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VAmEOV COMPASSES
For Church and ^t a t e. ,
Zach. VIII. XIX.
[HE T«xt fiflts . as the prcfcot
!. : bulinedc' of the timeib , fo (^ - '
[ the<fay too ; This wo^ Ti»t~
I fere/as khio^c, ty« it to the:
i ; ^iner words of the Vcrfciand
L ick tumes us baeke i^oa. «•■,
% mmhlj. F.afi, tht Fa^ ^tbe-.
fiurth iJi'tonetb^4iii^tbe Fafi pftht fifth , In vs^fiich '
dnty your fo long conftat)f{>ra^ireha(th'( Ima£:e'ni»
question) fo weli ver&'d yoo,.thait all that Ifhali
necdtofayof iti?,-thafit is one of boA tbefttibi-
gl^ft exoriftS'WHh God; and^exoicifts upon the
direll of aUother : With Go5 , ^t fee in'thriot*** :
iiiludg4s<i when ihft pteopi|c ot^fnul inthat their joft ' ;) ,
cxpeditiorraganft their brodxcp^tfi'/^un^; h^i^ath't i[aig.M.iS.
ttmceU tf God dad waited icg: it Ut if is 6o»fi aSday, aoS <
faUiog in that addreffcy had the next time added
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A Sermon prtacbed a$ the hfe Fafl
Ter.»,. Z% Sf'^^y 'o «&«r ^4^ft>,^,and both wkh nobee-
»«-* dcfcatcj yet when the new rime they ^ddc/4/?^!
to their fcjrmcr waiiins and »r4/W, like a kind Sf
weapon-charme, howVoone dotr ,Vcha4^^^^^^^
edge of that fword of God^ Wartc i Thtn tge lZ
&yS^' ^'I'TT'" ^ ^'l^^^^'^^ thcmmmhine
**»</. None oiSdlasffis removes to another place
or Fehxes pot offs to another time, but ne L fZ
*n»ther here, upon the next and is heard too tn
roorrowes vidory anfwcrsthis day's Faft, God«
prants doe but watch our fitrteflfes for receipt, \l
in our own bowclls if we bcftraightncd,vi<aorics doc
but hover over our thr6ugh peace with God, and ^
J4/?(wcfec)isthcwaytoniakcif. Andasitisthc
fpccding'ft pcccc of oratory with God, fo of cxor
ffn "PS^'i*"^^^'" '?^' ^'^^ ™°ft tcnaciousl-X
M„.^ l^DtveU, that clayincd in the rwj«.^.w4;»a^kindof
jer.u Tcnanf.right/.«. achild. which l\ii^p4k^cM
'SiZ '»«^-/'*'» ourSavionrtcIIsthcm, ihzttUklZiB
«f mt mth^tfr^y^ ^dfsfing, how powerful!^
thisduty ? that dothjnorc then cither chc ftroZft
- AndnomarvelI,farighti^47?bcthus(aswcfay)aIl
rJi ^"\^°^«^ »* r<^h a« « 8«V« all of all to
<Jod : makes of our ail one entk^ facrificc, our
foulcsm prayer, our bodies in abflinence, our goods
loalmes, ( atleaft) aU we ( herein) fp, efroK
mwuic bodies, othcrwifc we yim/^ but to iur #,.«/««!
.World, Godhathnoihafc, -mbutfaviiigofadifltwr
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at mofty a making ([iMweJfi our gayne the Wrong
way^but how ever a Faft have fucha ftroakeon Hea-
ven and Hell both, yet to doe it right, we nrmfl place
it but among thofe thingsthe Auxiliaries in the bat*
tle^fuchasare incrdine adaliud, *ti% bat ahelpej no
part of Gods worfliip, 'cis but the wing of prayer;
and as feathers to the Bird doe but elevate, not el-
emem tbefetvice: wefaft but that we may the bet-
ter favour tbsLtiredd which we hwt to eate, which t^ ioh.4.jft.
world knowes mt of^ that the bones which are broken
mayrejoyce, xSisttht Fali rf the fitirth Momth and
of the fifth MoneihySxc. majbejojMd^adnijfe. — 'Tis
the end (asPhilofophytellsus) that hzth ratmem
form£ in pnoralibus, it denominates, qualifies, and
crownes the action, and is indeed the caufe of all
the other caufes, (at leaft ) of their caufalities, it
moves the effciem to ufe the meanes ( asthe matter )
tn- order (which is thcfirme} to it felfe the end;
our beft fearch therefore will be ( in as much as the
Prophet here tells m, joy andcbeerefui Fedfis are the
cndolFafis) after that fpiriraall Alchimy which is
able to turne this iron into gould, this water into wine,
this dHonethly Faff into joy and gladnefo^ and this
chymicke fire we have in the Teict, its love. Only
'hve the truth and feaee.
The occaiion of the words is given in the Chap-
ter before, the Captives fend in embaffy ShareS^r rcr.t.
and RegemmeUth to the Priefts in Temfalem^ to en-
quire whether they fhould now in their durance keefje
their wmitid folemne Fafis or no. The fiimme of the
anfwer 'tis in this Verfe, wherein they arc not ex-
empted fsomf but dire^d in tbdr Fafts, how to
B 2 improve,
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*^?of py imdglaah^£ii only icv^^
Irithc reading of the tvowJs there is fohic variety,
l»i* ( upofi the matter) ltttlcxM:no<}HFcreiicc: fomc
rei«?e> But lukjctte truth dfkiftaee: Some Only lihst
ih^mhandftact: Others qgaine (as here; Thtn.
fift love the tru^h andfeace^ but whether Warh iliuit
^difcFCtivc particle htti ot that other exceptive one
W^, or this illative ifrere^'^ the tsfttter js 0ot much,
fo we doe love the truth ^dfeace.
For the eicvifiotK^f the v^orrfs^ thereis not a woud
^ifi ail the Tcxt^ but is an vmx enemy to all deviYtoo^
-Love Trtith «^ feace : all like Ieruf4le)0i at fmty
within themftlvesy and but a fliadow of that trimty.
in tinity, the Father Js Love^ Uh Sonne is 'Ttutk^ the
Holy Ghofi feace^ of v^^hicb m©re anon. Yet in as
itweh as dj^ mda efi dim/to. (jr wmia ^ nuHn (as
S^.Bernard) x)xt fitft'(as he fpeakes) being ^vtrhi
mn modo ^Hjfinfatio ftd drftpatio, a teariag At fhwto
CrumnreSj is if ro be fivjjpc -imder bootd for Ac
--do^ to Kckc 5 th*0thcr a kecsping it ^^t its
oMrn crUft> that the bhiWrcn nray not eate^ ndtiicr-
of them d dividing '^sword^mghty wewiil, foxor-
v^er fake, devide, tho- nottbe-wards^ yetihcbarid-^
ling of them into as many wayrsas vv^rds r Fitft, .in'
their dirtindion : o{ truth {zviAoife^e^ then in ihcir
<j0!r^un5aion: oUmh md peace ^ iaft of ail in their
-orde* i ISrft &S twth^ and then ofjpiftw. vFM fwc-
m\}f6ftruthwAoipfMe.
Oi^fttk *TWas agotfd quefribtaWwt^of JV^
•to our blelftd Savteor, fff^ktie /nrtA#H3Btlits*bfte
<lDft bim the a0fv(«r> iot^vfben'hc^d fii^;:%e$rtiie
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Tcxx> A^ wmt4iHt : but imth\% afubjcaas worttiy -^^^.rs, •
our caq^kyaiadaccenxlancc both, ro,nott6^btJfoufld ' '
wkh<^^t both> ar,d therefore that our bldTcd Savi-
; oarthatwo«14notanfwcrP//4/jhaflycUrf6fii|f,doifh
in the fame qucftion anfwer Thmas his hambic
• doKbt : I am the t^uth^ ^--notmn commtth %othc F.arhjtr j .
IfUt hy me: Truth then is that ^ccrnall word of the ° ' ^ '
Ta:htr, vyhicb in the Sonae> by the holy Ghjoll is ;
revealed to as to be our guide back a^ainc, to that
bofomc wheticc it and wcfirftcame : *ikxh^: Jaah ^ ^
Udder^ kt dos^ne^uju from UeAVin id earth, whereby ^"'^ '***
bis AngfiUi^ii\% Meflcngers leade up from earth io ioflji.i8^
Beavtn 5 it is that B.ahah skarlct thredy la dovcnef'om
thewwdoi9 efRcAVinto wwde m uphy^ the Apoftlc ^^'^-^-^^^
caHs itvi^/V^> the girdle $f verity ^d: girdle' th^\iy
many fcvcrall Uncks^ ending where it bcgan,rcturrtifTg
wbencc i« firft proceeded, elates it felfe againc witL
in the bofowic of tbc auther Ged 5 the firft liwh of
• ihis'gf rdle orxhaync of truth, hfajtned in the hofitpft
• ohhcitmhcr^ and is<he/r«/^ of his decree ox furpoje, '" >
for as he mrketh all fhi$igs ( as the Apoftle fpeakei) Rom.^.i^
ac^rdrngt^-the decree if hts own will, fo from all ceier*
nicy be truely mJleth zil be decrees, according to w|Tac
he ^fftrworkes^ xhis is called Veritas radic is, radicair Veritas.
orcfl'cniiall trmh : from this firft ltnckez\\t}^t: reft *• ^«*^'tf^^r
<:/4j^e thcmfclves cachinto other, by a mutual 1 dcpen-
dancc and proportion, according to thdfe dcfiniti-
ttks, :tfoe MU^aphyfiks give us of truth, adaquatio Jigni-
adftgmttm, .and cBtiformitasintelleBHs cum re, this
. ^Qtilmeki'Ofradi'Call truth, .that ofGods furpofe^ takes ^
ifaOjd.'of his iw^r^rbis^, zs the adaquat ftgne of that •
' ivs f^^ ^d God :faid> let there he ligk-^-andiP
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z Indicii,
5 E»/tt.
tpasfi, this is czWtd. Veritas indicis ^ wMifive impara-
five truth, this linchetzVt^ bould of the truth ofl)is
ir^^fi^ alUdone i» truths according to their asternal I
Jdcaim hxsunderfianding^ aftuaccd by that his W§rd
upon and in them, as the iad^quate /^;r^/ of both:
toihc ApoJllCytheinviJitle things ofGodareJeenej being
underfiopd hy the things thatar4 made^ and this is called
Veritas ent is ^ truth oi being, ox naS truth, when, as
God did not only truely decree the thing to be as he
truelf (^$ke of it, nor only he truely (^ekt it as \i is, but
k truely is z% he truly befpoke it and decreed it : the next
linckt takes hould of us, and is that corrcfpondcncc
or proportion bctweene Gods works and out
thoughts^^re^/^f^rwV^/ intelle^as cum re, aeaioe of ours
now as before of Gods, whenas the thing not only
truely is as God decreed 4»dbe(p9ke it, but when we
truely conceive of it as it truely is, difcerning ( as the
Apoftlc fpeakcs ) the things that differ, this is called
Veritas mentis, Mti§naB or intellelfuaB truth, th is lincke
takes hould of the next, i\ie truth of our nw^ confi-
ding in a propmion between them and our theughts,
when not only the thing /f«r/jf is as Cod truly decreedit
and be^okeit, nor ^t truly conceive cftt as it truUi ftf,buc
when vfc truely (peake of it as we doe conceive^ jp^^i^i^g^
( as the Pfalmift ) from the heart werds of truth, this is
called Veritas or ts, vcrball truth, this lincke takes
hould of the truth ofoutworkesr when not only God
truely bejpoke the thing as he truely had decreed it,
nor onely it truely is as he truely befpoke it, nor only
we truely conceive It as it truely is, nor only doc truely
fieakeofitx'wc truely conceive, but ( in as much as
prov.tfa»,ij. Solomon tdlsus^ a man taayfignifie mti hisfeete^ and
ffoakt
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Phil 1.
4 Hcntk*
Pfal.if &.
5 Ork» ^aJB
a Pet. mo.
befm the Commons Houfe of Parliament. 7
Jfeake w;k4sis fingers ) when wc iruely doc as wc
fpeakc/ this is called Veritas moris^ mordl truths this 6 Mms.
laft Iwcke clones and faftcns it fclfcbaclcc againc into .
th^ firft> that of Gods decree, and makes (as the Apo-
ftlc fpcakcsj^r eleffhnfureox true, ( as feme rcadc it )
b^well'de'ng: thus i\\c girdle is made up, and it re-
times both whence, and as it came from Gods
thoughts to his voord, and thence to his rvorkes^ and fo
backc againe iiom our thoughts to our mrds, and fo
to oxxt works •^ whereby wc and truth climbeboth
together backc to the boforoe tbcfountainc of both,
God: thus, leaving to Phy fit ians their late difpute,
whether the motion of thebloud be circular or no i
we may conclude the motion oi truth to be cxadly
circular ^ ^ figure which gives it both dtermy and
jlre^gthas a circle mthout ertd^ and as z circle firortg
and prevailing in the eauall beat and mutual! com*
pliance of its parts: and thus it muft needs be, for
the rule tclksuSifitntmumitiu^quo^ge/tere, is radix
^ reguU inferior umyzW truths muft regulate and roote
themfelvcs in the highcft truth : and thus wc fee
^hat the Philofophers mcanc when they tell us^ that,
trjtth is in God caufativ}^ as in k$c4ufe : in the thing
ethjeHiv^ as in its ob]eSl : in our underftandings^/S^^
jebiiv^e as in its fuhjeli : and in our vrord$j^gn4ti'&e^
as. in lis figtfo: now return efi menfurA fui& curvi^
and as truth is the ruUto mczCvxcfalJhoodby,{ofidfi)P0d
is thtfoyleto fetout truth by, every oft? of thefc
lincks of truth have .their oppofites of fdljbc^, to
thzt oi decree xscoUuftM, toihzt0fcmm4nd is retra^
efiou, toihziofheiugi$fcfion^ to thzt of dp frehenjUn
trror^ tothatof n^Wa/y^, andtothatbf /^yJ^/tfwj^.^
fo
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f0thco^wcfccwhatthc/(?vrof truth is, fuch a Uve
tathcrw^fof Gods I>€ frees. Word a)id Workes^ as \
c*Kprcflcsk fclfcby a proportion tk^rcunto in our-
thoughts, words z^<& works. And thus much of trmh,
next ofPeacei . \
Peace i%{oT\tzx^z\im to truths \\Ai\itr$Hhht^ gir^^
^P^4^ ^^, ^^4^ \%^bond^ the unity ofthepriP in the boni^
offeace^ astftc fame ApofHc calls it in the fame Epi-
ftle. Every ffiing ( Philofophy tcls us) hath a dou-
bleadl, ^(^^^ /^nw«^, which is the ^ of it, and.4-
^hfis fecu^du^, v/hicii h it's eferari, the aft of it's teing^ '
and the-ai5 of it's working : now as omm eft is f romper '
i^om/ii.i. operari, fo ^w;^^ ^^mh is Jecundum efe, j man who
harh-a reafondle king hath accordingly a reafinabltj
wifrkingox fcrvicc 5 not rcafonable ( as wee ufe thf "^
wbrdfbmctimt^ and as Libctttncs- would alwayes ..
haveir) (i.) indifferent, but Xoy/XM^ ^*7f«W, ^r4th*
ndOfervice : Stt then, as truth is^thi girdie of pro-
piwiohjn each tWiigs being ro Gods fmderjiandiag i
to peace-is tl^c bondo^Hartnony^ in^acH things w^r^
king to'his will : Co thst truth and peace are as large '
z^meCreation, MddoQf torn Go6i under Banding zm'
wHlJfringvp 'MhtsteikMVitnitttlidrbeings and t^for-^'^
kings J the one, that of truth jtinnes^ backc through
their beings to their heginnrngs in GodsunderfiAndmg:
Tile oxhcf oifeace, runncsfbt ward through their wor^^
kings loxh^x'ends in Gods wiB. It iis a Tnaxime in Phy-
lofophy'an.d Divinity too, thatnothing can have it's'
<r;;ar'whhinitfdfci that hath not it's ^^'/rg- of it fdfcj
DorUing^iili ' what gave it beings cangive it votll^bdng^
liv^^antiotinakeoiir fdveij happy, bccaiifc wee did'-
ndctekkcourfelvdr^ n^ this rale hath i?'* corrola-^
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hfm the Commons Houfe ^fParUamenP,
ry, vi^ as nothing that hath not it's icing bF k fclfc,
can have it's end within it fcffe 5 fo nothing ^thai: hath
not it's end within it fclfc, can have it's mU to that.^^^
ftomitfelfe j that which cannot give it fclfc happi-
ncflc, cannot guide it fcJfc to it : the ^;iiand rultJ
iothy muft be had whence the ieing is : So then e-
very thing that hath it^s kemg from Goisf^wer, muft
hsyck's end itom Gods parpfifi, and rule from Gads
f^m,: we fee then what ^^4^ is, w:^. a ^Wef ma-
tuall harmony oracconampdationin every thing^ti^iv-*
king or /^rwVif within their fcverall fphcarcs and
rankes according to their ieings to thofc e»ds of Gods
mlly for which God% under Jtanding gave thcmfuch
k^n^.
'^ Spqfic have herein gone yet higher, endeavourii^
hcteby to (hadow out that glorious myftciy of the
Hcflfed Trinity thus.^ There arc three wayes (they
fay) whereby God is made knowncto. us, a way of
Bximption, Can/ality and Eniivence. , Firftj by way
oiBxemftion^ when we ice any thing in the creature
ofinfirsikyorcviil, wcarc to exempt God from it;
bencemofl: oihxsK^ttributes are«^4//w,imny)rtalJ^
incomprehenfiblc, infinite, &^. , Next by way ol"
C4<iyi%,whatwer we fee in the Creature of ftrength
or ability^ wcare eaacknowledge God the ^raufe of
it. Laftly, byway of £^><w^Gr tranfcendcncy^
what ever we fee in any thing pf wptth,or pcrfp^Ion,
that to know tp be in him in a wzjoiBminence gt tcan-
fcendency beyondall propprtion , now the iiigheft
peeceof per&^im in man, the modell #f the wnote
<i:e«Eionistbefpul,a94fi9i5tM tntele^brunderllan«*
du^ i that jauft not bedcoied to be by an aaalogicall
e ^ traa-
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iranfcctideticy ia God : now, what ever is ia God
15 God, the fifli^Ucky of tliat ctcrnall a<ft which hcc
is, admits of no concretion of ad}un<as or feculties j
fhis infinite, etcrnall unJtrStanding then, mufl: bee
God, this underftanding being an eternall dcf, miift
bavt a proportiohable ©bjc6l etcrnall too, which;
, can be no other then himfelfc : this eternall under*
^ ^andtng by this eternall reflexive dH upon it felfe,
cannot underfland it felfe, biat, by an eternall Idtik
' ' Orw^/^^of itfetfe, which muft be as eternall as the
45and^jV(5?5thisM//V;ior idea of its felfe begoltefi
by this eternall mderjianding on it felfe, is the eter-
fiall tPihrd of this underfiAftdingr the fecond Perfon m
the Trinity > the eternall truth and mfdome of the
Father. So, eYeninour mder Handings, when by a
re6e(5?ive aHi they underftand themfclvcs, that nM0i^
ofitfelfe, begotten by it felfe, upon k felfe, is it's
etcrnall w&rd : Here moft properly that ofiJirifiotU
holds t roe, JEx c(^it$ KJr cognofcente p un$m. So
Wh.h,i. is the Sonne tbe etcrnall tP^d or e^aralfer and ex^
t^^JP ^^^S^ ^fJ^^ J^^^^^r, one with him : Now
from this cterhall mfderjfandiffg^ eternally thus rc-
jflcfting on it feffe^ and delighting in it ict£e • and
this eternall jrt;r^ thereby begottcn^here mufl: needs
eternally proceed a mutual! t0V0 betwtcnc then»,
which ijsit is etcttwHy in them, fr^ieei&ng from botb^
eachro^otherj muft needs be d«e with them, this i«
the Bdy Gbcfti who is that vinculttm mivepfij the
»jl»-4.j^ ^^i ^f^^ ^P^^^ ^^ ^^* *^' ^P^K whereby ^\
things are hew and feftned in an hanwony of nwlwjf
tothcir defigiirdwflSr r As tmhm ft proportwAxtf
ihcir kin^ ta tbeir l^nmngi\f the S^gme ufhd^
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Jmg (asthe Apoftlcfpcakcs) aU things ij the wcrd Hrb.x.|.
of his fewer. So that God xht S$nne is chc truth aad
mfcd$mofthe Father, the Holy GkB is tht peace
and Uve of them both^' The fe^ce oj Gedwhuhfaf-
feth aB underfianding^ keepe yew hearts in the kn$i9r
ledge and love efGod the Fitther^ and of his Son»c^
fefus Chrifi our Lord : Where fomc obfcrve, t(iac if ^
the Holy GhoB be not meant in the Pcaee of God, ^ ^
and love of both, he is left oiit ; I do^ not fay all
this, as if the Schoolc-men had fecn further into this
infcrutabk my ftery of the Trinity ^ then the Prophet
Efay ever could, who cryes our, who /hall declare^
it's generation 5 but onely to let you iec how high
they c^xiy this girMe of truth and boi^d of feace^. ^^*'»»*"
W6 fee then what Peace is^ w^.a correfpondency in the
mrhings of all things withiq their proper Spht^areSito
thcitw^jrby thefl'^/; Ghojt, utruthisohyK heingi^i
all things with their /ife^V in thcit firft beginnings fe^
the Sonne j if any thing ftart out of this bond or har-
mony of it's fervid to it's end, ic breaks the peaces,-*
lAovi the tvjoShoulders, Bskv9crco(thi$ K^slasy on
which all things goc about, ^vcunityzndorder, thc/c
are thetvjopnevoes oi Peace- nnity the finew of it's
fubfijleme 5 order of it's 9n$ticn 5 miity coUciSs it
flrengtbi order manages it : Were ic not for ttefc
two, how foone would the whole world disband and
breakeltaipfe from it fclfc into a Chaos ofcopfufiootf
How fqoDe crumble out baejce agaipe^into it's fi?ft
4tttomes^ orrathbit'sfirfinqthiog : EvenH^H iti^lf
. hath-a Wad oiumty and order ^ there is SelMeb9b the
Prince of Devils, that Kingdome of confufion , if cither
difordered mit fclfe^ or devided "g4mfi ff f4fe cmid
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' ;; not fiand, ^tid as thit region of darhejfe cannot bee
without them, fo neither thaceiernallonc of %!&/, a
unity ofEpnstj and a Trinity of vrder^ ord^ originis^
tho\r\oi re^iminj(y coor^inmvus^ tho' not Jubi^rdiM*
tiv us jol priori ty^ xho' not of fupfrierity, ^^frftjzfL
* ^end znAztbirdyiho* not a higher^ hn^r znd laivefi.
'• I wonder therefore,, how ic can fait within the Com-
paffe of Malignancy it fclfe, fo to brand this prefcnc
Parliament with enmity to all unity and order both in
Church and State, as if ( as fuch would make the
world belceve ) it meant to make them both, hkc
^ iPliny's K^cefhdli, all hdy and no kead^ no, it would
not have them CMujhromes, all Head and no Body :
certainely that Affembly thar bath done fo much,
cannot knew fo little^ as to be ignorant of ihofc com-
mon Rifles, that inter fares ^ non efi fmHas, and that
f^eHas is both confervativa and ordinativa f»i, that
\zs parity excludes Pov^r^ Co Power includes »;?//;/ and
- order, that ordained power are all ordinative and ordi^
native tottnity their Center r And (indeed) who
fees not, buc fuch as will not fee, that nothing is
rnbrc aym'd at thereby, then both unity and order
in both church and State ? Fnity in reducing tndepen-
dencyoi Epifcopalh JurifdicJtions under one cfvill go«
vernment 5 order in explod ing that Chimera of Inde-
pendiftcy ©f Congrcgac tons within one nationall
Ghurcb. But no marvel 1, goo^ Parliaments have
alwayesbeene obferv'd to he like fbarpc fearchiog
Frofis , which found' bodies like, as the heahhicft
weather J but fuch as arc rot ten,feare as too ftibtle and
parching for their confcious prognoftickc boDcS :
Bamarvcll tbca (I fey > if fuch cry out upon the '
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Parliament;, as (in their fenguage ) the ir^^^ ;?f/>
the SnakC'kd of the Kirgdomc, thty doc put fol-
io wrheir Maftets rule, CalnmnUre fortiter aliquid MachiaveM^
adhAtebit, csft dirt encugh fomc will fticke ; but
taJcc hted^ were the wall of »W^, it were like (in-
deed) to fticke, but here the wall ismarHi, and the
dirt (\ belccvc) in the end will beejound to fly
backe into their owne faces. Bat to returoc to our -
fubjcd fi'^r^, wcfec wherein it confifts, w^. a mu-
tual harmony or chiming of each things workii^g with-
in it*s orbc, or compafle to it*s entiox purpofe $ hence
all forts of Peace, whea our wayes tune to Gods will,
wehaveP^^r^ with God, eternal! Peace^ when our
confcience^tobQth, wc.bavc feacemih our letvcs,
internall feaee, when our profcffion with all three,
we have ordinarily ^m^^ wich others,externa!l pe^ce,
even with our very enemies, When the ways of a man ^^-16.7^
^leaft the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to he at
feace with him : So that there remaines no feace to
the wicked, faith my God, Efay 57*2 1. Thus much
of them in their 3ifitn£tion of Truth and Teac^^.
Now in their Conjt/n^ionofTruth and Pea^e. And
here ^am hene convent u^t ? — O qttam hopumi(jr Pfatij^s^
quam jficundum ! — How good and fleafont a thmg
it is for thefe^ hretkren to dwell together in unity :
Thcfe Sfjfers to kiffe each other I How atmoft eve-. . .
ry where doe we find thcBQ thuspared, twind in Scrip • '^^' '^
ture i They arc the whole contents of He^kiahs
contentment^ Is it not good iftmth and peace be in my * Kingao* i^^
dajes f They arc the good ncwes of cJWWe^rrfy V ^^ ^
glad Letters from Court to the Jewes, He fent Letter's '
with werds ef truth and feace : They arc thciummc ■ \
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1^ A SermoHprmb^dattbelate Fafi ,
jcr.jj.^/ of Gods Charier to his people, 46undance$f truth and
vcr.ii.ip. fcdce^ aad here wc have them within fourc Vcrfes
twice together. Truth ^T\d fCMce they make up be-
twccnethem, the, complete and indeed only cfimfutffi
to I^eere z Cbriflian courfc by, through the whole
n^oyage to Heaven j they arc his Hercules Pillars, his
Mn ultra, beyond thcfe all is but Terra hce^mta, but
^ S^^fi znd quieh faud, but Delfugozxb^^y a Land of
/Miakemodarhfjfe^ fc^fVdjhwi (as Geographers doc
their empty cornersin their Mapps ) with imaginary
ihapesof Af^^/^r/,thcy know not what 5 but of all
othec, there is nothing better refembles thcra in their
this CP^junSHw jXh€n a fay re $f Compaffesi Truth is that
fMethdX kccpes thortenter^ ft^e that other foote thgt
takes in and makes the circle \, that of truth, ijke the
center i^w^vi being and proportion; this wfeace
like jtbc circumference^ gives ic motion and extent :
And as in afayreofC$m^Afes,^t clefer,thc ftifFci they
. are twiftcd and riveted in the joy nt or root, the furcr,
the truer, the better workethcy make, fp is it wit|i
, thcfc two, trmh and feace^ without trmh^ feace cannot
be had, andwithout fc^tce truth will not be long held,
kt thefe then be the two braQchcs of this part, their
€it:i]ifn5fiw.
I. Without tf^th^ peace ^xxii^cfeuf cznnot he had,
-there may be empty (hado wes, counterfeits ofpeact,
no true peace ; there may be without truth zprefump^
jfi^/i Inftced of peace with God, a fecmty indeed of
feace ^i^ pur (elves, a comhination infteed oi peace ^
•with men, zccnfiiracy in falfhheedjT no tfuepeace,righ-
pfai t u\^, S^aejffe and true peace mM mly kijfe each ether, the
pria'i.a. ' JKingspf thi garth mdyhMdtlmt^^
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Mgainji thel^rdy but how foone doth that hi$,ftraight
ir0njaft(r ofTrnth inake thim 4II t$fteets like 4 P ot-
ters vejjell: (i) irrcpirably>* uufoderably* The high
FritH and the xpkde CmnfeU^ may fiike^ ^djinde^ and
prepare witne(fts againft oof Saviour Cbrift, and that
wich as much depth of cunning as breadth of coR-
fcience, hmihtixwtnejfes yet agnedmt tegcthery(dLyc% ^^^^-^^ ^
the Text. Trtuh 'tis a fVraight, plainc,open nade, ^*^* ^*
Jfalfh$6d 'tis a darkc> devious, winding labaripth, where
*cis vet y hard for its accomplices not to loofe one the
other, nay not tc^ loofe themfelvcs in it : 'tis irapo*
. flible foxfaljh€$dio be fo coRfiftent, fo /^;i^to it felfr^
as not in fomcthing to give it felfethe Ip. Error 'cii
likeaftonc thrownc into a poolc of watci*> it rifesin^
circles, each circle begettii^ another and growing
ftill wider, till they all quite loofe themfelvcs in the
end : ddt^ urn milU Jeque^turMke C^dmm hr$od,ihey
ftartup fuddainely, and as fooric fail foule each of
other, Sphraimmil hcag^ttji tjaun^th^ and tMa^
najjeh dgainfi Efhraimy as well as ktbag^nfi ludab r.
'twas a good refolution therefore that oiCmfimtine ^
the Great, in the choice of his Friends and Servants,
that they could not be tme to bini> thar were mitrfu
to his God ; "^Vottwerc my ould acc}uaintance( (aycs^^
Jufiive) to a friend of his, but never my /fi« friend,
dnteqmm C^rifii fanguine gktinMi, before we were
ffymemedby the kmdafchrift^ before men, by their
mutuall infcteft in the fame truth, bekntaded into the
fame body, they ate but (asCiaudiu^ was wont to call
Semcds ftile in writing ) ^^w Jme falce, faod with-
out lymf , * *^fo*<^ unboBnd. We f«e it by daily
exptcriefice, all thofk ledguts and #f#^a^ bctwecne
States.
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States and Kingdoms as well as private mco, what
^ ravcll'd Towc arc they, what cords of Sand i where
the fame truth twifts thcmnor, but G$rdidnkmts{2t
. bcft) which ifafnger cannot mtjCj ^fmrdczncuti
but fo many cnter-brcathings otacouplcofCocts
in a pit, that may forbcarc blowes a while,and~pecke
afundcr, but ^is but to get ftrength for the next en-
counter} fothatwemay concluxle, that where is no
kve of thefamefr//fA, there is no truth in the fame
Uvti nay the very rW<?5themfelves, which the grand
Maftcrs of htimanc/>#^/Vjf give us for the pre/erving
fCAce in a State without truths arc not fo much as at
^M^tf among themfelves ; fo that it cannot be faid of
it as ofChymftryythat the art could rtiakcgould, but
the artijis cannot, becaufe they cannot hit thcfiie*
neflc of the r«/<r 5 the very art of fuch feace-making
is at fvarre withitfelfe: Sol$p$ would have allHieu-
tralls in a Common* wealth branded wit I? 'perpetual!
mfamys nt\d the TC^Q^niSf NeutralhM nee M$ieumpa^ :
rit ntc immicum t$llit^ it neither helps a friend, nor
hiadcrs an enemy; ?/»f^rA confutes this rii^/^, as the
readieft waytothcruineof aState, forffo) fallin-
gagM in t4icFa<9i6n ) there remaincs no fmndy no
untouched part within, to allay the rancour, afld me-
diate the attoncmeot betweene the parties thai con-
tend J it muft be had ( if ever) from fome forfaignc
arbitrament or Sickling, which commonly makes
. a prey of both parties : Fiato to ptcfcrve peace, would
in his C^mmonnftdlth have all common : this is of
all hands cottftited, as taking away at once the (j^urre
of vertue dmulatian^ the reyiH of vice frugality ^ and
c^cnihcwctyfrix^citiclftormdQ&ryFrofmj. Tliat
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of M^chiaveli DiviJe (jr impera^ he would have his
frince alwayes cheriih in his dominions asnecreas
may be, two cqmW faff iofts, and fo he may at any
time (ashisowne intcrcfts requite) cafthimfclfc
into which skale he will , and carry it at plcafuf ejfome
ktc idolizers of this r^U, hivct)fti fo bould as to fay^
that we have not yet in thi JKealme Papifts enough>
and that the govcrnfnent Would be eafier, were their
- number equallcrtothat of thofc whom fuchcallPu-
•rirans ; a ft range kind of fedce maker devifi0ny and
onclconfirflcfofarre homnwdmgtrt^th, asthat^cis
point- blaokc agaiftft it, akingdemeJtviJtdagainUft
filfevifill fiand left rfaUiiv^c beleevethis rulcy and
asftrangean inftancc is it of this Kingdomes prefer-,
vation by z party in it, to be chcriflied to a greater
.hight> that we nofrhjeSis of if, or ( at leaft y fuch as
profcfle to owe a greater ^^;>(f?/w to a forraigne
f$wer, and fuchaone, as is not only utterly exccn-
iricktoitinitsinfereftsofiyMW, but irreconciliably
malicious to it by its very principles of doiftrine:
but, thh rule hath bin of late over and over againe
confuted, as every where dangerous both abroad and
at home; abroad^ asapt to blafl: all dcfigncs ot for-
jraignc expedition with jealoufiesandjarres, if(bm«
of both Factions be imployed, and if but of one,
«hat which ftay's at home will be apt to grow too
ftrong, and to take the opportunity of^thrufting up a
head^ befides, a Ship is never at any time whethclr
fiorme or calmc, fo well bdHafiidin herfir^cquall
fides, as in her om entyre bertome. As dangerous and
tidicttlous is that. other ruJeofhis,feUgenteme/e oper^
$et relip9jkm ^efoi^ fome overture^ fome milnre
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of Religion he would have bis rrm^ tohav^, no j^^-
fiance or power of k by any mcancs^ the ^pinkm ©f
ii ( he fay's )\sz^ good gioflc^ and ferves ro kt off
a(aipn$ with r bctr ore aci vantage, Vut xhttrmh of it
is a very ctogge and rrf^^/, a tyrii^// ijr^iifr^ whereas
( wc know) a 3thing Works beyond its fphere, flic wei
beget but ftiewes, a fiaymed Sunne waroDes not at
^all} ifaPn/fw Religion be all/^Ttf, thepcoptesyS^/iA^
will quickly have but little heoj^t j the L^^s that up-
held S(?/i?«rwxThrorie, ^er€ beaten gouldy notjguil-
^t^ : In a word^ fonae would have a frinct ( accefi
fiblcneiTc iovitirg danger > to have a ilrong guards
others, tobave none at all, thinking it to be the bcft
^/lirflf^of all, to need nogu/trdat all, alleaging that.
Sparta was never conquered till ihe was wall'J^
Thus, when all is ^otc^Ghkp m^fijct P€gm,\sx\it beft
tmU ftilh How doth every day in the difcovcry of
ihefc new riots- among us, difcover the very beft of
them^ thofe of the fiheft fpinning and comrivaac^
(that tajcc not VAtmth iox their gcound-worke > »
carry even in themfelves (if they meete oot wicli
ficrtms and mkes frond witboui ) fome fecret leakt
or other within, enough to fmkt them^. Some have
nam'd fourc rjiore fpeciall levies of wit of this kind;
The uncertainty and inconfiftency of life, rhe va*-
rictyand unexpcdedncffcofoccurrentsr, themifcar*.
liage of inftruments, and thc^ Iway or influence of
providence into all aiftioosv * \
I. Tbct^ftcepfaiMfwd in(4PJi§:en<€oihMma»€ lifi^
Rerum magnarum tarda fmiimina^ great matters haver
flow motions ; the ninth Sphoatediff^tcheth notifs
ovvtMLcevpltttion (t^ £a^X))qdcT iitck leiTeth^
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iffure tbtCommnsBrnfe of parliament. ip
rtiopoyears 5 great P/^/ arc the joyntfc>/)&, as well
o{ti9Mzsc0unfiS : The produ^ions of Policy fhauld
imicatcchofeofciaturc} which by gentle paufes and
approaches ftealcs into her ends ; by previous Jifp0-
fti$ns&timgthcn$dft€r torcccivcthtfirme : How
much more then in Stdte.Polky, which moft what
hath to doc with the wiSs oi men upon whom it
workes, which ofall things would not be forcM. K
f\Qt (as of a mans preferment; foofanvkind whai»
ever (hould be like a well-built pay re m Stay res, the
|)ropentcs whereof are^ that rheftcpsbe of eafie af-
cent, full footing, many landing^?, or ^z% they call
them) halfe-paces in the middle, light enough to fee
the way by, andfomethingtotakc hold ofF, in cafe
of the danger of a fall 5 otherwife after too fteepe
gndhaftyanafcent, theheadisapttoranne round ac
the top, and fo < as we de to fay) a mans early rifing .
iflay doehim hurt : This certainly was both the er-
roar and mifcarriageof this late plot of introducing
the arbitrary way among us, it wai put into the
hands of men (tho'much cryed up for wifedome)
yet too w^Um and ffsfiy for the worke, that thought
withinthecompalTeof a couple of crafy and decli-
jiifig lives to have fire' J and but fiownd the whole
Kingdomcinto flavery, tjio' ne'r fo much awake un-
to thcdanger too, as appeares by the Petithn of Right
imny yeares before: Such men certainely are better
Bxe^Htioners then CounftBms^ better upon dif^atcff
xhmicbati^ ^TyComfUxiomfis will tell us, that it
cannot fall within thecompai&ofone man to be e«-
ce41eQt in both, th'one requiring a hot, th'other a
cold temperature of braine. And befides this incor^-
Da. //^*.
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ftfiencj of temper, there is another inconfifitncj in the
flg5t of every man, altogether as deftruClive hercirt
lop I *Twas well faid, Inter juvenile frajudicmm ^
jfenile delirium C0nfdiumfrangitar, between the pre^
indict of lC$uth and dotage of Agt in the fame man,
the Plot is diftraited. Thus before a man liavc
trac'd all thefe M€ip$Jerj of the F/ot, the threed as
well of lifiy as comfell^ breafces or falls fhorc, i
jconfcflc the SpAmjh way feemes to peecen out this
^thneed. by ^njgyling Plots upon pofterity ; they are
(they f^may be) now m counfelJ, wharthey
meaneftiaUbedone 50 yeares hence, and therefore
( what wasanciently faid in point of glory between
zCorintjHi0 and 2L£many is now in point of counfell
faid to be betwecnethe Spamard and the French)
thattheonetakesmorecounfell in playing a game at
Che(l$, thefltK'other in fighting a BmU : yet wee
fee nothing more, then how apt Pofterity is^ to
fleightandover-Iooke, as antiquated projeds of An-
eeftry,how loath (in this kind) to hunt a toy Id chace^
Nexf,-
The vArietj and unexp0edmp of ucurrents. It
is a good faying that of i^rifietle^ ^i dd p4UC4 rt^
^ifit de facili promwiat, tic that coniiders not e-
nough what may be, too ealily conclades what will
be, and in the multitude of croflc and interfeering iac-
cidents incident to all humane aflfaires, what K^rgus
can enough confidcr what may be i Who could
have fore-feene that chance at the fiegc of Perngts^ in
Itdy, where (when the City was as good as wonnc,
onely a chaine that lay athwart the gate for fuller ei)-
i^ranccofthcfoetobccut) upon a mceic miftakc of
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.aSouIdicr, ciyxnggive backe^ meaning togctajtil-
ler bfow at thcchainc, all taking it for a word of com-
mand ^ ran quire away. Nay, when the whole
world lay at ftake in that BmU of Munda in SfAtnCt
when Ci:yirj Souldiers*began to fhrinke apace^ and
nothing but meere (hamc kept them from downc-
right flight, infoaiuch as Cdfar himfelfe (glorious *
even in dcfpaire ) wa^ (asfome relate it) a giving
himlclfc xhtRmM remedy 'gaioft dying conquered
a felfe-difpatch { by cieere miftake of King Boguds
fudden whoeling about to haVe furpriz'd C^/irjr
Gampefor a flight) the P^mfeys utterly loft the day:
< in a word ) fdmany and fo multiplying beyond all
prevention, or expectation either, are the emergen*
cies of this kind, as will be unccrtaincly ccrtaine to
interpofe ( doe men \Vhat they can ) that one of the "
wifeft of the Romans conclndcs, CmfdUresdAnt hi. ihj^
mmbus^non homines rtbus^ aflFairs rather counfeU men
then men them. Nexc^
• The mifcarridgt of InJUummts^ great matters re-
quire (asfewheads^ io) many hands, and among
fomanyii;?tfrj| 'tisvery muchifiin all their feverall
parts fomc be not our. That great Polititian of the
world Cvcjfir BorgU (after he hid gloried in [the rca,-
ching all his plots to his utmoft wife) was poyfon*d
by his owne wine ( prepared for a company of weal-^
thierCardiaalls, whofehcyreljc.wasto have been)
through the miftake of a Servant; Herein ( I muft
.confcffe) PolititUns feemetogiveus double Security
hy rules y both for the choyce and reward of inftrur
mcnts 5 of the firft fort that of TdcitHs, they muft bee
fares negotijsd; nonfufra, eqyall te the imploy mcM*
D 3 andi
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and not above is, if below ir, they will carry fl7orf j
and if above ir^they will carry over^ and have ends of
their owne, beyond or wide of thofcortheir SteerT-
man, the Oarc will fd mafter the Sterne : 'Tis true
indeed in naturallinftTumemSt that do (as Phylofo*
phers fpeakc) worke jJi?^ eUcHone unifirmittr ^ w-
€e^4ru dd ultim^m d&ivitaPis Sfhdram^ 'tis not hard
to fit the inft runient to the agent, ( fu^pofc the fword
orfaw to the hand ) but whiai the inftrumenrs arc
free and voluntary agents, have wils and ends of their
bwne, it may be difl^rer^ and crofTe-ccmred to thof c
of their iniployers, who can pofiibiy find out tha^
fame tem^amentum ad fondm aqmde^ that farAe^
fMximmm or mmnmm {^md fi^ofa voluntary and c-
leditve tftftmmcnt : as Cicero jefted with N§mm^
who after the Battle left, comforted his^Pany witb
the having fev«i R$man Eagles y« left, true, fay^s he,
if we were to figbt with Crowes and not Men^ fo
this rnle were a good one, if we were «o ofc onely
clubbsor hatchets acid not meiu And for the other
rule for their entertainment or reward, that of Stne^Sj
Beneficia i(mf^ Utdfrpt dum exdvi fifffimt^cmm amu
^tnire fro gr/itU ostium rtJktmr j rewards doe fo long
prove happy > as they bold the inftrument to bcim«
ploy'dinan even temper, betweene negligence an4
envy : ftiort, will but ftarve and freeze theworkein-
toareflivehefleinthedoing : over, will furfet and
feavourthc doerintd a fecret malice to the giver, and
dothalw^yesmoieii^ArrfrJ then (Migc 5 Men ufe to
kickeoffthe Ladder when they are come to the top,
that others maynot learne the way, nor therafclvcr
beeoforcld co owae a bchol^iilgneiie j.bir, as befbce.
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hefor&tbt Commons Houfe of Parliaments
it wc were Cbeye) to fill a quart or pint 'twere another
macrer, but what Standard ihall wc get to meafurc
other mens cxpedlacions and opibions of their ownc
merit by, Wlf^ knt^es tift kMPt $fd man^ fay's hec p j.
that kr.cwauift of any rnan^ hut the ^irit oJmM tha '^ ***
is in him t Who can here agiinc find out the mm-
mum c^md fie, who knowes \vtm much gold will
^ ake a Cordidtl to war me enough t his mans hearty or
: it^7 to locte up toothers///?//" Now for thoic other
j^orer rules of working on (everall difpofitionst by
rawing a timcrous man with dangers, clawing, blow-
ing a proud man with ticlcSf bayting a greedy ma(;i
with hopes, feeding a difcontentcd man with coo^.
plaints, melting a pa^onateman with a litle angring
himatfirft> that hec may ( as 'tis ufuall ^vith fuch^
men) io tbt ebbing and rctkcmem of hischoUcr
(^whcn^ofcious of his folly) evaporate and unbcod
into aneaficreomiplyaace to make Tatiffadion: be*
lidcs that they arc • bafci and fordid, their er row js^,
they fuppofc wccarcto cooverfc with Ideds and unh
com^owi^cd AkfirMtSf whcrcasin the concrete with
which wee have to doe, wee .(hall ordinarily meet
wkh a varying ftoixtufciif all tbefc in one man, .So^
that ^^%v Ji#iwii Captaiflc ( hiodred oha march by
the L>^#»^^jf trifling ftay to divine of their fucccflc
by a bird that fate by the way) (jMk a bow and kil'd
the bird, fayiing bow ibould this filly bird readc us
our fditune, whfenAccould ppr fore tell her owne t /
and fo manch'd OH, pi&fperirg nc'r a whit the kffe..
So tiiaiy amm with more eaie, aod as much fpeed
(!etghtallthefe^e9«sf<rrveth6m: much what as I
liaic.ktiamld:8aiiaachiB.by i^^ whci$^croi]^tig r
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the Ahnanackc he had bought, writing mf for i/rj
zn^foule for /4/>^ weather, hath made the truer Al-
1ii?nackcofthctv^o. •
Laftly,ifalltlfcfa Xwl^y^hance to fcape )^r/;f^ri^^^
there is an ©vcr-rtHiug mfluence of Providence in all
humane aflPairesi ^ah Irfffucncc that reacheth nor by fc-
cond-caufes la^iW^phefes moove By a contigiotw
and fucce^^d^ging each of other) but by an im-
mediate concurrence ftringing them all up, and rea-
Chirfgtlirough them home to the cffeft it felfc?, and
itnauftneedsbefo, whatever fomc Platonike Lxfr-
winians aferibe to the iotercurrcnte of fccond cau-
fes> forthatonely is infinite, out of which nothing .
can be left, to which nothing can bee added, from
-which nothing can b6 excluded, whereto all kcond
caufesmuft owe, notbncly; their beings, hut their
caufaiities and influences, ^4 (even therein wo) a
mediation betweene the moft invmediatc of them
.and their c^cGts : Now this infinite providence
beares alwayes a fwora enmity to this trtathtlefTe po* ^
^ ^''^' iicy, Heuhs the mfe in Phdr 9t»fte cnfiinejpi^ dnd
Hots./.! iheciunfds 0f the wicked 4re mddefidijh. Let them
Bra.5«.ii. '^fo^ the fpifide, they jhdll redfe the tpHrlemnde. Let
them kindle afire dnd\c0mfdffethemfidves dkmt- with
Jpdriesy This they fhdS have ifmyhdndsy they fbdtl
lye downe in firr6t» , as much as to fay , let
therti gdiberi\it ftickcs with never fo much choyce,
cleave ihcm with never To much sidll, Uy them on
with never fo much care, kindU and blow them with
never fo much indaftry and fervour, they may force
out Tome foohcvaniftiiog fpaikcs of hope, but ril
. blew too, faye& Gdd, an4 4 folLaiti SHitefull hl^^
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ic is, rhebUfting $[ the breath ofhu Mjplea/ure (as A'^^mJ^
the Pfalitiift calsit> the Ltfrd JhaS have them in de-
fijhn, he that ps in the Heavens fhall laugh them tP
fcorne. It is the /^^^ of Heaven to fee the mfdome of
the Earth made ihe j^ffjle of Hell at once, both to
fi$le and mt ic fclfc inco ruine : Thus ia fowing thefe
pigg. leaves together, cither the threod breakei or is
entangled, otthc^e^dle fumes point, or fome ftft^h
flips oracleaft God bloweswpoo the leav^ and hlajfs
thcin,as he did thofe jrmlep i^nes in the Gofpcli- So Mn %ui%
true is that o(Livy^ Concilia c alii da prima Jpede 4ata,
traliatu dura , eventn triJiU, thcfc crafty coancels
are al wayes in their beginnings ful I of hope, in the it
middies f«ll of care, in their ends full of fbame :
Thus we fee fo impoffible is it to have fta(;^ without
Srutfi, that even the very rules of fuch a pea^e are able
not to kecpe the peace^ either with themfeives or with
their followers. And if tt be fo, that where there is
no love of the fame truth, there can be no truth m
that fame /wf, motrnth of p€ace i of all kind of mca
then, we had need to take heed of, and not to dream
of /^e^r^ with thofe, whofc very Religion npc onely
dcvidcsthem from us, but teaches them to hate, to '
deceive us, to hold ne Faith, 00 truth of promife,
the bond of peace with osi I raeanethePopifh-party
among us, however their difpofitions may be plaufi-
ble, their portions arc unpeaceably mifcbievous,
however their Rivers raiy fcemc to runne fmooth, ^^^ ^ ^^
their Scah blood i. The cxtraaed fpirits of things
(we fee) workc more forcibly then their concept bo»
dies, take heed of an eUfcerf 4n' oxtraBton of malice
fublimated, fpiritualiacd into a R€ligio» j he who fo«
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hts Rtligiws fake Is comcotcd fo far to h«e himfelfe
as CO /tf^his liberty or goods, will be furcxo bote mt
Jiomc to the death, when to his own gaine that his A?-^
^HgiM flvJl cnjoyne it 5 fo much of the firft propofi-.
tioninthisfccond ^^nth^ir con\HnBm^vf\xt[omiruth^ .
'fcdce cannot be had. The next is^
. Withow feaeey truth will not be long held, truth
isii fclfc a peaceable, calme, quiet, gentle thing,
and therefore ufually in Scripture refembled to a
Jiuntaine,^ virgin^ rndke^ ligh$, oyle, dtvoy all foft, fe-
.renc, mild exprcflFcs 5 nothing, better then a dtr^^
^f(?p teprcfcnts this unm^ Xh^ckereneffe truth, the
xalmencfe peace, and put tog<?ther, a cleere cdmentjfty
and a calme decrettejfe^z trmhjomefeacey and apeacefi^U
sruih, even truth it fclfc is ni^ other then a/^^ir^ be-
twccnc the undcrftanding and the^ objciS^ when ex
togt^ito ^ c$gft0fiente ft unum, mmium altercando ve^
ritas antittitur. No readier way toloofciff^/^, then
to wroHgU about it ; How often doc we f^c if, thai
when two fapcjmt contemders fl rive about a truth\
a ir4/wif by- ft ander fees where both loofc \t<the wrath
lam.i.io,, s^amau .( fayes the Apoftle^ fhalt mifulfB thertgh^
teeufneffi^fGodj mans f4fim was never good patrave
Gi^cbAmpim either for Gods trkth,- a troubled w;iter
reprcfews nothing fruc^/y to the lodger on, it gives
but broken and diftraded rayfs : flormes wcfee,brew
andthickenthcaytciniioadsftrltneflrej no marveJI i(
our Saviour Chrift call JHmfelfe truth/ fi)t (as 'tis
faid of him ) when the Pharifcej^foughr him out to
Ioh*i- » 3. have wraugted with him about the cure^ hut lefuspft
away ik the thr^gj fo c|oth truth ufually flip away ift
the throng of oar contemtioHsi as the Papifts report
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-of that their fabulous flymg houfc zt L$rm$, f]pon
the warrcs in Jury it fcmov*d to Ddmatiai and theiic«
againc ( upon a diffcrcnco beiweene iwo Brcthcrcn
about the rent of the place ) to L^nm, fo and much
truer, nothing fooner dtiv^s truth ai^ay, then noifc
andftrifc about it. -R/^w (faycs thcPfaJmiftJ k^ pfai.^,.^;
caufe 0f truth mdmeehtne^t^ I^tahifaycsthcApo*
ftle) thimrds of truth and fii^ermjfe .- thew^ds 0f$h A***^*^^
wife ( fay cs t he w ifeft roan ) art hep heard in quietneffe, eccI. 9. 1 7 •
Truth is a quiet, fober> nieeke thing, the make
( faycs the Pfalmift ) he mU guide in judgement j well pfal* v*^.
then (as the Apoftle bids us ) foU&i^ the truth in Uvei ^^^^^ , ^;
fiudf't^ he quiet, or ( if you will ) invert it, be quiet
loftudy^ (i) to ftudy the truth^ faejftm ejr fitia qus^
rii. Our Saviour fccnates in the CamicUsy . to pleafc
\{\mk\ft imht metAfhoroi iP$mgrMA$^ to epxfdfe Cant.4.j,i}.
the lovelincflTe of Jhis Church by, he ufcthit twice in
one Chapter: Now in a Fomegr^at we have all r hefc
finely couched and mingled tc^ether, Uve^ truA and
fence, the many berry -s lock'd fatt in rowes withirt
one ftrong rynd, reprcfcnt the order zrA unity ofpesce^
and every berry hath a fine mixturetoo of raddtueffi^^ ^
fieerenejfeyfmetnep^ that is^/w^, truth md^fatfe, 8n<f
all in this united order, point and grow upward to-t
wardsthc.top, which if we marke it well, refemblei #
zcrowue, and ( certatnely ) there is m growing ^p to
that crowne of glory ^ but by this orderly unitV, in this
cleerenejfe of truth^fweetneje ofpeacej s^druddmep of
iove to them both : and fo I have done with thefe-
cond part of the Text, their conjunifioni Truth and
/<4r^>Iext>aod laft of th^ir iprrtfer.
' ^\iATrutb^thtwi^mtt^ut<om$iromdove(^^^^
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thcApoftlc) 'tiifrfhpure, theft ftaceMey as much as
inymtyeshavefeacej h\M mthMwefc * hut ioxtmtfr^
lf»ytbetrmh4nd(e& ifMt^axtn^ raK^ (fay'd hethac
could vrtll val^eif } Peace is a good fecor^d, no tfx^-
change^ no merchandi'j^e for fr»/A, we muft not /i)f/^
fo^ the commodity of peace beyond the line :^f truth ^
we may, we muft breake the pace m truths ^uarreff,
tentendearhefilj for the faith once delivered to the Sdnts,
( as the A poftle bids us> Nay fcace as great a prefer-
vative as it is^ yet without truth \\s biit a deftrojeri and
iy feaceihycsthcProphct) f])al/ dejlroy wany : evea
our Saviour Chrift himfelfcwhowas ourf^^^r^ tells
us plainly, that in the caufeof truth, he. came mt ta
bnngfeaee but afwofd. In the making of a circle ^ we
firft naakc fure to faftenthat/^^rthat muft houldthc
center, ictfthat/f/ never fo little, and you fpoile all j
the o'Mcxfiot that of feace^thzt fetches about, we may
lend zfngcr to guide n by^ but the weight and
ftr^ngt-h ot the ^4;^^ muft be with all ftedineifc in the
firft plaice fix*d on that of truth, that which as the
center nfiuft give meafitremd ferfe5lion to the circle of
jf^4^^, and chat k nexr. '
Then Peace, when glory is fi» ft gWet\teGodon high^
^en f eace en earth\ and good wiO: towards men: Some
haveobftrvcd in that Song of the Angells, the three
fubordinateendsof Religion, the higheft ^^y^^^^y,
the next mans falvatieto^ through Geds goedmlt^ then
earths f ease as fubfervi«nt to both the other; now,
although 'lis true, xhit finis quoulfimasier eoinftuxn
fotemier .-the highcft end hathtbeftrongeft influence,
ihc other ends arc but EacMcs to it, yet withall 'tis
tfixttQO^pbordinatanenfHgnant^ ends fubordinatc
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while they juftlc not may kcepe their pKicc, fedce
"Would be thoi'ght orr, and ir were bur for truth lake,
rho' m re^^m bt^m^nis rstU eft fttftrtnid divine fie^
tat is, yet even in rebus divinu r4ti0eft babwda huma^
nafocutatts, th<//^/^//&betobeprefti'd, peace \vou\d
not be negltfted : tho* the foot oftrneh muft not leave
xhccmter by anymeanes, yet if it incline andieanc
not to that other foot offeaee; it will make no circle
at alU And fo much for their order ^ the third and laft
parr. Now for the ufeofall,? and theirein love offers
it felfe and will beft fervc the turnc for both, Iwt
thetrutbandfCice.
]( truth be ^girMeJcveis the i$tckle of thh girdle, if
. pea^t be a hndj love is the kttot of this bond^ the very
twift and rivet of this pay re of CampafTes, and in
tbefe Capacities it offers it fcl fe to a three fold wfc of
I .ConvitiioHj^ovt is an afR (flion of defire,purfuir,de. y^ •
light, diligence, courage, patience, andfo convinces ^ • ^
fix forts of prct«ndcrs,faJfe lovers here: the canUfe^^
4motff cowardly ^oovetousjimpatientjfecureX overs.
I. Carelefe love is an affedion that dilates and
ftretches the heart with defirc into a purfuir of the ob-
je^, it is the great Centurion in the Garrifen of man,
it fayes toonegoe and it goes ^ to aftother come andit comes^ mk.8 p
to a third doe this artd^tis done. The Philofopherscall
It pondus naturjt^ a weight that fets all the wheelcs
in the clock of our foules a going, a weight which
makes the piercer of our underftandings cnrcr and
bove ihrougn ihc knottieft pecces oftrutk : An iron
. (we fee)tho* blunt, if red botenters eafier and pierces
deeper into a peecc of wood thca another, tho* ne-
ver fo fharpeifcold : aod(ttrtaineIy) a mind tedifot
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with l0ve^ pierces with much more cafe into any
pecce of truth, then another never fo acute, t if not -
thus love-fircd : If all knowledge be but rcmem-
. braQce> and was at firft engTaved on our foules by
God, difcharradred only fince, pot utterly rafcd, by
their infufion into our fluid bodies ( an o))inion thac .
fuits better with the divinity of our fouI«s both infu-
fito and feparation after (kath< fpecially with im« *
provement of their knowledge in that cfiatej tbeti
(certainely) thcbcftway to make thofe innate fh4*
^ tiiiffrs legible, will be (aswc doe withthofc wric-
^ ten on paper with the juycc of a Lcmmon or an 0-»
tiioQ ) to hould ehem to the fire, this f re of Uve to-
wards the trtiiff : but houW them then 'with a fixed
ftedincflc^of intention^ the burning-glaflfe fires no?
the fubjed, unleffe by a fleddy pofture it may coU
. Icftand forcenforcc theSunbeamesopit. When
the skilfull Statuary ( having with eager and bent
eyes look'd along while on a better peecc of his )
was as'kd why hi did fo^' his anfwer was, had you
but my eyes to lookc with, yotf would doe fo too :
certainely if wclookc not on truth mdfeace with in-
gaged greedy boring cyes> 'tis bccaufc we have not
, - , • eyes to looke with> 'tis not for want oilufierox love-
, lincffeinthcobjddi, therein a^^rfitf^, a^e^tfwiw/;^^
in the hoUne^e oi truth '^udfCAce.Weffhif him $»tht
pfal.iio.j. he0$ty efhelhfejfif and hoHneJff beeimmeth thine heufi^
PW.^s 5. thae is all tha Philofophcrs require to make up a
. compleate beauty: two things (they fay J arc re.
qmx'6 i variety ^nifr^^tiM^ variety of ^oleurs, pro**
portion of/KrrjT, and in each a double ingredience^ io
d»e vflciecy 4 midt^ttJtaBimxture^ oo? cotoui: make;
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noc a beamy , not alJ unfuitcd: now for multitudt^ here
' there is love,]Q^,ftam^ long-^uffmng^gtrnkneffe, good- G2X,^.iu
'nep^fmh^'mtekpiejJeyt€mfera»Jcey allmjewermhoneand
thefeifefdme^irit^ and tor mixture, if that of contra- ' ^^'**'/'
ries be ( as they fay ) the bdft i each being aioile to '^
th'orhcr, wee have here theexadcft, the ufcfuUcft
mixture xoo^xhthnghr of our calling, x^itUwUmff^ofmr
- 'carriage, f u ch a height as the Angells defire to looki imo^
and fuch a lowlifiejfe as Godhitnfelfe dejires to looke upi$^ i pit. in.
the ornAment of a m^eke^irit, rohlch ( fayes the A po-
file) is in the fight ofGod of great frici j in every grace ■'^^^•^•^*
how happy a rhixturt i in charily the beft layiifg m^
and the bcft laying up too, in humility^ what a kind of
^iendly enmity it Is to a mans felfe i And for propor-
tion of parts, and therein as is requir^^, both an cn<.
tif enejfTe and a GorrcfpoRd^ncyr what an entiteiiefle of
parts have we here ^ iht Kings daughter truth, all glor pfal.45.1j,
riou^^ and the Godof peace {anBifying throughout^ and 1 Thcf.^2^.
fpr ci^re(f^ndency\ as ki the pat ts of the natural! body,
io (here } none <i'anfay to other I have m nud cfy^Uf i Cor. it. % u
the^ej^ of truth cannot hy to the foot fhod mth tht^ Eph,6.iy.
- Cof^eUoffeace^ t have no need of you^cv"" ^tco»:- Laftly,
the ctowne of beauty Lov^^ here i!^ thai too, if not
ours, a Kifigs fat.leaft,} the King c^JCings, ihe King v(a,^^
JhaOfake fleafnre in thy hemty^ and no (lack, nocold
degree otlovc neither, a rapture (^\^^&i) thouhafi cant,4.
ravijhedme with one of thine ey^s, imthsne chaynecfthf
iiec^e), and that not a (ingle, fuddaine, vanifliing rap-\
tare neither, but aconftant (tho* w'illingj thraldome,.
natov^ly hrofight into tht chambers, ^ but the King it Csnt.j.4,
- ieWn the^gahritijofiove. Ohad wc but eyes 10 fee ^^"^'^i**
thi$ fun-fliiBe> this day -^priaicrfc bcjt»cy ^ h^w wdrid;
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all that ot the world become a very Glow-^iperme^ but
copper4ace>but players cloatbcthat (hine only to the
night by candle- light at beft. When c>^rf/?<v/r was
tsk'cf the reafon, why all men naturally loved lights •
All hisanfwer was that 'twas the qjocftioo of a blind
man : if we love not eagerly the light of /r^/ztjcertain-
iCor.4.4, ly'tisbecau{c/)&^^^^^/AAfty^r/^/r4^^(astheApoftlc
fpeaketh, with the gHttetings of thcfc worldly bcau-
' ^^•**^^' ties) 6lindtdt^s to this the Angels fee it with adm'^
Hcb.1.6. ratiM, which tbwgs the Angels defiret$ Me into, and
with ddtfratioH too, let all the xAngtU tf God warfhip
bim,%TA he is,as we have heard ,our truth and our pe4ce:
and even the Devils themfelves will be peeping into
it too, tho' to their torment, n^e know thee who theuart^
4rt thou come to torment i^fthe Angels are not ingaged,
and the Devils norintereffed.j they havenone«?d, and
rhefeno hope, *tis fir us men^ zwdfor our Salvation, znd
mil not beauty, por need, o^r hope make us lov^ ic«
O let none of us in this f reedorae and frequence of
preaching the ///uf^, fay with fudac, whitherto tends
Mn;€4* this wafte ? Let none of us, when any fliarper raj^ or
ftriifter rule of it is by the Preacher pointed and pref.
fed on our confciences, fay (with the Priefts to ludas)
u^u\7» what is that to US ^ fee thou to that. Let none of us be of
GaBio*s tamper, who when the truth was heaten in the
Aa.i «. 1 7. ^fofilts^caredfor noneofthofe thipgsj the truth and peace
cannot he beaten m wounded , but through our ndes,
nay through our very foules, if we love them. A dpmb
Prieft, they fay, a cowardly Souldier, and a careleflTc
lover ?retheirowne rivals^ defeatc themfelves, give
thcrafclvcs their owncdenyall, Jgja//>w^r^^4^
garijocet^ Hcth3tleves/i/;itf/y, teaches how to be
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denied f^ly. Next the - • ^ \ -I '^
i2\ Cu^Hm Lovcf,hciti^eeiif|H!rrut$,t
fucsj i^MmsStd inotdinarc aiffciSion,^ plucks ftill
* at fiuit from the forbidden Tree. Curiopy \is ^kind
ofmorall iuh, aconcupifceiKe, a hB oFthetrtind
aAertefervedsrhi^f^y, and nothing more oppofice to
tTMc Uve then It^fi : Truth is a virgin, and wotild b*
lov^d, n6t violated, fiot vex d, hotraviih'd : Guri-
oGty ftrives to coramit a kind of mentall rape oH
wwiA • 'Tisenoi^h, as one fayes, that God nhakei
us of his Ctmrt^ tho' not of h« CmnceBy that wee may
be ftec, tho' rot to rifle his Cabinet, yet to fit at his ^ , . ;
Tabl^, no matter whether dn the'^rfghX^tmd&r ieftl
Mp why (hould we ftrive td know with d3iigcr> what
V9C may be ignorant of with faA!ty,'ihruch chingsa(i*
mii'atioa is better piety, then apprehenficwirtany
Iftighthave g^netoHeaVen at halfe^thcpaine* thc^
tboke tl> gioe to Hell at. Upon this riekt, the diidrrdl ' '
^out ourSWiours IbcsAi dtfcmibn into lien,- hath ^ ^ ^
( poffibly ) fent fiSany ai»an Aitherti^fbe;^ nibbing
toecdsmore Athrilfe ih^gWV^^
Spdme of iimCiCitthjffy/ ^i^^mhidptwiUfind a
ndfM lutktiiGcidsJIetr^s. ^ThcS^dnidft will havei , *
re^0H to t^of his- 0ijfier$^Sf Sxi^r-ikejfti^bepmM loh.io.ii^
murbeUt^€\ tl!iA\o¥d:it^^
have imadcp bold tti iifal! k ^lieiAe^wum ladf^
itimtfi &mftm4nffi:tyjraHid€m t buti if there beis
wst ntuctl'ai #fe! c^'^a^dir^hend f^meUifi^^
fttf/to^ '^hr(^h'v^«^taiSflde Wh bf fii$^i; ^stkie big;»
pefle artdrfiftanfccidf th«StartesitlW^tkuth«f the^^
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things by Faith, which we capqpt j«ach by reafcn i
Dm^docffc? fty«s S. of«^«K, w<iDl<ifi thou ice a
rr4/#«ofaU Cods doings* lookebut; (^eo thine own4
r:4[9»f and thoq (halt fee t r*^'* why thou feefl not a
i-M/JMf.^^Rd Cwth the Ajppftle who |ud bio inthej*
bfaycp) ei;y» .0 the <kfth -r <&?»^ mf(4reb4kl^ 0i hk
mi*i^ The next is the ;
cant. .7, . ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^;^ ^.^^ ^y iti$^i;«^/r l^|» dttthi
, |c ipii4($ < wc|«c >, a^ily Hco fly ia^o ^fje fecc e^f m
«iiSfy Maftiyc in defepcc of her brood* iiPellicaa
M^ V M<y%) toi»^couthcrQwncbJoud. /irfV7^«r/r
"•** * * ' Mfi« «j&^ jr/j?j, ■l^?^^ i5^{i^r, W #jf / f ir/^ / f«r/7J.
Neu.».ii. &kiit4d ^44k^m>l fifh.i^ypii^eb(m4k* JvHMm
JifeiKtiifth* Timth ( iaye« Lfttbtrt when Ijis Irteods
(^wade() hin^V we w Worn^?, tbo' I kiuw thire wm
^mmJ^^^ktbfti»Amlfiifhf9rm^ Mthtre »e tiln
Aa.ai.f}. ^pg jff ^*»i4/Jeriifalcra,. ifttei/^ttiktiwet/ertiK
Aft.j.41. tr0k.^l^tmi^thcAipo^ic^ftrejtiff€.*b4iitieyimert
«Oor < lA. *w^«'»«'^'«« W5» «»Mfi«b<!Mi«.^r%ib-i0^ bM
dicycrycdg«pf|wrfcctti<pi<4iotWfoa5ehcbaiid$>io
Acwitsof ibeif Tprmjcnt^.f foiwroe their piity at
)h<frftiferipgstJim^<9yy9(cMrYf}miM«9* to ba^
not fofluich 4». a .te^r<s, i^ }t< mjigbt qjwoch fomt
%arkl«ofchat fire; whcrci^theytwiciml with ^nA)
^imdf HiHtavfftv. jisina Ghfriof if ifftif Unfk »mJii
my '(waijthtsfii(eiaiatfDB%bHri|«lth«tv Qcf^naHy^
g^««vj(, ao4« goQ4 <4iw!i^t(9 oMioMtAithat^ti^
aad i good 7^«^4/ to, 4lft (Imm m«M«aflcr^
iiethitigif(w«Ufi!iqf'4> tUfilP n^iikf! Hftttt hfOB^
■ ■; ",' -.1 Bua-
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;Buzards Eagles; and ft^iA»yw^yes(kli 8 rii^^^ we
have alwaye^ fuch a cMtUH^ : What mcfuber ^{ the
bod/ doth not it's owneimerefteall on to interpofb
aod take-biFchc blow from the head ? and God^ lam
Ibrc, is fuch tSt^p^d. Sc* ho^fr hf ah ejecHca C/j-
Wiix the Prophet Eyijfdcftribcshimjfff ft dn4>';»rw<!.
rjr w^m/s^^jbut may be an arm like the Jl0gg4rJs thrufi JJ.' **
m^AUhfrme, xvo^ d revealed ydfiretcbtdMtartMei bat
it may bcf weakned with ftrefchrng oot,tK>, 4>i /trmt^ |,.^
^emngffuttingon ffrength^^hm it miy bean arme
(like Djivids in ^.ni^/igamlct) eftcombrcd^ no, a//'//-
^<</, 4 iareddrme, TheLprdhstkhnd hk hrij arme in st. lo.
thejigbt 0f all the Haiti9nsiwheh (iha vfolkeft thnm^th^ 4i.»«
wa$er I mi be mth thee, and in the fire not leave wet^^
and WJB he not in the water with hts I/raei m the red
S.ea ; and was he not in the/r<withthe three children,
Li^e I fee fmre (fay's the 1^\rtg)4nAihiJvrme 9Jthefi^th oaa. j,if.
uUketht Sonne $f Gods and 'twas heindeed 5 and hi(dt
he not beene fo with us i in the /r^ with us in the foi».
^f/«; andinthej?4ferwithustoom 88. Soemi--
ncmly was God with us in the water tltcn, asitwrcft*
cd from the pen of a Spaniard a confcffioft,that in that
battle, tbeSeaandGodhiffifelfo f^eretnrn'dhth Luthe-
Tan9« TwoofthefcaifuHeft cgrfes in all Seriptarej
are that ofthe 5th. of W^*/ and 21. of Reveiatiortf/
and upon whom light they ^ brut on the femfull inf
Godscaufe t C^fejee^ttoz^faiesthe Angelloftbij iha^.,,.
iMrd^ intfipe Mcrez mtk a Utter curfe^ lectufe thej fe^ *V«^
Camenottoinehelpe^fthe lord againjl we mighty * and'
wholeadsthedanecfoall the reft, into that laktthat'
kmees Hfithfn and himffoneohhc fccond curfe i But
ihofiarftUtsndnnheUetnpr, &c, and no marvell if the
cutfcbedeuble» thegmtttsnoleftethen of ample
Fa tfeafon
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a: mnmpmhcint^tlatc^Atk.
wliu:h.wcd3rspotmiinwiBC<' Ncjcc ict«traycs out
^iv«,ourprofelfia.(vofthcr*«*^m juft ccnftire
^f i^,pboaft?| vho WiH take him^f J|7r«^ frrvant of
tbe4r^^i,'ib?t<t«wsiiei rcrvi€e when Ih? moft needs
» • J itipdsingprf Laftly^asmuchasmaybcj ith^rayes
' cvcnGJad ,hunfelfctoo,,aod thac to the diflionour of
fucbap uoiwonhinctfc, as.^vcry hoQcftman abhorrs
' fragi, Uie not bcariog^thofe out whom hce hath fet a.
jtrpj. workc. Olctusihen,as/rw*»jrbidsos,^«vW/4»f/i>r.
X"^» tie truth izsl^de, Cmendwmfiljprtbttruth^zUfe'
' .i ispot worth t^ie having without itt^de^hwc mUftun- .
dcigoe, tbisislhewayto imptdVe, prcferrcenoWc-
H», igMvumefirediti!irjtf4rcere vitx, could the Hea«
tlhcn fay i 'tis a fluggilh improvidctice,. uotbriftincffe
ta fparc aretiy^qg, a reboun5liDg life. A- cowardly.
V - Lover is^ftfji^cnaonfteriWiih all liver and na heart.
Nc}?t the-.
C0vet*u* LovtKi free /w^jaf^tn^hcan^d, openvhan^
ded lave,xe i^s oTuall ^pichet^ a niggardly bidc->
bound, purfe^bound lover* that hath> aswefay, bis.
Heart <M his halfc- penny; thc6<w<<a&>»JBftly jeeret
him in the perfpn of one, who tl?c g.rfl;tiaip h ? came to:
vific his Miftfc?,^ firft qi»ci|ioQ he askUbcr, was,.
what her gowne coft^ and comphyning oftbegrear.-
oefle of it's price, he need to come no more, bee had
hisanfwcrpreftntly. As gOQ«d follow a Waived Suit
at law, here, iuftrmafdfff^ft^ without Fees, as a fiat
of /^* witho^tbc j:«W(Wi^if«,tJic /Wof l&vc,hHff*^
if. How ft^cc even in the wildfrn^Cj. pnd of dm
which coftthf mfo deare itij:^;^i^nd.wli#e tbey bad
&»iVUiowly fc^pt witb)WcreihacpOQr,{i[eople of the
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before thfiC<mm<mBmfeaf?arliamem. . jT
J^i^ I CO buttbe cafe ofTnttky their Tabernacle that
was^to'vinifli, the oB-cetietrnftdn tkefAad Iffokghm, E i.} j.-
much, fure they had honcft Qhee^uermm; the fu^p
dy MM were not. freer then theic j aft j bow Ipng-
wouldit be ere oar coritributers would thinke it too":
littlc,and our accountants too muchi nay towards that
gdden Cdft that Geblimth^t dung-god jisthc word fig-. Bj.j».
nUics, and fuch ifc was, at leaft when they had <lrunk||j
k J how did they tcare out of their cares, the precious
- rcmiinder of thofe their fweat-bought Jewels ? Even>
Godhimfclfccrprcflcshislovebygiving, So GUlo-
vedthewerld; /»^*^(<ve*~ and bcfidcs that incftima- joiuj.i*-.
blc gift of himfclfe, the deftre »f the Nams-^oTi doth
he plead in Efaj^ the gwing the Nations- coo to his gj.
people, Sinaetboitpfertfreciomittm'ifightMdihvtd " -
«&«, behold ihuve given n aims for thy Itfe, Bgyft fir.
thy r^fom-, a phrafe, as fbtne will have it, borrowed
from the bounty of the gtati^Jfyrioff Moparchs ta
their Qwcns, who, out of their i ao Provinces give
^cm this to buy them pinnes, another to buy them'
chaincs, athird to buythcm girdles, and were accor-
dingly {evcrally Cil'dthc^eensfttt-eufhionifhah^ir*-
Me: andhath not God to wdo«, to eitdeereusto him*
given ijsin that S^mjb-Aea»nathct£gyftjt» the Sea
for our ranfomc ? Wfaatarmies of Mmyrs hath he gi-
ven to the fire for out Reformation ^ firft^ what Kal-
lendersofTraitaisliathhc^tvento the f aUowcifos
otirprcfetvdtioBfittceif butifjiotbiSffiorour love.yet
6urpittynowc»lsupGinU$tdbefree» ^Vom»m^us<
k4het,tkeLordba(hMtd^inik\Gt6i^c)M\itC§Ux}o&\
fieverfofafl«r^<i'a(idiiwt^VtQO}therr4»rA b«^ oow^
j?^erfofi>oribo6oty^it!maybcii)PCA*iU never \m.t fo
]iiuchdcedt>fic?g&ule jbttt i£n9C our komlt, yec let
• F 3 us. *
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us now open our puiCes Howe vcr^ 'tis « purcbafe, Imy
Prona^t^ t^trttth, afutk tlm the mfe wtenhsm fild silto iitj,
MaMM^* SmmMt ftporcs cbac when after Gtdts's time in Mrnte
die foaldiers oade the Eroperour^they gave fo much
fbrthcEmpirC} that they feem-dtoglva the Empite
for theEoipirejif £i»^/W ronft be now given for Ettg-
limJtisnoi\\bugzia»m\mEagl4»Joncc.for£figl4ftJ
f[(|iUbat« leafe for the inheritanceaiay'tis policyas wel
as purchafe, the v«fiell & the paifenger run one courfc
of hazzard, have but ooeport of fafety. Next the
Impgtfwt Lover t what did S^ehem for Dinah f what
Qm.i9.t0, elidnot/tfc^^fuflSrtforhisJt^^Mf zMhiimimyjedirts
( faycs the Text) fitmedtt him Imt a vtrjftvt ddytsfir
the Ivve he tare her* See how the Apoftle defcribes
I Cor. I J.4; tj^ij affe^ion of ^*» it fufferetb Img, it endttreth aU
tkngty VAunteth not ufelfi,fetketh net its ewne : cryia
not up, wrangles not evay- private opinim into an
article ofiaitb* houldstbem ( while opinions } butas
opinions in a readincife to depofe them when confu-
ted 5 what will we fuflR^r for the/mtf^ f when we will
not fuffer (b much for it> as to yeeld that we are men*
and nf ly erne ; it is the chancer ( fayes Vivez.) of a
weake tho' ambitious*wit> to fet a greater price on^
H>iiierj^ KhemeiR'ueiitj -j 'twas the brand S\JiftBiM
gives the Donatifis* SentemiAm EfcUjtA nen AtnAntfid
^*9>j& qMrefiAm,nen qmA verAmfidqnidfuiAm^ they
ky^Cf their owne opinions better then the Chinches,
ood why their owne f. becaufe true ? no, but brcau^
thi^r owffililayf 'twere welKiho'not for it)if we would
iitb.i)ft«. bat fulfer it, hatjbgir thfwe9drf9tchmAiien\v9t\V
0*1.4. itf. ttt man were nor thUnfete 'AnAnemn- kecmfe he tells m
the itmhf ^ertainiyy ifAany pirn if we love the triahy
'4isbu(a$theFri«rc(M9p|aiQC9ofti|ppcopkaloveto
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his boly water, they pretend to love it, l)^c when in
the Church hcc but fjprinkl'd it i'tber faces, they
turu'd their baciksoiiitf bowpftcndoewc when it
would flyc into the face^of our confcicflccs C as the
Plalmift f pcakesj fafi the wArdi^ GUbthindus, Trut^ ^,i ^^
ccnai«c|y, is a jcwell Chow ever /etj worthy the care,
of a Prince? flattery is bat an 5»rewigge, thatgetting
in bythcMT^ wilUdtimeeateQutthe^'4j(ir^X.afilyti|i(
5«f*r*,thc/4a)rZ,#ver, that is either ]^^tf of /«iij?
withow^^irr^, or of />r4re without /'vy^i^. t.OftrutJ^
without feard, the Apoflle calls it theldhmr ofkvh t TfceC i.a. '
^tfvtf is as paticntof doii^as of fuffering, v<y»/4tf Mt/zii.
te*, was Demteriim his»M/«, and it is true ftill, tiu
vftBit deepe (at chewonstantould «ur Saviour ) and ^^f^^'
'twill coft us pumpii^ and wipd^< Wfu^ioftp
getit up«t'will not be C9kenuf>uf»€«truft,i^QiQ 9ur Aa-
ceftoff, wee may not &y lothiu or l«ethm,\QC^\
#Kjtfiur(efp6cially in Re%ioi))cQi)cIu4sdfucb,b^cauie,
on this fide the wdter, wc.Qi^i«(ii^e ar^jcie» of 91^ , ' 1
t7rW,they will notbe arti^^ tiii9mf4v4$ftM:^^if}^ '
. need we feeke (you'l fay) what comes to hand $ but af
old Jptsek to his Seo/<(C«^ olithiiyn»f«», mfde t4m eiti Geiur.uj
tiln mi fUyhm C9fif:$ ihmh iPfififmfiReHgimjkAk^
pfvmjiif, if ^»w'*ti«n&r«i footle cotne, by vWJ/W^,,,,^, ..
fitat»ti4mf»vm^tmmfipaMftmfep<nv4m^
iidd found nmh iod they pot loo foon tboii^iittfaey
hsAiomiiti.nQifi^iiitmmf^df.i&dimwMf't^^f'fp fttf:
it will cofl a man fcnttdiio^ hi^^^iqJGl rciiihij^ his
Ibiiten nayks.
Secondly,- That ait feeirie of ;tf;«rf without trfitfi,
^that w«h .<iM, '//if«:4r#ir)M*lAf/r^j^
•matter for a foundcMifieiQRce; il^tivqy(l^v«'fwh(i% <
4k\a to flcepeio t JmimdMm 4; r<^ pf qejpl^i^t^ {
^ cesj
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40 A SemoH preached mhilaf$f 4^
* ■ I I ■« . n III I ' '■ ■■ " '■■_ I " ■— ■■ ' . ' ' " " " ■ ■ ■ I ■ ,^ ■
ccs>thc^W and quiet ^xhcgoodbwx Mqf4kf,xhci4dand
"unqutet^ but the worft of all the bdd and yet the qmet
•confcience, for (its Arifhiky giving the rcafon why
inoft what 'tis calnie at mid-day and raid-night, con-
c\udcsyyffupfqu0j^ tunc quiefihvel cam vincit velcum
^incituTy at mid-day the Suns heatc conquers the:
clouds, ?t mid-night the clouds conquer ic> and fo a
falmc follows too : 'tisfo in the Horofcope ofouir
foules, tl»rc may be a midnight-calme, when the
clouds of finne put out the light, fubduc the heate of
- grace, as well as that other ofthcmid-day* but with
V^ivfii, let God make all his Jlormcs t^paffi ever mc^,
: throtigh me, rather then Ictve rae to this ox)c cdlme of
my own heart, fecurity :* let him give me any^AjSe
'Dcat.19, M9. favc that oUhpfigmffiflfi$0 m^ mn bedrf^my^hgiaii
I KiA.8. ^^^ that pf the heart, aiiy plague of the bcsaj;!, favff
that oinot^mmn^thipUpteefdmanscmbelrt^ any
plague fave that of^dUmg ( as the wife nran fpcakts >
faL4.iu ^Jtflj^^esjpeacii itpm th^pielfei ( fayes DAvid) G^d
]hdh£Hepares, any^olfcfcs fave that of fnare$,theie
flnoxxi^ \i\Utmi we have now (b mirch of arc not fo ill
.c - - ^ ^ ^^ tjhdfc' (houres of y5f4r« wee had before both [00
\jhirtHndStdte.^ BlitrtheWxctJfoisof
^fihm :c ""' »t^kBortdtiony aY»d{ herein) I fiiafl be loath to loadc
fo naufeate you,J(yoli <to give bo greater Titles) the
Ifleferviog^ members ef our higheft court oti eanb)
^ ""^ ^Itlfthlefaucy i#rf^
t4//4^i otthe^/iiy^i iind alltodocwharyou are every
<)ay adoing, a preferving the truth of.Ghurch> an4
^ftace di State : yet, ( ia as much as I know, ^you as
^ch diffike In.ihtf Miiiiftr^ '
. '^fyn^itg^^fwte atf ft
^^^^iS^) li*ti*y TWBrbftrycarficfethfee e:e^
tortai^'s^ iivt tkt 7mh W 4Mtft uc:tk^\kr€ l^e^
Firft,
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ftid /Pi finely. Secondly, Foimlj. Thirdly, orderly. -
Yit^yTfi^in^ly hvtx\\ttmh!^ (i) ifi all your counfdfe look
to the beginning^thc warrant,the fountainc whence you draw,
Funback lorthac through all the linds oi truths girdU, wrnks,
words, thoughts, ftopnojtill youcometothcvcty^jfi^^wof
tht authpri^o^, rto lower principle will ferVetheturneijIcttnc
be bould to tell you,that iron chayn of raeerc-neccfllty 'tis too
fliort, G od i^ the autlior of no nccefljry to fin, all cak/Svmity
excludes perphxity, and n^hat is mto^faid^(tb3itmu0iwsitTikw
the neccfluy ytis^nj and that faith muff go above? ncccfliiy for
footing, nay (to fpeak plainly ) there is no fuch thing as mprdt
mceptj (at lcaft)of conftraint, it would unwill the wilI,could
vrc be conftrained to doe good or cvfll^ that good were noc '
good, that cvill not evills'tis nature only allowes of ncceffity,,
morality excludes it, and when 'tis allowed it muft be as Di-
vines fpeak,but;iir/^ ^ in culfatafm tuteta,Sc of the juftfles and
Ufiblamednes 6f thatfclfdefcnccneceffity is but the occafion,.
Gods f whofe rhofc fclfes are)is the warrant,and the occafion,
theneceflity muftbchistoo, '^tis hcmufl bbth caufeir, and
warrant it to be fuch ; \i it be of our own making, wc may and
moft 4/rerit,and then 'tis no necefficy, for nectffkrmmis defin'd
to be tjuodaliferfi hahert nm frteji. Next
Secondly, Love Pekce, (i) looke to the md^ run forward iw '
this i^ind through all fubordinate ends, and ftay not till you
ct)me to Gods ^forjf, if you fit down fliort of that, yew brcakc
th^ peace, the harmony of the whole rr#rlr, your own ingage-
raents to goc on, your own honnurs in prevailing^ your own^
prefcrvation, nay the Kingdoms prefervatton may not be the
Kighcft end of your defignes, mcnslivesarcGod $,& may not
be adventured uponany other warrant or end then Qods, and
fo ventured would be husbanded to the beft advantage, that
war which is worthy the life of a friend, is worthy the death
ef anencmy to the utihoft ^ the bloud that Ahah fpai*d in £ri^
G hadad
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42 JSemmprfacMdftbglafeFaSI
3.
^4<j«</crye<la$lou4againfthim, isthxthc Tpllt in J^a^tth : as
S,Aml>r»fe :old tlic EmiwcourCready to takerevenge on chein
oiJfitiofh for defacing his EmprefTes Stacucsj God was as
choice of his images, meo>a$ he could be of hers. Secondly,
Love them jointly.
I . Never dreame oiPesee without truth, you may meite and
tr€M«, but as it is with ftones iA a wall> 'tis not the dofeoes of
their roeeting,the fmoothnes of their faces^thcQeatoes of their
carving that makes them ftand f^ft in the wall/tis their perpe-
dicuUir> their ec[uall bottoming wonthe foijadati6.7>«//& thac
doth it^otheiwifejtheProphet Efaj will tell you what will be.
come of al ly ou bMild,// ml be like the [willing out of an high wall,
vthofe hreaeh i$iti» in^ttnt^n sly, LoveP^4r^too,never think
to hold ^ttfuih loogwithoutP«4tf^,atleaft ^^^ovxChurch-peaeei
if yoQ would retainethe^«fA,lctthcdifcipline we muft have
bclcQown as foon as may be,(youcannot imagine whiit cenfu-
fion we have in our Councrey Coronations in thisimervall
of difciplineO otherwife, as Efty hath told you what will be-
come ofyour peace, fo leremy will tell you what will become
efyonttruthfthey receive uotdifeipliue^ruth if pertJheJi There
tt no difcipline fo ill as no difciphne;all our eyes are upon you
for a reformation>bue there are a fort of reformers>that would
befirftthemfelvesreform'djfueh'as break intoChurches>teare
the books, iind overturn the wrong 7>^^/. I know you hate
thefe tumultuous whirlewiads of reformation* thefe butche-
ries of our /^rf^^, f know youare Judges not informcrsj it may
be there is no prcfcnt Law dire^aiy againft thc,m,*twould give
agreat dcalc of fatisfa^ion to many >tf feme Law wereat ieaft
Exod.|i. ottered : Mefes if) that tumult wherein the people forced the
Prieft, hawwaShcCasCr^f^rf fpeakcsj utrobi^legatm fortitt
caufampopttlidpudDeujnpree/hut, cmfdm DeiapudpopulumgU.
dtfs,zs gooia champion for God as an advocate for the peo-
ple,the peoples ODife he pleaded withGod hyftiycts,yetnfim
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before the Ctrnm^mHoufe of P4rluimettf. a^
iftkm wiU firgive their Jh, bat ilid he not as well plead Gods
caufc upon the people with fwords, W there fell of the fecpU wij?,
that day abmt g o o o tner^. Laftly>and fpecially love them
Orderly fbc fuic in the firft place to fatten thatfi^t ohhcCom-
fdffe which muft unmoveably hold the ce»ter trpth, take heed
of making that/^^ to Icanc fo far after the other, ofpe4ce, as to
flip never fo little our of its center j 5 things Tacit uf tells us are
rcquifite to every ^zxyjufiitia in ca»(a,Jpes in kce^fdtss ex vi£f$^
r/iijthe juftice of the caufe, the fcaztblencs of the defigne, ^nd
the fruit of the viAory, even the latt is confiderablc leaft we
triumphCwith Domitian) but over dead flycs, who was there-
fore juftlyftirdwi/ii^yrir^^]?^, and hjiihfi^ mujcaf ap enemy to
fly es,and a fly e to hrs enemies yhellator in theatro^JpeStater in ct^
/^^;buc above all,the firft^the juftice ofche caufc would be coa- ^
fidcredjthcmhe fruit of the vi^ory,and butthcn,andtherWof
warjand ftuit of vidory 'tbfeacci fo the other fool oi truth flip
not {vomthz cent er,xhc foundation, it will be content to /w//;^^
and leane to the making of the circle of peace zs large as may bej
we fay in divinity^therc are 3 farts of Errors, feme citra, feme
aJrca, fome contra funismentum : fome bcfide, fome about,
fomcagainft the foundation: the [firft divers, the fecond fort
perverts, the third fubvcrts; the firft doth but batter the win-
dowesjthe fecond (hakes the wall, the third rafes the founda-
tion : forexample,of the firft fort is that of the Inconformifts^
who deny a power in the Cnurch in cereraonics mpcrly rif u-
all J of the fecond that of the Ubiquitarics, wno deny thccir-
cumfcription of Chrifts glorified body; of the third fort^thac
of the Papifts,who deny thealfuflSciency of his fclfc onccof-
fered facrificc j the two firft may be taken in within the circle
off ^4f^, without removing the center the foundation of truth :
for the firft'twill befpojG(ible^cnough5dobucy«f;>r(?j[7er/&tf que^
Jliens, the Church hath bled long enough at that vain already,
the common enemy would by fuch diftradionsfaine crumble
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. • -lis ounntoatcomcvofpreccaded fchlfmey biir^rs J\r^n?:a Hime^
* theyvvillpjlfcc all our iiiaiy pretended headstohave buroncf
neck^When chey come to give the blow. For the (ccondforta:^
niong whom we may reck a Armim3ns,forchey erre abbitrthc
fbuncjationatleaftintheir univerfality of redemption^ Bi$mi,
their books. Far the third forf, at any h and {ccure tfjdr per fens af
leaft>in fightiog with ^nHjdra,\\% better cue offone neck then
n* hea Js> they are the hefck of the ttjdra, the rootc to al! the
heads of our dangers. LiftWaUfcof,
Vfii^ ' Comfort f and that fpecially from the laft part,the ordtr of the
Texc:Batwhatif we/^^l:/?/>^4^^4tf^^y&^/>,&yetouriot bethat
PC120.C. 6fJ>dvfds,to dxvtl amongfuch as arewemiest0fe4ctt\^hdX if God;
rra.16.9. (aishe rpeaks)yJ>»f up oar fouls among thofe thdtareafwofdofhis?
l{ the foundation truth ftand, Avhat fhould we do bur ftand oq.&
for itjbut if it come to that queftiori oi Davids, if the foundati$ns
Pf.ii.j,4. ki thrown d$\vn,what fhaltthe righteous do?\iC himfelf'e gives the
Gcn.49 ^eft ant^wctyflee arpay like a bird unto the hils.thofebound^ofthie:^
»6^ ' ' wrU{ltnghils{aslacobc2\s them) of Gods promifes, that like'
MountS/tf;? cannot be removal. They fight with us on every
fide may Ifracl now fay(asZ>4'i'/^complaind) P4/>//?^ charge i^s'
^ . offchifmehotn Rome, At mimans oi rigour toy^zids Rdmey St^'
faratifts of mixture with Rome : no matter, here is comfortaJ
gairift ^\hR0me hath left thtfound4tion,8iC therf ore wc have !efp
her^her herejy avoids our fchlfme. Next \iRome havenot en '4
fundamentally, be a true Church ftill as ArminiansztW us,why''
4q they(asai leaft they pretend to do)leave her^r Laftly for if he
Separatifls, if we have not fas they confcife we have not) left
the foundation, why do they leave ys i if wehaVe no*: feparated
from the head.'^hy doihcy feparate from the boiyiifwc be not
guilty ofherefify^ity ate ofjchifmeito conchide,if ^^^rr will not
be had>we mulirftick totruthiW^e keep the r«?f^r,ther*s hope
in lime wfc may compaffc the circle top: whicfc that wc may do, "
let usdaily beg of him, who isbath oiir trmh and feace^xhix\isz
V'ould continuciisour>rw^^aod rcftotcusourf ^^^.-^/w^^.
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