A
Dialogical
Discourse
betwixt
the
Saviour
and
Man
,
wherein
all
Souls
desirous
of
the
Love
of
God
,
are
copiously
suppli'd
with
means
powerfull
to
attain
it
,
and
to
gain
the
happy
accomplishment
of
their
Salvation
.
MAN
.
SPeak
O
Lord
!
for
thy
Servant
hears
thee
,
Heretofore
the
Children
of
Israel
would
have
Moises
only
speak
to
them
,
not
thou
O
Lord
!
fearing
thy
words
might
strike
such
a
terrour
to
their
Hearts
as
would
occasion
their
death
;
but
I
am
wholly
an
Alien
to
their
feelings
,
and
do
choose
rather
to
side
with
the
Prophet
Samuel
,
and
in
all
humility
do
intreat
,
that
thou
O
Lord
,
wilt
be
graciously
pleas'd
to
speak
to
me
;
Not
Moises
,
no
,
nor
any
of
thy
Prophets
;
for
the
instructions
and
lights
they
may
give
me
,
be
but
gifts
and
Rays
borrowed
of
thy
incomprehensible
Splendor
,
thou
alone
without
their
Ministry
canst
perfectly
instruct
me
;
alas
,
their
endeavours
in
my
regard
will
signify
just
nothing
,
without
thy
gracious
concurrence
:
They
may
indeed
utter
some
words
,
but
unless
thou
dost
influence
them
,
they
'l
never
mollify
my
stony
Heart
,
nor
lodge
thy
Spirit
within
my
bowels
:
Their
words
may
be
indeed
plac'd
to
admiration
;
their
Rhetorick
Charming
,
their
Eloquence
exceeding
that
of
the
very
best
Orators
,
their
Periods
mannag'd
in
extraordinary
good
order
,
but
if
they
relish
not
of
thy
divine
Spirit
,
my
heart
alas
,
will
remain
as
cold
as
the
very
Ice
.
They
may
Cite
Scripture
fluently
to
confirm
their
discourse
,
and
quote
both
Councels
and
Fathers
to
the
astonishment
of
their
Hearers
;
but
they
cannot
work
so
far
on
their
understanding
as
to
make
'em
conceive
the
thing
they
aim
at
,
nor
bring
their
Will
to
the
practise
of
it
:
that
enterprize
is
out
of
their
Province
,
't
is
a
Prerogative
pertaining
alone
to
thee
,
O
Lord
,
no
mortal
Man
,
no
,
the
very
Angels
cannot
pretend
to
it
,
unless
they
have
thy
Commission
to
that
effect
.
They
may
entertain
us
with
a
learn'd
and
pleasant
discourse
of
thy
great
and
adorable
Mysteries
,
but
thou
alone
can'st
render
our
understanding
capable
to
conceive
them
;
they
may
tell
us
of
thy
Precepts
and
Counsels
,
but
thou
alone
can'st
help
us
to
fulfil
them
:
They
can
shew
to
us
the
ready
road
leading
to
Salvation
,
but
thou
alone
can'st
comfort
us
in
our
failings
,
and
give
us
then
greater
courage
to
walk
therein
,
till
we
arrive
at
our
journeys
end
.
The
most
they
can
boast
of
,
is
to
be
thy
Sollicitors
,
and
Agents
which
thou
mak'st
use
of
,
to
exhort
us
to
the
practise
of
this
or
that
other
Virtue
,
they
may
describe
unto
us
the
many
evil
consequences
of
a
wicked
&
Licentious
life
,
C●rint●ios
.
c.
3.
v.
6.
Tanquam
a
facie
Colubri
fuge
peccatum
Eccl.
c.
21.
v
2.
they
may
thunder
from
their
Pulpits
thy
dreadful
threatnings
,
and
the
horrid
effects
of
thy
divine
wrath
,
but
't
is
thy
Sanctifying
Grace
,
that
alone
can
soften
,
instruct
,
and
illustrate
our
Hearts
:
They
can
exteriously
water
our
barren
and
rebellous
Souls
,
but
thou
alone
can'st
give
the
increase
&
cause
them
happily
to
comply
with
the
sweet
Influences
of
thy
holy
Inspirations
:
They
may
cry
out
and
warn
us
to
fly
from
sin
as
from
the
venom
of
a
Serpent
,
but
thou
alone
mak'st
our
understanding
,
and
will
prompt
to
conceive
and
practise
what
they
say
.
Let
Moises
then
for
bear
speaking
to
me
,
't
is
from
thee
,
my
God
,
I
do
expect
the
word
which
can
subdue
,
reform
,
&
clear
my
heart
from
all
terrene
and
sordid
affections
;
If
I
only
be
outwardly
admonish'd
,
and
not
inwardly
inflam'd
with
the
ardent
fire
of
thy
divine
Love
,
my
Souls
death
may
ensue
,
or
at
best
I
shall
be
but
a
barren
and
wither'd
tree
.
Let
me
then
hear
thee
speak
,
O
Lord
and
let
thy
word
be
no
sooner
heard
,
but
put
in
execution
by
me
;
no
sooner
known
but
lov'd
,
no
sooner
pronounc'd
but
deeply
fix'd
in
the
Center
of
my
heart
;
there
to
produce
the
worthy
fruits
of
a
sincere
,
sorrowful
and
constant
repentance
.
SAVIOVR
.
HEar
my
words
,
O
Man
,
they
are
most
sweet
,
efficacious
and
vivifying
,
far
exceeding
the
science
of
the
Philosophers
,
and
wise
of
this
World
;
my
words
are
both
spirit
and
life
,
they
are
beyond
the
reach
of
humane
understanding
;
they
don't
affect
a
vain
complacency
,
but
delight
to
be
receiv'd
rather
in
silence
,
with
all
humility
,
and
with
all
the
tenderness
of
love
and
affection
,
that
can
be
express'd
.
My
Servant
David
was
throughly
convinc'd
of
this
undeniable
assertion
,
when
he
sent
forth
these
seraphical
expressions
to
my
heavenly
Throne
;
&c.
Psal.
93.
v.
12.
Blessed
is
the
man
,
O
Lord
,
whom
thou
shalt
instruct
in
thy
Law
,
and
teach
how
he
may
in
the
evil
days
of
his
mortal
life
,
heap
up
a
vast
treasure
of
merits
for
an
Eternity
.
I
am
the
Lord
who
have
taught
the
Prophets
from
the
beginning
,
and
since
have
never
ceas'd
to
speak
unto
all
Men
;
but
alas
,
few
answer
my
expectation
:
Satan
has
so
blinded
their
understanding
,
so
perverted
their
will
,
&
so
benumb'd
their
senses
,
that
the
most
part
of
them
make
nothing
of
my
words
,
take
no
notice
of
my
corrections
,
and
set
no
value
on
my
most
amorous
invitations
,
in
order
to
revive
their
poor
Souls
,
and
shelter
them
under
the
wings
of
my
paternal
and
powerful
protection
,
from
the
rage
and
fury
of
that
infernal
and
devouring
Dragon
.
The
most
of
them
are
so
infatuate
as
to
be
more
inclin'd
to
give
ear
to
the
deluding
Sirens
of
the
world
,
then
to
the
inspirations
of
their
God
;
to
the
fatal
perswasions
of
the
flesh
,
then
to
the
salutary
dictates
of
the
Holy
Ghost
;
to
the
ruinous
suggestions
of
the
Devil
,
then
to
the
amorous
invitations
of
their
Creator
,
and
Redeemer
.
What
the
world
does
promise
'em
is
but
temporal
and
of
no
〈◊〉
,
and
yet
for
that
small
satisfaction
,
they
are
content
to
become
slaves
to
it
;
and
to
lose
that
glorious
title
of
Children
of
God
,
and
all
pretentions
to
Heaven
.
What
I
promise
'em
is
of
an
unspeakable
estimate
,
and
of
an
everlasting
continuance
;
yet
their
hearts
are
strangely
averse
to
it
;
and
seem
to
conceive
as
great
an
abhorrence
of
it
,
as
the
people
of
Israel
had
against
that
food
,
which
I
showr'd
down
upon
them
in
the
Desart
.
Their
obedience
to
the
world
and
their
other
mortal
enemies
,
and
their
care
of
pleasing
them
,
is
more
prompt
,
and
far
greater
,
then
what
they
shew
in
my
service
.
Hear
then
O
Man
!
my
words
,
and
print
them
in
the
midst
of
thy
Heart
,
ruminate
on
them
often
,
and
with
all
possible
Attention
,
for
they
will
be
most
useful
in
time
of
temptation
;
and
tho'
thou
dost
not
understand
them
at
present
,
yet
thou
shalt
comprehend
their
full
meaning
in
the
day
of
my
visitation
.
Thou
must
know
when
,
and
after
what
manner
I
do
visit
my
faithful
Servants
;
first
,
I
visit
them
with
Temptations
of
all
sorts
,
to
train
them
up
in
that
School
of
Heaven
,
in
which
I
had
the
credit
of
being
both
Master
,
and
Conqueror
;
I
suffer
temptations
to
teach
my
followers
,
they
must
expect
the
same
;
but
I
conquer'd
also
all
my
temptations
,
to
shew
them
how
to
behave
themselves
in
the
like
occasion
;
but
if
I
see
them
stagger
and
fail
in
courage
,
I
visit
them
with
the
sweetness
of
my
consolation
,
and
inable
them
to
stand
firm
,
not
to
desert
from
my
Colours
.
I
am
likewise
a
Teacher
to
my
Elect
,
and
reade
unto
them
every
day
two
Lessons
;
th'
one
is
a
sharp
reprehension
,
if
I
see
them
fail
in
their
duty
,
in
order
to
suppress
their
evil
inclinations
,
and
habits
;
and
th'
other
is
a
potent
exhortation
to
stir
up
their
hearts
to
a
fervent
desire
of
a
greater
increase
in
virtue
.
In
fine
,
whoever
hears
my
words
,
and
will
not
regard
them
,
but
rather
deride
and
contemn
them
,
he
shall
at
the
last
day
finde
me
a
severe
Judge
,
from
whom
he
is
to
expect
no
favour
,
but
the
same
measure
he
gave
me
in
his
life
,
shall
be
exactly
dealt
him
and
worse
,
that
is
,
to
turn
him
off
to
the
left
hand
,
and
there
leave
him
as
a
prey
to
the
Devil
for
all
Eternity
.
MAN
.
REmember
O
most
merciful
Lord
,
that
we
are
of
our
own
nature
but
misery
,
weakness
,
and
in
a
word
,
as
little
to
be
regarded
as
the
meanest
of
thy
Creatures
,
for
what
are
we
in
our
greatest
splendour
,
but
so
many
vessels
of
nasty
stuff
,
fit
for
no
other
use
but
to
be
cast
out
,
&
set
so
many
foot
under
ground
,
lest
the
noisom
smell
of
our
rotten
Carcasses
should
infect
the
house
,
or
family
wherein
we
depart
this
life
.
Our
frailty
is
so
great
that
it
cannot
be
paralel'd
in
any
other
creature
of
whatever
State
or
Condition
;
our
vanity
is
no
less
,
if
not
surpassing
our
frailty
.
What
shall
such
a
poor
Creature
do
amidst
so
strong
and
so
many
allurements
to
sin
;
of
one
side
the
world
sollicites
him
to
be
of
his
faction
,
&
tast
of
his
pleasures
at
will
,
the
Flesh
inclines
him
another
way
,
the
Devil
perswades
him
to
slight
his
own
proper
interest
,
i.
e.
to
be
happy
eternally
by
adhering
to
his
Creator
,
and
to
side
with
him
against
God
.
Moreover
he
seeth
that
the
wicked
are
the
Darlings
of
Fortune
,
and
have
all
earthly
pleasures
at
command
,
but
he
beholds
the
righteous
and
faithful
followers
of
God
groaning
under
the
weighty
burthen
of
great
tribulations
;
nay
,
he
verily
thinks
thee
to
look
on
the
wicked
with
a
pleasing
aspect
,
and
to
frown
on
the
Just
;
what
confirms
him
in
this
opinion
,
is
,
the
assurance
thou
givest
them
of
pardon
,
whenever
they
shall
with
true
repentance
come
to
thee
:
this
,
they
take
as
an
incouragement
for
sinners
to
continue
their
licentious
and
wicked
life
;
and
even
so
it
falls
out
with
many
;
they
spend
their
youth
in
all
manner
of
unlawful
pleasures
,
nay
,
they
will
intrench
upon
old
age
,
rather
then
desist
their
long
continued
disorders
;
yet
when
by
thy
Decree
a
violent
Sickness
seizeth
them
and
confines
them
to
their
bed
,
then
they
continually
implore
thee
for
mercy
;
Peccavi
is
their
deplorable
ditty
,
which
they
incessantly
repeat
till
they
expire
;
must
we
not
piously
believe
that
such
are
saved
?
notwithstanding
the
long
Series
of
their
wickedness
and
sins
;
yes
,
and
this
consideration
holds
us
in
our
rambling
&
vicious
humours
;
and
likewise
,
it
expells
all
thoughts
of
recanting
from
our
mind
;
the
frequent
Presidents
of
thy
mercy
exhibited
to
far
more
wicked
livers
,
retards
our
conversion
;
so
doth
the
conceit
of
that
narrow
and
craggy
Passage
,
which
(
as
thou
sayst
)
can
only
lead
us
to
Heaven
:
Moreover
why
should
we
impose
that
heavy
yoke
upon
our
younger
days
,
seeing
that
Heaven
is
promised
to
us
at
any
time
,
when
we
shall
cry
Peccavi
,
tho'
we
should
omit
it
,
even
to
our
decrepid
Age.
SAVIOVR
.
O'
Man
!
the
more
frail
thou
art
,
and
the
more
prone
to
sin
,
the
more
vigilant
,
&
careful
should'st
thou
be
and
timorous
,
not
to
fall
into
sin
,
lest
thou
should'st
be
foil'd
,
overcom'd
,
and
fall
from
the
state
of
Grace
,
into
that
of
damnation
;
for
it
's
a
point
of
extream
folly
,
that
a
weak
,
unskilful
and
filly
man
,
should
undertake
to
encounter
such
strong
,
cunning
,
expert
and
fierce
Enemies
,
as
thou
haft
to
fight
withal
;
whoever
is
so
far
over
seen
,
will
certainly
be
worsted
,
and
loose
his
life
to
boot
:
This
is
thy
case
,
O'
Man
!
the
Devil
thy
mortal
enemy
will
easily
get
the
better
of
thee
,
and
soon
o'rethrow
thee
,
if
thou
art
not
well
fortifi'd
with
virtue
,
and
shielded
with
Gods
grace
and
protection
,
and
assisted
by
his
holy
Angels
.
The
Prince
of
the
Apostles
was
not
ignorant
of
this
truth
;
he
experienc'd
it
in
his
own
person
,
and
therefore
being
highly
interest'd
in
the
welfare
of
his
Masters
flock
,
he
leaves
unto
them
this
wholsome
instruction
;
As
for
the
wicked
,
whom
thou
thinkest
to
be
of
the
number
of
Gods
happy
favorites
,
because
thou
seest
them
prosper
in
all
their
ways
,
and
that
nothing
crosseth
them
;
that
they
have
plenty
of
Gold
and
Silver
;
Horses
and
all
other
Cattle
in
abundance
,
no
mortality
visits
them
;
Many
indeed
,
are
the
tribulations
of
the
Just
,
but
my
worthy
Apostle
telleth
thee
from
me
,
that
the
sufferings
of
this
present
time
,
are
infinitly
less
,
then
the
Glory
which
shall
be
reveal'd
in
my
faithful
and
devoted
Servants
hereafter
.
I
deal
with
them
on
earth
as
a
skilful
Physitian
with
his
Patients
,
I
cleanse
their
Souls
of
all
their
sinfull
spots
,
by
giving
them
to
drink
of
that
bitter
Chalice
of
tribulations
,
by
which
they
are
disposed
to
partake
of
a
more
abundant
grace
,
and
brought
to
a
nearer
conformity
with
me
,
who
exhausted
the
same
Chalice
of
its
very
dregs
;
by
this
remedy
they
are
secur'd
from
th'
everlasting
pains
of
hell
,
which
are
incomparably
greater
,
and
of
a
longer
tract
,
then
all
the
tribulations
and
crosses
,
that
were
suffer'd
by
all
mankinde
in
this
world
;
and
the
same
intitleth
them
my
Associates
in
Heaven
,
to
sit
at
my
table
,
to
enjoy
my
presence
for
ever
,
and
all
the
happiness
that
my
celestial
Court
can
afford
.
No
Father
can
be
more
indulgent
to
his
Child
then
I
am
to
the
Sinner
,
for
tho'
the
greatness
and
multitude
of
his
heinous
offences
deserve
no
mercy
at
my
hands
,
but
rather
the
utter
severity
of
my
Justice
,
yet
commonly
I
for
bear
with
him
,
still
expecting
his
amendment
;
but
the
longer
I
let
him
run
in
the
way
of
iniquity
,
the
more
he
should
be
terrified
,
for
sins
never
escape
without
condign
punishment
,
and
the
longer
it
is
deferred
,
the
heavier
it
will
fall
at
last
.
T
is
true
,
the
sinner
has
my
parole
for
a
pardon
at
any
time
when
he
comes
to
me
with
true
repentance
,
That
fatal
delay
of
repentance
has
replenish'd
the
Dominion
of
Satan
with
millions
of
poor
Souls
,
and
if
any
should
set
them
the
question
,
what
brought
them
to
that
Land
of
everlasting
darkness
and
misery
,
where
there
is
neither
rest
,
union
,
comfort
or
order
;
but
a
perpetual
toil
,
hatred
,
sorrow
,
confusion
and
horrour
?
they
all
will
unanimously
answer
,
our
procrastinate
conversion
,
our
delai'd
repentance
,
and
our
groundless
hopes
to
have
a
peccavi
at
will
,
tho'
Death
should
on
a
sudden
surprize
us
with
an
Arrest
,
this
was
the
fatal
overture
,
through
which
we
fell
into
this
endless
misery
.
And
it
stands
with
a
great
deal
of
reason
,
for
the
longer
a
man
loiters
in
his
vicious
and
wicked
ways
,
the
more
obdurate
his
heart
will
be
,
and
the
less
inclin'd
to
produce
an
act
of
Contrition
;
nay
should
his
Confessarius
break
his
brain
to
bring
him
to
it
,
his
answer
will
be
that
which
David
gave
to
Saul
,
when
he
was
to
encounter
the
Philistian
Giant
;
Saul
would
have
him
to
put
on
his
own
Armour
,
and
to
fight
with
his
Sword
,
Thou
seest
by
this
example
,
O
Man
!
that
the
longer
a
sinner
perseveres
in
sin
,
the
farther
he
will
be
from
any
desire
of
a
true
Contrition
;
his
heart
will
grow
the
more
obdurate
,
his
Conscience
more
blinde
,
his
Soul
so
oppress'd
with
evil
custome
,
even
as
with
a
huge
and
weighty
Stone
,
that
makes
her
wholly
insensible
of
what
concerns
her
Salvation
.
But
if
any
of
such
like
reprobates
should
seem
to
repent
,
't
is
to
be
fear'd
,
that
his
chief
and
only
motive
,
is
the
fear
of
Hell-fire
,
not
the
reall
product
of
Justice
,
nor
any
true
Contrition
,
For
a
resolve
of
thy
last
objection
,
that
the
way
which
leads
to
Heaven
,
is
both
narrow
,
difficult
and
craggy
;
consequently
that
thy
nature
,
which
is
very
fond
of
her
own
ease
,
can
hardly
be
brought
to
walk
therein
;
I
answer
,
that
it
is
a
million
of
times
more
tollerable
to
strike
into
that
roade
,
(
tho'
never
so
irksome
to
thy
corrupt
nature
)
then
to
suffer
the
pains
of
Hell
for
an
eternity
;
John
the
Baptist
untill
now
,
the
Kingdome
of
Heaven
suffers
violence
,
and
the
violent
take
it
by
force
.
But
thou
didst
likewise
hear
me
say
,
Come
unto
me
all
ye
that
labour
,
and
are
heavy
laden
,
and
I
will
give
you
rest
.
Take
my
yoak
upon
you
,
and
learn
of
me
,
for
I
am
meek
and
humble
in
heart
:
and
ye
shall
finde
rest
unto
your
Souls
;
for
my
yoke
is
easy
,
and
my
burden
is
light
.
For
what
is
of
it self
burdensome
to
nature
,
is
made
easy
by
the
assistance
of
my
grace
,
and
is
sweeten'd
by
custom
;
for
wherever
the
Love
of
God
is
lodg'd
,
and
increas'd
to
the
height
and
prime
of
its
fervour
,
all
Tribulations
,
Persecutions
,
Crosses
,
Losses
,
nay
,
Death
it self
,
will
be
look'd
upon
as
the
chiefest
favours
,
and
blessings
of
a
most
loving
Father
;
so
that
there
is
nothing
in
the
world
more
to
be
hated
,
and
abhorr'd
then
Sin
,
which
alone
can
cause
the
displeasure
of
God
,
and
his
fatal
Seperation
from
man
.
MAN
.
O
Lord
my
God!
thou
art
my
Life
,
my
Treasure
,
and
all
my
happiness
;
but
what
am
I
,
that
I
should
prefume
to
speak
to
thee
?
what
?
but
a
poor
and
despicable
servant
,
a
most
vile
and
abject
worm
,
far
more
miserable
and
contemptible
in
thy
sight
,
then
I
can
or
dare
imagine
.
Remember
therefore
o'
Lord
!
that
I
am
nothing
,
have
nothing
,
and
am
absolutely
the
most
indigent
,
and
sordid
,
of
all
thy
Creatures
.
Thou
alone
art
good
,
thou
only
art
both
just
and
holy
.
Thou
alone
canst
do
all
,
canst
give
all
,
canst
fill
all
;
and
I
poor
Soul
am
void
of
all
that
can
be
call'd
good
;
for
nothing
but
misery
is
to
be
found
where
Sin
predominates
.
Forget
not
then
o'
Lord
!
thy
miserations
to
me
,
and
vouchsafe
to
replenish
my
heart
with
thy
grace
,
that
I
may
carry
my
Cross
cheerfully
,
and
follow
thy
steps
with
all
alacrity
;
whilst
I
continue
my
Pilgrimage
in
this
tempestuous
and
miserable
life
.
Thou
knowest
that
of
my self
I
can
perform
nothing
,
that
may
be
grateful
to
thee
,
or
any
way
meritorious
,
O'
Lord
!
teach
me
how
I
may
fulfill
thy
blessed
will
;
instruct
me
in
thy
ways
,
that
I
may
walk
therein
with
safety
,
and
in
all
humility
.
Thou
hast
indeed
resolv'd
all
my
objections
,
and
hast
broke
all
the
chains
which
might
detain
both
me
,
and
all
other
Sinners
in
the
bondage
of
Sin
,
and
Slavery
of
the
Devil
:
thou
said'st
as
much
of
virtue
and
vice
,
as
much
of
Satans
rage
,
and
of
thine
own
clemency
to
all
poor
Sinners
;
as
much
of
the
joys
of
Heaven
,
and
of
the
torments
of
Hell
,
as
are
able
to
move
the
most
obdurate
hearts
and
hasten
them
out
of
hand
to
give
an
everlasting
farewell
to
th'
one
,
and
to
make
their
constant
and
happy
choice
of
the
other
.
But
alas
!
I
know
by
a
fatal
experience
how
weak
I
am
in
my
resolutions
,
how
far
from
the
love
of
God
,
how
much
a
stranger
to
virtue
,
and
therefore
have
great
need
of
comfort
and
strength
from
thee
,
to
go
through
with
what
I
resolve
for
the
future
.
Thou
art
my
heavenly
Physitian
,
from
thee
I
do
expect
a
cure
for
all
my
Spiritual
diseases
;
nothing
can
be
hid
from
thine
eyes
;
thou
knowest
the
evil
passions
that
do
predominate
within
my
brest
,
deliver
me
therefore
o'
Lord
,
from
their
tyrannical
government
,
cleanse
my
heart
from
all
evil
and
inordinate
affections
,
to
the
end
that
being
inwardly
heal'd
,
and
purg'd
,
of
all
the
sinful
products
of
my
corrupt
nature
,
I
may
be
the
more
apt
to
love
thee
,
the
more
ready
to
suffer
for
thee
,
and
the
more
stable
to
persevere
in
thy
service
.
When
I
read
in
thy
holy
Writ
,
and
hear
what
the
learned
Doctors
of
thy
Church
say
of
the
love
of
God
,
I
conceive
an
ardent
desire
to
partake
in
some
measure
thereof
;
for
to
pretend
to
the
full
perfection
of
it
,
is
a
thing
beyond
my
reach
,
unless
thou
givest
thy
helping
hand
to
my
poor
endeavours
.
'T
is
absolutely
the
Summum
bonum
,
There
's
nothing
more
sweet
,
and
attractive
then
the
love
of
God
,
nothing
more
active
and
strong
;
nothing
more
eminent
and
generous
,
nothing
can
exceed
it
in
latitude
,
extent
and
altitude
,
there
is
nothing
more
pleasant
and
affable
;
In
fine
,
there
is
nothing
in
Heaven
,
or
on
Earth
that
can
excell
it
in
goodness
,
in
beauty
or
perfection
,
and
why
?
because
it
doth
proceed
from
God
,
&
that
it
cann't
repose
in
any
created
thing
,
but
in
God
alone
.
A
divine
Lover
will
fly
,
run
&
rejoyce
,
tho'
he
were
condemn'd
to
lodge
with
Daniel
among
the
hungry
,
&
devouring
Lyons
.
He
is
free
,
and
enjoys
his
liberty
tho'
he
were
in
chains
,
and
loaden
with
Irons
as
another
Manasses
.
He
gives
with
St.
Francis
,
All
for
All
;
and
findes
his
whole
delight
and
comfort
in
that
very
All
,
which
he
makes
choice
of
;
And
in
that
one
supreme
All
the
fountain-head
of
all
goodness
,
he
sweetly
reposeth
with
the
Spouse
void
of
disturbance
.
A
divine
Lover
never
looks
upon
the
gifts
,
tho'
never
so
excellent
,
but
has
his
eyes
always
fix'd
upon
the
giver
,
neither
is
he
content
with
what
graces
and
favours
he
receives
from
God
,
but
will
strive
to
purchase
more
,
tho'
it
were
even
with
the
loss
of
his
sweet
life
.
For
Love
admits
of
no
bounds
,
&
its
flames
will
rise
above
all
limitation
and
measure
.
It
feels
no
weight
,
values
no
labour
,
invents
new
ways
of
mortifications
,
and
oftentimes
affects
to
suffer
for
his
beloved
,
more
then
flesh
and
blood
is
able
to
bear
.
The
divine
Lover
will
not
regard
impossibilities
,
for
he
thinks
that
all
the
Austerities
,
and
rigours
imaginable
are
both
lawful
and
possible
to
him
,
he
is
able
therefore
in
his
own
ardent
and
elevated
conceit
,
to
vanquish
all
difficultys
,
and
does
indeed
perform
more
then
can
be
expected
from
Nature
alone
;
In
fine
,
his
good
will
never
fails
him
,
tho'
his
body
should
ly
half
dead
upon
the
ground
.
Love
is
watchful
;
if
Sleeping
it
's
always
awake
,
if
harrass'd
it
's
never
weary
,
in
dangers
it's
never
fearful
,
when
frightned
it
's
never
troubled
,
but
even
as
a
fierce
blaze
,
and
a
lively
flame
;
it
passes
by
all
such
events
,
and
mounts
up
towards
the
very
throne
of
God
,
where
it
lies
safe
from
all
disasters
,
&
evil
accidents
.
This
language
perhaps
is
unknown
to
many
;
but
he
who
really
loves
God
,
will
easily
understand
it
.
The
fervent
desire
alone
of
a
Seraphick
Soul
makes
a
pleasing
noise
in
the
hearing
of
God
;
Love
,
says
thy
belov'd
Apostle
,
is
swift
,
In
fine
,
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
!
Thou
art
well
read
I
see
,
and
to
hear
thee
speak
,
Primum
mobile
,
the
Life
,
the
Queen
,
the
first
beginning
,
and
end
of
them
all
;
and
that
no
other
virtue
,
or
thing
whatever
,
can
so
efficaciously
move
a
Soul
to
all
acts
of
Piety
,
nor
so
speedily
and
powerfully
withdraw
her
from
sin
,
and
vicious
habits
,
as
the
Love
of
God
.
Fifthly
,
because
the
Intuitive
vision
of
God
,
(
which
is
th'
essential
reward
of
the
Blessed
)
has
a
perfect
reference
to
the
highest
degree
,
and
sublimest
perfection
of
Charity
.
Now
to
give
thee
a
perfect
demonstration
of
thy
own
weakness
,
and
to
let
thee
know
how
much
thou
art
a
stranger
to
the
love
of
God
;
I
must
tell
thee
that
this
heavenly
Charity
,
is
a
most
resplendent
and
glorious
Pearl
;
a
most
precious
and
charming
gem
;
a
most
pure
and
noble
Balm
;
a
most
sweet
and
fragrant
herb
;
and
consequently
does
require
a
most
clean
and
spotless
residence
,
and
a
Seat
adorn'd
with
all
the
rarest
&
most
precious
ornaments
,
that
can
be
imagin'd
;
I
mean
a
Soul
cleans'd
from
all
mortal
spots
,
deck'd
with
all
moral
virtues
,
throughly
lin'd
with
the
gifts
of
the
Holy-Ghost
,
and
supported
on
each
side
with
the
Strong
pillars
of
a
firm
and
constant
Hope
,
and
Faith
.
I
must
tell
thee
likewise
of
the
degrees
of
Charity
,
the
first
of
them
is
infus'd
into
the
Soul
by
her
Baptismal
grace
,
and
this
is
not
to
be
hid
idlely
,
but
to
be
improv'd
with
a
great
deal
of
care
,
and
brought
to
its
ultimate
perfection
;
O
what
a
deal
of
care
is
to
be
taken
in
so
great
an
enterprize
the
minde
must
be
kept
pure
and
clean
,
free
from
all
mortal
spots
,
and
beautifi'd
with
all
the
virtues
and
gifts
aforesaid
(
as
far
as
the
condition
and
state
of
a
new
beginner
will
admit
.
)
'T
is
an
incumbent
duty
on
all
Mortals
that
are
lodg'd
within
this
inferiour
degree
of
Charity
,
to
wish
ardently
for
the
sight
ond
perfect
injoyment
of
the
Summum
bonum
,
to
labour
hardly
for
an
utter
extirpation
of
all
their
imperfections
and
vicious
habits
;
to
reclaim
and
utterly
subdue
their
unruly
passions
;
to
be
constantly
imploy'd
in
the
painful
exercise
and
worthy
works
of
Pennance
;
to
keep
their
mindes
from
all
distractions
in
prayers
;
to
reform
the
exteriour
man
,
and
keep
it
still
in
a
modest
&
decent
posture
in
all
their
communications
and
conferences
with
God
.
To
divert
their
eyes
from
all
unclean
and
dishonest
objects
,
to
restrain
their
tongues
from
overmuch
talking
;
In
fine
,
they
must
decline
from
all
evil
,
and
fly
from
Sin
,
All
these
cleansing
herbs
,
together
with
several
others
of
the
same
nature
,
well
season'd
with
the
fear
and
love
of
God
,
must
be
carefully
handled
,
dextrously
shifted
,
and
exactly
distill'd
into
a
Salutary
compound
for
the
happy
complement
of
a
purgative
life
.
All
these
Ingredients
,
I
must
confess
,
are
extraordinary
bitter
,
and
irksome
to
thy
corrupt
nature
,
however
thou
must
endeavour
with
all
thy
might
to
swallow
down
those
ill-pallat-pleasing
Pills
,
not
for
once
,
but
so
often
,
until
thou
dost
acquire
a
habit
of
using
them
without
any
difficulty
,
and
then
thou
shalt
perceive
the
great
benefit
thy
Soul
will
reap
by
the
constant
practise
of
so
divine
a
remedy
.
Then
thou
wilt
without
any
compulsion
or
contradiction
from
either
the
outward
or
inward
man
,
freely
and
constantly
bewail
thy
former
sinful
life
;
thou
wilt
earnestly
dive
into
the
most
reclus'd
and
hidden
corners
of
thy
heart
,
to
finde
out
therein
what
may
be
displeasing
to
God
,
with
a
resolution
either
to
smother
them
in
their
cradle
by
a
contrite
Confession
,
or
to
drown
them
all
in
the
bitter
tears
of
a
sorrowful
repentance
.
Thy
dayly
entertainment
will
be
to
meditate
on
my
bloudy
Passion
,
to
think
often
of
the
dreadful
day
of
Judgment
,
of
Death
,
of
the
everlasting
pains
of
Hell
,
and
of
the
many
favours
and
graces
which
thou
hast
received
at
the
most
liberal
hands
of
thy
most
mercifull
God
;
firmly
grounding
thy self
in
a
profound
humility
,
in
patience
,
in
a
full
resignation
to
Gods
Decrees
,
in
the
fear
and
love
of
thy
dearly
beloved
Maker
.
After
this
heavenly
exercise
,
thou
art
to
proceed
to
a
farther
increase
in
virtue
,
to
a
more
accomplish'd
Charity
,
to
Spiritual
exercises
,
and
to
devout
meditations
;
thereby
to
fix
thy
heart
in
God
alone
,
and
to
avoid
Idleness
which
is
the
seat
of
iniquity
;
thou
must
give
some
time
to
thy
Studys
,
some
to
Prayer
,
some
to
writing
,
some
to
the
practise
of
charitable
Deeds
,
as
visiting
the
Sick
,
relieving
Prisoners
,
comforting
the
Poor
,
and
distressed
,
as
well
with
thy
good
advices
,
as
with
a
share
of
thy
substance
,
but
in
all
thy
actions
be
sure
to
have
thy
mind
always
fix'd
upon
God
,
for
whose
sake
alone
thou
must
begin
,
go
on
,
and
end
all
thy
good
works
;
thou
must
often
raise
up
thy
thoughts
towards
Heaven
,
that
happy
residence
,
for
the
enjoying
of
which
thou
wert
created
,
and
be
never
wearied
with
labour
;
or
think
the
time
long
e're
you
gain
it
.
All
this
belongs
to
the
illuminative
life
,
to
the
State
of
Proficients
,
to
the
degree
of
purifying
virtues
,
and
to
those
private
friends
that
do
sweetly
adhere
unto
their
God
,
and
embrace
him
with
arms
of
Charity
.
Being
perfectly
grounded
in
this
kinde
of
life
,
thou
must
ascend
to
a
higher
School
,
where
thou
art
to
begin
the
rudiments
of
the
perfective
and
unitive
life
;
which
are
,
pure
contemplations
,
most
ardent
,
most
sweet
,
and
most
loving
Embraces
of
thy
beloved
;
the
inseparable
and
continual
unions
with
thy
Spouse
;
the
practice
of
mistical
Theology
;
a
Transformation
into
God
;
Raptures
,
Extasies
,
Acts
of
heroical
virtue
;
the
immoveable
quietness
,
and
peace
of
the
minde
in
God
;
then
by
a
supreme
degree
of
the
gift
of
Wisdom
,
thou
art
made
,
as
it
were
,
one
of
Gods
Secretarys
,
and
Cabinet-Councel
,
so
that
being
come
to
this
height
,
thou
art
made
privy
to
all
the
hidden
mysteries
of
his
eternal
Wisdom
,
and
rais'd
to
that
pitch
of
honour
,
as
to
lodge
him
sweetly
within
thy
breast
.
Then
thou
shalt
sincerely
,
and
sweetly
contemplate
with
a
clear
understanding
what
are
of
Faith
,
and
the
reasons
for
believing
them
.
Thou
shalt
behold
the
glory
,
the
Emanation
,
the
inbred
Communication
,
the
mutual
intuition
,
dilection
,
fruition
,
and
eternal
consistance
of
the
ever
Blessed
and
super-glorious
Trinity
.
Then
all
creatures
,
compar'd
to
the
infinite
,
and
incomprehensible
Majesty
of
God
,
will
appear
to
thee
as
Pismires
,
nay
,
even
as
nothing
.
In
fine
,
then
will
all
thy
comfort
,
all
thy
pleasure
,
all
thy
satisfaction
and
affection
be
lodg'd
after
a
most
solid
manner
in
thy
God
alone
.
I
leave
thee
now
to
judge
whether
this
be
not
a
most
noble
life
,
and
worthy
of
so
much
pains
taken
to
purchase
it
.
MAN
.
THy
words
o'
Lord
,
are
as
dreadfull
to
me
,
as
Thunder
and
lightning
are
to
the
timorous
and
pregnant
Hinde
.
Thy
Doctrine
is
so
sublime
,
and
surpasseth
so
much
my
understanding
,
that
I
cannot
conceive
it
.
Dost
thou
think
that
man
in
his
frail
,
and
mortal
flesh
can
lead
the
life
of
an
Angel
?
that
a
Pilgrim
can
pretend
to
the
prerogatives
of
the
Blessed
?
or
that
he
can
live
on
earth
so
conformable
to
the
Rules
and
Rites
of
the
Saints
in
Heaven
.
What
man
alive
can
pass
over
his
mortal
days
without
Sin
.
Thou
know'st
that
there
's
nothing
more
unsettled
,
and
more
inconstant
then
the
minde
of
man
,
and
wilt
thou
require
of
him
,
as
an
incumbent
duty
,
to
be
always
in
contemplation
of
heavenly
things
,
to
have
his
thoughts
always
fix'd
upon
thee
,
to
stand
at
all
hours
in
the
presence
of
God
,
and
never
to
have
the
least
correspondence
with
the
world
,
or
with
any
earthly
affairs
?
I
know
that
with
the
powerful
assistance
of
thy
Grace
,
he
might
easily
comply
with
thy
will
in
all
these
prescriptions
;
and
I
know
likewise
that
Nature
will
never
bear
the
rigour
of
such
weighty
impositions
,
so
contrary
to
her
inbred
inclinations
;
for
the
motions
of
Grace
and
Nature
,
are
directly
opposit
in
operations
;
both
tend
to
good
,
but
the
good
that
one
aimes
at
,
is
a
great
evil
to
the
other
,
so
that
many
may
be
deceived
in
their
election
of
this
,
or
that
other
good
.
Grace
walks
on
innocently
,
and
without
any
disguise
;
she
is
ignorant
of
all
Quibbles
,
and
fallacies
,
she
declines
from
all
things
that
bear
,
even
the
shaddow
of
evil
,
&
does
all
her
actions
purely
for
the
love
of
God
,
whom
she
owns
to
be
her
bountiful
head-spring
,
Prototype
,
&
final
end
;
this
is
very
good
in
her
thoughts
;
yet
Nature
looks
upon
it
to
be
quite
contrary
,
for
she
is
subtil
,
politick
,
alluring
,
and
with
her
charms
,
she
draws
,
insnares
,
and
deceives
many
;
as
for
her
last
end
,
she
will
admit
of
none
,
but
of
self-interest
.
Grace
delights
to
mortify
and
pull
down
the
Flesh
,
to
curb
,
and
utterly
suppress
all
the
Insurrections
and
Rebellious
motions
of
the
old
man
,
to
resist
all
sensuality
,
she
loves
to
be
kept
under
,
to
be
Cross'd
in
her
inclinations
,
to
be
depriv'd
of
her
proper
will
,
and
bar'd
of
her
liberty
;
to
be
under
correction
,
rather
then
have
the
command
of
others
;
to
be
always
submissive
to
God
,
and
for
his
sake
to
become
an
humble
Servant
,
and
even
a
slave
to
all
mankind
;
but
Nature
is
directly
contrary
in
her
temper
,
she
is
desirous
of
all
manner
of
pleasure
,
and
has
an
abhorrence
for
mortification
,
and
hates
to
be
curb'd
,
to
be
oppress'd
,
or
debarr'd
from
her
inclinations
,
she
will
command
,
rather
then
obey
;
for
she
detests
discipline
,
and
will
not
(
if
she
can
possibly
avoid
it
)
submit
her self
to
any
higher
Power
.
Grace
will
rather
choose
to
do
what
is
beneficial
to
others
,
then
what
is
profitable
and
convenient
for
her self
;
but
nature
will
labour
for
her
own
advantage
,
and
if
she
does
any
service
to
others
she
will
expect
to
be
accordingly
rewarded
.
Grace
will
return
faithfully
all
honour
and
glory
to
God
(
as
being
the
Soveraign
alone
deserving
of
it
)
but
Nature
will
thirst
after
honours
and
reverence
,
after
Supremacy
and
dignitys
,
and
thinks
that
Cap
and
Knee
is
for
her
alone
.
Grace
will
rejoyce
to
be
debass'd
,
and
to
suffer
reproaches
,
and
injuries
for
the
name
of
Jesus
,
but
Nature
abhors
the
very
thoughts
of
such
sufferings
,
and
will
use
all
means
possible
she
can
to
avoid
them
.
Grace
cannot
endure
to
be
idle
,
but
ever
thirsts
after
action
,
but
Nature
is
so
well
pleas'd
with
ease
,
and
quietness
,
that
the
conceit
alone
of
toil
,
and
disturbance
,
is
to
her
as
odious
,
as
the
Plague
it self
.
Grace
delights
in
low
and
sordid
imployments
,
and
will
not
repine
at
a
course
and
thredbare
garment
;
but
Nature
does
place
her
comfort
,
and
whole
satisfaction
in
curious
and
costly
Apparel
,
&
will
be
strangely
disturb'd
,
when
humbled
and
brought
to
any
mean
exercise
.
Grace
is
absolutely
for
heavenly
things
,
she
passes
by
the
temporal
,
she
values
not
their
loss
,
neither
is
she
disturb'd
at
evil
accidents
:
because
she
hath
placed
all
her
treasure
and
pleasure
in
Heaven
,
where
nothing
can
suffer
any
loss
or
detriment
,
but
Nature
has
all
her
attention
to
temporal
things
,
puts
all
her
satisfaction
in
Earthly
wealth
,
is
sad
for
the
loss
of
them
,
and
cannot
bear
the
least
affront
or
injury
.
Grace
is
piously
inclin'd
,
and
free
to
communicate
her
favours
to
all
,
without
any
exception
,
but
Nature
is
greedy
,
and
covetous
,
she
is
wholly
for
proper
and
private
interest
;
she
cannot
see
the
way
to
the
poor
mans
house
,
but
she
is
all
eyes
to
finde
out
the
rich
and
liberal
;
she
is
not
willing
to
stretch
her
hand
to
the
needy
,
but
she
is
pleasant
when
she
is
touch'd
in
the
hand
with
a
weighty
gift
.
Grace
draws
all
Creatures
to
God
,
not
for
her
own
Interest
,
for
she
is
an
absolute
Enemy
to
the
World
,
she
abhors
all
sensual
desires
,
excursions
are
odious
to
her
,
and
blushes
to
appear
in
publick
;
but
Nature's
delight
,
&
greatest
pleasure
is
to
be
conversant
with
the
Creatures
,
to
pamper
her
own
flesh
,
to
discourse
of
vain
and
idle
matters
,
and
if
a
heavy
word
casually
fall
in
by
the
by
of
a
neighbour
,
Grace
seeks
for
her
comfort
in
God
alone
,
and
finds
in
that
Summum
bonum
more
fatisfaction
and
pleasure
,
then
in
all
visible
and
delightful
objects
of
this
world
.
Grace
expects
no
temporal
reward
for
what
favours
she
exhibits
,
for
God
alone
is
her
retribution
,
and
of
all
temporal
necessaries
,
she
covets
none
,
but
what
may
exactly
help
her
to
the
acquisition
of
eternal
Bliss
;
but
Nature
does
all
her
actions
for
lucre
of
future
gain
;
for
she
can
do
nothing
gratis
,
no
,
she
must
have
a
more
ample
,
or
at
least
an
equal
return
for
her
work
,
&
that
must
be
paid
her
down
in
Specie
;
if
that
fails
her
,
she
will
expect
a
large
commendation
,
or
the
cast
of
a
considerable
favour
on
occasion
.
Grace
loves
even
her
mortal
enemies
,
she
becomes
not
proud
of
her
rich
,
and
well-qualified
friends
,
she
is
nothing
extoll'd
with
the
height
of
her
extraction
,
and
noble
blood
of
her
Ancestors
,
if
virtue
do
not
accompany
them
;
she
favours
more
the
poor
,
then
she
does
the
rich
;
and
has
more
compassion
of
the
innocent
Criminal
,
then
of
the
Potent
Malefactor
;
she
is
a
friend
to
truth
,
and
an
enemy
to
falshood
;
she
is
never
weary
to
exhort
the
good
to
a
more
eminent
perfection
,
and
to
become
the
faithful
followers
of
their
gracious
Redeemer
;
but
Nature
is
overjoy'd
to
see
her self
amongst
an
abundance
of
friends
,
and
relations
,
she
glories
in
her
noble
extraction
,
and
speaks
highly
of
the
antiquity
of
her
family
;
she
is
complesant
to
the
powerful
,
flatters
the
Rich
,
applands
her
fellows
in
Iniquity
,
and
pushes
them
on
to
a
further
acquisition
of
vice
,
she
makes
virtue
to
seem
rediculous
to
them
,
that
she
may
the
easier
have
a
full
Empire
in
their
hearts
,
and
sit
the
safer
in
her
throne
.
Grace
will
be
nothing
surpriz'd
to
see
her self
reduced
from
a
high
and
plentiful
State
,
to
a
low
and
indigent
condition
;
but
Nature
will
grumble
,
repine
,
and
snarl
at
Gods
Providence
for
so
great
,
and
so
unexpected
a
downfal
.
Grace
attributes
all
goodness
to
God
,
as
being
the
chief
Source
,
and
offspring
thereof
,
she
will
brag
of
no
good
,
that
she
can
do
of
her self
;
she
is
content
with
the
bare
notion
of
Gods
packet-bearer
,
that
brings
his
Commissions
from
Heaven
,
to
the
wicked
and
rebellious
of
the
World
,
and
to
sollicite
them
,
to
a
new
and
speedy
reform
,
both
of
their
lives
and
manners
;
she
is
nothing
arrogant
,
nothing
clamorous
,
or
contentiously
given
,
but
has
her
understanding
,
&
senses
submissive
to
the
eternal
Wisdom's
examination
,
direction
,
and
conduct
;
but
Nature
covets
to
be
inform'd
of
all
Secrets
,
to
know
all
novelties
,
to
be
much
abroad
,
to
be
present
where
the
greatest
resort
is
,
her
senses
must
all
be
at
hot
work
,
she
must
know
all
people
,
and
all
must
be
acquainted
with
her
;
Grace
is
quite
contrary
in
her
disposition
;
she
is
for
a
more
sublime
imployment
:
she
values
not
those
Trifles
,
that
Nature
is
so
enamour'd
with
,
neither
is
she
curious
to
know
those
silly
intrigues
,
and
foolish
formalities
of
the
World
,
because
they
are
all
the
products
of
a
long
standing
corruption
,
and
therefore
they
cannot
be
grateful
to
her
,
for
she
will
have
us
not
to
busy
our
senses
with
them
;
but
to
avoid
all
manner
of
ostentation
,
and
vain
complacency
,
nay
she
will
have
us
abscond
in
all
humility
,
what
is
really
commendable
,
and
worthy
of
all
mens
admiration
,
she
is
much
of
the
nature
of
a
Bee
that
gathers
hony
out
of
the
most
poisonous
herbs
,
if
she
sees
any
thing
praise-worthy
in
men
(
tho'
never
so
wicked
)
she
gathers
it
,
into
her
hony-comb
,
and
considering
it
to
be
a
participation
of
Gods
goodness
,
she
makes
an
oblation
of
it
to
his
greater
honour
and
glory
:
she
abhors
that
her self
,
or
any
good
work
she
does
,
should
be
publish'd
,
or
applauded
,
but
that
the
Almighty
should
be
ever
bless'd
in
all
his
gifts
;
and
since
we
have
nothing
of
our
own
that
can
be
call'd
good
,
if
any
good
work
we
do
,
God
must
be
the
Promoter
of
it
,
consequently
Grace
will
have
us
to
refer
it
to
him
alone
,
and
not
boast
of
it
,
as
of
our
own
production
.
'T
is
this
great
distance
betwixt
Nature
&
Grace
,
and
their
main
opposition
in
matter
of
Government
,
that
makes
me
,
in
a
manner
despair
of
ever
getting
the
better
of
my
deprav'd
nature
,
prone
to
evil
,
even
from
her
Cradle
;
for
she
had
her
downfal
by
Adam's
Transgression
,
and
the
punishment
thereof
by
a
Decree
from
Heaven
,
was
intail'd
upon
all
her
Posterity
,
so
that
Nature
,
which
(
as
first
created
)
walk'd
uprightly
in
all
her
ways
,
became
vicious
by
his
sin
,
and
to
that
degree
,
that
all
her
motions
are
bent
to
evil
,
and
is
her self
so
blinde
,
that
she
leads
her
poor
Pupils
,
I
mean
the
poor
Souls
that
are
Lodg'd
within
her
precincts
,
into
the
Precipice
of
eternal
Damnation
.
The
little
strength
that
remain'd
in
her
after
this
fatal
overthrow
,
may
be
very
well
compar'd
to
a
small
sparkle
,
that
lies
glowing
under
the
Cinders
,
and
this
I
call
natural
Reason
,
which
is
altogether
overclouded
,
notwithstanding
she
can
discern
what
is
true
,
and
what
is
false
;
what
is
good
,
and
what
is
evil
;
but
has
not
the
power
to
fullfill
all
that
she
approves
,
for
she
is
both
sick
,
and
crazy
,
as
well
in
all
her
Senses
,
as
in
all
her
affections
.
Wherefore
O
my
most
gracious
Lord
!
The
gifts
of
Nature
are
common
,
as
well
to
the
wicked
,
as
to
the
Just
;
but
Grace
is
the
proper
Prerogative
of
the
Elect
,
which
gives
them
an
assured
title
to
life
everlasting
.
'T
is
so
eminent
a
favour
,
that
the
gift
of
Prophecy
,
the
operation
of
Miracles
,
and
even
the
most
eminent
Speculation
,
is
of
no
worth
without
it
;
nay
,
Faith
,
Hope
,
and
all
other
Virtues
can
never
be
grateful
to
thee
O
Lord
,
unless
they
have
Grace
and
Charity
along
with
them
;
it
makes
the
poor
of
Spirit
,
rich
in
virtues
;
and
the
most
opulent
in
earthly
Treasures
,
humble
and
low
in
heart
.
She
is
the
Mistress
of
Truth
,
the
Teacher
of
Discipline
;
the
Light
of
our
understanding
,
the
Comfort
of
the
afflicted
,
a
deliverer
from
all
Sadness
,
a
remedy
against
fear
,
a
nurse
of
Devotion
,
and
a
most
powerful
Instrument
to
draw
sorrowful
sighs
,
and
bitter
tears
from
our
hearts
,
and
eyes
;
What
am
I
without
thy
Grace
O
Lord
?
what
?
but
a
dry
land
and
a
fruitless
Tree
,
fit
for
no
other
use
,
then
to
be
cast
into
the
fire
.
Wherefore
O
Lord
let
thy
grace
prevent
me
always
,
and
go
with
me
,
in
all
my
ways
,
that
I
may
be
the
more
able
to
perform
thy
commands
,
and
comply
with
thy
blessed
will
.
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
,
Thou
tellest
me
of
being
a
frail
man
;
was
not
Peter
,
was
not
Paul
,
and
the
rest
of
my
Apostles
made
of
the
same
stuff
as
thou
art
?
yet
they
tell
thee
,
that
their
dayly
and
hourly
conversation
was
in
Heaven
.
Thou
hast
been
often
told
,
that
he
is
accurs'd
who
will
either
say
,
or
believe
that
God
has
commanded
impossible
things
to
Man
.
His
very
first
Precept
to
him
,
is
,
that
he
must
love
God
with
all
his
heart
;
and
wilt
thou
tell
me
that
this
is
an
impossible
thing
?
thou
beleivest
,
I
suppose
,
this
maxim
,
where
the
love
is
,
there
the
eye
is
,
&
that
other
;
where
thy
creasure
,
there
thy
heart
is
.
I
shall
add
another
maxim
,
which
is
no
less
credible
,
that
the
Soul
is
more
assuredly
there
where
she
loves
,
then
where
she
animates
;
now
lay
thy
hand
on
thy
conscience
,
and
tell
me
how
often
has
that
unruly
and
predominant
love
,
which
thou
hast
for
a
filly
Creature
,
oblig'd
thee
to
pay
her
a
visit
with
all
humility
,
respect
,
patience
,
and
with
all
the
expressions
imaginable
of
a
most
tender
affection
;
how
often
hast
thou
intreated
that
object
of
thy
lust
to
give
thee
a
favourable
admittance
into
her
presence
?
didst
thou
ever
think
the
time
long
in
her
company
?
no
,
tho'
it
were
a
whole
day
,
it
seem'd
but
a
moment
to
thy
thoughts
;
would'st
thou
not
undergoe
all
the
fatigues
imaginable
,
to
be
admitted
into
her
favour
?
nay
,
to
purchase
a
smile
or
an
amourous
glance
of
her
eye
;
thou
wouldst
I
am
sure
endanger
,
even
thy
sweet
life
.
And
wilt
thou
be
backward
to
do
as
much
for
me
?
who
came
from
my
Fathers
breast
,
to
my
Servants
womb
,
from
my
heavenly
Palace
to
a
dirty
Stable
;
from
a
seat
of
Glory
,
to
a
Land
of
misery
;
from
the
company
of
Angels
,
to
that
of
brute
beasts
;
from
a
peaceable
and
well-settled
government
,
Let
not
the
frailty
of
thy
nature
overballance
thy
courage
,
As
for
the
instableness
of
mans
heart
,
thou
mayst
be
very
well
satisfied
with
my
Apostles
answer
;
for
I
must
allow
him
to
be
a
better
Judge
in
that
case
,
then
thou
art
;
having
had
a
far
greater
triall
of
the
world
,
and
more
experience
in
the
hearts
of
men
,
then
thou
canst
pretend
to
.
For
he
was
first
a
grand
Persecutor
of
my
Church
,
and
after
a
Vessel
of
Election
,
to
bring
my
name
and
preach
my
Doctrine
over
all
the
World
.
If
thou
wilt
ask
him
what
it
was
that
wrought
that
great
alteration
in
him
?
he
will
tell
thee
,
The
wise
Solomon
is
much
of
the
same
opinion
,
MAN
.
O
Most
gracious
Saviour
,
These
are
thy
promises
,
here
are
thine
own
invitations
;
however
,
in
all
submission
,
I
presume
to
say
what
the
holy
Job
confess'd
in
the
height
of
his
afflictions
,
and
what
he
express'd
in
the
bitterness
of
his
sorrowful
and
troubled
heart
;
SAVIOVR
.
I
Am
the
searcher
of
all
Hearts
,
there
can
be
nothing
therein
,
that
is
not
visible
to
my
eyes
.
I
have
all
their
thoughts
in
my
prospect
,
and
all
the
actions
of
men
are
register'd
in
my
book
of
accounts
,
I
know
that
thy
fears
and
querelous
complaints
do
proceed
from
a
pious
,
and
upright
minde
,
and
therefore
am
resolved
to
give
a
favourable
answer
to
every
particular
objection
of
thine
.
I
know
thou
dost
not
doubt
of
the
truth
of
my
words
,
but
thou
would'st
fain
have
the
right
meaning
of
them
,
and
conceive
at
full
how
my
words
,
and
promises
(
which
seem
to
be
contradictory
)
may
be
justifyed
in
thee
.
Wherefore
take
it
for
a
certain
truth
,
and
an
infallible
Rule
,
that
none
,
who
does
what
lies
in
him
,
shall
perish
,
or
ever
be
abandon'd
by
God
;
no
,
He
is
so
mercifull
a
Creator
,
that
He
will
refuse
no
body
the
concurrence
of
his
grace
,
for
he
ardently
desires
the
Salvation
of
all
,
without
any
exception
of
persons
,
as
thou
mayst
easily
conclude
by
that
solemn
invitation
which
he
gives
to
all
mankinde
;
Come
unto
me
,
says
he
,
all
ye
that
are
heavy
,
and
I
will
give
you
rest
;
as
also
by
that
great
care
which
he
takes
of
every
particular
man
,
even
from
his
Mothers
womb
,
But
I
must
give
thee
to
understand
that
prayer
is
an
act
of
virtue
,
and
therfore
it
's
call'd
,
Latria
,
so
that
it
is
not
every
petition
that
can
be
rightly
term'd
a
prayer
,
for
this
is
an
humble
demand
of
decent
and
necessary
things
to
Salvation
.
As
thou
art
oblig'd
to
be
firmly
fix'd
in
the
constant
practice
of
other
virtues
,
thou
must
be
the
same
in
prayer
,
thou
must
never
give
over
,
but
still
continue
upon
the
same
subject
with
God
.
And
withal
if
thou
dost
expect
to
be
heard
,
and
to
obtain
the
effects
of
thy
prayer
from
him
,
thou
must
add
the
following
councel
to
my
former
,
that
is
,
utterly
to
break
off
with
vice
,
and
fall
into
a
virtuous
life
.
For
what
a
ridiculous
thing
it
is
to
think
,
that
God
will
remit
thee
thy
Sins
,
whilst
thou
art
resolv'd
,
not
to
forsake
them
,
but
rather
to
increase
them
dayly
.
To
hope
for
any
mercy
at
his
hands
,
whom
thou
dost
dishonour
,
provoke
and
offend
hourly
,
what
dost
thou
think
of
it
?
is
it
not
to
laugh
at
the
Almighty
,
and
to
ridicule
the
Omnipotent
?
If
thou
hadst
dealt
so
with
a
terene
King
,
or
with
one
of
an
inferiour
degree
,
certainly
he
would
be
highly
displeas'd
with
thee
,
and
take
it
as
a
great
affront
,
that
thou
shouldst
crave
his
pardon
for
the
wrong
thou
hast
done
him
,
and
which
thou
art
resolv'd
not
to
repent
;
how
much
more
should
the
God
of
infinite
Justice
,
the
Lord
of
unspeakable
Majesty
,
and
the
Judge
of
illuminate
Wisdom
,
be
incens'd
against
a
poor
,
wretched
creature
,
that
would
go
so
bare-fac'd
to
affront
him
.
By
what
is
said
thou
mayst
understand
that
the
duty
of
a
well-meaning
Orator
,
is
first
to
be
inwardly
griev'd
to
have
ever
offended
his
God
,
secondly
to
make
him
condign
satisfaction
for
all
his
past
offences
,
thirdly
to
purpose
firmly
not
only
to
avoid
Sin
,
but
also
the
occasion
which
may
bring
him
to
it
.
After
this
worthy
preparation
,
he
then
must
make
a
sorrowful
,
entire
,
and
sincere
confession
of
all
his
Sins
,
to
his
spiritual
Father
,
&
fulfill
exactly
what
satisfaction
he
shall
enjoyn
him
.
If
thou
dost
perform
this
,
and
live
ever
after
according
to
these
dictates
,
thou
shalt
undoubtedly
obtain
from
God
the
effect
of
thy
prayer
,
let
it
be
what
thou
wilt
,
either
the
remission
of
thy
sins
,
or
a
further
increase
of
Grace
,
or
any
other
rational
request
.
I
must
confess
,
that
he
does
sometimes
,
even
as
a
wise
and
provident
Father
,
delay
the
performance
thereof
,
but
it
is
to
try
,
the
faith
,
and
patience
of
his
Orators
,
and
to
exercise
his
Elect
,
even
the
most
holy
among
them
,
that
they
may
be
worthy
Presidents
to
others
;
or
it
is
to
practise
their
virtue
and
perfect
resignation
to
his
holy
will
,
in
order
to
gratifie
them
with
a
more
eminent
degree
of
glory
.
MAN
.
O
My
most
gracious
Lord
!
thou
hast
now
made
a
full
and
Satisfactory
answer
to
all
my
complaints
,
objections
,
and
Queries
,
but
notwithstanding
I
am
still
so
perplex'd
with
anguishes
,
and
so
troubled
in
mind
,
that
I
do
not
know
what
to
make
of
my self
;
or
where
I
may
be
eas'd
of
this
worm
that
gnaws
my
guilty
conscience
,
and
all
my
trouble
proceeds
from
a
well-grounded
apprehension
,
that
I
was
never
really
contrite
for
my
Sins
,
never
made
a
sincere
&
sorrowful
confession
of
them
,
and
that
I
never
pray'd
to
my
God
as
I
ought
,
or
had
that
great
care
to
amend
my
Life
,
and
to
avoid
the
occasion
of
Sin
.
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
be
not
at
all
dismay'd
,
thou
hast
often
heard
that
virtue
does
consist
in
the
middle
,
nay
't
is
the
middle
of
too
vitious
extreams
,
even
as
liberality
is
a
medium
betwixt
prodigality
and
tenacity
,
and
therefore
I
would
have
thee
to
place
thy self
betwixt
despair
and
presumption
;
betwixt
an
impertinent
Security
,
and
an
immoderate
fear
;
fix
a
firm
hope
in
thy
God
,
of
whose
mercy
thou
canst
not
despair
without
a
mortal
offence
.
However
I
do
not
disallow
thy
fear
,
when
it
is
in
a
reasonable
degree
;
for
the
wise
man
will
fear
upon
all
occasions
,
but
especially
where
the
matter
is
in
doubt
,
whether
it
will
go
well
or
ill
with
him
;
as
in
this
case
,
thou
dost
not
know
for
certain
,
whether
thou
art
worthy
of
Gods
love
,
or
deserving
of
his
hatred
;
whether
thou
art
in
the
state
of
Grace
,
or
in
that
of
Sin
;
whether
predestinate
,
or
damn'd
for
ever
.
MAN
.
O
My
Saviour
,
to
consider
seriously
how
strait
is
the
gate
,
and
narrow
is
the
way
which
leads
to
Salvation
!
no
rational
man
can
choose
but
admire
the
blindness
,
the
vanity
,
the
great
folly
,
or
rather
madness
of
wicked
men
;
they
know
that
they
have
a
Soul
which
informs
,
and
gives
motion
to
their
body
;
that
this
Soul
is
stamp'd
with
the
likeness
and
Image
of
her
Creator
;
that
she
is
entail'd
to
an
eternity
of
glory
,
and
yet
they
run
like
so
many
mad
wild
Boars
,
seeking
where
to
satisfy
their
lustful
,
and
evil
inclinations
,
without
the
least
thoughts
of
that
ever-blessed
Mansion
,
Heaven
:
of
that
radient
day
of
Eternity
,
of
that
day
which
never
will
admit
of
any
darkness
.
But
let
the
wicked
(
if
they
will
be
so
obstinate
)
run
their
course
;
as
for
my self
,
I
shall
never
desist
sighing
after
that
Land
of
Promise
,
whilst
I
remain
in
this
vail
of
misery
,
where
poor
man
is
inviron'd
with
so
many
afflictions
,
and
crosses
,
tainted
with
so
many
Spots
of
Sin
,
pester'd
with
so
many
brutal
passions
,
plagu'd
with
so
many
fears
and
cares
;
disturb'd
with
so
many
foolish
and
vain
curiosities
;
subject
to
so
many
changes
,
and
errors
;
consum'd
with
so
many
labours
and
toils
,
liable
to
so
many
temptations
&
snares
,
sometimes
sick
with
over-much
eating
and
drinking
,
&
sometimes
also
famishing
with
hunger
and
thirst
.
O
Lord
!
when
shall
I
see
an
end
put
to
all
these
evils
?
when
shall
I
be
free'd
from
the
intollerable
slavery
of
vice
;
when
shall
I
have
thee
for
the
sole
object
of
all
my
thoughts
?
when
shall
I
throughly
rejoyce
in
thee
,
O
Sweet
Jesu
!
when
shall
I
be
so
happy
as
to
see
thee
,
and
to
stand
for
ever
in
the
deep
contemplation
of
the
glory
of
thy
heavenly
Court
,
and
Kingdom
?
when
shalt
thou
be
to
me
all
in
all
?
when
shall
I
sit
at
that
magnificent
table
which
thou
hast
prepar'd
from
all
Eternity
for
thy
belov'd
?
Alas
!
here
I
am
left
a
poor
and
banish'd
creature
in
an
enemies
land
,
where
nothing
is
to
be
seen
but
constant
mutinies
,
dayly
wars
,
and
great
miscarriages
.
O
Lord
!
be
graciously
pleas'd
to
Comfort
me
in
my
banishment
,
and
to
lessen
my
sorrow
;
for
all
the
pleasures
of
this
world
seem
now
a
burden
to
me
,
and
not
any
satisfaction
;
it
's
therefore
that
I
long
to
be
intimately
united
with
thee
,
but
my
weakness
will
not
admit
of
that
great
happiness
.
I
would
willingly
hear
,
and
think
of
heavenly
things
,
but
my
worldly
affairs
will
not
allow
it
,
no
more
will
my
immortifi'd
inclinations
,
and
brutish
passions
:
my
mind
would
fain
be
above
the
World
,
and
look
with
a
disdaining
eye
on
all
it's
allurements
,
but
my
flesh
depresses
my
Spirit
,
and
keeps
all
my
senses
captive
.
Hasten
then
,
O
Lord
,
and
set
an
end
to
this
intestine
War
,
take
my
Soul
to
thee
her
Creator
,
and
my
Body
to
its
primitive
nothing
.
Thus
do
I
unfortunate
man
fight
against
my self
,
both
night
and
day
,
the
Spirit
would
fain
have
an
absolute
supremacy
over
the
flesh
,
but
the
flesh
does
thwart
her
,
and
will
dispute
the
matter
with
the
dint
of
her
furious
and
headstrong
passions
,
and
I
poor
Wretch
must
be
the
fatal
field
where
these
two
mortal
foes
do
fight
hand
to
hand
,
but
alas
!
the
flesh
always
remains
Conqueror
,
&
marches
off
with
display'd
colours
.
There
is
no
likelyhood
of
a
peace
without
thy
grace
:
grant
therefore
O
Lord
,
that
these
two
adversaries
may
joyn
in
a
right
understanding
,
and
come
to
thee
with
a
true
sense
of
their
long
and
obstinate
rebellion
;
with
a
sorrowful
and
contrite
heart
,
and
with
a
firm
resolution
to
live
submissive
to
thy
divine
laws
,
for
the
remainder
of
their
mortal
life
.
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
!
even
as
thou
art
oblig'd
to
love
thy
God
with
all
thy
heart
,
and
to
that
degree
,
that
thou
wouldst
sooner
loose
,
even
thy
life
,
and
suffer
all
the
losses
and
afflictions
imaginable
,
rather
then
to
offend
him
by
giving
consent
to
the
least
of
mortal
Sins
;
so
thou
art
bound
to
grieve
more
for
the
committing
of
one
mortal
Sin
,
then
for
any
painful
evil
,
or
earthly
damage
,
tho'
it
were
the
total
destruction
and
ruin
of
thy
Family
.
This
is
the
grief
which
I
call
contrition
,
and
which
may
be
absolutely
accounted
the
greatest
in
nature
.
Conc.
Trent
.
Sess.
14.
c.
4.
My
Council
of
Trent
gives
thee
a
perfect
Idea
of
this
great
and
sorrowful
Sacrifice
,
when
it
defines
it
to
be
a
grief
of
mind
;
and
detestation
of
Sin
,
with
a
resolution
to
avoid
it
for
the
future
.
It
is
a
grief
of
minde
,
This
contrition
,
to
be
perfect
and
effectual
,
must
have
four
conditions
,
it
must
be
interiour
,
Supernatural
,
universal
and
Sovereign
.
It
must
be
interiour
,
I
mean
from
the
heart
;
for
the
outward
expression
of
grief
,
is
at
best
,
but
a
complement
,
and
a
meer
illusion
,
whereby
many
poor
Souls
are
basely
deceiv'd
and
utterly
ruin'd
.
Thy
Grief
must
issue
from
a
supernatural
motive
,
and
the
reason
of
it
is
,
that
an
action
purely
natural
cannot
be
a
condign
satisfaction
to
me
,
for
thy
mortal
transgression
of
my
positive
commandment
,
thou
mayst
see
by
the
sorrow
of
Saul
,
who
did
not
grieve
for
his
sin
,
but
for
the
loss
of
his
Kingdom
,
which
God
had
resolv'd
to
take
from
him
,
to
give
it
to
a
more
faithful
,
and
obedient
servant
.
Antiochus's
sorrow
was
grounded
upon
the
like
motive
;
for
he
did
not
weep
for
his
sins
,
but
by
reason
of
his
great
misfortunes
.
Afflictions
may
indeed
stir
up
a
Sinner
to
return
to
God
,
but
they
shall
never
be
able
to
reclaim
him
from
his
wickedness
without
my
Grace
.
To
obtain
which
he
must
detest
his
sins
,
because
they
are
infinitely
offensive
to
God
,
and
a
great
obstacle
to
his
own
Salvation
;
these
are
supernatural
motives
,
without
which
thy
contrition
will
signify
nothing
in
order
to
receive
the
grace
of
God
.
Thy
grief
must
be
also
sovereign
,
that
is
most
powerful
.
And
the
reason
for
it
is
,
that
it
's
not
enough
to
detest
Sin
upon
a
supernatural
motive
,
but
that
this
motive
must
overrule
all
other
,
that
come
into
thy
minde
,
and
rather
detest
sin
by
reason
of
the
damage
it
brings
to
thy
Salvation
,
or
the
injury
done
to
God
thereby
,
then
for
any
natural
evils
which
it
may
produce
,
and
be
ready
to
suffer
them
all
,
rather
then
commit
one
mortal
Sin
.
This
is
what
Divines
call
detesting
Sin
,
Supra
omne
detestabile
,
that
is
,
to
detest
it
more
then
all
which
in
the
world
is
capable
to
stir
up
thy
hatred
and
detestation
.
In
fine
,
MAN
O
My
most
mercifull
Lord
!
have
pitty
upon
me
,
and
let
my
poor
Soul
partake
of
the
wonderful
effects
of
thy
great
clemency
.
I
acknowledge
now
the
great
evil
which
I
have
done
;
now
I
see
the
grievousness
of
my
Sins
,
now
I
see
how
few
have
that
true
and
perfect
contrition
which
is
so
necessary
to
Salvation
;
seeing
they
relapse
into
their
habitual
offences
so
soon
;
and
so
easily
,
for
had
they
that
great
sorrow
for
their
Sins
,
they
would
be
certainly
more
vigilant
to
avoid
them
,
then
to
prevent
the
greatest
of
all
misfortunes
.
They
would
be
also
more
eager
to
set
a
stop
to
the
dangerous
currant
of
venial
Sins
,
since
they
are
the
preludes
of
a
vicious
habit
,
and
that
by
degrees
they
bring
us
to
make
nothing
of
mortals
;
for
they
do
notably
diminish
the
lights
of
our
understanding
,
the
sincerity
of
our
minde
is
overclouded
by
them
;
our
heart
over-rul'd
;
the
strength
of
grace
,
and
the
vigour
of
virtue
made
weaker
,
our
Soul
disorder'd
,
and
laid
open
to
all
evil
impressions
.
'T
is
true
,
they
don't
destroy
sanctifying
grace
;
but
they
dispose
us
very
much
to
lose
it
.
All
together
they
don't
make
a
mortal
sin
,
but
they
dispose
the
Soul
to
fall
into
it
.
They
don't
directly
cause
death
;
but
they
create
those
spiritual
weaknesses
,
&
maladies
which
bring
death
with
them
.
In
a
word
,
tho'
venial
Sins
don't
break
the
league
and
unity
betwixt
God
and
the
Soul
,
which
is
grounded
upon
that
happy
foundation
of
grace
,
yet
inperceptably
they
diminish
it
,
and
by
this
diminution
Charity
is
weaken'd
in
us
,
and
God
by
degrees
withdraws
from
us
,
the
chief
favours
of
his
assistance
in
all
our
spiritual
necessities
;
consequently
having
less
strength
,
we
fall
more
easily
into
mortal
Sin
,
when
we
are
assaulted
by
any
temptation
.
By
this
I
may
easily
conclude
,
that
whoever
is
careless
to
avoid
venial
sins
,
has
not
a
sufficient
abhorrence
of
mortals
,
for
there
is
nothing
so
venial
but
may
be
,
through
an
immoderate
complacency
,
dissolution
,
or
recreation
,
become
of
the
number
of
mortals
,
and
perhaps
of
the
most
capital
Sins
.
How
then
is
it
possible
,
for
those
that
continue
whole
hours
,
nay
from
morning
till
night
in
Taverns
,
and
Tipling-houses
,
Ranting
,
Drinking
,
By
my
Sins
I
have
often
renew'd
the
bitter
Death
and
Passion
of
Jesus
thy
beloved
Son
,
SAVIOVR
.
KNow
then
,
that
after
I
had
taken
man
out
of
the
bowells
of
the
Earth
with
a
Faciamnus
,
and
created
him
,
to
my
own
Image
and
likeness
;
in
order
to
make
him
sole
Lord
and
absolute
Monarch
of
the
whole
Universe
,
with
full
power
to
take
and
tast
of
all
things
that
a
most
pleasant
paradise
could
afford
,
(
the
fruit
of
Life
only
excepted
)
.
He
the
ungratefull
and
rebellious
creature
,
considering
the
great
advantage
of
his
condition
,
and
the
greatness
of
his
dignity
,
which
should
be
to
him
a
sufficient
motive
to
love
,
obey
,
respect
and
praise
me
for
ever
;
took
thence
occasion
to
mutiny
,
rebell
and
desert
me
,
and
enter
into
a
league
against
me
with
Lucifer
,
whom
I
had
a
little
before
expell'd
Heaven
for
his
thoughts
of
Pride
&
Ambition
;
and
who
,
from
that
very
moment
made
a
vow
to
deface
and
destroy
my
Picture
,
being
that
he
could
not
annoy
my
Person
.
This
so
heinous
an
offence
,
deserv'd
he
should
be
immediately
commanded
out
of
that
Terrestrial
Paradise
,
where
he
was
created
and
liv'd
like
a
petty
Prince
,
and
where
he
had
all
other
creatures
,
even
the
most
furious
among
them
,
at
his
beck
,
to
do
with
them
as
he
thought
fit
.
He
was
therefore
turn'd
off
as
a
vagabond
,
cast
into
exile
,
and
made
liable
to
suffer
the
punishment
,
even
of
the
damn'd
,
for
as
he
became
an
associate
to
the
Devil
in
Sin
,
't
was
fit
he
should
be
his
companion
in
torment
.
Thou
hast
heard
of
my
Judgement
inflicted
on
Gehazi
my
Prophets
servant
,
and
how
,
for
taking
Naaman's
mony
and
cloths
,
for
the
cure
of
his
Leprosy
;
I
order'd
that
for
his
covetous
transgression
,
both
he
and
all
his
generation
to
the
worlds
end
,
should
share
in
his
Leprosy
,
as
he
did
in
his
garments
.
Even
so
have
I
decreed
against
man
,
who
had
so
much
affected
Lucifers
Pride
and
Ambition
,
that
he
should
be
likewise
infected
with
his
Leprosy
,
and
as
he
was
obedient
to
his
suggestions
,
he
should
partake
of
his
punishments
also
.
Behold
the
fatal
Metamorphosis
of
man
,
and
how
for
imitating
the
Devil
in
his
rebellion
,
he
forfieted
my
resemblance
,
to
put
on
that
of
this
most
horrid
and
hideous
Monster
of
Hell
.
Man
being
made
so
abominable
by
sin
,
and
so
great
an
eyesore
to
my
divine
Essence
,
I
in
mercy
was
mov'd
,
not
to
reflect
so
much
upon
the
injury
done
to
my
Supream
Majesty
,
as
not
to
condole
the
greatness
of
his
deplorable
misery
,
&
was
more
inclin'd
to
compassionate
his
weakness
;
then
to
be
reveng'd
of
his
crime
.
Whereupon
to
repair
his
loss
,
I
undertook
to
mediate
his
peace
with
my
heavenly
Father
,
and
in
order
to
so
great
a
work
,
I
contracted
with
humane
nature
so
strict
an
alliance
,
that
I
became
both
God
and
man
,
which
was
so
grateful
to
my
Father
,
that
he
not
only
forgave
man
all
his
past
transgressions
,
but
also
receiv'd
him
into
favour
with
all
the
demonstrations
of
joy
that
could
be
express'd
.
Who
would
ever
expect
that
so
large
and
so
dangerous
a
breach
should
ever
be
repair'd
?
who
would
ever
imagine
that
two
things
so
opposit
one
to
the
other
,
as
is
the
divine
,
to
humane
nature
;
should
come
to
subsist
and
remain
together
,
not
in
one
house
,
not
at
one
table
,
nor
in
one
bed
,
but
in
one
and
the
self-same
person
.
This
is
a
miracle
beyond
the
expectation
of
man
,
and
indeed
beyond
th'
expression
of
an
Angel
,
for
there
cann't
be
any
two
more
contrary
then
is
God
and
the
Sinner
:
yet
now
what
two
can
be
more
firmly
united
,
or
have
greater
influence
,
then
God
and
man
.
There
is
nothing
more
sublime
then
God
,
Who
would
ever
believe
that
man
,
to
see
him
naked
after
his
dismal
fall
,
and
absconding
in
one
corner
or
other
in
Paradise
for
to
keep
himself
from
Gods
indignation
and
wrath
,
who
would
believe
I
say
,
that
such
a
fordid
and
contemptable
substance
,
should
be
in
time
united
to
God
in
one
and
the
same
Person
?
This
was
a
strange
union
indeed
,
and
a
true
lovers
knot
,
for
when
it
was
upon
the
dissolution
at
the
time
of
my
Passion
,
it
did
not
in
the
least
fail
,
but
was
rather
violently
separated
,
to
shew
what
an
amorous
inclination
I
had
to
be
still
united
to
humane
nature
.
Death
indeed
might
have
taken
my
Soul
from
my
body
,
and
break
off
that
union
of
nature
which
kept
them
together
;
MAN
.
O
Lord
!
I
am
so
much
oblig'd
to
thee
,
for
this
extraordinary
great
favour
,
that
I
am
not
able
to
return
thee
sufficient
thanks
,
for
the
way
and
means
which
thou
hast
taken
to
redeem
me
,
and
my
very
redemption
is
so
great
a
benefit
,
that
no
Angelical
tongue
is
able
to
express
it
.
All
that
I
can
say
,
is
,
that
I
am
bound
by
all
the
ties
both
of
nature
and
conscience
to
love
thee
,
and
stand
submissive
to
thy
laws
for
ever
:
Thou
hast
deliver'd
my
Soul
out
of
the
infernal
Dragon's
jaws
:
and
without
any
merit
of
mine
,
but
meerly
through
the
multitude
of
thy
mercies
,
thou
hast
reconcil'd
me
to
thy self
,
This
is
eternally
worthy
of
praise
.
But
if
I
consider
how
,
and
after
what
manner
thou
hast
done
me
that
unspeakable
favour
,
I
shall
finde
that
it
does
exceed
even
that
great
work
of
my
redemption
.
Thy
works
are
wonderfull
in
all
their
circumstances
;
But
by
what
means
O
Lord
wert
thou
pleas'd
to
release
me
out
of
my
bondage
,
SAVIOVR
.
THou
sayst
true
,
O
Man
,
for
thy
Love
I
was
content
to
be
born
in
a
stable
,
laid
in
a
manger
,
betwixt
an
Ox
and
an
Ass
,
to
receive
a
little
heat
by
their
breathing
;
wrap'd
up
in
clouts
,
and
was
eight
days
after
my
Nativity
circumcis'd
;
so
early
did
I
make
an
effusion
of
part
of
my
blood
,
and
spent
the
remainder
to
the
last
drop
on
the
Cross
for
thy
Redemption
.
It
was
for
the
love
of
thee
that
I
fled
into
Egypt
,
where
I
continu'd
full
Seven
years
in
want
and
misery
,
and
after
my
return
what
Persecutions
and
troubles
I
suffer'd
from
the
hands
of
that
ungrateful
,
and
stiff-necked
Nation
of
Israel
,
was
meerly
for
Love
of
thee
.
My
fasting
,
my
watching
,
my
journeys
from
one
place
to
another
,
and
often
disappointed
(
tho'
weary
and
faint
)
of
a
place
to
shelter
me
from
th'
inconveniencies
of
foul
weather
,
was
wholly
for
thy
sake
.
In
Fine
,
all
the
miseries
and
tortures
which
thy
Sins
had
deserv'd
,
were
experienc'd
by
me
solely
upon
th'
account
of
thy
Love
.
For
I
was
innocent
and
without
the
least
spot
of
Sin
,
free
from
all
fallacies
or
circumventions
,
and
never
offensive
to
any
,
tho'
I
was
wrong'd
and
highly
injur'd
by
all
.
For
thy
sake
,
O
man
,
was
I
betray'd
by
my
own
Disciple
,
apprehended
by
an
unruly
and
Malignant
Rabble
,
forsaken
by
my
Friends
,
deny'd
by
the
chief
of
my
Apostles
,
sold
to
my
Enemies
for
a
trifle
,
Arraign'd
before
a
Judge
;
accus'd
as
a
Criminal
,
Sentenc'd
and
condemn'd
as
a
notorious
Malefactor
;
expos'd
to
the
Scoffs
and
derisions
of
the
Multitude
:
Before
my
Execution
I
was
scourg'd
with
no
less
cruelty
,
then
shame
and
disgrace
:
deliver'd
over
to
th'
insolence
of
insulting
,
and
bloudy
Soldiers
,
who
Crown'd
me
with
Thorns
as
a
Mock-King
,
in
derision
and
Scorn
.
In
Fine
,
I
was
led
to
execution
,
nail'd
to
a
shameful
Cross
,
expos'd
to
the
view
of
all
the
World
between
two
Thieves
,
as
if
I
had
been
an
Impostor
,
a
Cheat
,
and
the
worst
of
Men.
At
last
,
O
man
,
amidst
these
excessive
pains
of
my
Body
,
Give
ear
,
O
man
,
to
the
sorrowful
description
which
my
Prophet
gives
thee
,
as
well
of
my
Person
,
as
of
the
torments
which
I
have
suffer'd
for
thee
.
There
was
no
beauty
in
him
,
says
he
,
nor
comeliness
,
and
we
have
seen
him
despis'd
,
and
made
the
most
abject
of
Men
;
he
was
a
man
of
sorrow
,
and
knowing
infirmities
.
We
hid
,
as
it
were
,
our
faces
from
him
;
he
was
despis'd
,
and
we
esteem'd
him
not
.
He
surely
hath
born
our
infirmities
,
and
our
sorrows
he
hath
carry'd
,
Acknowledge
therefore
,
Bern.
Ser.
3.
de
nati
.
Dom.
Pudet
itaque
dilectissimi
propriam
negligenter
dissimulare
passionem
,
cui
rantum
a
Majestate
tanta
video
exhiberi
:
Compassionem
compatitur
filius
Dei
&
plorat
,
Homo
patitur
&
ridebit
.
Bern.
ibid.
O
man
,
how
great
those
thy
evils
were
,
that
oblig'd
me
the
only
and
dearly
belov'd
Son
of
God
to
be
thus
wounded
,
mangled
,
and
bruised
to
cure
them
.
Certainly
,
if
those
Sores
had
not
been
mortal
,
and
even
the
fatal
causes
of
the
eternal
death
of
thy
Soul
,
I
had
never
suffer'd
so
cruel
a
death
for
her
recovery
.
Can
there
be
a
more
considerable
or
a
pressing
motive
to
lament
and
abhor
thy
Sins
,
then
to
remember
that
they
were
the
only
cause
of
all
my
sufferances
,
and
even
of
my
most
bitter
death
upon
the
Cross
.
The
Jews
went
once
through
Jerusalem
,
and
bewail'd
the
destruction
of
that
Royall
City
,
and
the
loss
of
their
King
:
how
much
more
reason
hast
thou
to
lament
thy
great
misfortune
,
to
have
occasion'd
my
death
,
who
am
thy
King
,
thy
Redeemer
,
and
he
only
that
can
either
pardon
thee
thy
sins
,
or
condemn
thee
for
them
to
an
eternity
of
pains
.
O
man
,
let
this
consideration
be
the
constant
subject
of
thy
serious
meditations
;
it
will
pierce
thy
heart
,
unless
it
be
harder
and
more
obdurate
then
the
very
Stones
.
This
very
consideration
made
one
of
my
faithful
servants
to
say
,
that
it
is
a
shameful
thing
for
Christians
not
to
acknowledge
the
evils
,
which
sin
has
brought
upon
them
,
when
they
consider
,
what
so
supream
a
Majesty
,
as
that
of
the
Son
of
God
,
has
been
oblig'd
to
suffer
for
them
.
The
Son
of
God
says
he
,
takes
compassion
on
the
miseries
of
man
,
and
weeps
for
sorrow
;
whilst
insensible
man
,
who
is
overwhelm'd
with
his
own
sins
,
is
not
concern'd
at
all
.
MAN
.
O
My
dear
Lord
and
Master
,
thou
hast
said
enough
to
conquer
my
heart
,
and
to
bring
also
the
whole
universe
to
admire
the
greatness
of
thy
love
for
man
.
For
what
can
be
more
worthy
of
our
admiration
then
to
behold
a
God
of
so
infinite
a
Majesty
finish
his
life
under
the
notion
of
a
notorious
malefactor
,
upon
a
shameful
Cross
,
and
betwixt
two
Thieves
.
Had
I
seen
a
man
(
tho'
he
were
the
basest
and
most
vile
amongst
the
People
)
brought
to
that
misfortune
,
as
to
be
condemn'd
(
for
his
crime
)
to
dy
so
cruel
a
death
,
certainly
I
could
not
choose
but
compassionate
his
condition
,
and
condole
that
his
misdemeanours
should
have
brought
him
to
so
great
a
distress
.
If
it
be
then
a
subject
worthy
our
compassion
to
see
a
man
of
that
inferiour
rank
and
condition
,
for
his
own
crimes
in
so
deplorable
a
state
,
what
will
it
be
,
I
pray
,
to
see
,
not
a
man
,
but
the
Lord
of
all
created
things
,
(
for
the
Sins
of
his
servants
)
reduc'd
to
that
extremity
?
Can
there
be
any
thing
more
wonderfull
,
then
to
see
even
God
himself
plung'd
into
so
great
an
abyss
of
anguishes
and
pains
for
the
sins
and
wickedness
of
wretched
Men
?
If
the
calamity
,
and
misfortune
suffer'd
,
must
be
retaliated
with
a
trembling
and
astonishment
,
proportionable
to
the
worth
and
dignity
of
the
person
that
suffers
,
O
ye
Angels
of
Heaven
!
who
have
a
perfect
knowledge
of
the
greatness
,
and
excellency
of
my
benign
Jesus
,
our
gracious
Redeemer
,
and
your
Creator
;
tell
me
how
great
was
your
grief
,
how
stupendious
your
astonishment
,
how
excessive
was
your
lamentation
and
trouble
,
when
you
have
seen
him
hang
on
that
hard
and
uneasy
cross
?
The
Cherubins
,
(
whose
figures
)
God
had
order'd
in
the
old
Law
to
be
plac'd
on
each
side
of
the
Arck
of
Alliance
,
look'd
then
at
each
other
with
admiration
,
to
behold
this
bloudy
Sacrifice
of
that
innocent
and
immaculate
Lamb
for
the
redemption
of
mankinde
,
Nature
it self
stood
amaz'd
,
and
all
creatures
were
interdicted
their
inbred
inclinations
and
functions
.
The
Principalities
,
and
Powers
of
Heaven
trembl'd
at
the
very
consideration
of
the
unspeakable
goodness
of
God
,
tho'
so
intimately
acquainted
therewith
.
What
then
shall
become
of
those
that
do
not
swim
in
the
waves
of
so
great
an
ocean
of
admiration
?
O
heavenly
Father
!
how
tenderly
thou
lovest
thy
Children
:
thou
art
indeed
that
good
,
and
faithful
Pastor
,
thou
givest
thy self
as
food
to
thy
flock
.
O
faithful
keeper
,
who
hast
laid
down
even
thy
precious
life
for
to
protect
and
defend
thy
Sheep
which
thou
hadst
in
thy
keeping
,
what
thanks
,
or
what
service
can
I
return
thee
for
so
great
a
favour
?
with
what
tears
can
I
recompence
thy
weeping
,
or
what
life
shall
I
bestow
upon
thee
,
for
that
pure
and
holy
one
which
thou
hast
given
for
me
?
Alas
!
there
is
no
proportion
betwixt
the
life
of
man
,
and
that
of
God
;
betwixt
the
tears
of
a
silly
creature
,
and
that
of
an
omnipotent
Creator
.
'T
is
true
,
thou
hast
not
suffer'd
for
me
alone
,
but
for
all
the
world
;
shall
I
therefore
think
my
obligation
the
less
to
thee
,
no
,
no
,
for
tho'
thou
sned'st
thy
most
precious
bloud
for
all
mankinde
,
yet
it
was
after
such
a
manner
,
that
every
particular
man
receiv'd
the
benefit
from
thy
sufferings
.
In
fine
,
thou
didst
suffer
thy
bitter
and
bloudy
passion
as
well
for
me
in
particular
,
as
thou
hast
for
all
in
general
.
O
my
God
,
thy
charity
was
so
immense
,
that
if
but
one
alone
of
all
mankinde
were
criminal
,
even
for
that
one
man
,
thou
wouldst
have
suffer'd
what
thou
didst
for
all
;
how
much
then
am
I
oblig'd
to
thee
who
hast
bestow'd
so
many
,
and
such
great
favours
upon
me
,
and
who
wouldst
have
done
far
greater
things
to
purchase
my
Salvation
,
if
necessity
had
requir'd
it
.
SAVIOVR
.
I
Would
have
thee
,
and
all
other
creatures
of
the
same
Species
to
tell
me
,
whether
there
was
,
or
can
be
any
benefit
,
obligation
or
grace
greater
;
then
what
I
have
confer'd
upon
thee
;
let
all
the
Choires
of
Angels
declare
,
whether
I
had
exhibited
the
like
favours
to
them
,
or
given
them
any
such
proofs
of
my
excessive
kindeness
,
and
of
my
ardent
love
,
and
after
all
,
wilt
thou
refuse
to
consecrate
thy self
wholly
unto
me
?
wilt
thou
deny
to
sacrifice
all
thine
actions
,
inclinations
and
passions
to
my
divine
will
and
pleasure
?
Thou
can'st
not
deny
but
that
thou
art
wholly
mine
by
three
several
titles
.
First
,
because
I
created
thee
,
thou
,
with
all
that
thou
hast
belongest
to
me
:
Secondly
,
because
I
redeem'd
thee
,
thou
art
mine
as
aforesaid
,
but
by
a
more
strict
title
:
Thirdly
,
because
thou
hast
promis'd
in
thy
Baptism
to
be
mine
for
ever
;
and
therefore
,
without
committing
a
Sacriledge
,
thou
canst
not
dispose
of
thy self
otherwise
:
why
then
dost
thou
delay
to
give
thy self
wholly
to
me
,
and
without
any
reserve
,
being
thou
art
mine
already
by
so
many
just
titles
?
O
Ingratitude
never
to
be
paralel'd
!
O
hardness
of
neart
never
to
be
sufficiently
admir'd
!
Thou
art
certainly
more
obdurate
,
then
ever
the
most
impenetrable
Rocks
,
since
that
thou
wilt
not
relent
and
suffer
thy self
to
be
gain'd
by
so
many
,
and
such
extraordinary
great
favours
.
There
is
nothing
so
hard
but
may
be
mollifi'd
by
some
art
or
another
;
the
most
obdurate
mettle
is
mollifi'd
by
fire
;
Iron
is
made
pliable
by
the
same
element
;
the
hardness
of
an
Adamant
is
overcome
and
made
soft
with
the
bloud
of
a
Buck
;
but
thy
heart
,
O
man
,
is
harder
then
any
rock
,
harder
then
steel
,
harder
then
the
very
Adamant
;
being
neither
the
fire
of
Hell
,
nor
the
charms
of
thy
heavenly
Father
,
no
,
nor
the
bloud
of
the
most
immaculate
Lamb
can
mollify
it
,
and
make
it
tractable
and
submissive
to
my
commands
.
How
dost
thou
think
I
can
bear
such
horrid
ingratitude
?
I
lov'd
thee
,
and
thou
dost
hate
me
;
I
have
laid
several
obligations
on
thee
,
and
thou
dost
forget
them
all
,
being
thou
art
not
asham'd
or
afraid
to
offend
me
at
all
hours
,
and
upon
all
occasions
.
O
man
!
what
can'st
thou
love
if
thou
dost
not
love
me
?
what
favour
can
move
thee
to
a
kinde
return
,
if
my
benefits
can't
prevail
?
how
canst
thou
but
love
,
serve
and
worship
me
,
who
am
so
much
inamour'd
with
thee
,
who
have
sought
thee
when
thou
wert
lost
,
with
so
much
care
and
diligence
;
and
who
have
redeem'd
thee
from
all
evil
with
so
much
labour
and
toil
.
Thou
hast
heard
me
say
,
A
lascivious
woman
having
solicited
the
Patriarch
Joseph
to
dishonour
his
Master
,
by
commiting
adultery
with
her
;
was
frustrated
of
her
intention
by
his
worthy
defence
,
in
these
words
,
behold
,
Since
't
is
so
certain
that
I
have
given
all
into
thy
hands
,
how
canst
thou
have
the
hands
or
face
to
offend
me
?
how
canst
thou
be
so
impious
to
so
good
a
Father
?
so
ungrateful
to
so
liberal
a
benefactor
?
and
so
obstinate
a
Rebell
to
so
bountiful
a
God
.
O
unhappy
man
!
thou
art
more
ungrateful
then
the
very
beasts
,
more
headstrong
then
the
most
fierce
among
them
,
and
more
insensible
then
the
very
Stones
.
Is
it
possible
that
thou
art
not
mov'd
at
all
this
?
and
that
thou
art
resolv'd
never
to
relinquish
thy
wickedness
?
what
wild
Boar
,
what
Lyon
,
what
Tyger
would
be
so
unmindful
of
benefits
,
as
to
injure
him
from
whom
they
receiv'd
them
?
St.
Ambrose
will
tell
thee
of
a
Dog
that
rambl'd
a
whole
night
barking
and
howling
for
the
death
of
his
Master
who
had
been
murther'd
in
the
Road
;
St.
Ambr.
lib.
6.
Hexame
.
next
morning
a
multitude
of
People
came
to
view
the
Corps
among
which
was
the
man
who
had
kill'd
his
Master
;
this
animal
runs
at
him
,
and
holds
him
fast
,
looking
on
the
by-standers
with
such
a
mournful
countenance
,
as
if
he
had
desir'd
Justice
,
whereupon
the
murderer
was
apprehended
,
and
forc'd
to
confess
his
crime
,
for
which
he
was
immediately
sentenc'd
to
dy
.
O
man
!
If
a
Dog
for
a
piece
of
bread
,
had
so
great
a
love
for
his
master
;
and
was
so
faithful
to
him
,
as
to
lament
and
vindicate
his
death
,
wilt
thou
not
be
displeas'd
at
thine
ingratitude
,
and
principally
when
a
dumb
beast
reprehends
it
,
and
teacheth
thee
to
be
grateful
?
If
that
irrational
creature
was
so
much
incens'd
against
the
murderer
of
his
Master
;
why
art
thou
not
displeas'd
with
those
that
have
slain
thy
gracious
Lord
and
Master
?
and
what
are
they
but
thy
Sins
?
'T
is
true
,
O
man
!
thy
Sins
have
taken
me
,
have
tyed
me
,
have
scourg'd
me
,
have
crown'd
me
,
have
nail'd
me
to
the
Cross
,
and
were
the
sole
occasion
of
my
bitter
death
;
for
the
Jews
could
never
have
the
power
to
crucify
me
,
but
that
thy
Sins
did
both
arm
and
incourage
'em
to
it
.
Wherefore
then
art
thou
not
highly
displeas'd
with
them
?
why
dost
thou
not
bend
all
thy
wrath
and
fury
against
them
,
seeing
thy
divine
Master
crucify'd
by
them
before
thine
eyes
?
and
especially
since
my
Death
and
Passion
was
design'd
to
breed
in
thy
heart
an
eternal
hatred
of
Sin
.
It
was
in
order
to
destroy
Sin
that
I
suffer'd
death
;
It
was
to
set
a
stop
to
thy
feet
and
hands
,
which
are
so
prone
to
evil
even
from
thy
very
cradle
,
that
mine
(
as
an
oblation
for
their
evils
)
were
nail'd
to
the
Cross
.
How
art
thou
so
impious
,
as
to
live
after
such
a
manner
,
that
all
my
pains
taken
for
thy
Salvation
,
will
signify
nothing
.
Why
dost
thou
not
tremble
at
the
very
mention
of
Sin
?
seeing
me
suffer
such
cruel
torments
to
destroy
,
and
root
it
clean
out
of
the
world
.
How
canst
thou
be
so
rash
,
and
so
great
an
enemy
to
thy
poor
Soul
,
as
to
dare
to
offend
me
,
seeing
Heaven
open
to
cast
forth
its
thunder
bolts
upon
thy
criminal
head
,
and
Hell
with
a
dilated
mouth
ready
to
swallow
thee
both
body
and
Soul
?
MAN
.
O
My
God
,
my
King
,
my
Saviour
,
my
Judge
,
and
my
only
comfort
!
Thou
art
I
confess
the
Eternal
Wisdom
,
and
thy
words
to
me
are
Spirit
and
Life
,
for
they
have
made
me
resolve
to
bid
adieu
for
ever
to
Sin
,
and
to
plant
virtue
where
vice
was
before
in
great
request
;
but
give
me
leave
to
ask
thee
what
would
the
benefit
of
my
redemption
avail
me
,
if
that
of
my
Justification
had
not
ensu'd
?
for
by
this
it
is
,
that
the
virtue
of
the
former
is
appli'd
to
the
diseases
of
my
Soul
;
and
even
as
a
plaister
(
tho'
never
so
soveraign
)
will
signify
nothing
except
it
be
laid
unto
the
wound
,
so
that
heavenly
medicine
would
be
of
no
use
or
advantage
to
me
,
if
it
had
not
been
appli'd
,
by
the
mediation
of
this
unspeakable
benefit
,
to
the
bruises
which
I
receiv'd
in
that
fatal
field
of
Eden
,
where
all
mankinde
were
shamefully
foil'd
,
and
quite
overthrown
in
the
Person
of
Adam
.
The
Sanctification
of
man
does
chiefly
appertain
to
the
Holy
Ghost
:
'T
is
his
prerogative
to
prevent
the
Sinner
with
the
sweetness
of
his
mercy
,
then
to
call
him
,
being
call'd
,
to
justify
him
,
and
being
justifi'd
to
direct
him
,
and
leade
him
on
to
the
end
of
his
course
,
and
then
to
gratify
him
with
a
crown
of
glory
:
wherefore
I
may
justly
say
,
that
this
very
benefit
is
the
happy
complement
of
all
others
;
for
by
this
man
is
register'd
in
the
number
of
Gods
children
,
discharg'd
of
the
main
weight
of
his
iniquities
,
deliver'd
from
the
dominion
and
Tyranny
of
the
Devil
;
reviv'd
from
Death
to
Life
,
brought
from
the
state
of
Sin
,
to
that
of
Justice
,
and
of
a
child
of
malediction
and
woe
,
he
becomes
the
Son
of
God
and
Co-heir
with
thee
in
thy
Glory
.
The
Angelical
Doctor
St.
Thomas
commenting
upon
these
words
,
says
,
even
as
a
Stone
by
its
nature
still
falls
downwards
,
and
can
never
ascend
without
some
exteriour
assistance
;
so
man
overpress'd
by
the
corruption
of
Sin
,
tends
always
downwards
,
and
is
powerfully
hurri'd
on
by
his
inbred
inclinations
to
the
love
and
desire
of
terene
,
and
transitory
things
;
but
if
he
be
minded
to
aim
higher
,
that
is
,
at
the
love
,
and
supernatural
desire
of
heavenly
things
,
he
must
implore
the
assistance
of
thy
Divine
Spirit
,
without
which
,
he
shall
never
be
able
to
make
any
progress
in
virtue
.
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
thou
sayst
well
,
but
I
would
have
thee
practise
well
what
thou
sayst
,
for
't
is
the
practise
and
not
the
discourse
of
good
things
that
can
make
thee
grateful
to
me
;
the
serious
consdieration
of
this
unspeakable
benefit
,
should
indeed
press
thee
to
it
,
&
make
thee
most
diligent
to
atchieve
it
,
which
is
a
matter
of
greatest
moment
to
thee
;
for
by
this
,
thou
art
reconcil'd
to
me
,
and
cleans'd
from
Sin
,
which
is
the
worst
of
all
evils
,
and
the
only
evil
I
most
hate
and
abhor
;
it
alone
is
able
to
bring
my
indignation
and
wrath
upon
thee
,
Take
notice
of
this
O
man
!
and
consider
seriously
how
I
am
not
content
to
give
thee
the
bare
denomination
of
my
Son
;
for
a
man
may
bely
his
name
,
and
act
contrary
to
his
qualification
;
and
therefore
I
say
thou
art
not
only
my
Son
by
name
,
or
by
any
other
groundless
title
;
but
really
and
in
truth
thou
art
so
when
justifi'd
.
This
is
a
prime
favour
indeed
,
for
if
it
is
so
great
an
evil
to
be
a
reprobate
,
and
consequently
odious
to
God
,
what
an
unspeakable
happiness
it
is
to
be
lov'd
by
him
and
confirm'd
in
his
grace
.
'T
is
a
maxime
of
Philosophy
that
the
more
a
thing
pertakes
of
goodness
,
the
more
its
contrary
will
have
of
evil
,
the
Love
of
God
above
all
things
is
the
Summum
bonum
of
man
,
therefore
the
greatest
evil
must
be
Sin
,
which
makes
him
odious
to
God
,
and
the
fatal
object
of
his
just
indignation
and
wrath
.
It
were
a
great
happiness
if
thou
wert
a
favourite
to
thy
Superiours
,
to
thy
King
,
or
to
some
other
crown'd
head
,
thou
wouldst
think
thy self
made
for
ever
,
but
't
is
a
far
greater
happyness
to
be
in
my
favour
,
who
am
the
Ruler
of
all
earthly
Potentates
,
the
best
of
Fathers
,
and
the
chiefest
of
Lords
;
for
all
the
Powers
,
Principalitys
and
Dignitys
of
the
world
,
in
reference
to
me
,
are
no
more
then
just
nothing
.
O
Man
,
O
Man
,
consider
seriously
these
evil
consequences
of
Sin
;
by
it
thou
art
clear
out
of
my
favour
,
thou
art
villified
in
my
sight
;
and
banish'd
from
my
presence
,
thou
art
cast
from
the
converse
,
and
company
of
my
Saints
,
and
Angells
;
thou
art
forbidden
my
heavenly
Pallace
,
and
because
thou
hast
a
far
greater
love
for
the
Creatures
then
for
me
,
who
am
thy
Creator
,
't
is
just
thou
shouldst
be
dealt
with
accordingly
;
thou
hast
forsaken
me
to
serve
them
and
the
Devil
too
,
who
is
the
worst
of
Masters
,
therefore
he
is
licensed
to
torment
thee
for
an
Eternity
,
and
't
is
but
what
thou
hast
deserv'd
for
offending
so
good
,
and
so
gracious
a
Lord
as
I
have
been
to
thee
.
To
this
great
disaster
may
be
added
another
altogether
as
dreadful
if
not
more
,
which
is
the
immortal
worm
which
shall
perpetually
gnaw
the
consciences
of
those
miserable
and
unfortunate
wretches
in
Hell
.
In
fine
,
they
are
under
the
wings
of
my
protection
,
shelter'd
from
the
rage
of
Satan
,
and
from
the
most
dreadful
rigour
of
his
everlasting
torments
.
MAN
O
Most
gracious
Saviour
!
I
am
throughly
convinc'd
of
the
truth
of
thy
words
;
I
confess
that
Sin
is
the
greatest
of
all
evils
,
and
that
the
greatest
misfortune
that
can
befall
a
poor
man
in
this
world
,
is
to
lie
under
the
tyranny
of
so
hellish
a
monster
;
for
it
does
not
only
deprive
his
Soul
of
thy
grace
,
but
also
robs
her
of
all
the
supernatural
treasures
and
gifts
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
which
she
had
receiv'd
in
her
Baptism
,
and
which
brought
her
to
that
height
of
honour
,
as
to
become
thy
beautiful
and
dearly
beloved
Spouse
.
No
sooner
is
she
degraded
thus
,
and
forc'd
out
of
that
super-eminent
&
glorious
Station
,
but
Sin
sets
on
her
again
to
finish
what
it
had
left
undone
,
he
wounds
her
even
to
death
,
and
after
he
has
taken
the
most
precious
of
her
goods
,
he
plunders
her
of
the
least
considerable
,
as
are
her
natural
gifts
.
For
man
being
a
rational
creature
,
and
Sin
being
an
act
contrary
to
reason
,
't
is
consonant
to
nature
that
one
contrary
should
strive
to
destroy
to
'
ther
;
consequently
the
oftner
Sin
is
multiply'd
,
the
more
it
disturbs
,
and
destroys
the
powers
and
faculties
of
the
Soul
,
not
in
themselves
,
but
in
their
operations
.
'T
is
by
this
means
that
Sin
gets
dominion
of
the
Soul
,
and
makes
her
run
what
course
he
pleases
;
if
she
has
any
remaining
inclination
to
virtue
;
Alas
,
she
is
become
so
weak
,
so
sloathful
,
and
so
inconstant
that
she
cann't
attain
to
the
practise
of
it
;
In
fine
,
Sin
,
takes
quite
away
the
peace
,
the
joy
and
the
tranquility
of
a
good
eonscience
,
it
does
extinguish
the
fervour
of
the
Spirit
,
and
leaves
poor
man
sordid
,
maculate
,
deform'd
,
and
abominable
in
the
sight
of
God
,
and
of
all
his
Saints
.
Yet
by
the
benefit
of
thy
Justification
we
are
happily
deliver'd
from
all
these
plagues
,
&
evil
consequences
of
Sin
;
and
the
abyss
of
thy
divine
mercies
is
not
content
to
have
forgiven
us
our
offences
,
and
receive
us
into
favour
;
but
does
also
expell
all
those
evils
which
are
inseparable
from
Sin
,
leaving
our
interiour
man
,
in
the
real
possession
of
his
former
prerogatives
,
and
likeness
to
God
.
Thou
dost
heal
up
our
wounds
,
wash
off
our
spots
,
break
loofe
the
fetters
and
chains
of
our
iniquitys
,
destroy
the
yoke
of
our
evil
desires
;
retrieve
us
from
the
slavery
of
Satan
,
qualify
the
fury
of
our
unruly
passions
,
and
the
heat
of
our
vicious
affections
:
Thou
dost
likewise
restore
to
the
Soul
her
former
freedom
,
and
beauty
,
revive
her
interiour
fenses
,
dispose
them
to
the
exercise
of
all
good
works
,
and
to
the
abhorrence
of
any
that
's
bad
.
Thou
givest
strength
to
resist
manfully
all
the
temptations
of
the
Devil
,
and
to
go
through
all
the
difficulties
that
might
hinder
the
practise
of
virtue
,
and
their
increase
of
devotion
.
In
fine
,
my
Sweet
Saviour
,
thou
dost
so
absolutely
revive
,
and
repair
our
interiour
man
,
and
all
his
faculties
,
that
thy
Apostle
Scruples
not
to
call
such
men
,
Justifi'd
Souls
;
metamorphos'd
natures
,
new
modell'd
Spirits
,
&
Creatures
of
another
stamp
.
This
innovation
is
so
great
,
and
so
much
to
be
admir'd
,
that
it
's
worth
our
labour
to
finde
out
how
,
and
after
what
manner
it
is
perform'd
.
O
my
Saviour
,
thou
alone
canst
tell
me
truly
the
nature
of
it
,
and
the
only
one
that
can
impart
so
great
a
blessing
to
my
poor
and
languishing
Soul
;
wherefore
let
me
hear
thy
solution
to
the
matter
.
SAVIOVR
.
THou
must
know
then
,
O
man
!
that
this
so
great
a
renovation
,
when
't
is
perform'd
by
the
means
of
Baptism
,
may
be
call'd
Regeneration
;
but
if
it
be
done
by
Contrition
,
and
with
the
assistance
of
Pennance
,
then
't
is
call'd
resurrection
,
not
only
because
the
Soul
is
rais'd
from
the
Death
of
Sin
,
to
the
Life
of
Grace
,
but
by
reason
it
resembles
so
nearly
the
glorious
beauty
of
future
Resurrection
.
No
mortal
tongue
is
able
to
express
the
radiant
Splendor
,
and
supereminent
beauty
of
a
Justifi'd
Soul
;
't
is
a
mistery
reserv'd
to
my
Holy
Spirit
,
who
made
her
so
glorious
,
with
a
design
she
should
be
his
own
Temple
and
place
of
residence
.
Were
all
the
wealth
of
the
World
,
all
the
imaginable
dignities
and
honours
of
this
life
,
all
the
natural
Graces
and
gifts
,
together
with
all
the
acquir'd
virtues
,
and
all
other
earthly
advantages
that
can
be
thought
of
;
conferr'd
with
the
beauty
and
treasures
of
a
Justifi'd
Soul
;
all
,
in
comparison
with
her
,
is
vile
,
obscure
,
ill-favour'd
,
and
of
no
value
:
No
,
for
there
is
as
much
difference
betwixt
the
life
of
Grace
,
and
the
life
of
Nature
,
betwixt
the
beauty
of
the
Soul
Justifi'd
,
and
that
of
the
body
;
betwixt
the
interiour
Riches
of
such
a
Soul
,
and
the
exteriour
of
the
body
,
as
there
is
betwixt
Heaven
&
Earth
,
betwixt
the
Spirit
and
the
body
,
or
betwixt
Time
and
Eternity
.
Because
all
these
are
circumscrib'd
with
certain
limits
,
they
are
temporal
,
they
appear
handsom
to
corporal
eyes
,
and
require
only
my
general
concourse
to
support
them
,
whereas
the
other
depends
on
my
particular
and
supernatural
influence
;
and
have
no
prefix'd
bounds
,
because
I
am
their
object
,
and
they
are
so
precious
in
my
sight
,
and
of
so
great
an
estimate
,
that
they
provoke
even
my
divine
Essence
to
be
ardently
enamour'd
with
their
beauty
.
I
might
have
wrought
all
these
wonders
with
my
sole
presence
,
yet
I
would
not
;
but
was
pleas'd
to
adorn
the
Soul
with
my
infus'd
virtues
,
and
the
Seven
gifts
of
my
Holy
Ghost
,
whereby
not
only
her
Essence
,
but
even
her
very
faculties
are
cloth'd
and
adorn'd
with
those
habitual
and
heavenly
dresses
.
Besides
all
these
divine
favours
and
benefits
she
is
made
happy
with
the
constant
presence
of
my
divine
Spirit
,
and
of
the
most
adorable
Trinity
,
for
all
resides
in
a
justifi'd
Soul
to
teach
her
how
to
manage
so
great
a
treasure
to
her
best
advantage
;
All
the
Doctors
of
my
Holy
Church
,
as
well
Ecclesiastick
,
as
Scholastick
,
grounded
upon
these
my
words
,
do
firmly
believe
that
my
Holy
Ghost
dwells
in
a
justifi'd
Soul
after
a
certain
and
peculiar
manner
,
and
say
moreover
that
he
does
not
only
confer
his
Gifts
upon
her
,
but
comes
himself
along
with
them
,
with
a
fix'd
resolution
to
clense
,
Sanctify
and
adorn
her
,
as
well
with
his
constant
presence
,
as
with
all
his
heavenly
treasures
.
O
man
!
if
all
these
extraordinary
favours
be
not
able
to
mollify
thy
flinty
heart
,
and
force
it
to
leave
and
forsake
the
paths
of
Sin
,
and
to
gather
also
all
thy
Scatter'd
affections
,
and
lead
them
towards
me
,
who
am
the
most
deserving
of
them
,
I
shall
add
more
pressing
motives
to
bring
thee
to
so
good
,
so
gracious
,
and
so
benificial
a
resolution
.
The
First
that
occurs
is
,
that
all
the
justifi'd
are
my
living
members
,
so
that
I
love
and
cherish
them
as
my
own
,
and
am
no
less
careful
to
provide
for
them
,
to
protect
and
comfort
them
,
then
were
they
all
parts
of
my
proper
body
;
nay
,
without
any
intermission
I
influence
them
with
my
inspirations
and
graces
,
even
as
the
head
communicates
his
vital
Spirits
into
all
the
rest
of
its
members
;
moreover
my
Eternal
Father
beholds
them
with
a
gracious
eye
,
as
being
my
living
members
,
united
,
&
concorporate
with
me
by
the
participation
of
his
divine
Spirit
,
and
therefore
all
their
deeds
are
grateful
and
meritorious
to
him
,
as
being
the
worthy
products
of
my
lively
loving
and
gracious
Children
,
and
because
that
all
their
virtue
,
and
power
of
doing
well
,
proceeds
from
me
alone
.
This
certainly
is
a
great
incouragement
to
all
justifi'd
Souls
to
crave
what
favours
they
stand
in
need
of
,
and
to
ask
of
my
heavenly
Father
,
with
a
great
deal
of
confidence
,
and
hopes
to
obtain
their
requests
:
being
it
is
not
only
for
themselves
they
ask
it
,
but
also
for
me
,
who
am
highly
honour'd
in
them
,
&
with
them
;
for
no
man
will
deny
but
what
the
members
do
,
the
head
does
the
same
,
&
what
is
confer'd
upon
the
one
,
is
also
confer'd
upon
the
other
;
consequently
being
that
I
am
the
head
of
the
justifi'd
,
what
they
ask
for
themselves
,
they
ask
the
same
for
me
.
My
Apostle
says
,
MAN
.
BLessed
be
thy
holy
name
for
ever
,
my
dear
Jesus
,
This
is
the
grand
foundation
of
that
lively
hope
,
which
does
rejoyce
and
comfort
the
just
in
all
their
tribulation
,
for
when
they
see
themselves
oppress'd
with
any
disasters
,
loaden
with
afflictions
,
depress'd
with
infirmities
,
reflected
upon
by
their
Neighbours
,
Persecuted
by
their
Enemies
:
they
consider
seriously
,
and
believe
,
that
the
sufferings
of
this
present
time
,
are
not
worthy
to
be
compar'd
with
the
glory
which
shall
be
reveal'd
in
them
.
They
firmly
believe
also
,
that
their
light
affliction
,
which
is
but
for
a
moment
,
will
work
for
them
a
far
more
exceeding
and
eternal
weight
of
glory
.
All
these
favours
and
graces
they
receive
from
thee
by
the
means
of
their
Justification
,
wherefore
I
must
of
necessity
conclude
with
St.
Augustin
,
that
benefit
is
of
a
far
greater
estimate
,
then
is
that
of
our
Creation
;
&
the
reason
for
it
is
,
that
thou
hast
Created
both
Heaven
&
Earth
with
one
sole
word
,
whereas
to
Sanctify
man
,
thou
hast
suffer'd
all
the
torments
that
the
malice
of
men
,
and
the
fury
of
Hell
could
invent
;
thou
hast
spilt
thy
precious
bloud
,
&
gavest
even
thy
sweet
life
to
purchase
his
Salvation
.
If
we
poor
Mortals
,
be
so
much
oblig'd
to
thee
for
our
Creation
;
how
much
more
are
we
thy
Debtors
for
the
benefit
of
our
Justification
,
for
the
obligation
must
be
the
greater
,
by
how
much
the
purchase
is
dearer
.
I
must
confess
,
O
Lord
,
SAVIOVR
.
REmember
,
O
man
,
that
thou
art
a
Christian
,
and
don
't
forget
that
thou
art
a
mortal
man
,
and
consequently
that
thou
must
surely
dy
,
for
thy
fate
is
already
decreed
,
and
the
decree
is
unavoidable
.
The
Sons
of
mortall
Parents
must
expect
a
mortal
Posterity
;
Death
is
the
end
of
great
and
small
:
Thou
art
born
helpless
,
and
expos'd
to
the
injuries
of
all
Creatures
,
and
of
all
weathers
.
The
very
necessaries
of
life
may
procure
thy
death
,
for
thou
mayst
meet
with
thy
fate
in
thy
dish
,
in
thy
cup
,
and
in
the
very
Ayr
that
refresheth
thee
;
nay
,
thy
very
Birth
is
inauspicious
,
for
thou
cam'st
into
the
world
weeping
;
and
in
the
middle
of
thy
designs
,
while
thou
art
meditating
great
matters
,
and
stretching
thy
thoughts
to
after
Ages
,
Death
will
cut
thee
off
,
and
perhaps
thy
longest
date
is
only
the
Revolution
of
a
few
days
.
Death
is
common
to
all
Men
,
't
is
a
tribute
,
In
fine
,
they
have
several
ways
to
their
end
,
but
the
end
it self
(
which
is
Death
,
)
is
still
the
same
.
For
whether
they
dye
by
a
sword
,
by
a
halter
,
by
a
potion
,
or
by
a
disease
,
't
is
all
but
Death
,
which
is
so
certain
that
thou
can'st
not
doubt
of
it
,
without
a
blemish
to
thy
Faith
;
none
is
exempted
from
drinking
of
this
Chalice
;
No
,
the
day
shall
come
that
thou
wilt
be
alive
in
the
morning
and
dead
at
night
,
It
will
come
sometime
,
but
when
?
whether
this
day
or
to
morrow
,
't
is
uncertain
.
Thou
art
now
in
perfect
health
,
strong
of
body
,
and
found
of
minde
,
thou
dost
measure
thy
life
by
the
length
of
thy
desires
,
and
by
the
multitude
of
thy
business
,
but
the
day
will
come
that
thou
shalt
be
stretch'd
on
a
bed
,
candles
lighted
about
thee
,
thy
Relations
and
Friends
lamenting
and
weeping
,
thy
whole
family
in
a
great
consternation
,
expecting
thee
to
breath
out
thy
Soul
every
moment
;
but
when
this
day
shall
come
,
't
is
uncertain
,
perhaps
when
thou
dost
least
expect
it
,
perhaps
when
thou
thinkst
thy self
secure
from
all
dangers
,
and
when
all
thy
thoughts
are
busi'd
about
building
of
Houses
,
purchasing
Lands
,
matching
thy
Children
,
settling
their
Fortunes
;
't
is
therefore
said
of
Death
,
To
consider
seriously
the
preludes
of
death
,
with
their
attendents
,
which
are
a
grievous
sickness
,
Aches
and
pains
over
all
thy
Limbs
,
thy
Stomach
loaded
with
Apothecarys
Stuffs
,
so
many
sorts
of
loathsome
drugs
on
a
table
before
thy
face
,
which
thou
must
of
necessity
swallow
,
because
thy
Physician
has
order'd
it
so
;
then
art
thou
peevish
and
fretful
,
continually
tumbling
and
tossing
from
one
place
to
another
,
always
restless
;
this
with
several
other
emergencies
,
weakens
thy
body
,
and
opens
the
gate
for
Death
to
come
in
;
even
as
when
an
enemy
is
resolv'd
to
Storm
a
City
,
he
first
batters
down
its
walls
with
his
great
Cannons
,
and
makes
a
breach
large
enough
for
a
general
assault
;
then
he
commands
his
forces
to
stand
to
their
Arms
,
and
he
at
the
head
of
them
marches
on
,
and
makes
himself
Master
of
the
place
.
So
before
Death
,
a
mortal
infirmity
leads
the
van
,
beats
down
thy
natural
Strength
,
dismounts
all
thy
senses
,
gives
thee
no
rest
night
or
day
,
batters
down
thy
body
with
its
violent
fits
,
so
that
the
Soul
is
at
last
forc'd
to
withdraw
from
her
old
habitation
to
take
up
her
quarters
,
the
Lord
knows
where
.
But
when
the
Infirmity
is
come
to
that
height
,
that
thy
Physitian
and
thy self
too
,
have
no
hopes
of
further
life
,
O
what
Anguishes
,
what
apprehensions
,
what
grief
,
what
trouble
seizes
thy
poor
heart
;
and
tares
it
asunder
,
Soon
after
this
alteration
of
thy
minde
,
comes
another
which
is
the
forerunner
of
death
;
thy
forehead
is
harden'd
and
thy
skin
cleaves
close
to
thy
skull
,
a
cold
sweat
trickles
down
thy
face
,
thy
eye-strings
are
already
broken
,
and
thy
eye-lids
are
fall'n
down
,
thy
ears
are
deaf
,
thy
nose
grows
thin
and
sharp
,
thy
nostrils
stuff'd
up
with
corruption
,
thy
face
turns
to
its
original
colour
,
which
is
that
of
clay
;
thy
mouth
is
contracted
,
thy
tongue
is
stupifi'd
,
and
can
no
more
perform
its
duty
,
thy
tast
is
gone
,
thy
lips
are
pale
;
thy
breath
sinks
down
to
the
bottom
of
thy
breast
,
thy
hands
are
cold
,
thy
nails
black
,
thy
pulse
slow
and
weak
;
sometimes
at
a
stop
,
and
now
and
then
revives
;
thy
feet
have
no
more
life
,
they
have
lost
their
natural
heat
;
Infine
,
all
thy
flesh
is
in
a
short
space
to
be
turn'd
into
corruption
.
This
is
thy
end
O
man
,
but
as
thou
art
a
Christian
,
hear
what
shall
enfue
before
the
Separation
of
thy
Soul
from
thy
Body
.
Then
thou
shalt
imagine
the
Judgment
of
God
to
be
at
hand
,
then
thou
shalt
have
a
full
view
of
all
thy
fins
,
both
great
and
small
,
then
all
thy
abominations
and
crimes
shall
come
in
a
body
to
accuse
thee
before
the
dreadful
Tribunal
of
my
divine
Justice
:
Then
thou
shalt
acknowledge
(
tho'
too
late
)
how
sordid
,
how
heinous
,
and
how
horrid
were
the
crimes
which
thou
hadst
so
easily
,
&
so
desperately
committed
against
me
,
without
the
least
apprehension
of
my
indignation
&
wrath
.
O
what
curses
,
what
bitter
imprecations
wilt
thou
utter
at
that
fatal
hour
against
the
day
in
which
thou
hast
offended
me
;
thou
wilt
curse
even
the
place
,
the
occasion
,
and
complices
of
thy
sins
.
Thou
wilt
curse
and
condemn
thine
own
folly
,
and
the
wickedness
of
those
which
brought
thee
by
their
ill
examples
to
forfiet
the
everlasting
joys
of
Heaven
for
such
trifles
,
as
are
all
the
false
and
treacherous
pleasures
of
this
world
.
Tell
me
,
O
man
,
when
thou
shalt
see
thy self
brought
to
this
deprorable
state
and
condition
,
where
wilt
thou
go
?
what
wilt
thou
do
?
to
whom
wilt
thou
call
for
help
?
To
return
to
life
,
't
is
impossible
,
and
to
ease
thy self
thou
wilt
not
be
able
;
O
man
!
reflect
seriously
upon
this
,
and
Judge
,
what
will
become
of
a
Sinner
at
the
hour
of
his
Death
,
and
at
the
lively
representation
of
all
his
offences
and
crimes
,
what
a
consternation
he
will
be
in
?
how
he
will
tremble
and
shake
every
limb
of
him
at
the
very
sight
of
me
,
his
Creator
and
Redeemer
,
whom
he
had
so
often
offended
and
injur'd
in
the
course
of
his
sinful
life
;
that
very
presence
will
be
more
dreadful
to
him
then
the
suffering
of
the
pains
of
hell
it self
.
MAN
.
O
Most
gracious
Redeemer
?
I
cann't
deny
what
thou
sayst
of
a
dying
man
,
and
of
the
Anguishes
which
he
shall
suffer
at
the
departing
of
the
Soul
from
his
body
;
she
shall
enter
into
Judgment
alone
,
naked
,
poor
,
and
without
any
to
patronize
her
cause
,
except
her
good
works
,
(
if
she
has
any
to
shew
;
)
her
Conscience
will
be
the
Deponent
,
the
Triall
will
be
either
for
life
,
or
death
not
temporal
,
but
eternal
,
and
thou
an
injur'd
Judge
,
shall
appear
to
her
in
a
dreadful
Throne
to
give
sentence
for
her
,
or
against
her
,
either
of
Salvation
,
or
of
her
everlasting
damnation
.
If
she
be
grievously
indebted
,
and
not
able
to
ballance
her
accounts
,
O
what
a
horrible
confusion
she
will
be
in
,
grief
and
sorrow
,
sighs
and
tears
,
dreadful
lamentations
and
crys
,
will
be
her
woful
entertainment
,
and
the
only
motives
she
can
produce
to
mollify
thee
O
Lord
,
but
all
will
be
to
no
purpose
,
her
repentance
comes
too
late
,
't
is
totally
fruitless
at
that
hour
;
all
her
protestations
of
amendment
will
be
in
vain
,
no
bills
or
bonds
of
performance
will
be
accepted
of
,
no
bail
shall
be
taken
,
her
lease
is
out
,
she
must
remove
:
her
nobility
,
her
riches
,
her
honours
cann't
obtain
for
her
a
further
respite
of
time
;
the
sentence
is
pronounc'd
,
the
decree
is
unavoidable
;
she
must
submit
.
O
the
unfortunate
Sinner
,
what
will
he
do
?
what
will
he
say
?
how
can
he
express
the
greatness
of
his
misfortune
,
otherwise
then
by
these
words
of
thy
Prophet
.
O
what
a
woful
circle
is
that
into
which
his
Sins
have
brought
him
,
and
unexpected
too
!
when
he
had
not
the
least
thought
of
death
;
what
will
his
friends
avail
him
now
,
his
dignities
,
his
riches
,
his
lands
and
all
that
he
took
most
delight
in
?
they
will
remain
after
him
,
to
other
Masters
,
that
will
soon
wast
and
consume
'em
,
in
a
worse
way
perhaps
then
ever
he
gather'd
them
,
(
tho'
that
perchance
was
bad
enough
.
)
The
Sins
which
he
had
committed
in
heaping
them
up
,
are
the
only
companions
he
is
like
to
have
along
with
him
to
another
world
,
where
he
is
to
be
tormented
for
them
according
to
their
enormity
.
If
I
should
make
my
addresses
to
worldlings
,
in
hopes
to
be
farther
instructed
in
this
so
necessary
a
matter
to
Salvation
,
Alas
!
they
know
nothing
of
it
,
and
which
is
worse
,
they
will
not
believe
it
,
for
they
live
,
as
if
they
had
no
account
at
all
to
give
after
death
;
and
why
should
I
think
it
strange
,
being
they
live
in
Egypt
,
that
is
in
a
land
of
darkness
,
in
a
willful
blindness
,
overwhelm'd
with
all
sorts
of
errors
,
where
scarcely
two
are
found
of
one
opinion
in
matters
of
Faith
and
manners
.
I
am
then
resolv'd
to
go
farther
off
,
and
streight
into
the
land
of
Geshen
,
where
the
light
of
verity
is
allways
in
its
full
splendour
,
The
second
that
appears
to
me
,
Another
no
less
commendable
for
the
holyness
of
his
life
;
tells
me
of
a
most
dreadful
example
which
was
in
his
days
exhibited
on
the
Person
of
one
Stephen
a
Monk
,
a
great
lover
of
a
quiet
and
Solatary
life
;
This
holy
man
,
after
he
had
pass'd
over
several
years
in
a
monastical
conflict
,
and
adorn'd
his
Soul
with
extraordinary
graces
and
virtues
,
by
his
continual
fasting
,
weeping
,
and
chastising
his
body
,
with
St.
Paul
,
lest
it
should
bring
his
Soul
to
subjection
,
he
went
into
the
desart
,
and
built
a
little
cell
for
himself
at
the
foot
of
that
famous
mountain
,
where
the
Prophet
Helias
had
formerly
a
most
Sacred
and
heavenly
vision
;
a
place
remote
from
all
worldly
consolation
,
almost
inaccessible
to
men
,
and
very
near
a
hundred
miles
distant
from
any
human
habitation
;
After
he
had
continued
there
a
long
tract
of
time
,
in
the
height
of
all
manner
of
mortification
and
Pennance
,
and
being
in
his
declining
Age
,
he
return'd
to
his
former
habitation
,
where
in
a
few
days
he
fell
into
a
fit
of
sickness
whereof
he
dy'd
;
O
Saviour
of
mankinde
,
if
such
great
Saints
were
so
much
terrifi'd
at
the
sight
of
death
,
and
so
apprehensive
of
thy
dreadful
Judgements
,
what
will
become
of
Sinners
at
that
hour
?
and
of
such
Sinners
as
do
spend
their
whole
life
in
the
vanities
,
and
transitory
pleasures
of
the
world
;
of
Sinners
that
make
nothing
to
offend
thee
by
all
manner
of
wickedness
;
of
Sinners
that
live
in
so
great
a
neglect
of
their
Salvation
as
if
they
had
no
Souls
to
be
sav'd
,
and
no
account
to
be
given
after
death
.
If
the
Just
are
seiz'd
with
so
great
a
terrour
at
the
hour
of
Death
,
what
a
deplorable
condition
will
the
habitual
Sinner
be
in
?
what
will
become
of
the
weak
shrubs
of
the
desart
that
have
no
shelter
from
the
raging
storms
of
Death
and
Judgment
,
when
the
tall
Cedars
of
Liban
are
laid
even
with
the
ground
.
SAVIOVR
.
THou
sayst
well
,
O
man
!
what
will
become
of
a
Sinner
indeed
at
the
hour
of
death
;
when
I
,
who
am
the
spotless
Lamb
,
was
seiz'd
with
so
great
an
apprehension
of
it
,
Imagine
with
thy self
a
great
and
rapid
River
that
has
had
it's
current
violently
stop'd
these
forty
years
,
The
Wiseman
comes
yet
closer
to
the
matter
,
for
he
says
,
that
my
zeal
shall
take
up
arms
,
and
that
I
shall
animate
all
creatures
to
revenge
me
of
my
Enemies
:
that
I
shall
put
on
Justice
as
a
brest-plate
,
take
the
head-piece
of
righteous
Judgment
,
and
shall
sharpen
my
wrath
as
a
lance
;
nay
I
shall
not
only
appear
to
Sinners
at
the
hour
of
death
as
an
enrag'd
arm'd
man
,
'T
is
certain
there
is
not
among
the
Beasts
a
more
fierce
by
nature
then
a
Lyon
,
or
a
more
furious
then
a
Bear
,
especially
when
she
has
lost
her
young
ones
;
and
that
I
who
am
by
nature
infinitely
good
,
mild
,
and
loving
,
should
compare
my self
to
such
monsters
of
nature
for
fierceness
,
and
cruelty
,
is
to
express
sensibly
the
terrors
of
my
Justice
and
rigour
against
Sinners
in
that
day
of
wrath
,
full
of
calamity
and
misery
,
'T
is
by
reason
of
the
severity
of
my
Justice
against
Sinners
in
the
hour
of
their
death
that
Daniel
says
,
there
shall
proceed
from
my
face
a
River
of
fire
,
because
this
Element
of
all
others
is
the
most
active
,
and
so
pure
that
it
will
not
admit
of
any
mixture
;
whereas
Earth
will
lodge
in
its
bosom
Mines
of
several
mettals
,
and
Quarries
of
divers
sorts
of
Stone
;
Water
will
entertain
a
pleasant
variety
of
Fishes
,
the
Air
gives
liberty
to
all
sorts
of
Fowl
to
fly
through
all
it's
region
,
and
does
also
harbour
a
vast
multitude
of
vapours
,
exhalations
and
several
other
bodies
;
but
Fire
endures
nothing
,
it
melts
the
hardest
mettals
,
reduces
even
stones
into
Cinders
,
consumes
living
Creatures
,
converts
Trees
into
its
own
Substance
,
and
turns
all
that
is
contrary
to
it
,
into
its
own
nature
.
The
same
shall
happen
in
that
day
of
my
wrath
;
all
shall
be
rigour
and
Justice
,
without
any
mixture
of
mercy
;
nay
,
the
very
mercies
which
I
have
exhibited
to
sinners
in
their
life
time
,
shall
then
be
both
a
motive
to
kindle
my
indignation
,
and
fuel
to
blaze
up
my
incensed
Justice
against
them
.
O
man
!
consider
therefore
whilst
thou
hast
time
to
repent
,
nay
,
and
seriouslytoo
,
what
a
sad
condition
thou
shalt
see
thy self
in
,
at
that
instant
,
when
neither
my
bloud
shed
for
thee
,
nor
my self
crucifi'd
for
thy
sake
,
nor
the
powerful
intercession
of
my
most
blessed
Mother
,
nor
the
prayers
of
my
Saints
,
no
,
nor
my
divine
mercy
it self
,
shall
contribute
any
thing
to
thy
safety
.
No
,
this
life
once
past
,
thou
art
to
expect
no
Patron
,
no
Protectour
,
but
thy
virtuous
actions
;
thy
Angel
Guardian
,
and
all
the
Saints
thy
Advocates
shall
abandone
thee
:
thy
vast
riches
,
the
greatness
of
thy
Authority
,
thy
numerous
Servants
,
thy
learned
Counsels
will
not
avail
thee
,
nor
defend
thy
Process
;
thy
good
works
alone
will
defend
thee
from
the
rigour
of
my
Justice
,
when
the
Treasures
thou
hast
heap'd
up
in
the
world
,
and
been
so
careful
to
preserve
,
shall
fail
thee
;
Thine
Alms
bestow'd
upon
the
poor
shall
stick
close
to
thee
,
and
pleade
for
thy
pardon
in
a
powerful
manner
.
Thy
Wife
,
thy
Children
,
thy
Kindred
,
Friends
,
and
Followers
,
shall
go
no
farther
then
the
grave
with
thee
;
but
the
Strangers
which
thou
hast
lodg'd
,
the
sick
which
thou
hast
visited
,
and
the
needy
which
thou
hast
succour'd
will
bear
thee
company
even
before
my
dreadful
Throne
,
and
place
thee
at
my
right
hand
,
among
the
number
of
my
blessed
for
ever
.
MAN
.
O
My
most
gracious
Saviour
!
withdraw
thy
hand
far
from
me
:
and
let
not
thy
dread
make
me
afraid
.
Man
that
is
born
of
a
Woman
,
is
of
few
days
,
and
full
of
trouble
;
He
comes
forth
like
a
flower
,
and
is
cut
down
;
He
vanisheth
also
as
a
shadow
,
and
continues
not
;
And
dost
thou
fix
thine
eyes
upon
such
an
one
,
and
bringest
me
into
Judgment
with
thee
?
Who
can
bring
a
clean
thing
out
of
an
unclean
?
These
are
the
words
of
the
most
afflicted
of
mortals
,
and
Mirror
of
Patience
,
admiring
the
severity
of
thy
Justice
against
Man
,
a
creature
so
weak
,
so
frail
,
and
so
prone
to
all
manner
of
evil
;
against
a
wretch
viciously
inclin'd
from
his
cradle
,
that
drinks
up
iniquity
with
as
much
pleasure
,
and
case
,
as
he
would
a
glass
of
Spring-water
in
his
greatest
drougth
on
a
hot
Summers
day
.
It
were
a
subject
of
less
admiration
hadst
thou
dealt
so
rigorously
with
Angels
,
that
are
spiritual
creatures
,
and
of
a
far
more
eminent
perfection
then
men
can
ever
attain
to
;
To
be
so
severe
with
poor
man
,
who
lies
groaning
under
the
weight
of
so
many
predominant
passions
,
and
such
a
number
of
evil
inclinations
,
which
do
wholly
estrange
him
from
the
desire
and
practise
of
virtue
;
To
bring
him
,
I
say
,
to
so
strict
an
account
of
all
his
actions
,
that
thou
wilt
not
pass
by
,
even
the
least
idle
word
that
ever
he
spoke
,
nor
the
least
moment
of
time
that
he
has
mispent
;
O
most
gracious
Saviour
!
give
me
leave
to
tell
thee
;
that
the
rigour
of
thy
Justice
herein
does
transcend
my
admiration
,
If
that
be
so
,
(
as
without
doubt
it
is
)
what
a
rigourous
account
must
be
taken
of
all
dishonest
,
impertinent
,
and
scurrulous
words
?
what
of
lies
,
and
perjuries
,
what
of
horrid
and
abominable
oaths
?
what
of
all
hellish
imprecations
,
and
blasphemys
?
what
of
all
wanton
and
lacivious
thoughts
,
and
looks
?
what
of
Adulterers
,
murtherers
,
and
highway
robbers
?
In
fine
,
what
a
rigourous
account
must
be
given
of
the
whole
time
of
life
spent
in
the
works
of
iniquity
?
All
that
the
best
of
Orators
is
able
to
say
of
the
severity
and
rigour
of
thy
Judgment
,
will
be
far
short
of
what
it
will
really
be
in
that
dreadful
day
of
thy
wrath
;
nay
,
it
will
not
be
so
much
as
an
empty
shaddow
to
the
substance
of
the
matter
.
O
what
a
confusion
poor
man
will
be
in
,
when
he
must
appear
before
thy
dreadful
Throne
,
in
the
presence
of
that
great
assembly
of
all
mankinde
,
and
give
an
exact
account
of
the
least
idle
word
he
had
spoken
at
this
or
that
time
;
who
would
not
be
astonish'd
and
totally
stupify'd
at
such
a
reckoning
?
who
would
dare
speak
of
it
,
but
that
thou
sayst
it
thy self
?
or
who
would
presume
to
affirm
it
,
but
that
thou
dost
thy self
confirm
it
with
an
Amen
,
Amen
?
What
King
was
ever
heard
of
,
that
call'd
his
Servants
to
question
for
so
slite
an
offence
,
as
is
an
idle
word
?
O
Christian
Religion
,
how
sublime
is
thy
perfection
?
how
great
is
the
purity
of
minde
which
thou
dost
require
of
thy
Professors
?
how
strict
is
the
reckoning
which
thou
dost
exact
from
them
,
and
with
what
severity
dost
thou
chastise
,
even
the
very
least
of
their
evil
actions
?
how
great
will
the
shame
and
confusion
of
Sinners
be
,
when
all
the
abominations
,
and
sins
which
they
had
committed
even
from
their
Cradle
,
to
the
hour
of
their
death
(
were
they
never
so
privately
acted
,
so
carefully
conceal'd
,
or
so
secretly
kept
)
shall
be
discover'd
,
and
laid
open
to
the
eyes
of
the
whole
world
?
If
we
be
so
much
asham'd
to
discover
our
imperfections
to
a
Ghostly
Father
(
who
is
oblig'd
to
secresy
under
a
penalty
full
as
bad
,
if
not
worse
then
that
of
death
)
that
sometimes
we
have
not
a
word
to
say
;
'T
is
true
,
that
in
this
life
Sin
does
not
appear
so
pernicious
to
our
eyes
,
which
makes
us
be
the
less
concern'd
for
it
,
but
at
the
instant
of
death
,
when
it
shall
shew
it self
with
all
its
deformity
,
O
my
Sweet
Saviour
!
if
thy
judgement
even
in
this
life
be
so
far
distant
from
that
of
men
,
what
shall
it
be
in
that
dreadful
hour
,
which
thou
hast
reserv'd
for
the
executing
of
thy
divine
Justice
?
SAVIOVR
.
MY
Judgment
is
indeed
far
remote
,
By
this
thou
mayst
see
how
far
different
my
judgment
is
,
from
that
of
men
in
this
life
.
As
for
the
severity
of
my
Judgement
even
in
this
life
,
wherein
for
the
most
part
I
make
use
of
my
mercy
,
t
is
very
terrible
as
thou
mayst
well
perceive
by
what
I
said
to
the
People
of
Israel
by
the
mouth
of
my
Prophet
,
nay
,
't
is
able
to
drive
thee
,
and
even
the
most
obstinate
of
Sinners
,
out
of
the
ways
of
iniquity
into
the
path
of
mortification
and
Pennance
,
which
alone
can
lead
them
to
Salvation
.
Mark
well
my
words
,
and
lodge
them
within
the
closet
of
thy
heart
as
a
divine
treasure
,
their
efficacy
is
such
that
(
if
often
minded
)
they
will
exempt
thee
from
the
following
calamities
:
I
will
powr
out
all
my
Rage
upon
thee
,
and
will
accomplish
my
fury
in
thee
;
I
will
Judge
thee
according
to
thy
ways
,
and
will
lay
forth
all
thy
wickedness
against
thee
;
my
eyes
shall
not
pardon
thee
,
neither
will
I
have
mercy
on
thee
.
I
will
charge
thee
with
all
thy
misdeeds
,
and
thy
abominations
shall
be
in
the
midst
of
thee
;
and
thou
shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
that
smites
.
Nay
,
my
wrath
shall
be
upon
all
the
People
,
the
Sword
without
,
and
Pestilence
within
,
and
Famine
too
,
they
who
fly
to
save
themselves
,
shall
all
remain
in
the
mountains
,
as
the
Doves
of
the
valleys
trembling
in
their
iniquities
,
their
hands
shall
be
disjoynted
,
and
their
knees
shall
dissolve
into
water
,
for
the
great
fear
and
amazement
which
I
shall
send
upon
them
in
my
wrath
.
Consider
seriously
now
,
and
conclude
,
if
my
Judgement
be
so
severe
,
and
so
rigorous
even
in
this
life
,
which
is
the
only
time
for
mercy
,
what
will
it
be
when
mercy
is
clear
out
of
date
,
and
when
Justice
will
admit
of
no
mixture
of
pitty
,
of
tenderness
,
or
of
compassion
;
when
the
books
of
all
mens
consciences
shall
be
laid
open
to
the
view
of
the
whole
world
,
when
the
most
secret
Sins
of
their
hearts
,
those
sordid
acts
committed
in
the
dark
,
those
Sins
which
through
shame
were
conceal'd
in
confession
,
or
made
less
considerable
with
false
and
Sacrilegious
excuses
;
when
all
crooked
and
sinister
intentions
,
hidden
and
unknown
Treacheries
,
counterfiet
and
dissembling
virtues
,
feigned
friends
,
adulterous
Wives
,
unfaithful
Husbands
,
deceitful
Servants
,
false
witnesses
,
and
all
such
trash
,
shall
be
discover'd
to
their
great
shame
and
confusion
;
when
In
fine
,
This
dreadful
sentence
shall
overthrow
them
for
ever
,
and
cover
them
with
eternal
sorrow
and
confusion
:
The
Pillars
of
Heaven
,
says
Job
,
do
tremble
and
are
astonish'd
at
his
reproofs
.
If
we
be
not
able
to
hear
so
few
words
from
his
mouth
without
amazement
,
O
Man
!
if
Ananias
and
Saphira
were
struck
dead
only
with
hearing
the
angry
voice
of
my
Disciple
,
what
a
terror
will
my
dreadful
and
angry
voice
strike
into
the
hearts
of
the
reprobate
?
I
am
,
I
overthrew
the
astonish'd
multitude
of
Souldiers
,
and
Rabble
to
the
ground
,
what
will
my
words
be
when
I
come
to
Judge
?
what
a
terrible
fall
,
and
irrecoverable
overthrow
will
these
dreadful
words
give
to
all
the
wicked
,
depart
from
me
ye
cursed
into
eternal
fire
,
prepared
for
Satan
and
his
Angels
;
This
great
misfortune
of
the
wicked
is
perfectly
represented
by
my
beloved
Disciple
in
his
Revelations
;
where
he
says
,
Thus
the
wicked
(
which
are
understood
by
Babylon
)
shall
be
cast
into
the
precipice
of
hell
,
into
that
dark
Dungeon
overwhelm'd
with
horror
,
and
all
manner
of
confusion
.
O
what
tongue
is
able
to
express
the
multitude
of
torments
which
they
shall
suffer
there
for
an
Eternity
!
their
bodies
shall
burn
with
living
flames
,
never
to
be
extinguish'd
;
their
Souls
without
any
intermission
shall
be
gnawed
with
the
worm
of
conscience
,
which
shall
never
give
them
the
least
respit
of
ease
,
there
they
shall
continue
perpetually
weeping
,
sighing
and
gnashing
their
teeth
,
without
any
hopes
of
goal-delivery
.
In
this
woful
place
of
despair
,
those
miserable
damn'd
wretches
in
a
cruel
fury
full
of
rage
,
will
send
forth
their
invectives
against
me
,
and
turn
their
anger
against
themselves
,
devouring
their
own
flesh
,
tearing
their
bowels
,
incessantly
blaspheming
me
,
who
had
condemn'd
them
to
those
unspeakable
torments
.
There
every
one
of
that
damn'd
crew
will
curse
his
grand
misfortune
,
and
the
unhappy
day
of
his
birth
,
always
repeating
that
mournful
lamentation
of
Job
:
let
the
day
perish
wherein
I
was
born
,
This
shall
be
the
musick
,
these
the
Canticles
,
these
will
be
the
Morning
and
Evening
prayers
of
the
damn'd
for
ever
.
MAN
.
If
it
be
so
bad
with
the
damn'd
,
(
as
without
doubt
it
is
,
being
thou
sayst
it
O
Lord
,
)
I
think
they
have
sufficient
reason
to
curse
eternally
the
day
that
ever
they
were
born
,
for
as
thou
didst
say
of
Judas
,
foreseeing
his
treachery
,
and
his
Damnation
which
was
to
ensue
,
it
were
better
he
had
never
come
into
the
world
;
I
think
the
same
of
those
wretched
Souls
,
it
were
better
they
had
perished
in
their
Mothers
wombs
,
then
to
become
by
their
own
Sins
the
fatal
object
of
thy
just
Indignation
and
wrath
.
O
most
unfortunate
Souls
,
if
it
were
lawful
for
me
,
or
in
the
least
available
to
you
,
I
would
commiserate
your
condition
;
but
your
sentence
can
never
be
recall'd
;
there
you
are
lodg'd
among
so
many
Legions
of
Devils
,
and
there
you
are
like
to
continue
for
an
eternity
.
O
unfortunate
tongues
that
bolt
out
nothing
but
blasphemies
!
O
unhappy
Eyes
that
see
nothing
but
miseries
,
calamities
and
new
found
torments
at
every
moment
!
O
sad
Ears
that
hear
nothing
but
horrid
crys
,
woful
screeks
,
mournful
lamentations
,
and
constant
gnashing
of
teeth
;
O
deplorable
bodys
that
have
no
other
refreshment
then
scorching
flames
.
Whilest
you
were
dwellers
in
this
world
,
you
spent
all
your
time
in
vanities
,
in
sinful
recreations
,
and
pleasures
,
increasing
your
fortunes
,
and
heaping
up
of
earthly
treasures
,
far
from
the
least
thought
of
heavenly
things
;
but
see
now
what
is
the
end
of
all
your
actions
;
what
an
infinite
deal
of
miseries
you
have
brought
upon
your selves
?
O
foolish
and
infatuated
wretches
!
what
does
all
your
unlawful
,
and
transitory
pleasures
avail
you
now
?
for
which
you
are
condemned
unto
everlasting
sorrow
,
and
woe
;
what
is
become
of
all
your
wealth
?
where
are
your
treasures
?
what
is
the
end
of
all
your
joys
and
comforts
?
nothing
but
everlasting
misery
,
woe
,
tribulations
and
sorrow
.
This
is
well
illustrated
in
holy
writ
,
by
the
great
famine
which
came
upon
the
People
of
Egypt
,
and
which
continu'd
for
the
space
of
seven
years
;
O
what
an
extream
grief
was
it
unto
them
that
they
did
not
in
the
seven
former
years
of
abundance
,
provide
for
the
seven
following
years
of
Dearth
,
they
were
like
men
in
despair
for
loosing
the
benefit
of
so
favourable
an
opportunity
;
and
were
vehemently
troubl'd
in
minde
for
their
misfortune
and
negligence
herein
;
but
alas
!
their
grief
is
not
to
be
compar'd
to
that
of
the
damn'd
,
't
is
no
more
,
then
a
shaddow
,
that
is
compar'd
with
the
truth
:
For
the
Famine
of
Egypt
lasted
no
longer
then
seven
years
;
but
that
of
hell
shall
never
be
at
an
end
:
there
was
a
remedy
found
for
that
of
Egypt
,
tho'
with
vast
expences
,
but
for
this
,
there
is
no
remedy
at
all
to
be
expected
:
That
was
soon
releiv'd
by
selling
their
Cattle
,
and
lands
to
Joseph
;
but
this
can
never
be
abated
with
any
manner
of
exchange
,
this
punishment
can
never
be
recall'd
,
this
pain
will
never
be
diminish'd
.
The
People
of
Egypt
after
the
seven
years
of
Dearth
were
expir'd
,
began
a
little
to
respire
,
&
to
wade
out
of
their
miseries
;
but
in
hell
,
alas
!
the
wicked
shall
never
be
quit
of
their
misfortunes
,
they
shall
never
come
to
the
least
rest
,
or
ease
;
they
shall
be
both
night
and
day
in
torments
,
and
tortures
,
and
that
for
an
Eternity
.
If
the
People
of
Egypt
fell
into
despair
before
the
expiration
of
the
seven
years
,
Had
we
been
brought
up
amongst
Infidels
and
Pagans
,
and
believ'd
that
our
Souls
were
mortal
,
as
well
as
our
bodies
,
that
we
were
in
the
same
Category
with
all
brute
animals
,
whose
souls
do
perish
at
once
with
their
bodies
,
we
might
have
some
kinde
of
excuse
,
and
plead
,
that
we
knew
nothing
of
what
was
commanded
,
or
what
was
forbidden
by
God
;
but
being
brought
up
Christians
,
and
holding
for
an
Article
of
our
belief
that
the
hour
shall
come
,
wherein
we
must
give
a
strict
account
of
all
our
transactions
to
God
,
we
have
been
often
told
by
Preachers
,
and
Teachers
,
that
the
kingdom
of
Heaven
suffers
violence
,
and
that
we
could
not
attain
to
it
otherways
then
by
the
pass-port
of
Mortifications
and
Pennance
,
that
it
was
our
incumbent
duty
to
depress
our
unruly
Passions
,
and
never
to
be
drawn
away
by
our
evil
inclinations
;
yet
unfortunate
Souls
!
we
were
fondly
perswaded
that
Heaven
was
for
us
without
any
pains
at
all
;
that
God
was
so
merciful
,
that
he
would
not
condemn
our
Souls
to
everlasting
torments
,
(
'
tho'
we
were
never
so
wicked
:
)
and
therefore
we
have
justly
deserv'd
that
he
should
deal
with
us
according
to
the
full
rigour
of
his
Justice
.
Come
then
ye
Infernal
Furies
,
come
and
rend
us
in
pieces
,
come
and
devour
our
unchristian
bowels
,
for
we
have
justly
deserv'd
to
be
so
cruelly
dealt
with
;
we
have
deserv'd
to
be
hunger-starv'd
for
ever
,
being
we
have
neglected
to
provide
for
our selves
while
we
had
both
the
means
,
the
time
,
and
conveniency
of
doing
it
;
we
deserve
not
to
reap
,
because
we
have
not
sown
.
We
deserve
to
suffer
want
and
misery
,
being
we
never
laid
up
any
thing
in
store
:
we
often
refused
the
poor
and
needy
their
humble
,
and
earnest
request
,
and
therefore
we
deserve
to
be
deny'd
ours
.
We
often
have
clos'd
ears
to
the
sighs
and
groans
of
the
poor
and
distress'd
,
and
therefore
we
deserve
to
sigh
and
lament
for
an
eternity
in
vain
.
We
deserve
that
the
worm
of
our
conscience
should
gnaw
our
intrails
for
ever
by
representing
unto
us
our
criminal
and
transitory
pleasures
,
the
great
happiness
which
we
have
lost
by
them
,
We
err'd
and
wander'd
from
the
ways
of
truth
,
and
the
light
of
Justice
was
not
with
us
,
nor
did
the
Sun
of
Wisdom
shine
upon
us
.
We
weari'd
our selves
in
the
ways
of
wickedness
and
perdition
,
and
walk'd
in
paths
of
difficulty
,
and
knew
not
the
way
of
the
Lord
.
What
has
our
Pride
profited
us
?
and
what
has
the
pomp
of
our
Riches
avail'd
us
?
all
those
things
have
pass'd
like
a
shaddow
,
or
like
a
messenger
who
passes
in
hast
,
or
like
a
Ship
which
cuts
the
instable
waves
,
&
leaves
no
mark
where
it
went
:
even
so
we
are
now
consum'd
in
our
wickedness
.
The
cruel
and
bloudy
Tyrants
,
who
have
afflicted
&
put
to
death
thy
holy
Martyrs
,
O
Lord
,
shall
be
troubl'd
with
horrible
fear
when
they
shall
behold
them
,
whom
they
had
so
unhumanely
treated
in
this
life
,
to
be
so
highly
honour'd
in
Heaven
;
they
shall
wonder
at
their
unexpected
Salvation
,
and
say
amongst
themselves
with
great
regret
,
with
much
grief
and
anguish
of
Spirit
:
These
are
the
men
who
sometime
were
unto
us
matter
of
Scorn
and
laughter
.
We
insipid
wretches
imagin'd
their
life
to
be
madness
,
and
that
then
end
will
be
without
nonour
,
but
behold
how
they
are
counted
amongst
the
children
of
God
,
and
how
their
lot
is
amongst
the
Saints
;
such
will
be
the
amazement
of
those
mercenary
Judges
also
,
who
have
trampl'd
under
foot
the
justice
and
right
of
thy
poor
servants
on
Earth
;
when
they
shall
behold
them
Judges
in
Heaven
,
and
themselves
condemn'd
to
Hell-fire
for
their
unjust
Sentences
.
Solomon's
words
verifies
this
,
Here
on
Earth
the
wicked
sometimes
are
exalted
,
and
the
Godly
depress'd
,
but
thou
,
O
Lord
,
shalt
in
the
day
of
thy
visitation
rectify
those
great
disorders
and
grievances
;
thou
shalt
Separate
the
wheat
from
the
tares
;
thoushalt
place
the
good
upon
thy
right
hand
,
elevated
in
the
Air
,
that
all
the
world
may
honour
and
reverence
them
,
as
being
thy
favourites
;
whereas
the
wicked
shall
stand
all
in
a
confusion
far
off
,
at
thy
left
,
expecting
their
final
Sentence
,
and
the
immediate
execution
thereof
;
O
how
they
shall
at
that
dreadful
hour
envy
the
happy
state
of
the
Just
!
seeing
them
so
much
honour'd
,
and
themselves
so
much
despis'd
:
O
how
will
the
Potentates
,
and
crown'd
heads
of
the
Earth
,
be
astonish'd
!
when
they
shall
behold
their
Vassals
in
Glory
,
their
Slaves
amongst
the
Angels
,
and
themselves
in
the
same
rank
with
the
Devils
.
O
my
Sweet
Saviour
!
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
!
But
thou
must
know
O
man
!
that
the
principal
joy
of
the
blessed
is
the
peaceable
enjoyment
and
possession
of
me
,
whom
they
Behold
clearly
as
I
am
in
my self
;
and
that
,
as
,
Honourable
,
profitable
,
and
delectable
are
not
divided
in
Heaven
,
so
the
blessed
Souls
have
three
gifts
essential
,
and
inseparable
from
that
happy
state
,
which
correspond
to
those
three
kinde
of
Blessings
,
which
your
Divines
call
vision
,
comprehension
,
and
fruition
.
The
first
consists
in
the
clear
and
perfect
sight
of
me
,
Jero
.
Rodius
&
Diodorus
Philoso
.
Perip
.
but
here
lies
their
error
;
they
Judg'd
that
to
be
the
Summum-bonum
,
which
was
only
the
consequent
and
product
thereof
.
For
the
love
and
joy
which
springs
from
the
clear
vision
of
my
divine
Essence
is
so
powerful
,
that
it
's
enough
to
convert
even
Hell
into
Heaven
;
in
so
much
,
as
if
to
the
most
tormented
Soul
in
hell
were
added
all
the
torments
of
the
rest
of
the
damned
both
men
and
Devils
,
and
that
I
should
vouensafe
him
but
one
glimpse
of
my
knowledge
,
that
only
vision
,
tho'
in
the
lowest
degree
,
were
sufficient
to
free
him
from
all
those
evils
both
of
sin
and
pain
;
so
that
his
Soul
being
extasi'd
by
that
unspeakable
beauty
which
he
beheld
,
would
not
be
sensible
of
any
grief
or
pain
whatever
.
By
this
thou
mayst
easily
conceive
the
omnipotency
of
that
joy
which
I
confer
upon
my
beloved
in
Heaven
,
which
if
I
should
impart
to
the
most
damn'd
in
hell
,
it
would
convert
all
his
great
torments
into
far
greater
consolations
.
The
Second
stupendious
wonder
which
the
greatness
of
my
joy
produces
in
the
Souls
of
my
belov'd
,
is
the
manifold
pleasures
which
spring
from
it
,
as
from
a
most
fruitful
root
.
Art
thou
not
astonish'd
to
hear
that
the
happiness
of
the
Souls
should
cause
so
many
and
marvellous
effects
in
the
bodies
of
my
Blessed
,
as
St.
Augustin
relates
,
dost
thou
not
wonder
when
he
tells
thee
,
that
my
beatifical
vision
carries
so
unspeakable
a
joy
with
it
into
their
Souls
,
that
it
wholly
changes
their
bodies
,
makes
them
as
beautiful
as
so
many
Angels
,
resplendent
as
the
Sun
,
immortal
as
a
Spirit
,
and
as
impassible
as
even
my self
.
What
miracles
and
prodigies
it
works
in
their
bodies
by
the
redundancy
of
the
unspeakable
comfort
which
they
feel
in
their
spirits
.
Art
thou
not
seiz'd
with
admiration
,
when
St.
Anselme
tells
thee
,
that
if
the
body
of
one
of
my
Blessed
,
endow'd
with
the
four
gifts
of
glory
,
full
of
clearness
,
splendor
;
and
beauty
,
were
plac'd
in
any
part
,
or
corner
of
the
world
,
it
would
perfume
the
whole
universe
with
a
fragrancy
infinitely
more
sweet
unto
their
Sences
,
then
that
of
Musk
and
Amber
;
dost
thou
not
see
how
immense
is
that
light
and
joy
of
the
Blessed
Souls
in
Heaven
,
which
transmits
this
so
unspeakable
a
luster
and
beauty
unto
their
Bodies
;
and
how
can
it
be
less
,
being
it
proceeds
from
my
beatifical
vision
,
and
that
it
is
the
very
same
joy
which
I
have
my self
,
and
which
is
sufficient
to
make
me
blessed
with
a
blessedness
equal
to
my self
:
It
's
therefore
I
say
unto
my
beloved
Servant
;
O
man
!
here
I
must
reflect
upon
the
main
weakness
,
the
great
folly
,
and
the
wilfull
ignorance
of
Mortals
;
Helena
the
beauty
of
Greece
did
so
inflame
the
heart
of
Paris
,
that
he
made
a
vow
to
have
her
for
his
wife
,
tho'
it
should
cost
the
lives
of
millions
of
men
,
&
utter
destruction
of
his
whole
nation
;
Jacob
was
so
enamour'd
of
the
fair
Rachel
,
that
he
made
nothing
of
fourteen
years
continual
Slavery
to
purchase
the
happiness
of
her
enjoyment
.
The
People
of
Israel
were
so
much
taken
with
Absoloms
beauty
,
&
so
charm'd
with
the
sweetness
of
his
discourse
,
that
they
all
joyn'd
heart
and
hand
with
him
to
dethrone
David
his
own
Father
,
their
lawful
King
,
the
best
of
Princes
,
a
man
according
to
my
own
heart
,
a
Prince
adorn'd
with
all
virtues
,
a
Prince
so
much
extoll'd
for
his
mildness
to
his
Subjects
and
for
his
great
care
of
preserving
them
in
peace
,
with
all
foreign
nations
;
A
Prince
that
ventur'd
his
life
to
fight
a
Goliah
for
the
honour
and
redemption
of
Israel
from
the
tyrannical
yoak
of
the
Philistins
:
O
ye
Sons
of
men
!
Thou
art
(
I
know
)
a
great
admirer
of
perfection
;
tell
me
then
,
if
there
were
in
the
world
a
man
as
wise
as
an
Angel
,
wouldst
thou
not
be
as
earnest
to
see
him
,
as
the
Queen
of
Sheba
was
to
behold
Solomon
;
but
if
to
this
great
wisdom
were
added
the
strength
of
Hercules
,
or
that
of
Sampson
,
the
victories
of
the
Machabees
,
or
those
of
the
greatest
Conquerours
that
e're
appear'd
in
this
World
,
the
courage
,
the
devotion
,
the
meekness
and
courtesy
of
David
,
the
friendship
of
Jonathan
,
the
liberality
of
all
the
Roman
,
and
Assyrian
Potentates
,
and
the
greatest
beautys
that
ever
appear'd
upon
Earth
,
certainly
thou
wouldst
be
totally
inflam'd
with
love
for
so
admirable
a
Creature
,
thou
wouldst
never
be
weary
of
his
company
,
much
less
of
his
discourse
;
why
then
dost
thou
not
love
me
with
all
thy
heart
,
(
as
thou
art
commanded
?
If
that
be
so
(
as
really
it
is
)
why
dost
thou
loyter
then
in
thy
banishment
,
and
dote
so
much
upon
the
vaniteis
of
the
world
,
and
earthly
affairs
?
why
art
thou
so
desirous
to
live
any
longer
in
the
land
of
Egypt
to
gather
straw
,
and
drink
muddy
water
out
of
it's
stinking
Pits
,
despising
the
headspring
of
all
felicitys
,
and
the
fountain
of
living
waters
?
why
art
thou
content
to
beg
and
gather
Alms
at
every
door
,
rather
then
live
in
thy
heavenly
Fathers
house
,
where
all
manner
of
solid
content
,
and
pleasure
is
to
be
found
?
why
dost
thou
starve
with
the
prodigal
Son
,
and
feed
with
the
Swine
upon
Acorns
,
whilst
thou
mayst
fit
at
his
table
,
and
eat
of
the
banquet
which
he
has
prepar'd
for
all
his
belov'd
in
glory
;
If
thou
be'st
inclin'd
to
pleasure
,
raise
up
thy
heart
towards
my
heavenly
Residence
,
and
there
thou
shalt
behold
that
Supream
Good
which
contains
within
its
self
eminently
all
the
pleasures
and
allurements
of
all
things
that
can
be
called
good
or
delectable
.
If
this
created
life
be
pleasing
to
thee
,
how
much
more
pleasing
must
that
increated
life
be
,
which
gave
it
a
beginning
,
and
without
which
it
cann't
subsist
one
moment
.
If
health
be
a
comfort
to
thee
,
how
much
more
comfort
can
I
afford
thee
,
who
am
alone
the
giver
,
the
promoter
,
and
powerful
preserver
thereof
;
If
the
knowledge
of
the
creatures
be
sweet
and
acceptable
to
thee
,
how
much
more
sweet
and
acceptable
ought
the
knowledge
of
thy
Creator
be
unto
thee
.
If
thou
beest
desirous
of
long
life
&
health
,
here
thou
wilt
enjoy
life
everlasting
without
any
distemper
,
or
malady
,
without
any
danger
of
death
,
or
of
any
other
evil
,
in
the
quiet
and
peaceable
possession
of
all
manner
of
pleasure
and
comfort
;
for
there
thou
shalt
rejoyce
in
what
is
above
thee
,
which
is
my
beatifical
vision
;
in
what
is
below
thee
,
which
is
the
beauty
of
Heaven
,
and
other
corporal
Creatures
;
in
what
is
within
thee
,
which
is
the
glorification
of
thy
body
;
in
what
is
without
thee
,
which
is
the
company
of
so
many
blessed
Angels
,
so
many
glorious
Apostles
,
so
many
renowned
Patriarks
,
so
many
famous
Prophets
,
such
an
invincible
army
of
Martyrs
,
a
most
renown'd
assembly
of
Confessors
,
a
vast
number
of
true
and
perfect
religious
,
so
many
holy
Virgins
,
which
have
overcome
both
the
pleasures
of
the
world
,
and
the
frailty
of
their
own
nature
.
Here
I
shall
recreate
and
feast
all
thy
spiritual
Senses
with
an
unspeakable
delight
,
for
I
shall
be
both
thy
gracious
and
grateful
object
;
I
shall
be
a
mirrour
to
the
sight
,
musick
to
the
ear
,
sweetness
to
the
tast
,
balsom
to
the
smell
,
flowers
to
the
touch
.
Here
In
fine
,
there
shall
be
the
clear
sight
of
Summer
,
the
pleasantness
of
the
Spring
,
the
abundance
of
Autumn
,
and
the
repose
of
winter
.
But
O
man
!
John
the
Baptist
,
others
will
say
perhaps
that
I
am
Elias
;
others
that
I
am
Jeremiah
,
or
some
one
of
the
Prophets
.
Ibid.
v.
15.
Some
will
think
that
it
's
a
folly
for
mortals
to
expect
admittance
to
my
Kingdom
,
because
that
after
my
Resurrection
I
refus'd
the
Magdalen
leave
to
touch
me
,
or
to
lay
her
hand
upon
any
part
of
my
garment
.
But
what
dost
thou
say
of
me
,
and
of
my
glorious
Residence
?
MAN
.
I
Say
,
Beauty
,
Agility
,
Fortitude
,
and
Perpetuity
.
As
for
the
first
gift
,
which
is
Beauty
,
thou
hast
thy self
declar'd
that
the
Just
shall
shine
as
the
Sun
in
the
Kingdom
of
their
Father
.
The
second
is
Agility
and
this
prerogative
of
the
Just
is
no
less
then
the
former
,
for
by
this
,
their
flesh
is
free'd
from
that
lumpish
&
heavy
weight
which
kept
their
Spirits
fetter'd
whilst
they
remain'd
in
this
life
,
and
made
as
light
even
as
the
Angels
themselves
,
who
pass
from
one
extremity
of
the
world
to
the
other
in
the
twinkling
of
an
eye
;
the
third
gift
is
Supernatural
Strength
,
which
does
so
abound
in
a
glorifi'd
body
,
that
he
shall
be
able
to
move
the
whole
globe
of
the
Earth
,
at
thy
command
,
and
give
us
a
dry
passage
through
the
main
Ocean
,
with
as
much
ease
as
thy
Angel
did
to
the
People
of
Israel
through
the
red
Seas
,
to
avoid
the
Rage
and
fury
of
their
pursuing
Enemys
.
The
fourth
is
I
enetration
,
whereby
he
shall
be
able
to
penetrate
any
other
bodies
tho'never
so
hard
,
or
massy
,
and
make
nothing
to
peirce
Walls
,
Doors
,
the
Earth
,
and
the
very
Firmament
,
tho'
it
were
made
of
Brass
;
This
thy
glorifi'd
body
has
perform'd
after
thy
Resurrection
,
for
thou
didst
penetrate
the
house
where
thy
Disciples
were
,
the
Doors
being
all
shut
,
and
at
thy
Ascension
thou
didst
penetrate
the
Heavens
also
.
The
fifth
prerogative
is
absolute
Health
free
from
all
pains
of
this
life
,
quit
of
all
diseases
,
troubles
,
incumbrances
,
and
all
other
infirmitys
incident
to
humane
nature
,
and
shall
be
perpetually
fix'd
in
a
most
perfect
and
flourishing
state
of
health
and
felicity
,
in
no
way
liable
to
the
least
alteration
for
ever
.
The
sixth
is
Delight
and
Pleasure
,
which
shall
be
heap'd
upon
a
glorifi'd
body
to
that
degree
,
that
all
his
senses
shall
finde
their
peculiar
and
proper
objects
in
a
far
more
delicious
manner
then
ever
they
could
expect
in
this
world
;
for
his
eyes
shall
be
for
ever
recreated
with
the
beatifical
vision
,
and
with
the
sight
of
the
most
glorious
and
beautiful
bodies
of
all
the
Saints
.
One
Sun
is
enough
to
bring
a
full
joy
over
the
whole
continent
of
the
Earth
,
as
also
to
depress
the
raging
waves
of
the
main
Ocean
,
in
its
greatest
fury
;
it
revives
the
mortifi'd
grain
,
and
makes
it
appear
with
it's
green
blades
to
assure
the
Labourer
of
it's
being
alive
,
and
sets
at
liberty
all
those
varieties
of
flowers
and
simples
,
which
the
cold
season
of
winter
kept
a
long
time
in
it's
prisons
of
Ice
;
what
joy
then
shall
a
blessed
Soul
conceive
when
he
beholds
as
many
Suns
as
there
are
Saints
?
and
when
he
sees
himself
to
be
one
of
them
;
when
he
sees
his
hands
,
his
feet
,
and
the
rest
of
his
members
,
to
cast
forth
beams
clearer
then
even
the
Sun
in
it's
full
height
.
His
ears
shall
be
replenish'd
with
the
most
harmonious
Songs
and
Musick
of
so
many
Quires
of
Angels
,
of
so
many
millions
of
Saints
,
and
of
so
many
hundred
thousands
of
heavenly
Spirits
:
as
St.
John
in
many
several
places
of
his
Revelations
makes
mention
of
;
O
my
Soul
!
here
I
would
have
thee
stay
a
while
,
and
consider
seriously
what
a
great
satisfaction
this
is
to
the
blessed
:
If
the
harp
of
David
were
so
delightful
to
Saul
,
and
had
so
great
a
power
as
to
asswage
the
fury
of
his
passion
,
and
to
recal
him
from
that
melancholy
fit
,
of
which
the
Devil
made
use
to
destroy
his
Soul
.
If
the
Lyre
of
Orpheus
was
able
to
operate
such
great
prodigies
in
the
World
;
and
to
win
the
hearts
not
only
of
men
,
but
also
of
the
Infernal
Spirits
(
if
we
may
believe
Poets
)
who
tell
us
that
he
recover'd
his
Wife
out
of
their
clutches
with
the
sweetness
of
his
melodious
instruments
:
If
St.
Francis
thought
himself
already
in
Heaven
hearing
an
Angel
play
on
his
instrument
,
what
pleasure
,
what
delight
will
a
blessed
Soul
have
when
he
hears
the
sweet
harmony
of
so
many
thousands
of
Angels
together
?
Tradition
which
gives
life
to
the
best
of
Historys
,
informs
us
that
the
singing
of
one
little
bird
alone
,
ravish'd
a
devout
Monk
to
that
degree
that
three
hundred
years
seem'd
no
more
to
him
then
three
hours
,
what
a
sweetness
will
it
be
to
hear
the
melody
of
those
Songs
,
which
the
innumerable
citizens
of
that
heavenly
Jerusalem
sing
in
praise
of
thee
,
their
eternal
King
!
his
smell
shall
be
recreated
with
the
most
odoriferous
scent
which
comes
from
those
beautiful
bodies
,
infinitely
more
sweet
then
all
the
perfumes
of
the
Indies
.
In
fine
,
the
whole
glorifi'd
body
shall
be
fill'd
with
abundance
of
all
kind
of
consolation
;
the
Eyes
,
the
Ears
,
the
Nose
,
the
Mouth
,
the
Hands
,
the
Throat
,
the
Lungs
,
the
Heart
,
the
Stomach
,
the
Back
,
nay
,
the
very
Intrals
,
and
every
part
of
the
Body
,
The
Seventh
and
last
prerogative
of
a
glorifi'd
body
is
what
the
Divines
call
.
Perpetuity
,
that
is
security
of
life
,
which
agrees
well
with
that
place
of
Scripture
,
where
't
is
said
,
the
Just
will
live
for
ever
;
and
St.
Paul
avers
,
Sweet
is
the
cool
evening
after
the
hot
summers
day
,
sweet
is
the
fountain
to
the
weary
Traveller
,
sweet
is
the
rest
and
sleep
to
the
tir'd
Servant
;
but
much
more
sweet
is
it
to
the
Saints
in
Heaven
,
to
enjoy
ease
after
their
manifold
troubles
,
tranquility
after
their
afflictions
and
crosses
,
peace
after
their
long
&
tedious
war
;
Security
after
all
their
dangers
,
and
rest
after
all
their
pains
and
travels
.
For
then
all
their
grievances
are
at
an
end
;
then
their
Skirmishes
,
and
conflicts
with
their
Enemies
are
laid
aside
,
there
's
no
more
talk
of
them
,
they
lay
down
their
Arms
for
ever
,
and
remain
in
peace
.
The
Children
of
Israel
went
forth
arm'd
towards
the
Land
of
promise
,
John
the
Baptist
did
leap
with
joy
at
his
approaching
towards
him
in
his
Mothers
womb
,
what
an
ocean
of
joy
will
now
or'ewhelm
his
heart
,
when
he
sees
him
face
to
face
in
his
royal
and
eternal
Kingdom
?
O
says
the
same
Saint
!
to
be
admitted
into
thy
presence
O
Lord
,
and
to
receive
the
beams
of
glory
from
the
splendour
of
thy
Majesty
,
surpasses
all
other
joy
and
felicity
that
the
Saints
possess
in
Heaven
,
and
were
I
to
suffer
torments
every
day
,
yea
,
and
the
very
pains
of
Hell
for
a
time
,
thereby
to
gain
thy
vision
in
Heaven
,
and
to
be
united
in
glory
to
the
number
of
thy
Saints
;
it
were
nothing
to
the
greatness
and
excellency
of
the
reward
,
but
alas
!
how
far
am
I
from
the
feelings
of
this
most
learn'd
and
holy
man
.
I
am
like
a
Child
that
longs
and
crys
for
an
apple
,
but
will
not
take
the
pains
to
come
for
it
,
or
like
a
Ship
that
is
bound
for
a
certain
harbour
,
and
steers
the
quite
contrary
way
,
or
like
a
Cat
that
loves
fish
,
but
will
not
wet
her
paw
to
fetch
it
out
of
the
water
:
I
love
●●ee
O
Lord
!
but
will
not
surmount
the
least
difficulty
to
purchase
thy
glory
;
I
aim
,
and
my
desire
is
to
land
in
the
safe
harbour
of
Heaven
,
but
I
run
a
quite
contrary
course
;
SAVIOVR
.
THe
only
way
to
be
happy
for
ever
,
is
to
lead
a
virtuous
life
without
any
intermission
,
not
in
parts
,
or
with
intervals
;
for
this
is
losing
of
ground
.
Thou
art
to
press
on
,
and
persevere
;
for
if
thou
dost
discontinue
thy
course
,
when
wilt
thou
come
to
pronounce
these
words
?
I
am
a
Conquerour
:
not
a
Conquerour
of
barbarous
Enemies
,
and
Salvage
Nations
;
but
of
my
own
predominant
and
unruly
passions
,
of
my
vicious
and
evil
inclinations
;
of
my
Avarice
,
Ambition
,
and
Lusts
which
have
subjected
even
the
greatest
of
Conquerours
.
Who
was
a
greater
then
Alexander
,
that
extended
his
Empire
from
Thracia
,
to
the
utmost
bounds
of
the
Earth
?
but
yet
he
burnt
Persepolis
at
the
request
of
a
Prostitute
,
to
gratifie
his
Lust
.
'T
is
true
he
overcame
Darius
,
and
slew
many
thousands
of
the
Persians
;
yet
he
has
murther'd
Calisthenes
:
and
that
single
blot
has
tarnish'd
all
the
glory
of
his
great
and
numerous
victories
.
All
the
wishes
of
mortals
,
and
all
the
benefits
which
they
can
either
give
or
receive
,
are
very
little
available
to
a
happy
life
.
Those
things
which
the
common
People
gape
after
are
transitory
and
vain
;
whereas
happiness
is
permanent
;
nor
is
it
to
be
estimated
by
number
,
measure
,
or
parts
:
for
it
is
full
,
and
perfect
;
this
is
Seneca
the
moral
Philosophers
discourse
;
which
should
make
thee
,
O
Christian
man
!
blush
to
set
so
slender
an
estimate
upon
my
glory
,
and
upon
the
everlasting
happiness
which
I
promise
unto
thee
,
if
thou
wilt
resolve
to
lead
a
virtuous
and
godly
life
,
and
depress
thy
passions
with
the
dint
of
mortification
and
Pennance
;
but
thou
dost
not
answer
my
expectation
,
and
yet
wouldst
fain
be
admitted
into
my
glory
at
a
cheaper
rate
then
I
had
it
my self
.
This
Pagan
Philosopher
shall
rise
in
Judgement
against
thee
;
and
his
following
expressions
will
certainly
condemn
the
little
care
thou
hast
of
thy
Salvation
.
I
do
not
,
says
he
,
speak
as
if
my self
were
arriv'd
at
that
blessed
state
of
repose
:
but
yet
it
is
something
to
be
on
the
mending
hand
.
It
is
with
me
,
as
with
a
man
that
's
creeping
out
of
a
disease
;
he
feels
yet
some
grudgings
of
it
,
he
is
every
foot
examining
his
pulse
;
and
suspects
every
touch
of
heat
to
be
a
relick
of
his
fevour
:
Just
at
that
rate
,
am
I
jealous
of
my self
.
The
best
remedy
that
I
know
in
this
case
,
is
to
go
on
with
confidence
,
and
not
to
be
misled
by
the
errors
of
other
People
.
It
is
with
our
manners
,
as
with
our
healths
;
't
is
a
degree
of
virtue
,
the
abating
of
vice
,
as
it
is
a
degree
of
health
,
the
abating
of
a
fit
.
Could
a
Christian
speak
better
;
or
more
to
the
purpose
?
could
he
take
a
more
assured
way
to
prevent
the
increase
of
vice
,
then
what
he
prescribes
?
Hear
him
once
more
speak
;
some
says
he
,
will
place
their
happiness
in
wealth
;
some
in
the
liberty
of
the
body
;
and
others
in
the
pleasure
of
the
sense
,
and
Palate
.
But
what
are
mettals
,
Tasts
,
Sounds
,
or
colours
,
to
the
minde
of
a
reasonable
creature
?
he
that
sets
his
heart
upon
the
riches
of
this
world
the
very
fear
of
poverty
will
be
grievous
to
him
.
He
that
's
ambitious
,
shall
be
gall'd
with
envy
at
a
man
that
's
prefer'd
before
him
:
For
in
that
case
,
he
that
is
not
first
,
is
last
.
I
do
not
,
says
he
,
speak
against
Riches
:
for
if
they
hurt
a
man
't
is
his
own
folly
:
they
may
be
indeed
the
cause
of
mischief
;
as
they
are
a
temptation
to
those
that
do
it
.
Instead
of
courage
they
may
inspire
a
man
with
arrogance
;
and
instead
of
magnanimity
,
with
insolence
;
which
is
in
truth
but
the
counterfiet
of
heroick
mindes
,
and
where
's
the
happiness
of
Luxury
;
when
a
man
divides
his
life
betwixt
the
Kitchen
,
and
the
stews
;
betwixt
an
anxious
conscience
,
and
a
naufeous
Stomach
?
Caliguia
,
was
born
to
shew
the
world
what
mischief
might
be
done
by
a
concurrence
of
great
wickedness
,
and
a
great
fortune
:
he
spent
near
10000
l.
Sterling
upon
a
Supper
.
The
works
and
inventions
of
Luxury
are
indeed
prodigious
,
not
only
in
the
counterfieting
of
nature
,
but
even
in
surpassing
it
.
The
Romans
had
their
brooks
even
in
their
very
parlours
,
and
found
their
dinners
under
their
Tables
.
The
Mullet
was
reckon'd
stale
unless
it
dy'd
in
the
hand
of
the
Guiest
,
And
they
had
their
glasses
to
put
them
into
,
that
they
might
the
better
observe
all
the
changes
,
and
motions
of
them
in
the
last
Agony
betwixt
life
and
Death
.
So
that
they
fed
their
eyes
,
before
their
bodies
.
These
people
would
not
have
given
themselves
half
this
trouble
with
a
dying
friend
;
nay
,
they
would
leave
a
Father
or
a
Brother
at
his
last
hour
,
to
entertain
themselves
with
the
barbarous
spectacle
of
an
expiring
Fish
.
O
man
!
thou
art
a
Christian
,
and
one
that
pretends
to
the
height
of
perfection
,
which
is
to
follow
me
,
and
ground
thy
life
as
well
upon
my
councels
,
as
upon
my
examples
;
thou
hast
in
thy
Baptism
made
a
solemn
oath
to
have
an
everlasting
abhorrence
of
the
world
,
the
flesh
and
the
Devil
,
thou
hast
renounc'd
them
for
ever
;
thou
hast
declar'd
thy self
an
Enemy
to
all
sorts
of
vice
,
yet
thou
art
more
a
slave
to
them
then
ever
the
Romans
were
to
their
bellies
,
so
that
I
verily
believe
,
had
this
Pagan
Philosopher
been
now
alive
,
and
seen
the
liberty
that
Christians
take
to
run
headlong
into
disorders
,
and
debauchery
,
he
would
conclude
their
Religion
to
be
far
worse
then
that
of
the
Romans
,
which
was
no
other
then
to
indulge
their
bodies
in
all
that
might
be
pleasing
to
their
Palate
.
Let
him
yet
speak
more
of
his
minde
to
the
Romans
,
and
thou
shalt
finde
that
what
enormities
he
lays
to
their
charge
,
is
now
adays
the
common
practise
of
Christians
.
That
says
he
,
which
enhances
the
esteem
of
every
thing
,
is
the
price
of
it
:
In
so
much
,
that
water
it self
,
which
ought
to
be
gratuitous
,
is
expos'd
to
sale
,
in
their
Conservatories
of
Ice
,
and
Snow
.
Nay
,
we
are
troubl'd
that
we
cann't
buy
breath
,
light
,
and
that
we
have
the
Air
it self
gratis
.
And
if
our
conditions
be
evil
,
our
trouble
is
,
that
nature
has
left
something
to
us
in
common
:
But
Luxury
contrives
ways
to
set
a
price
upon
the
most
necessary
and
communicable
benefits
in
nature
:
even
those
benefits
,
which
are
free
to
Birds
,
and
Beasts
,
as
well
as
to
men
;
and
serve
indifferently
for
the
use
of
the
most
Sluggish
Creatures
.
But
how
chances
it
,
that
fountain-water
is
not
cool
enough
to
serve
us
,
unless
it
be
bound
up
in
Ice
?
So
long
as
the
Stomach
is
moderatly
satisfi'd
,
Nature
discharges
her
functions
without
trouble
:
but
when
the
blood
comes
to
be
inflam'd
with
excess
of
wine
,
or
the
Stomach
overcharg'd
with
meat
,
simple
water
is
not
cool
enough
to
Allay
it's
heat
;
then
we
are
forc'd
to
make
use
of
remedyes
,
which
remedies
themselves
are
vices
.
And
this
is
the
product
of
heaping
Suppers
upon
Dinners
,
and
Dinners
upon
Suppers
without
intermission
.
The
natural
thirst
,
(
be
it
never
so
vehement
,
and
not
deriv'd
from
libidinous
actions
)
is
easily
quench'd
with
a
draught
of
water
,
tho'
it
be
of
the
River
it
will
suffice
;
but
,
when
the
palate
is
grown
squeemish
,
we
taste
nothing
;
&
that
which
we
take
for
thirst
,
is
only
the
rage
of
a
Fevour
,
or
some
other
distemper
acquir'd
by
disorder
:
Even
the
very
Women
are
in
some
measure
guilty
of
this
extravagance
,
for
tho'
they
have
not
alter'd
their
natures
,
they
have
chang'd
the
course
of
their
lives
;
and
by
taking
the
liberties
of
men
,
they
partake
as
well
of
their
diseases
,
as
of
their
wickedness
.
They
sit
up
late
,
drink
as
much
,
nay
,
in
their
very
Appetites
they
are
as
masculine
too
;
in
a
word
,
they
have
lost
the
modesty
,
and
other
advantages
of
their
Sex
,
by
their
vices
.
O
man
!
are
not
these
the
abominations
and
Crimes
now
in
vogue
,
in
that
corrupt
and
licentious
Age
thou
liv'st
in
?
What
this
good
moral
Philosoper
blames
in
the
Romans
,
is
it
not
the
common
practice
of
Christians
now
a
days
,
nay
,
they
are
guilty
of
far
greater
crimes
;
for
they
do
not
only
pamper
their
Lusts
,
but
provoke
them
;
as
if
they
were
to
learn
the
very
art
of
voluptuousness
.
And
wherein
is
their
corrupt
nature
depress'd
all
this
while
?
for
I
see
nothing
deny'd
to
their
craving
Appetites
,
no
violence
us'd
to
their
sensuality
,
no
bounds
set
to
their
womanish
desires
.
They
give
all
the
best
entertainment
they
can
to
their
bodies
,
and
take
no
care
at
all
of
their
Souls
.
It
is
with
them
as
with
an
innocent
that
a
certain
Noble-man
had
in
his
Family
;
She
became
blind
on
a
Sudden
,
and
no
body
could
perswade
her
she
was
blind
;
she
could
not
endure
the
house
(
she
said
)
it
was
so
dark
,
and
was
still
calling
to
go
abroad
.
That
which
the
people
laugh'd
at
in
her
,
is
found
to
be
true
in
the
greatest
part
of
mankinde
:
They
are
Covetous
,
Luxurious
,
Ambitious
,
and
what
not
?
but
the
world
shall
never
bring
them
to
acknowledge
it
.
Nay
,
they
are
the
worst
of
the
two
;
for
that
blinde
fool
call'd
for
a
guide
,
and
they
wander
about
without
any
,
and
which
is
worse
,
they
will
have
none
,
It
's
a
hard
matter
to
cure
those
that
will
not
believe
they
are
sick
.
This
is
thy
case
O
man
!
thou
hast
been
told
often
of
thy
desperate
condition
;
and
how
thy
Soul
is
in
danger
to
be
lost
for
ever
;
unless
that
thou
dost
comply
with
my
instructions
,
and
break
off
that
sinful
yoak
of
Satan
,
that
brings
thee
by
one
evil
to
make
way
for
another
.
Thou
wert
told
that
the
Kingdome
of
Heaven
suffers
violence
,
&
that
to
become
an
Inhabitant
thereof
,
thou
must
of
necessity
struggle
with
thy
Passions
,
and
overcome
them
too
,
which
is
to
destroy
a
numerous
company
of
Monsters
,
and
the
most
glorious
action
that
can
be
undertaken
.
Horatius
Cocles
oppos'd
his
single
body
to
a
whole
Army
,
till
the
Bridge
was
cut
down
behinde
him
,
and
then
leap'd
into
the
River
,
with
his
Sword
in
his
hand
,
and
came
off
safe
to
his
own
party
;
this
was
a
generous
act
indeed
;
but
it
is
a
more
noble
exploit
to
subdue
thy
corrupt
nature
,
thou
dost
signalize
thy self
,
when
thou
art
become
thine
own
Master
,
and
triumphs
over
thy
passions
,
which
have
vanquish'd
the
greatest
Conquerors
of
the
world
;
when
thou
shalt
stand
like
another
Hercules
and
beat
down
those
inbred
monsters
of
thy
old
man
,
with
as
much
courage
,
as
he
did
subdue
the
Hidra's
,
and
Minotaures
,
then
thou
wilt
arrive
at
the
highest
piteh
of
felicity
.
Be
not
surpriz'd
that
I
call
thy
Passions
Monsters
of
nature
,
for
they
are
not
only
monstrous
in
themselves
,
but
they
make
the
mind
that
is
harrass'd
with
them
very
deform'd
and
most
miserable
to
boot
;
for
they
leave
no
place
either
for
Councel
or
friendship
,
honesty
or
good
manners
;
no
place
either
for
the
exercise
of
reason
,
or
for
the
Offices
of
life
.
If
I
were
to
describe
the
Passion
of
anger
,
which
is
the
common
distemper
of
all
mankinde
,
I
would
draw
a
Tiger
bath'd
in
bloud
,
sharp
set
,
and
ready
to
take
a
leap
at
his
prey
,
or
dress
it
up
as
the
Poets
represent
their
furys
,
with
whips
,
Snakes
,
and
flames
:
It
should
be
sour
,
livid
,
full
of
Scars
,
and
wallowing
in
gore
,
raging
up
and
down
,
destroying
,
grinning
,
bellowing
,
and
pursuing
;
sick
of
all
other
things
,
and
most
of
all
of
it self
.
It
turns
beauty
into
deformity
,
and
the
calmest
councels
into
fierceness
;
It
disorders
the
very
garments
of
those
that
are
slaves
to
it
,
and
fills
their
mindes
with
horror
:
How
abominable
must
it
be
in
the
Soul
then
,
when
it
appears
so
hideous
even
through
the
bones
,
the
skin
,
and
so
many
impediments
.
Is
he
not
a
monster
of
a
man
that
has
lost
the
government
of
himself
;
and
is
toss'd
hither
and
thither
by
his
Raging
fury
,
as
by
a
tempest
?
He
is
the
executioner
of
his
own
revenge
,
both
with
his
heart
and
hand
;
and
the
murtherer
of
his
nearest
friends
.
The
smallest
matter
will
blow
him
up
to
that
degree
that
he
is
altogether
insociable
,
and
inaccessible
;
He
does
all
things
by
violence
as
well
upon
himself
,
as
others
.
It
may
be
then
very
well
call'd
the
master
of
all
Passions
,
being
't
is
the
most
hard
to
be
surmounted
.
Yet
Heathens
without
the
assistance
of
my
grace
,
or
knowledge
of
my
glory
,
have
wholly
subdu'd
this
predominate
Passion
,
encourag'd
thereunto
only
by
a
popular
applause
,
and
to
get
the
esteem
of
being
perfect
Philosophers
.
Plato
was
about
to
strike
his
Servant
,
and
while
his
hand
was
in
the
Air
,
he
check'd
himself
,
but
still
held
it
in
that
menacing
posture
;
being
taken
notice
of
,
and
ask'd
what
he
meant
:
I
am
now
,
says
he
,
punishing
of
an
angry
man
.
Another
time
his
Servant
having
committed
a
great
fault
;
pray
says
he
to
his
friend
,
do
you
beat
that
fellow
,
for
I
am
angry
;
for
he
did
not
think
it
fit
that
a
Servant
should
be
in
his
power
;
that
is
not
his
own
master
.
Socrates
when
he
was
angry
,
would
take
himself
in
it
,
and
speak
low
,
in
opposition
to
the
motions
of
his
displeasure
.
O
man
!
thou
art
promis'd
a
crown
of
glory
in
Heaven
if
thou
wilt
subdue
thy
passions
on
Earth
;
Thou
art
assur'd
to
sit
at
my
Table
,
and
to
enjoy
my
presence
for
ever
,
so
be
,
that
thou
dost
subdue
thy
evil
inclinations
,
and
keep
them
always
in
subjection
,
yet
these
powerful
motives
are
not
sufficient
to
Stir
up
thy
drooping
courage
to
so
glorious
an
action
,
and
so
much
to
thine
own
advantage
;
whereas
these
Heathens
have
got
the
better
of
them
all
,
only
for
to
be
applauded
by
the
people
,
and
to
obtain
the
credit
of
being
perfect
Philosophers
;
I
tell
thee
for
a
certain
truth
that
they
shall
rise
in
Judgment
with
this
generation
of
cow-hearted
Christians
,
The
Histories
are
full
of
perillous
and
desperate
enterprizes
,
and
all
for
temporal
rewards
.
In
the
beginning
of
the
civil
wars
which
the
Senate
of
Rome
carried
on
against
Cajus
and
Fulvius
Gracchuus
,
the
Consul
Opimus
by
publick
Edict
promis'd
,
that
whosoever
should
bring
him
the
head
of
Cajus
Gracchus
,
should
receive
for
reward
it's
weight
in
gold
.
Setimuleyus
undertakes
the
work
,
and
cuts
of
the
head
of
Gracchus
with
the
manifest
danger
of
his
own
life
,
and
fills
the
hollow
places
thereof
with
melted
lead
to
have
the
more
weight
of
Gold
.
But
my
promises
far
exceed
this
,
being
I
give
for
less
labour
,
and
for
a
trouble
as
light
as
a
feather
,
an
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
nay
,
for
a
draught
of
water
;
for
that
which
is
but
vile
,
and
lasts
but
for
a
moment
:
I
give
that
which
is
of
inestimable
price
,
and
is
to
continue
for
all
Eternity
.
With
that
which
is
no
more
worth
then
a
Straw
,
thou
mayst
purchase
my
glory
,
for
all
the
felicities
,
all
the
riches
,
and
Earthly
delights
are
no
more
then
a
Straw
compar'd
to
it
.
Certainly
thou
wouldst
look
upon
him
to
be
a
meer
fool
,
that
would
not
give
a
chip
for
an
hundred
weight
of
Gold
;
This
is
thy
great
folly
O
man
!
thou
wilt
not
go
through
the
least
of
difficultys
,
nor
give
a
smal
share
of
thy
worldly
Substance
to
the
poor
and
distress'd
for
the
purchase
of
Heaven
.
Cyrus
to
encourage
his
Soldiers
in
his
war
against
the
Medes
made
them
a
Sumptuous
Banquet
,
with
a
promise
to
give
them
Gold
and
Silver
in
abundance
,
if
they
had
subdu'd
that
effeminate
Nation
;
if
this
motive
was
sufficient
to
make
a
barbarous
People
prefer
a
doubtful
reward
before
a
certain
and
hazardous
labour
;
why
should
not
a
certain
reward
and
infinitely
greater
then
the
labour
provoke
thee
,
and
all
mankinde
to
the
conquest
of
Heaven
?
Compare
the
banquet
which
I
am
to
to
exhibit
to
all
my
belov'd
in
Heaven
,
unto
that
which
Cyrus
gave
unto
his
whole
Army
,
the
pleasures
of
my
Kingdom
with
the
troubles
,
and
displeasures
of
this
life
,
the
joys
above
with
the
sorrows
below
,
the
riches
and
treasures
of
Paradise
,
with
the
little
labour
and
pains
which
thou
dost
take
in
my
Service
,
and
for
which
thou
art
promis'd
eternal
glory
as
a
reward
,
thou
shalt
finde
as
much
difference
as
there
is
betwixt
a
dead
body
full
of
worms
,
stench
,
and
corruption
,
and
a
glorious
body
,
exceeding
the
Sun
in
brightness
,
the
Heavens
in
beauty
,
and
in
sweetness
the
most
odoriferous
and
purest
Roses
,
or
Lillies
.
It
s
therefore
my
Apostle
says
,
that
all
which
men
can
suffer
in
this
life
,
is
no
way
worthy
of
the
glory
which
is
entail'd
upon
my
Elect.
No
,
the
Stupendious
mortifications
and
pennances
of
St.
Simon
Stylites
,
the
Austeritys
of
St.
Romualdus
,
the
poverty
and
nakedness
of
St.
Francis
,
the
manifold
torments
and
tortures
of
all
the
martyrs
,
are
no
more
in
comparison
of
my
glory
then
is
the
taking
up
of
a
Straw
for
the
gaining
of
an
Earthly
Empire
.
David
declares
that
the
first
man
that
should
encouuter
the
Jebuseans
,
as
being
the
most
daring
and
warlike
of
all
his
enemies
,
should
be
made
General
,
Joab
hears
of
it
,
and
expos'd
his
life
to
obtain
that
honour
at
the
price
of
his
bloud
.
Saul
offers
his
Daughter
in
marriage
to
him
that
should
overcome
the
Giant
Goliah
;
David
embraces
the
motion
,
&
slights
all
danger
to
purchase
so
great
a
reward
.
Seneca
wonder'd
at
what
Soldiers
did
,
and
suffer'd
for
so
short
and
transitory
Kingdoms
as
are
those
of
the
world
,
and
that
not
for
themselves
neither
,
but
for
another
,
much
more
might
he
wonder
that
the
sufferings
&
labours
of
this
life
by
which
Christians
are
to
gain
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
,
not
for
strangers
,
but
for
themselves
,
should
seem
so
great
and
so
grievous
unto
them
,
as
they
make
appear
by
their
unwillingness
to
undergoe
the
least
trouble
for
so
great
a
purchase
.
But
I
must
attribute
their
failings
herein
to
their
little
estimate
of
so
precious
a
Jewel
;
Chryso
.
Tom.
5.
Hom.
19.
Vincent
Martyr
was
nothing
inferiour
to
him
either
in
love
,
courage
,
greatness
of
minde
,
and
fervour
of
spirit
,
hear
how
daring
he
speaks
to
Dacianus
the
President
,
and
see
with
what
joy
,
and
Patience
he
suffers
his
torments
.
The
Tyrant
orders
him
to
be
hoist
up
high
upon
a
Rack
,
and
after
a
jeering
way
ask'd
him
where
he
was
,
to
which
he
answer'd
with
a
smiling
countenance
;
I
am
aloft
,
and
thence
do
despise
thee
,
who
art
insolent
and
puff'd
up
with
the
power
thou
hast
upon
Earth
;
Being
after
menac'd
with
more
torments
far
exceeding
the
cruelty
of
the
former
,
he
said
,
me
thinks
Dacianus
,
thou
dost
not
threaten
,
but
court
me
with
what
I
desire
with
all
the
powers
and
faculties
of
my
Soul
.
And
when
they
tore
his
flesh
with
hooks
and
pinchers
,
and
burnt
him
with
firebrands
,
and
flaming
torches
,
he
cry'd
out
with
joy
,
in
vain
thou
weariest
rhy
self
Dacianus
,
thou
canst
not
imagine
torments
so
horrid
which
I
could
not
suffer
.
Know
then
O
man
!
that
Prisons
,
Pinchers
,
burning
plates
of
Iron
,
and
death
it self
are
unto
good
Christians
recreations
,
rather
then
torments
,
and
if
thou
beest
of
the
number
of
them
,
thou
wilt
be
likewise
of
the
same
opinion
.
MAN
.
I
am
as
much
perplex'd
,
O
Lord
!
at
thy
discourse
as
was
the
man
of
the
Gospel
to
hear
his
Master
accuse
him
of
injustice
,
and
threaten
to
turn
him
out
of
his
Stewardship
;
what
shall
I
do
,
I
am
a
Christian
,
In
fine
,
I
am
made
all
things
to
all
men
,
that
I
might
by
all
means
save
some
.
This
is
my
incumbent
duty
,
but
alas
!
I
am
far
short
of
it
,
and
this
brings
a
bl●s●
on
my
face
;
when
I
see
a
Pagan-Philosopher
preach
and
practice
the
same
.
'T
is
every
man's
duty
,
says
Seneca
,
to
make
himself
profitable
to
mankinde
,
if
he
can
,
to
many
;
if
not
,
to
fewer
;
if
not
so
neither
,
to
his
neighbours
,
but
however
to
himself
.
There
are
two
Republicks
,
a
great
one
,
which
is
humane
nature
;
and
a
less
,
which
is
the
place
where
we
are
born
:
some
serve
both
at
a
time
;
some
only
the
greater
;
and
some
again
only
the
less
:
The
greater
may
be
serv'd
in
privacy
,
Solitude
,
contemplation
,
&
perchance
that
way
better
then
any
other
:
But
it
was
th'
intent
of
nature
however
,
that
we
should
serve
both
.
A
good
man
may
serve
the
Publick
,
his
friend
,
and
himself
too
,
in
any
Station
:
If
he
be
not
for
the
Sword
,
let
him
take
the
Gown
;
if
the
Bar
does
not
agree
with
him
,
let
him
try
the
Pulpit
;
If
he
be
silenc'd
abroad
,
let
him
give
Counsel
at
home
;
and
discharge
the
part
of
a
faithful
friend
,
and
a
Temperate
companion
.
When
he
is
no
longer
a
Citizen
,
he
is
yet
a
man
;
the
whole
world
is
his
Country
,
and
humane
nature
never
wants
matter
to
work
upon
:
But
,
if
nothing
will
serve
a
man
in
the
civil
Government
,
unless
he
be
prime
Minister
;
or
in
the
Field
,
but
to
command
in
Chief
,
't
is
his
own
fault
.
The
common
Soldier
,
where
he
cann't
use
his
hands
,
fights
with
his
very
looks
;
his
example
,
his
encouragement
,
his
voice
:
and
stands
his
ground
even
when
he
has
lost
his
hands
:
and
does
service
too
with
his
very
clamour
;
so
that
in
any
condition
whatsoever
,
he
still
discharges
the
duty
of
a
good
Patriot
.
Nay
,
he
that
spends
his
time
well
,
even
in
a
retirement
,
gives
a
great
example
:
we
may
inlarge
indeed
,
or
contract
,
according
to
the
circumstances
of
time
,
place
,
or
abilitys
;
but
above
all
things
,
we
must
be
sure
to
keep
our selves
in
action
;
for
he
that
is
sloathful
is
dead
even
while
he
lives
.
All
this
is
most
consonant
to
St.
Pauls
doctrine
,
and
to
the
feelings
of
all
good
Christians
,
but
alas
!
't
is
quite
contrary
to
what
I
practise
(
to
my
shame
be
it
spoken
)
and
I
much
fear
it
will
appear
in
judgment
against
me
in
that
dreadful
day
of
thy
just
indignation
and
wrath
.
O
Lord
!
thou
hast
made
me
a
watch-man
unto
the
house
of
Israel
,
&
hast
laid
a
strict
obligation
on
me
to
depress
vice
,
and
hinder
the
growth
thereof
,
within
the
precincts
,
of
my
Jurisdiction
,
as
well
by
word
,
as
by
good
examples
;
but
alas
!
unfaithful
,
and
cow-hearted
wretch
as
I
am
,
for
fear
of
loosing
a
Benefice
,
or
incurring
the
displeasure
of
great
Persons
,
of
whom
I
depend
for
a
livelyhood
,
I
silence
their
faults
,
and
wink
at
their
debaucheries
,
which
certainly
will
redound
to
my
grand
confusion
,
and
the
rather
,
because
that
Pagans
have
acted
otherwise
.
Was
there
ever
so
desperate
a
state
,
as
that
of
Athens
under
the
thirty
Tyrants
;
where
it
was
capital
to
be
honest
;
and
the
Senate-house
turn'd
into
a
Colledge
of
Hangmen
;
never
was
government
so
wretched
,
and
so
hopeless
;
and
yet
Socrates
at
the
same
time
preach'd
Temperance
to
the
Tyrants
,
and
courage
to
the
rest
:
and
afterwards
dy'd
an
eminent
example
of
manliness
and
resolution
,
and
a
Sacrifice
for
the
common
good
.
'T
is
not
the
part
of
a
wiseman
,
says
another
pagan
,
to
stand
shifting
,
and
fencing
with
fortune
,
but
to
oppose
her
bare-fac'd
;
for
he
is
sufficiently
convinc'd
,
that
she
can
do
him
no
hurt
:
she
may
take
away
his
Servants
,
Possessions
,
Dignities
,
&c.
She
may
assault
his
body
,
put
out
his
eyes
,
cut
off
his
hands
,
&
strip
him
of
all
external
comforts
of
life
.
But
what
does
all
this
amount
to
,
more
then
the
recalling
of
a
Trust
,
which
he
has
receiv'd
,
with
condition
to
deliver
it
up
again
upon
demand
?
He
looks
upon
himself
as
precarious
,
and
only
lent
to
himself
,
and
yet
he
does
not
value
himself
ever
the
less
,
because
he
is
not
his
own
;
but
takes
such
care
as
an
honest
man
should
do
of
a
thing
that
is
committed
to
him
in
Trust
.
Whensoever
He
that
lent
me
my self
,
and
what
I
have
,
shall
call
for
all
back
again
,
't
is
not
a
loss
,
but
a
restitution
;
and
I
must
willingly
deliver
up
what
most
undeservedly
was
bestow'd
upon
me
;
and
it
will
become
me
to
return
my
minde
better
then
I
receiv'd
it
.
O
my
Soul
!
wouldst
thou
not
take
this
discourse
to
be
the
products
of
a
patient
Job
on
his
dunghil
,
in
his
mournful
Addresses
to
God
;
or
the
expressions
of
some
eminent
and
illuminate
Saint
in
the
desert
,
rather
then
the
words
of
an
heathen
Philosopher
;
but
what
if
thou
seest
this
supereminent
doctrine
practis'd
by
another
of
the
same
Sect
?
will
it
not
confound
thy
insatiate
desire
of
Earthly
riches
,
thy
great
neglect
of
thy
own
Salvation
,
and
the
little
value
thou
putst
upon
Heaven
,
and
it
's
everlasting
pleasures
?
Demetrius
upon
the
taking
of
Megara
,
ask'd
Stilpo
the
Philosopher
what
he
had
lost
:
nothing
says
he
,
for
I
had
all
that
I
could
call
my
own
about
me
.
And
yet
the
enemy
had
then
made
himself
the
master
of
his
Patrimony
,
his
Children
,
and
his
Country
:
But
these
he
look'd
upon
only
as
adventitious
goods
,
and
under
the
command
of
Fortune
:
Now
he
that
neither
lost
any
thing
,
nor
fear'd
any
thing
in
a
publick
ruine
,
but
was
safe
,
and
at
peace
,
in
the
middle
of
the
flames
,
and
in
the
heat
of
a
military
intemperance
and
fury
;
what
violence
,
or
provocation
imaginable
,
can
put
such
a
man
as
this
out
of
the
possession
of
himself
?
Walls
,
and
Castles
may
be
min'd
and
batter'd
;
but
there
is
no
art
,
or
Engin
,
that
can
subvert
a
steady
minde
:
I
have
made
my
way
(
says
Stilpo
)
through
fire
,
and
bloud
;
what
is
become
of
my
Wife
and
Children
,
I
know
not
;
but
they
are
transitory
blessings
&
Servants
likewise
that
are
accustomed
to
change
their
masters
;
what
was
my
own
before
,
is
my
own
still
;
some
have
lost
their
Estates
;
others
their
dear
bought
Mistresses
;
their
Commissions
and
Offices
;
the
Usurers
have
lost
their
Bonds
and
securities
;
but
,
Demetrius
,
for
my
part
,
I
have
sav'd
all
:
&
do
not
imagine
after
all
this
,
either
that
Demetrius
is
a
conquerour
,
or
that
Stilpo
is
overcome
.
'T
is
only
thy
fortune
has
been
too
hard
for
mine
.
Alexander
took
Babylon
;
Scipio
took
Carthage
;
the
Capitol
was
burnt
:
but
there
's
no
fire
or
violence
that
can
discompose
a
generous
minde
:
Some
perhaps
will
take
this
Character
for
a
Chimera
;
but
they
are
grossly
mistaken
,
for
all
ages
afford
some
,
tho
not
so
many
instances
of
this
elevated
virtue
.
A
good
man
will
do
his
duty
let
it
be
never
so
painful
,
so
hazardous
,
or
never
so
great
a
loss
to
him
;
and
it
is
not
all
the
money
,
the
power
;
and
the
pleasure
in
the
world
;
no
not
any
force
,
or
necessity
,
that
can
make
him
wicked
;
Hear
what
the
noble
and
daring
Mathathias
says
in
the
open
Streets
of
Maden
,
The
Philosopher
I
but
now
spoke
of
,
is
another
instance
of
it
;
I
mean
Stilpo
,
who
,
when
he
had
lost
his
Country
,
his
Wife
,
his
Children
,
the
Town
on
fire
above
his
head
,
himself
scaping
very
hardly
,
and
naked
out
of
the
flames
,
I
have
sav'd
my
Goods
says
he
,
which
are
,
my
Justice
,
my
Courage
,
my
Temperance
,
my
Prudence
;
shewing
by
this
how
much
easier
it
was
to
overcome
a
Nation
,
then
one
Wise
man
.
It
is
a
certain
mark
of
a
brave
minde
(
says
another
Pagan
Philosopher
)
not
to
be
mov'd
by
any
Accidents
,
and
brings
this
President
to
make
good
his
argument
:
The
upper
Region
of
the
Air
admits
neither
clouds
,
nor
Tempest
,
;
the
Thunder
,
Storms
,
and
Meteors
,
are
fram'd
below
;
and
this
is
the
difference
betwixt
a
mean
,
and
an
exalted
minde
:
The
former
is
rude
,
and
tumultuary
;
the
latter
is
modest
,
venerable
,
compos'd
,
and
always
quiet
in
his
station
.
In
a
word
,
it
is
the
conscience
that
pronounces
upon
the
man
whether
he
be
happy
or
miserable
.
Sacriledge
and
Adultery
are
generally
condemn'd
,
yet
how
many
are
there
still
that
do
not
so
much
as
blush
at
the
one
;
and
in
truth
,
that
take
a
glory
in
the
other
?
There
is
nothing
more
common
,
then
for
great
Thieves
to
ride
in
triumph
,
when
the
little
ones
are
punish'd
.
But
let
wickedness
scape
as
it
may
at
the
Bar
,
it
never
fails
of
doing
Justice
upon
it self
;
for
every
guilty
person
is
his
own
hangman
.
O
most
gracious
Saviour
!
the
Godly
feelings
,
and
the
heroick
exploits
of
these
Heathen
Philosophers
have
already
so
confounded
me
that
I
have
not
a
word
to
say
in
my
own
defence
,
and
do
very
much
apprehend
that
my
confusion
will
be
far
greater
in
the
day
of
thy
wrath
,
when
they
shall
all
appear
as
evidences
against
me
,
and
Judge
me
worthy
to
be
their
footstool
in
Hell
for
an
Eternity
,
and
to
be
trampled
on
,
What
shall
I
do
in
this
case
,
Seneca
,
and
Peregrinus
are
more
resolute
in
the
matter
;
Tho'
I
were
certain
,
says
the
former
,
that
men
should
never
know
it
,
and
that
God
would
pardon
me
:
yet
I
would
not
offend
him
for
the
filthiness
of
sin
;
no
,
says
the
latter
;
for
there
is
nothing
can
happen
unto
man
more
horrible
,
and
more
destructive
of
his
fame
and
fortune
then
to
commit
a
Sin
.
Nay
even
those
Philosophers
,
The
sloathful
man
,
says
he
again
,
will
not
sow
in
the
winter
;
for
that
is
cold
,
&
therefore
shall
beg
in
the
Summer
,
and
no
man
shall
take
pity
of
him
.
O
my
Soul
!
this
is
the
very
misfortune
that
came
upon
the
rich
Glutton
,
he
forgot
to
provide
for
his
Soul
in
this
world
,
he
fed
himself
with
all
the
varieties
that
Gold
and
Silver
could
purchase
,
and
had
no
compassion
of
the
poor
:
but
now
he
starves
in
Hell
with
hunger
,
and
dyes
with
thirst
and
none
has
compassion
of
him
.
O
my
Saviour
!
give
us
I
beseech
thee
a
full
discourse
upon
this
Subject
,
for
that
or
nothing
will
do
the
work
with
me
.
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
!
Ap.
c.
18.8
.
Tho'
this
holy
man
was
certain
that
my
Indignation
and
wrath
was
not
against
him
,
yet
seeing
it
so
great
,
and
ready
to
fall
with
all
its
weight
upon
the
criminal
and
guilty
heads
of
Sinners
,
he
had
no
less
then
cause
to
tremble
,
being
that
even
my
looks
put
the
Earth
in
a
quaking
fit
,
and
make
the
Mountains
groan
,
nay
,
they
make
the
Stars
,
and
even
the
Pillars
of
Heaven
to
tremble
;
they
are
astonish'd
at
my
reproof
;
and
why
not
,
being
that
the
Angels
,
and
Archangels
,
the
Cherubins
and
Seraphins
,
the
Principalities
and
Powers
of
Heaven
,
are
all
Struck
into
an
amazement
at
the
very
aspect
of
my
most
dreadful
Majesty
and
angry
countenance
;
not
that
they
fear
to
be
depriv'd
of
their
glory
,
but
because
the
greatness
of
my
indignation
is
such
,
that
they
can't
but
be
astonish'd
at
the
very
sight
of
me
.
By
this
thou
mayst
Judge
,
in
what
a
deplorable
condition
the
Damn'd
will
be
,
for
these
are
the
unhappy
wretches
which
are
to
feel
the
weight
of
my
wrath
;
all
their
plagues
shall
come
upon
them
in
one
day
,
everlasting
death
,
mourning
and
famine
,
shall
be
their
inheritance
for
ever
;
they
shall
be
utterly
burnt
with
fire
;
for
strong
is
the
Lord
God
who
judgeth
them
.
My
Apostle
had
a
sufficient
tryal
of
my
Strength
when
I
forc'd
him
out
of
the
way
of
iniquity
,
If
thou
wilt
examine
Scripture
thou
shalt
finde
there
such
dreadful
effects
of
my
Justice
upon
the
wicked
,
even
in
this
life
,
which
is
the
only
season
for
mercy
,
that
thou
shalt
be
forc'd
to
confess
that
the
pains
of
Hell
must
be
as
intollerable
as
they
are
unspeakable
,
and
that
it
were
better
for
the
dam'd
they
had
never
been
born
,
then
to
endure
them
for
an
Eternity
without
any
hopes
of
redemption
,
or
of
the
least
abatement
.
What
a
terrible
punishment
was
that
of
Dathan
,
and
Abiram
,
and
of
all
their
Complices
,
in
the
sight
of
that
numerous
People
of
Israel
,
at
the
request
of
my
Servant
Moises
,
to
vindicate
his
innocency
,
and
punish
the
wrong
which
was
intended
to
him
by
those
Peoples
rising
in
Rebellion
against
him
,
I
commanded
the
Earth
to
open
its
bowels
and
to
swallow
them
alive
,
together
with
all
their
Earthly
substance
down
into
the
bottomless
pit
of
Hell
,
which
was
no
sooner
commanded
,
then
put
in
execution
.
The
punishment
of
Sodom
and
Gomorah
,
(
if
well
consider'd
)
is
able
to
terify
the
stoutest
Bully
that
ever
appear'd
on
the
Stage
of
this
world
,
to
mollify
his
obdurate
heart
,
and
force
from
his
mouth
(
Lord
what
wilt
thou
have
me
do
)
They
were
so
much
addicted
to
that
brutish
pleasure
,
Certainly
these
are
most
horrible
&
dreadful
punishments
,
yet
they
,
and
many
more
such
like
chastisements
,
which
I
have
heap'd
upon
the
wicked
;
even
in
this
life
,
for
their
Sins
,
are
no
more
then
a
very
imperfect
shadow
,
and
figure
of
what
the
damn'd
do
suffer
in
Hell
,
for
there
my
Justice
shall
act
to
its
full
extent
,
and
rigour
against
those
that
made
nothing
of
my
mercy
in
this
life
.
If
the
shaddow
be
so
dreadful
,
what
will
the
reality
be
?
If
now
my
Justice
,
having
a
mixture
of
mercy
with
it
,
and
if
the
Chalice
of
my
wrath
temper'd
with
the
water
of
my
Grace
,
seems
notwithstanding
,
so
intollerable
bitter
,
what
will
it
be
when
it
shall
come
violently
those
unfortunate
Souls
without
any
mixture
at
all
of
my
mercy
?
The
Holy
Fathers
,
and
Doctors
of
my
Church
,
grounded
upon
my
word
,
believe
a
variety
of
torments
in
Hell
for
the
Damn'd
,
according
to
the
variety
of
the
Sins
,
which
they
had
committed
in
their
Life
;
for
the
Adulterer
shall
have
one
kinde
of
torment
,
the
Murtherer
another
,
the
Thief
another
;
the
Drunkard
another
,
the
Lyer
another
;
and
the
rest
accordingly
.
The
Proud
shall
be
trodden
under
the
feet
of
Devils
,
and
box'd
by
every
one
that
meets
him
,
with
a
Sirrah
to
boot
,
thou
hast
damn'd
thy
Soul
for
a
point
of
Honour
.
And
thou
Lady
of
pleasure
,
for
a
Paint
and
a
wash
for
thy
face
and
hands
forfooth
,
to
make
them
look
white
,
plump
,
and
smooth
to
the
view
of
thy
Gallants
,
hast
made
thy
Soul
as
black
as
even
our
master
Devil
.
O
what
a
killing
reproach
will
this
be
!
The
Glutton
shall
have
for
his
morning
and
evening
drink
,
&c.
Psal.
94.8
.
Do
not
harden
your
hearts
,
as
the
people
of
Israel
did
in
the
provocation
,
&
as
in
the
day
of
temptation
in
the
wilderness
,
Iest
I
swear
in
my
wrath
that
you
shall
not
enter
into
my
rest
.
If
Pharaoh
had
resolv'd
an
amendment
while
Moises
was
with
him
,
how
fortunate
a
Creature
had
he
been
?
If
the
rich
Glutton
had
taken
the
time
while
Lazarus
lay
at
his
door
,
how
blessed
a
man
had
he
made
himself
?
He
was
foretold
his
misery
(
as
you
are
now
)
by
Moises
and
other
Prophets
according
to
my
directions
;
but
he
would
not
take
notice
of
their
words
,
he
gave
no
ear
to
their
exhortations
;
but
soon
after
he
fell
into
such
detestation
of
his
own
folly
,
that
he
would
needs
have
Lazarus
sent
from
Abrahams
bosom
unto
his
Brethren
in
the
world
,
to
warn
them
of
his
error
,
and
evil
consequences
thereof
.
But
Abraham
answer'd
,
it
was
to
no
purpose
;
in
as
much
as
they
would
give
no
credit
to
Lazarus
,
but
rather
stone
him
to
death
for
disgracing
their
honour'd
deceas'd
Brother
by
revealing
his
torments
.
The
wicked
men
now
alive
would
do
no
less
to
any
that
should
tell
them
of
their
Parents
and
Friends
being
tormented
in
Hell
for
such
offences
as
themselves
are
guilty
of
.
What
could
I
do
more
to
save
their
Souls
,
then
to
send
them
Preachers
and
Teachers
to
give
them
necessary
instructions
to
work
their
Salvation
.
They
were
often
told
that
leading
the
life
they
do
,
they
can't
avoid
the
misfortune
of
this
unhappy
wretch
;
they
know
,
or
ought
to
know
that
many
before
them
have
been
damn'd
for
less
matters
,
They
cann't
choose
but
know
,
that
they
must
shortly
dy
,
and
receive
themselves
,
as
they
receiv'd
living
as
they
did
,
or
rather
worse
.
They
are
often
told
that
the
pains
prepar'd
for
the
wicked
are
intollerable
and
eternal
too
.
They
do
acknowledge
them
to
be
most
unfortunate
,
that
for
any
pleasure
,
or
interest
of
this
world
have
run
the
hazard
of
their
own
Salvation
,
and
have
made
themselves
the
worthy
objects
of
my
everlasting
indignation
;
and
yet
they
continue
their
wicked
course
of
life
,
Tell
me
O
man
!
who
ever
would
be
so
earnest
to
heap
up
a
treasure
,
as
not
to
let
one
day
pass
without
adding
something
to
it
,
and
that
for
the
space
of
fifty
or
threescore
years
,
sure
he
would
then
at
the
opening
of
his
trunks
,
finde
a
vast
treasure
;
this
is
thy
case
,
O
unfortunate
wretch
!
dost
thou
not
know
that
there
is
not
a
day
,
or
an
hour
that
passes
wherein
thou
dost
not
increase
the
treasure
of
my
wrath
,
which
is
reserved
for
thy
destruction
;
and
which
is
augmented
by
every
Sin
thou
dost
commit
;
every
lascivious
look
thou
givest
,
every
unclean
thought
,
every
impure
desire
,
thy
hatred
,
thy
revenge
,
thy
great
oaths
,
thy
perjurys
,
thy
blasphemys
,
with
the
rest
of
thy
wicked
doings
,
which
are
enough
to
fill
up
a
vast
volume
,
and
going
on
thus
for
the
space
of
so
many
years
;
how
immense
must
be
the
treasure
of
my
wrath
against
thee
,
if
thou
diest
impenitent
?
Thou
must
know
that
I
am
thy
God
,
and
thy
Judge
too
,
consequently
that
my
duty
is
to
take
care
that
the
punishment
be
equal
to
the
offence
,
O
man
!
thou
hast
given
me
hitherto
a
reasonable
account
of
matters
belonging
to
thy
Salvation
,
and
as
this
point
is
one
of
the
chiefest
conducing
to
it
,
and
besides
is
a
main
obstacle
to
the
increase
of
vice
,
I
do
not
doubt
but
thou
art
sufficiently
instructed
herein
:
let
me
therefore
hear
from
thee
what
the
holy
Fathers
,
and
Doctours
of
my
Church
say
of
the
Damn'd
,
and
of
the
rigour
of
their
punishments
.
MAN
.
Infandum
,
Jehova
,
Jubes
renovare
dolores
Inferni
,
&
poenas
,
quas
detestabile
Regnum
Ditis
habet
;
quarum
pars
magna
est
faetor
&
ignis
.
Adde
quod
aeterno
privantur
lumine
Solis
Cunctipotentis
;
ibi
torquentur
corpora
miris
Nocte
diuque
modis
.
Nulli
patet
exitus
ex
hoc
Ignivomente
Lacn
.
Densa
in
caligine
pressi
Damnati
stabunt
,
manibus
pedibusque
ligatis
.
Discite
Mortales
!
facilis
descensus
Avcrni
;
Sed
revocare
gradum
,
superûmque
evadere
ad
orbem
,
Hoc
opus
,
hic
labor
est
;
Solis
quos
Christus
amavit
Arbiter
,
aut
ardens
evexit
ad
Athera
virtus
,
Tantus
erit
concessus
honor
;
Jesuque
potiri
Perpetuo
Aspectu
;
Sanctis
simul
annumerari
,
Angelicisque
choris
,
sine
fine
dicentibus
hymnum
,
Sanctus
,
Sanctus
,
Sanctus
Dominus
Deus
omni
-
Potens
qui
est
;
&
qui
erat
,
&
qui
venturus
est
.
MOst
Gracious
Saviour
,
in
order
to
comply
with
thy
command
,
I
must
premit
these
two
considerations
;
First
,
that
there
is
nothing
happens
to
mortals
in
this
life
,
or
in
the
other
,
but
by
thy
permission
.
Secondly
,
that
the
Devil
,
who
is
the
mortal
Enemy
of
all
mankind
,
is
to
be
the
Executioner
of
thy
Justice
in
Hell
,
and
sometimes
on
Earth
;
as
appears
by
what
St.
John
says
in
his
Revelations
.
I
saw
,
says
he
,
The
greatest
affliction
that
can
come
upon
a
man
in
this
world
is
that
of
exile
.
Ovid
(
tho'
he
thought
himself
fully
resign'd
to
Providence
)
yet
when
he
was
banish'd
into
Pontus
,
his
grief
was
so
great
,
that
he
could
not
forbear
lamenting
his
misfortune
,
nor
desist
sighing
after
his
native
Country
.
Cicero
was
so
overjoy'd
when
he
was
recall'd
from
his
Exile
,
that
he
gladly
tript
these
words
of
admiration
,
O
what
beauty
is
this
of
Italy
!
what
civility
of
People
!
what
rich
Fields
!
what
Plentiful
Vines
and
crops
of
Corn
!
what
decency
of
the
Citty
!
what
humanity
of
the
Citizens
!
what
Dignity
of
the
Commonwealth
!
How
great
then
must
be
the
affliction
of
the
damn'd
,
being
they
are
banish'd
into
the
bottomless
pit
of
Hell
,
which
is
call'd
by
Job
a
Land
of
misery
and
darkness
,
where
the
shadow
of
Death
and
no
order
,
but
everlasting
horrour
inhabits
.
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
thou
speakest
extraordinary
well
of
the
excessive
calamities
which
the
damn'd
do
suffer
in
Hell
!
and
thy
words
are
sufficient
to
move
the
most
obdurate
hearts
,
to
imbrace
the
most
severe
and
rigid
austerities
that
ever
was
practis'd
by
men
in
this
world
;
for
whoever
considers
seriously
the
Eternity
of
those
torments
which
the
wicked
do
suffer
in
Hell
,
will
never
murmure
at
the
pains
of
this
short
life
let
them
be
never
so
bitter
.
There
is
no
State
or
Condition
upon
Earth
,
how
necessitous
,
how
poor
,
how
miserable
soever
,
which
the
damn'd
would
not
most
willingly
endure
,
nay
,
they
would
think
themselves
most
happy
were
they
permitted
so
favourable
an
Exchange
.
This
very
Consideration
wrought
so
much
upon
several
of
my
Saints
,
that
there
was
no
course
of
life
so
austere
but
they
would
undergo
.
My
beloved
Disciple
,
after
he
had
discours'd
of
the
smoke
,
which
ascended
from
the
torments
of
the
damn'd
,
world
without
end
,
See
what
a
penitent
posture
Manasses
had
put
himself
in
after
his
conversion
,
behold
how
he
groans
under
the
burden
of
his
Sins
,
and
how
he
laments
his
iniquities
with
such
a
sorrow
,
that
he
acknowledg'd
himself
unworthy
even
to
lift
up
his
eyes
towards
Heaven
;
so
great
,
he
confess'd
were
his
offences
,
that
he
was
rather
deserving
of
Hell
,
then
any
favour
at
my
hands
;
hear
his
words
,
and
thou
shalt
believe
them
to
be
the
products
of
a
truly
penitent
Soul
?
'T
is
true
says
he
,
O
Lord
!
I
have
infinitely
offended
thee
,
and
my
Sins
are
more
in
number
then
the
Sand
of
the
Sea
;
I
am
unworthy
to
lift
up
my
eyes
towards
Heaven
to
demand
thy
mercy
.
I
have
Sinned
,
O
my
God
,
I
have
Sinned
:
I
acknowledge
all
the
evil
I
have
done
,
pardon
,
O
Lord
pardon
,
I
beg
of
thee
,
and
earnestly
beseech
thee
,
do
not
destroy
me
with
my
iniquities
;
do
not
reserve
me
to
the
utmost
rigour
of
the
Justice
,
do
not
condemn
me
for
ever
unto
the
fire
of
Hell
:
Remember
that
thou
art
my
God
;
the
God
of
Penitents
;
and
thy
immense
bounty
will
best
appear
in
me
,
whilst
it
makes
thee
to
save
a
miserable
Sinner
unworthy
of
thy
Grace
,
and
gives
me
occasion
to
praise
thee
eternally
for
thy
infinite
goodness
.
Behold
how
the
Israelites
in
their
Babilonical
Captivity
after
the
taking
of
Jerusalem
,
cover'd
with
hair-cloth
all
their
heads
and
bodys
,
laid
over
with
ashes
,
prostrate
on
the
ground
,
cry
out
to
me
from
the
bottom
of
their
hearts
,
we
have
Sinned
against
thee
O
Lord
,
in
not
obeying
thy
word
.
To
thee
O
Lord
,
belongs
Justice
and
uprightness
,
but
to
us
nothing
but
shame
and
confusion
,
which
our
iniquities
have
deserv'd
:
We
have
Sinn'd
,
we
have
done
evil
,
we
have
dealt
unjustly
,
O
Lord
our
God
,
in
all
thy
commandments
.
Turn
from
us
thy
anger
;
hear
O
Lord
,
our
prayers
,
and
our
petitions
;
open
thy
eyes
and
consider
that
the
dead
praise
thee
not
,
but
the
Soul
which
is
sensible
and
afflicted
with
the
greatness
of
the
evils
done
,
and
performs
due
pennance
for
them
.
My
beloved
Apostle
and
Brother
St.
James
,
tho'
he
was
a
man
of
extraordinary
great
Sanctity
,
and
was
therefore
Sir-nam'd
the
Just
,
yet
besides
other
austerities
of
apparel
,
diet
,
and
all
other
mortifications
,
his
exercise
of
praying
on
his
bare
knees
was
so
continual
,
that
the
skin
of
them
was
as
hard
as
the
brawn
of
a
Camels
knee
.
Philo
the
learned
Jew
and
famous
Philosopher
,
giving
an
account
of
the
first
Christians
in
Alexandria
under
St.
Mark
the
Evangelist
,
sent
thither
from
Rome
by
St.
Peter
to
give
a
beginning
to
that
Church
;
which
he
perform'd
,
says
he
,
with
such
exemplary
Piety
,
Sanctity
of
life
,
Simplicity
,
abstinence
,
and
mortification
,
that
he
,
and
his
followers
mov'd
their
Adversaries
to
extreme
admiration
:
But
to
what
did
all
this
rigour
tend
,
or
what
might
be
the
end
of
all
these
extraordinary
mortifications
practis'd
so
exactly
,
and
for
so
many
Ages
,
as
well
,
by
Monks
,
Anachorites
,
and
Hermits
,
as
by
the
Founders
of
Holy
Orders
,
and
by
their
Disciples
to
this
very
present
Age
;
and
will
continue
(
with
my
assistance
)
to
the
worlds
end
?
St.
St.
Hierom
is
much
upon
the
same
point
,
for
being
in
the
Desert
of
Syria
,
he
was
set
upon
by
the
Devil
who
plagu'd
him
(
as
he
did
St.
Paul
)
with
suggestions
of
the
Flesh
;
but
what
weapons
did
he
make
use
of
to
obtain
the
victory
over
so
dangerous
an
enemy
?
the
fear
of
God
,
and
of
the
fire
of
Hell
,
was
an
Armour
of
proof
to
him
against
all
the
temptations
&
snares
of
so
powerful
an
adversary
.
Hear
the
relation
he
makes
himself
of
his
several
conflicts
,
and
brave
defence
.
How
often
says
he
,
being
in
the
Wilderness
was
I
burnt
up
and
scorch'd
with
the
extream
heat
of
the
Sun
?
&
how
oft
likewise
was
I
tempted
with
the
Roman
delights
?
tho'
I
was
so
far
distant
from
those
objects
,
and
so
low
brought
that
I
was
but
skin
and
bone
.
I
sat
alone
with
a
heavy
heart
,
in
sorrow
and
bitterness
.
The
whole
compound
of
my
body
was
at
this
time
so
deform
,
and
ugly
with
the
continual
wearing
of
my
Sackcloth
,
and
my
skin
so
black
,
that
any
man
might
take
me
for
a
perfect
Ethiopian
.
I
wept
dayly
,
and
pass'd
my
time
continually
in
groaning
,
and
when
at
length
sleep
came
upon
me
against
my
will
,
I
lay
down
,
and
began
a
labouring
my
bare
bones
that
scarce
hung
together
,
sometimes
against
the
ground
,
and
sometimes
with
as
great
a
Stone
as
I
was
able
to
manage
well
with
my
hand
.
Of
my
meat
and
drink
I
will
say
nothing
,
for
in
this
place
we
Monks
,
use
only
cold
water
even
in
our
greatest
infirmitys
,
&
think
it
a
great
delicacy
to
taste
of
any
thing
that
savours
of
the
fire
.
But
what
was
all
this
mortification
of
S.
Jerom
for
?
It
was
says
he
,
for
fear
of
Hell
,
that
I
brought
my self
to
this
extremity
,
and
retir'd
my self
to
this
Wilderness
,
where
I
have
for
companions
only
Scorpions
and
wild
Beasts
;
It
was
to
avoid
Sin
that
I
wore
out
my
body
with
continual
fasting
,
that
I
cry'd
unto
thee
,
O
Lord
,
whole
days
and
nights
together
;
that
I
never
ceas'd
to
beat
and
knock
my
breast
;
that
I
persever'd
in
prayer
for
so
many
years
in
that
forlorn
and
savage
Desart
;
and
this
I
thought
my self
oblig'd
to
do
for
to
avoid
the
scorching
flames
of
Hell
,
remembring
what
councel
thou
givest
me
,
and
all
mortals
,
O
man
consider
seriously
how
remiss
and
careless
thou
,
and
the
rest
of
mortals
are
in
the
practise
of
this
heavenly
Doctrine
;
what
do
you
do
,
or
what
pains
do
you
take
to
secure
your
Souls
from
Hell
?
what
care
do
you
take
to
depress
your
passions
&
evil
inclinations
?
what
resistance
do
you
make
to
Sin
?
which
of
you
all
takes
that
great
care
to
fly
from
the
occasion
of
evil
?
there
's
none
now
adays
that
mortifies
his
flesh
,
but
will
rather
cherish
and
pamper
it
to
wickedness
;
there
's
none
found
that
takes
the
pains
to
repress
his
unruly
appetites
,
that
withstands
his
sensual
suggestions
;
nay
,
the
whole
World
run
after
their
own
concupiscences
;
they
presently
yield
themselves
slaves
to
every
temptation
that
comes
upon
them
,
to
every
assault
that
the
Enemy
makes
;
they
devour
every
hook
that
the
Devil
lays
to
intrap
them
,
and
swallow
down
every
poison'd
bait
that
he
casts
for
their
destruction
.
MAN
.
MOst
merciful
Redeemer
,
that
it
is
an
unfortunate
Place
replenish'd
with
miseries
,
none
can
doubt
,
because
thou
O
God
hast
said
it
.
And
it
is
in
the
opinion
of
the
chiefest
of
thy
Prophets
,
a
Land
of
Sulpher
,
and
burning
pitch
,
a
Land
of
Pestilence
and
corruption
:
a
Land
of
uncleanness
and
misery
;
and
no
wonder
it
should
be
call'd
so
,
being
the
Angelical
Doctor
St.
Thomas
avers
,
that
all
the
most
nasty
dross
and
dregs
,
as
well
of
the
Earth
,
as
of
the
other
elements
shall
be
cast
down
into
Hell
,
for
the
greater
punishment
of
the
Damn'd
,
and
the
reason
he
gives
for
it
,
is
,
that
as
every
Creature
does
contribute
to
the
joy
of
the
Blessed
,
so
every
creature
likewise
shall
add
unto
the
torments
of
the
damn'd
;
and
as
they
have
separated
themselves
by
sin
from
thee
,
who
art
One
,
and
plac'd
their
happiness
only
in
the
Creatures
,
they
shall
also
receive
their
punishment
from
the
Creatures
in
this
common
shore
,
&
Laystal
of
all
the
Elements
;
O
what
a
dreadful
Dungeon
!
what
a
lamentable
place
of
Banishment
will
this
be
to
those
Damn'd
Wretches
!
What
I
have
to
say
of
Cicero's
joyful
admiration
,
is
,
If
men
be
thus
transported
with
the
difference
betwixt
some
Countrys
and
others
,
betwixt
the
humours
of
some
Men
,
and
those
of
others
,
what
difference
shall
the
damn'd
Souls
finde
betwixt
Heaven
and
Hell
,
betwixt
the
joy
of
the
one
,
and
the
torments
of
the
other
,
and
betwixt
the
conversation
of
Angels
,
and
that
of
the
Devils
?
What
grief
will
it
be
to
them
to
behold
themselves
everlastingly
banish'd
from
Heaven
,
depriv'd
of
thy
vision
,
ejected
from
the
company
of
Angels
,
from
the
society
of
Saints
,
and
out
of
that
happy
Land
of
the
living
,
where
all
is
in
peace
,
quietness
,
Charity
,
Joy
;
where
all
shines
,
all
pleases
,
and
all
parts
resound
with
Alleluia's
.
I
am
now
to
consider
with
what
cruelty
the
Devil
treats
those
wretches
in
that
woful
land
of
their
Banishment
;
but
before
I
enter
upon
this
matter
,
it
will
not
be
amiss
to
entertain
you
with
the
cruelty
of
Mortals
one
to
another
,
by
which
we
may
easily
conclude
how
outragiously
cruel
the
Devil
will
be
to
all
men
,
that
shall
be
so
unhappy
as
to
fall
into
his
Clutches
,
for
he
is
their
professed
Enemy
even
from
their
Creation
.
It
would
be
more
then
sufficient
matter
for
a
larger
Volume
then
this
,
to
treat
of
the
miserable
consequences
,
&
sanguinary
effects
of
mens
Rage
and
malice
one
to
th'
other
;
from
hence
proceed
slaughters
,
poisons
,
Wars
,
Desolation
,
rasing
,
and
burning
of
Cities
;
unpeopling
of
Nations
,
turning
of
populous
Countrys
into
Desarts
;
publick
Massacres
,
Regicids
,
Kings
abdicated
,
Princes
led
in
Triumph
;
some
murther'd
in
their
bed-chambers
;
others
Stab'd
in
the
Senate
,
or
cut
off
in
the
security
of
their
spectacles
,
and
pleasures
.
Some
were
that
took
their
passion
for
a
Princely
quality
;
as
Darius
,
who
in
his
expedition
against
the
Scythians
,
being
desir'd
by
a
Noble-man
,
that
had
three
Sons
,
that
he
would
vouchsafe
to
accept
of
two
of
them
into
his
Service
,
and
leave
the
third
at
home
for
a
comfort
to
his
Father
.
I
will
do
more
for
you
then
that
,
says
Darius
,
for
you
shall
have
them
all
three
again
:
So
he
order'd
them
to
be
slain
before
his
face
and
left
him
their
bodys
.
Xerxes
dealt
not
much
better
with
Pythius
,
who
had
five
Sons
and
desir'd
only
one
of
them
for
himself
.
Xerxes
bad
him
to
take
his
choice
,
and
he
claim'd
the
Eldest
,
whom
he
immediately
commanded
to
be
cut
in
halves
;
and
one
half
of
the
body
to
be
laid
on
each
side
of
the
way
where
his
Army
was
to
pass
,
that
they
might
march
betwixt
them
:
undoubtedly
a
most
inauspicious
Sacrifice
,
for
He
came
to
the
end
that
he
deserv'd
,
and
liv'd
to
see
that
prodigious
Power
Scatter'd
,
and
broken
,
and
instead
of
Military
and
victorious
Troops
,
to
be
compass'd
with
dead
Carcases
.
But
these
you
'l
say
,
were
only
barbarous
Princes
,
that
knew
neither
civility
,
nor
letters
:
And
these
Savage
crueltys
will
be
imputed
perchance
to
their
rudeness
of
manners
,
and
want
of
Discipline
.
But
what
if
Alexander
the
great
,
that
was
train'd
up
under
the
institution
even
of
the
Prince
of
Philosophers
,
should
be
guilty
of
an
action
altogether
as
barbarous
?
did
he
not
kill
Clytus
his
Favourite
and
School-fellow
with
his
own
hand
,
under
his
own
Roof
,
and
over
the
freedom
of
a
Cup
of
Wine
?
And
what
was
his
Crime
?
He
was
loth
to
degenerate
from
a
Macedonian
liberty
into
a
Persian-Slavery
,
that
is
to
say
,
He
could
not
flatter
.
Lysimacus
,
another
of
his
friends
he
expos'd
to
a
Lyon
,
and
glad
would
he
have
been
to
have
had
nails
and
teeth
to
have
devour'd
him
himself
.
It
would
have
too
much
derogated
he
thought
,
from
the
dignity
of
his
wrath
,
to
have
appointed
a
man
for
the
execution
of
his
friend
.
And
this
very
Lysimacus
after
he
had
escap'd
this
danger
;
was
never
the
more
merciful
,
when
he
came
to
reign
himself
;
for
he
cut
off
the
ears
and
nose
of
his
friend
.
Telesphorus
,
and
when
he
had
so
disfigured
him
,
that
he
had
no
longer
the
face
of
a
man
,
he
threw
him
into
a
Dungeon
,
and
there
kept
him
to
be
shew'd
for
a
Monster
,
&
as
a
strange
sight
.
The
place
was
so
low
,
that
he
was
fain
to
creep
upon
all
four
,
and
his
sides
were
gall'd
too
with
the
straitness
of
it
.
In
this
misery
he
lay
half
famish'd
in
his
own
filth
:
so
odious
,
so
terrible
,
and
so
loathsome
a
spectacle
,
that
the
horrour
of
his
condition
had
even
extinguish'd
all
pity
for
him
.
Nothing
was
ever
so
unlike
a
man
,
as
the
poor
wretch
that
suffer'd
this
,
saving
the
cruel
Tryant
that
acted
it
.
But
what
is
all
this
to
the
cruelty
and
Tyranny
which
the
Devil
shall
exercise
upon
the
Souls
and
Bodies
of
his
infernal
Caitiss
.
Telesphorus
was
cast
into
a
deep
Dungeon
without
cloths
,
expos'd
to
the
inclemency
of
the
cold
and
moisture
of
the
place
where
he
could
not
see
the
light
of
Heaven
,
or
have
any
thing
to
feed
upon
,
but
once
in
four
and
twenty
hours
a
little
piece
of
hard
barly
bread
,
and
a
little
water
to
drink
,
where
he
was
to
continue
all
his
life
without
speaking
,
or
seeing
any
body
,
and
no
other
beel
to
sleep
upon
but
the
cold
,
noisom
,
and
nasty
ground
,
up
to
his
navel
in
his
own
dung
;
O
what
a
misery
this
was
!
certainly
one
weeks
lodging
there
,
would
appear
longer
then
a
hundred
years
elsewhere
.
Yet
if
we
compare
this
with
that
banishment
and
prison
of
Hell
,
we
shall
finde
the
misery
of
this
man
to
be
a
main
happiness
in
regard
of
that
which
the
damn'd
suffer
in
their
dark
and
dreadful
habitation
:
In
his
troubles
he
met
with
none
so
hard-hearted
as
to
Scoff
and
jest
at
his
misfortunes
,
none
to
torment
and
whip
him
,
but
in
Hell
they
shall
finde
both
;
for
the
Devils
shall
never
cease
to
deride
,
whip
,
and
torment
them
most
cruelly
.
There
he
had
no
horrid
sights
,
no
fearful
noises
of
howlings
,
groanings
,
&
lamentations
;
but
in
Hell
the
eyes
and
ears
of
the
damn'd
shall
never
be
free
from
all
those
distasters
.
There
he
had
no
flames
of
fire
to
scorch
him
,
but
in
Hell
they
shall
burn
even
into
the
very
bowels
.
There
he
might
move
and
turn
from
one
side
to
the
other
;
But
in
Hell
they
are
not
permitted
to
stir
out
of
the
place
,
nor
change
their
posture
to
give
themselves
the
least
ease
.
There
he
might
breath
now
and
then
some
little
fresh
Air
;
but
in
hell
they
shall
suck
in
nothing
but
flames
,
stink
and
Sulpher
.
There
he
might
have
some
hopes
of
release
after
the
Tyrant's
death
,
but
in
Hell
they
have
no
expectation
of
goal-delivery
,
no
hope
of
being
ever
redeem'd
.
There
the
least
peice
of
hard
bread
would
seem
to
him
every
day
a
fine
Regale
,
but
in
Hell
for
an
Eternity
they
shall
not
behold
a
crumb
of
bread
,
nor
a
drop
of
water
,
but
shall
eternally
rage
with
a
dog-like
hunger
,
and
a
burning
thirst
.
This
is
the
grand
calamity
of
that
Land
of
darkness
:
barren
of
all
things
,
but
of
the
brambles
and
thorns
of
grief
and
torments
.
Caesar
would
commonly
,
for
exercise
and
pleasure
,
put
Senators
,
and
Roman
Knights
to
the
torture
:
and
whip
several
of
them
like
slaves
,
or
put
them
to
death
with
the
most
accurate
torments
,
meerly
for
the
satisfaction
of
his
cruelty
.
That
Caesar
who
wish'd
the
People
of
Rome
had
all
but
one
neck
,
that
he
might
cut
it
off
at
one
blow
.
Cruelty
was
the
imployment
,
the
Study
,
and
the
Joy
of
his
life
.
He
would
not
so
much
as
give
the
expiring
leave
to
groan
,
but
caus'd
their
mouths
to
be
stop'd
with
spunges
,
or
for
want
of
them
with
rags
of
their
own
cloths
,
that
they
might
not
breath
out
so
much
as
their
last
Agonies
at
liberty
;
nay
,
he
was
so
impatient
of
delay
,
that
he
would
frequently
rise
from
Supper
to
have
men
kill'd
by
torch-light
;
as
if
his
life
and
death
had
depended
upon
their
dispatch
before
the
next
morning
.
To
say
nothing
how
many
Fathers
were
put
to
death
by
him
in
the
same
night
with
their
Sons
(
which
was
a
kinde
of
mercy
,
in
the
preventing
of
their
mourning
.
)
And
was
not
Sylla's
cruelty
prodigious
too
,
which
was
only
stop'd
for
want
of
Enemies
?
He
caus'd
seven
thousand
Citizens
of
Rome
to
be
slaughter'd
at
once
;
and
some
of
the
Senators
being
startled
at
their
crys
that
were
heard
in
the
Senat-house
:
let
us
minde
our
business
,
says
Sylla
,
this
is
nothing
but
a
few
Mutineers
that
I
have
order'd
to
be
sent
out
of
the
way
.
A
glorious
Spectacle
!
says
Hannibal
,
when
he
saw
the
Trenches
flowing
with
humane
blood
;
and
if
the
rivers
had
run
blood
too
,
would
hav
lik'd
it
so
much
the
better
.
O
most
gracious
Saviour
!
how
couldst
thou
suffer
such
monsters
of
nature
to
live
upon
Earth
,
or
how
came
it
that
the
ground
did
not
swallow
them
into
it's
bowels
?
But
alas
!
why
should
I
admire
such
cruelty
among
men
,
being
they
were
set
on
by
the
Devil
,
who
has
been
always
a
most
cruel
Tyrant
to
Mankind
,
but
especially
when
they
are
deliver'd
over
into
his
power
:
We
are
amaz'd
to
hear
of
such
unhumame
and
barbarous
actions
;
we
are
astonish'd
to
think
of
that
hellish
invention
of
Phalaris
,
to
roste
men
alive
in
his
brasen
Bull
;
But
alas
!
all
these
torments
,
and
bloudy
slaughters
are
meer
toys
in
respect
of
what
is
exercis'd
in
Hell
;
for
the
torments
there
are
so
great
that
they
can't
be
express'd
,
and
no
wonder
;
being
that
the
only
pain
of
fire
comprizes
as
many
torments
as
the
body
of
man
has
Limbs
,
Joynts
,
Sinews
,
Arteries
,
&c.
and
especially
being
caus'd
by
so
penetrating
a
fire
;
in
respect
of
which
our
temporal
fire
(
tho'
it
were
made
of
all
the
combustible
matter
in
the
world
)
is
no
more
then
a
painted
fire
:
And
in
those
flames
of
Hell
the
Souls
of
the
damn'd
must
burn
not
for
an
hour
,
nor
a
year
,
Quintillian
says
,
that
Famine
is
the
most
pressing
of
all
necessities
,
and
the
most
dreadfull
of
all
evils
;
that
Plagues
and
Wars
are
felicities
compar'd
with
this
affliction
,
If
then
a
famine
of
so
many
months
,
or
of
a
shorter
time
;
as
that
which
the
Inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
suffer'd
,
when
they
were
brought
to
that
distress
as
to
eat
their
Children
,
be
the
greatest
of
temporal
evils
,
what
must
we
believe
of
the
famine
which
the
damn'd
shall
suffer
in
Hell
for
an
Eternity
?
O
Epicures
,
and
ye
that
make
your
Gods
of
your
bellys
!
give
ear
unto
what
the
Son
of
God
foretels
of
you
,
you
shall
finde
it
in
St.
Luke
.
Wo
says
he
,
unto
you
who
make
it
your
work
to
pamper
your
bodys
,
and
fill
your
paunches
with
the
most
delicious
viands
&
wine
that
can
be
purchas'd
for
Silver
or
Gold
,
for
the
day
shall
come
that
you
shall
be
hunger-starv'd
,
and
with
a
hunger
that
shall
continue
for
an
Eternity
.
A
Temporal
hunger
may
bring
men
to
such
extremitys
as
to
eat
Dogs
,
Cats
,
Rats
,
Mice
,
Snakes
,
Toads
,
Leather
and
Dung
;
nay
it
has
already
brought
several
Countrys
,
and
whole
Cities
to
that
calamity
,
and
forc'd
Mothers
to
devour
their
own
Children
;
and
men
to
eat
the
flesh
of
their
own
arms
,
as
it
happen'd
to
Zeno
the
Emperour
.
If
hunger
be
so
great
a
chastisement
in
this
life
;
how
will
it
afflict
the
damn'd
in
the
other
,
where
they
shall
tear
one
another
to
peices
,
not
for
a
year
,
or
an
Age
,
v.
Inf.
Exemp
.
6.
Werm
.
Mon.
Carthu
.
in
fasci
.
morum
.
which
might
pierce
his
body
in
all
parts
,
&
to
accouter
him
like
a
compleat
Champion
,
he
commanded
a
helmet
to
be
put
on
him
with
a
pointed
nail
that
might
pierce
his
head
,
and
be
clench'd
below
his
feet
,
and
after
this
a
Target
was
Put
about
his
neck
of
so
great
a
weight
that
it
might
crush
all
the
bones
in
his
body
.
All
this
being
punctually
,
and
speedily
perform'd
,
the
Prince
of
darkness
made
a
speech
to
his
Officers
,
to
let
them
know
that
this
worthy
Person
,
after
he
had
entertain'd
himself
in
Tilting
,
and
the
like
atchievements
of
valour
,
and
gallantry
,
was
accustom'd
to
refresh
his
weari'd
limbs
with
sweet
Baths
,
and
then
to
retire
to
some
soft
bed
,
where
he
usually
sported
with
other
dalliances
of
sensuality
;
wherefore
let
him
now
have
somewhat
of
those
refreshments
,
which
our
Palace
does
afford
to
welcome
so
deserving
a
Person
who
has
been
in
his
life
so
faithful
to
serve
us
,
and
so
obedient
to
our
Suggestions
;
whereupon
they
presently
hurl'd
him
into
a
fire
which
was
prepar'd
for
him
:
then
forsooth
,
to
ease
him
,
they
plac'd
with
him
in
a
bed
warm'd
red
hot
a
Toad
of
a
huge
size
with
most
dreadful
eyes
,
which
clipp'd
the
noble
Spark
very
closely
,
kissing
&
embracing
him
in
so
rufual
a
manner
that
he
roar'd
out
like
a
furious
Lion
:
and
brought
him
even
to
the
pangs
of
death
.
Another
man
she
saw
seated
in
a
chair
of
fire
,
and
certain
women
thrusting
into
his
mouth
burning
torches
,
and
drawing
them
out
at
other
parts
of
his
body
;
these
Women
she
was
told
were
his
accomplices
,
and
the
instruments
of
his
Sins
.
But
what
are
all
these
torments
to
the
eternal
loss
of
the
fruition
and
sight
of
thee
,
my
Saviour
!
wherein
our
Divines
do
place
the
everlasting
beatitude
and
Supream
felicity
of
mankinde
in
the
next
life
;
O
most
gracious
Saviour
!
when
I
see
(
to
my
great
sorrow
)
in
this
sad
Age
we
live
in
,
poor
Mortals
so
far
blinded
with
their
worldly
interest
,
so
deeply
engag'd
in
the
mire
of
iniquity
,
so
much
taken
with
their
sinful
recreations
and
pastimes
,
so
deaf
to
thy
Inspirations
and
callings
,
so
avers'd
to
the
practise
of
piety
and
devotion
,
such
great
enemies
to
mortification
and
pennance
;
I
despair
in
a
manner
,
of
their
Salvation
,
and
the
rather
that
these
so
powerful
motives
can't
prevail
with
them
,
or
make
them
desist
lusting
after
those
poysonous
baits
which
the
Devll
presents
unto
them
dayly
,
and
at
every
moment
;
and
which
they
with
as
much
ease
swallow
,
as
he
takes
pleasure
to
destroy
their
Souls
.
Their
common
discourse
is
,
't
is
time
enough
to
think
of
Pennance
,
when
we
come
to
old
Age
,
for
then
we
shall
be
fit
for
no
other
thing
.
O
most
Sacred
Saviour
!
thou
sayst
thou
wilt
not
the
death
of
a
Sinner
,
wherefore
be
pleas'd
to
let
them
know
the
danger
of
delaying
their
conversion
,
and
of
deferring
their
repentance
untill
their
latter
days
.
SAVIOVR
.
THere
is
a
kinde
of
People
in
the
World
,
O
silly
Souls
!
says
St.
Paul
,
be
not
deceiv'd
,
be
not
so
far
overseen
as
to
leade
a
licentious
life
,
in
hopes
to
dye
a
good
Death
,
Thou
shalt
finde
several
proofs
to
confirm
this
assertion
in
the
first
Sermon
I
preach'd
immediately
after
I
was
baptiz'd
,
there
shalt
thou
hear
me
recommend
,
The
second
Similitude
upon
which
St.
In
repentinis
agimus
Secundum
habitum
;
that
is
,
in
things
which
happen
of
a
sudden
,
men
act
always
according
to
the
custom
which
they
have
acquir'd
,
let
it
be
good
or
bad
.
Saul
was
a
desperate
,
and
bloudy
man
,
how
often
did
he
attempt
upon
Davids
life
?
he
was
cruel
to
others
,
he
must
be
the
same
to
himself
,
for
after
loosing
the
battle
,
and
being
not
able
to
get
off
from
his
pursuing
Enemies
,
Who
could
be
more
proud
,
more
sanguinary
,
and
more
ambitious
of
honour
then
was
Abimelech
,
for
to
be
King
of
Israel
,
He
murther'd
all
his
Brethren
,
which
were
in
number
threescore
and
ten
,
whereat
his
Father
Jerubbaal
took
so
much
grief
that
he
soon
after
died
;
Julian
the
Apostate
acted
much
like
him
,
for
he
aim'd
at
an
Empire
,
and
to
come
to
it
,
he
thought
it
the
best
way
,
to
feign
himself
a
friend
to
the
Christians
,
so
that
he
appear'd
to
them
most
zealous
for
Christianity
,
and
pretended
to
further
the
increase
thereof
were
he
in
the
power
of
doing
it
,
which
made
the
Christians
to
use
all
means
to
promote
him
to
the
Empire
,
but
no
sooner
was
he
invested
with
that
imperial
dignity
,
than
he
began
to
discover
what
he
was
to
them
in
his
heart
,
for
none
was
ever
so
great
an
enemy
to
my
name
,
or
shew'd
so
great
an
abhorrence
of
Christians
,
then
he
did
;
so
great
was
his
animosity
to
both
,
that
he
murther'd
very
many
thousands
of
them
,
and
destroy'd
all
their
Alters
and
Churches
which
were
erected
and
dedicated
to
my
worship
and
Service
;
will
this
most
wicked
and
disssembling
Prince
cry
Peccavi
in
the
hour
of
his
death
?
no
,
he
will
continue
his
impiety
to
his
last
breath
,
which
will
be
the
perfect
Eccho
of
his
most
ambitious
and
abominable
life
,
for
receiving
a
mortall
wound
in
the
siege
of
a
Town
in
the
Kingdom
of
Persia
,
he
took
a
handfull
of
his
blood
,
&
flung
it
up
,
as
it
were
into
my
face
,
with
this
horrid
expression
,
vicisti
Nazarene
,
vicisti
,
O
Nazarean
?
The
Angelical
Doctor
St.
Thomas
seems
to
be
much
astonish'd
at
their
folly
herein
,
for
says
he
,
when
men
are
viciously
inclin'd
,
and
taken
with
a
surprize
in
their
evil
habits
,
it
is
out
of
their
jurisdiction
to
conceive
an
abhorrence
against
them
,
and
have
a
love
and
esteem
for
a
virtuous
life
,
unless
they
make
use
of
their
reason
to
finde
out
the
manifold
advantages
of
the
one
,
and
the
several
evil
consequences
of
the
other
;
but
how
can
a
wicked
man
,
that
is
seiz'd
on
by
Death
as
he
walks
in
the
streets
by
a
tile
falling
from
the
top
of
a
house
,
or
some
other
such
like
unexpected
accident
,
make
use
of
his
reason
in
that
ample
manner
;
't
is
impossible
,
and
consequently
,
Amb.
Arist
.
whoever
neglects
his
Salvation
so
far
as
to
put
it
to
such
perilous
events
,
deserves
no
mercy
at
my
hands
.
But
set
the
case
that
an
old
habitual
Sinner
should
dye
of
a
long
and
languishing
sickness
,
't
is
very
probable
,
he
will
never
think
of
me
in
his
latter
hour
;
nor
have
the
least
feeling
of
a
Peccavi
,
being
he
forgot
to
call
to
me
for
mercy
in
his
healthful
days
,
and
this
indeed
is
the
usual
punishment
which
I
do
inflict
upon
such
persons
.
Moreover
't
is
grounded
upon
this
other
Maxim
of
Philosophy
altogether
as
undeniaable
as
the
former
,
Ab
assuetis
non
fit
passio
,
That
is
to
say
,
things
which
men
have
dayly
before
their
eyes
,
make
no
impression
upon
their
hearts
;
the
Sun
which
is
the
most
resplendent
,
and
the
most
glorious
Creature
that
ever
was
wrought
by
my
hands
for
the
use
of
men
,
is
dayly
seen
without
the
least
admiration
,
whereas
if
a
Comet
appears
,
they
are
all
eyes
to
behold
it
;
A
Chirurgion
will
handle
and
dress
the
nastiest
wound
that
ever
man
had
,
without
the
least
grudge
,
or
loathing
,
because
he
is
accustom'd
to
it
.
A
new
rais'd
Soldier
will
tremble
at
the
noise
of
a
bullet
,
whereas
an
old
,
and
well-train'd
Soldier
will
never
shrink
,
or
give
ground
,
tho'
even
Cannons
were
roaring
about
him
,
and
their
bullets
flying
on
every
side
of
him
,
because
he
is
acquainted
with
such
warlike
entertainment
.
'T
is
even
so
with
a
wicked
liver
in
the
hour
of
his
death
,
tho'
his
Ghostly
Father
,
his
Wife
,
his
Children
,
and
all
his
friends
were
round
his
bed
,
breaking
their
hearts
,
and
bursting
their
lungs
,
calling
and
crying
unto
him
to
produce
one
act
of
Contrition
,
one
sorrowful
Peccavi
,
one
,
have
mercy
on
me
O
Lord
,
he
will
take
no
notice
of
what
they
say
,
all
their
exhortations
to
him
intended
to
bring
him
to
dye
a
good
death
,
will
be
to
no
effect
,
he
had
often
heard
the
like
,
or
rather
more
pressing
motives
from
Teachers
and
Preachers
in
their
Pulpits
,
yet
his
heart
was
Steel-proof
to
all
their
fiery
words
,
they
could
never
make
him
think
on
his
Salvation
,
and
therefore
't
is
but
in
vain
to
expect
he
will
be
sollicitous
for
it
now
,
when
the
Devil
has
him
fast
fetter'd
,
when
his
heart
is
over-clouded
with
the
darkness
of
his
manifold
and
grievous
Sins
,
when
his
understanding
is
blinded
,
his
will
altogether
corrupted
,
his
senses
decay'd
,
and
the
whole
commonwealth
of
his
Body
and
Soul
clear
out
of
order
,
by
reason
of
their
approaching
and
dismal
separation
:
Thou
hast
a
very
remarkable
president
of
this
in
the
old
Testament
;
there
thou
mayst
read
,
what
wonders
I
had
done
in
order
to
mollify
the
heart
of
Pharaoh
,
If
this
discourse
so
well
grounded
upon
Scripture
,
Fathers
,
and
Reason
,
Perditio
tua
ex
te
Israel
;
let
their
eternal
ruine
,
and
the
fatal
loss
of
their
Souls
lie
at
their
own
doors
.
However
,
to
let
them
know
how
much
I
thirst
after
their
Salvation
,
I
will
have
thee
to
convince
them
of
their
extream
folly
,
to
serve
so
faithfully
such
bad
Masters
,
as
the
World
and
the
Devil
;
who
for
every
pleasure
they
allow
them
,
give
them
a
thousand
mortal
Stings
,
even
in
this
life
,
besides
the
unspeakable
misery
which
they
shall
make
them
suffer
in
the
other
;
on
the
contrary
my
pleasures
are
solid
,
permanent
,
and
bring
excessive
comfort
to
the
consciences
of
those
that
receive
them
;
so
that
,
as
the
Propher
says
,
MAN
.
NO
man
can
be
grateful
to
thee
O
Lord
!
without
contemning
those
things
that
put
the
common
People
out
of
their
wits
.
We
must
go
into
banishment
they
cry
,
we
must
lay
down
our
lives
;
hate
the
World
,
and
all
its
allurements
;
begger
,
and
expose
our selves
to
reproaches
;
nay
't
is
often
seen
,
that
gratitude
suffers
the
punishment
due
to
Malefactors
;
and
that
Ingratitude
receives
the
rewards
of
fidelity
.
As
thy
benefits
are
many
,
and
great
,
so
are
the
hazards
of
gratitude
,
which
is
the
case
,
more
or
less
,
of
all
other
virtues
;
and
it
were
hard
,
if
this
,
above
all
the
rest
,
should
be
both
painful
and
fruitless
:
So
that
tho'
we
may
go
currently
on
with
it
in
smooth
way
,
we
must
yet
prepare
,
and
resolve
(
if
need
be
)
to
force
through
all
to
't
,
even
if
the
way
were
cover'd
with
thorns
,
and
Serpents
;
and
,
fall
back
,
fall
edge
,
we
must
be
gratefull
still
.
Grateful
for
thy
sake
,
O
Lord
,
and
grateful
likewise
for
our
own
peculiar
Interest
,
for
it
preserves
thy
favours
,
and
gains
us
a
new
addition
of
greater
.
When
I
speak
in
the
praise
of
gratitude
,
I
pleade
the
cause
both
of
God
and
man
,
for
,
without
it
,
we
can
neither
be
Sociable
,
nor
religious
.
There
's
a
strange
delight
in
the
very
purpose
,
and
contemplation
of
it
,
as
well
as
in
the
action
;
when
I
can
say
to
my self
,
I
love
my
Benefactor
;
what
is
there
in
this
world
that
I
would
not
do
to
oblige
&
serve
him
?
Where
I
have
not
the
means
of
a
requital
,
the
very
meditation
of
it
is
sufficient
.
A
man
is
never
the
less
an
Artist
,
for
not
having
his
tools
about
him
;
or
a
musitian
,
because
he
wants
his
Fiddle
:
nor
is
he
the
less
brave
,
because
his
hands
are
bound
;
or
the
worse
Pilot
,
for
being
upon
dry
ground
.
If
I
have
only
a
will
to
be
grateful
,
and
the
heart
to
persever
,
I
am
so
,
and
that
's
all
thou
requirest
O
Lord
!
Let
me
be
upon
the
wheel
;
or
under
the
hand
of
the
Executioner
;
let
me
be
burnt
limb
by
limb
,
and
my
whole
body
dropping
in
the
flames
,
a
good
Conscience
supports
me
in
all
extreams
:
nay
,
it
is
comfortable
even
in
death
it self
:
for
when
we
come
to
approach
that
point
,
what
care
do
we
take
to
summon
,
and
call
to
minde
all
our
Benefactors
,
and
the
good
offices
they
have
done
us
,
that
we
may
leave
the
world
fairly
,
and
set
our
minds
in
order
,
this
is
the
bare
duty
of
good
nature
,
and
what
common
civility
requires
of
us
,
how
much
greater
then
must
our
care
be
to
remember
all
the
graces
,
and
favours
which
We
have
receiv'd
at
thy
hands
O
Lord
,
and
to
be
grateful
to
thee
accordingly
;
or
if
we
can't
return
thee
thanks
equal
to
the
benefits
which
thou
wert
pleas'd
to
confer
upon
us
,
let
us
at
least
be
grateful
to
thee
so
far
,
as
not
to
serve
another
Master
,
for
whom
thou
hast
an
abhorrence
,
as
being
quite
contrary
to
thy
divine
Maxims
.
I
have
already
produc'd
sufficient
motives
,
and
reasons
to
breed
in
our
hearts
a
contempt
of
the
World
,
so
odious
to
God
,
and
so
destructive
of
our
own
Salvation
;
I
have
endeavoured
as
much
as
I
could
,
to
wean
our
affections
from
it
,
and
from
all
it's
pelf
,
as
well
for
being
in
themselves
vile
,
transitory
,
mutable
,
inconsiderable
,
and
dangerous
;
as
for
the
frequent
Instructions
we
have
had
from
thee
,
O
Lord
!
to
hate
,
despise
,
and
consider
them
as
the
mortal
Enemys
of
our
Salvation
.
I
will
now
add
this
one
reason
,
that
tho'
the
World
and
all
its
pleasures
and
treasures
were
real
indeed
,
and
of
that
great
estimate
(
as
we
make
them
)
yet
we
should
not
love
them
,
because
that
thy
love
O
God
,
should
replenish
our
hearts
to
that
degree
,
as
to
leave
no
place
for
any
terrene
or
carnal
affection
.
It
was
thy
command
,
O
Lord
!
to
the
People
of
Israel
that
they
should
love
thee
with
all
their
heart
,
with
all
their
Soul
,
and
with
all
their
powers
,
tho'
they
were
not
so
much
oblig'd
to
thee
,
as
we
are
,
having
receiv'd
more
favours
and
graces
at
thy
hands
then
ever
they
did
;
and
having
also
more
knowledge
of
thy
goodness
then
they
could
ever
attain
to
;
how
then
can
we
in
gratitude
admit
of
any
other
love
?
How
can
we
cast
our
eyes
,
or
set
our
hearts
upon
the
creature
,
when
,
(
had
each
of
us
a
million
of
hearts
)
we
should
in
justice
consecrate
'em
all
unto
thee
?
There
's
not
a
motive
for
which
thou
art
amiable
but
deserves
a
thousand
wills
,
a
thousand
loves
,
a
thousand
lives
,
all
what
we
are
,
and
all
what
we
have
,
or
can
prtend
to
in
this
World
;
But
if
we
look
upon
all
the
titles
and
motives
of
love
which
I
have
already
spoke
of
,
and
for
which
we
are
indespensably
oblig'd
to
love
thee
,
how
can
we
in
good
Conscience
,
love
any
thing
besides
thee
?
If
we
consider
seriously
the
multitude
of
thy
benefits
,
and
the
products
of
thy
infinite
love
,
and
goodness
to
us
,
we
shall
be
oblig'd
to
confess
that
,
had
we
as
many
hearts
as
there
are
grains
of
Sand
upon
the
Sea-shore
,
or
Atoms
in
the
air
,
all
would
not
be
capable
to
contain
that
great
love
which
we
owe
unto
thee
;
how
then
can
I
divide
this
one
heart
,
which
I
have
from
thee
,
amongst
so
many
Creatures
?
and
yet
this
is
a
plague
that
follows
all
mankinde
,
't
is
an
evil
that
runs
in
the
blood
of
all
mortals
,
't
is
the
highest
of
Ingratitude
,
which
is
the
common
distemper
of
this
corrupt
Age
we
live
in
;
for
some
are
ungrateful
to
their
Country
,
and
their
Country
no
less
ungrateful
to
others
;
so
that
the
complaint
of
Ingratitude
reaches
all
Men
:
Does
not
the
Son
wish
for
the
death
of
his
Father
?
the
Husband
for
that
of
his
Wife
?
&c.
But
who
can
expect
to
finde
gratitude
in
an
age
of
so
many
gaping
,
and
craving
Appetites
,
where
all
People
take
,
and
none
give
?
In
an
Age
of
license
to
all
sorts
of
vanity
,
and
wickedness
;
as
Lust
,
Gluttony
,
Avarice
,
Envy
,
Ambition
,
Sloth
,
Insolence
,
Levity
,
Contumacy
,
Fear
,
Rashness
,
private
Discords
,
and
publick
Evils
,
extravagant
and
groundless
wishes
,
vain
Confidence
,
sickly
affections
,
shameless
Impiety
,
Rapine
authoriz'd
,
and
the
violation
of
all
things
Sacred
,
and
prophane
Obligations
are
pursu'd
with
Sword
and
Poison
:
Benefits
are
turn'd
into
Crimes
;
and
that
blood
most
seditiously
spilt
,
for
which
every
honest
man
should
expose
his
own
.
Those
that
should
be
the
preservers
of
their
Country
,
are
the
destroyers
of
it
;
and
't
is
matter
of
dignity
to
trample
upon
the
Government
;
the
Sword
gives
the
Law
,
and
Mercenaries
take
up
arms
against
their
Masters
.
Among
these
turbulent
,
and
unruly
motions
,
what
hope
is
there
of
finding
honesty
,
or
good
Faith
,
which
is
the
life
of
all
virtues
?
there
is
not
a
more
lively
Image
of
humane
life
,
then
that
of
a
conquer'd
City
:
There
is
neither
Mercy
,
Modesty
,
nor
Religion
;
and
if
we
forget
our
lives
,
we
may
well
forget
the
obligations
we
have
to
thee
and
all
thy
benefits
too
.
But
let
us
consider
seriously
the
multitude
and
greatness
of
thy
divine
blessings
,
&
deal
with
thee
even
as
one
man
does
with
another
.
The
wise
man
says
,
that
gifts
break
Rocks
,
An
xagoras
receiv'd
the
like
news
,
he
said
no
more
then
,
if
my
Goods
had
not
perish'd
,
I
had
been
undone
.
Crates
flung
his
whole
substance
into
the
Sea
,
with
this
expression
,
It
is
better
I
drown
you
,
then
you
me
.
Diogenes
bid
adieu
to
all
he
had
in
the
World
,
and
took
nothing
with
him
but
a
wooden
dish
,
and
seeing
by
chance
one
drink
out
of
the
hollow
of
his
hand
,
broke
that
also
.
And
shall
we
refuse
to
do
in
obedience
to
thy
Commands
,
O
Lord
,
&
for
the
purchase
of
an
eternal
weight
of
glory
,
what
they
freely
,
and
gladly
perform'd
to
pleasure
their
own
fancies
,
and
gain
the
repute
of
being
Philosophers
?
O
madness
!
O
ingratitude
never
to
be
paralel'd
!
And
really
if
we
consider
seriously
the
infinite
love
which
thou
hast
for
us
,
O
Lord
,
We
shall
finde
that
we
have
no
love
left
to
bestow
either
upon
the
World
,
or
any
terrene
object
,
no
,
nor
upon
our selves
;
for
We
must
know
that
love
consists
in
action
,
and
the
more
it
acts
or
suffers
,
the
greater
is
the
perfection
thereof
;
how
great
then
must
thy
love
be
O
Lord
,
being
thou
hast
wrought
such
Stupendious
works
for
our
Salvation
,
&
still
dost
continue
to
work
the
like
for
our
preservation
;
the
Sun
,
the
Moon
,
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
!
thou
must
never
repute
him
happy
that
depends
upon
the
World
for
his
happiness
;
for
nothing
can
be
more
preposterous
then
to
place
the
good
of
a
reasonable
Creature
in
unreasonable
things
,
and
yet
as
it
is
a
common
mistake
to
account
those
necessary
that
are
superfluous
,
so
it
is
altogether
as
common
with
men
to
depend
upon
the
World
for
the
felicity
of
life
,
which
arises
only
from
virtue
.
There
is
no
trusting
to
its
smiles
,
no
more
then
there
is
to
a
calme
at
Sea
,
which
will
swell
and
rage
in
a
moment
,
so
that
the
Ships
are
swallow'd
up
at
night
,
in
the
very
place
where
they
sported
themselves
in
the
morning
.
The
world
has
the
same
power
over
Princes
,
that
it
has
over
Empires
;
over
Nations
,
that
it
has
over
Cities
;
and
the
same
power
over
Cities
,
that
it
has
over
private
men
.
Where
's
that
Estate
that
may
not
be
follow'd
upon
the
heel
with
Famine
,
and
Beggery
?
That
Dignity
,
which
the
next
moment
may
not
be
laid
in
the
dust
?
that
Kingdom
that
is
secure
from
desolation
and
ruine
.
The
burning
of
Lyons
may
serve
as
a
President
to
shew
that
nothing
can
be
safe
,
or
stable
in
this
World
,
it
may
likewise
teach
men
to
stand
upon
their
guard
,
and
arm
themselves
against
all
surprises
.
The
terror
of
it
must
needs
be
great
,
for
the
calamity
is
almost
without
example
.
If
it
had
been
fir'd
by
an
Enemy
,
the
flame
would
have
left
some
farther
mischief
to
be
done
by
the
Soldiers
;
but
to
be
wholly
consum'd
,
was
a
prodigious
accident
!
and
perhaps
an
Earthquake
so
pernicious
as
that
,
was
never
heard
of
:
so
many
rarities
to
be
destroy'd
in
one
night
;
and
in
a
profound
peace
to
suffer
an
outrage
beyond
the
extremity
of
war
,
who
would
believe
it
?
but
twelve
hours
betwixt
of
fair
a
City
and
none
at
all
:
It
was
laid
in
ashes
in
less
time
then
it
would
require
to
tell
the
story
.
That
the
Inhabitants
should
stand
unshaken
in
such
a
calamity
is
hardly
to
be
expected
;
and
their
wonder
could
not
but
be
equal
to
their
grief
.
This
dismal
accident
should
teach
all
men
to
provide
against
the
possibilities
,
that
fall
within
the
Power
of
so
cruel
an
Enemy
,
as
is
the
World
;
for
this
Tyrant
having
all
external
things
under
his
dominion
will
sometimes
smile
at
poor
Silly
Mortals
,
&
invite
them
to
tast
of
his
pleasures
,
and
another
while
,
he
will
turn
them
off
with
a
frown
,
and
destroy
them
with
mischiefs
whereof
they
are
to
seek
for
the
Author
.
No
time
,
place
,
or
condition
is
excepted
from
his
Tyranny
;
he
makes
their
very
pleasures
painful
to
them
,
and
makes
War
upon
them
in
the
depth
of
Peace
;
he
turns
the
means
of
their
Security
into
an
occasion
of
fear
:
he
turns
a
Friend
into
an
Enemy
,
and
makes
a
mortal
Foe
of
a
deer
Companion
:
his
Slaves
shall
be
sure
to
suffer
the
effects
of
War
without
any
Adversary
;
and
rather
then
fail
,
even
their
felicity
shall
be
the
fatal
cause
of
their
utter
destruction
.
Lest
they
should
either
forget
,
or
neglect
his
power
;
every
day
produces
something
extraordinary
.
He
persecutes
the
most
temperate
with
sickness
;
the
strongest
constitution
with
the
Ptisick
;
he
brings
the
Innocent
to
punishment
,
and
the
most
retir'd
he
assaults
with
tumults
.
Those
Glorys
which
have
grown
up
with
many
Ages
,
with
infinit
labour
,
and
expence
,
and
under
the
favour
of
many
Auspicious
providences
,
one
day
scatters
,
and
brings
to
nothing
.
He
that
pronounc'd
a
day
,
nay
an
hour
sufficient
for
the
destruction
of
the
greatest
Empire
,
might
have
fallen
to
a
moment
.
It
were
some
comfort
yet
to
the
frailty
of
mankind
,
and
of
humane
affairs
,
if
things
might
but
decay
as
slowly
as
they
rise
,
but
they
grow
by
degrees
,
and
they
fall
to
ruine
in
an
Instant
.
There
is
no
true
felicity
to
be
expected
from
the
World
in
either
private
or
publick
affairs
.
Men
,
Nations
,
and
Citys
have
all
their
fates
,
and
periods
:
Their
very
entertainments
are
not
without
terror
,
and
their
calamity
rises
where
they
least
expected
it
.
Those
Kingdomes
which
stood
the
shock
both
of
Forreign
Wars
,
and
Civil
,
come
to
destruction
without
the
sight
of
an
Enemy
.
A
man
may
be
safe
to
day
,
and
happy
in
the
love
of
his
Country
,
but
to
morrow
he
may
be
in
trouble
,
and
cast
either
into
Prison
,
or
Banishment
:
To
day
,
in
pleasure
,
peace
,
health
;
to
morrow
broken
upon
the
wheel
;
led
in
Triumph
one
day
,
and
the
next
in
the
Agony
of
a
mortal
Sickness
.
What
the
World
gives
this
day
,
he
may
take
the
next
;
and
he
that
trusts
to
his
favours
,
shall
either
finde
himself
deceiv'd
or
if
he
be
not
,
he
will
at
least
be
troubl'd
because
he
has
but
fallible
means
to
depend
upon
.
He
throws
his
gifts
among
his
slaves
,
and
they
(
silly
Souls
)
sweat
and
scuffle
for
them
;
never
considering
how
few
are
the
better
for
that
which
was
expected
by
all
.
Some
are
transported
with
what
they
get
;
others
tormented
for
what
they
miss
,
and
many
times
there
's
a
Leg
or
an
Arm
broken
,
or
a
man
killed
in
a
contest
for
a
thing
of
no
more
value
then
a
counter
.
He
gives
them
Honours
,
Riches
,
&
Favours
,
only
to
take
them
away
again
;
either
by
violence
,
or
treachery
,
so
that
they
frequently
return
to
the
damage
of
the
receivers
.
He
throws
out
baits
for
them
,
and
sets
traps
,
as
they
do
for
Birds
and
Beasts
;
his
bountys
are
snares
,
and
Limetwigs
to
them
;
They
(
poor
Souls
)
think
they
have
taken
a
great
prize
,
but
they
are
themselves
taken
.
If
what
Riches
,
Pleasures
,
or
Dignitys
the
World
gives
had
any
thing
in
them
that
were
substantial
,
they
would
some
time
or
other
fill
,
and
quiet
the
receivers
;
but
they
serve
only
to
provoke
their
Appetite
,
without
any
thing
to
allay
it
,
unless
Pomp
,
and
ostentation
.
In
fine
,
this
I
conclude
upon
;
that
the
Empire
of
the
World
is
but
imaginary
,
and
that
whosoever
serves
it
,
makes
himself
a
voluntary
slave
;
the
best
,
and
safest
course
that
men
can
take
to
exempt
themselves
from
the
tyranny
and
slavery
thereof
,
is
to
be
neither
dejected
with
his
injurys
,
nor
dazl'd
with
his
flattery
,
and
favours
.
When
Zeno
was
told
that
all
his
substance
was
drowned
;
why
then
,
says
he
,
the
World
has
a
mind
to
make
me
a
Philosopher
.
'T
is
a
great
matter
for
a
man
to
advance
his
minde
above
his
threats
,
or
flatteries
;
for
he
that
has
once
gotten
the
better
of
him
,
is
safo
for
ever
;
and
to
come
to
this
point
,
all
mortals
should
follow
the
dictates
of
the
Wise
,
for
the
things
that
are
always
contemn'd
by
them
,
are
really
despicable
,
and
vain
in
themselves
.
Solomon
was
absolutely
the
wisest
Prince
that
ever
appear'd
upon
the
Stage
of
this
World
,
and
the
most
experienc'd
in
the
Peace
,
vanitas
vanitatum
,
&
omnia
vanitas
:
Ecc.
Ibid.
and
by
his
own
experiment
too
:
I
have
,
says
he
,
been
King
in
Jerulalem
,
and
determin'd
by
my
wisdom
to
seek
out
the
nature
of
all
things
,
and
have
seen
,
that
all
under
the
Sun
,
are
meer
vanitys
and
affliction
of
Spirit
.
I
said
in
my
heart
,
In
fine
whatever
things
my
Eyes
and
Heart
could
fancy
,
it
was
out
of
hand
provided
for
them
,
I
did
never
restrain
them
from
taking
their
pleafures
:
But
when
I
came
to
reflect
seriously
with
my self
upon
all
my
actions
,
and
works
wherein
I
had
taken
so
much
labour
and
toil
both
in
minde
and
body
;
I
made
this
conclusion
and
firmly
believe
that
all
was
vanity
,
and
affliction
of
minde
.
Job
was
likewise
a
most
wise
and
holy
man
,
In
fine
,
he
was
the
richest
and
most
powerful
of
all
the
Men
of
the
East
,
yet
in
a
moment
he
was
made
the
poorest
,
and
the
most
afflicted
of
all
mankinde
.
He
was
reduc'd
to
that
extremity
,
that
his
dearest
Friends
would
not
abide
the
sight
of
him
;
thus
was
he
cast
out
of
doors
,
and
forc'd
to
lye
upon
a
dunghil
;
where
he
makes
this
sad
complaint
,
which
is
enough
to
breed
in
the
hearts
of
all
mankinde
a
continual
abhorrence
of
the
World
,
and
all
its
allurements
.
How
long
,
says
he
,
to
his
false
and
dissembling
Friends
,
will
ye
vex
my
Soul
,
and
break
me
in
peices
with
words
?
These
ten
times
have
ye
reproached
me
:
You
are
not
asham'd
that
you
make
your selves
strange
to
me
.
And
be
it
indeed
that
I
have
err'd
,
mine
errour
remains
with
my self
.
If
indeed
ye
will
magnify
your selves
against
me
,
and
plead
against
me
my
reproach
:
Know
now
that
God
has
permitted
the
World
,
and
the
Devil
to
overthrow
me
,
and
compass
me
with
their
nets
.
Behold
I
cry
out
of
wrong
,
but
I
am
not
heard
;
I
cry
out
aloud
,
but
there
's
no
Judgment
.
They
have
fenc'd
up
my
way
that
I
can't
pass
,
and
have
set
darkness
in
my
paths
.
They
have
stript
me
of
all
my
substance
wherein
I
glori'd
,
and
have
taken
the
Crown
from
my
head
;
They
have
also
destroy'd
me
on
every
side
,
and
have
put
my
Brethren
far
from
me
,
and
made
my
acquaintance
even
estranged
from
me
;
so
that
my
Relations
have
fail'd
me
,
and
my
familiar
Friends
have
forgotten
me
.
They
that
dwell
in
my
house
Ridicule
me
,
and
my
maids
count
me
for
a
Stranger
,
I
am
an
Alien
in
their
sight
.
I
call'd
my
Servant
,
and
he
gave
me
no
answer
;
I
entreated
him
with
as
much
humility
as
possible
,
and
he
rebuk'd
me
.
My
Breath
is
loathsome
to
my
Wife
,
and
tho'
I
intreated
her
for
the
Childrens
sake
begotten
of
my
body
,
yet
she
would
not
come
near
me
.
Nay
,
even
young
Children
despise
me
;
I
arose
and
they
spake
against
me
.
All
my
inward
Friends
abhorr'd
me
;
and
they
whom
I
lov'd
,
are
turn'd
against
me
.
O
man
!
can
there
be
a
greater
motive
to
hate
and
abhor
the
World
,
to
despise
it's
pleasures
,
to
make
nothing
of
it's
allurements
,
and
never
to
confide
,
or
place
any
trust
in
it's
false
and
dissembling
friendship
,
then
to
see
how
Tyger-like
,
they
all
combine
together
to
work
the
utter
destruction
of
this
poor
,
innocent
,
and
harmless
Prince
who
was
seen
one
day
to
be
the
most
opulent
,
the
most
famous
,
and
the
most
respected
of
all
Men
,
of
his
Age
,
and
on
the
fame
day
to
be
made
a
poor
,
loathsom
,
crasy
and
despicable
creature
,
cast
out
of
doors
,
and
laid
upon
a
dunghil
all
full
of
Ulcers
from
head
to
foot
,
abandon'd
by
his
Wife
,
by
all
his
Friends
,
by
his
Servants
,
and
even
by
those
friends
who
made
up
their
fortunes
under
him
,
and
for
whom
he
had
as
great
a
kindness
,
as
a
Father
could
have
for
his
Children
.
But
alas
!
to
see
Friends
and
Favourites
so
much
estrang'd
,
and
so
ungrateful
to
their
chief
Benefactours
is
no
novelty
,
't
is
of
as
ancient
a
date
as
is
,
in
a
manner
,
the
Creation
of
the
World
;
was
not
Cain
so
ungrateful
and
treacherous
to
his
Brother
Abel
,
as
to
invite
him
into
the
Fields
under
the
notion
of
kindness
,
but
really
,
and
with
an
absolute
design
to
murther
him
,
as
it
fell
out
,
for
being
jealous
of
his
prosperity
,
and
of
his
being
more
in
my
favour
then
himself
,
he
made
an
end
of
his
life
in
that
very
place
,
where
Abel
thought
to
meet
with
his
pleasure
,
And
was
not
this
same
Cain
murther'd
by
his
own
Grandchild
Lamech
,
Absolon
came
to
be
so
great
a
Monster
to
his
Father
;
that
he
rebell'd
against
him
,
brought
the
greatest
part
of
the
Nation
into
his
faction
,
and
march'd
towards
him
with
a
resolution
to
deprive
him
both
of
his
Life
and
Scepter
;
what
a
deplorable
condition
was
the
Father
brought
to
,
when
he
saw
his
own
dearly
beloved
Son
,
and
all
his
subjects
in
arms
against
him
:
Himself
left
alone
with
a
few
Friends
that
stood
by
him
,
banish'd
from
his
Palace
,
revil'd
by
his
Subjects
,
call'd
a
thousand
Rogues
,
Stones
flung
at
his
head
.
Shall
this
affliction
from
a
Son
to
so
good
a
Father
,
Julius
Caesar
was
to
him
,
for
he
was
not
only
content
to
heap
honours
and
dignities
upon
him
,
but
did
adopt
him
for
his
own
Son
,
and
Heir
apparent
to
all
his
worldly
wealth
,
this
so
extraordinary
a
kindness
should
move
the
heart
even
of
the
greatest
of
Tyrants
to
lay
down
his
life
in
defence
of
so
good
a
friend
,
yet
it
was
not
able
to
mollify
the
stony
heart
of
Brutus
,
for
he
was
the
very
first
that
approach'd
him
with
his
naked
dagger
to
give
him
his
mortal
wound
in
the
very
Senate-house
.
These
and
several
other
such
miscariages
tarnish'd
the
Lustre
of
their
glorious
actions
,
and
forc'd
me
to
remove
their
Empire
into
another
Nation
,
which
is
already
come
to
be
as
treacherous
&
ungrateful
,
in
a
manner
to
me
as
the
Romans
have
been
one
to
another
:
for
I
see
they
have
combin'd
with
my
Enemies
to
afflict
and
oppress
my
Members
upon
Earth
,
and
lessen
the
beauty
and
immunity
of
my
Church-militant
:
These
are
crimes
far
exceeding
the
falshood
,
and
treachery
of
the
Romans
,
because
they
were
Heathens
,
without
any
knowledge
of
my
infinite
Attributes
,
of
my
Supream
Majesty
,
of
my
omnipotent
power
,
and
also
were
depriv'd
of
the
light
of
grace
,
which
are
the
eminent
favours
I
have
imparted
to
them
;
but
I
see
they
turn
them
all
to
the
wrong
use
;
which
certainly
will
rise
in
Judgment
against
them
in
the
dreadful
day
of
my
visitation
.
But
alas
!
Interest
is
the
only
friendship
of
the
World
;
and
where
it
is
not
to
be
had
,
there
's
no
favour
,
no
,
nor
common
civility
to
be
shown
.
O
Ungrateful
World
!
Woe
is
he
that
will
settle
his
affections
upon
thee
after
all
these
convincing
Presidents
of
thy
most
horrid
baseness
.
Now
,
Man
!
let
me
hear
thee
discourse
of
its
falshood
,
and
vanities
:
and
give
me
an
account
of
what
my
Doctors
and
able
Divines
say
of
it
.
MAN
.
O
Most
Gracious
Saviour
!
thou
hast
throughly
convinc'd
me
of
the
falshood
and
vanitys
of
the
World
,
and
hast
said
as
much
of
its
transitory
pleasures
as
is
able
to
breed
in
the
hearts
of
all
men
an
everlasting
abhorrence
of
them
,
but
because
thou
desirest
to
hear
what
the
Doctours
,
and
the
able
Divines
of
thy
Church
speak
of
'em
,
I
will
begin
to
relate
thy
beloved
Disciples
opinion
of
them
;
he
tells
me
in
the
first
place
,
To
begin
with
the
lust
of
the
flesh
,
I
must
speak
of
the
pleasures
of
the
Palate
,
which
is
one
of
the
most
dangerous
branches
thereof
;
for
it
deals
with
us
like
the
Egiptian
Thieves
,
that
Strangle
those
they
imbrace
.
I
must
confess
that
I
am
amaz'd
to
hear
of
the
Luxury
of
Nomentanus
and
Apicius
,
that
entertain'd
their
very
Souls
in
the
Kitchen
;
they
had
the
choicest
musick
for
their
ears
,
the
most
diverting
spectacles
for
their
eyes
;
the
choicest
variety
of
meats
,
and
drinks
for
their
Palates
,
and
what
was
all
that
but
a
merry
madness
?
'T
is
true
they
had
their
delights
but
not
without
heavy
and
anxious
thoughts
,
even
in
their
very
enjoyments
;
besides
that
,
they
are
follow'd
with
repentance
,
and
their
very
frolieks
are
little
more
then
the
laughter
of
so
many
people
out
of
their
Wits
.
Their
felicities
are
full
of
disquiet
,
and
neither
sincere
,
nor
well
grounded
;
but
they
have
need
of
one
pleasure
to
support
another
.
and
of
new
prayers
to
forgive
the
errors
of
their
former
.
Their
life
must
needs
be
wretched
,
that
get
with
great
pains
,
what
they
keep
with
greater
.
One
diversion
overtakes
another
:
hope
excites
hope
:
Ambition
begets
ambition
;
so
that
they
only
change
the
matter
of
their
miseries
,
without
feeling
any
end
of
them
,
and
shall
never
be
without
prosperous
,
or
unhappy
causes
of
disquiet
.
What
if
a
body
might
have
all
the
pleasures
in
the
world
for
the
asking
?
who
would
so
much
unman
himself
,
as
by
accepting
of
them
,
to
desert
his
Soul
,
and
become
a
perpetual
Slave
to
his
Senses
?
Those
false
and
miserable
Palates
that
Judge
of
meats
by
the
price
and
difficulty
,
not
by
the
healthfulness
,
and
tast
,
they
vomit
,
that
they
may
eat
,
and
they
eat
that
they
may
fetch
it
up
again
.
They
cross
the
Seas
for
rarities
,
and
when
they
have
swallow'd
them
,
they
will
not
so
much
as
give
them
leave
to
digest
.
But
what
was
the
end
of
that
Apicius
?
of
that
corrupter
of
youth
,
and
plague
of
the
Age
he
liv'd
in
?
after
he
had
spent
a
prodigious
fortune
upon
his
belly
,
he
poyson'd
himself
for
fear
of
starving
,
when
he
had
250000.
Crowns
in
his
Coffers
;
which
may
serve
to
shew
us
,
that
it
is
the
minde
,
and
not
the
Summ
that
makes
any
man
rich
.
But
why
do
I
call
that
poison
,
which
was
the
wholsomest
draught
of
his
life
?
his
dayly
gluttony
was
poison
rather
,
both
to
himself
and
others
.
His
ostentation
of
it
was
intollerable
;
and
so
was
the
infinite
pains
he
took
to
mislead
others
by
his
example
,
who
went
fast
enough
of
themselves
without
driving
.
It
is
indeed
a
horrid
shame
for
a
reasonable
man
to
place
his
felicity
in
those
entertainments
,
and
appetites
that
are
stronger
in
Brutes
.
Do
not
Beasts
eat
with
a
far
better
stomach
?
have
they
not
more
satisfaction
in
their
Lusts
?
and
they
have
not
only
a
quicker
relish
of
their
pleasures
,
but
they
enjoy
them
without
either
scandal
or
remorse
.
If
sensuality
were
happiness
,
Beasts
were
happier
then
Men
;
but
humane
felicity
is
lodg'd
in
the
Soul
,
not
in
the
Flesh
.
They
that
deliver
themselves
up
to
Luxury
,
are
still
either
tormented
with
too
little
,
or
glutted
with
too
much
;
and
equally
miserable
,
by
being
either
deserted
,
or
overwhelm'd
:
They
are
like
men
in
a
dangerous
Sea
;
one
while
cast
dry
upon
a
Rock
,
and
another
while
swallow'd
up
in
a
whirl-pool
;
and
all
this
from
the
mistake
of
not
distinguishing
good
from
evil
.
The
Huntsman
that
with
much
labour
,
and
hazard
takes
a
wild
beast
,
runs
as
great
a
risque
afterwards
in
the
keeping
of
him
;
for
many
times
he
tears
out
the
throat
of
his
Master
;
and
't
is
the
same
thing
with
inordinate
pleasures
;
the
more
in
number
,
and
the
greater
they
are
,
the
more
general
and
absolute
a
Slave
is
the
Servant
of
them
.
Let
Mortals
say
what
they
will
of
him
,
and
let
the
common
People
pronounce
him
as
happy
as
they
please
,
he
pays
his
liberty
for
his
delights
,
and
sells
himself
for
what
he
buys
.
But
who
must
be
the
Purchaser
?
Who
?
but
the
Devil
that
plays
the
Host
in
this
world
,
A
wise
and
discreet
Traveller
,
when
he
comes
into
an
Inn
,
tho'
his
Host
should
set
before
him
most
rare
and
delicate
meats
,
to
banquet
at
his
pleasure
;
yet
he
will
forbear
,
and
restrain
his
appetite
meerly
in
consideration
of
the
price
,
and
of
the
journey
he
has
to
go
;
and
takes
nothing
but
so
much
as
he
knows
well
how
to
discharge
the
next
morning
at
his
departure
;
on
the
contrary
a
fool
will
lay
hands
on
every
delicate
bit
that
is
presented
to
his
sight
,
he
will
act
the
Prince
for
a
night
or
two
:
but
next
day
when
it
comes
to
be
discharg'd
,
he
is
sorry
for
what
he
had
done
,
and
would
wish
he
had
liv'd
only
upon
bread
and
water
,
rather
then
be
put
to
that
vexation
and
disgrace
too
,
as
to
part
with
all
his
mony
for
his
belly
.
The
custom
of
thy
Church
O
Lord
,
is
to
fast
the
eve
of
every
great
feast
,
and
then
to
recreate
their
Spirits
the
next
day
,
which
is
the
Festival
it self
.
This
represents
very
well
the
abstinent
life
of
thy
good
Servants
in
this
World
,
for
which
they
deserve
to
be
nobly
treated
,
and
made
much
of
in
the
World
to
come
:
but
the
custome
of
this
World
is
quite
opposite
,
for
they
will
eat
and
drink
merrily
,
let
the
Host
bring
in
what
reckoning
he
will
;
but
when
payment
is
demanded
,
and
that
they
can't
get
off
without
the
Sum
laid
in
his
hand
,
What
shall
I
say
of
drunkenness
,
which
is
a
voluntary
madness
;
it
emboldens
men
to
act
all
kinde
of
mischief
;
it
both
irritates
wickedness
,
and
discovers
the
same
;
was
it
not
in
his
drunken
fit
that
Alexander
took
the
life
of
Clitus
upon
the
point
of
his
Sword
,
tho'
he
was
the
dearest
of
his
Friends
,
and
the
chief
of
his
Favourits
?
It
makes
them
that
are
insolent
,
prouder
,
and
those
that
are
cruel
by
nature
put
on
the
fierceness
of
an
angered
Bear
;
it
takes
away
all
shame
.
But
there
's
yet
another
peice
of
gallantry
,
that
is
as
brutish
as
th'
other
,
and
what
is
that
?
't
is
to
invert
the
offices
of
day
,
and
night
:
as
if
their
eyes
were
only
given
them
to
make
use
of
in
the
dark
:
Is
it
day
,
they
will
cry
,
O
then
't
is
time
to
go
to
bed
.
Is
it
night
?
why
then
't
is
time
for
us
to
rise
.
They
will
Sup
in
the
morning
,
and
Dine
at
midnight
.
In
fine
,
I
must
conclude
that
they
are
the
most
miserable
of
all
mortals
,
that
deliver
themselves
up
to
their
palates
,
or
to
their
Lusts
:
For
the
pleasure
is
short
,
and
the
end
of
it
is
either
eternal
shame
,
or
a
speedy
,
and
hearty
Repentance
.
What
shall
I
say
of
vain-glory
,
which
is
a
disordinate
desire
to
be
well
thought
of
,
to
be
in
the
esteem
of
the
World
,
receive
the
applause
,
and
good
word
of
all
people
,
to
be
prais'd
and
glorifi'd
of
Men
;
this
indeed
is
a
great
vanity
,
yet
,
't
is
the
common
distemper
of
all
men
,
and
creeps
into
the
breasts
,
even
of
the
most
religious
among
them
;
had
I
seen
a
man
run
up
and
down
the
streets
after
a
feather
,
which
is
toss'd
to
and
fro
with
the
winde
,
certainly
I
would
imagine
him
to
be
either
a
perfect
fool
,
or
a
little
maddish
,
I
can
have
no
better
opinion
of
a
man
that
is
caried
away
with
the
wavering
blast
of
several
mouths
,
for
as
this
man
might
weary
himself
out
before
he
got
the
thing
which
he
fo
earnestly
follow'd
,
and
when
he
had
it
,
it
is
at
best
but
a
feather
,
so
a
vain-glorious
man
may
labour
a
long
time
,
before
he
attain
to
his
aim
,
which
is
a
popular
applause
,
and
when
he
has
it
,
it
's
not
worth
to
him
a
pins
head
,
being
but
the
breath
of
a
few
mens
mouths
,
that
does
alter
upon
every
light
occasion
,
and
now
makes
him
great
,
now
little
,
now
good
,
now
bad
,
and
at
another
time
nothing
at
all
.
O
Lord
!
In
fine
,
the
conclusion
of
the
dispute
is
a
main
argument
of
the
Worlds
vanity
,
for
upon
Palm-Sunday
they
receiv'd
thee
into
Jerusalem
with
the
Solemnity
of
Hosanna
,
casting
green
branches
,
and
even
their
apparel
under
thy
feet
;
but
on
Thursday
and
Friday
following
,
they
all
cry'd
out
Crucifie
against
thee
,
and
preferr'd
the
life
of
a
Barrabas
,
of
a
wicked
Murtherer
,
before
that
of
a
pure
,
spotless
,
and
most
innocent
Lamb
,
who
came
to
wash
off
our
sinful
spots
with
the
effusion
of
his
most
precious
blood
.
Understand
this
ye
brutish
among
the
People
;
If
we
believe
St.
Ambrose
,
he
will
tell
us
,
that
a
vain
man
is
no
better
then
a
wind-mil
,
for
he
will
run
on
,
if
he
be
prais'd
;
but
if
he
feels
not
the
gale
of
a
popular
applause
to
blow
up
his
Sails
,
he
is
presently
daunted
,
&
quite
out
of
heart
;
no
more
will
the
windmil
grinde
nor
make
any
meal
,
but
according
as
the
blast
shall
hold
favourable
,
&
blow
into
its
ribbs
:
Isle
of
Rae
,
seiz'd
upon
his
earthly
substance
both
at
home
and
abroad
,
and
condemn'd
his
Person
to
a
Prison
during
his
life
,
whereupon
this
Jest
was
made
of
him
,
and
writ
under
his
Coat
of
Arms
,
Quo
non
descendam
;
for
certainly
it
was
a
prodigious
toss
,
to
be
thrown
down
from
the
height
of
prosperity
,
to
the
depth
of
Adversity
,
and
in
one
night
.
Now
let
us
consider
any
state
or
dignity
that
we
most
affect
,
and
reason
thus
,
many
have
already
mounted
up
so
high
,
but
they
were
forc'd
to
descend
again
,
by
the
appointment
either
of
Death
or
of
Fortune
,
and
which
was
the
greater
,
either
the
joy
of
getting
,
or
the
sorrow
in
loosing
it
?
where
are
now
all
those
Emperours
,
I
can't
better
compare
the
vanity
of
this
World
,
then
to
a
mans
own
shaddow
,
which
the
more
he
runs
after
,
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
!
If
mortals
could
trace
their
descents
,
they
should
finde
all
Slaves
to
come
from
Princes
,
and
all
Princes
from
Slaves
,
and
therefore
I
think
they
are
not
their
crafts-master
,
when
they
murmur
against
nature
,
and
fortune
,
as
if
't
were
their
unkindeness
that
makes
them
inconsiderable
in
the
World
,
when
it
is
only
by
their
own
weakness
that
they
make
themselves
so
:
for
it
is
virtue
,
not
pedigree
that
renders
a
man
either
valuable
,
or
happy
.
It
was
never
heard
that
I
did
either
reject
,
or
choose
any
man
for
his
quality
,
contrariwise
,
to
confound
this
vanity
,
when
I
came
down
from
my
Heavenly
Father's
Pallace
upon
Earth
,
to
become
man
for
the
Redemption
of
mankinde
;
I
call'd
my self
by
the
name
of
the
Son
of
man
,
Mattathias
was
no
less
a
Nobleman
,
As
for
the
Wisdom
of
the
world
,
alas
!
't
is
but
meer
folly
with
me
,
as
thou
mayst
conceive
by
what
I
repli'd
to
the
most
wise
and
the
most
learned
men
of
Israel
,
My
great
Apostle
,
and
Vessel
of
election
gives
an
excellent
description
of
the
World's
folly
,
where
he
says
,
If
the
Wisdom
of
the
World
be
so
great
a
folly
with
me
,
as
St.
Paul
says
,
is
it
not
an
intollerable
vanity
to
delight
and
boast
in
it
,
so
much
as
men
do
,
and
to
value
themselves
more
upon
it
,
then
upon
my
wisdom
,
which
was
that
of
my
Saints
.
'T
is
a
wonderful
thing
to
see
how
contrary
my
Judgment
is
to
that
of
Man
;
some
will
thrust
themselves
into
an
Ecclesiastical
State
,
&
will
conceit
themselves
to
be
most
fit
to
do
the
Service
of
God
,
because
they
have
the
repute
of
Wise
men
in
the
World
,
but
St.
I
can
say
no
less
of
corporal
Beauty
,
Issabella
Clara
was
the
rarest
beauty
of
her
Age
,
but
when
she
dy'd
,
and
was
in
her
coffin
but
two
days
,
one
of
the
Grandees
of
Spain
that
esteem'd
very
much
her
beauty
when
living
,
desir'd
to
have
a
prospect
of
her
face
,
which
was
then
the
ngliest
that
ever
man
could
behold
,
all
cover'd
with
worms
,
and
two
ill-shap'd
ones
starting
out
of
her
eyes
;
this
indeed
made
the
good
Nobleman
with
no
less
horrour
,
then
admiration
to
utter
these
words
,
haec
ne
est
illa
Issabella
Clara
;
is
this
that
fair
Issabella
,
whose
resplendent
beauty
had
ravish'd
the
hearts
,
and
dazi'd
the
eyes
of
all
her
beholders
,
adieu
then
to
the
World
,
and
all
its
vanities
;
this
was
a
Christian
Resolution
,
and
worthy
to
be
taken
notice
of
by
all
those
who
bestow
so
much
labour
in
procuring
,
or
preserving
their
corporal
beauty
,
as
tho'
all
their
happiness
consisted
therein
;
nay
,
many
are
detain'd
even
by
that
only
consideration
from
taking
a
resolution
to
serve
me
,
so
that
this
precious
Jewel
(
as
they
call
it
)
is
a
great
obstacle
to
their
Salvation
,
as
it
is
often
the
fatal
Subject
of
many
a
poor
creatures
eternal
damnation
.
But
the
basest
of
all
Prostitutes
are
those
that
dedicate
themselves
wholly
to
the
extravagance
of
Embroiderys
,
rich
Apparel
,
Paint
,
It
is
a
thing
worthy
thy
daily
admiration
to
consider
how
far
asunder
I
&
my
Saints
are
from
the
humour
&
behaviour
of
Worldlings
in
this
very
matter
.
I
was
the
very
first
Taylor
that
ever
made
up
a
garment
in
this
World
,
and
made
it
for
the
most
noble
of
all
thy
Ancestours
in
Paradise
,
but
of
what
did
I
make
it
?
was
it
of
cloth
of
Gold
,
or
Silver
,
MAN
.
It
was
a
Question
among
the
Heathen
Phylosophers
,
whether
it
is
better
for
a
Man
to
have
much
,
or
to
have
enough
,
and
the
ground
of
their
debate
was
,
that
he
who
has
much
desires
more
,
which
shews
,
that
he
has
not
yet
enough
;
but
he
that
has
enough
,
is
at
rest
;
and
the
conclusion
was
,
that
he
is
the
richest
man
that
is
content
with
what
he
has
;
for
why
should
a
man
be
reputed
the
less
rich
,
for
not
having
that
,
for
which
he
shall
be
banished
,
for
which
his
very
Wife
or
Son
shall
poison
him
:
That
which
gives
him
security
in
War
,
and
quiet
in
Peace
;
which
he
possesses
without
danger
,
and
disposes
of
without
trouble
,
deserves
indeed
the
name
of
Riches
,
which
alone
can
make
a
man
happy
in
this
World
:
for
no
man
can
be
poor
,
that
has
enough
;
nor
rich
,
that
covets
more
then
he
has
.
Alexander
,
after
all
his
Conquests
,
complain'd
that
he
wanted
more
Worlds
;
he
desir'd
something
more
,
even
when
he
had
gotten
all
:
And
that
which
was
sufficient
for
humane
nature
,
was
not
enough
for
one
man
.
I
am
very
apt
to
believe
that
money
never
made
any
man
Rich
;
for
the
more
he
had
,
the
more
he
still
coveted
.
The
richest
man
that
ever
liv'd
is
poor
in
my
opinion
,
and
should
be
so
in
any
reasonable
man's
judgment
:
But
he
that
keeps
himself
to
the
limits
of
nature
,
does
neither
feel
Poverty
,
nor
fear
it
;
whereas
those
which
the
World
calls
happy
,
their
felicity
is
a
false
splendour
,
that
dazles
the
eyes
of
the
vulgar
,
but
our
rich
man
is
glorious
,
and
happy
within
himself
.
There
's
no
ambition
in
hunger
,
or
thirst
:
let
there
be
food
;
and
no
matter
for
the
table
,
the
dish
,
and
the
Servants
;
nor
with
what
meats
nature
is
satisfi'd
.
Those
are
the
torments
of
Luxury
,
that
rather
stuff
the
stomach
,
then
fill
it
:
It
studys
rather
to
cause
an
appetite
,
then
to
allay
it
.
'T
is
not
for
us
to
say
,
this
is
not
hand
some
,
that
's
common
;
the
other
offends
my
eye
.
Nature
provides
for
health
,
not
delicacy
.
When
the
Trumpet
sounds
a
charge
,
the
poor
man
knows
he
is
not
aim'd
at
;
when
they
cry
out
fire
,
his
body
is
all
he
has
to
look
after
;
If
he
be
to
take
a
journey
,
there
's
no
blocking
up
of
Streets
,
and
thronging
of
passages
for
a
parting
complement
:
a
small
matter
fils
his
belly
,
and
contents
his
mind
;
he
lives
from
hand
to
mouth
,
without
carking
or
fearing
for
to
morrow
.
He
that
would
know
the
worst
of
Poverty
,
let
him
but
compare
the
looks
of
the
rich
,
and
the
poor
;
and
he
shall
finde
the
poor
man
to
have
the
smoother
brow
,
and
to
be
more
merry
at
the
heart
;
or
if
any
trouble
befals
him
,
it
passes
over
like
a
Cloud
,
whereas
the
other
,
either
his
good
humour
is
counter
fiet
,
or
his
melancholly
deep
,
and
ulcerated
,
and
the
worse
because
he
dares
not
publickly
own
his
misfortune
,
but
he
is
forc'd
to
play
the
part
of
a
happy
man
,
even
with
a
Cancer
in
his
heart
.
His
felicity
is
but
personated
,
and
if
he
were
but
strip'd
of
his
ornaments
,
he
would
be
contempitble
.
In
buying
of
a
horse
,
we
take
off
his
cloths
and
his
trappings
,
and
examin
his
shape
and
body
,
for
fear
of
being
cozen'd
:
And
shall
we
put
an
estimate
upon
a
man
for
being
set
off
by
his
fortune
,
and
quality
?
nay
,
if
we
see
any
thing
of
ornament
about
him
,
we
are
to
suspect
him
the
more
for
some
infirmity
under
it
.
He
that
is
content
in
Poverty
,
would
not
be
so
neither
in
Plenty
;
for
the
fault
is
not
in
the
thing
,
but
in
the
minde
.
It
's
therefore
thy
Apostle
writing
to
Timothy
,
says
,
command
the
Rich
of
this
World
not
to
be
high-minded
,
nor
place
their
considence
in
the
uncertainty
of
their
Riches
;
Divitibus
hujus
mundi
praecipe
non
sublime
sapere
,
neque
sperare
in
incerto
divitiarum
.
1
Tim.
17.
Non
proderunt
divitiae
indie
ultionis
.
Pro.
11.4
,
Divitiarumjactantia
quid
nobis
contulit
.
Sap.
5.
Dormierunt
somnum
suum
&
nihil
in
venerunt
omnes
viri
divitiarum
in
manibus
suis
.
Psa.
75.6
.
and
the
ground
of
his
Precept
,
is
,
that
Riches
,
shall
not
profit
a
man
in
the
day
of
revenge
,
nor
rescue
him
from
the
rigour
of
thy
Justice
in
the
day
of
his
death
,
if
his
sins
have
put
him
out
of
thy
favour
;
this
the
wicked
Rich
themselves
confess
,
tho'
too
late
,
being
already
condemn'd
to
live
in
torments
for
an
Eternity
;
what
has
the
bravery
of
our
Riches
avail'd
us
?
nothing
at
all
;
but
have
rather
increas'd
our
misery
,
because
we
made
thereof
our
Gods
upon
Earth
,
tho'
we
were
often
told
of
their
vanity
,
and
how
they
could
never
afford
their
Masters
any
comfort
,
or
ease
,
when
they
were
in
most
need
of
their
help
.
The
Royal
Prophet
seems
to
commiserate
their
deplorable
condition
where
he
says
,
Alas
!
the
Rich
men
have
slept
out
their
sleep
,
and
have
found
nothing
in
their
hands
;
People
in
their
sleep
will
dream
of
Mountains
of
Gold
and
Silver
,
and
think
themselves
rich
for
ever
,
but
when
they
awake
,
they
finde
they
are
altogether
in
as
bare
a
condition
as
before
;
this
is
the
case
with
the
rich
,
whilst
they
are
in
this
life
,
they
do
imagine
themselves
Rich
for
ever
,
and
that
their
vast
treasures
will
bear
them
up
in
all
necessitys
that
shall
occur
;
but
when
they
open
their
eyes
in
the
hour
of
death
,
they
see
then
that
they
must
depart
for
another
World
with
as
little
provision
as
the
poorest
beggar
in
nature
,
I
can't
but
smile
to
hear
the
Prophet
Baruch
laugh
at
such
People
;
where
are
they
now
,
says
he
,
those
great
Estated
men
,
those
mercenary
Judges
,
those
deluding
Lawyers
,
those
flie
Attornys
,
those
greedy
and
covetous
Merchants
,
those
insatiable
Usurers
that
heap'd
up
such
a
vast
deal
of
gold
&
silver
,
and
that
never
desisted
gathering
together
?
Alas
!
they
are
rooted
out
of
the
World
,
&
cast
down
into
Hell-sire
;
And
therefore
says
St
James
,
now
ye
rich
men
weep
,
and
wail
,
I
am
certain
,
that
if
an
Assembly
of
the
most
able
physitians
of
the
World
had
met
to
determine
whether
such
or
such
meats
were
dangerous
to
feed
upon
,
and
that
they
should
all
conclude
they
were
absolute
poyson
to
the
body
,
few
,
or
none
at
all
would
hazard
his
health
to
eat
thereof
,
tho'
otherwise
in
sight
,
smell
,
and
tast
,
they
appear'd
sweet
,
and
most
pleasant
;
And
shall
not
the
unanimous
votes
of
all
the
Saints
in
Heaven
,
and
of
all
the
Catholike
Doctors
on
Earth
,
together
with
thy
most
holy
and
urgent
admonitions
,
O
Lord
,
be
able
to
remove
the
disordinate
love
which
mortals
bear
to
this
most
dangerous
,
&
Soul-killing
vanity
?
Thou
sayst
by
thy
Prophet
to
all
mankind
,
Amen
,
Amen
,
I
say
unto
you
,
that
a
Rich
man
shall
hardly
enter
into
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
.
Their
main
objection
to
this
doctrine
,
is
,
what
shall
become
of
our
Wives
and
Children
,
if
we
be
not
careful
to
provide
a
maintenance
for
them
,
that
they
may
live
in
the
World
with
as
much
splendour
,
as
the
dignity
of
their
condition
requires
.
But
the
Wife
man
gives
them
a
satisfactory
answer
,
in
my
minde
,
and
a
notable
check
to
boot
,
for
he
calls
them
fools
,
and
besides
,
he
tells
them
in
plain
terms
,
that
their
great
care
,
and
labour
which
they
take
to
provide
so
amply
for
their
Wives
and
Children
is
sinful
,
and
therefore
will
create
an
eternal
displeasure
to
their
poor
Souls
:
This
is
confirm'd
by
the
Parable
which
thou
didst
rehearse
of
the
Rich-man
,
who
said
,
what
must
I
do
,
for
I
have
no
place
vacant
wherein
to
bestow
my
Fruits
?
and
he
said
this
will
I
do
;
In
fine
,
vanity
in
their
last
Will
and
Testament
,
wherein
their
noblest
part
the
Soul
has
the
least
share
.
Woe
be
unto
you
,
says
the
Prophet
,
John
the
Baptist
was
not
publickly
known
to
the
world
until
she
had
perswaded
her
Daughter
to
ask
no
greater
favour
of
Herod
then
to
give
her
in
a
dish
the
head
of
so
renown'd
a
Prophet
,
and
of
so
glorious
a
Martyr
.
Some
,
to
be
reveng'd
of
their
Brothers
,
(
if
they
can't
annoy
their
Persons
,
)
will
not
scruple
to
produce
false
witness
to
criminate
them
,
and
be
themselves
of
the
number
too
;
others
will
make
it
their
whole
business
to
trot
up
and
down
,
like
so
many
infernal
Emissaries
,
and
publish
wherever
they
go
,
as
well
the
private
,
as
the
publick
imperfections
of
this
or
that
other
body
,
even
as
they
do
maliciously
and
falsely
surmise
;
and
will
never
revoke
what
they
had
tax'd
him
with
,
tho'
they
were
even
upon
the
borders
of
Hell
,
ready
to
be
cast
therein
both
Soul
and
body
;
so
great
is
the
malice
of
such
desperate
and
unchristian
Sonls
.
There
are
besides
thefe
usual
calamities
,
an
infinite
number
of
others
,
that
are
nameless
,
because
they
be
sudden
,
and
unexpected
chances
;
one
loses
an
eye
in
a
Skirmish
,
another
his
arm
,
one
gets
a
fall
from
his
horse
,
and
breaks
his
neck
,
another
in
a
frantick
fit
flings
himself
out
of
a
Window
and
is
bruis'd
to
death
;
a
Third
man
falls
into
a
Pool
,
or
a
River
,
and
is
drown'd
.
If
all
the
Writers
of
this
Sinful
Age
We
live
in
had
taken
an
exact
account
from
every
particular
man
within
the
same
Century
,
of
what
distasters
had
happen'd
to
him
in
his
life
,
they
would
certainly
have
matter
enough
to
fill
as
many
volumes
as
they
have
hairs
on
their
heads
,
and
if
all
the
merry
passages
,
&
sad
rencounters
that
every
individual
man
had
met
with
in
his
days
,
were
put
in
a
balance
,
the
latter
would
much
overweigh
the
former
,
so
he
would
visibly
see
that
for
one
hour
of
pleasure
,
&
true
content
he
had
in
his
life
,
he
met
with
a
hundred
of
misery
,
of
tribulation
,
and
anguishes
;
now
if
the
life
of
Man
,
which
is
so
short
,
be
intermix'd
with
fuch
a
vast
deal
of
sorrow
,
what
a
small
parcel
thereof
can
pretend
to
any
real
felicity
(
if
such
a
thing
may
be
expected
in
this
World
.
)
But
all
those
calamities
I
now
have
mention'd
,
are
common
,
as
well
,
to
the
good
,
as
to
the
bad
,
If
there
were
no
other
evil
in
the
World
then
the
afflictions
and
miseries
which
attend
our
bodys
,
it
were
not
so
much
to
be
hated
,
neither
should
our
fear
be
so
great
to
trade
,
and
converse
therein
;
but
seeing
our
correspondence
and
freedom
with
it
,
is
so
pernicions
to
our
Souls
also
,
which
ought
to
be
the
subject
of
our
greatest
care
,
as
being
the
principal
part
of
our
essence
,
In
fine
,
the
Prophet
crys
out
,
Snares
upon
all
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Earth
.
O
Lord
!
hadst
thou
vouchsaf'd
to
open
our
eyes
,
as
thou
didst
those
of
blessed
St.
Anthony
,
The
Wise
man
sets
us
this
Question
,
SAVIOVR
.
O
Man
the
greatness
of
my
Paternal
Providence
for
mankinde
in
general
,
and
the
excess
of
my
love
for
those
among
them
that
are
my
faithful
Servants
,
should
win
the
hearts
even
of
the
most
obstinate
,
and
most
rebellious
that
ever
were
heard
of
,
nay
,
it
should
force
them
to
pay
me
that
small
tribute
,
I
only
require
at
their
hands
which
is
to
love
me
with
all
their
hearts
,
and
to
fulfill
my
commands
,
with
the
most
tender
affection
of
a
most
dutiful
and
obedient
Servant
.
For
the
love
I
bear
them
,
does
far
exceed
that
of
all
worldly
Fathers
to
their
Children
;
and
the
care
I
take
to
provide
for
them
is
altogether
as
great
as
my
love
;
What
Father
was
ever
known
to
shed
his
blood
for
his
children
,
as
I
have
done
for
mine
;
or
give
that
attendance
to
his
Children
,
as
I
give
to
mine
:
I
am
both
day
and
night
present
with
them
to
protect
and
defend
them
from
all
accidents
,
I
stand
by
them
in
all
their
tribulations
to
comfort
them
,
and
so
temper
their
afflictions
that
their
extremity
make
them
not
despair
;
the
Prophet
Royal
was
sensible
of
the
great
care
I
take
of
my
Children
in
their
afflictions
;
by
this
I
know
,
There
's
no
better
testimony
then
that
of
a
man
,
who
knows
what
is
said
to
be
true
by
his
own
experience
;
my
Prophet
can
give
thee
a
true
account
of
my
ardent
love
for
those
that
are
so
happy
as
to
be
of
the
number
of
my
Children
,
and
Favourites
,
and
therefore
I
would
have
thee
to
hear
what
he
says
of
me
,
and
to
fix
thy self
upon
his
undeniable
deposition
;
behold
,
says
he
,
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
is
upon
them
that
fear
him
,
and
upon
them
that
hope
in
his
mercy
,
to
deliver
their
Souls
from
Death
.
The
eyes
of
the
Lord
are
upon
the
Righteous
,
and
his
ears
are
open
unto
their
cry
.
But
the
face
of
the
Lord
is
against
them
that
do
evil
,
to
cut
off
the
remembrance
of
them
from
the
Earth
.
The
Righteous
cry
,
and
the
Lord
hears
and
delivers
them
out
of
all
their
troubles
.
The
Lord
is
nigh
unto
them
that
are
of
a
broken
heart
:
and
saves
such
as
be
of
a
contrite
Spirit
.
Many
are
th'
afflictions
of
the
Righteous
,
but
the
Lord
delivers
him
out
of
them
all
:
The
greatest
treasure
that
a
Christian
Man
should
wish
to
enjoy
in
this
World
is
the
love
and
Providence
of
God
,
the
more
he
knows
them
,
and
the
surer
he
is
of
their
enjoyment
,
the
greater
should
be
his
comfort
,
and
confidence
in
the
same
God
.
Thou
must
know
O
man
!
that
the
testimonies
of
Scripture
relating
to
the
promises
I
give
unto
the
Faithfull
of
my
love
;
It
's
usual
with
Elder-Brothers
(
if
they
be
not
of
a
moross
nature
indeed
)
to
carry
their
younger-Brothers
in
their
arms
when
they
are
not
able
to
go
themselves
,
and
this
kindness
my
Angels
do
faithfully
perform
to
the
just
(
as
being
their
Elder
Brothers
)
not
only
in
their
life
time
,
but
also
in
their
death
,
as
thou
mayst
read
in
Scripture
,
In
fine
they
shall
tread
upon
the
Lion
,
Solomon's
Couch
was
environed
with
sixty
Men
of
the
Strongest
and
stoutest
of
all
Israel
,
with
their
drawn
Swords
in
their
hands
and
were
all
expert
in
Martial
discipline
,
each
one
well
Arm'd
at
all
points
for
fear
of
any
nocturnal
incursions
,
When
Abraham
sent
his
Servant
to
finde
out
a
competent
,
The
effects
of
my
Providence
are
so
many
,
and
so
wonderful
,
that
I
am
commonly
call'd
in
Scripture
the
Father
of
the
Righteous
,
The
Prophet
Esaiah
,
thinking
the
name
of
Father
did
not
sufficiently
express
the
tenderness
of
my
love
,
because
it
has
been
never
yet
paralel'd
by
any
mortal
Parents
,
says
,
Lord
!
thou
art
our
Father
indeed
,
Abraham
is
ignorant
of
us
,
and
Israel
does
not
acknowledge
us
.
Thou
O
Lord
art
our
Father
,
our
Redeemer
,
and
thy
name
is
from
everlasting
;
and
tho'
they
be
our
Father
according
to
the
flesh
,
yet
they
don't
deserve
the
name
thereof
;
't
is
a
qualification
due
to
thee
alone
,
for
their
love
for
us
is
no
more
then
a
shaddow
to
that
which
thou
hast
express'd
to
us
upon
all
occasions
,
my
love
rather
resembles
that
which
a
good
natur'd
Mother
bears
to
her
child
,
and
therefore
I
compare
my self
to
the
most
passionate
of
the
Sex
.
Can
a
Mother
forget
her
sucking
Child
,
that
she
should
not
have
compassion
on
the
Son
of
her
womb
?
yea
,
they
may
forget
,
yet
will
I
not
forget
thee
.
Behold
I
have
graven
thee
upon
the
palms
of
my
hands
,
thy
walls
are
continually
before
me
.
What
more
shall
I
say
?
But
to
oblige
them
the
more
to
their
duty
to
me
,
Tell
me
,
O
man
!
what
greater
care
could
be
expected
from
a
watchful
Shepherd
,
or
what
sweeter
words
could
I
make
choice
of
to
express
my
unspeakable
kindeness
for
all
mankinde
,
for
they
are
the
Sheep
that
I
have
taken
so
much
labour
and
care
to
preserve
,
they
are
that
dear
Flock
for
which
I
have
spilt
my
blood
,
and
lost
my
life
,
and
therefore
thou
must
not
understand
the
words
of
the
Holy
Ghost
of
any
material
or
brutish
Flock
;
No
,
no
,
He
means
thee
and
the
rest
of
mortals
,
and
therefore
He
concludes
,
St.
Ambr.
de
Virg.
thou
art
all
things
unto
us
,
if
we
be
wounded
,
thou
art
a
Physitian
to
cure
us
;
if
We
be
in
a
Feverish
heat
,
thou
art
a
fountain
to
quench
our
drought
;
if
We
be
laden
with
iniquity
,
thou
art
the
Lamb
that
came
from
heaven
to
take
away
the
Sins
of
the
World
;
if
We
be
in
need
of
help
,
thou
art
of
an
omnipotent
power
,
and
thou
hast
the
Will
to
assist
us
in
all
our
necessities
:
if
We
fear
Death
,
thou
art
life
everlasting
:
if
We
desire
Heaven
,
thou
art
the
way
to
it
:
if
We
be
willing
to
avoid
darkness
,
thou
art
the
Light
;
if
We
want
Food
,
thou
art
the
life-giving
bread
.
Tell
me
O
Man
,
can'st
thou
imagine
any
thing
in
this
World
more
glorious
,
more
precious
,
more
lovely
,
more
honourable
,
or
more
advantageous
to
thy
Soul
then
to
enjoy
me
,
who
am
thy
Creator
,
thy
Redeemer
,
thy
preserver
,
thy
Lord
,
thy
Father
,
thy
Shepherd
,
thy
Physitian
,
thy
Master
,
thy
Keeper
,
thy
Bearer
,
thy
Strong
wall
,
thy
Defender
,
thy
Castle
,
thy
Spouse
,
and
thy
All
in
All
;
What
treasure
can
any
man
have
in
this
World
to
confer
upon
his
Frind
that
is
to
be
compar'd
to
the
least
of
all
these
benefits
.
These
are
the
treasures
,
this
is
the
glory
which
I
have
prepar'd
even
in
this
life
for
those
that
serve
me
,
and
I
think
them
sufficient
motives
for
all
mortals
to
love
,
adore
,
&
reverence
me
,
who
am
so
good
and
so
gracious
a
Lord
to
them
.
But
on
the
other
side
,
't
is
a
subject
of
great
displeasure
to
me
to
see
them
,
after
all
my
goodness
,
so
prone
to
neglect
my
Service
,
and
run
after
the
false
and
fatal
pleasures
of
the
World
,
as
tho'
I
were
not
worthy
their
constant
affections
;
But
alas
!
It
was
ever
so
with
mortals
;
their
Ingratitude
is
as
ancient
,
in
a
manner
,
as
the
very
Creation
of
the
World
,
for
the
same
abomination
I
found
among
the
Israelites
,
and
have
tax'd
them
with
it
too
,
by
my
Prophet
Jeremy
;
Hear
ye
the
word
of
the
Lord
,
O
house
of
Jacob
,
and
all
the
families
of
the
house
of
Israel
.
MAN
.
O
Most
gracious
Saviour
!
Thou
hast
reason
to
be
displeas'd
with
us
indeed
,
hadst
thou
cast
us
off
,
and
absolutely
given
us
over
into
a
reprobate
Sense
,
per
Cent.
and
of
his
principal
too
,
which
was
very
considerable
.
In
fine
,
there
's
no
state
or
condition
but
will
have
something
,
or
another
to
say
of
the
Worlds
deceits
.
Can
there
be
a
greater
deceit
then
what
We
see
dayly
before
our
eyes
?
The
World
does
promise
renoun
,
and
everlasting
fame
to
all
his
Followers
;
yet
we
see
they
are
no
sooner
dead
then
forgotten
.
There
's
not
one
,
of
a
hundred
thousand
of
those
gallant
sparks
(
which
have
made
a
great
figure
in
this
World
when
living
)
now
remembred
:
no
,
nor
once
nam'd
.
What
is
become
of
all
those
renown'd
Heroes
,
those
famous
Generals
,
those
superiour
Officers
,
those
marshial
Captains
those
stout
and
desperate
Soldiers
,
those
learn'd
and
wise
Councellours
,
those
Eminent
Dukes
,
those
great
Princes
,
those
powerful
Kings
,
and
Emperours
,
those
excellent
Queens
,
those
worthy
Lords
and
Ladys
?
who
remembers
them
now
?
or
who
once
thinks
of
them
?
not
one
,
their
memory
has
perish'd
with
their
life
,
to
fulfill
the
Prophets
prediction
of
'em
;
and
to
accomplish
the
words
of
Job
,
The
World
was
never
better
set
forth
in
it's
own
colours
,
then
by
a
certain
learned
Author
who
tells
me
,
that
it
seems
to
the
eye
noble
,
goodly
,
fair
,
friendly
,
free
,
and
gorgeous
;
but
when
it
comes
to
the
proof
,
We
finde
it's
qualitys
quite
contrary
,
and
are
experimentally
convinc'd
,
that
it
is
a
meer
shaddow
,
a
perfect
smoake
,
and
a
fine
Image
of
plaister-work
,
that
is
full
of
old
rags
and
patches
within
side
.
And
this
makes
St.
Augnstin
cry
out
,
A
man
will
easily
discover
the
manifold
miseries
of
the
World
,
if
he
stands
above
it
,
or
far
off
from
it
,
even
as
a
mist
is
better
seen
at
a
distance
,
then
close
by
it
;
It
's
therefore
that
virtuous
and
godly
men
have
an
absolute
abhorrence
of
it
,
because
that
in
their
eminent
Station
,
they
have
a
ful
prospect
of
all
its
vanitys
;
but
whosoever
has
any
commerce
with
it
,
the
first
entertainment
he
is
to
expect
,
is
to
be
led
blindfold
with
the
prosperity
thereof
,
that
he
may
not
see
the
misery
of
his
own
condition
,
nor
the
way
to
better
himself
;
&
in
this
case
the
world
deals
with
his
silly
followers
,
even
as
the
Raven
does
with
the
poor
innocent
Sheep
,
the
first
thing
he
does
before
he
tramples
on
his
back
,
is
,
to
strike
out
his
eyes
,
that
he
may
not
see
the
way
to
escape
his
tyranny
.
This
is
exactly
the
world's
practise
;
no
sooner
has
he
bereft
his
poor
&
wretched
Citizen
of
his
Spiritual
Sight
,
In
fine
,
if
We
should
be
so
enamour'd
with
the
World
,
as
to
love
,
and
adore
it
more
then
God
himself
,
&
should
we
make
our selves
his
absolute
slaves
to
be
the
more
in
his
favour
,
he
will
certainly
prove
another
Nabal
to
us
at
the
fag
end
of
our
mortal
life
,
and
give
us
the
same
answer
,
and
the
same
entertainment
as
he
gave
to
David
,
and
to
his
Servants
,
that
is
,
This
is
an
argument
that
Riches
bring
trouble
and
affliction
with
them
,
Of
all
the
Plagues
that
God
was
pleas'd
to
impose
upon
the
Egyptians
for
their
many
and
grievous
sins
;
And
really
(
if
I
give
credit
to
what
the
Prophet
Esay
says
of
them
)
their
condition
is
so
bad
;
Alexander
the
great
,
SAVIOVR
.
HE
must
be
a
most
perverse
and
hard
hearted
man
indeed
,
that
will
not
love
me
after
all
the
several
benefits
,
and
manifold
favours
which
I
have
confer'd
even
in
this
life
upon
the
generality
of
mankinde
,
which
are
in
a
manner
nothing
to
what
I
have
prepar'd
for
my
Elect
in
the
other
,
for
these
are
so
incomprehensibly
glorious
,
that
eye
has
never
seen
,
nor
ear
has
ever
heard
,
neither
is
man's
understanding
capable
of
conceiving
their
excessive
greatness
;
for
I
am
by
nature
infinitely
good
,
amiable
,
and
liberal
,
consequently
what
I
have
promis'd
,
prepar'd
,
and
decreed
from
all
Eternity
to
bestow
upon
my
Elect
,
must
be
no
less
then
my self
(
objective
)
as
your
Divines
call
it
and
(
formaliter
)
the
most
clear
,
the
most
delicious
,
the
most
pleasant
,
the
most
blessed
union
,
and
fruition
of
my
divine
Essence
for
all
Eternity
.
O
the
Immense
,
the
inestimable
,
the
glorious
,
the
Interminable
felicity
of
a
blessed
Soul
!
that
shall
live
and
reign
with
God
who
is
infinite
in
beauty
,
in
glory
,
in
power
,
in
wisdom
,
and
in
finite
in
all
his
Attributes
,
that
shall
enjoy
clearly
,
and
without
any
interruption
his
blessed
Vision
,
so
unspeakably
comfortable
,
&
satisfactory
to
all
her
senses
,
and
this
too
for
an
Eternity
!
A
God
likewise
,
that
is
the
abundant
headspring
of
all
delights
,
the
inexhaustible
fountain
of
all
goodness
,
the
most
opulent
treasury
of
all
riches
,
pleasures
,
Joy
,
Perfection
,
and
of
all
things
desirable
,
or
necessary
to
compleat
her
everlasting
happiness
!
This
is
the
essential
and
principal
reward
of
the
Blessed
.
But
besides
these
,
there
are
other
innumerable
joys
,
which
I
call
Secundary
rewards
,
and
these
are
also
so
great
,
and
so
many
,
that
they
do
absolutely
transcend
all
measure
,
and
number
,
and
wilt
thou
not
O
man
!
love
a
God
,
who
has
lov'd
thee
gratis
,
and
to
that
excess
,
as
to
give
thee
himself
,
&
all
that
's
in
his
power
.
A
God
that
most
mercifully
lov'd
thee
,
when
thou
wert
in
actual
rebellion
against
him
;
wilt
thou
not
love
the
Eternal
Father
who
in
the
excess
of
his
love
for
thee
did
not
spare
his
only
and
dearly
beloved
Son
,
but
deliver'd
him
into
the
power
of
most
cruel
Enemies
that
crucify'd
him
;
&
this
was
for
thy
sins
alone
,
as
well
as
for
those
of
all
mankinde
?
wilt
thou
not
love
him
that
has
by
the
effusion
of
his
most
precious
bloud
free'd
thee
from
the
power
,
and
unspeakable
anguishes
of
Hell
,
and
it
's
eternal
torments
,
to
place
thee
in
the
most
happy
company
of
his
beloved
in
glory
?
wilt
thou
not
love
him
who
has
chosen
thee
even
before
the
worlds
Creation
,
who
has
call'd
thee
by
his
Grace
,
and
has
predestinated
thee
in
Christ
from
all
Eternity
?
wilt
thou
not
love
me
who
am
the
only
Son
of
God
,
in
whose
Faith
,
and
Grace
thou
liv'st
,
who
has
lov'd
thee
,
who
has
suffer'd
for
thee
,
who
has
call'd
thee
to
his
Service
,
who
has
redeem'd
thee
from
the
intollerable
burthen
of
the
Old
Law
,
from
the
damnable
yoke
of
Sin
,
and
from
the
everlasting
thraldom
of
Hell
.
O
man
!
Wilt
thou
not
love
me
who
am
so
fervent
a
lover
as
to
purchase
thy
lost
Soul
,
not
with
the
Worlds
contemptible
Coin
,
Gold
or
Silver
,
but
with
the
most
precious
and
Sacred
bloud
of
my
whole
body
.
Wilt
thou
not
love
me
who
am
thy
Creator
,
thy
Saviour
,
and
Judge
,
and
who
was
in
mercy
pleas'd
to
become
thy
Brother
and
Advocate
too
;
nay
,
I
am
so
much
in
love
with
thee
,
that
the
day
before
I
departed
the
world
,
I
bequeath'd
unto
thee
my
most
precious
body
and
bloud
to
seed
thy
Soul
,
as
a
perpetual
monument
of
my
tender
affection
to
all
mankind
.
In
fine
,
wilt
thou
not
love
me
,
who
besides
the
aforesaid
Mercys
,
Benefits
and
Blessings
,
have
given
thee
so
compassionate
,
and
so
potent
a
Mediatrix
in
Heaven
,
as
is
my
most
dear
and
Superexcellent
Mother
;
Saluted
before
my
conception
in
these
very
words
by
my
Angel
,
Hail
Mary
full
of
Grace
,
the
Lord
is
with
thee
,
Blessed
art
thou
among
Women
,
Blessed
is
the
fruit
of
thy
Womb.
Since
I
the
Essential
truth
do
affirm
this
,
they
must
be
impertinent
and
reprobately
Wicked
,
who
deny
her
that
Special
Prerogative
.
Thou
shouldst
love
as
much
the
Holy
Ghost
,
for
by
his
Wisdom
thou
wert
Created
,
and
by
his
Providence
thou
wert
govern'd
,
in
so
much
,
that
thou
can'st
not
produce
one
meritorious
act
without
his
divine
Inspiration
,
or
actual
motion
.
Therefore
't
is
his
gracious
goodness
which
gives
thee
the
Will
,
and
the
Power
to
perform
any
good
thing
,
't
is
He
that
is
pleas'd
to
inhabit
,
illnstrate
,
and
inflame
thy
heart
with
an
ardent
desire
of
thy
eternal
Salvation
.
In
a
word
,
thy
Obligation
to
love
and
honour
the
most
glorious
Trinity
,
is
the
very
same
,
as
thou
hast
to
each
Sacred
Person
therein
contain'd
;
It
being
the
sole
Source
and
cause
of
thy
eternal
Happiness
.
For
what
the
Father
,
the
Son
,
and
the
Holy
Ghost
have
done
,
the
very
same
thing
has
the
Blessed
Trinity
done
;
being
but
one
&
the
same
God
in
those
three
distinct
persons
.
O
Man
!
shall
not
all
these
powerful
motives
replenish
thy
Soul
with
divine
love
,
even
as
the
Dew
of
Heaven
doth
fill
the
Vegetives
with
vivifying
juice
,
or
shall
not
this
make
my
grace
shine
in
thy
Soul
,
as
Davids
burning
Lamps
of
affection
,
If
thou
by
all
Laws
,
Natural
,
Divine
,
and
Positive
art
strictly
commanded
to
love
,
reverence
,
honour
and
obey
with
all
submission
thy
carnal
Parents
,
how
much
more
oughtest
thou
to
love
,
honour
,
adore
and
obey
thy
Heavenly
Father
,
who
is
the
Original
of
all
Paternitys
,
as
well
in
Heaven
,
as
on
Earth
,
and
from
whom
all
causes
have
their
action
,
their
motion
,
and
their
Fecundity
.
The
remisness
and
frequent
failings
of
all
mortals
in
this
their
incumbent
duty
,
gave
me
occasion
to
make
this
sorrowful
complaint
;
Hear
,
O
Heavens
,
and
give
ear
,
O
Earth
:
I
have
nourish'd
&
brought
up
Children
,
&
they
have
rebell'd
against
me
The
Ox
knows
his
owner
,
A
Check
to
MAN
.
O
Ungrateful
man
!
In
fine
,
all
Creatures
cry
out
against
thee
for
revenge
of
so
many
,
and
such
great
injuries
,
which
thou
hast
done
to
thy
Creator
.
A
Check
to
the
Christian
MAN
.
ANd
thou
,
O
Christian
Man
!
hast
more
dishonour'd
me
,
then
even
the
very
Pagans
,
and
Infidels
.
I
told
the
Jews
a
while
before
my
Passion
,
that
had
I
not
come
my self
,
and
spoke
to
them
,
their
Sins
would
not
have
been
altogether
so
grevious
.
How
much
more
reason
have
I
to
say
the
same
to
thee
,
ungrateful
,
and
disobedient
Christian
?
I
have
my self
instructed
thee
,
(
or
to
speak
more
properly
)
the
Primitive
Church
in
it's
very
Infancy
,
and
left
my
Apostles
also
,
to
teach
and
confirm
them
in
my
Precepts
,
and
Evangelical
Counsels
,
which
they
firmly
believ'd
,
and
faithfully
observ'd
for
several
years
,
but
especially
during
the
time
of
their
greatest
troubles
,
and
grevious
persecutions
,
wherein
Millions
of
thousands
of
'em
have
suffer'd
death
couragiously
rather
then
deny
their
Faith
,
and
have
wrought
so
many
,
and
such
stupendious
Miracles
that
many
more
Souls
were
converted
by
them
,
then
had
been
by
all
the
Preachings
&
Instructions
of
either
th'
Apostles
,
or
their
Disciples
;
so
that
in
a
very
short
time
all
the
Potentates
,
Sublimitys
,
and
Dignitys
of
the
World
,
all
the
Subtilitys
of
Philosophers
,
all
the
magick
Arts
,
and
illusions
of
Wizards
and
Witches
,
all
the
power
of
mankind
,
and
their
Earthly
Kingdoms
,
were
wholly
subdu'd
and
brought
under
my
obedience
.
But
alas
!
soon
after
I
had
confer'd
the
Blessing
of
a
profound
Peace
upon
my
Church
,
and
had
utterly
destroy'd
all
her
Enemys
,
and
heap'd
upon
her
Honours
,
Riches
,
Dignitys
,
and
all
prosperity
imaginable
,
and
that
her
glory
shin'd
through
all
the
World
,
her
devotion
began
to
diminish
,
her
Charity
to
grow
cold
,
and
she
made
of
those
very
Ornaments
,
which
were
given
her
by
me
to
set
forth
the
lustre
of
her
glory
and
the
greatness
of
my
renown
,
the
subject
of
her
Pride
and
Vanity
:
and
her
Clergy
too
,
have
chang'd
that
which
ought
to
be
spiritual
,
and
only
for
the
maintenance
of
the
poor
,
into
their
own
temporal
Emoluments
,
and
have
spent
it
to
entertain
their
carnal
Friends
and
Relations
,
and
to
increase
their
own
Ambition
and
Lust
;
so
that
the
wonderful
beauty
of
her
grace
,
the
splendor
of
her
exquisit
virtues
,
the
glory
of
her
heavenly
wisdom
,
the
excellent
gifts
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
the
luster
of
the
eight
Beatitudes
,
of
the
twelve
Fruits
,
and
the
rest
of
the
manifold
graces
and
favours
which
I
confer'd
upon
her
,
in
order
to
make
her
an
accomplish'd
Spouse
to
my self
,
is
in
a
manner
totally
decay'd
in
her
,
and
is
her self
so
much
alter'd
from
what
she
was
in
her
Primitive
time
,
that
of
a
powerful
Queen
which
had
formerly
the
whole
Universe
at
her
command
,
without
any
Adversarys
to
disturb
her
,
she
is
become
a
poor
handmaid
disrob'd
by
her
Enemys
,
and
by
them
confin'd
to
live
in
one
small
corner
of
the
Earth
;
neither
is
she
there
free
from
persecutions
and
troubles
,
but
laments
both
day
and
night
the
sinful
and
ruinous
state
of
her
incorrigible
and
rebellious
Children
.
This
general
dissolution
,
and
sinful
liberty
of
Christians
gave
occasion
to
several
virtuous
and
zealous
men
to
shed
many
bitter
tears
;
and
induc'd
them
to
believe
that
the
generality
of
Christians
had
conspir'd
even
with
all
the
Devils
of
Hell
to
dishonour
,
and
despise
me
,
and
that
so
publickly
,
and
with
so
much
impudence
,
that
even
the
very
Heathens
abhor
their
impietys
,
and
are
opinionated
that
God
has
forsaken
,
and
deliver'd
them
up
into
their
power
to
chastise
them
for
their
abominations
,
and
wickedness
,
even
as
the
People
of
Israel
were
expos'd
to
the
rage
and
fury
of
Nebuzardan
cheif
Commander
of
the
King
of
Babylon's
Army
;
He
himself
tells
Jeremy
,
Thou
wilt
tell
me
perhaps
,
that
Christians
would
not
be
so
very
prone
to
vice
and
wickedness
,
but
that
their
Rulers
and
Superiours
do
spur
them
on
by
their
ill
examples
;
and
that
I
am
rather
to
be
blam'd
,
because
I
had
committed
my
Flock
to
such
mercenaries
,
&
ravenous
Wolves
,
who
could
not
be
ignorant
of
what
might
follow
in
so
scandalous
a
government
,
and
chiefly
for
that
I
have
said
,
according
as
the
Judge
is
,
so
the
people
will
be
,
and
that
such
will
be
the
Inhabitants
of
the
City
,
as
are
the
Magistrates
;
That
the
Pastors
and
Rulers
,
which
I
have
set
over
my
Flock
have
acted
rather
like
Tygers
then
Pastours
to
them
:
for
the
whole
generality
of
Christians
are
so
missed
by
them
,
that
they
fix
their
affections
only
upon
such
terene
objects
,
as
are
most
pleasing
to
their
criminal
inclinations
.
But
what
is
thy
intention
by
making
this
objection
?
Wouldst
thou
indeed
make
me
the
Authour
of
thy
Wickedness
?
That
is
not
possible
,
for
thou
know'st
that
I
am
just
in
all
my
ways
,
&
holy
in
all
my
Works
.
Thou
canst
not
be
ignorant
,
but
that
my
choosing
such
scandalous
Pastors
is
an
evident
sign
of
my
anger
against
the
People
,
nay
,
A
Check
to
the
Religious
Man
.
ANd
thou
O
religious
Man
!
(
in
naming
thee
I
mean
all
those
of
thy
profession
)
whom
I
have
chosen
amongst
all
nations
to
be
a
peculiar
People
to
my self
,
to
adhere
unto
me
alone
in
all
sincerity
,
to
love
me
with
all
thy
heart
,
and
to
serve
me
with
all
the
purity
,
perfection
,
and
fervour
imaginable
.
Wilt
thou
also
be
of
the
number
of
those
ungrateful
Christians
that
combine
with
the
World
to
persecute
me
?
hast
thou
not
declar'd
thy self
a
mortal
Enemy
to
it
as
well
by
thy
Solemn
vows
,
as
by
thy
Baptismal
protestation
?
The
three
fatal
Armies
the
World
brings
into
the
field
to
fight
poor
Souls
,
and
worst
them
too
(
if
they
can
)
are
the
concupiscence
of
the
Flesh
,
concupiscence
of
the
Eyes
,
and
Pride
of
Life
;
to
these
three
thou
hast
declar'd
thy self
an
implacable
Enemy
;
by
thy
vow
of
Chastity
thou
hast
depress'd
,
or
at
least
hast
sworn
to
destroy
the
concupiscence
of
the
flesh
;
by
thy
vow
of
Poverty
thou
hast
utterly
renounc'd
the
concupiscence
of
the
Eyes
,
and
by
thy
vow
of
Obedience
thou
hast
made
thy self
an
absolute
stranger
,
and
a
profess'd
Enemy
to
the
Pride
of
Life
;
And
besides
,
thou
hast
solemnly
in
the
presence
of
God
and
his
Angels
protested
to
renounce
all
proper
love
,
as
the
only
ofspring
,
and
fatal
source
of
all
manner
of
vice
.
I
call
proper
love
that
whereby
a
rational
creature
loves
himself
in
himself
,
and
another
for
his
own
advantage
,
honour
,
and
pleasure
,
without
any
reference
to
God
,
or
his
last
end
.
This
is
a
monstrous
crime
,
and
a
Soul-killing
sin
:
but
the
only
way
to
destroy
it
,
is
to
love
thy self
,
and
all
things
whatsoever
,
purely
in
God
,
and
for
God
alone
;
and
to
love
God
sincerely
for
himself
more
then
all
;
by
so
doing
thou
shalt
reign
with
God
in
his
eternal
felicity
.
But
if
thou
dost
really
aim
at
so
glorious
a
conquest
of
thy self
,
thou
must
make
use
of
the
means
to
attain
it
,
which
are
poverty
,
frugality
,
mortification
,
pennance
,
Fasting
,
and
humiliation
,
thou
must
joyfully
suffer
derision
,
injurys
,
tribulation
,
persecution
,
Adversity
,
Infirmitys
,
Subjection
,
and
all
things
that
are
able
to
debase
,
and
depress
thy
old
deprav'd
man
.
This
is
the
only
way
to
conform
thy self
to
me
,
who
have
suffer'd
all
that
's
here
rehears'd
,
&
more
too
for
thy
love
;
this
is
the
way
also
to
destroy
thy
proper
love
,
and
to
become
a
proficient
in
all
sorts
of
virtue
,
in
humility
,
patience
,
meekness
,
sobriety
,
and
Chastity
,
in
the
love
of
God
,
and
that
of
thy
Neighbour
,
in
pennance
,
interiour
peace
,
and
in
all
the
gifts
and
fruits
of
the
Holy
Ghost
.
In
fine
,
there
's
nothing
contributes
more
to
the
utter
destruction
of
that
curs'd
and
proper
love
,
then
the
continual
mortification
of
thy
sinful
appetite
and
passions
,
and
the
powerful
hatred
of
thy self
;
for
he
that
hates
his
life
in
this
World
,
shall
keep
it
to
life
Eternal
.
The
perfect
abnegation
of
thy self
together
with
the
lively
and
cruciform
imitation
of
me
,
is
a
most
exquisit
and
powerful
means
to
expel
it
entirely
from
thy
heart
.
O
Religious
Man
!
hadst
thou
imploy'd
thy
time
faithfully
in
the
serious
consideration
of
thy
incumbent
duty
to
God
,
and
of
thy
main
obligation
to
quit
thy self
intirely
of
that
private
and
proper
love
,
which
prevents
thy
increase
in
virtue
,
and
which
is
also
the
fatal
fource
of
all
disasters
and
crosses
incident
to
thee
in
this
World
,
thou
wouldst
certainly
enjoy
plenty
of
ease
and
comfort
in
thy
own
mind
;
and
thy
Soul
would
swim
in
the
pleasant
waters
of
my
Grace
;
thou
wouldst
also
secure
thy self
from
the
eternal
torments
of
Hell
,
and
purchase
a
most
glorious
Crown
in
Heaven
.
Moreover
thou
must
know
that
a
Religious
life
,
is
a
state
of
perfection
,
'T
is
a
crime
of
the
deepest
die
in
a
Christian
,
By
the
Premises
thou
mayst
see
that
Fraternal
Charity
is
the
fundamental
Virtue
of
a
Religious
state
,
ahd
of
Christianity
too
;
but
alas
!
if
I
judge
of
thy
Charity
,
by
thy
behaviour
to
thy
Christian
&
Religious
Brethren
,
I
shall
find
thee
altogether
an
Alien
to
it
;
for
't
is
said
in
Scripture
,
A
wholesome
Advise
to
all
Mankind
.
O
Man
entertain
thy self
frequently
with
these
Considerations
,
Soli
Deo
honor
&
gloria
.
FINIS
.