiſſion and obe- 


A Diſcourſe of true happineſſe. 


the times, enter a profeſſion of finceritie, and ſome corre- | 
ſpondence with Gods Children, it1s bur for a ſpirt, an eflay, 
like a morning cloud, and as the morning dew. For as ſoone 
as his feryour1n religious affaires, and turtherance of good | 
things doth once by the furie of hell, crueltie of prophane 
men, malice of the world, enkindle and itirre up againit him 
(I fay, not only a fierietriall, but even ſome ſmarting heat of 
lefler perfecution, fome railing and {landeroustongue, which 
ſcorches like coales of Inniper) a diſconceit and dereliion 
in his friends and old acquaintance, diſgrace with the world, 


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preferment; if it once raiſe againtt him ftormes of jealoulies, 
envies, and moleſtations;why,then he 1s gone, he (hinkes and 
ſtarts aſide like a broken bow. All his former good motions, | 
purpoſes, and endeavours, melt as the winter ice, and goe a- 


tion of his former contentments, hazard of his temporall tc 
licitie, hee begins ſtrongly to ſuſpect himſelfe of roo much 
forwardnefle, of unfeaſonable and prepoſterous zeale, of di- 
| ſtemper,and1n diſcretion in matters of —_— and there- 

fore gives backe, and talles away 1uto his former plodding 
courle of formalitie z and that perhaps without any checke | 
* of conſcience : But if any ſcruples and reluCtation arife in 


| his heart; out of worldly wiſedome, he interprets this yeel- | 


firmitie,and therefore notwithſtanding flatters and decerves. 


him our of the ſtate of grace, and acquaintance with the glo- 
-r1qQus comforts of ſound and ſaving finceritie. 

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are peculiar 
to a conſcience 1l1ghtned, fanEtified, and purged by the bloud 


of Chrift; never incident to the beſt naturall conſgence, or | 
tons of civil | 


furnifhed with the choiſeſt notions and 
honeſty and formalitie:tor.theſe are never ſa ſtrait laced; bue 
can let downe, atthe leaft, without diftaſteor check, com» 
mon fins, lefker evils, the gainefull and honourable errours, | 
and obl1quities gf the time. 

Hence it is, that all prophane and unregenerate men,want- - 
ing the curbe ofa ſober and {aritified conkcience, have ec» 
ver infinite advantage, for getting the;ſ{tact. and preceden= 
cie, in compaſhng tiie comforts, glory: and: preferments of 
the world. For they, when the. atchievement:of: any honour, 
happinefſe,or high place 1s on foat, adviſe preſeutly. with the 
ordinane tnformers, and counſelors of their cantcrence, cu- | 
ſome, example, multitude, worldly wiſedame;the {way of 
the times, and ſuch like:: but with the Word of. God and 
godly Chriſtians, onely fo farre as they:doe-not crofle:their 
ende, and. contradict thoſe plots and contrivances ,. which 
they. have laid for their. advancement 1ata .high raomes, 


And thus they may pafſe with reaſonable quietnefſe, without | 


grudging or grieving of a contcience fo guided thorow a 
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thouſand corruptions and indireQtions, baſcneſle, flatteries; 
| infull engagements, unwarrantable courſes. Any of which, 
{ if it ſhould merte with a conſcience once ſoundly trighted 
with horrour of former linnes, ſoftned and ſanttified by the 

bloud of the Lambe , would not onely rubbe oft the skinne 
and gaulc it; but make it bleed rodeath. But worldly men 
| | are ata point, they muſt and will enjoy the world; tor heere 
they have their portion and heaven. They eftceme 1t their 
greateſt happineſſe tobe admired and, adored above others : 
| and therefore/yenture upon whatſoever unlawfull and 1ndi- 
re& procytements,/ which-may bring them to high places; 
rather then they will. be defeated and diſappointed 1n the | 
purſuit of worldly happineſle, they will cthorow, whether it | 
be thicke-or. thin, right or wrong, force or traud, ttaine of re- 
putation,erwound of conſcience, Simony or fattery,friend 
or foc,a{l 1s one< thoughyznthe meane time they ſtrike their 
owne. poore ſoules thorow: with many ſforrowes; though 
when - are moſt glorious in their owne conceir; and 1n 
the exeotche world ;1nthe juſt cenſure of God, Angels, and 
found Chriftians they bee molt vile and contemprible z and 
indeed inthis ſeeming ſun-ſhine of worldly profpericy,they 
treaſure upuntothemſelves ſtrange feares and aſtoniſhments 
ſnares, fire and brumſtone and ftormy tempeſts againſt their 
latterendG! $1 riops 1% 

-- It otherwiſe with Gods child in ſuch affaires: Hee till 
takes-counſell and dicetiion atthe Oracle of God; with { vy- 
nelins refolution, totheare or forbeare whatſoever is there 
commanded or forbidden; and fo tollowes the comtorts of 
this world, onely fo tarre as1t will give him leave, warraar, 
'1| and aſſiftance,- Bucifhebetoienter any, corrupt. courſe, or 
paſle thorow any unjuſtifiable meanes, for the attainement 
of his purpoſe and preferment; there preſently comes 1nto 
{ his mind ſuch conſiderations as theſe : Hee conceives with 
himſelfe, that the paſſage into.any. place of office or honour 
(by:corruption) is ever attended with the curſe of God and 
{o notrue comfort to be expetted in the enjoy ment and exe- 
cution : That the reftlefle humour, and proud ſpirit of ambi- 

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conſcience : That he which truly feares God, never defires 
height of place for the glory or gaine; but onely witha fo- 
ber indifference, thither inclines and carries his- afteEtions | 
and lwpes : and that with trembling at the waightinefle of 
-] the charge, where it pleaſcrth divine providence by honeſt 
and lawtfuil meanes to plantor tranſplant him, for the im- 
ploymeat of his talent ; and where hee may moſt glorifie 
God, benefit the Church, and keepe a good conſcience. Hee ; 
thinkes upon the vanitie and miſcrie of all things wee enjoy 
inthis world; of that ſtrict and great account hee muſt very 
ſhortly make unto the Lord, and Iudge of all the world; of ; 
the length of that eternitie, through all which 1s unavorda- 
bly to bee endured an everlaſting eftate,either 1n the joyes of 
heaven, or paines of hell. Our of ſuch thoughts as theſe 
ſprings his truly noble and Chriſtian refoluttion; that he had 
rather want preferment while the world ſtands, and end his 
dayesin aretyred and innocent obſcuriie ;z:then by caſting | 
himſelfe into the common faſhions and corruptions of the 
world, forfeit the fruite and comfort of his former integritie, 
wound his conſcience, and ſerve the-times : That hee 1s farre 
{ more willing to endure any affliction or diſgrace with Gods | 
children, then to-enjoy the pleaſures of fin, and glory ofthe $:-: | 
world for a ſeaſon. 
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in this point of thoughts. 
Firit,in reſpec of their nature,torms, & maner of working. 
Streames 


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pinion for honeſtie and religion; of holding tome gainefull | 
coherence with Gods children; are of great power to re- | 


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Streames doe reſemble and exprefle the nature. and pro». | [ 
tic of thoſe fountaines whence they ſpring : fo ofdinari« | 
y,thoughts and imaginations follow the temper and couſti- 
tution of che heart, wherein they are moulded. mt lay,or- | 
dinarily : for as wee. doe: not paſle  onr zudgements of the / 
| depth of a river, or qualitic of the-water, when by/ſuddennes 
of 1nundation, or incurfon of neighbour brooks,it 1s growne 
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into a torrent, and become mu 
are wee tocenſure or rake meature of our thoughts, by ſome | 
| uncouth motions,and extraordinary ſturings we ſometimes | 
feele in them; but according to the ordinary current, and ge- 
nerall ſway, they commonly hold and exercite in our hearts, 
For ſometime, even the unregenerate may have good purpo-< [ 
ſes and inclinations towards: finceritie,; earnett, longings: | 
for the happiuefle of the Saints, and phe ay ay ts ; 
latter end; ſome flaſhes of comfort and per walion, though, 
from falſe grounds, that the fſpirituall tate of their ſoule 15 
fafe and ſound;but ſuch choughtsas theſe in ſuchmen, ſpend. | | 
their life in their birth; as they ariſe, ſo they glide and paſle;|: | | . 
away withoutall fruit, cruecamfort, or profit to their awine: | 
ſoules.On the other fide;the-calmeneſle and ferenitie of fans | 
Qified thoughts in a good Chriſtian, may ſametimes be foul- | 
ly difquieted and interrupted zeither by ſome ſudden erup- 
tian of the relikes of our owne finful nature,by viokeatinya-« | 
lion of fome enticing object fromabroad, or by the /\mahicts | 
ous, and immediate 1njections, of Satan; * Bur: becatfe; ſuch * 
choughts as theſe oppole againtt the generall and {etled pur-| 
poſe of Gods childghe well knowes out of his ſpiritual wiſe: | 
dame and holy experictce, how to repell:and bridle them ; | 
how torepent af them; (aud prayagainii;cthemphow: to'bee 
humbled, and berteredby tiem,m ſerringa Rronger guard, 
and more narrow watch over his heart for afterward,leſ hee 
be unawares ſurprized the ſecond time, |; <: & 
"Sith cherefore the:heart of a+ notorious {inner 1s _— 
it{clfegtorbefides:naturall obduration, it1s yat further, 
mare tearetully harderiedby a delperate exymguiſhment of 
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by a long cuſtome-1h a'diflolute courſe, by the contagious 
' companſ”of lewd' and graceleſſe companions, by the carſe 
: of God upon his wilfull continuance 1n finne;theretore I ſay, 
; ns thoughtsare all continually, and reſolved! y ſinne, and 
' that itt a highland horribledegree :- Wickedneſk hath fo ens /| 
| woven it ſelfe-into his heart , that within he 1s very corrup- 
| tion. And whereas amongRall other omforts of life, ſleepe 
doth moſt ſweetely feede and refreſh natureyet the humour 
' of finne'is farre-more naturall- unto him, and more domi- 
| nant ih bis aFeCtions, they defire of fleepe. For he cannot ſleeps 
| exvcept heath done evill : and his fleepe departeth, except hee 
| canſe ſore to'fall. He imagineth miſchi:fe upon his bed, Plame 
| '26:4. Wheri he 1s compaſed with the teares. and-darkenefle 
| ofrhenight, an image and repreſentation of his grave, and 
| of the horrour of thar great Day ;'when his minde 1s retired 
| from worldly aftaires, the noiſe and tumulr of men; when it 
1s moſt'attive,powerfull,/& fitted for divine contemplation : 
_ | eventhenare his thoughts as blacke as hell, and deepeſt in 
| the vworkes ofdarkenefle; then 15 hee plotting and contrivin 
milchiefe how to'compaſſe' his pleaſures, and aicomplith 
| the luſts of his heart,” where'to' crowne limfeife with freſh 
 Roſe-buds; by what. meanes to ſet forwrad the trade of 
| drunkennefſe, and to enlarge the number of Satans revellers 
that-with more contentment and company hee may leave 
| ſome tolcens of his pleaſures,and ſwaggering in every place: 
how to ſupplant v2 1 GY hisneighbour, grieve 
| and diſgrace Gods ſervantsz indeede, how tobecome an ab- 
ſolute villaine'uponearth,and the fouleſt fiend in hell. 
; | You ſee wharare the thoughts of the; notorious finners 
 obdurare hearty which 1s full of; hardnefle;-as the Moone of 
light z and therefore inforced;"as it were, to-empty and dif 
charge it ſelf of fame ſtonineſle, by transfuting an iron finew 
3ntothe necke, and a brazen"brow into the face. Neither 
judgement nor:mercie willbend andencline him to grace : 
noadmomti6or min;ftry ofthe W ord, will make himbluth 
at his open/and profeſt impiety. *So that his heart doth not 
onely greedily entertaine, "what lewdneſſe doth ordinarily 
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ſpring from the corruption of nature, and 1s cartiige-| | 


thers ; bur being paſt all ſence, bochof {hame and finne, be 
comes one of the divels new 1nventers, & ſets rhe thoughts 
buſily on worke for the device of ftrange villanies and miſ- 
chiefes,and for addition of new formes, taſhions,andcircum- 
ſtances of linning. 5 HL IOP-\ | 
No better are the thoughts of the groſle hypocrite, ano- 
ther kind of ſinner, but fully a$ foule and abominable. For it 
we could looke into lus heart, though his outward life be'or- 
dered ſmoothly and civillyzyet we thould fee within, ablbu- 
dy flaughter-houſe of malice, cruelty and revengezan hateful 
ſtewes of impure 1maginations and adulteries of the heart, 
a forge of much miſchiefe, of furious and fiery rage 'againt | 
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Here is only the difference; the notorious linner Yares at 

and execut@the abominations of his heart 1n the ſighrof the 

Sunne; but the grofle hypocrite would gladly finne unſeenc, 
aud goe to.hell-wath as licat noiſe and notice ofithe world as 

may bezand therefore he drawes a curtaine of coozenage and | 
hypocrifie betwixt the ſight of the world and fouleneſle of | 
his finne, In the hearts of Ahab and Tezabel was nothing but 
bloud and murder, coyetouſnefle, oppreſſion; and mercilefle 
encloſure ; onely upon the ugly viſages of theſe foule fiends, 
they put a vizardot a taſt, formall witnefles, and: legall pro» 
ceeding: The ordinarie thonghts. then of the grofle hypos- | 
criteare the ſame,as vile and helliſh, as thoſe ot the 'notori- | 
ous inner. Nay hee doubles his 1n1quitie, and addes waight | 
to the vengeance preparing forbuny 1nthat het ftraines the | 
utmoſt veine of his wit, and ſounds thedeptlrof his damned 
policte, to clothe them with faire pretences, and'colourable 


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words and actions ; and in that hee labours to ſeeme a SaintZ 
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[notorious finner, and grofle hypocrite, for further diſtin&ti- 
on andilluſtration)1 fay,histhoughts,as they come certaine- 
ly ſhort of true ſanQtification, ſo they are tarre better then 
theſe now mentioned. For we ſuppoſe his heart to be ſeaſo- 
ned with goodneſle of nature and civill honeftie;, to have ta- 
ſted of the generall graces of Gods Spirit, and in ſome ſort 
of the powers of the world to comez& therfore his thoughts 
| are more faire, ingenuous, ſober and moderate, then thoſe 
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as though there lay the greateſt guile, and 
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By the way before I paſſeto the thoughts of Gods childe, 
| qþſerve one ſpeciall marke of difference in this point , be- 
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The formall hypocrite doth ever hatbour 'and maintaine 
19 himſelfe , one ſweet pleaſing boſome ſin or other ; as vo- 
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licitie, an exceſſivedefire of greatnes and note 1n the world, 
an oppoſition to {inceritie, adelightin [good fellowſhip, or 
fome ſuch like carnall contentment, or ſecret ſinne,on which 
his mind moſt runs; wh the beſt and the flower, the 


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| honour,and ſervice,checks of centcience, motions of the Spi- 


rit,miniſterie of the Word, admonition of friends, ſalyation 
of ſoule (by an unreaſonable & inconſequent diſcourſe of his 
ſcnſuall reaſon) all are made ſubordinate and {erviceableto 
this Idoll : To which with much dehghthe daily Gcrificeth 
the nobleſt and immediate workes and tflues of his ſoule. As 
for the ſtate of his conſcience, ſpirituall affaires, care of hea» 
ven, that One neceſſary thing; thele things take up 'his 
choughtsbur at reverſion, by ttarts, by accident, and when 
they come into the heart, their entertainement 15 very' cold 
and: ſtrange,their abode ſhort; and whule they tay; they are 
apprehended and enjoyed with much wearm:zfk and weake- 
neſfſe. I conceive this to be the reaſon : Hee bath a full taſte 


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ſpecially he hath brokethe very heart of the ſweete finne of 
lus unregeneration, And as ina belieged City , where the 
| greareſt and moſt dangerous breach 43 made, there the 1nha- 
| bitanesconcurre/with chieteft care, aud bighelt reſolution, 
| to fortifie andmakereliftince { even 10;hich hee knowes and 
| feefes;that before lus calling, his __—_— and darling fin 
; moſt fearctully waited his foule, and wounded his confei- 
f ence , hee makes ſure ro employ his thoughts ,with ſpectall 
| edge andindignation,! to.counterming, prevent, rehit, abo- 
| minate and abandon all chought of that bnge ; And now by 


_ | the grace of God, «(ith the-heart, the' fountaine, -15s purged 


| and. fanftified, the ftreame and heate- of their intention 
| and delight is carried another way, For he hath found that 
/ rich -and:aneftumable Treafare: in; the Goſpel; and there- 
' fore he: ſel all that be hath; hee parts. with eyery pleaſure z 
| he cafts out of lus conceit whatſoever hath beene formerly 
| deare and precious unto lum; and lets all his thoughts, with 
' looſe reines; greateſt :joytulneſle , and oftne!lt meditation 


| ruxneafter 1t;and ſweetly refreſh. themſelves with the glo- | 
| ry and comfort of ito If a/man;upon the way ſhould; fnde | 


| Lome precious orient pearlehardly.could hee keepe his eyes 
' from gazing uponit (his exceſle of joy would. eatily com- 
' mand-'and confine the Gight to ſo rare and hopetull an ob- 
edt, } untilthe-meete with ome sk4ltull Thpidnn or come 
; where he might:thorowly bee acquamted with the worth, 
and fully enjoy thewealth bf 1&: Eyenſo, after a man by the 
; allightned eye of theſoule, and the hand of ſaving taith, 
| once ſeaze andlay ſure bold/upon the pearle of great price , 


; the grace of Gods pirit andeteruall lite; che; beat. js, pro: 
fntly 10 rs, that for ever after 


itſpends themoſt;thiedeareſt; and the nableſt thoughts upon. 
; 1t: and. they. once ſet-on-foote, arc 10 cheered and ravi- 
' ſhed with the heavenly beauty theereof, that. they follow 
with continuall encreafe of tgrvencie and; longing; wail, 
' they come unto the cleere viſion and full, pofleſſhon: of xy, at 
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The thoughts then of a true Chriftian are: of 2 farre more | 
heavenly temper, divine nature, and hygher ftraine, then the 
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by the law of 
God, arraignes them in the confiſtorie of an ill1ghtned con- 
ſcience, and ſo cutsthem off in time by the power of grace, 
and {word of the fpint; that is, by oppoſing agatuſt them at 
the firſt riling 1n the heart (by preſentrepencance)prayer, and 
after-watchtulneſfle; hee blefledly rids himſclfe of the miſe- 
ries, and diſtraction of prephane and troubleſome thoughts. 
| That this isno Jdea, Inowpropote unto you; howloever 1t 
bee ſotaevery unregenerate man, and fo when he heares 1t, 
hee conceaves. of at; forlittle knowes hee what adoe every 
child of God hath with his thoughts; Ifay, that this 1s no 
Idea, oridle abſtraction, appeares pregnantly and plenritully 
1 Davids pratticez who for all the ftrong unticements , or- 
dinarily incident to the pleaſures of a Court, and naturall 
libertie -of : Princes ; although the cares and waight of a 
| Kingdome lay upon him , and that his Royall innocencie 
was ſtil] haunted and affailed with ſuch 1ndignities and 
| vexations, which mightalmoſt have ſwayed the bleſied and | 
quiet thoughts of a glorious Angel to aiſtrattion and diſ- 
bar perm, 1 for all thigzthe Law of God did fill princt- 
pally take up his heart; and that day and night. Gods Word 
and workes, his. ſtatutes and judgements, were meate and 
drinke unto his mind, and his meditation continually, as is 
more then plaine1n many places of the 1 1 9,P/alme.Oh,faith 
hee 1n the 1 3.portion, how love [thy law | it it my meditation 
continually. So unexprefiable heere was his pang of holy 
love unto Gods Law, that hee prefixetha particle of zeale, 
and extraordinarie paſſion : 0h (faithhe:) And where the 
heart hath once truly and fixedly ſet its love, there all the 
nog hts uy ner _ apprehenſions, and 
greatelt impatiency ther mmployment. This 1s 
the very caſe then of all Gods dan ; they meditate on 
the Word of God moſt contentedly and continually,becauſe | 
love it farre betore. and above all:carthly things; and 
lo doe they love it ; becauſe mn 4t with fpeciall ſecu- 
rity are conveyed unto them all che richtreaſures of mercie, 


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remiſſion of ſinnes, ſpirituall c , and eternall ife, and 
particularly ſealed unto them by the ſpirit of the ſame word. 
Salowen confirmes this worthy practice of his father, by his 
teitimony,Pro.12.5, The thoughts of the juſt 4re right, ndge- 
ment Or juſtice; for lo the worg fignifies1n the Originall ; 
the ſwbtill devices of the wickgd are decers. The thoughts of all 
unregenerate men are comonly, either rooting in the earth, 
or drowned in pleaſures,or running after preferment,or ran= | 
ging up and downe idly and prophanely, or fruilelly me- 
lancholike : or if ſometimes they glance,or ſertle themiclyes | 
upon good things, they are fill as a mentruous clout, and 
abominationto the Lord : becauſe their conſciences are nat 
renued, their hearts purged, their perſons ſanQified and ac- 
cepted. Burt the thoughes of every child of God are ordinari- | 
ly working for tbe maintenance & furthering of Gods glo- 
ry and good cauſes; for procuring true good to their bre- 
thren, eſpecially 1n Sirnell things ; for increaling grace in 
themſelves, and their tore of comfort again the day of tri- 
all. And if fo be (which ſometimes betalles the beſt) chey be 
croft by linfull motions in themſelves, or ſuggefiions of Sa- 
tan; yet by their ſurprizing and ſuppreſſing them atthe very 
firſt riſing and ir ae by preſent repentance, they are 
undoubtedly ever pardoned uato.chem in Chrilt Iefus, 

Give me leave,1 pray you,to illuſtatethis varietie aud dif- | 
ference of thoughts (which I have now largely laid downe | 
unto you) in eur ſelves, for the neerer preſſing of our conſct- 
ences, and that in the matter of Elections. | 

Let us imagine a notoriaus Gnner to have a voice and 
hand in ſuch bulinefl : his very firſt thoughts. would bee to 
havenothought at all of Oath or Statute, of conſcience or 
honeſtte, of honour of his C e, or good of the-Church : 
but would reſolve out of the prophane principles of has vaſt 
conſcience , and by the benefit of a large acception of cha- 
ritie , tobe indifferent for all commers, Qaely in ys choice, 
hee would havean eye tothe maine, that the ſtate of good - 
tcllowſhip ſhould take no. or dimnution 
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bimſelfe by all meanes, todefeateandprevent the purpoſes, 
and to ſtop the paſlage eſpecially of all Paritanes.' You muſt | 
know by the way, that thele are a very dangerous kinde of | 
men, able to blow up whole houſes, by their roo herie zeale | 
againſt 1dlenefle, drunkennefley other ſhametull corruptions, | 
cloſe and politicke carriages of many rotten & uncontciona- | 
ble cauſes and the like. For by * Puritanes 1n this- place, ' I | 
onely underſtandthem, (for even ſuch are fo branded) who | 
make conſcience of ſtudy, and Religious education of $chol» 
lers; who are ready ever, andreſolute ro uphold goodnefle 1n | 
a Houſe, though they be cruſher, diſgraced & difothced : who | 
out of a gracious and ingenuous freedome of Spirit, will bee | 
their ovwne men m Elections, and other Collegiate ſervices; 
and not ſuffer ther conſciences to bee led hood-winke, to 
ferve othet metis humours and private ends; who chuſe ra- 
ther in 4 negleCted ſtate, tweetly to enjoy the continualteaſt | 
and perpetuall paradiſe of atincere heart, true and inward | 
comforr, the ſociety of Gods ſervants; then for many times | 
fall dearely bought favours and offices, to enthrall and vio- 
lence both their judgements and affections, ro hve reterved- 
ly, under a maske;& ata haires breadtlifor'all occations and 
obſcrvances ; ſo wearing onta httle miſerable time 1n a glo- 
r10us and countenanced {laverie. In a word, who of the two, 
would rather ſave their ſoules, then proſper in the world. 
Now fuch felowes as theſe;thinkes he with himſclte, which 
ſceme; as 1t were, by an hypocriticall Afonopelic, to have en- 
groſt all fnceritie, honeſtie and good conſcience, mult bee 
kepr out; or if by ſome diafterrhey creepe in'amongt us,bee 
curbed and kept under, elſe ſhall not wee ſway and domi- 
neere. Hereupon allithe labour of lus wit, and toile of his 
thoughts would bee, to plane a thorne, where a vine ſhould | 
grow;and to burthen theſe ſacred and honourable Manſions, 
Tefoned onely for gracious and golden wits, with leaden | 
drones, and ſwarmes of worthleſſ: and witlefſe creatures. | 
Secondly , the thoughts of the/groſſe hypocrite in this | 
waightie buſines of Eledtions, would be as utterly void of al | 
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finners. Firtt,he would comune with his own covetous heart 
(for commonly worldlines 15 the maſter-{in in the grofle hy. 
pocrite, theretore I follow the thoughts riling thence) hee 
would withmhimſclt caſt a greedy & ravenous eye upon the 
condition of all che comperitors for the place ; and at lengrh 
conclude, & be ſure to ſeaze-upon the partie (let his learning | 
or honeſtie be what it would) wher 12 al likelihood he might 
make the richeft prey;zand ſucke out; the greatelt advantage : 
Either purchaſe a great friend, ſtrengthen lus faction, gratific 
{ his favourites,recerve apreſentbrib<or elſe, whichas a fecret 
buc a linfull policy,by weighing circumſtances, marking 1n- | 
nuations,& tormer carriages,expect the largett after=gratt- 
hcation, cloſe and 1ndirect contliderations, and the moit.hbe- 
rall New-yeres gitts(for in them certaznely ſometimes lurks 
corruption.) Theſe things thus thaught upon, there followes 
now 1n him an addition tothe 111quatie of the natonous fin- 
ner. He 1s not content to be thus Rarke naught, but he mutt 
double his {in by ſeeming good; 1t 1s not enough for. ham to 
be thus curſedly pettilent tothe place. where he ltves,bur hee 
mult enlarge the miſchief,by purtung on.a vizard of piety:he 
therefore 1n a ſecond place would beate lus bratnes, how hee | 
might varniſh over this villanie,with molt probable and tai- 
reit prerences. The bribe muſt come 1n upon, other termes, | 


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| wich other circumitances;then the'groflencs of that vale 1 .1$ | 
| wont to be canyaid ;- hee thynkes haw he-may. deale openly, | 
and in theeyeotfthe world with men, withour: all ſuſpinon, | 
| while the matter is carried upder hand by ſubtile, mediate, | 
and mot exerciſed agents in the goodlyattaires of abomiana- | 


all this be may continuea,good opuronawich gogd men, and | 
| give latis faQton ro thoſe, whomae decerves by hisſceming: | 
. but by mach practice he makes this reatonable.eatie;tor.poli- 
| ticke hypocrilie bath ſo many faces,curnings & evations,that 
| 1tcan'yo0 cafily-infinuatewurch, & ſausfs wnlulpicious,unc- 
'| ceng and charitable linceritze.He cane chem ot ſome deprhs 
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bee given to ſtatute-diſcretion, againſt the bare letter, and | 
ſtrict meaning of the Ratute; that wee live notin P/atoes 
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fore it 1s utterly 1mpoſſible to keep a mans ſelte ſo pallingly 


5e yeelded to the time, elſe there 1s no living, atleaſt, no. 
proſpering inthe world. Thus the groſle hypocrite 1s ever as 
thoughtfull for outward pliaſtering, as ſecret plocring. 
Thirdly, tet us concerve what would be the inward diſ- 
courſe and workings of the heart in the formall hypocrite , 
abou diſpoſing his voycein Eleions. His thoughts 1a theſe 
caſes perhaps, would not be extremely baſe,norgroſlely wic- 
ked:it may be, he would beable to cleere even his conſcience 
and inmoftconcett;z much more to wath his hands from the 
hatefall and crying finne of downe-right briberie. This hor- 
riblenefle is only-for notorious finners,and grofle hypocrites. 


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Nay,out of ſome ſudden pang of higheſt refolution, thar in- 
gennouſnefle'of nature or/morall honeftix can produce, hee | 
might'take heart to atiſover and withſtand the tunts and im- 
portunitte of Greatriefle and great meanes : onely with this 
reſolution, ſo thathis preſent happineſſe benot thcerby main- 
ly hazarded, nor hope ofhis futureprefermenccertainely cut 


ple concerning the for- 


mall hypocrite; if hee bee broughtro a jumpe, hee will ever 


| make even Gods holy Word, conſcience, religion, defires | 


and intreaties of godly men, and-all to yeeld and ſtoope to 


che worldly comforts he preſently 'enjoyes;bur upon as faire 
termes, and withas plauſible conveyance as may be. Itmay 


'be, he will be goodin many eq, d-outwardly in all;but 
ſay thePr exe whatehoy wilh, 'muſtinto the houſe of 
God muſt bee mercifull co him in one thing or 0- | 
ther : hee is ſhort of the ſtate of grace, and by conſequent, 
hath no ſound &'reall afſurance'oft heaven above; & therfore 
he will have ſome ſweetueſſe tnthe'meane time, he wil enjoy 
ſome ſhadow (at leaRt)of one heaven or other uponearth. So 


| chat if we ſuppoſe ſachan one'to take a view of his thoughts 


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of all that ſtand for a place,he would reſolve for goodnes nd is 
honeſty,ſo far as the ſecuritie & ſafery of his maine content- 


ments would give him leavezſafar as the light of reaſon, and 
glimmerings of generall grages were able to leade him : bur 


the eie of ſpirituall diſcrerion, & ſuffers his conſcience to be 
cooled and countermanded by worldly wikedome;he may (I 
grant)»y conftraint,occaſionally,or by accident, conſent and | 
concur upon the worthieſtbut ordinarily, for meere loye of | 
religiouſneſſe , hee doth not make within his owne heart, | 
a free, unpaſſionate, imparriall, ſincere and conſcienable | 
choyce. For let him otherwiſe bee never fo wiſe or honeſt, 
yethe is a meere ſtranger to the myſterie of godlineſſe,utter- 
ly unapprehenfive of the {ingular and ſupernaturall opera- 
tions of the life of grace; and therefore cannot diſcerne be- 
ewixt reſolute ſinceritie, and true turbulencie : whereupon 
it may often come to paſſe, that by a promiſcuous confulion 
of theſe two moſt different fpirits,he may(ſo much asin him 
lies) repell farre the beſt, ro the unſatiable wrong of che 
party, and rhe unyaluable lofſe of the houſe which fhould ! 
enjoy him. There is one point further an deliberation of 
this nature, in which hee would jumpe with the notorious 
finner : In adviſing with himſeltfe for a fit man,it by the way | 
his thoughts ſhould be crofled, witha manof knowne, pros | 
felled, and prattiſed forwardnefle in religion;; bee would | 
paſſe him over with contempt and indignation; for thus 
would hee thinke with himſelte : If fuch a tellow come in a- 
monegſt us, we ſhall have all moulded anew after the ftrict 
modell of his irregular conſcience z wee ſhould bee troubled 
with new trickes and ere&tions, for the increaſment of ſtudy 
and reformation of manners; he would be {till ſtanding and 
{triving for an Ideal and abſtraftive puritie in Elections, and. 
other atfaires of the Colledge; ſo that our former quietnefle 
and peace would bee much diſ-{weerned with his tartneſle, 
and too much preeifeneſſe. Thus would hee bee as hot and 
heady againſt the power of grace, as the notorious hnner. 
For though there bee many ditferentdegrees of ilnefle, of 


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unregenerate men ; ſome are farre more ſober, tolerable, and 
moderate then others, yet all commonly agree in his, 


| that they are bitter and implacablec Oppolites to the proteſ- 
| fionand practice of ſoundan 


ving finceritie. Gods tairh» 
full Ones ever were, and ever will bze :gnes and Wonders 


derifion to them that are round about them, F-ſulm.79. 4. They 
ſhall ever be accounted men of an odde faſhion, and fingu- 
| lar carriage from other men, #4/4. 2, 15, preciſe, humorous, 
hypocriticall and the like. Miltake me not; I apologize not 
for any unwarrantable opinion tending to Separarion; it is 
only ſanRification, true and undiflembled holineſſe, with- 


| out whichnone ſhall ever ſeethe face of God, or giory of 


heaven, which I ſtand tor, and intend 1nall my Diſcourſe. 
| Butby the way let me tell you'this, in this generall and 
joynt conſpiracy of all kinds of naturall men, againſt the 
ſpirituall ſtate of true Chriſtians, and the foveraignty of 
Gods ſanRifying ſpirit 1n themzrhe meere civil honeit man, 
| and formall hypocrite (as I take 1t) are tranſported with 
more berceneſl and rage againlt them, then rhe groſle hy- 


' pocrite, and notorious finner. This I take to bee the reaſon : 


the grolle hypocrite, he finneth againſt the 1:ght of his owne 
conſcience, and with the certaine knowledge of his heart ; 
and therefore doth not much envie and grudge the righte- 
ous man his excellency above his neighbour, and ſalvation 
of his ſoule : The notorious finner 11 fis more ſober moode, 
and cold bloud, will confeſle himſclfe to be our of the way, 

romiſe and proteſt amendment or at leaſt reſerves in lis 
Ca a reſolution to repent when hee 1s old : but the meere 
civill honeſt man, andthe formall hypocrite thinke their 
owne Rate to bee as good as the beitz and whatſoever is 
more, and beſides that which they finde in themſelves, to 
bee but needleſſe precileneſle, and aftefted fingularitie ; and 
therfore are many times gauld and grieved, that the truely- 
gracious and conſcionable carriage of Gods ſervants, doth 
cenſure and condemne their outwardnefſ and formalitie in 


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evenin//+ael : Ifa.$.18, Monſters unto the * greate men of 
the world, as David was, T:ſalme 71.7. A ſcorne, reproach and | 


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religion; and make it plainely appeare,that their caſe (with* 
out {ound converfion and imbracement of finceritie) 1s the 
very ſtate of wretchednefle and of death. 

But now fourthly and laitly,in Elections,the thoughtsof 
Gods Child, in whoſe heart alone the Word of God doth 
chiefely rule, and is deep:ly rooted, would bee theſe orthe 


 feareof that God, who hath mercifully advanced him to his 
place, wherein hee expeteth conſcience and faithfulneſle ; 
He conſiders that folemae and ſacred oath which hee takes 
(1n the fight of him who ſeerh all hearts and cogitations) for 
a reſolute and unſwayed uprightneſle 1n the diſpoſing of his 
' Voice; that upon the -integritie or unconſctonableneſfle 1n 


and flouriſhing of an Hoſe. Hee-turthericalleth ro minde 
out of his experience, that commonly thoſe fellowes who 
thrult iato ſocieties, offices, and high roomes, by ſhuMling 
and violence, by faftion and prepoſterous favour, by cun= 
ning or corruption, become pernicious and diſhonourable 
to the places where they live; they -are {till thornes 1n the 


ſcandalous, by miſ-ſpending the unvaluable preciouſneſlz of 


"their golden houres, 11 Tavernes,Ale-houles, or ſome other | 


{courſe of good fellowſhip, to the 1nexpiable and eternall 
 diſhonour of thoſe Howſes, of which they ſhould bee arna- 
| ments, And when they have. dane much huxt and miſchiefe 


| paſke by inditeR and ſinifter, dealing, Benefiges, and ſpiritu- 
all promotions abroad: of which:beuing-poſkſt, they either 


| by unconſcionable and cruell-negligence -'and Nomrefi- | 
| dence 1n their charge, betray the foules, of their pzople to 
wildneſ and barbanſme, to. ignorance, prophanenelle, or 


 Poperie; ar elſe by a prophane and unhallowed, handling of 
| Gods Word, by daubing with untempered morter, as the 
\ Prophet ſpeakes, ſo ſtrengthen-the hands of the wicked , 
that they cangot returae from their wicked wayes,' and kill 


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lides,and prickes in the etes of all that love grace aud goo.l» | 
' neſſe :chey either turne idle, truely fadtious, or notoriouſly | 


| beere, they arethe onely men to bargaine for, buy, or come | 


like, Inthe firſt place there comes into his minde a reverent | 


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Lord hath not made ſad; and the bruiſed reede 15 quite bro- 
| ken, and the ſmoking flax utterly pur our. Now thinkes the | 
Child of God with himſelfe, our of his ſpirituall wiſedome, 
If ſuch an one as theſe ſhould be choſen by my default and | 
faint-heartedneſſe; I ſhould in ſome ſort and meaſure bee | 
juſtly guilty, and anſwerable before that high & everlaſting. 
ludge, ofthe many miſeries & miſcluefes, which ordinarily 
enſue upon ſo unhappy a choice. Heereupon ( after a ma- 
ture and impartiall furvay of all circumitances conlidera- 
ble in the partie, the ſtature,and whole bulineſſe ) hee tingles 
out him with finceritie and ſinglenefle of heart, whom in 
conſcience hee thinkes moſt ſufhicient; and there hee ſickes 
with a truely Chriſtian and unſ{haken reſolution, pitche by | 
the very power and ſtrength of heaven: anq come what 
come will, tempeſts, or faire weather; preterment, or po- 
 vertie; threatnings, or flatterie z policy, or perſwaſionpri- 
vate importunittes, or frownings of Greatnefle ; hee 1s at a 
| point, infinitely rather to keepe a good conſcience and fave 
his ſoule, then to enjoy the preſent , and gaine the whole | 
world. Far he well knowes that the day is at hand,even that 
great and fearefull Day, when the conſcience of one graci- 
ous action, performed with uprightneſle of heart, will breed 
more comfort, then the glory,riches, and foveraigntie of the 
| wholeearth. | 
| Toconcludetlus point: As unregenerate and ſanctified 
thoughts differ mwchin their workings even abour the ſame 
Objects : ſo there are ſome, which are Gods childs peculiar, 
with which the ſtate of unregeneration is utterly unacquain= 
ted. They are ſuch as theſe : | 


Firft, thoughts full of feare and aftoniſhment, all hell . 


| tricken with the ſenſe of Gods wrath at the fight of his 
finnes. ' Theſe are ſcorched, in very _' even with the 
flames of hell in their converſion': ' They burne ſometimes 


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and horrour, which riſe out of the heart, when it 1s firſt 


the very marrow out of their bones, ' and turne the beſt | 
moyſture in them "into the ' drought” of Summer. No | 


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a print or ſcarre of theſe wofull and wounded thoughts, ap” | ' 1 doe not | 
pcare in the heart of the formall hypocrite. This hell upon «x00; rag 
earth,1s only paſſed thorow by the heires of heaven, whale the ha _ 
children of hell have commonly their heaven upon earth. | regenerati- 
2. Secondly,> thoughts compoſed all of pure comfort, joy, | 9n from all 
heaven, immortalitie,the ſweet and lovely iflues of the Spirit | "<>blings | 
of adoption. Theſe flow only from the tountaine of grace, _ wg 
and ſpring up in that ſoule alone, which having newly pa{- puta” rag 
{cd the ſtrange agonies, and ſore pangs of the new-birth, 1s | finne ; bur 
preſently bathed in the bloud of Chriſt, lulled in the boſome | 99cly wake | 
of Gods deareſt mercies; and ſecured with the ſeale, and ſe- tar 
cret impreſſion of his erernall love and ſacred Spiritznot only -n, 6 - 
from the rage of hell, bur alſo of an everlaſting and royall in- | gren, to 2 
heritance above. Oh the heart of the unregenerate man is far paſſe quite | 
coo narrow, bale, and earthly, to comprehend the unmixed | *®orow 
pleaſures, the glorious Sunſhine of thoſe bleſſed and joytull | vp rene 
thoughts, which 1mmediately follow upon the ſtormes of | = x mg 
feares and terror, ordinarily incidenttoa found convertion | mugen” 
3. Thirdly,choughts of ſpirituall raviſhment, and unutte- | paraditecf 
| rable rapture, tiaſhes of cternall light,raiſed ſometimesin the | *Þ* king

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of God for ever and e- 
ver! ; 

Now I pray you tell mee, when wee ſhall have raigned 
heereafter many millions of yeeres 1n heaven, what thoughts 
will remaine of this little 1nch of time upon earth? When we | 
| have paſſed thorow a piece of etermitie, where will appeare | 
| the minute of this miſerable life z and yet our thoughts and 
atteions are ſo glued unto the world, as though etermitie 
were upon earth, and rime onely 1n heaven ? You are men ca- 
pable of worrhieſt and higheſt eleyations of ſpyrit, I befeech 
you reſume this meditation at your lerfur2; mee thinkes 1t 
ſhould be able to breede thoughts of a tarre more noble and 
heavenly temper, then ordinarily ariſe and are nouriſhed in 
the hearts of men. 

But to follow my purpoſe : Certaine it 15, not the beſt un- 
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1, Diſcenrſeaf true happineſſe. 


| regenerate man can endure an entire and exact fanctificati- 
, on of the Sabbath; 1t-1s not a Tuvilee to their hearts, and the 
| joy of their thoughts: tor they cannot abide to have their 
| mindes ttay long 1n a feeling meditation upon fpirituall at- 
| faires, upon the examination of their former life the ſtate of 
| the other world, the ({leights and tentations of Satan, the day 
| of death, the tribunall of heaven, and ſuch like. For though 
| the beſt of them may have a perlwaſton of their being 1n the 
; ate of grace, as I have largely prooved heeretofore; yer ith 
| It is wrongly and falſcly grounded,it cannot abide the {earch 
| and touchitone : Hence 1t 1s, that of all things they love not 
' tobee alone, They may pleaſe themſclvey well enough in ſo- 
| litarineſſe, upon ſome private bulinefle;z tor the more pro- 
' found plotting and contriving worldly matters; for a more 
| free,bur filthy exerciſe of the adulterics of the heart,and con- 
| remplative fornication; to feede upon dull and fruitlefle me- 
; lanchoty ; to let their thoughts wildly range, and runne riot 
\ 1nto a world of imaginations; to dive into the myileries of 
; nature, or depths of State z buttobe alone onely for this pur- 
' poſe, that the minde may more fully and immediately work 
| upon the ſpirituall ſtate of the ſoule,and impartially enquire 
' into the conſciencezthey cannot, they will not endure 1t;and 
therefore commonly caſt chemſelves into one knot of good- 
| fellowſhip or other, that they may merrily paſſe away that 
' time; for an houre of which (the time of grace being once 
expired) chey would give ten thouſand worlds, yet ſhall ne- 
| ver be able to purchaſe 1t againe. 
| But Gods Children, whea they are alone, have inward 
; comfort, and heavenly matter enough to worke upon:a plea- 
| fing coutentment and ſatisfaction, ariſing from an humble 
| and ſober remembrance of a well ſpent life, doth infinite- 
| ly more refreſh them, then all the revellings and plea- 
fant devices of merry companions : nay, many times 1n 
| their ſcaſonable ſolitarineſle, divine graces. are more ope- 
| rative and (tiring, and raiſe inflamed motions of delight 
| and joy. 
Now 1n a third place, we are to conſider that the Child of 
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the Child 
of God is ſore troubled and much exerciſed. 

Secondly, another branch of ſpirituall wiſedome in-watch- 
ing over his thoughts, is bulied aboutthoſe intull pleaſures, 
which upon the remembrance of his former- old 1niquittes. 
may retntec the ſoule. For a man may commut the ſame in 
a thouſand times, by renewing the pleaſures of it in his 
thoughts. Thoughche att be patt, yet as otcen as the-minde 
runnes ove&the paſſages and circumffaices of the fame fanne, | 
with the ſame delight; ſoofcen the foule 15. polluted with a 


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A Diſcemſe of true happineſſe. 


new ftaine,and laden with 'more guiltinefle. Whercas there- 
fore the ſenſuall ſweetnefle of a mans beloved {ms , hath be- 
fore his calling,got ſuch ſtrong hold and haunt 1n his aftecti- 
01s, that it will be till afterward with baits & allurements, 
{olliciting even the renewed heart, if nottothe iteration of 
the groſſe aR;yet at leatt to enjoy 1t1n thought : it doth very 
much behoove the Cl1ld of God, to be warie and watehtuil 
in this point. If he remitbutalittle of his heat of zeale againſt 
ſin, and fervencie of his firſt loye; or grow regardleſle of his 
thoughts, it willpreſently gather power and opportunitie 
for re-entrie; Heere then1s the toyleandtryall of Chriſtian 
wiledome and watchfulnefls over the thoughts. If when the 
foule pleaſures of former ſins bee repreſented unto the mind, 
hee hath either learned toſmocher themat their firit ſtealing 
into the heart, by oppoſing againſt them a contideration of 
the many wounds, and much waſte they have formerly | 
made in'his foule : Orelſe by his growth and {ſtrength in 
grace, beable to looke backe upon them without delight,to 
retaine them onely for renewing repentance, and to ditmiſſe | 
them with loathingand deteftation; Full {weete 1s the com- 
fort, and great the happineſle of that Cbriltian, who hath his 
corruptions ſo-farre mortified, and the remiſſion of his finnes | 
fo ſurely ſealed unto him ; that. the thoughts of his former 
pleaſing finaes can neither tickle him mich delight and new 
deſire, nor affright him with* horrour. For the one,0 (faith 
blefled eA»/tiz in his Confeſſions) whar all 1 retwrne nnto 
my grarions God, that 1 an now looke my finnes inthe face, aud |. 
not bee affraid ? Bur heere the wiſeſt Chriſtian may be eaſily 
plunged over head andeares into one of Satans moſt deceit- 
tull depths,except he be very, warie : For in the ſolitarie mu- 


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utterly grow outof love with them, and further loath them; 

Satan 1s ever ready (for both his craft and malice are end- 
lefle) ſecretly to adde tinder te the fire of his affetion, ſo to 
inflame him with freſh love and liking of that finne, which 
at thattime he moſt 1 and hath 'ever grefiteſt reaſon 
to abhorre, And the tide of affections being once en foote 


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-owards an old pleaſing finne + It 15 a great meaſure of grace 
muſt top the torrent of them. In watching therefore over 
| the thoughts, the brighteſt eye of ſpirituall wiſedome hath 
| neede tO ? ntend this point, to defcrie this depth. - 
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care the Child of. God hath 1n 
guarding the heart, 'c to baniſh and keepe Onr idleneſle, va- 
nirie of mind, melancholy,worldly ſorrow, inward fretting, 


evill defires, wandring luſts, wiſhes without deliberation, 
| and ſuch like, He holds 2 waking and jealous ey£ OVer thoſe 


f-om the fountaine and rootes of originall corruption;zwhich 
the tate of mortalitie never (affers to be utterly plucked up, 
-nd dried away in this life: He knowes ful well,if cheſe yorg 
Cockatrices be not cruſhed while they are in hatchiBg3, that 
is, 16 wandrin and wicked rhoughts bee not. &ifled. when 


| they beginto ſtrre 6-{ in the mind,they Will firſt envenome 


afFeRions ; the 
(like wild horſes) will caxty man beadlong intoa world of 
wickednefle. Above all, hee makes: ſure ever £obavein rea- 


— 


many baires and lures, which fpring and fprout eftſoones | 


dinefle and at hand, preſervatives and counter-poprons a- 
gainſt the baites of thoſe three grand empoiloners, ? luſt of | 
the flefb, the luft 0 the eyes, axd the pride 0 life. There. are theſe | 
maine obje&ts, about which eſpecially aAtuall concupiſcence 
is finfully exerciſed,riches, pleaſures, honours © ifheonce let | 
his thou wekepe about any of thele with immoderate de- | 
fire and delight, 
— ——; and covetouſneſle begets uſurie, oppreſſion, 
inclofure, buying andſellin offices and dignitics,. grinds 
the faces of the poore, and at oufand moe milchietes : It de- 
| youresali naruralland honeſt affe&ions,and turnes them in- 
\ ta earth; it makes kindred, friends, acquaintance, content- 
| greedy humour: Nay At makes a man 
to: condemne. himſelte body and ſoule for this tranfirone 


{ traſh. Pleaſuresinflamge luſtyan, lult.ſo-emaſculates all the 


is gone. For 10 riches will bring foorrh |, 


b—_ 


— "may 


250 Eh 4 Diſcourſe of true happineſſe. Ru | 


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| filthy jeſts,del:ght in playes,and hateful pictures, beſides ma- 
Hy ny other ſecrerand tearetull abominations, not to be Concei.. | 
| ved without horrour, much lefle to bee named. Honours | 
| breede ambition, and ambition bids the foule fpeake unto a | 
2 man, inthe languageof Neroes mother; Occidar mods imp | 
»es : Bee ſomebodie 1n the world while thou ſtayeſt heere,, | 
theughlT lye in the flames of hell everlaftingly hereafter. 
Deeply then doth it concerne every true Chriſtian with jea- 
| louhe

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meditations, obvious 
to every-Chriſtian; ableto fillwithendlefle contentment all 
the underſtzndings of menand Angels for ever. As the 1n- 
comprehentible gtorioulſneſle of God, 1n the infinite beautie 
of his owne 1mmediate Majcttie, and lacred attributes; 1n 
his W ord and workes ; 1n his judgements and mercies;in h1s 
Charch and Sacraments.” The mxraculoutneſle of our Re- 
demprion, and all the "comfortable and glorious paflages 
thereof. The great mytterie of godlineſle , the power of 
grace, trade oft Chriftianitie , and courſe of ſanctificationy 
matter of ſweeteſt contemplation. -Concerning/our. 1elves, 
there:is to bethought uponall the aftazres ot our calling, the 
particulars, perplexities, 'and caſes'of conſcience incident 
unto-them, Gur preſent vileneſle, and fearctull mfirmicies ; 
the miſeries and trailtie of this lite; the traines of Satan, the | 
terrours of hell ; that great pudgement even.at hand.'-In onr 
ſpirituatlſtate,how to preterve ourfirſt love, elcape relaples, 
grow-1n grace,” keepe/a good confcience, come to heaven. 
And when the eye of our underſtanding 1s dazled with thoſe 
highercontiderations, 'or wearied with theſe 1nteriour ; it 
might refreſh ir ſeltewnth the ſpeculative fruition of many 
invalible comforts; with varietie of heavenly chings, concer- 
ning the jmmortalitie of our foules, the large promiſes of 
everlaſting bleſſedneſle, of the glorious riting againe of our 
bodies, the joyes and reſt of Gods Saints above; and that 
which 1s the Crowne and concluſion of all; our: owne moſt 
certaine bliflefull ftate of happinefle andeternitic 1n the ſe- 
cond world, If men had grace and comfort to enlarge their 
hearts to ſuch meditations astheſe 5 whatroome wouldthere 
bee for earthly mindednefle, vanities and impercinencies; 
much leſle for proud; ambinons;coverous, lufttull, envious, 
and revengetu thoughts 2: - +YO& ) a5; 1f.9 44

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but that it is ſometimes as tt were 


W hule this fleſh 1s upon 1t, 1t ſhall be ſorrowtfull ; and while 
1t 15 1n this vale of teares, it muſt mourne. There 1s not an 
heart ſo ſweetly and refolvedly compoſed for heaven; bur 
is ſometimes cifletled with thoughts of indignation: And 


when follie 1s fer m great excellencte; when men neither 
of worth, conſcience, or ingenuite; are advanced to high 
roomes, domincere inthe world, and :mperiouſly. inſulr 0- 


{elves 1n freſh pleatures and honours like greene Bay trees; 
when thoſe have their eyes ſtanding out: for 'tatneſle , 
more then heart can wifh z to whom pride and anfolencie 
are as a chaine, and who are covered with prophaneneſle 
and crueltie, as with a garment. Bur- heere marke thei ditfe- 
reace : Diſcontentfull diſcourſes in the mind of che tormall 
hypocrite, either breake out into. deſperate concluſions, and 
tearefull horrour, although this be bue ſeldome” (for com- 
monly this kind of unregenerate man lives flquriſhingly,and 
dyes farrely inthe eye of the world;) exemplanie,and irreco- 
verable deſpaire 4n this life, 'doth ofrneſt befall either the 
notorious ſunner, the meere civill honeſt man, or eſpecially 


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him ſuch difcontentfull debatementsy are either-appeaſed 


bandoned. by entertainemenr of outward murth'z diverted 


watching over and guiding hischoughts ; which is a ſpeciall | 


over-clouded with dumps of heavinefle; aud inwardlydif-} 
quieted with its owne

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motions, or the ſuggeſtions of Saran. | 


ver finceritie z when the wicked proſper, ind{pread them. | 


AL hs ah 


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| more lively exerciſe of taith, gracious ſpeeches, and many 


| thatin David, a man of ſingular experience in ſpirituall af- 


| confliit in his owne heart with 


A Diſconrſe of true happineſſe. 


by. worldly 'wiſedome - or the like. But heavie-hearted 
thoughts in Gods Childe, though for a while (not utterly | 
without ſome aſperſion of diftrult) tretcang and diſcontent, | 
yet commonly at length being mungled with faith, and ma- 
'naged with ſpirituall wiſedomcgby the grace of God,breake | 
out into. fairer lightnings of comfort, greater heate of zeale, | 


I CO 


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Ad 
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bleſſed reſolutions. I will but'onely give one 1nftance, and 


faires. 7x 
Looke the beginnings of the 62. and 73. Plalmes,and you 
ſhall inde Dawidto have beenc ina heavie dumpe, and fore | 
ſtrong tentations unto impa- 
tiency. Herecounts the flue of the diſpute with himſelfe, in 
the beginnings of theſe Plalmes,7er ſaith he inthe 73.tor all 
this God #5 good unto Iſrael ; even tothe pure in heart. Inthe 62. 
Yet let divels and men rage and combine, yer my /oule keepeth 
felence unto God, of him conmeth my ſalvation, &c. His many | 
wrongs,vexations and 1nd1 gFuries, together with the impla- | 
cable malice, and impotent infulcations of his adverſaries, 
had no donbt alittle-before much runne 1n his minde. Ler us 
conceiveſach as theſe to have been his thoughts;and that thus 
or 1n the like manner, he communed and conterred with his 
Royall ſclte.- | ; 
Lord, thinkes he with himfelfe;l have with loweſt humi- 
{ litie,and uprightneſle of heart reſigned mine owne ſoulc;nay 
I have vowed and reſolved that my Crowne and Scep- 
| ter, my Courtand whole kingdome, ſhall forever be ſer- 
viceable to my gracious God, and that great Majeſtie above, 
My minde is never truely pleaſed and joyfull ; but when ics 
gazing and meditating upon the excellent beauty of his 
ona Being; upon his bottomleſle efle, and immea- | 
urable greatnefſe. His Word and ſacred lawes are better and 
dearer unto mee, then thouſands of gold and filver. Hig 
Saints upon earth are onely my ſolace, and their finceritie 
the delightof mine heart, For miue innocency from thoſe 
1mputations which are charged upon mee,l dare appeale un- 


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to 


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tothe ſtricteſt Tribuna'l of heaven. Why then, how comes 
it to paſſe, that I am become a ſpedacle of diſgrace and con- 
jp to heaven and earth, to Men and Angels, to Gods 
ple,and that which grieves me more, to Gath and Arhelon ? 
S$axl, for all the ſervice I havedone to him, and to the State, 
hunts me up and downe like a Partridge 1n the mountaines. 
Dogged Doeg, hee hath intormed againſt eAbimilech for 
releeving mee ;zand ſo cauſcd the ſacred bloud of foureſcore 
and five Prietts to be ſpilt as water upon the ground. Malice 
and furie drive mee into the wildernefle (tor Lyons and Ty- 
gers are more mercitull, then madded and enragedprophan- 
neſle,) but there the barbarous Ziphwmes have betrayed mee 
to the Kings; I am railed u 


ence and converſation (chat were tolerable,) but even Prin- 
ces, and thoſe thar fit in the gate ſpeake againſt me. Not on- 


men, with authoritie and imperioutneſle carry in tryumph 
my diſtreſſed and forſaken innocency. Nay, and that which 
is the complement of m1terie and difcomfort ; mine owne fa- 
miliars,with whom I have many times ſweetly and ſecretly 
conſul-ed, they have alſo deceived me, as a brook: ; and as the 
riſing 4 rivers, they are paſſed away. But marke now the 
ifue of this conflict, and 1award diſpute with humfelfe. Had 
a notorious finner beene m theſe ftraites, perhaps hee would 
have burſt out into deſperate conclutions and furious at- 
tempts. Hada Papiſt beene heere, he would preſently have 
had recourſe unto the /eſietes , tellowes whach are by defi- 
nition refined and tublimated Friers, compoled all of fre, 
bloud and gunpowder;infpired by the pewers of darknefle, : 
with a tranſcendent rage againtt Gods truth, ſworn ſolemn- 
ly in the blackeft contiftory of Hell to the death of Kings, 
Jefolation of States, combuſtion of the whole. Chrifthan 
world, and deftruRion of infinite foule. Theſe men woald 
preſently have addreft ſome bloudy and apr we villaine | 
| witha knife, poyſon or gunpowderto have killedthe King, 
| and fo have blowne up Sw and all his Court: Had a for- 


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worthlefſe companions, by tcllowes of proſticuted conſci- | 


ly drunkards make ſongs and jetts upoi mee, buteven great 


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mall hypocrite bezne in this caſe, ſeeing theſe croſſes and mi- 
ſeries befall him; hee perhaps would have preſently recoy- 
led from theſe courſes of oppotition , though 1n a good 
cauſe, cloſed with ſome great man 1a the Court, and caſt 
himſelfe 1nto the current of the time. But marke D4w:as | 


| carriage 1nthis point : his noble heart, like a glorious Sunne, 


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breakes thorow theſe clouds, and ſtormes of inward trou- 
bles, theſe ſtrong tentations to 1mpatiency and diſcontent; | 
hee puts on more ſtrength of faith and patience, and ſhines 
brighter in all ſpirituall graces; mee thinkes he reacherh the 
very Meridian of all Chriſtian comfort and high reſolution, | 
For as you may {ee 1n the forecited 62. Plalme: He doth not 
onely fortifie his owne heart with unconquerable confi- 
dence in Gods proteQion; but alſo with an holy triumph, 
inſults over the infolencies of his adverſaries, and already 
waſheth his princely feere in the blowdof the wicked, Hee tels 
them, they {hall be ſlaine every mothers ſonne of them, and 
that, in fearefull and horrible manner : As if a man ſhould 
come upon the backe of a rotten and tottering wall, and 
with great ſtrength and fury puſh it downe : even fo, when 
they were moſt ſwelled with pride and prophanenefle, the 
| wrath and vengeance of God, ſhould like a fierce tempeſt 
| and whirle-wind, ſeaze ſuddenly upon them, and hurle them 
out of their place. | 
Now inthe fourth place I am to tell you, that the Word 
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deeply implanted in the heart, withthas | 
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ments) as our affteQ ions, and attions. | "| 
Our afteCtions in their exerciſes, and employments, bein 
much mingled with matter and materiall objects, and orig- 


nally a&tuated with life and motion, from the heate and agi- 


tations of the heart, are naturally mere aGtive and flirring; | 
and ordinarily repreſent more tecling and viſible umpreſſi- | 


ons, both to our owne ſenſe and obſervation of others. Marke 
therefore I pray you with reverence and conſcience the dit- | 
ferencing markes betweene the power of fanctification,and 

formall profeſſion which ſpring thence. 
Some good affettions even 1n relation to fſpirituall 
things, and the affaires of heaven, are incident unto,and may | 
bee tound in the ſtate of formall hypocrifie 3 which _y 
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times doe not onely dazel and deceive the eyes of the worl 


obſervation but alſo. ſtrengthen and encourage a falſe con-'| - 


ceite of a ſound eſtate cowards God ; and a good (though 
groundleſe) opinion about the high and important point of 
a mans owne ſalvation. But being onely butthe effets and 
excellenctes of a more 1ingenuous and well bred. difpolition, 


univerſalitie, finceritie, and rootednefle; which Gods ſan- 


Aifying Spirit is wont to worke upon thoſe foules, wherein x 


it dwels. Neither are they ſeafoued and enlyved with that 


aged aight

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than with a world of 
generall, commor-place, declamatoric :ditcourſes,*workes 
onely of memory and reading ; not compoſitions, as is com- 
monly conceived, of true ang judicious learning z ſpent ma- 
ny times unprofitably in the generalitics, and umpertinen- 
cies of ſpeculative Drvinitie, without that Orthotomy; and 
particular 1nfiouation into-the:; hearts ' and 'confriences of 
men; hunting after anaccurſed commendation, witly ſelfes | 
pleaſing conceits, in the weartlome mazes of an unſanRified | 
wit z though they ſhould bee ſtuffed with the flower and | 
quinteflence.of all the Arts, humanities, .Philoſophies ; and | 
conveyed untothe eare with the. Seraphica}l rongue of the 
highett,and moſt glorious Angel in heaven. So appreben- 
live,taſtefull, and holdfaft, 1s the ſpirituall hungrie ſoule of 
that kindly toode of .1mmortalitic. So dearely doth it pre- 
ferre one toule-learching periodof aconfionable Sermon, | 
before: the glorious care-plealing pompe of ati -humane elo- | 
LLEnce. | S37* 
y Some other Meflengers God hath, of a more noble na- | 
ture, and ſanctified ; Who with taithfulnefle and con- 
ſcience, with more holy and — "the 
power of mortifying grace, even ag | 
reat of their originall pride; ova the glory of him chat ſenr 


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tence : 


II. 


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x Cor.2.3. 


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4 Diſcomrſrof true happineſſe. 


bom ,'and-not: their -owney which 1s the trueſt marke of a 
[true Munifter, as/we have-teceived-it from the gracious lips 
of the Lord Iefus himiclfe, Jobn 7.18. who heartily conte- 
crate and addrefie: with much zealefull devorion, and a re- 
' ſolved Jutimolt ;all the powers , and poſſtb;lities of their 
loules, with their feverall acquifitions, and endowments, to 
| that heavenly trade of ſaving mens ſoules, and ſerting them 
, forward inthe way of life, as to: their proper and principall 
' aume and object. Who not without continuall godly jea- 
| loulie oyer: their: owne-1nfirmities, and. deceitfull

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purchaſe that comfort unto his 
owne foule, happineſle, or inexcuſablenefle to his auditorie, 
and that meaſure of glorie to his great Maſter 1n heaven; 


| which one employed in hs moſt immediate and deareſt ſer- 


vice, being the highett adyancemenr: that mortall creatures 
upon earth can be raiſed unto, ſhould;' and-38 botind to-de- 
fire. Admit a Phyſician to bee amwabſolute Ariſtoteliani, Ga- 
lienift, Anatomift, Herbaliſt, excellent in all ſpeculative 
accomplifhment of his Art; yer excepthe be furniſhed with 
x further ,dexteritie, and ed co take ſpeciall natice ofa 
mans conftitution;the' fe humour ;fretigth-of nature, 
gfowth of the diſeaſe, and otherparticular and perſonall cir- 
cumſtances, eek mag emu... - yin ſucceflefull cures; 
and thereafter proportion and apply his preſcriptions well 
may hee goe for a learned man, -but. with wiſe men: hee ſhall 
never winne.the reputation of a good Phyſician: Gwe mee a 
Minifter admirable for the profoundneſſe? and varietie 'of as 
much knowledge as you wilhterhim be as it werta gteedy 
Inclofer, an infatiable Monopolift of all kind» of learn 

both ancient and moderne, of poſitive, te le, 
Caſe-divinitie; with all other ſpeculations of thatholy Art), 


1ſfght ims the great myſterio of Godlinefie, .andinto the 
AS Bok NEE 2 FAST "iS MRSs +a ___ particu- 


yet, except he bee further Eantified wich an-expetimentall 


63 


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' | dpBorguniy, 


2 Tim.2.15 


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* | Preachers of terrour, Tranf; 


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the houſe of Jacob 
their fins. In ſhort, who are not men-pleaſers in their Mini- 


ſtery; but the ſervants of Chriſt; which inthe ſenſe of the 


| Apoſtle, ſtand oppolite and diſtant with a trong everlaſting, 


and incompatible contradiftion. Bm 2c7- 
For the clearing then, agd reſolving the point,conceive the 


volumes of molt ſtinging invectives (and contumehies are | 


full antipathy, diſtaſte the ſincerity and powerfulnes of con- | 


thoſe men of God, which. deliver his meſſage with conſci- | 


different 


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TCR ORR EET 


EY 


1 Pet.1.13. 


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| judide orpattialicie, upontherrueſt worth; hee ſhall finde, 


| vation of different excetlencies;'to an Ambatladour of God, 


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4 Diſcomrſeof brwe happineſſe. 


different grounds, and motives of this formall refp<& to 
godly Miniſters, which ſprings out of the {tony ground, and 
| may be found 1nan unregenerate man; and that hearty reve- 


the good and honeſbheart. 1b 
| the formall Hypocrite may reverence even Gods faich- 
fulleſt Meſſengers thaus,and tor ſuch cauſ-s as thefe : 

If he be but naturally of more noble and worthy inclina- 
| tions, towards the matchlefle fairenefle of the worchieſt 
truth; and ſaffer geaſorrtocarry:lrsaftettions, withourpre- 


even out of a morall congruitie, and grounds of common 
' ſenſe, that che moſt reſpectiull devorions, and addictions of 
| lus heart, are dueby right 'and; by a proportionable obſcr- 


eſpecially-ſlandtihed with holy abilities chereunto; as to the 
onely Angel upory earth, and nobleft creature under the 
Sunfiez and to thoſe fecrets of heaven, revealed: by the pow- 
 &r of his miaiſterie;z which are fo tranſcendent to: the. depths] 
of nature; and/all created mventions; thatthey raviſh even | 
| Angelicall underſtandings wath:extraordmary: admiration 
and longing. And truth 1s amiable toingenuous apprehen- 
fions, and (atthefirfta ochand1umpreſſion)poſleties them 
wiely a-ſecret lovely;rav: 


meat; but:1t/1t:bee mingled with 
viſible markesof majeſtie; and dyvineneſle;/ as Gods truth is, 
no marvell though-by ity ordinary: attrachiveneſle and na- 
tive excellencie, 1t draw on anaddition of ſome: kind of re- 
verence from more generous 'mindes, though unregenerate; , 
 andbetterſpirited\men, though nor yer {pirituall; So that 
| the' man, which doth foundly-untgld the facred' myeries 
| of that ſupernaturall-rruchy

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this reverence) even a true-hearted ſecret defire, 
ſometimes 1n unſanCtified hearts, topurchaſe a go:d con- 
cit from a gracious man, althoughthey will by no meanes 
pts ren with him, ur lmeeritie, either by.judgement, or 
pratice; yet if it might be enjoyed, with the fenſuall enjoy- 
ment ef their darling pleaſure; and were they any wayes ca- 
_ of coincidency z they would with all their hearts and 
pectall' deareneſſe , (though agg their - height :of ſto» 

macke' would difdaine., "and mot deſcend to the acknow- 
ledgement,) 'embrace his warrant, and allowance for their 
ſpirituall Rate : and could they poſſibly procure it, they 
would eſteeme his voice, for election 1nto the ſocietie of 
Saints, the rareſt Iewell4n:the:crowne of all their civill cre- 
dit, and commendations. 'Soit1s, that ſometimes unregene- 
rate men ſtumble upon the right way to true TATLB 
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A Diſcourſe of true happineſſe. 
[For indeede there was never man upon earth.had a 
name in the right ſenſe and interpretation; but 1t was hono- 
red with the approbation and reftimomie of good men. I 
| would not care a pins end, concerning atrue and right efti- 
mate of my ſtate towards God, what all unregenerate men 
in the world(thongh ennobled with an incomparable con- 
currence of wiſedome, knewledge, policy,greatneſle,or what 
other remarkable excellencies foever) ſay, or conceive inthe. 
point : for I know they are ftarke blind, and cannor ſee; they 
are 1n more then <Zgyprias darkeneſle, and cannot poſſibly 
comprehend the 1nvit1ble brightneſſe and ſpirituall glory of 
{anCtified men,and thrice-bleſſed ſtate of Chrittianime, But 
now 1n this caſe, I muſt tell you, I would infinitely prefer 
the adviſed good opinion and diſ-afteCtionare aflent of the 
pooreſt judicious Chriſtian, before the ſhining favours, and 
all thoſe adored influences ot Princely grace, which can poſ- 
fibly low from the glorious circle of the brighteit Imperiall 
Crowne upon earth. 7 
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inmoſt cloſets of his heart; and there diſcover (not 
without ſome horrour)is moſt fecret luſts, and darke hypo- 
crifies. From that facred character of heavenlinefle, andaw- 
full terrour, which Gods dreadfull hand doth many/tumes 


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| defignes with ſpeciall adgreſle, and ſanRifes with Mmnitte- 
riall Grace, to reveale and repreſent the myſteries of hea- 
ven, and his owne great Majzitie in. that eminent. and. glo- 
| rious "manner. 'From'a conlcious comparing. of has owae 


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ſtampe (as it were viſibly) upon thoſe men, whom himſelfe 


ſecret guiltineſle, and dullerpaſlages of un-zealouſnefle and | 
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| hath, this reverence to Gods taithfull Meflengers, 11 the for- 
| mall hypocrite, is ordinarily turned into heart-rifing againſt 
| them, intheſerhree caſes : 


{ myſterieof faving ſoules, and following that onely method 


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 formalitie,with the (earching unreſiſtablenefſe of their Mi- 
mkterie, and zealefull fincerinie of their lite. From a conceit, 
that a faithfull manof God, by his Minilteriall mediation, | 


doth ſtand 1n the gappe againſt the irruptions of threatned | 
judgements, and de breed vengeance; and by the piercing 
key of his fervent prayer, unlockes the richeit treafuries of | 


proteFtions upon the place where hee lives. Orar the beſt, 
from a ſuperficial ſenſe, and generall apprehenfion of thoſe 
| many excellent refreſhments, and glorious graces, which by 
their Miniftery are ſhed into, and {ſhine tuli ſweetely upon 
| the ſad diftrefles of truely-troubled ſoules;and are comtorta- 
bly conveyed (thorow Chrifts bloudy

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raviſhing comforts of that bleſſed Spi- 
rit. Oh 1 ſaith he, out of a pang of that love, which broughe 
Chriſt Ieſus from his bofome, unto the bowels of the earth ; 
Oh ! ſaithhe, © chow aff Hed and toffed with tempeſt, that haſt 
no comfort ;"behald, I will lay thy ſtones with the (arbuucle, 
and lay thy foundation with Saphirs, aud I will make thy win- 
dowes of Emeralds, and thy gates ſhining ſtones ; and all thy 
borders of pleaſant ſtones. Thatis, I will rurne chy-depths of 
ſorrow, into ſeas of comfort;thy batter teares, into fpirituall 
triumphs; thy former horrors into heavens of joy, I will fill 
thy heart with thoſe unmixed pleatures, which no man ſhall 
take from thee; thy conſcience with peace that: paſfleth all 
underftanding ; thy Crowne of life with ſhining glory, 
which thy urmott conceit cannot -poſlibly co 
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bled ſoule unto his only Son.He feaſts thoſe purer ſpirits, the 
| blefſed Angels, with extraordinary joy, triumphant Halle/u- 
jabs, and new ſongs of congratulation, ar the ſolemnization 
| ofthoſe ſacred Nwprials. So naturall and pleaſing to the in- | 
comparable ſweerenefſe of his mercifull di{polition, is ſhews- ' 
ing of compaſſion andpardoning of fmnes. | 
3. Thirdly, the moſt naturall and propzr oby:Ct of Gods 
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he will bring with him apardon | 
writ by Gods owne hand, with the bloud-of Chrift, and 
ſcale it unto their foules by his ſpeciall ſandtifying power, | 


impreſſion, that neither 

man fior devill, the ſtrength ofhell, or length of erernitic, | 
ſhall ever be able to unlooſe. F | 

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| 78 A Diſcourſe of true happineſſe. bY : 
out againſt preſſing the Law, and preaching of judgements 
particular piercing applicatzon, and torturing mens conſci- 
ences with amazements and feare; becaule (1f a. conſciona- 
ble courſe of preaching goe for currant) they are caſt and 
condemned; andifthe way to heaven bee ſo narrow, (as in- 
deede 1t 1s, if Chriſt Teſus bee of any credit with them) they 
| maſt ey r come there; exceptinthe meane time they come 
| onto the forwardneſle of the Saints j aud that true-hearted 
holinefle, without which no man ſhall-ever ſee the face of 
God. Hence it is;that befides their own ſecrer diftaſte,and re- | 
lucation, they labour with:mach prophane- and boyſterous 
oppoſition:to. bring the faichtulteſt: Patours of Gods people 
 1nto- diſgrace and diſcaccountzasthough they ett tollowes | 
| of furious ſpirits;fennesanely of thunder and lightning; Do- 
| Qors of deſpaire, and unmereifull diſpenſers ot-damnation. 
| Nay, ordinarily thele men exclaime- with more diſcontent 
| and clamour, againſt preaching of judgements for tanne, then

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| their guilty conſciences, and 1ovifible fingerofanangry 'and 
diſpleaſed God. No nin o olcg nd ng vs ian | 
;To deale plainely,this1s the very true cauſepfehew' mipo- | 
tentout-cries and complaints, that theſe preciſer Preachers | 
come ſtill with nothing butdamanation-and vengeance :-out | 
| of their ſowre and 1 ous auſteriti ,caft nothing but 
wild-fire, brimſt jinto the con{tiences of 


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men, and: take the ready 


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way to drive them to deſpaire : 
W hereas God knowes, if they were fitted for mercieqwyoutd 
they ſubmithe narurall pride of their guilefull hearts, with 
hmitiene & unreſervedneſleto the foverargnty of the Word, 
and fimplicitie of the Saints z-they would with all their 
hearts powre whole Oceans of lofreſt oyle into. their woun- 
ded foules, and fill their bruiſed fpires with a joytullronflu- 


comforts of grace, mercies of God, and joyes of heaven. 
What war or inthe worldcan any Minifter havein vexing 
mens conſciences,and ſtanding at'{taves end with the whole 
world ? bu thar they dar# x6. (for the lite of their ſoule) bee 
falſe to their greate Lord arid Soveraigne ;, anddoe heartily 

thirſtto Taal, their brethren our of hell, and to. fave that 
immortall ſoules ont of thoſe everlatting flames. To con- 
clude the point; they calt unto themlelves in the; mould of 
their wbridlyawiſedome, areligious aneqiocritie; and putch 
a: meaſure of profeſſion 
compatible with their maine :carnall 


competent ſufficiency of 


and degree of zeale, 
contentment; and that muſt bee a 


| holineſk: ' for heaven , and ſerve — curne: for ſabvation. 
| Whieh glorious formalities if Gods Meficoger our of a zea» 


 lous 1mpatiency againſt luke-warmenefle;; and 
cenſure,and Ctr with an exaCt proportion all his ns 
htx0ns and applications from the Word thereunto z hee 


ſpeaks, org weeks y wr IT 11; 787 


-Theſ& liempered, boyfterous rela -lam: leaſt, 
1 © EXC ations, -ovas 

ſecret impatiency aud frertalnelle againkt conſconable preſ- 
ling the be: ettad Gubaiomaacet judgemencs for fin, 


is a common-marke tor the formal} Hypocrie, with all ſors 


pf awregenerare'men ; and capſtane propertie of all che: ſons 
of Adm, while they yet lye'fotthyrepoted their beds 
O_ eaive and dies toe reformed, for | caules' as | 
theſe 


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ence of all the precious: ſufferings of Chriſt, promuſes of life, 


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CA Diſconrſe of true happineſſe. 
The ſound of feares and cries of vengeance are 1n their eares, 
| and their hearts ſtrucken thorow (with (laviſh horror) trem- 
ble as the leaves ofthe forveſt that are ſhaken with che 
| winde : except they have paved them with obſtinacie and 
Artheiſme, and made them like the high wayes, and Satans 
ordinary roade. 1 > 
2. They have no ſhelter under the ſhadow of the moſt Hrgh 
noſuccour under the: wings of Chriſt, from the plagues of 
God,and curſes of the Law, They cannot yer pleade any pri- 
viledge or protaag:Il the bloud otche Lambe, from the 
poiſon, ſtingand endlefſle vengeance of thoſe woctull judge- 
ments and cutting confufions,) wich are juſtly preft upon 
their guilty conſcienees;for their unmortified lults. 
3. If che whole counſell andjult wrath of God bee faith- 
fully and umpartially ript-up and revealed agaiaft them in 
this kinde ; the AngelicalldeluGons of Satan, and the dam- 


nableneflc of their. preſent; condition will bee cleerely diſco- | 


vered unto their.confciences.. For a ſeaſonable, and fincere 
diviſion of the Word of Life and Truth,dothpicrcingly,and 
powerfully divade betweene the Soule and the Spirit, the 
| joyntsand the marrow, and-neyer cither juſtifies any unre- 
generate man, or condemnes the juſt. And therefore hee 
that reſts either inthe ſtate of notorioulſneſſe, or meere civill 
honeſty without any addition of ſupernaturall and faving 
racezor groſſe hypocrifie, or Apoſtacie, or luke-warme pro- 
Eo any 
(ifhee live under a conitant and conſcionable meanes) now 
and then to receive aſhrewd -knbcke upou his guilry, conſci- 
ence by the hammer of the Law, from the hand of a faith- 
full Teacher; which cannot chuſe but goe full-heavie unto 
tus heart, except it be ſealed up by the ſpirit of lumber with 
 obduration, and ſenſeleſneſle t-the day of vengeance; 
and muſt needs marre his mirth, and all- pleaſures of earth, 
with a moſt bitter dreadfull mixture of laviſh feare, and ap- 
prehentions of Nw, ROY 
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and 11] gauled with to: violent ftrerching and inlarge- 
ment, and with the hard ſitting of their boſqme- finne at the 
leaſt : and therefore they eaſily grow reluctant and ragefull, 
when they are grated upon by the ſearching power of an 
holy, and foule-taving ſevermiezand vexed to the quick with 
the particular diſcovery of their hypocrific, and diggin 
_ | into their ſinfull ſores. Hence it is, that many times prou 


their faithfulneſke in Miniſteriall duties, the verieft dunghill 
indiganies (pardon the phraſe, it exprefleth not halfe their 
amr er and fouleft inhumanuties, that the moſt contemp- 
tible baſeneſle 

an 1ngenuous Pagan thinke u without a great deale of 
indignation. Thou ſpeakeſt falſely , fay all the proud men 
unto blefled /eremie, when he had ended his thundring and 
threatning Sermon againſt them : Jerems. 43. 2. Then ſpake 
| eLeariah the ſonne of Hoſhainh, and lonathax: the ſanne of | 


Execrable blaſphemie, prodigious villanie : Duſt and athes, 
nay, incarnate Devals,to give the lye, by conſequent ar the 
lealt, ([ ſpeake it not without horror.) to God Almightie / 


ing the Law mott painfall to their prophane hearts ;. becauſe 
they havethe greaceſt pon and pleaſures, and indeed their 

portion in. this world. Hence it was,that when /ebxd; ler. 3.6. 

23. had read three-or. foure leayes of thoſe cutting Ser- 

mons of comminations,. and curſes againit Ids and. 1/+ae!, 
the King Rampt, and raged, and cut the roule with the pen- 
knife, and caſt it into the firethat was on the hearth, uncill 
all the roule was conſumed in the fire that was on the hearth. | 
And that Amazzah diſcharged Amyvs of the Court, and fi- 


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| 5,  Thetrconſciences ordinarily are ever freſh bleeding, * 


and prophane men faſten upon the beſt Miniltcrs, even for 


, and extremeſt malice can poſlibly deviſe, or | 


| Karean, andall the proud men, ſaying to Jeremiah.” Thow tyeſt. | 


| And above others, great men (without grace). finde preach- | 


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| lenced him from ſpeaking any more in the Kings Chappell, 

Amos 7.13. And that, that unhappie Fel;x, when Pax op- 
poſed, and applyed to his coverous, carnall, and careleſſe hy- 
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A Diſconrſe of irve happineſſe. if 
mour a terrifying diſcourſe of righteouſneſle, temperance, 
and judgement to come, cut him off in the current of his | 
ſpeech, and diſmith him-untoa more corventent-time, 4nd | 
better leaſure,A#:24:26. So leth- are -prophane great Ones | 
to bee troubled in conſcience, '2nd tormented: betore their |, 


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of the Word, they have fing- 
led out his boſome finne, and have it in purſuite and chaſe, 
with all choſe fierce and fearefull armies of devouring 
plagues, and certaine "vengeance which dog 1t at the heeles. 
He can digeſt well enough; with good attention and pa- | 
tience,the debatement of a Controverſie,or Common-place; 
approove and applaude generall diſcourſes, and unſearching 
Sermons zeſpecually if they taſte ſomething extraordinarily 
of fulneſle ot reading,or finenefle of conceirzbe made up with 
{ome affetted mixture of choiſeſt humane learning , and 
commend to the eares of the Auditorie, the excefſe and ex-| 
cellencie of ſome rarernaturall parts. His heart may ſome- 
times evendance and leape within him for joy , not with- 
out ſome outward viſible repreſentations-, when hee ſhall 
heare the infaitenefſe of Gods merciez unvaluableneſle of 
Chritſts bloudſhed; preciouſneſſe 'of thepromiſes of life; un+ 
conceiveableneſſe of thoſe pleaſures above , and fuch other 
points of exultation and comfort,” with a paſſtonate and | 
powerfull eloquence exprefied ſomething to the life, and 

pan Although fuch inward tranſitory l:ght- 
nings 12 him, ſpring not from the ſpeciall apprehenſion of 
any true reall intereſt in thoſe joyfull rydings ; but from the | 
natural moovingneſle of the matter; orthe vantſhing flaſhes 
of a temporary faith, or the like. ; yet further, hee may | 
tolerate with reaſonable contentment and eaſe, the zealous 
exagitation of other hatefull villanies; the diſcoverie and 
damnation of any other corruption : ſothat onely his dar- 


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' touch not this ſore, they may be bold ar their pleaſure, in o- 


cioully-rouſt eſpecially pn high, w-the Eagles neſt, this Im- | 
| perill Groye and (rateof Mayethte They may tell the Druns | 
| kard, that he ts & voluntary Devill; the common ſhame of: 


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pleaſures of uncleannefle;and that to him it 15an way Pa- 
radiſe,to feede his ragefull luft with greediaefle and delight, 
at lealt upon ſpeculative wantonnefie

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they will. They may tell che mercileſſe V ſu. 
rer that he 1s 1nfamoully guilty of that finne, of which a con+ 
verced Iew, anhonett Heathen, .ortolerable Turke, would 
be aſhamed and remorſefull ;tigmarized by joynt-conſent 
of charitable hearts, and ſtrongeſt current of bett Divinitie, 
with a brand of extraordinarie hatefulnefle, hard-heartednefle 
and crueltie : which: at this day doth ſhrewdly ſhake the | 
ſtrong linevves of this great Kingdome ; like a fretting can» 
ker,with 2 plauſible 1nvifible conſumption,dothdaily waſte 
the Rates, ſucke the bloud, and eate the lives of many poore 
diſtreſſed Ones 1a this land 5 fils rownes and Cities with un- 

rofitable perſons, and the Countrey with miſeries and in- 
8e02>-v= Nay,and let carnall reaſon, covetous humours, 
ſapexcihous, obſtinate 1mperiouſneſle tret and contradict , 
rage, and reclaime as long aS they will : to ſer afide proyoca- 
tion of Gads plagues, aud contideration of ptetie y even in 
the Ccnſe of nature, and morall conſcience, ittaſts an aſper- 
ſion 'of. inexpiable; Thame: and diſhononr; upori: the ancient 
glory of this incomparable Cnie; It 1s-very ttrange; that 
{uch ravenous Harpies and Vſurious: Vultures. {for ſocven 
Paganiſme ſtiled them by the light af treaſon), ſhould auda+ 


nature, the great reproch and prodigious diſgrace of mans | 
kinde z that by turning. himfelfe.;no a barcell or'a beaſt, 
doth (wth intolerable indignitie )ſ\winitſhly overturne,. and 


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Lett us ſuppoſe the ſinne of his boſome, to bee the brutiſh | 


4di{animace that nobleſt thing, (next. unto an Angelicall-na- 


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Efa.s.11. | afluredly they ſhall all lightupon- all. umpenitenc drunkards, 
tothe wider e 


vedly ftampedupon him. And for which(withour timely re- 


| ticles of boyſterouſneſle and vanitie :' yer let him know, | 


A Diſcomrſe of true happineſſe. "a 
rare, the underſtanding powerof the ſoule, which the hand 
of God by a royall telte-reſemblance hath moſt undeſer- 


pentance )he wilturac hereatter into the valeft and moſt tor- 
mented creature, next unto the Divell & the damned ſpirits, 
Lethim goe onawhlule1n his {wagering humour, and out 
ef an. accurſed gallantnefle of a fcornetull ſpirit, crowne 
hi mſelfe with Roſe-buds, in this fpring of his ſtrength to 
powre-in ſtrong drinke; let him drowne his overheated rage, 
his melancholike fits, dumps of ſadneſke, indeede fometimes 
the ſtinging bitings of that gnawing worme, which is bree- 
ding in his' conſcience (except: Satans hot 1ron hath ſeared 
'tup;) let him, Tfay, drowne: theſe diftempered and pec- 
cant humonrs of good-fellowſhip,, in Ale-houſes, Taverns, 
the Peſt-houſes of Players, & in other fuch furious Conven- 


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that if hee goe on, bis day 1s comming; he that be ſhortly | 
drunke with a wuneſſe; hee ſhall beedrunke

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wrath and vengeance of God; and 
ſpue and fall, and neverriſe againe. A number of fearefull 
woes ſtand regiſtred againft him by. the miniſterie: of the 
Prophets; let htm reare thoſe leaves our of Gods booke; and 
truth from the ſacred pen of that never-erring Spiritz or elſe 


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xtremitieand lealt ſparke of thoſe everlaſti 

flames; as/ſure as God'1s mheaven, curſesin His Booke , 
drunkards uporvearth, and-plagaes/in hell. They may cell 
the depopulacing Inclofer, that he is farre worſe then a rob- 
bing murtherer on Shooters lull : for befides'the villanous ' 
deſtraftion of Gods people, and che Kings ſubjects; the in- 
tolerable weakning of qv and us Aike) King- 
dome, ina a 8 apr ible degree, (for wiſeſt King 
that ever lived hath told us, that the honowy of 4 King is tn 
the multitude of people , and that rhe King confifterh by the 
fielathat is tilled) ſo that depopalation; and-decay of cillage, 
the curſed broode of bloudy Incloſure; are: TE | 
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A Diſcourſe of trae happineſſe. 


of Majeftie, and confuſronof ſtates unperiall; and I dare fay, 
ferting aſide the provocation ofdrwine vengeance;they hold a 
| trong counter-motion and oppolitions to ſounder policies 
of ttate, and wiſer depths of Monarchy; 1 ſay, behides theſe 
publike- miſchieves. , this man-cating Cammball doth as 
farre ſurpaſſe the bloud-ſucker by the high way , 1n inflicti- 
on oof. tortures, as a Spaniſh Inquifitour-an ordinary hang- | 
man: the one diſpatches a many m a moment, and puts him | 
our of his paine upon the ſudden; the other addes leiſure and 
hngring to adying life,and living death,that men may feele 
they die... Certainely it were farre more mercifull and tole | 
rable;that ſuch oppreſſing Grants ſhould knocke thoſe poore 
people un the heads in ther houſes, before they turne them 
out of their ancient home z then 1o cruelly expoſe them to | 
bee waſted by little and little, and by degrees.bee deyou- : 
red ofmiſerie and want : Which ts a kind of death, as farre 
more mercilefle and ctormenting then the former z as hang- 
ing in chaines alive, then beheading

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pay them home | 
with the -bloud of wrath and jzaloutie. Not tong after 
that e4hab had commanded the blefled Prophet CAGchaiah 
to priſon, there to be fed with bread of affliction, and water 
of afiction, were the dogges ted with his princely (chough 
prophane) bloud,in the poole of Samaria. When e4ntiochss 
(to whoſe crueltie againſt grace, they are all in ſome degree 


with bloud in his heart, murther 1n his hands, and threates 
in hzs mouth; even then the Lord Almightic, the God of Iſras| 


wormes came out of the body of this withed man in abun- 
dance , «nd whites he was alive, bis fl:fh fell off for paine and 
torment, and all his «Armie was prieved at the ſmell. They 
thinke they do God worthy ſervice,by ſuppreſſing the pow- 
er of his truth, and profeſſion of zeale z but they are indeede 
the notorious champions for Satan and the confuſions of 
hell, that breathe upon the earth. Thus,and 1n this fort, may 
the Minifter of God proceed, &purſue (with denuuciations 
of Gods judgements, and juſt ind1gnation) theſe and ſuch o- 
ther crimſon abominations, and crying villantes of theſe laſt 
and worſe times, which do amongtt us at this day, with pro- 
> tore-heads very fearetul! | 
even outtface the Sunne, and brand themſelves with an high 
hand againft the Majeſtie of Heaven: and that with the 
gocd attention, patience, approbation , and (perhaps) ap- 
plauſe of che formall hypoerite. Andthe rather, becaulc hee 
| thinks, that neither the world abroad doth cenſure him with | 
open infamie; nor ſo much as #he conceits of the preſent 


hearers, 


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LA Diſconrſe of true happineſſe. 
nearers, by the ſecret application, ſuſpeR him for any ſuch 


ſ1n;zneither,it may be, doth he 1ndeede feele the current of his 
carnall afteQtions runne that way, or the ſenſuall additions 
of his heart ſo endeared to the wicked pleaſures thereof. 
But come once tothe diſcoveric and damnation of-luftful- 
nefle, which we ſuppole to be his belooved and boſome linne; 
and let that terrifying Text, Heb.13.4. Whoremongers and 
adulterers God will judge, bee preſt upon his conſcience par- 
ticularly,and with power ; and then hee begins to ſtartle and 
ſtirre, and to take on with much 1nward repining and di- 
| Raſtefull indignation. For he 1s vext at once with the ſmarc 
of an invitible fling for that fintull pleaſure, which is the 
darling of his fenſuall delights, many times much dearer 
then lite ix ſelfe; and1f it bee noifed and knowne abroad, 
with ſenſe of publike ſhame; which mainely croſſes his am- 
bitious Phariſaicall thirkt after plauſibleneſle and acceptation 
with the world;and his vaine defires of the attainement of a 
- | Chriſtian reputation, and diſpenſation to continue in a ſcan- 
dalous finne; of a good opinion from the beſt men, and a 
faint-hearted incontormity to the beſt things ; which are 
ever uncapable of concurrence , or compothbilitie, A pow- 
erfull Miniſtery pregnant with ſpirituall penetration and 
life, and mannaged with the feeling eloquence of ſome Joby: 
B aptiſt, or Sonne of thunder, may tor a time ſtirre up and a- 
maze his duller and unzealous apprehentfions with its maje- 
{tie and divinenefle; fo that hee may heare him gladly, not 
without ſome admiration and applauſe ;-retorme his wayes 
in many things, after his religious inſtructions; and reve. | 
rence the nobleneſle of his reſolutions, in quitting himſelfe 
like a man, in his Maſters bufinefle : butler oneriiin man of 
God charge the edge of his ſpirituall fword upon the head 
of his particular ra1gning finne; and with the ſearching lighe 


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longer love that way ; all 1s utterly mard for any more 


of the W ord of lite diſcover that corner of the heart, wher@ | 


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reſpeRt'to Miniſters of that ſtratne. For carnall hearts ha- 
| ving 6 true hope, or reall intereſt, in thoſe ſound and la- 


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ſting joyes above, cannot without extraordinarie vexation,, 
and 1mpatienci(, heare of parting from the poſſeſſion of the 
| preſene pleaſures of that ſpeciall finne; eſpecially, to which 
b an individuall proneneſle of naturall corruption,ſenfuall 
choyce, and long cuftome, they have beene longingly addi- 
| Red, and deſperately drowned in. All humane delires are na- 
turally very covetous of contentment z if they doe not fee- 
lingly taſte ſpirituall,and that of heaven,they will reſt unre- 
 moveably upon carnall and earthly ;-1t they have 1tnot in 
the aſſurance of a Crowne of life hereafter, they will in the 
meane time, reitleſly hunt after it, and graſpe it moore gree- 
dily inthe comtorts of this life. Vpon ſuch occaſion there- 
fore, the falſe heart of the formall hypocrite being thus pier- 
| ced tothe quicke by a particular and ſeaſonable diſcoverie 
of its ſweete finne, and unreſolved to repent, and leave it, 
doth preſently begin to ditlodge by little and little all for- 
mer liking of ſucha faithfull Phyſician of the ſoule, (tor his 
goodnefl: m this kinde, as all other of every unregenerate 
mans 15, 1s like the morning dew, full of uncertainties, 1n- 
conſtancies, irreſolutions and recidivation.) The cold com- 
fort hee conceives by ſuch plaine dealing, doth. quickly 
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by the ſword of 
the Sparit, doth eafily diſſolve his reſerved and temporary 
reverence,imto hatred,malice and contempt. For it fals out; 
| many times in this caſe, that if the conſcionable Meflenger 
of God daily digge into, and dwell upon his conſcience in 
ſuch a heart-vexing anddiſtaſtefull point ; and Sabbath after 
Sabbath, Sermon upon, Sermon, powerfully preſſe him with 
| the bitter ſenſe and paineful cogitations of the curſednefle of 
his preſent condition, for continuing in his darling delight, 
being now cleerely diſcovered unto him by the light of the 
Munttery, and peremptorily damned by the booke of life : 
he either turnes. Chriſtian upon it, and happily paſſeth out 
of formall Profeſſion, into the Paradiſe of Grace; which is 
| ſomething rare, becauſe he isreſolved that he is 1a the right 


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way already : or elſe (which is more ordinary) he afterwards 
prooves a Perſecutor ; though not of Proteſtancie in gene- 
rall; yet ofthe power of Religion, under the name of pre- 
ciſeneſle ; and of that true-hearted holinefſe, without which 
no man {hall ever ſee the Lords face, under the title of Hy- 
pecrifie. For you muſt know that a man may bee a Patroa 
of ſaving truth, and yer PN of ſau&tification;z aDe- 
tender ot our doctrine, and an Oppreflourof fnceritie; an e- 
nemie to Popcrie, and a friend to prophanenefle, So that cer- 
caine 1t 1s (upon this occaſion, and admiſſiton of the 1nſtance 
wherein I have infitted) the formall hypocrite may come at 
length to that reprobate paſſe, and ragetul] humour, that he 
may even bitterly perſecute with (landers, diſgraces, and his 
utmolt of malice andrevenge, the conſcionableneſle of that 
man,and powerfulneſſe of that Miniftery,which he hath for- 
merly heeded and reverenced. And commonly ſuch a fel- 
low afterward is tranſported with greater ſpight, and more 
inraged with imaginations of averiion and hate, againſt the 
Preachers of ſinceritie, and practiſers of Grace, then Profeſ- 
ſours of Graceleſnefle. For he which protefſeth the wayes of 
God falſely, or formally, is ordinarily more bitter, violent, 
and cruell toa true Chriſtian, then Pagans and proteſt 
polites. Pilate was more pittifull and kinde unto Chritt, 


then the Phariſes. 'Fe/ix more favourable and friendly to : 


Paul,then the high Prieſt. It were better bee a Gally-llave 
toa Turke then under the Spaniſh inquifition. I would ra- 
cher fall into the hands of a ſwaggering Good-tellow and 
notorious ſinner, in a point of danger, or diſgrace; then 
ſand to the mercie of a femall Proteflour, aud proud Phart- 
fie. Though the notorious finner bez further diſtant trom 
the Chriſtian in degrees of ſome kindes of goodneſſe,then 
the formall Hypocrite z yet many times hes not ſo oppoſite 


in extremitie of malice and height of diſdaine, Amongit 
all forts of differences,diſ-affeRions, & itrange antipathies ; | 
(which by the deſerved curſe of finne, mingle themſelves | 


with the natures and negotiations of the ſonnes of «Adam,) | 
there is none holds a ſtronger and more incompatible op= | 
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| A Diſconrſe of true happineſſe. 
| poſition and diyorce, then that which 1s betwixtthoſe ; who 
' with confidence and perſwaſion they areright, take crofle 
; wayes towards the Kingdome of Heaven. And therefore 
the formall Hypocrite, turning Traitour to true Profefſours, 
doth many times take on, and rage'more againſt them, then 
| the open and infamous Offender. For this latter thinkes him- 
| ſelfe wrong, and ſometimes will not ſticke to confeſle it;on- 
' ly comforts his heart inthe meane time by making God all 
of mercie, and with' a' ſecret reſervation, and reſolution, to 
| repent hereafter : but the former, being dangerouſly wiſe in 
' lis owne eyes, and prudent in his owne fight for matrers of 
' falvation, ſtormes that any man ſhould cenſure him for un- 
{oundnefle of his oiriuall as and is as reſolute he ſhall go 
to heaven, as well as the pureſt and preciſeſt of them all. 
' Which groundleſk ſelfe-conceit makes him both more mi- 
 ferable 1nhimlelfe, and uncapable of faving grace; for there 
1s more hope of a foole, then of him that 1s wiſe m hts owne 
; conceit; and though thou bray a foolein amorter, yet ſhall 


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not his folly depart from him : and alſo more malicious a- 
gainſt the waics of ſinceritie, and zealefulnefle of the Saints; 

| beeauſe their forwardneſle condemnes his formalitie;zand the 
gracious light of their holy life, oleerely drſcovers unto him 
che truth of his ſpirituall darkenefle , and damnation of his 
preſent ſtate. | 
3- Thirdly, that reverence and reſpe&full carriage

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holy Brethren, Saints in Chriſt,communion ot Chriſti- 
ans, Godly conferences, conceived prayers, fanctifying the 


of thus temporizing temper, and luke warme conſtitution, | 
termes of {ecret terrour, and open taunting, Vpoir fad and 

ſolitary adviſement with their owne fearefull thoughts , 
they may juſtly firike thorow their hearts with inviſible | 
trembling ; becauſe in their milder and ſober moode to- | 
wards Gods children, and calmer conceits of fandifed | 
courſes, they muſt needs contyfle (out of their certaine 


God, and honourable badges of the Saints, are the very lan- | 
guage of the holy Ghoſt inthe Booke of life, and the inſe- 
arable everlaſting Arcributes of Chriſtianitie: and yet they | 
tinde and feele in their owne confciences, that their hearts | 
Rand againſt them, that they are neither true-hearted pra- | 
Qitioners, or partakers of them. And fomerimes alſo when 
the ſpirit of prophane ſcornfulneſfle againſt finceritie-Rirres 


in ſpiritual coldneſle;they villanouſly themſelves with 
them, and make themrhe matter of rheir hatefull and accur- 
ſed jeſtsz that ſo they may keepe under,all they can, in diſ-e- 


( 


knowledge) chat thoſe glorious Attributes of the wayes of } 


in them, eſpecially amongft their companions, and conſorts | 


ſtimation and contempt the faithfull Profcfiors and Pratti- 
Lge Q + _fers 


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a peſiilent 
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"A Diſcourſe of true huppincſſe. is 


{&rs.theteof, whom:naturally. they: heartily hate; and alſ 0 


| if they rake theichild of Ged but tripping tn the: leaſt mfir- 
mitic,againſt which too(perbaps) he ftrives ard prayes with 
many teares and heartfull ejaculations;(l:pping only in ſome 
unadnſed and. precipitant paſlages.of his negotiations. a- 
mongt, men, :andthet

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but acquaintance with the: world; not with purpoſe to of- 
fend, wrong, or grieve any body z but for timorouſneſſe of 
being infaared.1n the eoozening traps of covetous yorld. 
lings ; failing but inthe obſervation of ſome civill ceremo- 
nic, and-complementall obſervance; ' which bee onnts (per- 
Laps)not of.lurhnefle and pride;bur for feare of grownng in- 
5to'too much uncomfortable neerencfle, and unwarrantable 


ſcrviceableneſſe to unſanGiified greatneſle, or the like; I ſay, 


hauld atleogth antotheir knowledge by the cords.of malice, 
ghezr prdinary Ingelligencer,and Intormerin ſuch affarres,ats 
ter much. greedy watchfulneſle. and curious prying unto his 
wayeszor by the blaſting infuſurrggions of ſome invenomed 
flanderous tongue :Othen they take on immeaſurably, then 
they cry out-apd-exglaime: Theſe are your met ofthe IPt= 
ritythels are, tiie.holy! brethren, theſe are your preciſe Fel» 
 lowes, 4heſe.are they which make ſuchſhew of puritie and 
torwardneſle : you tee now what they are, when matcers 
come aut, and their dealings aredifcovered; when it comes 

tothe trill indeed: or to'a matter of :commoditte, &c.. Arg 
not they proud, are not they-maliciaus, are not-they -hard- 
hearted and coyetous as. well as others 2. &c.. When by the 
mercics of God (1n their ſenſe) they. are neither ſo, nor 10: 
* but ſuch. cenſures as theſe are very:often the meere eyapo- 


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| rations, of, pure malice, ;and:the bigrer ebullitions and overs 


flowngs of their gall, »(1/;/ , 


_ Iris {trangeto ſee and confider;. how:men of this world; 
in the rufle and flower of their earthly -proſperities; plea- 


FI 


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an. Soi

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unto their beds of death, 
| (and God knowes how ſoonethedecureſt may be arreſted by | 
| that inexorable Sergeant;)/ and-arets grapple 1mmediately 
| with the painefull cerrors of thie King of feare,and to ſtand or 
fall to the dreadtulltribunall ofthe living God;before which 
'noneſhall ever apprcare with comfort,or be diſmilt wich glo- 
| ry,buc thoſe which bring thither boltnes and fincere hearts 
| 1 ſay, there is.none ofthem, thouglh.now out of a ſelfe-con- | 

| .. ceited ſupercilicus jnſolencie,they brow-beate their brethren 
| | with many big lookes, and rage like mnperious Lyons a= | 
| ''gainſtthe Lambes of Chriſt; butthen, when pleaſures, ho- 
| ©! >") \nours,-riches; greatne{ſe,: friends, Phyſicions and all other 
| worldly comforts.befides: forlake them; and they fee 1n the 
| 


| \burrernc{{ of cheir vexed ſpirits all their former earthly glo- | 

ry. and delights of fleſh ready to finke with them mto the 

| grave,andto be buried everlaſtingly in thoſe blacke and cru- 

\&ll} abitationsz-but then (ify) exceptthe Lord ſufferthem i} 

'\to fall into the Lake with ſenſelefle! hearts, and ſeared 

|  conſcences, would give tenthouſand worlds, were they all 

t turned into-gold, pleaſures,and imperial Crownes:to.chauge | 

\ ns Rey -_ _ _ 8 

© —"- |\their former courſes of vanitie;ambitian,ſenſualities, worlds: 

> ' linef,and;good-fellowſhip, into 2 life of an holy preciſe- 

| nefle, ſtriFtueſle, finceritie avd Galvation, wit bio 

| \ . Ob! when the Heavens ſhall ſhrivell together like a 

p : | ſroll

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and malicious incurſions of 
Satan 1n this kinde ? | 
This then is the Caveat and premonition I would give by 
the way. In thus point of reverence performable to godly 
Miniſters, wee muſt confider Chriſtians in their ordinary 
courſe of fanRified carriage, and kindly temper of ſpirituall 
conlticution. For beſides, that thoughts of avertion and 
eftrangement may (more is the pitic) be wrought upou their | 
affeQions, as I have told you, both mediatcly by citterence | 
of judgement in Opinicn,andimmedaately by worldly mat- 
ters , and Occurrents of diſcontent in their mutuall negoti- 
ations and dealings one with another; the faithfull Meſ- 
ſengers of God alſo may, and muſt ſometimes upon the juft 
_ urgent exigencie of their charge and calling, by exprefle 
tenour of their Commiſſion, and for the impartiall diſcharge 
of a good conſcience, grow duſpleating and diftaftefull, even 
to thoſe which make profeſſion of forwardanefle and zeale z if 
they will needs give juſt occaſion by Opinionativencike, ſelf- 
conceitednes, uncharitable cenſures, exorbitancie, or remil- ' 
fion of zeale, inclinations to worldlineſſe, breaking off of 
brocherly affection,cauſeleſſe waſpiſhneſle,and impatiencies, - 
miſpending the precious time of Chriſtian conferences in a 
tedious ſpeculative proſecution of Ceremoniall controver- | 
lies, __ ſhould be comfortably improoved and imployed 
inſweete cdifying diſcourſes of lanRtfication , repentance, | 
Caſes of conſcience, exerciſes of mortification , further ow 
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uall diſcoveries of the myfterie of godlinefſe, and holy'trade 
of new obedience; and other ſuch paſſages of practicall divi- 
nitie : By their afteRation of a kinde of wantonnefſle 1h. re[:- 


"gion ſpringing from ſpirituall pride, diſ-affection to their 


Paſtours, it they crofſe their conceits 1n ſome groundlefle Q-. 
pinions, neglect of family-exercifes, ſcandalqus libertie 1n 
company-keeping, and ſuch other aberrations and exorbt- 
tancies from the {trai ghr path of Chriſtianitie,too much, and 
often mmcident to Proteflors of Grace. —__ 
This premonitionthus premiſed, I proceed(ina word on- 


| ly) to thediſcovery of ſome motives of reverenceto godly 


Minifters more peculiar to Gods children, and the fanctihed 
effe&ts of ſpeciall and ſaving Grace. All, or the moſt of the 


| motives before mentioned, may be found al{o1n the Chrifti- 


an, fo that many of them are common ts htm with the: for- 
mall Hypocrite : bnt in theſe that follow, nounregenerate 
man hath either feeling or fellowſhip. 

7. Every faithfull Minifter 1s coevery Chriftian

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of God,and love his Majeſtte 2 Hence 1t was,that Cor- 


nelis upon the very firſt ſight. of Peter, conſidering} that hee | | 


was a qualified perſon, ſentand- ſubſtituted by the Lord for 
the further and fuller unfolding unto him the ſecrets of ſal: 
vation,and myſteries of heaven, was ſuddenly ftricken wich 


ie Lord his great Mafter in heaven: | 
(though he can heartily: (for ſp he ought). pray longgand la-. | 


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ſuch an extraordinarie raviſhing exceſſe of admiration and | A&.16.25, 


love,that he fell downe art his feete- with tender of farre more 
then ordinarie reverence, and even ſome kind of adoration ; 
ſo that Peter was glad to raiſe and reprove him for his tranl- 


even a King, though otherwiſe not ſo goed, yer in a caſe 
of feare and danger , whemoanatcl heartto powre out 


pI 


26, 


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"A _Diſrourſe of true happineſſe. 
theſe compaſſionate teares upon'the face of the dying Pro- 
het ©'O 1yfither '; my fuhes, the Chariot of 1ſract', ana the 
| Borſemen of the ſame