THE
EXCELLENCY
,
and
USEFULNESS
Of
the
Christian
Religion
,
&c.
The
INTRODVCTION
.
THe
Knowledge
of
the
Christian
Religion
is
justly
prefer'd
to
the
knowledge
of
any
other
Religion
or
Institution
in
the
World
:
Not
only
in
respect
of
the
external
Evidence
,
which
we
have
of
the
Truth
of
it
,
and
the
Divine
Authority
of
its
Doctrine
;
but
likewise
as
to
those
internal
Excellencies
,
which
no
other
Religion
can
pretend
to
.
For
all
the
Principles
,
and
Precepts
,
and
Duties
of
the
Gospel
,
are
not
only
most
excellent
and
ravishing
in
themselves
;
but
highly
advantagious
and
beneficial
to
us
:
And
so
calculated
to
our
Nature
on
Purpose
,
as
to
make
us
wiser
,
and
better
,
holy
and
vertuous
here
,
and
Eternally
Glorious
hereafter
.
'T
is
too
obvious
,
That
the
whole
Race
of
Mankind
by
the
Fall
and
defection
of
our
first
Parents
,
(
in
violating
the
first
Covenant
)
have
not
only
obscur'd
the
Light
of
Reason
,
and
Divine
Knowledge
,
whereby
they
might
perfectly
have
understood
their
Duties
both
to
God
and
Man
;
but
have
so
deprav'd
their
Wills
,
and
impair'd
their
strength
,
that
such
an
impotency
has
seiz'd
our
Faculties
,
both
as
to
the
Knowledge
of
God's
Will
,
and
the
Power
of
performing
it
;
That
we
've
now
the
greatest
want
imaginable
,
as
of
a
clearer
Light
to
discover
our
Duties
to
us
with
greater
certainty
,
whereby
we
might
know
what
is
the
good
and
acceptable
will
of
God
;
So
of
more
powerful
Encouragements
and
Assistances
,
that
by
the
gracious
Influences
of
God's
holy
Spirit
,
we
might
be
enabl'd
to
conduct
our
Lives
,
in
a
sincere
and
stedfast
Conformity
to
the
Divine
Will
and
Wisdom
.
And
to
this
End
,
God
Almighty
was
pleas'd
to
institute
the
Law
of
Moses
,
as
a
more
perfect
Rule
and
Transcript
of
our
Obedience
,
than
that
of
Nature
(
as
now
deprav'd
,
)
and
writ
it
himself
in
Tables
of
Stone
that
it
might
last
the
longer
.
Yet
this
Law
in
process
of
Time
was
so
falsified
and
corrupted
,
by
the
erroneous
and
incongruous
Interpretations
,
and
false
Glosses
of
the
Jewish
Doctors
,
that
thereby
it
became
so
impracticable
and
obscure
,
that
't
was
neither
obey'd
nor
understood
.
But
because
Mankind
should
not
be
left
for
ever
destitute
of
a
sutable
and
sufficient
Remedy
,
to
repair
those
miserable
Defects
,
which
we
had
contracted
by
our
Sin
and
Disobedience
;
nor
of
reasonable
Assistances
to
buoy
us
up
,
and
support
us
under
the
Temptations
,
and
Pressures
of
a
calamitous
World
;
and
at
last
by
the
saving
Methods
of
his
Grace
,
to
bring
us
to
the
Enjoyment
of
his
Kingdom
and
Glory
:
God
was
pleas'd
(
for
several
Reasons
best
known
to
himself
)
in
this
last
Period
of
the
World
,
when
all
other
Means
and
Methods
prov'd
ineffectual
,
to
extol
and
magnifie
his
Mercy
in
sending
his
own
Son
;
and
by
a
clearer
and
more
perfect
Revelation
of
his
Will
to
mankind
,
has
now
brought
Life
and
Immortality
to
light
,
through
the
Gospel
.
Which
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
or
the
Gospel
,
is
a
Term
appropriated
to
signifie
the
glad
Tidings
of
our
Salvation
,
purchased
by
the
Blood
of
Christ
.
This
was
the
Subject
of
the
Angels
Song
to
the
Shepherds
;
God
manifested
in
the
Flesh
,
to
concilate
the
difference
and
make
up
the
Breach
between
offending
Man
,
and
an
offended
God
;
to
rescue
us
from
the
Power
of
our
sins
by
his
Grace
;
and
from
the
punishment
of
'em
by
his
bloud
;
and
that
by
the
Belief
&
Practice
of
this
most
excellent
,
holy
,
and
innocent
Religion
all
his
sincere
Proselites
might
become
holy
here
,
and
happy
eternally
.
And
this
is
that
Religion
,
which
by
God's
assistance
I
design
to
make
the
Subject
of
my
ensuing
Discourse
.
But
that
we
may
proceed
with
some
competent
Assurance
in
a
Business
of
so
great
importance
;
I
shall
premise
something
(
by
way
of
Introduction
)
concerning
the
Truth
and
Excellency
of
the
Christian
Religion
:
(1)
God
the
Father
has
testified
the
truth
of
it
from
Heaven
by
an
audible
Voice
,
Mat.
3.17
.
This
is
my
beloved
s●n
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased
.
And
has
confirm'd
it
by
the
miraculous
and
Visible
descent
of
the
Holy
Ghost
;
a
double
sensible
Evidence
three
times
repeated
;
which
were
the
strongest
and
most
convictive
Demonstration
our
humane
Nature
is
capable
of
.
(2)
All
the
Prophesies
of
the
old
Testament
concerning
Christ
the
Saviour
of
the
World
,
(3)
The
Truth
of
this
excellent
Doctrine
which
he
deliver'd
,
excellent
Religion
;
and
at
last
testified
the
Truth
of
it
(
after
he
had
suffered
many
years
persecution
for
it
)
by
dying
it's
Martyr
.
And
all
these
and
many
other
Miracles
,
which
would
be
endless
to
repeat
,
(
for
the
whole
Lives
of
our
Saviour
and
his
Apostles
,
were
a
continual
Series
of
Miraculous
Atchievements
)
were
not
done
clancularly
in
a
blind
corner
of
the
World
;
but
openly
and
visibly
,
every
where
about
Judaea
,
in
the
Temple
,
Synagogues
,
and
all
public
Places
:
Insomuch
that
his
profest
Enemies
were
convinc'd
of
the
Truth
and
Reality
of
it
,
tho'
Prejudice
and
Passion
had
prevail'd
so
with
them
,
that
they
were
unwilling
to
comply
with
it
.
Besides
,
there
was
something
of
Piety
,
and
and
Charity
in
all
the
Miracles
which
our
Saviour
and
his
Apostles
did
;
For
they
were
of
special
Use
and
Advantage
,
either
for
the
curing
of
Mens
Bodies
,
and
the
Conversion
of
their
Souls
;
or
the
promoting
of
God's
Glory
in
the
Establishment
of
the
Christian
Religion
.
All
which
Omnipotent
Productions
are
not
only
a
most
certain
and
undeniable
Evidence
of
the
Truth
of
our
Saviour's
Doctrine
;
(
For
the
Divine
Providence
would
not
suffer
so
many
Miracles
for
the
confirmation
of
a
Superstitious
and
erroneous
Opinion
)
but
of
the
Power
of
his
Divinity
;
and
that
he
is
the
true
Messiah
,
the
Son
of
God
,
and
Saviour
of
the
World
,
which
was
promis'd
by
God
;
predicted
by
the
Prophets
;
and
is
already
come
to
accomplish
the
great
Work
and
Business
of
our
Redemption
.
(4)
There
was
never
any
Religion
but
this
,
neither
Mahometism
,
Paganism
,
&c.
Christian
Religion
to
our
Belief
,
and
Practice
,
by
other
Motives
and
Credentials
;
and
has
settled
it
in
most
of
the
known
Parts
of
the
World
,
by
other
Means
and
Methods
:
For
a
few
days
before
his
Ascension
into
Heaven
,
he
gave
Commissions
to
,
Doctrine
of
Salvation
to
,
and
propagate
it
in
the
World
.
And
this
was
not
the
least
Miracle
in
it
;
that
a
few
Persons
of
the
lowest
Extract
,
slender
Education
,
and
arm'd
with
no
external
Power
,
(
the
most
of
'em
being
poor
Mechanicks
,
as
Tent-makers
,
Carpenters
,
Fishermen
,
and
such
like
)
should
be
able
to
withstand
all
the
Authority
,
Wit
,
Learning
,
Policy
,
and
Eloquence
of
the
greatest
Monarchs
,
Politicians
,
and
Philosophers
on
Earth
,
and
all
the
Devils
and
damned
Spirits
in
Hell
,
which
were
combin'd
against
them
;
and
in
despight
of
Malice
it self
,
to
establish
a
Religion
which
did
so
much
check
and
control
the
Ambitions
,
Interests
,
Pleasures
and
Appetites
of
the
greatest
Princes
,
and
their
Adherents
;
and
was
so
directly
Opposite
to
the
then
Temper
and
Inclinations
of
Mankind
;
that
they
must
offer
Violence
to
their
dearest
Lusts
,
and
deny
themselves
the
sensual
Enjoyment
of
their
most
ravishing
and
transporting
Pleasures
,
ere
they
could
become
Proselites
to
it
.
And
yet
notwithstanding
all
these
Obstacles
,
the
Apostles
and
Disciples
of
our
Lord
had
wonderful
Success
in
Establishing
the
Gospel
;
triumphing
over
and
trampling
upon
the
greatest
Oppositions
;
and
did
defend
it
,
and
its
Excellent
Author
,
with
the
highest
Manifestations
of
Zeal
,
and
Integrity
;
tho'
continual
Reproaches
,
and
Contumelies
,
Racks
and
Prisons
,
Flames
and
Martyrdoms
,
did
await
'em
in
every
place
where
they
came
:
For
we
've
a
certain
account
from
Ecclesiastical
History
,
that
eleven
of
the
twelve
Apostles
,
and
many
Thousands
of
the
Primitive
Christians
suffer'd
violent
Deaths
,
by
the
hands
of
those
who
persecuted
them
,
meerly
for
their
Religion
.
And
what
rational
Motive
could
carry
'em
through
such
an
hazardous
Imployment
;
that
Christians
alone
should
seem
so
fond
of
sufferings
,
that
they
forgot
Humanity
it self
,
indured
Torments
,
and
abode
the
Flames
not
only
with
Patience
,
and
Magnanimity
,
but
with
joy
?
For
tho'
this
Christian
Courage
was
lookt
on
by
the
most
,
to
be
either
the
folly
or
Phrensie
of
a
distemper'd
Brain
;
yet
doubtless
it
could
be
no
less
than
the
absolute
conviction
of
their
Minds
and
Consciences
of
the
Truth
and
certainty
of
the
Doctrine
which
they
deliver'd
;
with
a
comfortable
Prospect
of
those
inconceivable
Rewards
which
should
await
'em
in
another
World
.
Thus
,
Christianity
has
been
always
hitherto
,
and
shall
be
ever
propagated
by
Arguments
rather
than
Arms
;
by
submission
and
sufferings
,
rather
than
force
and
Violence
:
And
has
(
far
beyond
all
humane
conceit
)
been
attended
with
such
wonderful
Succcess
and
Prevalency
,
without
any
kind
of
Power
or
Earthly
Authority
to
back
it
,
and
not
so
much
as
one
Sword
(
except
that
of
St.
Peter
,
And
thanks
be
to
God
our
Religion
has
not
only
captivated
a
few
of
the
Meaner
sort
;
but
the
greatest
of
all
Ranks
and
degrees
,
even
Kings
and
Emperors
have
submitted
to
Christ's
Scepter
,
and
many
of
'em
have
become
nursing
Fathers
of
his
Church
.
The
greatest
Philosophers
,
Orators
,
Rhetoricians
,
&c.
(
such
were
Justin
Martyr
,
Athenagoras
,
Tertullian
,
Origen
,
Clemens
Alexandrinus
,
and
many
others
)
who
neither
wanted
Wit
,
Learning
,
Eloquence
,
nor
Authority
,
to
defend
and
maintain
their
Heathenish
Principles
and
Opinions
,
yet
became
Proselites
to
the
Christian
Faith
,
and
zealous
Preachers
and
Defenders
of
it
,
with
their
very
Lives
,
and
Fortunes
.
And
to
our
great
comfort
and
satisfaction
,
our
Religion
rides
on
prosperously
still
to
conquer
Nations
far
remote
;
and
there
have
been
few
Ages
since
our
Saviours
Exhibition
in
the
Flesh
,
wherein
the
Boundaries
of
his
Church
have
not
been
enlarg'd
with
new
Productions
.
(5)
The
Truth
,
and
Excellency
of
the
Christian
Religion
is
evicted
and
confirm'd
,
Miraculous
Effusions
and
gracious
Influences
of
God's
Holy
and
Blessed
Spirit
:
(
according
to
Christ's
promise
concerning
it
)
Not
only
on
the
Day
of
Pentecost
,
but
in
many
thousand
instances
besides
,
to
the
wonder
and
astonishment
of
all
Beholders
.
And
tho'
the
most
of
the
Apostles
and
Disciples
of
our
Lord
,
were
men
of
very
obscure
Fortunes
,
mean
Capacities
,
(
as
I
hinted
before
)
and
altogether
unskil'd
in
humane
Learning
;
yet
they
were
furnish'd
in
a
moment
with
such
an
extraordinary
measure
of
inspir'd
Wisdom
and
Knowledge
,
Spirit
of
God
,
for
their
perfect
Guidance
and
Instruction
;
for
their
Support
and
Comfort
,
in
the
great
Temptations
,
and
Pressures
which
they
underwent
;
and
to
inable
'em
to
convince
the
obstinate
and
unbelieving
Jews
,
and
Gentiles
,
of
their
Legal
,
and
Heathenish
Superstitions
;
and
to
convert
them
from
their
Sins
and
Errors
,
to
the
Belief
and
Practice
of
this
Excellent
Religigion
of
the
holy
and
Eternal
Jesus
.
(6)
Upon
the
first
publishing
and
promulgation
of
the
Gospel
,
Heathen
Oracles
were
silenc'd
.
cleombrotus
,
Demetrius
,
&c.
(
as
Plutarch
relates
)
tho'
they
had
been
formerly
very
zealous
Champions
for
them
,
yet
at
Christ's
coming
in
the
Flesh
,
they
neither
could
,
nor
durst
speak
one
Word
in
the
defence
of
them
.
Ablata
est
Pythii
Vox
haud
revocabilis
ulli
Temporibus
longis
:
Eternim
jam
cessit
Apollo
:
Clavibus
occlusus
silet
:
ergo
ritè
peractis
Discedens
Patriae
,
redeas
ad
lumina
sacris
.
Porphyr
.
Vt
citatur
Lib.
5.
Cap.
8.
Eus.
de
Preparat
.
Evangelicâ
.
Vltima
Cumaei
venit
jam
Carminis
aetas
,
Magnus
ab
integro
seclorum
nascitur
Ordo
(
Virg.
Eccl.
Sybils
Oracles
then
drew
their
last
breath
,
and
in
them
all
others
.
On
which
the
same
Poet
sweetly
,
Jam
redit
&
Virgo
,
redeunt
Saturnia
Regna
;
Jam
nova
Progenies
Coelo
demittitur
alto
.
And
the
Devil
himself
,
who
was
the
Father
and
Founder
of
all
those
illusive
Dreams
and
false
Prophesies
,
received
a
deadly
Blow
:
so
that
not
only
Christ
himself
has
obtain'd
an
absolute
Victory
over
him
;
But
all
sincere
Christians
(
of
which
more
fully
afterwards
)
thro'
the
assistance
of
his
Grace
,
are
more
then
Conquerors
over
him
,
and
all
his
Agents
.
(7)
The
Christian
Religion
in
the
New
,
Ps.
51.
Id.
in
Ioan.
Tract
.
●
.
is
the
same
for
substance
with
that
of
the
Ancient
Jews
under
the
Old
Dispensation
.
The
Patriarchs
,
and
Prophets
had
the
same
Faith
,
Religion
,
and
Worship
common
with
us
Christians
;
Nor
did
they
expect
then
,
or
do
they
inherit
eternal
Happiness
now
upon
any
other
Terms
,
then
by
a
sincere
and
stedfast
Belief
of
the
purchas'd
Redemption
by
their
promis'd
Messiah
.
(8)
And
lastly
;
Saviours
Doctrine
:
As
the
Purity
of
his
Life
;
the
Sublimity
of
his
Religion
;
the
Perfection
of
its
Laws
;
the
Force
of
its
Arguments
;
the
Testimony
of
his
holy
Spirit
in
Mens
Consciences
;
the
Operation
of
his
Grace
;
the
Fruits
and
Comforts
of
the
Christian
Devotion
,
&c.
And
in
a
word
,
the
whole
Contexture
and
Design
of
it
can
be
no
other
,
then
to
glorifie
God
;
and
to
make
us
Holy
and
Vertuous
here
,
that
we
may
be
eternally
Glorious
hereafter
.
Seing
then
,
we
have
the
most
convincing
Attestations
that
can
be
given
,
to
confirm
us
in
the
Belief
of
the
Christian
Religion
in
General
;
and
since
there
's
nothing
in
the
whole
Constitution
,
(
as
will
more
fully
appear
in
the
Sequel
of
this
Discourse
)
but
what
's
most
worthy
of
God
,
and
consentaneous
to
the
rectified
Reason
,
and
Interest
of
Mankind
;
We
must
hence
necessarily
infer
,
that
it
derives
it's
Original
from
Heaven
,
and
can
be
no
less
than
the
Contrivance
and
Product
of
an
infinite
and
eternal
Wisdom
,
and
Goodness
.
Thus
much
concerning
the
Truth
and
Excellency
of
the
Christian
Religion
in
General
.
PAss
we
on
now
to
Particulars
;
Wherein
I
shall
endeavour
to
give
you
the
clearest
Account
I
can
of
God's
infinite
and
Inconceivable
Love
to
Mankind
;
and
what
admirable
Means
and
Methods
the
Divine
Wisdom
,
Man's
Redemption
;
We
shall
consider
1st
.
Names
and
Appellations
which
are
promiscuously
ascrib'd
to
our
blessed
Saviour
in
Holy
Scripture
,
the
explication
whereof
will
give
great
Light
to
,
and
make
the
Doctrine
of
the
Gospel
much
more
intelligible
.
2dly
.
We
shall
Discourse
distinctly
of
his
Divine
,
and
Humane
Natures
,
and
their
Hypostatical
Vnion
in
the
Person
of
Christ
.
And
proceed
to
assign
some
special
Reasons
,
why
the
Mediator
of
the
New
Covenant
must
be
God
;
Why
he
must
be
Man
;
and
why
God
and
Man
in
the
same
Person
,
to
constitute
him
a
fit
Mediator
between
both
.
3dly
.
We
shall
enquire
Particularly
into
the
Nature
of
Christ's
Offices
,
and
the
Manner
of
their
Administration
:
All
which
will
clearly
illustrate
the
great
End
and
Design
of
our
Blessed
Saviour's
Incarnation
;
and
what
great
things
he
has
done
,
and
suffer'd
for
us
,
that
we
should
live
comfortably
here
,
and
be
happy
for
ever
.
To
Treat
of
all
which
,
we
now
proceed
distinctly
,
and
in
Order
.
CHAP.
I.
Of
the
Names
and
Titles
ascrib'd
to
our
Blessed
Saviour
in
Holy
Scripture
.
OF
those
sundry
Names
and
Appellations
ascrib'd
to
the
Eternal
Son
of
God
and
Saviour
of
the
World
in
Holy
Scripture
;
some
have
respect
to
his
Person
,
others
to
his
Offices
:
And
are
variously
distinguisht
into
Proper
,
and
Figurative
Denominations
agreeable
thereto
.
As
to
his
Divine
Nature
,
(
in
the
greatest
propriety
of
Speech
)
He
is
call'd
God
,
The
true
God
,
1
John
5.20
.
The
great
God
,
Micah
.
5.4
,
5.
The
Son
of
God
,
Mark
15.39
.
and
Luke
8.28
.
And
the
only
begotten
Son
of
God
.
John
3.16
.
And
in
the
same
respect
he
is
said
to
be
(
tho'
Figuratively
)
the
Word
of
God
,
John
1.1
,
2
,
3.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
the
Image
of
the
invisible
God
,
Col.
1.15
.
or
the
Character
of
his
Person
.
As
to
his
Humane
Nature
,
the
Son
of
Man
,
Luke
9.56
.
A
Man
of
Sorrows
,
Isa.
53.3
.
The
Son
of
Abraham
,
the
Son
of
David
,
&c.
Luke
3.23
,
24
,
&c.
And
upon
the
some
account
(
tho'
Figuratively
)
he
is
said
to
be
the
Seed
of
the
Woman
,
Acts
13.23
.
The
Seed
of
Abraham
,
the
seed
of
Isaac
,
the
Seed
of
Jacob
,
&c.
Gen.
17.19
.
Mat.
1.
the
righteous
Branch
,
and
he
shall
be
called
the
Lord
our
Righteousness
,
Jer.
25.5
,
6.
As
to
his
two
Natures
Hypostatically
united
in
the
same
Person
of
the
Son
of
God
,
The
Lord
of
all
things
,
Col.
1.16
,
17
,
18
,
19.
The
King
of
Kings
,
and
Lord
of
Lords
,
Rev.
19.16
.
Again
,
in
Relation
to
his
Offices
in
general
,
anointed
Saviour
of
the
whole
Race
of
Mankind
;
of
the
Hebrews
,
and
Greeks
,
both
of
the
Jew
,
and
Gentile
.
To
which
may
be
added
the
Titles
of
the
Messiah
,
the
Saviour
,
Acts
5.31
.
Salvation
it self
in
the
Abstract
,
Luke
1.69
.
and
Luke
19.9
.
The
Mediator
of
the
New
Covenant
,
Heb.
12.24
.
The
Redeemer
of
the
World
,
Tit.
2.14
.
The
hope
and
expectation
of
the
Gentiles
,
Mat.
12.21
.
The
Desire
,
and
Delight
of
all
Nations
,
Isa.
2.2
.
And
properly
speaking
he
is
all
and
every
one
of
these
.
And
in
the
same
respect
(
tho
in
a
Figurative
Sense
)
He
's
intituled
the
Bridegroom
,
Mat.
9.15
.
The
Head
over
all
things
to
his
Church
,
Eph.
1.22
,
23.
The
Foundation
of
a
Building
,
1
Cor.
10.4
.
A
Lion
,
Rev.
5.5
.
Bread
from
Heaven
,
John
6.48.50
.
The
Sun
of
Righteousness
,
Mal.
4.2
.
Light
it self
,
Joh.
1.4
,
8
,
9.
The
Morning
Star
,
Num.
24.17
.
A
Vine
,
John
15.1
.
The
Tree
of
Life
,
Rev.
22.2
.
But
more
Particularly
,
1st
.
Priestly
Office
;
He
is
call'd
our
High
Priest
,
Heb.
3.1
.
The
Priest
,
Heb.
7.3
,
11.
Oblation
,
or
Sacrifice
,
Heb.
9.26
,
The
Lamb
of
God
,
Job
.
1.29
,
36.
The
Paschal
Lamb
,
Exod.
13.13
.
Comp.
Rev.
13.8
.
The
Passover
it self
,
1
Cor.
5.7
.
2dly
.
As
to
his
Prophetical
Office
,
great
Shepherd
,
John
10.14
,
16.
Rabbi
,
M●ster
,
Mark
.
10.17
.
John
1.28
.
Apostle
,
Heb.
3.1
.
Min●ster
of
the
Circumcision
,
Rom.
15.8
.
&c.
3dly
.
As
to
his
Kingly
Office
,
King
of
Peace
,
Heb.
7.2
.
Captain
of
our
Salvation
,
Heb.
2.10
.
The
Ruler
of
all
things
,
Micah
.
5
,
2.
Phil.
2.10
,
11.
and
Judge
of
all
men
,
Acts
10.42
.
Lastly
,
That
General
Name
of
Christians
,
CHAP.
II.
Of
our
Saviour's
God-head
.
HAving
treated
thus
distinctly
of
the
Quid
Nominis
,
Divine
Nature
;
which
(
being
an
Article
of
our
Christian
Faith
)
is
most
demonstratively
evinc'd
from
Scripture
;
the
Truth
whereof
will
evidently
appear
in
these
following
Particulars
.
As
1st
.
The
great
God
,
The
true
God
,
The
Lord
Jehovah
,
The
Son
of
God
,
and
the
only
begotten
Son
of
God
.
From
whence
we
must
necessarily
infer
;
That
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
is
the
true
God
as
the
Father
is
,
and
hath
the
same
Nature
,
Essence
,
Will
,
and
Power
with
him
.
2dly
.
The
same
Attributes
,
and
Properties
of
God
are
frequently
ascrib'd
to
him
:
For
he
is
the
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
His
Godhead
.
Believe
me
(
saith
he
)
that
I
am
in
the
Father
,
and
the
Father
in
me
,
or
else
believe
me
for
the
very
Works
sake
.
And
in
his
Answer
to
John
the
Baptist's
Disciples
.
and
shew
John
again
those
things
which
ye
do
hear
,
and
see
;
the
blind
receive
their
sight
,
and
the
Lame
walk
,
the
Lepers
are
cleansed
,
and
the
Deaf
hear
,
the
Dead
are
raised
up
,
&c.
The
only
Argument
which
he
made
use
of
at
that
Time
to
convince
'em
,
That
he
was
the
true
Messiah
and
Saviour
of
the
World
.
3dly
.
Divine
Worship
and
Honour
are
every
where
given
unto
him
:
God
has
given
him
a
Name
above
every
Name
;
that
at
the
Name
of
fesus
every
knee
should
bow
,
of
things
in
Heaven
,
and
things
in
Earth
,
and
things
under
the
Earth
.
4thly
.
We
have
the
undeniable
Testimony
of
God
himself
,
and
the
concurrent
Suffrage
both
of
Good
and
Bad
Angels
to
confirm
us
in
the
belief
of
this
important
and
saving
Truth
.
In
him
(
saith
the
Apostle
)
dwelleth
the
fulness
of
the
Godhead
bodily
;
that
is
,
really
and
substantially
.
See
to
this
Purpose
.
Col.
2.9
.
1
Tim.
3
.
1●
.
Heb.
1.3
,
8.
1
John
5.20
.
Hence
't
is
fully
Evident
from
the
undoubted
Testimony
of
holy
Scripture
,
that
Christ
is
God
truly
and
properly
so
call'd
;
even
one
and
the
same
God
,
co-essential
,
co-equal
,
and
co-eternal
with
the
Father
.
Thus
the
Doctrine
of
our
Saviour's
Divinity
,
Equality
,
and
Consubstantiality
with
the
Father
being
sufficiently
evicted
,
and
confirm'd
:
We
shall
now
seriously
apply
this
Point
,
by
considering
what
Influence
this
saving
Doctrine
should
have
upon
the
Lives
and
Practices
of
Men.
And
1st
.
We
may
learn
from
the
Consideration
of
our
Saviour's
God-head
,
and
the
Excellency
of
his
Divine
Nature
,
Son
:
For
all
men
should
honor
the
Son
,
even
as
they
honor
the
Father
:
And
whosoever
denieth
the
Son
,
the
same
hath
not
the
Father
.
Again
,
the
eternal
Son
of
God
is
not
only
preser'd
in
Scripture
,
to
Abraham
,
Moses
,
David
,
&c.
but
to
the
holy
Angels
themselves
,
being
much
better
,
having
a
more
excellent
Name
then
they
;
and
therefore
he
saith
,
let
all
the
Angels
of
God
worship
him
.
These
Considerations
lay
a
sure
Foundation
for
our
Duty
;
do
justifie
our
Practice
in
worshipping
our
Lord
;
and
may
exceedingly
animate
and
encourage
us
to
be
faithful
,
and
zealous
,
devour
,
and
constant
,
in
all
the
Instances
of
Prety
and
Religion
:
For
we
've
full
Assurance
from
the
Premisses
,
that
our
blessed
Redeemer
knoweth
all
our
Necessities
;
and
he
neither
wants
Will
,
nor
Power
,
to
save
,
supply
,
and
bless
us
to
the
uttermost
,
if
we
Believe
in
,
Worship
and
Obey
him
.
2dly
.
Hence
we
may
be
encourag'd
to
have
Recourse
unto
Christ
,
and
be
comforted
in
all
the
Straits
and
Difficulties
of
this
Life
;
and
hereon
we
may
ground
our
stedfast
Hope
,
that
God
for
his
sake
will
supply
all
our
Wants
,
with
the
Abundance
of
his
Grace
and
Favour
:
Seing
then
we
have
a
great
High
Priest
that
is
passed
into
the
Heavens
,
Jesus
the
Son
of
God
,
let
us
hold
fast
our
Profession
,
and
come
boldly
to
the
Throne
of
Grace
,
that
we
may
obtain
Mercy
,
and
find
Grace
to
help
in
time
of
need
.
3dly
.
Let
us
always
bear
in
Mind
those
important
Obligations
the
great
Majesty
of
Heaven
and
Earth
has
laid
upon
us
,
in
sending
his
own
Son
into
the
World
to
mediate
a
Peace
for
us
,
that
we
who
were
Enemies
by
wicked
works
should
be
reconcil'd
unto
Him
.
4thly
.
We
should
be
extrèmely
careful
above
all
things
,
lest
we
wilfully
despise
or
dishonour
that
high
,
and
holy
Name
whereby
we
are
call'd
.
God's
Honour
in
Christ
our
anointed
Saviour
,
is
a
Prerogative
He
's
exceeding
jealous
of
;
and
therefore
whosoever
shall
arrogate
that
Glory
to
themselves
,
or
substract
that
Obedience
which
is
due
to
the
Eternal
Son
of
God
,
shall
certainly
feel
the
Power
of
his
God-head
.
We
've
a
great
many
sad
Instances
upon
Record
of
God's
Justice
and
Vengeance
,
on
purpose
to
deter
us
from
the
like
Offences
.
How
conspicuous
are
the
tragical
Memoirs
of
the
fallen
Angels
;
of
Herod
,
Pontius
Pilate
,
Judas
,
and
many
others
;
who
would
have
set
themselves
in
God's
stead
?
What
shall
I
tell
you
of
the
whole
Jewish
Nation
,
that
derided
,
betray'd
,
condemn'd
,
and
Crucified
the
Lord
of
Life
.
Not
one
of
all
these
could
flie
from
Justice
;
but
suffer'd
the
severest
Punishments
(
in
proportion
to
their
Crimes
)
for
their
wretched
Prophaneness
,
Cruelty
,
and
Irreligion
.
What
might
I
add
of
the
later
Hereticks
,
as
Arrius
,
Nestorius
,
Eutyches
,
Servetus
,
&c.
whose
Lives
,
and
Deaths
are
,
and
shall
be
for
ever
infamous
to
all
Posterity
.
Seing
therefore
that
God
will
be
worshipped
in
Spirit
and
in
Truth
;
and
that
he
will
by
no
means
endure
that
his
Glory
should
be
given
to
another
:
And
seing
we
have
such
a
Cloud
of
Witnesses
before
us
,
who
have
suffered
by
the
Contempt
,
and
Neglect
of
his
Worship
;
it
stands
us
in
hand
to
be
very
prudent
and
circumspect
in
our
Demeanor
and
Deportment
towards
him
;
lest
we
wilfully
blaspheme
his
Name
;
derogate
from
his
Glory
;
abuse
and
trample
upon
his
Word
,
and
Sacraments
;
despise
his
Servants
;
neglect
our
Duties
;
transgress
his
just
and
reasonable
Commands
;
or
continue
in
any
one
unlawful
Act
of
Sin
or
Disobedience
unrepented
of
,
unreform'd
.
'T
is
our
Saviour's
own
Rule
,
and
confirm'd
by
every
day's
Experience
,
He
that
loveth
God
will
keep
his
Commandments
:
And
what
heinous
Ingratitude
(
as
well
as
Disobedience
)
must
we
Christians
be
guilty
of
,
if
we
make
not
our
Lives
the
Transcript
of
his
Divine
and
Excellent
Doctrine
;
and
with
the
highest
Expressions
of
Love
,
Joy
,
and
Thankfulness
recognize
his
inconceivable
Goodness
and
Mercy
to
the
Children
of
Men.
But
if
on
the
contrary
,
we
should
render
him
evil
for
good
,
and
hatred
for
good-will
;
this
Abuse
and
Contempt
of
his
Grace
and
Clemency
,
shall
not
be
able
to
escape
the
just
Resentments
of
his
Wrath
and
Vengeance
.
And
judge
what
a
miserable
Condition
those
poor
Wretches
will
be
in
,
who
not
only
trample
under
foot
the
Son
of
God
;
but
have
so
disregarded
the
Sanctions
of
his
Laws
,
and
the
Charitable
Tenders
of
his
Grace
and
Goodness
,
that
Salvation
it self
cannot
save
them
.
Thus
much
concerning
our
Saviour's
God-head
.
I
have
been
the
longer
about
it
,
because
the
Devil
has
been
more
sedulous
in
his
Endeavours
to
corrupt
and
undermine
this
,
than
any
other
Article
of
our
Christian
Faith
;
Which
every
Man
will
readily
grant
,
that
has
the
least
Acquaintance
with
Ecclesiastical
History
,
and
Decrees
of
Councils
.
Wherefore
no
Person
of
any
Candor
,
or
Christianity
,
can
think
my
Time
,
or
Pains
mis-imploy'd
,
and
mis-spent
;
in
explaining
,
and
confirming
this
Article
of
our
Faith
;
wherein
the
Excellency
and
Dignitie
of
the
Person
of
the
Son
of
God
,
and
our
own
present
,
and
eternal
Welfares
,
are
so
Emimently
concern'd
.
CHAP.
III.
Of
our
Saviour's
Manhood
.
THis
is
another
Fundamental
Article
of
our
holy
and
excellent
Religion
.
Humane
Nature
into
the
reality
of
his
Person
,
tho'
in
a
manner
most
incomprehensible
:
And
yet
he
was
fully
invested
with
it
,
(
and
precisely
at
the
time
appointed
of
the
Father
,
and
predicted
by
the
Prophets
)
was
really
conceiv'd
in
the
Womb
,
and
born
of
the
Virgin
Mary
.
He
was
made
,
that
he
might
be
a
perfect
Man
,
(
not
begotten
)
of
the
Seed
and
Substance
of
the
Woman
,
as
all
other
Men
are
;
differing
from
Vs
only
in
the
Miraculous
Conception
by
the
Power
of
the
Holy
Ghost
:
And
't
was
necessary
that
it
should
be
so
,
that
he
might
be
free
from
all
sin
Himself
,
especially
since
He
came
to
suffer
for
Ours
.
For
indeed
all
other
Men
being
conceiv'd
by
natural
Generation
,
must
needs
be
tainted
with
the
Guilt
,
and
Stain
,
of
Adam's
first
Sin
;
which
has
been
thus
transmitted
to
,
and
propagated
by
his
miserable
Posterity
.
But
tho'
Christ
the
Eternal
Son
of
God
was
conceiv'd
by
the
Holy
Ghost
,
yet
he
was
made
of
the
Flesh
of
the
Virgin
;
The
seed
of
the
Woman
,
the
seed
of
Abraham
,
the
seed
of
David
.
Besides
,
this
was
absolutely
necessary
,
to
qualifie
him
for
,
nor
could
he've
been
otherwise
capable
of
that
Mediatorship
,
whereby
he
was
to
procure
,
and
establish
a
Peace
between
God
and
Man
.
Thus
he
took
our
Nature
,
and
therefore
no
Starry
Substance
,
as
the
Marcionites
,
cerdonians
,
and
Manichaean
Hereticks
vainly
dream'd
;
nor
yet
a
Spiritual
,
or
Elementary
Body
,
as
Valentinus
,
and
others
conjectur'd
.
And
tho'
those
several
Heresies
were
censur'd
,
and
exploded
by
the
Decrees
of
Councils
in
the
four
first
Centuries
;
yet
there
's
still
a
Spawn
of
those
Errours
amongst
us
:
And
therefore
for
the
Conviction
of
those
that
have
espous'd
them
;
and
to
confirm
others
in
the
stedfast
Belief
of
this
important
and
saving
Truth
;
I
shall
make
it
fully
evident
;
That
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
did
not
only
assume
our
Flesh
,
but
our
whole
Nature
.
That
is
1st
.
Humane
Body
,
and
a
rational
Humane
Soul
.
2dly
.
He
suscepted
in
that
real
Body
,
and
reasonable
Soul
,
all
the
Properties
,
and
Infirmities
of
both
.
First
he
took
our
whole
Nature
,
real
Humane
body
,
figur'd
,
and
circumscrib'd
as
ours
;
which
had
all
the
Parts
,
and
Members
of
a
true
Body
;
compounded
of
Flesh
and
Blood
;
was
visible
,
and
tangible
;
did
eat
,
drink
,
sleep
,
encrease
in
strength
,
and
stature
;
sensible
of
pain
,
and
want
;
and
was
at
last
subject
to
a
conspicuous
Death
for
the
conviction
of
the
obstinate
and
unbelieving
World
.
The
Holy
Scripture
has
confirm'd
,
and
fortified
this
Truth
with
variety
of
Arguments
;
for
Christ
is
said
to
be
of
the
Seed
of
Abraham
,
the
Seed
of
Isaac
,
the
Seed
of
Jacob
,
and
particularly
of
the
Seed
of
David
;
For
Christ
(
saith
the
Apostle
expresly
)
descended
from
David
,
and
the
Fathers
according
to
the
Flesh
.
And
again
,
when
the
sulness
of
time
was
come
,
God
sent
forth
his
Son
,
made
of
a
woman
,
&c.
and
in
the
likeness
of
sinful
flesh
,
Head
of
his
Body
the
Church
.
For
asmuch
then
as
we
are
partakers
of
Flesh
and
Bloud
,
He
also
likewise
himself
took
part
of
the
same
,
that
he
might
tast
Death
(
which
he
could
not
otherwise
have
done
)
for
every
Man
;
and
therefore
he
took
not
on
him
the
Nature
of
Angels
,
but
the
seed
of
Abraham
.
Thus
it
behov'd
him
to
be
made
like
unto
his
Brethren
,
that
he
might
be
a
merciful
and
faithful
High-Priest
in
things
pertaining
to
God
,
that
he
might
make
Reconciliation
for
the
Sins
of
the
People
.
And
upon
St.
Thomas
the
Apostle's
Doubting
of
the
reality
of
his
Humane
Nature
,
our
blessed
Saviour
to
convince
him
of
his
Errour
;
and
to
confirm
the
rest
of
the
Apostles
,
and
(
in
them
)
all
succeeding
Christians
in
the
belief
of
this
necessary
Point
of
Faith
;
He
said
unto
them
,
handle
me
,
and
see
,
for
a
Spirit
hath
not
Flesh
,
and
Bones
,
as
ye
see
me
have
.
Now
what
can
be
more
evident
(
since
the
Scripture
is
every
where
full
to
this
purpose
)
then
this
,
that
the
Son
of
God
assum'd
the
true
Nature
of
Man
,
and
the
very
substance
of
his
Mother
,
and
that
he
was
not
only
made
in
her
,
but
born
of
her
.
To
which
the
Testimony
of
all
Antiquity
might
be
added
,
to
confirm
us
in
the
Belief
of
it
.
But
Theodoret
,
and
Gelasins
present
us
with
a
Collection
of
excellent
.
Arguments
(
out
of
the
Councils
and
Fathers
)
to
this
purpose
,
whither
I
refer
the
judicious
Reader
,
if
he
require
further
satisfaction
in
this
Point
.
Secondly
,
The
Humane
and
real
Body
of
Christ
was
inform'd
,
perfect
,
rational
,
and
immortal
Soul
.
And
as
He
had
all
the
Members
,
Organs
,
Dimensions
,
and
Properties
of
the
one
;
So
He
assum'd
all
the
Powers
,
Faculties
,
and
Functions
of
the
other
;
as
Understanding
,
Will
,
Memory
,
Affections
,
Passions
,
&c.
Which
I
could
easily
make
out
,
My
soul
is
very
sorrowful
and
heavy
even
unto
Death
.
And
in
his
last
Agony
he
said
,
Father
into
thy
hands
I
commend
my
Spirit
.
This
Truth
is
every
where
so
evident
in
the
History
of
our
Saviour's
Incarnation
,
that
I
need
not
multiply
Instances
to
prove
it
.
But
yet
for
all
this
,
tho
Christ
was
really
invested
with
all
the
Members
,
and
Faculties
,
and
all
the
Essentials
of
the
Soul
,
and
Body
of
a
Perfect
Man
.
Yet
2dly
.
In
this
true
and
real
Body
,
in
this
reasonable
and
immortal
Soul
,
he
assum'd
took
upon
him
all
the
Properties
,
and
Infirmities
of
both
,
Sin
only
excepted
.
His
Birth
,
manner
of
Life
,
Death
,
Burial
,
Resurrection
,
and
Ascention
are
full
and
perfect
Demonstrations
of
the
reality
of
his
Manhood
.
But
with
reference
to
our
Infirmities
,
he
was
subject
to
Cold
and
Heat
;
Hunger
and
Thirst
;
Sweating
and
Bleeding
;
Weariness
and
Weakness
;
Pain
and
Sorrow
;
Heaviness
and
Fear
;
Passion
and
sinless
Anger
;
yea
Torment
and
Death
it self
.
All
which
Arguments
are
so
cogent
and
convictive
,
that
neither
the
Hereticks
of
Old
,
nor
the
Socinians
and
Libertines
of
our
Age
,
ever
were
,
nor
ever
shall
be
able
to
elnde
the
Power
and
Energy
of
them
.
Let
us
now
endeavour
to
make
some
practical
Improvement
of
the
Point
under
Consideration
.
And
(1)
In
the
Incarnation
of
our
Lord
,
Love
and
Compassion
to
poor
sinful
Man
:
For
what
kindness
could
parallel
this
,
that
the
Father
should
send
,
and
the
Son
condescend
to
come
from
his
Bosom
and
Bliss
,
upon
that
great
Ambassie
of
making
our
Peace
,
even
then
,
when
by
our
sin
and
Disobedience
we
had
violated
his
just
Laws
;
broken
the
Covenant
between
God
and
us
,
and
put
our selves
into
a
state
of
Hostility
and
Rebellion
against
him
?
But
besides
all
this
,
't
is
an
evident
matter
of
Fact
,
(
as
will
fully
appear
afterwards
)
that
Christ
the
Son
of
God
,
and
Heir
of
eternal
Majesty
,
did
not
only
descend
from
those
Regions
of
Bliss
,
and
assum'd
our
whole
Nature
with
all
its
Properties
and
Infirmities
:
But
he
also
underwent
the
Burden
and
Smart
of
all
our
sins
,
and
sorrows
;
and
having
finished
his
innocent
Life
,
he
submitted
to
all
the
Tortures
,
and
Indignities
of
a
painful
and
ignominious
Death
for
our
sakes
.
And
these
were
all
such
Tokens
and
Evidences
of
Love
and
Bounty
,
as
both
the
Hierarchy
of
Angels
,
and
the
whole
Race
of
Mankind
stood
amaz'd
at
:
And
that
the
Son
of
God
should
lay
down
his
dearest
Life
for
his
most
daring
and
bitter
Enemies
,
(
even
for
the
Salvation
of
those
who
were
the
immediate
Instruments
in
his
Condemnation
,
and
Crucifixion
)
is
such
a
Mystery
as
no
Humane
Reason
is
able
to
comprehend
.
O
the
ineffable
and
infinite
Love
and
Mercy
of
God
in
Christ
!
How
should
this
consideration
affect
our
Souls
with
Love
,
Joy
,
and
Wonder
!
Has
he
given
us
his
Son
whilst
we
were
Enemies
unto
him
;
love
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
with
the
greatest
intenseness
of
Gratitude
and
Affection
,
Let
him
be
Anathema
,
Maranatha
.
(2)
We
can
no
less
admire
,
and
should
be
as
careful
to
imitate
his
singular
and
unparallel'd
Humility
;
who
came
down
from
the
highest
Pinacle
of
heavenly
Grandeur
,
and
vertical
point
of
Soveraignty
,
to
become
incarnate
in
the
obscure
Womb
of
a
poor
Virgin
.
And
therefore
well
might
the
Evangelist
prefix
an
Ecce
to
the
Mystery
,
behold
a
Virgin
shall
conceive
:
This
was
a
Miracle
indeed
;
Faith
must
assist
Reason
in
it
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
'T
is
a
faithful
Saying
,
that
Christ
Jesus
came
into
the
World
to
save
Sinners
.
Bern.
Ser.
1.
de
Epioh
.
Now
that
the
Ancient
of
Days
should
abase
himself
to
become
a
little
Child
;
and
the
Word
and
Wisdom
of
the
Father
not
be
able
to
utter
a
word
,
was
such
a
wonderful
Instance
of
Humility
as
can
never
be
sufficiently
admir'd
.
How
then
should
we
Christians
study
and
endeavour
to
be
like
Him
:
As
in
all
other
Instances
of
Piety
and
Vertue
,
so
particularly
in
this
;
and
I
'me
sure
there
can
be
no
Inducement
either
Internal
,
or
External
,
to
perswade
us
to
be
,
or
do
otherwise
.
And
indeed
't
is
the
greatest
Honor
we
can
do
him
,
to
endeavour
to
have
the
same
mind
in
us
which
was
in
Christ
Jesus
,
and
by
all
means
possible
to
transcribe
his
Pattern
,
who
was
the
great
Exemplar
of
Meekness
and
lowliness
of
heart
.
Thus
,
if
we
walk
(
as
we
are
oblig'd
)
in
his
Steps
;
compar'd
with
the
Exellencies
of
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord
〈◊〉
and
do
humbly
acknowledge
that
God
i●
Christ
is
the
Proprietor
,
and
Dispenser
〈◊〉
'em
:
If
we
be
careful
to
manage
the●
Subsidia
prudently
and
discreetly
,
to
God
Glory
,
and
the
mutual
Comfort
and
Benefit
of
our selves
and
others
;
if
we
chearfully
submit
to
God's
unerring
Will
and
Wisdom
,
in
disposing
of
us
and
our
Concernments
;
and
patiently
bear
every
cross
Accident
which
may
happen
to
us
,
and
Ours
;
upon
these
Conditions
(
I
say
)
we
shall
in
some
proportion
resemble
our
blessed
Saviour's
innocent
Life
,
in
Grace
and
Goodness
here
,
a
temper
of
mind
and
Spiritmost
acceptable
to
him
;
and
we
need
not
doubt
,
but
upon
these
hearty
Compliances
he
will
accept
of
us
and
reward
us
,
when
he
comes
again
in
his
glorious
Majesty
hereafter
.
(3)
We
must
yield
our
unfeigned
Assent
to
,
and
sted
factly
Believe
this
great
Mystery
of
our
Saviour's
Manhood
;
that
he
was
conceiv'd
without
Sin
in
the
Womb
,
and
born
of
a
pure
and
immaculate
Virgin
by
the
Operation
and
Influence
of
the
Holy
Spirit
;
that
he
voluntarily
assum'd
our
Nature
,
and
has
(
by
the
Merits
of
his
Active
,
and
Passive
Obedience
)
fully
satisfied
God's
Infinite
Justice
for
all
our
sins
;
which
(
as
I
hinted
before
)
could
not
be
aton'd
for
by
any
other
Means
,
then
by
Suffering
the
severest
Resentments
of
God's
just
Wrath
and
Vengeance
in
that
Nature
which
had
sinned
against
him
.
But
because
the
Guilt
,
and
Punishment
of
our
Sins
were
a
Burden
too
insupportable
for
Flesh
and
Blood
;
therefore
we
must
also
believe
,
that
our
frail
Humanity
was
supported
by
his
Omnipotent
Divinity
;
of
which
more
fully
in
the
next
Chapter
.
Let
us
therefore
seriously
apply
this
Point
,
by
the
exercise
of
a
true
and
lively
.
Faith
:
That
as
Christ
was
conceiv'd
by
the
Operation
of
the
Holy
Spirit
in
the
Womb
of
a
Virgin
,
and
became
Man
for
Us
;
So
we
may
conceive
him
Spiritually
by
a
true
and
saving
Faith
;
and
bring
forth
the
Fruits
of
Evangelical
Obedience
,
in
a
holy
,
vertuous
,
and
innocent
Conversation
.
4.
We
should
be
always
mindful
to
offer
up
upon
the
Altars
of
our
Souls
,
that
reasonable
Sacrifice
and
Service
of
Praise
and
Thanksgiving
for
the
Incarnation
of
our
Lord
.
Could
ever
Tidings
be
more
welcome
,
or
any
Report
so
grateful
to
mortal
Ears
as
this
was
?
All
the
Inhabitants
of
Heaven
were
ravisht
with
joy
,
breaking
forth
into
Hymns
of
Praise
and
Congratulation
for
the
Redemption
of
Mankind
;
and
how
should
we
Christians
most
especially
(
who
inherit
all
the
blessed
Priviledges
of
the
Gospel
)
bear
a
part
in
that
Heavenly
Chorus
?
praising
the
Lord
incessantly
for
his
Goodness
,
and
declaring
the
Wonders
which
he
hath
done
for
the
Children
of
Men.
To
shut
up
this
Point
.
I
've
been
the
more
express
in
the
handling
of
it
,
not
only
because
't
is
the
great
Foundation
on
which
our
Christian
Religion
is
built
;
but
because
our
restless
Adversary
the
Devil
,
and
his
wicked
Agents
and
Emissaries
have
(
in
all
Ages
)
us'd
their
utmost
endeavours
to
corrupt
and
undermine
it
.
And
tho'
this
Doctrine
be
an
impregnable
Fortress
and
Bulwark
;
(
under
which
we
may
securely
defend
our selves
,
and
against
which
all
the
Powers
of
Hell
shall
never
be
able
to
prevail
)
yet
we
are
not
ignorant
of
Satan's
devices
,
nor
of
his
malicious
Stratagems
and
mischievous
Designs
against
us
,
and
our
Religion
.
And
how
active
,
and
successful
he
has
been
hitherto
in
his
Temptations
and
Allurements
is
most
notoriously
evident
.
For
this
great
&
implacable
Adversary
has
endeavour'd
(
by
all
means
possible
)
to
extinguish
the
Knowledge
of
Christ
the
Messiah
of
the
World
,
both
before
,
and
since
his
coming
in
the
Flesh
.
And
(1)
Before
his
coming
into
the
World
,
Jewish
Nation
,
whence
't
was
prophesied
the
Messiah
should
descend
.
He
studied
to
ridicule
,
and
enervate
all
the
Prophesies
,
and
Promises
of
Holy
Scripture
concerning
him
.
He
made
it
his
business
to
possess
the
World
with
gross
Conceits
and
Apprehensions
of
Christ's
Kingdom
at
his
Coming
,
And
his
Suggestions
were
so
prevasent
and
successful
;
that
't
was
generally
expected
that
the
Messiah
should
appear
in
great
State
and
Grandeur
;
that
he
would
bestow
Crowns
and
Scepters
;
and
the
greatest
Immunities
and
Priviledges
upon
his
Subjects
:
Which
conceit
doubtless
,
(
our
Saviour
appearing
in
so
mean
and
despicable
a
Condition
)
was
not
the
least
cause
of
the
Jewish
Infidelity
,
and
did
in
a
great
measure
obstruct
their
embracing
of
the
Gospel
.
It
seems
the
very
Apostles
of
Christ
were
tainted
with
this
Prejudice
,
by
their
being
so
inquisitive
about
the
Restitution
of
the
Kingdom
again
to
Israel
.
They
expected
(
doubtless
)
to
be
Grandees
in
it
,
as
may
be
gather'd
from
that
request
of
the
Mother
of
the
two
Sons
of
Zeledee
,
for
whom
she
was
so
importunate
with
our
Saviour
,
that
one
of
them
might
sit
on
his
right
hand
,
and
the
other
on
his
left
in
his
temporal
Kingdom
,
for
so
the
Words
must
be
understood
.
Thus
far
had
Satan's
Stratagems
prevail'd
to
prejudice
Mankind
against
the
Messiah
of
the
World
,
Before
his
coming
.
(2)
When
he
was
come
,
from
the
Cradle
to
the
Cross
,
his
whole
Life
was
an
entire
Series
of
Sorrows
and
Persecutions
.
How
did
the
Devil
inflame
the
Scribes
and
Pharisees
with
a
fiery
and
impetuous
zeal
and
eagerness
,
not
only
to
defend
and
maintain
all
the
Laws
and
Constitutions
,
Rites
and
Ceremonies
which
they
receiv'd
from
Moses
,
with
their
own
erroneous
Comments
and
heterodox
Opinions
concerning
'em
:
But
to
oppose
and
stifle
(
with
all
imaginable
Vigour
,
and
Policy
)
our
excellent
Religion
,
(
as
it
were
in
the
very
Embryo
)
ere
it
had
got
any
considerable
footing
in
the
World
.
And
tho'
this
was
beyond
the
reach
of
their
Power
and
Malice
(
God
having
decree'd
to
establish
it
by
his
own
Omnipotent
Arm
;
)
yet
he
persecuted
its
excellent
and
innocent
Author
to
Death
,
by
the
severest
Methods
of
Cruelty
and
Injustice
.
And
tho'
the
Devil
receiv'd
then
a
deadly
blow
,
yet
he
has
not
been
wanting
(
to
his
power
)
ever
since
to
persecute
and
ensnare
his
Members
;
and
he
is
restless
still
in
his
endeavours
to
prevail
with
them
,
to
make
Shipwrack
of
Faith
,
and
a
good
Conscience
;
and
makes
use
of
all
his
Stratagems
to
make
'em
turn
Hereticks
,
if
not
Apostates
.
And
that
his
Projects
have
been
too
successful
,
will
evidently
appear
if
we
consider
the
many
Heresies
which
have
been
broacht
in
the
Church
,
concerning
the
Natures
,
Person
,
and
Offices
,
of
our
blessed
Saviour
.
Which
I
should
be
sorry
to
conjure
up
,
and
therefore
I
hope
my
Reader
will
excuse
me
,
if
I
rather
desire
to
have
'em
buried
in
the
darkest
Shades
of
Oblivion
.
CHAP.
IV.
Of
the
Vnion
of
the
Divine
,
and
Humane
Natures
in
the
Person
of
Christ
.
WE
shall
not
be
too
curious
in
inquiring
into
the
Manner
of
this
Hypostatical
Vnion
:
the
Man-hood
is
taken
into
the
God-head
,
and
by
the
singular
virtue
and
operation
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
(
without
the
intervention
of
an
Earthly
Father
)
the
blessed
Virgin
became
impregnated
and
did
conceive
.
And
this
was
the
most
sutable
way
of
accomplishing
that
so
necessary
Conjunction
of
the
Divine
,
and
Humane
Natures
:
That
he
might
be
perfectly
Sanctified
as
Man
;
and
that
the
Nature
which
he
assum'd
might
be
free
from
all
stain
and
pollution
.
Thus
God
and
Man
make
one
Person
.
Yet
So
,
that
the
two
Natures
are
preserv'd
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
entire
without
Confusion
,
as
the
Councils
,
and
Fathers
defin'd
against
Eutyches
.
And
the
Person
of
Christ
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
Cyril
.
in
Ep.
Alex.
Concil.
Anath
.
without
Division
against
Nestorius
.
But
they
were
united
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
truly
and
perfectly
,
without
Confusion
of
Persons
,
without
Commixture
of
Natures
;
and
yet
they
were
united
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
by
a
Personal
and
real
Vnion
.
Thus
the
eternal
Son
of
God
took
our
Nature
upon
Him
,
which
being
united
to
his
Divine
Nature
,
hath
now
the
same
Subsistence
which
he
hath
:
so
that
the
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
the
word
assuming
,
and
the
Nature
assumed
make
but
one
Person
;
God
and
Man
one
Christ
.
I
would
not
confound
my
Reader
with
Metaphysical
and
School
.
Notions
concerning
the
Hypostatical
Vnion
;
't
is
like
God
himself
better
understood
by
its
Properties
,
and
Effects
,
than
in
its
own
Nature
.
'T
is
sufficient
that
all
our
Creeds
,
and
all
Antiquity
do
confess
it
and
unanimously
concur
in
this
great
Article
of
our
Faith
:
Namely
,
that
altho'
Christ
has
two
Natures
,
the
Word
,
and
the
Flesh
;
yet
do
these
two
make
but
one
Person
;
one
Son
of
God
,
one
Saviour
of
Men.
We
pass
from
the
Manner
of
this
Vnion
,
to
consider
in
the
next
Place
.
(1)
The
Necessity
of
it
.
(2)
The
Benefits
which
we
Christians
do
receive
by
it
.
And
(3)
We
shall
make
some
Practical
Improvement
of
the
Point
in
hand
,
by
way
of
Application
.
And
1st
.
'T
is
by
vertue
of
the
Vnion
of
these
two
Natures
,
that
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
has
reconcil'd
us
to
God
and
works
all
things
for
us
in
the
great
Business
of
our
Redemption
.
We
have
consider'd
already
what
a
deplorable
Estate
and
Condition
mankind
was
in
,
by
the
Disobedience
and
Fall
of
our
first
Parents
;
And
no
expedient
could've
been
more
sutable
to
unite
those
two
distant
(
and
otherwise
irreconcilable
)
Extremes
,
an
offended
God
,
to
offending
Man
;
than
the
Interposition
of
a
Person
consisting
of
both
Natures
,
which
were
so
much
at
variance
.
For
(1)
By
vertue
of
that
Agreement
between
the
Father
and
the
Son
,
Saviour
of
the
World
should
be
God
:
since
no
other
expedient
could
mediate
a
Peace
,
nor
make
a
plenary
satisfaction
to
God's
Justice
for
us
.
Besides
our
Transgressions
being
committed
against
an
infinite
God
,
and
attended
with
the
most
heinous
aggravations
of
wickedness
and
villany
;
the
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
or
price
paid
for
our
Atonement
must
be
sutably
great
,
otherwise
God's
Justice
would
be
still
unsatisfied
.
But
the
Bloud
of
the
whole
Creation
could
not
redeem
one
Soul
from
Death
.
Wherefore
he
must
be
God
,
that
should
undergo
this
Wrath
;
and
God
that
he
might
overcome
and
not
sink
under
the
Punishment
.
More
particularly
;
if
we
consider
the
Price
which
was
to
be
paid
for
the
Purchase
of
our
Redemption
;
the
many
and
great
Obstacles
which
were
to
be
remov'd
;
the
potent
and
numberless
Enemies
which
were
to
be
conquer'd
and
subdu'd
,
as
Sathan
,
Death
,
Hell
,
&c.
the
Justice
of
God
(
as
before
)
which
must
be
fully
satisfied
for
Man's
Delinquency
and
Disobedience
;
the
intolerable
Burden
of
our
Sins
;
and
the
shatter'd
Condition
of
our
Nature
,
which
was
to
be
rectified
and
restor'd
to
its
primitive
Innocence
and
Integrity
;
If
(
I
say
)
we
consider
all
these
Particulars
impartially
:
We
must
necessarily
infer
,
that
't
was
not
meer
Man
that
could
atchieve
our
Reconciliation
;
but
't
is
the
immense
Merit
of
the
eternal
Son
of
God
,
that
must
conciliate
the
difference
and
reconcile
sinful
Man
to
an
offended
Justice
.
Secondly
,
Saviour
of
the
World
must
be
Man
also
,
to
constitute
him
a
Redeemer
of
Men.
And
this
was
absoutely
necessary
upon
several
Accounts
.
(1)
Because
he
must
be
subject
to
the
Law
,
and
perform
all
the
Conditions
which
the
Law
requir'd
at
our
Hands
;
in
making
up
all
our
Defects
by
his
Active
,
and
satisfying
for
all
our
Obliquities
by
his
Passive
,
and
unsinning
Obedience
:
That
as
Man
had
deeply
offended
,
so
he
should
highly
please
God
and
procure
his
Grace
and
Favour
.
The
Apostle
is
very
express
to
this
purpose
.
As
by
the
Disobedience
(
saith
he
)
of
one
Man
,
many
were
made
Sinners
:
So
by
the
Obedience
of
one
many
shall
be
made
Righteous
;
that
is
,
they
shall
be
absolv'd
from
Guilt
;
rescu'd
from
Punishment
;
and
be
restor'd
(
by
degrees
)
to
the
full
enjoyment
of
their
lost
Innocence
and
happiness
.
But
the
Deity
being
impassible
,
and
Christ
our
Surety
having
Covenanted
to
do
this
sor
us
;
't
was
necessary
therefore
that
he
should
assume
Our
Nature
;
that
he
might
be
made
perfect
thro'
sufferings
,
and
tast
Death
for
every
Man
.
(2)
'T
was
requisite
that
the
same
Nature
should
conquer
the
Devil
,
that
was
overcome
by
him
;
and
propitiate
for
our
Pardon
,
which
had
caus'd
the
Enmity
between
God
and
us
:
Otherwise
the
Promise
That
the
seed
of
the
Woman
should
bruise
the
Serpent's
head
had
been
covenanted
to
no
purpose
.
first
Adam
that
made
the
Breach
;
and
't
is
the
same
Nature
in
the
second
Adam
that
must
satisfie
God's
Justice
and
make
our
Atonement
.
This
was
the
Nature
,
which
was
tempted
by
Satan
;
and
this
is
the
same
Nature
which
shall
for
ever
triumph
over
him
.
(3)
This
New
Covenant
of
Peace
and
Reconciliation
by
Christ
,
must
be
seal'd
in
Bloud
:
without
shedding
of
Bloud
there
's
no
Remission
to
be
expected
.
Now
't
is
not
the
Bloud
of
Bulls
,
nor
of
Goats
that
could
atone
for
our
Sins
,
and
the
Deity
being
impassible
,
(
as
before
)
therefore
Christ
by
his
own
Bloud
entred
once
into
the
Holy
Place
,
(4)
He
must
be
Man
also
;
that
being
toucht
with
our
Infirmities
,
He
might
be
sensible
of
our
Wants
;
tender
of
our
Welfare
;
merciful
and
compassionate
in
bearing
with
our
Weaknesses
;
solicitous
for
the
Pardon
of
our
Sins
;
and
the
comforts
of
God's
Grace
to
support
us
under
the
burdensome
Asslictions
which
spring
and
flow
from
'em
;
and
finally
that
he
might
bear
with
all
the
Imperfections
of
our
Nature
,
and
repair
the
Breaches
of
our
declining
Faith
.
For
as
he
must
be
unskilful
in
instructing
others
to
bear
Afflictions
patiently
,
who
has
not
been
passive
himself
;
So
't
is
as
difficult
for
any
to
apply
seasonable
and
successful
Remedies
to
the
Afflicted
,
who
is
a
stranger
to
their
Sufferings
.
Wherefore
,
(
saith
the
Apostle
)
That
the
High
Priest
of
our
Profession
might
be
more
apprehensive
and
sensible
of
our
Infirmities
,
he
became
like
unto
his
Brethren
in
all
things
,
that
he
might
be
a
merciful
High
Priest
in
things
pertaining
to
God
,
and
intercede
effectually
,
and
make
Atonement
for
the
sins
of
the
People
:
For
in
that
he
suffer'd
being
tempted
,
he
knows
how
,
and
is
willing
to
succour
those
that
are
tempted
.
Having
then
such
a
compassionate
Advocate
and
Intercessor
with
the
Father
,
we
may
be
encourag'd
to
come
with
bolduess
to
the
Throne
of
Grace
;
where
we
shall
meet
with
a
comfortable
return
to
our
Prayers
,
and
the
favourable
Acceptance
of
our
Persons
in
time
of
need
.
Thus
we
have
seen
that
the
Saviour
of
the
World
must
be
God
,
and
that
he
must
be
Man
,
to
constitute
him
a
Redeemer
of
Men
;
But
neither
of
these
two
Natures
distinct
from
the
other
were
proper
Instruments
to
make
up
the
Breach
:
Therefore
Thirdly
,
real
Vnion
in
the
Person
of
Christ
.
To
evince
and
illustrate
this
Point
.
6.
If
God
in
his
Justice
had
rooted
out
Mankind
from
the
Earth
,
his
Mercy
could
not
have
been
manifested
in
pardoning
Trespasses
and
Offences
.
If
he
had
created
a
new
Generation
pure
and
spotless
without
sin
,
which
by
Sufferings
were
to
satisfie
for
the
Offences
of
the
former
;
it
would
've
been
severity
in
God
to
have
punish'd
the
Innocent
for
the
wicked
.
If
God
had
appointed
an
Angel
to
have
taken
upon
him
the
Nature
of
sinful
Man
,
the
Justice
of
God
could
by
no
means
have
been
satisfied
with
the
finite
Obedience
of
a
Creature
.
If
God
had
pardon'd
Man's
Apostacy
without
satisfaction
,
Justice
had
still
been
violated
,
and
the
Decree
broken
which
was
issued
out
against
him
,
In
the
day
that
thou
eatest
thereof
thou
shalt
surely
die
.
Almighty
God
therefore
out
of
his
inconceivable
Love
to
Mankind
,
whom
he
had
so
wonderfully
created
;
and
withal
so
jealous
of
his
own
Honor
,
that
he
would
neither
violate
the
great
Attribute
of
his
Justice
,
nor
yet
obscure
the
Glory
of
his
Mercy
;
was
pleas'd
to
appoint
his
only
begotten
Son
,
the
express
Image
and
Character
of
his
Father's
Person
,
to
take
our
Nature
upon
him
,
be
made
of
a
Woman
under
the
Law
to
redeem
us
from
the
curse
of
it
,
and
that
we
might
receive
the
Adoption
of
Sons
.
Thus
Christ
the
Saviour
of
the
World
is
God
and
Man
in
the
same
Person
;
and
this
Vnion
was
necessary
,
that
he
might
be
a
fit
Mediator
between
both
;
to
compose
the
difference
and
solicite
a
Peace
between
God
and
our
Souls
;
and
by
the
merit
of
his
obedience
and
sufferings
make
our
Access
to
the
Throne
of
God's
Heavenly
Grace
more
tolerable
and
easie
.
Christ
is
God
to
speak
to
the
Father
for
us
;
and
he
became
Man
that
he
might
declare
God's
Will
to
us
,
in
a
more
familiar
,
less
amazing
,
and
more
obliging
Way
then
otherwise
it
could
have
been
:
Hereby
shewing
us
an
Example
(
by
his
own
wonderful
condescention
)
how
we
should
submit
to
the
meanest
condition
,
and
entertain
the
worst
Events
with
a
Patience
and
Courage
sutable
to
the
submissive
,
yet
Magnanimous
Spirit
of
Christianity
.
Thus
much
of
the
Vnion
of
the
Divine
and
Humane
Nature
in
the
Person
of
Christ
:
Which
the
Heavens
do
admire
,
all
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Earth
may
be
astonished
at
;
and
the
Devils
in
Hell
are
afraid
to
think
of
.
We
pass
forward
2dly
.
To
discourse
of
those
admirable
Benefits
and
Priviledges
,
which
result
from
this
blessed
Vnion
of
the
Divine
,
and
Humane
Natures
in
the
Person
of
Christ
,
to
the
unspeakable
Comfort
and
Happiness
of
all
true
Believers
.
And
(1)
Our
Nature
is
wonderfully
Enobl'd
&
exalted
since
it
became
a
Temple
for
the
Divinity
of
Christ
to
dwell
in
.
No
Creature
but
Man
,
did
ever
arrive
at
that
pitch
of
Honour
to
be
personally
united
to
,
and
be
adorn'd
with
the
God-head
.
And
that
our
Nature
is
thus
dignified
,
I
have
clearly
evicted
from
the
Premisses
.
To
which
may
be
added
ex
abundanti
,
these
two
remarkable
Passages
from
Antiquity
:
The
one
is
of
Saint
Austin
in
these
Words
,
Whosoever
(
saith
he
)
shall
despise
,
Aug.
de
Verb.
Dom
2
Joan.
Serm.
38.
Luke
1.71.72
.
Neque
tamea
creaturam
adoramus
absit
,
sed
Dominum
rerum
Creatam
incarnatum
verbum
Deum
adoramus
.
Athan.
Or
,
5.
contra
Arianos
.
or
refuse
to
worship
Christ
with
Divine
Worship
,
shall
undoubtedly
suffer
the
Pains
of
Eternal
Death
.
The
other
is
of
St.
Athanasius
,
who
writing
against
the
Arrians
,
vindicated
the
orthodox
Christians
from
the
imputation
of
Idolatry
,
(
which
these
Hereticks
endeavour'd
to
brand
'em
with
)
God
forbid
(
saith
he
)
that
we
should
worship
the
Creature
;
but
we
do
worship
the
Lord
of
all
the
Creatures
,
God
the
Word
Incarnate
,
&c.
But
concerning
the
Communication
of
Properties
,
and
whereas
God
is
said
to
've
purchas'd
our
Redemption
;
that
he
redeem'd
the
Church
with
his
own
Bloud
;
and
that
the
blessed
Virgin
is
term'd
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
the
Mother
of
God
,
&c.
These
are
all
inconceivable
Mysteries
;
yet
do
fully
import
the
Exaltation
of
our
Humane
Nature
:
But
tho'
we
should
not
too
curiously
pry
into
them
;
yet
are
oblig'd
hereby
to
admire
and
adore
God's
infinite
Goodness
and
Mercy
,
who
has
thus
advanced
our
Nature
from
the
very
dregs
of
Corruption
,
to
a
State
of
absolute
Perfection
and
eternal
Bliss
.
(2)
And
as
our
humane
Nature
is
thus
wonderfully
dignified
by
its
Vnion
to
the
God-head
;
we
who
were
Enemies
to
God
by
wicked
Works
,
are
again
restor'd
(
by
the
Power
and
Efficacy
of
Christ's
Mediatorship
)
to
God's
Grace
and
Favour
.
He
has
broken
the
Shackles
of
Universal
Guilt
;
subdues
and
destroys
all
his
and
our
Enemies
;
rescues
us
from
the
slavery
and
dominion
of
Sin
and
Satan
;
has
taken
away
the
Sting
of
Death
;
and
does
effectually
revoke
that
fatal
Curse
,
by
which
we
were
exil'd
from
Paradise
,
and
bound
over
to
everlasting
Punishment
.
And
having
(
by
the
immense
Sactifice
of
his
precious
Bloud
)
paid
so
dear
a
Price
for
our
Redemption
;
all
our
Debts
are
now
fully
discharg'd
;
God's
Anger
appeas'd
;
his
Justice
satisfied
;
an
eternal
Peace
between
Heaven
and
Earth
fully
ratified
;
and
all
true
Believers
in
Christ
are
reinstated
in
a
Condition
of
Hope
,
and
an
undoubted
capacity
of
being
for
ever
happy
.
(3)
The
Sun
of
Righteousness
(
thanks
be
to
our
gracious
God
)
is
risen
upon
our
Horizon
,
is
the
Way
,
the
Truth
,
and
the
Life
;
He
keeps
his
Residence
in
,
and
exerts
his
Power
in
the
defence
and
protection
of
all
pious
Souls
;
he
enriches
his
Members
with
that
pure
and
perfect
Wisdom
which
is
from
above
,
and
kindles
Charity
,
Joy
,
and
Comfort
in
their
Hearts
,
by
the
powerful
Influence
and
Operation
of
his
Grace
and
Spirit
;
he
raises
their
Affections
above
transitory
Things
,
and
does
inspire
and
qualifie
'em
with
such
holy
and
heavenly
Dispositions
,
as
will
sweeten
and
sanctifie
all
the
Cross
Providences
which
are
incident
to
them
in
this
Life
;
and
will
finally
advance
them
to
,
and
put
'em
in
Possession
of
a
State
of
ravishing
,
and
uncompounded
Pleasures
at
God's
right
hand
for
evermore
.
(4)
Christ
Jesus
the
righteous
governs
his
Church
with
perfect
Love
and
Clemency
,
preserves
his
Servants
in
Peace
and
safety
;
and
't
is
impossible
(
saith
Irenaeus
)
to
recount
the
number
of
those
great
things
which
are
done
thro'
the
World
by
the
Wisdom
,
Power
,
and
Goodness
of
Christ
;
for
the
Succour
of
the
Nations
,
and
the
Salvation
of
Mankind
:
For
as
he
liv'd
,
so
he
died
,
and
rose
again
for
us
to
cure
all
our
Maladies
;
and
to
restore
us
to
a
more
happy
condition
than
we
lost
by
the
Fall
and
defection
of
the
first
Adam
.
And
now
(
to
our
unspeakable
comfort
)
he
is
sitting
in
Majesty
and
triumph
at
the
right
hand
of
God
,
of
which
more
fully
afterwards
)
pleading
his
infinite
Merits
,
and
interceding
power
fully
with
the
Father
for
us
:
That
all
these
Blessings
and
Priviledges
,
and
many
more
than
we
can
either
conceive
or
think
of
,
may
be
seasonably
applied
for
the
comfort
and
Benefit
of
all
true
Believers
.
Hence
we
proceed
3dly
.
Influence
this
important
and
saving
Doctrine
should
have
upon
the
Lives
and
Practices
of
Men.
And
(1)
This
is
a
Subject
which
may
ravish
our
Souls
with
Joy
,
and
Wonder
:
A
Mirrour
which
the
holy
Angels
delight
in
and
desire
to
contemplate
.
God
and
Man
in
the
Person
of
Christ
,
was
the
hope
and
expectation
of
the
Fathers
;
whom
the
Patriarchs
fore-saw
,
and
rejoyc'd
at
,
and
whom
the
Prophets
in
such
magnificent
streins
did
predict
and
presignifie
,
whose
presence
makes
glad
the
City
of
our
God
.
But
the
perfect
understanding
of
this
Mystery
transcends
all
Humane
Knowledge
,
and
in
this
Valley
of
Ignorance
we
can
but
attain
to
a
small
measure
of
it
.
His
Name
is
Wonderful
,
and
who
can
understand
it
?
Councellor
,
and
who
can
find
it
?
The
mighty
God
,
and
who
can
comprehend
it
?
How
he
being
God
,
should
be
begotten
of
God
,
and
yet
but
one
God
still
?
Or
how
he
could
be
born
of
a
Woman
without
a
Man
,
and
she
continue
still
a
Virgin
?
That
Almighty
God
out
of
the
Virgin
Earth
created
man
,
and
breathed
into
his
Nostrils
the
Breath
of
Life
,
was
indeed
a
great
Miracle
:
But
that
a
Virgin
should
conceive
and
bear
a
Son
that
was
both
God
and
Man
was
far
greater
.
That
God
without
a
Woman
should
form
Eve
out
of
Man
was
a
strange
Wonder
;
but
't
was
much
more
prodigious
that
a
Woman
without
a
Man
should
bring
forth
a
Son
that
was
both
God
and
Man
.
For
Iron
to
swim
above
the
Water
;
a
Fountain
to
flow
out
of
a
dry
Jaw-bone
;
an
Ass
to
speak
;
an
old
Woman
to
Conceive
;
Manna
to
be
rain'd
down
from
Heaven
;
a
wither'd
Rod
to
yield
both
Blossoms
and
Fruit
;
Rivers
to
flow
from
a
flinty
Rock
;
Waters
to
be
turn'd
into
Bloud
;
Ravens
to
feed
a
Prophet
;
Jordan
to
turn
his
stream
backward
;
the
Red
Sea
to
be
divided
;
&c.
These
are
Miracles
to
be
extremely
admir'd
:
But
in
the
Incarnation
of
our
blessed
Redcemer
we
've
a
greater
Miracle
than
all
these
;
for
a
Maid
is
made
the
Mother
of
God
;
a
great
Sphere
is
drawn
into
the
Center
;
the
great
God
of
Heaven
and
Earth
was
conceiv'd
in
the
narrow
Womb
of
a
Virgin
.
This
is
indeed
a
Miracle
which
humane
Reason's
not
able
to
comprehend
:
1
Tim.
1.15
.
And
therefore
(
saith
the
Apostle
)
't
is
a
faithful
saying
,
That
Jesus
Christ
came
into
the
World
to
save
sinners
;
We
may
as
well
doubt
of
the
reality
of
our
Being
and
Existence
,
as
suspect
the
Truth
of
it
.
This
is
the
Lord
's
doing
,
and
't
is
marvellous
in
our
Eyes
.
Man
is
naturally
inquisitive
after
Curiosities
,
and
very
desirous
to
know
strange
Accidents
.
Now
here
's
a
Subject
for
the
most
contemplative
Curiosity
to
be
exercis'd
about
.
A
Mystery
indeed
,
and
the
more
we
pry
into
it
,
the
more
miraculous
we
find
it
.
The
more
we
know
of
it
,
the
more
we
shall
be
inflam'd
with
the
desire
of
comprehending
it
;
and
shall
be
still
more
and
more
happy
in
the
improvement
of
this
excellent
Knowledge
.
Knowledge
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
all
our
Wisdom
is
but
Foolishness
,
and
to
no
purpose
.
Let
the
Son
of
God
therefore
,
made
Man
for
our
sakes
,
become
the
Subject
of
our
devoutest
Meditations
.
determin'd
to
know
nothing
else
,
and
I
am
sure
't
is
both
our
Interest
and
Duty
to
concur
with
him
in
this
Opinion
.
We
read
in
the
Gospels
,
that
Christ
was
sometimes
in
the
Cratch
,
sometimes
in
the
Garden
,
sometimes
in
the
Synagogue
,
sometimes
in
Egypt
,
sometimes
at
Jerusalem
,
sometimes
at
a
Marriage
,
sometimes
amongst
Publicans
,
conversant
with
both
Sexes
,
and
among
all
sorts
of
Persons
,
high
and
low
,
rich
and
poor
,
noble
and
ignoble
,
and
at
last
died
between
two
Thieves
.
There
can
be
no
Place
then
,
no
Person
,
no
Estate
,
no
Condition
of
Life
,
which
does
not
continually
present
us
with
one
Object
or
other
to
renew
and
resume
our
Meditations
;
and
may
minister
some
Occasion
or
other
to
think
on
Christ
.
And
this
would
prove
the
most
absolute
Catholicon
to
support
us
under
,
and
to
encourage
us
to
conflict
with
the
Sorrows
and
Miseries
of
a
troublesome
World
.
Let
us
therefore
at
all
Times
,
in
all
Places
,
amongst
all
Persons
,
and
in
every
condition
of
Life
,
lift
up
our
Eyes
unto
Christ
.
Let
the
strong
defend
him
in
the
Weak
,
and
the
Weak
honour
him
in
the
strong
;
let
the
Rich
give
him
Alms
in
the
Poor
,
and
the
Poor
love
and
admire
him
in
the
Rich
;
let
all
Persons
of
all
Ranks
and
Conditions
so
love
and
honour
him
,
that
when
the
Vail
of
our
Mortality
is
taken
away
,
we
may
not
only
know
him
and
see
him
as
he
is
;
but
be
known
of
him
,
received
by
him
,
and
eternally
enjoy
him
.
(2)
The
Consideration
of
this
no
less
gracious
than
wonderful
Vnion
of
the
God-head
,
and
Man-hood
in
the
Person
of
Christ
our
Redeemer
,
should
raise
our
Minds
to
a
true
sense
of
the
Dignity
of
our
Nature
;
That
the
Disposition
of
our
Hearts
,
the
Frame
and
Temper
of
our
Spirits
,
may
rise
in
some
considerable
Proportion
to
that
State
and
Condition
which
he
has
been
pleas'd
to
enoble
us
with
.
We
are
now
of
the
Bloud
Royal
of
Heaven
;
and
he
has
made
little
lower
than
the
Angels
,
to
Crown
us
with
Glory
and
Honour
:
Our
Minds
and
Affections
then
should
be
sutably
great
and
noble
,
and
chiefly
conversant
about
those
excellent
things
,
which
are
the
Joy
,
Delight
,
and
Wonder
of
the
Holy
Angels
,
and
Saints
glorified
.
It
would
be
strangely
incongruous
,
and
infinitely
below
the
Dignity
of
our
Heaven-born
Souls
,
to
be
imploy'd
and
busied
about
the
base
Cares
,
unmanly
Desires
,
and
ignoble
Designs
of
this
vain
and
transitory
World
.
Children
of
God
,
and
Brethren
of
Christ
;
Heirs
and
co-heirs
with
him
of
the
same
eternal
Inheritance
;
To
be
bruitish
and
sensual
then
,
would
not
only
be
a
great
Indignity
and
Afront
to
our
Illustrious
and
Omnipotent
Relations
,
and
a
Disparagement
to
our selves
;
but
it
would
be
a
cutting
off
the
Entail
,
and
an
absolute
Forfeiture
of
our
Title
to
all
the
Blessings
and
Priviledges
of
the
Gospel
.
Besides
,
As
the
Prophane
and
Dissolute
,
the
Unbelieving
and
Disobedient
Christians
,
would
be
incapable
of
relishing
or
delighting
in
the
Joys
of
Heaven
;
So
they
may
assure
themselves
that
if
they
live
and
die
in
those
Sins
unrepented
of
,
(3)
The
spiritual
and
pious
Reflections
of
sincere
Believers
on
this
gracious
Vnion
of
our
Nature
to
the
God-head
,
may
fill
their
Hearts
with
heavenly
Joy
and
Comfort
,
and
their
Mouths
with
Praise
and
Thanksgiving
.
And
doubtless
there
could
never
be
greater
Cause
of
rejoicing
to
Mankind
;
nor
should
any
Tidings
be
more
grateful
to
Mortal
Ears
then
this
Evangelium
;
that
the
eternal
Son
of
God
for
us
Men
,
and
for
our
Salvation
came
down
from
Heaven
.
Were
the
glorious
Angels
in
Heaven
transported
with
such
an
Exstacy
of
Joy
as
caus'd
them
to
break
forth
into
triumphant
Halelujahs
?
And
did
they
warble
forth
Hymns
of
Praise
and
Congratulation
when
they
beheld
that
wonderful
Spectacle
of
Majesty
,
Incarnation
of
our
Lord
?
What
reason
then
have
we
Christians
to
exult
and
leap
for
Joy
,
and
bear
a
part
in
that
heavenly
Chorus
,
since
we
(
above
all
the
Creatures
)
are
so
signally
happy
,
as
to
reap
the
Benefits
and
Priviledges
of
that
unparallel'd
and
boundless
Charity
?
Let
us
therefore
never
cease
to
chant
forth
his
Praises
,
in
the
Words
of
the
holy
and
devout
Virgin
in
her
Magnificat
saying
,
My
soul
shall
magnifie
the
Lord
,
&c.
(4)
The
Consideration
of
the
Vnion
of
these
two
Natures
in
the
Person
of
Christ
,
should
not
only
beget
in
us
a
correspondent
esteem
of
him
;
oblige
us
to
be
faithful
and
obedient
to
Him
.
Has
he
done
and
suffer'd
so
many
things
for
us
,
that
we
should
live
comfortably
here
,
(
in
the
participation
of
those
excellent
Priviledges
which
I
've
mention'd
)
die
happily
,
and
reign
with
him
eternally
?
is
the
keeping
his
Commandments
.
Good
Angels
in
Heaven
are
his
ministring
Spirits
to
do
him
Service
,
and
chearfully
obey
him
;
inanimate
Creatures
(
which
are
guided
by
no
other
Genius
than
that
of
meer
natural
Instinct
)
do
submit
to
the
Laws
of
his
Providence
,
and
are
not
backward
in
paying
that
just
Tribute
of
Fear
and
Obedience
to
the
eternal
Son
of
God
made
man
for
our
sakes
:
How
much
more
should
we
,
who
are
not
only
Men
but
Christians
,
and
actuated
by
an
higher
Intelligence
than
that
of
Nature
,
be
conformable
in
all
things
to
the
Wisdom
and
Will
of
God
in
Christ
?
Has
the
Eternal
Son
of
God
divested
himself
of
that
infinite
Honour
,
Wealth
,
Joy
and
Happiness
,
which
he
might
have
triumpht
in
for
ever
at
the
right
hand
of
God
?
Did
he
willingly
submit
to
an
ignoble
and
inglorious
Obscurity
under
the
Vail
of
our
flesh
meerly
for
our
sakes
?
And
shall
we
be
unwilling
to
do
or
suffer
any
thing
for
him
?
That
would
be
such
an
Instance
of
Injustice
and
Disingenuity
,
as
well
as
Disobedience
,
as
might
deservedly
render
us
obnoxious
to
the
severest
Resentments
of
his
Divine
Wrath
and
Vengeance
.
unprofitable
Servants
to
be
bound
hand
and
foot
,
and
give
'em
their
just
Portion
in
the
Horrours
and
Sorrows
of
a
sad
and
miserable
Eternity
.
(5)
The
Personal
Vnion
of
these
two
Natures
in
Christ
,
may
incourage
us
to
have
a
stedfast
Confidence
in
,
and
a
chearful
Dependance
upon
him
,
Temporal
and
Spiritual
Wants
,
and
for
Support
and
Comfort
in
all
our
Straits
and
Difficulties
whatsoever
:
For
we
have
all
things
in
Christ
,
and
Christ's
all
things
in
us
.
If
we
be
sick
with
Sin
,
Christ
is
our
Physitian
to
save
us
;
if
we
be
Hungry
or
thirsty
,
he
is
the
Bread
of
Life
,
and
the
Fountain
of
ever-living
Waters
;
and
whosoever
eateth
him
(
that
is
Spiritually
by
faith
)
shall
never
hunger
,
and
whosoever
drinketh
of
him
shall
never
thirst
;
if
we
be
naked
,
he
will
cloath
us
with
the
Robes
of
his
Virtue
,
and
the
Garments
of
his
Righteousness
,
which
smell
of
Myrh
,
Alloes
,
and
Cassia
,
and
are
like
the
smell
of
a
pleasant
Field
which
the
Lord
hath
blessed
;
if
we
be
simple
or
ignorant
,
he
's
our
Wisdom
to
instruct
us
;
if
we
be
sinful
,
he
's
our
Righteousness
to
save
us
;
if
we
desire
to
be
holy
,
he
is
our
Sanctification
to
bless
us
,
in
turning
us
away
from
our
Iniquities
,
and
purifying
to
himself
a
peculiar
People
zealous
of
good
Works
;
if
the
Devil
tempt
and
allure
us
to
sin
,
he
is
the
Captain
of
our
Salvation
,
who
has
not
only
(
in
a
great
measure
)
countermanded
Satan's
Commission
but
dissolv'd
his
Authority
.
an
hundred
fold
in
this
Life
,
and
in
the
World
to
come
Life
everlasting
.
So
on
the
Contrary
,
All
the
pompous
Delights
of
this
visible
World
,
(
tho'
they
be
seemingly
never
so
specious
or
profitable
)
unless
they
be
sanctified
to
us
by
the
Grace
of
Christ's
holy
Spirit
,
instead
of
being
a
Comfort
and
Blessing
,
they
will
become
our
Plague
and
Punishment
.
In
like
manner
all
our
Wisdom
,
Righteousness
,
Learning
,
&c.
which
are
not
deriv'd
from
this
Fountain
,
and
purified
by
the
Bloud
of
Christ
,
are
but
as
a
menstruous
Cloth
,
or
filthy
Rags
;
and
neither
pleasing
to
God
,
nor
beneficial
to
our Selves
,
as
might
be
instanc'd
(
if
't
were
needful
)
in
many
Particulars
.
Those
outward
Accomplishments
may
indeed
make
us
appear
Great
;
but
can
never
make
us
Good
:
They
may
puff
us
up
with
Pride
and
Self-conceit
;
but
they
seldom
or
never
make
men
more
holy
and
vertuous
.
Without
Christ
we
can
do
nothing
;
but
by
the
Assistance
of
his
Grace
and
Spirit
we
are
enabl'd
to
do
all
things
.
Sufficiency
is
of
him
,
and
we
must
ascribe
all
our
holy
Performances
(
not
to
any
Endeavours
of
our
own
,
but
)
to
the
Riches
of
God's
Grace
in
Christ
.
And
whatever
we
do
that
is
Holy
or
Vertuous
,
't
is
no
more
We
,
but
Christ
,
who
by
the
Power
and
Presence
of
his
Holy
Spirit
dwelleth
and
worketh
in
Us.
In
a
Word
,
We
hold
all
that
we
have
in
Capite
from
him
,
and
't
is
the
best
Tenure
too
.
We
are
his
by
Purchase
,
he
has
paid
a
dear
Price
for
us
,
and
therefore
how
dear
and
precious
should
he
be
to
us
?
We
are
Oblig'd
to
forsake
all
and
follow
him
:
Satan's
Stratagems
,
that
we
are
not
our
own
,
for
we
are
bought
with
a
Price
;
and
therefore
intirely
at
his
,
not
our
own
Disposal
.
This
is
that
seasonable
Expedient
which
will
vanquish
this
,
and
all
other
Enemies
,
even
our
Faith
in
Jesus
Christ
,
God
and
Man
in
the
same
Person
.
(6)
And
Lastly
;
This
Point
of
Doctrine
duly
consider'd
,
will
remind
us
of
the
State
and
Condition
of
other
Men
as
well
as
our Selves
.
Has
God
set
such
an
inestimable
Value
upon
Mens
Souls
as
to
purchase
'em
at
so
dear
a
Price
?
Could
nothing
less
then
the
Bloud
of
the
eternal
Son
of
God
pay
a
sufficient
Ransom
for
the
Redemption
of
them
?
How
should
we
then
,
respect
honour
and
indulge
Christ's
Humane
Nature
in
the
poorest
and
meanest
of
his
Servants
?
And
since
Good
has
been
pleas'd
to
think
us
worthy
of
so
much
Care
and
Indulgence
,
we
've
Reason
to
use
all
possible
Endeavours
,
to
keep
these
precious
Jewels
pure
and
unspotted
,
both
in
our selves
and
others
.
Have
we
contracted
such
an
honourable
Alliance
with
,
and
do
we
stand
so
nearly
related
to
the
holy
Trinity
,
and
our
fellow
Christians
by
the
Vnion
of
our
Nature
to
the
Person
of
Christ
?
How
then
should
our
Thoughts
,
Desires
,
Dispositions
,
Words
and
Actions
be
conformable
to
the
Nature
,
Laws
,
and
Dignitie
of
such
Relations
?
How
should
we
be
afraid
to
submit
to
any
thing
that
's
base
or
ignoble
,
lest
we
reflect
Dishonour
upon
God
,
and
that
Nature
of
ours
,
which
he
has
so
much
dignified
by
his
Incarnation
?
Let
us
therefore
indeavour
(
as
we
are
oblig'd
both
in
Duty
and
Interest
)
in
every
Iustance
,
and
Circumstance
of
our
Lives
to
be
,
and
to
do
good
;
to
avoid
all
things
evil
in
themselves
,
and
of
evil
Report
;
That
we
may
thereby
glorifie
God
in
our
Bodies
and
in
our
Spirits
which
are
his
.
This
would
prove
the
most
certain
Expedient
to
bring
this
excellent
Religion
of
the
Holy
and
Eternal
Jesus
into
Repute
and
Credit
,
with
those
that
differ
from
us
;
and
(
by
our
hearty
Compliances
with
all
its
reasonable
Constitutions
)
we
cannot
fail
both
of
the
present
,
and
future
Rewards
which
spring
and
flow
from
it
.
Thus
I
have
treated
distinctly
on
the
first
Branch
of
this
great
Mystery
of
Man's
Redemption
;
and
herein
Particularly
of
the
Names
,
and
Natures
of
Christ
,
and
that
wonderful
Vnion
of
'em
both
in
the
same
Person
.
I
have
alleg'd
several
important
Reasons
why
the
Saviour
of
the
World
should
be
God
;
why
he
should
be
Man
;
and
why
God
and
Man
in
the
same
Person
of
Christ
.
I
have
consider'd
those
special
Advantages
and
Priviledges
resulting
from
this
heavenly
Doctrine
,
with
the
peculiar
Influences
which
it
should
have
upon
the
Lives
and
Practices
of
all
Christians
.
God
Almighty
give
us
all
Grace
so
to
believe
these
Truths
faithfully
,
and
practice
them
conscientiously
,
That
the
whole
frame
and
contexture
of
our
Lives
may
be
truly
conformable
to
the
Kingdom
and
Gospel
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
Amen
.
CHAP.
IV.
Of
the
Offices
of
Christ
in
general
.
BY
discoursing
of
the
Offices
of
Christ
,
and
the
Manner
of
their
Administration
,
we
may
understand
(
more
particularly
)
the
great
End
and
Design
of
our
Saviour's
coming
into
the
World
:
And
the
many
great
things
which
he
has
done
and
suffer'd
for
the
Redemption
and
Happiness
of
lost
Mankind
.
The
Name
of
Christ
(
as
we
noted
before
)
is
a
Title
which
imports
Office
and
Dignity
.
Anointed
Saviour
.
Historians
tell
us
,
that
't
was
an
ancient
Custom
in
the
Easten
part
of
the
World
to
Anoint
their
Public
Officers
(
Kings
and
Prophets
especially
)
with
material
Oyl
;
denoting
and
symbolizing
thereby
,
the
liberal
and
plentiful
Effusion
of
extraordinary
Endowments
,
such
as
might
qualifie
them
for
,
and
presignifie
the
hopeful
and
happy
success
of
their
Administrations
.
But
our
Christ
the
eternal
Son
of
God
(
coming
into
the
World
to
manage
that
great
and
important
Office
of
Mediatour
between
God
and
Man
;
)
must
be
sanctified
,
anointed
with
material
Oyl
,
but
he
was
Sanctified
and
filled
with
the
Holy
Ghost
;
they
were
set
apart
by
Men
,
but
he
was
confirm'd
by
the
Father
in
this
Office
;
they
were
invested
with
Authority
and
Ability
to
save
for
a
Time
;
he
for
Ever
.
Therefore
,
Prophet
,
Priest
,
and
King
;
all
which
Offices
were
never
confer'd
on
any
but
on
Christ
:
For
't
is
observ'd
,
that
Melchisedec
was
King
and
Priest
,
but
no
Prophet
;
David
was
King
and
Prophet
,
but
no
Priest
;
Samuel
was
Priest
and
Prophet
,
but
no
King
:
But
there
's
a
Concurrence
of
all
these
three
Offices
in
Christ
,
and
he
was
furnisht
from
Heaven
with
a
sufficiency
of
Power
,
Holiness
,
Wisdom
and
Goodness
to
dispense
them
for
the
Comfort
and
Benefit
of
all
that
believe
in
,
and
obey
Him
.
And
to
this
End
't
was
necessary
(1)
That
he
should
be
a
Prophet
,
his
Merits
by
the
exercise
of
a
true
and
lively
Faith
;
and
to
direct
us
how
to
walk
more
conformably
to
God's
Will
in
doing
our
Duties
and
avoiding
Sin
for
the
future
;
that
so
the
Devil
and
our
Lusts
should
not
have
the
Rule
and
Dominion
over
us
.
(2)
It
was
necessary
that
he
should
be
our
Anointed
Priest
,
(3)
But
since
this
Peace
and
Happiness
could
not
be
obtain'd
for
us
,
Grace
and
Glory
.
And
to
this
End
,
God
has
been
pleas'd
to
raise
him
far
above
all
Principalities
and
Powers
;
that
he
might
effectually
apply
the
satisfaction
which
he
made
,
and
the
Ransom
which
he
paid
for
the
Salvation
of
Mankind
.
Thus
much
of
Christ's
anointing
in
General
(
by
God's
holy
Spirit
)
to
those
three
great
Offices
,
which
he
receiv'd
as
the
Head
,
and
conveyeth
to
his
Members
the
Church
:
By
instructing
us
as
a
Prophet
;
satisfying
for
us
as
a
Priest
;
and
protecting
and
governing
us
as
a
King
.
We
pass
on
to
Particulars
.
CHAP.
V.
Of
his
Prophetical
Office
.
THere
are
several
other
Titles
synonimous
to
his
being
a
Prophet
,
which
are
ascrib'd
to
our
blessed
Saviour
in
holy
Scripture
.
He
is
call'd
the
Pastor
,
the
Apostle
of
our
Profession
,
Rabbi
,
Master
,
a
Teacher
from
God
,
a
Law-giver
,
the
Author
and
Finisher
of
our
Faith
,
a
Minister
of
the
Circumcision
,
a
Teacher
of
the
Gentiles
;
that
he
might
be
a
Light
to
them
,
as
well
as
the
Glory
of
his
People
Israel
.
All
which
several
Titles
and
Appellations
do
import
,
that
he
was
a
Prophet
sent
from
God
to
instruct
his
People
and
to
guide
them
in
the
Way
of
Salvation
.
And
without
all
controversie
,
anointed
to
Preach
the
Gospel
:
And
being
com'd
into
these
lower
Regions
,
was
confirm'd
in
this
Office
by
an
audible
Voice
from
Heaven
,
three
times
repeated
,
(
as
before
)
with
this
peremptory
Command
annext
to
his
Commission
,
Hear
ye
him
.
His
Mission
was
also
confirm'd
by
many
notable
Signs
and
Wonders
;
by
the
Testimony
of
his
Harbinger
John
the
Baptist
;
and
many
other
infallible
Proofs
which
would
be
needless
to
mention
here
.
But
besides
,
the
Disposition
and
Temper
of
his
Mind
was
every
way
sutable
to
his
Office
and
Authority
:
For
,
his
Wisdom
and
Discretion
,
Purity
and
Holiness
,
anointed
with
the
holy
Spirit
,
and
with
Power
;
that
he
might
be
every
way
qualified
for
the
due
Administration
of
this
high
and
extraordinary
Office
of
a
Prophet
.
Which
Office
(
in
the
most
strict
sense
)
denotes
,
that
the
Person
invested
with
it
should
be
inspir'd
with
extraordinary
Abilities
to
Prophesie
of
and
foretel
things
to
come
.
And
tho'
our
Anointed
Saviour
,
could
not
be
deficient
in
this
;
(
since
his
Wisdom
and
Knowledge
are
infinite
)
yet
his
Prophetical
Office
is
to
be
understood
in
a
larger
Acceptation
;
and
does
import
a
Person
endu'd
with
the
extraordinary
Gifts
of
Divine
Wisdom
and
Authority
;
to
interpret
God's
Mind
and
Meaning
,
and
to
reveal
his
whole
Will
to
the
Sons
of
Men
,
so
far
as
it
may
concern
his
own
Glory
,
and
their
present
and
eternal
Welfare
.
Thus
we
have
seen
,
how
Christ
our
great
Prophet
is
every
way
sutably
dispos'd
and
qualified
for
the
Management
of
this
weighty
Office
.
We
shall
enquire
in
the
next
Place
into
the
manner
of
its
Administration
:
-
1.
What
it
is
that
God
has
been
pleased
to
make
known
and
communicate
to
us
by
the
Spirit
of
his
Son
.
-
2.
What
Returns
of
Duty
and
Obedience
he
expects
from
us
.
For
the
1st
.
Laws
of
Nature
and
Morality
which
were
never
understood
before
;
former
Dispensations
;
Doctrines
,
Commands
,
Counsels
,
Conditions
,
Covenants
,
Threatnings
&
Promises
;
(
which
respect
the
present
,
and
future
Happiness
and
Misery
of
our
Souls
and
Bodies
)
are
so
throughly
stated
,
that
he
who
runs
may
read
.
And
the
excellent
Design
of
this
great
Ambassie
;
the
Priviledges
and
Immunities
of
this
Gospel
Covenant
,
are
not
limited
to
some
few
Kingdoms
and
Countries
;
but
extended
to
all
Persons
in
all
Ages
,
thro'
the
most
remote
and
distant
Parts
of
the
World
.
The
sound
thereof
is
gone
into
all
the
Earth
;
discovering
such
Truths
,
and
instituting
such
Laws
and
Precepts
as
were
never
known
before
.
For
(1)
Christ
our
Prophet
has
presented
us
(
in
the
Doctrine
of
the
Gospel
)
with
a
clearer
and
more
distinct
Notion
and
Character
of
God
himself
,
Nature
,
Persons
,
Vnity
,
Attributes
,
Properties
,
&c.
and
also
concerning
all
his
Works
of
Creation
,
Providence
,
Redemption
,
Sanctification
,
&c.
All
which
(
seriously
consider'd
)
describe
him
to
be
a
God
of
infinite
and
immense
Power
,
Wisdom
,
Truth
,
Justice
,
Mercy
,
Goodness
,
&c.
(
of
which
more
fully
hereafter
)
and
in
a
Word
,
a
Being
which
consists
of
all
possible
Holiness
and
Perfection
.
(2)
He
has
made
a
full
discovery
of
those
fundamental
Truths
which
concern
his
Divine
,
and
Humane
Natures
,
as
united
in
the
Person
of
our
blessed
Redeemer
:
Intimating
hereby
,
what
he
has
done
and
suffer'd
for
us
;
and
the
consequent
Benefits
which
result
from
his
meritorious
Death
and
Intercession
,
to
all
such
as
apply
'em
;
as
the
Sanctification
of
their
Persons
,
the
Pardon
of
their
Sins
,
and
the
hopeful
Assurance
of
a
blessed
Resurrection
to
eternal
Life
for
Christ's
sake
.
(3)
Christ
(
as
Prophet
)
has
enacted
such
Laws
for
the
Government
of
the
Actions
,
outward
and
inward
Man
,
as
are
highly
rational
and
ingenuous
,
plain
and
easie
to
be
understood
and
practic'd
;
and
so
universally
Good
and
Beneficial
in
all
Respects
,
that
(
as
the
like
was
never
known
before
;
so
)
't
is
beyond
the
Capacity
of
Men
and
Angels
to
conceive
any
thing
better
,
or
so
perfective
of
the
Nature
,
Reason
,
and
Interest
of
Mankind
:
For
't
is
plain
in
in
all
the
Particulars
,
that
our
blessed
Lord
has
prescrib'd
no
other
Conditions
for
the
Attainment
of
eternal
Happiness
,
then
what
are
most
consentaneous
both
to
our
Rational
Nature
,
and
present
Interest
in
this
World
:
And
would
certainly
have
been
best
for
us
to
've
done
if
they
had
not
been
commanded
:
whereby
He
has
evidently
declar'd
,
that
he
is
so
far
pleas'd
with
our
Services
and
Duties
to
him
,
as
they
are
advantagious
and
beneficial
to
our selves
;
that
we
may
take
one
Blessing
in
the
Way
to
another
;
Grace
,
Peace
,
and
Contentment
here
,
in
the
Way
to
Glory
hereafter
.
(4)
All
the
Duties
of
Christianity
are
of
the
same
Stamp
and
Character
with
its
Principles
and
Precepts
,
Rules
of
universal
Rectitude
;
that
there
's
no
Person
that
's
truly
regenerate
,
can
assign
any
Difficulty
in
Praying
unto
God
,
or
in
Praising
of
him
,
in
Hearing
,
Reading
,
and
Meditating
on
his
Word
,
in
receiving
the
holy
Sacraments
,
in
holy
Conferences
,
pious
Ejaculations
,
&c.
Yea
even
those
more
austere
Duties
of
Religion
;
as
Repentance
,
Mortification
,
Self-denial
,
Self-resignation
,
taking
up
the
Cross
,
Patience
in
Afflictions
,
&c.
which
(
tho'
they
be
most
afflictive
to
Flesh
and
Bloud
,
yet
)
are
so
far
from
being
troublesom
and
uneasie
to
the
rational
Powers
of
the
Soul
;
that
(
doubtless
)
if
there
be
any
Elixir
or
substantial
Pleasure
in
this
World
,
it
must
result
and
flow
from
a
serious
,
devout
,
and
conscientious
Performance
of
the
Duties
of
Religion
:
And
therefore
the
Church
of
England
(
upon
well
grounded
Experience
)
declares
,
That
the
Service
of
God
is
the
most
absolute
and
perfect
Freedom
.
And
this
will
more
evidently
appear
,
if
We
consider
(5)
Those
Motives
and
Arguments
which
the
Christian
Religion
propounds
,
the
Instances
of
Duty
,
)
thro'
the
whole
Course
of
our
Lives
.
To
which
considerable
Advantages
and
Priviledges
,
he
has
added
ex
abundanti
,
the
Promises
of
the
Blessings
of
this
Life
;
But
lest
all
these
should
not
prove
Motive
sufficient
to
enforce
the
Practice
of
those
most
pleasant
and
profitable
Duties
of
our
Religion
;
he
has
further
assured
us
that
(
upon
the
faithful
discharge
of
those
necessary
and
important
Duties
)
we
shall
liv●
for
ever
with
him
;
in
whose
Presence
is
fulness
of
joy
,
and
at
whose
right
hand
are
pleasures
for
evermore
.
Now
,
if
all
these
powerful
Incentives
to
Duty
do
not
charm
and
allure
us
to
be
holy
and
vertuous
,
devout
and
serious
in
our
Religious
Addresses
;
it
will
be
requisite
to
consider
on
the
other
hand
,
the
Wrath
of
God
is
reveal'd
from
Heaven
,
against
all
Vngodliness
,
&c.
And
as
the
impious
and
prophane
,
who
contemn
,
or
neglect
the
Service
of
God
and
the
Duties
of
Religion
,
seldom
escape
punishment
,
even
in
this
Life
;
so
there
's
a
dismal
.
Time
approaching
,
the
Wicked
shall
be
turned
into
Hell
,
and
all
the
People
shall
forget
God
.
If
then
such
Arguments
as
these
do
not
perswade
us
to
be
holy
and
religious
,
I
know
not
what
will
!
If
these
Menaces
do
not
force
us
to
flie
from
the
Wrath
to
come
,
and
sue
for
our
Reconciliation
,
I
know
not
what
can
!
And
't
is
most
just
and
reasonable
,
that
those
who
despise
or
neglect
the
Riches
of
God's
Grace
and
Mercy
propounded
and
promis'd
in
the
One
;
should
feel
eternally
the
Tragical
Effects
of
his
Justice
and
Vengeance
denounc'd
and
threatn'd
in
the
Other
.
Thus
,
the
whole
Tenor
of
that
Religion
which
Christ
our
great
Prophet
has
so
clearly
reveal'd
to
us
,
and
propagated
in
so
considerable
a
part
of
the
World
,
is
a
lively
Transcript
and
Pattern
of
God's
eternal
Wisdom
and
Goodness
.
Wherein
the
Divine
Pleasure
(
in
what
concerns
our
happiress
and
dependance
upon
him
,
in
this
and
a
future
State
)
is
so
plain
and
obvious
to
be
known
,
possible
and
easie
to
be
perform'd
,
and
recommended
to
us
by
such
powerful
Motives
and
Encouragements
;
that
if
we
be
not
wanting
to
our selves
in
the
faithful
Performance
of
those
incomparably
pleasant
Duties
which
the
Gospel
prescribes
,
't
is
impossible
we
should
fail
of
the
Blessings
and
Rewards
of
it
.
And
to
convince
us
that
neither
the
Terms
of
our
Reconciliation
are
difficult
,
Religion
impossible
to
be
perform'd
.
Our
blessed
Saviour
(
this
great
Prophet
)
has
left
us
his
own
,
and
we
've
the
Examples
of
many
thousands
of
his
Saints
and
Servants
on
Record
as
Patterns
to
walk
by
,
who
have
confirm'd
the
Truth
of
this
Excellent
Doctrine
and
seal'd
it
with
their
Bloud
:
So
that
we
've
no
cause
to
be
discourag'd
in
the
stictest
Compliance
with
all
the
Conditions
and
Duties
of
the
Gospel
,
because
they
have
been
done
effectually
by
Others
:
Nor
can
we
doubt
of
the
success
Recompence
herein
;
because
the
Saints
in
Heaven
(
who
were
formerly
in
the
same
Circumstances
with
us
)
do
now
,
and
shall
eternally
inherit
the
comfortable
and
saving
fruits
of
them
.
And
1st
.
Christ
our
great
Prophet
was
strictly
conformable
to
his
own
Laws
and
Constitutions
,
Passive
Obedience
;
having
impos'd
nothing
upon
his
Proselites
and
Followers
,
but
what
he
first
practiced
himself
in
our
own
Nature
;
leaving
us
hereby
an
Example
,
that
we
should
follow
his
steps
.
exemplary
Life
,
than
a
Systeme
of
his
Precepts
:
For
the
Doctrine
of
the
One
is
mostly
comprehended
in
the
Graces
and
and
Virtues
of
the
Other
:
For
(1)
Christ
was
a
Partern
to
us
in
all
the
Instances
of
an
Active
Obedience
;
First
,
To
the
Ceremonial
Law
.
Luke
2.21
.
Mat.
3.15
.
he
was
most
exact
and
uniform
in
his
Obedience
to
the
Ceremonial
Law
:
For
he
was
Circumcis'd
the
eighth
day
;
and
submitted
to
Baptism
(
a
Rite
substituted
in
its
stead
)
that
he
might
be
a
Pattern
to
others
(
for
he
had
otherwise
no
occasion
to
be
Baptiz'd
)
to
the
end
of
the
World
.
He
kept
the
Jewish
Passover
,
and
all
their
other
solemn
Feasts
,
and
Sabbaths
;
he
frequented
their
Temple
,
and
Synagogues
,
at
the
Hours
of
Prayer
,
and
taught
publickly
in
both
;
he
was
subject
to
every
Ordinance
of
Man
,
for
the
Lord's
sake
;
and
became
in
all
things
conformable
to
the
lawful
Customs
of
his
Country
,
and
the
regular
Constitutions
of
that
Church
,
under
whose
Politie
he
was
born
and
educated
.
Secondly
,
Math.
5.17
He
was
uniform
in
his
Obedience
to
all
the
Precepts
of
the
Moral
Law
,
in
the
strictest
sense
and
meaning
of
it
.
And
altho'
there
be
some
Actions
of
our
blessed
Saviour's
Li●e
upon
Record
,
(
particularly
those
Maracles
which
he
wrought
,
wherein
he
asserted
and
vindicated
his
Divine
Power
and
Authority
)
which
were
never
design'd
for
our
Imitation
;
yet
in
all
such
Instances
(
as
't
is
well
observ'd
by
most
modern
Divines
)
wherein
the
Evangelical
Doctrine
is
to
be
our
Map
and
Rule
,
his
holy
Practice
and
Obedience
are
to
be
our
Guide
and
President
to
walk
by
.
Thirdly
,
Fourthly
,
nor
was
there
any
Guile
found
in
him
.
his
whole
Business
to
do
good
.
Act.
10.38
.
His
whole
life
is
an
Example
of
Vertue
and
Goodness
.
Fifthly
and
Lastly
,
What
a
divine
Light
and
Lustre
did
his
admirable
Vertues
send
abroad
into
the
World
!
Even
those
which
were
more
peculiar
and
private
to
himself
,
became
eminent
and
conspicuous
to
others
.
How
many
Instances
of
his
Humility
,
Meekness
,
Patience
,
Candor
,
Constancy
,
and
Perseverance
in
well-doing
are
yet
upon
Record
for
our
Example
and
Imitation
?
And
in
a
Word
,
there
was
not
one
Passage
in
the
whole
Course
of
his
Life
,
but
Odours
of
Grace
and
Vertue
did
thereby
break
forth
from
him
,
to
the
wonder
and
astonishment
of
Jew
and
Gentile
.
But
God
having
appointed
the
Gospel
Dispensation
to
be
a
State
of
Sufferings
,
and
Sorrows
and
Afflictions
to
be
the
Portion
and
Patrimony
of
Believers
;
so
that
we
cannot
expect
(
ordinarily
)
to
be
happy
hereafter
unless
we
be
afflicted
here
:
Therefore
our
blessed
Saviour
to
encourage
us
in
our
Warfare
,
was
made
perfect
through
Sufferings
.
Mar.
4
.
1●
so
likewise
2dly
.
of
a
Passive
Obedience
:
To
instance
in
some
Particulars
.
And
(1)
Tho'
our
potent
and
politic
Adversary
the
Devil
did
frequently
assault
him
with
various
Temptations
,
and
so
attemper'd
and
gilded
his
Baits
that
no
less
than
an
untainted
Innocence
,
and
invicible
Power
could
have
been
able
to
resist
them
:
Yet
our
blessed
Lord
did
effectually
countermine
and
defeat
all
his
Projects
by
Grace
and
Vertue
;
by
Prayers
and
Tears
rather
than
force
and
Violence
.
(2)
How
many
thousands
of
the
Jews
were
every
where
in
Combination
against
him
to
take
away
his
Life
?
Yet
with
what
Patience
,
Meekness
,
and
Humility
did
he
submit
to
all
those
Indignities
and
Affronts
,
which
those
his
restless
and
malicious
Adversaries
put
upon
him
?
For
tho
he
was
Scourg'd
&
Buffered
,
Spit
upon
and
Revil'd
,
Arraign'd
,
Condemn'd
,
&
Crucified
;
&
that
in
a
most
infamous
manner
too
,
between
Thieves
:
(
of
which
more
fully
hereafter
)
yet
for
all
that
he
went
as
a
Lamb
to
the
slaughter
,
and
as
a
Sheep
before
the
Shearers
is
Dumb
,
so
he
open'd
not
his
mouth
,
unless
it
was
to
pity
and
pray
for
his
Persecutors
.
(3)
That
he
might
be
sensible
of
,
and
more
deeply
affected
with
our
Infirmities
and
Afflictions
,
he
did
not
only
voluntarily
submit
himself
to
all
the
lawful
Appetites
,
Affections
,
Passions
,
Desires
,
Necessities
,
and
natural
Inclinations
of
the
Flesh
;
but
he
most
cheerfully
underwent
all
other
acute
and
perplexing
Agonies
of
Mind
and
Body
,
with
a
patient
and
entire
Submission
of
himself
to
his
Father's
Will
;
designing
hereby
to
teach
us
Patience
,
Meekness
,
and
Condescention
by
those
things
which
he
suffer'd
.
Hence
therefore
we
may
learn
,
(
for
the
prevention
of
all
Discouragements
and
Despondency
)
that
tho'
the
way
to
Heaven
be
difficult
and
troublesome
,
Captain
of
our
Salvation
was
not
advanc'd
to
the
Crown
of
Glory
at
his
Father's
right
hand
,
Persecution
for
Righteousness
sake
;
especially
if
we
consider
,
that
this
light
Affliction
,
which
is
but
for
a
Moment
,
shall
work
for
us
a
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
Glory
;
and
this
wet
Seed-time
of
Sorrow
shall
be
recompenc'd
with
a
Harvest
of
Joy
:
If
we
now
go
on
our
Way
weeping
(
and
bear
it
patiently
)
we
shall
return
with
Joy
,
and
bring
our
Sheaves
with
us
.
Besides
,
if
our
innocent
Redeemer
indured
so
many
Troubles
and
Tortures
,
not
for
himself
but
us
;
how
should
we
willingly
and
chearfully
submit
to
the
Wisdom
of
divine
Providence
,
when
we
suffer
most
justly
for
our
manifold
Transgressions
?
Was
he
Meek
and
Patient
under
those
many
Injuries
and
Affronts
,
which
he
every
where
met
with
in
his
Life
,
and
at
his
Death
?
'T
was
doubtless
for
this
very
end
and
purpose
that
we
should
be
so
〈◊〉
Did
the
intolerable
Burden
of
the
Cross
●●●ce
him
to
Sweat
both
Water
and
Blood
?
him
,
that
by
Suffering
with
him
we
may
be
also
glorified
together
.
But
to
convince
us
throughly
of
the
Practicableness
of
this
Doctrine
;
passive
Conformity
to
the
Laws
and
Example
of
Christ
:
We
have
a
Cloud
of
Witnesses
;
as
Prophets
,
Apostles
,
Martyrs
,
Confessors
,
and
holy
Men
in
all
Ages
of
the
Gospel
,
who
by
their
virruous
Lives
,
and
innocent
and
patient
Sufferings
have
tract
the
Way
before
us
.
if
we
Fight
this
good
Fight
,
finish
our
Course
,
and
keep
the
Faith
,
henceforth
(
without
all
peradventure
)
is
laid
up
for
us
a
Crown
of
Righteousness
,
Word
of
Truth
and
Righteousness
:
For
there
's
nothing
in
our
Religion
but
what
's
possible
to
be
perform'd
;
and
the
greatest
Difficulties
which
attend
it
,
may
be
conquer'd
and
overcome
by
Diligence
and
Endeavour
.
Now
it
would
be
of
singular
Use
and
Advantage
,
to
have
the
heroic
Vertues
,
and
pious
Examples
of
those
holy
Men
often
in
our
Thoughts
,
which
are
gone
to
Heaven
before
us
.
For
these
have
commonly
a
greater
,
and
more
lasting
Influence
than
their
Precepts
and
Counsels
;
we
are
not
so
easily
convinc't
by
Mens
Words
and
Reasonings
,
as
their
Lives
and
Actions
:
But
when
their
Conversations
are
answerable
to
their
Callings
,
't
is
beyond
dispute
they
are
earnest
;
and
the
most
conclusive
Argument
to
perswade
others
,
that
their
Doctrine
is
true
.
To
conclude
this
Point
;
2
Cor.
4.3
.
There
's
nothing
can
be
more
evident
then
this
,
That
Christ
our
great
Prophet
has
taught
us
all
the
Truths
which
are
necessary
to
be
known
and
practiced
,
with
that
undeniable
Evidence
and
Satisfaction
;
that
if
this
Doctrine
be
hid
,
't
is
hid
to
those
that
are
lost
.
Again
he
has
enforc't
the
Belief
and
Practice
of
this
excellent
Religion
(
so
clearly
reveal'd
to
the
Sons
of
Men
)
by
his
own
Example
and
Authority
,
in
all
the
Instances
of
his
active
and
passive
Obedience
,
and
in
compliance
with
all
the
Laws
and
Constitutions
of
the
Gospel
.
Whereunto
might
be
added
the
Experiences
and
Success
of
all
his
faithful
Servants
in
all
Ages
:
By
all
which
,
(
without
any
further
Enlargement
)
we
may
in
a
great
measure
understand
what
it
is
that
God
has
been
pleas'd
to
reveal
to
us
by
the
Spirit
of
his
Son
;
that
we
may
live
comfortably
,
die
happily
,
and
reign
with
him
eternally
.
Which
brings
me
to
the
2d
.
Branch
of
our
Saviour's
Prophetical
Office
;
Which
imports
the
reciprocal
Returns
of
Love
and
Duty
which
he
Expects
and
requires
from
Vs
:
Our
blessed
Saviour
(
herein
complying
with
the
Frailties
of
our
Nature
)
has
reduc'd
all
the
Fundamental
Principles
,
Duties
of
Christianity
to
these
two
Common
Heads
of
Repentance
,
and
Faith
.
Both
which
,
are
not
only
the
necessary
Conditions
of
our
present
and
future
happiness
;
but
do
eminently
comprehend
all
those
Gospel-Graces
and
Virtues
which
must
qualifie
and
dispose
us
for
the
regular
discharge
of
all
the
Duties
of
our
Religion
,
in
the
Rewards
consequent
to
'em
.
And
for
the
prevention
of
future
Mistakes
,
these
may
be
consider'd
either
generally
,
or
particularly
.
And
1st
.
Darkness
unto
Light
,
from
the
Power
of
Satan
unto
God
:
Or
't
is
a
passing
from
Death
unto
Life
,
that
we
may
have
part
in
the
first
Resurrection
,
over
whom
the
second
Death
shall
have
no
power
.
But
more
particularly
,
This
Duty
of
Repentance
consists
in
the
Conversion
of
a
Sinner
unto
God
.
That
is
,
when
the
Penitent
is
truly
humbled
by
a
hearty
sense
of
,
and
a
well
grounded
sorrow
for
all
his
Sins
,
he
applies
himself
wholly
to
the
Mercies
of
God
,
and
the
Merits
of
Christ
,
by
the
exercise
of
a
true
and
lively
Faith
for
their
Pardon
and
Forgiveness
:
And
hereupon
he
resolves
(
by
the
assistance
of
God's
Grace
)
to
use
his
utmost
Endeavours
against
all
Sin
and
Temptation
for
the
future
;
and
to
obey
all
the
Commandments
of
God
in
every
Action
and
Circumstance
of
his
Life
.
This
Duty
of
Repentance
must
be
often
repeated
,
2dly
.
which
worketh
by
love
:
Thou
shalt
love
the
Lord
thy
God
(
saith
he
)
with
all
thy
Heart
,
with
all
thy
Mind
,
with
all
thy
Soul
,
and
with
all
thy
Strength
;
and
thy
Neighbour
as
thy Self
.
Hereby
implying
,
that
we
should
make
that
Return
of
Duty
unto
God
,
as
to
Love
and
Honour
,
Worship
and
Obey
him
with
all
the
Powers
and
Faculties
of
our
Souls
,
and
Members
of
our
Bodies
:
That
we
should
so
love
our
Neighbours
,
(
viz.
the
whole
Race
of
Mankind
,
)
as
to
be
just
and
charitable
to
'em
,
in
our
whole
Entercourse
and
Dealings
with
them
:
That
we
should
have
that
tender
Regard
to
our
own
present
and
eternal
Welfare
,
glorifie
God
both
in
our
Souls
and
Bodies
,
and
to
keep
our
Selves
unspotted
in
this
world
.
These
are
the
indispensible
Duties
of
Religion
which
God
expects
and
requires
from
us
;
and
the
certain
Conditions
of
our
Happiness
,
which
(
being
faithfully
and
conscientiously
perform'd
)
will
dispose
and
qualifie
us
for
all
the
Blessings
and
Priviledges
of
the
Gospel
.
I
shall
therefore
treat
of
these
Duties
severally
and
distinctly
;
by
which
I
hope
to
acquit
and
discharge
my self
of
that
Task
I
've
undertaken
.
And
we
begin
1st
.
Duty
to
God
.
And
hereby
we
are
oblig'd
to
Believe
and
Confess
That
there
is
but
one
God
,
and
that
there
's
no
other
besides
Him
;
That
he
is
an
infinite
and
immortal
Spirit
,
without
Beginning
and
without
End
;
That
by
his
infinite
Power
,
Wisdom
,
and
Goodness
,
he
has
made
all
things
,
visible
and
invisible
,
the
Heavens
,
the
Earth
,
the
Sea
,
and
all
that
in
them
is
.
We
must
believe
also
,
that
he
that
made
'em
doth
preserve
them
in
this
excellent
Beauty
and
Order
wherein
they
do
now
consist
;
that
they
might
all
minister
to
his
Glory
,
and
the
mutual
Benefit
of
one
another
.
We
must
believe
,
That
he
knows
all
Things
;
and
is
intimately
present
in
all
Places
;
and
that
he
is
the
Fountain
and
Original
of
all
Happiness
and
Perfection
,
of
Grace
and
Glory
;
That
he
is
a
God
of
infinite
Power
,
Justice
,
Mercy
,
Truth
,
Goodness
,
&c.
and
therefore
abundantly
able
,
and
freely
willing
to
protect
our
Persons
,
and
reward
all
our
Endeavours
with
Temporal
,
Spiritual
,
and
eternal
Blessings
.
But
we
are
oblig'd
(
more
particularly
)
to
believe
and
confess
,
That
God
has
made
us
Men
by
Creation
;
Christians
by
Redemption
;
and
Candidates
of
Grace
and
Glory
by
Sanctification
;
Father
,
Son
,
and
Holy
Ghost
,
three
distinct
Persons
in
the
Unity
of
the
Divine
essence
,
after
a
secret
and
inconceivable
Manner
,
which
we
must
believe
,
but
cannot
understand
.
Again
we
must
believe
and
confess
,
That
all
things
contain'd
in
the
Holy
Scriptures
of
the
Old
and
New
Testaments
are
the
Word
and
Will
of
God
,
reveal'd
to
the
Sons
of
Men
by
his
holy
Spirit
;
That
all
the
Affirmations
thereof
are
true
,
both
as
to
the
Doctrinal
and
Historical
parts
of
them
;
and
we
must
acknowledge
'em
to
be
so
tho'
they
be
above
our
Reason
,
and
beyond
the
reach
of
our
humane
Capacities
;
that
all
God's
Commandments
are
holy
,
just
,
and
reasonable
,
and
necessary
to
be
observ'd
and
obey'd
,
tho'
they
may
seem
opposite
to
our
natural
Tempers
,
and
visible
Interests
in
this
World
;
That
all
the
Promises
and
Threatnings
in
Scripture
,
which
concern
the
present
and
future
Welfare
and
Misery
of
Mankind
,
(
upon
the
performance
or
neglect
of
the
Duties
and
Conditions
on
which
they
are
grounded
)
shall
most
certainly
and
inevitably
come
to
pass
:
For
our
God
is
of
infinite
Veracity
,
faithful
and
just
in
his
Dealings
with
us
;
Heaven
and
Earth
shall
pass
away
,
but
not
one
Iota
of
his
Word
shall
fail
,
till
all
these
things
be
fulfilled
.
But
herein
we
must
be
cautious
,
that
we
do
not
mistake
a
naked
Assent
to
the
Truth
of
these
Mysteries
,
for
a
Principle
of
saving
Faith
:
the
Devils
do
believe
all
these
things
to
be
true
,
and
tremble
to
think
of
it
.
But
that
Faith
by
which
we
Christians
(
through
the
infinite
Mercies
of
God
,
and
the
alone
Merits
of
Christ
)
do
expect
Salvation
,
to
believe
in
him
.
2dly
.
(
As
a
necessary
and
natural
Result
of
a
justifying
and
saving
Faith
)
We
are
oblig'd
to
Love
him
above
all
things
,
love
God
sincerely
and
devoutly
with
our
whole
Hearts
,
Wills
,
and
Affections
in
this
Life
,
't
is
morally
impossible
that
we
should
enjoy
him
in
the
other
.
Now
the
Motives
by
which
we
are
induc'd
to
love
the
things
of
this
World
,
with
any
competent
Delight
and
Satisfaction
;
are
either
the
excellent
Qualities
of
the
Things
themselves
,
or
't
is
for
the
sake
of
the
Benefits
and
Advantages
which
we
receive
from
them
,
and
by
them
:
But
we
are
most
especially
oblig'd
to
love
God
in
both
Respects
.
(1)
Because
he
is
most
amiable
and
lovely
in
himself
:
For
all
the
scatter'd
Excellencies
which
we
are
apt
to
love
and
admire
in
the
Creatures
,
are
but
Emanations
from
,
and
imperfect
Adumbrations
of
that
infinite
Perfection
,
which
the
boly
Angels
and
Saints
glorified
do
contemplate
in
God
;
a
Happiness
which
above
all
things
we
should
aspire
to
,
and
desire
to
enjoy
:
How
should
our
Souls
be
charm'd
and
delighted
with
the
incomparable
Excellencies
of
the
Divine
Nature
!
how
should
we
be
ravisht
and
transported
with
Exstasies
of
Joy
and
Wonder
,
since
we
may
(
upon
certain
easie
Conditions
)
more
fully
comprehend
,
and
perfectly
enjoy
all
those
wonderful
Endearments
of
Love
and
Beauty
hereafter
,
which
(
even
now
)
shine
so
conspicuously
in
all
God's
glorious
Attributes
and
Actions
?
(2)
God
is
not
only
infinitely
lovely
in
himself
;
beneficial
and
bountiful
to
us
,
First
,
little
lower
than
the
Angels
;
and
yet
far
transcending
all
the
rest
of
the
Creatures
:
He
is
fearfully
and
wonderfully
made
,
as
to
the
curious
and
admirable
Structure
of
his
Body
,
for
which
the
divine
Providence
has
made
a
liberal
Provision
for
its
support
and
comfort
;
not
only
for
its
Being
,
but
also
for
its
Well-being
.
And
we
of
this
Nation
especially
,
have
been
most
signally
happy
in
the
enjoyment
of
public
Peace
and
Plenty
for
several
years
:
Our
Lot
is
cast
in
a
good
ground
:
We
have
the
Advantages
of
a
fruitful
and
generous
Soil
,
which
affords
all
things
necessary
and
convenient
for
Food
and
Raiment
,
for
Physick
and
Delight
.
We
are
blest
with
a
temperate
Air
;
fruitful
Seasons
;
Conveniencies
for
Traffick
,
yet
secure
and
free
from
Invasion
;
a
well
constituted
Government
;
a
wise
and
merciful
Prince
,
whom
God
long
preserve
;
good
Laws
,
and
duly
administred
,
for
the
Peace
and
Benefit
of
the
Subject
.
But
then
Secondly
,
in
sending
his
dearly
beloved
Son
into
the
World
;
(
as
we
have
seen
at
large
before
)
thereby
repairing
all
our
Defects
,
and
making
up
the
Breach
between
God
and
us
,
upon
the
gentle
and
easie
Conditions
of
Faith
and
Repentance
.
And
to
enforce
all
the
saving
Methods
of
Grace
and
Mercy
,
he
is
pleas'd
to
vouchsafe
unto
us
the
bountiful
Assistance
of
his
holy
Spirit
,
by
whose
Operation
and
Influence
we
are
preserv'd
(
in
a
great
Measure
)
from
Sin
and
Temptation
;
and
enabl'd
to
perform
all
our
Duties
to
God's
Glory
,
and
for
the
mutual
Comfort
and
Benefit
of
our selves
and
others
.
We
have
all
the
blessed
Advantages
of
his
holy
Word
and
Sacraments
;
and
he
has
instituted
and
appointed
an
Order
of
Men
to
minister
in
Christ's
stead
,
and
to
be
Ambassadors
to
solicite
our
Peace
,
and
reconcile
us
unto
his
Grace
and
Favour
.
And
besides
all
this
,
we
are
certain
(
if
we
be
good
Christians
)
that
we
shall
not
only
live
comfortably
here
;
but
our
Souls
th●ll
be
kept
in
safe
Custody
after
Dea●●●
that
our
Bodies
united
to
our
Souls
;
and
that
God
will
bestow
on
us
that
glorious
Kingdom
which
he
has
prepar'd
and
purchased
for
us
;
where
we
shall
perfectly
enjoy
all
those
never
failing
Pleasures
(
without
the
least
Allay
or
Discomposure
)
which
our
Hearts
can
desire
or
hope
for
.
Thus
,
the
Divine
Providence
has
made
a
wonderful
Provision
for
our
Souls
and
Bodies
;
that
we
may
live
comfortably
here
,
and
(
if
we
be
not
wanting
to
our selves
)
be
happy
for
ever
:
And
what
could
our
gracious
God
have
done
more
for
his
Vineyard
then
he
has
done
for
us
?
love
him
with
the
greatest
fervency
of
Affection
,
so
as
to
desire
(
above
all
things
)
to
enjoy
him
in
all
the
Dispensations
of
his
Grace
and
Glory
?
Especially
if
we
consider
,
that
there
can
be
no
Duty
,
nor
Vertue
,
nor
Grace
acceptable
to
God
,
unless
it
be
founded
in
,
and
flow
from
a
Principle
of
Love
.
Since
then
,
Love
to
God
is
a
Duty
of
so
great
Importance
;
let
us
a
little
examine
the
Sincerity
of
it
,
which
may
be
understood
by
such
Properties
as
these
:
For
if
our
Love
be
sincere
,
we
shall
hate
every
thing
that
he
hates
;
and
make
it
our
chief
Business
and
Delight
to
have
a
holy
Entercourse
with
him
,
in
all
the
Duties
and
Offices
of
Religion
;
and
we
shall
study
to
avoid
all
those
Sins
and
Temprations
(
as
the
very
Plague
and
Firebrands
of
Hell
,
)
which
shall
at
any
time
interrupt
or
hinder
us
in
our
Duty
:
We
shall
be
more
zealous
for
God's
Glory
,
then
our
own
Interest
;
and
be
careful
in
all
our
Ways
to
do
the
Will
and
the
Work
of
our
Heavenly
Father
:
We
shall
be
ready
and
dispos'd
to
forsake
all
things
that
are
most
dear
to
us
in
this
World
for
his
sake
,
and
the
whole
Bent
and
Tendency
of
our
Lives
will
be
a
full
Demonstration
of
the
sincerity
of
our
Affection
to
him
.
A
Mistake
herein
would
prove
of
infinite
Consequence
to
us
,
(
which
has
caus'd
me
to
be
more
express
in
the
handling
of
this
Point
)
so
that
we
are
highly
concern'd
to
be
very
inquilitive
about
the
Nature
and
〈◊〉
of
our
Love
to
God
in
Christ
.
which
to
the
natural
and
necessary
Effect
or
a
〈◊〉
Faith
,
and
the
very
Source
and
Foundation
of
all
Religion
:
For
if
we
have
these
worthy
thoughts
in
our
Minds
concerning
the
Essence
and
Artributes
of
God
.
and
his
Benefits
to
us
,
which
become
the
Perfection
of
the
Divine
Nature
,
his
Soveraignty
over
us
,
and
our
Dependance
upon
him
;
if
we
love
him
as
the
Author
of
all
that
Happiness
which
we
enjoy
and
hope
for
,
then
(3)
We
shall
esteem
and
Honour
him
,
Hearing
,
Reading
,
and
Meditating
on
his
Word
,
with
a
serious
〈◊〉
of
Mind
,
and
fervency
of
Affection
,
in
receiving
the
holy
Sacraments
with
a
Disposition
of
Soul
,
and
a
Posture
of
Body
correspondent
to
those
stupendous
Mysteries
;
in
Sanctifying
his
Sabbaths
,
and
keeping
with
due
Observance
the
Festivals
of
the
Church
;
in
allowing
a
competent
Maintainance
,
&
a
dutiful
Respect
and
Obedience
to
all
his
Ministers
and
Viregerents
;
in
promoting
holy
Conferences
with
his
Children
and
Servants
,
for
the
mutual
Edification
and
Comfort
of
one
another
.
And
in
a
Word
,
by
being
zealous
in
the
whole
Course
of
our
Lives
for
the
Enlargement
of
the
Boundaries
of
his
Kingdom
of
Grace
and
Righteousness
,
as
it
becomes
his
dutiful
and
Obedient
Children
.
(4)
This
Temper
of
Mind
will
oblige
us
to
depend
upon
him
,
holy
Confidence
we
shall
rest
secure
and
safe
,
and
nothing
shall
be
able
to
disturb
or
interrupt
our
Quiet
:
And
whatever
our
Condition
be
in
this
Life
,
we
shall
enjoy
a
Heaven
upon
Earth
in
the
Peace
of
a
good
Conscience
,
which
to
an
upright
man
)
is
more
precious
than
Rubies
,
and
much
more
valuable
than
all
the
Treasures
of
the
East
.
(5)
Our
pious
Reflexions
upon
those
infinite
Expressions
of
Gods
Love
and
Bounty
,
But
,
where
the
Fear
of
God
is
truly
fixt
,
't
is
the
Spring
of
all
other
Duties
;
the
Watch-port
and
Centinel
of
the
Soul
to
keep
out
Temptations
;
and
in
Scripture
Language
comprehends
the
whole
Duty
of
Man
.
Fears
God
,
has
no
cause
to
be
afraid
of
any
thing
besides
:
For
God
can
restrain
the
Power
and
Malice
of
Devils
and
wicked
Men
,
when
and
how
he
pleases
;
and
make
our
greatest
Enemies
to
be
at
Peace
with
us
.
not
to
Fear
those
that
can
kill
the
Body
only
,
(
for
that
's
the
worst
they
can
do
,
since
our
Souls
are
out
of
their
reach
,
)
But
rather
fear
him
that
can
kill
both
Soul
and
Body
in
Hell
'T
is
no
matter
then
,
whether
the
World
smile
or
frown
on
us
:
For
if
we
fear
God
as
Sons
,
out
of
a
true
Principle
of
Love
and
Obedience
,
Fears
;
our
Souls
shall
dwell
at
ease
,
and
if
God
be
with
us
,
who
can
be
against
us
.
From
all
which
it
may
be
reasonably
infer'd
,
't
is
a
dread
ful
thing
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
living
God
:
For
who
shall
stand
before
the
Lord
when
he
is
angry
,
with
the
Devil
and
his
Angels
.
Wherefore
let
the
best
of
Men
tremble
at
God's
Judgements
,
and
flie
from
all
Occasions
and
Temptations
of
Sinning
:
For
since
to
live
and
die
in
the
least
Sin
unrepented
of
is
damnable
,
and
if
the
righteous
Man
depart
from
his
Righteousness
,
all
his
former
Piety
and
Vertue
shall
stand
him
in
no
stead
;
but
the
heavy
Wrath
of
God
must
fall
on
him
for
his
wilful
Apostacy
and
Disobedience
:
What
cause
have
we
then
to
be
watchful
over
our selves
,
and
serve
the
Lord
with
fear
all
the
dayes
of
our
Life
,
that
we
may
not
be
afraid
of
his
Judgements
at
the
hour
of
Death
,
or
in
the
great
day
of
Account
?
(6)
And
Lastly
,
thus
Repented
of
our
former
Sins
,
and
do
sincerely
resolve
to
abandon
'em
for
the
future
;
if
we
stedfastly
believe
all
those
necessary
and
saving
Truths
,
which
God
has
been
pleas'd
to
reveal
to
us
by
the
Spirit
of
his
Son
,
and
testifie
the
sincerity
of
our
Faith
by
the
genuine
Fruits
and
Effects
of
it
;
if
our
Love
towards
God
be
attended
with
those
necessary
and
excellent
Properties
which
I
have
mention'd
;
if
we
Pray
devoutly
and
humbly
,
and
patiently
submit
to
God's
wise
and
gracious
Disposals
;
if
we
be
afraid
to
offend
him
,
and
be
willing
to
quit
all
our
Interests
in
this
World
,
and
die
a
thousand
Deaths
rather
than
wilfully
transgress
the
least
of
his
Commands
;
we
may
undoubtedly
(
upon
these
Conditions
)
cheerfully
and
comfortably
expect
and
hope
for
the
happy
Accomplishment
of
all
the
Promises
of
the
Gospel
,
to
our
endless
Joy
and
unspeakable
Felicity
.
Yet
here
I
must
note
to
you
,
that
we
must
by
no
means
depend
upon
the
Efficacy
of
the
Duties
themselves
;
(
tho'
they
should
never
be
neglected
)
but
on
the
infinite
Mercy
of
God
in
Christ
,
for
the
comfortable
success
of
all
our
pious
Endeavours
.
These
are
the
Principal
Duties
of
Piety
we
owe
unto
God
,
which
he
indispensibly
requires
of
all
Christians
,
and
must
be
carefully
and
conscientiously
perform'd
by
all
those
,
who
expect
and
hope
for
the
admirable
Blessings
and
Priviledges
of
the
Gospel
.
And
as
these
excellent
Duties
must
by
no
Means
be
neglected
.
So
On
the
contrary
,
Atheism
,
Polytheism
,
Blasphemy
,
Idolatry
,
prophane
Swearing
,
Lying
,
Sacriledge
,
Covetousness
,
the
neglect
or
contempt
of
God's
Worship
:
Word
,
Sacraments
,
Services
,
Days
,
groundless
Presumption
,
Distrust
,
Dispair
,
&c.
All
which
searlet
Sins
are
highly
dishonourable
to
God
;
reflect
a
Scandal
upon
our
excellent
Religion
;
will
deprive
those
Miscreants
of
all
the
rational
Pleasures
of
the
Soul
;
and
without
a
sincere
Repentance
and
Reformation
of
Life
,
they
'l
forfeit
their
Tittle
to
eternal
Happiness
:
And
those
Penalties
(
which
I
mention'd
before
)
shall
be
their
just
Portion
and
Punishment
in
another
World
.
We
pass
forward
to
the
2d
.
Now
Christian
Prudence
(
of
which
I
shall
give
you
an
account
in
the
first
Place
)
will
be
of
necessary
use
and
advantage
to
direct
and
further
us
in
this
Duty
.
but
receive
of
his
abundant
fulness
grace
for
grace
.
He
that
is
truly
prudent
in
the
government
of
himself
,
will
use
his
utmost
endeavour
to
abstain
from
all
Sins
,
of
all
sorts
;
and
study
(
in
every
undertaking
)
to
make
choice
of
the
best
Ends
and
most
effectual
Way
and
Means
of
obtaining
them
:
He
will
be
careful
not
only
to
improve
every
Opportunity
for
the
bettering
of
himself
;
but
studiously
avoid
every
Occasion
and
Temptation
of
sinning
which
may
interrupt
his
Progress
and
Proficiency
in
Grace
and
Virtue
.
Now
by
this
discreet
Procedure
in
the
prudent
Conduct
of
our
Selves
,
we
shall
in
some
degree
resemble
the
infinitely
wise
God
,
who
acts
and
contrives
all
things
according
to
the
Dictates
of
Wisdom
and
Prudence
;
and
are
hereby
distinguisht
from
all
sublunary
Beings
,
who
have
no
other
Light
nor
Laws
to
direct
'em
but
those
of
natural
Instinct
.
Thus
in
general
as
Creatures
endued
with
Religion
and
Reason
,
we
are
oblig'd
(
that
we
may
proceed
to
the
Acquest
of
Virtue
,
and
perform
all
the
Duties
of
Christianity
cheerfully
and
vigorously
,
without
any
considerable
Let
or
Distraction
)
to
subject
all
the
Appetites
,
Affections
,
Passions
,
and
Inclinations
both
of
the
Soul
and
Body
to
the
Empire
of
Reason
;
and
by
the
prudent
,
deliberate
,
and
conscientious
guidance
thereof
,
we
shall
be
able
to
correct
and
subdue
the
Extravagancies
of
corrupt
Nature
,
and
grow
more
manly
in
the
Government
of
our
Selves
,
as
sober
Judgement
,
and
God's
infallible
Word
shall
direct
us
.
Thus
,
when
we
have
reduc'd
the
superior
Faculties
of
the
Soul
to
this
Order
and
Harmony
;
so
,
that
our
Understandings
dictate
aright
,
and
our
Wills
are
conformable
to
those
Laws
and
Rules
which
are
prescrib'd
by
an
unbyass'd
and
unprejudic'd
Understanding
;
when
our
Affections
and
Appetites
are
subject
to
our
Reason
,
and
have
a
direct
Tendency
to
these
Objects
,
in
the
Enjoyment
whereof
true
,
real
and
substantial
Satisfaction
can
only
be
expected
;
then
it
is
that
we
govern
our selves
prudently
,
and
all
is
calm
and
quiet
within
us
:
Then
we
act
regularly
,
as
it
becomes
Men
and
Christians
who
are
in
the
pursuit
of
generous
Ends
by
rational
Means
and
Methods
,
and
make
it
their
chief
Business
and
Delight
to
live
holily
and
vermously
here
,
that
they
may
be
glorious
and
happy
for
ever
.
And
thus
much
of
Christian
Prudence
,
which
is
of
general
and
necessary
use
for
the
government
of
the
whole
Man
in
the
Ways
of
Religion
.
We
descend
to
the
particular
Virtues
which
spring
and
flow
from
it
.
The
Souls
and
Bodies
of
Men
are
the
constituent
Parts
of
themselves
;
which
by
the
Laws
of
Nature
and
Christianity
,
we
are
most
especially
oblig'd
to
love
and
take
care
for
.
And
this
must
be
done
,
(1)
by
repelling
all
Injuries
and
Inconveniencies
which
may
tend
to
the
Ruine
or
Prejudice
of
either
:
And
this
imports
an
Abstinence
from
,
and
a
hearty
Abhorrence
of
all
Sin
.
(2)
By
consulting
and
inforcing
all
the
prudent
and
rational
Means
and
Methods
which
may
conduce
to
our
comfortable
subsistence
in
this
World
,
and
will
dispose
and
qualifie
us
for
the
Imployment
and
Happiness
of
that
State
which
we
hope
for
in
a
better
.
Now
,
these
virtuous
and
vitious
Dispositions
,
are
either
such
as
respect
the
Happiness
and
Misery
of
the
whole
Man
;
as
Sobriety
and
Moderation
:
Or
they
have
a
more
peculiar
respect
;
some
to
the
Souls
,
others
to
the
Bodies
of
Men
distinctly
.
We
shall
treat
of
all
these
severally
,
and
in
Order
.
And
we
begin
First
,
Sobriety
or
Moderation
.
These
twin-Virtues
(
which
we
shall
handle
together
)
are
of
special
use
and
importance
for
the
Government
of
all
the
Faculties
,
Affections
,
Desires
,
and
Appetites
of
the
whole
Man
;
that
we
may
be
able
to
confine
them
to
those
due
Bounds
and
Measures
,
which
Christian
Prudence
has
assign'd
them
.
And
if
we
be
truly
sober
and
moderate
,
we
shall
not
be
studious
to
indulge
and
please
those
Appetites
and
Passions
,
which
are
always
ready
to
comply
with
every
Sin
and
Temptation
,
to
the
great
disquiet
and
prejudice
of
our
rational
Powers
:
For
if
we
study
to
please
and
gratifie
our
Palates
with
delicate
Meats
and
Drinks
;
the
Touch
with
Softness
and
Effeminacy
;
the
Eye
with
fair
and
gaudy
Shows
;
the
Ear
with
harmonious
and
pleasant
Sounds
;
the
Smell
with
fragrant
&
costly
Perfumes
:
&c.
Such
Allurements
as
these
do
so
influence
and
bewitch
the
sensual
Appetites
and
Passions
,
that
the
Reason
and
Judgement
will
be
forc'd
not
only
to
quit
their
Dominion
and
Authority
;
but
they
become
subservient
to
all
the
base
Ends
and
Designs
,
which
these
imperious
and
domineering
Usurpers
shall
desire
'em
to
comply
with
.
And
what
can
be
expected
in
this
Discomposure
,
but
a
fruitless
variety
of
Expectations
and
Disappointments
?
If
then
we
set
a
greater
value
on
these
Things
then
they
are
capable
of
,
't
is
impossible
that
we
should
be
satisfied
with
'em
whenever
we
enjoy
them
:
For
't
is
most
notoriously
evident
,
That
no
man
has
that
gust
and
pleasure
in
the
Acquest
of
worldly
Delights
,
which
he
propounded
to
himself
and
so
eagerly
expected
whilst
he
was
in
pursuit
after
them
.
Besides
't
is
considerable
,
that
all
the
things
of
this
World
are
flitting
and
transitory
;
and
in
a
few
Years
(
perhaps
in
a
few
Minutes
)
we
shall
be
stript
naked
of
every
thing
we
possess
,
except
the
good
or
bad
Qualities
and
Dispositions
of
our
Souls
:
Now
if
it
should
happen
when
we
come
to
die
,
that
our
Souls
should
be
hankering
after
the
Pleasures
of
Sense
,
we
should
carry
our
Affections
into
another
World
,
and
leave
their
Objects
behind
us
.
And
judge
ye
,
in
what
a
miserable
state
and
Condition
those
poor
Creatures
will
be
in
,
who
depart
this
Life
with
such
Appetites
and
Affections
as
these
.
Therefore
,
(
upon
these
Considerations
)
how
should
we
proportion
our
Desires
and
Inclinations
to
the
value
of
those
things
are
delighted
and
pleas'd
with
.
And
the
Enjoyments
of
this
World
should
only
affect
us
so
far
,
as
they
become
subservient
to
the
things
of
God
,
and
the
rational
and
intellectual
Pleasures
of
the
Soul
;
and
till
our
Affections
be
thus
cultivated
by
Grace
and
Virtue
,
we
can
have
no
true
Relish
of
Spiritual
and
Heavenly
Delights
:
For
if
we
devote
our selves
to
the
Pleasures
of
Sense
,
they
cannot
satisfie
the
Desires
of
the
Soul
,
but
do
only
comply
with
and
indulge
the
boundless
and
extravagant
Appetites
of
the
Body
.
Hence
then
it
must
needs
follow
by
the
Rule
of
Contraries
;
that
the
state
and
condition
of
wicked
and
intemperate
Men
in
this
World
(
who
being
inslav'd
by
their
Lusts
and
Appetites
)
are
like
a
Vessel
in
the
midst
of
a
rugged
and
tempestuous
Sea
,
which
is
in
danger
to
be
shipwrackt
by
every
Wind
and
Wave
,
by
every
Lust
and
Temptation
:
A
thousand
cross
Accidents
(
both
within
and
without
)
do
continually
perplex
and
torment
'em
,
which
Flesh
and
Bloud
are
not
able
to
encounter
nor
endure
;
and
to
add
to
their
Misery
they
are
alwayes
attended
with
a
succession
of
new
and
unexpected
Mischiefs
.
This
is
the
worst
part
of
Hell
,
and
far
more
perplexing
than
whole
Legions
of
infernal
Fiends
without
them
:
Since
then
,
these
bruitish
Passions
have
such
a
mischievous
Influence
,
to
turn
Angels
into
Devils
;
how
can
any
Man
hope
to
be
happy
,
so
long
as
he
suffers
such
Furies
to
rule
and
reign
over
him
?
There
's
no
way
therefore
to
be
at
Peace
with
God
,
and
Man
,
and
our
own
Consciences
;
but
by
subduing
our
sensual
Appetites
and
Passions
;
and
reducing
'em
by
Sobriety
and
Moderation
under
the
Empire
and
Soveraignty
of
rectified
Reason
and
Religion
:
Otherwise
,
if
't
were
possible
that
we
should
be
in
Heaven
with
such
uneasie
and
troublesome
Companions
,
we
should
find
nothing
there
to
please
us
;
but
be
rather
desirous
to
return
into
the
lower
World
,
to
react
these
sensual
Pleasures
which
are
most
correspondant
to
our
bruitish
Tempers
and
Inclinations
.
Thus
,
Sobriety
and
Moderation
are
the
Harbingers
,
which
(
by
the
Assistance
of
God's
Grace
)
do
dispose
and
qualifie
a
Christian
for
all
other
Virtues
;
and
there
must
be
a
concurrence
of
'em
all
to
make
as
truly
wise
and
truly
good
.
We
shall
now
descend
to
Particulars
:
1st
.
Our
own
Experience
will
inform
us
,
That
the
Things
of
this
World
(
which
are
usually
esteem'd
and
valued
by
worldly
minded
men
)
are
not
easily
got
,
difficult
to
keep
,
and
do
often
procure
so
much
Malice
,
Envy
,
and
Danger
to
those
that
possess
them
,
that
the
Worldling's
life
can
be
no
other
than
a
continued
Series
of
Trouble
and
Discomposure
:
But
those
who
have
no
other
Aims
than
the
necessary
Supplies
of
Nature
,
and
are
not
affected
with
the
fruitless
Vanity
of
being
rich
or
honourable
in
this
World
;
but
place
their
whole
Desires
and
Delights
in
the
exercise
of
Piety
and
Virtue
,
and
in
Contemplation
of
the
Riches
of
Gods
Grace
in
Christ
,
and
that
future
Happiness
which
we
aspire
to
:
Those
heavenly
minded
Christians
(
I
say
)
who
have
arriv'd
at
this
divine
Frame
and
Temper
of
Mind
,
do
trample
upon
all
the
little
Projects
and
Fooleries
of
this
World
;
enjoy
a
Heaven
upon
Earth
;
and
live
little
less
than
the
Life
of
glorified
Angels
and
Saints
,
whilst
by
a
Mind
content
with
little
,
they
imitate
their
want
of
nothing
.
Now
,
this
Heavenly
Disposition
is
most
sutable
and
correspondent
to
the
Genius
and
Spirit
of
Christianity
,
and
the
Doctrine
and
Example
of
our
blessed
Saviour
:
Who
commands
us
to
pray
,
not
for
Delicacies
and
Superfluities
to
pamper
and
please
our
wanton
Curiosity
;
(
and
if
they
are
not
to
be
prai'd
for
,
they
are
not
worth
the
having
)
but
for
daily
Bread
,
and
such
Accomodations
of
Life
,
as
may
keep
our
Bodies
in
Health
,
that
they
may
be
fit
for
Action
,
and
more
serviceable
to
the
Soul
.
When
we
've
rais'd
our
Faculties
to
this
Pitch
of
Purity
and
Holiness
,
't
will
be
no
difficult
Task
to
part
with
our
Fathers
,
Mothers
,
Wives
,
Children
,
the
dearest
Friends
and
Relatives
,
Houses
,
Lands
,
and
whatever
else
may
be
esteemed
valuable
in
this
World
,
if
they
should
come
in
Competition
with
Christ
,
and
the
interest
of
our
precious
and
immortal
Souls
.
In
a
word
,
this
heavenly
Frame
and
Temper
of
mind
and
Spirit
,
will
teach
us
to
bear
with
Aequanimity
all
the
cross
Accidents
which
may
happen
to
our
Persons
and
Possessions
:
For
there
's
nothing
can
fall
amiss
to
that
Person
that
is
divinely
dispos'd
.
And
if
it
should
so
happen
that
our
Enemies
break
open
the
Cages
of
our
Bodies
,
(
which
is
the
worst
they
can
do
)
they
will
make
the
more
safe
and
expedite
Passage
for
our
Souls
,
into
those
peaceable
Regions
of
Bliss
and
Immortality
.
Thus
as
the
Soul
is
in
,
but
not
of
the
Body
;
so
Heavenly
minded
Men
may
be
in
,
but
not
of
the
World
:
But
with
passionate
Groans
and
Cries
,
(
yet
always
submitting
to
the
Will
and
Wisdom
of
God
)
they
desire
to
be
dissolv'd
and
to
be
with
Christ
,
which
is
far
better
.
2dly
.
in
Honour
preferring
one
another
.
To
enforce
the
Practice
of
this
excellent
Vertue
:
We
have
the
concurrent
Examples
of
our
blessed
Saviour
and
his
Apostles
;
which
are
written
every
where
in
the
New
Testament
in
such
lively
and
legible
Characters
,
that
I
need
not
instance
in
Particulars
:
We
have
the
holy
Angels
also
for
our
Patterns
;
who
(
tho
they
be
advanc'd
to
the
highest
Pinacle
of
Honour
and
Happiness
,
ministring
Spirits
to
the
Sons
of
Men
,
for
their
Weal
and
Preservation
.
To
which
may
be
added
the
admirable
Examples
of
the
Church
of
Christ
in
all
Ages
;
and
what
her
Members
have
done
and
suffer'd
for
God's
Glory
in
the
Defence
of
,
and
for
the
Establishment
of
the
Christian
Religion
.
Now
,
if
we
apply
these
things
seriously
to
our Selves
;
we
shall
appear
like
so
many
Lamps
in
the
Sight
of
the
Sun
;
and
those
little
remains
of
Wisdom
,
and
the
fond
Conceits
which
we
are
so
apt
to
admire
in
our selves
,
and
undervalue
in
others
,
would
expire
and
vanish
:
A
modest
Humility
and
Self
denial
would
take
Possession
of
our
Minds
and
Spirits
,
and
the
Effects
of
it
would
appear
in
our
whole
Entercourse
with
,
and
deportment
towards
one
another
.
Again
't
is
reasonable
to
consider
;
that
whatever
we
are
,
and
whatever
we
have
,
(
our
Beings
and
Well-beings
)
are
the
immediate
Product
and
Pensions
of
God's
Bounty
;
who
can
in
a
moment
dispossess
us
of
our
dearest
and
most
pleasant
Enjoyments
:
He
is
the
Proprietor
,
we
are
but
his
Usu-fructuaries
:
And
for
this
Time
of
our
mortal
Life
;
and
all
these
Talents
which
he
has
entrusted
us
with
,
we
must
be
strictly
accountable
at
the
Day
of
Judgement
.
How
then
should
the
sense
of
our
real
Wants
,
Infirmities
,
and
whole
Dependance
upon
God
,
(
with
those
great
Examples
of
Humility
which
I
have
mention'd
)
cast
us
down
like
Balls
upon
the
Earth
,
that
with
a
comfortable
and
happy
Rebound
we
may
mount
the
higher
in
Glory
:
he
that
humbleth
himself
shall
be
exalted
.
But
on
the
contrary
the
Sin
of
Pride
is
destructive
of
all
other
Virtues
;
it
makes
Men
overvalue
those
little
Pittances
of
Grace
and
Virtue
in
Themselves
,
and
undervalue
the
far
more
worthy
Gifts
and
Endowments
of
other
Men
:
And
whilst
they
are
under
the
Transports
of
these
towring
Fancies
and
Conceits
,
the
utmost
Honour
attainable
in
this
Life
,
falls
many
Degrees
short
of
their
imaginary
Deserts
and
Expectations
.
This
Pride
was
the
Sin
of
the
faln
Angels
,
they
lost
their
first
Estate
;
and
for
this
Cause
our
first
Parents
were
cast
out
of
Paradise
.
Let
the
Reader
therefore
seriously
consider
the
Arguments
propounded
already
against
this
capital
Sin
.
To
which
may
be
added
,
the
serious
Thoughts
of
our
approaching
Mortality
,
which
(
if
seasonably
made
use
of
)
would
prove
a
notable
Expedient
to
level
and
subdue
our
proud
and
aspiring
Humours
:
For
what
has
vain
man
to
boast
of
?
And
shall
not
these
stately
Fabricks
of
our
Bodies
within
a
few
years
be
crumbled
into
Dust
?
Where
are
the
Coesars
,
Plato
,
Aristotle
,
and
all
those
mighty
Princes
and
Philosophers
we
read
of
?
Dust
thou
art
,
and
to
Dust
thou
shalt
return
,
has
level'd
all
their
Wit
,
Power
,
Learning
,
Policy
,
and
Grandeur
;
and
the
Bowels
of
the
Earth
(
that
common
Urn
and
dark
Region
of
Oblivion
)
doth
,
and
shall
comprehend
them
and
us
,
till
the
Judgement
of
the
great
Day
.
Go
into
a
Charnel
House
,
and
there
you
'l
see
the
Mysteries
of
Humane
Nature
unveil'd
in
the
liveless
Skeletons
of
your
once
famous
Ancestors
:
where
also
you
may
read
a
Lecture
of
Mortality
to
your Selves
.
Why
then
should
vain
Man
so
proudly
boast
of
,
and
delight
himself
in
those
Dreams
and
Shaddows
which
last
but
for
a
Moment
?
Besides
,
a
proud
and
self-conceited
man
,
as
he
has
so
far
a
near
resemblance
to
the
Devil
;
So
whilst
he
continues
under
the
Power
and
Dominion
of
this
Sin
,
he
renders
himself
odious
and
abominable
both
to
God
and
Man
.
We
proceed
3dly
.
Souls
and
Bodies
,
and
all
the
necessary
Concernments
of
both
:
But
't
is
more
particularly
conversant
in
the
cautious
and
discreet
Management
of
our
Thoughts
,
Words
,
and
Actions
.
And
1st
.
Now
for
the
prevention
of
those
Mischiefs
,
Quatuor
No
vissima
,
Death
,
Judgement
,
Heaven
,
and
Hell
Often
in
your
Thoughts
;
meditate
seriously
thereon
;
and
this
will
bring
them
under
a
due
Restraint
,
and
confine
them
within
the
proper
Boundaries
of
rectified
Reason
and
Religion
.
Let
us
be
truly
sorry
for
the
vain
and
sinful
Excogitations
of
our
Lives
past
;
be
diligently
watchful
over
our
Thoughts
for
the
future
;
and
this
will
prove
the
most
certain
Expedient
to
keep
'em
within
their
due
Limits
,
and
become
most
conducive
to
the
Peace
and
Happiness
both
of
the
outward
and
inward
Man
.
2dly
.
if
they
bridle
not
their
Tongues
,
their
Religion
is
vain
.
All
prophane
,
uncharitable
,
and
filthy
Speeches
;
as
Blasphemy
,
idle
and
vain
Swearing
,
prophane
Ribaldry
,
Lying
,
Back-biting
,
Slandering
,
Detraction
,
and
all
sorts
of
filthy
,
frothy
,
and
impertinent
Communication
,
are
highly
offensive
to
God
;
a
Scandal
to
Religion
;
a
Snare
to
the
weak
Christian
;
and
most
dangerous
Symptoms
of
an
impious
and
unsanctified
Heart
:
From
whence
proceed
all
that
hellish
brood
of
Murthers
,
Adulteries
,
&c.
(
which
our
blessed
Saviour
speaks
of
;
and
)
for
which
the
wicked
and
unrepenting
Sinner
must
be
severely
accountable
at
the
Day
of
Judgement
.
But
to
prevent
the
mischievous
Effects
which
issue
from
that
unruly
Member
the
Tongue
;
we
are
oblig'd
to
set
a
Watch
always
before
the
Doors
of
our
Lips
;
enter
into
a
Covenant
with
our Selves
,
that
no
corrupt
Communication
proceed
out
of
our
Mouths
:
Let
yea
,
yea
;
and
nay
,
nay
;
3dly
.
the
right
Eyes
which
must
be
pluckt
out
,
and
the
right
Hands
which
must
he
cut
off
,
These
are
the
Sins
which
hang
so
fast
on
,
and
cling
about
us
;
and
require
the
greatest
Diligence
and
Watchfulness
to
overcome
and
subdue
them
.
But
then
we
are
not
only
oblig'd
to
be
watchful
over
our
most
open
and
beloved
,
but
even
over
our
most
secret
and
private
sins
.
Do
not
think
when
you
commit
them
,
that
no
eye
sees
you
:
For
David's
Sins
were
committed
with
all
possible
Privacy
,
(
and
there
are
many
thousand
such
like
Instances
besides
)
yet
did
they
not
escape
the
strict
scrutiny
of
the
divine
Omniscience
.
The
Eyes
of
the
Lord
are
in
every
place
,
beholding
the
evil
and
the
good
;
nor
can
the
most
minute
Sin
which
we
commit
in
our
most
private
Retirements
,
(
unless
repented
of
)
flie
from
Justice
.
Therefore
,
't
is
dangerous
to
indulge
any
one
Lust
,
or
continue
in
the
least
Sin
with
delight
and
approbation
:
Cap.
8.
For
tho'
they
may
appear
inconsiderable
in
themselves
,
yet
't
is
advisable
to
consider
,
that
he
's
an
infinite
God
against
whom
they
are
committed
.
Besides
,
Sins
of
the
smallest
size
are
always
Incentives
and
Decoys
to
greater
:
For
prophane
,
uncharitable
,
and
unclean
Thoughts
(
if
indulg'd
in
our
Bosoms
)
proceed
to
Words
,
Words
to
Deeds
;
and
in
this
Progress
of
Wickedness
,
Men
are
train'd
on
by
degrees
from
Sin
to
Sin
,
and
from
one
degree
of
sin
to
another
;
till
they
be
plung'd
at
last
,
into
the
bottomless
Inundation
or
Abysse
of
Eternal
Misery
and
Torment
.
That
we
may
be
wise
then
as
Serpents
,
and
innocent
as
Doves
,
watchful
over
our selves
:
Studying
always
to
avoid
the
tempting
and
cursed
Society
of
Drunkards
,
prophane
Swearers
,
unchast
Men
and
Women
,
&c.
Flie
all
Occasions
of
Sinning
,
and
reject
every
Temptation
with
Indignation
,
and
Scorn
,
which
may
prove
an
Enemy
to
Virtue
,
or
a
Friend
to
Vice
:
Resist
'em
in
the
very
first
Assault
,
and
the
Conquest
will
be
easie
and
certain
.
Consider
your
past
Fa●lings
;
implore
the
Assistances
of
God's
Grace
and
Spirit
to
enable
you
(
in
some
measure
)
to
repair
the
former
Defects
of
your
Lives
,
by
a
more
steady
watchfulness
over
your Selves
and
Ways
for
the
Future
.
The
best
and
most
certain
Means
to
avoid
greater
Sins
,
is
to
make
Conscience
of
the
less
:
Christ
died
for
our
very
Slips
,
(
as
the
Original
imports
)
and
therefore
those
sins
cannot
be
accounted
little
or
cheap
,
for
which
the
eternal
Son
of
God
paid
so
dear
a
Price
as
his
own
Bloud
.
When
the
Work
of
Regeneration
is
wrought
in
you
,
beware
of
relapsing
;
consider
the
dangerous
and
mischievous
Consequences
of
Apostasie
;
keep
close
to
your
Duty
;
and
what
I
say
unto
you
,
I
say
unto
all
,
Watch.
4thly
.
Patience
and
Meekness
:
Which
conduce
much
to
the
Peace
and
Happiness
of
our
Souls
,
and
are
of
special
Use
and
Advantage
in
the
whole
Course
of
our
Christian
Conversation
.
But
since
these
two
Sister
Graces
do
always
go
hand
in
hand
:
Therefore
(
for
brevity's
sake
)
I
shall
treat
of
them
under
this
same
Head
of
Discourse
.
Now
these
Virtues
do
peculiarly
consist
in
bearing
,
and
suffering
meekly
,
and
patiently
,
all
the
cross
Accidents
which
may
befall
us
in
this
Life
;
not
only
without
fainting
and
fretting
,
but
with
such
an
evenness
and
composedness
of
Mind
and
Spirit
,
as
is
most
consonant
to
the
mild
and
gentle
,
yet
gracious
and
magnanimous
Temper
and
Spirit
of
Christianity
.
Besides
Meekness
and
Patience
are
perfective
of
,
meekly
and
patiently
,
God
will
give
us
more
strength
,
and
contrive
a
speedy
and
happy
issue
out
of
all
our
Troubles
.
Therefore
,
why
should
any
Affliction
in
this
World
disswade
us
from
our
Duty
,
or
abate
our
Zeal
and
Courage
in
the
doing
of
it
:
For
the
Instruments
of
our
Torture
(
saith
Tertullian
)
are
the
Ensigns
of
our
Honour
and
Happiness
;
to
learn
of
him
,
not
because
he
is
wise
,
rich
,
or
honourable
,
but
he
inforces
the
Obligation
from
the
Pattern
of
his
own
Meekness
and
Humility
.
To
suffer
Persecution
for
Righteousness
sake
(
in
some
degree
)
has
been
always
the
Portion
and
Patrimony
of
Believers
under
the
Oeconomy
of
the
Gospel
.
And
we
Christians
know
no
other
than
this
strait
and
narrow
Way
,
which
must
through
much
Tribulation
lead
us
into
the
Kingdom
of
God
.
But
then
to
ballance
our
present
Miseries
and
Sufferings
(
which
are
perfective
of
the
Virtues
under
Consideration
)
with
our
future
Hopes
and
Expectations
:
The
Troubles
which
we
suffer
in
this
World
are
light
and
inconsiderable
,
compar'd
with
the
Torments
of
Hell
;
and
if
we
bear
them
patiently
they
'l
dispose
us
for
a
brighter
Crown
,
when
these
Clouds
and
Storms
are
blown
over
.
Let
us
but
hold
out
a
little
longer
,
till
we
come
within
the
Fortifications
of
the
new
Hierusalem
,
and
there
we
shall
have
a
total
Exemption
both
from
sinning
and
suffering
.
Besides
,
if
we
be
considerable
Proficients
in
these
Virtues
,
They
'l
make
our
present
Sufferings
less
burdensome
and
afflictive
:
For
we
shall
neither
be
timerous
in
Danger
,
envious
in
Want
,
impatient
under
Troubles
,
angry
and
restless
at
Reproaches
and
Contempt
;
nor
malicious
and
revengeful
under
Injuries
and
Persecutions
;
the
truth
whereof
is
as
clear
as
the
Sun
Beams
,
from
the
Experience
of
all
sound
Christians
.
But
to
be
angry
and
impatient
at
our
Sufferings
,
will
but
fret
and
torment
us
;
and
make
the
Burden
of
them
far
more
grievous
and
insupportable
:
Whereas
,
by
a
patient
Submission
to
the
Will
and
Wisdom
of
God
under
the
manifold
Pressures
of
this
Life
,
they
will
become
far
more
tolerable
and
easie
to
be
endured
.
Especially
to
those
who
have
a
well
grounded
Assurance
,
that
their
Sufferings
in
this
World
shall
be
infinitely
rewarded
with
the
Favour
and
Plenty
of
a
heavenly
Country
.
Thus
,
if
we
bear
with
Patience
,
and
Meekness
,
those
sundry
Pressures
(
and
almost
infinite
Sufferings
)
of
this
Life
,
we
shall
not
only
reap
the
Comfort
and
Benefit
our Selves
,
both
in
this
,
and
a
future
State
;
but
by
this
Means
Christianity
would
be
restor'd
to
its
ancient
Purity
and
Splendour
;
we
should
bring
out
excellent
Religion
into
Repute
and
Credit
(
as
the
first
Christians
did
;
)
and
perswade
others
to
embrace
it
,
tho'
to
the
utmost
hazard
of
their
Lives
and
Fortunes
.
Hitherto
of
those
excellent
and
admirable
Virtues
,
which
are
most
peculiar
to
the
Souls
of
Men
,
with
their
Opposites
.
We
pass
on
2dly
.
health
and
safety
,
till
Providence
be
pleas'd
to
dismiss
them
into
the
other
World
.
And
the
best
Expedient
which
God's
holy
and
infallible
Spirit
directs
us
to
for
this
End
,
is
the
comprehensive
Virtue
and
Duty
of
Sobriety
:
Meats
,
Drink
,
Sleep
,
Apparel
,
and
Recreations
;
both
as
to
the
Quantity
and
Quality
of
them
;
and
this
is
Temperance
:
Or
in
the
Moderation
of
the
Lusts
and
Desires
of
the
Flesh
;
which
is
Chastity
:
1st
.
Eating
,
Drinking
,
&c.
And
we
are
oblig'd
to
be
temperate
(1)
In
Eating
.
Take
heed
that
your
Hearts
be
not
overcharg'd
with
surfeiting
.
And
he
insinuates
the
Danger
in
that
Instance
of
the
rich
Glutton
;
fulness
of
Bread
.
Intemperate
Lust
is
always
the
miserable
Companion
of
intemperate
Eating
;
and
other
Sins
are
indulg'd
and
thrive
by
this
kind
of
Excess
.
'T
is
the
Duty
and
Interest
then
of
all
Mankind
,
to
use
moderate
and
wholsome
Diet
;
to
live
always
temperately
,
and
soberly
according
to
the
Rules
of
sound
Reason
and
Religion
:
For
they
that
do
so
,
sleep
sweetly
and
quietly
,
and
are
seldom
troubled
(
as
the
intemperate
are
)
with
ill
Humours
,
or
depriv'd
of
the
Comforts
and
Benefits
of
Health
by
violent
and
raging
Distempers
.
Their
Understandings
are
clear
;
their
Constitutions
firm
and
unshaken
;
their
Bodies
are
active
and
fit
for
Business
;
and
this
is
the
most
certain
Expedient
(
through
God's
blessing
)
to
preserve
Mentem
sanam
in
Corpore
sano
,
a
vivacious
and
brisk
Soul
in
a
sound
Body
.
Now
if
the
great
Advantages
of
this
Branch
of
Temperance
on
the
one
hand
,
and
the
infinite
Mischiefs
of
the
opposite
Vice
on
the
other
,
were
seriously
weighed
and
consider'd
;
they
would
not
fail
in
perswading
Men
to
be
more
sober
and
moderate
in
their
Diet
;
and
avoid
that
excessive
Gluttony
,
and
the
Vanity
of
pampering
their
Appetites
,
which
is
every
where
too
obvious
in
the
World
.
2dly
.
of
Temperance
in
Drinking
,
and
avoiding
the
Sin
of
Drunkenness
.
Even
the
Cretians
(
who
were
much
addicted
to
Gluttony
,
)
made
a
Law
against
Drunkenness
and
inforc'd
it
by
inflicting
the
severest
Penalties
upon
Offendors
.
that
Intemperance
in
Drinking
is
a
voluntary
Madness
;
and
he
that
doth
accustom
himself
to
guzle
from
day
to
day
,
till
he
be
drunk
,
is
possest
with
an
absolute
Frenzy
.
Fabricus
,
and
many
of
the
most
moderate
Heathens
were
great
Proficients
in
this
Virtue
;
and
declaim'd
against
those
(
who
know
no
other
Measure
to
bound
their
Excess
by
than
their
Appetites
)
as
Beasts
and
Monsters
,
rather
then
Men
endued
with
Reason
and
Judgement
.
What
a
shame
then
must
it
be
to
Christians
,
and
a
Scandal
to
our
excellent
Religion
,
that
any
Man
amongst
us
should
drink
more
than
he
is
able
to
bear
;
But
't
is
the
highest
Aggravation
of
Wickedness
and
Villany
to
become
the
Devils
Factors
for
Damnation
,
(
as
too
many
do
)
in
striving
not
only
to
debauch
themselves
,
but
to
overcome
others
.
We
that
are
of
the
Day
,
and
directed
by
the
Light
of
Evangelical
Grace
and
Truth
,
oblig'd
to
be
sober
and
temperate
in
all
Things
;
to
walk
honestly
as
in
the
Day
,
not
in
Rioting
and
Drunkenness
,
&c.
The
Creatures
are
only
to
be
used
as
necessary
Supplies
,
and
convenient
Accessions
to
our
present
abode
:
for
we
should
neither
make
Food
our
Business
,
nor
pleasures
our
Aim
;
but
rather
study
and
indeavour
to
wean
our
Appetites
and
Affections
from
all
Excess
;
that
we
may
have
the
stronger
Gust
and
Relish
of
that
Spiritual
Food
,
on
which
we
should
desire
to
live
for
ever
.
And
thus
the
Primitive
Christians
denied
themselves
the
Delicacies
of
this
World
,
that
their
Souls
being
weaned
from
them
,
they
might
be
taught
beforehand
to
live
on
the
Delights
of
beatified
Spirits
;
and
never
desire
to
return
again
to
their
Bodies
,
till
they
come
to
be
glorified
together
in
the
happy
Resurrection
to
the
Life
Eternal
.
And
here
't
will
be
necessary
to
consider
on
the
contrary
,
Excess
in
Drinking
is
extremely
pernicious
to
,
and
destructive
of
the
Weal
and
Happiness
of
the
Body
,
both
in
this
,
and
a
future
Life
:
For
intemperate
Drinking
is
the
Fewel
of
all
sensual
and
filthy
Lusts
;
it
makes
Men's
Bodies
sottish
and
unweildy
,
and
disposes
them
rather
to
Sleep
and
Idleness
,
than
a
prudent
Watchfulness
and
a
religious
Care
over
themselves
.
In
these
extravagant
Fits
,
Men
like
sed
Horses
neigh
after
their
Neighbours
Wives
:
For
St.
Paul
adds
Chambering
and
Wantonness
,
as
the
necessary
Consequence
and
Effect
of
Rioting
and
Drunkenness
.
And
't
is
notoriously
evident
,
that
the
most
Drunkards
Blaspheme
,
Swear
,
Lie
,
Rail
against
and
Back-bite
their
innocent
Neighbours
;
engage
many
times
in
irreconcilable
Quarrels
and
do
often
kill
one
another
:
so
that
in
this
Carrier
of
Drunkenness
Men
(
I
should
rather
say
Beasts
)
seldom
stop
at
any
Sin
which
falls
in
their
Way
.
This
is
the
most
compendious
Method
for
spending
their
Estates
;
and
ruining
their
Reputations
;
and
hereby
they
seldom
fail
of
contracting
an
ill
habit
of
Body
,
and
laying
a
sure
Foundation
for
all
lingering
and
mortal
Diseases
.
But
that
which
is
yet
more
fatal
and
mischievous
,
an
habitual
Drunkenness
doth
so
dull
the
Edge
,
impair
the
strength
,
and
cloud
the
discerning
Facultie
of
their
Reafon
and
Judgement
;
that
't
is
impossible
for
the
customary
Drunkard
to
practice
any
Virtue
or
Duty
aright
,
or
resist
the
power
and
prevalence
of
any
evil
Appetite
or
Temptation
.
Besides
,
this
sort
of
Extravagance
is
wholly
inconsistent
with
the
Gifts
and
Graces
of
God's
holy
and
blessed
Spirit
;
and
't
is
utterly
impossible
(
saith
St.
Hierom
)
that
a
Man
should
be
filled
with
strong
Drink
,
and
God's
sanctifying
spirit
at
the
same
time
.
The
Holy
Ghost
has
always
put
them
as
Opposites
in
Scripture
;
be
not
Drunk
with
Wine
(
saith
the
Apostle
)
wherein
is
excess
,
but
be
filled
with
the
Spirit
:
And
how
is
it
possible
that
any
Man
should
serve
these
two
arbitrary
Masters
,
whose
Commands
are
so
contradictory
to
each
other
.
To
all
which
we
might
add
,
the
Consideration
of
those
future
and
eternal
Torments
,
which
must
certainly
be
the
Portion
of
intemperate
and
debaucht
Persons
in
another
World
.
See
,
and
consider
those
apposite
Texts
of
Scripture
Luke
21.34
.
Gal.
5.21
.
&c.
Since
then
Temperance
and
Moderation
in
Eating
and
Drinking
is
a
great
Step
to
all
other
Virtues
;
and
seing
the
Consequences
and
Effects
of
this
kind
of
Excess
are
so
pernicious
and
destructive
to
the
Souls
and
Bodies
of
Men
,
both
in
this
and
another
Life
:
How
are
we
oblig'd
to
keep
our
Appetites
within
the
due
bounds
of
Sobriety
,
that
we
may
enjoy
the
Benefits
of
the
one
,
and
be
exempted
from
the
Inconveniencies
and
Mischiefs
of
the
other
?
And
to
this
End
,
I
would
advise
my
Reader
to
consider
that
short
Rule
of
Pythagoras
.
Above
all
things
(
saith
he
)
be
sure
that
you
make
your selves
Masters
of
your
Bellies
:
And
that
you
may
do
it
to
the
purpose
,
cut
off
all
the
unnecessary
Supplies
of
Meats
and
Drinks
,
and
the
Siege
cannot
last
long
.
Avoid
and
abandon
the
Conversation
of
debaucht
and
intemperate
Persons
:
Let
neither
their
smooth
Language
,
nor
their
Scoffings
and
Railings
against
you
,
allure
or
perswade
you
to
a
compliance
with
their
inhumane
and
beastly
Immoralities
,
lest
they
perswade
you
to
run
with
them
to
the
same
Excess
of
Riot
:
Again
,
it
will
be
of
great
Use
to
consider
,
how
acute
those
Twinges
of
Conscience
are
,
which
will
rack
and
torment
the
Drunkard
,
(
that
has
any
Conscience
at
all
of
the
Sin
)
if
he
should
outlive
the
extravagant
Fit
.
How
must
he
who
is
so
grievously
perplext
(
as
the
most
Drunkards
are
)
with
a
yesternights
Debauch
,
be
rackt
and
tormented
,
(
if
ever
in
a
sober
Mind
)
with
the
dreadful
apprehensions
of
those
future
and
approaching
Judgements
?
How
shall
those
bruitish
Sensualists
who
have
wallow'd
in
a
Sea
of
delicate
Liquors
,
brook
the
peremptory
refusal
of
a
Cup
of
cold
Water
to
cool
their
Tongues
?
to
fly
from
the
Wrath
to
come
:
3dly
.
The
next
Branch
of
Sobriety
which
concerns
our
Selves
,
is
the
temperate
and
moderate
Use
of
Apparel
;
which
is
indispensably
requir'd
in
both
Sexes
.
decking
our
Bodies
imprudently
and
sinfully
,
some
difference
allow'd
between
Persons
of
a
higher
,
and
lower
Rank
;
yet
there
should
be
that
Sobriety
in
the
Habits
of
both
,
that
there
be
nothing
of
Novelty
,
or
Vanity
,
or
Superfluity
,
which
may
tempt
themselves
,
or
others
to
Lust
,
or
Pride
,
or
vain
Glory
.
Hence
we
may
remarque
;
that
't
is
most
unbecoming
Christians
(
especially
)
to
use
those
disingenuous
,
and
unlawful
Arts
of
Patching
,
Painting
,
and
Perfuming
their
Bodies
;
a
vanity
too
much
practic'd
by
those
of
the
weaker
Sex
,
to
the
great
scandal
of
our
Religion
and
Government
.
These
Arts
of
Leger-demain
are
expresly
forbidden
in
Scripture
;
and
are
particularly
censur'd
in
Iezebel
as
a
Badge
of
her
Whorish
Impudence
.
who
Paints
her
face
,
to
tempt
and
ensnare
her
Lovers
.
See
the
Prophet
Isaiah
more
fully
to
this
purpose
,
chap.
3.
from
the
16
,
to
the
end
.
The
ancient
Fathers
declaim
passionately
against
it
,
as
most
offensive
and
dishonourable
to
God
;
and
a
scandal
to
the
Modesty
of
Christians
.
Tertullian
boldly
affirms
,
Women
by
their
artificial
Dressings
,
as
Painting
,
Patching
,
Persuming
,
&c.
do
allure
and
invite
Men
to
Lust
,
and
open
a
Door
to
those
Temptations
which
should
rather
be
shut
out
:
And
since
(
saith
he
)
God
did
not
create
them
in
those
Forms
which
they
so
unwarrantably
assume
,
it
would
be
enquir'd
whether
they
be
willing
to
appear
in
this
Disguise
(
that
God
should
not
know
them
for
his
)
at
the
day
of
Judgement
.
Again
,
this
is
not
only
a
defileing
of
God's
Temples
,
and
a
correcting
of
his
handy-work
,
for
which
he
has
threatn'd
to
destroy
them
;
are
certain
Signs
of
an
unchast
mind
,
and
incentives
to
Lust
.
St.
Aug.
is
yet
more
express
upon
the
point
;
where
he
tells
us
,
That
the
wearing
of
Gold
and
precious
Stones
,
or
the
putting
on
of
Costly
Apparel
,
are
not
forbidden
to
Persons
of
the
best
Rank
and
Quality
of
the
female
Sex
:
But
for
Women
to
paint
,
and
patch
,
to
colour
or
discolour
their
Faces
,
or
to
make
'em
either
more
or
less
white
or
red
,
then
the
God
of
Nature
has
form'd
them
,
is
a
fallacious
kind
of
Adultery
;
from
which
it
may
be
reasonably
infer'd
,
that
they
will
not
be
backward
(
when
a
fit
Opportunity
presents
)
to
make
Shipwrack
of
their
Virginity
,
or
betray
their
own
Husbands
.
To
avoid
the
Scandal
then
,
and
dangerous
Consequences
of
those
Sins
which
are
inseparable
from
pompous
and
immodest
Apparel
;
look
back
to
the
forecited
Passage
of
the
Prophet
Isaiah
,
with
the
precious
and
lovely
Ornaments
of
Grace
and
Virtue
;
which
can
only
stand
us
in
stead
,
when
all
the
pompous
and
phantastical
Gaieties
of
this
World
do
expire
and
vanish
.
These
are
the
rich
Wedding
Garments
which
(
through
the
imputative
Righteousness
of
Christ
)
will
render
our
Persons
and
Performances
acceptable
to
God
;
4thly
.
To
those
Virtues
of
Moderation
requir'd
in
our
Sleep
,
and
Recreations
:
And
because
the
Excess
in
both
is
expensive
of
that
precious
Talent
of
Time
,
which
should
:
be
dearer
to
us
than
all
things
in
the
World
besides
;
therefore
we
shall
treat
of
them
under
the
same
Head
of
Discourse
.
Now
,
there
's
no
Man
who
subscribes
to
the
Truth
of
the
Christian
Religion
,
but
he
will
readily
acknowledge
,
1
Tim.
6.19
.
that
the
great
Business
we
have
to
do
in
this
World
,
is
to
lay
up
for
our selves
a
good
Foundation
against
the
Time
to
come
,
that
both
our
Souls
and
Bodies
may
be
happy
for
ever
.
This
is
the
great
Task
which
lies
upon
our
Hands
;
and
if
it
be
not
diligently
and
discreetly
manag'd
,
we
are
eternally
undone
.
But
alas
!
we
have
but
a
short
Time
for
the
accomplishment
of
this
great
Work
;
our
hands
are
very
slow
in
the
doing
of
it
;
and
the
infinite
Justice
of
God
will
take
a
strict
and
severe
account
of
our
Administrations
:
Therefore
,
it
must
highly
import
us
to
be
industrious
and
vigilant
in
the
conscientious
Management
of
all
the
Duties
of
our
Christian
Calling
,
that
we
may
be
able
to
appear
before
his
just
and
impartial
Tribunal
,
with
Joy
and
not
with
Grief
.
But
the
Time
of
our
present
Life
is
so
uncertain
,
that
there
's
no
one
part
of
it
that
we
can
call
our
own
but
the
present
,
which
is
yet
scarce
in
our
power
to
dispose
of
:
For
the
Time
past
cannot
be
recal'd
;
and
how
God
will
be
pleased
to
shorten
the
remaining
part
of
our
Days
,
we
are
not
able
to
prognosticate
:
Princes
,
and
Monarchies
have
their
Periods
and
Revolutions
,
as
well
as
private
Persons
and
Families
.
What
's
become
of
the
Assyrian
,
Persian
,
Graecian
,
and
Roman
Monarchies
?
Where
are
those
famous
Conquerors
,
Cyrus
,
Alexander
the
great
,
&c.
and
where
are
their
triumphant
Wreaths
,
and
their
other
Enfigns
of
Honour
?
devouring
Time
has
swallow'd
'em
all
up
:
And
our
Being
here
is
so
transient
and
uncertain
,
that
(
for
any
thing
we
know
)
the
next
Morning
may
waft
us
hence
and
determine
our
final
Doom
;
and
that
Eternity
which
we
've
now
in
our
hands
,
may
slip
through
our
Fingers
before
to
morrow
morning
.
Who
then
dares
be
so
bold
and
imprudent
,
as
to
adventure
his
eternal
Salvation
on
such
a
fortuitous
Contingency
?
And
why
should
any
man
neglect
that
Work
one
Minute
,
which
all
will
acknowledge
is
necessary
to
be
done
?
But
besides
,
't
is
highly
considerable
,
that
we
are
now
contesting
with
our
potent
,
subtile
,
and
mortal
Enemies
of
all
sorts
;
and
we
are
fighting
for
an
immarcessible
Crown
of
Glory
,
which
cannot
be
obtain'd
without
great
Diligence
,
Prudence
,
and
Watchfulness
,
as
well
as
Courage
:
It
behoves
us
therefore
,
if
we
desire
and
hope
for
the
comfortable
Success
of
our
Endeavours
in
this
pious
Adventure
,
to
be
temperate
in
all
things
;
immoderate
Sleep
,
or
unnecessary
Recreations
.
And
1st
.
We
are
under
many
pressing
Obligations
to
be
very
moderate
in
our
Sleep
;
moderate
in
our
Sleep
:
So
2dly
.
moderate
Pleasures
;
nor
does
it
infringe
the
Priviledges
of
humane
Nature
,
in
the
Use
of
innocent
Divertisementt
.
But
then
we
are
oblig'd
to
observe
such
Measures
in
our
Recreations
,
as
not
to
make
our
Sports
our
Business
:
We
should
use
them
as
we
do
Sawces
to
our
Meat
,
to
set
an
edge
upon
our
Faculties
,
and
revive
our
Spirits
,
that
we
may
be
the
more
vigorous
and
active
in
all
the
Works
and
Duties
,
both
of
our
Callings
,
and
Religion
.
Again
,
Covetousness
should
be
no
Ingredient
in
our
Pastimes
.
And
we
must
also
see
to
'em
that
they
be
not
evil
in
themselves
;
or
if
lawful
,
that
they
become
not
otherwise
by
the
undue
Circumstances
of
Time
and
Place
;
as
on
the
Lord's
Day
,
on
Days
of
Humiliation
,
&c.
All
Violence
,
Passion
,
Anger
,
Fury
,
Quarreling
,
Cursing
and
Swearing
,
must
be
utterly
abandon'd
in
all
our
Sports
and
Divertisements
;
For
these
Irregularities
instead
of
refreshing
,
will
discompose
us
,
and
become
vexatious
both
to
our selves
and
others
.
Lastly
our
Recreations
should
be
short
,
so
that
they
encroach
not
on
our
necessary
Business
,
or
Religion
in
a
fruitless
Expence
of
that
Time
which
might
be
imploy'd
to
better
Purposes
:
For
indeed
no
prudent
Man
has
so
much
Time
lying
upon
his
hands
,
but
he
knows
better
how
to
imploy
it
,
then
to
spend
it
vainly
about
Trifles
.
Thus
,
all
our
Merriments
should
be
bounded
with
the
necessary
Rules
of
Reason
and
Sobriety
;
and
if
we
keep
our selves
within
these
Bounds
;
Religion
does
not
only
connive
at
our
Mirth
,
but
commends
and
approves
of
it
.
2dly
.
all
sorts
of
Vncleanness
,
as
Adultery
,
Fornication
,
Self-pollution
,
and
all
the
other
kinds
and
degrees
of
Effeminacy
;
and
do
put
an
absolute
Restraint
upon
all
the
concurrent
Motions
,
Affections
,
Desires
,
&
lustful
Appetites
,
both
of
the
Soul
and
Body
:
For
,
if
any
of
these
be
indulg'd
and
complied
with
,
they
will
set
on
fire
the
whole
Course
of
Nature
,
and
suddainly
plunge
the
whole
Man
into
unavoidable
and
irreparable
Mischiefs
.
We
should
therefore
rather
flie
from
this
Sin
,
then
dispute
against
it
:
And
to
this
End
't
will
be
necessary
to
consider
(1)
That
all
sorts
of
Venery
and
Vnclenness
,
Hos.
4.11
.
do
not
only
suppress
and
stifle
all
the
divine
and
spiritual
Operations
of
the
Soul
,
but
do
effectually
draw
them
away
from
God
and
his
Worship
.
This
was
notoriously
remarkable
in
the
Case
of
Solomon
,
they
are
led
(
saith
he
)
by
the
contrivances
of
their
wanton
Prostitutes
,
as
an
Ox
to
the
slaughter
,
or
as
a
Thief
to
the
Correction
of
the
Stocks
,
'till
a
Dart
strike
through
their
Livers
;
or
as
a
Bird
hasteth
to
the
Snare
,
and
knoweth
not
that
it
is
for
his
Life
.
a
Whore
is
a
deep
Ditch
,
and
a
strange
Woman
is
a
narrow
Pit
:
All
which
imply
the
unavoidable
dangers
and
Mischiefs
which
lustful
Persons
run
upon
,
who
give
way
to
,
and
indulge
their
sensual
and
bruitish
Appetites
and
Passions
.
(2)
The
Sins
of
Vncleanness
are
usually
attended
with
Poverty
and
an
infirm
Constitution
.
God
will
judge
Whoremongers
and
Adulterers
;
and
whosoever
shall
live
,
and
die
under
the
Power
and
Prevalence
of
these
sins
unrepented
of
unsubdued
,
shall
never
enter
into
the
Kingdom
of
God
.
(3)
These
Deeds
of
darkness
cannot
be
hid
from
God's
all-seeing
Eye
:
For
whither
can
we
go
from
his
Spirit
,
or
whither
shall
we
flie
from
his
Presence
?
Whoremongers
and
Adulterers
put
upon
themselves
,
whilst
they
endeavour
to
conceal
those
Works
of
Darkness
from
the
Eye
of
the
World
.
For
the
infinitely
wise
God
registers
all
these
Offences
in
the
black
Book
of
his
eternal
Memoirs
;
and
will
bring
them
all
to
a
sad
Account
at
the
Day
of
Judgement
,
(
unless
they
be
sincerely
repented
of
)
to
the
unspeakable
Shame
and
Horrour
of
those
that
commit
them
.
Give
no
way
then
to
your
Lusts
,
and
hold
no
Parley
with
your
sensual
Appetites
;
for
if
you
do
,
you
are
in
great
danger
of
being
overcome
.
Solomon
,
tho'
the
wisest
of
Men
,
did
prostitute
his
Wit
,
Learning
,
Honour
,
Experience
,
and
all
,
to
gratifie
a
lustful
and
wanton
Appetite
.
It
stands
us
in
hand
therefore
to
be
always
upon
our
Guard
,
and
the
best
way
to
be
so
is
,
to
be
watchful
over
our
Thoughts
;
to
make
a
Covenant
with
our
Eyes
;
and
to
keep
our
Hearts
with
all
diligence
,
Again
,
set
a
strict
watch
over
all
your
Senses
,
lest
they
be
charm'd
and
allur'd
by
the
delicate
and
soft
Embraces
of
forbidden
Objects
:
Have
no
Communieation
with
lustful
Persons
of
either
Sex
.
Alexander
the
great
would
not
see
the
Wife
of
Darius
,
lest
by
the
Charms
of
her
admirable
Beauty
he
might
be
tempted
and
overcome
.
And
certainly
,
he
that
dares
not
look
on
a
beautiful
Woman
to
please
his
eye
,
cannot
come
within
the
danger
of
Wantonness
and
Folly
.
And
't
is
better
for
a
man
(
saith
Solomon
)
to
be
Master
of
his
own
Passions
,
than
to
conquer
an
Army
.
Temperance
in
Eating
and
Drinking
,
with
Fasting
and
Labour
,
are
powerful
Expedients
to
subjugate
the
Flesh
,
and
bring
under
the
Body
.
St.
Paul
made
use
of
'em
to
subdue
his
own
Appetite
,
and
recommends
the
same
Duties
to
us
,
as
the
best
instruments
to
further
us
in
the
great
Work
of
Mortification
and
Self-denial
.
To
which
we
should
not
fail
to
joyn
our
earnest
Prayers
to
God
for
the
Assistance
of
his
Grace
and
Spirit
,
that
we
may
obtain
this
comfortable
Victory
and
Conquest
over
our Selves
:
For
our
blessed
Saviour
(
who
best
understood
our
Frailties
)
recommends
this
Duty
to
us
,
as
the
most
successful
Expedient
;
and
without
which
all
our
other
natural
and
moral
Endeavours
,
will
prove
ineffectual
and
to
no
purpose
.
Now
,
if
all
these
Means
will
not
secure
our
Chastity
,
but
that
our
Appetites
are
still
headstrong
and
unruly
;
then
't
will
be
necessary
to
make
use
of
lawful
Marriage
,
which
God
has
been
pleas'd
to
institute
and
allow
,
to
pare
off
the
Excrescencies
of
corrupt
Nature
,
and
to
secure
us
from
the
Guilt
and
Punishment
of
our
fleshly
Lusts
:
Yet
herein
we
must
consider
,
that
there
's
a
Temperance
and
Moderation
to
be
used
even
in
the
Pleasures
of
lawful
Wedlock
;
and
as
all
Embraces
and
Contact
are
simply
forbidden
with
others
,
so
we
must
not
abuse
our
own
Allowances
;
but
preserve
our
Vessels
in
Sanctification
and
Honour
,
3dly
.
The
last
Virtue
which
concerns
the
Body
,
is
the
sober
and
moderate
use
of
those
Riches
and
Estates
,
which
the
divine
Providence
has
been
pleas'd
to
allow
us
,
for
our
Support
and
Accommodation
in
this
Life
,
which
is
known
by
the
name
of
Contentedness
.
Which
Virtue
consists
,
in
the
inward
,
voluntary
,
and
universal
Submission
of
our
Wills
and
Desires
,
to
God's
gracious
and
wise
Disposal
of
us
,
in
every
Estate
and
Condition
of
Life
:
For
if
our
Condition
be
prosperous
,
this
true
Christian
Contentment
will
oblige
us
to
rest
satisfied
with
what
we
have
;
without
the
trouble
of
an
anxious
Care
,
and
carking
Desire
of
getting
more
:
If
we
be
poor
,
this
will
teach
us
to
be
satisfied
with
that
little
Portion
which
God
has
given
us
;
without
coveting
of
,
or
murmuring
and
repining
at
the
flourishing
Estate
and
Condition
of
other
Men.
But
,
this
peaceable
and
innocent
Composure
of
Mind
and
Spirit
,
is
only
peculiar
to
the
sound
Christian
:
For
tho'
the
Heathens
did
pretend
to
it
,
yet
they
were
not
Masters
of
it
.
They
could
indeed
comport
with
the
want
of
Riches
,
and
were
sometimes
affected
with
a
simple
Poverty
:
But
if
they
happen'd
to
fall
into
Disgrace
or
Contempt
,
then
they
esteem'd
it
an
heroical
act
to
kill
themselves
;
(
which
in
such
Cases
they
usually
did
)
and
a
Demonstration
of
a
magnanimous
Spirit
.
Cato
Vticensis
and
Lucretia
)
detects
the
folly
and
madness
of
this
Conceit
;
and
fully
shews
,
that
this
Fool-hardiness
does
rather
proceed
from
an
impotent
and
cowardly
Spirit
.
And
doubtless
't
is
the
greatest
Fortitude
to
be
Masters
of
our selves
;
to
conquer
our
own
Passions
;
and
to
entertain
all
Events
with
a
submissive
Patience
,
Contentedness
,
and
Aequanimity
,
Especially
if
we
consider
,
that
God
Almighty
has
been
pleas'd
to
appoint
a
state
of
sufferings
,
to
be
the
more
sutable
Dispensation
for
the
promoting
of
his
own
Glory
,
and
our
Good
.
Therefore
it
must
hence
follow
,
that
the
chief
and
adequate
Object
of
our
Christian
Contentment
(
in
which
the
Mind
of
Man
can
only
be
satisfied
,
and
without
which
all
the
Enjoyments
of
this
World
will
prove
empty
and
evan●●d
)
is
the
alone
infinite
and
immutable
God
,
and
the
full
enjoyment
of
him
by
Faith
and
Love
in
Christ
our
Mediator
:
(1)
Nothing
●ess
than
this
infinite
and
Vniversal
Good
(
which
fills
all
the
Faculties
)
can
terminate
the
Desires
and
Aspirations
of
the
Soul
,
after
an
endless
and
blissful
Immortality
.
Pleasant
sounds
may
delight
the
Ear
,
but
not
the
Eye
;
beautiful
Colours
may
please
the
Eye
,
but
not
the
Ear
:
But
that
divine
and
excellent
Spirit
which
injoys
the
Favour
of
God
in
Christ
,
has
an
Universal
Satisfaction
,
and
shall
abound
with
the
perfection
of
Parts
in
this
Life
,
and
Degrees
in
the
future
to
his
unspeakable
and
endless
Comfort
.
Whom
having
not
seen
they
love
,
&c.
(2)
This
Vniversal
Good
must
be
powerfully
imprest
upon
,
and
have
its
residence
in
the
Cabinet
of
the
Heart
,
which
is
the
Fountain
and
Principle
of
all
rational
,
and
religious
Thoughts
and
Actions
.
Now
,
all
the
Pleasures
,
Riches
,
and
Honours
of
this
vain
and
transitory
World
do
only
rove
and
fluctuate
in
the
Fancy
,
and
have
no
Communication
nor
Intercourse
with
the
Soul
;
for
they
are
like
the
Armour
of
Saul
to
David
,
too
wide
and
unfit
for
it
:
But
the
true
sense
of
God's
Love
in
Christ
does
replenish
every
Corner
of
the
Heart
with
Grace
and
Truth
,
and
gives
that
substantial
Pleasure
and
Contentment
;
that
there
's
no
Joy
on
Earth
,
like
that
of
resting
satisfied
with
the
Enjoyment
of
God
the
Supreme
Good
.
(3)
This
only
,
is
the
Complement
and
Perfection
of
all
other
Virtues
,
but
especially
of
this
Christian
Contentment
.
Nothing
less
then
the
Supreme
Good
can
replenish
the
Soul
;
and
in
the
midst
of
all
temporal
Enjoyments
,
there
's
still
a
plus
ultra
,
something
to
be
desir'd
and
pursued
,
which
is
yet
superior
&
far
more
excellent
.
Moses
could
not
be
satisfied
'till
he
came
to
the
Top
of
Pisgah
,
that
he
might
see
the
beauty
and
fruitfulness
of
the
promised
Land
:
But
a
Believer's
Rest
and
Contentment
is
only
in
Heaven
,
and
without
a
certain
Prospect
of
,
and
Title
to
those
future
Rewards
,
all
the
puny
Delights
on
Earth
will
prove
nauseous
and
unsavory
to
him
.
(4)
'T
is
the
Property
of
this
supreme
Good
(
which
can
only
afford
the
rational
Powers
of
the
Soul
plenary
Contentment
)
to
be
permanent
and
of
everlasting
continuance
.
For
tho'
we
should
enjoy
all
things
,
even
to
our
wishes
,
yet
the
very
apprehension
of
a
future
change
(
as
we
see
in
the
more
favourable
Intervals
of
chronical
Distempers
)
would
stifle
or
diminish
our
present
Ease
and
Contentment
.
All
the
Delights
of
this
World
are
as
the
Summers
Rain
,
or
Morning
Dew
,
which
are
presently
dried
up
:
But
the
Favour
and
Mercy
of
God
in
Christ
,
are
as
the
Sun
Beams
,
which
shine
out
more
and
more
to
the
perfect
day
,
to
which
there
succeeds
no
Darkness
.
Tho'
our
Accommodations
be
mean
and
course
in
these
Tents
of
Kedar
;
yet
,
the
enjoyment
of
the
Favour
and
Mercy
of
God
,
(
that
infinite
and
Supreme
Good
)
will
supply
all
these
Defects
;
when
we
come
to
be
satisfied
with
the
fulness
of
his
house
,
and
drink
abundantly
of
the
riches
of
his
pleasures
.
Since
then
our
infinitely
wise
and
gracious
God
has
assign'd
us
our
Portion
in
this
Life
,
't
is
but
just
and
reasonable
we
should
be
content
with
it
.
And
tho'
it
be
the
bitter
Cup
of
Affliction
which
he
has
put
into
our
hands
,
yet
in
Conformity
to
Christ
and
his
followers
we
must
cheerfully
drink
of
it
:
Which
if
we
do
,
't
will
turn
to
good
Account
at
the
last
.
If
we
moderate
our
Desires
,
and
be
content
with
such
things
as
we
have
,
our
Souls
will
not
only
live
at
ease
,
and
be
free
from
all
distracting
Cares
and
Despondency
;
but
God
will
bestow
a
greater
Measure
of
his
Blessings
upon
us
,
if
he
see
it
convenient
:
And
if
it
should
fall
out
otherwise
,
we
have
still
cause
to
submit
to
his
wise
and
gracious
Determinations
.
Abraham
being
content
with
,
and
desirous
that
Ishmael
(
only
the
Son
of
his
Concubine
)
should
live
,
and
God
blessed
him
with
an
Isaac
,
who
was
many
Degrees
better
and
more
worthy
.
Solomon
desir'd
Wisdom
only
,
and
being
satisfied
with
it
,
God
was
pleas'd
to
add
Riches
and
Honours
as
the
farther
reward
his
Contentment
and
Moderation
.
Having
therefore
Food
and
Raiment
let
us
be
therewith
content
.
he
became
Poor
for
our
sakes
,
that
we
through
his
Poverty
might
be
made
Rich
;
whose
Grace
and
Mercy
are
a
full
Compensation
for
all
our
other
wants
.
We
have
no
cause
therefore
to
distract
our
Thoughts
with
an
anxious
Care
and
Despondency
,
but
should
rather
be
content
with
that
Dividend
which
God's
Providence
has
assign'd
us
:
For
he
that
spared
not
his
own
Son
,
but
delivered
him
up
for
us
all
:
how
should
he
not
with
him
also
freely
give
us
all
things
?
Hitherto
of
those
divine
and
admirable
Duties
of
Piety
towards
God
:
and
of
those
of
Christian
Morality
,
which
do
most
immediatly
concern
our
selves
,
and
have
the
greatest
Influence
on
Mens
Practices
in
the
great
Business
of
Religion
.
We
proceed
now
3dly
.
and
Lastly
,
to
treat
of
those
several
Duties
which
concern
our
Dealings
and
Entercourse
with
other
Men.
And
these
must
be
consider'd
,
either
(1)
in
general
,
as
they
belong
to
the
whole
Community
of
Christians
.
Or
(2)
and
more
particularly
,
as
they
relate
to
our
Persons
,
and
Offices
,
in
all
the
Civil
,
and
Religious
Transactions
of
Humane
Life
.
And
1st
.
Those
which
concern
all
the
Members
of
the
Christian
Brotherhood
in
general
are
universal
Love
and
Benificence
to
all
and
every
one
of
them
;
(
without
respect
of
Persons
)
of
what
Country
,
Calling
,
Sect
or
Party
soever
they
be
.
And
herein
we
should
endeavour
to
imitate
the
divine
Benignity
who
causeth
the
Sun
to
shine
,
and
the
Rain
to
descend
,
the
just
and
unjust
.
And
this
is
most
consonant
to
the
admirable
Doctrine
and
Example
of
our
blessed
Saviour
,
who
made
it
a
necessary
Duty
and
Principle
of
Life
,
for
Christians
to
Love
one
another
.
To
be
earnest
in
the
pursuit
of
Charity
;
and
above
all
things
to
put
on
Charity
which
is
the
Bond
of
perfectness
;
which
Duty
is
recommended
to
us
by
this
noble
Enforcement
:
For
he
that
dwelleth
in
Love
dwelleth
in
God
,
and
God
in
him
.
This
is
the
new
Commandment
and
that
Vniversal
Law
,
to
love
as
Brethren
,
to
have
fervent
Charity
among
our Selves
,
and
to
be
kindly
affection'd
one
towards
another
:
for
by
this
(
saith
he
)
shall
all
men
know
that
ye
are
my
Disciples
,
if
ye
have
love
one
to
another
.
But
to
illustrate
this
Point
more
fully
:
wherever
the
Christian
Religion
is
sincerely
believ'd
and
complied
with
,
it
begets
in
its
Proselytes
such
a
gracious
Temper
of
Mind
and
Spirit
,
as
will
make
its
Votaries
humble
,
courteous
,
affable
,
candid
,
ingenuous
,
tender
and
compassionate
;
and
as
sensible
of
,
and
zealous
for
other
Mens
Good
as
their
own
.
This
will
dispose
them
for
all
Offices
of
Humanity
and
good
Neighbour-hood
;
and
so
cultivate
and
sweeten
their
Tempers
,
that
they
'l
find
themselves
hereby
oblig'd
to
perform
all
the
mutual
Offices
of
Charity
and
Duty
to
others
which
their
present
State
and
Condition
of
Life
require
and
call
for
.
Again
,
the
Gospel
Dispensation
obligeth
us
to
be
obedient
and
submissive
to
our
Superiors
;
courteous
and
civil
to
our
Equals
;
and
to
treat
our
Inferiors
and
all
we
converse
with
,
with
a
pleasant
Look
,
civil
Language
,
and
an
obliging
Deportment
.
We
are
oblig'd
also
to
be
kind
and
grateful
to
our
Benefactors
,
to
pity
and
pray
for
our
Persecutors
;
and
tho'
we
should
suffer
as
Christians
,
yet
even
herein
we
must
exercise
Forbearance
and
long
suffering
Patience
,
abstracting
from
all
Malice
and
Revenge
;
being
most
kind
and
gentle
and
easie
to
be
entreated
,
forgiving
Injuries
,
enduring
Affronts
,
and
being
forward
and
easie
to
be
reconcil'd
.
And
we
should
be
so
charitable
in
all
doubtful
Cases
,
as
to
take
hold
on
the
right
Handle
;
interpreting
all
the
Words
and
Actions
,
even
of
our
most
inveterate
and
malicious
Enemies
,
favourably
and
candidly
;
rather
excusing
,
or
extenuating
,
than
proclaiming
their
Errours
and
Miscarriages
;
unless
it
be
in
some
important
Cases
,
wherein
the
Interest
of
Religion
,
or
the
Reputation
of
our selves
,
or
others
may
be
eminently
concern'd
.
This
is
that
heaping
of
Coals
upon
their
heads
,
But
,
as
this
Vniversal
Love
and
Benificence
will
be
every
way
so
comfortable
and
advantagious
,
both
to
our selves
and
others
:
So
on
the
contrary
,
a
froward
,
rugged
,
and
uncharitable
Disposition
,
and
those
base
Effects
which
spring
and
flow
from
it
,
(
as
Hatred
and
Revenge
,
Pride
and
Insolence
,
Injustice
and
Oppression
,
Whispering
and
Backbiting
,
Railing
and
Slandering
,
Faction
and
Rebellion
,
with
all
their
other
cursed
Accomplices
)
are
not
only
inconsistent
with
that
pacific
and
charitable
Temper
of
Christianity
;
but
they
are
the
very
Bane
of
,
and
Scandal
to
all
civil
and
sacred
Societies
,
as
well
as
a
continual
Disturbance
to
those
that
commit
them
.
And
whosoever
shall
leave
this
world
,
whilst
he
's
under
the
power
and
prevalence
of
these
insolent
,
mischievous
,
and
domineering
Passions
,
is
fitted
only
for
the
Society
of
Devils
and
damned
Spirits
;
who
having
sinn'd
with
'em
by
Compliance
,
must
expect
to
be
punisht
for
ever
by
Sympathy
.
And
thus
much
of
that
Vniversal
Love
and
Benificence
,
which
all
Christians
are
oblig'd
to
practice
one
towards
another
.
We
pass
on
2dly
.
To
the
Particular
Duties
incumbent
upon
us
,
in
all
our
Intercourse
and
Dealings
with
other
Men.
And
they
are
such
as
concern
,
either
(1)
the
Persons
,
or
(2)
the
Possessions
,
or
(3)
the
Private
,
and
Public
Peace
and
Happiness
of
all
Christians
.
And
I
begin
1st
.
With
that
Love
,
Mercy
,
and
Charity
which
respects
the
Persons
of
our
Christian
Brother-hood
:
Which
for
Method's
sake
must
be
consider'd
under
a
double
Reference
.
And
(1)
with
respect
to
their
Souls
:
And
(2)
to
their
Bodies
.
But
(1)
Mens
Souls
being
of
infinitely
more
value
than
their
Bodies
,
become
the
primary
objects
of
our
Care
;
and
't
is
certainly
the
highest
Instance
of
Christian
Charity
,
to
rescue
a
Soul
from
Death
,
and
from
the
Peril
and
Punishment
of
Hell
Torments
.
Nihil
de
Scripturis
,
discourse
little
or
nothing
of
Religion
,
that
they
may
edifie
one
another
:
But
of
Toys
and
Trifles
;
and
so
their
Communication
becomes
either
sinful
,
or
frothy
and
impertment
;
whereas
holy
Conferences
(
well
tim'd
)
would
conduce
much
to
the
Credit
and
Interest
of
Religion
.
And
doubtless
it
would
be
of
singular
Advantage
,
to
communicate
our
Experiences
to
one
another
,
concerning
the
Power
,
Mercies
and
Goodness
of
God
to
us
,
in
all
the
Straits
and
Exigencies
which
we
've
met
with
in
this
Life
;
prescribing
also
such
Rules
and
Methods
herein
for
their
Support
and
Comfort
,
as
we
have
found
most
useful
and
beneficial
to
our
Selves
.
As
every
Man
hath
received
the
Gift
,
so
let
him
minister
to
another
,
as
it
becomes
a
Steward
of
the
manifold
Grace
of
God
.
Again
,
that
we
may
be
happy
Instruments
in
the
promoting
of
God's
Glory
and
our
own
Good
,
by
the
practice
of
fervent
Charity
to
the
Souls
of
others
;
but
a
fearful
looking
for
of
Judgement
,
and
endless
Perdition
.
Now
,
if
we
desire
to
inforce
these
Methods
,
and
render
'em
successful
to
others
;
our Selves
must
be
uniform
(
so
far
as
it
may
consist
with
the
infirmities
and
indiscretions
of
humane
Nature
)
in
the
devout
and
serious
practice
of
all
the
Duties
of
Religion
:
We
should
study
and
strive
to
be
pure
and
innocent
in
our
whole
Conversations
,
and
be
extremely
careful
that
we
partake
not
of
other
mens
sins
;
either
by
conniving
at
,
consenting
to
,
complying
with
,
or
vindicating
of
them
in
their
vitious
and
ungodly
Courses
:
For
unless
we
practice
those
Things
our selves
,
which
we
press
on
others
;
And
when
we
have
thus
conscientiously
discharg'd
our
Duty
,
and
yet
our
most
pious
and
charitable
Endeavours
prove
insuccessful
;
then
we
should
mourn
for
their
sins
in
secret
;
pray
earnestly
and
importunately
for
their
Conversion
;
and
(
by
a
just
complaint
to
their
lawful
Superiors
)
we
should
see
to
the
execution
of
Justice
,
that
they
may
suffer
due
and
deserved
Punishment
for
their
Offences
in
this
Life
;
that
their
Souls
and
Bodies
may
be
saved
in
the
day
of
our
Lord
Jesus
.
Since
then
the
faithful
Discharge
of
this
Duty
is
a
Business
of
such
Advantage
,
Necessity
,
and
Importance
both
to
our
own
,
and
the
Souls
of
other
Men
;
and
since
the
Glory
of
God
,
and
the
Interest
of
Religion
,
are
so
highly
concern'd
in
it
:
Then
,
what
account
shall
wicked
Men
be
able
to
give
for
the
total
Neglect
,
if
not
absolute
contempt
of
this
Duty
?
And
what
extreme
Punishments
shall
those
ungodly
Miscreants
endure
,
who
by
their
vile
and
abominable
Examples
,
are
so
far
from
saving
a
Soul
from
Death
,
that
they
lead
them
headlong
to
Hell
;
and
become
the
Devil's
Factors
to
plunge
'em
into
temporal
Misery
and
eternal
Condemnation
.
These
are
certainly
of
the
number
of
those
unprofitable
Servants
who
shall
be
bound
hand
and
foot
,
and
suffer
the
ignominy
and
torture
of
those
Pains
,
which
are
easeless
endless
and
remediless
.
But
as
we
are
oblig'd
to
be
extremely
solicitous
for
the
welfare
of
Mens
Souls
.
So
(2)
Their
Bodies
are
as
sutable
Objects
of
our
Charity
and
tenderest
Compassions
:
holy
Profession
,
to
minister
all
things
needful
for
the
relief
of
their
Wants
,
who
are
not
able
to
provide
for
Themselves
.
For
the
Poor
are
the
Treasuries
and
Ornaments
of
the
Church
,
and
by
being
charitable
to
'em
,
they
become
as
it
were
Bills
of
Exchange
,
by
which
we
make
a
wise
and
frugal
Purchase
in
Heaven
,
and
transmit
our
Estates
into
the
other
World
.
And
it
can
be
no
matter
of
scruple
to
us
,
whether
we
give
Money
,
or
Money
worth
to
those
that
want
;
since
all
Christians
are
left
to
their
own
Prudence
and
Discretion
,
to
dispense
their
Charity
and
Beneficence
,
as
may
seem
to
'em
most
meet
and
convenient
.
Now
,
the
particular
Instances
,
wherein
we
must
express
our
Charity
to
the
Bodies
of
our
fellow
Christians
,
are
such
as
these
.
Namely
,
the
poor
Widows
,
and
Orphans
,
the
Blind
,
Lame
,
Aged
,
Impotent
,
Sick
and
Diseas'd
should
never
go
from
our
Doors
empty
,
if
we
have
wherewith
to
supply
their
Wants
:
We
must
give
them
something
for
Food
,
and
something
for
Raiment
;
and
protect
and
defend
(
if
we
be
able
)
their
Persons
&
Possessions
,
from
the
Oppression
and
Injury
of
Merciless
and
unrighteous
Men.
More
particularly
yet
,
our
Religion
obligeth
us
to
recruite
the
Spoiled
,
to
redeem
Captives
and
those
that
are
in
Bonds
;
to
entertain
Strangers
,
relieve
the
Sick
,
and
those
that
are
in
Prison
;
and
to
be
careful
to
bury
the
dead
Bodies
of
our
Brethren
in
honour
and
safety
.
And
thus
we
are
bound
(
in
all
those
Instances
which
I
have
mention'd
)
to
be
charitable
to
all
Persons
;
but
especially
to
those
who
are
unblameable
in
their
Lives
,
and
(
according
to
their
Abilities
)
painful
in
their
Callings
,
modest
in
their
Behaviour
,
and
to
such
(
most
particularly
)
who
being
really
indigent
,
are
yet
asham'd
to
beg
.
To
enforce
this
Duty
:
God
has
plac'd
the
Safeguard
of
our
Lives
in
the
mutual
Assistances
of
one
another
:
And
then
we
rejoice
most
sutably
for
God's
Mercies
receiv'd
,
when
by
our
bounty
others
have
cause
to
rejoice
with
us
.
If
we
be
not
able
to
give
much
yet
we
must
give
what
we
can
,
and
where
there
's
a
willing
Mind
and
Disposition
to
do
Good
,
God
has
promised
to
accept
it
&
reward
the
Widows
Mite
,
Naz.
Or.
16
and
a
Cup
of
cold
Water
with
the
Comforts
and
Blessings
,
both
of
this
and
a
future
life
.
And
tho'
we
cannot
relieve
the
Distresses
of
our
poor
brethren
by
our
Purses
,
yet
we
may
assist
them
with
our
Persons
and
in
our
Prayers
,
which
(
in
many
Instances
)
may
be
comfortable
and
advantageous
to
them
.
And
to
encourage
us
further
herein
,
Our
Charity
to
Men
is
always
rewarded
with
Mercy
from
God
.
And
this
will
be
a
certain
Expedient
(
if
it
be
seasonably
made
use
of
)
to
secure
both
our
Persons
,
and
Possessions
from
injury
and
violence
.
(1)
Our
Persons
will
be
safe
under
the
conduct
of
a
wise
and
gracious
Providence
:
The
wicked
indeed
may
rage
against
,
and
persecute
the
charitable
and
merciful
Man
,
but
God
will
hold
him
in
the
hollow
of
his
hand
;
preserve
him
from
violence
under
the
shaddow
of
his
Wings
,
and
he
shall
be
safe
under
his
feathers
in
the
time
of
trouble
.
Deal
thy
Bread
then
to
the
hungry
,
and
bring
the
Poor
that
are
cast
out
to
thy
House
:
when
thou
seest
the
naked
cover
him
,
and
hide
not
thy self
from
thine
own
Flesh
;
then
shall
thy
light
break
forth
as
the
Morning
,
(
thy
Soul
shall
be
enrich'd
with
all
spiritual
and
heavenly
blessings
)
and
thine
health
shall
spring
forth
speedily
:
and
thy
righteousness
shall
go
before
thee
,
the
Glory
of
the
Lord
shall
be
thy
Re-reward
.
And
as
our
Benevolence
and
Beneficence
to
others
,
is
a
certain
Expedient
to
preserve
our
Persons
in
peace
and
safety
.
So
(2)
'T
is
of
great
use
and
importance
(1)
to
improve
,
and
(2)
to
secure
our
Estates
and
Possessions
,
to
us
and
ours
.
For
the
First
,
The
liberal
Soul
shall
be
made
fat
,
and
he
that
watereth
shall
be
watered
himself
.
For
he
that
hath
pity
on
the
Poor
,
lendeth
to
the
Lord
,
and
that
which
he
hath
given
will
he
pay
him
again
,
and
bless
him
in
all
that
he
putteth
his
hand
unto
.
The
same
Measure
that
we
mete
to
others
,
shall
be
measur'd
to
us
again
:
To
the
merciful
,
God
will
shew
himself
merciful
,
and
the
righteous
(
that
is
the
charitable
Man
)
shall
be
had
in
everlasting
Remembrance
.
if
we
cast
our
Bread
upon
the
Water
,
(
without
hopes
of
Retribution
from
those
whom
we
relieve
)
we
shall
find
it
after
many
days
:
is
to
make
to
our selves
friends
of
the
Mammon
of
unrighteousness
,
and
to
provide
Bags
which
wax
not
old
;
a
treasure
in
heaven
that
fadeth
not
,
where
no
Thief
approacheth
,
neither
Moth
corrupteth
.
Secondly
,
This
will
prove
the
best
Expedient
to
increase
and
improve
what
we
have
got
,
and
to
preserve
them
too
:
(1)
For
the
benefit
of
our
Selves
,
and
(2)
of
our
Posterity
.
(1)
Our
diffusive
Charity
will
be
of
great
Use
and
Expediency
to
preserve
and
improve
our
Possessions
for
the
Benefit
and
Comfort
of
our
Selves
.
No
Extortioner
,
no
Tyrant
,
no
Oppressor
shall
be
able
to
seize
them
out
of
our
Hands
.
The
strongest
Locks
and
Bolts
,
Banks
and
Exchequers
,
and
the
surest
Mortgage
in
Lands
may
fail
;
(
for
Riches
do
often
take
to
themselves
wings
and
fly
away
)
but
that
Money
,
where
neither
Moth
nor
Rust
doth
corrupt
,
and
where
Thieves
shall
not
break
thorow
and
steal
'em
;
God
having
promis'd
that
they
shall
be
kept
in
safe
Custody
for
us
'till
the
great
day
of
Account
,
When
the
King
shall
say
to
them
on
his
right
hand
,
come
ye
blessed
of
my
Father
,
inherit
the
Kingdom
prepared
for
you
from
the
foundation
of
the
World
:
(
And
he
assigns
these
Acts
of
Charity
as
the
Motives
and
Reasons
inducing
him
,
to
advance
'em
to
this
Honour
and
Happiness
)
For
I
was
an
hungred
,
and
ye
gave
me
Meat
,
I
was
thirsty
and
ye
gave
me
Drink
,
I
was
a
Stranger
and
ye
took
me
in
,
naked
and
ye
clothed
me
,
I
was
sick
and
ye
visited
me
,
I
was
in
Prison
and
ye
came
unto
me
:
For
verily
I
say
unto
you
,
forasmuch
as
ye
have
done
it
to
one
of
the
least
of
these
my
brethren
,
ye
have
done
it
unto
me
.
He
interprets
all
those
Acts
of
Bounty
and
Charity
bestow'd
on
his
poor
members
as
done
to
himself
.
(2)
By
Acts
of
Mercy
and
Charity
we
entail
our
Estates
with
a
blessing
upon
our
Posterity
;
whereof
they
shall
enjoy
the
Comfort
and
Benefit
when
we
are
dead
.
The
Widows
Child
was
blest
with
the
Fruits
of
his
Mother's
Charity
to
the
Prophet
.
that
he
never
saw
the
righteous
(
that
is
the
charitable
Man
)
forsaken
,
nor
his
Seed
begging
their
Bread
.
All
which
might
be
further
confirm'd
(
if
't
were
necessary
)
by
innumerable
Instances
,
both
ancient
and
modern
.
And
if
Parents
would
be
careful
to
put
something
into
God's
hands
for
their
Children
,
which
they
might
do
by
relieving
the
Poor
and
Indigent
;
(
for
God
acknowledges
it
as
a
Debt
due
from
himself
,
which
he
will
certainly
pay
and
with
advantage
)
whatever
becomes
of
the
rest
of
their
Estates
that
part
will
be
safe
.
Thus
by
being
merciful
to
others
,
we
shall
obtain
God's
blessing
for
our
Selves
and
our
Children
,
both
in
this
and
a
future
Life
.
Therefore
,
for
the
sake
of
our
indigent
Brethren
,
for
God's
sake
,
for
Christ's
sake
,
(
and
if
not
for
theirs
,
yet
)
for
our
own
,
and
the
Happiness
of
Ours
,
let
us
be
tender
and
affectionate
,
charitable
and
compassionate
to
all
Men
,
of
every
Nation
and
Country
,
Sect
or
Party
whatsoever
,
(
for
the
Command
is
indefinite
)
if
they
be
in
Misery
and
Distress
.
And
all
our
Aims
and
Intentions
of
doing
good
to
others
should
be
sincere
,
without
any
mixture
of
Pride
,
Passion
,
Interest
,
Hypocrisie
,
Ostentation
or
Vain-glory.
What
we
give
to
the
Poor
,
must
be
without
grudging
,
murmuring
,
or
repining
:
And
Deeds
of
this
nature
must
be
done
cheerfully
,
freely
and
bountifully
,
from
the
Conscience
of
our
Duty
to
God
,
and
with
a
charitable
Intention
to
do
Good
.
Since
then
this
Duty
of
Charity
and
Mercy
to
the
Poor
is
every
way
so
beneficial
to
us
,
and
ours
;
and
can
by
no
means
be
omitted
without
manifest
Prejudice
,
both
to
our
present
and
future
Concernments
,
in
this
and
another
World
:
And
seeing
we
neither
want
Objects
to
relieve
,
nor
Opportunities
of
doing
good
;
(
for
the
Poor
shall
be
alwayes
with
us
)
let
us
therefore
endeavour
to
make
unto
our selves
Friends
(
whilst
we
may
)
of
this
Mammon
of
Vnrighteousness
;
that
when
we
are
stript
naked
of
all
these
temporal
Enjoyments
,
our
merciful
and
gracious
God
may
receive
us
into
his
everlasting
Habitations
.
Now
,
if
the
Case
stands
thus
with
the
Charitable
and
Merciful
Christian
,
(
which
indeed
it
does
)
as
't
is
fully
and
clearly
represented
,
(
for
God
is
pleas'd
with
Mercy
,
but
inexorable
to
those
that
shut
up
the
Bowels
of
Compassion
against
the
Poor
:
)
Then
what
shall
become
of
those
merciless
,
cruel
,
and
uncharitable
Men
,
who
have
most
wickedly
spent
their
Estates
in
superfluous
and
intemperate
Eating
,
Drinking
,
Gaming
,
sumptuous
Buildings
,
costly
Furniture
of
Houses
,
gorgeous
Apparel
,
troublesome
and
vexatious
Suits
in
Law
,
Horses
,
Dogs
,
numerous
Attendants
,
and
in
many
other
Instances
of
Luxury
,
and
Debauchery
;
which
are
every
where
obvious
,
and
God
knows
too
common
in
this
sinful
Nation
?
By
which
irreligious
and
wicked
Extravagancies
,
Charity
to
the
Poor
(
as
well
as
Hospitality
)
are
dwindled
into
nothing
;
and
if
the
importunate
Beggar
does
now
and
then
squieze
a
Penny
out
of
their
Pockets
;
(
to
be
freed
from
his
Clamours
)
yet
they
seldom
give
without
some
smart
,
or
scurrulous
Reflections
upon
his
Person
and
Condition
;
whilst
they
can
spend
whole
Lordships
on
their
Luxury
.
We
have
alas
!
(
which
is
very
sad
)
too
many
deplorable
Instances
of
Men
of
uncharitable
Minds
and
unmerciful
Dispositions
;
that
have
ruin'd
their
Estates
,
Honours
,
Reputations
,
Bodies
,
Souls
,
and
all
by
intemperate
Living
;
who
by
a
frugal
and
careful
Management
might
have
made
themselves
and
ther
Families
(
whom
they
have
utterly
undone
)
both
happy
here
,
and
for
ever
.
But
there
are
another
sort
of
griping
Mammonists
,
(
in
the
other
extreme
)
who
have
rais'd
their
own
Fortunes
by
Fraud
and
Oppression
,
upon
the
Ruines
of
other
Mens
.
But
these
Cormorants
have
little
or
no
Enjoyment
of
what
they
have
thus
basely
got
;
and
therefore
it
cannot
be
expected
that
they
should
be
charitable
to
others
.
Here
and
there
one
perhaps
,
will
dedicate
some
part
of
his
ill
begotten
Estate
to
pious
and
charitable
Uses
,
to
atone
for
those
crimson
and
crying
Sins
,
which
they
have
so
wickedly
and
wilfully
committed
:
But
,
as
these
specious
Pretences
to
Piety
and
Virtue
,
are
no
other
then
gross
Hypocrisie
,
To
conclude
this
Point
.
Let
all
unmerciful
Men
consider
,
that
if
they
continue
so
,
their
Doom
is
already
determin'd
;
for
they
shall
all
go
away
into
everlasting
Torments
:
Judgement
without
Mercy
to
be
expected
by
those
that
will
shew
no
Mercy
.
All
their
Prayers
,
and
Tears
,
&c.
without
Charity
are
to
no
purpose
:
For
whoso
stoppeth
his
Ear
to
the
crie
of
the
Poor
,
he
shall
also
crie
himself
and
shall
not
be
heard
.
Thus
much
of
that
Instance
of
Duty
which
respects
the
Persons
of
our
fellow
Christians
.
We
proceed
2dly
.
To
that
other
Branch
of
it
,
which
concerns
their
Possessions
,
which
is
Justice
and
Honesty
.
Now
,
Justice
is
a
comprehensive
Term
,
and
in
its
full
latitude
implies
the
Conformity
of
the
whole
Man
to
the
whole
Will
of
God
:
Or
,
't
is
more
Particular
,
and
restrain'd
to
the
Persons
;
(
of
which
already
)
or
the
Possessions
of
our
Neighbours
.
And
those
are
either
their
Wives
,
Children
,
and
Servants
;
(
as
before
)
or
their
Gold
,
Silver
,
Houses
,
Lands
,
and
that
which
may
be
as
dear
to
'em
,
as
all
the
rest
,
viz.
their
Credit
and
Reputations
.
But
I
shall
treat
of
this
Virtue
or
Duty
,
now
under
Consideration
,
with
respect
(1)
to
the
Estates
,
and
(2)
the
Reputations
of
our
Christian
Brotherhood
.
And
for
the
better
understanding
of
this
Point
,
1st
.
(1)
With
Commutative
Justice
;
Those
Gentlemen
have
been
no
great
Friends
to
the
Christian
Religion
,
who
so
eagerly
dispute
against
Morality
,
(
as
they
pretend
)
for
the
advancement
of
free
Grace
.
As
if
both
sides
of
this
Contradiction
could
be
true
,
that
a
Man
might
be
godly
and
dishonest
at
the
same
time
;
and
be
a
pure
Disciple
of
the
first
,
whilst
he
's
an
open
Enemy
to
,
and
transgressor
of
the
Commandments
of
the
second
Table
;
so
that
no
man
(
in
their
sense
)
can
be
Evangelically
righteous
,
unless
he
be
Morally
unrighteous
.
But
if
they
would
examine
the
whole
Christian
Doctrine
impartially
,
they
may
be
satisfied
(
if
they
please
,
)
that
an
honest
upright
Carriage
,
speaking
Truth
to
our
Neighbour
,
the
keeping
of
a
Man's
Word
;
performing
Oaths
and
Promises
;
the
acting
sincerely
and
conscientiously
in
all
our
Dealings
with
other
Men
,
is
a
considerable
part
of
that
Religion
,
which
our
blessed
Saviour
came
to
preach
and
propagate
in
the
World
.
But
I
would
studiously
avoid
all
Controversie
,
and
shall
only
desire
them
,
and
all
Christians
to
consider
;
that
this
excellent
Religion
which
we
profess
does
oblige
us
to
be
candid
and
ingenuous
,
to
measure
all
our
Words
by
our
Meaning
,
so
,
that
we
neither
pretend
what
's
false
,
nor
conceal
what
's
true
;
but
make
Truth
and
Equity
,
Justice
and
Honesty
the
Common
Basis
and
Standard
of
all
humane
Transactions
:
For
to
lye
,
and
swear
,
and
dissemble
,
for
the
promoting
of
Mens
Interests
in
this
World
,
are
Stratagems
which
the
Devil
has
always
made
use
of
,
to
allure
and
entrap
all
inconsiderate
and
worldly-minded
Men.
And
indeed
,
't
is
highly
incongruous
,
and
most
inconsistent
with
the
Genius
and
Spirit
of
Christianity
,
to
dissemble
and
deny
the
Truth
;
and
every
sincere
Christian
will
abhor
and
abandon
those
Methods
,
of
maintaining
his
secular
Interests
by
Lyes
and
Falshood
.
Again
,
this
Justice
does
oblige
us
to
perform
all
our
Promises
and
Contracts
,
(
which
are
neither
unlawful
,
nor
impossible
to
be
kept
)
tho'
to
our
greatest
prejudice
;
and
unless
these
be
faithfully
observ'd
,
as
the
Government
we
live
under
may
be
endanger'd
:
So
no
Man
can
be
safe
,
either
in
his
Person
,
or
Possessions
.
Nor
should
we
wilfully
transgress
any
of
those
Laws
of
Justice
and
Sincerity
;
nor
make
use
of
any
Man's
Necessity
,
Ignorance
Passion
,
&c.
to
enrich
our Selves
,
or
advance
our
Estates
in
this
World
.
Thus
I
have
given
you
a
short
Specimen
of
this
positive
part
of
Commutative
Justice
;
wherein
we
should
be
as
tender
of
other
Mens
Interests
,
as
our
own
.
But
our
Obligations
herein
will
more
evidently
appear
,
if
we
consider
the
Negative
part
of
this
Duty
;
which
forbids
all
Entrenchment
on
other
men's
Rights
,
in
taking
away
their
Cattle
,
Money
,
Houses
,
Lands
,
&c.
either
by
Fraud
,
or
Violence
.
And
this
Injustice
is
either
(1)
of
the
Heart
,
which
is
extended
to
all
those
several
Objects
mention'd
before
,
which
we
should
not
Covet
nor
desire
;
and
a
Sin
expresly
contradictory
to
,
and
forbidden
in
the
tenth
Commandment
.
(2)
There
's
the
Injustice
of
the
Mouth
:
As
in
using
deceitful
Words
and
false
Pretences
to
cheat
and
over-reach
one
another
in
buying
and
selling
,
or
in
perswading
an
Heir
by
false
and
flattering
Speeches
to
quit
his
Interest
in
all
,
or
any
part
of
his
Estate
;
or
when
a
Widow
is
wrought
on
by
Fraud
or
Force
,
to
transfer
the
Title
of
that
Inheritance
,
which
of
right
belong'd
to
the
Children
of
the
first
,
to
those
of
her
second
Husband
.
Or
lastly
,
when
Schismatical
and
Seditious
Persons
,
by
their
smooth
and
deceitful
Language
,
do
not
only
allure
and
perswade
others
to
substract
their
Obedience
from
their
lawful
Superiors
;
but
do
decoy
them
by
degrees
to
joyn
with
'em
,
in
all
their
vile
and
unwarrantable
Practices
of
Faction
and
Rebellion
.
(3)
There
's
the
Injustice
of
the
Hand
,
which
consists
in
taking
away
the
Estates
of
other
Men
,
(
or
any
part
of
them
)
by
Fraud
or
Injustice
;
or
in
detaining
the
just
Wages
of
Labourers
or
Servants
;
or
in
not
restoring
the
Pledge
upon
the
payment
of
the
Money
for
which
that
was
the
Lender's
Security
;
or
in
defrauding
the
Prince
of
his
Honour
and
Tribute
;
or
in
corrupting
the
Justice
of
the
Nation
for
Bribes
;
or
lastly
,
when
a
man
appropriates
those
things
to
himself
,
which
have
been
dedicated
(
by
his
pious
Ancestors
)
to
the
service
of
God
,
and
the
maintainance
of
his
Ministers
:
As
in
the
detention
of
Tyths
,
and
Offerings
;
or
in
the
selling
of
Ecclesiastical
Livings
,
&c.
All
which
several
kinds
of
Injustice
are
expresly
contradictory
to
,
and
forbidden
by
the
Law
of
Nature
,
the
Law
of
Nations
,
and
the
positive
Laws
of
God
,
both
in
the
Old
and
New
Testaments
.
And
whosoever
offends
in
all
,
or
any
of
these
Instances
,
without
Repentance
,
and
Restitution
(
in
most
Cases
,
)
and
a
thorow
Reformation
of
Life
,
seldom
escape
Punishment
even
in
this
World
;
Know
ye
not
(
saith
the
Apostle
)
that
the
unrighteous
shall
not
inherit
the
Kingdom
of
God
?
Be
not
deceived
;
neither
Fornicators
,
nor
Adulterers
,
(
who
violate
the
Chastity
of
their
Neighbours
Wives
and
Daughters
,
the
greatest
injustice
that
can
be
committed
,
)
nor
Thieves
,
nor
Covetous
,
nor
Extortioners
,
shall
inherit
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
:
For
the
wrath
of
God
is
reveal'd
from
Heaven
against
all
unrighteousness
of
men
:
(2)
To
Distributive
Justice
.
This
is
peculiar
to
the
Supreme
and
Subordinate
Magistrates
in
every
Nation
;
who
are
God's
Vicegerents
and
Representatives
on
Earth
,
and
invested
with
Power
and
Authority
from
above
to
protect
and
reward
the
Innocent
;
and
to
inflict
Punishments
on
Offendors
,
in
proportion
to
the
Crimes
committed
against
the
Laws
of
God
,
and
the
King
.
But
tho'
the
great
Majesty
of
Heaven
and
Earth
,
has
devolv'd
his
Authority
upon
them
,
yet
they
are
to
exempted
from
Rule
;
being
oblig'd
by
the
Laws
of
God
,
and
their
Country
,
(
in
their
respective
Capacities
)
to
be
impartial
in
the
Administration
of
Justice
:
Therefore
,
they
should
be
always
ready
to
hear
the
Complaints
of
those
that
are
opprest
and
injur'd
;
and
be
severe
and
terrible
in
inflicting
due
and
deserved
Punishments
upon
all
wilful
and
open
Transgressors
.
And
't
is
requir'd
of
'em
that
they
be
impartial
and
unbiast
,
in
their
Determinations
of
Matters
of
Law
,
or
Fact
,
which
may
concern
either
the
Poor
or
Rich.
Justice
knows
no
Friends
,
no
Relatives
,
no
Bribes
;
and
is
equally
at
Leisure
to
hear
the
Complaints
of
all
Persons
,
of
all
Ranks
and
Qualities
whatsoever
.
It
must
needs
then
be
heinous
Impiety
in
any
man
,
who
is
intrusted
with
the
Managemenr
of
the
Affairs
of
Government
,
either
in
Church
or
State
,
to
take
Bribes
;
or
out
of
any
by-ends
or
private
respect
,
to
wrest
and
corrupt
the
public
Justice
of
the
Nation
;
or
to
proceed
in
Judgement
contrary
to
the
Merits
of
the
Cause
:
For
tho'
ill
Magistrates
may
,
and
(
many
times
)
do
escape
Punishment
in
this
World
;
yet
there
's
a
God
above
who
is
higher
and
greater
than
they
(
and
with
whom
there
's
no
respect
of
Persons
)
that
will
take
a
strict
and
severe
account
of
their
Administrations
;
2dly
.
Credit
and
Reputation
.
And
't
is
unquestionable
,
that
all
Men
have
a
natutural
Right
and
Title
to
a
good
Reputation
in
this
World
,
unless
they
shall
forfeit
it
by
some
gross
Miscarriages
:
Whosoever
therefore
shall
go
about
to
attaint
an
innocent
Man's
Credit
by
false
Witness
,
public
Slanders
,
private
Whisperings
,
or
any
other
clandestine
and
disingenuous
Means
and
Methods
;
is
not
only
guilty
of
the
Sin
,
but
shall
incur
the
Penalties
of
downright
Knavery
and
Injustice
.
Therefore
,
in
common
Charity
and
Justice
we
are
oblig'd
to
be
as
tender
of
every
Man's
Reputation
as
our
own
.
And
doubtless
upon
this
Account
,
our
blessed
Saviour
has
forbidden
all
sorts
of
Lying
,
Backbiting
,
Slandering
,
Railing
,
Detraction
,
Censoriousness
,
virulent
and
uncharitable
Invectives
,
and
all
other
false
and
politic
Devices
;
whereby
the
Repute
and
Credit
of
our
Neighbour
may
be
impair'd
and
injur'd
.
Besides
,
these
uncharitable
Practices
,
are
the
spawn
and
issue
of
the
Devil
,
who
is
the
Father
of
them
;
and
therefore
,
whosoever
doth
maliciously
lye
and
dissemble
for
his
own
Advantage
,
or
to
the
prejudice
of
others
,
he
is
of
the
Devil
his
Father
,
whom
God
has
threatned
to
destroy
.
Again
,
these
Methods
of
evil
Speaking
have
a
double
Tendency
to
do
Mischief
:
Either
public
,
as
Slander
;
or
private
,
as
Detraction
.
Pievish
and
passionate
Men
do
make
use
of
the
open
way
to
hurt
;
but
those
who
are
more
politic
and
reserv'd
,
(
and
yet
envious
)
are
more
close
and
subtile
in
managing
their
Designs
of
Mischief
and
Wickedness
;
an
tho'
the
Credit
and
Reputation
of
good
Men
be
usually
wounded
both
ways
;
yet
private
Whisperers
are
the
most
dangerous
Enemies
;
because
the
injur'd
Person
does
seldom
or
never
meet
with
an
Opportunity
to
vindicate
himself
.
Now
,
for
the
Prevention
,
and
Cure
of
this
uncharitable
and
unchristian
Humour
,
(
which
God
knows
is
every
where
too
common
,
especially
amongst
those
of
the
precise
Party
who
esteem
themselves
considerable
Proficients
in
Christianity
)
give
me
leave
to
make
these
few
Remarques
.
And
(1)
The
holy
Scripture
has
denounced
a
severe
Woe
against
the
Haters
and
Revilers
of
their
Brethren
;
Children
of
Wrath
,
and
Vessels
fitted
for
Destruction
.
In
which
they
nearly
resemble
our
great
Adversary
the
Devil
,
who
is
a
cruel
Enemy
to
,
and
merciless
Accuser
of
God's
dearest
Saints
and
Servants
.
(2)
Uncharitable
Invectives
are
certain
Evidences
and
Indications
of
a
corrupt
and
unsanctified
Heart
:
and
are
said
by
the
Ancients
to
be
caninos
dentes
Diaboli
,
the
devouring
Teeth
of
the
old
Serpent
.
Upon
which
Saint
Bernard
expresly
,
Detrahere
aut
detrahentem
audire
,
Bern.
Lib.
2.
de
Con●ide
,
ad
Eugen.
utrum
horum
damnabilius
fit
,
non
facile
dixerim
,
so
vile
and
mischievous
are
these
uncharitable
Practices
;
that
those
who
can
hear
their
Neighbours
reproacht
with
pleasure
and
satisfaction
,
are
as
much
to
blame
,
and
must
expect
to
share
with
the
Detractors
themselves
in
their
due
and
deserved
Punishments
.
(3)
The
Slanderer
and
Detractor
add
sin
to
sin
,
and
iniquity
to
iniquity
;
For
he
always
despiseth
and
hates
those
whom
he
so
unwarrantably
rails
against
.
We
shall
conclude
this
Point
with
that
remarkable
Distich
of
St.
Aug.
which
he
writ
over
his
Table
;
and
I
wish
it
were
written
in
legible
Characters
in
the
Practices
of
all
Christians
:
Quisquis
amat
dictis
absentem
rodere
Famam
,
Hanc
Mensam
vetitam
noverit
esse
sibi
.
For
,
't
is
very
unmanly
and
disingenuous
as
well
as
unchristian
,
in
any
one
to
abuse
his
Neighbour
,
especially
in
his
Absence
.
And
I
am
confident
it
would
conduce
much
to
the
Interest
of
Religion
,
and
the
Peace
of
our
Civil
Government
,
if
such
Canibals
were
interdicted
all
humane
Societie
:
and
indeed
,
they
are
more
fit
to
be
herded
up
with
Beasts
,
then
have
the
Priviledge
to
converse
with
Men.
Thus
much
of
those
Duties
which
relate
to
the
Persons
and
Possessions
of
our
Christian
Neighbourhood
.
We
pass
forward
3dly
.
Prince
of
Peace
came
into
these
lower
Regions
to
make
up
the
Breach
between
God
and
Man
;
he
brake
down
the
Partition
Wall
;
proclaim'd
an
universal
Peace
by
his
Doctrine
,
and
confirm'd
it
by
the
Example
of
his
own
Life
,
and
the
peaceable
and
quiet
Deportment
and
Demeanour
of
his
Followers
.
Hereby
fulfilling
that
Prophesie
,
of
breaking
Swords
into
Plough-shares
,
&c.
And
the
whole
Contexture
and
Design
of
our
Christian
Religion
(
as
is
most
evident
from
all
the
Particulars
of
it
)
can
be
no
other
then
to
reconcile
God
and
Man
,
Jew
and
Gentile
,
and
to
reduce
the
whole
World
into
one
Community
.
Now
to
enforce
the
Practice
of
these
Duties
not
only
of
public
but
private
Peace
;
't
will
be
of
singular
use
and
importance
,
to
consider
the
Force
and
Energy
of
these
following
Arguments
.
For
(1)
We
are
Members
of
that
mystical
Body
,
whereof
Christ
Jesus
is
the
Head
:
to
be
at
peace
with
all
men
;
to
practice
Peace
among
our selves
;
and
to
use
out
utmost
endeavours
to
preserve
the
Vnity
of
the
Spirit
in
the
Bond
of
Peace
;
which
if
we
be
careful
to
do
,
the
God
of
Love
and
Peace
will
be
with
us
.
(2)
We
are
all
Descendents
from
the
same
common
Parents
,
Adam
and
Eve
●
and
therefore
it
would
be
most
unnatural
to
hate
,
then
for
Brethren
to
live
together
in
Vnity
.
(3)
We
have
all
one
blessed
Lord
our
Redeemer
,
who
purchas'd
us
all
at
one
and
the
same
Price
;
that
we
might
be
at
Peace
with
God
,
and
amongst
our Selves
.
He
has
given
us
all
one
Gospel
,
and
one
Faith
,
which
is
perfected
in
us
by
one
and
the
same
Spirit
:
Since
then
we
are
united
in
our
Minds
in
believing
the
same
Doctrine
,
it
would
be
highly
incongruous
to
be
divided
in
our
Affections
;
this
would
be
to
pull
down
with
one
hand
,
what
we
are
endeavouring
to
set
up
with
the
other
.
(4)
We
are
all
Temples
of
the
same
holy
Spirit
the
Sanctifier
;
by
whose
powerful
Operation
and
Influence
(
if
we
stifle
not
his
Gifts
and
Graces
by
our
Sins
)
he
will
unite
us
to
Christ
our
Head
,
and
in
the
mutual
Bonds
of
Love
,
Peace
,
and
Vnity
to
one
another
.
(5)
We
have
all
one
Calling
to
Piety
and
Holiness
of
Life
;
and
we
have
the
same
Hope
of
our
Calling
in
Christ
Jesus
:
we
all
aspire
to
,
and
hope
for
the
same
Happiness
,
and
upon
the
same
Conditions
;
why
should
we
therefore
differ
on
Earth
,
since
we
do
all
expect
to
be
united
in
the
same
Society
in
Heaven
?
where
there
shall
be
an
absolute
End
of
all
Feuds
and
Contentions
.
(6)
We
are
all
of
us
united
in
one
Body
by
Baptism
,
and
herein
admitted
to
all
the
Priviledges
thereof
,
as
Members
of
the
same
Christian
Brotherhood
:
If
we
separate
therefore
from
the
Body
,
we
unchurch
our selves
;
make
void
the
Terms
,
and
cancel
the
Bonds
of
our
Peace
and
Reconciliation
.
(7)
and
Lastly
,
we
do
all
partake
of
the
same
Elements
in
the
Sacrament
of
Christ's
Holy
Supper
:
We
mystically
eat
the
same
Body
,
and
drink
the
same
Bloud
of
Christ
:
And
certainly
this
Pledge
and
Assurance
of
his
eternal
Love
to
us
,
should
be
the
most
powerful
Motive
to
perswade
us
to
love
one
another
.
By
these
and
many
other
Arguments
,
Examples
,
Precepts
,
and
Counsels
,
we
are
not
only
oblig'd
to
preserve
and
maintain
Peace
in
our
Christian
Community
;
but
to
avoid
(
as
we
would
do
the
most
Pestilential
Disease
)
all
Factious
,
Schismatical
,
and
turbulent
Behaviour
in
all
Societies
both
Sacred
and
Civil
,
whereof
we
are
Members
.
The
Mischiefs
of
Factions
and
Seditions
are
innumerable
;
nor
can
we
preserve
Peace
and
Unity
,
but
by
mutual
Forbearance
,
and
Condescention
;
and
indeed
,
't
is
impossible
that
there
should
be
any
such
thing
as
Unanimity
,
amongst
fiery
,
fierce
,
and
contentious
Spirits
.
Now
,
for
the
better
Establishment
of
this
Peace
,
which
I
've
recommended
to
you
by
such
cogent
and
convincing
Arguments
;
which
our
greatest
Adversaries
by
all
their
Malice
,
and
Sophistry
shall
never
be
able
to
elude
.
It
concerns
all
Persons
,
in
every
Capacity
,
both
public
and
private
,
to
use
their
utmost
endeavours
to
promote
and
maintain
it
.
And
therefore
(1)
Those
that
move
in
the
highest
Sphere
of
Government
,
peaceable
Lives
,
in
all
Godliness
and
Honesty
.
(2)
Those
that
move
in
a
lower
Orb
,
Thus
,
But
then
,
since
we
must
of
Necessity
converse
with
,
and
live
amongst
those
that
are
Enemies
unto
Peace
:
our
blessed
Saviour
exhorts
us
to
endeavour
to
quel
and
overcome
the
unruly
spirits
of
Men
;
by
bearing
Reproaches
,
suffering
Injuries
,
practicing
Meekness
,
Patience
and
Condescension
,
curbing
and
restraining
our
extravagant
and
unruly
Passions
,
which
(
being
indulg'd
)
will
undoubtedly
prove
the
Springs
and
Incentives
of
Confusion
and
Disorder
.
And
indeed
,
if
Christians
did
but
really
believe
what
they
outwardly
profess
,
they
would
not
incur
the
Hazard
of
Hell
fire
(
which
they
certainly
do
)
to
gratifie
a
domineering
Passion
,
or
please
a
petulent
Humour
for
a
few
Moments
;
but
would
rather
practice
those
things
which
make
for
Peace
,
(
tho
contrary
to
the
Bent
and
Tendency
of
corrupt
Nature
)
that
they
might
inherit
the
Comforts
and
Rewards
of
it
.
And
as
we
lie
under
these
pressing
Obligations
to
promote
and
maintain
Peace
,
in
all
those
Instances
I
've
mention'd
.
So
On
the
Contrary
,
Let
all
Christians
then
,
of
all
Ranks
and
Conditions
,
study
and
endeavour
to
promote
and
propagate
public
and
private
Peace
in
Church
and
State
,
in
their
Neighbourhood
,
in
their
Families
,
and
in
their
whole
Intercourse
and
Conversation
with
one
another
.
By
which
Means
,
they
shall
not
only
please
God
and
Man
,
and
discharge
a
good
Conscience
by
endeavouring
(
what
in
them
lies
)
to
preserve
Peace
and
Unity
with
both
;
but
this
divine
and
excellent
Frame
of
Spirit
,
will
dispose
and
qualifie
'em
for
the
Society
of
the
holy
Angels
and
Saints
glorified
;
who
do
all
unanimously
concur
in
the
same
common
Interests
and
Affections
,
of
praising
and
adoring
the
God
of
Purity
and
Peace
,
in
a
perfect
and
harmonious
Uniformity
;
and
are
as
sincerely
one
,
as
if
they
were
animated
with
the
same
Soul
and
Spirit
.
Thus
it
will
evidently
appear
from
the
Premisses
;
that
Christ
our
great
Prophet
has
not
only
rectified
the
Mistakes
,
and
repair'd
the
Defects
of
all
former
Dispensations
;
but
has
(
in
great
mercy
to
our
Souls
)
made
a
perfect
Discovery
of
the
eternal
Will
of
God
,
in
what
concerns
his
own
Glory
,
and
our
Good
.
He
has
told
us
plainly
what
he
has
done
already
,
what
he
will
do
for
us
,
and
what
returns
of
Gratitude
he
expects
from
us
in
this
Life
,
that
we
may
be
for
ever
happy
in
a
better
.
And
to
enforce
these
saving
Methods
of
Grace
and
Mercy
,
he
vouchsafes
unto
us
the
Assistances
of
his
holy
Spirit
,
to
restrain
us
from
Sin
;
to
encourage
us
in
,
and
enable
us
to
perform
the
Duties
of
Religion
.
He
has
been
pleas'd
likewise
to
institute
an
Order
of
Men
,
and
invested
them
with
Power
and
Authority
to
minister
in
holy
Things
,
and
to
be
Ambassadors
in
his
steade
;
and
has
furnisht
them
with
Abilities
to
instruct
and
govern
his
People
,
and
to
guide
them
in
the
Ways
of
Salvation
.
And
to
obtain
an
honourable
Respect
and
Deference
to
their
Persons
and
Offices
:
(
that
they
might
discharge
their
Duties
,
and
manage
the
Business
of
their
Callings
with
Comfort
to
themselves
,
and
Success
to
others
)
He
tells
the
World
;
that
he
will
interpret
the
Respect
given
'em
,
and
the
Injuries
done
to
them
as
if
they
were
done
to
himself
,
and
to
encourage
them
in
the
pious
Administration
of
the
Offices
of
their
holy
Function
;
he
has
promis'd
to
assist
'em
with
his
Grace
and
Spirit
here
,
and
to
recompence
their
holy
Performances
with
a
Crown
of
eternal
Glory
hereafter
.
Hence
we
may
understand
by
the
Premisses
,
what
a
Miserable
Estate
and
Condition
we
were
in
,
and
should
have
continued
so
had
he
not
appointed
this
new
and
living
Way
for
our
escape
and
rescue
.
Therefore
,
we
are
indispensibly
oblig'd
(
not
only
in
Duty
but
Interest
,
)
to
believe
and
practice
that
Heavenly
Doctrine
,
which
has
so
many
admirable
Sanctions
,
and
powerful
Motives
to
recommend
and
enforce
it
.
And
indeed
,
unless
our
Lives
be
the
real
Transcript
of
Christ's
holy
Example
and
Institutions
,
and
sincerely
correspondent
to
what
we
profess
,
the
Title
of
Christianity
will
prove
an
empty
sound
:
nor
can
we
expect
to
be
dignified
by
that
,
whilst
we
dishonour
him
that
gives
it
.
Let
every
Man
therefore
,
that
names
the
Name
of
Christ
,
and
expects
Salvation
by
his
Merits
,
depart
from
Iniquity
;
otherwise
he
undermines
what
he
should
endeavour
to
propagate
and
uphold
:
And
it
would
be
a
difficult
Task
to
perswade
others
to
believe
that
Doctrine
,
which
our
own
Lives
and
Practices
are
a
flat
Contradiction
to
:
For
our
Religion
does
not
consist
in
the
specious
Pretences
,
or
the
formal
Appearances
of
being
holy
and
devout
;
't
is
not
every
one
that
saith
,
Lord
,
Lord
,
shall
enter
into
God's
Kingdom
;
but
he
that
doth
the
Will
of
our
Father
which
is
in
Heaven
.
The
most
profound
Knowledge
of
all
the
Principles
and
Duties
of
Christianity
,
abstracted
from
the
real
Belief
and
Practice
of
'em
,
will
prove
a
Scourge
to
,
and
highly
aggravate
the
Condemnation
of
the
dissolute
Christian
:
For
he
that
knoweth
his
Master's
Will
,
and
doth
it
not
,
shall
be
beaten
with
many
Stripes
.
Our
whole
Lives
then
,
should
be
a
Constellation
of
all
those
Gospel
Graces
,
which
are
recommended
under
this
Head
of
Discourse
.
And
tho'
there
may
be
some
mixture
of
Weakness
,
and
Imperfection
,
and
perhaps
of
Sin
,
in
all
the
Actions
and
Duties
which
we
do
;
yet
if
they
be
not
impenitently
liv'd
and
died
in
,
and
if
we
use
our
utmost
Endeavours
to
overcome
and
subdue
'em
;
the
imputative
Righteousness
of
Christ
our
High-Priest
will
effectually
interpose
,
and
accomplish
our
Peace
and
Pardon
for
all
our
Sins
,
if
we
faithfully
apply
it
.
CHAP.
VII
.
Of
Christ's
Priestly
Office
.
THat
Christ
Jesus
the
righteous
might
be
sutably
qualified
for
the
great
Work
and
Business
of
our
Redemption
,
't
was
absolutely
necessary
(
as
we
've
seen
)
that
he
should
be
a
Prophet
;
to
dispense
and
accomplish
that
Part
of
his
Mediatourship
.
We
shall
proceed
now
(
according
to
our
propounded
Method
)
to
give
you
an
account
of
the
Importance
of
his
Priestly
Office
:
Which
does
eminently
consist
,
in
the
offering
up
himself
a
real
and
perfect
Sacrifice
,
for
the
sins
of
the
whole
World
;
and
in
his
meritorious
Intercession
at
God's
right
hand
:
that
the
infinite
Merits
of
that
Sacrifice
may
be
accepted
and
applied
,
for
the
Comfort
and
Benefit
of
all
sincere
Christians
that
believe
in
,
and
obey
him
.
Now
,
by
the
Merits
of
this
great
Propitiation
,
he
has
fully
satisfied
God's
infinite
Justice
for
Mans
Delinquency
and
Disobedience
;
obtain'd
our
Pardon
and
Peace
with
God
,
deliver'd
us
from
the
Guilt
,
Pollution
,
and
Punishment
of
all
our
sins
;
and
we
are
certain
(
that
upon
some
tolerable
and
easie
Conditions
)
he
will
vouchsafe
unto
us
the
powerful
Assistances
of
his
Grace
and
Spirit
,
and
enable
us
to
comply
with
'em
,
to
our
comfort
here
,
and
Salvation
hereafter
.
I
shall
endeavour
to
be
very
express
in
the
handling
of
this
Point
,
that
I
may
inform
and
affect
my
Reader
with
the
saving
Truths
,
and
important
Duties
contain'd
in
it
.
In
order
whereunto
,
I
shall
observe
this
Method
.
And
1st
.
Titles
Synonimous
to
his
Priestly
Office
.
Heb.
5.10
.
Heb.
2.17
.
Heb.
9.11
.
1
John
.
2.2
.
1
Tim.
2.6
.
Rev.
13.8
.
1
Cor.
5.7
.
Rom.
3.29
Eph
.2.14
.
We
shall
consider
the
several
Titles
ascribd
to
our
blessed
Saviour
in
holy
Scripture
,
which
are
synonimous
and
correspondent
to
his
Priest-hood
:
wherein
he
is
said
to
be
the
great
High-Priest
,
the
merciful
and
faithful
High-Priest
,
the
High-Priest
of
good
things
to
come
,
the
High-Priest
over
the
House
of
God
,
our
Advocate
with
the
Father
,
the
Price
of
our
Redemption
,
the
Lamb
slain
from
the
beginning
of
the
World
,
Christ
our
Passover
,
and
the
Propitiation
for
our
Sins
.
All
which
Passages
and
Compellations
do
necessarily
imply
,
that
Christ
our
High-Priest
assum'd
our
Nature
,
that
he
might
perform
absolute
unsinning
Obedience
to
the
whole
Will
of
God
;
and
thereby
fulfill
the
Conditions
of
the
first
Covenant
which
we
had
wilfully
violated
in
Adam
:
and
yet
being
faultless
,
to
undergo
(
and
that
voluntarily
)
a
shameful
and
painful
Death
for
us
upon
the
Cross
,
to
make
our
Atonement
.
Who
(
having
seal'd
this
new
Covenant
of
our
Redemption
in
his
Blood
)
is
now
ascended
into
the
Heavens
,
where
he
sits
at
the
right
hand
of
God
,
pleading
his
own
Merits
,
and
Interceding
powerfully
for
our
Reconciliation
.
We
pass
on
2dly
From
his
Titles
,
to
his
Office
.
And
this
great
Mystery
of
our
Saviour's
Priesthood
will
(
I
hope
,
)
be
fully
stated
and
consider'd
,
by
treating
plainly
and
distinctly
of
these
two
Particulars
.
(1)
Of
the
Satisfaction
which
he
made
for
us
on
Earth
(2)
Of
his
powerful
Intercession
for
us
in
Heaven
.
The
former
of
these
is
purcha●●
by
his
Merits
:
the
latter
is
applied
by
his
Mediation
.
He
satisfied
for
our
Sins
upon
the
Altar
of
the
Cross
;
and
so
became
a
Priest
and
Sacrifice
for
us
according
to
the
Order
of
Aaron
:
he
applies
that
Satisfaction
,
and
intercedes
for
us
at
the
right
hand
of
God
;
where
he
becomes
a
Priest
for
ever
,
(
by
the
Laws
of
an
unchangeable
Priesthood
)
according
to
the
Order
of
Melchisedec
.
Jesus
,
the
true
Priest
of
the
New
Covenant
;
First
,
With
the
Satisfaction
which
he
made
for
us
on
Earth
.
Point
of
Faith
,
we
shall
do
these
two
Things
.
(1)
We
shall
prove
that
God's
Justice
is
fully
Satisfied
for
Mans
Sin
and
Disobedience
;
and
we
thereby
restor'd
to
God's
Grace
and
Favour
.
(2)
We
shall
consider
by
what
Methods
this
great
Business
was
brought
to
pass
.
For
the
(1)
Christ
breathed
forth
his
Soul
,
real
Sacrifice
of
Christ
)
they
could
not
purge
the
Conscience
from
Sin
;
much
less
were
they
able
to
satisfie
God's
Justicie
,
or
make
our
Atonement
:
But
the
Merits
of
Christ's
Death
were
every
way
commensurate
to
those
Ends
,
as
will
most
evidently
appear
,
if
we
consider
1.
The
Dignity
of
the
Person
by
whom
the
Atonement
was
wrought
;
being
no
other
then
God's
most
dearly
beloved
Son
:
Who
(
as
we
have
fully
prov'd
)
is
God
,
co-essential
,
co-equal
,
and
co-eternal
with
the
Father
.
2.
This
Truth
will
be
fully
made
out
,
from
the
Consideration
of
those
grievous
Punishments
and
Indignities
which
he
suffer'd
for
us
from
his
Cradle
to
his
Cross
:
his
whole
Life
being
an
entire
Series
of
Miseries
and
Persecutions
.
Of
which
more
particularly
hereafter
.
3.
That
God's
Justice
is
fully
satisfied
by
the
Propitiation
of
Christs
Merits
,
is
most
obvious
from
his
own
Acknowledgement
and
Approbation
of
'em
:
who
has
declar'd
himself
well
pleas'd
,
both
with
the
Excellency
of
his
Person
,
and
the
Sufficiency
of
his
Obedience
and
Sufferings
.
Consult
at
your
leisure
these
several
Scripture
Arguments
,
which
are
very
apposite
to
our
Purpose
.
Viz.
Rom.
6.9
.
Heb.
9.12
,
25.
Heb.
10.10
,
14.
1
Pet.
3.10
.
And
to
inforce
the
Belief
of
this
necessary
Point
of
Faith
.
See
John
1.29
.
Isa.
cap.
53.
1
Cor.
15.22
.
1
Tim.
2.6
.
and
1
Tim.
4.10
.
1
John
1.7
.
and
1
John
2.22
.
To
which
may
be
added
the
Energy
of
the
Vnion
of
his
Active
and
Passive
Obedience
.
All
which
being
put
together
,
are
a
clear
Demonstration
of
that
full
and
undeniable
Satisfaction
,
which
Jesus
Christ
the
righteous
has
made
to
God's
Justice
for
the
Pardon
of
our
Sins
,
and
for
the
Purchase
of
our
Peace
and
Reconciliation
.
This
important
Truth
(
being
so
firmly
grounded
)
must
obtain
and
challenge
our
Belief
and
practical
Assent
to
it
;
notwithstanding
the
Cavils
of
some
,
and
the
unreasonable
Objections
of
others
which
have
been
fram'd
against
it
:
for
if
Christ
has
not
made
a
plenary
Satisfaction
for
the
sins
of
all
Mankind
,
then
't
would
follow
,
that
the
Priviledges
of
the
Gospel
are
not
extensive
to
all
:
and
if
this
Hypothesis
should
be
granted
;
then
the
Guilt
of
Adam's
Sin
is
of
a
larger
Extent
then
Christ's
Merits
;
which
is
such
a
blasphemous
Conceit
as
can
never
enter
into
the
Thoughts
of
a
sober
Christian
.
Again
,
it
would
be
Injustice
to
damn
the
Wicked
for
their
Unbelief
,
if
Christ
have
done
and
suffer'd
nothing
for
them
:
which
would
also
be
dangerous
to
affirm
.
But
to
put
the
matter
out
of
Dispute
;
't
is
evident
from
holy
Scripture
,
that
Christ
died
even
for
those
that
perish
.
who
denied
the
Lord
that
bought
them
.
Therefore
,
whosoever
shall
appropriate
these
Texts
of
Scripture
to
believing
Christians
only
,
must
be
guilty
of
great
Mistakes
,
in
perverting
the
genuine
Sense
and
Meaning
of
em
,
for
the
defence
and
mentainance
of
their
own
erroneous
and
heterodox
Opinions
.
Thus
much
may
suffice
for
the
Confirmation
of
this
Point
;
namely
,
that
our
blessed
Lord
and
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
has
fully
satisfied
God's
Justice
,
for
the
Sins
of
all
Men
indefinitely
without
exception
;
and
has
put
all
Mankind
in
an
undoubted
Capacity
of
being
sav'd
.
(2)
We
shall
enquire
by
what
Methods
and
after
what
Manner
this
Atonement
and
Propitiation
was
wrought
;
If
we
make
a
particular
Enquiry
into
our
blessed
Saviour's
Sufferings
and
Sorrows
,
in
his
Life
,
and
at
his
Death
,
we
shall
be
more
fully
satisfied
touching
the
reality
of
his
Merits
;
and
of
the
Certainty
as
well
as
the
Manner
of
our
Atonement
,
by
that
dear
and
unvaluable
Price
which
he
paid
for
it
.
For
,
he
endured
all
the
imaginable
Tortures
which
humane
Nature
could
be
subject
to
;
not
for
his
own
Sins
,
(
for
there
was
no
guile
sound
in
him
)
but
ours
;
and
did
bear
in
his
own
Person
the
Iniquities
of
us
all
.
He
was
smitten
for
our
Offences
,
and
wounded
for
our
Transgressions
,
the
Chastisement
of
our
Peace
was
upon
him
,
and
by
his
Stripes
we
are
healed
:
For
having
assum'd
the
same
Nature
that
had
sinn'd
,
he
must
suffer
for
the
Guilt
which
we
had
contracted
,
and
bear
the
heavy
Wrath
of
God
which
pursued
our
Sins
,
after
the
same
manner
that
our selves
should
have
done
.
Nor
can
we
be
ignorant
of
that
which
he
endur'd
for
us
,
by
the
Twinges
and
Agonies
we
sometimes
feel
in
our
own
Consciences
,
when
God
is
pleas'd
to
awake
'em
.
But
to
come
nearer
the
Point
:
Our
Saviour's
whole
Life
was
a
black
Scene
of
Sorrows
;
and
Miseries
,
and
Persecutions
did
await
him
in
every
Place
where
he
came
.
The
Nature
of
my
Subject
does
oblige
me
here
,
Maxim
,
that
Christ
and
his
Cross
were
never
parted
.
For
His
first
Entertainment
in
the
World
was
in
a
Stable
amongst
the
Cattel
,
and
on
a
Cratch
;
which
were
very
mean
and
slender
Accommodations
for
the
Son
of
God
and
Saviour
of
the
World
.
On
the
eighth
day
after
his
Birth
,
he
endured
the
Pain
and
Peril
of
Circumcision
;
and
immediatly
after
,
his
Parents
were
forc'd
to
take
a
long
and
tedious
Journey
in
the
midst
of
Winter
,
to
preserve
their
Son's
Life
from
the
Assassinations
of
a
cruel
and
butcherly
Herod
.
After
his
return
from
Egypt
to
Galilee
,
he
liv'd
in
a
mean
Obscurity
,
to
secure
himself
from
the
Rage
of
Archelaus
Herod's
Son
,
and
an
inheritor
of
his
Father's
Pride
and
Passions
,
as
well
as
Patrimony
.
But
,
at
his
appearing
more
publickly
in
the
World
,
the
Devil
his
inveterate
Enemy
carried
him
into
the
Wilderness
,
where
he
endur'd
a
forty
Days
Fast
,
But
more
particularly
,
Judas
one
of
his
own
Disciples
and
Family
betray'd
him
,
and
deliver'd
him
into
the
hands
of
those
wicked
Conspirators
;
who
(
as
if
he
had
been
some
notorious
Malefactor
)
bound
him
,
and
carried
him
away
.
I
will
smite
the
Shepherd
,
and
the
Sheep
shall
be
scatter'd
abroad
:
For
,
being
thus
apprehended
,
bound
,
and
forsaken
,
his
Enemies
deliver'd
him
up
to
Caiaphas
the
Ecclesiastical
Judge
;
before
,
and
by
whom
he
was
strictly
examin'd
concerning
his
Doctrine
and
Disciples
;
and
tho
he
answer'd
discreetly
and
modestly
;
yet
the
High-priest's
Servant
(
with
Disdain
and
Insolence
)
struck
him
violently
on
the
Cheek
;
nor
did
he
return
the
least
Reproof
to
that
hard
Usage
and
Incivility
.
By
this
Time
his
Enemies
were
assembled
,
and
make
up
a
full
Court
;
and
the
suborn'd
and
perjur'd
Witnesses
were
ready
to
act
their
Parts
on
this
bloody
Theater
.
Die
he
must
,
that
was
resolv'd
on
ere
he
came
to
his
Trial.
the
Depositions
being
taken
,
the
High-priest
charg'd
him
with
Blasphemy
,
and
told
the
Court
that
the
Matter
of
Fact
was
so
evidently
prov'd
against
him
,
that
they
needed
no
more
Witnesses
;
for
by
the
Law
he
deserved
Death
:
the
whole
Assembly
(
nemine
contradicente
)
concurring
with
this
merciless
and
unjust
Judge
,
did
pronounce
him
guilty
of
the
Crimes
laid
to
his
Charge
.
Whereupon
,
they
committed
him
to
the
Serjeants
and
base
Soldiers
,
there
to
be
kept
(
in
arctâ
custodiâ
)
as
a
condemn'd
Malefactor
.
These
Villains
(
to
pass
away
the
Night
)
did
contemptuously
and
inhumanely
spit
in
his
Face
,
ridicul'd
and
mock'd
him
;
and
said
scornfully
,
and
(
as
themselves
thought
)
in
Disgrace
to
him
,
Prophesie
who
it
is
that
smote
thee
.
Then
they
struck
him
with
the
Palms
of
their
Hands
,
buffetted
and
bruis'd
his
Face
;
which
was
so
besmear'd
with
Bloud
and
Spittle
,
that
there
was
neither
Form
,
nor
Beauty
,
nor
Comeliness
in
him
.
But
all
these
harsh
Words
and
harder
Blows
,
came
far
short
of
those
Tortures
which
are
yet
behind
.
For
the
Jews
having
no
Power
to
condemn
and
execute
him
judicially
,
(
the
Roman
Governor
alone
,
being
at
that
time
invested
with
the
Power
of
Life
and
Death
)
when
they
had
troubled
and
tortur'd
him
as
long
as
they
pleas'd
,
then
they
sent
him
bound
to
Pontius
Pilate
the
Roman
Deputy
,
and
Governor
of
Judea
;
before
whom
he
was
indited
upon
new
Articles
:
Wherein
they
charg'd
him
(1)
With
Impiety
;
as
teaching
false
Doctrine
against
the
Law
,
Traditions
,
and
Liberties
of
the
Jewish
Nation
;
and
that
he
was
a
Prophaner
of
the
Sabbath
:
Which
being
all
notorious
Untruths
,
and
such
Allegations
too
as
were
not
under
his
Cognizance
;
therefore
Pilate
took
little
Notice
of
them
.
But
to
enforce
their
Malice
,
and
exasperate
the
Judge
against
this
innocent
Person
,
(2)
They
charg'd
him
with
Treason
against
Cesar's
Person
,
and
Sedition
against
the
civil
Government
:
Because
said
they
,
he
refus'd
to
pay
Tribute
,
and
declar'd
himself
to
be
the
King
of
the
Jews
.
This
indeed
Pilate
was
very
much
startled
at
,
being
tender
of
the
Honour
and
Interest
of
Cesar
;
and
chiefly
because
't
was
the
Stay
and
Security
of
his
own
:
But
to
incense
and
inrage
him
still
more
against
the
Prisoner
,
they
further
complain'd
,
that
this
Sedition
was
begun
in
Galilee
,
a
Place
most
notoriously
infamous
for
Faction
and
Rebellion
;
where
Judas
Galilaeus
,
Theudas
,
and
several
others
had
frequently
disturb'd
the
Peace
of
the
civil
Government
.
Upon
which
Suggestion
,
Pilate
(
being
conscious
of
our
Saviour's
Innocence
,
and
unwilling
to
have
any
hand
in
his
Bloud
)
sent
him
to
Herod
,
who
was
then
Tetrarch
of
Galilee
,
another
Province
in
Judea
.
This
was
very
acceptable
to
the
Jews
;
for
Herod
being
a
fierce
and
bloudy
Man
,
they
suppos'd
,
that
Innocency
it self
would
be
as
little
Security
to
him
,
as
't
was
to
his
Harbinger
John
the
Baptist
.
Being
conven'd
before
Herod
,
(
who
had
desir'd
of
a
long
Time
to
see
him
)
he
was
question'd
about
many
things
,
and
answer'd
all
their
Interrogatories
(
for
he
expected
no
Justice
there
)
with
a
profound
Silence
.
Then
Herod
and
the
Soldiers
set
him
at
naught
;
clad
him
in
a
gorgeous
Coat
;
and
when
they
had
expos'd
him
to
all
the
Obloquy
and
Contempt
they
could
invent
,
he
was
remanded
to
Pilate
.
This
egregious
Polititian
is
now
put
to
all
his
Shifts
:
for
he
was
fully
convinc'd
in
his
Conscience
of
our
Saviour's
Innocency
,
and
the
Injustice
of
their
Proceedings
against
him
.
He
was
afraid
of
the
Jews
Displeasure
,
and
yet
desires
to
save
the
Life
of
the
Prisoner
:
and
therefore
he
must
endeavour
to
find
out
an
Expedient
(
if
possible
)
to
satisfie
their
Importunities
,
and
indemnifie
himself
from
the
Guilt
of
innocent
Bloud
.
Now
,
having
fully
consider'd
these
things
,
and
to
extricate
himself
out
of
this
Mass
of
Contradictions
;
he
makes
use
of
this
politic
,
tho'
severe
Project
:
For
he
commanded
him
first
to
be
stript
naked
,
phantastical
Crown
of
Thorns
,
and
put
it
on
his
Head
;
't
was
a
Crown
to
deride
him
,
and
made
of
Thorns
,
on
purpose
to
torment
him
:
For
the
Bloud
gusht
out
where
the
Pricks
went
in
,
and
now
stream'd
as
fast
down
his
Face
in
the
Palace
,
as
it
did
down
his
back
and
shoulders
at
the
Pillar
.
But
yet
for
all
this
,
neither
the
piteous
Sight
of
this
miserably
distressed
Object
,
nor
Pilat's
Shifts
,
nor
Arguments
,
nor
Importunities
could
prevail
with
these
desperately
wicked
and
malicious
Sons
of
Belial
;
still
die
he
must
,
nor
could
any
Engines
of
Cruelty
satisfie
their
Revenge
,
till
they
saw
him
breath
out
his
last
.
They
would
by
no
means
remit
the
Punishment
,
nor
commute
for
his
Life
.
Crucifie
him
,
crucifie
him
,
was
their
constant
Cry
:
He
is
guilty
of
Blasphemy
against
God
,
and
Sedition
against
the
King
;
and
therefore
he
that
goes
about
to
save
his
Life
is
no
Friend
to
Cesar
.
And
to
enforce
their
Plea
beyond
all
Contradiction
,
they
would
take
the
Guilt
on
themselves
if
the
Sentence
were
unjust
;
and
they
,
and
their
Posterity
would
answer
it
at
the
Peril
of
the
Prisoner's
Vengeance
,
if
he
should
really
prove
what
he
pretended
to
be
;
and
his
Bloud
be
upon
them
and
their
Children
.
Pilate
was
no
longer
able
to
resist
the
Dint
of
their
Arguments
;
and
hereupon
resolv'd
that
he
would
rather
crucifie
a
thousand
Christs
,
than
disoblige
one
Cesar
.
Now
we
come
to
the
Catastrophe
of
his
dismal
and
Bloudy
Crucifixion
.
The
eternal
Son
of
God
and
Saviour
of
the
World
,
O
horrendum
nefas
!
was
(
for
our
sakes
)
sentenc'd
to
die
an
accursed
,
shameful
,
and
painful
Death
upon
the
Cross
.
And
that
cruel
inhumane
Method
,
which
these
vile
Wretches
proceeded
in
against
that
meek
and
innocent
Person
was
this
,
viz.
In
his
way
to
Calvary
they
took
off
his
purple
Garment
,
(
put
on
him
in
Scorn
before
)
and
cloathed
him
with
his
own
.
Then
they
loaded
him
with
a
heavy
Tree
,
and
forc'd
him
to
undergo
the
Burden
till
he
could
bear
it
no
longer
:
and
when
they
perceiv'd
that
he
was
ready
to
faint
,
and
fall
under
it
,
they
commanded
one
Simon
a
Cyrenian
(
a
Gentile
)
to
assist
him
in
the
bearing
of
it
,
till
he
came
to
Golgotha
,
the
Place
appointed
for
his
Execution
:
Which
must
needs
be
a
stinking
and
dreadful
Place
;
where
the
Skuls
of
dead
Men
,
and
the
putrified
and
rotten
Limbs
of
Malefactors
were
dismal
to
the
Eye
,
and
nauseous
to
the
Smell
.
Here
it
was
that
the
Cross
(
being
a
tranverse
Piece
of
Wood
)
was
erected
,
and
the
Son
of
God
,
the
saddest
Spectacle
that
ever
mortal
Eye
beheld
,
nail'd
unto
it
.
Thus
I
have
given
my
Reader
a
Specimen
of
the
Manner
(
tho'
we
cannot
comprehend
the
Measure
)
of
our
Saviour's
Sufferings
in
his
Life
,
and
at
his
Death
:
All
which
he
patiently
underwent
for
our
sakes
,
by
a
submissive
Condescension
to
his
Father's
Will
,
and
the
satisfying
of
his
Justice
for
our
manifold
Transgressions
:
and
therefore
,
as
those
Pains
and
Pressures
must
needs
be
terrible
and
afflictive
to
him
;
so
they
should
be
a
Monument
of
the
greatest
Sorrow
and
Compunction
to
us
.
Especially
in
these
two
Respects
.
1st
.
Because
(
for
our
sakes
)
he
underwent
a
shameful
and
accursed
Death
;
Bitterness
of
the
Cup
,
and
the
Loathsomness
of
the
Affliction
.
And
yet
for
all
this
,
he
(
considering
the
Glory
of
God
,
the
happiness
of
all
Mankind
,
which
was
so
eminently
concern'd
in
his
Death
,
and
that
future
Crown
of
rejoycing
which
he
should
shortly
enter
upon
,
)
He
(
I
say
,
)
upon
all
these
Considerations
,
patiently
submitted
to
the
Torment
,
and
cheerfully
underwent
the
Ignominy
of
that
accursed
Death
for
us
;
that
we
might
recover
that
Life
,
Liberty
,
Honour
,
and
Happiness
which
we
had
forfeited
and
lost
,
by
our
enormous
Sins
and
Transgressions
.
But
2dly
.
As
he
suffer'd
a
most
cursed
and
shameful
,
so
a
most
bitter
and
painful
Death
:
For
his
Limbs
being
stretched
out
like
Cloath
upon
the
Tenters
,
and
his
Hands
and
Feet
(
the
very
Centers
where
all
the
Sinews
met
)
being
pierced
through
with
massy
Nails
,
must
needs
make
the
Tortures
more
exquisite
and
cruel
.
Besides
,
he
did
hang
there
three
long
Hours
;
and
because
he
could
not
die
of
Hunger
in
that
time
,
the
Bloud
must
distill
Drop
by
Drop
,
'till
it
was
all
drain'd
out
of
his
Body
.
And
to
render
his
Death
still
more
bitter
and
painful
;
he
not
only
suffer'd
by
all
these
Engins
of
Cruelty
in
his
Body
,
but
by
a
worse
and
more
afflictive
Agony
in
his
Soul
:
For
,
as
those
sensible
Tortures
which
he
felt
in
his
Body
were
most
pungent
to
him
;
because
't
was
of
all
other
Bodies
the
most
tender
,
being
form'd
only
out
of
the
Substance
of
his
Mother
,
without
any
commixture
of
the
Male
Nature
:
So
his
Soul
being
proportionably
delicate
,
and
his
Spirit
more
apprehensive
;
the
Impressions
of
Pain
and
Sorrow
must
be
so
much
the
more
severe
and
intolerable
.
Again
,
he
was
to
grapple
with
,
and
undergo
the
Fierceness
of
God's
Wrath
,
Burden
of
our
Sins
;
which
must
needs
press
him
down
with
almost
insupportable
Anguish
.
No
wonder
then
,
that
he
swear
great
Lumps
of
Bloud
;
Eli
,
Eli
,
&c.
Upon
which
Jeremiah
prophetically
complain'd
,
that
there
was
never
any
Sorrow
(
either
of
Men
,
or
Martyrs
)
like
unto
his
Sorrow
.
But
because
't
is
impossible
to
recount
the
Number
,
and
express
the
Quality
of
those
Torments
which
he
suffer'd
,
both
in
Body
and
Soul
:
We
will
conclude
this
Point
with
that
rapturous
Petition
inserted
into
the
Litany
of
the
Greek
Church
.
By
thine
unknown
Sorrows
and
Tortures
felt
by
thee
,
but
imperceptible
to
us
;
have
mercy
upon
us
,
and
save
us
O
Lord
our
God
.
Hitherto
of
the
real
Sacrifice
which
our
faithful
and
most
merciful
High-priest
offer'd
up
for
our
Sins
;
and
of
the
Means
and
Methods
which
he
us'd
,
(
both
by
his
active
and
passive
Obedience
)
to
perfect
the
great
Work
and
Business
of
our
Redemption
:
We
shall
consider
in
the
next
Place
,
the
Benefits
resulting
from
this
great
Propitiation
;
and
then
deduce
some
Inferences
from
it
by
way
of
Application
.
And
(1)
Christ
our
High-priest
,
Christ's
Mediatorship
.
And
if
we
seriously
consider
the
sad
Effects
,
and
mischievous
Consequences
of
our
original
Apostacy
,
we
shall
be
more
truly
apprehensive
of
the
Benefit
and
Necessity
of
a
Redeemer
;
and
use
all
possible
Endeavours
to
be
Sharers
in
that
Pardon
and
Peace
,
which
he
has
purchas'd
for
us
(
as
we
've
seen
)
at
so
dear
a
Price
.
(2)
By
the
infinite
Merits
of
his
Obedience
and
Sufferings
,
he
has
raz'd
out
the
Hand-writing
,
and
deliver'd
us
from
the
Curse
and
Condemnation
of
the
Law
.
We
cannot
be
insensible
of
our
manifold
Transgressions
both
original
and
actual
;
and
that
we
have
been
guilty
of
the
Breach
of
God's
holy
,
just
,
and
reasonable
Commands
in
many
thousand
Instances
,
both
by
Thought
,
Word
,
and
Deed
:
For
all
which
,
't
is
impossible
that
we
should
make
our
Atonement
,
either
by
satisfying
of
Gods
Justice
for
the
Offences
of
our
Lives
past
;
or
by
our
perfect
and
unsinning
Obedience
to
his
Laws
for
the
future
.
And
therefore
,
't
would
be
but
just
with
God
to
inflict
the
severest
Punishments
upon
us
,
and
judge
us
according
to
those
Laws
which
we
have
so
wickedly
and
wilfully
violated
.
But
,
our
gracious
God
was
pleas'd
in
great
Mercy
and
Compassion
to
undone
Sinners
,
to
send
his
own
Son
(
as
we
've
seen
)
in
the
fulness
of
time
,
to
satisfie
the
Law
for
us
,
and
has
thereby
purchas'd
Indemnity
and
Impunity
for
the
Transgressors
of
it
.
And
we
are
hereby
deliver'd
,
not
only
from
the
burdensome
Yoke
of
all
the
Mosaic
Performances
,
by
nailing
'em
to
his
Cross
;
but
he
has
so
mitigated
the
Penalties
,
and
limited
the
Obligations
of
the
moral
Law
;
that
tho'
we
fail
in
our
Duties
and
Obedience
to
it
,
yet
if
we
do
not
wilfully
continue
in
a
State
of
Impenitency
;
but
be
truly
sensible
of
,
and
heartily
sorrowful
for
the
Offences
of
our
Lives
past
;
if
we
exercise
a
true
Faith
in
Christ
our
Redeemer
;
and
be
watchful
over
our selves
in
the
more
pious
and
prudent
Conduct
of
our
Lives
for
the
future
:
Then
(
I
say
,
upon
our
sincere
Endeavours
,
and
hearty
Compliance
with
these
Conditions
)
he
will
make
up
all
our
Defects
,
and
by
his
imputative
Righteousness
satisfie
the
Law
for
us
:
For
there
's
now
no
Condemnation
to
those
which
are
in
Christ
Jesus
;
who
walk
not
after
the
Flesh
,
but
after
the
Spirit
.
(3)
By
the
efficacious
Merits
of
Christ's
Obedience
and
Sufferings
,
we
are
deliver'd
from
the
Sting
and
Terrours
of
Death
.
Now
Death
is
the
Stipend
and
Wages
of
Sin
,
which
is
due
to
every
Man
since
the
Fall
of
the
first
Adam
;
and
he
that
labours
the
whole
day
diligently
and
painfully
in
his
Calling
,
has
not
a
more
just
Title
to
his
Wages
,
then
the
wilful
and
impenitent
Sinner
hath
to
temporal
and
eternal
Death
:
But
the
second
Adam
has
conquer'd
the
Grave
,
pull'd
out
the
Sting
of
Death
,
and
given
us
a
certain
Title
to
a
blissful
Immortality
:
So
that
tho'
the
Dissolution
of
our
Bodies
,
may
be
above
all
terrible
Things
most
dreadful
to
Flesh
and
Bloud
;
yet
thro'
the
Merits
of
Christ's
Death
't
will
be
sanctified
and
made
easie
to
us
:
And
the
worst
Office
that
Death
can
do
to
a
sincere
Believer
,
is
only
to
send
his
Body
to
the
Grave
,
a
Place
of
Ease
and
Silence
;
and
his
Soul
to
eternal
Bliss
.
Besides
,
all
its
Harbingers
and
Concomitants
,
as
Afflictions
,
Infirmities
,
Diseases
,
&c.
will
not
only
prove
tolerable
and
easie
for
a
good
man
to
bear
,
but
will
turn
to
Advantage
,
and
become
Matter
of
our
greatest
Triumph
and
Exaltation
.
(4)
Christ
our
High-priest
has
conquer'd
the
Devil
and
all
his
infernal
Powers
,
by
the
wonderful
Efficacy
of
his
Obedience
and
Sufferings
.
This
politic
,
potent
,
and
malicious
Enemy
was
such
,
from
the
beginning
,
and
all
the
Sons
and
Daughters
of
Adam
must
expect
the
same
Measures
from
him
,
to
the
end
of
the
World
.
He
knows
that
Christ
(
the
Seed
of
the
Woman
)
shall
pronounce
and
execute
that
dreadful
Sentence
against
him
;
and
therefore
,
so
many
of
his
Friends
and
Relatives
as
come
within
his
Clutches
shall
smart
for
it
.
But
,
the
Son
of
God
and
High-priest
of
our
Profession
,
tho'
he
has
not
absolutely
destroy'd
,
yet
very
much
limited
his
Power
and
Authority
.
Those
idolatrous
Religions
which
he
so
much
gloried
in
heretofore
,
are
since
his
Coming
,
crept
into
some
private
Corners
of
the
World
.
His
Oracles
are
silenc't
,
and
he
seldom
possesses
the
Bodies
of
Men
,
or
appears
in
their
Shapes
as
formerly
.
But
seeing
he
is
not
yet
bound
up
in
those
Chains
of
Darkness
which
shall
eternally
confine
him
;
he
will
lose
no
Opportunity
in
setting
all
his
Engins
and
Instruments
on
Work
,
to
entrap
and
ensnare
poor
Sinners
,
that
he
may
make
us
(
if
possible
)
as
unhappy
and
miserable
as
himself
.
But
this
is
our
Comfort
and
Happiness
,
that
tho'
the
Devil
may
now
and
then
tempt
us
to
Sin
;
yet
our
blessed
Lord's
so
exceeding
tender
of
our
Welfare
,
that
he
will
cither
countermine
his
Stratagems
,
(
if
we
be
good
Christians
)
or
furnish
us
with
a
Sufficiency
of
Grace
and
Power
to
resist
and
repel
them
.
We
have
indeed
some
Instances
in
Sacred
History
of
those
who
've
been
yielded
a
Prey
to
him
for
a
time
;
yet
for
that
very
End
and
Purpose
,
that
their
Victories
over
him
might
become
more
illustrious
:
And
their
Examples
are
left
us
on
Record
,
(
as
in
the
Case
of
holy
Job
,
&c.
)
that
they
might
be
lasting
Monuments
of
God's
Grace
and
Power
,
and
of
their
Patience
and
Magnanimity
to
all
succeeding
Generations
.
Let
no
sincere
Christian
then
be
discourag'd
,
tho
he
be
now
and
then
obnoxious
to
Satans
Temptations
:
For
if
he
hold
out
vigorously
,
the
Power
and
Malice
of
the
Devil
shall
not
only
be
much
abated
by
the
Opposition
of
good
Angels
,
(
who
are
much
more
able
and
active
to
preserve
and
protect
us
,
then
Devils
and
wicked
Men
can
be
to
mischieve
and
hurt
us
:
)
But
the
Spirit
of
God
is
also
greater
in
us
,
then
he
that
is
in
the
World
;
and
he
who
is
God
over
all
,
has
prescrib'd
such
Bounds
to
our
Enemies
of
all
sorts
;
that
they
are
now
confin'd
like
those
turbulent
(
and
otherwise
uncontrolable
)
Waves
of
the
Sea
,
But
here
I
must
note
to
you
;
Sacrifice
of
Christ's
Death
:
And
therefore
we
had
need
to
stand
continually
upon
our
Guard
;
and
pray
incessantly
for
the
Assistances
of
God's
Grace
and
Spirit
,
to
help
our
Infirmities
,
and
enable
us
to
resist
them
;
yet
this
we
are
certain
of
,
(
which
may
encourage
us
in
the
Conflict
)
that
when
we
come
within
the
Fortifications
of
the
new
Hierusalem
,
we
shall
reap
the
blessed
Fruits
of
this
great
Expiation
;
and
have
a
total
Exemption
from
all
Temptation
,
Sin
,
and
Suffering
whatsoever
.
Then
shall
our
Bodies
shine
as
the
Brightness
of
the
Sun
Beams
,
and
as
the
Stars
for
ever
and
ever
;
and
our
Souls
shall
be
cloath'd
with
an
immaculate
and
spotless
Dei-formity
.
Then
shall
all
those
Laws
which
are
now
so
difficult
to
be
perform'd
,
be
either
cancell'd
and
repeal'd
,
or
our
merciful
High-priest
will
furnish
us
with
a
Sufficiency
of
Will
and
Power
to
obey
them
.
Then
will
all
our
Desires
,
Inclinations
,
and
Affections
cheerfully
concur
(
without
any
by-respects
to
our
private
Interests
or
Passions
)
in
the
promoting
of
God's
Glory
,
and
the
mutual
Joy
and
Happiness
of
the
whole
Community
of
holy
and
beatified
Spirits
.
Then
shall
all
Labour
and
Travel
,
Sorrow
and
Sickness
be
at
an
end
;
and
Death
it self
which
is
now
so
terrible
to
Flesh
and
Blood
,
shall
be
swallow'd
up
in
absolute
and
perfect
Victory
.
Then
shall
the
Devil
our
most
malicious
and
inveterate
Enemy
,
and
all
his
Agents
be
cast
into
the
Lake
of
Fire
and
Brimstone
;
and
shall
be
confin'd
eternally
to
those
Flames
and
Tortures
,
which
are
prepar'd
for
him
and
his
Angels
.
There
are
several
other
Benefits
resulting
from
this
great
Propitiation
;
new
Covenant
between
God
and
us
,
God's
Honour
which
had
been
so
much
obscur'd
and
violated
by
our
Disobedience
and
Rebellion
against
him
;
and
has
restor'd
us
to
all
those
just
Rights
and
Priviledges
,
which
we
thereby
forfeited
and
lost
.
He
has
rais'd
and
advanc'd
us
to
the
Honour
and
Happiness
of
God's
own
Sons
;
thus
mystically
uniting
us
to
himself
,
and
elevating
us
above
the
World
.
In
a
Word
,
he
has
fully
satisfied
God's
Justice
,
which
had
been
so
often
affronted
by
our
Iniquities
;
and
perfectly
made
up
the
Breach
between
God
and
Man
,
(
as
we
have
prov'd
before
)
to
the
advancement
of
his
own
Glory
,
and
the
unspeakable
Comfort
and
Happiness
of
all
true
Believers
.
Thus
,
our
most
faithful
and
compassionate
High-Priest
has
made
our
perfect
and
plenary
Atonement
with
God
,
by
that
infinite
Sacrifice
,
and
unsinning
Obedience
which
he
perform'd
in
his
Life
,
and
has
perfected
at
his
Death
.
Which
Propitiation
of
his
is
fully
correspondent
to
God's
determinate
Counsel
,
and
all
the
Prophesies
and
Types
in
holy
Scripture
concerning
him
.
We
have
seen
likewise
what
a
happy
State
and
Condition
Mankind
is
in
,
by
his
Assumption
of
our
Nature
;
and
what
Blessings
and
Priviledges
he
has
purchas'd
for
us
,
and
will
certainly
bestow
on
us
,
if
we
endeavour
to
make
our
Lives
the
Transcript
of
his
Doctrine
,
and
Example
.
We
shall
Apply
this
Point
,
by
considering
what
practical
Inferences
may
be
drawn
from
it
.
And
(1)
The
serious
and
impartial
Consideration
of
this
great
Mystery
,
accursed
Cross
;
not
only
to
rescue
his
Enemies
from
Death
,
but
to
exalt
them
to
eternal
Life
.
What
infinite
Obligations
are
these
?
and
how
unworthy
should
we
be
of
those
Favours
,
if
the
effects
in
our
Hearts
and
Lives
do
not
bear
some
considerable
Proportion
to
those
wonderful
Emanations
of
his
Love
and
Bounty
?
And
how
should
we
Love
him
above
all
things
,
who
has
thus
loved
us
?
(2)
This
is
a
most
solid
Foundation
for
our
Faith
,
Plea
of
Christ's
infinite
Merits
to
secure
and
confirm
to
us
,
our
present
and
eternal
Peace
,
upon
such
reasonable
&
easie
Conditions
as
are
propounded
in
the
Gospel
.
If
these
things
were
duely
weigh'd
and
consider'd
,
they
would
prove
the
best
and
most
absolute
Catholicon
,
to
cure
all
the
melancholly
Suggestions
of
Distrust
,
and
Infidelity
.
(3)
Our
serious
Reflexions
upon
that
black
and
tragical
Scene
of
Christ's
Sorrows
and
Sufferings
for
our
Sins
,
may
give
us
a
true
Representation
of
the
damnable
Nature
,
heinous
Aggravations
,
and
dreadful
Consequences
of
'em
;
and
inspire
us
with
the
greatest
Dread
against
,
&
Detestation
of
those
Enemies
,
which
are
so
dishonourable
to
God
,
and
mischievous
to
our selves
:
For
our
Sins
alas
!
have
been
the
Betrayers
and
Slanderers
of
the
most
innocent
Son
of
God
(
our
best
Friend
and
most
compassionate
Redeemer
)
and
the
immediate
Authors
too
,
of
that
painful
and
infamous
Death
,
and
all
the
precedent
Cruelties
which
he
suffer'd
for
us
.
How
should
these
Considerations
,
then
affect
our
Souls
with
a
deep
Compunction
,
and
a
hearty
Contrition
for
our
by-past
Offences
?
And
how
should
we
hate
and
aband
on
even
the
very
Appearances
of
all
Sin
and
Wickedness
for
the
future
?
More
especially
if
we
consider
,
that
If
God
did
so
signalize
the
severe
Rensentments
of
his
Wrath
,
in
the
Punishment
of
his
own
most
dearly
beloved
Son
;
what
then
shall
be
the
Doom
of
the
impenitent
and
contumacious
Offender
?
What
dreadful
Impressions
should
this
great
Exemplar
of
God's
Justice
and
Vengeance
make
upon
our
Lives
?
How
should
we
study
and
endeavour
to
mortifie
our
Flesh
,
great
Propitiation
:
For
,
if
we
Sin
wilfully
under
the
Gospel
,
we
crucifie
the
Son
of
God
afresh
,
of
returning
with
the
Dog
to
the
Vomit
,
or
with
the
Sow
that
is
washed
,
to
her
wallowing
in
the
Mire
.
(4)
We
are
strictly
oblig'd
by
the
Laws
of
Gratitude
,
Interest
,
and
Duty
,
to
conform
our
Lives
(
so
far
as
we
are
able
)
to
the
Doctrine
and
Pattern
of
Christ
:
And
our
Respect
and
Reverence
to
the
eternal
Son
of
God
our
faithful
High-priest
,
should
be
attested
with
a
sincere
Obedience
to
all
his
holy
Institutions
.
He
submitted
to
his
Fathers
Will
,
in
bearing
the
heavy
Yoke
,
alwayes
looking
unto
Jesus
the
Author
and
Finisher
of
our
Faith
,
&c.
(5)
And
lastly
,
Christ's
infinite
Love
to
us
(
in
all
those
Instances
which
I
have
mention'd
)
should
be
a
powerful
Motive
and
Argument
to
perswade
us
to
be
kind
and
charitable
to
Others
.
Priestly
Office
,
namely
,
the
Satisfaction
which
he
made
,
and
the
Ransom
which
he
has
paid
for
the
Purchase
of
our
Redemption
here
on
Earth
,
which
brings
me
to
the
2d
.
Branch
of
it
,
viz.
his
meritorious
Intercession
for
us
in
Heaven
.
Melchisedekian
Office
,
for
the
Interest
and
Benefit
of
his
Church
and
People
here
on
Earth
;
most
especially
in
these
two
remarkable
Instances
.
(1)
By
interceding
for
us
.
(2)
In
Blessing
of
us
.
And
1st
.
Christ
our
faithful
High-priest
,
For
the
pardon
of
our
Sins
.
Heb.
12.24
1
Pet.
1.2
for
all
the
Sins
and
Offences
which
his
Votaries
have
committed
.
The
Bloud
of
Christ
supplicates
in
Heaven
for
Mercy
and
Compassion
for
us
:
And
the
sprinkling
of
it
now
,
is
as
necessary
for
the
Sanctification
of
Believers
,
as
the
shedding
it
upon
the
Cross
was
for
the
Salvation
of
them
:
For
altho'
one
Drop
of
it
might
be
sufficient
to
save
ten
thousand
Worlds
,
yet
it
becomes
efficacious
only
to
those
on
whom
't
is
sprinkled
.
This
is
that
precious
Bloud
which
speaks
better
things
to
us
,
then
that
of
Abel
;
and
it
has
such
a
rinsing
and
cleansing
Property
in
it
,
More
particularly
:
That
our
Hearts
may
be
truly
affected
with
a
real
Sense
of
the
Comforts
and
Benefits
of
his
meritorious
and
powerful
Intercession
,
't
will
be
of
necessary
and
important
Use
,
to
consider
these
following
Instances
of
it
.
For
(1)
He
offers
up
his
own
Prayers
to
God
the
Father
for
us
;
for
the
Shepherd
of
Israel
doth
neither
slumber
nor
sleep
;
yesterday
,
this
day
,
and
for
ever
.
And
as
he
prays
effectually
for
us
;
So
(2)
He
is
graciously
pleas'd
to
offer
up
all
our
Prayers
and
holy
Performances
to
God
the
Father
for
us
;
Aug.
de
Civit.
Dei
Lib.
10.
and
Intercedes
powerfully
for
their
Reward
,
and
Acceptance
.
All
our
spiritual
Sacrifices
;
as
Confessions
,
Petitions
,
Thanksgivings
,
Intercessions
,
voluntary
Restraints
,
Self-resignations
;
all
our
seasonable
Words
and
Actions
,
our
pious
Thoughts
and
Inclinations
,
our
virtuous
and
gracious
Dispositions
,
our
Passions
and
Sufferings
,
are
continually
offer'd
up
,
with
all
Earnestness
and
Importunity
for
their
Acceptance
,
(
by
our
compassionate
&
faithful
High-priest
)
at
the
Throne
of
God's
heavenly
Grace
.
And
to
encourage
us
herein
tho'
we
sometimes
fail
in
our
Duties
to
God
,
or
Man
,
and
are
drawn
into
Sin
unawares
,
by
Infirmity
or
Surprize
,
yet
he
pities
and
prays
for
our
Pardon
;
But
here
we
must
remarque
,
That
Christ
prayeth
not
for
the
World
;
not
for
those
who
are
wilfully
disobedient
&
impenitent
,
(3)
By
his
meritorious
Intercession
(
if
we
comply
with
the
recited
Conditions
)
he
procures
us
a
free
Access
by
the
Spirit
unto
the
Father
,
that
we
may
present
our
Petitions
our Selves
,
for
all
things
we
stand
in
need
of
,
if
we
ask
them
in
his
Name
:
For
't
is
by
Christ
only
,
we
come
with
Boldness
to
the
Throne
of
Grace
,
and
have
Admission
into
the
holiest
of
all
.
And
if
our
devout
and
earnest
Prayers
be
sprinkled
with
his
Bloud
,
and
perfum'd
by
the
Grace
of
his
Merits
and
Intercession
;
we
need
not
doubt
of
their
Reward
and
Acceptance
with
the
Father
,
for
the
sake
of
his
dear
Son
.
Wherefore
,
all
our
Prayers
,
Thanksgivings
,
&c.
must
be
concluded
(
according
to
the
Church's
Prescription
,
which
is
grounded
upon
Apostolical
Practice
)
in
his
Name
.
To
whom
be
ascrib'd
all
Honour
and
Glory
,
now
and
for
ever
.
Now
,
as
Christ
our
most
merciful
High-priest
,
doth
powerfully
and
effectually
intercede
for
us
;
for
the
Acceptance
of
our
Services
;
and
disposes
us
by
his
Grace
,
to
pray
successfully
for
our
Selves
:
So
2dly
.
Ps.
84.11
.
He
does
sanctifie
and
Bless
us
both
in
our
Souls
and
Bodies
,
with
the
Abundance
of
his
Grace
and
Glory
:
For
,
he
blesseth
us
in
our
many
temporal
,
and
spiritual
Deliverances
,
from
the
Temptations
and
Tyranny
of
Devils
and
wicked
Men.
He
blesseth
us
in
turning
away
every
one
of
us
from
our
Iniquities
;
regenerate
State
.
And
that
he
will
bless
us
immeasurably
after
this
Life
,
is
most
certain
and
evident
from
holy
Scripture
:
But
we
cannot
yet
comprehend
the
Degrees
of
that
Blessedness
;
and
therefore
't
is
rather
our
Duty
to
Hope
and
wait
for
it
with
Patience
,
then
by
a
wanton
Curiosity
,
to
pry
too
eagerly
into
that
boundless
and
inconceivable
Mystery
.
Hitherto
of
the
Intercessory
Part
of
our
Saviour's
Melchisedekian
Office
,
which
he
is
now
transacting
in
Heaven
for
us
.
Let
us
now
apply
this
Point
in
two
or
three
Instances
.
And
(1)
We
have
not
an
absolute
Title
to
the
Privileges
of
our
Saviour's
Mediation
in
Heaven
for
us
;
Conditional
:
If
we
believe
,
we
shall
be
saved
;
if
we
die
with
him
,
we
shall
also
live
with
him
;
if
we
suffer
with
him
,
we
shall
also
reign
with
him
,
&c.
And
(
so
on
the
contrary
)
if
we
deny
him
,
he
will
also
deny
us
,
&c.
Therefore
,
we
are
oblig'd
by
the
Laws
of
that
New
Covenant
which
Christ's
now
mediating
in
Heaven
for
us
;
to
believe
,
repent
,
pray
,
read
,
and
meditate
on
the
holy
Scriptures
;
hear
God's
Word
,
receive
the
holy
Sacraments
,
and
endeavour
to
be
sincere
in
all
Duties
both
to
God
and
Man
:
And
that
general
Term
of
Godliness
whereby
we
are
rendred
capable
of
the
Blessings
of
this
,
and
a
future
Life
,
does
eminently
comprehend
all
these
;
nor
have
we
any
real
Title
to
the
Benefits
of
Christ's
Mediatorship
in
Heaven
,
but
by
our
sincere
Endeavour
to
observe
and
comply
with
these
tolerable
and
easie
Conditions
.
Besides
there
can
be
no
Justification
without
Sanctification
:
For
he
gave
himself
for
us
,
to
redeem
us
from
all
Iniquity
;
but
to
purifie
unto
himself
a
peculiar
People
zealous
of
Good-works
.
Seeing
then
we
have
a
great
High-priest
that
is
passed
into
the
Heavens
for
us
,
Jesus
the
Son
of
God
,
let
us
hold
fast
and
adorn
our
Profession
,
by
our
strictest
compliances
with
the
Conditions
;
and
our
uniform
Obedience
to
all
the
reasonable
Commands
and
Constitutions
of
the
Gospel
.
And
therefore
(2)
We
have
sufficient
Motives
and
Encouragements
to
perswade
us
to
be
vigorous
and
active
in
the
prudent
Conduct
of
our
Lives
in
the
ways
of
Religion
,
if
we
look
back
to
the
Premisses
:
But
besides
,
to
enforce
those
Obligations
,
we
have
a
Friend
and
Favorite
in
Heaven
;
who
(
being
sensible
of
our
Infirmities
)
is
able
and
willing
to
present
and
recommend
,
(3)
what
returns
of
Love
and
Gratitude
,
do
such
wonderful
Instances
of
Mercy
and
Bounty
require
from
us
?
These
are
the
last
Overtures
and
Tenders
of
Grace
and
Mercy
,
which
shall
ever
be
made
to
the
Sons
of
Men
;
and
therefore
to
be
embrac't
with
the
highest
Regard
,
&
most
endeared
Expressions
of
Love
,
Joy
,
and
Thankfulness
:
But
if
we
reject
and
trample
upon
,
India
amongst
Pagans
,
who
never
heard
of
Christ
nor
his
Religion
;
rather
than
in
England
,
where
the
Gospel
has
been
publickly
and
purely
preacht
for
many
years
:
And
it
shall
be
more
tolerable
for
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
at
the
Day
of
Judgement
,
Thus
we
've
seen
at
large
,
that
when
the
whole
World
was
involv'd
in
the
sad
Catastrophe
of
Adam's
Sin
and
Guilt
;
and
laid
under
the
dreadful
Decree
&
Condemnation
to
eternal
Misery
and
Death
:
And
when
all
the
legal
Sacrifices
could
not
satisfie
for
the
least
Offence
,
nor
procure
a
Minute's
Reprieve
from
God's
justly
incensed
Wrath
and
Vengeance
:
'T
was
in
this
great
Strait
that
mercy
interpos'd
;
and
God
was
pleas'd
to
provide
a
Sacrifice
worthy
of
his
own
Acceptance
.
A
Sacrifice
so
pure
and
excellent
in
its
own
Nature
,
and
so
precious
in
its
Value
;
as
becomes
every
way
satisfactory
to
God's
Justice
,
and
a
sufficient
Ransom
for
the
Sins
of
the
whole
World
.
We
've
seen
likewise
the
highest
Proposals
of
Grace
and
Mercy
,
which
could
be
offer'd
to
the
Sons
of
Men
;
in
that
the
eternal
Son
of
God
is
pleas'd
to
intercede
so
effectually
for
our
Pardon
and
Peace
;
and
has
put
us
into
such
a
feasible
Way
of
obtaining
them
;
that
nothing
but
our
wilful
Stubbornness
can
make
us
miserable
.
What
remains
now
,
but
that
we
proceed
by
the
Assistance
of
God's
Grace
,
to
the
last
Branch
of
Christ's
Mediatorship
:
In
which
we
have
the
assured
Confidence
,
that
he
will
preserve
us
in
the
Enjoyment
of
Peace
;
protect
us
from
all
the
Enemies
of
our
Welfare
;
and
establish
and
confirm
us
in
the
Enjoyment
of
those
temporal
and
spiritual
Blessings
,
which
he
has
purchas'd
and
prepar'd
for
us
.
CHAP.
VIII
.
Of
Christ's
Kingly
Office
.
THat
Christ
Jesus
the
righteous
is
invested
with
an
absolute
and
irresistable
Power
,
to
govern
the
whole
World
in
General
,
and
his
Church
and
People
in
Particular
,
was
the
last
thing
I
propounded
to
be
discourst
of
in
this
Treatise
.
Now
,
that
I
may
the
better
inform
the
Judgements
,
and
affect
the
Hearts
of
my
Reader
with
the
saving
Knowledge
of
this
necessary
Point
of
Doctrine
:
I
shall
(
for
Methods
sake
)
offer
these
four
things
to
your
serious
and
impartial
Consideration
.
1st
.
We
shall
present
you
with
some
unquestionable
Evidences
of
Christ's
Kingly
Power
and
Authority
,
which
has
been
fully
manifested
to
the
World
;
and
herein
we
shall
consider
,
from
whence
this
Right
of
Government
is
deriv'd
.
2dly
.
We
shall
treat
distinctly
of
the
Administration
of
this
Government
;
and
enquire
particularly
how
,
over
whom
,
and
in
what
Instances
he
exerciseth
his
Dominion
and
Authority
.
3dly
.
We
shall
give
you
a
Specimen
of
the
several
Benefits
resulting
from
his
supreme
Power
and
Jurisdiction
;
which
he
does
thus
impartially
administer
for
the
Comfort
and
Happiness
of
his
Subjects
.
4thly
.
We
shall
consider
what
Influence
this
excellent
Doctrine
should
have
upon
the
Lives
and
Practices
of
all
Christians
.
Of
all
these
severally
,
and
in
Order
.
And
the
1st
.
Imports
,
that
Christ
is
an
absolute
King
,
and
the
supreme
Monarch
of
all
the
Kingdoms
of
the
World
.
Ps.
2.6
,
8.
Which
may
be
fully
evidenc't
.
(1)
From
Scripture
Testimony
.
The
Psalmist
is
very
express
to
this
purpose
.
I
will
set
my
King
(
saith
he
)
upon
my
holy
Hill
of
Sion
;
and
I
will
give
him
the
Heathen
for
his
Inheritance
,
and
the
utmost
parts
of
the
Earth
for
his
Possession
.
Consonant
to
which
,
is
that
of
the
Evangelical
Prophet
Isaiah
.
Vnto
us
a
Child
is
born
,
unto
us
a
Son
is
given
;
the
Government
shall
be
upon
his
shoulder
,
and
his
Name
shall
be
called
Wonderful
,
Counsellor
,
the
Mighty
God
,
the
everlasting
Father
,
the
Prince
of
Peace
:
of
the
encrease
of
his
Government
and
Peace
there
shall
be
no
end
;
to
sit
upon
the
Throne
of
David
,
and
upon
his
Kingdom
to
order
it
,
and
to
establish
it
with
with
Judgement
and
Righteousness
,
from
henceforth
,
even
for
ever
and
ever
.
Thy
Throne
O
God
(
saith
the
Kingly
Prophet
)
is
for
ever
and
ever
,
the
Sceptre
of
thy
Kingdom
is
a
Right
Scepter
;
thou
hast
loved
Righteousness
,
and
hated
Iniquity
,
therefore
God
even
thy
God
hath
anointed
thee
with
the
Oyl
of
gladness
above
thy
Fellows
.
And
so
he
goes
on
through
the
whole
Psalm
,
to
exalt
and
magnifie
the
Grace
and
Majesty
of
Christ's
Kingdom
.
And
that
all
the
Prophesies
concerning
his
Kingdom
,
are
to
be
thus
interpreted
,
is
evident
from
the
Writings
of
the
Evangelists
and
Apostles
.
Tell
the
Daughter
of
Zion
,
behold
thy
King
cometh
unto
the
meek
,
&c.
which
is
the
complement
of
that
of
the
Prophet
Zechariah
,
with
many
other
parallel
Passages
to
the
same
purpose
,
which
would
be
needless
to
repeat
.
But
besides
,
all
the
Works
of
Creation
and
Providence
are
ascribed
to
him
,
(
as
before
;
)
and
God
the
Father
has
given
him
all
Rule
and
Authority
:
For
which
end
he
rais'd
him
from
the
Dead
,
and
set
him
at
his
own
right
hand
;
far
above
all
Principalities
and
Powers
,
and
every
Name
that
is
named
,
both
in
this
World
,
and
also
in
that
which
is
to
come
:
And
hath
put
all
things
under
his
Feet
,
and
gave
him
to
be
the
Head
over
all
Things
to
the
Church
.
This
is
he
of
whom
St.
John
makes
mention
,
that
he
was
clothed
in
a
Garment
dipt
in
Bloud
,
and
his
Name
was
called
the
Word
of
God
;
and
he
has
on
his
Vesture
,
and
on
his
Thigh
,
a
Name
written
,
KING
OF
KINGS
and
LORD
OF
LORDS
.
Many
other
Arguments
and
Authorities
,
might
be
added
from
Scripture
,
(
if
't
were
necessary
)
to
confirm
and
illustrate
this
Point
:
what
I
have
written
I
have
written
.
2dly
.
His
Kingly
Authority
is
asserted
and
confirm'd
,
by
the
many
strange
and
wonderful
Miracles
which
he
wrought
:
For
he
manifested
his
Power
on
Earth
,
in
curing
the
Blind
and
the
Lame
,
and
all
manner
of
Diseases
;
and
in
raising
the
dead
Bodies
of
Lazarus
,
and
many
others
at
his
Resurrection
.
He
exerted
it
in
the
Sea
,
when
he
asswaged
its
Storms
and
Tempests
,
and
walked
on
the
Water
without
a
Ship
.
He
gave
a
Testimony
of
it
in
the
Air
,
when
he
led
Captivity
captive
;
drew
Principalities
after
him
,
and
trampled
upon
them
.
And
lastly
,
he
exercis'd
his
Kingly
Power
in
Hell
,
in
his
Conquest
over
the
Devil
,
and
all
the
infernal
Furies
:
Who
,
in
despight
of
all
their
Policy
,
Power
,
and
Malice
,
were
forc't
to
confess
that
he
was
omnipotent
;
(3)
We
have
the
unanimous
Consent
of
all
pious
and
prudent
Christians
in
all
Ages
,
who
have
cheerfully
submitted
themselves
to
the
Sceptre
of
his
Kingdom
:
For
they
had
their
whole
Dependance
on
his
Power
for
their
Safety
;
on
his
Wisdom
for
their
Guidance
and
Direction
;
and
on
his
infinite
Merits
and
Mercy
for
their
comfortable
Living
here
,
and
eternal
Salvation
hereafter
.
But
,
as
Christ
our
King
is
invested
with
an
absolute
and
unlimited
Power
and
Authority
;
so
he
has
an
unquestionable
Right
and
Title
to
govern
the
whole
World
,
and
all
the
Creatures
in
it
.
And
he
holds
this
absolute
Tenor
of
Empire
and
Soveraignty
.
(1)
By
Inheritance
.
Mat.
2.2
.
1.
By
Inheritance
.
This
is
clear
from
the
Concessions
of
the
Eastern
Sages
,
who
came
so
far
to
see
him
and
do
him
Homage
.
And
besides
his
Hereditary
Power
as
the
eternal
Son
of
God
,
he
was
of
the
Royal
Race
,
as
Man
.
St.
Matthew
derives
his
Pedigree
from
fourteen
Kings
successively
;
and
therefore
his
hereditary
Title
(
as
Man
)
to
the
Kingdom
of
Israel
must
needs
be
indisputable
.
(2)
He
has
an
absolute
and
unquestionable
Right
to
his
Kingdom
,
by
Donation
;
By
donation
.
Mat.
28.18
Psal.
8.7
.
Matth.
9.6
.
Ioh.
5.22
.
Ioh.
5.27
.
Mat.
16.27
and
hence
he
derives
his
Power
and
Authority
to
rule
and
govern
all
things
,
to
forgive
us
all
our
Sins
,
and
to
indemnifie
us
from
the
Punishment
of
them
;
to
pass
Judgement
upon
Angels
and
Men
,
not
only
in
what
concerns
his
Kingdom
of
Grace
here
,
but
in
determining
their
final
Doom
and
Condition
hereafter
;
and
in
the
Distribution
of
Rewards
and
Punishments
to
the
faithful
,
and
disobedient
.
(3)
He
has
obtain'd
an
absolute
Right
to
govern
all
the
Creatures
,
by
Conquest
:
For
he
has
spoil'd
all
Principalities
and
Powers
;
(4)
He
has
a
just
claim
to
his
Kingly
Government
by
Purchase
:
By
Purchase
.
Rom.
2.23
&c.
For
when
by
our
Sin
and
Rebellion
against
God
,
we
had
justly
forfeited
our
Lives
,
lost
our
Freedom
,
contracted
an
universal
Guilt
and
Stain
;
and
had
not
only
depriv'd
our selves
of
all
the
Hope
and
Possibility
of
any
future
Comfort
and
Happiness
,
but
were
sentenc'd
to
Death
;
and
as
condemn'd
Slaves
and
Villains
bound
over
to
everlasting
Torments
:
When
(
I
say
)
we
were
by
our
Sins
plung'd
into
this
desperate
and
damnable
Condition
,
Hence
't
is
evident
,
in
all
these
several
Respects
;
that
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
is
the
most
absolute
King
of
Kings
,
and
Lord
of
Lords
:
A
King
,
at
whose
feet
all
Prices
and
Emperors
must
cast
down
their
Crowns
;
and
a
Lord
,
whose
Authority
supersedes
the
Power
and
Jurisdiction
of
all
Earthly
Princes
and
Monarchs
.
They
must
all
stoop
to
him
,
all
Nations
shall
do
him
service
.
And
thus
much
of
the
Original
and
Extent
of
our
Saviour's
Kingly
Office
.
We
pass
forward
,
2dly
.
Administration
of
his
Government
.
But
for
the
better
understanding
of
this
Point
,
we
must
consider
the
Government
of
Christ's
Kingdom
under
a
double
Acceptation
.
And
't
is
(1)
Vniversal
over
all
the
Creatures
;
which
the
School-men
call
the
Kingdom
of
his
Power
:
Whereby
he
orders
and
disposes
all
things
;
and
rules
all
the
Creatures
,
visible
,
and
invisible
within
this
vast
frame
of
the
Vniverse
:
For
he
governeth
the
highest
Heavens
,
and
appoints
the
holy
Angels
his
ministring
Spirits
,
their
several
Offices
and
Imployments
.
He
rules
the
lower
Orbs
,
causing
Day
and
Night
,
Heat
and
Cold
,
Summer
and
Winter
.
He
governs
the
Air
,
the
Winds
and
Seas
,
Storms
and
Tempests
,
raising
and
calming
them
again
,
how
,
and
when
,
and
where
he
pleases
.
He
rules
the
Earth
and
all
the
Inhabitants
thereof
;
so
,
that
those
things
which
seem
casual
and
contingent
to
us
,
are
order'd
and
brought
to
pass
by
his
determinate
Councel
and
Providence
.
He
exerciseth
his
Power
and
Authority
in
Hell
,
over-ruling
those
unruly
Powers
of
Darkness
;
keeping
that
disorderly
Rout
under
a
certain
kind
of
Government
,
well
known
to
himself
,
but
inconceivable
to
us
,
or
to
them
who
are
rul'd
by
it
.
So
,
that
from
the
glorious
Angels
,
to
the
crawling
Worms
;
from
the
highest
Heavens
,
to
the
lowest
Hell
,
all
the
Creatures
are
within
the
Sphere
and
Compass
of
his
absolute
,
and
indeed
unlimited
Jurisdiction
.
But
(2)
And
more
Particularly
,
He
exerciseth
his
Dominion
over
the
Church
his
Body
,
and
every
particular
Member
thereof
.
His
Kingdom
is
founded
in
the
Souls
and
Consciences
of
all
true
Believers
;
where
he
reigns
by
his
Word
and
Spirit
;
directing
them
in
the
Ways
of
Godliness
by
his
Grace
,
that
he
may
dispose
and
qualifie
'em
for
his
Kingdom
of
glory
.
Which
Government
over
his
Church
,
is
yet
more
particularly
display'd
and
manifested
,
in
these
two
remarkable
Instances
.
(1)
In
the
Guidance
and
Preservation
of
his
,
and
the
Church's
Friends
.
(2)
In
the
Confusion
and
Destruction
of
his
,
and
her
Enemies
.
And
First
,
He
exercises
his
Power
in
,
and
over
his
Church
,
Rom.
2.16
1
Cor.
4
5
in
the
Guidance
and
Protection
of
his
loyal
and
obedient
Subjects
.
And
tho
he
sits
at
the
right
Hand
of
his
Father
in
Heaven
,
yet
he
forgets
not
the
Poor
afflicted
Members
of
his
Church
here
on
Earth
.
He
rules
Mens
Hearts
,
and
sets
up
his
Empire
there
;
exciting
'em
by
his
holy
Spirit
to
be
,
and
to
do
good
;
to
avoid
all
things
evil
in
themselves
and
of
evil
Report
;
whereby
they
may
escape
all
the
Mischiefs
both
of
Sin
and
Punishment
.
He
exercises
his
Power
and
Authority
in
making
and
repealing
Laws
;
and
passes
Judgement
upon
what
's
expedient
and
lawful
,
or
unnecessary
and
unlawful
,
as
seems
best
to
his
uncontroulable
,
yet
unerring
Wisdom
.
Yet
here
we
must
note
,
That
his
Church
and
People
have
their
tristia
,
as
well
as
lucida
Intervalla
:
For
by
his
Counsel
and
Providence
,
the
Tyrants
of
this
World
,
(
as
the
proud
Assyrian
,
&c.
)
become
Ministers
of
his
Justice
;
Rods
and
Scourges
to
chastise
his
People
,
and
reduce
'em
to
Obedience
.
And
this
is
most
signally
remarkable
from
the
Annals
of
the
Church
:
For
there
was
never
any
Religion
in
the
World
so
severely
persecuted
as
the
Christian
;
nor
did
the
Devil
and
wicked
Men
ever
confederate
so
strongly
against
any
Sect
of
religious
Professors
,
as
they
have
done
against
those
who
professed
the
Doctrine
of
Christ
:
And
if
all
the
Engins
and
Methods
of
Cruelty
(
as
Fire
,
Faggot
,
the
Teeth
of
wild
Beasts
,
Racks
,
Wheels
,
Gibbets
,
Grid-irons
,
&c.
)
could
have
destroy'd
all
the
Primitive
Christians
)
our
Religion
had
long
ere
this
been
banisht
out
of
the
World
.
But
Christ
has
always
hitherto
,
and
ever
will
interpose
his
Power
and
Goodness
,
in
the
Rescue
,
and
Defence
of
his
Church
and
People
.
He
that
sits
in
Heaven
will
laugh
his
Enemies
to
scorn
,
and
protect
his
obedient
Subjects
;
so
,
that
neither
the
Gates
of
Hell
nor
all
the
Atheists
,
Apostates
,
and
Hereticks
on
Earth
shall
be
able
to
prevail
against
'em
:
For
,
he
will
ever
bless
the
righteous
,
and
with
his
loving
kindness
will
he
compass
them
,
as
with
a
Shield
.
And
whom
Christ
is
thus
pleas'd
to
rule
and
protect
,
on
them
he
bestoweth
infinite
Rewards
:
For
the
Lord
giveth
Grace
and
Glory
;
and
no
good
thing
will
he
withhold
from
them
that
walk
uprightly
.
Thus
Christ
our
King
governs
us
here
by
the
wisest
and
best
Laws
;
and
protects
and
defends
us
from
all
our
Enemies
of
all
sorts
:
And
he
will
in
his
own
good
Time
,
raise
us
from
a
mortal
to
an
immortal
State
,
full
of
Glory
and
Blessedness
.
But
as
he
manifests
and
administers
his
Kingly
Power
in
the
safe
Conduct
and
sure
Defence
of
his
loyal
and
loving
Subjects
.
So
Secondly
,
Confusion
and
Destruction
of
his
and
his
Church's
Enemies
.
This
is
a
most
evident
matter
of
Fact
;
and
we
may
be
confirm'd
in
the
Belief
of
it
,
if
we
consider
the
Plagues
of
Egypt
,
the
Destruction
of
Pharaoh
and
Amalek
,
the
Subversion
of
the
five
Kings
who
were
slain
with
Hailstones
,
the
blindness
and
Destruction
of
the
Sodomites
,
and
the
total
Subversion
of
the
Jews
,
(
tho
formerly
so
dear
to
him
)
when
they
turn'd
Rebels
against
him
.
Besides
,
we
have
an
account
of
the
most
infamous
Deaths
of
Herod
,
Alexander
,
Judas
,
Simon
Magus
,
Julian
the
Apostate
,
and
many
other
notorious
Idolaters
and
Heretics
;
who
being
profest
Enemies
to
his
Religion
and
Government
were
most
miserably
destroy'd
.
And
tho'
the
Kings
and
Tyrants
of
the
Earth
be
never
so
high
and
mighty
,
yet
Christ
our
King
is
greater
,
and
more
powerful
then
they
;
and
his
Dominion
superiour
to
all
the
Princes
of
the
World
.
temporal
Enemies
:
so
he
will
countermine
and
defeat
all
the
Projects
,
Stratagems
,
and
Conspiracies
of
the
Devil
,
Sin
,
and
Death
,
our
Spiritual
Adversaries
:
For
he
will
reign
till
he
hath
put
all
the
Enemies
of
his
Kingdom
under
his
Feet
.
Yet
here
it
must
be
consider'd
;
Temporal
and
Spiritual
Enemies
of
Christ's
Kingdom
must
not
be
destroy'd
all
at
once
;
but
successively
and
by
Degrees
.
The
Church
of
God
is
but
now
in
her
Progress
to
the
highest
State
of
Perfection
;
and
Christianity
is
yet
in
her
Travel
towards
our
heavenly
Canaan
;
in
expectation
only
,
and
not
fully
entred
into
its
eternal
Rest
.
We
read
and
do
believe
,
that
many
wonderful
Works
and
Miracles
were
done
by
our
blessed
Saviour
whilst
he
sojourn'd
on
Earth
;
but
he
has
accomplished
far
greater
since
his
Departure
:
For
,
he
is
daily
bringing
more
Sheep
into
his
Fold
,
and
sending
out
more
Labourers
into
his
Vineyard
;
to
make
the
Harvest
of
the
Gospel
still
more
and
more
plenteous
:
Our
Religion
(
ever
since
its
first
Plantation
)
has
been
in
its
Pilgrimage
,
travelling
from
one
Country
to
another
;
from
Asia
to
Africa
,
from
Africa
to
Europe
,
from
Europe
to
America
:
And
he
still
leads
Captivity
captive
,
and
sooner
or
later
,
he
will
conquer
the
whole
World
with
the
invisible
Power
of
his
Word
and
Spirit
;
and
all
the
Nations
of
the
Earth
shall
submit
(
by
degrees
)
to
the
Scepter
and
Authority
of
his
Kingdom
.
Administration
of
Christ's
Government
,
but
to
our
own
Obstinacy
and
Cowardice
:
We
are
not
,
because
we
will
not
be
happy
.
We
proceed
.
3dly
.
Administration
of
Christ's
Kingly
Office
:
Of
which
take
this
following
Account
.
Now
it
must
be
extremely
happy
for
us
Christians
,
that
we
have
such
a
King
,
and
live
under
the
gracious
Influences
of
that
excellent
Government
,
which
I
have
describ'd
to
you
in
several
Particulars
.
As
(1)
In
respect
of
his
Abilities
:
For
't
is
said
prophetically
of
our
King
,
I
have
laid
help
on
one
that
is
mighty
,
and
I
will
make
him
my
first
born
,
higher
then
the
Kings
of
the
Earth
.
Some
indeed
have
a
fit
Capacity
to
dispose
,
but
want
Power
and
Ability
to
put
their
just
Laws
in
Execution
,
for
the
Peace
and
Benefit
of
their
Subjects
.
Others
have
Power
more
then
enough
,
but
want
Wisdom
and
Discretion
to
contrive
and
manage
the
Affairs
of
Government
:
But
't
is
said
of
our
King
,
it
pleased
the
Father
,
that
in
him
should
all
fulness
dwell
;
Fulness
,
(
in
the
abstract
)
both
of
Wisdom
and
Power
,
that
he
might
dispose
and
order
the
Concernments
of
his
Government
,
for
the
Peace
and
Benefit
of
his
People
.
Earthly
Princes
may
make
their
Subjects
great
,
but
they
cannot
make
'em
good
:
But
such
is
the
Power
of
our
absolute
and
supreme
Monarch
,
that
he
makes
his
Dependents
first
good
,
and
then
great
;
he
makes
them
gracious
here
,
and
eternally
glorious
hereafter
.
For
,
when
he
ascended
on
high
,
he
led
Captivity
captive
,
and
gave
Gifts
unto
men
;
and
the
Doors
of
those
heavenly
Treasuries
are
still
open
to
his
Votaries
and
Servants
.
He
distributes
Grace
in
proportion
to
their
modest
Desires
and
Necessities
;
his
holy
Spirit
leads
them
into
all
Truth
;
inspiring
them
with
Love
,
Peace
,
Patience
,
Perseverance
,
Joy
in
the
Holy
Ghost
,
and
all
other
needful
Graces
which
may
qualifie
'em
for
Heaven
,
and
make
them
glorious
and
happy
for
ever
.
(2)
The
Government
of
Christ's
Kingdom
is
Monarchical
,
the
very
best
of
all
Constitutions
;
in
which
,
there
's
an
absolute
Concurrence
of
all
Power
,
Wisdom
,
and
Righteousness
,
without
any
Corruption
or
Diminution
:
For
,
as
Christ
is
the
Power
of
God
,
and
the
Wisdom
of
God
,
so
the
Sceptre
of
his
Kingdom
is
a
right
Sceptre
;
a
Sceptre
of
Equity
,
and
a
Rod
of
Direction
,
say
some
Translations
.
And
as
he
lays
his
Commands
on
his
Subjects
,
so
(
which
is
peculiar
to
the
Subjects
of
his
Kingdom
only
)
he
gives
them
Directions
,
and
furnishes
them
with
Abilities
to
comply
with
,
and
obey
all
his
Commands
and
Institutions
.
Besides
,
this
Monarchical
Government
of
Christ
has
these
special
Priviledges
to
distinguish
it
from
all
others
.
(1)
'T
is
Vniversal
:
For
he
is
the
Head
of
the
whole
Body
;
he
rules
the
Church
Militant
,
and
the
Church
Triumphant
;
us
,
who
are
here
,
and
those
who
are
gone
to
Heaven
before
us
.
(2)
'T
is
Spiritual
,
he
sets
up
his
Throne
in
the
Souls
and
Consciences
of
Believers
and
does
there
effectually
conquer
and
subdue
all
his
and
their
Enemies
.
(3)
'T
is
Perpetual
;
which
is
the
greatest
Priviledge
,
and
best
Property
,
that
a
well
constituted
Government
can
be
capable
of
:
For
he
ruleth
by
his
Power
for
ever
.
All
earthly
Governments
have
been
,
and
are
subject
to
many
Alterations
,
and
Revolutions
:
Not
only
from
one
Person
to
another
,
but
from
one
kind
of
Government
to
another
;
and
't
is
very
uncertain
how
long
we
may
continue
,
either
under
this
Person
or
Form
of
Government
under
which
we
live
.
But
the
Politie
of
Christ's
Kingdom
,
as
well
as
his
Person
are
unchangable
:
For
't
is
constituted
and
establish'd
by
such
an
unerring
Wisdom
,
that
a
better
cannot
be
devis'd
nor
desir'd
;
and
't
is
supported
by
such
an
invincible
Power
,
that
all
the
Grandees
on
Earth
,
and
in
Hell
shall
never
be
able
to
destroy
nor
dissolve
it
:
Vpon
the
Throne
of
David
,
and
upon
his
Kingdom
shall
he
sit
for
ever
,
to
order
and
establish
it
with
Judgement
and
Justice
,
even
for
ever
and
ever
.
(3)
Christ
our
King
has
made
an
eminent
Provision
for
the
Weal
and
Safety
of
his
Subjects
:
For
he
gives
them
the
Assistances
of
the
holy
Angels
in
Heaven
,
and
of
his
Ministers
and
Pastors
on
Earth
:
By
whose
Ministeries
,
and
the
concurrences
of
his
Grace
,
we
are
supplied
with
a
sufficiency
of
Wisdom
to
make
us
Wise
;
of
Holiness
to
make
us
Good
;
and
Righteousness
to
make
us
Just
:
He
affords
us
a
sure
Protection
,
liberal
Maintenance
,
and
unspeakable
Rewards
,
for
those
little
Tributes
and
Fealties
of
Service
which
we
pay
him
.
In
a
word
,
his
loyal
Subjects
can
want
nothing
which
may
be
requisite
for
their
Support
and
Convenience
in
this
Life
:
But
if
they
should
be
at
any
time
straitned
,
by
the
want
of
these
,
he
will
enrich
them
more
abundantly
with
spiritual
and
eternal
Blessings
.
Let
them
but
hold
out
a
while
with
Patience
and
Perseverance
in
well
doing
;
and
they
shall
have
Kingdoms
and
Sceptres
put
into
their
Hands
,
and
Crowns
set
upon
their
Heads
,
as
Ensigns
of
their
everlasting
Triumph
.
(5)
and
Lastly
,
It
may
be
added
as
a
considerable
Benefit
and
Priviledge
of
Christ's
Kingdom
;
that
Satan's
Power
(
as
before
)
is
dasht
in
pieces
,
and
we
are
safe
under
the
defence
and
Protection
of
this
mighty
Monarch
.
The
other
Enemies
who
oppose
his
Authority
,
and
do
disease
and
trouble
us
,
are
Atheists
and
Infidels
without
,
and
Hereticks
and
Apostates
within
the
Church
;
and
all
these
Adversaries
have
no
small
Advantage
against
us
,
from
that
innate
Corruption
and
Concupiscence
in
our
own
Bowels
:
but
all
the
hurt
that
Christ
our
King
will
suffer
them
to
do
us
,
is
only
by
some
faint
Encounters
(
now
and
then
)
to
try
and
advance
our
Graces
,
and
prove
our
Integrity
.
And
tho'
that
last
Enemy
Death
may
be
a
present
torture
;
yet
cannot
deprive
us
of
that
Bliss
,
which
shall
certainly
be
the
Reward
of
all
his
Subjects
in
another
World
:
For
these
Oppositions
will
rather
further
than
hinder
us
in
our
Journey
,
and
bring
us
perhaps
sooner
however
with
greater
safety
)
to
the
Haven
and
Happiness
where
we
would
be
.
We
go
on
to
the
4th
.
practical
Improvement
of
this
Point
,
by
way
of
Application
.
And
(1)
Seeing
that
Christ
our
King
is
advanc't
to
this
high
and
honourable
Office
:
We
are
oblig'd
(
both
in
Duty
and
Interest
)
to
pay
that
just
tribute
of
Fear
and
Homage
,
of
Love
and
Obedience
,
which
is
most
deservedly
due
to
so
great
,
and
so
good
a
Monarch
.
And
we
are
under
the
greatest
Obligations
to
be
most
exact
and
uniform
in
our
Services
to
him
,
since
the
very
Angels
in
Heaven
,
and
all
other
Creatures
do
not
only
acknowledge
his
Sovereignty
over
'em
,
but
do
(
in
their
several
Capacities
)
send
up
Acclamations
of
Blessing
&
Praise
unto
him
.
Therefore
,
since
we
live
under
the
happy
Aspect
,
and
most
benign
Influences
of
Christ's
most
admirable
Government
,
let
us
renounce
all
other
Powers
and
Interests
whatsoever
,
if
they
come
in
Competition
with
him
;
and
account
of
them
as
the
most
mischievous
Enemies
of
our
Peace
and
Safety
:
for
Christ
will
admit
of
no
Rivals
;
we
cannot
serve
him
and
Belial
,
Lord
and
King
over
all
,
and
therefore
must
be
obey'd
and
reverenc't
by
all
.
Let
us
therefore
cheerfully
submit
to
the
safe
Conduct
of
his
Heavenly
Government
;
&
be
sincerely
obedient
to
all
his
admirable
Laws
and
Constitutions
whatsoever
:
That
his
Majesty
,
Power
,
and
Wisdom
may
be
for
us
,
and
not
against
us
;
rather
for
our
Support
and
Comfort
,
than
our
Confusion
and
Destruction
.
Serve
the
Lord
with
fear
,
and
rejoyce
unto
him
with
reverence
;
kiss
the
Son
,
&c.
(2)
Our
Obedience
and
Subjection
to
the
Laws
and
Constitutions
of
Christ's
Kingdom
,
may
be
further
enforc't
,
by
considering
the
extreme
Danger
and
Hazard
those
Rebels
run
upon
,
who
hold
out
any
disloyal
Fort
;
or
encourage
their
Lusts
and
Appetites
to
war
against
him
:
For
,
who
can
conceal
his
Sins
from
Christ's
all-seeing
Eye
;
or
withstand
the
irresistable
Power
of
his
Justice
and
Vengeance
,
when
he
is
angry
?
Besides
,
how
inconsistent
would
it
be
for
any
Christian
to
dishonour
him
in
his
Practice
,
whom
he
has
so
often
acknowledg'd
to
be
his
Lord
?
And
how
shall
he
be
able
to
answer
it
to
God
and
his
own
Conscience
,
if
he
should
deny
him
,
to
whose
Person
and
Government
with
repeated
Vows
in
both
Sacraments
,
he
has
so
often
and
solemnly
promis'd
Fealty
and
Subjection
?
What
a
terrible
sight
then
must
it
needs
be
to
the
Wicked
to
behold
him
(
whom
they
have
so
often
pierced
and
crucified
afresh
by
their
almost
infinite
Transgressions
)
sitting
upon
the
Throne
of
eternal
Majesty
,
Depart
ye
cursed
,
&c.
And
these
mine
Enemies
that
would
not
that
I
should
reign
over
them
,
take
them
bring
them
hither
,
and
slay
them
before
me
.
But
on
the
other
hand
(3)
The
Consideration
of
Christ's
Power
and
Sovereignty
over
us
,
will
conduce
much
to
the
Interest
and
Satisfaction
of
all
his
obedient
and
loyal
Subjects
:
For
we
are
so
happy
under
the
gracious
Administration
of
this
Government
,
that
all
things
are
lawful
to
be
done
by
us
,
which
are
not
mischievous
and
unprofitable
to
us
.
All
his
Commands
Counsels
,
Administrations
,
Chastisements
,
&c.
are
in
some
Respects
beneficial
to
us
;
either
in
the
Life
which
now
is
,
And
indeed
,
the
dutiful
Subjects
of
Christ's
Kingdom
are
the
only
free
Men
in
the
World
:
is
no
respecter
of
Persons
;
Friends
and
Brethren
.
Kingly
Office
and
Government
.
But
(4)
If
we
do
but
cheerfully
and
obediently
submit
to
his
Authority
,
and
the
gracious
Conduct
of
his
admirable
Government
,
we
need
not
fear
the
want
of
any
Good
,
or
the
trouble
of
any
Evil
:
For
he
has
not
only
a
sufficiency
of
Power
and
Authority
,
and
therefore
able
:
Stephen's
Asylum
in
a
Shower
of
Stones
,
nor
could
any
thing
discourage
him
in
the
Conflict
;
because
he
saw
Christ
standing
at
the
right
hand
of
God
,
ready
to
deliver
him
out
of
his
Enemies
hands
,
and
receive
him
into
Glory
.
Are
we
afraid
of
Sufferings
?
Here
is
a
certain
Remedy
at
hand
;
believe
in
Christ
,
and
he
will
not
only
become
our
King
to
protect
us
,
but
our
Advocate
to
save
and
exalt
us
in
due
time
.
Are
we
under
a
suspition
of
Want
?
Our
King
's
the
Proprietor
of
the
whole
Universe
,
and
the
Dispenser
of
all
good
Things
,
which
pertain
to
Life
and
Godliness
.
Are
we
afraid
of
any
future
Events
?
All
the
Concernments
of
this
World
are
dispos'd
of
,
and
manag'd
by
his
gracious
and
wise
Providence
;
and
in
his
Book
are
all
our
Members
written
.
Let
our
Condition
then
be
what
it
will
,
if
we
be
sincerely
religious
,
(
as
all
the
Subjects
of
Christ's
Kingdom
are
)
our
Hopes
may
be
buoy'd
up
with
this
assured
Confidence
,
that
all
things
shall
co-operate
for
our
good
:
And
if
Christ
be
for
us
we
are
safe
,
tho'
the
whole
Fraternity
of
Devils
&
wicked
Men
should
conspire
against
us
.
The
Close
.
WE
've
seen
what
excellent
things
the
Son
of
God
has
done
for
us
already
;
and
(
if
we
be
not
awanting
to
our selves
)
we
cannot
fail
of
being
eternally
happy
,
under
the
gracious
Influences
and
Conduct
of
his
admirable
Government
.
We
lie
under
most
pressing
and
infinite
Obligations
then
,
to
submit
our selves
entirely
to
the
Guidance
and
Protection
of
so
great
a
Lord
;
who
bears
to
us
the
Bowels
of
a
Man
,
and
the
tenderest
Compassions
of
a
Brother
.
We
've
inforc't
all
these
Obligations
to
Holiness
of
Life
,
and
newness
of
Obedience
,
by
our
Vows
and
Covenant
in
Baptism
;
we
repeat
them
frequently
in
the
Lord's
Supper
;
and
do
oblige
our selves
still
more
and
more
by
our
renewed
Choices
and
Promises
,
in
every
Duty
of
Religion
:
And
we
have
in
all
these
,
and
many
other
Instances
,
devoted
our Selves
,
our
Souls
and
Bodies
entirely
to
his
Service
.
How
should
we
then
,
(
in
Conformity
with
the
Design
of
this
Treatise
)
make
it
the
Scope
and
Aim
of
all
our
Desires
and
Endeavours
,
to
be
where
Christ
our
great
Prophet
,
Priest
,
and
King
is
.
And
since
he
is
gone
to
Heaven
,
to
prepare
a
Place
for
us
;
blessed
Saviour's
sake
.
To
whom
with
the
Father
,
and
the
Holy
Ghost
,
be
ascrib'd
by
us
,
and
all
the
World
,
Blessing
,
and
Glory
,
and
Honour
,
and
Power
,
and
Thanksgiving
,
for
ever
and
ever
.
Amen
.