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thy conſcience, if any whit awaked, on its- 
 owne accord, ſeizes upon that ſinne we now ſeeke for, as the 
principall A:herand author of all chy miſery. . _. - 

5. If everthou walſt ſo ſicke,as out of extremitie to re- 
ecive ſentenceof death againſt thy ſelfe, and diſpaine of reco- 

very; if thy conſcience was ſtirring, this. finne affrighted 
thee woſt, and gave the deadlieſt bloyy to drive thice;co fi 
nall deſpaire. Andif thoa ſhouldeſt dic in is without 


tance, which God forbid, jt would infuſs moſt hellifh yigong- 


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and venome, into the never-dying worme , which woulgd 
thezeby more mightily gnaw upon thy conſcience, thorow 
all eternity, If ever the ſword of the Spirit ſhall cleave is 
from thy boſome, which is infinitely to bee deſired, and 
ſtrike thorow thy ſenſuall heart with true remorſe, it 
will coſt thee the bittereſt teares, moſt fighes , and deepeft 
groanes. | 

X 6, It is that, which thouart lotheſt, and wouldeſt leaſt be 
acknowne of, If it were poſſible, thou couldeſt be well con» 
tent, that no John Baptiſt ſhould ever heare of thy Heradjas, 
And therefore thou beateRt thy braines ,. and improoveſt thy 
wit,to deviſe (if it becapaþle of dawbing) diſtinions, eva« 
ſions, excuſes, extenuations, whole cart-loades of fig-leaves, 
to colour andcloke this foule Fiend , though favorite tothy 
bewitched ſoule. Je 

7. That, which thou agt in a bodily feare,the Miniſter will 
meddle and meete with, when thou art going towards a con- 
ſcionable,and ſearching Sermon, For thou thinkeft wich thy 
ſelfe, If this day he diſcloſe my boſome, 1 ſhall both be dil> 
graced among my neighbours that know tt, andicaſt alſo in» 
to.dumps , and:melancholy by bis. denouncing of terrour a- 

ainlſt ic. 
b 8. Thoughts, plots, and projets about it, athouſand to 
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for a time pull his necke our of this ftronge 
-yokeof Satan, onely' out of melancholicke pang of ſlaviſh 
terrour, ſetious fore-thought of death , and lying everlaſt- 
ingly in Hell, true apprehenſion of the impoſſibility of be- 
ing faveF without abandoningit z upon ſome/ deſperate hor- 
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four of britiging 4gaine his beloved finne in his boſome to 
the Communion, after fe many cauſefull provocations of 
Divine Tuftice; obferyation of ſome remarkeable vengeance, 
ſeized upon his fellow-delinquent; or ſenſible ſmart of ſome 
terrible blow from Golls vifitmg hand in one kinde or orher : 
Lay, upon ſome fucly occaſion , hee may for a time forbeare 
his bloody oathes, uſury, drankennefſe, gaming, Play-houſe 
haunting , ſelfe-pollating, walking i che blatke anddarke 
witht after the flrarge Woman, or what 6ther. fitine foever 
doth reigne int him, and retaine him ſtronglieſt in the Divels 
favery... But becauſe it is not the worke of the Word, hum- 
bling hint ſoundly under Gods mighty hand, planting faich, 
#nd itifufing mortifpiog power, hee 1s not able to hold our 
long; but the #xcleane ſpirit returnes,and rules m him againe 
farre thore imperiouſly , and ſenfually , out of indignation 
of its diſcontinuance, and proportionably to the parties new- 
colleed flrengrh, and eagernefle, ro recommit it, after 
his extraordinary and itmpatient forbearance. I know, ic is 
not impoſſible, butthat a man , after his converſion, by the 
fudden ſarprizall of ſome violent temptation , and cunning 
traineof Satan, may be hailed backe to commit his ſweet 
finne againe; eſpecially if it be of ſome nature, (though ic 
be & very heavy caſe, and to be lamented, if it were poſlible, 
with teares of bloed;) yet he. neverdoth, nor can returne 
to wallow in it againe,or allow it. After ſuch a dreadfull re- 
lapſe, his heart bleeds afreſh with extraordinary birterneſſe 
of penitenrt remorſe , he abhorres himſelfe in duſt and aſhes, 
as exceedingly vile,cries more mightily unto God in a day of 
humiliation , for the returne of his pleaſed countenance, re- 
paires and fortifies the breach with ſtronger reſolution , and. 
more invincible watchfulneſſe, againſt future aflaults, and all. 
aſlayes of re-entry. But now the temporary I talke of, after 
his formall enforced forbearance, engulphs himſelfe againe, 
with more greedinefle , into the pleaſures and ſenſuality of 
bis boſome finne, lyes, and clin init againe, as the ver 
life of ns life, and hardens himſelfe more obſtinately ind, 


as athing impoſſible to leave, and live with any comforr.. ' 


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' Thus to lendthee ſome light , for a more fall diſcovery, 
and thorow difintanglement out of its pleafing/ſnares; Ihave 
intimated briefely what a beloved finne1sz what thine may 
beez and how thou mayeſt bee deceived about it, - For if 
thou wouldeſt trnely taſte how gracious, and-glonions

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all things elſe are nothing, tothe leaſt comfortable glimpſe 
of Gods pleaſed face. 
From this principle ſprung all thoſe noble reſolutions, 
and replies of (ods worthielt- Saints and Souldiers: That 
of Hefter for the preſervation of the people of God: Well, 
faith ſhee, 7 will unto the King, which us not accore 
| Trl perih, I periſh. That of Aficaiah, 
folicited ſtrongly by the meſſenger to temporize, in mana- 
ging his Miniſtery with fatablenefle, and-conformitie to the 
Kings pleaſure, and plaufibleneſſe of the falſe prophets : 
As the Lord liveth, what the Lord ſaith unts mee, that will I 
fpeake. That of Nehemiah; Should ſuch a may as 1 flee? 
As ifhee ſhould have ſaid ; Tell not mee of fleeing, my re- 
ſolution was pitcht long agoe, it need require, to lay downe 
my life, and looſe my bloud in the Lords battels. That of 
P awl, when his friends were-weeping , and wailing about 
him:1/hat meaxe you to weepe,laith he,and to breake mine heart * 
For 1 am ready not to be bound onely, but alſo to die at 
-Hieruſaletn; for the Name of the Lord Ieſns, That of Tcrome : 
1f my father flood weeping on his knees before mee, and my no- 
ther hanging on my necke behind mee, and all my brethren, 
fSfters, cbilben, kinsfolkes, howling on every ſide , to reteine 
wee in ſinnefull life with them , I would fling wy mother to the 
you deſpiſe all my kindred , runne over wy father, and tread 
im under my feete , thereby to runne to Chriſt whes hee 
calleth mee. That of Luther, dealt wich earneſtly, and eager- 
ly, non to-yenture himſelfe amongſt a number of perfidious 
andbloud-thirſtic Papiſts :* As rowching mee ({aich hee) ſnce 
I an ſent for, I amreſolutd, and vertainely determined vn | 
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Wormbes in the Name of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt; yea, althowgh , 
1 knew there were /o many Divels 4 reſeſt mo; Frm 
tiles to cover the howſes in Wormbes, That of a moſt re- 
now ned Italian Marqueſle, Galcacins Carracciolw, temy 
by a Teſuite with a great ſumme of money, to returne trom 
ods bleſſing at. Geneva, to the warme Sunne in Italy : 
Lex their money periſh with them, who efteeme all the Gold Se the $tay of 
in the world , worth one dayes ſociety with Jeſvu Chrift , and So pe77* ? 
his holy Spirit. That of George Carpenter, Martyr: CA roupeg 334 
wife and my children are [o dearely beloved unto mee, that . 
they cannot bee bought from mee , for allthe riches andpoſſeſ» 
fions of the Duke of Bavaria: but for the leve of my Lord 
God, I will willingly for/ake them. That of Kilian, a Dutch 
Schoole-maſter, to ſuch as asked him , if hee loved not his 
wife and childrenz Yes, ſaid he, If the world were Gold, and 
were mine to diſpoſe of , 1 would give it to live with them, thongh' 
it were but in priſon; yet my ſonle and Chriſt are dearer towee' 
then all. w 
I Vv. Exerciſe thy ſelfe continually , and be excellent in 
that onely Heayen upon Earth, and ſweeteſt SanRnary to 
an hunted ſoule , the Life of farrh. Which to live ray! Bow Hab. 2. 4

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nor by power , but by ey Spirit, Zacht:68} 


ſaith the Lord of Hoſts , -What art thow, O great monntaine, 
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In languiſhings and tremblings after relapſe into ſame old, 
or fall into ſome new finne; by ſuch precious places as theſe: 


- 1 John2.1. Luk. 17.4. 1 Samuel 12.20. 1 TJohn1, g. From 


this laſt. place a reverend Divine collects this comfort : If 
-we ſee our unworthiveſſe , and with broken hearts acknowledge it, 
God us faithfull and juſt to forgrve it , bee it never ſo great.” But 
this is a jewell fitonely for the eare of a fincere Chriſtian, 
when out of the fearefulneſſe of his diſtruftfull ſpirre, he puts 
-off all comfort, though truely humbled, after enſnaremene 
in ſome more ſpeciall affrighting ſinne, Ler noſwine tram- 
ple upon it. | 
In all kinds of temptations, by the power of that promiſe, 
I Cor. 10.13. Nay, even amidſt variety of them by obeying 
that precept, Iams. 1. 2. My brethres, count it all joy when you 
fall into divers temptations. | 
In-ſpirituall Lhonios, by refreſhing, and reſting thy 
Coking ſoule, in the-meane time untill the Lord recurne, 
upon thay ſureſtRocke, /a5b 30. 18, Bleſſed are all they that 
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waite for him, Molt blefſzd , deare, and ſweeteſt Sanftu. 
ary 1 If che Chriſtian dye in that waiting ſtate, he ſhall be 
certainely ſaved. For the holy Ghoſt pronounceth hima 
bleſſed. | 
"o'R deepe, and almoſt deſpairing apprehenfions of thine 
extreme vileneſle, and, as it were, nothingaeſle 1n grace, by 
apprehending that moſt mercifull promiſe from Gods owne 
mouth, 1/as, 43. 25. 

In thy perplexed and troubled thoughts about returne af- 
ter backiliding; by thoſe comfortable encouragements, ere. 


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 Indoubts of lofing the love of God, and life of Grace; 
by conſideration of thoſe paſſhges in Gods Booke, where tt 
appeares , that the loye of God unto his child, in reſpe&t of 
tendernefle, and conſtancy, is infinitely dearer then that of a 
moſt loving mother to her little one, 7/aiah 49. 15. ſtronger 
then the tony Mountaines, and Rockes of flint, 1/as. 54.10. 
as conſtant as the courſes of the Sunne , and of the Moone, 
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Tn the Haile-ſtormes of flanderous arrowes, and :empoy 
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miles, 1 Pet.4.14. Matth.g.11

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is commanded, 
as well as theſubſtance and ſoundnefle of hearts Rowware 19, 
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Thou muſt be a. patrone, and in ſome good meaſure, a 
pradtiſer of preciſe points , if ever thou wilt have true peace 
. and aſſurance of walking in the narrow path , that leads un- 
to life; as, of walkang preciſely, Epheſ. 5.15. Being fervent in 
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hands and hold upon the Kingdome of Heaven, CMarth. 11. 
x2. Ina word: of the way which is called Holy , and yet fo 
ſpoken againſt every wherg, A. 28, 22, For 1 meane onely 
that preciſeneſle which 1s commended unto us, ard comman- 
ded by the blefled Spirit in Gods pure and holy Word: E 
know, all paſſages of ſanCtification aretoo proces ; and para- 
doxes, intolerable and burdenſome to fleſh and blood, and in 
the interpretation of worldly wiſedome, which notwithſtan- 
ding are caſie and ſweet to mortified-men.- 500. 

Thou muſt ſtand at the ftaves end, againſt the finnes of the 
times, and like the Eagle,prune up thy ſclfe againſtatorme, 
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the body, 
without. which, the ſoule of Chriſttanity hath no exiſtence. * 

Thow-muſt be content toabridge, and confute thy Chri- 

ftian liberty at any time, according to opportunities,and exi-« 


gents, for the enlargements of Gods glory, the building up 


of thy brother, and ſnaffling thine ownerebellious nature; 
-Thou-mayelt , and muſt judge by the fruits. Tt is Chriſts 
Rule, Matth. 7. 16, If cherefore thau feeſt the abominable 
and unſavoury fruits of lying, ſwearing, drunkennefle, Sab- 
bath-breaking, uſury, ſcoffing at Religion, &c. hanging out 
in the fight of the Sunne; thou mayeſt juſtly cenſure the tree-: 
to be rotten, and for the preſent, tewell for the fire of Hell. 
Thou mayeſt judge no manraſhly., nor of his finall eftate : - 
(If we ſee a maletaour caſt, and condemned for ſome griee ' 
vous crime, yet reprieved unto the next Aſſize;z no mancan 
fay, he thall be certainly hanged, becauſe a pardon may be 
rocured, and come from the King in the meanetime : it is 
bs in the preſent caſe.) But thou mayeſt call a ſpade, a ſpade; .. 
a drunkard, a drunkard, an ufurer, an ufurer. Otherwiſe, if 
thou dawbe and difſemble, how ſhalt thou ever bee able to - 
eſcape liablenefle to that abomination, Prov. 17: 15; Hee- 
thut juſtifieth the wicked', and he that corndenueth the juſt: o 
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of that woe, 1/ai..5: 20. Woe amo them that call evif, goody 
and good evill; that put darkeneſſe for light ; and light for dark- 
nveſſe; that put bitter for ſweet , ſweet for bitter. Yet. 
know, that ſpeaking the evill thou certainly knoweſt by an» 
other, muſt be ſeaſonable, charitable and diſcreet: not out of 
humour, ſpleene,imperiouſneſle,atthy pleafure; but for Gods 
honour, the good of the party, thine owne duſcharge, wpon a 
2 warrantable calling, &c. according to thoſe Rules I ſhall 
hereafter deliver for guiding the tongue. _ | 
My meaning then1n this point isz that thoſe greater mat- 


_ tersbedearlieſt prized, and principally plyed proportionably 


to their worth and waight; and yet theſe leſſer things not 
negle&ed. Ir is too true, that thels who are more fierce, and 
forward about the ceremonials, and circumſtantials, then 
truely hot and zealous in the eſſentials, and ſubſtantials of 
Chriſtianity, proove too often vaine-glorioully, and proudly 
mounted upon that foule helliſh fiend, Hypocrifie, and po- 
fling apace towards ſome fearefull Apoftacy, or Anabaptiſti- 
call phrenſie. | 
V I. Let thy fpirit,be mindfull of its owne heavenly birth, 
immortall nature, andeverlaſting home,ever generouſly fot- 
tifie it ſelfe with viRtorious reſolution againit worldlineſſe,” 
the canker and cut-throat of all heavenly-mindedneſſe, and 
hearty converſation above. Of all the foulc-fiends,that haune 
the hearts of carnall men, there is none that holds a ſtronger 

oppoſition, and counter-motion to walking with God , the 
covetouſnefle. Ambition, ſenſuality, and other wayes 0 
death, cut off their ſlaves with accurſed diſacquaintance , 
and eſfrangement farre enough from all comfortable acceſle 
unto the Throne of Grace : but affeRions nailed and glued 
tothe Earth, have this peſtilent precedency, that they hold 
the remoteſt point of declination, from the warmth and 1n- 
uence of any ſweet communion with the Sunne of righte- 
ouſneſſe,and Gods glorious face. All earthly minded men . 
ordinarily , howſoever they may bee outwardly reſtrained 
and reſerved, are ſecretderiders of the power of godlineſle, ' 
holy ftriftneſk of the Saints,and my teries of Grace, And the 
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Phariſes alſo, ſaith Lzke, chap. 16. 14. who were coverom 
heard all theſe thmgs , -and they werided him © even mode; 
and made themſelves merry with the ſearching, and heart- 
piercing Sermons .of the Sonye of Gud, Their hearts, and 
hopesare wholly anchored uponthe Earch, and Tockt'up in 
their cheſts : and therefore they dreame of -10- other heayen, * 
then their golden boards, heapes of wealth, and-prefent 
temporall happineſle. Whereas notwithſtanding, one're- 
freſhing glimpſe ſhining , and fhedde intoour hearts from 
Gods pleaſed face, and well-grounded 4flurance of being 
His, 1s infinitely more worth thenall che gold that 'ever the 
Sunne made, or ſhall make while it ftands 1n'Heaven. 
V LI, Let thy holy afte&ions'bee ever thorowly wars 
med, and raviſht «extraordinarily with the love of Go, a $i amaror Dei 
To which, there are infinite inflaming motives and Obliga- ** vi-fincerifi- 
tions, | - Riſgs ſuſpiriis Tp-- 
=; 1, Hee being abfolutely conſidered , is irirmedarabl — a 
lovely. The moſt attraRtive objets of inſatiable” tove, arid inkia, quo jucun- 


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all amiable excellencies,, are eminently and tranſcendent! io, mc; 


triumphant in him eternally. Beauttie;Glory, Worth,Wife- quo izrius, quo- I 


dome, Greatnefſe, Goodnefle, Holinefle, Puritie, any thing, — Aug. 


every thing that is'any waives: admirable and loyeovie: Mn une. 
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2. Or confiderhim in relation to himfelfe; and thoal — — 
thou every moment thorow an interminable time, [ay downe wen Dominum 
ren thouland lives for His ſake, thou couldeſt never comme 77w7...c.1003 
neerethe requitall of the leaſt inchof His infinite love to< 
wards thee, which reacheth from everlaſting, to evertdfting, | 
I. Hee bore thee in the boſome of this His free love from all 
eternitie, and that ſodearely, that from the ſame eternirie, 
Hee decreed thac bis owne deare Sonne ſhonld fie for thee. - 
2: Hee broughtrhee our of the abhorred” ftite 'of beinggtio- 
thing, into the eanke of his reaſonable atid nobleſt cregrth 
3, Hee boughtahee againe, - when thou hadfit wilfully* 
thy ſclfe, with the hearr bloud of His onely'Sonne. &;? 
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in, and from without. 5. He will ſhortly crowne thee with 
everlaſting life, fulneſſe of joy,and picalures at his righc hand 
for eyermore, | | 
3. Thirdly, conſider the unquenchable impatiencie of 
Chrifts inflamed love unto thee, now wafhed with His 
. Bloud, and beautified with His grace, Cantieles, 4. 9. Thog 
haſt raviſhed my heart, ſaith Hee to the Church,and by conſe. 
quent to every true Chriſtian, my Siffer, my Spouſe, thox haſt 
raviſhed mine heart with one of thine cies, with one chaine of thy 
weeke, Now love is of that alluring nature,that many itmes 1t 
willdraw love from a man, when there is no lovely part in 
the partie loving. ;W hat a deale of love then doth the Sove- 
raigne Lord of all goodneſle, the well-ſpring of all beaurie, 
excellency , and ſweetneſſe exaGt at our hands ? eſpecially 
fith wee are his meexe creatures, in reſpe&t both of our natu- 
rall being,outward ſtate, gracious ſtate,and the ſtate of glory? 
.. See how His fpirituall amiablenefle is ſhadowed by outward 
' : beauties, Cant.5.109 ts +> bh: 

V III. Prize the fruition of Gods pleaſed face, a neerer 
communion and acquaintance with his blefſed Majeftie, the

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obedience, and dutie unto God, 3. Let the: noblenefle of-: 
thine inlarged Spirit, as infinitely diſdaine to bee any waies, 
upon any tearmes, in bondage to the corruption of the timesg 
ſofinde a farre {weeter reliſh, and take incomparably more - 
contentment ta the ſervices of thy Lord, and tus holy Ords-. 
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nancey, then in all his outward benefits, and favours of this 
life, For asthe beſt of theſe abuſed, will moſt certaiuely ar 
the Barre of God, turne ſcourgesand Scorpionsto the world. 
lingsconſcience;; and in the meane time, there isno man (o. 
alluxed of: his- honour,. of his riches., healch, or life ; bue . 
that hee: may bee deprived of either, or all, the very nexc- 
houre , or day to.come;; ſothe other will preove unto the 
Chriſtian , having beene conſcionably and.conftautly exer- 
caſed in them, asa rich Rocke, tobring in comfort, patience, 
and inward peace, in his moſt need and greateſt extremitie. 
4. As ſoone as thou diſcovereft any ſpirituall weakenefle or 
decay. any. extraordinary aflault, temptation, deadnefle, &c. 
complaine betime, cry mightily unto God, give him noreſt ; 
neither give over ſeeking, untill he returne nnto thy ſoule, 
wath power, and;life againe. If ordinary meanes will not 
prevaule,prefſeupon

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Heaven, to which, 
the blackeſt Mid-night is as the brighteſt Noone-tide, Pſalms. 
139. 13. Which ſees our ſecreteſt thoughts afarre off, verſe 2. 
and ſets them in the light of his countenance, Pſal.90.8. Hence 
it is that many humble ſoules, ſenſible of their ſecret provo- 
king the glory of Gods pure Eye, are more grieved (ſetting 
aſide the 11] of example and ſcandall , ordinary attendants up- 
on open and viſible miſcarriages) for the rebelliouſneſſe of 
their thoughts, then the exorbitancie of their a&tions. For 
the ſting of theſe is ſomething eaſed and leſſened, as they 
thinke, by the abſence of Hypocrifie, and becauſe the world 
ſees the worſt. But concerning the other, 1t cuts them to 
the very heart, that they are not as well able to preſerve 
theirinward parts 11 puritie toward the All-ſearching Eye of 


that God, who ftretched foorth the heavens , and laid the- 


foundations of the earth; as their words and ations in plau- 
ſibleneſle cowards man , who ſhall die, and the ſonne of man, 
which ſhall bee made as graſſe. Whereas then the naturall 
mai 1s

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admonition to-ſome ſuch contemptuous. 
fwinih wretch, which will paſſe over, and put by the preci- 
ous ſeveritie of the Word of Trath with a ſcurrill jett; or 
witha dull, and ſcornefull fortiſhneffe trample under foote 
that ſacred-Pearle. - = TSIGTT: 
 Though-it bee no conſtant charafter of Dogs and Swine, 
yet commonly thoſe deſperate wretches; towhom by Chrilts 
commandement, we mult give no holy things,are fellowes of 
dogged;ſowre, and contratted countenances, eſpecially to- 
wardstrue Chriſtians ; and have a kind of deſperate furiouſ- 
neſſe 1mprefled-upon their foreheads, which 1s then moſt vi- 
ſible, when they are croit in theirvillanies, andiheare of any 
contradiction, or condemnation of their graceleſſe courſes 
and contemptuous carriages. And thoſe Swiniſh Gadarexs, 
before whom wee mult calt no Pearles, are fellowes of a flee- 
ring, gibing and-ſcornefull carriage, eſpecially towards good 
men,and godly:exerciſcs : they areſo drowned in fenſualitie, 
and gleued tothe earth; that they dee not onely deſpiſe , bur 
alſo deridethe precious things of Heaven. As I take it, ſen- 
fualitie, andearthly mindednefle, mingled with a great deale 
of Acheiſme,. begetteth in men this ſorrrſh ſwiniſhneſle, and 
bruitiſh-contempt of the bleſſings of Grace, and diretions to 
everlaſting blifle,. © me 
Theſe premomitions and cautions premiſed, and obleryed, 


' every Chriſtian ought-co addreflo himſelfe with reſolution, 


and conſ{cience'to diſcharge this Chriſtian dutie of reproo- 
ving , whenajuft oxtafibn':and & calling thereunto doe re- 
quire and exaCtitat his hands- For theſereafons : 

Firſt, inreſpe& of thepattie offending, | 

I. Afcaſonable reproofe, mingled and ſanRifed withthe 
fprrit of invocation and compaſſion

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him as 
vilely, as his carkeiſe in the grave, and himſelfe burne in Hell 
everlaſtingly z if he hold on inthat humour without tunely 
repentance and reformation. | 

3. Thirdly, at the leaſt, thou ſhouldeſt thereby increaſe, 
and aggravate his inexcuſableneſle , and fo glorifie the Tri- 
bugall of Gods Iuſticez when it ſhall there appeare, that be. 
ſides many other meanes afforded, and offered unto him by 
(Gods merciesz thou alſo didſt lend him thine hand, to 
have puld him our of che fire, and gaveſt him one call to have 
Nayed him in the furious and wilful purſuit of his own dam- 
nation. But becauſe hee ſtill hated to bee reformed; becauſe 
varietie of meanes for his amendment, made him more mali- 


* Cious, and obſtinate in his owne waies; and that contradi- 


Gtion, and counſell to the contrary inflamed, and ſet on fire 
the luſtfull viciouſneſle of his corrupt nature , to hunt more 
greedily after forbidden pleaſures ; therefore Ifay, he will be 
more and more fearefully aſhamed, and confounded at that 
great and fearefull Day : and the more occafions he hath had 
of his converſion, the juſter cauſe then will hee ſee of bis de- 
ſerved confuſion; and by conſequent more glory will accrew 
unto the glorious Tribunall of Gods Tuſtice

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begin with others, are moſt peceara. _ 
prying into other, mens carriages, peruſing other mens lives, * » mos 0 
thirftily hunting after, | W5 by che helpe of many dog- omnibus itias ze 
ged ſpies,and fawning Spaniels, the falls and faults eſpecial- tem: fea py pro= 
ly of Piofeſſours; ( for there is the kindly triumph :) ever feas folis , qui 
tampering and medling with their motes; but have never _ — 
any leaſure or pleaſure to look into their owne rotten hearts, ris, alios de leviſ- 
and rebellious courſes. The reaſon of this difference may 435. uihuiue 
bee this: Every godly man, together with the power of mericaze condem- 
grace, puts onan holy baſhfulneſke, and ingenuous modeſty ; En IlTe 
that hee would be foulely aſhamed, and could not with any 
face charge others with thoſe crimes, which hee ſhould allow 
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- riſh forcheads; they will hardly bluſk, or be aſhamedat any 


beaſtly carriage, eſpecially bringing in pleaſure or profit; 
much lefle for ſeeming holy by their ſtrictneſle and ſeveritie 
againſt other mens faults,though as full of lewdneſle and luſt . 
themſelves, as the skin will hold. How often-may wee heare- 
imperious Phariſcs mangle and martire a good mans good 
name, for ſome lefler infirmitie, who never learnd to mourne 
for, or mortifie any one of thoſe many grofle corruptions,and: 
ſecret villanies, which reigne in themſelves. 

3. In reſp:@. of the manner. Selfe-guilty Pharifces are 
wont peremptorily to paſſe their raſh cenfures upon the 
more righteous then themſelves , withrmach malice, pride, 
ſcornefulnefle, and prophaneinſaltation : but the ſeaſonable 
cenſures of truely humbled Chriſtians , eught ever to bee 
mingled with much mercifulnefſe, commiſeration, ſenſible- 
nefle of their owne infirmiries, and love. 

4. InreſpeR of evidence and truth. Prophane mens cen- 
ſures of Gods fervants are many times not onely ground- 
lefle, caufclefle and falſe z-but alſo prodigiouſly abſurd, and 
utterly, impoſſible, without any ſhadow or ſhew at all of 
likelihood. The enemiesto Chriſts miniſtry confidently cen- 
ſured him to have a Devill, in whom notwithſtanding the 
fulnefſe of the God-head dwelt bodily. Tertullm judged Pant 
to bea peſtilent fellow, when he was the moſt prectous man. 
upon earth. Eliah was acconnteda troubler of Ifrael; who 
was in trath the very.Chariotsand Horfemen of the ſame

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and ſome 
kind of enforcement. wo, 

5- In reſpe& of the end. The ends why Pharifes and 
Good. feilowes, as they call them, entertatne many ground- 
lefſe diſconcetts , and thereupon exerciſe ſuch.cenforivuſnefle 
againſt holy men, are ſuch as theſe: 

I. To bind up their bleeding ſoules in the meanetime 
with a palliate cure, asthey call it; to-procure ſome tempo- 
rary caſe to their hearts,againſt the ceecks and bitings of their 
guiltie conſciences. For when confideration in cold *bloud 
of their impenitent courſes , and of their -certaine walking 
in the broad way , by reaſon of their-owne. ſenfuall liber- 
tie, and much company, doth ſting them with remorſe, they 
have recourſe tothe ill opinions they have conceived. of the 
beſt men; and thereupon thinke within themſelves, and take 
occaſion to ſay untoothers; What need we take theſe things 
ſomuchto heart, or trouble our thoughts with neceſfitie of 
more ſtri&neſle? Are not thoſe, who goe for the godlieſt, 
and are accounted the prime. Profeſſours, ſuch and ſuch men? 
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they guild them overwith goodly ſhewes, and pretence of - 
zeale? Hereupon they ſomewhat aflwage the ſecret flaviſh 
{mart of their now and then wounded contciences, and walke 
more merrily towards their eternall perdition. For a ſettled 
diſconceit of a Chriitian harboured and applauded, is a 
Krong naile to faſtenapunregenerate man to h1s owne wates, 
and a mightie barre to-keepe him out of a gracious [tate, Sen- 
ſualifts are ſo ftrangely bewitched by Satan, chat hee firſt 
cauſeth them to forge intheir owne braines, or take up from 
a ſpightfpll congue, ſome lying tale of a good man, and then 
after makes it his meanes to keepe them with ſecuritie and 
contentment in the kingdome of darkenefle, and to. ſtand in 
everlaſting oppoſition to the wales of finceritie,and ſalvation 
of their ſoules.. . | | 
2, To makeby an affe&ed libertie and ſeveritie in cenſu- 
ring others, the maskes of their owne hypocriſie, lefle mark- 
able'. For by their fained triumphs, and 1mperious inſultatt- 
ons in this kind , efecially upon freſh newes of ſome: Pro- 
feſſours ſcandalous fall , they would have the by-ſtanders to 
conceive, that howſoever they bee not ſo preciſe and for- 
ward, or make ſo greata ſhew as others; yet they are fully 
as honeſt men as they, and may,perhaps, ſtep into heaven be- 
fore them. | 
3. To wreake their ſpight upon the children of Light; 
who are ever eye-ſores and heart-ſores to all ſorts of ſinners, 
Hee, meaning the righteous man (faith the Authour of the 
Booke of W 1ſedome, though Apochryphall, yetancient) s 
grim unto 1,cven te behold : for his life 1s not like other mens, 
5 waies are of another faſhion. And it angers them at the ve- 
ry heart-root to conlider, that whereas, they hope , and hold 
themſelves ſufficiently qualified for Heaven; yet the righte- 
ous mans forwardnefle, zea[e,and living of another faſhion, 
if ingeauouſneſfle diſpell the. miſt of prejudice, clearely re- 
monſtrates to their owne conſciences, and proclaimes aloud 
to all fpiricually underſtanding men, that in truth, and upon 
tryall,they arein the ſtate of wretchedneſle, and of the fa- 
mily of Hell, Hereupon it is, that they labour might and 
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. But now the ends, which- humble Chrjſhans propoſe unto 
themſclves of juſt diſlikes, and ſcaſonable cenſures of uns 
ſantified men, are briefly ſachas theſe: ' 
..I,, Topreſerve their thoughts innocent from acceflarinefſe 
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and their:tongues from-cowardly, tence ,.when they have'a 
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is highly intereſſed, ſuffer,and be undervalued/Eor inſtanoe : 
Thou heareſt ſometimes a'feHow notorioutly; branded with 
ſome infamous linne, yet ſo ſpoken of by ſome'dawbers with 
untemperate morter, or at leaſt by ignorant wortdlings, as 
though his preſent condition were tolerable towards God, 
and hopefull in reſpeCt of ſalvation, by reaſon of ſome other 
ood parts, for whichi they praiſe bim :Jnthus caſe, if theun- 
LA 2 Chriſtian hold his peace, the by-ftanders maybe 
ſo farre ſcandalized and miſtaken ; as to conceive and coljeR, 
that a man may lie ina ſweet finne, and yet livein Gods fa- 
your ; that the pleaſures of the World, and peace of conſci- 
ence may conlitt together, which are as incompatible'as Hea= 
venand Hell. And why ſhould not that blence bee finnefall; 
which ſuffers an open knowne prophane man, to carry away 
the reputation of one jn the righe way z (if there be eime and 
place for a ſeaſonable; wiſe,and charrable contradiftion, ) as 
well as that, which ſuffers ane which istrue of heart, to bee: 
charged with hypocrifie ?  - - , 4 ago SOT 5G 
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that covereth a multitude of ſinnes, 


would have concealed. Iris a baſe ambition, and moſt un- 
worthy the noble magnanimitie of a-Chriſtian heart, to hunt 
after, and purchaſe an opinion of precedencie in graces , 


.and zeale, by the diſgrace of another, perhaps every way , 


fave onely inthe cenſurers owne over-weening conceit, bet - 
ter and more worthy then himſelfe, When thou heareſt a 
man worthily magnified , .for.eminencie of parts and ſpiritu« 
all worth, be.it farre from thee, or ariy thatever tooke finne 
truely to heart, to come 1n with a Fxr ; onely-becauſe out of 
a pang, or rather predominancie of privie-pride , thou woul- 
deſt gladly bee noted for. a Nexe-/ach , and paſſe for the 
matchlefle Profefiour. Let it ever bee the propertie and veine 
of vaine glorious Phariſes, to raiſe their reputations, and 
ſometimes themſelves, but with execrable villanie, upon 
the 1maginarie ruines of good mens innocencies; and to 


hold eyery infolent .dctradtian 'from other mens fuffici- 


encies, 


comfortable walkeng with God. 

encies, an addition to their owne

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which the Author never dreamed on z and by fatherin 
upon them ſuch-inforced ſiniſter fenſes, and wreſted crooke 
conſtrutions, which an ingenuous impartiall Expoſitour 
could never poſſibly extrabt. It is the eaſteſt thing of a thous . 
ſand; for a malicious minde, to foile the glory of the bra- 
veſt and moſt beautifull ations, with ill and wrong inter- 
pretations and fiirmiſes of By-end. ( For the pride of a mans 
owne diſdainefull nature, and the Divell himſelfe, are read 
Mid-wives at ſuch monſtrous conceptions and baſtard- 
births. )- There is ſome truth in that hyperbolicall ſpeech of 
him, who ſaid; Let ary wan preſent mee with the moſt excels 
lent and blancleſſe aftion , and | will oppoſe it with filthy vicious 
and bad intentions , all which foall carry a face of likelihood. 
Vpon'this very point, Tribunals of Tuſtice, which hold more 
upon policy than piety,eſpecially of private ſpleene embitter 
their judiciary power againft the party, too often ſtrangely 
blind the common peoples eyes, and doe a great deale of 
wrong. A wicked wit, and wide conſcience, mounted on 
horſebacke amongſt a number of Princes, walking like 
ſervants upon the ground (the Epidemicall diſeaſe of cheſe 
worft and' moſt ulcerous times) upon this advantage, many 
times worke a world of revengefull villanie. But howſo- 
ver it bee caſie, and too ordinary, for blacke tongues to 
blaftand ftaine by wrefting and wire-drawing the beauty 
of the beſt ations with malicious miſ-conſtractions ;; petit 
1s villanous and bafe. To let lawes of divine love alone; e- 
vei the light of Reaſon led wiſe men to this reſolution,as ap- 
peares by their *rules of Law ; That in dowbtfmll things , wee « Semper in dubi. 
muſt ever pitch upon the more favourable conftruttion. Wee is Beigniora 
are to be ſo far from a greedy hunting after a ſpighefull miſ+ 5c diver _— 
interpretation of mens ſpeeches, and” violent jwrefting of 7is, 1» re dubid- 


their ations and carriage to the worſt ſenſey that if matters (&pfraione 2 
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ever to ſuffer our conceits and cenſures to be carried the more 

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or intermixing falſe adulterate Gloſſes, or ſome im» 

pertinent Parenthefss of a mans owne, Chriſts falſe accuſers 

were deepely and daimnably. faulty this way, And 1n this 

kind, many 5 who are their Crafts- maſters, as they ſay, in 

malice, will firſt ofall give good men 1n their abſence their 

eDemmum inin;. WE 20d deferved attributions, with many magnificent and 

Morne ear plauſible ſpeeches ; * but afterward at the cloze, premiſing 

dances. Jaer.iwi- ſome: formall counterfeit proteſtation and Phariſaicall Pre. 

-—— pts ”* face, as, { am very ſorry to heare it : 1 wouldit were otherwiſe, 

Some men are COme mn witha &#t, ſteept in the very gall and vineger, which 
frees mai) bites moſt bitterly,and cuts like the ſharpeſt razour. As thug : 

by ro fire emie A man of very good parts, great worth, extraordinary en- 

ane /eatouſie 1%: dowments; But lomething proud. He is one,that is very wel 

reformed of late, of much knowledge, and growne marvel» 

louſly forward in Religion, Buta little covetous. And thug 

they ſpeake,not out of any love unto the party, 1mpartialitie 

of cenſure ; or that the 1mputation is true : but out of a 

cunning tricke, to bring their .owne credit to their owne 

doore; a perverſe humour of meaſuring anocher by their 

owne foote; an envious impatiencie of being ſurpaſſed in 

any ſafficiencies; or rather-then all this, from a baſe,an irre- 

gular and dunghill defire of having the beſt men, eſpecially 

every forward Profeflour, branded with one notorious Bas 

or another. For hypocrites, and enemies to: Gods grace, 

would, rather thentheir lives, have the lives of a]l Gods peo- 

ple ſtained with ſome groſle fnne. . Rather then taile, they 

will faſten apon him many a lewd (lander that way , ham- 

mered onely -ypon the forge of talſhood, and by the mid- 

wifery of malice in their owne crafty pates, or broached up- 

on an Ale-bench, or.ſnatcht from the diftempered tongue of 

ſome pedling Tell-tale, whence they may ſupply themlelves 

with wmaginary matter, bcth of infolencie, and triumph a- 

gainft forwardnefle and zeale, and alſo nouriſh a Phariſaicall 

waſion, that howfoever there may bee a profeſſion, and 

lhewes to the contrary, yet others are ſo corrupt ol 

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of the Sabbath, diſobedience to'Pa-. 
rents; fell pfrefally into a deſperate knot of lewd compani«, 
ons, then to Ale- houſe haunting, after,to gaming, at laft, to 
the gallowes:and therefore thou adviſeſt him co take heede in 
time : toler ſuch wofull precedents of finue and ſhame ſtand . 
Rill in b1s eye,to ſtay him from breaking his necke at the bot. _ 
tome of the ſame ftaires : for if hee continuethe reines bue a " 2 
while longer upon the necke of his rebellious nature, and 
ſtill hold on fo deſperately with ſuch wild colts, the divels 
Dromedaries to the ſame exceſle of riot, hee ſhall find no 
more power in himſelfe to ſtay, untill from the height of ſin, 
he fall into the botrome of hell, then a man WER, 228 to 
runne downe the ſteepeſt hill, can ſtop befere hee comes at- 
the bottome., He that layes his foundation with fire-worke, 
mult looke in the end to be blowne up; he that premiſes pro- - --, 435 x 2 
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ſcornefull caitiffe, who hath beene a perpetuall bloudy Goad tempore, quands- -— 
in the fides of the Saints all his life long. Vpon which occa- er. 
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at the downefall of every dogged cppoſite , when the re- 
venging hand of Ged, not without ſpeciall terror, hath tam- 
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hanged. Butin ſuch caſes looke unto thy heart with extra« 
ordinary watchfulneſſe and ſearch : That he be an enemie 1n- 
deed, I meane, to Chriſtianitie;z that thou do it not out of 
ſpleene, humour, faRion, perſonall enmitic, for the deſtruQti- 
on ofthe creature or the like : but ſimply and fincerely out of 
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ever the 
defenſive weapons of Gods people. Let Powder-plots, Pa- 
rifjan Maſſacres, invincible Armadoes, {laughtering of Kings, 

and ſuch like horrible and hell:iſh combuttions, brand with 
an everlaſting ſtaine of crueltie and bloud, the Popifh reli. 
gion and perſecutors of Heavenly Truth : Burt let the ſonnes 
of the Goſpel bee ever content to confront and beate backe, 
the implacable rage of all Gods enemies, and haters of fin- 
ceritie and grace, onely with the cutting edge,and ſharpened 
point of ferventprayer. Which weapon they may diſcharge 
three waies: 1. Indefinitely, againf all deſperate enemies 

to God, his Church, and Goſpel , without intimation , ſo 
much as by thought , of any particular perſons. So David, 

Pſalme 129.5. Let them all bee confounded and turned backe, 

that hate Zion. Deborah, Tadges 5.31. Solet all thine enemies 
periſh, O Lord: but let them that love him , bee as the Sunne 

when hee goeth forth in his might. 2. Conditionally, when 

they perceive ſome inſulting Shebnaes, and inſolent Hamans 

to perſiſt and hold on perſecuting the Saints, and oppoling 

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the | power” of Godlineſle ; they may entyeate the- Lord, 
if they belong unts him, to humble them 1n their places, and 
ive them repentance; but if hee purpoſe to givechem over. 
nally to a Reprobate mind , and to the impetuqus rage of 
their owne cruell diſpoſitions,to cut them off, and utterly can- 
found them, that they bee no longer a burden to the: Charch, 
and vexation to his people. 3. Abſtraftively; againdd their 
extreme oppreſſions, and malicious plots, without any: rela- 
tion at all totheir perfons. So David, 2 San,15. wer. 31. 
O Lord, Ipray thee, tmrne the counſell of Achitaphel ints foolsſb= 
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WG thus: Thou obſerveſt ſome one to have concinued 
long a worthy and noted prafeflour , bus-now unhappily 

beginnes to fall off treom his former forwardnefſe, to grow 

flacke and negligent in family duties, cold and: cowardly 

in good cauſes, heartlefle, and hanging downe the head 
in godly company ; to diſ-regard, and underprize the pow- 
erfull meanes; to catertaine but ordinary afoftions, if not 
ſome kinde of ftrangenefle towards other prefeflours, eſpeci- 
ally of greater eminencie and-acceptation for their grace; 
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particulars, before I deſcend, let mee commend 
unto thee, and premiſe this Principle concerning a&ions in 
generall. | 

Every truely commendable and comfortable ation, con» 
fiſts of an abſolute integritie of all concurrents and requi- 
fits, Or thus; That which is $90 and lawfull, muſt been- 

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General direttions for 4 
_ Lon ©- tire. I meane it in that ſenſe, as our Divines ſpeake of fanRi- 
cans} : malun Hcation, Which if ſaying, ſay they, muſt be perteG&and entire, 
quolibet vitio- though not inreſpeR —_—_ yet inrefpett of parts. 'E- 
Cethaione ni Very partand power of body and ſoule.mult have 1ts part of 
omnes bonitates ſanchification , though no- part his full perfe&tion and all de- 
Ger Gagatns grees, before the diflolution of our earthly tabernacles, Pro- 
caular portionably in the preſent point, though'fome mixture of 
ga ROOT inficmities and imperfeRions will cleaveuinto the facevfthe 
ex integra cau2. faireſt aGtion (anabſolute and unitained purity is incompari- 
Sofa, we ble with this unglorified itate of mortalitie;) yet notwith- 
rence of all cir- ſtanding, every ſeverall ingredient mutt bee attended, and 
Efery «bur +4 Cempered with its owne particular goedneſſe and honeftie , 
>a: of oncoxly,c and ſeaſonable conformitie to the whole; orelſethe whole 
Seffcien fer 917% ation howſoever right in other reſpetts, is utterly robd and 
en though «ror- diſrobed of all true ſplendour, acceptation and grace. Alit- 
zen generario” *f tle leaven ſowres the whole lumpe : one noxtous hearbe 
Jer now ard rven brings death into the pot: The goodlieſt deede or dutic is 
let 4 math ſalt quite perverted and tmpoyfoned ,- by the enortnities of any 
IR one particular requiſite. We ſay-truely 1n the Schooles; FT he- 
Art4-a0-3-Ca2* concluſion ever followes the worſt part: Semblably in moraliry, 
cell of Trenc. lib. the iniquitie, defe&, and exorbitancy of any one in gredienr, 
B-2ag: 396 denominates the whole aCtionnaught, By 

, Inevery one of thine aftionsand undertakings, looke- e- 

ver, if thou looke for comfort, thatevery concurrent' bee ju- 
ſtikable, thateyery ingredient bee gracious,and bring his pro- 

batum eſt. For inſtance : | | 
1. Itmuſt bee good in its owne natnre, and warranta- 
ble