Psal.
84.
10.
For
a
day
in
thy
courts
is
better
then
a
thousand
:
I
had
rather
bee
a
doore
keeper
in
the
house
of
my
God
,
then
to
dwell
in
the
tabernacles
of
wickednesse
.
THE
Prophet
Dauid
being
through
the
practise
and
tirannie
of
his
enemies
debarred
from
all
accesse
vnto
the
publick
worship
&
seruice
of
God
,
amongst
the
rest
of
the
people
of
God
,
he
maketh
a
mournfull
and
greeuous
complaint
of
this
his
banishment
,
in
the
former
part
of
this
Psalme
,
accounting
his
estate
in
this
regarde
,
more
miserable
then
some
of
the
bruite
creatures
themselues
,
which
had
liberty
to
build
their
nests
,
and
lay
their
young
neere
the
altars
of
the
Lord
,
which
benefit
now
he
was
depriued
valley
of
Mulberries
,
and
the
raine
couering
the
pooles
;
yea
with
much
toile
and
difficulty
they
could
enioy
eare
,
vers
.
8.
and
his
eye
vnto
him
,
vers
9.
that
so
he
would
be
pleased
to
draw
him
out
of
this
necessitie
:
of
which
prayer
this
verse
containeth
one
reason
.
In
which
consider
two
things
;
first
the
meaning
,
second
the
doctrines
.
First
by
the
Courts
of
God
,
and
the
house
of
GOD
,
is
meant
all
one
thing
:
And
although
by
the
house
of
God
is
meant
some-time
the
Church
triumphant
,
Iohn
14.
2.
In
my
fathers
house
are
many
mansions
,
that
is
,
in
heauen
where
the
Saints
enioy
the
presence
of
GOD
:
and
some-times
the
Church
Militant
,
1.
Tim.
3.
15.
That
thou
mayest
know
how
to
behaue
thy selfe
in
the
house
of
God
,
which
is
the
Church
of
the
liuing
God
.
Yet
here
is
it
taken
in
neither
of
those
sences
,
but
more
specially
signifieth
such
a
part
of
the
Church
militant
,
as
where
Gods
people
haue
obtained
liberty
and
freedome
to
worship
God
purely
;
ioyning
together
in
the
confession
of
their
sinnes
,
and
of
their
faith
,
in
hearing
the
worde
,
receiuing
the
Sacraments
,
publicke
prayers
,
&c.
Thus
Salomon
calleth
the
Temple
the
house
of
GOD
almost
twentie
times
,
in
1.
Kings
8.
Thus
Dauid
here
calleth
the
tabernacle
,
first
the
Courts
of
God
,
alluding
to
the
stately
courts
of
Kings
,
in
which
were
sundry
courts
,
and
among
them
one
for
the
people
to
assemble
into
,
seperate
from
the
Sanctuarie
:
and
secondly
the
house
of
God
.
First
because
herein
the
Lord
had
promised
to
dwell
among
his
people
,
euen
as
a
man
dwells
in
his
house
continually
.
For
which
cause
the
Arke
,
(
a
signe
of
his
presence
)
was
set
in
the
Sanctuarie
,
which
the
Lord
calleth
by
his
owne
name
;
Ioshua
4
,
vers.
13.
Fortie
thousand
went
before
the
Lord
to
battle
against
Iericho
,
that
is
before
the
Arke
of
the
Lord
.
2.
because
hee
especially
reueiled
himselfe
here
,
and
gaue
speciall
testimony
of
his
presence
vnto
such
as
purely
sought
him
,
in
the
excercises
of
his
worship
.
For
where
can
a
man
be
either
sooner
or
surelier
found
then
at
his
owne
house
?
hence
was
the
place
of
Gods
worship
called
the
face
of
God
,
which
wee
are
commanded
to
seeke
,
from
which
Caine
was
cast
out
.
Not
that
in
such
places
were
any
false
In
this
Court
of
God
,
in
this
house
of
God
,
Dauid
wished
hee
might
alwayes
dwell
,
and
that
neither
1.
vnaduisedly
,
as
Peter
in
Christs
transfiguration
.
Maister
it
is
good
being
here
:
let
vs
make
three
tabernacles
:
but
hee
wist
not
what
he
said
.
Neither
2.
formally
or
for
fashion
,
but
most
affectionately
:
yea
so
ardently
that
the
very
vehemencie
of
his
desire
,
conflicting
with
deniall
of
it
,
brought
leannesse
into
his
flesh
,
drynesse
into
his
bones
,
and
consumption
into
his
parts
;
for
so
much
the
word
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
in
the
second
verse
implyeth
;
that
he
was
euen
wasted
with
the
sighing
&
groning
out
these
most
inward
desires
of
his
soule
:
nor
yet
3.
doth
he
propound
his
wish
in
simple
forme
of
speach
,
for
that
would
not
serue
him
to
expresse
more
then
ordinary
affection
:
but
as
one
most
superlatiuely
affecting
aboue
all
other
things
this
one
;
he
instituteth
a
double
comparison
.
The
former
is
drawne
from
the
consideration
of
the
time
.
One
day
spent
in
these
Courts
of
GOD
,
is
better
then
a
thousand
elsewhere
:
as
though
he
had
said
.
It
were
no
great
difficulty
for
me
being
a
King
and
the
head
of
all
Israell
,
to
passe
the
whole
terme
of
my
life
in
the
Pallaces
of
the
mighty
,
and
in
aboundance
of
earthly
pleasure
;
If
I
could
(
with
the
most
of
the
world
)
account
these
the
matters
of
highest
honor
,
and
truest
happinesse
.
But
might
I
obtaine
one
day
,
that
is
,
neuer
so
little
a
time
of
the
daies
of
my
pilgrimage
within
thy
Courts
&
tabernacle
:
where
with
the
rest
of
thy
people
I
might
ioyne
in
the
pure
worship
of
thy
name
;
I
would
account
my selfe
more
honorable
&
happy
,
then
to
spend
thousands
of
dayes
in
the
company
of
the
prophane
,
although
neuer
so
great
.
The
latter
comparison
is
drawne
from
consideration
of
the
estate
&
condition
of
men
:
of
whom
some
are
in
eminent
place
and
dignity
,
some
in
meaner
and
baser
degree
.
Dauid
although
he
had
good
experience
of
both
:
yet
with
all
his
soule
,
hee
would
make
exchange
of
all
his
greatnesse
&
glory
,
with
a
meane
and
contemptible
outward
estate
;
so
be
hee
might
enioy
God
in
his
ordinance
with
it
.
And
therefore
although
he
was
a
king
,
yet
all
that
greatnesse
did
not
so
take
vp
his
heart
,
neither
lift
it
vp
:
but
that
he
could
be
contented
,
nay
desirous
to
be
a
doore-keeper
in
the
house
of
God
,
rather
then
to
dwell
in
the
tabernacles
of
wickednesse
;
resoluing
that
he
would
rather
hold
the
meanest
roome
in
the
tabernacle
;
then
without
it
to
possesse
the
highest
place
of
the
earth
:
for
where
Gods
tabernacle
is
not
,
there
can
be
nothing
but
tabernacles
of
wickednesse
.
It
may
be
true
here
which
some
lerned
obserue
,
that
Dauid
in
mention
of
a
doore-keeper
in
Gods
house
,
had
respect
vnto
the
Chorits
,
to
whose
custody
this
psalm
was
comitted
for
their
incouragement
against
the
contempt
of
lewd
men
:
but
whether
he
had
or
no
,
their
office
being
to
keepe
the
doores
of
the
tabernacle
,
the
truth
neuer
so
little
a
while
.
2.
in
neuer
so
meane
a
condition
.
So
much
of
the
meaning
:
the
instructions
follow
.
It
is
a
note
of
a
good
heart
,
to
account
the
wante
of
the
word
and
ministery
,
the
greatest
want
and
heuiest
burthen
of
al
other
.
Dauid
for
such
affections
was
called
a
man
after
Gods
owne
hart
:
so
earnest
and
so
frequent
they
were
with
him
:
in
Psal.
27.
4.
he
was
in
many
wants
,
was
driuen
from
house
and
home
,
yea
destitute
of
all
earthly
comforts
:
yet
he
felt
none
of
them
in
comparrison
,
neither
wished
the
supply
of
any
of
them
:
But
one
thing
he
wanted
,
which
he
desired
of
the
Lord
,
euen
that
hee
might
dwell
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
all
the
daies
of
his
life
,
to
behold
the
beauty
of
the
Lord
&
to
visit
his
temple
.
And
this
was
not
so
peculiar
vnto
this
man
of
God
;
but
that
it
is
common
also
with
other
the
Saints
of
God
.
Ieremy
bewailing
the
estate
of
the
Iewes
in
captiuity
,
The
waies
of
Sion
lament
because
no
man
commeth
to
the
solemne
feastes
,
all
her
gates
are
desolate
,
her
priests
sigh
:
Infinite
were
the
ruths
which
were
vppon
the
citty
besides
,
in
al
that
eighteen
monthes
while
the
siege
continued
,
as
plague
;
famine
,
in
which
the
pittifull
women
were
glad
to
seeth
and
eat
their
fruite
,
and
children
of
a
span
long
:
and
arraied
in
scarlet
were
glad
to
imbrace
the
dung
:
much
more
lamentable
was
that
blood-shed
when
Ierusalem
was
taken
,
the
Kinges
son
slaine
before
his
face
;
yea
the
King
him-selfe
taken
,
his
eies
put
out
,
his
Babel
.
Infinite
and
vnspeakable
was
the
losse
both
of
the
Cittie
&
Temple
,
when
both
of
them
were
burnt
downe
,
almost
to
the
ground
:
and
yet
the
Prophet
conceiuing
of
these
as
farre
lesser
euils
,
mentioneth
none
of
them
,
vntill
he
hath
groned
out
most
pittifull
complaints
,
for
that
the
worship
of
GOD
was
ceased
among
his
people
,
and
that
which
was
a
place
of
Gods
presence
,
&
delight
;
was
now
become
a
den
of
heathenish
Idolatry
.
The
like
wee
see
in
Daniel
,
who
when
by
reading
in
books
he
vnderstood
that
the
terme
of
this
captiuity
was
accomplished
:
he
turned
his
face
vnto
the
Lord
,
and
sought
by
prayer
,
and
supplication
with
fasting
,
&
sack-cloth
and
ashes
;
that
the
Lord
would
turne
away
his
anger
,
and
wrath
from
the
Citty
of
Ierusalem
,
and
in
that
long
prayer
hee
intreateth
not
,
that
he
with
his
people
might
bee
returned
into
their
former
possessions
and
inioy
their
houses
,
landes
,
orchards
,
vineyards
and
commodities
:
but
the
greatest
losse
of
all
seemed
to
eat
vp
all
the
remembrance
of
these
,
euen
the
fayling
of
Gods
publike
worship
amongst
them
;
this
was
wholy
in
his
eie
,
and
this
took
vp
all
his
requests
.
He
prayeth
indeed
for
the
Cittie
Ierusalem
:
But
because
it
was
Gods
holy
mountaine
Vers
,
16.
and
because
it
was
the
Cittie
where-vpon
his
name
was
called
.
Vers.
18.
19.
yea
herein
he
could
neither
contain
,
nor
yet
scarce
expresse
his
seruency
,
but
with
strong
cryes
intreated
the
Lord
,
for
the
Lords
sake
,
that
is
,
for
his
Christ
sake
,
he
would
cause
his
face
to
shine
vppon
his
sanctuary
which
then
lay
waste
:
and
this
may
be
obserued
not
onely
in
the
Prophets
of
the
Lord
,
but
also
in
the
Lords
people
,
who
,
how-soeuer
before
their
captiuities
it
was
hard
to
say
whether
they
more
despised
Gods
holy
ordinances
,
or
imbraced
their
outward
profits
;
yet
in
their
afflictions
&
wandrings
in
strange
countries
,
the
Lord
taught
them
this
wisdom
:
that
they
looked
not
so
much
to
their
land
and
country
as
to
Ierusalem
,
to
Sion
.
Now
who
can
deny
that
those
are
good
hearts
which
are
thus
disposed
,
must
needs
perish
;
as
such
as
want
both
the
rule
and
guide
to
direct
&
lead
them
vnto
true
felicity
.
3.
They
are
such
as
haue
tasted
(
in
som
measure
)
how
sweet
the
Lord
is
in
these
ordinances
;
or
els
could
they
neuer
thirst
after
the
liuing
God
:
they
haue
met
with
God
in
Sion
who
hath
enlightned
their
minds
,
perswaded
their
harts
;
conforted
their
consciences
;
furnished
them
with
coat-armor
of
proof
,
against
satans
subtilties
and
batteries
,
fortified
them
against
their
owne
weaknesses
,
supplyed
them
with
preseruatiues
against
the
poison
of
euill
example
,
which
as
a
corrupt
ayer
infecteth
not
a
few
:
beutified
them
with
the
graces
of
faith
,
hope
,
loue
,
humilitie
,
patience
,
sobriety
and
the
rest
,
clothed
them
with
the
righteousnes
of
Christ
whom
their
faith
hath
clasped
and
wil
not
let
go
,
in
comparison
of
whom
al
gain
is
losse
,
and
al
abundance
meer
necessity
and
beggery
.
This
doctrine
serueth
to
reproue
a
number
Vse
.
1.
Vndervaluers
of
the
word
reproued
.
of
men
who
account
of
the
word
and
the
ministry
of
it
so
meanly
,
as
the
things
which
they
can
be
best
without
:
and
therfore
where
God
in
mercy
hath
vouchsafed
them
,
many
esteem
of
them
as
a
sixt
fingar
,
a
superfluity
,
a
burden
:
&
speake
of
them
as
the
vnthankful
Israelites
of
Mannah
:
we
see
nothing
but
this
Mannah
there
is
too
much
preaching
,
and
what
should
so
much
of
it
do
?
And
againe
where
God
in
iudgement
hath
denied
this
blessing
of
a
faithful
Ministery
vnto
a
people
,
it
is
neuer
asked
after
:
but
in
many
ignorant
townes
and
parishes
,
scarce
shal
we
heare
of
a
man
that
stirres
vp
himselfe
to
seeke
after
God
.
In
the
want
of
neuer
so
base
an
outward
commodity
,
men
can
complaine
,
yea
and
lay
their
counsels
and
purses
together
,
to
get
their
want
supplied
in
season
.
Hence
is
it
that
men
are
much
in
such
complaints
.
Oh
we
want
such
a
commoditie
in
our
country
,
such
a
benefit
in
our
parish
,
such
a
necessary
in
our
houses
,
and
will
be
diligent
with
much
money
to
redeeme
it
!
but
neuer
a
word
of
the
want
of
instruction
,
of
the
want
of
a
painfull
teacher
,
of
the
want
of
the
knowledge
of
God
,
of
the
want
of
the
practise
of
piety
either
in
the
parish
,
or
in
the
familie
.
Which
argueth
the
fleshlinesse
of
mens
hearts
,
which
in
their
desires
can
soare
no
higher
then
earth
and
things
below
.
A
pitifull
thing
it
is
that
in
the
dayes
of
such
grace
,
a
man
may
ride
so
many
miles
together
,
and
behold
so
many
people
as
sheepe
dispersed
without
faithfull
shepheards
,
to
bring
them
into
the
folde
of
Christ
,
or
as
so
many
goodly
fields
ready
and
white
vnto
the
haruest
,
and
yet
scarce
any
labourer
to
inn
them
,
and
bring
them
into
the
barne
of
Christ
:
of
whom
a
man
may
say
,
to
the
sorrow
of
his
soule
,
as
Christ
of
Ierusalem
,
that
the
things
of
their
peace
are
hid
from
their
eies
:
&
further
many
who
are
not
without
all
knowledge
nor
the
means
,
but
take
themselues
to
haue
better
part
in
Christ
then
the
former
,
may
here
finde
the
vnsoundnesse
of
their
soules
:
for
many
reputed
christians
because
they
are
not
only
within
the
visible
church
,
but
pertak
also
in
al
the
outward
exercises
of
religion
,
hear
the
word
read
,
preached
,
receiue
the
sacraments
,
content
themselues
in
these
works
done
,
without
any
great
inward
affection
to
any
of
them
:
men
they
are
of
great
indifferency
;
if
they
be
vnder
the
ministery
,
they
see
good
reason
to
submit
their
outward
man
vnto
it
,
&
to
giue
it
now
and
then
some
good
words
,
and
vpon
occasion
a
meals
meat
:
if
it
were
absent
they
could
also
vppon
short
warning
frame
themselues
to
indifferency
,
&
carry
the
matter
without
much
impatience
:
which
if
euer
they
had
intertained
in
such
affection
as
they
that
haue
tasted
the
sweetnes
of
God
in
it
;
they
would
wish
to
want
the
aire
to
breath
in
as
soon
as
these
sweet
meanes
no
lesse
necessary
to
a
comfortable
christian
life
then
the
aire
to
a
natural
.
To
such
men
therfore
I
say
,
that
lette
Vse
.
1.
them
make
what
profession
they
wil
;
let
them
reioice
in
the
peace
and
liberty
of
the
church
:
if
in
the
church
inioying
the
word
and
exercises
of
religion
thou
prizest
any
thing
in
the
world
aboue
them
in
thy
affection
;
yea
if
any
thing
be
so
sweet
vnto
thy
taste
as
these
Bee
;
thou
now
by
vnder-valuing
these
vnvaluable
priuiledges
of
Gods
people
declarest
thy selfe
(
for
all
thy
profession
)
to
bee
no
better
then
cockle
in
the
field
,
or
chaffe
on
the
floore
of
Christ
.
And
againe
if
in
the
want
of
these
holy
ordinances
of
GOD
;
thou
esteemest
not
(
with
Dauid
)
that
the
greatest
want
is
vppon
thee
that
can
befall
thee
;
thou
art
but
an
vnsound
member
;
yea
rotten
at
the
coare
of
thy
heart
.
This
doctrine
teacheth
further
that
it
is
a
iust
cause
of
mourning
when
the
word
Vse
.
2.
Lament
the
want
of
the
word
abroad
.
&
Ministery
either
decay
amongst
any
people
or
are
interrupted
,
for
this
bringeth
the
greatest
want
that
any
people
can
be
exposed
vnto
:
the
dissoluing
of
the
ministrie
is
the
peoples
decay
,
Prou.
29
18.
Where
vision
faileth
,
people
perish
.
Hosee
.
4.
6.
My
people
are
destroyed
for
want
of
knowledge
.
Can
there
by
any
greater
losse
then
the
losse
of
a
mans
soule
?
or
can
there
bee
a
greater
want
then
for
a
man
to
be
starued
to
death
?
or
if
this
losse
,
this
want
,
be
brought
vpon
any
man
,
can
any
recompence
bee
made
vnto
such
a
party
answerable
vnto
either
?
what
a
griefe
then
should
it
bee
to
a
godly
heart
to
see
whole
townes
lye
vnder
that
curse
of
God
,
Amos
8.
11.
euen
vnder
a
famine
,
not
of
bread
and
water
,
but
of
hearing
the
word
of
the
Lord
?
for
although
religion
and
exercises
of
it
bee
safe
in
the
places
where
wee
dwell
,
yet
if
the
absence
of
it
else-where
greeue
vs
not
,
we
lay
not
to
heart
the
distresses
of
Gods
people
as
we
ought
,
our
bowels
are
too
ayery
,
wee
are
too
priuatly
minded
,
and
further
if
we
heare
or
see
any
faithfull
ministrie
interrupted
,
wee
must
lament
that
the
free
passage
of
the
Gospell
is
hindered
:
that
that
meanes
wherein
the
Lord
conueyeth
all
his
goodnesse
into
faithfull
soules
is
taken
away
,
and
so
a
doore
opened
to
all
iniquitie
:
yea
a
flood-gate
vnto
all
impiety
.
If
any
mans
outward
estate
were
broken
,
his
wealth
by
force
and
violence
snatched
out
of
his
hands
,
here
would
be
sence
and
sorrow
(
more
then
inough
)
for
the
losse
:
shall
then
thy
inward
state
be
crackt
?
the
liberties
of
the
ministerie
,
and
of
the
assemblies
be
infringed
?
the
sanctuarie
of
God
desolate
?
the
exercise
of
pure
religion
together
with
Gods
worship
be
hindred
or
abolished
,
and
all
this
cause
no
sorrow
,
nor
set
any
griefe
to
thy
heart
?
Is
this
such
a
disposition
as
becommeth
him
who
professeth
himselfe
to
be
the
Lords
?
no
surely
:
for
such
(
as
they
haue
cause
)
fill
their
mouthes
with
complaints
of
the
desolations
of
Sion
.
Dauid
,
when
he
saw
the
enemie
lift
vp
axes
,
and
hammers
to
breake
downe
the
carued
worke
of
the
Sanctuarie
.
As
iust
a
cause
when
such
a
man
as
Ioseph
shall
be
euill
intreated
,
who
hath
beene
a
meanes
to
releeue
a
whole
towne
in
the
time
of
famine
.
If
at
any
time
by
their
or
such
other
meanes
Sion
shall
sit
in
the
dust
;
the
childen
of
the
Church
must
shew
their
compassion
in
their
mothers
miserie
,
weeping
when
shee
weepeth
,
and
no
more
bee
able
to
reioyce
in
her
sorrow
,
then
the
Iewes
could
compose
themselues
to
sing
Hebrew
songs
in
Babilon
,
when
they
remembred
Sion
.
Eli
a
good
old
man
(
notwithstanding
his
weaknesse
towards
his
sonnes
)
when
the
Arke
was
carried
to
the
battaile
against
the
Philistines
,
it
is
said
his
heart
feared
for
the
Arke
of
God
,
(
1.
Sam.
4.
13.
)
and
when
tidings
came
that
the
battaile
went
against
Israell
,
that
Hophni
&
Phineas
his
sonnes
were
slaine
and
the
Arke
taken
:
it
is
sayd
when
he
heard
of
the
Arke
he
fell
from
his
seate
and
brake
his
neck
:
it
was
not
the
sorrow
for
his
sonnes
,
but
for
the
Arke
that
brake
his
heart
,
that
it
failed
him
.
Hee
had
likewise
a
good
daughter
in
law
Phineas
his
wife
,
who
when
she
heard
of
all
these
tidings
,
the
text
noteth
also
of
her
,
that
it
was
not
the
death
of
her
father
,
her
brother
,
nor
her
owne
husband
all
at
once
,
that
so
went
to
her
heart
:
but
this
was
it
which
her
minde
and
tongue
ranne
vpon
,
and
made
her
refuse
all
comfort
;
because
the
Arke
of
God
was
taken
,
and
the
glory
was
departed
from
Israel
.
vers
.
21.
The
like
is
worthy
noting
in
that
faithfull
Captaine
Vriah
,
who
when
he
was
called
and
commanded
by
Dauid
to
goe
home
and
eate
and
drinke
and
company
with
his
wife
,
hee
vtterly
refused
,
because
the
Arke
,
and
Israell
and
Iudah
were
in
tents
,
and
his
Lord
Ioab
and
his
seruants
in
the
open
fields
:
and
therefore
hee
could
take
no
delight
in
any
thing
at
home
,
because
it
was
not
well
with
the
Arke
and
Israell
abroad
.
2.
Sam.
11.
11.
Euen
so
should
wee
neuer
thinke
our selues
well
,
when
it
is
not
well
with
the
Church
,
nor
when
the
Gospell
runneth
not
with
free
passage
:
which
consideration
should
abate
much
of
our
present
carnall
reioysing
in
,
as
it
did
in
worthy
Vriah
.
Daniel
was
well
enough
,
highly
in
fauour
with
the
King
,
had
libertie
of
conscience
euen
in
that
Idolatrous
kingdome
,
to
worship
the
GOD
of
Israel
purely
,
he
was
in
no
bondage
nor
affliction
:
but
yet
so
long
as
GODS
people
were
in
calamitie
Gods
temple
in
desolation
,
Gods
worship
in
contempt
,
he
could
not
but
sorrow
,
fast
and
pray
in
their
behalfe
.
The
like
wee
read
recorded
of
that
faithfull
captaine
Nehemiah
,
he
was
a
great
man
in
the
Court
of
King
Artaxerxes
,
in
an
office
very
honorable
and
neere
the
Kings
person
,
for
he
was
his
Cup-bearer
;
yet
when
enquiring
of
his
people
,
he
found
they
were
in
great
misery
and
reproche
,
and
that
the
wall
of
Ierusalem
was
broken
downe
,
and
the
gates
of
it
burned
with
fire
,
his
zeale
stirred
vp
exceeding
sorrow
,
euen
such
as
hee
could
not
hide
,
but
that
the
King
(
before
whom
no
mournefull
spectacle
might
come
)
did
read
the
deepe
sorrow
of
his
heart
in
his
countenance
:
his
owne
aduancement
and
honour
could
not
comfort
him
,
so
long
as
hee
saw
God
dishonored
abroad
,
the
Citie
dedicated
to
his
name
,
now
defaced
by
Heathen
Princes
:
that
religion
which
by
himselfe
was
prescribed
to
serue
him
by
,
now
decayed
,
and
that
people
which
was
his
owne
peculiar
,
now
to
become
seruants
to
strange
Lords
.
Nehem.
13.
wherein
wee
read
our
owne
lesson
,
that
our selues
enioying
the
pretious
libertie
of
our
assemblies
,
we
ought
to
pitty
the
distresse
of
our
countrymen
,
who
sit
still
in
the
shadow
of
death
,
&
by
our
prayers
and
best
meanes
,
to
releeue
them
,
groning
out
the
desires
of
our
hearts
,
and
that
all
Israell
,
euen
in
our
owne
country
,
might
be
saued
.
Thirdly
,
if
the
want
of
the
word
,
and
exercises
of
it
,
be
the
greatest
want
of
Why
then
doe
not
such
as
professe
themselues
the
children
of
wisdome
,
fore-cast
and
prouidently
fore-see
their
future
necessities
?
especially
seeing
this
ouer-sight
will
cost
them
so
many
teares
,
so
much
sorrow
as
their
spirits
shall
scarce
bee
able
to
sustaine
them
.
How
is
it
that
we
haue
not
the
wisdom
of
men
in
vs
▪
to
say
within
our selues
,
a
rainie
day
may
be
vpon
vs
or
euer
we
be
aware
:
it
may
be
the
sorrows
of
our
mother
the
Church
are
not
farre
of
:
perhaps
a
famine
of
the
word
;
a
want
of
the
ministerie
;
a
black
darknesse
like
that
of
Aegipt
is
neerer
vs
then
we
thinke
off
.
For
we
haue
seene
as
bright
gleames
as
ours
ouer-cast
:
yea
as
cleare
sunnes
of
the
Church
set
and
fallen
in
the
firmament
,
as
that
in
the
light
of
which
wee
now
walke
:
witnesse
the
Churches
of
Rome
,
Corinth
,
Galatia
,
Ephesus
,
Philippi
,
the
seauen
Churches
in
lesser
Asia
,
all
which
were
farre
afore
vs
in
the
Gospell
:
but
now
vnder
the
Turke
and
Pope
are
sunke
to
hell
,
in
the
profession
of
Mahometisme
and
Anti-christianisme
:
yea
of
golden
Candle-stickes
which
once
held
out
the
glorious
Gospell
and
word
of
truth
,
are
become
the
very
cells
and
dennes
of
diuells
.
Or
if
the
Lord
for
his
owne
name
and
truths
sake
,
forbeare
the
remoouing
of
our
Candle-sticke
,
yet
the
sorrowes
of
mine
owne
soule
may
come
vpon
mee
,
as
the
trauell
of
a
woman
:
the
Lord
may
let
loose
,
and
set
my
sinnes
in
order
before
mee
to
the
breaking
of
my
heart
;
and
vexe
mee
with
fearefull
visions
:
or
else
sicknesse
may
assaile
mee
,
and
bring
mee
downe
to
the
gates
of
death
;
my
owne
deaths
day
,
and
consequently
my
iudgement
day
is
at
doore
,
and
cannot
bee
farre
off
.
Let
now
euery
Christian
well
bethinke
himselfe
,
whether
in
any
of
these
straites
hee
shall
not
need
oyle
in
his
lampe
:
whether
hee
shall
haue
no
vse
of
faith
,
of
direction
,
of
comfort
,
of
patience
,
of
sence
of
Gods
loue
,
of
assurance
of
pardon
of
his
sinne
,
of
strength
against
such
temptations
,
as
hee
(
perhaps
)
neuer
buckled
withall
before
.
I
assure
thee
that
which
thy
owne
experience
shall
at
that
time
become
thy
mistresse
in
:
that
whensoeuer
the
Lord
shall
begirt
thee
,
and
lead
thee
into
any
of
these
conditions
;
if
the
word
bee
not
thy
comfort
,
thou
art
sure
to
perish
in
thy
trouble
;
and
that
all
thy
life
had
beene
time
little
enough
,
to
haue
furnished
thy selfe
against
that
day
,
yea
if
thou
hadst
begun
to
bee
heauenly
couetous
,
when
thou
beganst
first
to
breath
.
Wouldest
thou
then
be
armed
against
sinne
,
superstition
,
heresie
,
popery
in
thy
life
time
;
and
close
vp
thine
eyes
in
that
holy
religion
of
GOD
which
thou
hast
learned
,
and
beene
brought
vp
in
:
yea
if
times
and
religion
should
alter
?
Wouldest
thou
not
in
the
day
of
thy
sorrow
be
found
vnfurnished
,
and
nakedly
layde
open
to
all
terrors
of
conscience
,
accusations
of
sinne
,
and
temptations
of
Sathan
?
Wouldest
thou
not
bee
giuen
vp
to
impatience
,
to
a
sence
of
Gods
wrath
,
to
shutte
vp
thy
dayes
in
an
horrible
apprehension
of
an
hell
in
thy
soule
afore-hand
?
Oh
then
now
while
God
offereth
his
grace
in
the
ministerie
of
the
word
,
acknowledge
the
acceptable
time
and
day
of
saluation
:
laye
holde
vpon
wisdome
while
shee
calleth
;
giue
her
answer
while
shee
yet
knocketh
;
open
the
doore
of
thy
heart
,
to
giue
the
best
enterteinment
thou
canst
to
this
deare
Daughter
of
GOD
:
Store
thy
soule
with
knowledge
;
but
especially
with
faith
and
good
conscience
.
Make
roome
in
the
house
of
thy
hart
by
remouing
all
the
trash
in
it
,
such
as
is
infidelity
,
impenitency
,
earthlynesse
,
voluptuousnes
and
whatsoeuer
sauoureth
of
the
flesh
:
then
lay
vp
in
it
prouision
for
thy
necessity
;
that
it
may
become
a
little
granary
,
or
treasury
to
which
thou
maist
alwaies
resort
,
when
either
the
publike
meanes
may
faile
thee
,
or
thou
maist
bee
debarred
from
them
.
Be
dilligent
in
gathering
this
Mannah
while
the
sixe
dayes
last
,
before
that
day
come
wherein
though
thou
seekest
it
,
yet
shalt
not
finde
it
.
In
these
seauen
yeares
of
plenty
,
lay
vp
(
like
a
prouident
Ioseph
)
for
thy selfe
corne
for
the
seauen
yeares
of
famine
:
wherein
seauen
leane
kine
shal
eat
vp
the
seauen
fatte
kine
,
and
bee
neuer
the
fatter
.
Passe
not
thy
Summer
singing
with
the
foolish
Grashopper
,
but
with
the
Emmet
prepare
thy
Winters
store
.
When
Agabus
prophesied
And
herein
the
folly
of
our
nature
bewrayeth
it selfe
that
we
are
wiser
in
the
want
,
then
in
the
fruition
of
good
things
;
and
that
we
cannot
so
rightly
prize
a
present
benefite
,
as
sighe
after
it
when
wee
haue
negligently
depriued
our selues
of
it
.
Caine
cared
not
for
the
worship
of
Festus
,
so
it
is
,
but
for
the
present
they
cannot
intend
it
.
Many
Professors
wil
not
foule
their
dainty
feete
now
for
the
word
;
who
I
doubt
not
would
afterward
seeke
the
blessing
(
if
God
should
once
deny
it
)
&
that
with
tears
:
the
case
being
the
same
with
vs
as
somtimes
it
was
with
Israel
when
Canaan
;
they
would
not
go
,
but
back
again
into
Egipt
in
al
the
hast
:
the
text
saith
they
refused
the
land
,
v.
21.
But
when
once
sentence
was
past
,
that
they
should
neuer
see
that
good
land
.
Then
they
rose
vp
early
in
the
morning
,
&
were
ready
to
go
to
the
place
which
the
Lord
had
promised
:
now
was
there
no
stay
with
them
:
neither
the
Lords
reuealed
wil
,
nor
Moyses
perswasion
could
so
pale
them
in
or
preuaile
with
them
,
but
that
they
presumed
obstinatly
to
go
forward
.
The
same
people
before
the
captiuity
,
had
the
Temple
,
the
Arke
,
the
Sacrifices
,
the
Oracles
,
they
cared
not
greatly
for
them
;
it
seemes
the
times
were
much
like
ours
wherein
to
call
men
to
the
house
of
God
,
to
speake
of
Pastors
,
preaching
,
Scriptures
and
holy
exercises
is
to
glut
and
surfet
men
,
and
so
driue
them
from
the
loue
of
all
:
but
the
time
commeth
on
,
that
the
Lord
requireth
this
contempt
which
they
dearly
buy
,
hee
casteth
them
among
Idolaters
,
and
Scoffers
,
by
which
humiliation
By
the
riuers
of
Babel
we
sat
and
wept
in
remembrance
of
Sion
.
What
Sion
?
their
cheekes
were
dry
ynough
before
:
but
now
in
Babell
they
can
weepe
,
now
away
with
musicke
,
now
can
the
harpes
hang
vppon
their
willow
trees
without
a
finger
to
touch
them
;
neither
their
sweet
melody
of
instruments
,
nor
their
pleasant
walks
,
nor
their
christall
riuers
can
affect
them
with
ioy
,
seeing
they
were
now
banished
and
excommunicate
from
the
publike
exercises
of
religion
before
the
Lord
at
Sion
.
And
it
were
to
be
wished
Kiriath-iearim
,
1.
Sam.
7.
2.
The
Lord
Iesus
woing
his
Church
most
louingly
intreateth
entrance
into
her
.
Open
vnto
mee
my
well
beloued
for
my
head
is
full
of
dew
,
&c.
Oh
no
shee
hath
putte
of
her
caules
,
shee
will
not
disease
her selfe
so
farre
as
to
put
them
on
;
shee
hath
waesht
her
feete
,
and
meaneth
not
to
foule
them
:
while
shee
may
haue
Christ
at
the
threshold
she
giues
her selfe
leaue
to
sleepe
a
little
The
Centurion
could
say
when
Christ
was
dead
;
this
was
the
son
of
God
,
hee
should
haue
said
so
when
he
was
aliue
.
Let
vs
acknowledge
Christ
while
he
is
present
,
&
reioice
in
Gods
face
,
in
the
assemblies
,
in
the
ministry
,
least
when
our
vnthankfulnes
hath
fortified
them
,
wee
lament
the
losse
when
it
cannot
be
supplied
:
&
this
is
the
rather
to
be
thus
vrged
Ephesus
:
when
Paul
was
taking
his
leaue
of
the
Elders
of
Ephesus
,
he
told
them
that
he
knew
they
should
see
his
face
no
more
:
than
they
wept
abundantly
,
but
especially
were
sorry
at
these
words
,
that
they
should
see
his
face
no
more
,
euen
so
a
number
of
men
are
neuer
sorry
nor
weepe
,
are
without
al
affections
to
the
Ministry
&
Ministers
,
til
they
be
taking
their
leaue
and
say
they
shall
see
their
face
no
more
;
and
then
they
wish
that
they
had
taken
more
good
by
their
presence
;
and
then
if
occasion
were
offred
again
they
would
be
more
careful
,
and
not
forslow
such
oportunities
:
these
considerations
are
so
much
the
more
seasonable
to
you
the
present
hearers
,
that
now
at
the
first
entrance
of
this
blessing
you
may
lay
hold
of
it
,
so
as
your
increase
in
the
end
may
be
much
more
abundant
.
The
second
point
of
instruction
out
of
the
word
,
is
this
:
that
it
is
a
note
of
a
good
man
more
to
reioice
in
the
prosperity
of
the
Church
and
the
holy
exercises
of
the
ministry
,
then
in
al
the
delights
among
the
sonnes
of
men
besides
.
For
who
can
condemne
in
this
holy
man
of
God
such
an
holy
desire
as
this
is
?
Nay
who
can
deny
but
that
our
affections
&
wishes
ought
to
be
in
some
measure
sutable
vnto
his
?
And
therefore
that
it
is
our
part
with
him
,
to
prefer
the
reioycing
and
comfort
of
one
day
within
the
Church
,
aboue
a
thousand
elsewhere
,
not
excepting
the
Pallaces
of
Princes
:
yea
and
that
wee
might
bee
so
happy
in
the
fruition
of
this
desire
,
to
choose
a
very
meane
estate
with
it
,
rather
then
the
most
glorious
condition
of
the
earth
without
it
.
But
what
moued
the
prophet
Dauid
,
It
was
indeed
a
secret
force
of
the
spirit
of
GOD
,
from
whom
such
setled
the
beauty
of
GODS
house
to
appeare
bright
to
their
eyes
:
and
second
,
reuealing
to
them
the
priuiledges
which
Gods
people
there
partake
,
and
cannot
againe
meete
with
them
in
any
society
besides
.
The
former
appeareth
,
Psalm
,
27.
4.
One
thing
I
desired
of
the
Lord
,
and
I
will
desire
it
,
that
I
may
dwell
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
all
the
daies
of
my
life
.
But
what
mooued
Dauid
thus
to
wish
this
one
thing
?
That
I
might
see
the
beauty
of
thine
house
:
and
although
the
beautie
of
the
Sanctuary
so
farre
forth
as
it
was
externall
,
in
regard
of
the
matter
,
of
the
forme
,
of
the
whole
ordination
of
it
:
yea
and
all
the
vtensils
euen
to
the
very
pinnes
of
it
,
which
all
were
of
the
Lords
owne
inuention
&
institution
,
and
might
therefore
haue
drawne
carnall
mindes
vnto
it
(
as
at
this
day
the
sensible
and
plausible
splendor
and
beauty
of
the
Church
of
Rome
doth
many
superstitious
people
)
yet
was
neuer
any
good
and
sincere
heart
(
such
as
Dauids
was
)
satisfied
with
externall
things
in
Gods
worship
:
well
knowing
that
as
God
is
a
spirit
;
so
nothing
is
there
pleasing
vnto
him
which
is
not
spiritual
:
there
are
therfore
other
beauties
which
the
stranger
entreth
not
into
the
beholding
of
;
yea
such
as
cannot
be
beheld
but
with
eyes
as
cleare
as
christall
.
Quest.
What
are
the
beauties
you
speake
of
?
Answ.
They
may
be
reduced
The
persons
present
;
are
,
first
;
GOD
himselfe
:
whence
such
places
are
called
Bethells
,
as
Dauid
here
thy
house
:
thy
courts
:
and
are
no
other
then
the
presence
chambers
of
this
euerlasting
King
of
glory
.
Here
he
sitteth
in
a
chaire
of
Estate
,
as
formerly
he
sate
between
the
Cherubins
:
How
can
it
then
bee
but
that
the
glory
of
the
Lord
should
fill
euery
such
house
of
his
,
as
once
it
did
the
Temple
1.
King
.
8.
11.
or
where
can
a
faithful
soule
more
securely
,
more
ioyfully
rest
it selfe
,
then
in
Gods
owne
resting
place
?
Secondly
,
Christ
himselfe
is
heere
present
:
wheresoeuer
two
or
three
are
gathered
togither
in
his
name
,
he
is
in
the
midst
of
them
.
Hee
walketh
in
the
midst
of
the
seauen
golden
Candelsticks
:
And
no
where
else
(
if
hee
bee
missing
)
can
his
parents
and
kindred
finde
him
then
in
then
Temple
.
Now
is
not
this
a
greater
beauty
then
any
which
can
else-where
bee
espied
?
wherein
the
second
Temple
passed
the
glory
of
the
former
:
&
yet
ours
exceed
the
second
!
For
how
could
the
second
Temple
wanting
1.
Gods
presence
between
the
Cherubins
.
2.
the
Vrim
and
Thumim
.
3.
the
inspiration
&
raizing
vp
of
extraordinary
prophets
.
4.
the
Arke
it selfe
the
seat
of
God
,
which
was
taken
in
the
captiuity
.
5.
fire
from
heauen
to
consume
their
sacrifices
:
how
could
(
I
say
)
the
second
Temple
wanting
all
these
,
be
truly
said
to
exceed
the
glory
of
the
former
,
which
had
them
al
?
But
only
in
regard
of
Christs
bodily
presence
which
by
entring
into
it
was
to
beautifie
it
?
And
yet
the
effectuall
presence
of
his
spirit
now
with
vs
,
is
farre
more
powerful
and
glorious
,
then
was
his
bodily
presence
in
that
Temple
.
Now
seeing
that
Christ
is
the
churches
welbeloued
,
and
is
more
then
other
welbeloueds
,
euen
the
cheefe
of
ten
thousand
;
and
hath
not
left
vs
direction
to
meet
him
any
where
,
saue
in
the
tents
of
sheapheards
,
and
in
the
steps
of
the
flockes
:
Thirdly
,
the
holie
spirit
of
GOD
is
present
in
our
assemblies
;
most
plentifullie
accompanying
saluation
.
Neither
doth
this
spirit
ordinarily
display
him-self
else-where
:
who
although
hee
bloweth
where
hee
listeth
in
regard
of
the
free
and
vndeserued
graces
which
hee
poureth
out
:
yet
is
it
ordinarily
by
meanes
of
the
Word
,
Sacramentes
,
Prayer
,
Censures
publikely
exercised
and
administred
according
to
the
will
of
God
.
Hence
is
it
that
wee
reade
still
of
the
Word
and
Spirit
:
and
water
and
the
Spirit
ioyned
together
,
because
the
spirit
ordinarily
putteth
forth
the
grace
of
regeneration
in
the
meanes
of
the
word
and
sacraments
.
Now
who
hath
not
good
cause
,
to
wish
(
if
not
all
his
time
)
yet
the
most
of
it
there
spent
;
where
by
the
worke
and
presence
of
the
spirit
,
he
may
so
happily
inrich
himselfe
vnto
life
euerlasting
,
rather
then
else-where
,
where
is
nothing
but
spiritual
pouerty
,
nakednesse
,
and
beggery
?
Fourthlie
,
the
holie
Angels
of
God
are
here
present
in
our
assemblies
.
Whence
woman
to
haue
power
ouer
her
head
because
of
the
Angells
:
that
is
,
the
woman
in
the
congregation
must
couer
her
head
,
as
for
other
reasons
,
so
for
this
which
is
not
the
leaste
;
in
that
the
Angels
are
present
,
and
behold
the
order
and
behauiour
of
men
&
women
.
But
why
are
the
Angells
present
wil
some
say
?
I
answer
not
onely
in
way
of
Ministery
and
seruice
vnto
the
Lord
,
vnto
the
elect
,
and
vnto
his
Ministery
,
sundry
waies
both
assisting
and
helping
it
forward
,
and
withstanding
such
enmities
as
otherwise
resist
it
:
but
also
after
a
sort
to
solace
,
and
reioyce
them-selues
in
the
beauty
of
GODS
house
,
so
1.
Pet.
1.
12.
Which
things
the
Angells
desire
to
behold
;
speaking
of
the
To
which
maketh
that
interpretation
of
the
place
in
Hebrews
.
12.
16.
Yet
once
more
will
I
shake
not
the
earth
only
,
but
also
heauen
.
The
meaning
of
which
words
by
the
iudgement
of
some
excellent
Diuines
,
is
this
:
that
the
voice
of
God
in
the
deliuery
of
the
law
did
cause
the
men
on
earth
that
hard
it
to
quake
and
tremble
;
but
now
in
the
preaching
and
deliuery
of
the
Ghospell
,
the
verie
Angells
in
heauen
,
are
after
a
sort
shaken
beeing
rauished
&
rapt
into
the
admiration
of
it
.
Are
there
then
such
beauties
in
the
assemblies
as
that
very
Angels
themselues
admire
?
&
shall
not
men
for
whom
they
were
instituted
seek
both
to
espy
,
&
be
affected
with
them
?
and
who
can
b●ame
him
that
can
come
to
prize
these
beauties
aboue
all
that
the
earth
can
afford
besides
?
Seeing
the
Angells
themselues
who
are
stript
from
all
earthly
desires
and
delights
,
are
said
to
admire
these
,
but
neuer
the
other
:
such
a
man
indeed
is
come
nere
to
Angelical
perfection
.
Fiftly
,
The
Saints
of
God
here
present
al
our
delight
ought
to
be
.
For
as
the
Tribes
of
the
Lord
vsed
to
goe
vppe
to
his
house
,
that
they
might
worship
before
him
in
his
Tabernacle
&
temple
:
euen
so
now
the
people
of
God
assemble
themselues
in
our
congregations
to
the
same
purpose
.
Now
when
I
say
the
people
of
God
,
I
mean
not
al
hand
ouer
head
,
who
promiscuosly
come
together
;
not
withstanding
they
all
are
his
people
by
right
of
creation
and
preseruation
,
&
yet
of
them
some
are
openly
&
professed
prophane
ones
;
Neither
all
those
who
ioyne
in
externall
profession
and
exercises
of
religion
:
of
whom
yet
many
are
not
inwardly
purged
:
in
which
sence
the
old
world
called
them
sonnes
of
GOD
.
That
is
,
all
the
posterity
of
Seth
and
Enosh
,
opposed
to
the
daughters
of
men
voyde
of
all
religion
and
pietie
.
But
I
meane
those
of
GODS
election
;
that
are
called
of
his
purpose
,
that
haue
obtayned
mercie
,
and
who
proceede
on
in
the
waies
of
sanctification
vnto
saluation
.
These
are
called
in
Scripture
an
holie
people
,
a
chosen
generation
,
a
people
by
purchase
,
the
doue
of
Christ
,
his
vndefiled
,
his
treasure
:
and
their
propertie
is
described
,
that
they
flye
as
a
clowde
,
and
flocke
as
the
Doues
vnto
these
windowes
.
Which
prophesie
although
it
bee
properlie
to
bee
vnderstood
of
the
vniuersall
and
generall
calling
and
concurse
of
the
Gentiles
vnto
the
Church
,
who
should
come
with
such
celerity
and
swiftnesse
as
if
a
cloud
were
with
violence
of
windes
carried
from
one
side
and
region
of
heauen
to
the
other
;
and
in
such
flockes
and
multitudes
,
as
if
a
whole
flight
of
piegeons
(
driuen
either
by
tempest
,
or
by
an
Eagle
,
or
some
other
birde
of
prev
)
should
scoure
vnto
their
columbarie
,
and
rush
into
the
windowes
:
yet
this
propertie
is
so
peculiar
vnto
persons
once
called
and
conuerted
,
as
by
which
the
holie
Ghost
pleaseth
to
expresse
them
,
rather
then
by
any
other
title
,
that
they
are
such
as
flocke
to
the
windowes
of
the
Church
,
by
which
the
Lord
conueyeth
to
his
people
his
light
of
instruction
,
of
consolation
,
of
grace
,
of
glory
.
So
else-where
,
the
scriptures
note
them
to
bee
such
as
seeke
the
Lord
in
his
ordinances
,
such
as
seeke
the
face
of
the
Lord
,
such
as
call
one
another
to
the
house
of
the
Lord
,
and
such
as
cheerfully
and
couragiously
march
on
,
and
will
not
giue
out
,
vntill
they
meete
the
Lord
in
Sion
.
Obs.
If
it
be
here
obiected
,
that
these
are
but
a
few
in
comparison
of
the
multitude
which
resort
vnto
the
house
of
God
:
who
belong
no
otherwise
vnto
him
,
then
reteiners
vnto
their
Lords
or
maisters
,
they
weare
his
cloath
,
and
now
and
then
giue
some
formall
attendance
,
but
are
no
houshold
seruants
.
An.
I
answer
.
That
true
it
is
that
the
best
part
for
the
most
part
,
is
the
least
part
,
if
wee
consider
the
truth
of
the
thing
:
but
yet
Christian
loue
bindeth
vs
to
iudge
the
best
of
all
that
ioyne
with
vs
euen
in
the
outward
seruice
of
God
,
for
wee
cannot
enter
into
their
hearts
,
but
must
leaue
them
to
stand
or
fall
to
their
owne
Lord
,
and
forbeare
to
iudge
them
before
the
time
.
Secondly
,
wee
must
(
notwithstanding
the
multitude
of
prophane
&
hypocriticall
persons
in
the
congregation
,
)
frame
our
iudgements
vnto
Gods
,
who
esteemeth
the
assemblies
from
the
better
part
,
and
not
from
the
greater
;
he
knew
well
that
many
moe
who
were
but
Iewes
without
,
and
in
the
letter
resorted
vnto
the
tabernacle
;
them
those
who
were
Iewes
within
;
yet
it
still
retained
the
titles
of
Gods
house
,
&
Gods
courts
.
Thirdly
,
It
is
a
glorious
thing
to
be
admitted
euen
to
the
outward
profession
of
religion
,
notwithstanding
all
are
not
of
the
Church
that
are
in
it
.
In
which
regard
Ioshua
calleth
all
Israell
the
Lords
possession
,
euen
because
his
tabernacle
Israell
should
dwell
alone
,
and
should
not
bee
numbred
among
the
nations
,
for
Israell
was
a
people
of
a
pure
language
.
In
all
which
the
nation
of
the
Iewes
were
aduanced
aboue
all
other
people
,
because
they
were
distinct
and
seperated
from
all
other
;
both
in
their
religion
,
lawes
,
rites
and
condition
of
life
,
all
of
them
appointed
and
established
by
God
himselfe
.
How
much
more
beautiful
then
and
glorious
are
the
congregations
of
Gods
people
,
in
regard
of
such
who
are
truly
the
Lords
holy
ones
?
allied
vnto
Christ
,
Saints
by
calling
,
and
begin
to
lead
euen
an
heauenly
life
vpon
earth
?
What
is
it
that
maketh
the
Court
more
louely
and
glorious
,
then
all
the
rest
of
the
pallaces
of
the
land
besides
?
It
is
not
so
much
the
stately
building
or
other
braueries
,
but
the
presence
of
the
King
,
Queene
,
Prince
,
Lords
,
Ladies
,
and
other
their
attendants
answerably
There
are
threescore
Queenes
,
and
fourescore
Concubines
,
and
Damsells
without
number
.
As
though
hee
had
said
:
If
in
any
Court
of
the
world
insteed
of
one
Queene
(
for
ordinarily
there
are
no
moe
)
there
were
three-score
,
and
all
attendance
proportionall
,
though
this
were
such
a
glorious
and
beautifull
a
sight
as
neuer
man
saw
,
yet
were
it
not
comparable
to
the
beauty
of
the
Church
,
euery
true
member
of
which
is
a
King
ouer
his
lusts
,
and
heire
to
the
crowne
of
heauen
.
True
it
is
that
this
beautie
of
the
Saints
which
beautifieth
the
assemblies
is
partly
blemished
and
stained
,
and
partlie
hidde
and
couered
.
The
former
by
many
prophane
Esaus
,
that
thrust
themselues
into
the
profession
,
who
a
while
seeme
to
bee
liuing
stones
;
but
after
appeare
but
stubble
laid
vpon
the
foundation
.
These
are
spots
in
our
meetings
,
who
so
farre
as
in
them
lie
,
make
the
Church
resemble
Nebuchadnezers
image
;
whose
head
was
of
gold
,
but
the
belly
and
feete
of
Iron
and
clay
,
which
will
not
bee
tempered
together
but
fall
a
sunder
.
The
latter
,
partly
because
this
Kings
daughter
is
glorious
;
but
within
,
her
comlinesse
is
like
the
Curteines
of
the
Now
to
end
this
point
,
seeing
wee
are
taught
that
here
is
the
Court
of
the
King
of
glorie
,
the
holy
God
sitteth
here
in
the
holie
assemblies
,
the
holy
Angels
of
God
are
heere
present
;
the
holie
Saints
of
GOD
stand
here
vpon
this
holie
ground
:
how
is
it
that
wee
cannot
conceiue
these
meetings
to
bee
the
most
beautifull
places
of
the
earth
?
How
are
wee
yet
as
blinde
as
Moles
,
if
wee
espie
not
and
turne
not
our
eyes
vnto
such
beauties
?
what
a
fearefull
delusion
is
befallen
them
,
who
are
so
easily
wone
to
the
painted
beautie
of
an
harlot
,
and
despise
the
natiue
beautie
of
the
spouse
of
Christ
?
What
a
certaine
damnation
abide
such
,
as
by
scorning
the
holy
exercises
of
our
publicke
meetings
,
and
reproching
the
Preachers
,
and
Ministers
of
them
,
seeke
to
turne
this
our
glory
into
shame
?
but
more
of
this
in
the
vses
following
the
doctrine
.
Thus
much
wee
haue
spoken
of
the
honorable
persons
present
in
our
congregations
,
the
dutifull
respect
of
whom
(
if
we
wanted
othermotiues
)
were
forcible
enough
to
draw
Godly
hearts
with
cheerfulnesse
vnto
our
meetings
.
Now
the
things
which
are
performed
in
the
congregation
,
are
of
the
same
qualitie
;
euen
holy
things
:
namely
the
whole
publike
worship
of
God
,
standing
especially
in
the
Ministerie
of
1.
Word
,
2.
Sacrament
,
3.
Prayer
,
4.
Keyes
of
the
Church
:
of
none
of
which
can
any
that
knowes
them
affirme
truly
,
that
it
wanteth
power
&
perswasion
to
draw
any
godly
heart
vnto
it
.
And
first
in
these
meetings
it
cannot
bee
denied
,
but
that
wee
enioy
a
most
comfortable
and
pretious
treasure
of
preached
,
the
weaker
of
which
meanes
wanteth
not
his
fruitfull
vse
in
the
Church
,
that
whosoeuer
ascribeth
not
much
vnto
the
publicke
reading
of
the
Scriptures
:
well
considereth
not
the
necessity
of
that
ancient
ordinance
of
God
,
who
of
olde
would
haue
Moses
reade
euery
sabboth
,
and
instituted
a
lecture
of
the
law
and
Prophets
.
The
which
hee
went
into
the
synagogue
on
the
Sabboth
day
,
and
stood
vp
to
read
.
And
if
here
it
bee
asked
,
what
are
the
speciall
benefits
reaped
by
this
ordinance
instituted
out
of
the
wisdome
of
God
:
I
answer
.
First
,
It
is
a
notable
meanes
to
come
to
the
knowledge
of
the
history
of
the
Scriptures
,
wherein
the
chiefe
workes
that
euer
the
Lord
did
in
the
Church
are
recorded
,
whether
of
iustice
or
of
mercie
,
especially
those
of
our
fall
in
the
first
Adam
,
&
recouery
by
the
second
.
Secondly
,
to
confirme
our
faith
in
all
the
points
of
Christian
faith
and
religion
:
the
maine
grounds
of
which
we
haue
fore-prophecied
of
in
the
old
testament
,
and
are
fulfilled
in
the
new
.
3.
To
direct
our
iudgements
in
proouing
of
all
things
;
and
holding
that
which
is
good
,
as
the
Baereans
searched
the
Scriptures
,
to
see
whether
the
things
were
Fourthly
,
to
traine
vs
to
the
more
profitable
hearing
of
the
word
preached
.
Fiftly
,
to
acquaint
vs
with
the
phrase
of
the
Scripture
;
so
as
wee
can
both
vnderstand
,
and
speake
the
language
of
Canaan
.
But
who
can
speake
of
the
glory
of
vnconuerted
,
or
conuerted
,
or
both
.
In
regarde
of
the
vnconuerted
,
it
is
the
ordinarie
meanes
to
beget
them
to
God
,
by
enlightening
their
eyes
,
opening
their
eares
,
mollifying
their
hearts
,
and
working
faith
in
their
soules
,
which
commeth
by
hearing
.
And
what
a
blessed
worke
is
this
reconciliation
,
of
peace
,
a
word
of
grace
,
of
saluation
,
and
of
life
.
2.
In
Thirdly
,
to
call
them
from
their
dayly
wandrings
and
strayings
,
and
settle
them
in
a
godly
course
.
Fourthly
,
to
preuent
their
falles
,
whilest
they
are
heere
partlye
furnished
with
Christian
Armour
against
temptations
;
for
through
the
Ministerie
of
the
worde
,
Sathan
falleth
like
lightning
from
heauen
.
and
his
strongest
holdes
are
cast
downe
:
man
of
their
counsels
.
Partly
while
they
are
admonished
of
such
wayes
as
are
disagreeable
to
such
an
high
calling
as
they
haue
vndertaken
.
Fiftly
,
to
raise
them
out
of
falls
,
by
discouering
vnto
them
the
nature
and
danger
of
sinne
,
the
working
of
their
owne
infirmities
,
the
bitter
roote
of
originall
corruption
:
the
poysoned
fruites
of
it
:
and
by
many
motiues
continually
prouoking
their
repentance
,
which
was
the
scope
Christs
fore-runners
Sermon
;
yea
of
his
owne
preaching
,
and
of
his
Apostles
.
Bethels
,
and
houses
of
GOD
,
in
which
the
Lord
is
truely
and
constantly
worshipped
,
and
both
themselues
and
the
Churches
in
their
houses
,
dayly
edified
vpon
their
most
holy
faith
.
Now
in
regarde
both
of
the
wicked
who
are
by
the
worde
preached
,
more
hardened
,
and
of
the
godly
whose
number
by
the
same
meanes
are
dayly
augmented
and
accomplished
,
the
appearing
of
Christ
vnto
Judgement
is
hastened
,
which
the
Saints
ought
to
long
after
,
as
in
which
they
expect
,
and
shall
attaine
their
full
redemption
.
Secondly
,
in
the
Sacraments
wee
drinke
yet
deeper
of
the
Lords
bountie
,
seales
of
the
righteousnesse
of
faith
.
The
former
sealing
vp
their
vnion
,
ingrafting
and
fellowship
with
Christ
,
from
whom
as
from
a
roote
,
they
draw
and
sucke
the
moysture
of
grace
,
without
which
they
are
but
dead
,
and
withered
branches
.
The
latter
assuring
their
continuall
grouth
,
and
encrease
in
him
,
till
they
become
tall
trees
of
righteousnesse
,
and
both
of
them
further
helping
both
our
vnderstandings
as
glasses
by
which
we
see
clearer
into
the
mistery
of
our
redemption
;
as
also
our
memories
,
as
monuments
before
our
eyes
,
with
which
sence
of
learning
our
God
would
haue
vs
taught
,
as
well
as
by
the
other
of
hearing
:
as
in
the
third
place
both
of
them
not
onely
spurring
vp
euery
beleeuer
to
the
performing
of
the
couenant
;
but
also
strengthening
him
to
euery
good
duty
,
whereby
hee
may
magnifie
this
grace
of
God
.
Thirdly
for
prayer
,
how
vnspeakable
in
the
house
of
prayer
?
In
the
former
regarde
Praise
waiteth
for
thee
in
Sion
.
For
what
greater
honour
can
befall
the
Lord
,
then
first
in
petition
to
bee
acknowledged
the
giuer
of
euery
good
and
perfect
gift
?
to
bee
depended
vpon
for
all
comfort
,
instruction
and
euery
good
grace
:
to
bee
acknowledged
the
author
and
finisher
of
our
faith
,
the
beginner
and
accomplisher
of
all
our
workes
,
in
vs
and
for
vs
?
and
in
the
confession
of
our
indignity
and
misery
(
euen
the
best
)
to
haue
his
free
grace
amplified
,
and
his
prerogatiue
yeelded
him
,
whose
priuiledge
it
is
to
say
;
I
will
forgiue
?
Secondly
,
in
prayses
to
be
magnified
by
his
whole
Church
for
the
fruites
of
his
free
loue
,
manifestlie
shining
in
his
workes
of
creation
,
redemption
,
preseruation
,
and
saluation
of
his
Church
:
yea
and
when
his
people
haue
done
all
they
can
in
way
of
thankfulnesse
for
them
;
yet
euen
the
best
of
them
shall
acknowledge
,
that
they
cannot
finde
what
to
render
vnto
him
for
his
vndeserued
loue
:
Thus
the
Tribes
goe
vppe
to
Ierusalem
to
praise
the
name
of
the
Lord
.
In
the
second
respect
,
what
a
singular
priuiledge
is
it
that
wee
haue
leaue
giuen
vs
by
our
requests
to
speake
and
commune
with
our
God
?
and
where-as
the
riche
treasures
of
grace
and
good
things
are
with
him
And
if
the
prayer
of
one
righteous
man
can
preuaile
so
much
as
the
scriptures
testifie
of
Moyses
,
Iacob
,
Elias
:
how
much
more
when
two
or
three
consent
togither
in
priuat
prayer
?
But
when
publike
prayer
is
presented
vp
by
many
,
yea
the
whole
church
;
how
can
that
but
exceed
in
strength
?
For
as
in
experience
we
see
,
many
flowers
bound
together
yeeld
the
stronger
sent
;
and
compound
water
is
sweeter
than
simple
;
many
sticks
make
a
great
fire
;
and
vnited
force
more
forceable
:
so
euery
christian
alone
and
a
part
in
this
duty
is
acceptable
vnto
God
;
but
when
many
ioyne
in
holy
society
,
they
are
much
more
pleasing
vnto
him
,
much
more
ioyfull
among
them-selues
,
and
much
more
mutually
incouraged
to
the
practises
of
piety
,
&
loue
one
towards
another
.
Publike
breaches
are
soone
made
vp
if
many
Moysesses
stand
vp
in
the
gap
.
Publike
peace
if
it
be
wanting
is
speedily
and
happily
procured
when
many
Eliases
lift
vp
requests
vnto
the
Lord
,
Chariots
of
Israel
.
Publike
blessings
are
easily
obteyned
when
many
Iacobs
wrastle
together
with
the
Lord
:
Fully
resolued
not
to
lette
him
goe
vntill
hee
haue
giuen
them
a
blessing
.
The
publike
ministry
is
successefully
prayers
to
God
for
them
:
and
when
the
faithfull
labour
together
in
praier
for
the
same
purpose
.
The
priuate
necessities
also
of
any
one
priuate
member
of
the
Church
,
are
sooner
supplied
by
the
instance
and
importunity
of
the
whole
;
and
such
as
cannot
come
vpon
their
owne
feet
(
as
the
man
sicke
of
the
palsie
)
are
lette
downe
by
the
cordes
of
the
churches
prayer
Keyes
of
the
Kingdome
opening
and
shutting
heauen
;
the
power
of
binding
or
loosing
of
sinners
.
The
authority
of
deliuering
to
Satan
the
obstinate
sinners
and
releasing
the
penitent
.
Now
what
glory
is
it
to
the
almighty
when
his
iust
sentence
is
before
hand
denounced
against
the
vngodly
of
the
earth
?
Where
by
him-selfe
is
cleared
in
his
iudgement
and
the
sinner
more
iustlie
wrapped
vp
in
the
bandes
of
death
which
he
had
no
care
to
preuent
.
And
on
the
other
side
no
lesse
comfort
it
is
for
the
humble
soule
in
the
same
Ministerie
of
the
Word
preached
to
bee
fully
released
from
sinne
,
and
absolued
from
all
his
vnrighteousnesse
,
and
assured
that
whatsoeuer
such
sentence
is
rightly
pronounced
in
Earth
is
ratified
also
in
Heauen
.
These
thinges
beeing
of
such
an
high
nature
,
as
in
which
the
publicke
worshippe
of
GOD
is
performed
to
his
so
great
glorie
,
and
our
own
so
great
good
,
no
marueil
if
Dauip
be
so
instant
in
his
desire
:
&
yet
these
things
were
after
a
sort
vailed
and
but
shadowed
in
that
ministry
of
the
sanctuary
.
For
the
Arke
it selfe
was
with
curtaines
,
and
there
lay
no
high
way
vnto
it
,
no
not
for
Dauid
him-self
:
only
men
must
look
towards
it
in
their
prayers
.
And
within
that
Arke
were
Word
,
read
and
preached
:
In
the
Tabernacle
also
was
the
golden
potte
of
Mannah
a
speciall
type
of
our
Sacraments
:
and
the
rod
of
Aaron
shadowing
the
rod
of
the
church
Discipline
.
How
much
more
should
wee
(
were
wee
not
so
blockish
as
men
hewne
out
of
hard
okes
)
reioyce
in
such
an
open
and
glorious
face
of
Iesus
Christ
?
Yea
with
the
Prophet
account
it
our
Blessednesse
to
dwel
Thus
farre
wee
hetherto
discouered
those
beautyes
of
the
house
of
God
,
both
in
respect
of
Persons
present
and
holy
thinges
performed
:
which
if
men
could
see
with
bodily
eyes
,
(
as
they
cannot
bee
perceiued
but
by
such
as
haue
cleared
eies
)
they
would
excite
admirable
loue
and
affection
towardes
them
.
Now
we
are
to
intreat
of
the
priuiledges
,
and
benefits
which
Gods
people
LORD
.
Now
although
the
priuiledges
be
as
manyfold
in
number
,
as
excellent
in
their
quallity
:
yet
I
will
content
my selfe
to
note
foure
of
them
:
and
these
foure
rather
then
any
other
,
because
I
see
them
to
bee
such
as
moued
in
the
Prophet
Dauid
aboue
all
other
these
holy
and
ardent
desires
;
as
in
euery
of
them
will
plainely
appeare
.
First
,
the
benefit
of
light
and
instruction
.
The
first
work
that
the
Lord
doth
necessitie
,
matters
of
life
and
death
.
Second
,
for
their
dignitie
such
misteries
as
flesh
and
blood
can
neuer
attayne
vnto
;
partly
concerning
God
,
as
the
doctrine
of
the
Trinity
.
Partly
concerning
Christ
,
as
of
his
incarnation
,
conception
,
vnion
of
his
natures
,
and
partly
concerning
our selues
.
As
our
resurrection
,
life
eternall
all
which
are
matters
of
faith
.
Third
,
for
their
vse
such
as
perswade
the
truth
,
preserue
from
error
,
raize
such
as
are
faine
,
strengthen
those
that
stand
,
comfort
the
afflicted
,
pacifie
the
conscience
,
confirme
the
certaine
hope
of
life
eternall
,
and
deliuer
the
deeds
of
it
into
our
hands
:
&
indeed
the
benefit
of
our
redemption
and
whole
saluation
by
Christ
were
little
worth
without
these
holy
meanes
whereby
it
is
reuealed
and
applyed
vnto
vs
.
This
is
that
benefit
which
our
Prophet
expresseth
in
the
beginning
of
the
verse
following
.
For
the
LORD
GOD
is
the
Sunne
That
is
look
what
the
Sunne
is
to
the
World
,
that
is
the
LORD
GOD
to
his
Church
the
Sunne
of
the
World
is
not
so
necessary
to
lighten
the
day
,
as
this
Sunne
of
the
Church
to
lighten
the
darkenesse
and
dungeon
of
the
soules
of
men
:
without
which
(
seeing
all
our
heauenly
lght
is
from
it
)
our
estate
is
far
more
vncomfortable
then
that
of
the
Egiptians
in
their
Secondly
,
necessary
prouision
both
for
sustenance
and
safety
of
soule
and
tree
of
life
for
the
sicke
soule
,
the
leaues
whereof
serue
to
cure
the
nations
.
In
a
word
;
Christ
offered
and
receiued
in
the
Ministry
,
is
food
and
Phisicke
,
cloth
and
warmth
,
wealth
and
health
,
life
and
length
of
daies
,
yea
all
in
all
vnto
the
soule
of
all
his
beleeuing
ones
.
And
2.
for
bodily
food
and
rayment
with
other
necessaries
for
the
life
present
,
although
those
who
ar
without
the
church
inioy
them
;
yet
they
haue
them
not
in
that
speciall
blessing
and
comfort
,
as
the
members
of
the
church
;
who
1.
haue
them
by
vertue
of
that
special
promise
:
First
seeke
the
Kingdome
of
God
,
and
other
things
shal
be
cast
on
you
:
&
2.
hold
them
by
a
right
and
title
in
Christ
:
and
3.
are
taught
how
to
imploy
them
to
the
glory
of
the
giuer
,
all
which
make
these
blessinges
good
to
them
as
they
are
in
them-selues
.
Secondly
,
for
perfection
and
safety
:
1.
Spiritual
,
here
is
a
shadow
&
sweete
Now
this
saluation
of
God
is
not
elswher
to
be
heard
off
,
but
in
the
tidings
which
we
bring
;
nor
reuealed
vnto
any
but
the
true
members
of
the
church
.
In
Mount
Sion
&
in
Ierusalem
shall
be
deliuerance
.
As
for
temporal
perfection
:
sword
,
famine
,
captiuity
,
to
the
dogs
to
teare
,
to
the
foules
of
heauen
,
&
the
beasts
of
the
field
to
deuour
:
so
on
the
contrary
the
neerer
God
the
surer
of
safety
;
for
iudgements
flye
farre
from
God
.
Hence
is
it
that
to
the
members
of
the
church
,
safety
is
promised
vnder
the
shadow
of
the
winges
of
the
almighty
,
especially
while
they
are
in
the
performance
of
publick
duties
before
the
Lord
,
and
it
is
worthy
our
obseruing
that
the
Lord
in
making
that
law
of
the
three
feastes
,
wherein
all
the
men
three
times
euery
yeare
must
repaire
before
the
Lord
&
continue
each
Exodus
,
34.
24
,
himself
would
be
the
strength
of
it
at
that
time
,
&
so
watch
it
as
the
enemy
should
not
so
much
as
desire
it
:
the
like
we
may
obserue
in
their
gathering
of
Mannah
euery
day
in
the
morning
which
was
not
only
an
obedience
vnto
gods
commandement
but
a
special
resemblance
and
shadow
of
seeking
Iesus
Christ
in
the
parts
of
his
worship
.
Now
herein
seemed
to
lie
no
smal
danger
towards
them
;
For
either
the
enimies
which
were
continually
troublesom
vnto
them
might
take
their
camps
whilst
the
whole
host
was
abroad
gathering
Mannah
,
or
else
they
might
lye
in
ambush
in
the
wildernes
for
the
host
about
the
place
wher
the
Mannah
fell
:
yet
for
al
their
danger
(
&
notwithstanding
they
had
many
skirmishes
in
the
wildernes
)
wee
neuer
read
that
this
was
any
disaduantage
vnto
them
.
The
Lord
so
watched
them
&
theirs
,
that
neuer
by
their
gathering
of
Mannah
nor
in
that
time
and
place
they
wer
disparaged
,
no
nor
set
vpon
:
for
the
eye
of
the
Lord
is
most
vpon
them
that
ar
nearest
vnto
him
.
Set
thy selfe
to
gather
Mannah
in
the
ministry
thou
shalt
not
faile
of
Gods
protection
.
And
this
the
Prophet
Dauid
in
the
second
place
teacheth
in
the
vers
following
.
For
God
is
the
Sun
and
shield
.
And
hereby
he
prouoked
himself
often
into
the
presence
of
God
in
the
assemblies
,
and
the
rather
in
that
now
he
was
so
hunted
out
of
euery
corner
;
and
euery
day
brought
him
more
danger
then
other
,
that
there
was
often
but
a
step
between
him
and
death
;
hee
had
great
cause
to
long
after
that
defence
and
safety
which
the
Lord
reacheth
out
to
such
as
haue
libertye
with
good
heartes
to
worship
before
him
in
his
Temple
.
Thirdly
,
strong
consolation
for
al
conditions
of
life
,
euen
such
as
otherwise
all
things
fall
out
to
the
best
to
them
that
loue
God
.
Thus
the
Lord
maketh
good
his
promise
to
such
as
conscionably
seeke
him
in
his
ordinance
,
as
one
whom
his
mother
comforteth
so
shall
you
in
Ierusalem
.
Besides
here
the
people
of
GOD
reape
the
comfort
of
their
prayers
;
for
as
a
King
receiueth
petitions
at
the
Court
;
or
as
a
maister
of
a
family
is
ready
to
heare
and
receiue
all
the
complaintes
and
requestes
of
his
children
and
seruantes
:
euen
so
the
LORD
in
this
house
giueth
free
accesse
vnto
him-selfe
;
and
for
their
incouragement
herein
freely
promiseth
,
that
hee
will
bee
ready
to
heare
their
prayers
,
behold
their
sighs
,
put
their
teares
into
his
bottle
,
send
no
man
awaie
emptie
,
and
cast
none
in
the
teeth
for
his
importunity
so
it
bee
guided
aright
.
Seeing
thererfore
that
heere
are
such
consolations
to
bee
attayned
as
the
whole
Worlde
besides
cannot
giue
,
nor
take
away
;
so
certaine
,
so
seasonable
,
so
spirituall
,
so
perpetuall
:
Which
of
vs
haue
not
as
much
reason
to
wish
the
fruition
of
such
a
gratious
presence
of
GOD
were
it
but
for
one
day
,
aboue
all
other
all
our
dayes
as
Dauid
did
?
This
holy
man
well
knewe
that
one
day
was
but
short
in
comparison
of
many
dayes
:
But
yet
their
reioycing
with
the
Church
in
the
Church
assemblyes
for
one
daie
was
worthily
to
bee
preferred
before
the
reioycing
of
many
dayes
without
the
Church
;
in
that
the
waight
of
this
ioy
recompensed
the
shortnes
of
it
self
;
&
counteruailed
the
length
of
the
other
,
being
vnspeakably
glorious
.
This
third
priuiledge
is
that
which
he
in
the
third
place
mentioneth
as
a
steele
spur
to
his
affection
:
where
in
the
next
vers
he
addeth
that
the
Lord
is
(
not
onely
the
Sun
&
shield
)
but
grace
in
his
church
,
that
is
,
gratiously
accepteth
in
his
Christ
,
1.
the
persons
,
and
then
the
prayers
of
such
as
are
assembled
in
spirit
&
truth
to
worship
him
and
call
vppon
his
name
.
Fourthly
,
Blessednes
and
saluation
which
is
not
ordinarily
out
of
these
assemblies
This
is
the
house
of
GOD
,
this
is
the
gate
of
heauen
,
in
like
manner
may
addeth
not
vnto
the
Church
.
And
the
Scriptures
attribute
saluation
(
but
yet
ministerially
)
to
the
wombe
,
brests
,
and
lappe
of
the
Church
,
which
is
the
Mother
of
vs
all
.
And
of
Sion
is
it
sayd
,
that
many
are
borne
in
her
.
And
this
last
was
not
the
The
Lord
is
grace
and
glory
;
not
onely
because
the
Lord
is
the
glory
of
his
people
,
here
and
hereafter
;
Nor
that
onely
in
the
Church
the
Lord
reueileth
his
glorie
,
but
also
because
he
leadeth
his
children
vnto
it
by
the
meanes
there
by
his
wisdome
appointed
.
Now
considering
the
places
whereon
our
feete
stand
are
holy
ground
,
the
persons
present
holy
and
glorious
;
the
duties
performed
holy
and
spirituall
;
the
priuiledges
of
Gods
people
so
preacious
and
aboundant
in
all
these
regardes
,
can
we
doe
lesse
then
wish
our
portions
and
shares
in
them
?
and
doth
it
not
now
seeme
a
most
reasonable
and
religious
wish
to
spend
if
it
were
but
one
day
here
,
rather
then
a
thousand
else-where
?
or
shall
wee
still
neede
many
goads
to
prouoke
vs
to
loue
,
or
rejoyce
in
Ierusalem
,
where
wee
may
thus
suck
and
bee
satisfied
with
the
brest
of
her
consolation
,
where
wee
may
milke
out
and
bee
delighted
with
the
brightnesse
of
her
glory
?
If
wee
would
haue
our
hearts
iustifie
vs
in
this
holy
reioysing
,
our
labour
The
Scriptures
not
in
a
few
places
aduanceth
and
highly
extolleth
such
assemblies
The
Prophet
Isay
saith
,
that
the
Basan
,
and
many
other
great
hills
.
Why
hoppe
yee
so
yee
hills
?
this
is
Gods
hill
.
By
Mountaines
are
meant
the
greatest
Empires
,
and
most
flourishing
Kingdomes
of
the
earth
abounding
with
wealth
and
power
;
which
all
in
Basan
are
made
inferiour
to
Sion
:
not
that
either
in
spaciousnesse
of
ground
,
or
multitude
,
or
goodnesse
of
people
,
or
strength
,
or
riches
,
or
outward
pompe
and
glory
,
Sion
was
comparable
to
any
of
them
:
for
the
kingdome
of
Israell
was
the
least
and
fewest
,
and
as
badde
and
wicked
Assyria
,
Aegipt
,
&c.
How
then
was
it
so
aduanced
and
exalted
aboue
the
mountaines
?
surely
herein
.
This
is
Gods
hill
;
and
so
made
high
aboue
all
nations
,
in
praise
,
name
,
and
glory
.
Gods
dwelling
in
it
was
the
wealth
,
strength
and
beauty
,
yea
I
adde
the
blessednesse
of
it
:
for
blessed
is
that
land
whose
God
is
the
Lord
.
Thus
also
was
Capernaum
said
to
be
lifted
vp
vnto
heauen
,
onely
in
regarde
of
the
presence
,
doctrine
,
and
miracles
of
Christ
.
So
in
our
Bethels
God
himselfe
is
the
beauty
and
glory
of
euery
of
them
:
his
administration
here
farre
excelling
Salomon
in
all
wisdome
,
the
owner
of
it
being
the
true
Salomon
,
the
God
of
Israel
,
who
as
a
great
housholder
,
out
of
his
goodnesse
fostereth
,
out
of
his
wisdome
teacheth
,
out
of
his
power
ruleth
,
and
out
of
his
rich
mercy
tendreth
the
complaints
and
requests
of
euery
one
within
his
gates
.
In
this
house
all
the
houshould
seruants
haue
one
liuery
and
garment
,
the
righteousnesse
of
Christ
to
cloath
them
;
all
feed
at
the
selfe
same
table
,
and
eate
childrens
bread
:
all
haue
one
elder
brother
Iesus
Christ
the
first
borne
of
many
brethren
:
all
haue
one
sort
of
seruants
,
the
Angels
who
not
onely
goe
before
them
and
at
their
heeles
,
but
as
a
guard
are
pitched
about
them
:
all
haue
one
inheritance
,
and
become
heyres
and
fellow
heyres
with
Christ
himselfe
.
The
wisdome
&
glory
of
which
whole
administration
if
we
could
as
well
behold
as
the
Queene
of
Seba
did
the
orders
in
Salomons
Court
:
we
could
not
but
account
them
blessed
,
that
might
here
be
admitted
into
place
of
seruice
;
to
heare
the
wisdome
of
the
King
of
glory
,
and
Prince
of
peace
,
who
dwelleth
within
these
euerlasting
doores
:
Which
heauenly
delights
while
men
know
not
,
no
maruaile
if
they
affect
them
not
.
But
on
the
contrary
,
one
comming
to
behold
them
in
any
euidence
,
as
little
maruaile
is
it
,
if
with
Dauid
they
would
enioy
them
with
exchange
of
all
earthly
pleasures
.
For
who
is
it
which
hath
neuer
so
little
tasted
of
the
goodnesse
of
God
,
that
loues
not
the
Lords
habitation
,
and
the
place
where
his
honor
dwelleth
?
yee
that
thirsteth
not
after
God
and
his
presence
,
as
the
Hart
brayeth
after
the
Secondly
,
if
our
hearts
bee
sound
beleeuers
continued
in
the
Apostles
doctrine
and
fellowship
,
and
breaking
of
bread
and
prayers
.
And
if
such
multitudes
of
sundrie
sortes
of
people
,
and
such
as
could
not
finde
their
names
in
the
genealogie
,
came
out
of
Aegipt
,
and
out
of
Babilon
with
the
Israelites
,
onely
because
they
saw
GODS
blessing
following
that
people
:
How
much
more
should
wee
bee
prouoked
to
ioyne
our selues
to
such
societies
as
are
assembled
to
worshippe
him
in
spirit
and
truth
:
seeing
it
is
not
any
temporall
blessing
which
runnes
into
our
eye
,
but
spirituall
and
eternall
;
neither
any
out-warde
priuiledge
,
which
wee
alone
may
make
account
of
(
as
they
)
but
such
as
is
inwarde
and
heauenly
,
yea
such
as
rayseth
vs
vnto
the
condition
of
the
sonnes
of
the
liuing
God
,
But
those
mens
hearts
are
not
right
within
them
that
neede
but
the
1.
And
first
to
admonish
such
as
neede
no
other
thing
then
theyr
owne
wilfulnesse
to
excommunicate
and
banish
them-selues
from
the
house
of
God
,
and
assemblies
of
the
faithfull
.
Of
these
the
first
sorte
professe
themselues
touched
with
zeale
of
the
Babilon
.
Thus
they
vexe
themselues
aboue
measure
,
in
seeking
Ministers
,
callings
,
people
of
God
,
and
Churches
:
and
because
they
cannot
finde
a
man
in
the
market
,
they
seperate
from
our
assemblies
.
To
which
I
answer
,
that
though
it
be
Howsoeuer
therefore
Sathan
worketh
according
to
his
accustomed
craft
to
trouble
our
sight
;
let
vs
bee
more
wise
and
wary
then
to
bee
ledde
from
the
beholding
of
the
face
of
God
,
and
so
wilfully
depart
from
this
our
reioysing
.
And
let
such
as
are
so
readye
to
bee
mislead
,
acknowledge
with
thankfulnesse
their
spirituall
father
that
begat
them
to
God
:
their
Mother
the
Church
that
bare
them
:
her
brests
the
Testaments
that
gaue
them
milke
,
and
that
shee
is
not
since
their
birthe
so
weakened
,
but
that
shee
is
as
able
to
preserue
them
as
to
bring
them
forth
:
and
to
feede
them
with
stronger
meate
,
so
to
bring
them
to
their
tallnesse
in
Christ
.
2.
An other
sorte
of
them
who
Popish
minded
persons
,
who
because
they
cannot
see
neither
their
little
breaden
God
in
our
Sacraments
;
nor
their
wooden
guilded
Gods
in
our
worshippe
:
and
because
they
cannot
heare
GOD
speake
Latin
in
our
Churches
;
nor
our
Ministers
inuocating
Saints
and
Angels
in
our
Prayers
:
therefore
sure
heere
are
no
foote-steppes
of
GOD
:
nor
so
much
as
the
rudements
of
his
worshippe
and
seruice
:
hence
they
refuse
all
communication
with
vs
in
A
worshipp
in
which
if
they
haue
And
were
these
things
true
,
who
could
blame
him
that
hath
resolued
to
liue
and
dye
a
Papist
?
but
alas
that
poore
soules
should
bee
held
in
such
chaines
of
darknesse
and
death
!
The
Lord
in
his
good
time
open
the
prison
doores
,
and
strike
off
the
boults
from
so
many
as
belong
to
him
,
that
they
may
see
them-selues
set
free
from
such
woefull
estate
,
as
wherein
they
laye
bound
by
Sathan
and
his
instruments
euen
vnder
damnation
.
And
yet
more
fearefull
is
the
condition
of
such
of
them
as
haue
had
their
error
discouered
by
the
cleere
sunne-shine
of
the
Gospell
,
and
yet
are
setled
vpon
their
lees
,
vpon
no
better
ground
then
like
so
many
Barzillaes
,
Ierusalem
:
in
superstition
they
began
;
they
continue
in
error
;
they
will
dye
in
wilfull
blindnesse
,
and
will
bee
buryed
in
the
graues
of
the
idolatrie
of
their
fore-fathers
.
The
Lord
once
appeared
to
Iacob
,
but
hee
was
not
aware
of
it
,
the
Then
Iacob
awooke
out
of
his
sleepe
and
said
,
surely
the
Lord
is
in
this
place
and
I
was
not
aware
,
and
this
is
the
case
of
many
a
superstitious
person
.
God
appeareth
vnto
his
Israell
in
Bethel
in
his
house
:
but
they
are
not
aware
of
him
,
they
see
him
not
,
they
will
not
beleeue
hee
is
among
vs
.
But
what
is
the
reason
?
not
because
hee
is
not
there
;
but
because
they
are
a
sleepe
and
in
their
dreames
;
but
if
euer
GOD
awaken
them
,
they
will
bee
able
to
vtter
Iacobs
confession
:
and
vpon
better
aduise
to
say
:
How
fearefull
is
this
place
?
It
is
no
other
but
the
house
of
God
,
and
this
is
the
gate
of
heauen
.
3.
Others
are
more
prophane
and
secure
,
then
wilfull
and
refractarie
,
and
though
not
so
much
hatred
,
yet
little
more
loue
bewrayeth
it selfe
in
them
then
in
former
sortes
:
and
least
they
should
seeme
also
to
bee
madde
with-out
reason
;
they
are
not
without
sundry
coulours
and
pretenses
which
they
thinke
are
reasonable
inough
to
absent
them-selues
from
our
assemblies
.
And
therefore
they
aske
;
What
can
wee
not
bee
Christians
Ans.
They
may
aswell
aske
;
Can
Ob.
But
though
it
cannot
bee
denied
,
but
it
is
some-times
good
to
goe
heare
a
Sermon
:
yet
what
neede
so
much
preaching
?
what
,
would
men
haue
vs
Saints
on
earth
?
our
fore-fathers
(
who
wee
hope
are
well
,
and
wish
our selues
no
better
)
neuer
were
troubled
with
Sermons
,
and
our selues
haue
liued
some
thirtie
,
fortie
,
fiftie
,
or
Answ.
Can
I
beleeue
any
man
that
saith
he
seeth
,
when
I
see
him
shut
his
eyes
?
can
I
thinke
that
a
man
hath
any
true
knowledge
of
God
,
who
desireth
not
to
growe
in
grace
,
and
in
the
knowledge
of
the
Lord
IESVS
CHRIST
?
How
can
I
beleeue
that
that
man
is
in
earnest
,
or
if
hee
bee
that
hee
is
in
his
wittes
that
shall
thus
plead
against
his
life
;
I
hope
I
haue
eaten
meate
ynough
heretofore
,
and
got
strength
ynough
and
now
I
need
no
more
:
and
therefore
I
will
neuer
eate
more
,
nor
drinke
more
while
I
liue
:
if
a
frantick
man
should
come
to
such
conclusions
,
any
man
might
say
well
thou
shalt
then
liue
but
a
while
.
Dost
thou
not
see
this
holy
Prophet
who
was
aduanced
both
in
knowledg
and
holynes
aboue
the
most
liuing
;
and
dwelt
as
an
Angell
in
the
World
;
yet
did
not
he
acknowledge
himselfe
greatly
to
stand
in
need
of
stirring
vp
by
these
meanes
giuen
of
God
for
that
end
?
And
yet
thou
a
man
of
little
or
no
faith
,
a
nouice
and
pettie
in
the
schoole
of
Christ
,
if
yet
thou
euer
entredst
into
it
,
art
so
ful
and
complete
as
thou
canst
or
needest
go
no
As
for
thy
fore-fathers
they
had
not
the
meanes
as
thou
hast
:
and
if
any
of
them
perished
without
them
,
yet
their
stripes
are
fewer
then
thine
shall
bee
who
contemnest
them
.
If
they
had
had
the
meanes
offred
,
it
is
likely
they
would
haue
beene
more
fruitfull
in
them
,
or
If
not
,
it
had
not
bene
for
their
case
(
no
more
then
thine
)
to
haue
dispised
them
.
And
lamentable
it
is
to
see
how
men
suffer
satan
to
ouer-reach
them
in
a
matter
of
such
moment
as
is
their
freehold
in
heauen
.
If
any
man
had
house
,
land
or
legacy
befalling
him
,
would
he
reason
thus
?
Why
I
care
not
for
it
I
haue
liued
now
40.
or
50.
yeares
well
ynough
&
in
good
credit
without
it
;
I
am
too
old
now
to
change
my
estate
although
for
the
better
;
neuer
man
made
such
a
foolish
reason
:
&
yet
such
fooles
are
men
that
vppon
this
ground
they
stand
against
their
greatest
,
spiritual
and
eternall
good
.
Wheras
if
they
had
the
wisdome
of
men
in
them
,
they
should
rather
thus
conclud
:
haue
I
al
this
while
liued
without
knowledge
of
God
,
faith
in
Christ
,
conscience
of
my
waies
?
oh
it
is
high
time
now
to
awake
out
of
sleepe
.
And
to
such
as
can
easily
learn
to
loue
God
aboue
all
and
the
neighbour
as
word
and
tongue
,
but
there
is
noe
deed
nor
truth
in
either
.
And
for
their
prayer
which
the
hope
they
can
acceptably
performe
,
the
truth
is
,
let
them
pray
and
fast
to
it
,
so
long
as
they
turne
their
eares
from
hearing
the
law
:
such
prayers
are
not
only
reiected
but
abhominable
.
As
acceptable
as
the
Paul
.
And
lastly
,
wheras
their
hearts
ar
so
good
to
God-ward
,
in
that
also
the
spirit
of
God
giueth
them
the
lye
,
who
affirmeth
that
without
knowledge
the
minde
is
not
good
.
Ob
:
But
if
I
had
an
Angell
to
teach
me
,
or
some
more
excellent
and
powerfull
meanes
then
this
of
hearing
a
weak
and
fraile
man
;
then
I
would
heare
,
beleeue
and
obey
.
Ans:
This
indeed
is
an
old
subtiltie
of
the
diuell
by
which
hee
hath
Gods
ordinance
to
teach
man
by
man
,
not
by
an
Angell
.
I
say
,
49.
6.
in
all
ages
mightely
hindered
the
worke
of
the
word
in
the
heartes
of
vnbeleeuers
.
The
prophets
them-selues
seemed
in
the
eyes
of
the
people
too
small
to
raize
vppe
the
tribes
of
lacob
,
and
to
restore
the
desolations
of
Israel
.
And
the
rich
mans
brethren
would
rather
bee
taught
by
one
from
the
dead
,
then
by
Moyses
and
the
Prophets
.
And
therefore
seeing
this
deceipt
secretly
stealeth
vppon
many
a
man
;
and
is
not
so
euidently
discouered
as
it
profitably
may
bee
;
I
will
indeuor
the
more
fully
to
manifest
both
the
folly
and
falshood
of
it
.
And
first
I
say
this
is
a
foolish
conceit
of
restlesse
spirits
,
who
yet
take
vppon
them
to
bee
wiser
then
God
himselfe
:
who
(
howsoeuer
the
word
might
seeme
to
carry
much
more
authority
in
the
mouth
of
an
Angell
,
then
of
an
ordinary
Minister
,
who
is
but
a
weake
man
yet
)
herein
bewraied
his
infinite
.
1.
mercy
.
2.
loue
.
3.
wisdom
,
in
establishing
this
holy
ordinance
,
&
no
other
perpetually
to
continue
in
his
church
vnto
the
end
of
the
world
.
His
mercy
shineth
out
in
this
;
that
knowing
our
infirmity
,
and
wherof
we
Moyses
,
and
made
request
in
these
wordes
.
Talke
thou
with
vs
and
wee
will
heare
,
but
lette
not
God
talke
with
vs
,
least
wee
die
:
and
it
was
generally
receiued
of
old
;
that
if
any
man
did
either
heare
this
voyce
;
or
see
the
face
of
the
great
God
:
the
great
hidde
him
in
the
cleft
of
a
Rocke
,
and
couered
him
with
his
hand
till
he
passed
by
.
His
loue
towards
man
manifesteth
it selfe
heerein
:
that
hee
vouchsafeth
them-selues
and
others
?
His
wisdome
discouereth
it selfe
in
this
ordinance
sundry
waies
.
1.
In
that
Second
,
hereby
hee
sheweth
the
mighty
power
of
the
word
which
(
although
it
seeme
in
the
hand
of
a
weake
man
,
a
foolish
meane
of
mens
conuersion
)
yet
by
this
foolishnes
of
preaching
the
Lord
saueth
such
as
beleeue
:
This
Paul
teacheth
.
We
haue
this
treasure
in
earthen
vessels
that
the
excellency
of
that
power
might
bee
of
God
(
that
is
knowne
to
bee
of
God
)
and
not
of
vs
:
and
this
one
thing
hath
confounded
all
the
wisdome
of
flesh
,
to
see
such
weake
and
vile
and
dispised
thinges
bring
such
great
things
to
passe
.
And
thus
all
the
glory
of
the
worke
of
conuersion
,
redoundeth
vnto
God
,
to
whome
indeed
of
right
it
appertaineth
.
Thus
the
Apostles
vsually
turned
off
that
praise
&
glory
which
men
preposterously
would
haue
fastned
vppon
them
;
that
all
the
power
of
their
word
and
workes
might
bee
ascribed
vnto
God
.
When
Peter
had
healed
a
Cripple
that
lay
at
the
beautifull
gate
of
the
Temple
,
all
the
people
came
running
,
Iohn
,
too
much
admiring
their
persons
from
whome
they
had
seene
such
an
euident
worke
:
which
when
Peter
perceiued
,
he
checketh
their
ignorance
.
Yea
men
of
Israel
,
why
looke
you
so
stedfastly
on
vs
as
though
we
by
our
own
power
or
godlines
had
made
this
man
go
?
And
wisheth
them
to
look
vpward
to
the
God
of
Abraham
,
Isaac
and
Iacob
,
who
had
glorified
his
sonne
Iesus
;
in
whose
name
they
had
done
this
miracle
.
So
likewise
when
Paul
at
Lystra
had
healed
an
other
lame
man
:
the
people
Gods
were
come
downe
in
the
likenesse
of
men
,
brought
their
Buls
with
garlands
,
&
their
chiefe
Priest
to
offer
sacrifice
to
him
and
Barnabas
:
which
when
the
Apostles
saw
,
they
rent
their
clothes
and
staid
them
from
that
horrible
Idolatry
.
Oh
men
why
doe
yea
these
things
?
Wee
are
euen
men
subiect
to
the
like
passions
that
ye
bee
,
and
so
proceeded
to
preach
the
true
God
,
and
his
son
Christ
vnto
them
.
Euen
so
when
men
behold
such
mighty
power
in
that
word
which
is
dispenced
by
men
subiect
to
the
same
passions
with
them-selues
;
that
it
is
able
to
conquer
the
whole
world
and
bring
it
to
the
knowledge
and
obedience
of
christ
;
to
subdue
nature
and
corruption
of
it
;
yea
battereth
the
strongest
holds
of
satan
and
destroyeth
his
Kingdome
:
easily
may
they
conceiue
there
is
more
power
with
it
then
any
can
bee
in
such
poore
men
,
and
that
is
indeed
the
power
&
strong
arme
of
almightie
God
.
3.
The
wisedome
of
GOD
hereby
would
proue
and
try
our
obedyence
,
whether
we
will
heare
his
Ministers
beeing
men
like
our selues
,
no
otherwise
then
wee
would
heare
himselfe
,
or
Christ
,
or
an
Angel
speaking
from
heauen
.
Whether
we
wil
receiue
his
Ministers
as
the
Galatians
did
Paul
.
Ob.
It
will
bee
heere
alledged
that
indeed
they
might
so
certainly
receiue
Pauls
doctrine
on
his
word
,
for
he
was
priuiledged
that
he
could
not
er
in
deliuering
itas
our
ordinary
ministers
may
.
An.
To
which
I
answer
that
euen
we
(
secondarily
)
are
to
be
heard
and
receiued
with
the
same
respect
and
certainty
so
farre
forth
as
wee
follow
and
deliuer
to
the
Church
the
doctrine
of
the
Apostles
.
For
herein
we
also
are
the
Angels
of
the
Lord
of
hostes
,
and
Ambassadors
in
the
stead
of
Christ
.
And
all
the
partes
of
the
Ministry
in
our
hands
(
wee
following
the
word
)
are
as
sure
and
infallible
,
as
if
an
Angel
or
Christ
from
heauen
should
execute
them
.
If
we
threaten
it
is
as
if
the
Lion
of
the
Tribe
of
Iudah
should
roare
:
if
we
confort
it
is
as
sure
&
sweet
to
the
beleeuing
soule
as
if
the
Angels
should
comfort
vs
as
they
did
Christ
in
his
agonie
.
Yea
or
Christ
him-selfe
from
heauen
,
as
hee
did
the
women
that
sought
him
after
hee
was
risen
.
If
wee
admonish
,
exhort
,
perswade
,
it
is
all
one
as
if
Christ
should
do
it
,
who
hath
said
:
he
that
heareth
you
,
heareth
me
.
And
in
euery
of
these
the
sheepe
of
Christ
heare
his
voyce
,
who
is
the
great
pastor
of
the
sheepe
,
and
not
so
much
ours
,
and
with
this
is
the
voice
of
my
welbeloued
.
4.
Hereby
the
wisedom
of
God
would
giue
vs
to
conceiue
that
seeing
wee
are
taught
by
man
;
the
one
half
(
as
the
Queen
of
Sebah
spoke
of
Salomon
)
of
the
blessednesse
prepared
for
them
that
loue
God
is
not
,
nor
cannot
while
we
liue
here
be
made
known
to
vs
;
seeing
it
cannot
enter
into
the
heart
of
man
,
much
lesse
be
vttered
with
his
tongue
.
And
therfore
we
should
raize
vp
our
hearts
after
that
blessed
reuelation
,
wherein
Christ
himselfe
shall
become
our
teacher
,
and
reueale
And
further
as
the
mercy
,
loue
and
wisedome
of
God
hath
established
this
ordinance
,
so
also
it
will
not
be
amisse
in
a
word
to
see
how
hee
hath
euer
maintained
this
his
owne
order
in
his
Church
.
And
first
the
Angels
haue
another
office
designed
them
by
God
in
the
Church
then
to
vsurpe
the
Ministry
.
And
although
the
LORD
imployed
them
in
priuate
messages
vnto
priuate
persons
;
yet
I
remember
not
that
euer
in
the
publicke
Ministry
their
office
was
to
preach
,
but
to
set
men
on
preaching
,
and
preserue
them
in
teaching
:
we
read
that
they
were
to
reueale
from
God
to
his
Prophets
some
part
of
his
will
:
which
the
Prophets
were
to
deliuer
to
the
Church
,
but
the
Church
was
not
to
depend
on
the
ministry
of
the
Angels
but
on
the
Ministry
of
man
.
One
Go
tell
this
young
man
.
But
nether
of
the
Angels
might
publish
this
prophecie
vnto
the
church
.
So
the
Eunuch
sitting
in
his
Chariot
Azotus
,
which
were
distant
a
sunder
about
six
&
thirty
miles
?
Yes
hee
could
haue
taught
him
,
but
hee
would
not
,
nor
might
not
;
but
sendeth
him
an
ordinary
meanes
,
teaching
vs
that
if
there
be
a
Philip
wee
must
from
him
seek
instruction
,
and
not
from
the
mouth
of
an
Angel
.
In
like
manner
an
Angel
in
a
vision
Paul
like
a
man
of
Macedonia
,
&
praied
him
saying
,
come
&
helpe
vs
in
Macedonia
;
which
was
a
calling
of
Paul
to
teach
that
people
in
the
way
of
God
.
But
why
did
not
the
Angell
him-selfe
in
whose
mouth
the
Word
would
seem
to
carry
much
more
authority
,
and
who
would
haue
beene
much
more
respected
then
Paul
;
why
doth
not
hee
go
and
preach
in
Macedonia
?
Surely
because
it
was
as
farre
as
his
calling
extended
to
set
Paul
to
this
businesse
;
and
he
would
not
meddle
with
a
calling
destinated
vnto
man
.
The
Lord
Jesus
him-selfe
when
he
vndertook
that
function
in
which
hee
declared
himself
the
chiefe
Doctor
of
his
church
;
would
first
take
flesh
and
become
man
;
and
in
that
flesh
declare
his
fathers
name
to
his
brethren
.
To
which
purpose
the
Apostle
saith
:
that
God
in
these
last
daies
hath
spoken
by
his
son
:
that
is
very
familiarly
by
his
son
made
man
.
Yea
further
when
he
was
ascended
into
his
glory
,
hee
would
from
thence
shew
him-selfe
powerfull
to
Paul
to
the
casting
him
to
the
ground
,
to
the
humbling
sendeth
him
into
the
Citty
:
he
leaueth
al
that
function
vnto
Ananias
.
Wherin
he
expresly
in
his
own
example
teacheth
that
it
was
his
good
pleasure
that
,
that
ministry
of
Pastors
,
and
teachers
which
hee
hadde
a
little
before
his
ascension
established
in
the
Church
,
for
the
gathering
together
of
his
Saintes
,
for
the
worke
of
the
Ministry
and
the
edification
of
the
body
of
Christ
should
bee
inuiolably
And
lastly
as
we
haue
already
sufficiently
neither
would
they
beleeue
if
one
shoulde
come
from
the
dead
.
So
we
say
that
those
who
will
not
beleeue
the
Lord
speaking
in
our
Ministery
,
lette
an
Angel
come
from
heauen
,
lette
a
diuell
come
from
hell
,
yet
will
they
not
beleeue
.
And
the
reason
is
plaine
;
because
in
the
begetting
of
faith
wee
must
not
consider
the
maked
word
;
but
as
it
is
ioyned
and
accompanied
with
the
spirit
of
GOD
whose
worke
properly
it
is
.
Now
seeing
that
the
spirit
ordinarily
worketh
in
the
meanes
appointed
by
God
;
it
followeth
that
who-soeuer
despiseth
the
meanes
in
which
the
spirit
worketh
,
wanteth
that
spirit
of
God
which
ordinarily
worketh
not
without
those
meanes
,
which
spirit
so
long
as
they
want
,
they
would
not
beleeue
Angels
nor
men
,
dead
nor
liuing
,
neither
Moses
,
nor
the
Prophets
,
Paul
,
no
nor
Christ
himselfe
if
he
were
liuing
againe
vpon
the
face
of
the
earth
.
And
thus
hauing
somwhat
more
largely
satisfied
that
allegation
,
we
come
to
take
out
of
the
wayes
of
two
sorts
of
protestants
such
Lions
as
they
faine
,
to
lye
betweene
them
and
the
Church
.
The
former
sort
are
idle
and
lazie
Protestants
,
that
are
so
farre
from
being
at
the
cost
of
seeking
and
sending
for
the
worde
:
that
when
it
commeth
to
seeke
them
,
and
freely
offereth
it selfe
vnto
them
;
yet
will
they
not
disease
them-selues
to
stirre
ouer
their
threesholds
for
it
.
Saluation
commeth
almost
euery
day
euen
into
their
houses
,
but
they
by
shutting
it
out
of
doores
make
themselues
vnworthy
of
it
,
nay
rather
they
will
liue
starke
beggars
,
and
die
in
their
spirituall
pouertie
,
then
receiue
our
treasures
offred
them
freely
.
And
truly
too
common
is
the
experience
of
the
lamentable
fruites
hereof
in
very
many
(
in
their
owne
and
others
account
)
Christians
,
whose
hearts
and
loues
are
full
fraught
with
noysome
lusts
threatning
destruction
;
that
the
field
of
Salomons
sluggard
was
neuer
more
ouer-growne
with
weedes
and
thistles
,
and
nettles
;
then
the
thoughts
and
courses
of
these
idle
and
sluggish
Protestants
with
weedes
of
earthlinesse
,
voluptuousnesse
,
pride
,
enuie
,
atheisme
,
hypocrisie
,
and
such
other
not
a
few
,
most
noysome
both
for
their
sight
,
and
sent
vnto
God
and
his
people
;
and
all
is
because
their
sinfull
negligence
suffereth
them
not
to
come
vnder
Gods
pruning
knife
in
the
ministery
of
the
word
.
Ob.
But
that
wee
may
see
that
idlenesse
hath
sewed
her selfe
some
pillows
to
lay
her
head
on
;
they
alleadge
it
is
an
vnreasonable
wearisome
thing
to
bee
tyed
to
two
sermons
euery
Sabboth
day
,
and
perhaps
to
one
beside
in
the
weeke
day
:
they
know
those
(
whom
they
trust
to
God
come
to
heauen
)
and
yet
haue
sermons
but
once
a
moneth
at
the
most
,
or
once
in
the
quarter
,
and
one
sermon
well
learned
,
were
farre
better
then
all
this
preaching
.
Answ.
To
which
I
answer
:
first
;
if
such
men
and
women
conceiued
aright
of
this
ordinance
of
God
,
and
that
in
it
the
Lord
of
this
great
house
had
appointed
vs
his
stewards
to
breake
vnto
his
family
the
bread
of
life
;
they
would
bee
farre
enough
from
such
prophane
reasonings
,
sauouring
so
rankely
of
the
flesh
.
For
did
wee
euer
heare
a
man
in
his
wittes
reason
thus
madly
?
why
I
hope
wee
may
liue
with
a
great
many
fewer
meales
,
then
two
euery
day
.
I
hope
to
eate
meate
once
in
a
moneth
,
or
once
in
a
quarter
were
very
sufficient
;
and
one
meale
well
eaten
were
better
then
all
these
meales
.
Now
if
wee
would
thinke
him
mad
that
in
earnest
should
thus
reason
against
his
life
:
how
can
wee
thinke
him
any
better
,
that
vpon
no
other
ground
is
resolued
to
starue
his
soule
being
his
better
part
?
which
yet
no
lesse
needeth
his
dayly
bread
then
the
bodye
doth
.
The
Iewes
must
go
forth
euery
morning
to
seeke
Mannah
,
and
to
gather
it
;
which
they
did
cheerefully
:
for
although
they
some-times
vnthankfully
fell
out
(
like
children
with
their
meate
,
)
yet
it
seemes
they
grudged
not
their
labour
of
gathering
it
dayly
:
nay
whereas
they
were
commanded
to
gather
it
only
on
the
sixe
dayes
,
and
in
the
sixt
day
double
for
it selfe
and
the
seauenth
,
yet
they
runne
out
the
seauenth
day
too
,
against
the
commandement
to
gather
true
bread
which
came
downe
from
heauen
:
Your
Fathers
eate
Mannah
in
the
wildernesse
and
are
dead
.
Secondly
consider
whether
the
ancient
Abraham
,
Isaac
,
Iacob
,
and
the
Patriarches
:
and
after
them
all
the
while
that
the
ceremoniall
law
stood
in
force
,
euery
male
must
thrice
a
yeare
appeare
before
the
Lord
at
Ierusalem
,
were
his
dwelling
neuer
so
remote
or
distant
from
the
temple
:
yea
they
could
goe
marching
forward
with-out
fainting
through
droughts
and
droppes
,
and
would
not
giue
ouer
vntill
they
mette
the
Lord
in
Sion
.
Now
if
they
tooke
so
much
paines
to
seeke
Christ
in
shadowes
and
obscurity
in
comparison
;
it
is
surely
worth
our
double
paines
to
enioy
the
substance
,
truth
,
and
shining
brightnesse
of
Christ
,
as
at
this
day
wee
doe
through
the
blessing
of
GOD
in
admirable
euidence
and
clearenesse
.
But
although
the
Lord
hath
granted
vs
liberty
to
make
shorter
cuttes
,
and
neede
not
so
tire
out
ourselues
in
wearie
pilgrimage
to
seeke
his
face
,
this
is
our
condemnation
that
wee
will
not
scarce
goe
out
of
our
doores
to
meete
with
our
GOD
.
The
Queene
of
Saba
that
measured
so
many
miles
to
heare
the
wisdome
of
Salomon
,
shall
certainely
rise
vppe
in
iudgement
against
our
people
,
who
hauing
a
greater
then
Salomon
here
,
are
so
farre
from
admiring
,
that
they
despise
and
contemne
his
wisdome
.
But
not
to
goe
further
in
this
point
where
bee
the
spirits
of
the
faithfull
martyrs
of
the
former
age
,
who
haue
passed
the
fire
and
water
,
and
sword
,
and
banishment
,
and
all
to
enioy
our
liberties
,
which
a
number
of
vs
(
their
posteritie
)
count
so
slightly
of
as
of
the
paring
of
our
nailes
?
Yea
,
where
are
become
our
home-borne
,
and
ancient
professors
,
who
in
the
beginnings
of
the
Gospell
haue
accounted
foure
,
sixe
,
tenne
,
or
more
miles
,
a
small
Sabboth
dayes
iourney
to
heare
a
Sermon
?
such
sweetnesse
they
found
in
the
word
,
such
a
sweete
face
of
God
they
beheld
in
his
house
,
that
they
would
haue
gone
a
foote
,
nay
bare-foote
,
rather
then
haue
missed
of
that
comfort
.
Surely
the
Lord
hath
either
taken
away
ancient
professors
without
succession
;
or
else
our
eyes
doe
see
a
fearefull
apostacie
.
Thirdly
,
consider
here
whether
euer
any
idolaters
were
so
idle
and
secure
Molec
?
what
of
the
trauells
and
paines
of
the
Scribes
and
Pharisies
,
that
would
compasse
sea
and
land
to
make
a
Proselite
?
What
of
Baals
Priests
lancing
and
cutting
their
flesh
,
before
their
idoll
?
The
blinded
Papists
at
this
day
whip
them-selues
,
make
their
faces
leane
with
fasting
,
waste
and
consume
their
bodies
with
tedious
pilgrimages
to
see
some
dead
and
rotten
bones
,
and
visit
some
apish
idolls
:
shall
now
these
satanicall
seruices
bee
so
auaileable
to
harden
the
vnbeleeuer
against
any
crosses
and
bitternesse
;
that
they
will
refuse
no
paine
to
goe
to
hell
?
and
shall
not
the
Lords
owne
ordinances
and
true
religion
carry
so
much
power
with
them
,
as
to
bring
those
who
professe
them-selues
his
people
out
of
their
gates
to
knowe
the
right
waye
to
heauen
?
Fourthly
what
doth
this
heauinesse
vnto
these
ordinances
argue
but
hearts
out
of
heart
with
the
best
desires
?
for
what
we
loue
and
desire
,
no
paines
seemeth
painfull
for
it
.
Many
of
these
same
persons
will
bee
well
content
to
toyle
day
by
day
,
fare
hard
,
breake
their
sleepe
,
eate
the
bread
of
carefulnesse
;
&
all
to
lay
a
little
money
and
wealth
together
;
and
some-times
they
scarce
knowe
for
whome
:
and
yet
all
this
paines
from
day
to
day
,
is
but
a
pleasure
vnto
them
,
because
their
hearts
and
affections
are
carryed
vnto
and
set
vpon
things
below
.
In
like
manner
did
the
loue
of
God
and
Christ
take
vp
the
heart
of
any
man
(
as
euery
member
of
the
true
Church
is
sicke
of
this
loue
)
the
sweetnesse
of
the
exercises
of
religion
,
in
which
it
is
more
and
more
conueyed
into
beleeuing
soules
,
would
bee
sweeter
then
wine
:
that
is
,
then
most
tastefull
outward
delights
.
Nay
this
loue
would
shew
it selfe
stronger
then
death
,
nothing
And
would
to
God
all
such
secure
Christians
would
at
length
begin
to
2.
They
are
lead
by
the
spirit
of
sathan
who
ruleth
in
the
hearts
of
the
disobedient
,
whose
old
pollicie
it
is
by
this
very
perswasion
of
ease
,
to
keepe
such
from
the
pure
worship
of
God
,
as
hee
would
make
seruiceable
in
all
manner
of
vnrighteousnesse
.
When
the
Lord
had
commanded
all
Israell
that
they
should
appeare
before
him
to
worship
him
in
spirit
and
truth
at
Ierusalem
:
the
diuell
deuised
a
tricke
,
of
which
hee
made
Ieroboam
his
instrument
,
is
too
much
for
you
to
goe
up
to
Ierusalem
.
It
is
a
more
Dan
,
and
an
other
at
Bethel
,
and
worship
there
.
By
this
argument
drawne
from
their
ease
,
hee
wonne
all
the
people
of
God
from
their
allegeance
and
seruice
of
their
true
GOD
,
to
the
worship
of
two
Calues
:
and
yet
all
was
but
out
of
pollicie
,
for
hee
feared
if
the
people
should
goe
to
Ierusalem
to
worship
,
that
their
hearts
would
bee
turned
to
their
LORD
euen
to
Rehoboam
.
Euen
so
the
Diuell
hauing
taken
captiue
vnder
his
power
such
as
are
wilfullye
departed
from
GOD
,
hath
no
waye
to
keepe
them
vnder
his
girdle
,
but
by
keeping
them
from
sacrifizing
at
Ierusalem
,
hee
feareth
if
they
should
diligentlye
frequent
the
holy
assemblies
,
and
ioyne
with
other
of
the
people
of
GOD
in
the
word
,
prayer
and
Sacraments
,
that
by
this
meanes
they
would
returne
to
their
naturall
Lord
.
And
therefore
hee
dayly
suggesteth
and
perswadeth
them
to
fauour
them-selues
,
it
is
too
great
paines
to
goe
to
Church
,
you
can
pray
at
home
,
read
at
home
,
goe
some
time
to
Church
to
auoyde
danger
of
lawe
,
and
reproche
of
men
,
and
it
is
enough
.
And
as
hee
then
preuailed
,
that
the
people
went
euen
to
Dan
,
so
at
this
day
,
a
number
make
Chappels
of
ease
of
their
owne
houses
;
others
can
pray
as
well
(
as
their
horses
I
had
like
to
haue
sayd
,
but
)
on
their
horse
backes
,
as
in
the
Church
,
whom
for
my
part
I
can
easily
beleeue
.
3.
They
haue
a
seale
of
perdition
vpon
them
,
whosoeuer
forsake
carelesly
the
assemblies
of
Gods
people
here
in
earth
,
they
shall
certainely
bee
seperated
from
them
,
when
too
late
they
shal
wish
they
had
been
wiser
then
to
haue
accounted
their
wayes
foolish
.
Let
vs
not
forsake
our
fellowship
as
the
manner
of
some
is
,
saith
the
holy
Apostle
.
Why
what
danger
is
there
now
and
then
to
keepe
from
Church
,
I
hope
we
may
bee
good
Christians
for
all
that
?
The
Apostle
tells
vs
a
reason
,
because
this
is
a
with-drawing
of
our selues
to
perdition
.
It
is
to
walke
in
the
high
waye
to
destruction
.
And
indeede
what
other
can
such
sworne
enimies
of
Christ
looke
for
,
when
cold
Christians
are
sent
away
with
such
colde
comforte
euen
from
the
dooing
of
those
duties
,
which
the
other
eyther
neglect
or
contemne
?
for
if
the
Lord
threatneth
his
people
,
that
although
they
might
serue
him
in
some
outward
seemely
sorte
,
yet
if
they
did
it
not
with
cheerefulnesse
,
and
a
good
heart
,
they
should
serue
their
enemies
:
if
such
shall
bee
sent
away
with
a
cursse
on
their
heads
,
can
such
as
will
neither
haue
part
nor
fellowship
in
this
businesse
,
euer
looke
to
bee
heyres
of
blessing
?
Let
them
repent
therefore
of
these
their
wickednesse
,
and
praye
GOD
,
that
if
it
bee
possible
,
the
thought
of
their
hearts
may
bee
forgiuen
them
.
Lastly
,
what
paines
takest
thou
here
but
for
thine
owne
profit
?
thinke
not
that
thy
godlinesse
benefiteth
And
is
the
sight
of
the
face
of
the
Lord
so
happilye
vncouered
in
our
Ministerie
,
not
worth
the
paines
of
looking
vpon
?
thy
paines
in
this
behalfe
may
entitle
thee
to
all
the
priuiledges
of
Gods
people
before
mentioned
.
And
if
those
were
not
inough
for
thee
,
yet
the
God
whom
thou
seekest
(
if
thou
so
seeke
him
as
hee
is
found
of
thee
)
hee
is
liberall
and
louing
inough
to
make
thy
cup
to
runne
ouer
aboundantly
aboue
all
that
wee
haue
spoken
or
can
thinke
,
and
though
all
thy
seruice
is
but
dutie
and
farre
vnder
that
,
yet
the
LORD
will
not
take
thy
labour
for
naught
.
Hee
challengeth
the
seruants
in
his
Temple
,
whether
euer
any
of
them
did
so
much
as
open
the
doores
,
or
The
latter
sorte
,
which
is
also
the
last
of
which
wee
propounded
to
speake
,
are
timerous
and
fearefull
Christians
,
who
thinke
it
better
sleeping
in
a
sound
skinne
,
then
in
a
sound
conscience
:
and
because
this
diligent
frequenting
of
the
Church
,
which
we
call
them
vnto
,
is
not
without
some
reproche
among
the
prophane
and
wicked
such
a
way
as
men
count
haeresie
;
or
Praecisenes
serue
the
God
of
their
fathers
,
they
will
keepe
an
euen
course
and
a
good
report
while
they
haue
it
,
and
Sermon-gadders
,
and
Sermon-mongers
they
will
not
bee
counted
.
Ans.
Weerevnto
I
answer
that
as
it
is
not
amisse
to
cast
our
costes
aforehand
,
yet
must
wee
so
lay
our
counters
as
that
we
desist
not
from
building
vppon
our
foundation
:
&
in
casting
these
costes
wee
cannot
say
that
this
course
is
exempted
from
reproch
:
Nay
seeing
Satans
mallice
is
no
whit
abated
neither
in
him-selfe
,
nor
in
his
instruments
,
wee
affirme
that
there
cannot
a
childe
so
soone
be
borne
into
the
Church
,
but
the
Dragon
standeth
before
the
woman
to
bee
deliuered
,
to
deuoure
her
childe
so
soone
as
euer
it
is
brought
forth
:
and
if
he
cannot
do
that
,
he
casteth
out
of
his
mouth
water
like
a
flood
,
that
she
might
bee
carryed
away
of
the
flood
.
But
yet
the
comfort
is
they
are
the
rebukes
of
of
reioycing
,
to
partake
of
Christs
sufferings
yea
,
it
is
a
peece
of
the
blessednesse
of
Christians
to
suffer
for
well
doing
and
to
bee
railed
vppon
for
Christes
sake
:
And
therefore
a
Christian
must
with
Moyses
esteeme
these
rebukes
of
Christ
his
greatest
riches
,
although
hee
hadde
the
treasures
of
a
Kingdome
before
him
;
else
will
hee
neuer
bee
able
to
hold
out
vnto
the
end
of
his
saluation
:
Neuer
therefore
professe
the
name
of
Christ
into
which
thou
art
baptized
,
if
thou
beest
ashamed
of
it
before
men
,
neuer
professe
loue
to
Christ
any
longer
,
if
thou
canst
not
indure
a
word
for
his
sake
;
neuer
professe
,
so
fast
to
cleaue
vnto
him
that
thou
wilt
rather
die
with
him
then
deny
him
,
if
thou
beest
Nehemiah
.
When
hee
had
a
prophecy
(
though
a
false
one
)
that
if
hee
did
not
take
the
Temple
for
his
sanctuary
that
night
,
the
enemies
would
come
and
slay
him
:
his
answer
was
:
shoulde
such
a
man
as
I
flee
?
who
is
hee
that
beeing
as
I
am
would
goe
into
the
Temple
to
liue
?
I
will
not
goe
in
.
So
should
such
a
man
as
I
who
professe
the
Ghospel
,
who
haue
giuen
my
name
to
Christ
,
who
knowe
the
Commaundement
of
GOD
,
and
that
this
is
the
beaten
way
to
heauen
;
troden
by
all
such
seete
as
euer
walked
in
faith
and
obedience
;
should
such
a
one
as
I
forsake
the
assemblyes
of
Gods
people
?
And
that
for
the
blasts
of
such
as
are
of
satans
sinogogue
:
If
it
stood
vppon
my
whole
estate
,
my
liberty
,
and
losse
of
life
it selfe
,
I
would
not
doe
it
.
I
know
whatsoeuer
men
accoumpt
of
mee
whose
corrupt
iudgements
would
condemn
euen
the
innocency
of
Christ
him-selfe
if
hee
liued
againe
vpon
the
earth
,
if
hee
should
bee
dilligent
at
Sermons
,
yet
seeing
the
Lord
hath
honoured
mee
so
highly
as
to
become
one
of
his
houshold
;
and
seeing
his
word
doth
iustifie
my
waies
&
my
dilligence
in
his
house
,
I
am
at
a
poynt
,
I
care
not
what
man
can
say
,
I
feare
nothing
hee
can
doe
against
me
.
I
haue
a
soule
to
saue
,
I
must
looke
to
that
.
3.
Vse
.
If
our
hearts
delight
be
in
these
which
men
are
redeemed
vnto
God
,
and
made
Kinges
and
Priestes
vnto
him
.
If
Dauid
were
aliue
againe
he
would
lead
vs
ioifully
to
Church
.
Of
whom
we
neuer
read
that
he
danced
but
before
the
Arke
.
The
Communion
of
Saints
cannot
but
cause
and
raize
our
hearty
reioycing
for
the
greatest
good
which
can
befall
the
Church
.
Now
what
is
that
greatest
blessednesse
that
God
him-selfe
can
either
promise
or
performe
to
the
sonnes
of
men
liuing
in
earth
?
surely
euen
this
,
to
set
his
tabernacle
amongst
men
,
to
dwell
with
them
;
&
become
their
God
.
This
is
the
knitting
vppe
of
all
his
mercies
.
But
what
speake
I
of
the
Saints
vpon
earth
,
seeing
the
Saints
in
heauen
make
it
the
matter
of
their
heauenly
songes
,
that
out
of
all
kindreds
and
tongues
,
desolate
haue
children
as
well
as
the
marryed
wife
?
Dost
thou
see
the
truth
of
the
church
inlarged
?
seest
thou
the
countries
of
hir
habitation
spred
out
?
Perceiuest
thou
the
increase
of
her
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left
?
Examine
here
whether
thy
heart
breaketh
forth
into
holy
reioycings
,
in
that
the
barres
are
put
into
the
rings
of
the
Arke
,
whereby
the
glory
of
the
Lord
,
after
a
sort
walketh
amongst
his
people
;
in
that
heauen
is
filling
apace
,
by
the
accomplishing
of
that
number
of
the
elect
,
&
in
that
the
comming
of
lesus
Christ
hastneth
for
the
final
redemption
of
his
body
.
Til
thou
findest
this
thou
hast
not
found
that
affection
of
the
Prophet
heere
commended
vnto
thee
.
2.
The
truth
of
this
affection
will
make
vs
call
others
to
haue
their
parts
Come
let
vs
go
to
the
house
of
the
Lord
.
He
lost
no
honor
;
no
it
was
his
truest
honor
in
the
eies
of
God
,
and
hearts
of
his
people
;
that
he
gaue
them
contentment
and
incouragement
,
in
such
an
honorable
motion
as
that
was
.
Faith
in
the
heart
will
not
so
retire
it selfe
,
but
it
will
bee
kindling
,
&
calling
on
others
:
whence
it
is
that
we
read
in
so
many
places
of
the
Prophers
,
that
when
people
are
conuerted
to
the
faith
,
these
voices
should
be
sounded
from
them
.
Up
let
vs
go
&
pray
before
the
Lord
&
seek
the
Lord
of
hoasts
;
I
wil
go
also
:
And
,
vp
let
vs
go
to
the
mountaine
of
the
Lord
,
to
the
house
of
the
God
of
Iacob
&
he
wil
teach
vs
his
waies
,
and
wee
wil
walk
in
his
paths
:
but
especially
it
forceth
Ioshua
:
that
although
none
wil
ioin
with
vs
in
such
waies
;
let
them
at
their
perill
do
as
seemeth
them
good
:
our selues
and
Vse
.
4.
If
our
chief
delight
be
in
the
It
was
also
alwaies
a
mark
of
the
people
of
God
to
follow
him
into
the
places
of
his
true
worshippe
,
where
hee
went
Shiloh
,
if
in
Ierusalem
;
thither
do
all
the
Tribes
repaire
,
euen
such
as
set
their
face
to
seeke
the
Lord
.
But
how
do
men
proclaime
that
this
reioycing
Canaan
,
and
delight
rather
in
the
Mountains
of
Samaria
then
in
Sion
hil
which
indeed
is
the
fruitfull
part
of
the
earth
?
Some
choose
habitations
for
friends
,
ayre
,
waters
,
woods
,
walkes
,
fruitfulnesse
,
and
some
other
speciall
commodities
,
and
hence
commend
them
and
there
seate
themselues
and
set
downe
their
staffe
,
although
Gods
habitation
be
not
there
:
the
Ministrie
is
counted
as
an
hang-by
:
if
that
bee
there
they
count
it
neuer
the
better
;
if
it
be
absent
it
is
neuer
a
whit
the
worse
,
they
care
but
a
little
too
liue
in
the
common
ayre
of
Gods
people
,
the
familiaritie
of
Gods
friends
,
the
pleasures
of
Gods
house
,
the
sweete
fruites
of
the
spirit
of
God
are
not
enquired
after
,
nor
tasted
.
Others
retaine
to
atheists
,
scorners
,
papists
;
swearers
,
and
if
Peter
can
warme
himselfe
still
by
Caiphas
fire
hee
can
sweare
and
forsweare
as
they
doe
.
They
neuer
aske
themselues
that
question
which
the
Lord
asked
Eliah
,
What
doost
thou
here
Eliah
?
they
say
not
,
what
doe
where
the
Diuell
dwelleth
,
or
where
God
dwelleth
Eliah
.
Vp
,
get
thee
to
Sarepta
,
I
haue
appointed
there
one
to
feed
thee
:
They
are
well
content
to
be
fed
by
Rauens
still
.
But
here
is
a
fearefull
brand
vpon
such
who
are
contented
to
make
exchange
of
heauen
for
earth
,
and
haue
resolued
that
they
will
be
gainers
in
the
world
,
though
it
bee
to
the
losse
of
their
soules
.
Whosoeuer
therfore
thou
art
,
that
hast
any
care
of
thy
soule
;
neuer
liue
if
it
be
possible
vnder
an
idoll
,
but
where
the
worde
is
setled
,
and
the
ministery
duly
discharged
.
Buy
the
truth
whatsoeuer
it
cost
,
yea
with
the
losse
of
many
outward
things
:
be
a
meanes
to
thy
abilitie
to
procure
a
standing
Ministry
to
thy selfe
&
thine
:
what
comfort
couldst
thou
haue
to
liue
and
dwell
in
a
wildernesse
among
wild
beasts
,
without
men
,
or
other
comforts
,
in
such
a
barren
soile
as
no
paines
can
ouer-come
the
inuincible
stifnesse
of
the
ground
?
and
yet
in
such
a
place
were
it
more
comfortable
for
a
godly
heart
to
liue
,
then
amongst
a
wicked
people
wanting
meanes
of
grace
and
instruction
.
And
if
thou
wouldst
dwell
in
the
loueliest
part
of
the
earth
;
choose
such
a
place
as
which
the
Lord
hath
chosen
to
manifest
his
presence
in
,
and
wherein
hee
hath
set
his
tabernacle
.
The
tribe
of
Beniamin
was
of
all
the
tribes
the
beloued
of
the
Lord
,
as
Beniamin
should
dwell
betweene
his
shoulders
.
In
which
Metaphor
the
whole
possession
of
Beniamin
is
compared
to
a
body
;
and
the
metropolitane
,
which
was
Ierusalem
,
to
the
head
set
betweene
two
shoulders
,
in
which
the
Lord
delighted
to
dwell
.
If
any
place
therefore
in
earth
should
draw
our
affections
aboue
others
,
it
is
that
in
which
the
Lord
in
his
ordinances
draweth
nearest
vnto
vs
:
and
if
our
delights
bee
in
the
places
where
the
Lord
delighteth
not
to
shew
the
presence
of
his
grace
,
our
affections
come
short
of
our
example
here
commended
vnto
vs
.
The
face
of
God
shining
in
his
ordinance
must
be
our
Naomi
,
to
which
we
must
say
,
Where
thou
goest
I
will
go
,
and
where
thou
dwellest
I
will
dwell
.
FINIS
.