FOVRE
SERMONS
,
PREACHED
AND
PVBLIKELY
TAVGHT
BY
RICHARD
LEAKE
,
Preacher
of
the
word
of
God
at
Killington
,
within
the
Baronrie
of
Kendall
,
and
Countie
of
Westmerland
:
immediatly
after
the
great
visitation
of
the
pestilence
in
the
foresayd
Countie
.
Ezechiel
24.
vers.
13.
Thou
remainest
in
thy
filthines
and
wickednesse
,
because
I
would
haue
purged
thee
,
and
thou
wast
not
purged
thou
shalt
not
bee
purged
from
thy
filthines
,
till
I
haue
caused
my
wrath
to
fall
vpon
thee
.
AT
LONDON
,
Imprinted
by
FELIX
KINGSTON
,
for
Thomas
Man
.
1599.
TO
THE
WORSHIPFVLL
,
M.
THOMAS
STIKELAND
,
AND
M.
IAMES
BELLINGHAM
,
Esquires
,
and
two
of
her
Maiesties
Iustices
of
the
peace
,
within
the
Baronrie
of
Kendall
,
and
countie
of
Westmerland
,
RICHARD
LEAKE
wisheth
all
graces
needefull
for
this
life
,
and
the
continuall
encrease
of
all
graces
pertaining
to
eternall
life
,
to
the
ende
of
their
dayes
.
IT
is
not
vnknowne
vnto
your
worships
,
and
to
vs
all
round
about
,
what
great
and
manifold
dangers
haue
ouerspread
all
our
countrie
,
by
the
space
of
these
two
last
yeares
and
more
,
as
well
by
dearth
,
as
also
by
strange
&
fearefull
diseases
,
and
sicknesses
.
It
is
no
lesse
knowne
vnto
vs
also
,
how
little
good
,
and
small
reliefe
,
all
outward
meanes
of
remedie
and
comfort
brought
vnto
the
distressed
ones
in
their
extremities
,
and
who
knoweth
not
how
lamentable
and
wofull
was
the
state
of
the
afflicted
one
,
(
especially
in
such
places
as
were
infected
with
the
pestilence
)
and
what
feare
came
vpon
vs
all
thorough
that
their
affliction
;
what
mourning
amongst
them
,
and
daily
deuises
amongst
our selues
,
how
to
auoide
&
escape
dangers
?
I
wish
from
my
heart
,
that
the
originall
breeding
,
and
first
occasion
of
these
lamentable
times
,
were
as
well
knowne
,
or
herafter
may
be
knowne
of
vs
all
,
viz.
how
that
it
was
not
infection
of
the
ayre
,
distemperature
in
their
bodies
,
much
lesse
the
malitious
and
diuelish
practises
of
witches
,
or
yet
blinde
fortune
,
or
any
other
such
like
imagined
causes
,
which
were
breeders
of
these
euils
.
But
the
masse
and
multitude
of
our
sins
,
in
rebelling
against
the
holie
one
of
Jsrael
,
these
(
I
say
)
haue
been
the
prouokers
of
the
Almightie
,
to
make
vs
drinke
of
the
cup
of
afflictions
,
these
haue
pulled
vpon
vs
al
these
plagues
,
and
brought
vpon
vs
all
these
fearefull
and
afflicted
times
,
wherein
we
haue
lately
been
:
which
poynt
,
that
it
might
appeare
plaine
to
the
sight
&
view
of
all
my
neighbours
(
whose
hearts
haue
awaked
at
the
beholding
of
the
said
calamities
)
I
haue
laboured
in
this
little
treatise
following
,
to
make
knowne
,
what
hath
caused
all
these
woes
,
and
who
hath
wrought
and
brought
vnto
vs
better
dayes
,
as
also
what
dutie
we
owe
to
the
Lord
,
for
our
gracious
and
long
desired
deliuerance
.
Which
I
am
bold
to
dedicate
vnto
your
Worships
,
and
that
for
two
respects
:
first
,
for
that
I
perswade
my selfe
,
that
you
are
both
fauourable
,
and
also
forward
to
entertaine
,
and
bid
welcome
all
that
bring
the
glad
tidings
of
saluation
:
whereby
I
am
resolued
that
you
will
not
only
your selues
accept
and
take
in
good
part
,
these
my
poore
labours
,
but
also
patronize
,
countenance
,
and
defend
then
against
al
those
,
who
shall
deride
and
scoffe
at
them
,
as
they
doe
at
all
good
things
,
in
my self
or
others
,
and
secondly
,
for
that
you
be
Magistrates
,
and
Iustices
within
those
limits
and
precincts
,
most
parts
whereof
haue
bin
infected
most
pitifully
,
and
(
I
am
perswaded
)
most
iustly
,
for
those
great
and
capitall
sinnes
,
which
rule
and
raigne
amongst
vs
:
as
grosse
Poperie
,
and
blinde
superstition
in
very
many
places
,
in
so
much
,
that
I
am
afraide
,
that
that
abhominable
Idoll
of
indignation
the
Masse
is
vsed
in
diuerse
places
about
vs
,
and
that
very
boldly
:
adde
hereunto
,
filthy
drunkennesse
,
abhominable
whoredomes
,
open
profanation
of
the
Sabbath
,
vnlawfull
pastimes
,
with
infinite
many
moe
,
which
the
further
they
bee
ripped
into
,
the
more
filthy
stinch
ariseth
out
of
them
.
These
and
such
like
sinnes
(
I
say
)
being
so
pregnant
and
rise
amongst
vs
:
I
doubt
not
,
but
as
you
espied
them
,
and
heard
them
cryed
against
by
worde
and
writing
,
you
with
the
rest
of
your
associats
ioyning
with
you
,
will
holde
on
in
zeale
of
Gods
glory
,
the
peace
of
Gods
children
,
and
the
discharge
of
your
owne
dueties
,
that
these
sinnes
may
haue
those
lawes
executed
vpon
them
,
which
most
christianly
is
prouided
in
this
land
,
for
restraining
them
:
which
(
no
doubt
)
shall
so
greatly
tend
to
the
glorie
of
God
,
the
furthering
of
the
couse
of
the
Gospell
,
and
the
flourishing
estate
of
our
christian
common-wealth
that
in
short
space
,
the
excellent
effects
of
this
zealous
gouernement
,
shall
proue
the
trueth
and
vprightnes
thereof
.
And
thus
briefely
I
cease
:
committing
this
little
worke
,
and
the
issue
thereof
,
for
acceptance
at
your
Worships
hands
,
and
all
other
that
shall
reade
it
,
to
the
wisedome
of
him
,
who
hath
the
disposing
of
the
hearts
,
euen
of
Kings
and
rulers
,
euen
one
God
,
and
three
persons
,
the
Father
,
the
Sonne
,
and
the
holy
Spirit
,
to
whome
be
glorie
,
maiestie
,
dominion
and
praise
for
euermore
.
Your
Worships
bounden
,
Richard
Leake
.
To
the
Christian
Reader
.
THe
occasion
(
good
reader
)
of
my
offering
this
poore
mite
into
the
Lords
treasurie
,
and
of
sending
abroade
this
fruit
,
which
the
increase
of
my
small
talent
bringeth
forth
vnto
the
Lords
familie
,
was
this
:
I
pleased
God
by
the
space
of
two
yeares
together
,
to
giue
our
country
(
in
the
North
parts
of
this
land
)
a
taste
of
his
power
in
iudgement
,
being
prouoked
thereunto
by
our
manifold
enormious
sinnes
:
he
visited
vs
with
many
and
grieuous
sicknesses
,
as
first
with
the
hot
feuer
,
after
,
with
the
bloodie
issue
,
and
lastly
,
most
fearefully
with
the
extreame
disease
of
the
pestilence
,
inflicted
vpon
many
,
and
shaken
at
all
in
our
whole
countrie
.
And
albeit
neither
I
,
nor
any
of
the
people
vnder
my
charge
,
were
infected
therewith
,
yet
had
we
all
of
vs
,
the
cause
thereof
within
our
sinfull
hearts
,
as
well
as
any
others
:
it
had
inuironed
vs
almost
round
about
,
we
had
scarcely
any
way
to
turne
vs
,
but
mourning
might
be
heard
;
so
that
we
expected
no
better
than
neighbours
fare
.
Furthermore
,
in
this
time
,
and
before
(
as
it
is
well
knowne
)
the
Lord
our
God
▪
did
chasten
and
punish
this
whole
land
with
dearth
and
famine
of
bread
,
and
scarcitie
of
other
victuals
in
diuers
places
,
since
which
time
of
tribulation
,
it
hath
pleased
him
(
who
is
God
,
blessed
for
euer
amen
)
to
make
knowne
his
power
in
mercie
,
as
he
had
before
manifested
the
same
in
iudgement
.
For
be
gaue
plentie
and
cheapnes
of
bread
and
all
kinde
of
victuals
in
stead
of
scarcitie
and
dearth
:
hee
extinguished
the
heate
of
sickenesses
in
those
places
where
it
was
most
feruent
,
&
with-held
it
from
those
places
vnto
which
it
was
most
fearefully
threatned
,
so
that
then
might
be
heard
amongst
vs
,
mirth
in
stead
of
mourning
,
songs
in
stead
of
doleful
sighings
;
gladsome
salutations
in
meetings
,
in
stead
of
diligent
shunning
each
of
others
presence
,
for
feare
of
infection
.
The
boistrous
stormes
of
afflictions
now
driuen
away
,
and
calme
showers
of
comfort
descending
:
the
cloudes
of
his
heauie
displeasure
now
being
dispersed
,
and
the
brightnes
of
his
fauourable
countenance
shining
vpon
vs
:
sicknesse
now
ceased
and
health
restored
:
famine
taken
away
,
and
plentie
ministred
;
I
thought
it
high
time
not
onely
to
preach
vnto
the
people
of
my
owne
charge
,
these
sermons
following
(
which
teach
plainely
what
vse
we
are
to
make
of
these
and
such
like
workes
of
God
,
and
what
dutie
they
binde
vs
vnto
)
but
also
to
publish
them
for
the
benefite
of
all
such
as
the
doctrine
doth
pertaine
vnto
.
This
occasion
and
opportunitie
offered
(
being
well
considered
of
all
them
who
shall
reade
these
Sermons
)
may
serue
sufficiently
to
excuse
me
of
all
such
wants
as
shall
be
espyed
in
me
:
for
the
prouerbe
is
not
more
olde
than
true
:
a
little
betime
is
worth
much
too
late
.
How
good
is
a
word
in
due
season
?
(
saith
Salomon
)
Pro.
15.25
.
as
if
he
had
said
,
Oh
who
is
able
to
declare
how
good
a
word
is
,
which
commeth
in
due
season
?
He
himselfe
afterward
sheweth
whereunto
it
may
bee
compared
:
A
worde
(
saith
hee
)
spoken
in
his
place
,
is
like
apples
of
golde
,
with
pictures
of
siluer
,
Chapter
25.
verse
11.
Now
sure
am
I
,
that
there
is
no
wise
bodie
can
denie
,
but
these
Sermons
were
spoken
in
season
,
and
also
published
in
season
,
except
some
shall
say
,
that
they
had
better
haue
come
sooner
,
which
I
could
not
remedie
:
and
yet
I
feare
not
their
comming
too
late
:
for
the
dangers
are
lately
passed
,
the
deliuerance
newly
obteyned
,
the
prints
or
markes
of
his
correcting
rods
,
are
yet
to
be
seene
in
many
great
townes
,
whose
habitations
are
as
yet
scarcely
replenished
:
the
noyse
of
their
mournings
and
gronings
,
which
were
sore
chastened
,
are
as
yet
sounding
in
some
of
our
eares
:
his
gracious
blessings
are
as
yet
euen
in
our
mouthes
;
so
that
neither
his
punishments
vpon
the
wicked
,
his
chastisements
vpon
his
children
,
nor
his
seuerall
blessings
vpon
them
both
,
now
againe
multiplied
,
can
possiblie
be
out
of
memorie
.
If
any
say
that
they
(
such
as
they
are
)
be
published
ouer
hastely
,
because
peraduenture
they
may
seeme
to
preuent
the
publishing
of
some
more
learned
mans
worke
taken
in
hand
vpon
the
like
occasion
:
I
answer
,
that
euen
for
this
purpose
I
stayed
these
my
Sermons
a
whole
season
,
gladly
desiring
,
and
earnestly
expecting
the
publishing
of
some
of
their
labours
,
vpon
the
same
occasion
,
and
to
the
same
end
,
that
I
haue
published
these
:
yea
,
so
long
I
stayed
,
till
I
feared
,
that
if
I
should
haue
lingered
any
longer
,
the
fitnes
of
the
time
would
haue
stolen
away
;
and
yet
could
I
heare
of
none
which
went
about
or
intended
any
such
matter
.
Wherefore
thus
long
I
stayed
,
looking
for
some
mans
labours
to
doe
more
good
,
and
no
longer
would
I
deferre
,
least
there
should
be
no
mans
labours
set
forth
vpon
the
same
occasion
,
which
might
doe
any
good
.
Now
then
(
the
premises
considered
)
I
pray
thee
Christian
reader
,
to
take
in
good
part
,
this
my
labour
,
and
then
it
shall
be
as
an
earnest
penie
of
some
riper
fruits
out
of
my
poore
garden
,
when
God
shall
minister
a
fit
season
to
gather
them
,
and
to
send
them
abroode
,
I
ayme
at
nothing
herein
,
but
the
glorie
of
God
,
the
benefiting
of
others
,
and
the
discharge
of
my
owne
dutie
,
if
by
any
meanes
I
might
attaine
thereunto
,
though
but
in
some
small
measure
:
and
though
I
misse
thereof
with
men
;
yet
not
with
God
,
who
regardeth
and
accepteth
the
will
and
desire
.
As
for
the
malitious
and
enuious
carpers
and
scorners
,
who
haue
Eagles
eyes
to
see
motes
in
godly
mens
labours
,
but
blinde
as
Moales
,
to
see
beames
of
wickednes
in
their
own
liues
;
readie
to
censure
others
of
all
wants
,
but
sooth
themselues
in
their
owne
wayes
,
if
they
enuie
me
,
it
is
but
their
propertie
,
if
rashlie
they
censure
,
and
iudge
amisse
of
me
,
it
is
their
ignorance
,
if
they
with
open
mouth
barke
at
me
,
I
haue
therein
many
to
take
part
with
me
,
whose
bookes
I
scantly
am
worthie
to
beare
after
them
:
none
whereof
could
euer
write
so
learnedly
,
deliuer
the
trueth
so
zealously
,
or
doe
any
worke
so
profitably
,
but
either
Atheist
,
Papist
,
sectarie
,
one
wicked
person
or
other
,
was
readie
at
hand
eyther
priuily
or
openly
,
to
labour
by
power
and
policie
,
perswasion
or
threatning
to
hinder
the
good
successe
of
those
their
labours
.
I
therefore
account
all
their
malitious
carping
and
scornefull
censuring
,
the
fruit
which
their
profane
lips
do
daily
bring
forth
.
But
vnto
such
as
feare
God
and
haue
need
to
be
increased
by
the
mutual
helpe
of
their
brethren
(
I
say
)
reade
these
sermons
diligently
,
&
meditate
vpon
them
,
that
ye
may
see
the
works
of
god
,
and
the
vse
yee
ought
to
make
of
them
,
when
God
hath
chastened
you
by
sicknesses
or
any
other
way
,
humble
your selues
before
God
repent
and
turne
neerer
vnto
him
,
and
againe
when
he
hath
mercie
vpon
you
,
and
granteth
vnto
you
ease
&
comfort
,
then
beware
,
sinne
no
more
least
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
you
,
which
,
that
it
may
be
fruitfull
,
God
for
Christ
his
sake
grant
through
the
mightie
working
of
his
holy
spirit
,
vnto
which
one
God
,
Father
,
Sonne
and
holy
Ghost
,
be
glory
and
praie
for
euer
.
Amen
.
Thine
in
the
Lord
:
Richard
Leake
.
THE
FIRST
SERMON
OF
THE
DVTIE
OF
OVR
deliuerance
:
drawne
out
of
this
portion
of
the
word
of
God
following
:
viz.
Ioh.
5.
vers.
14.
And
after
that
Iesus
found
him
in
the
temple
,
and
said
vnto
him
,
Behold
,
thou
art
made
whole
,
sinne
no
more
,
least
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
thee
.
THese
words
are
a
speech
or
kind
of
exhortation
,
The
summe
of
the
whole
verse
.
made
by
our
Lord
and
Sauiour
Iesus
Christ
,
vnto
the
poore
man
,
whom
a
little
before
he
had
healed
,
describing
vnto
him
the
dutie
of
his
late
receiued
deliuerance
:
as
also
by
a
louing
&
friendly
caueat
,
forewarning
him
of
the
feare
and
danger
of
a
relapse
into
sinne
againe
,
and
former
follies
.
Wherein
,
The
parts
of
it
.
for
the
better
explanation
of
the
particulars
,
we
haue
to
consider
these
parts
or
speciall
circumstances
.
First
,
the
time
when
Christ
vttered
these
words
,
The
time
when
.
vz.
a
little
after
he
had
been
healed
of
his
great
and
grieuous
paine
,
to
the
end
hee
might
the
better
remember
it
:
and
immediatly
he
had
talked
with
the
Pharisies
Christ
his
enemies
,
least
by
perswasion
they
should
haue
corrupted
,
or
by
threatning
feared
him
,
not
to
giue
God
his
due
:
drawne
out
of
these
words
of
the
text
:
And
after
that
.
Secondly
,
the
place
where
these
wordes
were
vttered
by
our
Sauiour
Christ
,
The
place
where
.
vz.
the
temple
:
he
found
him
in
the
temple
:
a
fit
place
,
that
such
heauenly
and
diuine
words
might
take
more
effect
.
Dauid
comming
into
the
temple
,
alwaies
his
zeale
and
earnest
desire
to
praise
God
was
kindled
.
And
if
there
bee
any
sparke
of
grace
,
vsually
it
will
burst
out
,
comming
into
the
temple
,
the
ordinarie
place
where
God
is
worshipped
.
Thirdly
,
the
wordes
of
exhortation
themselues
in
these
words
:
The
words
of
exhortation
themselues
.
and
said
vnto
him
,
Behold
,
thou
art
made
whole
,
sinne
no
more
:
a
friendly
and
louing
caueat
,
The
louing
caueat
.
forewarning
the
daunger
of
not
doing
the
dutie
aforesaid
,
in
these
wordes
:
least
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
thee
.
Of
all
these
parts
,
and
their
seuerall
branches
in
order
.
Of
the
first
part
.
The
time
when
these
words
were
vttered
,
The
time
when
.
was
a
little
after
our
Sauiour
Christ
had
shewed
the
great
miracle
vpon
him
,
in
healing
him
of
his
disease
,
which
had
vexed
him
thirtie
eight
yeres
,
to
the
intent
he
might
the
better
remember
it
.
Where
first
wee
are
to
note
,
Christ
a
careful
shepheard
.
the
carefull
dealing
of
Christ
as
a
true
shepheard
,
to
vse
all
meanes
for
gathering
into
the
folde
,
the
lost
and
straying
sheepe
;
he
omitteth
no
occasion
,
neglecteth
no
meanes
,
neither
is
hindred
by
any
labour
,
to
instruct
and
edifie
either
by
doctrine
,
or
miracle
.
The
like
course
must
be
imitated
of
all
the
faithfull
shepheards
of
Christ
Iesus
:
to
be
instant
in
season
,
and
out
of
season
:
2.
Tim.
4.2
.
1.
Cor.
8.13
.
and
9.
ver.
21
,
22
,
23
to
exhort
,
to
improue
,
rebuke
:
And
with
Paul
,
to
become
all
vnto
all
,
to
the
ende
they
may
win
some
.
Againe
,
we
note
here
the
dutie
of
all
Gods
children
,
when
God
hath
bestowed
his
blessings
vpon
them
,
euen
immediatly
thereupon
to
render
thankes
,
&
sing
praises
to
the
highest
.
Exo.
15.2
,
3.
&c
Iudg.
5.2
,
3.
&c.
Thus
did
Moses
after
the
great
deliuerances
God
gaue
vnto
Israel
.
Thus
did
Deborah
when
God
had
giuen
her
victorie
ouer
her
cruell
enemie
Sisera
.
Thus
did
Dauid
for
euery
miraculous
blessing
God
shewed
vpon
him
,
vsing
this
or
the
like
speech
:
Psal.
116.12.13
.
What
shall
I
giue
vnto
the
Lord
for
all
the
benefits
he
hath
done
vnto
me
?
Luk.
17.16
.
And
finally
thus
did
the
tenth
leaper
when
Christ
had
cleansed
him
,
returne
with
speede
to
giue
God
praise
.
So
that
hence
I
conclude
this
doctrine
,
Delay
not
thy
thankfulnes
when
God
offereth
his
mercie
.
that
immediatly
vpon
the
bestowing
of
Gods
blessings
vpon
vs
,
wee
ought
with
thanksgiuing
to
put
them
in
remembrance
.
As
most
of
vs
now
liuing
in
the
North
parts
of
this
land
,
haue
most
largely
tasted
the
comfortable
,
and
neuer
stinting
streame
of
his
mercies
.
First
,
in
preseruing
vs
in
the
pinching
time
of
dearth
.
Next
,
Some
particulars
wherein
the
North-parts
haue
found
God
louing
to
them
.
in
turning
our
pouertie
into
plentie
.
Thirdly
,
his
miraculous
sauing
vs
in
the
vehement
&
ouer-spreading
time
of
the
pestilence
.
So
that
when
to
mans
expectation
we
haue
been
within
the
reach
of
it
:
yet
euen
then
hath
his
power
in
mercie
ouerreached
and
preuented
the
same
.
So
that
in
regard
of
these
late
receiued
deliuerances
,
Our
danger
by-past
.
I
may
very
fitly
vse
the
patheticall
conclusion
that
Dauid
vseth
,
after
a
large
suruey
of
his
mercies
:
Psalm.
105.
O
that
men
would
therefore
praise
the
Lord
for
his
goodnesse
,
and
declare
the
wonders
that
hee
doth
for
the
children
of
men
.
Againe
,
the
time
when
our
Sauiour
Christ
vttered
these
words
,
was
immediatly
after
the
man
healed
,
had
talked
with
the
Pharisies
,
Christ
his
vtter
enemies
:
The
subtill
dealing
of
the
Pharisies
.
the
Pharisies
dealt
with
him
as
they
were
accustomed
to
deale
with
all
others
,
who
they
saw
to
fauour
Christ
,
either
for
his
doctrine
or
his
miracles
.
First
to
trie
if
they
could
perswade
them
,
that
Christ
was
a
seducer
,
Note
.
Ioh.
9.24
.
Ioh.
6.47.48
.
and
that
they
runne
into
great
danger
if
any
way
they
did
affect
him
.
Thus
dealt
they
with
the
man
that
was
borne
blind
,
whom
Christ
had
healed
,
The
crueltie
of
the
Pharisies
,
when
the
other
would
not
preuaile
.
Ioh.
9.22
.
and
with
those
seruants
they
sent
to
attach
Christ
.
But
if
by
this
perswasion
they
could
not
preuaile
,
then
they
assaied
a
sharper
course
,
euen
to
threaten
them
with
the
law
,
and
to
cast
them
out
of
their
Synagouges
:
by
which
two
meanes
they
held
backe
many
,
yea
euen
of
the
chiefer
sort
,
Ioh.
12.42
,
43.
that
they
durst
not
openly
professe
any
good
will
to
Christ
.
Our
Sauiour
Christ
therefore
espying
the
danger
this
poore
man
was
in
,
after
he
had
talked
with
the
Pharisies
,
The
loue
and
care
of
Christ
to
call
vpon
vs
when
we
are
in
most
danger
.
thought
it
then
a
fit
time
,
euen
immediatly
thereupon
,
to
vtter
these
words
of
the
text
,
thereby
to
bring
into
his
remembrance
afresh
his
late
receiued
benefit
:
as
also
to
make
him
bold
and
zealous
in
the
course
of
a
Christian
,
by
shewing
him
the
danger
that
would
ensue
,
if
he
did
it
not
.
Here
may
we
note
,
Dangerous
for
weak
ones
to
be
conuented
before
persecutors
.
that
it
is
very
dangerous
for
weake
Christians
to
hearken
to
the
subtill
perswasions
of
Gods
enemies
:
or
to
be
called
before
them
being
in
authoritie
and
to
bee
threatned
:
as
may
appeare
by
the
often
reuolts
and
recantations
of
many
weake
Christians
in
the
Primitiue
Church
,
&
our
owne
Church
of
England
,
when
they
were
vrged
thereunto
by
persecuting
tyrants
,
or
bloodsucking
Byshops
.
A
speciall
remedie
against
feare
and
fainting
in
our
troubles
for
the
Gospell
sake
.
Therfore
that
neither
the
one
may
deceiue
them
,
nor
the
other
terrifie
them
,
they
are
themselues
to
vse
incessant
prayer
,
that
God
would
giue
them
his
spirit
,
to
leade
them
into
all
trueth
:
and
being
in
the
trueth
,
that
he
would
in
his
mercie
vouchsafe
them
the
spirit
of
boldnes
,
to
professe
his
name
euen
before
kings
and
princes
,
and
neuer
be
ashamed
.
The
dutie
of
good
pastors
.
Secondly
in
Christ
we
are
here
to
note
the
dutie
of
good
shepheards
ouer
their
flockes
,
as
also
of
stronger
Christians
to
their
weaker
and
new
conuerted
brethren
,
The
dutie
of
one
Christian
to
another
.
vz.
where
they
espie
the
intrumēts
of
Satan
so
busie
,
both
by
perswasions
and
threatnings
,
to
quench
the
spirit
of
God
in
new
conuerts
,
1.
Thess.
5.19
.
1.
Pet.
22.
euen
then
to
bee
as
readie
as
Christ
was
here
,
whensoeuer
they
meete
with
them
,
Exhort
one
another
daily
.
Esay
.
2.3
,
4.
either
in
publike
exhortations
,
or
priuate
conferences
,
with
Christ
to
put
them
in
minde
of
their
late
deliuerances
out
of
the
clawes
of
Satan
,
and
kingdome
of
darknes
,
&
of
the
danger
that
will
ensue
,
if
euer
they
fall
away
.
And
thus
much
for
the
first
part
of
the
text
,
drawne
out
of
these
wordes
,
and
after
that
.
The
second
part
.
The
second
part
,
vz.
The
place
where
.
The
place
where
our
master
Christ
vttered
these
wordes
to
the
man
whom
hee
had
healed
before
,
was
the
temple
.
Iesus
after
the
miracle
shewed
in
healing
the
man
,
got
him
out
of
the
way
for
a
certaine
space
:
and
comming
into
the
temple
,
there
he
found
the
man
vpon
whom
the
miracle
of
healing
had
been
shewed
,
lately
come
from
talking
with
the
Pharisies
:
whereupon
Christ
,
what
in
regarde
of
the
vrgent
occasion
,
and
what
in
regard
of
the
fitnes
of
the
place
,
vttereth
the
words
of
exhortation
in
my
text
:
Behold
,
thou
art
made
whole
.
The
temple
was
the
place
where
God
had
promised
his
presence
,
when
they
came
either
to
pray
,
or
to
perswade
vnto
Christianitie
:
as
the
Lord
promised
vnto
Salomon
the
builder
of
the
temple
in
these
words
:
And
the
Lord
said
vnto
him
,
1.
King
.
9.3
.
I
haue
heard
thy
prayer
and
thy
supplication
that
thou
hast
made
before
me
.
I
haue
hallowed
this
house
(
which
thou
hast
built
)
to
put
my
name
there
for
euer
:
and
mine
eyes
,
and
mine
heart
shall
be
there
perpetually
.
Christ
therefore
in
this
temple
perswading
vnto
newnes
of
life
,
had
the
promise
of
his
fathers
presence
,
to
make
his
perswasion
powerful
,
as
also
to
print
in
the
hart
of
the
hearer
,
a
more
reuerend
regarde
and
estimation
thereof
being
deliuered
.
Dauid
a
type
of
the
militant
Church
.
Reade
Psal.
84.
&
Psa.
122.1.2
1.
Chon
.
29.9
.
Dauid
being
a
true
type
and
figure
of
the
Militant
Church
here
on
earth
,
neuer
came
into
the
temple
but
his
heart
leapt
for
ioy
,
his
ioy
was
increased
,
and
his
zeale
kindled
:
yea
that
which
being
out
of
the
temple
he
could
neuer
attaine
vnto
,
was
in
the
temple
made
partaker
of
.
Salomons
temple
a
type
of
the
spiritual
temple
.
Though
that
temple
was
a
type
and
figure
of
the
spirituall
temple
neuer
made
with
hands
:
and
there
is
not
the
same
vse
of
it
now
,
as
there
was
then
,
yet
haue
wee
at
this
day
two
things
,
Two
things
now
resembling
Salomons
temple
.
Ioh.
4.24
.
that
may
fitly
resemble
that
temple
,
and
where
God
wil
as
well
heare
the
praiers
,
and
receiue
the
sacrifices
of
his
Church
,
being
done
in
spirit
and
trueth
,
as
he
would
then
.
The
first
is
the
godly
societies
and
assemblies
of
the
righteous
,
Godly
societies
meete
together
for
exhorting
one
another
.
Matth.
18.20
.
wheresoeuer
and
whensoeuer
they
meete
together
,
according
to
the
rule
and
warrant
of
Gods
worde
:
to
such
Christ
hath
promised
his
presence
,
saying
:
Where
two
or
three
are
gathered
together
in
my
name
,
there
am
I
in
the
middest
of
them
.
The
second
is
our
ordinary
assemblies
and
meetings
together
at
the
house
of
prayer
,
Publike
assemblies
of
the
faithfull
at
the
house
of
prayer
.
to
powre
forth
prayers
to
the
Lord
,
be
partakers
of
the
word
preached
,
and
administration
of
the
Sacraments
.
Where
such
assemblies
are
employed
to
these
aforesaid
vses
,
they
are
not
as
the
Prophet
calleth
the
temple
in
his
time
,
the
den
of
theeues
:
Esay
56.7
.
Ierem.
7.11
.
Mar.
11.17
.
but
they
are
euen
the
blessed
throne
&
kingdome
of
Christ
Iesus
,
to
whose
faith
and
constancie
Christ
hath
promised
such
power
,
that
euen
the
gates
of
hell
shall
neuer
bee
able
to
preuaile
against
them
.
In
these
two
temples
(
as
I
may
call
them
)
when
we
meete
with
our
brethren
,
it
is
not
our
duties
to
prate
and
chat
of
worldly
matters
,
but
rather
euery
one
of
vs
,
Heb.
3.13
.
to
exhort
one
another
while
it
is
called
to
day
,
least
we
be
hardened
through
the
deceitfulnes
of
sinne
.
Yea
,
to
keepe
the
profession
of
our
hope
without
wauering
,
and
to
prouoke
one
another
vnto
loue
and
to
good
workes
:
Heb.
10.23
,
24
,
25.
not
forsaking
the
godly
fellowship
that
ought
to
bee
amongst
Gods
children
.
And
to
be
carefull
alwaies
to
cherish
and
embolden
the
weake
,
putting
them
in
mind
of
their
miraculous
deliuerance
out
of
the
kingdome
of
darknes
,
into
the
kingdome
and
cleere
light
of
the
Gospell
.
And
thus
much
of
the
second
part
.
Of
the
third
part
,
which
is
the
words
of
exhortation
themselues
:
wherein
wee
haue
to
consider
these
three
branches
following
.
First
,
a
rehearsall
of
the
benefit
done
to
the
man
:
behold
thou
art
made
whole
.
The
principall
cause
of
his
long
sicknesse
,
from
which
Christ
had
now
deliuered
him
,
was
his
sinnes
and
iniquities
,
which
I
gather
out
of
these
words
:
Sinne
no
more
.
As
if
hee
should
say
,
sinne
hath
bin
the
cause
of
thy
former
sicknesse
:
if
therefore
hereafter
thou
wilt
remaine
a
sound
man
,
sinne
no
more
.
Thirdly
,
what
must
be
the
effect
of
this
miracle
by
Christ
,
or
the
dutie
of
his
deliuerance
,
which
is
the
subiect
of
this
treatise
,
euen
true
repentance
,
set
downe
here
by
the
former
part
of
true
repentance
:
which
is
,
to
sinne
no
more
,
or
to
cease
from
sin
.
Rom.
2.4
.
The
bountifulnes
of
God
ought
to
leade
vs
to
repentance
.
Of
the
first
branch
:
Behold
,
thou
art
made
whole
.
Where
first
we
are
to
consider
that
our
Sauiour
vseth
a
word
of
attention
,
or
to
make
the
matter
hee
hath
in
hand
take
more
effect
,
saith
:
Ecce
,
Behold
.
Psal.
32.
v.
5.7
.
The
Prophet
Dauid
speaking
of
any
extraordinary
matter
,
alwaies
vseth
an
hebrew
verbe
,
importing
the
like
,
which
is
Selah
:
so
likewise
the
seruant
of
God
Moses
,
vsing
any
vehement
exhortation
,
commonly
hath
this
word
,
behold
or
remember
,
as
thus
:
Behold
,
Deut.
30.19
.
Exod.
20.
I
set
before
thee
this
day
,
life
and
death
,
blessing
and
cursing
.
The
Prophets
of
the
Lord
speaking
either
of
the
manifestation
of
Christ
in
his
humane
nature
,
or
of
his
second
comming
againe
to
iudgement
,
or
of
any
such
great
matter
,
vseth
this
word
behold
.
As
Esay
:
Tell
the
daughter
Sion
,
Esay
.
62.11
.
Zach.
9.9
.
Matth.
21.5
.
Mal.
4.1
.
Behold
,
thy
King
commeth
,
meekely
riding
on
an
asse
,
&c.
And
Malachie
:
Behold
,
the
day
commeth
that
shall
burne
like
an
ouen
,
and
all
the
proud
,
yea
and
all
that
doe
wickedly
shall
bee
stubble
.
Apoc.
1.7
.
Behold
,
be
commeth
with
clowdes
,
and
euery
eye
shall
see
him
,
&c.
and
22.7
.
Behold
I
come
shortly
.
Euen
so
here
as
a
preface
to
the
declaration
of
the
benefit
done
to
him
,
Christ
saith
,
Behold
:
giue
eare
,
consider
well
what
I
haue
done
for
thee
,
passe
not
lightly
ouer
that
miracle
I
haue
shewed
vpon
thee
,
in
giuing
thee
health
.
Where
we
are
to
note
,
Receiue
his
word
,
miracles
and
mercies
with
attention
.
that
GOD
would
haue
vs
receiue
his
word
,
his
exhortations
,
threatnings
,
blessings
and
miracles
,
with
attention
,
heede
taking
,
and
waying
well
,
who
it
is
that
doth
such
things
for
vs
,
and
what
is
done
,
as
we
ourselues
.
O
my
countrimen
,
and
deare
brethren
in
Christ
Iesus
,
(
for
whose
sake
the
Lorde
hath
moued
me
to
penne
this
little
treatise
)
haue
iust
occasion
to
giue
eare
what
the
Lords
Eccho
soundeth
in
our
eares
daily
,
Aboue
many
others
the
North
parts
.
after
our
great
and
late
receiued
deliuerances
:
euen
thus
,
Behold
thou
art
made
whole
,
&c.
Whereunto
let
euery
one
of
vs
fill
our
families
,
our
meetings
,
and
conferences
with
this
heauenly
harmonie
and
sweete
sounding
melodie
,
answering
the
former
behold
,
saying
then
,
sith
it
is
so
indeede
:
My
soule
praise
thou
the
Lord
,
Psal.
13.1.2
.
Psal.
57.7.8
.
and
all
that
is
within
me
praise
his
holy
name
.
Awake
thou
my
glorie
,
awake
lute
and
harpe
,
I
my selfe
will
awake
right
early
.
And
let
vs
one
prouoke
an
other
to
praise
the
Lord
of
might
,
for
his
miraculous
mercies
,
as
Deborah
stirred
vp
her
owne
soule
,
and
Barake
,
to
sing
praise
to
God
for
their
triumphant
victories
:
Vp
Deborah
,
Iudg.
5.12
.
&c.
vp
,
arise
sing
a
song
:
arise
Barak
,
&c.
Euen
so
,
vp
O
Westmerland
,
Comberland
,
and
Northumberland
:
vp
ye
seuerall
townes
,
congregations
and
families
,
&
euery
particular
soule
;
whose
safetie
the
liuing
Lord
,
by
the
shadowing
wings
of
his
mercie
hath
preserued
,
and
sing
a
song
:
cease
not
,
but
make
the
earth
sound
againe
with
the
voyce
of
thansgiuing
,
and
prouoking
one
another
with
such
patheticall
speeches
as
this
:
O
behold
how
greatly
the
Lord
hath
loued
vs
,
how
mightily
he
hath
deliuered
,
and
hath
shadowed
vs
vnder
the
wings
of
his
mercie
,
vntill
the
dangers
were
ouer
past
.
And
thus
much
for
this
word
behold
.
Of
the
benefit
it selfe
.
In
the
manifestation
of
the
benefit
,
wee
haue
to
consider
foure
circumstances
.
First
,
what
his
sicknes
was
.
Secondly
,
how
long
he
had
been
infected
therewith
.
Thirdly
,
what
meanes
he
vsed
himselfe
for
his
recouerie
,
and
yet
found
none
.
Fourthly
,
by
what
meanes
at
length
hee
was
made
whole
.
The
first
circumstance
.
Of
the
first
circumstance
.
Although
it
can
not
be
gathered
by
expresse
words
in
the
text
what
manner
of
disease
it
was
that
troubled
him
:
Not
expresly
,
but
by
circumstances
.
yet
by
circumstances
it
may
probably
be
coniectured
.
In
the
3.
verse
of
this
chapter
is
set
downe
,
that
blinde
,
lame
,
and
withered
resorted
to
the
poole
,
waiting
for
the
mouing
of
the
water
:
so
that
it
is
very
likely
,
that
one
of
these
he
was
.
To
set
downe
which
he
was
,
I
gather
that
a
certaine
lamenes
or
witherednes
did
occupie
&
possesse
his
whole
body
,
which
is
proued
by
his
answer
to
Christ
,
vers.
7.
Sir
,
I
haue
no
man
when
the
water
is
troubled
to
put
me
into
the
poole
.
And
the
Greeke
word
signifieth
,
to
be
caried
by
the
helpe
of
another
.
The
second
circumstance
.
Of
the
second
circumstance
.
The
text
setteth
downe
that
hee
had
beene
diseased
38.
yeres
,
vers.
5.
a
long
time
,
and
if
a
man
should
consider
of
it
with
mortall
eye
,
it
were
able
to
make
him
thinke
God
either
had
forgotten
him
,
Though
long
we
languish
,
yet
still
waite
with
patience
.
or
giuen
him
ouer
.
Yet
hence
if
we
rightly
weigh
it
,
we
may
consider
many
excellent
poynts
.
First
,
we
are
here
instructed
to
patience
:
for
the
time
of
thirtie
eight
yeeres
was
very
long
,
Caluin
.
in
Ioh.
cap.
5.
ver.
7.
quantumuis
diù
nos
suspensos
teneat
,
sic
anxiè
gemamus
sub
nostris
arumnis
,
vt
longi
temporis
taedium
numquam
nos
exanimet
.
wherein
God
deferred
his
helping
hand
in
healing
this
miserable
man
:
which
notwithstanding
God
had
decreed
from
the
beginning
to
doe
.
The
like
patience
ought
Gods
children
to
haue
in
bearing
any
other
afflictions
of
the
body
whatsoeuer
:
for
as
hee
dealt
here
with
this
poore
soule
,
so
dealeth
he
for
the
most
part
with
his
whole
Church
,
and
euery
particular
member
of
the
same
.
He
deferred
the
deliuerance
of
his
people
Israel
,
Exod.
chap.
1.
to
chap.
12.
from
vnder
the
captiuitie
and
bondage
of
Pharaoh
,
euen
for
the
space
of
foure
hundred
and
odde
yeeres
,
yea
so
long
,
till
the
enemies
thought
to
haue
them
their
bondslaues
for
euer
,
and
his
poore
Church
despaired
of
their
deliuerance
.
Reade
1.
Sam.
chap.
17.
to
chap.
31.
where
is
set
downe
the
death
of
Saul
.
He
suffered
Dauid
(
after
hee
was
annoynted
king
ouer
Israel
)
to
be
for
many
yeeres
tossed
to
and
fro
as
an
abiect
,
and
at
euery
turne
to
bee
in
danger
,
yea
euen
forsaken
and
hated
of
all
,
like
a
forlorne
creature
:
so
that
Dauid
(
if
he
had
not
possessed
his
soule
with
patience
,
and
relied
on
the
promises
of
the
Lord
)
might
haue
thought
Gods
mercies
turned
into
meere
mockerie
,
and
his
promise
no
better
then
a
vanishing
puffe
of
winde
.
2.
King
.
38.
He
suffered
his
rebellious
Israel
to
lie
so
long
weather
beaten
vnder
the
captiuitie
of
the
Babylonians
,
that
though
there
was
extant
a
promise
from
his
own
mouth
,
that
a
remnant
should
returne
:
Ezek.
14.22
.
&
39.25
.
yet
were
they
out
of
al
hope
euer
to
returne
,
but
euen
in
that
strange
land
to
lie
buried
in
the
dust
&
ashes
of
euerlasting
ignominie
&
reproch
.
Yea
so
hopelesse
were
they
of
any
returne
,
that
the
Lord
God
was
enforced
to
send
his
Prophet
vnto
them
,
and
to
demonstrate
their
deliuerance
,
Ezek.
32.
ver.
1.
to
vers.
14.
(
though
now
in
their
iudgement
desperate
)
by
the
similitude
of
giuing
life
to
a
great
number
of
dead
mens
bones
dispersed
and
scattered
here
and
there
.
To
conclude
and
come
nier
our
own
times
:
the
Lord
suffered
for
many
hundred
yeeres
this
land
of
ours
,
wherein
we
liue
,
to
lie
fallow
and
ouergrowne
altogether
first
with
Paganisme
,
and
then
with
the
brambles
and
bushes
of
Poperie
and
superstition
,
small
hope
that
euer
it
should
haue
bin
a
well
tilled
field
,
and
sweete
garden
to
the
Lorde
.
Many
the
like
proofes
might
I
bring
,
yea
euen
from
the
head
of
the
Church
Christ
himselfe
:
but
the
former
alreadie
alleadged
,
are
sufficient
to
proue
my
propounded
proposition
,
vz.
that
as
Christ
deferred
for
the
space
of
thirtie
eight
yeeres
to
cure
this
lame
man
,
the
like
he
hath
done
,
and
doth
now
,
in
afflicting
his
Church
generally
,
or
any
particular
member
thereof
,
be
it
of
the
body
or
the
soule
.
Now
followeth
the
second
branch
of
my
proposition
:
which
is
,
that
for
all
this
long
delay
of
the
Lord
,
yet
was
it
decreed
with
him
from
the
beginning
in
the
fulnes
of
time
,
and
his
owne
appointed
season
,
to
worke
their
deliuerances
.
So
when
the
foure
hundred
and
thirtie
yeres
were
expired
,
the
length
and
date
of
time
,
hee
had
decreed
the
Israelites
should
be
in
captiuitie
and
bondage
vnder
Pharaoh
:
Exod.
12.41
.
euen
the
very
same
day
did
the
Lord
bring
his
people
Israel
out
of
Egypt
,
Exod.
12.4
.
euen
with
the
spoyle
of
their
enemies
,
and
the
enriching
of
themselues
.
So
did
he
with
his
seruant
Dauid
,
when
hee
had
a
long
time
soked
him
in
afflictions
,
and
fined
him
in
the
furnace
of
aduersitie
,
so
that
thereby
he
had
fitted
him
for
such
a
future
dignitie
:
euen
then
did
the
Lorde
take
Saul
out
of
the
way
,
2.
Sam.
2.
and
with
great
pompe
crowned
Dauid
King
of
Israel
.
The
like
may
be
said
of
the
captiuitie
of
Iudah
and
Ierusalem
vnder
the
Babylonians
:
who
when
they
thought
they
should
neuer
returne
to
the
temple
any
more
,
to
build
vp
the
breaches
thereof
,
and
to
sing
praises
to
Iehouah
in
their
owne
land
:
yet
then
,
when
they
least
looked
for
it
,
did
the
Lord
bring
them
againe
,
Ezra
.
1.
v.
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
&c.
and
gaue
them
power
to
repayre
the
breaches
of
the
temple
,
and
to
build
vp
the
broken
walles
of
Ierusalem
.
And
withall
,
those
roddes
of
his
indignation
(
I
meane
the
Babylonians
)
hee
cast
into
the
fire
,
and
vtterly
consumed
,
with
the
breath
of
his
nosthrils
.
And
how
true
finde
we
this
by
the
experience
of
our
owne
nation
,
that
when
the
Gospell
and
the
light
thereof
was
euen
as
it
were
quite
buried
,
Gods
glorie
defaced
,
his
Saints
(
if
any
were
raised
vp
)
cruelly
murthered
,
and
in
stead
therof
,
first
the
stinking
dung
of
Paganisme
,
and
after
that
the
perilous
poyson
of
poperie
planted
,
small
hope
that
euer
any
redresse
should
be
had
:
yet
euen
then
did
the
Lord
put
into
the
heart
of
King
Henry
the
8.
of
famous
memorie
,
to
begin
a
reformation
,
King
Edward
the
6.
painefully
to
prosecute
the
same
,
and
now
our
gratious
Deborah
to
finish
and
build
vp
that
which
the
other
two
in
their
owne
did
not
:
whose
glorious
and
gratious
gouernment
God
long
prosper
,
with
encrease
of
knowledge
,
zeale
and
power
,
for
the
glorie
of
his
great
name
,
the
propagation
of
the
crowne
and
kingdom
of
Christ
Iesus
,
and
the
vtter
defacing
and
racing
out
of
the
traces
of
Antichrist
.
Amen
,
Amen
.
And
to
conclude
by
the
example
of
this
poore
man
,
he
had
been
diseased
38.
yeeres
,
old
,
and
so
the
lesse
hope
,
withered
and
dried
vp
,
so
as
to
the
iudgement
of
all
he
was
like
to
die
so
,
as
long
he
had
liued
.
Yet
when
Christ
saw
his
appoynted
and
due
time
,
he
came
and
made
him
a
sound
man
as
euer
he
was
.
Hence
(
as
I
said
before
)
let
vs
learne
patience
in
our
greatest
miseries
:
and
though
our
burthens
which
the
Lord
hath
laid
vpon
vs
bee
such
,
as
oft
they
make
vs
groane
,
yet
still
let
vs
sigh
and
groane
vnder
hope
,
The
burthens
of
the
faithfull
vpholden
by
the
Lord
.
with
full
assurance
grounded
vpon
Gods
promise
,
that
when
he
seeth
it
most
meete
,
hee
will
worke
our
deliuerance
.
Let
the
due
consideration
hereof
,
take
away
from
vs
all
murmurings
,
grudgings
,
or
male-contented
hearts
in
all
our
troubles
,
whether
they
bee
troubles
of
the
body
,
or
anguishes
of
the
minde
,
still
grounding
our
patience
vpon
Gods
reuealed
promise
in
his
word
,
as
thus
:
All
things
shall
fall
out
for
the
best
,
Rom.
8.28
.
Vers.
38.
1.
Cor.
10.13
.
to
them
that
loue
God
.
Nothing
shall
separate
vs
from
the
loue
of
God
in
Christ
.
And
,
God
is
faithfull
,
who
hath
promised
he
will
lay
no
more
vpon
his
children
,
then
he
will
make
them
able
to
beare
:
but
in
the
middest
of
the
temptation
he
will
giue
them
a
happie
issue
and
ioyfull
deliuerance
.
And
when
thou
art
wearie
therewith
,
haue
recourse
vnto
Christ
,
Matth.
11.28
.
and
he
will
take
thy
burthen
vpon
his
backe
,
and
relieue
thee
.
Now
,
if
any
demaund
of
me
the
reason
why
the
Lord
doth
so
sore
,
and
for
so
long
a
space
afflict
his
children
before
hee
worke
their
deliuerance
:
my
answere
is
this
.
The
Lord
doth
it
for
diuers
ends
:
some
whereof
I
haue
here
(
for
the
comfort
of
his
afflicted
ones
)
set
down
as
followeth
.
First
the
Lord
doth
sore
afflict
his
people
,
1
Reasons
alleadged
,
why
God
doth
so
long
&
largely
afflict
his
own
people
.
and
long
delay
before
he
worke
their
deliuerance
,
to
teach
them
humilitie
,
least
they
shuld
out
of
measure
be
puffed
vp
.
For
this
cause
did
he
sore
afflict
and
buffet
the
Apostle
Paul
.
Secondly
,
to
teach
them
obedience
,
least
they
should
be
too
stiffe-necked
:
thus
did
he
tame
the
Israelites
.
Thirdly
,
to
make
them
more
carefully
learne
his
law
,
and
continually
studie
therein
.
Thus
dealt
the
Lord
with
Dauid
,
in
afflicting
him
so
long
,
til
Dauid
could
say
from
his
very
hart
,
It
is
good
for
me
that
I
haue
been
afflicted
,
that
I
might
learne
thy
law
.
Fourthly
,
he
afflicteth
them
,
least
they
erre
and
goe
astray
in
the
dark
desert
of
this
world
:
for
this
end
also
did
Dauid
make
of
his
affliction
,
saying
:
Before
I
was
afflicted
I
went
wrong
.
Fiftly
,
to
make
vs
become
obedient
spouses
vnto
our
husband
Christ
Iesus
,
that
in
matters
for
Gods
glorie
,
and
our
saluation
,
wee
admit
of
none
else
,
neither
in
part
or
whole
,
for
the
foundation
and
cornerstone
of
our
saluation
.
Thus
afflicted
hee
Iudah
and
Ierusalem
,
who
were
wont
to
play
the
harlots
vnder
euerie
greene
tree
.
Lastly
,
hee
continueth
his
afflictions
vpon
vs
,
to
teach
vs
that
our
sinnes
are
the
cause
of
all
our
sorrow
,
and
therefore
to
sinne
no
more
,
least
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
vs
.
Thus
afflicted
hee
for
a
long
time
this
poore
man
,
whom
he
now
had
healed
.
The
Lord
grant
for
his
infinit
mercies
sake
,
The
application
.
that
the
long
and
late
afflictions
laid
vpon
vs
and
our
countrie
,
may
worke
these
aforesayd
effects
in
vs
,
euen
to
pull
downe
our
proude
hearts
,
to
mollifie
our
hard
hearts
,
to
instruct
and
teach
our
ignorant
hearts
,
to
direct
aright
our
vnstable
and
wandring
hearts
,
to
make
chast
and
pure
our
vnchast
and
whorish
harts
,
and
to
redresse
and
amend
our
wicked
and
transgressing
hearts
:
that
so
our
pride
being
turned
into
humilitie
,
stiffeneckednes
into
circumcision
,
instabilitie
into
certaintie
,
dishonestie
against
our
husband
Christ
,
into
loyaltie
of
a
conscience
vnspotted
:
and
to
conclude
,
our
daily
sinning
into
a
continual
godly
sorowing
for
the
same
:
we
may
then
say
with
Dauid
,
(
as
many
I
meane
as
haue
these
aforesaid
effects
wrought
in
them
by
their
afflictions
)
glad
are
wee
,
and
good
hath
it
been
for
vs
,
that
long
,
largely
,
and
yet
most
louingly
,
the
Lord
hath
afflicted
vs
,
seeing
they
haue
taught
vs
the
miserie
of
our
daies
,
the
danger
of
our
sinnes
,
the
loathing
of
this
wretched
world
,
and
a
loue
of
the
life
to
come
.
Doctrine
.
In
this
course
of
continued
afflictions
vpon
the
Church
of
God
,
note
euery
profitable
and
necessary
doctrine
,
vz.
It
is
the
vsuall
manner
of
dealing
with
the
Lord
,
to
defer
his
helping
hand
and
full
deliuerance
,
till
all
meanes
of
helpe
inuented
by
man
bee
frustrate
,
and
the
case
in
the
iudgement
of
many
seemeth
desperate
:
God
helpeth
when
all
other
meanes
are
helples
.
The
end
of
the
Lord
so
long
deferring
.
thus
did
he
with
this
poore
man
,
and
in
all
the
aforenamed
proofes
.
And
he
doth
it
for
this
especiall
end
,
that
in
victories
,
conquests
,
or
deliuerances
,
God
might
haue
his
owne
,
which
is
euen
the
whole
glorie
.
If
wee
had
no
warrant
out
of
Gods
word
,
for
the
confirmation
of
this
poynt
:
yet
our
owne
experience
these
two
yeeres
by-past
,
Our
countries
late
visitation
approue
it
.
in
the
most
places
of
our
countrie
,
is
of
sufficiencie
to
testifie
and
witnes
how
true
a
doctrine
his
is
,
seeing
that
no
watching
,
no
gouernment
,
great
multitudes
or
carefull
keeping
could
preuent
his
punishments
,
but
they
came
vpon
vs
:
no
phisick
could
stint
it
,
but
it
encreased
and
continued
:
yea
when
all
mans
remedies
were
administred
,
yet
were
the
poore
afflicted
ones
still
remedilesse
:
so
that
great
townes
,
many
congregations
,
and
infinit
families
espying
all
these
hopes
,
now
hopelesse
:
and
though
by
some
called
comforts
,
yet
comfortles
now
,
haue
in
vtter
despayre
of
them
all
,
let
goe
the
anchor
,
pulled
downe
the
sayle
,
and
committed
the
whole
custodie
of
their
poore
tossed
ship
to
him
,
who
first
raised
vp
the
tempest
against
it
,
and
he
,
euen
that
mightie
God
Iehouah
,
(
who
iustly
for
our
countries
rebellion
against
his
almightie
maiestie
,
did
wound
the
hairie
scalpe
of
his
enemies
,
and
the
transgressions
of
his
rebellious
Israel
)
did
in
the
end
(
O
admire
his
mercies
)
heale
that
which
before
he
had
wounded
,
saued
vs
,
that
in
the
sight
and
iudgement
of
many
seemed
as
forlorne
:
and
in
stead
of
many
blacke
and
gloomy
dayes
,
tokens
of
his
anger
,
hath
at
last
spoken
peaceably
vnto
vs
againe
,
and
granted
vs
more
then
we
expected
,
or
our
harts
could
desire
.
O
my
countrimen
deare
,
then
le●●●●●…rge
the
patheticall
exhortation
that
〈◊〉
●oth
in
his
Psalme
,
to
all
men
in
his
t●…
〈◊〉
●…red
out
of
dangers
:
O
that
we
would
therefore
praise
the
Lord
for
his
goodnesse
,
Psal.
107.5
.
and
declare
abroad
the
workes
that
he
doth
for
vs
most
sinfull
men
.
Further
,
in
that
he
healed
this
man
,
which
had
been
possessed
with
a
lamenes
or
numnes
so
long
a
space
as
thirtie
eight
yeeres
in
his
whole
body
,
appeareth
the
exceeding
great
power
of
almightie
God
:
for
in
that
the
disease
was
vniuersall
ouer
the
whole
body
,
and
besides
had
continued
so
long
till
he
was
old
,
The
power
of
the
Lord
set
forth
.
there
is
no
rule
in
phisicke
that
euer
could
giue
him
any
hope
of
recouerie
:
yet
herein
note
the
vnspeakable
power
of
the
Lorde
,
that
by
speaking
a
word
or
two
,
he
healed
him
perfectly
:
in
mans
hope
past
healing
.
By
the
like
power
hee
healed
the
woman
of
the
bloodie
issue
,
Luk.
8.42
.
who
had
spent
all
her
substance
vpon
Phisitions
,
and
could
not
be
healed
.
By
this
power
he
healed
the
woman
who
had
a
spirit
of
infirmitie
eighteene
yeres
,
and
was
bowed
together
.
Ioh.
11.43
,
44.
Mar.
7.32
.
and
9.26
.
Matth.
11.5
.
&
24.36
.
Mar.
1.42
.
Ioh.
6.
Matth.
14.19
.
By
this
power
hee
raised
Lazarus
from
death
to
life
,
who
had
lien
in
his
graue
foure
daies
.
By
this
power
he
made
the
deaffe
to
heare
,
the
dumbe
to
speake
,
the
lame
to
go
,
and
clensed
the
leper
.
By
this
power
hee
fed
fiue
thousand
with
fiue
barly
loaues
and
two
fishes
.
I
may
in
like
sort
speake
of
this
mightie
and
exceeding
great
power
towards
all
those
that
are
translated
and
deliuered
out
of
the
kingdome
of
darknesse
and
Satan
,
into
the
kingdome
and
cleere
light
of
the
Gospell
of
Iesus
Christ
.
What
a
great
power
of
the
Lord
was
it
,
Act.
9.1.20
.
that
persecuting
Saul
was
healed
of
his
sinne
,
&
made
zealous
Paul
,
preaching
Christ
Iesus
and
him
crucified
?
What
a
great
power
was
it
,
that
Mary
Magdalene
,
in
whom
raigned
&
dwelled
7.
The
true
conuersion
of
a
sinner
manifesteth
Gods
power
.
Luk.
7.37.38
.
&c.
diuels
was
cleansed
,
made
whole
,
and
a
woman
euer
after
to
weepe
for
her
sins
,
and
to
wash
Christ
his
feet
with
her
teares
?
But
greater
was
the
manifestation
of
his
power
,
when
he
healed
the
man
which
had
a
legion
of
diuels
in
him
.
And
at
this
day
may
euery
true
conuert
say
:
oh
the
exceeding
greatnes
of
Gods
power
towards
me
poore
wretch
,
who
being
vnder
the
bondage
of
sinne
,
and
thereby
the
bondslaue
of
Satan
,
all
the
power
that
was
in
me
,
or
that
I
was
able
to
make
,
could
neuer
make
me
free
from
that
thraldome
,
till
that
the
exceeding
power
of
GOD
,
by
the
sounding
ministerie
of
his
word
,
cryed
vnto
me
:
Awake
thou
that
sleepest
,
Ephes.
5.14
.
and
stand
vp
from
the
dead
,
and
Christ
shall
giue
thee
light
.
Such
a
miraculous
power
,
and
a
powerfull
miracle
is
the
raising
vp
of
a
sinner
from
his
snorting
in
iniquitie
,
to
walke
and
runne
the
race
of
a
Christian
.
Moreouer
,
Note
his
mercie
.
as
we
note
his
power
in
healing
him
of
such
a
long
continuing
sicknesse
:
so
note
wee
his
compassionate
mercie
,
in
hauing
a
feeling
and
before
touched
with
our
infirmities
We
haue
an
high
Priest
,
Heb.
4.15
.
who
cannot
be
touched
with
the
feeling
of
our
infirmities
,
but
was
in
all
things
tempted
in
like
sort
as
we
are
,
sinne
only
excepted
.
This
his
compassion
and
mercie
,
made
him
to
weepe
ouer
Ierusalem
,
Luk.
19.41
.
viewing
their
great
sins
,
and
his
fathers
wrath
readie
to
fall
vpon
them
for
the
same
.
It
made
him
pitie
the
great
multitude
of
people
that
came
pressing
vpon
him
,
when
hee
saw
them
as
sheepe
without
a
shepheard
.
It
made
him
to
sigh
and
groane
at
the
hardnes
of
the
peoples
hearts
:
yea
so
forcible
and
plentifull
was
it
in
him
,
that
hee
neuer
denyed
helpe
to
the
miserable
,
comfort
to
the
comfortlesse
,
nor
heauenvly
counsell
to
them
that
carefully
sought
for
it
.
His
loue
to
vs
for
our
saluation
,
is
as
large
as
the
East
is
from
the
West
,
Psal.
103.12.13
.
and
the
North
from
the
South
,
as
great
and
greater
then
the
loue
the
father
hath
to
his
sonne
,
or
the
mother
to
the
babe
sucking
her
breasts
:
for
that
hee
euen
spreadeth
out
both
his
armes
of
mercie
,
readie
to
embrace
euery
sinner
,
truly
turning
vnto
him
:
and
clocketh
vs
vnto
him
by
his
liberall
mercies
,
Matth.
23.37
.
Deut.
32.11
,
12
,
13.
euen
as
the
hen
gathereth
her
chickens
vnder
her
wings
.
Yea
,
this
one
thing
doth
greatly
extoll
the
largenes
of
his
loue
and
fauour
,
in
that
he
extendeth
it
to
vs
,
without
any
of
our
merits
or
deserts
.
For
he
loued
his
owne
,
before
euer
the
foundation
of
the
world
was
laid
:
Rom.
9.23
.
ere
euer
Iacob
had
done
good
or
euill
,
he
loued
him
,
and
hated
Esau
.
The
Apostle
Paul
saith
:
Rom.
10.12
.
He
that
is
Lord
ouer
all
,
is
rich
vnto
all
that
call
vpon
him
.
Rich
he
is
in
power
,
able
to
helpe
;
rich
he
is
in
mercie
,
most
willing
and
readie
to
heare
all
those
that
call
on
him
faithfully
.
I
should
be
endlesse
,
if
I
should
repeate
the
proofes
of
this
great
loue
&
mercie
of
God
,
The
loue
of
God
to
vs
in
his
son
Christ
is
endlesse
.
in
and
by
his
Sonne
Christ
Iesus
.
But
because
his
loue
to
vs
is
endlesse
,
I
wil
here
end
the
speaking
of
it
with
that
admiration
,
wherewith
the
Apostle
Paul
endeth
his
speech
of
Gods
election
and
reprobation
:
O
the
deepnes
of
the
riches
,
both
of
the
power
and
mercies
of
God
,
Rom.
11.33
.
how
infinit
is
the
one
and
the
other
,
not
able
sufficiently
to
be
expressed
by
the
tongue
or
penne
of
any
man
?
Our
dutie
hence
.
Our
dutie
hence
that
we
must
learne
,
is
regeneration
and
true
repentance
:
otherwise
wee
shall
treasure
and
hoord
vp
wrath
and
clowdes
of
witnesses
against
the
day
of
wrath
,
and
declaration
of
the
iust
iudgement
of
God
:
Rom.
2.3.4
.
Seeing
the
bountifulnes
of
God
ought
to
leade
vs
to
repentance
.
The
comfort
we
may
hence
reape
is
great
:
The
comfort
Art
thou
sicke
?
art
thou
afflicted
?
art
thou
pressed
downe
with
the
sight
of
thy
sinnes
?
criest
thou
after
Christ
,
and
desirest
with
blind
Bartimeus
,
to
be
healed
of
thy
infirmitie
?
No
sore
to
the
Christian
but
Christ
will
serue
it
.
then
continue
thy
crying
,
labour
that
thy
sighs
and
groanes
may
be
increased
,
yea
(
if
it
were
possible
)
euen
to
pearce
into
the
heauens
.
And
though
thou
findest
not
present
remedie
,
dispayre
not
;
consider
Gods
power
is
able
to
raise
thee
vp
when
thou
art
fallen
;
consider
also
his
mercie
to
bee
such
,
that
although
the
wife
play
the
harlot
,
and
her
husband
giue
her
a
bill
of
diuorcement
,
hee
will
neuer
receiue
her
againe
:
yet
saith
our
gratious
and
mercifull
God
vnto
our
sick
soules
,
turne
again
thou
disobedient
man
,
whosoeuer
thou
bee
,
and
though
thou
hast
committed
whoredom
with
thy
louers
,
Ierem.
3.2
,
3
,
4.
yet
will
I
receiue
thee
into
my
fauour
againe
.
And
thus
much
for
the
second
circumstance
to
bee
considered
in
healing
of
the
man
,
vz.
how
long
hee
had
beene
grieued
with
his
sicknes
.
Of
the
third
circumstance
,
vz.
what
meanes
the
poore
man
vsed
for
his
recouerie
himselfe
,
and
yet
all
in
vaine
.
Here
wee
must
consider
,
that
there
was
in
Ierusalem
a
poole
or
pond
at
the
South
side
of
the
citie
,
Tremelius
and
Iunius
in
Ioh.
5.
Hebr.
Syr.
neere
vnto
the
Sheep-market
,
the
name
whereof
was
Bethesda
,
or
in
the
Syrian
language
Bethchesda
,
which
signifieth
the
house
of
bountifulnesse
:
for
because
in
that
place
God
most
mercifully
shewed
his
power
,
in
healing
many
of
their
infirmities
.
Hierom
greatly
erreth
in
calling
it
Betheder
,
Gregis
domus
.
which
signifieth
the
house
for
beasts
&
cattel
:
for
mention
is
made
here
of
a
pond
,
which
was
neere
vnto
the
Sheep-market
.
Caluine
affirmeth
those
to
want
all
reason
,
Cal.
in
Ioh.
c.
5.
ver.
2.
who
call
it
Bethseda
,
as
though
it
were
a
place
of
fishing
,
adiudging
them
to
determine
of
the
word
more
probably
,
who
doe
expound
it
locus
effusionis
,
the
place
of
powring
out
water
.
The
Hebrew
worde
signifieth
a
falling
downward
:
for
I
thinke
the
water
was
drawne
from
it
by
conduites
,
that
the
priests
might
draw
thence
water
.
The
vertue
of
the
poole
was
this
,
that
alwaies
at
a
certaine
season
an
Angell
descended
into
it
and
troubled
the
water
,
and
whosoeuer
then
first
after
the
mouing
of
the
water
stepped
in
,
was
made
whole
of
whatsoeuer
disease
he
had
.
Here
by
the
way
wee
may
not
thinke
,
that
the
vertue
of
healing
consisted
in
the
water
:
for
saith
Caluine
:
Cal.
ibid.
Sic
externum
symbolum
commendat
,
vt
symboli
aspectu
,
ad
ipsum
vnicum
gratiae
authorem
aegrotire
spicere
cogantur
:
For
this
cause
doth
hee
commend
the
outwarde
signe
,
that
by
the
sight
thereof
,
all
sicke
men
may
bee
enforced
to
haue
respect
by
recourse
vnto
God
,
the
sole
author
of
all
grace
.
Yea
herein
we
must
acknowledge
Gods
power
to
bee
such
,
as
that
he
is
able
at
his
pleasure
to
vse
the
very
clements
to
be
instruments
of
health
,
God
can
vse
the
very
clements
to
stand
for
the
good
of
his
owne
.
or
any
other
blessing
in
his
own
appointed
time
,
vnto
such
as
are
his
own
in
Christ
Iesus
:
as
on
the
contrary
,
he
is
able
to
make
them
all
serue
for
the
manifesting
of
his
power
in
wrath
,
against
all
such
as
rebell
against
him
,
Euery
creature
against
the
wicked
.
or
his
Church
:
as
may
be
seene
in
Pharaoh
,
and
the
congregation
of
Choree
,
Dathan
,
and
Abyram
,
where
the
water
drowned
the
one
,
and
the
earth
opened
her
mouth
to
swallow
vp
the
other
.
And
to
conclude
,
(
this
being
but
spoken
by
way
of
digression
)
in
that
he
made
the
muddie
and
troubled
water
to
heale
,
Digression
,
yet
necessarie
.
we
note
that
the
Lord
oftentimes
doth
execute
his
will
,
and
manifest
his
power
in
mercie
,
by
contrary
and
vnlikely
means
in
our
iudgement
.
The
Lord
often
healeth
by
contrary
and
vnlikly
means
So
Helisha
healed
the
waters
by
casting
salt
into
them
:
whereas
naturally
salt
mixed
with
water
bringeth
barrennesse
.
Here
by
the
muddy
water
in
this
pond
was
many
a
man
healed
:
whereas
naturally
a
cleere
and
christalline
water
is
more
apt
for
mans
health
.
The
like
course
the
Lord
vseth
in
spirituall
things
,
he
worketh
life
by
death
,
ioy
by
sorrow
,
exaltation
by
humiliation
,
comforts
by
the
crosse
,
peace
by
warre
:
He
sendeth
to
hell
before
he
bring
to
heauen
.
The
end
of
his
so
doing
.
yea
those
that
hee
bringeth
to
heauen
,
he
first
maketh
them
saile
by
hell
.
And
the
Lorde
doth
thus
for
this
especiall
ende
,
that
Gods
Church
may
be
assured
,
that
the
Lord
is
able
to
execute
his
will
and
performe
his
promise
,
although
the
meanes
or
instruments
of
executing
the
same
,
seeme
vnto
them
neuer
so
base
or
vnlike
,
yea
though
there
appeare
to
mans
iudgement
no
meanes
at
all
,
yet
euen
then
can
the
Lord
our
God
performe
and
execute
that
,
which
he
in
his
eternall
wisedome
hath
already
decreed
.
Now
to
returne
againe
into
the
way
from
whence
we
haue
digressed
,
this
lame
man
hearing
of
so
many
to
bee
healed
in
this
pond
,
came
by
helpe
thither
,
but
being
there
he
was
neuer
a
whit
the
better
:
for
lying
there
a
long
time
,
still
he
was
preuented
of
the
benefit
of
the
water
,
because
other
went
downe
before
him
.
Here
wee
see
he
vsed
the
likely
meanes
and
the
lawfull
meanes
,
Outward
,
likely
,
and
lawfull
means
alwaies
preuaile
not
.
and
yet
had
no
redresse
thereby
:
because
it
was
the
purpose
of
God
to
heale
him
after
a
more
miraculous
manner
,
for
the
more
speedie
conuersion
of
the
partie
healed
,
and
further
manifestation
of
his
owne
glorie
.
Let
vs
a
little
further
consider
this
matter
.
This
sicke
man
vsed
the
lawfull
and
likely
meane
to
bee
healed
of
his
infirmitie
:
so
is
it
lawfull
for
those
that
are
sicke
,
to
vse
the
aduice
of
the
Phisition
,
and
receiue
the
hearbes
for
medicine
,
The
sicke
may
receiue
the
hearbes
for
medicine
in
the
Lord
,
not
otherwise
.
so
farre
forth
as
they
are
the
Lords
instruments
,
but
no
further
:
and
if
health
come
thereby
,
to
giue
God
the
whole
honour
,
as
his
owne
due
.
Againe
,
in
that
hee
vsed
the
likely
and
lawfull
meane
to
bee
healed
,
and
yet
could
not
,
because
God
had
delaied
his
recouerie
for
another
end
:
let
euery
one
of
vs
make
this
vse
of
it
,
and
thinke
,
that
when
we
are
sicke
,
or
otherwise
troubled
,
and
doe
vse
the
lawfull
and
outward
meanes
appoynted
by
God
for
our
deliuerance
,
and
yet
finde
no
recouerie
thereby
,
not
to
murmure
,
A
necessary
consideration
.
grudge
,
or
thinke
with
the
Atheist
,
God
hath
forgotten
vs
:
but
by
the
example
of
this
man
,
to
rest
contented
,
resoluing
with
our
owne
soules
,
that
God
doth
deferre
our
recouerie
for
some
better
end
,
knowne
and
alreadie
decreed
vpon
with
the
Lord
,
though
hidden
and
vnknowne
to
our
blind
eyes
,
euen
either
more
miraculously
to
restore
vs
to
health
againe
,
for
our
greater
repentance
,
and
more
manifestation
of
his
owne
power
,
or
else
fully
and
finally
to
worke
our
deliuerance
,
by
making
a
dissolution
of
our
fraile
tabernacle
,
and
conueying
our
soule
into
the
bosome
of
Abraham
,
I
meane
the
eternall
and
vnspeakable
ioyes
of
Gods
kingdome
.
Furthermore
,
in
that
this
man
vsed
the
likely
and
lawfull
outward
meane
for
his
health
,
and
found
none
,
wee
may
note
a
most
profitable
doctrine
,
Man
may
purpose
,
but
God
disposeth
.
vz.
that
Paul
may
plant
,
and
Apollo
may
water
,
but
it
is
God
that
must
giue
the
increase
.
The
fishermen
may
take
great
paines
in
fishing
all
night
,
and
catch
iust
nothing
,
till
Christ
come
and
command
them
to
launch
into
the
deepe
and
make
a
draught
:
which
done
,
though
before
they
had
tried
that
place
,
yet
at
Christs
command
shal
they
catch
an
innumerable
multitude
of
fishes
.
Luk.
5.6
.
Psal.
127.1.2
.
Psal.
eodem
.
Vnlesse
the
Lord
keepe
the
house
,
the
watchmen
wake
but
in
vaine
.
It
is
but
lost
labour
to
rise
early
,
and
goe
late
to
bed
,
vnlesse
God
blesse
our
labour
.
And
therefore
all
our
duties
in
phisicke
for
health
,
What
course
we
ought
to
take
in
all
our
dealings
.
in
matters
for
wealth
,
and
in
going
about
such
occasions
as
are
beseeming
our
calling
in
this
euill
world
,
to
commend
the
beginning
,
middle
,
and
issue
thereof
by
prayer
to
almightie
God
,
that
hee
would
so
direct
vs
in
them
,
as
may
stand
with
his
glorie
,
&
redound
to
the
comfort
of
our
owne
consciences
.
Further
,
Note
well
all
the
prophane
and
gracelesse
Atheists
.
note
another
excellent
poynt
,
which
is
,
that
if
men
walke
in
their
lawfull
trades
and
callings
,
vsing
lawfull
and
ordinary
meanes
of
deliuerances
out
of
any
danger
,
doe
notwithstanding
preuaile
or
profit
nothing
at
all
,
till
God
of
his
mercie
giue
the
blessing
;
what
shal
wee
thinke
of
them
,
that
in
sicknesse
counsell
with
witches
and
sorcerers
,
The
practises
〈◊〉
such
very
dangerous
.
in
troubles
raise
vp
spirits
,
for
things
lost
vse
enchauntment
,
for
to
haue
their
sutes
goe
forward
vse
briberie
,
for
their
benefices
vse
symonie
,
for
preferment
vse
flatterie
,
with
the
Herodians
?
Yea
to
conclude
,
what
shall
we
think
of
all
such
,
as
make
gaine
wrongfully
gotten
,
their
god
,
and
wicked
and
vngodly
practises
the
whole
course
of
their
life
;
but
that
euen
the
heauie
iudgement
of
God
hangeth
ouer
their
heads
:
and
as
their
beginnings
and
proceedings
are
in
sin
,
so
let
them
assure
themselues
,
without
speedie
repentance
,
their
endings
shal
be
in
same
,
euen
sudden
confusion
both
of
body
&
soule
,
with
all
the
reprobates
and
castawaies
mentioned
in
the
Scriptures
.
A
caueat
.
Let
all
bold
hardy
men
therfore
take
heede
,
who
enterprise
many
actions
without
either
prayer
to
the
Lord
,
or
warrant
of
his
word
.
Lastly
,
it
might
(
in
regard
of
the
flesh
)
haue
been
a
matter
of
great
griefe
vnto
this
poore
soule
,
to
see
all
others
that
came
to
this
poole
to
be
helped
,
yet
he
lie
still
,
expecting
remedie
and
found
none
.
Yet
hence
let
vs
learne
this
for
our
owne
vse
,
that
though
we
be
sicke
,
and
our
neighbours
likewise
,
we
in
trouble
,
they
so
likewise
,
they
are
made
whole
and
deliuered
,
yet
we
still
tossed
to
and
fro
,
not
likely
any
deliuerance
:
and
it
may
bee
this
befalleth
vs
,
when
we
are
more
carefull
to
serue
our
God
then
they
were
,
not
to
be
hereat
dismaied
,
seeing
the
Lord
(
as
I
haue
said
before
)
hath
secret
ends
in
his
eternall
purpose
,
of
our
continued
afflictions
or
sicknes
,
yea
euen
such
(
if
wee
abide
with
patience
)
as
shall
bee
to
our
greater
comfort
both
inwardly
and
outwardly
.
And
thus
much
for
the
third
circumstances
to
bee
noted
in
his
healing
,
vz.
what
meanes
the
man
vsed
himself
for
his
recouerie
,
and
found
none
.
Of
the
fourth
circumstance
,
vz
by
what
meanes
at
length
hee
was
made
whole
.
The
author
of
his
health
.
The
Israelites
(
as
it
is
recorded
,
Numb.
21.
)
for
their
rebellion
against
the
Lord
,
were
stung
and
venomed
with
firie
Serpents
,
a
paine
most
intolerable
,
which
neither
plaister
or
medicine
could
abate
:
til
at
the
length
vpon
the
earnest
crie
of
the
people
,
and
Moses
,
the
Lord
commanded
Moses
to
make
a
brasen
Serpent
,
Numb.
21.6
.
and
set
it
vp
vpon
a
pole
,
with
this
promise
,
that
as
for
sinne
they
were
stung
with
a
Serpent
,
so
whosoeuer
looked
vp
vpon
that
Serpent
which
Moses
so
vp
,
should
presently
be
healed
,
and
no
other
way
.
Genes.
3.
Our
first
parent
Adam
transgressed
God
commandement
:
for
a
punishment
whereof
,
God
inflicted
vpon
him
sicknes
both
in
his
soule
and
bodie
,
and
which
should
continue
from
generation
to
generation
in
his
whole
posteritie
:
which
sicknesses
and
diseases
,
as
they
came
vpon
vs
for
the
disobedience
of
one
,
so
can
they
neuer
truly
bee
healed
and
taken
away
,
but
by
the
obedience
of
one
man
.
The
first
man
sinning
,
and
so
bringing
condemnation
vpon
all
,
was
Adam
.
The
second
man
fulfilling
the
law
,
and
thereby
bringing
saluation
to
all
,
that
by
faith
and
true
repentance
accept
it
,
was
the
man
Iesus
Christ
,
a
man
in
all
poynts
as
the
first
Adam
was
,
sinne
only
excepted
.
Donec
coelestum
medicus
opem
nobis
fert
,
nos
non
tantum
intùs
fouemus
multos
morbos
,
sed
etiam
morter
.
Caluin
in
Psal.
103.
ver.
3.
1.
Ioh.
1.7
.
1.
Pet.
1.19
.
Rom.
5.4
.
Ioh.
14.6
.
He
was
that
immaculate
lambe
of
God
that
taketh
away
the
sins
of
the
world
,
and
who
was
the
author
and
sole
worker
of
this
poore
mans
health
.
He
it
is
who
is
the
true
Phisition
for
euery
diseased
soule
&
body
:
the
plaister
and
very
purgation
it selfe
which
must
cleanse
and
cleere
vs
from
all
our
sinnes
whatsoeuer
.
And
who
alone
is
all
sufficient
,
and
able
to
present
vs
holy
and
pure
to
God
his
father
:
by
whom
also
we
haue
accesse
vnto
the
throne
of
God
in
our
praiers
.
It
is
this
Christ
Iesus
,
who
is
the
way
,
the
trueth
,
and
the
life
:
vnto
whom
is
giuen
a
name
,
in
whom
must
bee
saued
all
that
are
registred
and
written
in
the
booke
of
life
.
Here
then
doe
wee
see
,
whether
all
sicke
men
,
all
sore
men
,
al
troubled
and
distressed
men
,
yea
to
conclude
,
all
prodigall
and
sinfull
men
must
resort
to
bee
healed
of
their
sicknesse
,
eased
of
their
griefes
,
and
receiue
forgiuenes
of
their
sinnes
,
euen
to
Christ
Iesus
,
the
top
and
roote
,
beginning
and
ending
,
the
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
and
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
Apocal.
1.
and
the
corner
stone
of
our
saluation
:
and
with
the
halt
and
lame
in
the
Gospell
,
to
crie
out
vnto
him
,
Luk.
17.15
.
O
Iesu
thou
sonne
of
Dauid
haue
mercie
on
me
.
Let
the
Pope
promise
health
by
his
pardons
,
the
Iusticiaries
by
their
workes
,
All
meanes
of
health
by
man
meere
mockerie
,
without
Christ
Iesus
.
the
Votaries
by
their
vowes
,
the
Heathen
by
their
blind
mentions
:
yet
when
it
comes
to
the
hammering
,
and
the
day
that
euery
mans
workes
shall
be
tryed
by
fire
,
they
shall
then
finde
that
all
these
inuented
meanes
of
health
,
are
euen
a
potion
of
ranck
poyson
prepared
by
the
diuell
:
and
that
it
is
onely
the
blood
of
Christ
Iesus
that
must
purge
out
the
poison
of
the
Dragon
,
&
cleanse
vs
from
all
our
leprosie
whatsoeuer
.
This
point
being
most
pregnant
,
I
might
bee
very
plentifull
in
proofes
out
of
the
word
of
God
for
confirmation
,
in
gathering
profitable
doctrines
for
instruction
,
and
in
laying
downe
many
duties
for
edification
:
but
seeing
it
is
so
plaine
a
point
,
Christ
our
saluation
a
plain
point
.
that
proposuisse
is
confirmasse
,
so
manifestly
in
the
word
described
,
that
he
that
runneth
may
reade
it
:
so
sensible
a
matter
,
that
they
are
past
feeling
who
are
not
touched
with
it
:
and
finally
to
all
the
elect
ones
of
the
Lord
,
a
matter
of
such
certaintie
,
that
whosoeuer
doubteth
of
it
,
A
most
certain
point
for
truth
he
is
puft
vp
in
the
raging
bellowes
of
his
own
imaginations
:
and
without
speedie
repentance
,
it
shall
be
a
stone
to
fall
vpon
them
al
,
of
such
weight
that
it
shall
grinde
them
all
to
powder
.
Therefore
I
will
here
end
it
,
Matth.
18.
1.
Pet.
2.8
.
Matth.
11.28
,
29.
with
Christ
his
large
offer
to
all
that
lacke
helpe
:
Come
vnto
Christ
all
ye
that
labour
and
are
heauy
laden
&
he
will
refresh
you
.
Cast
your
cares
and
your
distressed
causes
vpon
his
backe
,
and
rest
contented
that
he
careth
for
all
his
owne
.
And
thus
much
for
the
fourth
circumstance
to
bee
considered
in
healing
the
man
,
which
was
the
meanes
,
or
partie
by
whom
he
was
healed
.
THE
SECOND
SERMON
OF
THE
DVTIE
OF
OVR
DELIVERANCE
.
The
second
Sermon
.
THe
second
branch
of
the
exhortation
,
vz.
what
was
the
cause
of
his
sicknesse
,
drawne
out
of
these
words
,
sinne
no
more
:
It
appeareth
here
that
sinne
was
the
cause
of
his
sicknesse
,
and
sinne
is
the
cause
of
our
troubles
,
griefes
,
losses
,
hurts
,
dangers
,
or
damages
whatsoeuer
,
yea
of
sicknesse
,
be
it
of
body
or
of
minde
.
That
this
may
better
appeare
,
let
vs
search
out
the
originall
of
sicknes
,
sorrow
and
griefe
,
and
we
shall
finde
that
before
sinne
entred
,
there
was
neither
sicknesse
;
sorrow
,
nor
griefe
:
but
as
soone
as
euer
sinne
entred
,
the
other
were
inflicted
,
as
a
iust
reward
for
sinne
.
When
,
where
and
how
sinne
entred
,
you
may
finde
plainly
in
Genes.
3.
When.
It
entred
euen
then
when
our
first
parents
were
created
in
their
happie
estate
of
innocencie
,
like
to
the
image
of
their
Creator
,
perfectly
righteous
in
the
soule
,
and
all
the
parts
thereof
throughly
sound
in
the
body
,
and
the
constitution
thereof
,
yea
both
in
body
and
soule
free
from
any
griefe
,
vexation
or
sorrowe
.
Sinne
entred
in
Paradise
,
Where
.
our
parents
being
placed
there
.
The
meanes
.
The
meanes
whereby
he
entred
,
was
by
the
subtill
perswasion
of
the
Serpent
,
the
diuels
instrument
,
and
by
our
parents
voluntarie
hearkening
and
yeelding
thereunto
,
to
disobey
and
breake
the
commandement
of
their
Creator
:
which
so
soone
as
euer
they
had
done
,
the
curse
of
God
for
the
same
fell
vpon
our
parents
for
sin
.
If
we
will
set
downe
what
it
is
,
it
is
nothing
else
but
the
transgression
of
the
law
of
God
.
1.
Ioh.
3.4
.
Presently
after
the
transgression
of
the
law
of
God
,
entred
the
reward
or
punishment
of
this
their
transgression
,
which
was
mortalitie
in
stead
of
immortalitie
,
Mans
miserable
case
after
his
fall
.
weaknes
in
stead
of
strength
,
sicknes
in
stead
of
health
,
toyle
and
trauell
in
stead
of
continual
rest
and
peace
,
sorrow
and
sadnes
in
stead
of
ioy
and
comfort
:
the
earth
to
yeeld
nothing
but
brambles
,
briers
and
bushes
(
though
it
bee
tilled
)
in
stead
of
plentie
of
good
fruite
;
to
trauaile
vp
and
downe
as
pilgrimes
vpon
the
face
of
the
earth
,
in
stead
of
perpetual
possession
of
Paradise
:
and
though
they
thus
prolong
their
toyling
daies
for
a
time
,
yet
at
length
enforced
to
yeeld
to
natures
course
and
to
dye
,
in
stead
of
liuing
for
euer
the
life
of
the
Angels
.
All
this
is
apparant
in
the
third
of
Genesis
.
You
haue
heard
now
the
first
man
that
euer
sinned
,
euen
Adam
,
the
first
man
(
that
as
a
merit
for
his
sinne
)
euer
was
sicke
or
troubled
,
euen
Adam
.
You
haue
heard
what
happy
case
he
was
in
before
he
sinned
,
and
what
wofull
estate
hee
was
in
after
his
fall
,
a
creature
full
of
sorrow
,
toyle
,
trouble
,
feare
,
griefe
,
vexation
,
digging
and
deluing
,
planting
and
sowing
,
and
yet
but
to
reape
little
increase
:
and
though
hee
was
before
a
most
pleasant
plant
of
the
Lord
,
seated
in
a
most
fertile
soyle
,
yet
now
through
sin
,
is
he
euen
become
a
filthie
puddle
and
standing
poole
of
all
iniquitie
,
a
seruant
to
Satan
,
and
a
poore
prisoner
to
the
diuell
.
Hence
let
all
Gods
children
learne
to
affect
holinesse
of
life
,
The
vse
.
and
lothe
the
life
of
the
wicked
:
yea
euen
all
the
motions
,
obiects
and
occasions
of
wickednesse
,
so
farre
as
the
very
garment
stained
with
sinne
,
shal
be
vnto
them
odious
and
lothsome
.
You
haue
heard
now
the
roote
to
bee
infected
,
and
the
bole
poysoned
,
and
withall
you
haue
heard
the
cause
of
this
infection
.
The
roote
and
bole
are
our
first
parents
,
they
sinned
,
and
presently
vpon
their
sinne
came
shame
for
a
fault
,
and
all
kinde
of
troubles
and
diseases
as
their
due
desart
.
Let
vs
now
examine
a
little
whether
this
poyson
hath
not
infected
all
the
branches
,
I
meane
Adams
posteritie
,
which
posteritie
we
our selues
are
.
Herein
let
vs
consider
that
Adam
and
Euah
were
not
priuate
persons
,
Caluin
.
in
Psal.
51.
ver.
7.
but
such
as
had
in
them
the
state
of
the
whole
world
:
what
good
Adam
had
,
he
had
it
for
his
whole
posteritie
:
All
men
in
Adam
haue
sinned
.
what
euill
soeuer
hee
brought
vpon
him
through
sinne
,
it
was
to
bee
propagated
vpon
his
whole
posteritie
.
Therefore
it
is
that
Dauid
crieth
and
saith
:
Psal.
51.6
.
Contra
Pelag.
qui
dicunt
peccatum
non
esse
haereditarium
,
sed
sola
imitatione
ex
Adamo
profectum
.
Genes.
6.5
.
Behold
,
in
sinne
my
mother
conceiued
me
.
Wee
bring
sinne
with
vs
from
our
mothers
wombe
,
and
therefore
sicknesse
and
sorrow
the
stipend
of
sinne
.
And
the
Lord
saith
,
that
the
imaginations
of
mans
heart
are
euill
continually
.
Hereupon
it
plainly
followeth
,
that
euen
al
of
vs
may
impute
our
sicknes
,
our
sorrow
,
weaknes
and
wants
,
troubles
and
torments
,
dangers
,
and
finally
death
it selfe
,
to
our
sinnes
,
as
the
originall
and
first
cause
of
them
.
That
sicknesse
and
death
did
take
hold
vpon
all
Adams
race
,
euen
euery
one
of
vs
for
sinne
,
Paul
maketh
very
plaine
thus
:
By
one
man
sinne
entred
into
the
world
,
and
death
by
sin
,
Rom.
5.12
.
and
so
death
went
ouer
all
men
,
for
as
much
as
all
men
haue
sinned
.
Vers.
18.
And
by
the
offence
of
one
man
the
fault
came
ouer
all
vnto
condemnation
.
Vers.
19.
And
by
one
mans
disobedience
many
were
made
sinners
.
Now
let
vs
come
to
proue
by
example
out
of
the
word
,
how
in
Adam
his
posteritie
for
sinne
,
God
hath
inflicted
sometime
sicknesse
,
sometime
sores
,
sometime
troubles
of
bodie
,
sometime
griefe
of
minde
.
Vpon
his
owne
children
,
as
louing
corrections
,
to
make
them
more
diligent
schollers
in
Christs
schoole
.
Vpon
the
wicked
,
either
to
draw
them
to
repentance
,
(
if
they
belong
vnto
Gods
kingdome
)
or
if
they
hardned
their
harts
as
Pharaoh
,
then
to
make
them
euen
beginnings
of
the
flashings
of
hell
fire
.
And
first
let
vs
see
out
of
the
word
,
how
for
sinne
the
Lord
hath
afflicted
his
owne
Church
,
with
sicknesse
,
trouble
,
danger
,
&c.
In
Genes.
6.
appeareth
,
that
because
the
sonnes
of
God
,
contrary
to
his
commaundement
,
ioyned
in
mariage
with
the
daughters
of
men
,
I
meane
the
wicked
seede
,
and
for
other
great
sinnes
amongst
them
committed
:
when
after
a
long
time
of
repentance
giuen
them
by
the
Lord
,
they
would
not
amend
,
the
Lord
destroyed
them
,
and
the
whole
world
(
Noe
and
his
familie
excepted
)
with
water
.
When
Dauid
had
grieuously
offended
the
Lord
,
with
Berthshebah
the
wife
,
2.
Sam.
11.4.17
.
murther
vpon
Vriah
the
husband
,
and
after
all
this
by
labouring
to
cloake
his
sinne
,
the
Lord
therefore
inflicted
vpon
him
these
troubles
.
1.
His
owne
sonne
Ammon
to
defile
his
sister
Tamar
,
2.
Sam.
13.14
.
Vers.
29.30
,
31
,
32.
2.
Sam.
16.22
.
and
commit
incest
with
her
.
2.
One
of
his
sonnes
to
kill
another
.
3.
And
in
the
end
as
a
iust
recompence
for
his
adulterie
,
the
Lord
suffered
his
owne
sonne
Absalon
to
rebell
against
him
,
take
away
his
fathers
concubines
,
and
to
lye
with
them
.
Againe
,
when
Dauid
in
pride
of
hart
numbred
his
people
,
contrary
to
the
Lords
minde
,
the
Lord
for
a
reward
of
his
sinne
,
infected
the
whole
land
of
Israel
with
the
disease
of
the
pestilence
,
1.
Chro.
21.14
.
in
so
much
that
there
dyed
of
the
sicknes
70.
thousand
men
.
O
my
countrimen
,
in
the
Lord
Iesus
,
I
beseech
you
throughly
and
soundly
let
vs
search
to
the
bottome
,
the
originall
and
chiefe
occasion
of
our
so
great
and
long
a
visitation
,
and
I
am
afraid
we
shall
finde
,
that
not
Dauids
adulterie
,
murther
,
and
proud
heart
alone
,
haue
procured
these
afflictions
to
fall
vpon
vs
,
but
a
huge
masse
of
many
infinit
sins
more
,
A
masse
of
sins
amongst
vs
crying
for
vengeance
.
which
this
40.
yeeres
by-past
,
we
haue
till
now
hoorded
and
treasured
vp
against
our selues
,
till
they
made
such
a
crye
in
the
Lords
eares
for
vengeance
,
that
(
though
his
mercie
be
great
)
yet
they
haue
enforced
him
at
length
,
to
powre
out
vpon
vs
the
violl
of
his
wrath
and
by
these
afflictions
to
manifest
vnto
vs
his
indignation
kindled
against
vs
.
The
Lord
giue
vs
eyes
to
see
this
,
hearts
to
be
sorie
,
and
a
care
and
continuall
conscience
,
euer
hereafter
to
walke
more
carefully
,
as
in
the
Lords
presence
.
To
returne
againe
to
Dauid
:
as
you
haue
heard
the
Lord
to
haue
dealt
sharply
with
him
in
outward
troubles
,
for
his
sinnes
:
so
how
he
dealt
with
him
by
inwarde
troubles
,
griefes
,
and
sicknes
of
the
minde
:
Psal.
6.
and
38.
and
55.
and
77.
his
often
complaining
in
these
Psalmes
quoted
in
the
margent
,
sufficiently
doth
witnesse
.
Which
Psalmes
I
wish
the
gentle
reader
to
peruse
and
ruminate
vpon
them
,
assuring
him
(
if
he
be
distressed
in
soule
for
sinne
)
thereby
hee
may
receiue
and
finde
comfort
.
The
Israelites
offending
God
,
Num.
21.4
,
5
,
6.
in
murmuring
against
Moses
and
Aaron
,
the
Lords
messengers
,
were
stung
with
fierie
Serpents
,
and
destroyed
with
the
meate
in
their
mouthes
.
Yea
,
that
excellent
woman
Myriam
,
Aarons
sister
,
but
once
murmuring
against
Moses
,
Exod.
12.1.2
.
for
marying
a
woman
of
Aethiopia
,
and
because
the
Lord
talked
more
familiarly
with
her
,
then
hee
did
with
Aaron
and
her selfe
,
Vers.
10.
the
Lord
for
this
sinne
smote
her
with
the
disease
of
the
leprosie
,
that
she
was
all
ouer
as
white
as
snow
,
Vers.
14.
till
that
Moses
made
earnest
suite
&
intercession
to
the
Lord
for
her
health
.
Hezekiah
was
grieuously
sicke
both
in
bodie
and
soule
,
2.
King
.
20.
Esay
.
38.1
.
2.
Chro.
32.14
.
Hosea
.
chap.
8.
and
chap.
9.
till
in
mercie
God
restored
both
to
health
.
Sinne
and
iniquitie
was
the
cause
of
famine
and
sword
,
threatned
to
the
rebellious
Iewes
.
Often
we
finde
in
the
Gospell
,
that
our
Sauiour
Christ
giuing
sight
to
the
blinde
,
or
health
to
the
sick
,
vseth
this
speech
,
Go
thy
way
,
Mar.
2.5
.
thy
sinnes
are
forgiuen
thee
:
as
if
hee
should
say
,
sinne
hath
been
the
cause
of
thy
long
sicknes
,
but
now
thy
sins
being
pardoned
,
which
before
as
fetters
chained
thy
feete
,
thou
maiest
rise
vp
and
walke
as
a
sound
man
.
And
of
all
other
most
excellent
and
memorable
is
that
of
the
Apostle
Paul
to
the
Corinthians
,
1
Cor.
11.30.31
where
he
telleth
them
,
that
for
the
abuse
and
prophanation
of
the
Lords
Supper
amongst
them
,
Prophaning
of
the
Lords
Supper
caused
death
.
many
of
them
are
weake
,
many
sicke
,
and
many
fallen
asleepe
,
that
is
,
dead
.
Truly
I
am
perswaded
,
that
one
of
the
greatest
and
capitall
crimes
,
that
hath
puld
these
plagues
vpon
our
countrie
,
This
holy
Sacrament
greatly
prophaned
in
our
North
parts
of
this
land
.
First
by
the
pastor
,
&
how
.
and
hath
made
vs
a
talke
in
the
mouthes
of
the
people
of
other
countries
,
is
the
grieuous
and
monsterous
prophanation
of
this
holy
Sacrament
the
Supper
of
the
Lorde
,
being
for
so
long
a
time
so
horribly
prophaned
,
both
of
pastor
and
people
.
The
pastor
(
or
at
least
hee
that
occupieth
the
roome
of
a
pastor
)
without
all
due
care
and
consideration
,
ministreth
it
to
all
alike
without
exception
,
examination
,
or
making
any
separation
of
the
vnholy
from
the
holy
,
the
prophane
from
the
sound
professor
,
the
dogs
and
the
swine
from
the
sincere
and
sanctified
people
of
the
Lord
:
who
ought
to
vse
the
power
of
the
keyes
belonging
to
their
calling
,
if
any
such
vncleane
and
vnsanctified
people
doe
offer
themselues
to
communicate
,
themn
by
the
power
aforesaid
,
to
barre
such
men
from
the
Supper
,
vntill
there
appeare
in
them
testimonies
of
repentance
,
and
change
of
manners
.
This
being
the
true
and
onely
remedie
prescribed
by
Christ
himselfe
,
both
against
such
men
,
and
to
take
away
all
offences
of
the
Church
:
and
finally
to
escape
the
iust
vengeance
of
God
,
that
euer
from
time
to
time
haue
fallen
vpon
the
contemners
of
the
Gospell
and
Sacraments
.
But
alas
,
thee
careles
guides
and
vnsauourie
salt
,
The
lets
that
stay
them
from
doing
their
dutie
in
this
behalfe
.
either
because
they
are
men-pleasers
,
dare
not
:
or
because
they
may
bee
attainted
of
some
notorious
fault
themselues
,
wil
not
:
or
else
because
they
are
sillie
,
simple
,
ignorant
sots
,
and
know
not
how
to
doe
it
,
doe
still
continue
in
their
careles
course
,
to
the
vtter
destruction
of
themselues
,
and
many
a
poore
soule
vnder
their
charge
,
The
poore
soules
in
great
danger
hereby
vnlesse
God
in
his
great
mercie
take
pitie
vpon
them
.
These
euill
workers
,
nay
rather
betrayers
of
the
sillie
sheepe
of
Christ
,
either
know
not
,
or
at
least
care
not
for
so
many
inuectiues
,
as
the
godly
fathers
in
the
former
ages
of
the
Church
,
haue
giuen
out
most
boldly
,
both
by
word
and
writing
against
the
pastors
,
who
suffer
such
monsterous
prophanation
of
the
holy
Supper
of
the
Lord
:
as
also
the
great
care
that
Christian
Churches
haue
still
had
,
to
keepe
themselues
cleane
from
that
pollution
.
Amongst
the
multitude
of
the
godly
writers
,
I
cannot
passe
ouer
but
set
downe
that
most
excellent
saying
of
Iohn
Chrysostome
in
his
Homilies
vpon
Matthew
concerning
this
point
,
whose
words
are
these
:
Chrysost
in
hom.
38.
in
Mat.
c.
27
No
small
punishment
hangeth
ouer
your
heads
,
if
knowing
any
man
to
bee
taken
in
wickednesse
,
you
suffer
him
to
be
partaker
hereof
,
for
his
blood
shall
be
required
at
your
hands
.
Therefore
if
any
Captaine
,
if
the
Consul
himselfe
,
if
he
that
weareth
the
crowne
come
vnworthily
barre
him
&
keepe
him
backe
,
Against
the
vnlawfull
fearing
of
any
.
thou
hast
greater
authoritie
then
he
.
Therefore
if
a
most
cleere
spring
of
water
were
committed
vnto
thee
,
to
keepe
it
onely
to
serue
the
flocke
,
when
thou
diddest
see
beasts
vse
to
strike
and
gore
,
and
most
filthie
swne
come
towards
it
,
thou
wouldest
not
suffer
them
to
goe
downe
into
the
water
,
nor
to
trouble
the
spring
.
And
now
when
as
the
most
hallowed
spring
,
not
of
water
,
but
of
blood
and
the
holy
Ghost
is
committed
vnto
thee
,
if
thou
shalt
see
men
notoriously
defiled
with
sinne
come
vnto
it
,
wilt
thou
not
be
angrie
,
nor
forbid
them
?
And
a
little
after
he
saith
,
If
you
will
feare
men
,
he
will
laugh
at
you
;
if
God
,
you
shall
be
reuerenced
of
men
.
Surely
I
will
rather
yeeld
my
bodie
to
death
,
and
suffer
my
blood
to
be
shed
,
then
to
be
partaker
of
this
pollution
.
For
the
example
of
the
practise
of
Christian
Churches
,
one
example
likewise
shall
suffice
,
which
shall
bee
the
example
of
the
Greeke
Church
in
former
times
,
The
example
of
the
Greeke
Church
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
A
congregation
of
the
faithfull
.
who
had
such
a
reuerent
estimation
of
this
holy
banket
,
that
the
very
name
wherewith
they
called
it
,
argueth
the
same
.
First
,
Vocarunt
eam
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
:
that
is
to
to
say
,
a
congregation
of
the
faithfull
,
which
was
so
religiously
obserued
:
Quod
quamuis
tolerabantur
in
concion
.
publicis
prophani
,
verùm
vbi
inchoanda
erat
ipsa
Dominicae
caenae
communicatio
,
iubebantur
illi
discedere
,
&
accedere
&c.
Although
the
wicked
and
open
prophane
were
permitted
to
bee
present
at
their
publike
preachings
&
sermons
:
yet
whensoeuer
the
Supper
of
the
Lord
was
to
bee
administred
,
then
they
vsed
these
words
:
Depart
ye
wicked
and
prophane
,
and
draw
neere
ye
that
truly
and
sincerely
professe
Christ
and
his
Gospell
.
Againe
,
Vocarunt
eam
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
:
A
holy
table
.
they
called
it
a
holy
table
,
both
in
regard
of
the
holy
and
heauenly
foode
of
the
soule
there
offered
:
as
also
in
regard
of
those
holy
people
,
who
alone
are
admitted
to
the
eating
thereof
.
So
that
these
being
well
considered
,
I
will
conclude
this
point
concerning
the
pastors
abuse
in
the
aforesaid
prophanation
,
with
this
earnest
wish
:
that
all
who
are
called
to
this
waightie
calling
of
the
worke
of
the
ministerie
,
with
care
and
conscience
so
to
behaue
themselues
therein
,
as
they
that
shall
giue
account
in
the
great
day
of
the
Lord
for
euery
soule
that
hath
perished
within
their
charge
,
through
their
negligence
.
For
the
peoples
prophaning
this
holy
Sacrament
,
Secondly
it
is
prophaned
by
the
people
,
and
how
.
I
my selfe
haue
bin
oft
an
eye
witnesse
(
God
is
my
record
)
to
my
griefe
,
when
I
haue
seene
great
multitudes
of
people
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
,
My self
an
eye
witnesse
.
with
striuing
,
thronging
,
&
pressing
forwarde
,
contend
who
should
first
receiue
the
outwarde
elements
at
the
hands
of
their
minister
,
making
no
better
then
a
common
banket
of
it
,
or
as
though
they
were
in
extreame
haste
.
Againe
,
the
Parsons
proctor
to
be
reckoning
for
his
fees
in
the
very
time
of
administring
the
Supper
,
Great
prophanation
,
and
worthie
punishment
.
and
that
within
the
Lords
house
,
not
farre
from
the
minister
,
as
great
a
noise
of
brauling
about
him
,
as
of
singing
Psalmes
amongst
the
Communicants
:
yea
farre
greater
,
for
the
one
is
often
vsed
,
the
other
very
seldome
or
neuer
.
I
might
bee
large
in
laying
downe
such
manifold
abuses
as
these
,
Many
moe
besides
these
.
which
I
haue
seene
with
mine
eyes
,
as
euery
one
after
they
haue
gotten
their
rightings
(
for
so
our
sillie
ignorant
people
call
it
)
to
hasten
out
of
the
congregation
,
neuer
reuerently
abiding
till
all
be
partakes
,
that
they
might
all
depart
with
a
ioynt
thanksgiuing
.
But
these
are
sufficient
to
the
reader
,
to
testifie
how
iustly
I
am
perswaded
,
Ex
vnguibus
leonem
astima
.
that
for
these
and
such
like
abuses
,
the
Lorde
hath
rightly
plagued
our
countrie
.
After
the
receiuing
of
this
holy
Sacrament
and
seale
of
the
true
Christians
saluation
,
they
hold
on
à
malo
in
peius
,
they
then
goe
for
good
fellowship
to
the
tauerne
or
alehouse
altogether
,
The
Magistrates
coldnes
in
correcting
,
a
great
cause
of
these
abuses
.
and
thence
they
come
not
till
they
are
inflamed
and
made
drunke
with
strong
drinke
,
and
then
out
they
must
,
but
otherwise
then
they
came
in
:
for
now
they
run
out
to
purge
themselues
and
their
heauie
stomackes
,
by
belchings
and
beastly
vomiting
:
others
to
brawle
and
fight
:
so
as
it
would
wound
a
Christians
hart
,
to
see
how
the
senselesse
soules
,
worse
then
brute
beasts
,
This
cryeth
for
vengeance
,
without
speedy
repentance
doe
in
receiuing
the
bread
and
wine
at
the
Supper
of
the
Lord
,
eate
and
drinke
their
owne
condemnation
.
Others
there
be
,
more
nise
in
outward
shew
,
As
euill
as
the
other
.
it
may
be
will
walke
solitary
that
day
,
abstaine
in
outwarde
appearance
from
their
wonted
course
of
sinne
:
but
if
they
do
this
for
one
day
,
two
were
too
many
,
and
therefore
the
morow
after
the
Supper
,
is
as
the
day
before
,
euen
to
drinke
sinne
like
water
,
and
draw
iniquitie
as
it
were
with
cartropes
.
A
third
sort
of
vnworthie
receiuers
there
be
in
our
countrie
,
whom
I
may
very
well
call
carnall
gospellers
,
and
lip-professors
,
Too
many
of
such
amongst
vs
.
who
doe
receiue
this
holy
Supper
together
with
Gods
deare
children
,
and
thereby
doe
make
their
solemne
profession
of
newnes
of
life
:
but
after
a
season
it
proueth
rather
worse
with
them
then
with
the
former
:
for
they
are
such
,
that
though
they
crie
,
Lord
,
Lord
,
voce
:
yet
they
deny
to
doe
the
will
of
their
heauenly
father
,
What
dangerous
effect
follow
such
wicked
dealing
.
vita
:
and
so
are
an
occasion
to
the
wicked
and
professed
enemies
of
Gods
trueth
,
of
blaspheming
that
glorious
Gospel
of
Christ
Iesus
,
whereof
they
make
profession
,
though
vnsoundly
,
and
after
an
vncleane
manner
.
These
men
,
to
speake
plainly
,
they
are
very
neere
vnto
,
if
not
the
same
men
whereof
Christ
testifieth
,
Matth.
12.
that
they
expulse
out
the
vncleane
spirit
:
but
after
a
season
the
same
spirit
returneth
againe
,
he
bringeth
seuen
other
spirits
with
him
worse
then
himselfe
,
and
finding
all
cleane
swept
and
garnished
,
they
reenter
and
take
possession
in
the
man
,
and
make
their
dwelling
there
:
whose
latter
end
(
horrendum
dictu
)
is
worse
then
the
beginning
.
And
such
as
Peter
painteth
out
,
2.
Pet.
2.
ver.
20
who
after
they
haue
in
shew
throwne
and
shaken
off
sinne
,
and
bidden
the
world
adiew
,
doe
notwithstanding
after
all
this
,
enter
couenant
to
bee
Satans
seruant
againe
,
in
whom
the
prouerbe
is
too
true
:
Vers.
22.
The
dogge
is
returned
to
his
vomit
,
and
the
sow
that
was
washed
to
her
wallowing
in
the
mare
.
The
Lord
for
his
mercies
sake
,
Amen
,
Amen
.
work
reformation
hereof
both
in
pastor
and
people
:
which
reformation
if
presently
it
appeare
not
,
I
feare
me
a
worse
day
,
I
feare
the
sequell
.
then
hitherto
hath
been
seene
,
will
insue
:
whereof
more
at
large
hereafter
.
And
let
this
suffice
also
for
proofes
out
of
the
word
,
how
the
Lord
for
sinne
sendeth
troubles
and
sicknesses
,
both
of
body
and
minde
vpon
his
owne
people
.
Let
vs
now
in
a
word
shew
how
he
doth
it
vpon
the
wicked
:
wherein
I
may
fitly
vse
the
speech
of
the
Apostle
,
that
if
for
sinne
iudgement
begin
at
the
house
of
God
,
what
shall
be
the
end
of
the
wicked
?
A
fearfull
end
without
all
doubt
.
And
if
hee
deale
thus
with
the
greene
tree
,
what
may
wee
thinke
will
be
the
end
of
the
drie
and
withered
tree
,
but
to
be
cast
into
the
fire
and
burnt
vp
for
euer
?
And
first
,
most
famous
and
worthie
of
all
memorie
is
the
example
of
Gods
iudgement
vpon
Ioab
and
al
his
posteritie
,
2.
Sam.
3.29
.
for
murthering
so
cruelly
and
deceitfully
two
valiant
Captaines
,
Abner
and
Amasa
,
as
appeareth
in
their
stories
at
large
:
where
Dauid
thus
threatneth
the
iudgement
of
the
Lord
against
him
,
and
his
whole
posteritie
,
saying
:
Let
the
blood
of
Abner
fall
on
the
head
of
Ioab
,
and
on
all
his
fathers
house
:
that
the
house
or
issue
of
Ioab
be
neuer
without
some
that
haue
running
issues
,
or
a
leper
,
or
that
leaneth
on
a
staffe
or
that
falleth
on
the
sword
,
or
that
lacketh
bread
.
Loe
here
how
many
wayes
,
for
this
bloodie
fact
,
God
will
plague
&
punish
him
.
First
with
running
issues
,
a
sore
disease
.
With
leprosie
,
a
sorer
if
it
can
be
.
With
lamenes
,
meant
by
leaning
on
a
staffe
.
Blood
for
blood
,
according
to
the
Lord
his
threatning
:
He
that
sheddeth
mans
blood
,
by
man
shall
his
blood
be
shed
againe
.
Pouertie
,
meant
by
lacking
of
bread
:
and
Cain
for
shedding
the
innocent
blood
of
his
brother
Abel
,
Genes.
4.
was
both
he
and
his
posteritie
made
runnagates
ouer
the
face
of
the
whole
earth
.
In
the
7.
and
8.
of
Exodus
,
you
shall
finde
how
oft
the
Lorde
plagued
Pharaoh
and
the
whole
land
,
for
cruelly
oppressing
his
people
,
euen
with
ten
principall
plagues
:
there
withall
their
great
and
capitall
offences
.
1.
King
.
13.
So
he
dryed
the
hand
of
king
Ieroboam
,
when
he
stretched
it
out
against
the
Prophet
of
the
Lord
to
take
him
.
Take
heede
of
this
,
the
couetous
men
that
haue
long
noses
to
smell
your
profit
a
farre
off
.
Ahab
and
Iezebel
,
because
vniustly
they
tooke
away
Naboth
his
vineyard
,
and
lead
a
great
number
a
whoring
after
strange
gods
,
the
Lord
caused
Iezebels
daintie
carkasse
to
be
eaten
vp
of
dogs
,
by
the
wall
of
Izreel
:
yea
,
that
his
posteritie
should
neuer
haue
the
honor
of
a
comely
buriall
:
but
if
they
dyed
in
the
citie
,
1.
King
.
21.25
.
2.
King
.
9.10
.
1.
King
.
24.10
.
&
16.3.4
.
the
dogs
should
deuoure
them
:
and
if
in
the
field
,
the
foules
of
the
ayre
should
eate
them
vp
.
Euen
as
the
Lorde
executed
his
fierce
wrath
vpon
all
Ieroboam
his
seede
:
and
vpon
the
whole
house
of
Baasha
,
for
their
Idolatrie
.
Let
all
couetous
cormorants
,
and
Idolatrous
whoremongers
repent
,
for
feare
the
like
iudgement
should
fall
vpon
them
.
2.
King
.
1.
ver.
1
2
,
3
,
4.
Ahaziah
hauing
gotten
a
fall
through
a
lattise
window
,
and
hurt
himselfe
very
sore
,
despaired
of
helpe
from
the
true
God
,
and
therefore
sent
messengers
to
enquire
of
the
god
of
Ekron
,
concerning
his
recouerie
:
which
thing
was
so
abominable
to
the
Lord
,
that
he
sent
a
messenger
vnto
him
,
to
tell
him
,
that
he
should
not
come
downe
from
the
bed
whereon
he
lay
,
but
dye
the
death
.
In
our
sicknes
seeke
vnto
none
but
God
.
2.
King
.
6.
Beware
in
our
sicknesse
wee
seeke
not
vnlawfull
meanes
for
our
recouerie
.
The
King
of
Syria
his
host
comming
to
take
the
Prophet
in
Dothan
,
the
Lord
for
their
boldnes
smote
them
all
with
blindnesse
.
A
dangerous
matter
to
attempt
the
persecuting
of
Gods
children
.
Gehezi
for
coueting
that
vnlawfully
,
2.
King
.
5.27
.
which
his
master
had
refused
of
Naaman
religiously
,
when
it
was
offered
,
was
smitten
with
a
leprosie
.
And
of
all
other
,
2.
Chro.
21.18.19
.
most
fearfull
is
the
sicknesse
and
death
wherewith
the
Lord
smote
Jehoram
,
for
vnnaturall
murthering
his
brethren
,
and
for
abominable
Idolatrie
:
he
smote
him
with
an
incurable
disease
,
euen
the
disease
of
his
bowels
:
so
that
day
by
day
,
through
the
disease
,
his
bowels
fell
out
:
so
after
the
end
of
two
yeeres
,
continuing
in
this
sore
disease
,
his
guts
fell
out
with
the
disease
.
And
lastly
of
Herod
,
Act.
12.25
.
how
horrible
a
thing
to
bee
heard
,
that
for
his
pride
,
and
arrogating
glorie
to
himself
,
which
was
only
due
to
God
,
Pride
wil
haue
a
fall
.
was
most
fearefully
throwne
downe
from
his
throne
of
estate
,
and
deuoured
of
wormes
.
To
leaue
the
testimonies
of
the
word
,
and
to
come
to
the
demonstration
of
Gods
fearefull
visitations
by
strange
sicknesses
,
Examples
of
Gods
iudgements
vpon
wicked
persecutors
of
the
Church
.
against
wicked
persecutors
of
Christs
Church
,
&
blasphemers
of
his
name
,
recorded
and
spoken
of
in
ancient
histories
,
let
this
bee
the
first
.
One
Henry
,
a
famous
Archbishop
of
Mentz
,
a
vertuous
and
wel
disposed
prelate
,
being
most
cruelly
dealt
withall
by
the
Bishop
of
Rome
and
his
substitutes
,
and
being
debarred
of
all
lawfull
proceeding
and
iudgement
in
law
against
him
,
mildly
answered
the
wicked
Iudges
thus
:
Seeing
that
neither
by
appeale
to
the
Apostolike
sea
,
nor
by
your
vpright
sentences
of
your selues
,
I
can
haue
my
innocencie
tried
,
I
appeale
to
the
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
as
to
the
most
high
and
iust
Iudge
,
A
righteous
appeale
.
and
cite
you
before
his
iudgement
,
there
to
answer
me
before
the
high
Iudge
:
for
neither
iustly
nor
vprightly
,
but
by
corruption
(
as
it
pleaseth
you
)
you
haue
iudged
.
Whereunto
they
scoffingly
answered
;
Goe
you
first
,
and
we
will
follow
.
Not
long
after
the
said
Henry
dyed
:
whereof
the
two
Cardinals
,
that
were
the
wicked
Iudges
,
hauing
intelligence
,
said
one
to
the
other
iestingly
:
Behold
he
is
gone
before
,
and
wee
must
follow
after
according
to
our
promise
.
And
verely
they
said
truer
then
they
were
aware
of
:
A
terrible
example
for
corrupt
Iudges
to
beware
.
for
within
a
while
they
dyed
both
in
one
day
.
For
the
one
sitting
vpon
a
Iakes
to
ease
himselfe
,
voyded
out
all
his
guts
into
the
draught
,
and
miserably
ended
his
life
.
The
other
gnawing
off
the
fingers
of
his
hands
,
and
spitting
them
out
of
his
mouth
(
all
deformed
in
deuouring
himselfe
)
dyed
.
And
one
Arnold
,
who
became
a
false
Iudas
to
the
good
Archbishop
,
in
accusing
of
him
,
when
hee
should
haue
excused
him
:
Anno
Do.
1105.
Ex
Helmoldo
&
Gotfrido
Viterbiensi
.
&
Act.
&
Mon.
Fox
.
pag.
196.
shortly
after
dyed
likewise
,
and
for
certaine
daies
lying
stinking
vpon
the
ground
vnburied
,
was
open
to
the
spoyle
of
euery
rascall
and
harlot
.
The
like
horrible
and
fearfull
stroke
of
Gods
hand
,
was
executed
vpon
a
wicked
papist
and
persecutor
of
the
good
Merindolians
in
France
,
who
was
called
Iohn
de
Roma
:
this
wicked
wretch
,
of
meere
malice
against
the
trueth
,
plagued
the
poore
protestants
of
Merindoll
,
with
a
strange
and
vnwonted
kind
of
torment
,
wherein
hee
most
delighted
,
and
most
commonly
practised
:
he
filled
bootes
with
boyling
grease
,
and
put
them
vpon
the
legges
of
Christians
,
tying
them
backward
to
a
forme
,
with
their
legges
hanging
downe
ouer
a
small
fire
:
and
in
this
torment
he
examined
them
of
their
faith
,
belike
thinking
by
this
intolerable
paine
,
to
make
them
reuolt
from
their
faith
.
This
monster
at
length
hauing
almost
finished
the
date
of
his
wicked
daies
,
fell
sicke
of
a
most
horrible
disease
,
strange
and
vnknowne
to
any
Phisition
:
so
vnnaturall
were
the
paynes
,
wherewith
he
was
continually
vexed
in
all
his
bodie
,
that
no
oyntment
,
no
fomentation
,
nor
any
thing
else
could
ease
him
one
minute
of
an
houre
:
neither
was
there
any
man
could
tarrie
neere
about
him
,
nor
yet
would
any
of
his
friends
come
neere
him
,
so
great
was
the
stinch
that
came
from
him
.
For
which
cause
he
was
carried
from
the
Iacobines
to
an
hospitall
there
to
bee
kept
.
But
the
stinch
and
infection
there
so
increased
,
that
no
man
there
durst
come
neere
him
:
neither
was
he
himselfe
able
to
abide
the
horrible
stinch
that
issued
from
his
owne
bodie
,
full
of
vlcers
and
sores
,
and
swarming
with
vermine
,
and
so
rotten
,
that
the
flesh
fell
from
the
bone
by
peece
meale
.
Whilest
he
was
in
these
torments
and
anguish
,
he
cried
out
often
in
great
rage
:
Oh
who
will
kill
me
?
Act.
&
Mon.
pag.
945.
who
will
rid
and
deliuer
me
out
of
these
intolerable
paines
,
which
I
know
I
suffer
for
the
euils
and
oppressions
that
I
haue
done
to
the
poore
men
?
In
these
horrible
torments
and
fearefull
despayre
,
this
blasphemer
and
cruell
homicide
ended
his
vnhappie
daies
and
cursed
life
;
as
a
spectacle
to
all
persecutors
,
receiuing
a
iust
reward
of
his
crueltie
by
the
iust
iudgement
of
God
.
Being
dead
,
none
would
come
neere
to
burie
him
;
but
a
Frier
of
his
owne
order
,
with
a
hooke
caught
bold
of
his
stinking
carkasse
,
and
drew
him
into
a
hole
of
the
earth
.
The
like
fearfull
iudgement
was
vpon
the
Lord
of
Reuest
,
being
chiefe
president
of
the
parliament
of
Aix
,
putting
many
a
good
christian
to
death
:
afterward
was
himselfe
striken
with
such
an
horrible
sicknesse
,
that
for
the
furie
thereof
,
his
wise
,
or
any
that
were
about
him
,
Pag.
eadem
.
durst
not
come
neere
him
,
and
so
dyed
in
this
furie
and
rage
.
The
like
fearefull
sudden
death
had
Barthol
.
Cassaneus
,
who
succeeded
the
other
both
in
place
and
persecution
.
I
can
not
but
set
downe
likewise
a
note
of
another
bloodie
persecutor
of
the
poore
Merindolians
,
Iohn
Miniers
Lorde
of
Opede
,
whose
iudgement
from
the
Lord
,
for
shedding
so
much
innocent
blood
,
was
a
strange
kinde
of
bleeding
in
his
nether
parts
,
Like
for
like
.
like
to
a
bloodie
issue
or
flux
:
and
not
being
able
to
voyde
any
vrine
,
Pag.
953.
till
by
little
and
little
his
guts
at
length
within
him
rotted
,
and
his
intrals
began
to
be
eaten
vp
of
wormes
.
In
which
extremitie
,
The
wicked
in
their
extremities
howle
and
cry
most
desperatly
.
raging
and
casting
out
blasphemous
words
,
and
feeling
a
fire
burne
within
him
,
from
the
nauill
vpward
,
with
extreame
stinch
of
his
lower
parts
,
at
length
finished
his
wretched
life
.
The
like
may
be
said
of
one
of
the
accusers
of
Narcissus
,
the
good
old
Bishop
of
Ierusalem
,
who
wished
if
his
vntrue
accusation
were
not
true
,
that
he
might
shortly
fall
into
some
great
and
grieuous
sicknes
:
which
wish
most
fearfully
afterward
was
executed
vpon
him
,
Euseb.
lib.
6.
cap.
9.
and
that
shortly
after
being
striken
with
a
sore
sicknesse
from
top
to
toe
,
and
so
dyed
.
And
to
conclude
this
point
,
the
like
may
be
said
,
concerning
the
sudden
death
of
one
Nightingale
parson
of
Crondall
in
Kent
,
who
was
made
by
the
Cardinals
authoritie
,
chiefe
Penitentiary
of
that
Deanry
.
He
comming
into
the
pulpit
vpon
a
Shroue
Sunday
,
read
publikely
the
Popes
bull
of
pardon
that
was
sent
into
England
,
most
blasphemously
vttering
these
words
:
That
he
fully
beleeued
,
that
by
the
vertue
of
that
Bull
,
he
was
as
cleane
from
sinne
,
Intolerable
blasphemie
.
as
that
night
he
was
borne
:
immediatly
vpon
the
same
,
fell
suddenly
downe
out
of
the
pulpit
,
and
neuer
stirred
more
hand
or
foote
.
These
are
sufficient
to
proue
vnto
you
this
point
,
how
the
Lord
for
sinne
inflicteth
vpon
the
wicked
,
sicknesses
,
diseases
,
and
troubles
of
the
body
.
And
how
he
dealeth
most
fearefully
in
tormenting
their
consciences
,
I
referre
you
ouer
to
Cain
,
who
supposed
euery
man
would
kill
him
that
met
him
.
Both
body
&
soule
plagued
in
the
wicked
by
the
Lord
for
their
sins
.
To
Saul
,
who
wished
himselfe
slaine
.
To
Achitophel
and
Iudas
,
who
hanged
themselues
:
and
the
too
many
experienced
testimonies
in
our
owne
times
both
of
men
and
women
,
that
hauing
been
plunged
to
desperation
,
at
the
view
of
their
horrible
iniquities
,
haue
been
the
instruments
of
their
owne
death
themselues
.
A
Catalog
of
them
all
.
Let
vs
now
as
in
a
little
Catalogue
set
down
all
these
seuerall
sinnes
aforenamed
,
so
seuerely
punished
by
the
Lorde
in
seuerall
wicked
men
,
that
so
the
diligent
reader
may
more
easily
beare
them
away
,
to
make
him
euer
hereafter
learne
by
other
mens
harmes
to
beware
:
and
my
propounded
proposition
bee
by
so
many
clowdes
of
witnesses
ratified
and
confirmed
:
so
to
continue
herafter
without
controlement
.
Murther
and
shedding
of
innocent
blood
,
Murther
.
punished
in
the
offender
and
his
posteritie
with
the
state
of
a
runnagate
as
in
Cain
:
with
running
issues
,
lamenes
,
blood
for
blood
,
pouertie
:
as
in
Ioab
and
his
posteritie
.
Hardues
of
heart
,
and
contempt
of
Gods
word
punished
with
losse
of
goods
,
Hardnes
of
heart
.
as
corne
and
cattell
:
yea
losse
of
children
,
as
in
Pharaoh
.
Stretching
the
hand
to
make
our
authority
hurt
Gods
messengers
,
Abusing
of
authoritie
to
persecution
.
punished
with
withering
and
drying
vp
the
hand
,
as
in
Ieroboam
:
and
punished
with
the
blindnes
in
the
king
of
Syria
his
seruants
.
Couetousnesse
,
oppression
,
and
killing
,
Couetousnes
,
oppression
and
killing
.
to
come
by
their
purpose
vnlawfully
,
and
Idolatrie
ioyned
there
withal
,
punished
in
the
offenders
and
their
posteritie
,
neuer
to
haue
the
honor
of
a
comely
buriall
:
but
dying
in
the
citie
,
to
bee
eaten
vp
of
dogs
:
or
dying
in
the
field
,
to
be
deuoured
with
the
foules
of
the
ayre
:
as
in
Ahab
,
Iezebell
,
and
their
posteritie
.
Pride
and
exalting
of
our selues
against
God
punished
,
Pride
and
exalting
against
God
.
by
making
the
offender
like
a
brute
beast
,
as
in
Nabuchadnezaar
.
And
with
a
fearfull
sudden
death
,
as
in
Herod
.
Despaire
of
Gods
helpe
in
extremities
.
Despayring
of
Gods
helpe
in
our
sicknesse
,
and
seeking
the
helpe
of
false
gods
,
punished
with
neuer
recouerie
of
health
:
but
dying
of
it
,
as
in
Ahaziah
.
Extreme
couetousnes
.
A
couetous
heart
that
cannot
bee
content
to
forgoe
any
profit
,
if
they
may
haue
it
,
whether
it
stand
with
a
good
conscience
or
no
,
and
often
ioyned
with
lying
,
punished
by
the
Lord
with
leprosie
for
euer
:
as
in
Gehezi
,
Elisha
his
seruant
.
1.
King
.
16.
Idolatrie
in
our selues
and
drawing
others
vnto
it
.
To
commit
Idolatry
our selues
,
and
by
our
perswasion
,
or
power
,
to
draw
others
to
doe
the
like
,
punished
in
Batasha
and
his
posteritie
.
Vnnaturall
murthering
of
our
kindred
,
ioyned
with
grosse
Idolatrie
,
Vnnaturall
murther
.
2.
Chron.
21.13.14.15.16
.
most
fearefully
plagued
with
the
disease
of
the
bowels
incurable
,
and
in
the
end
the
guts
to
fall
out
,
as
in
Iehoram
.
Desperation
.
Desperation
of
Gods
mercies
,
punished
with
killing
and
hanging
themselues
:
as
in
Saul
and
Iudas
.
Corruption
in
iudgement
,
and
condemning
the
innocent
without
a
cause
,
plagued
with
fearful
and
sudden
death
,
as
hath
been
shewed
by
the
example
of
the
Cardinals
,
iudges
of
the
good
Archbishop
of
Mentz
.
Strang
and
vnnaturall
persecution
.
Vnnaturall
and
not
heard
of
before
persecution
against
the
poore
saints
,
plagued
with
strange
and
vnwonted
diseases
:
as
in
Iohn
de
Roma
,
a
Iacobine
,
the
Lord
of
Reuest
,
and
the
Lord
of
Opede
.
Blasphemous
derogating
from
the
crowne
and
dignitie
of
Christ
Iesus
,
Blasphemies
.
the
washing
away
of
sinnes
in
all
men
,
and
arrogating
the
same
to
the
Pope
and
his
pardons
,
plagued
with
sudden
and
present
death
,
as
in
the
parson
of
Crondall
aforesaid
.
Last
of
all
,
let
vs
by
some
few
proofes
out
of
the
word
,
confirme
this
which
hath
been
illustrated
,
both
out
of
the
examples
of
the
Scriptures
,
and
the
Acts
and
Monuments
of
our
owne
Church
.
In
the
29.
Deut.
29.22
.
chapter
of
Deuteromie
,
vers.
22.
Moses
sheweth
,
that
the
generation
of
the
Israelites
which
was
then
for
to
come
,
and
the
strangers
that
should
come
from
a
farre
land
,
shall
say
when
they
see
the
plagues
and
diseases
of
this
land
,
wherewith
the
Lord
shall
smite
it
:
Vers.
24.
Vers.
25.
Wherefore
hath
the
Lord
done
thus
vnto
this
land
?
And
they
shall
answer
,
Because
they
haue
forsaken
the
couenant
of
the
Lord
God
of
their
fathers
,
which
he
made
with
them
.
And
chapter
31.17
.
Cap.
31.17
.
They
shall
be
consumed
,
and
many
aduersities
and
tribulations
shall
come
vpon
them
.
Then
they
shall
say
,
Are
not
these
troubles
come
vpon
vs
,
because
God
is
not
with
vs
?
Of
all
other
places
in
the
Scriptures
,
let
the
28.
of
Deuteronomie
,
Deut.
28.
Leuit.
26.
and
the
26.
of
Leuit.
be
as
glasses
for
all
men
to
behold
themselues
in
:
where
you
shal
find
,
for
disobedience
and
breach
,
of
Gods
commandements
,
the
Lord
will
inflict
vpon
them
most
extreame
diseases
,
and
sores
of
the
body
:
as
the
pestilence
,
Vers.
21.22
Vers.
27.
a
consumption
,
the
feuer
,
the
burning
ague
,
the
botch
of
Egypt
,
the
Emerodes
,
the
scab
,
and
the
itch
.
He
threatned
to
smite
them
in
the
knees
,
Vers.
35.
&
in
the
thighs
,
with
a
sore
botch
,
that
they
could
not
bee
healed
,
euen
from
the
sole
of
their
foote
to
the
top
of
their
head
.
For
other
griefes
of
body
,
and
horrible
torments
of
the
mind
,
that
there
is
threatned
against
the
obstinate
offenders
:
I
wish
the
godly
to
peruse
them
,
thereby
to
be
as
bridles
and
stayes
vnto
them
,
whensoeuer
Satan
by
his
suggestions
,
laboureth
to
driue
them
therevnto
.
Take
the
sower
with
the
sweete
.
And
I
wish
that
the
wicked
would
(
in
their
boldnes
to
drinke
vp
sinne
like
water
)
once
giue
a
glance
backe
to
these
fearefull
threats
of
the
Lord
,
and
view
what
shall
be
the
wofull
ende
of
their
grosse
and
abominable
wickednesses
.
I
wish
also
that
both
these
,
and
all
the
aforenamed
proofes
,
together
with
the
manifold
examples
out
of
the
Scriptures
,
and
sundry
histories
of
the
Church
before
alleadged
,
Let
them
be
for
a
Christian
Chronicle
.
be
in
stead
of
a
little
Chronicle
for
all
sick
and
sore
men
,
either
in
body
or
minde
,
for
all
those
that
are
strangely
visited
,
or
grieuously
afflicted
,
to
be
exercised
in
:
wherein
they
may
finde
the
Lords
iudgements
from
time
to
time
,
executed
vpon
the
wicked
and
abominable
liuers
,
without
abatement
,
controlement
,
or
dispensation
,
fearing
no
power
,
The
wicked
neuer
able
to
stay
Gods
iudgements
.
preuented
by
no
policie
,
stayed
by
no
bribes
,
nor
abated
by
any
medicine
:
till
such
time
as
hee
hath
layed
the
honors
,
houses
,
habitations
and
whole
posterities
of
the
wicked
euen
with
the
ground
.
The
end
of
the
wicked
.
As
may
be
seene
of
Ieroboam
,
Baasha
,
Ahab
,
and
Ioab
,
that
I
say
men
visited
with
sicknes
,
vpon
a
sound
sauerie
of
the
premisses
,
may
without
delay
enter
into
a
serious
speech
,
and
due
consideration
of
their
owne
estate
,
in
regarde
of
sinne
:
Search
soundly
without
soothing
your selues
.
and
if
they
finde
that
such
sinnes
as
you
haue
heard
here
before
to
bee
plagued
of
the
Lord
,
to
rule
and
raigne
in
them
,
or
any
sinne
and
transgression
of
Gods
commandements
,
then
let
them
impute
the
cause
of
their
visitation
,
to
their
owne
sinnes
,
and
wicked
conuersation
,
resoluing
further
,
that
he
will
not
withdraw
it
,
who
hath
sent
it
,
hee
will
not
heale
them
,
who
hath
wounded
them
,
they
shall
not
recouer
of
their
sicknesse
,
nor
come
downe
from
the
bed
whereon
they
lie
,
till
such
time
as
the
Lord
see
them
broken
hearted
with
Dauid
;
and
vowing
to
his
maiestie
,
the
continuall
sacrifice
of
a
better
life
,
or
at
least
,
if
they
passe
that
disease
or
fit
(
vnlesse
they
from
the
heart
repent
)
let
them
looke
ere
it
be
long
,
One
being
gone
,
another
will
come
,
vnlesse
thou
repent
.
to
come
vnder
the
extremitie
of
some
other
:
that
shall
be
as
a
beasome
in
his
wrath
to
take
all
away
.
Last
of
all
,
I
wish
euen
from
my
very
heart
roote
in
Iesus
Christ
:
that
all
of
you
my
Countriemen
(
for
whose
comfort
especially
I
was
moued
,
to
pen
this
little
vnworthie
treatise
)
may
search
,
and
throughly
ransacke
your
hearts
to
the
bottome
:
for
these
sinnes
,
vz.
Murther
,
contempt
of
Gods
word
,
persecution
of
Gods
children
,
couetousnes
,
oppression
,
killing
,
pride
,
despairing
of
Gods
power
:
Idolatrie
,
lying
against
ones
owne
conscience
,
despairing
of
Gods
mercies
,
which
sinnes
flourishing
in
the
reprobates
,
haue
been
fearefully
plagued
as
you
haue
heard
before
.
Search
till
we
finde
them
,
for
they
are
amongst
vs
.
Search
further
for
wicked
and
vnlawfull
mariages
:
for
whoredome
,
murmuring
against
Gods
faithfull
magistrates
or
ministers
.
And
so
the
monstrous
profanation
of
the
supper
of
the
Lord
:
sinnes
for
committing
whereof
,
the
Lord
hath
grieuouslie
punished
his
owne
people
,
as
plainely
hath
been
proued
:
yea
and
for
many
moe
,
then
all
these
would
I
haue
you
,
with
your selues
to
make
a
particular
and
strict
examination
,
Pray
you
so
likewise
.
Ephes.
1.17.18
.
and
I
beseech
God
,
euen
the
father
of
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
that
the
eyes
of
your
vnderstanding
may
be
enlightened
,
that
you
may
discerne
and
clearely
see
how
farre
you
haue
entred
a
couenant
,
and
bound
your selues
in
league
with
most
of
these
sinnes
,
and
many
other
most
abhominable
sinnes
;
Ouer
all
generally
.
In
many
places
.
as
your
horrible
Atheisme
,
affected
ignorance
,
grosse
Poperie
:
and
in
most
places
mocking
,
and
contemning
the
Lords
ordinarie
meanes
of
your
saluation
:
in
seeing
of
them
,
acknowledge
your
long
and
continued
afflictions
,
to
be
sweete
corrections
,
The
Lord
hath
dealt
easilie
with
you
,
as
yet
.
in
regarde
of
that
fearefull
and
dreadfull
condemnation
,
they
haue
long
since
before
this
cried
for
,
as
a
stipend
of
desert
due
vnto
them
;
yea
in
vtter
loathing
of
them
,
and
heartie
griefe
for
offending
God
by
them
:
let
vs
all
crie
with
the
prodigall
childe
:
that
for
our
sinnes
we
are
not
worthy
to
haue
the
heauens
to
couer
vs
,
the
earth
to
beare
vs
,
Luk.
15.21
.
Iehouah
to
protect
vs
,
or
Iesus
Christ
euer
to
be
a
Sauiour
vnto
vs
:
yet
here
not
to
stay
,
but
in
hope
as
our
anker
,
through
faith
,
as
our
hand
,
by
the
promise
of
the
reueiled
word
for
our
certainty
to
prease
and
post
forward
,
and
with
the
Eagle
to
soare
vp
to
the
true
phisition
of
our
soules
,
for
healing
our
sicknesses
,
the
good
Samaritane
to
bind
vp
our
wounds
,
the
euerlasting
high
Priest
,
for
bearing
our
infirmities
,
euen
Iesus
Christ
the
righteous
:
that
thereby
our
sinnes
,
the
originall
of
our
sicknesses
,
may
be
blotted
out
and
cleane
clensed
:
and
from
Christ
we
may
heare
this
comfortable
voyce
:
Arise
and
walke
,
&c.
Be
whole
,
for
thy
sins
are
forgiuen
thee
.
My
beloued
in
the
Lord
,
No
sounde
course
but
this
to
saue
vs
from
perishing
.
except
this
through
course
be
taken
,
neuer
looke
for
sauing
,
sound
,
and
continuing
health
;
but
euen
with
Gehezi
to
die
a
leprous
man
.
Now
as
I
haue
spoken
of
particular
men
,
for
particular
sinnes
diuersly
diseased
:
so
may
I
speake
of
whole
countries
,
kingdomes
and
places
,
who
for
sin
and
iniquitie
haue
been
plagued
.
Some
with
sudden
destruction
,
Genes.
19.
as
Sodom
&
Gomor
.
Some
with
captiuitie
,
as
the
Israelites
vnder
the
Babylonians
.
2.
Chro.
36.
Some
with
hauing
the
godly
,
wise
,
and
aged
Counsellors
taken
from
them
,
as
Esay
threatneth
the
Iewes
.
Esay
.
8.1.2.3.4
1.
King
.
20.
2.
King
.
6.19
.
2.
King
.
17.29
.
Some
with
death
and
famine
,
as
was
Samaria
and
Ierusalem
,
and
as
this
our
nation
of
late
:
and
some
with
the
disease
of
the
pestilence
,
burning
ague
,
and
bloody
issues
,
as
this
our
owne
land
:
first
,
not
long
since
in
the
South
parts
:
We
haue
felt
the
same
.
and
now
these
two
yeres
last
past
in
our
Northerne
parts
.
And
seeing
it
hath
been
proued
,
that
these
corrections
and
punishments
flow
from
our
owne
disobedience
and
wilfull
rebellion
,
From
whence
these
punishments
flowe
.
therefore
if
euer
the
effect
wee
desire
to
haue
remoued
,
let
vs
first
take
away
the
cause
,
which
is
our
sinnes
,
Sublata
causa
tollitur
effectus
.
and
assure
our selues
the
effect
will
cease
,
which
is
Gods
fearefull
punishments
.
Doctrine
.
These
proofes
,
examples
,
and
vses
being
thus
laid
downe
,
this
doctrine
following
shall
bee
the
conclusion
of
it
,
vz.
what
euill
soeuer
wee
suffer
either
in
body
or
minde
,
we
may
impute
it
to
our
sinnes
,
Psal.
38.5
.
as
the
originall
and
first
occasion
thereof
:
whereupon
may
bee
gathered
a
second
doctrine
.
Caluin
.
in
Ioh.
cap.
5.
vers.
14.
Non
sunt
fortunae
hominum
calamitates
,
sed
totidem
sunt
castigatoriae
ferulae
:
Our
sicknesses
,
diseases
,
or
griefes
,
bee
they
inward
or
outward
,
proceed
not
from
fortune
,
or
by
chance
:
Amos.
3.6
.
but
by
the
foredecreed
counsell
of
the
highest
,
that
they
may
bee
as
so
many
checkes
vnto
the
pride
of
our
sinnes
:
the
truth
hereof
being
granted
,
there
ensueth
an
exceeding
comfort
to
the
conscience
,
A
comfort
.
carefull
of
Gods
seruice
,
vz.
that
our
heauenly
father
taketh
no
delight
,
nor
pleasure
in
punishing
vs
:
and
therefore
doth
hee
neuer
seuerely
scourge
vs
,
Calu.
ibid.
but
when
he
is
highly
offended
by
our
transgressions
,
and
perforce
vrged
to
change
mercie
into
iudgement
,
The
Lord
is
haled
on
to
iudgement
by
our
sinnes
.
&
his
louing
countenance
into
seuere
corrections
.
And
thus
much
generally
haue
I
set
downe
,
and
proued
the
cause
and
originall
of
sicknesse
,
sorrowes
,
troubles
and
death
itself
in
all
men
liuing
vpon
the
face
of
the
earth
,
as
they
are
Adams
branches
and
posteritie
.
Now
least
the
godly
man
(
for
conscience
sake
persecuted
,
or
for
his
further
triall
of
the
Lord
afflicted
)
should
be
too
much
dismaied
,
and
thinke
his
persecutions
were
but
iust
plagues
for
sinne
,
and
his
crosses
no
comforts
,
contrary
to
the
sweete
promises
of
the
Gospel
in
that
behalfe
:
How
and
for
what
end
afflictions
are
laid
vpon
the
godly
.
therefore
let
vs
search
how
and
in
what
sort
they
are
laid
vpon
the
godly
.
The
nature
and
condition
of
all
troubles
both
of
body
and
minde
,
in
respect
of
their
first
originall
,
are
qualified
to
the
children
of
God
and
true
Christians
:
not
by
any
dignitie
,
or
desert
at
all
of
their
owne
,
but
as
Elisha
healed
the
bitter
and
venemous
waters
,
by
casting
salt
into
them
:
Note
well
.
so
the
bitter
and
intolerable
sting
of
death
,
the
bitter
and
vnsauorie
sicknesses
and
diseases
both
of
our
bodies
and
our
soules
are
healed
,
the
nature
of
them
changed
,
the
poyson
remoued
,
by
the
sauourie
salt
of
Christ
his
blood
:
yea
,
all
sicke
,
halt
,
lame
,
and
withered
men
,
haue
their
griefes
eased
,
by
the
troubled
,
persecuted
,
scorned
,
scoffed
,
and
crucified
body
of
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
:
as
this
sick
man
was
healed
in
his
body
,
by
troubling
the
cleere
water
:
Christ
his
blood
shedding
being
(
in
iudgement
of
wicked
men
)
as
vnlikely
to
worke
vs
any
good
,
as
salt
to
make
fruitfull
,
or
muddy
water
to
make
a
lame
man
whole
.
In
this
,
Christ
Iesus
our
debt
for
sinne
is
discharged
,
and
vpon
his
crosse
is
the
obligation
of
ordinances
(
that
was
against
vs
)
fastned
,
Reuel.
3.18
.
and
he
is
the
very
purgation
that
cleanseth
,
the
sauing
eye-salue
that
giueth
light
,
Matth.
3.17
.
Collos.
1.13
.
2.
Pet.
1.17
.
and
the
wel-beloued
sonne
of
God
,
by
whom
our
cries
are
conueied
to
his
father
,
in
whom
he
receiueth
and
heareth
our
plaints
,
and
for
whose
sake
wee
enioy
all
the
blessednes
and
good
things
that
euer
we
haue
.
Christ
wholy
altered
the
nature
of
afflictions
to
his
owne
Church
.
Now
therefore
in
this
Christ
our
alone
Sauiour
.
sicknesse
to
his
faithfull
members
is
as
comfortable
as
health
:
affliction
as
sweete
as
peace
,
aduersitie
as
acceptable
as
prosperitie
,
death
as
welcome
as
life
,
the
graue
as
a
most
sweete
perfumed
chamber
,
for
the
bodies
of
the
Saints
to
lie
in
:
for
they
can
with
S.
Paul
say
,
Rom.
8.1
.
There
is
no
condemnation
to
them
that
are
in
Christ
Iesus
.
It
makes
them
not
feare
death
,
but
rather
in
Gods
appointed
time
desire
it
,
in
seeing
the
miseries
of
this
present
life
,
and
by
a
liuely
faith
soaring
vp
into
the
vnspeakable
ioyes
of
the
life
to
come
.
And
therefore
they
say
with
Paul
:
We
know
,
that
if
this
earthly
tabernacle
of
ours
be
dissolued
,
2.
Cor.
5.1
.
we
haue
a
building
giuen
of
God
,
not
made
with
hands
;
but
eternall
in
the
heauens
.
And
Christ
Iesus
whether
wee
liue
or
die
,
is
vnto
vs
both
in
life
and
death
aduantage
:
yea
,
we
seeing
that
while
we
liue
,
1.
Thess.
5.10
.
Phil.
1.21
.
we
are
naked
in
this
world
,
we
sigh
;
desiring
to
be
clothed
with
our
house
,
which
is
from
heauen
.
And
seeing
while
we
are
here
iournying
vpon
the
earth
,
wee
are
absent
from
our
head
and
husband
:
therefore
we
desire
to
be
dissolued
,
Philip.
1.23
.
and
to
be
with
our
husband
&
Sauiour
,
which
is
best
of
all
.
And
finally
,
seeing
there
is
nothing
in
this
world
,
but
corruption
,
Eccles.
1.1.2
.
alteration
and
vanitie
,
we
waite
,
we
looke
,
and
long
for
the
day
of
our
refreshing
,
when
we
may
foreuer
lift
vp
our
heads
,
meete
our
elder
brother
in
the
clowdes
,
and
receiue
the
incorruptible
crowne
of
glorie
,
laid
vp
in
store
for
all
the
Lords
elect
,
ere
euer
the
foundations
of
the
world
were
laid
.
Thus
Gods
children
may
reioyce
,
when
the
wicked
shall
howle
and
weepe
,
they
shall
bee
satisfied
as
it
were
with
marrow
and
fatnesse
,
yea
euen
when
they
seeme
to
be
full
of
faintnes
:
when
the
fat
buls
of
Basan
,
and
the
deuouring
lions
shall
be
sent
emptie
away
:
yea
they
shall
clap
their
handes
,
and
lift
vp
their
heads
for
ioy
of
that
.
In
terror
and
feare
wherof
,
the
wicked
shall
gnash
with
their
teeth
,
grin
like
a
dog
:
and
for
auoyding
of
it
(
though
all
in
vaine
)
they
shall
wish
the
rockes
to
open
,
the
hils
to
couer
,
and
the
mountaines
to
be
as
a
shelter
vnto
them
,
from
the
glorious
presence
of
him
that
sitteth
vpon
the
throne
.
Thus
death
against
the
godly
hath
no
sting
,
hell
against
the
Christian
hath
no
victorie
,
Reade
Heb.
12
11.
Psal.
30.8.9
.
&
34.18.19
&
119.71
.
affliction
is
not
our
confusion
,
as
husbandmen
vse
to
bring
dead
trees
and
burne
them
in
the
fire
:
but
our
affliction
is
for
our
firmer
&
further
consolation
and
edification
:
like
as
a
good
husbandman
purgeth
his
vine
,
that
it
may
bring
forth
more
fruite
.
Psal.
30.5
.
Heauinesse
with
the
godly
may
endure
for
a
night
:
but
assuredly
peace
&
ioy
commeth
in
the
morning
.
Seeing
then
that
thus
happily
it
goeth
with
vs
all
in
our
greatest
afflictions
(
if
we
belong
vnto
Christ
)
I
will
conclude
as
Saint
Paul
concludeth
his
treatise
of
our
immortall
state
in
the
life
to
come
:
that
seeing
death
once
had
dominion
ouer
vs
,
but
is
now
destroyed
;
afflictions
hurted
vs
,
but
now
they
profit
vs
;
sicknesse
affraied
vs
,
but
now
comforteth
vs
:
euen
thankes
and
all
thankes
be
giuen
for
euer
to
God
the
father
,
1.
Cor.
15.57
.
who
hath
giue
vs
this
happie
victorie
,
through
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
.
Now
for
the
wicked
,
their
sicknesse
,
sores
,
As
for
the
wicked
it
is
not
so
with
them
.
griefes
and
vexations
,
are
still
vnto
them
as
stipends
of
sinne
,
tokens
of
Gods
wrath
,
and
(
vnlesse
they
speedily
repent
)
euen
beginnings
(
as
I
said
before
)
of
the
flashings
of
hell
fire
.
I
denie
not
but
the
godly
man
may
haue
for
the
outward
operation
,
the
same
sicknesse
,
sore
,
For
the
outward
operation
of
the
sicknesse
they
may
agree
.
Cal.
in
Psal.
37.19
.
A
difference
betweene
the
afflictions
of
the
godly
and
vngodly
.
Psal.
1.4
griefe
and
trouble
,
that
the
wicked
and
vngodly
haue
:
yet
inwardly
euer
this
difference
shall
be
found
:
Quòd
Deus
suis
in
necessitate
manum
porrigens
,
impios
deferit
:
God
in
time
of
his
childrens
necessities
,
bee
they
neuer
so
great
,
still
stretcheth
out
his
hand
for
helping
them
,
and
vpholding
them
,
least
they
fall
:
but
as
for
the
wicked
,
it
is
not
so
with
them
:
he
vtterly
reiecteth
them
,
forsaketh
,
and
giueth
them
ouer
vnto
their
owne
hearts
lust
.
Propter
peccatum
.
Flagellantur
iusti
propter
probationem
,
iniusti
ad
perditionem
:
The
godly
are
afflicted
for
their
greater
triall
:
but
the
wicked
are
afflicted
for
their
confusion
,
because
of
their
great
sinnes
.
Esay
.
9.13.14
.
For
the
people
(
saith
Esay
)
turneth
not
vnto
him
that
smiteth
them
,
neither
doe
they
seeke
the
Lord
of
hosts
.
Therefore
will
the
Lord
cut
off
in
one
day
from
Israel
,
head
and
tayle
,
branch
and
rush
.
Pijs
afflictio
est
disciplina
:
qua
docetur
iram
Domini
effugere
,
&
voluntati
eius
obsequi
:
Affliction
to
the
godly
is
for
discipline
in
themselues
,
whereby
they
are
taught
to
auoide
the
Lords
wrath
,
by
reformation
of
their
liues
,
and
willingly
to
yeeld
obedience
to
his
commandements
.
Whereupon
Paul
saith
,
When
we
are
iudged
,
1.
Cor.
11.32
.
wee
re
chastened
of
the
Lord
,
because
we
should
not
be
condemned
with
the
world
.
Impijs
verò
afflictio
,
est
obduratio
,
qua
a
malo
in
peius
progrediuntur
,
sicut
Pharaoh
.
But
vnto
the
wicked
,
In
euerie
affliction
two
things
to
be
considered
.
affliction
is
a
meane
of
hardening
their
hearts
,
whereby
they
proceede
from
worse
to
worse
.
In
euery
affliction
two
things
are
to
be
considered
:
first
,
Gods
iudgement
:
secondly
,
Gods
mercie
.
The
wicked
partaker
of
the
former
but
neuer
of
the
latter
.
The
wicked
in
their
afflictions
are
partakers
of
the
one
,
which
is
Gods
iudgement
:
but
neuer
of
the
other
.
The
godly
are
partakers
of
both
;
iudgement
for
their
sinnes
,
mercie
for
Iesus
Christ
his
sake
.
Hereupon
saith
Nahum
:
Nah.
1.7
.
Good
is
our
God
,
and
comfortable
to
his
owne
children
in
the
day
of
trouble
.
And
Dauid
:
Call
vpon
me
in
the
day
of
trouble
,
and
I
will
deliuer
thee
.
Loe
his
mercie
,
whereof
the
wicked
are
neuer
partakers
.
So
that
herein
appeareth
againe
wherein
the
godly
are
common
partakers
with
the
wicked
in
afflictions
,
and
where
they
differ
.
Psal.
85.
The
last
thing
that
I
will
note
out
of
this
part
and
so
end
it
;
is
this
:
That
in
the
words
,
sinne
no
more
,
we
may
note
that
the
Lord
was
priuie
to
al
his
former
sinnes
and
offences
that
euer
before
he
had
committed
:
and
therefore
it
is
,
as
if
he
should
say
,
I
haue
seene
,
noted
,
and
obserued
all
such
sins
,
as
euer
before
this
thou
hast
committed
,
either
publikely
or
priuately
,
inwardly
or
outwardly
,
by
thought
,
word
and
worke
:
and
for
the
same
haue
afflicted
thee
,
and
also
in
the
end
deliuered
thee
:
take
heede
therefore
thou
sinne
no
more
.
Hence
note
the
Lord
hath
Eagles
eyes
to
see
the
corners
of
our
hearts
,
and
all
our
sinnes
neuer
so
closely
committed
:
nothing
so
secret
but
it
shall
bee
made
manifest
:
Mat.
10.
Read
Psal.
138.
and
that
which
is
committed
in
corners
,
shal
be
published
on
the
house
top
.
Then
euer
hereafter
let
euery
man
worke
as
in
the
day
time
,
walke
as
in
Gods
presence
,
behaue
themselues
as
hauing
the
Lorde
an
eye
witnesse
,
who
if
we
doe
well
,
in
his
mercie
will
accept
of
vs
:
but
if
wee
doe
euill
,
Gen.
4.7
.
then
know
sinne
standeth
at
the
doores
,
who
will
neuer
cease
crying
in
the
eares
of
the
Lord
for
vengeance
,
till
such
time
as
it
bee
powred
downe
vpon
the
wicked
in
fearfull
manner
,
and
executed
vpon
the
vnbeleeuers
,
to
their
euerlasting
destruction
.
And
thus
much
for
the
second
part
of
the
words
of
exhortation
,
which
is
,
that
sinne
was
the
cause
of
his
long
sicknesse
.
THE
THIRD
SERMON
OF
THE
DVTIE
OF
OVR
DELIVERANCE
.
The
third
Sermon
.
NOw
followeth
the
third
part
,
vz.
what
must
be
the
effect
of
his
health
,
recouerie
,
or
what
must
bee
the
dutie
of
his
deliuerance
:
drawne
out
of
the
same
wordes
that
the
other
part
was
,
though
not
in
the
same
sence
,
Sinne
no
more
.
This
is
the
subiect
of
the
whole
treatise
,
describing
the
dutie
that
this
man
healed
must
euer
bee
mindfull
of
,
to
his
louing
and
mercifull
father
for
his
great
and
large
deliuerance
:
and
in
him
may
fitly
bee
gathered
the
dutie
of
all
Gods
children
to
the
Lord
,
for
so
many
liberall
and
louing
mercies
,
as
continually
he
powreth
vpon
them
.
Particulars
shewing
the
mercies
of
God
.
How
greatly
this
poore
man
was
bound
to
render
thankes
to
the
almightie
for
his
deliuerance
,
I
haue
before
set
down
in
some
particulars
:
as
the
dangerous
disease
ouer
his
whole
body
:
the
long
continuance
of
it
,
euen
most
of
his
life
:
the
little
good
that
any
likely
meanes
of
outward
medicine
did
for
him
,
with
some
other
moe
:
the
consideration
whereof
,
could
not
but
make
him
returne
from
the
water
with
Naaman
,
and
come
to
offer
the
rich
and
precious
gift
of
his
whole
heart
to
the
Lord
,
as
an
acceptable
sacrifice
,
wherewith
hee
in
mercie
is
euer
well
pleased
.
The
like
course
if
euery
one
of
vs
would
take
,
after
our
great
and
marueilous
deliuerances
,
euen
with
the
Ruler
,
Ioh.
4.52.53
.
whose
sonne
Christ
had
healed
,
being
at
the
point
to
dye
,
to
enter
into
a
serious
and
through
search
,
This
particular
course
is
meete
for
all
of
vs
,
the
more
to
moue
vs
to
thankfulnes
.
of
the
very
particular
circumstances
,
of
the
daunger
wherein
we
were
,
and
the
deliuerance
thereout
in
Gods
mercie
;
it
could
not
but
vrge
the
efficacie
of
this
point
wonderfull
much
,
Sinne
no
more
.
And
first
I
will
by
some
examples
and
proofes
out
of
the
Scriptures
shew
,
how
from
time
to
time
the
godly
being
deliuered
out
of
any
dangers
,
either
spirituall
or
corporal
]
,
the
Lord
hath
required
,
and
they
willingly
haue
acknowledged
some
speciall
dutie
therefore
.
Moses
with
the
Israelites
,
hauing
enioyed
the
great
and
memorable
mercies
of
the
Lord
,
in
ouerthrowing
Pharaoh
,
and
deliuering
them
from
him
,
letting
them
goe
through
the
red
sea
as
on
drie
land
,
doe
present
]
that
ioyne
all
together
with
hart
and
voyce
to
praise
the
Lord
,
Moses
beginning
,
and
they
all
following
in
the
heauenly
melodie
of
thanksgiuing
,
thus
:
I
will
sing
vnto
the
Lord
:
Exod.
15.1
.
for
he
hath
triumphed
gloriously
:
the
horse
and
him
that
rode
vpon
him
hath
he
ouerthrowne
in
the
Sea
.
Vers.
4.
The
deliuerance
.
Pharaohs
charets
and
his
hoste
hath
he
cast
into
the
Sea
:
his
chosen
captains
also
were
drowned
in
the
red
Sea
.
Therfore
as
his
dutie
,
he
acknowledgeth
&
saith
,
Ver.
2.
The
duetie
.
The
Lord
is
my
strength
,
and
my
praise
,
and
he
is
become
my
saluation
.
He
is
my
God
,
and
I
will
prepare
him
a
tabernacle
.
He
is
my
fathers
God
,
and
I
will
exalt
him
.
Iudg.
5.
Ver.
27.
The
Lord
hauing
giuen
Deborah
and
Barak
a
triumphant
victorie
ouer
their
cruel
enemie
Sisera
,
Deborah
thereupon
reasoneth
of
the
miracle
in
her
song
,
and
resolueth
of
performing
a
most
excellent
dutie
,
as
thus
:
They
that
remaine
,
The
deliuerance
.
haue
dominion
ouer
the
mightie
:
the
Lorde
hath
giuen
me
dominion
ouer
the
strong
.
Ver.
13.
He
(
meaning
Sisera
)
bowed
downe
at
her
feete
he
fell
downe
,
and
lay
still
:
at
her
feete
he
bowed
him
downe
,
and
fell
and
when
he
had
sunke
downe
,
he
lay
there
dead
.
Therefore
as
our
dutie
,
Vers.
2.3
.
The
duetie
.
Praise
ye
the
Lord
for
auenging
of
Israel
,
&
for
the
people
that
offered
themselues
willingly
.
Vers.
12.
J
will
sing
vnto
the
Lord
:
I
will
sing
praises
vnto
the
Lord
our
God
.
Vp
Deborah
,
vp
,
arise
,
and
sing
a
song
arise
Darak
,
and
loade
thy
captiuitie
captiue
,
thou
sonne
of
Abinoam
.
Psal.
107.
The
deliuerance
.
Dauid
rehearsing
in
the
107.
Psalme
many
and
great
deliuerances
:
as
first
of
dispersed
strangers
,
and
their
miserie
,
vers.
3.4.5.6.7
.
deliuerance
out
of
captiuitie
and
prison
,
vers.
10.11.12.13.14
.
and
lastly
,
the
deliuerance
of
poore
tossed
shipmen
from
the
dangers
of
the
seas
,
vers.
25.26.27.28.29.30
:
addeth
the
dutie
of
all
such
as
are
deliuered
therefrom
,
thus
:
Ver.
8.15.21.31
.
The
duetie
.
O
that
men
would
therefore
praise
the
Lord
for
his
goodnesse
,
and
declare
the
wonders
that
he
doth
for
the
sonnes
of
men
.
In
the
105.
Psalme
,
Dauid
from
the
beginning
thereof
,
vnto
the
latter
end
thereof
,
Psal.
105.
The
deliuerance
.
is
wholly
occupied
in
expressing
Gods
miraculous
and
merciful
power
,
in
protecting
Israel
from
Abrahams
time
(
when
they
were
but
a
few
in
number
,
and
strangers
in
the
land
)
till
such
time
as
by
a
mightie
hande
;
and
out-stretched
arme
,
he
brought
them
into
the
pleasant
land
of
Canaan
.
And
in
the
last
verse
he
noteth
what
vse
they
must
make
of
so
many
mercies
,
and
what
dutie
diligently
they
must
walke
in
,
for
Gods
fauourable
dealing
with
them
,
thus
:
That
they
might
keepe
his
statutes
,
and
obserue
his
lawes
.
Praise
ye
the
Lord
.
Ver.
45.
The
duetie
.
Many
moe
proofes
I
might
alleadge
out
of
the
word
of
God
,
for
corporall
deliuerances
bestowed
vpon
the
Church
from
time
to
time
,
and
what
must
be
the
duty
of
such
deliuerances
:
but
these
may
suffice
for
the
plaine
proofe
of
outwarde
deliuerances
and
their
duties
.
Of
spirituall
deliuerances
.
The
deliuerance
.
Luke
.
1.74
.
Vers.
77.
Vers.
79.
Now
of
spirituall
deliuerances
,
and
their
duties
.
Being
deliuered
out
of
the
hands
of
our
enemies
:
knowledge
of
saluation
giuen
vnto
vs
by
remission
of
our
sins
in
Iesus
Christ
:
light
giuen
to
vs
that
sit
in
darknes
,
and
in
the
shadow
of
death
,
and
guiding
our
feete
into
the
way
of
peace
:
must
of
necessitie
in
the
partakers
of
this
deliuerance
,
bring
forth
this
duty
:
euen
to
serue
the
Lord
without
feare
,
Vers.
74.75
.
The
dutie
.
in
holines
and
righteousnes
all
the
daies
of
our
life
.
The
Apostle
Paul
in
his
Epistle
to
the
Romanes
,
Rom.
13.12
.
The
deliuerance
.
noteth
a
great
deliuerance
in
a
fewe
words
:
The
night
is
past
:
and
being
so
,
neuer
forget
the
dutie
which
followeth
:
therefore
let
vs
cast
away
the
workes
of
darknes
,
Vers.
13.14
.
The
dutie
.
and
put
vpon
vs
the
armour
of
light
,
hereafter
to
walke
honestly
as
in
the
day
time
,
not
in
gluttonie
,
and
drunkennes
,
chambering
and
wantonnes
,
strife
and
enuying
:
but
put
yee
on
the
Lorde
Iesus
Christ
.
1.
Cor.
6.20
.
The
deliuerance
.
The
dutie
.
Vers.
20.
Paul
telleth
the
Corinthians
of
a
great
deliuerance
,
thus
:
Ye
are
bought
with
a
price
:
and
therefore
your
dutie
is
to
glorifie
God
both
in
your
soules
&
bodies
:
for
they
are
the
Lords
.
And
againe
,
Seeing
ye
are
so
dearely
bought
,
and
purchased
with
such
a
pretious
pearle
:
therfore
be
not
the
seruants
of
men
.
1.
Cor.
7.23
.
1.
Pet.
2.18.19
.
The
deliuerance
.
Peter
speaketh
of
a
most
comfortable
deliuerance
:
Yee
know
that
yee
were
not
redeemed
with
corruptible
things
,
as
siluer
and
gold
,
from
your
vaine
conuersation
:
but
with
the
pretious
blood
of
Iesus
Christ
,
as
of
a
lambe
vndefiled
and
without
spot
.
And
therefore
seeing
the
purchasing
of
our
saluation
was
a
matter
of
such
difficultie
:
for
siluer
and
gold
could
not
doe
it
,
a
matter
of
such
necessitie
:
for
the
diuell
ruled
ouer
vs
,
as
a
cruell
tyrant
:
a
purchase
at
such
a
high
rate
,
and
the
matter
of
it
of
such
a
pretious
valuation
:
for
it
was
the
blood
of
Christ
,
being
most
pretious
,
and
the
lambe
of
God
vndefiled
and
without
spot
:
1.
Pet.
1.17
.
The
dutie
.
all
Christians
duties
therefore
it
is
that
are
partakers
hereof
,
euen
hereafter
to
passe
their
time
,
and
spend
the
daies
of
their
dwelling
here
on
earth
in
Gods
most
holy
feare
.
Now
out
of
all
these
testimonies
and
examples
which
haue
hetherto
beene
alleadged
,
concerning
Christians
duties
,
for
deliuerances
either
spirituall
or
corporall
,
may
further
very
fitly
bee
gathered
what
is
the
end
of
the
grace
and
fauour
of
God
towards
vs
,
in
,
The
end
of
Gods
mercies
towards
vs
.
by
,
and
through
his
sonne
Christ
Iesus
,
euen
thus
:
Vt
Deo
reconciliatus
peccator
,
salutis
suae
authorem
,
piè
,
sancteque
vtuendo
colat
:
That
the
sinner
being
reconciled
to
God
,
must
euer
after
glorifie
the
author
of
his
saluation
,
by
leading
a
holy
and
vncorrupt
life
.
Yea
,
Eodem
verbo
quo
venia
nobis
offertur
,
simul
vocamur
ad
poenitentiam
:
By
that
same
powerfull
word
of
the
Lorde
,
whereby
health
,
life
,
libertie
,
or
forgiuenes
of
sinnes
is
offered
vnto
vs
:
by
the
very
same
word
is
sounded
out
vnto
vs
,
Sinne
no
more
.
Now
it
followeth
more
throughly
to
search
into
the
naturall
sense
and
meaning
of
these
words
,
The
naturall
sense
&
meaning
of
the
word
.
Sinne
no
more
:
and
to
set
down
chiefly
what
is
meant
hereby
:
the
which
words
vttered
by
our
Sauiour
Christ
to
the
man
healed
,
I
take
it
may
bee
thus
resolued
.
Whereas
thou
from
the
first
time
of
thy
cradle
,
till
now
,
that
I
looked
vpon
thy
distressed
case
,
hast
been
no
better
then
a
dead
man
,
in
thy
sinnes
and
trespasses
,
Ephes.
2.1
.
Esay
.
5.18
.
drinking
sinne
like
water
,
and
drawing
n
sin
as
it
were
with
cart
ropes
,
sin
raigning
in
thee
,
Rom.
6.12
.
and
Satan
triumphing
ouer
thee
,
by
captiuating
and
enthralling
all
the
powers
of
thy
soule
,
to
his
owne
bend
and
obedience
,
making
thee
come
when
he
called
,
and
runne
when
he
bad
thee
:
this
sicknesse
in
thy
soule
made
sores
in
thy
body
,
and
thy
senselesse
and
secure
conscience
brought
an
vniuersal
lamenes
to
thy
carkasse
:
so
that
as
the
parts
of
thy
soule
being
bereaued
of
their
powers
,
were
no
better
then
withered
and
vnprofitable
branches
:
Iohn
.
15
5.6
euen
so
the
whole
constitution
of
thy
diseased
body
,
lay
withered
and
dead
,
no
part
able
throughly
to
minister
comforts
to
another
,
till
such
time
as
I
viewing
thy
case
,
had
compassion
on
thy
calamities
,
and
in
my
power
healed
that
disease
with
a
word
,
which
all
outward
medicines
could
neuer
doe
by
continual
practise
.
Seeing
it
is
so
,
the
wages
I
wish
is
a
continuall
watch
against
sinne
,
my
fee
,
a
feare
to
offend
,
and
all
the
reward
I
require
,
is
true
,
heartie
,
and
vnfained
repentance
for
all
thy
sinnes
,
Psal.
51.
an
acceptable
sacrifice
wherewith
I
am
alwaies
well
pleased
.
And
as
before
through
sinne
thou
wast
sicke
,
through
sinne
thou
wast
weake
,
and
by
reason
of
thy
sinnes
thou
couldest
not
stand
vpright
:
so
now
thy
sinnes
being
pardoned
,
thy
sicknesse
healed
,
and
thy
former
strength
restored
:
rise
vp
from
sinne
,
awake
from
sleepe
,
and
liue
no
more
the
life
of
the
wicked
.
Thus
then
I
gather
the
scope
and
drift
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
his
exhortation
to
bee
,
to
draw
the
man
healed
to
true
repentance
,
the
acceptable
price
he
must
pay
to
his
God
for
all
his
mercies
.
And
the
phrase
of
wordes
,
are
euen
the
very
same
both
in
sound
and
sense
,
that
the
first
part
of
true
repentance
is
described
by
vnto
vs
in
the
olde
Testament
:
As
in
Esay
.
1.16
.
Wash
you
,
make
you
cleane
,
take
away
the
euill
of
your
workes
from
before
mine
eyes
,
cease
to
doe
euill
.
And
Psal.
34.15
.
Eschue
euill
.
And
againe
,
Esay
55.
vers.
7.
Let
the
wicked
forsake
his
waies
.
And
in
Iere.
14.
O
Ierusalem
,
wash
thy
heart
from
wickednes
.
And
in
Ezech.
16.61
.
Remember
thy
waies
,
and
be
ashamed
.
And
Iere.
4.4
.
Breake
vp
your
fallow
ground
,
circumcise
the
foreskin
of
your
hearts
,
and
be
no
more
stiffenecked
.
And
in
the
new
Testament
for
the
same
purpose
are
these
words
vsed
:
Crucifie
the
old
Adam
,
Colloss.
3.5
.
Two
partes
of
true
repentance
.
mortifie
the
earthly
affections
,
&c.
For
whereas
there
are
two
parts
of
true
repentance
:
the
first
called
a
killing
,
the
second
a
quickening
;
the
first
a
dying
,
the
second
a
renewing
;
the
first
a
forsaking
,
the
second
an
embracing
;
the
first
a
casting
off
,
the
second
a
putting
on
.
And
to
conclude
,
the
first
a
ceasing
from
sinne
,
the
second
a
continuance
in
care
of
a
good
conscience
,
the
man
is
here
exhorted
by
our
Sauiour
Christ
to
true
repentance
,
by
killing
the
olde
Adam
,
dying
to
his
iniquities
,
casting
off
the
vnfruitfull
workes
of
darknes
,
and
neuer
sinning
as
he
hath
done
before
,
Ephes.
5.11
.
which
is
the
former
part
of
true
repentance
.
For
this
is
the
first
degree
of
repentance
to
saluation
,
that
the
sinner
forsake
his
former
follies
,
which
before
he
hath
frequented
,
renounce
his
former
life
wherein
before
hee
liued
,
and
frame
his
whole
doing
to
the
rule
of
righteousnesse
,
which
before
were
out
of
frame
.
So
that
I
may
conclude
,
where
there
is
no
forsaking
,
no
remouing
,
nor
better
framing
,
there
is
neuer
brought
forth
any
thing
,
but
fained
,
hypocriticall
,
and
pharisaicall
repentance
.
Hence
out
of
all
this
which
hath
been
deliuered
,
may
it
first
be
said
to
the
man
healed
,
and
in
him
to
all
in
generall
who
haue
tasted
and
inioyed
in
abundance
the
sweete
mercies
of
God
,
in
the
mediatour
of
the
new
Testament
Christ
Iesus
:
and
especially
to
you
my
countrimen
,
who
cannot
deny
but
Gods
mercies
haue
bin
multiplied
vpon
you
in
most
sweete
manner
,
Applie
it
to
yourselues
.
euen
like
vnto
the
dew
of
Hermon
that
fell
vpon
the
hil
of
Sion
,
&
watered
the
dry
earth
that
gaped
for
it
:
that
for
the
man
,
he
was
like
the
t●●e
that
was
throughly
dunged
,
and
manured
about
:
and
of
ourselues
it
may
be
said
;
what
could
the
Lord
haue
done
more
for
vs
his
vineyard
,
then
already
he
hath
done
,
seating
it
in
a
fruitfull
hill
,
hedging
it
,
gathering
out
the
stones
of
it
,
and
planting
it
with
the
best
plants
,
building
a
tower
in
the
middest
,
Looke
to
thy self
wel
,
seeing
this
is
thy
case
.
and
making
a
wine-presse
therein
?
That
therefore
to
the
man
Christ
said
in
effect
:
this
is
my
last
yeere
of
my
dunging
and
manuring
,
either
cease
from
thy
folly
,
and
offend
me
no
more
,
or
else
looke
for
nothing
but
hewing
downe
with
the
axe
of
my
iudgements
,
and
to
bee
burne
vp
for
euer
.
But
happy
man
,
and
thrice
happy
,
so
healed
by
Christ
in
his
body
:
for
it
wrought
in
him
euer
after
the
sauing
health
of
his
soule
.
And
to
you
my
beloued
neighbours
,
let
me
in
the
behalfe
of
our
gracious
God
cry
,
that
the
matter
and
case
on
his
part
,
going
so
with
you
as
it
doth
,
either
now
or
neuer
bring
foorth
fruites
worthie
amendment
of
life
:
you
that
haue
hitherto
been
awake
,
but
not
with
wine
;
Our
wicked
and
damnable
course
enforce
our
effectuall
calling
.
dead
,
when
you
seemed
to
liue
;
Atheists
,
aliants
,
and
strangers
from
the
common-wealth
of
Israel
,
stopping
your
eares
at
the
voyce
of
the
crier
,
senselesse
at
the
stroke
of
Gods
hammer
,
persecuting
those
that
prayed
for
you
,
contemning
those
that
gaue
you
holesome
counsell
:
and
finally
,
you
that
all
your
liues
long
hitherto
haue
sported
and
solaced
your selues
with
sinne
,
as
Sampson
with
Dalilah
,
shake
off
your
sinne
,
awake
from
sleepe
,
and
stand
vpright
,
open
your
eares
,
and
circumcise
your
hearts
,
and
let
the
Lords
voyce
enter
into
your
soules
,
crying
:
worke
as
in
the
day
,
heare
as
from
the
Lord
,
and
walk
as
in
his
presence
:
to
whom
let
vs
all
make
answer
with
a
sweete
resounding
eccho
thus
:
Thy
voyce
,
thy
call
,
Happie
are
we
if
we
heare
aright
.
thy
law
,
thy
lore
,
and
eke
thy
praise
will
wee
beare
,
obey
,
extoll
,
and
magnifie
all
the
daies
of
our
life
being
here
on
the
earth
.
This
if
we
doe
,
then
happy
shall
we
be
:
stand
fast
for
aye
,
and
a
parcel
of
the
Lords
vineyard
beloued
for
euer
:
but
if
we
doe
not
,
but
delay
the
time
of
our
repentance
,
as
we
haue
done
:
oh
alas
,
I
must
and
will
tell
you
what
he
will
then
doe
vnto
vs
sinfull
,
wicked
,
and
carelesse
contemners
of
his
graces
,
euen
take
away
his
hedge
from
vs
,
breake
downe
his
wall
,
lay
vs
waste
,
A
fearfull
afterclap
.
and
neither
plant
,
prime
,
cut
,
nor
digge
vs
any
more
:
and
then
marke
what
wofull
sequell
thereupon
shall
follow
:
we
shall
be
troden
downe
,
eaten
vp
,
and
destroyed
by
the
wilde
bore
out
of
the
forrest
:
and
no
good
shal
then
grow
amongst
vs
,
but
brambles
and
bryers
,
tokens
of
his
wrath
:
as
in
Adma
and
Zeboim
.
Againe
,
as
this
exhortation
serueth
to
the
man
that
neuer
tasted
of
repentance
before
,
that
now
without
delay
hee
turne
vnto
the
Lord
,
cease
from
his
sinne
,
and
bring
foorth
fruites
worthy
amendment
of
life
:
so
likewise
it
may
serue
,
and
bee
in
place
of
a
louing
and
pithie
exhortation
to
the
protestant
,
It
serueth
as
an
exhortation
to
all
protestants
of
our
countrie
.
Ioh.
11.
Marke
our
happy
case
on
Gods
behalfe
.
Ephes.
2.
and
professor
of
Christianitie
in
these
our
daies
,
whose
case
on
Gods
behalfe
is
like
to
Mary
Magdalens
,
out
of
whom
went
seuen
diuels
:
like
to
Lazarus
,
who
was
raised
from
death
to
life
,
after
foure
daies
rotting
in
his
graue
:
like
to
the
Ephesians
,
quickened
,
raised
vp
,
made
new
,
and
brought
to
sit
in
heauenly
places
,
by
the
blood
of
Christ
,
from
aliants
and
strangers
to
the
common-wealth
of
Israel
,
without
hope
,
without
God
in
the
world
:
yea
of
forreners
and
strangers
,
made
citizens
with
the
Saints
,
and
of
the
househ●●d
of
faith
.
And
to
conclude
on
Gods
behalfe
,
like
to
the
vntoward
and
trewantlike
schollers
,
of
whom
the
author
to
the
Hebrues
maketh
mention
,
who
were
lightened
,
tasted
of
the
heauenly
gift
,
Heb.
6.3.4.5.6.7
.
and
were
made
partakers
of
the
Holy-ghost
,
casted
of
the
good
word
of
God
,
and
of
the
power
of
the
world
to
come
.
The
professors
I
say
on
Gods
behalfe
,
being
in
as
happie
a
case
as
Magdalen
:
grace
offered
from
God
the
father
,
by
his
sonne
Christ
,
to
dispell
and
driue
backe
Satan
,
and
dispossesse
them
of
many
diuels
,
as
comfortable
a
case
as
Lazarus
was
in
,
called
by
the
sounding
ministerie
of
Gods
word
,
out
of
the
pit
and
graue
of
their
sinnes
,
where
they
haue
not
laine
almost
foure
daies
,
as
Lazarus
:
but
by
an
inueterate
custome
of
sinne
,
all
their
daies
rotting
therein
,
yet
at
last
made
to
heare
this
powerfull
voyce
,
Awake
thou
that
sleepest
,
and
stand
vp
from
the
dead
,
&c.
And
to
conclude
,
of
no
people
made
a
beloued
people
;
of
aliants
from
the
common
wealth
of
Israel
,
made
owners
and
heires
thereof
by
grace
;
and
of
seruants
by
nature
,
made
sonnes
vnto
God
,
by
adoption
in
Christ
Iesus
.
But
these
professors
of
the
Gospell
,
so
gratious
on
Gods
behalfe
,
who
hath
layd
out
himselfe
,
and
his
mercies
wholly
in
his
sonne
Christ
vnto
them
all
:
yet
in
regard
of
themselues
,
and
the
courses
of
their
liues
,
not
vnlike
the
foolish
Galathians
,
Gal.
3.1
.
who
did
for
a
time
run
well
,
but
in
the
end
obeyed
not
the
trueth
,
loued
their
Apostle
so
dearely
,
Gal.
4.15
.
that
they
would
haue
plucked
their
eyes
out
of
their
heads
to
haue
done
him
good
:
yet
after
a
time
harkening
to
false
Apostles
,
they
accounted
him
their
vtter
enemie
,
Vers.
16.
be
;
cause
hee
told
them
the
trueth
.
These
at
the
first
publishing
of
the
Gospell
were
very
feruent
,
accompting
it
sweete
:
but
after
some
trials
for
the
same
laid
vpon
them
,
they
fainted
,
adiudging
themselues
vnable
to
vndergoe
the
burthen
.
And
to
conclude
,
though
they
begun
in
the
spirite
,
yet
Paul
was
afraid
of
them
,
that
they
would
altogether
end
in
the
flesh
.
Yea
,
fitly
may
many
of
our
Christians
at
this
day
,
be
compared
with
the
protestants
against
whom
Peter
wrote
,
who
promised
vnto
others
libertie
,
2.
Pet.
2.20
.
and
yet
were
themselues
the
seruants
of
corruption
:
who
after
they
had
escaped
from
the
filthines
of
the
world
,
through
the
knowledge
of
the
Lord
,
and
of
the
Sauiour
Iesus
Christ
,
were
yet
againe
tangled
therein
.
And
to
conclude
,
as
I
compared
them
to
the
Ephesians
before
,
in
regarde
of
the
multitude
of
Gods
mercies
offered
them
:
so
now
may
I
againe
fitly
resemble
them
to
the
same
Ephesians
,
but
not
in
the
same
sense
as
before
,
being
now
comparable
with
them
for
carelesnes
,
Apocal.
2.4
.
coldnes
,
and
luke-warmenes
in
Gods
seruice
.
For
vnto
the
Ephesians
Angell
or
pastor
,
Iohn
the
Diuine
was
commanded
to
write
diuers
things
:
amongst
which
,
this
for
one
,
that
the
Ephesians
had
forsaken
their
first
loue
.
Thus
then
the
case
going
with
vs
all
that
professe
the
Gospell
,
so
happily
,
so
comfortably
on
Gods
behalfe
,
euen
raised
vp
to
sit
in
spirituall
places
with
Christ
Iesus
:
and
so
dangerously
and
so
doubtfully
on
our
own
parts
,
amongst
many
,
in
regarde
of
their
sensuall
,
carnall
and
carelesse
cariage
of
themselues
,
in
the
middest
of
a
sinfull
and
crooked
generation
:
this
dutie
of
the
sicke
mans
deliuerance
,
laid
downe
and
described
in
our
text
here
by
Christ
,
may
serue
very
fitly
for
vs
all
,
and
be
continually
applied
of
euery
one
of
vs
,
and
stil
sounding
in
our
eares
,
as
though
Christ
were
calling
vpon
,
or
conferring
with
vs
,
saying
:
Behold
,
thou
art
made
whole
,
sinne
no
more
.
Ye
that
were
dead
in
your
sins
hath
Christ
quickened
:
Marke
well
ô
my
brethren
.
ye
that
were
strangers
from
the
life
of
God
,
through
the
ignorance
that
was
in
you
,
because
of
the
hardnes
of
your
hearts
,
hath
he
illuminated
and
opened
the
eyes
of
your
vnderstanding
,
that
ye
may
see
and
discerne
of
things
that
differ
one
from
another
.
Yea
vnto
you
all
that
professe
the
Gospell
let
me
speake
:
Behold
,
beho
]
d
,
ye
that
were
deaffe
doe
heare
,
Blessed
bee
God
for
it
.
ye
that
were
lame
doe
goe
,
ye
that
were
dumbe
doe
speake
,
ye
that
were
leprous
are
clensed
:
and
ye
poore
soules
whom
Satan
once
ouerruled
,
keeping
you
in
darknes
,
poperie
&
superstition
,
to
you
,
to
you
I
say
is
the
Gospell
preached
,
the
happy
newes
of
saluation
sent
,
and
the
kingdome
and
glorious
throne
of
Christ
Iesus
erected
amongst
you
.
But
me
thinke
I
heare
some
say
,
that
the
man
to
whom
these
wordes
were
first
vttered
by
Christ
,
The
secure
reasoning
of
many
.
had
cause
and
great
cause
to
put
in
practise
this
holesome
counsell
:
for
hee
was
made
whole
,
not
onely
in
soule
,
and
the
parts
thereof
,
but
also
in
his
body
,
when
he
neuer
expected
any
recouerie
:
but
as
for
vs
,
or
as
for
me
,
although
the
spirituall
blessings
wee
feele
and
perceiue
:
yet
for
bodily
healing
,
or
preseruing
from
dangers
,
wherein
can
wee
finde
it
?
O
my
beloued
,
behold
further
,
and
ye
shall
see
what
mercies
the
Lorde
hath
magnified
towards
you
,
in
regard
of
corporall
health
,
or
bodily
deliuerances
.
First
,
it
is
not
vnknowne
what
deuises
Satan
by
his
ministers
,
An
answer
vnto
it
.
hath
vsed
both
forren
and
domesticall
,
for
the
subuersion
of
our
gratious
prince
,
(
the
stay
of
our
safetie
,
and
the
staffe
of
our
strength
,
next
vnder
God
)
the
inuasion
and
possession
of
our
Realme
by
forrenners
:
and
from
all
these
,
behold
we
are
made
whole
,
and
both
the
deuiser
and
the
deuises
brought
to
nought
.
For
other
deliuerances
corporall
,
as
from
famine
,
the
pestilence
,
the
running
issues
,
and
the
burning
feuer
,
whereof
most
parts
of
our
land
haue
tasted
,
I
spare
to
speake
:
because
wee
are
so
lately
made
whole
,
or
deliuered
from
them
,
and
doe
conclude
my
answere
of
the
obiection
,
with
Paul
the
Apostle
to
the
Romanes
:
If
God
spared
not
his
owne
sonne
,
but
gaue
him
for
vs
all
to
death
:
how
shall
he
not
with
him
giue
vs
all
other
things
also
needfull
for
vs
?
Nay
,
blessed
be
God
,
he
hath
giuen
vs
them
alreadie
:
so
that
now
hence
followeth
the
dutie
he
requireth
;
of
you
Magistrates
that
professe
to
defend
the
Gospell
,
by
the
sword
of
your
authoritie
;
of
you
pastors
that
preach
the
Gospell
;
and
of
all
others
that
openly
professe
the
Gospell
in
more
zeale
,
and
forwardnes
for
outward
shew
,
then
many
others
;
to
you
all
I
say
,
take
heede
,
looke
to
your selues
,
that
ye
receiue
not
the
grace
of
God
in
vaine
:
that
ye
do
not
crie
Lord
,
Lord
in
voice
,
and
deny
him
in
your
liues
;
that
yee
bee
not
professors
,
and
no
practisers
;
hearers
,
but
no
doers
.
Sinne
no
more
in
your
loose
liues
,
as
you
haue
done
,
by
dispensing
with
iustice
,
daubing
vp
the
Lords
wall
with
vntempered
morter
,
rising
vp
earely
,
or
sitting
vp
late
to
drinke
strong
drinke
,
defiling
your
bodies
by
the
vncleannes
of
whoredome
,
blaspheming
God
by
swearing
,
or
prophaning
the
Sabboth
of
the
Lord
,
by
following
your
worldly
businesses
:
for
with
these
sinnes
I
am
afraid
,
many
that
professe
the
Gospell
are
defiled
,
whereby
iustice
is
peruerted
,
the
Lords
building
hindered
,
the
godly
offended
,
and
occasion
of
stumbling
to
the
weake
ones
thereby
administred
,
and
generally
by
meanes
hereof
,
the
wicked
vncircumcised
Gentiles
,
haue
taken
an
occasion
of
blaspheming
the
glorious
Gospell
of
Christ
Iesus
,
as
the
wicked
by
Dauids
offence
in
his
daies
.
Doe
not
account
the
shew
of
this
worlde
such
a
siluer
shrine
as
you
doe
:
doe
not
with
one
hand
receiue
Christ
,
&
with
the
other
embrace
this
euill
world
with
Demas
:
Kisse
not
Christ
once
,
and
after
with
Iudas
betray
him
:
be
not
so
newfangled
this
day
,
as
with
the
Pharisees
to
cry
,
Hosanna
,
welcome
Christ
,
and
to
be
altered
soone
after
with
the
Camelion
,
crying
kill
,
and
crucifie
him
.
Let
not
such
vnsauorie
and
vnsanctified
communication
come
out
of
your
mouths
:
as
sometime
one
shall
heare
euen
from
those
that
brag
much
of
the
Gospell
either
concerning
worldly
matters
,
or
their
vaine
sportes
and
pastimes
of
this
life
.
Doe
not
for
a
time
affect
&
loue
your
pastor
for
his
message
sake
,
and
after
a
while
to
bring
itching
eares
,
that
vnles
he
will
speake
ad
placidum
,
you
will
persecute
him
,
and
vnlesse
he
wil
be
a
wether-cocke
to
transforme
himselfe
fit
for
your
humors
:
you
will
account
him
an
vnprofitable
watchman
:
runne
not
too
fast
for
feare
you
faint
,
neither
runne
aside
for
feare
you
fall
in
the
ditch
:
but
runne
so
as
you
may
finish
your
course
with
ioy
:
lay
your
building
vpon
that
corner
stone
,
as
you
resolue
to
perseuer
:
beginne
not
in
the
spirit
,
and
ende
in
the
flesh
:
remember
from
whence
ye
are
fallen
,
euen
from
your
first
loue
,
and
your
former
care
:
repent
,
and
doe
your
first
workes
,
yee
that
know
the
way
of
truth
,
walke
in
it
,
worke
by
it
,
let
word
and
deed
,
profession
and
practise
be
simul
eodem
,
&
circa
eadem
:
concurre
together
for
the
aduancement
of
the
glorious
crowne
and
kingdome
of
Christ
Iesus
.
And
to
conclude
,
in
the
bowels
of
Iesus
Christ
I
beseech
all
you
my
brethren
by
profession
,
giue
no
more
such
a
scandale
,
by
your
lewd
liues
,
as
you
haue
done
,
neither
to
Iewe
nor
Gentile
,
to
those
that
are
without
or
within
the
Church
:
take
the
Apostle
Paul
herein
for
an
example
:
walke
more
warily
,
that
the
Gospell
on
your
behalfe
be
not
euill
spoken
of
:
&
finally
dearly
beloued
,
let
your
light
so
shine
before
men
&
let
your
conuersation
be
so
honest
among
the
Gentils
,
that
they
seeing
your
good
works
may
glorifie
God
our
heauenly
father
in
the
day
of
their
visitation
.
And
thus
much
of
the
force
of
these
words
Sinne
no
more
to
all
that
doe
professe
the
Gospell
of
Christ
,
not
so
syncerely
as
they
ought
.
It
followeth
now
to
set
downe
the
measure
of
this
dutie
:
Sinne
no
more
.
viz.
How
,
and
of
what
manner
of
strength
sinning
no
more
ought
to
be
with
the
godly
:
and
here
we
may
not
thinke
that
the
drift
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
in
laying
downe
his
dutie
,
is
to
persuade
the
man
healed
,
or
in
him
anie
one
of
the
godly
:
that
he
expecteth
in
them
an
immunitie
and
freedome
altogether
from
sinne
and
the
remnants
thereof
,
and
that
after
our
deliuerance
from
dangers
,
either
spirituall
or
corporall
,
we
should
become
so
perfect
in
our
profession
of
Christianitie
,
Esay
.
64.6.7
.
Prou.
20.9
.
Eccles.
7.21
.
1.
King
8.46
.
as
that
we
should
be
altogether
pure
from
the
blots
and
blemishes
of
any
sin
whatsoeuer
.
For
the
example
of
the
godly
of
all
ages
,
recorded
in
the
booke
of
God
,
testifie
the
contrarie
:
who
still
feeling
in
them
a
rebellious
nature
,
prone
and
prompt
to
sinne
,
doe
pray
continually
for
strength
against
the
same
.
And
in
all
humiliation
doe
prostrate
themselues
,
Psal.
143.2
.
&
.
130.3
.
Dan.
9.5.6.7.8.9.10.11
.
before
Gods
tribunall
seat
,
humbly
crauing
the
Lord
neuer
to
enter
into
iudgement
with
them
for
their
sins
daily
committed
:
vsing
these
or
the
like
speeches
:
Enter
not
into
iudgement
with
thy
seruant
O
Lord
,
for
if
thou
doest
,
no
flesh
shal
be
iustified
before
thee
.
Again
,
If
thou
ô
Lord
marke
what
is
done
amisse
,
oh
who
may
abide
it
.
The
rule
of
praier
giuen
by
our
Sauiour
Christ
enforceth
this
point
,
teaching
the
godly
while
they
liue
,
euer
to
pray
,
forgiue
vs
our
debts
,
Mat.
6.12
.
the
authoritie
of
the
scriptures
confirmeth
the
same
in
many
and
sundrie
other
places
,
Gal.
5.17
.
teaching
vs
to
acknowledge
and
confesse
,
when
we
haue
done
all
that
euer
we
can
,
we
are
vnprofitable
seruants
:
And
that
if
we
would
,
Luke
.
19.
we
haue
no
sin
,
we
deceiue
our selues
,
and
the
truth
is
not
in
vs
:
so
that
hence
,
1.
Iohn
.
1.8
.
if
any
spirit
there
arise
,
so
foolish
as
dare
affirme
,
that
the
Church
and
the
particular
members
thereof
ought
to
be
a
pure
and
sanctified
Church
of
it selfe
,
and
in
it selfe
,
from
all
staine
and
corruption
,
either
in
doctrine
or
manners
,
The
only
perfection
in
this
life
is
to
know
our selues
imperfect
.
Ierom.
in
epist.
Nunquam
ad
perfectionem
pertingemus
,
nisi
confecto
nostro
stadio
.
Cal.
in
Ephes.
we
are
taught
what
to
answere
,
that
we
can
neuer
be
partakers
of
that
totall
freedome
,
and
finall
victorie
ouer
sinne
,
and
the
poison
thereof
,
till
that
mortalitie
be
swallowed
vp
of
immortalitie
:
and
we
enioy
the
presence
of
him
that
sitteth
vpon
the
throne
.
The
measure
then
of
our
sinning
no
more
,
that
the
Lord
requireth
of
his
children
,
as
the
duetie
of
their
deliuerance
,
is
the
verie
same
which
the
Apostle
Paule
vrgeth
to
the
Rom.
Let
not
sinne
raigne
in
your
mortall
bodies
that
ye
should
obey
it
in
the
lusts
therof
:
Neither
giue
ye
your
members
as
weapons
of
vnrighteousnes
vnto
sinne
,
but
giue
your selues
vnto
God
.
Wherein
the
Apostle
willeth
the
Rom.
to
straine
and
striue
,
that
(
being
by
Iesus
Christ
deliuered
from
the
bondage
of
sin
,
and
the
slauerie
of
their
spirituall
Pharaoh
)
sin
get
not
the
dominion
ouer
them
againe
,
that
it
should
not
like
a
mercilesse
tyrant
rule
ouer
them
againe
,
neither
that
euer
their
powers
and
strengthes
should
serue
to
Sathans
becke
and
bend
againe
:
but
to
labour
continually
,
that
sin
may
die
,
the
old
Adam
may
be
slaine
in
them
,
and
a
continuall
care
,
and
principall
studie
to
serue
God
,
should
beare
the
rule
,
and
haue
the
preheminence
in
them
.
Calu.
in
Rom.
Cap.
6.
ver.
12.
Tamet
si
peccatum
in
nobis
residet
,
tamen
absurdum
est
,
vt
ad
exercendum
suum
regnum
vigeat
:
Although
sinne
while
we
liue
will
haue
some
resiancie
with
vs
:
yet
is
it
verie
absurd
and
vnmeet
that
it
should
ouerrule
vs
.
Totis
viribus
extinguendo
in
nobis
peccato
,
Bucer
.
in
Rom.
Cap.
6.
&
vitae
Dei
excitanda
insistere
debemus
:
Striue
we
must
with
all
our
strength
,
that
sinne
in
vs
,
may
more
and
more
be
lessened
,
and
the
spirituall
life
of
God
raised
and
quickned
in
vs
,
by
Iesus
Christ
our
Lord
.
This
proofe
of
the
Apostle
Paule
,
being
so
pregnant
,
for
confirming
this
point
of
the
measure
of
our
ceasing
from
sinne
,
&
performing
obedience
to
the
Lord
,
I
wil
(
as
God
shall
guide
me
by
his
holy
spirit
)
insist
a
little
further
in
laying
downe
the
reasons
and
arguments
,
that
the
Apostle
vseth
in
the
two
aforesaid
verses
:
That
sinne
in
the
godly
ought
not
to
rule
and
raigne
,
and
carie
them
captiue
after
their
conuersion
,
as
it
did
before
.
Let
not
sinne
raigne
in
your
mortall
bodies
.
The
first
argument
.
The
first
argument
he
alleadgeth
to
proue
that
sinne
ought
not
to
raigne
in
them
,
is
drawne
from
the
filthinesse
and
power
of
sinne
:
it
is
a
most
filthie
and
daungerous
matter
to
suffer
sinne
to
rule
in
you
,
and
to
exercise
power
in
you
.
But
vnlesse
you
withstand
sinne
with
all
your
strength
,
and
keepe
continuall
watch
against
him
,
he
will
breake
in
vpon
you
,
and
bind
the
keeper
of
the
house
:
this
part
is
drawn
out
of
these
two
words
,
sinne
raigne
.
The
second
argument
.
The
second
reason
is
drawne
from
the
effect
of
sinne
which
is
death
,
for
it
is
sinne
that
causeth
our
bodies
to
be
mortall
,
as
hath
beene
proued
at
large
before
:
this
the
Apostle
noteth
in
these
words
,
mortall
bodies
.
The
third
argument
.
The
third
argument
is
drawne
from
the
comparison
of
our
worthinesse
in
Christ
,
clothed
with
his
righteousnes
,
with
the
filthinesse
of
vnrighteousnes
.
For
if
we
giue
our
members
vnto
sinne
,
we
make
them
the
weapons
of
vnrighteousnes
,
by
meanes
whereof
issueth
nothing
from
them
but
that
which
is
vnrighteous
altogether
,
whereas
God
hath
created
them
in
Christ
to
be
instruments
of
righteousnes
drawne
out
of
these
words
:
Your
members
weapons
of
vnrighteousnes
.
The
fourth
argument
.
The
fourth
reason
is
drawne
from
the
comparison
of
sinne
&
God
:
viz.
of
eternall
death
and
eternall
life
:
for
when
as
the
Apostle
had
said
:
Giue
not
your
members
to
sinne
:
he
annexeth
the
contrarie
and
saith
:
But
giue
your selues
wholly
to
God
:
And
that
he
may
expresse
with
what
seruice
and
endeuour
we
ought
to
addict
our selues
to
God
,
and
his
worship
,
he
doth
not
say
barely
:
Giue
your
members
to
God
:
as
he
forbiddeth
them
to
giue
them
to
sinne
,
but
hee
saith
:
Exhibete
vos
ipsos
vtique
totos
:
Giue
your
whole
selues
vnto
God
,
euen
all
that
euer
is
in
you
.
The
fift
argument
.
The
fift
argument
is
drawne
from
the
precious
gift
of
God
,
which
is
bestowed
vpon
vs
by
Christ
.
viz.
That
when
as
through
sinne
we
were
dead
,
now
we
liue
being
endowed
with
the
life
of
God
:
then
why
should
we
not
apply
our selues
and
whole
strength
,
for
the
continuall
enioying
of
it
?
especially
when
as
to
make
a
relapse
into
sinne
againe
is
to
fall
into
euerlasting
death
(
without
Gods
great
mercie
in
Christ
)
from
eternall
life
,
contained
in
these
words
,
as
they
that
are
aliue
from
the
dead
.
The
sixt
and
last
argument
is
drawne
from
the
excellencie
of
righteousnes
:
The
sixt
argument
.
the
weapons
and
defence
whereof
we
make
our
members
,
when
as
we
giue
them
vnto
God
,
and
dedicate
them
vnto
all
holinesse
,
the
speciall
end
,
for
which
they
were
giuen
vs
of
the
Lord
.
Now
by
the
due
and
carefull
consideration
of
all
these
arguments
,
the
diligent
and
carefull
Christian
out
of
this
one
proofe
,
shall
finde
himselfe
compassed
about
with
many
reasons
and
sound
arguments
,
all
enforcing
this
point
.
After
thy
deliuerances
bestowed
vpon
thee
by
God
,
Sinne
no
more
:
Viz.
suffer
not
sinne
to
make
thee
his
slaue
no
more
,
to
make
thee
his
carthorse
,
to
rule
and
raigne
in
thee
,
to
obey
his
lustes
,
to
giue
eare
to
his
inchantements
:
but
hauing
the
vncleane
spirit
driuen
out
of
thee
,
entertaine
him
no
more
,
being
escaped
from
the
filthinesse
of
thy
sins
,
fall
not
into
thy
old
wont
and
vomit
of
sinne
againe
,
but
striue
and
straine
to
be
lead
forward
to
perfection
.
Phil.
3.24
.
1.
Cor.
9.24
.
Philip.
3.12
.
Follow
hard
toward
the
marke
:
so
run
,
that
thou
maist
obtaine
and
comprehend
that
,
for
whose
sake
also
thou
art
comprehended
of
Christ
Iesus
:
out
of
all
which
I
may
inferre
this
conclusion
,
no
striuing
,
no
ouerruling
,
no
victorie
ouer
our
sinnes
wee
haue
had
:
most
certainly
no
conuert
,
no
true
Christian
,
no
dutifull
man
,
for
his
manie
and
great
deliuerances
.
Heretikes
.
Papists
.
Cath.
Coelest
.
Donat.
Perfect
.
See
Cal.
in
Ephes.
1.
ver.
4
Now
because
the
arguments
of
the
Papists
Catherans
,
Caelestins
,
Donatists
,
and
vnpure
Perfectists
,
for
prouing
and
confirming
an
absolute
obedience
to
the
law
of
God
,
&
a
totall
puritie
from
sinne
,
amongest
the
godly
in
this
life
,
seeme
to
the
reader
at
the
first
view
to
carrie
some
weight
,
I
will
a
little
more
stand
vpon
the
confutation
of
their
obiections
&
the
right
sense
and
meaning
of
those
testimonies
of
scripture
,
which
they
falsely
peruert
to
their
owne
destruction
,
&
the
endangering
of
manie
.
Ierom.
aduersus
Pelag.
ad
Ctesiphon
.
And
first
let
me
set
downe
what
Ierome
his
iudgement
is
of
them
in
these
wordes
:
What
greater
rashnesse
can
there
be
,
then
for
a
man
to
chalenge
to
himselfe
,
not
onely
to
be
like
,
but
to
be
all
one
with
God
:
which
poyson
hath
issued
from
the
impure
fountaine
of
the
Philosophers
:
and
especially
Pythagoras
and
Zeno
,
who
affirmed
that
those
which
the
Graecians
call
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
&
we
passions
:
as
griefe
,
hope
,
fear
,
ioy
.
&c.
may
be
puld
out
of
mans
minds
,
&
that
no
string
,
or
roote
of
vices
at
all
,
may
be
remaining
in
men
,
through
the
exercise
of
vertue
:
which
is
to
take
man
out
of
man
,
and
for
a
man
being
in
the
body
to
be
without
the
body
.
Thus
farre
Ierome
.
And
the
same
man
a
little
after
in
the
same
treatise
,
saith
very
excellently
thus
:
He
that
alwaies
forgetteth
things
past
,
and
longeth
for
things
to
come
,
sheweth
that
he
is
not
content
with
,
neither
that
there
is
any
perfection
in
this
present
world
.
The
aduersaries
,
being
by
the
examples
of
the
diuers
falles
of
the
faithfull
in
all
ages
:
their
humble
confessions
concerning
their
imperfections
:
and
the
manifolde
testimonies
of
the
word
to
this
end
,
so
hampered
,
1.
Obiection
.
See
Cal.
lib.
2.
instit
.
cap.
7.
that
they
are
grauelled
and
can
go
no
further
:
haue
no
refuge
,
but
are
constrained
to
flye
to
the
almightie
power
of
God
:
leauing
what
man
can
do
of
himselfe
,
reasoning
what
is
Gods
power
in
man
.
Answer
.
We
answere
and
doe
not
denie
,
but
God
can
perfectly
regenerate
vs
in
this
life
,
if
hee
will
:
but
why
hee
doth
it
not
,
he
hath
many
causes
:
among
the
rest
note
these
.
First
,
that
wee
may
diligently
consider
the
power
of
sin
,
how
great
it
is
,
and
what
effect
it
hath
in
man
,
which
we
see
cannot
bee
destroyed
in
vs
,
but
by
little
and
little
,
&
that
by
the
speciall
grace
of
the
spirit
:
and
therefore
we
are
so
much
the
more
to
be
afraid
of
it
.
Secondly
,
that
when
to
this
life
we
finde
no
end
or
stay
of
the
conflict
betweene
the
flesh
and
the
spirit
,
we
may
so
much
the
more
long
for
that
blessed
life
,
wherein
wee
shall
appeare
before
God
,
perfectly
regenerate
and
holy
:
whereas
if
God
should
out
of
hand
renew
,
and
totally
sanctifie
vs
,
the
dignitie
should
not
bee
of
so
great
accompt
with
vs
:
but
now
,
by
little
and
little
bringing
the
same
to
passe
in
vs
,
the
perfection
thereof
is
so
much
the
more
deare
vnto
vs
.
Lastly
,
for
this
cause
God
doth
not
perfectly
here
regenerate
vs
,
to
the
end
that
his
power
may
bee
made
perfect
in
our
weaknesse
:
and
when
wee
are
saued
by
meere
grace
,
and
not
of
workes
,
he
that
reioyceth
may
reioyce
only
in
the
Lord
.
Obiection
.
2
Philip.
3.15
.
The
Scripture
(
say
they
)
attributeth
perfection
to
the
godly
,
saying
:
As
many
of
vs
as
are
perfect
,
let
vs
be
thus
minded
.
Answer
.
When
Paul
reckeneth
himselfe
amongst
the
perfect
,
he
speaketh
not
of
such
a
perfection
of
faith
in
vs
,
Cal.
in
Phil.
3.15
.
as
the
Perfectists
do
imagine
:
but
hee
speaketh
there
of
the
perfection
of
knowledge
,
in
respect
of
the
only
foundation
of
our
saluation
Iesus
Christ
:
when
casting
away
confidence
in
all
things
,
wee
reioyce
in
the
onely
righteousnesse
of
Christ
Iesus
:
and
setting
all
other
things
aside
,
to
attaine
to
the
fellowship
of
his
sufferings
,
which
may
bring
vs
to
the
blessed
resurrection
.
So
that
this
proofe
,
which
they
vse
as
a
daunt
to
driue
vs
from
the
trueth
,
may
wee
vse
as
a
sword
to
pearce
them
thorow
,
who
withstand
so
plaine
a
trueth
.
Secondly
,
it
is
true
by
comparison
,
vz.
If
you
compare
persons
with
persons
,
that
there
is
more
vertue
and
knowledge
to
bee
found
in
one
man
,
then
in
another
:
so
the
Apostles
well
instructed
in
Christ
,
were
called
perfect
,
in
respect
of
them
who
being
too
much
set
vpon
ceremonies
of
the
Law
,
were
pulled
asunder
from
the
body
it selfe
.
So
Noah
for
his
life
,
is
said
to
haue
been
a
iust
and
perfect
man
in
his
generation
.
Obiection
.
3
They
alleadge
further
,
that
so
earnestly
to
maintaine
this
imperfection
,
is
to
make
Christians
slothfull
:
which
otherwise
by
preaching
perfection
,
would
be
pricked
forward
to
the
attaining
thereof
.
Answer
.
I
answere
:
that
the
knowledge
of
a
mans
owne
imperfection
in
this
life
,
doth
rather
stirre
the
godly
forward
,
to
endeuour
to
attaine
to
perfection
,
and
euery
day
to
goe
stedfastly
forward
in
the
course
of
their
calling
:
&
to
striue
with
the
Apostle
,
Phil.
3.11
.
if
by
any
meanes
they
may
attaine
to
the
resurrection
of
the
dead
.
Which
obiection
being
thus
answered
,
appeareth
manifestly
how
wicked
,
and
directly
against
this
sound
and
holesome
doctrine
of
the
vnperfect
obedience
of
the
faithfull
in
this
life
,
is
that
Canon
of
the
Tridentine
Councell
,
Can.
18.
sess.
6.
enacting
thus
:
If
any
man
say
,
that
the
commaundements
of
God
are
impossible
to
be
kept
,
euen
of
a
man
iustified
and
vnder
grace
,
let
him
be
accursed
.
And
here
for
the
summary
conclusion
of
this
point
,
I
cannot
omit
the
testimonies
of
two
ancient
learned
fathers
,
concerning
the
premisses
:
August
.
contra
duas
epist.
Pelag.
lib.
4.
c.
10.
Augustine
saying
thus
:
With
what
presumption
doe
they
openly
gainsay
the
Lords
prayer
,
wherein
all
the
members
of
Christ
doe
cry
with
a
true
heart
,
and
daily
voyce
,
forgiue
vs
our
debts
?
And
a
most
excellent
saying
is
that
of
Cyprian
,
Cypr.
epist.
de
mortal
.
who
saith
:
We
haue
a
combat
with
couetousnes
,
with
wrath
,
with
ambition
:
we
haue
a
daily
and
troublesome
wrastling
with
the
corruption
of
the
flesh
,
and
with
the
entisements
of
the
world
.
If
couetousnes
be
vanquished
,
lust
riseth
vp
:
if
lust
be
suppressed
,
ambition
commeth
in
place
:
if
ambition
bee
contemned
,
wrath
galleth
,
pride
puffeth
vp
,
drunkennes
allureth
,
wickednesse
cutteth
off
friendship
:
and
yet
it
pleaseth
a
man
to
stay
long
among
these
snares
of
Satan
:
whereas
wee
ought
rather
to
wish
to
make
haste
vnto
Christ
,
where
we
may
bee
freed
from
them
all
.
The
last
point
that
I
haue
thought
good
to
note
out
of
these
wordes
,
Sinne
no
more
,
is
the
priuate
and
particular
vse
and
application
,
that
euery
one
partaker
of
any
deliuerance
,
either
spirituall
or
corporall
from
the
Lorde
,
must
make
to
his
own
soule
,
concerning
such
dutie
as
the
Lord
requireth
of
him
,
which
is
this
:
That
the
wordes
and
power
of
them
,
should
euer
sound
vnto
his
owne
soule
,
as
a
summon
,
to
bid
him
awake
,
stand
vp
,
and
walke
no
more
in
the
course
and
waies
of
his
former
wickednes
,
as
thus
:
O
thou
man
,
whosoeuer
thou
bee
,
who
hast
tasted
most
abundantly
the
sweete
mercies
of
thy
God
,
escaped
many
dreadfull
dangers
,
passed
many
perils
,
the
Lord
still
preseruing
thee
,
and
shadowing
thee
vnder
the
wings
of
his
mercie
,
till
they
were
all
ouerpast
:
looke
now
to
thy selfe
,
how
thou
walkest
hereafter
:
not
so
loosely
,
negligently
and
disobediently
,
as
thou
hast
done
before
:
sinne
no
more
in
vnthankfulnes
,
as
thou
hast
done
:
sinne
no
more
in
contemning
Gods
long
,
louing
,
and
gratious
visitation
:
sinne
no
more
in
prophaning
the
Lords
day
:
sinne
no
more
by
thy
drunkennes
,
adulterie
,
Atheisme
,
contempt
of
Gods
word
,
and
many
moe
sinnes
,
wherein
thou
hast
been
found
faultie
:
let
Gods
iudgements
,
shaken
at
thee
as
a
sword
for
thy
sinnes
,
terrifie
thee
:
let
the
same
now
remoued
allure
thee
,
euer
hereafter
to
walke
,
and
worke
,
as
in
the
presence
of
the
Almightie
.
And
thus
may
euery
priuate
soule
,
now
saued
from
daungers
,
sound
out
the
alarme
of
his
continuall
dutie
,
in
manner
and
forme
aforesaid
:
euer
labouring
and
striuing
,
that
the
Lords
preseruation
from
imminent
dangers
,
may
bring
foorth
and
breede
in
vs
reformation
of
life
,
and
mortification
of
sinne
raigning
in
vs
.
And
thus
much
for
the
dutie
of
the
man
deliuered
:
wherein
hath
bin
shewed
at
large
,
the
dutie
of
vs
all
for
Gods
many
and
miraculous
mercies
,
whereof
we
haue
of
late
most
abundantly
tasted
:
and
which
whole
point
is
the
subiect
of
this
vnworthie
treatise
.
THE
FOVRTH
SERMON
OF
THE
DVTIE
OF
our
deliuerance
:
drawne
out
of
the
last
words
of
the
text
:
Least
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
thee
.
NOw
followeth
the
fourth
and
last
part
of
this
treatise
,
The
summe
of
the
words
.
which
is
the
louing
and
friendly
caueat
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
to
the
man
healed
:
forewarning
him
of
the
danger
that
would
ensue
,
if
he
did
not
presently
put
in
practise
the
dutie
of
his
deliuerance
,
contained
in
these
wordes
of
the
text
:
Least
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
thee
.
In
these
words
vttered
by
our
Sauiour
Christ
to
the
man
healed
,
is
described
the
danger
this
man
was
in
,
if
he
sinned
againe
,
euen
a
worse
thing
to
fall
vpon
him
.
The
Lord
in
his
former
sicknes
had
dealt
with
him
like
a
sonne
:
but
if
he
continue
obstinate
,
and
offend
again
,
he
will
plague
him
like
a
wayward
seruant
.
He
had
visited
him
with
a
long
sicknesse
,
to
purge
him
,
that
he
might
be
a
profitable
plant
:
but
if
after
this
purging
of
the
Lorde
,
hee
still
became
vnprofitable
,
hee
will
the
next
time
plucke
him
vp
by
the
rootes
,
and
cast
him
into
the
fire
.
In
his
former
sicknesse
God
shewed
his
mercifull
power
,
and
powerfull
mercie
in
healing
him
,
when
he
had
no
hope
to
be
healed
:
but
if
he
fall
and
offend
againe
,
the
Lord
will
shew
his
iust
power
,
and
powerfull
iustice
in
condemning
him
.
The
danger
of
a
relapse
into
sinne
againe
,
after
God
hath
deliuered
vs
out
of
dangers
.
Heb.
6.6.7
.
The
man
stood
therefore
in
a
dangerous
case
,
better
he
had
neuer
been
healed
,
then
sinne
againe
:
better
neuer
to
haue
receiued
the
sweete
raine
and
dew
of
Gods
blessings
,
then
after
the
receipt
of
them
,
to
bring
forth
nothing
but
bryers
and
brambles
:
for
so
hee
is
nie
to
cursing
.
Out
of
all
which
I
gather
this
doctrine
,
vz:
That
when
for
sinne
God
hath
inflicted
sicknesse
,
sores
,
and
griefe
vpon
any
,
and
afterward
he
in
mercie
hath
healed
the
disease
,
by
remitting
the
sinne
,
and
the
partie
so
healed
doth
fall
afterward
into
his
accustomed
manner
of
sinning
againe
:
that
same
partie
,
whosoeuer
he
or
she
be
,
is
in
great
daunger
that
God
will
inflict
a
greater
plague
vpon
him
,
then
euer
he
had
before
.
For
proofe
hereof
,
reade
Leuit.
26.
from
the
14.
Reade
Leui.
26.
from
vers.
14.
to
the
end
of
the
chap.
and
Deut.
28.
verse
to
the
end
of
the
chapter
,
where
the
seruant
of
God
Moses
setteth
downe
,
that
for
the
peoples
disobedience
,
and
contempt
of
his
lawes
,
God
will
bring
a
consumption
,
and
a
burning
ague
:
but
if
they
will
not
for
these
things
repent
,
he
will
punish
them
seuen
times
more
:
if
they
will
not
then
repent
,
hee
will
plague
them
seuen
times
worse
then
that
.
The
Prophet
Amos
rebuketh
Israell
,
that
though
she
was
in
captiuitie
,
yet
was
she
not
humbled
thereby
to
forsake
her
sinnes
:
Amos.
5.
vers.
10.11.12
.
but
rather
worse
and
worse
in
contemning
his
Prophet
in
oppressing
the
poore
,
in
peruerting
iudgement
,
by
taking
bribes
:
the
Prophet
prophesieth
&
telleth
them
that
a
worse
thing
shall
come
,
then
euer
befell
them
hitherto
:
for
whereas
they
seemed
to
crye
for
the
day
of
the
Lord
,
he
telleth
them
the
day
of
vengeance
shall
fall
vpon
them
in
stead
of
the
other
.
Yea
one
iudgement
shall
follow
after
another
.
Vers.
19.
As
if
a
man
did
flie
from
a
Lion
and
a
beare
,
and
did
meet
him
,
or
went
into
the
house
and
leaned
his
hand
on
the
wall
,
and
a
serpent
bit
him
:
Gods
iudgementes
shall
be
readie
to
seaze
vpon
him
,
Pro.
1.
vers.
24.
what
way
soeuer
he
turne
him
.
Wisedome
telleth
the
wicked
,
that
because
she
hath
stretched
out
her
hand
,
to
correct
diuerse
of
her
rebellious
sonnes
,
and
yet
they
continued
wicked
,
Vers.
28.29.30
.
and
would
none
of
her
correction
,
loe
the
next
time
she
will
stretch
forth
her
hand
,
but
not
as
before
:
before
she
stretched
and
spread
abroad
both
her
armes
of
mercie
,
clocking
her
disobedient
children
vnto
her
:
As
the
hen
gathereth
her
chickens
vnder
her
wings
:
Math.
23.37
.
But
her
second
stretching
shal
be
as
an
Eagle
prepared
for
his
pray
,
to
bring
vpon
them
sodaine
desolation
and
destruction
like
a
whitewind
.
Esay
speaking
in
the
person
of
the
Lord
to
his
rebellious
Israell
saith
:
Esy
.
65.12
.
I
shall
number
you
to
the
sword
,
and
all
you
shall
bow
downe
to
the
slaughter
:
because
I
cried
and
you
did
not
answere
,
I
spake
and
ye
did
not
heare
,
Ierem.
2.30
.
but
did
euill
in
my
sight
.
Ieremie
complaineth
,
that
although
they
were
smitten
and
corrected
,
yet
all
was
in
vaine
:
And
howe
fearefull
a
thing
it
is
,
after
God
hath
giuen
vs
health
or
deliuerance
out
of
dangers
,
to
offend
him
againe
by
our
loose
life
,
appeareth
by
Pharaoh
and
his
fearefull
ende
,
Exod.
13.28
.
Luke
.
17.17
.
and
by
that
sharpe
censure
Christ
gaue
of
the
nine
leapers
by
him
cleansed
,
and
yet
remained
vnthankfull
.
Heb.
6.4
.
And
if
it
be
so
dangerous
to
sinne
againe
after
the
recouerie
of
the
health
of
the
bodie
;
much
and
more
dangerous
it
is
for
those
to
fall
againe
,
Heb.
10.26
.
Mat.
12.45
.
whom
God
hath
enlightned
with
the
sight
of
their
sinnes
,
and
knowledge
of
the
truth
,
Heb.
6.6
.
for
they
entertaine
other
spirites
worse
than
the
former
,
they
crucifie
againe
the
sonne
of
God
,
and
therefore
better
had
it
beene
for
such
neuer
to
haue
knowne
the
way
of
truth
,
then
after
they
haue
knowne
it
,
to
prophane
it
,
2.
Pet.
3.13
.
by
their
lewd
and
wicked
practises
,
least
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
thee
.
This
word
(
least
)
doth
not
here
signifie
any
vncertainty
,
as
being
a
thing
proceeding
from
man
,
The
right
sense
of
the
word
(
least
)
in
this
place
.
whose
promisses
or
threatings
are
vncertaine
:
but
it
signifieth
a
thing
most
assuredly
,
that
will
come
to
passe
,
as
being
a
iudgment
proceeding
from
the
father
of
light
,
Iam.
1.18
.
Gods
iudgements
are
not
to
be
dallied
withall
.
with
whom
is
no
variablenes
not
shadow
of
turning
.
We
may
not
dally
with
the
threatnings
of
the
Lord
here
,
as
Euah
did
with
the
commandement
in
Paradise
:
who
when
the
Lord
had
absolutely
threatned
death
to
them
assoon
as
euer
they
should
transgresse
his
commaundement
;
Euah
by
the
subtiltie
of
the
serpent
is
brought
to
make
a
peraduenture
of
that
which
God
absolutely
set
downe
,
and
saith
:
Gen.
3.3
.
Of
the
fruite
of
the
tree
in
the
middest
of
the
garden
,
God
hath
said
,
ye
shall
not
eate
least
ye
die
.
It
may
be
,
some
now
a
daies
may
sooth
vp
Gods
iudgements
and
threatnings
,
The
speech
of
a
carelesse
Atheist
.
and
sooth
themselues
in
their
sinnes
and
say
,
tush
,
to
sin
is
not
so
great
a
daunger
as
it
is
taken
to
be
,
for
we
see
them
that
most
offended
,
florish
faire
,
and
stand
as
wel
as
the
best
:
and
besides
,
his
iudgements
are
but
threatned
with
a
peraduenture
,
or
perhaps
take
heed
ye
catiffes
,
and
thrise
blinded
men
of
the
world
.
For
this
word
(
least
)
signifieth
thus
much
:
That
hee
aduiseth
them
to
beware
,
for
if
he
doe
not
,
A
bone
for
such
to
gnawe
vpon
.
assuredly
a
worse
thing
will
come
vpon
him
.
And
that
Gods
iudgements
threatned
against
the
wicked
,
are
without
any
peraduenture
,
as
comming
from
a
God
not
vncertain
what
to
do
;
marke
what
Moses
speaketh
in
the
person
of
the
Lord
:
If
I
whet
my
glittering
sword
,
and
my
hand
take
hold
on
iudgement
,
Deut.
32.41.42
I
will
execute
vengeance
on
mine
enemies
,
and
will
reward
them
that
hate
me
:
I
will
make
my
arrowes
drunke
with
blood
,
and
my
sword
shall
eat
flesh
:
And
Dauid
saith
:
God
shall
wound
the
hairie
scalpe
of
such
an
one
as
goeth
on
still
in
his
wickednesse
.
And
the
authour
to
the
Hebrewes
,
hauing
perswaded
to
holinesse
of
life
,
addeth
the
daunger
,
Heb.
12.29
.
and
saith
:
For
our
God
is
euen
a
consuming
fire
:
Again
the
same
author
sheweth
the
danger
all
such
are
in
,
as
by
their
continuance
in
sinne
(
after
they
haue
receiued
the
knowledge
of
the
truth
)
do
crucifie
againe
the
sonne
of
God
,
addeth
as
a
conclusion
these
words
:
It
is
a
fearefull
thing
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
liuing
God
.
Heb.
10.31
.
To
conclude
therfore
this
point
:
Gods
iudgements
being
threatned
against
the
wicked
for
sinne
,
they
are
ineuitable
without
alteration
:
vnlesse
they
presently
put
in
practise
the
holsome
counsell
of
the
Apostle
Paul
to
the
Corinthes
:
What
will
alter
Gods
iudgments
.
aduising
them
to
enter
into
a
serious
and
sound
adiudging
of
themselues
,
and
so
they
should
escape
the
great
and
fearefull
iudgementes
of
the
Lord
,
1.
Cor.
11.31.32
which
was
partly
begunne
alreadie
in
execution
amongest
them
,
and
partly
was
readie
to
be
inflicted
vpon
them
.
It
must
be
an
eye
to
see
Gods
iudgement
,
a
heart
to
feele
Gods
iudgement
,
a
conscience
to
condemne
,
and
all
concurring
together
,
to
prostrate
,
throwe
downe
,
and
truly
to
humble
the
sinfull
man
,
vnder
Gods
mightie
hand
,
crying
with
the
prodigal
sonne
:
O
father
I
haue
sinned
against
heauen
and
against
thee
:
and
am
not
worthie
to
be
called
thy
sonne
:
I
say
it
must
be
,
all
these
wrought
most
soundly
by
the
worke
of
Gods
spirit
in
the
sinner
that
must
be
as
a
stoppe
to
Gods
iudgements
,
and
a
stay
of
his
anger
manifested
.
Least
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
thee
,
&c.
These
words
may
be
the
speech
of
a
master
to
his
seruant
thus
:
I
haue
taken
thee
napping
twise
or
thrise
,
nay
often
,
and
haue
louingly
admonished
thee
of
it
,
but
if
thou
plaiest
the
like
again
thou
shalt
smart
for
all
:
or
of
a
schoolmaister
to
his
scholler
,
whose
waggish
trickes
and
great
negligence
he
hath
often
pardoned
:
but
now
threatneth
the
next
time
shall
pay
for
all
.
Euen
so
God
from
time
to
time
seemed
to
winke
at
the
sins
of
this
man
,
What
the
Lord
long
forbearing
requireth
.
yea
euen
at
the
sinnes
of
vs
all
,
and
like
a
louing
schoolemaster
beares
a
while
with
our
offences
:
but
either
now
cease
from
sinne
,
learne
to
doe
well
,
and
be
a
good
scholler
in
Christes
schoole
,
or
else
looke
thy
lord
and
master
,
the
Lord
Iehouah
will
take
an
account
for
all
,
and
in
the
ende
pay
thee
home
.
(
Least
)
importeth
necessitie
.
(
Least
)
this
word
(
least
)
vsually
in
the
scriptures
importeth
great
necessitie
of
the
matter
in
hand
to
be
put
in
speedie
execution
,
as
in
Ieremie
:
Ierm.
4.4
.
Breake
vp
your
fallow
ground
,
sow
no
more
among
the
thornes
,
be
circumcised
to
the
Lord
,
and
be
no
more
stifnecked
,
least
my
wrath
breake
forth
and
burne
like
a
fire
&c.
Psal.
2.12
.
And
the
Psalmist
:
Kisse
the
sonne
least
he
be
angrie
,
and
so
ye
perish
sodainely
,
if
his
wrath
be
kindled
,
yea
but
a
little
&c.
And
that
necessarie
admonition
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
to
his
Disciples
Watch
and
pray
least
ye
enter
into
temptation
.
Luke
.
22.40.46
Math
26.36
.
Mar.
14.32
.
And
last
of
all
,
that
earnest
caueat
of
the
author
to
the
Hebr.
to
all
the
godly
Iewes
,
for
perseuerance
in
the
profession
of
the
Gospell
,
and
practise
of
holy
daies
meete
for
the
measure
of
the
grace
of
God
they
had
receiued
,
saith
thus
:
Take
heed
brethren
(
least
)
at
any
time
there
be
in
any
of
you
an
euill
heart
and
vnfaithfull
to
depart
away
from
the
liuing
God
.
Heb.
3.12
&
vers.
13.
Out
of
all
these
aforenamed
phrases
may
be
gathered
the
vrgent
necessitie
that
was
imposed
vpon
this
man
healed
,
presently
to
put
in
vre
the
continuall
dutie
of
his
deliuerance
,
The
vrgent
necessitie
of
performing
dutie
to
the
Lord
.
and
insinuateth
also
vnto
euery
one
of
vs
,
or
rather
as
a
continuall
cry
soundeth
in
our
eares
.
O
ye
negligent
,
coole
,
carelesse
,
disobedient
,
and
scornefull
people
in
the
North
parts
of
England
,
who
deseruing
Gods
wrath
for
your
manifold
sins
are
yet
now
in
the
multitude
of
his
mercies
,
An
Alarme
to
the
North
parts
of
England
.
freed
&
deliuered
from
the
effect
of
his
wrath
,
sinne
no
more
,
least
if
you
againe
tempt
and
prouoke
the
liuing
Lord
to
anger
,
he
call
you
to
recken
and
giue
an
account
for
your selues
,
Heb.
3.9
.
&
so
ye
shall
neuer
be
able
to
answere
one
of
a
thousand
.
Further
in
that
our
Sauiour
Christ
heere
admonisheth
the
man
healed
of
his
daily
danger
,
if
euer
after
hee
,
doe
not
crucifie
the
olde
Adam
with
the
lustes
thereof
:
God
euer
warneth
before
he
plagueth
.
we
note
the
louing
care
&
mercy
of
God
,
not
to
bring
destruction
vpon
any
,
before
he
hath
both
largly
&
louingly
forewarned
them
of
the
danger
,
yea
he
desireth
not
the
death
of
a
sinner
,
but
rather
that
he
conuert
and
liue
according
to
the
rule
of
the
Apostle
,
Ezech.
18.23
.
the
Lord
is
not
slack
as
some
men
count
slacknes
,
but
is
patient
towards
vs
,
would
haue
no
man
to
perish
,
2.
Pet.
3.9
.
but
would
haue
all
men
come
to
repentance
,
and
all
are
inuited
to
the
mariage
of
the
Kings
sonne
.
To
conclude
therefore
this
point
,
Matth.
22.
No
cause
to
censure
the
Lord
of
hard
dealing
in
iudgement
.
we
learne
heere
that
all
excuse
or
censuring
the
Lord
of
hard
dealing
in
iudgment
is
remoued
from
the
wicked
,
seing
all
of
them
before
they
vndergo
the
intollerable
burthen
of
his
wrath
are
offred
most
abundantly
to
drinke
of
his
loue
.
[
A
worse
thing
.
]
For
the
consideration
of
the
measure
and
greatnes
in
some
sort
of
this
punishment
,
which
heere
is
threatned
the
man
if
he
offend
againe
,
View
in
particuler
.
I
wish
thee
diligent
&
wise
reader
,
to
g●ue
a
glaunce
backe
to
the
viewe
of
his
former
sicknesse
,
and
certainly
that
will
giue
thee
some
probable
demonstration
of
the
measure
of
his
punishment
againe
.
Cal.
in
Ioh.
Cap.
5.
vers.
14.
It
is
very
likely
that
his
correction
was
laid
vpon
him
in
his
youth
and
the
verie
time
,
which
by
nature
,
yeeldeth
pleasure
to
the
bodie
,
was
altogether
painefull
:
Cap.
5.
vers.
5.
continuing
with
him
,
the
space
of
38.
yeares
,
all
that
while
no
vse
of
his
bodie
,
to
minister
any
comfort
.
Whereupon
I
may
say
with
Clauin
,
Cal.
cap.
●od
.
to
euery
man
that
considereth
hereon
:
Quàm
grauis
fuerit
tot
annorum
poena
,
reputa
:
Waigh
well
with
thy selfe
how
painefull
was
the
continuance
of
such
a
grieuous
paine
,
for
the
aggrauating
whereof
,
this
one
thing
did
not
a
little
worke
,
that
when
this
poore
soule
so
long
had
beene
soaked
and
bathed
in
his
affliction
full
38
yeares
,
he
grew
to
be
forlorne
,
forsaken
,
and
helpelesse
altogether
in
respect
of
any
man
:
continually
many
diseased
,
by
helpe
of
others
brought
to
the
poole
,
and
so
healed
,
and
yet
he
a
distressed
soule
,
pitied
of
none
,
relieued
by
none
,
expecting
stil
,
some
would
cary
him
,
but
all
in
vaine
,
crying
for
comfort
,
but
comfortlesse
still
:
so
that
with
Iob
we
may
well
say
,
that
he
seemed
to
be
euen
as
a
butte
,
or
marke
that
God
had
set
to
shoote
at
,
and
to
pierce
through
with
the
arrowes
of
his
anger
,
and
that
to
mans
iudgement
hardly
a
more
comfortlesse
sorrow
could
be
laid
vpon
him
,
and
yet
lo
at
last
healed
by
him
,
Christ
healeth
when
it
seemeth
to
be
past
healing
.
who
euer
healeth
,
when
all
meanes
of
healing
seemed
to
fayle
:
this
man
I
say
,
is
now
by
Christ
admonished
to
looke
to
the
dyet
of
his
soule
,
that
he
do
not
surfet
with
sinne
againe
,
least
a
sorer
plague
befall
,
both
bodie
and
soule
,
〈◊〉
befell
him
before
:
a
sorer
will
you
say
how
can
that
be
?
for
in
his
former
visitation
he
was
comfortlesse
,
A
glance
to
his
former
griefe
.
helpelesse
,
and
hopelesse
in
regard
of
man
:
oh
,
how
then
can
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
him
,
I
wish
all
men
aswell
those
that
haue
felt
great
and
grieuous
troubles
either
in
bodie
or
soule
,
or
both
themselues
,
as
also
those
that
haue
beene
eye
witnesses
,
or
eare
witnesses
of
their
neighbours
,
or
countries
great
afflictions
:
Beware
of
complaining
against
Gods
iudgement
.
to
beware
of
such
like
complaints
as
there
:
or
aggrauating
their
punishments
so
greatly
,
as
though
God
had
not
in
store
a
greater
for
them
,
if
they
offend
againe
,
and
to
make
all
that
shall
reade
this
,
more
circumspect
in
this
point
,
I
will
set
downe
the
excellent
saying
of
the
afore-recited
author
Caluin
touching
this
one
point
:
Caluin
cap.
eod.
Non
dubium
est
,
quin
sibi
horrendas
saepè
,
&
prodig●o
so●
cruciatus
,
miseri
homines
,
improbis
suis
quaerimonijs
accersunt
,
dum
nigant
mala
sua
augeri
posse
.
Without
all
question
,
wicked
men
do
heape
vpon
their
owne
heads
,
many
great
and
fearfull
iudgements
,
Complaining
against
God
hastneth
condemnation
.
while
after
a
complaining
manner
they
cry
out
and
say
,
their
griefes
are
so
great
,
and
punishments
so
intollerable
,
that
God
can
lay
no
greater
vpon
them
:
let
this
euer
be
a
warning
vnto
vs
all
,
Patience
in
paines
is
profitable
.
patiently
to
abide
,
&
willingly
to
wait
for
our
deliuerance
out
of
dangers
,
and
being
deliuered
,
carefully
to
put
in
practise
the
dutie
that
we
owe
for
our
deliuerance
:
least
if
we
doe
not
,
a
worse
thing
come
vnto
vs
.
A
worse
thing
]
Two
waies
especially
Christ
here
threatneth
to
bring
a
worese
punishment
vpon
him
then
before
,
if
hee
offend
againe
.
First
,
though
the
former
punishment
for
continuance
was
long
,
for
paines
extreame
,
for
remedie
almost
hopelesse
:
yet
is
the
Lord
of
power
to
inflict
,
and
here
threatneth
that
hee
will
inflict
a
greater
and
more
grieuous
punishment
,
in
all
circumstances
then
before
:
out
of
which
learne
this
doctrine
following
:
namely
,
Caluine
.
Nullas
esse
tam
atroces
&
saeuas
poenas
,
quibus
non
aliquid
addere
Dominus
possit
,
quoties
visum
fuerit
.
There
are
no
punishments
so
great
laid
vpon
the
wicked
,
which
the
Lord
Iehouah
is
not
of
power
to
aggrauate
and
make
greater
,
whensoeuer
the
same
shall
seeme
good
vnto
him
.
Secondly
,
if
the
man
healed
by
Christ
,
offend
and
sinne
againe
as
before
,
a
worse
thing
shall
befall
him
,
in
regard
of
the
Lords
protection
.
For
though
in
the
former
his
griefe
was
great
,
and
his
sicknes
of
long
continuance
:
yet
from
the
beginning
thereof
,
till
the
perfect
healing
of
the
same
,
the
Lord
euer
assisted
him
by
his
power
,
prepared
him
by
patience
and
though
of
the
one
hand
the
poore
man
semed
to
bee
forlorne
,
yet
with
the
other
hand
the
Lord
still
vpheld
him
,
as
faithfull
in
his
promises
,
laying
no
more
vpon
him
,
but
as
he
gaue
him
strength
to
beare
,
and
in
the
midst
thereof
gaue
him
a
comfortable
issue
thereout
.
But
loe
,
the
next
time
that
the
Lord
commeth
agaianst
him
,
he
will
not
onely
by
his
infinit
power
,
lay
vpon
him
a
sorer
plague
:
but
that
also
which
is
more
fearfull
,
he
will
withdraw
from
him
his
louing
protection
:
which
blessed
protection
,
did
in
his
former
sicknesse
euer
vphold
him
from
perishing
.
In
his
former
visitation
he
dealt
like
a
father
,
Comparison
.
whose
tender
affection
and
loue
to
his
childe
,
euer
ouercommeth
his
anger
:
but
his
next
visitation
(
as
I
said
before
)
shal
be
in
iudgement
,
giuing
him
ouer
to
his
owne
strength
,
and
in
the
midst
of
his
agonie
,
leauing
him
to
shift
for
himselfe
.
Which
,
oh
alas
,
when
that
commeth
to
passe
,
hee
shall
neuer
bee
able
to
shelter
himselfe
from
Satans
tyranny
,
nor
saue
him
,
as
he
was
before
saued
,
from
deaths
dominion
.
Hereafter
let
all
mouthes
be
stopped
,
from
murmuring
against
their
sorrowes
:
or
saying
,
they
are
so
great
that
God
can
make
them
no
greater
:
seeing
two
waies
haue
been
told
you
,
how
the
same
may
be
effected
.
1
By
greater
plagues
.
The
first
by
his
great
power
,
which
is
without
bound
or
limitation
.
The
second
,
2
By
spirituall
desertion
,
and
by
withdrawing
his
former
protection
.
which
more
fearfull
is
,
by
spirituall
desertion
,
giuing
them
ouer
to
their
owne
strength
,
and
by
withdrawing
from
them
his
gratious
and
fatherly
protection
,
in
the
time
of
their
fearfull
affliction
.
The
vse
.
Then
let
all
in
generall
,
and
particularly
all
of
vs
my
countrimen
,
make
this
particular
vse
,
and
application
hereout
,
to
the
benefit
of
our
owne
soules
,
euen
throughly
to
examine
and
search
,
Search
the
particulars
of
your
late
visitation
,
both
by
dearth
and
the
pestilence
.
with
what
sicknesse
,
sore
,
trouble
,
or
danger
,
we
haue
been
afflicted
:
in
what
manner
,
measure
,
and
how
long
:
and
after
this
,
that
if
extreame
was
our
affliction
,
great
our
danger
,
and
our
case
vtterly
remediles
,
without
the
sole
saluation
and
deliuerance
of
him
,
who
is
vnto
his
owne
Church
all
in
all
:
surely
then
to
determine
for
a
most
certaine
trueth
,
that
hereafter
,
unles
our
Lord
&
maister
finde
vs
more
carefull
schollers
,
in
learning
of
his
will
,
and
more
obedient
sonnes
in
doing
his
commandements
:
as
sure
as
we
breathe
,
so
to
looke
,
that
ere
it
be
long
,
a
heauier
lode
shal
be
laid
vpon
vs
,
which
we
shall
hardly
disburthen
vs
off
.
If
before
this
,
yea
euen
of
late
,
the
Lord
hath
beaten
vs
blacke
and
pale
,
by
his
seuere
punishments
of
dearth
and
pestilence
:
and
yet
being
now
healed
thereof
presently
forget
our
punishments
,
and
God
,
that
inflicted
them
vpon
vs
:
Though
we
forget
God
in
our
dutie
,
yet
he
will
not
forget
our
sins
tremble
and
feare
,
for
certainly
then
God
will
not
forget
our
sinnes
:
but
if
they
hale
him
on
to
come
against
vs
yet
againe
,
take
heede
that
with
his
third
whip
he
scourge
vs
not
,
till
blood
run
down
from
top
to
toe
:
when
there
shall
be
nothing
heard
,
but
a
fearfull
noise
and
lamentation
,
alas
,
alas
:
in
which
distresse
,
(
which
is
most
fearfull
)
the
wicked
carelesse
contemners
of
his
mercies
,
shall
then
seeke
vnto
him
earely
and
late
for
helpe
.
But
I
make
a
question
whether
they
shall
finde
him
or
no
:
the
shall
call
vpon
him
,
but
I
am
afraid
hee
will
answere
in
thunder
:
and
the
reason
doth
Wisedome
tell
;
Prou.
1.28.29
.
because
they
hated
knowledge
,
and
did
not
chuse
the
feare
of
the
Lord
.
The
cause
doth
Ieremy
tell
:
like
disobedient
children
,
Ierem.
2.30
.
they
did
not
humble
themselues
vnder
the
Lord
,
when
they
were
corrected
.
And
surely
,
if
a
worse
thing
,
What
is
the
cause
if
our
countrie
be
plagued
againe
.
a
worse
plague
come
vpon
our
North-parts
of
this
land
againe
,
it
is
because
(
as
diuers
to
their
griefe
,
haue
both
seene
and
heard
)
that
many
of
you
,
great
townes
,
great
congregations
,
priuate
families
and
persons
,
after
your
deliuerances
,
healings
,
and
restoring
to
your
former
liberty
haue
not
with
Moses
and
with
Deborah
,
Exod.
15.2
.
Iudg.
5.2
.
assembled
your selues
together
,
and
lift
vp
your
voyces
in
praise
to
the
Lord
,
and
a
faithfull
promise
to
become
euer
after
carefull
in
his
seruice
:
which
thing
you
ought
to
haue
done
.
Much
abuse
in
many
places
&
townes
after
their
late
fearfull
visitation
.
But
rather
your
meetings
haue
bin
,
and
are
,
to
shake
hands
with
your
former
sins
,
and
to
bid
them
welcome
againe
amongst
you
:
hauing
for
a
time
been
taken
from
you
,
by
reason
of
your
affliction
.
Your
songs
haue
not
been
to
praise
God
,
but
rather
(
as
I
haue
heard
)
in
place
therof
,
prophane
Enterludes
:
Piping
and
dancing
.
Lords
of
misrule
and
disorder
,
with
many
moe
vnlawfull
sports
.
Esay
49.13
.
and
generally
your
protestations
,
not
one
to
crie
to
another
,
and
all
ioyntly
to
sound
together
,
saying
:
Reioyce
O
heauens
,
be
ioyfull
O
earth
,
burst
foorth
into
praise
O
mountaines
:
for
God
hath
comforted
vs
his
sinfull
people
,
and
hath
had
mercie
on
vs
his
late
afflicted
ones
.
Neither
(
I
am
afraid
)
haue
you
been
carefull
to
say
with
Moses
:
The
Lord
is
our
strength
and
praise
,
and
he
is
become
our
saluation
:
he
is
our
God
,
and
wee
will
prepare
him
a
tabernacle
:
he
is
our
fathers
God
,
and
we
will
exalt
him
.
And
to
conclude
,
whereas
many
of
you
(
my
beloued
countrimen
)
haue
been
depriued
of
the
enioying
of
one
anothers
fellowship
,
Our
meeting
againe
,
after
a
long
separation
,
I
am
afraid
abused
.
in
the
time
of
your
affliction
:
which
now
(
blessed
be
the
name
of
God
)
is
restored
to
free
libertie
of
fellowship
and
societie
one
with
another
:
I
say
,
I
am
afraid
,
that
your
meetings
together
,
after
a
long
and
lamentable
separation
,
hath
not
bin
to
prouoke
vnto
loue
,
and
to
good
works
,
and
to
exhort
one
another
daily
,
Heb.
10.23
.
&
3.13
.
while
it
is
called
to
day
:
but
rather
in
stead
of
this
,
the
drunkard
to
associate
himselfe
with
his
drunken
companions
,
the
whoremonger
to
seeke
for
his
harlot
,
the
vainglorious
man
for
his
flatterers
,
the
carnall
man
for
his
confederates
,
the
vsurer
for
his
creditors
,
one
wicked
man
with
another
,
and
so
to
renew
that
wicked
bond
and
league
of
their
sinne
:
at
all
which
you
ought
to
haue
taken
your
last
farewell
,
neuer
to
haue
communicated
any
more
with
such
vnfruitfull
works
of
darknes
.
Ephes.
5.11
.
Shall
come
vnto
thee
.
]
Out
of
this
place
we
may
gather
this
excellent
point
:
namely
,
that
as
the
godly
bringing
forth
the
pleasant
fruits
of
righteousnes
in
their
liues
,
Note
well
the
godly
goe
still
forward
till
they
come
to
heauen
:
but
the
wicked
stil
backward
till
they
go
down
to
hell
.
haue
still
more
&
more
the
sweete
mercies
of
God
multiplied
vpon
them
,
till
they
enioy
them
in
their
fulnes
in
the
kingdom
of
glorie
.
Euen
so
the
wicked
,
that
after
Gods
graces
powred
downe
vpon
them
,
doe
still
notwithstanding
bring
foorth
nothing
,
but
the
weedes
and
brambles
of
iniquitie
,
haue
Gods
iudgements
still
more
and
more
increased
against
them
,
till
at
the
length
they
presse
them
downe
to
hell
.
Againe
,
I
gather
hence
this
doctrine
,
Thanke
our
vnthankfulnes
if
moe
plagues
come
.
that
if
euill
come
vpon
euill
,
and
punishment
vpon
punishment
:
we
may
iustly
impute
it
to
our
owne
obstinacie
,
and
wilfull
rebellion
.
Last
of
all
,
let
this
doctrine
be
the
conclusion
,
both
of
this
point
,
and
this
part
of
Scripture
:
Si
nil
ferulis
proficiat
erga
nos
Deus
,
quibus
leniter
nos
tanquam
teneros
ac
delicatos
filios
,
humanissimus
pater
castigat
,
nouam
&
quasi
alienam
personam
induere
cogitur
:
If
God
,
by
his
whipping
of
vs
,
profit
vs
nothing
,
wherewithall
,
like
a
most
kinde
father
he
correcteth
our
contumacie
and
disobedience
:
hee
is
enforced
to
take
vpon
him
another
habit
,
and
to
manifest
himselfe
in
another
manner
,
If
mercie
will
not
moue
,
iudgement
will
throw
downe
.
changeing
mercie
into
iudgement
.
And
therefore
let
vs
euer
learne
the
end
of
Gods
fatherly
correction
,
to
bee
our
daily
reformation
,
and
more
increasing
in
the
gifts
and
graces
of
the
holie
spirit
:
euermore
remembring
the
danger
that
will
ensue
,
if
daily
we
doe
it
not
,
and
the
sharp
censure
we
shall
vndergoe
if
we
forget
it
:
euen
this
,
that
the
Almightie
Iehouah
will
,
quasi
atrocioribus
malleis
,
with
the
heauy
and
insupportable
beetles
of
his
iudgements
,
presse
downe
,
&
vtterly
bring
to
desolation
all
those
,
quibus
mediocris
poena
nil
profuit
,
that
is
,
whose
hearts
were
not
mollified
,
and
their
liues
reformed
with
the
Lordes
former
sweete
and
comfortable
affliction
.
The
conclusion
.
Which
(
my
beloued
)
that
the
former
may
euer
take
place
in
vs
,
and
so
escape
,
that
the
latter
be
neuer
laid
vpon
vs
,
the
Lord
for
his
infinit
mercies
sake
grant
vs
,
euen
for
his
sonne
Christs
sake
,
who
by
his
blood
shedding
hath
so
dearely
ransomed
his
Church
:
and
vnto
whom
with
the
Father
,
and
the
holy
Spirit
,
be
all
glorie
,
maiestie
,
praise
,
and
dominion
for
euermore
.
Amen
.
FINIS
.