PHIL.
1.
23
,
24.
I
desire
to
be
dissolved
—
THe
Apostle
S.
Paul
was
in
a
strait
,
in
a
great
strait
,
David
;
Davids
was
in
regard
of
evills
proposed
,
this
was
for
the
enjoying
of
good
;
his
necessity
was
touching
evill
which
could
not
be
avoided
,
but
the
Apostles
was
free
and
voluntary
;
his
perplexity
somwhat
concerned
himself
,
the
shunning
of
his
own
evill
;
but
the
Apostles
was
for
the
good
of
others
,
which
was
joyned
with
his
own
hurt
.
Behold
here
as
in
a
perspective
a
heart
truly
Apostolicall
,
wherein
he
shewed
at
once
both
great
love
to
CHRIST
,
desiring
to
be
with
him
,
and
withall
great
love
to
his
brethren
,
desiring
to
abide
with
them
for
their
profit
.
I
begin
with
the
first
of
these
,
1.
2.
A
reason
implied
of
this
his
desire
,
for
then
hee
should
be
with
CHRIST
.
3.
His
censure
or
judgement
of
that
estate
,
to
bee
with
CHRIST
,
it
's
best
of
all
:
Let
us
open
the
words
first
,
and
then
raise
Observations
out
of
them
for
our
edification
.
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)
it
is
word
for
word
,
having
a
desire
,
and
this
is
somewhat
more
than
simply
to
desire
,
for
it
noteth
a
vehement
,
earnest
and
continued
desire
,
a
desire
which
is
in
action
and
working
till
wee
have
our
desire
accomplished
,
wheras
to
desire
simply
may
be
a
sudden
motion
or
momentany
passion
.
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)
Some
translate
the
word
passively
,
Tertullian
renders
it
recipi
,
l.
de
patientia
,
pa.
8.
others
to
be
dissolved
or
loosed
,
and
it
is
done
when
things
mixt
and
compounded
are
resolved
into
their
parts
and
principles
,
now
because
the
soule
is
(
as
it
were
)
included
in
the
body
,
and
cannot
enjoy
CHRIST
fully
till
that
composition
by
the
body
be
resolved
by
death
,
therfore
doth
S.
Paul
earnestly
desire
this
resolution
.
2.
Or
it
may
signifie
to
return
,
as
the
word
is
taken
elsewhere
,
will
returne
from
the
wedding
,
which
sense
is
not
dissonant
from
the
scope
of
this
place
;
for
the
spirit
being
freed
from
the
body
,
returneth
to
GOD
that
gave
it
,
and
what
els
doth
the
Apostle
now
desire
,
but
to
returne
unto
CHRIST
by
whom
he
was
sent
to
preach
the
Gospell
?
3.
It
signifieth
to
loose
anchor
,
or
as
Chrysostome
renders
it
,
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〈◊〉
to
flit
or
to
change
our
place
,
and
so
it
's
a
metaphor
from
marriners
,
importing
a
flitting
or
sailing
from
the
state
of
this
present
life
by
the
ship
of
death
to
another
port
,
to
saile
(
as
it
were
)
from
one
bank
to
another
.
It
is
not
much
materiall
which
reading
we
follow
,
they
all
of
them
doe
agree
in
the
maine
point
and
substance
,
and
doe
affoord
an
observation
which
might
be
enlarged
and
set
foorth
with
variety
of
colours
,
and
strengthened
with
long
discourses
,
but
as
they
which
have
a
long
journey
to
goe
,
and
but
a
short
time
allowed
them
,
must
make
but
a
short
stay
in
any
one
place
,
and
as
Painters
many
times
use
only
to
draw
out
the
heads
and
superiour
parts
of
men
,
leaving
all
the
other
parts
&
lineaments
to
be
proportionably
supplied
by
the
wise
beholders
,
even
so
must
J
at
this
time
propound
only
some
generall
heads
of
severall
points
without
any
large
amplifications
,
and
leave
them
and
the
rest
to
your
private
devotions
.
Death
will
unavoidably
surprise
us
:
We
must
needs
die
,
and
then
we
are
as
water
spilt
on
the
ground
which
cannot
be
gathered
up
againe
,
No
man
hath
power
over
the
spirit
in
the
day
of
death
,
neither
is
there
any
discharge
in
that
warre
,
all
must
fight
with
death
,
and
death
will
conquer
all
;
our
soules
and
bodies
now
met
together
in
this
neare
conjunction
,
though
deare
friends
must
be
separated
each
from
other
untill
the
day
of
the
generall
resurrection
,
and
keep
them
now
as
charily
from
dangers
as
we
can
,
yet
will
these
earthen
brittle
,
vessells
be
broken
asunder
,
which
all
sorts
and
ranks
of
men
are
bound
to
looke
for
at
all
times
,
Surely
men
of
low
degree
are
vanity
,
and
men
of
high
degree
are
a
lie
,
to
bee
laid
in
the
ballance
they
are
altogether
lighter
then
vanity
,
a
marvellous
debasing
of
all
men
!
Let
men
be
put
in
one
end
of
the
ballance
,
and
vanity
in
the
other
,
and
the
Psalmist
doth
assure
us
that
vanity
will
weigh
downe
man
,
and
man
is
lighter
than
vanity
it selfe
.
Iob
sets
out
his
life
by
comparing
his
daies
to
a
swift
ship
,
and
to
an
Eagle
that
hasteth
to
the
prey
,
Amb.
de
Bono
Mortis
.
c.
4
&
longe
illis
plus
damnatio
profuisset
ne
incrementa
facerent
peccatorum
idem
ca
7.
ejusdem
libri
.
and
their
stripes
so
much
the
fewer
.
And
this
makes
likewise
very
much
for
the
exceeding
comfort
and
good
of
distressed
Christians
;
infirmities
,
temptations
,
poverty
,
reproaches
,
griefe
of
passion
for
their
owne
and
of
compassion
for
their
brethrens
miseries
are
a
great
burthen
to
them
,
how
much
heavier
would
it
be
if
this
burthen
was
to
presse
them
down
many
hundred
yeares
together
?
this
much
allaies
their
sorrow
,
that
all
these
evills
are
but
as
clouds
which
soone
ride
away
,
or
as
a
tempest
though
violent
yet
not
permanent
,
This
consideration
of
our
mortality
should
in
reason
move
us
to
seek
to
Heaven
for
helpe
that
we
may
effectually
remember
our
condition
:
Moses
,
teach
me
to
number
my
daies
,
David
,
make
me
LORD
to
know
mine
end
:
all
flesh
is
grasse
,
and
the
beauty
of
it
as
the
flower
of
the
field
:
were
we
indeed
as
Adam
was
at
the
beginning
of
the
world
who
saw
no
spectacle
of
death
before
his
eyes
,
wee
might
have
som
probable
excuse
if
we
thought
not
of
our
departure
:
but
what
can
we
alledge
for
our selves
when
we
have
had
the
experience
of
all
ages
?
Go
into
any
part
of
the
world
,
your
fathers
where
are
they
?
and
doe
they
live
for
ever
?
Even
this
place
and
this
meeting
doe
preach
unto
us
our
mortality
.
Where
are
those
Epicures
in
Esay
,
which
promise
to
themselves
continuance
in
their
desperate
waies
,
To
morrow
shall
be
as
this
day
and
much
more
aboundant
,
nay
and
which
is
more
abominable
,
doe
take
occasion
by
the
shortnesse
of
their
lives
to
eate
and
drinke
,
because
to
morrow
they
must
die
:
Come
on
therfore
(
say
they
)
let
us
fill
our selves
with
costly
wine
,
and
ointments
,
and
let
no
flower
of
the
spring
passe
by
us
,
let
us
crowne
our selves
with
rose-buds
before
they
be
withered
,
let
none
of
us
go
without
part
of
our
jollity
,
let
us
leave
tokens
of
our
joyfullnesse
in
every
place
,
for
this
is
our
portion
.
These
sinners
are
likely
to
see
the
daies
when
they
shall
wish
themselves
toads
,
serpents
or
any
loathsome
creatures
,
rather
then
men
and
women
,
and
yet
as
desirous
as
they
shall
be
of
that
exchange
of
their
estate
they
shall
not
have
it
,
but
shall
remaine
wofull
men
and
women
for
ever
.
This
Doctrine
serveth
likewise
for
the
reproofe
of
those
who
neglecting
principally
to
depend
on
the
immortall
GOD
,
Trust
not
in
Princes
nor
in
the
sons
of
man
,
There
is
no
helpe
in
them
:
their
breath
goeth
forth
,
and
they
returne
to
their
earth
.
Truly
they
are
like
the
running
waters
,
our
dove
,
i.
e.
our
faith
can
find
no
rest
for
the
soles
of
her
feet
in
any
of
the
sons
of
men
,
such
hope
is
like
the
house
of
a
spider
,
happy
then
are
they
which
make
the
God
of
Iacob
their
help
,
and
whose
hope
is
in
the
Lord
their
God
.
whose
hearts
and
eyes
are
fixed
upon
him
;
how
hard
soever
the
world
goeth
with
them
for
the
present
,
all
shall
be
well
assure
your selves
with
such
in
GODS
good
time
;
he
will
provide
all
shall
be
well
,
he
will
helpe
the
husband
,
hee
will
comfort
the
wife
,
hee
will
guide
the
servants
,
hee
will
preserve
the
goods
;
yea
rather
than
it
should
bee
undone
,
(
with
reverence
be
it
spoken
)
he
will
rock
the
cradle
,
they
are
the
words
of
the
learned
Martyr
B.
Hooper
.
This
doctrine
doth
check
all
vain
glorious
&
proud
persons
,
Gregory
Nyssen
speaketh
,
and
excellently
inlargeth
this
point
.
Hast
thou
not
(
saith
he
)
seen
a
heap
of
dead
mens
bones
?
hast
thou
not
seen
their
skuls
without
flesh
,
a
grim
spectacle
to
behold
,
the
very
eyes
being
wasted
and
turned
into
dust
?
Hast
thou
not
seene
their
mouthes
(
as
it
were
)
grinning
and
shewing
their
corrupted
teeth
and
their
other
bones
lie
scattered
in
the
grave
?
If
thou
hast
seene
these
thou
hast
in
them
seen
thy selfe
:
where
are
the
tokens
of
flourishing
age
?
where
are
those
beautiful
cheeks
?
where
is
bloud
and
colours
in
the
lips
?
what
is
now
becom
of
those
sparkling
and
lovely
eyes
?
what
of
the
comely
nose
placed
in
the
midst
of
the
cheeks
?
where
are
those
locks
of
haire
which
were
wont
to
adorne
their
heads
,
&c.
what
is
become
of
all
those
things
which
do
increase
thy
pride
?
Tell
me
,
what
dreame
is
more
vanishing
,
what
shadow
more
flitting
than
is
thy
beauty
,
or
any
other
thing
whereof
thou
gloriest
?
Fourthly
,
those
also
are
to
be
reproved
which
are
earth-wormes
,
Naked
we
came
into
this
world
,
and
whatsoever
we
have
gotten
here
,
we
must
leave
it
all
behind
,
for
naked
shall
we
go
out
of
the
world
.
Saladine
a
Mahometan
the
great
Turke
may
teach
Christians
a
good
lesson
;
he
caused
a
Proclamation
to
be
made
by
one
of
his
Priests
,
a
shirt
fastned
to
a
speare
in
manner
of
an
ensigne
,
saying
,
this
is
all
that
Saladine
Conquerour
of
the
East
caries
away
with
him
of
all
his
riches
:
indeed
it
is
not
all
,
they
carry
with
them
a
guilty
accusing
conscience
,
which
will
extort
from
parents
curses
to
their
children
,
because
that
they
to
make
them
rich
,
became
Usurers
,
unmercifull
Land-lords
,
deceitfull
in
their
dealings
,
and
worldly
minded
,
we
can
pitie
others
in
their
miseries
,
and
shall
we
have
no
compassion
on
our
owne
soules
?
shall
our
owne
soules
now
be
vile
to
us
,
in
comparison
of
which
al
the
kingdoms
of
the
world
are
but
trifles
?
for
what
shall
it
profit
a
man
to
win
the
whole
world
and
to
loose
his
owne
soule
?
or
what
recompence
shall
a
man
give
for
his
soule
?
This
Doctrine
should
teach
al
sinners
a
point
of
spirituall
wisdom
,
nugae
nugarum
&
vanitates
vanitatum
,
of
those
antient
sins
which
did
shake
his
coate
and
whispered
in
his
eares
,
Another
duty
which
naturally
doth
arise
from
this
Doctrine
is
,
the
night
commeth
wherin
none
can
work
.
Shall
the
Sun
stand
still
for
thee
,
as
it
did
for
Ioshua
?
or
go
back
as
it
did
five
houres
for
Hezekiah
?
doe
we
thinke
we
can
doe
good
in
another
world
,
when
we
do
no
good
to
speake
of
in
this
?
be
not
deceived
with
this
dangerous
errour
,
and
hurtfull
pretention
of
doing
good
hereafter
,
whatsoever
thy
hand
findeth
to
do
,
do
it
with
all
thy
might
,
and
the
reason
is
good
,
for
there
is
no
device
,
nor
work
,
nor
knowledge
,
nor
wisdome
in
the
grave
whither
thou
goest
.
Vaine
hope
of
future
performances
hath
undone
many
:
sow
thy
seed
whiles
the
seed
time
lasteth
,
if
thou
looke
to
have
a
crop
and
harvest
.
We
may
learne
this
from
the
birds
of
the
ayre
,
the
Turtle
,
the
Storke
,
the
Crane
and
Swallow
,
know
their
appointed
times
;
the
waifaring
man
he
travels
whiles
it
is
light
,
then
he
knowes
he
is
under
the
protection
of
the
Lawes
,
the
sea-faring
man
he
observes
the
wind
,
the
Smith
he
strikes
whiles
his
iron
is
hot
;
nay
we
may
learne
this
wisdome
from
the
divell
himself
,
he
rageth
and
doth
all
the
mischief
he
can
,
because
his
time
is
but
short
.
Thus
of
doing
good
,
and
so
likewise
must
we
let
no
opportunity
slip
of
receiving
good
,
lay
hold
of
every
season
which
may
be
an
advantage
to
get
heaven
,
to
strengthen
and
increase
spirituall
graces
,
be
glad
if
thou
canst
heare
the
Word
preached
on
a
working
day
.
Lastly
,
this
point
may
teach
GODS
children
patience
in
all
distresses
,
eye
hath
seene
,
or
eare
hath
heard
,
or
the
heart
of
man
can
conceive
,
which
without
all
doubt
by
comparison
at
least
,
are
true
of
the
joyes
of
heaven
.
Why
then
shouldest
thou
O
Christian
soule
be
cast
downe
,
or
why
shouldest
thou
be
in
vaine
disquieted
?
surely
if
thou
wouldest
seriously
consider
,
that
thy
heavinesse
shall
be
suddenly
turned
into
unspeakeable
joy
,
that
all
thy
teares
shall
be
for
ever
wiped
from
thy
eyes
,
momentany
afflictions
do
proportionably
work
unto
thee
,
an
exceeding
weight
of
glory
,
thou
hast
no
reason
to
be
much
dejected
for
them
.
Thus
much
of
the
first
Doctrine
,
the
second
followeth
;
but
that
we
may
build
upon
a
good
foundation
,
we
must
first
declare
the
meaning
of
those
words
on
which
we
must
ground
our
ensuing
Observation
.
I
desire
to
depart
and
to
be
with
CHRIST
)
To
be
with
CHRIST
.
Why
,
was
not
Saint
Paul
with
CHRIST
?
was
not
his
conversation
now
in
heaven
?
behold
the
glory
which
GOD
the
Father
had
given
him
;
desire
is
the
daughter
of
indigence
and
want
some
way
,
and
himselfe
doth
plainely
tell
us
,
whilest
we
are
in
the
body
,
we
are
absent
from
the
LORD
;
you
may
be
pleased
to
observe
a
difference
betwixt
these
phrases
of
CHRIST
his
being
with
us
,
and
our
being
with
CHRIST
,
it
is
one
thing
for
CHRIST
to
be
with
us
,
this
benefit
is
enjoyed
in
this
life
,
this
day
shalt
thou
be
with
me
in
Paradise
.
The
faithfull
soule
when
it
departeth
out
of
this
life
is
immediatly
after
death
with
CHRIST
.
Demetrian
us
,
though
a
blasphemous
Ethnick
,
that
if
he
would
at
the
end
of
his
life
pray
to
GOD
for
the
pardon
of
his
sins
,
beleeve
and
confesse
him
,
he
should
be
translated
sub
ipsa
morte
to
immortality
,
why
not
?
the
soule
being
purged
clearely
from
the
impurity
and
staine
of
sin
by
the
completion
&
state
of
grace
,
which
gets
full
dominion
in
the
very
moment
of
her
departure
out
of
the
body
,
as
Alexander
Halensis
,
Durandus
,
and
other
learned
Schoolemen
have
resolved
,
and
it
is
not
defined
in
that
Church
whether
the
deordination
of
the
will
,
and
whether
vitious
affections
(
as
too
much
love
to
wife
and
children
)
remaine
in
the
soule
,
There
is
no
condemnation
to
such
as
are
in
CHRIST
JESVS
.
None
,
Th.
in
4.
Senten
.
dist.
45.
q.
2.
Sixtus
Senensis
l.
6.
Annotat
.
47.
No
condemnation
saith
the
Apostle
,
yes
,
that
there
is
damnation
to
the
fire
of
Purgatory
,
saith
the
Jesuite
Malon
.
Wee
know
that
if
the
earthly
house
of
this
our
tabernacle
shall
be
destroyed
,
we
have
a
building
not
made
with
hands
,
but
eternall
in
the
heavens
.
S.
Chrysostome
rendreth
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
if
,
by
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
when
,
to
note
the
time
immediatly
after
death
,
he
saith
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
not
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
we
have
not
I
know
not
after
how
many
years
,
we
shall
have
:
which
may
further
appeare
by
the
Apostles
scope
,
which
was
to
administer
consolation
to
the
afflicted
,
as
appeares
by
the
end
of
the
former
Chapter
,
that
they
should
after
death
goe
to
an
eternall
house
,
statim
post
mortem
acquirenda
,
forthwith
to
be
possessed
after
death
,
as
Estius
sheweth
out
of
Photius
,
the
soules
of
the
righteous
are
in
the
hands
of
GOD
,
and
there
shall
no
torment
touch
them
:
no
torment
,
then
not
the
torment
of
Purgatory
;
but
behold
a
crystall
streame
which
is
able
to
quench
the
flames
of
Purgatory
;
if
a
wicked
man
will
turne
from
all
his
sinnes
,
&c.
he
shall
surely
live
,
he
shall
not
die
:
all
his
transgressions
that
he
hath
committed
shall
not
be
mentioned
to
him
.
How
doth
he
not
remember
,
if
he
doth
so
severely
punish
that
it
passeth
the
imagination
of
man
to
conceive
the
greatnesse
thereof
?
can
there
be
a
back
reckoning
for
that
which
shall
never
be
remembred
?
and
saying
,
that
not
a
few
but
al
his
sins
shall
be
forgotten
,
will
he
yet
punish
them
to
satisfie
for
any
sins
at
all
?
and
is
it
not
an
easie
thing
unto
the
LORD
in
the
day
of
death
to
reward
a
man
according
to
his
waies
?
This
Doctrine
being
thus
briefly
cleared
,
we
may
from
hence
draw
many
conclusions
.
Hence
it
followeth
that
the
soule
dieth
not
with
the
body
,
Hence
may
we
in
the
second
place
conclude
against
the
Anabaptists
and
Socinians
,
insecta
▪
till
they
be
quickned
and
revived
by
the
heat
of
the
Sun
,
so
they
of
soules
,
till
they
be
raised
by
the
power
of
the
LORD
at
the
last
day
?
but
how
then
could
Saint
Paul
be
with
CHRIST
?
but
to
say
no
more
against
these
silly
dreamers
,
I
proceed
.
In
the
third
place
,
that
conceit
also
falls
to
the
ground
,
Sixtus
Senensis
.
Fourthly
,
hence
also
doth
it
follow
,
that
though
CHRIST
as
touching
his
divinity
is
every
where
present
,
whiles
we
are
in
the
body
,
wee
are
absent
from
the
LORD
:
the
Apostle
then
was
ignorant
of
that
unhappy
perplexed
point
which
some
seeme
to
defend
,
the
ubiquity
of
CHRISTS
body
,
for
howsoever
his
humane
nature
(
especially
in
the
state
of
glory
)
is
adorned
with
admirable
gifts
,
and
advanced
to
the
highest
dignity
,
honour
and
domination
,
yet
doe
the
natures
of
CHRIST
personally
united
remaine
distinct
both
in
essence
,
properties
,
and
operations
.
Yea
,
and
the
mselves
confesse
that
the
divine
properties
belong
to
the
humane
nature
,
not
by
any
physicall
transfusion
from
one
subject
into
another
,
From
whence
likewise
it
followeth
that
there
is
no
Popish
Purgatory
;
Sixthly
,
this
Doctrine
overthroweth
their
Popish
prayers
for
the
dead
,
idle
word
,
for
which
we
must
give
an
account
at
that
day
.
2.
They
are
an
injury
to
the
dead
,
and
do
vertually
imply
,
that
such
as
pray
for
them
are
not
perswaded
they
are
in
happinesse
for
whom
they
pray
.
3.
This
practise
although
it
might
be
perhaps
by
some
qualification
justifiable
in
the
intention
of
the
speaker
,
yet
may
it
breed
danger
in
the
conceit
of
the
hearer
,
who
may
turne
thy
voluntary
devotion
to
harden
him
in
the
dangerous
error
of
that
opinion
;
if
then
no
benefit
redounds
either
to
the
dead
,
thy selfe
,
or
the
hearer
,
its
best
to
leave
those
formes
of
prayer
which
are
made
for
the
dead
.
But
ignorant
persons
being
reproved
are
bold
to
reply
in
this
foolish
manner
,
what
would
you
have
us
say
of
the
dead
,
would
you
have
us
to
revile
or
curse
them
?
Oh
perverse
minds
!
as
though
necessitie
lay
upon
you
,
either
to
pray
for
them
or
to
curse
them
?
Belike
what
displeaseth
GOD
pleaseth
you
passing
well
:
let
us
speake
of
the
dead
as
GODS
Word
teacheth
us
to
speake
of
them
;
sure
I
am
,
it
no
where
enjoyneth
us
to
pray
for
them
,
nor
furnisheth
us
with
the
example
of
any
Saint
to
that
purpose
,
and
yet
were
their
affections
to
the
dead
as
good
as
yours
.
Cannot
you
use
such
formes
of
speech
when
you
fall
into
mention
of
them
,
they
are
with
GOD
,
they
are
at
rest
,
they
are
happy
,
their
memorie
is
blessed
,
unlesse
you
pray
for
them
.
But
leaving
now
these
Uses
of
confutation
,
I
come
to
those
of
instruction
,
which
are
indeed
more
profitable
for
our
edification
,
and
more
sutable
to
this
present
occasion
,
and
the
first
is
,
Feare
not
death
(
O
thou
righteous
soul
)
overmuch
;
the
prince
ofterrours
,
&
by
the
Philosopher
,
O
death
where
is
thy
sting
!
they
may
take
this
all-devouring
serpent
without
any
hurt
at
all
into
their
bosomes
:
they
that
have
their
debts
paid
,
dare
go
out
of
doores
,
and
are
not
afraid
to
meet
the
Sergeant
;
they
dare
looke
on
death
,
and
welcome
him
as
the
King
of
heavens
officer
to
give
them
possession
of
an
everlasting-inheritance
;
wee
feare
our
friends
when
they
have
a
vizour
on
their
faces
,
but
put
it
off
and
we
rejoyce
in
them
.
Excellent
was
the
speech
of
S.
Ambrose
to
the
Nobles
of
his
city
,
which
with
threats
and
flatteries
were
sent
to
him
by
the
Count
Stilico
,
to
perswade
him
to
pray
unto
GOD
for
the
continuance
of
his
life
,
which
when
the
holy
Bishop
heard
he
answered
divinely
,
Out
of
the
enter
came
forth
meat
,
and
out
of
the
strong
came
forth
sweetnesse
.
Secondly
,
this
may
serve
to
moderate
our
excessive
mourning
for
our
friends
which
die
,
Daughters
of
Ierusalem
weepe
not
for
me
but
weepe
for
your
s●lves
,
you
know
my
fastings
,
my
meditations
,
my
watchings
(
and
know
you
brethren
that
godly
Ministers
do
purposely
watch
and
meditate
for
you
,
when
you
are
or
would
be
a
sleep
.
)
You
know
my
griefe
for
my
owne
calamities
and
for
the
calamities
of
GODS
Church
,
and
by
your
owne
experience
,
you
may
know
what
sharpe
combats
I
have
had
with
that
raging
enemie
the
Divell
,
and
what
wounds
I
have
received
in
the
conflict
;
now
do
I
feare
no
perils
on
the
land
or
sea
,
no
perils
in
the
house
or
in
the
field
,
now
am
J
victorious
over
Satan
and
have
trampled
him
under
my
feet
,
and
now
he
hath
nothing
at
all
in
mee
,
and
now
am
J
crowned
with
glorie
,
and
would
you
(
my
deare
friends
)
be
so
unkind
to
me
to
wish
me
alive
againe
,
and
to
run
the
former
hazards
?
Kings
and
Queenes
are
willing
to
marrie
their
daughters
to
forraine
Princes
,
and
never
looke
to
set
their
eyes
onthem
againe
,
and
should
we
mourne
too
much
for
his
absence
,
and
not
rather
rejoyce
with
him
for
his
happier
estate
then
this
earth
can
afford
?
And
this
is
my
next
point
to
be
handled
,
I
desire
,
saith
S.
Paul
,
to
be
dissolved
and
to
be
with
CHRIST
.
It
's
the
fore-sight
of
heavenly
glory
and
being
with
CHRIST
,
that
makes
a
man
desire
to
die
:
Some
men
indeed
would
die
,
because
there
is
nothing
in
this
world
for
them
to
expect
but
miserie
and
shame
,
and
these
do
little
lesse
sometimes
then
call
for
the
rocks
to
fall
upon
them
,
that
they
might
end
their
wretched
daies
as
Iob
saith
,
they
long
for
death
,
and
dig
for
it
more
then
for
hid
treasure
,
which
rejoyce
exceedingly
,
and
are
glad
when
they
can
finde
the
grave
,
this
motive
swaied
not
Saint
Paul
,
but
onely
this
that
he
might
be
with
CHRIST
.
I
grant
to
desire
death
simply
,
as
death
,
is
against
the
Law
of
GOD
and
the
law
of
nature
,
death
is
our
enemie
,
and
is
not
from
GOD
creationes
by
creation
,
Florus
de
praedest
:
or
as
others
say
,
it
is
from
him
ordinatione
,
because
in
justice
he
ordained
death
corporall
as
one
part
of
the
punishment
which
was
due
for
the
sinne
of
man
,
let
this
cup
passe
,
and
so
did
Saint
Paul
too
,
we
will
not
(
saith
he
)
be
uncloathed
,
the
parting
of
these
good
friends
body
and
soule
without
some
further
end
,
is
a
grievous
separation
;
this
harmelesse
innocent
nature
teacheth
;
and
as
death
is
further
a
meanes
to
cut
off
all
possibility
to
profit
others
,
and
to
helpe
the
poore
Church
of
CHRIST
with
our
labours
●●…us
piety
and
grace
may
move
them
to
pray
with
David
,
LORD
let
my
soule
live
.
let
this
cup
passe
,
I
have
a
Baptisme
to
be
baptized
withall
,
and
how
am
I
pained
till
it
be
accomplished
?
do
groane
earnestly
,
ver.
2.
not
for
that
we
would
be
uncloathed
,
but
cloathed
upon
,
that
mortality
might
be
swallowed
up
of
life
;
and
after
,
we
are
willing
rather
to
be
absent
from
the
body
and
present
with
the
LORD
.
properanti
ad
coebestem
paetriam
,
&c.
to
him
that
makes
hast
to
the
countrey
which
is
above
,
the
stay
in
the
body
is
more
grievous
then
any
paine
,
or
any
prison
:
and
it
is
said
that
Peter
and
Andrew
welcomed
their
crosses
,
as
they
were
wont
to
doe
their
dearest
friends
,
and
imbraced
them
in
their
armes
,
and
saluted
them
with
kisses
of
peace
.
Ignatius
encouraged
wild
beasts
to
devoure
him
that
he
might
be
bread
for
CHRIST
;
Martyrs
went
to
their
death
with
cheerefullnesse
and
songs
,
and
ran
to
the
stake
as
to
a
garland
,
Saul
hide
himselfe
in
the
stuffe
,
when
he
is
called
to
be
crowned
a
King
?
If
Abraham
saw
his
day
by
faith
when
he
was
but
promised
,
and
rejoyced
,
Iohn
Baptist
did
leape
at
his
presence
when
he
was
in
the
wombe
of
his
blessed
mother
.
What
will
his
glorious
presence
effect
in
them
who
shall
behold
him
in
al
his
Royaltie
?
if
the
Wife
men
of
the
East
went
a
long
journie
,
many
Kings
and
Princes
longed
for
that
day
to
see
their
Saviour
mortall
,
This
Doctrine
shewes
us
the
extreame
folly
of
all
licentious
livers
and
impenitent
sinners
;
Ieremy
)
walke
after
our
owne
devices
,
and
we
will
every
one
doe
the
imaginations
of
his
evill
heart
.
Experience
sheweth
us
that
you
cannot
crush
oyle
out
of
skins
,
nor
sweet
wine
out
of
sower
grapes
,
and
if
you
be
the
seedesmen
of
darnell
and
cockle
,
you
shall
have
no
harvest
of
wheat
●…or
good
graine
;
you
will
not
live
conscionably
,
and
yet
you
would
die
peaceably
;
and
though
you
speake
CHRIST
faire
,
yet
you
wil
loose
nothing
for
his
sake
;
the
chaine
will
make
your
profession
afraid
,
and
reproach
will
make
it
ashamed
:
you
love
him
well
you
say
;
but
you
will
be
advised
not
to
displease
such
and
such
friends
for
his
love
;
your
fore-sight
of
Heaven
hath
no
hands
to
do
good
works
corporall
and
spirituall
,
nor
eyes
to
shed
teares
for
your
sins
and
the
sins
of
others
,
nor
stomacke
to
abide
a
holy
and
a
religious
fast
,
nor
flesh
to
endure
this
mortification
and
zealous
revenge
,
nor
tongue
to
speake
the
language
of
confession
,
and
zealous
,
devout
and
faithfull
prayer
;
if
then
in
your
extremities
and
when
your
feares
approach
,
you
send
for
us
,
as
Pharaoh
did
for
Moses
,
and
never
till
then
,
helpe
us
and
comfort
us
,
as
that
starved
woman
did
,
to
the
King
of
Israel
:
Wee
answer
as
hee
did
that
distressed
creature
,
if
the
LORD
doth
not
helpe
you
,
how
should
we
?
And
now
by
this
time
I
suppose
you
are
brought
to
that
passe
,
that
GODS
servants
,
whom
you
have
in
your
prosperity
despised
may
say
to
you
concerning
all
your
daubers
whom
you
then
respected
,
where
are
they
now
that
will
prophesie
peace
peace
unto
you
?
your
consciences
which
before
were
asleepe
,
being
now
awakened
to
heare
the
crie
of
your
sinnes
,
and
these
glasses
formerly
covered
with
dust
as
it
were
,
being
wiped
cleare
to
represent
unto
you
the
disfigured
and
odious
face
of
your
sinnes
;
when
these
evill
daies
shall
come
upon
you
(
as
they
will
or
that
which
is
worse
)
you
must
needs
confesse
to
the
terrour
of
your
soules
,
Eunuchs
,
who
is
on
my
side
?
who
?
even
they
will
cast
you
downe
and
dash
,
as
it
were
,
your
blood
against
the
wals
,
and
make
you
to
be
trampled
upon
;
and
then
can
you
cast
your
eyes
no-way
without
horrour
,
if
upwards
unto
heaven
,
they
will
tell
you
that
you
are
justly
excluded
out
of
that
happy
place
,
if
you
think
upon
hell
,
the
mouth
thereof
(
as
you
feare
)
is
open
every
moment
to
receive
you
when
these
evill
daies
shall
come
,
&c.
Second
Use
of
instruction
is
,
that
we
would
study
our selves
,
First
,
if
thou
art
assured
hereof
,
then
hast
thou
faith
,
the
maine
and
fundamentall
grace
,
not
with
sword
,
shield
and
speare
,
but
in
the
name
of
the
LORD
of
Hosts
,
we
are
sure
to
conquer
.
If
we
have
these
graces
and
by
the
use
of
holy
meanes
do
hold
them
fast
,
how
happy
are
we
!
Blessed
is
he
that
beleeveth
the
Lords
words
to
be
all
of
them
true
,
and
blessed
is
he
that
waiteth
on
him
,
till
he
manifests
the
truth
of
his
words
,
that
believeth
by
faith
that
GOD
is
his
Father
,
and
expecteth
by
hope
that
he
should
shew
a
fatherly
affection
to
him
;
who
believes
that
salvation
belongs
to
him
,
and
waites
by
hope
til
he
enters
into
possession
of
it
:
if
this
then
be
the
blessed
frame
of
thy
soule
,
that
thou
resolvest
and
hopest
to
live
,
and
thou
resolvest
and
hopest
to
die
in
the
armes
of
thy
sweet
Saviour
,
thou
art
in
a
happy
case
.
Secondly
,
if
thou
hast
this
holy
affection
to
die
,
and
assurance
of
being
with
CHRIST
when
thou
art
dead
,
nor
let
thy
furrowes
in
thy
field
to
cry
out
against
thee
,
nor
by
proportion
,
the
stone
and
timber
of
thy
house
to
complaine
of
thee
,
Zach
5.
4.
for
this
would
bring
a
curse
to
consume
them
:
thou
wilt
often
make
thy
reckning
even
with
thy
GOD
,
for
this
makes
friendship
durable
,
if
CHRIST
be
gone
,
as
he
seemes
to
be
at
some
time
from
his
children
,
thou
wilt
seek
for
him
sorrowing
as
Mary
his
mother
did
,
and
thou
shalt
in
GODS
good
time
find
him
in
the
Temple
(
as
she
did
)
I
mean
in
the
use
of
his
holy
ordinances
.
Thirdly
,
what
I
say
to
you
,
I
say
to
all
,
You
know
not
(
saith
our
Saviour
)
what
houre
your
LORD
will
come
;
Fourthly
,
often
meditate
on
death
,
die
as
it
were
daily
in
the
disposition
of
thy
soule
,
Fifthly
,
Sixthly
,
if
thou
art
sincere
and
sound
at
the
heart
,
and
walkest
with
GOD
in
the
uprightnesse
of
thy
soule
,
Lastly
,
O
death
where
is
thy
stingthankes
be
to
GOD
who
hath
given
us
victory
through
JESVS
CHRIST
our
LORD
,
this
is
a
good
signe
of
a
blessed
man
;
and
if
these
are
in
you
,
I
do
assure
you
that
your
estate
is
now
good
,
and
by
perseverance
in
them
,
shall
be
farre
better
hereafter
,
and
these
will
comfort
you
,
Returne
unto
thy
rest
O
my
soule
,
for
the
LORD
hath
beene
beneficiall
unto
thee
,
now
my
griefes
farewell
,
&
all
my
wrongs
adieu
,
and
now
my
soule
be
glad
,
for
now
commeth
thy
rest
,
thy
sure
rest
,
thy
sweet
and
never
fading
rest
;
and
that
which
comforted
Hezekiah
on
his
supposed
death-bed
,
how
I
have
walked
before
thee
with
an
upright
heart
;
that
also
was
a
great
comfort
to
this
our
deceased
brother
,
that
he
could
say
to
mee
in
his
last
sicknesse
,
when
I
visited
him
,
You
have
heard
(
beloved
)
what
was
Saint
Pauls
desire
,
that
was
to
die
;
and
a
reason
implied
of
his
desire
,
for
then
he
should
be
with
CHRIST
:
hearken
with
the
like
Christian
attention
to
Saint
Pauls
judgement
or
censure
of
that
estate
of
being
with
CHRIST
;
this
is
saith
he
far
the
better
,
or
(
as
some
expound
the
words
)
which
is
best
of
all
:
A
life
in
heaven
with
CHRIST
,
is
farre
better
then
a
life
on
earth
with
men
.
Is
it
not
far
better
to
have
the
wayward
old
man
in
our
bosome
,
If
we
say
we
have
no
sin
,
we
deceive
our selves
,
and
there
is
no
truth
in
us
,
and
would
they
perhaps
say
so
more
humbly
then
truly
?
GOD
placeth
not
the
commendation
of
humility
in
any
part
of
falsity
:
and
therefore
if
they
spoke
this
truly
,
they
had
sin
,
because
they
humbly
confessed
it
,
and
the
truth
was
in
them
;
&
if
they
said
they
had
sin
when
they
had
none
at
all
,
they
did
lie
,
and
so
did
sin
in
lying
,
and
the
truth
was
not
in
them
,
but
when
we
are
in
CHRIST
all
our
sins
are
quite
abolished
,
and
not
till
then
,
and
therfore
to
be
with
CHRIST
is
far
better
.
Secondly
,
is
it
not
far
better
to
be
in
such
a
condition
,
where
we
shall
be
freed
from
all
troubles
,
Thirdly
,
is
it
not
farre
better
to
live
in
such
state
where
we
shall
live
without
feare
of
displeasing
our
good
GOD
,
Fourthly
,
is
it
not
far
better
to
be
there
,
where
we
shall
be
freed
from
the
molestations
and
temptations
of
the
Divell
,
when
he
had
finished
his
course
and
fought
that
good
fight
against
them
,
and
shall
not
we
?
these
infernal
spirits
are
every
where
about
us
:
when
we
are
at
our
best
devotions
in
the
Church
,
one
Divell
or
other
stands
at
our
right
hand
as
at
Ioshuahs
,
Fiftly
,
and
lastly
,
is
it
not
far
better
to
be
in
heaven
with
CHRIST
where
no
sin
is
committed
,
Psalmist
;
Woe
is
me
that
I
am
constrained
to
dwell
in
Mesech
,
and
from
the
company
of
all
the
wicked
,
and
shall
see
with
unspeakable
joy
and
comfort
the
blessed
Angels
,
and
the
spirits
of
all
the
faithfull
departed
,
the
glorious
company
of
Martyrs
which
shine
now
much
brighter
then
the
flames
wherewith
they
were
burned
,
they
shall
see
the
blessed
Virgin
Mary
the
mother
of
our
LORD
,
they
shall
see
the
most
sacred
humanity
of
our
Saviour
,
and
his
comely
face
,
fairer
then
the
sons
of
men
;
and
above
all
this
,
they
shall
immediatly
enjoy
the
glorious
presence
of
GOD
,
and
have
a
cleare
sight
of
the
divine
face
:
and
consequently
to
be
with
CHRIST
is
the
best
of
all
.
First
,
seeke
the
LORD
while
he
may
be
found
:
if
the
danger
of
sin
was
onely
to
be
bond-men
and
bond-women
,
as
Queene
Ester
said
to
Ahashverus
,
I
would
have
held
my
tongue
,
or
I
would
have
beene
lesse
importunate
with
you
,
but
the
punishment
is
a
thousand
times
greater
,
and
I
am
at
this
time
GODS
Messenger
,
to
bring
heavy
tidings
unto
sinners
,
and
I
will
tell
you
what
you
shall
find
true
by
experience
hereafter
,
that
you
who
are
despisers
and
contemners
of
GODS
Ordinances
,
formall
professors
having
a
shew
,
not
any
power
of
godlinesse
,
malicious
persons
,
&c.
shall
after
a
little
time
,
yea
a
very
little
time
,
cry
out
,
Wo
,
wo
,
wo.
Ah
what
an
unfortunate
wretch
am
I
,
that
have
lost
all
hopes
of
heaven
!
time
was
when
happinesse
was
offered
to
me
,
but
I
(
foole
that
I
was
)
rejected
it
,
now
alas
shall
I
weepe
and
waile
for
ever
.
A
little
City
as
I
have
somewhere
read
,
resisted
Alexander
,
he
lighted
a
torch
and
vowed
that
if
they
submitted
not
themselves
before
the
torch
was
burnt
,
he
would
burne
their
City
into
ashes
;
our
life
is
like
the
burning
of
a
torch
;
now
must
thou
yeeld
up
thy selfe
to
be
ruled
by
the
LORD
,
or
burne
in
hell
,
not
as
that
City
for
a
short
time
,
but
for
ever
:
the
everlasting
flames
of
hell
cannot
burne
out
one
staine
of
sin
out
of
thy
soule
:
What
great
benefits
didst
thou
receive
of
the
world
to
allure
thee
to
loose
heaven
?
and
what
if
thou
hadst
gained
much
riches
and
many
pleasures
,
and
enjoyned
them
a
hundred
yeares
?
all
those
are
gone
,
and
all
are
nothing
in
comparison
of
the
least
torment
which
thou
there
must
suffer
;
then
wilt
thou
cry
out
,
oh
unhappy
pleasures
,
oh
unfortunate
riches
,
oh
miserable
time
wherein
I
foolishly
blinded
my selfe
!
Anno
Dom.
709.
by
a
godly
policy
won
her
husbands
heart
from
carnall
delights
:
on
a
day
they
had
all
outward
solaces
that
heart
could
wish
,
the
roome
richly
furnished
with
plate
,
they
had
sweet
&
pleasant
musicke
and
delicate
cheere
;
she
caused
the
same
place
to
be
strewed
with
dung
,
and
to
be
as
loathsome
as
they
could
make
it
,
she
intreated
and
prevailed
with
the
King
to
repaire
thether
,
&
beholding
it
,
he
mused
in
his
mind
of
the
change
,
she
took
the
opportunity
,
and
thus
said
unto
him
,
where
are
yesterdaies
delights
,
good
cheare
,
and
rich
furniture
?
are
not
all
such
things
as
wind
and
vanity
which
passeth
away
?
and
with
these
and
the
like
speeches
she
drew
her
husband
to
a
mortified
life
.
Oh
that
this
or
the
like
consideration
could
reduce
the
lovers
of
pleasures
to
the
love
of
the
ever-living
GOD
!
If
the
damned
in
hell
could
have
but
another
life
in
this
world
,
nay
if
those
which
have
but
seene
them
,
or
rather
(
as
I
believe
in
my
instance
)
the
strong
imagination
of
such
a
terrible
sight
;
I
would
not
wonder
if
they
proved
the
greatest
Saints
on
earth
.
Venerable
Bede
tels
(
as
he
thinks
)
a
true
story
,
of
one
Drithelme
by
name
,
seeke
the
LORD
while
he
may
be
found
,
the
benefit
of
this
life
you
cannot
long
enjoy
,
and
when
it
is
once
past
,
it
is
ever
past
,
you
cannot
recover
it
though
you
had
in
your
power
a
thousand
worlds
to
give
to
redeeme
it
.
And
as
for
us
fellow
souldiers
and
deare
Christians
,
let
us
hold
fast
that
goodnesse
which
we
have
,
Gregory
Nyssen
instructeth
you
.
VER.
24.
Neverthelesse
to
abide
in
the
flesh
is
more
needfull
for
you
.
Our
Apostle
hath
made
it
knowne
unto
us
,
1.
2.
What
is
it
to
live
in
the
flesh
?
it
is
to
live
a
naturall
life
preserved
by
naturall
meanes
,
as
eating
,
drinking
,
sleeping
,
&c.
we
walke
in
the
flesh
though
we
do
not
warre
after
the
flesh
;
3.
Marke
here
and
in
the
former
verse
that
our
Apostle
speakes
as
if
his
soule
was
himselfe
,
and
as
if
his
body
was
no
essentiall
part
of
man
,
this
is
not
true
in
propriety
of
speech
,
and
therefore
is
to
be
taken
improperly
by
a
Synecdoche
,
Integri
promembro
,
the
whole
is
put
for
a
part
,
&
here
for
a
principall
part
of
Paul
,
the
same
trope
in
the
like
phrases
touching
our
Saviour
CHRIST
,
4.
More
necessary
]
This
is
not
spoken
simply
but
comparatively
,
it
was
not
absolutely
necessary
for
the
Church
that
S.
Paul
should
live
,
for
GOD
could
even
then
,
as
after
his
departure
he
did
,
provide
other
Instructours
to
build
his
Church
and
House
,
but
yet
it
was
more
necessary
for
their
profit
that
he
should
live
then
die
.
5.
For
you
]
But
why
more
necessary
?
was
it
not
because
his
appointed
time
to
die
was
not
yet
come
?
this
is
true
,
but
personall
.
He
mentioneth
that
which
concernes
the
Philippians
,
that
they
might
take
notice
how
carefull
he
was
for
them
,
and
how
thankfull
they
ought
to
be
to
GOD
for
him
.
My
life
is
more
needfull
for
you
,
for
the
furtherance
of
your
faith
and
piety
.
Q.
Did
Saint
Paul
desire
to
live
only
for
the
good
of
the
Philippians
?
Sol.
He
neither
saith
it
,
nor
thinketh
it
.
He
saith
his
life
was
more
needfull
for
the
Philippians
,
so
it
was
,
but
he
saith
not
only
for
them
.
Q.
Why
then
doth
he
only
name
them
?
Answ.
Because
he
only
writeth
to
them
.
Behold
a
patterne
of
admirable
love
in
a
Shepheard
to
the
sheep
of
CHRIST
,
preferring
their
welfare
to
his
own
present
glory
.
What
Merchant
(
saith
Saint
Chrysostome
)
having
his
vessell
fraught
with
rich
commodities
,
The
life
of
a
faithfull
Minister
doth
more
good
,
and
is
more
profitable
for
GODS
people
then
his
death
:
as
the
lightening
commeth
out
of
the
East
,
and
shineth
to
the
West
,
and
as
the
Suns
going
forth
is
from
the
ends
of
the
heaven
,
and
his
circuit
to
the
ends
of
it
,
and
there
is
nothing
hid
from
the
heat
thereof
:
so
in
Saint
Pauls
time
the
Gospell
was
come
into
all
the
knowne
parts
of
the
world
,
i.
e.
the
hearts
of
very
many
that
were
holden
fast
locked
by
the
divell
,
are
now
unlocked
by
the
faith
of
CHRIST
,
he
is
GOD
,
the
LORD
he
is
GOD.
Now
the
LORD
doth
this
great
worke
by
the
Ministery
of
living
men
,
and
sometimes
by
weake
men
,
that
the
excellency
of
the
power
may
be
ascribed
to
GOD
and
not
to
man
:
and
thus
you
see
in
generall
the
great
profit
which
accompanies
the
work
of
the
Preachers
in
the
plantation
and
foundation
of
Churches
:
let
us
consider
some
particular
benefits
which
redound
to
them
which
are
actuall
members
of
a
visible
Church
;
and
they
are
either
1
in
regard
of
the
bad
,
or
2
in
regard
of
those
that
are
good
,
or
3
in
regard
of
all
sorts
both
good
and
bad
.
First
,
First
,
to
be
a
powerfull
meanes
of
converting
the
Elect
,
by
the
preaching
of
the
Gospell
;
his
sake
by
faith
which
is
given
by
hearing
the
Minister
;
Sanctification
another
degree
of
salvation
in
this
life
,
is
by
preaching
of
the
Word
,
in
regard
of
dying
to
sin
▪
the
Minister
is
as
the
salt
of
the
earth
,
it
s
the
Word
of
grace
by
which
we
are
sanctified
.
What
had
become
of
Paulus
Sergius
,
appointed
by
GOD
for
the
gathering
of
the
Saints
.
Secondly
,
in
my
prosperity
the
young
men
saw
me
and
hid
themselves
,
the
Princes
refrained
talke
,
the
Nobles
held
their
peace
,
&c.
and
the
same
is
reported
of
Cato
,
that
they
would
forbeare
to
speake
uncomely
things
on
the
stage
while
he
was
present
:
and
if
swearers
rap
out
unawares
prophane
oathes
in
the
presence
of
a
grave
man
,
they
checke
one
another
,
know
you
not
that
such
a
one
heard
you
?
the
divell
dares
not
shew
himselfe
a
divell
in
his
colours
in
the
presence
of
such
a
reverend
man
as
this
our
brother
was
.
Secondly
,
First
,
Paul
,
Rom.
7.
the
best
Christians
are
like
peeces
of
gold
,
they
are
too
light
and
must
have
their
graines
of
allowance
to
make
them
currant
,
Who
can
say
my
heart
is
cleane
?
he
proposeth
the
point
in
his
armour
by
way
of
demand
,
making
his
chalenge
to
all
the
world
with
his
triumphant
negative
,
knowing
that
no
man
durst
step
forth
,
none
could
justly
say
,
I
am
entirely
innocent
,
I
am
as
good
as
I
ought
to
be
,
as
good
as
the
holy
Law
requireth
that
I
should
be
.
Private
helps
I
know
,
as
prayer
,
fasting
,
meditation
,
have
their
force
to
abate
the
strength
of
sinne
,
but
yet
the
lively
two
edged
sword
,
the
sword
of
the
Spirit
in
the
mouthes
of
GODS
Ministers
,
hath
the
preheminence
,
that
is
the
fire
to
wast
it
,
and
the
hammer
to
bruise
a
hard
heart
.
Secondly
,
their
Ministery
is
needfull
to
discover
sins
after
renovation
:
Who
can
tell
how
often
he
offends
?
cleanse
me
from
secret
sins
.
If
unknowne
sins
were
in
David
,
who
was
a
man
of
an
excellent
spirit
,
of
great
understanding
,
and
a
strict
examiner
of
his
owne
heart
,
can
any
man
say
in
truth
he
is
free
from
them
?
Who
understands
his
faults
?
thou
wilt
confesse
if
thou
art
wise
,
that
thou
art
a
greater
sinner
then
other
men
:
so
Basil
;
private
meanes
such
as
are
the
looking
into
the
law
of
liberty
,
the
manifold
wisdome
of
GOD
in
the
dispensation
of
the
vnsearchable
riches
of
CHRIST
to
the
Gentiles
.
Thirdly
,
many
are
the
steppings
aside
out
of
GODS
way
,
in
many
things
we
sin
all
.
David
did
so
,
and
Peter
did
so
,
Fourthly
,
Christians
ought
to
be
confirmed
in
their
gracious
estate
,
the
former
raine
after
seeds
time
at
the
fall
of
the
leafe
,
and
the
latter
raine
at
the
spring
,
to
ripen
the
fruit
sufficed
,
insomuch
that
Saint
Hierome
living
in
Canaan
,
rarely
saw
raine
there
in
Iune
and
Iuly
,
Lastly
,
to
name
no
more
,
Pugilum
fortitudo
clamoribus
incitatur
,
though
Champions
fight
valiantly
,
yet
their
courage
is
enflamed
by
the
acclamations
of
the
by-standers
,
so
is
it
with
you
;
when
we
pray
,
exhort
,
beseech
that
that
which
you
doe
well
,
you
do
it
continually
,
more
sincerely
and
zealously
,
What
good
soule
by
experience
findeth
not
graces
excited
,
good
motions
kindled
,
holy
resolutions
furthered
and
gracious
operations
intended
by
a
profitable
Minister
?
The
third
Reason
why
the
life
of
a
godly
Minister
is
more
profitable
,
Elisha
,
the
chariots
and
the
horsemen
of
Israel
;
he
stands
in
the
breach
betwixt
the
living
and
the
dead
,
to
avert
the
plague
,
and
to
make
an
atonement
for
the
people
,
as
Aaron
did
:
and
doubtlesse
the
man
of
GOD
must
be
a
good
part
of
those
righteous
ones
for
whose
sake
the
Sun
is
darkened
,
and
that
the
Moone
gives
her
light
,
that
the
frame
of
heaven
and
earth
continues
as
we
see
this
day
,
as
Iustin
Martyr
sheweth
;
To
take
away
the
righteous
,
that
their
eyes
may
not
behold
the
evil
to
come
,
though
this
be
little
laid
to
heart
as
there
is
said
,
When
we
see
a
gardiner
take
away
the
wall
and
fence
,
plucke
up
the
choisest
plants
,
take
away
the
ornaments
and
beauty
of
it
,
and
lay
it
open
for
the
beasts
to
enter
,
we
may
suppose
he
intendeth
not
to
continue
,
but
to
deface
his
garden
;
so
when
we
see
the
evident
footsteps
of
GODS
wrath
,
and
the
fire
of
his
jealousie
(
as
it
were
)
breaking
out
by
the
smoake
;
beginning
to
appeare
by
taking
away
profitable
men
as
plants
of
his
garden
,
which
his
owne
right
hand
hath
planted
,
we
must
lay
it
to
our
hearts
,
as
a
probable
token
preceding
a
heavy
judgement
;
by
which
it
doth
appeare
,
that
the
wicked
do
enjoy
temporall
blessings
by
the
life
and
prayers
of
a
good
Minister
.
Vse
1.
This
point
serves
for
the
reproofe
of
such
persons
,
which
feele
no
sorrow
for
the
losse
of
the
chiefe
stayes
of
the
Church
,
Thirdly
,
and
much
more
doth
this
Doctrine
condemne
their
practise
,
the
whole
counsell
of
GOD
,
as
Paul
did
to
the
Ephesians
;
if
he
denounceth
the
judgement
of
the
LORD
against
sinners
,
if
he
layeth
the
axe
to
the
roote
of
the
tree
,
and
launceth
their
festered
sores
to
the
very
bottome
,
they
do
even
for
their
worke
sake
,
esteeme
them
as
Ahab
did
Micaiah
to
be
their
enemy
,
and
the
more
he
loveth
them
,
the
lesse
he
is
beloved
of
them
,
and
doe
wish
from
their
hearts
that
hee
might
not
live
amongst
them
,
but
do
labour
to
make
him
weary
of
his
life
by
vexing
him
,
casting
many
times
the
very
name
of
a
Priest
,
as
a
terme
of
reproach
upon
his
face
;
the
abundance
of
this
Manna
and
bread
from
Heaven
,
makes
them
to
loath
it
and
the
Messenger
that
brings
it
.
The
reasons
of
both
:
1.
Because
such
men
feele
not
their
sin
nor
their
misery
for
sin
.
2.
Nor
tast
the
comfort
,
sweetnesse
and
power
of
grace
.
3.
Nor
doe
consider
that
Presbyters
are
GODS
hands
to
conveigh
graces
to
them
;
hence
do
these
fellowes
scorne
them
in
their
hearts
,
and
so
have
as
it
were
a
brand
set
upon
them
to
be
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Atheists
,
irreligious
persons
and
despisers
of
CHRIST
,
Fourthly
,
this
consideration
that
the
life
of
a
good
Pastour
is
more
profitable
then
his
death
,
in
whose
presence
no
mourners
were
suffered
to
come
,
but
godly
mourners
are
alwaies
welcome
to
GOD.
See
the
practise
of
this
duty
but
in
one
example
,
the
devout
men
that
buried
Stephen
made
great
lamentation
over
him
,
though
Stephen
was
a
Martyr
,
and
which
was
his
honour
,
the
first
Martyr
too
,
and
if
I
well
remember
,
a
Martyr
saith
,
if
there
be
any
way
to
heaven
on
horsebacke
,
it
is
by
Martyrdome
;
Touching
the
beginning
of
his
studies
,
[
*
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*
Sometimes
a
Cantabrigian
and
student
in
Christs
Colledge
.
Anderton
his
schoole-fellow
,
to
have
gone
to
the
Seminaries
beyond
the
sea
:
but
GOD
happily
crossed
that
designe
,
and
effectually
calling
him
to
the
sight
of
his
sins
,
and
the
light
of
his
truth
,
drew
good
out
of
that
evill
,
and
taught
him
so
much
the
more
to
detest
Popery
,
and
to
discover
hypocrisie
and
dissimulation
in
GODS
worship
and
in
ordinary
conversation
above
the
ordinarie
straine
of
Writers
.
How
industrious
a
student
he
was
in
the
University
,
his
many
note
bookes
left
behind
him
will
beare
witnesse
,
and
how
well
reputed
he
was
for
his
learning
,
as
his
other
exercises
,
so
his
publike
disputations
before
King
JAMES
will
testifie
.
But
Learning
is
nothing
,
Industry
is
nothing
to
be
praised
before
GOD
without
grace
;
grace
hath
the
preheminence
and
gives
the
luster
to
all
the
rest
;
the
LORD
enriched
his
heart
with
a
great
measure
of
grace
,
hence
is
it
that
his
life
was
unstained
and
without
reproofe
;
though
he
was
not
freed
from
infirmities
,
yet
he
was
from
crimes
.
Hence
it
was
that
he
was
so
laborious
in
his
Ministery
,
a
true
student
he
was
all
his
daies
,
as
appeares
by
his
library
though
great
,
yet
very
few
bookes
in
it
which
were
not
read
over
and
noted
in
the
margent
,
and
he
attained
that
high
straine
of
grave
eloquence
,
familiar
to
him
,
scarce
imitable
by
any
others
;
you
were
twise
a
weeke
ordinarily
fed
with
Sermons
and
Catechismes
,
and
with
the
Exposition
of
Scripture
on
Holy
daies
which
would
have
beene
acceptable
,
wholesome
foode
I
am
sure
,
to
the
most
learned
auditory
of
the
Land
.
And
though
he
was
so
great
a
Clerke
,
and
so
famous
,
yet
was
not
he
ambitious
nor
sought
great
matters
for
himselfe
,
and
he
doth
beseech
an
honourable
Knight
,
Robert
Carre
.
to
whom
he
dedicated
his
last
booke
,
and
all
others
in
him
to
doe
him
that
favour
,
nay
that
right
,
nay
that
honour
,
not
to
conceive
that
he
had
a
thought
that
way
.
His
heart
was
set
on
the
right
object
,
and
the
bent
of
his
study
was
for
matter
of
Sanctification
,
both
of
himselfe
and
of
his
hearers
,
do
owe
even
themselves
unto
him
,
as
Philemon
did
to
Paul
.
From
this
spectacle
before
our
eyes
all
of
us
may
learne
something
for
our
imitation
:
doth
any
one
prophane
GODS
ordinances
by
a
dissembled
religion
?
let
him
forsake
it
,
and
flie
from
it
as
from
a
serpent
,
(
for
,
I
speake
to
the
glory
of
GODS
mercy
,
turning
his
face
from
Babylon
to
Ierusalem
)
so
did
our
deceased
brother
;
doth
any
one
walk
before
GOD
with
an
upright
heart
,
let
him
hold
out
to
the
end
,
run
his
race
and
finish
his
course
both
in
health
and
sicknesse
,
for
so
did
our
deceased
brother
.
A
great
man
,
great
in
worth
is
fallen
in
our
Israel
,
&
there
will
be
a
great
losse
of
him
,
his
wife
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
gracious
husband
;
his
children
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
gracious
father
;
his
sheep
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
gracious
shepheard
,
we
of
the
Ministery
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
grave
,
learned
,
&
a
gracious
brother
;
the
devout
Christian
that
desires
to
have
all
his
sinnes
unbowelled
and
discovered
,
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
gracious
soule-searching
Minister
,
he
that
would
have
rules
to
avoid
particular
sins
,
and
to
make
progresse
in
all
vertues
,
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
copious
and
experienced
directour
;
he
that
is
wounded
in
conscience
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
skilfull
Surgeon
,
who
in
that
art
was
one
of
a
thousand
to
restore
righteousnesse
;
the
vertuous
,
rich
,
and
humble
poore
Christians
that
feared
GOD
,
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
loving
friend
and
a
gracious
supporter
,
those
that
are
in
wants
and
truly
religious
,
shall
find
(
to
my
knowledge
)
the
losse
of
a
liberall
reliever
and
comforter
,
nay
poore
condemned
Christians
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
charitable
instructour
:
and
what
shall
I
say
more
?
the
whole
Land
shall
find
the
losse
of
a
zealous
pillar
and
of
a
powerfull
prevailer
with
GOD
for
the
continuance
of
our
happinesse
:
so
that
all
had
cause
to
pray
not
as
the
dresser
of
the
barren
fig-tree
,
but
as
for
a
fruitfull
tree
,
let
it
stand
one
yeare
,
nay
many
yeares
longer
;
but
the
greater
our
losse
is
of
him
,
the
greater
is
the
gaine
unto
himselfe
,
and
as
he
is
crowned
with
glory
in
heaven
,
so
his
remembrance
to
many
of
us
,
will
be
like
that
of
Iosias
to
the
Jewes
,
It
is
sweet
as
honie
in
all
mouthes
,
and
as
musicke
at
a
banquet
of
wine
.
This
consideration
may
be
of
good
use
for
GODS
people
;
First
that
they
would
set
a
high
price
on
good
Ministers
,
and
afford
them
a
singular
measure
of
love
as
to
spirituall
fathers
,
Secondly
,
it
should
teach
them
another
duty
,
to
pray
heartily
to
GOD
for
them
,
That
they
are
men
subject
to
like
passions
that
you
are
,
conceive
us
not
to
be
of
.
Laodicean
temper
,
to
stand
in
need
of
nothing
;
we
are
no
better
,
nor
so
good
as
Saint
Paul
,
and
yet
good
Saint
Paul
is
frequent
in
his
exhortations
to
the
people
to
pray
for
him
;
brethren
we
had
need
of
your
prayers
,
none
more
need
then
we
:
something
it
is
that
Saint
Paul
in
his
prayer
for
the
Churches
,
useth
this
forme
,
Grace
be
unto
you
and
peace
,
but
when
he
writes
to
Timothy
and
to
Titus
,
separated
for
the
service
of
GOD
,
he
prayes
for
Grace
,
Mercy
,
and
Peace
,
for
them
.
They
in
speciall
manner
it
seemes
do
stand
in
need
of
GODS
mercy
;
pray
for
such
then
,
and
for
their
continuance
,
that
they
may
live
,
be
guides
to
the
blind
,
lights
to
them
that
sit
in
darkenesse
,
Instructors
of
the
ignorant
,
and
by
a
godly
life
examples
to
the
flocke
over
which
the
LORD
hath
made
them
Over-seers
.
Get
now
all
the
good
you
can
from
profitable
Ministers
while
you
enjoy
them
,
Lastly
,
let
us
of
the
Clergie
while
we
live
,
do
all
the
good
we
can
,
If
thou
hadst
knowne
these
things
that
concerne
thy
peace
,
how
happy
hadst
thou
then
beene
?
let
us
then
be
faithfull
and
laborious
,
and
so
much
the
rather
now
ought
we
to
be
laborious
,
to
make
up
this
breach
for
the
losse
of
our
brother
,
if
GOD
enables
us
;
the
LORD
himselfe
is
the
heavenly
teacher
of
this
lesson
by
a
just
proportion
in
a
like
case
.
Moses
my
servant
is
dead
,
now
therefore
arise
Ioshuah
—
be
strong
and
of
a
good
courage
;
was
with
Moses
,
and
promised
to
be
with
Ioshuah
,
so
will
the
same
GOD
,
if
we
continue
so
doing
,
make
the
same
word
good
unto
us
,
he
will
be
with
us
,
He
will
never
leave
us
nor
forsake
us
;
and
when
this
short
uncertaine
,
Well
done
thou
good
and
faithfull
servant
,
thou
hast
beene
faithfull
over
a
few
things
,
I
will
make
thee
ruler
over
many
things
:
enter
thou
into
the
joy
of
thy
LORD
.
Which
he
for
his
mercy
sake
grant
unto
us
all
,
Amen
.
FINIS
.