THE
STATE
OF
THE
RIGHTEOUS
.
Psalm
.
34.19
.
Great
(
or
many
)
are
the
Troubles
of
the
Righteous
,
but
the
Lord
will
deliver
him
out
of
all
.
WHEN
the
World
was
in
its
Cradle
and
Religion
in
her
Swadling
Clouts
,
The
Wisdom
of
Heaven
thought
it
convenient
to
educate
the
tender
years
of
Infant-Piety
with
the
alluring
hopes
of
a
temporal
Prosperity
,
to
prompt
and
encourage
men
to
a
ready
entertainment
of
her
Services
:
For
had
Religion
in
her
tender
years
appear'd
with
an
austere
look
and
morose
behaviour
,
she
must
of
necessity
have
had
fewer
admirers
of
her
Beauty
.
Least
therefore
she
should
meet
but
with
a
slender
respect
and
mean
entertainment
,
she
came
into
the
World
with
a
mild
aspect
and
for
her
dowry
had
all
the
advantages
of
a
temporal
felicity
,
entituled
upon
her
followers
,
which
was
the
state
of
her
first
manifestation
,
or
making
her self
known
to
the
World
.
But
when
she
was
grown
somewhat
elder
and
of
a
more
strong
constitution
,
God
desisted
from
courting
men
by
the
hopes
of
her
portion
of
splendid
preferments
,
and
goodly
heritages
,
that
they
might
be
enamoured
of
her
Beauty
and
not
of
the
Appendants
,
that
he
might
see
whether
it
was
out
of
pure
and
undefiled
love
to
Religion
,
or
out
of
affection
to
the
World
,
which
made
them
to
comply
with
the
observance
of
his
Laws
,
upon
which
account
he
did
then
command
them
to
renounce
the
World
and
all
their
hopes
therein
,
that
they
should
no
longer
live
by
sense
,
but
Faith
;
that
they
must
expect
to
be
encountred
with
sorrows
and
afflictions
,
calamities
and
crosses
,
if
they
would
be
reputed
his
children
,
and
lead
a
vertuous
and
godly
life
.
And
this
is
that
condition
of
the
Righteous
Holy
David
describeth
in
the
text
,
where
looking
on
the
miseries
they
suffer
,
he
seemeth
to
cry
,
Great
are
the
troubles
of
the
Righteous
;
respecting
the
Promise
he
seemeth
to
sing
the
Lord
will
deliver
them
out
of
all
:
Both
which
make
our
lives
fitly
compar'd
to
a
Musick-book
,
where
we
shall
seldom
observe
many
white
notes
,
but
they
art
intermixed
with
black
,
and
both
together
compose
the
sweetest
harmony
.
God
set's
us
our
lesson
in
a
little
book
;
it
contains
no
more
then
two
pages
,
one
stiled
consolation
the
other
dissolution
,
't
is
necessary
for
both
to
take
their
turns
;
In
the
day
of
prosperity
,
remember
thy self
of
adversity
,
In
the
day
of
adversity
comfort
thy self
with
the
hopes
of
prosperity
:
For
the
divine
providence
mingles
our
life
as
one
would
Wine
and
Water
in
the
same
Cup
,
Some
drink
the
purest
,
others
the
most
compound
but
all
taste
a
commixtion
,
for
great
are
the
troubles
,
&c.
This
Psalm
the
sweet
Singer
of
Israel
compos'd
after
he
had
chang'd
his
Behaviour
and
feigned
himself
mad
in
the
Court
of
Abimelech
his
deadly
enemy
,
which
dissimulation
proved
a
means
for
happy
deliverance
from
that
imminent
peril
which
otherwise
had
most
infallibly
proved
fatal
.
He
therefore
no
sooner
saw
the
net
broken
,
and
himself
escaped
as
a
Bird
from
the
hand
of
the
Fowler
,
but
he
tunes
his
instrument
and
falls
a
warbling
forth
the
praises
of
the
Almighty
,
saying
,
I
will
always
praise
the
Lord
,
which
may
serve
as
a
reproach
to
them
who
dayly
observe
the
benigne
providence
of
God
in
protecting
them
from
those
perils
and
dangers
,
which
are
obvious
to
all
amidst
the
changes
and
chances
of
this
mortal
life
,
yet
seldom
or
never
send
up
their
praises
to
him
,
from
whence
cometh
their
help
;
Nay
,
they
will
scarce
be
brought
to
acknowledge
't
is
the
hand
of
the
Lord
which
hath
brought
such
mighty
things
to
pass
.
But
Holy
David
here
thinks
it
too
mean
a
performance
for
none
but
himself
to
sing
the
marvelous
kindness
of
the
Lord
,
he
therefore
entreats
others
to
bear
a
part
with
him
in
this
consort
of
thanksgiving
,
saying
,
Oh
magnifie
the
Lord
with
me
,
and
let
us
exalt
his
Name
together
.
But
alas
!
Men
think
they
exceed
in
their
duty
,
if
when
Heav'n
hath
been
concerned
in
procuring
a
deliverance
,
they
cry
out
with
the
Pharisee
,
Lord
I
thank
thee
;
and
conceit
it
too
troublesome
and
tedious
a
service
to
be
always
telling
forth
his
loving
kindess
unto
others
.
Our
Psalmist
therefore
to
prompt
and
encourage
them
to
this
holy
duty
and
to
incite
them
to
piety
,
reckons
up
a
Catalogue
of
the
many
privileges
of
the
Righteous
.
How
that
their
crys
will
pierce
beyond
the
Clouds
,
and
sound
in
the
ears
of
God
,
for
they
are
open
to
their
complaint
,
how
that
he
is
nigh
unto
them
that
are
of
a
broken
heart
,
and
saveth
such
as
be
of
a
contrite
spirit
.
Yea
,
let
never
so
many
sorrows
and
afflictions
oppress
the
Righteous
,
yet
still
in
his
appointed
time
and
pleasure
he
will
not
only
deliver
them
from
the
lightest
and
least
burthensome
,
but
also
from
the
most
tormenting
and
diresom
,
yea
,
from
all
and
every
one
of
them
,
For
though
great
are
the
troubles
of
the
Righteous
,
yet
the
Lord
will
deliver
him
out
of
all
.
Which
words
present
us
with
these
Two
Considerations
.
First
,
The
condition
of
the
Righteous
man
upon
earth
,
or
the
Religious
person
presented
to
us
in
Sables
,
with
ashes
sprinkled
on
his
head
,
his
garments
rent
,
his
heart
broken
,
himself
a
companion
,
a
man
and
friend
of
sorrows
,
Great
are
the
Troubles
,
&c.
Secondly
,
We
have
a
confident
assurance
of
this
mans
delivery
from
this
his
forlorn
estate
,
The
Lord
will
deliver
him
out
of
all
.
We
begin
with
the
State
of
the
Righteous
upon
earth
,
Man
that
is
born
of
a
Woman
hath
but
a
short
time
to
live
,
and
is
full
of
misery
,
saith
that
picture
of
patience
and
Landschape
of
misery
,
Holy
Job
,
who
took
the
heigth
of
other
mens
miseries
by
surveying
his
own
afflictions
;
for
though
he
was
an
upright
man
,
one
who
had
an
awful
reverence
for
the
majestie
of
Heaven
,
and
that
combining
with
his
love
,
caused
him
to
shun
all
occasions
and
appearances
of
evil
;
yet
still
as
he
endeavoured
to
avoid
all
the
tempting
evils
of
sin
,
the
evil
of
afflictions
pursued
him
close
at
his
heels
,
for
he
was
filled
to
the
brim
with
the
very
Gall
and
Bitterness
of
Sorrows
.
How
was
he
sequestred
from
all
the
Blessings
of
this
Life
?
plunder'd
of
his
Earthly
Goods
!
robb'd
of
his
Children
,
the
little
models
of
himself
!
and
from
the
hands
of
an
ill-advising
Wife
,
delivered
into
the
hands
of
Satan
,
to
be
buffeted
and
scourged
at
his
pleasure
.
Few
and
evil
have
been
the
days
of
my
life
,
saith
the
Patriarch
Jacob
,
one
of
the
chief
Darlings
of
God
,
Yes
,
and
as
we
have
seen
the
afflictions
of
this
pious
man
in
his
own
person
,
so
we
may
track
the
footsteps
of
them
in
that
of
his
Off-spring
,
for
they
were
the
Coheirs
,
not
only
of
his
substance
,
but
also
of
his
sorrows
.
But
to
discourse
of
all
their
troubles
,
crosses
,
and
tribulations
,
would
make
your
ears
undergo
an
Egyptian
Tyranny
,
whilst
we
passed
through
this
Wilderness
of
wo.
This
then
shall
suffice
,
that
they
walked
through
the
Red-Sea
of
affliction
,
before
they
arrived
at
the
Promised
Land
of
Canaan
.
Nevertheless
these
People
were
Gods
own
chosen
Inheritance
,
or
,
to
use
the
Prophets
expression
,
the
Friends
of
God
,
and
greater
favourites
in
the
Court
of
Heaven
.
Notwithstanding
which
,
But
amongst
all
,
who
have
suffered
affliction
,
who
ever
met
with
more
hardships
than
David
;
For
he
,
being
a
Type
of
Christ
,
was
always
hedged
about
with
the
Cross
;
as
Christ
was
contemned
of
his
Country-men
,
so
David
of
his
Brethren
:
As
Christ
fled
into
Egypt
,
so
David
unto
Gath
:
As
Christ
received
Food
of
Women
,
so
David
of
Abigail
:
As
Herod
persecuted
Christ
,
so
Saul
persecuted
David
:
Yes
,
and
the
wrath
of
the
King
created
a
number
of
Enemies
,
insomuch
that
though
he
was
annointed
,
he
could
not
reign
;
and
when
he
reigned
,
his
reign
was
but
a
Warfare
:
The
Philistines
against
him
,
the
Amorites
against
him
,
the
Edomites
against
him
,
yea
and
Absalom
too
,
for
whom
he
would
have
died
,
rose
up
against
him
.
His
Son
,
who
was
his
darling
,
prov'd
Traitor
unto
him
;
and
Viper-like
,
sought
to
deprive
him
of
life
,
who
gave
him
breath
:
Is
it
strange
then
that
David
affirms
?
Great
are
the
troubles
,
&c.
But
perhaps
some
may
confess
,
'T
is
true
,
whilst
Religion
was
clouded
,
and
the
Law
had
shadowed
the
brightness
thereof
,
men
were
overspread
with
calamities
and
troubles
,
but
so
soon
as
the
Son
of
Righteousness
arose
,
he
dispersed
not
only
the
mists
and
obscurities
that
were
under
the
Law
,
but
also
that
gloominess
of
sorrows
which
had
seized
on
mens
spirits
;
and
since
Christ
is
come
and
hath
preached
the
Kingdom
of
the
Gospel
,
our
days
are
the
Halcyon
,
and
weather
Sun-shine
.
To
which
I
answer
.
If
we
take
a
prospect
of
the
troubles
of
the
Righteous
under
the
Law
,
we
shall
conclude
it
was
but
a
little
Cloud
which
arose
like
the
Palm
of
a
mans
hand
in
reference
to
those
Storms
and
Tempests
,
which
have
united
and
spread
themselves
over
the
face
of
the
whole
earth
,
under
the
dispensation
of
the
Gospel
,
for
in
temporal
blessings
and
earthly
felicities
,
the
Law
hath
the
preeminence
.
For
in
the
time
of
the
Law
,
God
promised
to
Moses
,
to
make
of
him
a
great
Nation
;
But
the
blessed
Jesus
saith
,
My
Flock
it
is
a
little
one
.
In
the
time
of
the
Law
,
All
the
Land
which
thou
seest
,
to
thee
will
I
give
it
and
to
thine
inheritance
for
ever
,
yes
,
and
our
Royal
Prophet
cou'd
say
,
that
the
Righteous
shall
possess
the
Land
,
never
could
see
the
Righteous
forsaken
,
or
any
of
their
Seed
begging
their
Bread
,
for
in
those
days
Prosperity
did
seem
as
it
were
entail'd
on
none
but
the
Righteous
Person
;
But
since
Christ
came
to
settle
the
Gospel
in
the
World
,
Tempora
mutantur
,
and
the
blessings
of
the
godly
are
of
a
contrary
die
and
complexion
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Blessed
are
you
when
persecuted
for
Righteosness
sake
,
and
blessed
are
you
when
men
shall
revile
you
,
and
speak
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
every
thing
that
isevil
of
you
for
my
name
sake
.
We
must
through
many
Tribulations
enter
the
Kingdom
of
God
;
Whom
the
Lord
loveth
he
scourgeth
,
and
chastneth
every
Son
whom
he
receiveth
.
We
are
therefore
a
Spurious
Offpring
and
no
true
Children
of
God
,
if
exempt
from
afflictions
.
Quos
Amo
,
arguo
&
castigo
;
Those
who
are
my
Darlings
and
Favourites
,
whom
I
honour
with
the
most
Signal
Testimonies
of
my
love
,
I
rebuke
and
chasten
.
They
are
the
Oxen
destined
for
slaughter
,
which
graze
in
green
Pastures
,
but
those
appointed
for
a
more
mild
and
gentle
usage
,
are
dayly
harrased
with
labour
and
subject
to
travail
.
The
barren
Tree
is
not
beaten
,
but
the
Tree
planted
by
the
River
side
bringing
forth
fruit
in
due
season
.
We
read
that
the
Stones
which
were
to
beautifie
the
Temple
of
Solomon
,
were
hewn
and
squared
before
they
were
thought
meet
for
so
glorious
a
Fabrick
:
every
Christian
in
like
manner
must
expect
to
be
encountred
with
sorrow
and
calamities
to
fit
and
polish
them
for
the
building
up
that
Triumphant
Church
,
whereof
Jesus
Christ
is
the
Head
,
no
marvel
then
that
great
are
the
troubles
of
the
Righteous
.
For
if
we
reflect
on
them
with
an
impartial
eye
,
we
shall
conclude
them
highly
conducive
to
the
good
and
benefit
of
Gods
Children
.
For
do
I
own
the
right
and
Sovereignty
of
God
over
me
?
if
so
,
I
must
consequently
submit
to
his
hand
,
kissing
the
Rod
that
scourgeth
me
,
and
then
my
afflictions
will
be
more
medicinal
then
afflictive
.
For
without
doubt
we
cannot
fufficiently
relish
the
sweetness
of
good
without
the
tryals
of
evil
,
Joseph
mounted
on
the
Triumphant
Chariot
of
Pharaoh
by
Prisons
and
Fetters
,
David
to
the
Throne
of
Saul
by
many
persecutions
,
and
they
thought
their
great
prosperities
to
be
much
more
pleasant
,
because
they
were
ushered
in
by
sharp
afflictions
,
as
Wine
is
most
pleasant
after
the
Lees
of
Vinegar
.
Nay
,
let
us
but
consult
Nature
we
may
make
the
same
remarques
,
where
we
shall
behold
the
Sun
darting
forth
more
brisk
and
lively
Rays
after
an
Eclypse
,
The
Sea
more
calm
after
it
hath
been
discompos'd
and
ruffl'd
by
a
Tempest
,
;
and
the
Air
much
fairer
when
it
hath
wept
those
showrs
which
did
obscure
its
brightness
,
upon
which
account
Seneca
did
affirm
that
as
Storms
and
Tempests
did
contribute
to
the
clearness
of
the
Heavens
and
smoothness
of
the
Sea
,
even
so
the
enterchanges
of
prosperity
and
adversity
did
much
contribute
to
the
happiness
of
men
.
How
could
we
judge
of
that
pleasure
the
Spring
and
Summer
entertain
us
with
,
if
they
were
not
ushered
in
by
the
piercing
winds
and
cold
of
the
two
contrary
Seasons
.
Neither
can
happiness
delight
us
,
till
we
first
bear
the
affronts
of
infelicity
.
For
was
it
it
the
power
of
humane
nature
to
prescribe
an
antidote
as
a
preservative
from
all
manner
of
miseries
,
that
very
want
of
miseries
would
prove
an
occasion
of
misery
,
because
the
mind
cloyed
with
continual
happiness
would
prove
a
glut
and
burthen
to
it self
,
disgusting
that
at
last
,
which
an
intermission
would
have
rendred
pleasant
.
Doth
not
that
meat
which
is
most
pleasing
to
our
pallats
,
by
our
dayly
feasting
thereon
,
both
take
away
our
appetite
and
proves
loathsome
and
not
to
be
endured
.
Even
so
it
is
with
the
pleasures
of
this
world
never
more
unpleasant
than
when
they
are
not
served
up
with
the
sowr
herbs
of
adversity
.
But
perhaps
some
may
here
object
,
that
if
we
can
never
relish
happiness
without
a
mixture
of
evil
,
we
might
thence
infer
,
the
Angels
were
not
sufficiently
happy
,
because
they
attained
their
perfection
of
bliss
without
passing
through
tribulation
;
for
like
the
Lillies
of
the
field
they
neither
spinn'd
nor
toyl'd
to
be
cloathed
with
the
robe
of
glory
.
I
answer
,
There
is
a
great
difference
between
the
condition
of
things
eternal
and
things
temporal
,
Angels
entred
almost
as
soon
into
felicity
as
being
,
They
being
placed
in
the
upper
Region
of
the
the
World
,
where
miseries
cannot
approach
,
and
being
so
singularly
favoured
by
God
,
needed
not
to
be
ballanced
by
the
counterpoize
of
adversities
,
but
as
for
us
we
are
born
in
a
soil
as
fertile
in
calamities
as
Forrests
with
Birds
,
and
Rivers
with
Fish
,
and
are
likewise
extreamly
ignorant
of
Gods
grace
,
when
we
long
enjoy
prosperity
We
grow
wanton
and
are
ready
to
kick
against
our
Maker
,
so
long
as
we
are
puffed
up
with
prosperity
,
till
the
Scene
is
changed
and
we
come
to
act
a
more
melancholy
part
,
and
then
adversity
opens
our
eyes
that
we
may
perceive
those
noble
felicities
which
attend
and
wait
upon
her
,
and
also
maketh
us
to
understand
who
is
the
Author
and
Original
from
whence
they
proceed
.
And
this
is
the
reason
why
Angels
are
perfectly
happy
,
without
afflictions
,
but
men
must
first
be
afflicted
before
they
can
be
happy
,
made
miserable
before
they
can
be
glorious
,
because
they
are
not
capacitated
for
the
infusions
of
grace
,
until
they
have
freed
and
ridd
themselves
of
all
earthly
matters
whatsoever
.
We
must
never
look
to
ascend
Mount
Tabor
till
we
first
have
climbed
Mount
Calvary
,
nor
can
we
eat
of
the
Honey-comb
he
fed
on
after
his
Resurrection
,
until
we
have
pledged
him
in
that
Vinegar
and
Gall
he
drank
upon
the
Cross
.
God
will
have
it
so
for
several
reasons
,
whereof
these
are
the
principal
.
The
first
reason
why
God
visits
us
with
afflictions
may
be
to
Withdraw
us
from
the
love
of
this
World
.
For
whilst
we
are
swallowed
up
with
the
pleasing
conceit
of
the
flourishing
condition
of
our
goodly
Heritages
and
prosperous
fortunes
,
our
devotion
proves
a
melancholy
disturber
,
and
one
that
exacts
too
severe
a
service
from
the
minds
of
generous
Spirits
,
God
is
imagined
as
one
who
deals
after
too
rough
and
rugged
a
manner
because
he
will
not
licence
us
to
be
always
revelling
in
our
jollities
,
but
expecteth
some
certain
parts
not
only
of
our
lives
,
but
also
of
every
day
to
be
set
apart
for
his
service
and
worship
,
and
this
makes
Religion
to
meet
but
with
a
slight
entertainment
at
our
hands
,
this
makes
us
stopp
our
ears
at
the
voice
of
the
Charmer
,
our
hearts
are
wholly
ravish'd
with
the
delightful
reflexions
on
our
great
abundance
till
we
prove
totally
forgetful
both
of
our
eternal
interest
and
also
of
the
respect
due
to
him
who
hath
blessed
us
with
the
fatness
of
the
Land
.
They
are
the
cloddy
incumbrances
of
the
World
,
that
debase
and
clogg
our
spirits
making
them
listless
and
unactive
,
which
like
Bird-lime
hamper
and
entangle
our
souls
,
indisposing
our
minds
for
the
most
noble
and
clarified
contemplations
of
eternity
.
But
when
the
pruning-hook
of
afflictions
comes
to
lop
off
these
corrupting
branches
,
then
are
we
brought
to
hate
that
which
before
was
the
delight
of
our
eyes
,
and
sole
possessor
of
our
hearts
,
and
to
hunger
and
thirst
after
that
which
formerly
seemed
crude
and
nauseous
to
our
Palates
.
Ill
weeds
are
to
be
destroyed
before
we
can
sow
good
Corn
,
;
neither
is
the
Soul
capacitated
for
the
entertainment
of
divine
truths
until
some
sinister
accident
accident
and
cross
affliction
hath
cleansed
and
purged
it
from
the
dross
of
the
World
.
Aurem
cordis
Tribulatio
aperit
,
quam
saepe
prosperitas
hujus
mundi
claudit
.
Tribulation
opens
the
ear
of
the
heart
,
which
is
too
frequently
shut
and
deafned
by
worldly
prosperity
.
Thus
Antiochus
when
he
enjoyed
the
constant
Series
of
a
smiling
fortune
,
boasted
himself
superior
to
God
himself
,
but
when
the
inconstant
Goddess
withdrew
her
beams
,
and
appeared
unto
him
under
a
Cloud
of
troubles
,
He
changed
his
note
,
for
having
received
a
fall
out
of
his
Chariot
,
and
his
Insolency
curbed
by
an
immediate
blow
from
Heaven
,
He
could
say
,
Justum
est
hominem
mortalem
subditum
esse
Deo
.
It
is
meet
and
requisite
for
Mortal
Men
,
to
be
Subject
to
the
Immortal
God
.
So
likewise
N●buchadnezzar
in
his
carier
of
impiety
,
defied
the
Lord
of
Hosts
,
and
proudly
vaunted
himself
against
the
Almighty
,
until
he
enter'd
into
the
Armory
of
his
wrath
,
and
Metamorphosed
this
proud
King
into
a
base
beast
,
and
then
he
could
confess
the
Lord
was
able
to
abase
all
them
that
walk
in
pride
.
For
when
God
perceives
a
constant
course
of
his
kindness
cannot
wean
us
from
our
sins
,
he
then
applyes
the
Ministers
of
his
Fury
,
the
storms
and
tempests
of
afflictions
to
ruffle
us
out
of
them
.
'T
is
true
great
prosperities
do
not
easily
corrupt
the
souls
which
have
taken
a
good
temper
in
the
fear
of
God
,
nevertheless
they
wound
and
in
some
sort
change
them
.
A
little
Bee
sometimes
playeth
so
long
upon
her
hony
that
by
much
walking
there
she
entangleth
her
wings
;
So
a
Soul
yea
one
of
those
most
eminent
for
devotion
and
piety
,
being
continually
soothed
with
a
long
sequel
of
the
good
successes
of
the
affairs
of
the
World
,
taketh
some
small
flight
out
of
it self
,
seeking
recreation
in
a
smiling
and
delicate
air
,
which
affords
nothing
but
objects
of
pleasure
and
delight
;
But
so
soon
as
adversity
hath
given
her
blow
,
it
reentreth
into
it self
,
it
foldeth
it self
within
it self
,
it
fasteth
it self
,
it
knoweth
it self
,
it
findeth
God
in
the
bottom
of
her
heart
,
afflicted
and
perplext
with
the
revolutions
of
the
World
,
she
raises
and
darts
her self
above
the
ways
of
the
Moon
,
and
Tracks
of
the
Sun
,
to
that
goodly
Temple
of
Eternity
,
where
Spirits
dwell
disrobed
of
these
garments
of
flesh
and
bones
,
which
we
dragg
along
with
us
in
this
mortal
life
.
This
is
that
High-Rode
the
devout
soul
journeys
in
so
soon
as
she
is
alienated
from
the
Court
of
prosperity
,
and
disentangled
from
the
affairs
of
the
World
;
She
then
enters
into
a
sweet
retirement
,
and
looks
on
the
embroideries
of
nature
in
the
Mountains
and
Vallies
,
Forrests
and
Rivers
,
as
a
Theater
declaring
the
glory
of
God
,
and
shewing
his
Handy-work
.
She
relisheth
this
retreat
from
the
World
as
Manna
from
Heaven
and
tasts
the
deep
silence
of
sorrow
with
incredible
delight
.
Oh!
how
will
she
be
delighted
!
How
will
she
be
ravished
!
when
she
shall
reflect
on
the
marvelous
kindness
of
God
towards
her
,
that
he
should
chasten
her
here
,
least
she
should
be
chastised
for
ever
,
that
she
should
be
afflicted
with
sorrows
in
this
life
,
to
free
her
from
eternal
gnashings
of
teeth
,
that
he
should
deprive
her
of
the
gilded
nothings
of
this
World
,
that
she
may
enjoy
an
everlasting
and
supream
good
;
That
he
should
make
her
unfortunate
here
,
least
she
should
be
eternally
unhappy
amidst
the
tortures
of
Brimstone
and
Fire
hereafter
;
In
a
word
,
How
happy
will
she
be
,
when
she
shall
consider
how
God
hath
made
her
smart
under
the
light
afflictions
of
an
adverse
fortune
on
earth
,
to
adopt
her
for
an
eternal
and
exceeding
weight
of
glory
in
Heaven
.
Her
adversity
will
make
her
imagine
,
as
if
she
were
discoursing
with
God
face
to
face
;
This
gall
will
make
her
open
her
eyes
and
see
that
it
is
the
hand
of
God
which
presseth
her
fore
,
and
the
consideration
that
it
is
the
Lord
,
will
make
her
to
say
cheerfully
with
old
Eli
,
Let
him
do
what
seemeth
him
good
.
But
indeed
until
we
be
thus
varnish'd
and
brightned
;
till
we
be
refined
by
this
fire
of
affliction
,
until
we
have
whitened
our
souls
by
the
tears
of
sorrow
,
our
affections
will
espouse
the
quarrel
of
the
World
,
and
wholly
declare
in
favour
of
it
.
God
therefore
to
curb
us
that
we
may
not
stray
beyond
our
limits
,
keeps
us
in
a
vale
of
tears
often
leading
us
through
an
Aceldema
,
a
field
of
bloud
and
persecution
,
that
with
Jacob
we
may
long
for
our
Fathers
house
,
not
saying
with
St.
Peter
,
it
is
good
for
us
to
be
here
,
but
rather
with
St.
Paul
,
I
desire
to
be
dissolved
and
to
be
with
Christ
.
For
if
,
like
the
Moon
in
the
Eclypse
,
we
fail
not
to
appear
dark
on
that
side
which
looketh
towards
earth
,
we
shall
most
assuredly
appear
radiant
and
bright
on
that
which
tends
towards
Heaven
,
for
it
is
to
withdraw
our
affections
from
of
the
World
that
,
Great
are
the
troubles
of
the
Righteous
.
A
Second
Reason
why
God
visits
us
with
afflictions
may
be
to
draw
us
to
amendment
of
life
.
Thus
the
Royal
Prophet
,
Before
I
was
troubled
I
went
wrong
,
but
now
have
I
known
thy
Law
.
As
the
eyes
of
Tobit
were
opened
by
the
gall
of
the
Fish
,
so
the
judgments
of
Heaven
inflicted
on
us
make
us
to
reflect
on
the
past
actions
of
our
life
,
that
we
may
correct
and
reform
all
the
errataes
and
misdemeanors
thereof
.
For
as
the
Rod
of
Moses
stricken
on
the
Stony
Rock
,
caused
whole
Buckets
of
water
to
issue
out
thence
,
in
like
manner
the
Rod
of
afflictions
smiting
on
our
flinty
and
obdurate
hearts
,
forceth
whole
Rivers
of
tears
to
flow
from
our
eyes
for
our
sins
committed
.
For
what
is
more
natural
to
every
one
,
when
he
is
in
distress
,
than
to
call
to
remembrance
those
sins
,
which
he
concludes
the
occasion
thereof
?
When
Heaven
is
pouring
forth
its
vials
of
wrath
and
vengeance
upon
us
,
can
we
act
so
insensibly
,
as
well
as
irrationally
,
as
not
to
commune
with
our
hearts
,
and
ask
our
souls
what
have
we
done
?
How
have
I
deserved
this
?
what
notorious
crime
have
I
committed
that
I
have
made
my
God
who
delighteth
not
in
the
misery
of
his
people
,
so
highly
displeased
with
me
,
as
to
afflict
my
body
with
this
disease
,
and
that
distemper
?
Is
it
not
for
the
Plague
of
the
heart
that
I
am
now
tormented
with
the
Plague
in
my
Body
?
was
not
I
afflicted
with
this
tumour
,
because
I
was
so
affected
with
the
tympany
of
pride
?
How
come
I
dismembred
in
my
Limbs
,
but
because
I
did
not
set
the
broken
bones
of
my
soul
together
?
Had
I
been
afflicted
with
Strangury
or
Stone
,
had
I
dissolved
the
Stone
in
my
heart
by
the
tears
of
a
really
godly
sorrow
?
I
had
never
been
oppressed
with
this
Calenture
,
had
not
that
more
fatal
one
of
anger
needed
a
cure
;
was
not
this
Feaver
,
this
Sickness
or
that
Disease
prescribed
by
God
as
medicinal
for
this
or
that
Sin
?
And
when
he
hath
ransacked
his
soul
to
the
botom
and
found
out
the
troubler
of
Israel
,
the
Fonah
who
raiseth
these
Storms
and
Tempests
,
the
Rebel
who
disquiets
him
in
his
peace
,
what
can
be
the
issue
of
it
,
but
that
he
bring
him
forth
and
stone
him
to
death
;
I
mean
that
he
should
be
perfectly
sorry
for
his
sin
,
and
make
an
absolute
reformation
,
least
if
he
return
to
his
wickedness
,
a
worse
thing
fall
unto
him
.
We
must
imagine
him
only
the
shape
of
a
man
,
who
makes
no
serious
reflexion
on
his
ways
,
when
the
hand
of
God
presseth
him
sore
.
This
was
the
case
of
the
Israelites
,
for
,
when
he
slew
them
,
then
they
sought
him
early
.
Nay
,
when
God
chastens
man
for
sin
,
will
it
not
make
him
to
bind
himself
by
most
solemn
vows
and
promises
that
if
he
will
remove
this
burthen
from
his
Shoulders
,
he
will
utterly
renounce
those
sins
which
have
made
him
so
miserable
,
and
live
hereafter
in
a
stricter
observance
of
his
commands
.
What
multitudes
had
infallibly
perished
,
had
not
afflictions
preserved
them
from
it
?
This
is
that
Shepherds
Crook
whereby
God
returns
his
wandring
Sheep
to
the
Fold
;
Thus
the
Prodigal
Son
was
brought
back
again
to
his
Fathers
house
,
he
had
never
thought
of
the
great
plenty
in
his
Fathers
Family
,
had
he
not
been
constrained
to
feed
on
Husks
.
Thus
the
Prophet
Jonah
,
when
he
was
in
the
belly
of
the
Whale
poured
forth
his
prayers
unto
God
.
Thus
Susanna
cryed
unto
the
Lord
in
her
distress
.
And
thus
the
Disciples
in
a
Storm
implor'd
the
assistance
of
Christ
,
Master
save
us
,
we
perish
.
What
School
more
proper
for
the
instruction
of
men
,
then
that
of
affliction
?
when
his
Judgments
are
in
the
Land
,
the
Inhabitants
of
the
world
shall
learn
Righteousness
;
for
those
evils
he
inflicts
upon
others
are
warning-peices
for
all
.
For
as
the
indulgent
Mother
loves
not
to
behold
a
mote
on
the
face
of
her
beloved
Infant
,
but
will
immediately
wipe
the
same
away
;
So
neither
can
our
heavenly
Father
endure
the
least
blemish
of
sin
on
the
Souls
of
his
dear
Children
,
but
will
presently
cleanse
it
with
the
water
of
affliction
.
If
thou
sin
to
day
,
he
will
afflict
to
morrow
.
For
great
are
,
&c.
The
Third
Reason
why
the
Lord
visits
us
with
afflictions
is
to
make
tryal
whether
with
the
Silver-smith
we
had
rather
make
Shrines
for
Diana
,
and
well
paid
for
our
labour
,
then
to
erect
Temples
for
the
worship
of
a
crucified
Jesus
,
to
meet
with
his
Cross
for
our
pains
.
Yes
,
and
thus
the
goodly
fellowship
of
the
Prophets
and
noble
Army
of
Martyrs
were
tryed
,
who
were
so
far
from
denying
the
truth
,
that
they
did
couragiously
abide
the
stroak
of
death
,
and
choose
to
loose
their
lives
in
tribulation
.
For
this
Rod
and
this
Staff
comforted
them
with
the
hopes
of
their
deliverance
from
the
servitude
of
corruption
into
the
glorious
liberty
of
the
Children
of
God
.
This
was
that
which
comforted
these
defenders
of
Christianity
,
that
,
whereon
they
cast
their
eye
in
the
midst
of
all
the
unexpressible
tortures
the
powerful
witty
malice
of
the
World
was
able
to
inflict
.
With
what
incomparable
violence
were
their
Souls
separated
from
their
bodies
?
Nevertheless
when
mortal
members
yielded
to
the
Sword
of
Persecution
,
then
they
beheld
(
though
with
an
eye
drenched
in
bloud
and
tears
)
the
bright
glory
which
attended
them
;
Yes
,
and
saw
(
as
in
a
mirrour
)
the
Thorns
of
those
prodigious
sufferings
disposed
into
Lawrels
and
Crowns
.
There
the
Proto-Martyr
St.
Stephen
saw
the
Stones
which
pelted
him
into
Heaven
,
as
so
many
Rubies
and
pretious
Stones
to
adorn
that
Crown
which
was
to
begirt
his
Brows
.
By
this
fiery
tryal
of
Persecution
,
are
the
Children
of
God
and
Sons
of
Belial
distinguished
,
for
the
former
will
become
red
with
bloud
to
preserve
devotion
,
but
the
latter
will
betray
it
,
for
they
depart
from
God
in
the
time
of
Tribulation
.
Many
may
with
that
Rock
St.
Peter
make
solemn
Protestations
to
follow
Christ
and
stick
close
to
him
,
but
when
they
come
to
Pilat's
Hall
the
faint
blasts
of
a
Virgins
breath
will
shake
the
Rock
,
and
stagger
their
resolution
;
But
he
who
follows
Christ
for
the
Miracles
and
not
for
the
Loaves
,
who
courts
Religion
for
her
Beauty
,
and
not
for
her
dowry
,
will
not
be
ashamed
to
confess
his
Master
,
though
he
is
most
certainly
assured
to
be
mounted
on
Gibbets
and
undergo
the
most
rigid
Tortures
power
is
able
to
invent
.
Tribulation
is
Vertues
Furnace
,
the
stouter
and
more
masculine
it
is
,
the
more
it
glittereth
in
affliction
.
This
is
that
rich
Diamond
which
can
endure
the
Wheel
,
whilst
all
other
things
are
like
Pebbles
,
somewhat
glittering
,
but
little
worth
.
Let
any
one
judge
how
noble
and
glorious
a
spectacle
it
is
to
behold
an
invincible
courage
,
counterbuffl'd
with
Storms
and
Tempests
,
on
whom
it
seemeth
Heaven
would
burst
and
fall
in
peices
;
Is
it
not
admirable
to
behold
him
amidst
the
ruins
of
the
World
,
and
threats
of
the
Air
,
always
standing
like
to
a
great
Brazen
Colossus
,
valuing
them
at
no
higher
rate
then
Mists
and
small
Flakes
of
Snow
,
?
because
he
is
compleatly
taught
that
in
the
School
of
Vertue
we
learn
to
despise
temporal
pleasures
and
to
trample
on
those
vanities
which
others
have
so
much
laboured
and
hunted
after
.
Here
we
are
taught
mortification
and
the
exercise
of
those
godly
and
Heroick
Actions
which
give
the
Soul
an
antepast
of
Heaven
in
this
mortal
life
,
and
an
enfranchisement
from
the
fear
of
death
.
Jovinian
a
King
having
two
Vessels
of
Wine
in
his
Pallace
,
the
one
sweet
,
the
other
sowr
,
Decreed
that
whosoever
would
tast
of
the
sweet
wine
,
should
first
drink
of
the
sowr
;
whosoever
in
like
manner
would
drink
of
those
Rivers
of
Pleasures
streaming
at
Gods
Right
Hand
,
must
not
refuse
to
pledge
Christ
first
in
his
bitter
cup
of
afflictions
.
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Get
thee
behind
me
Satan
,
for
thou
art
an
offence
,
was
the
rebuke
the
Son
of
God
gave
St.
Peter
when
he
would
have
disswaded
him
from
suffering
both
the
most
cruel
and
ignominious
death
of
the
Cross
,
and
then
assembling
his
whole
Colledge
of
Disciples
together
,
solemnly
declared
that
as
they
had
been
the
companions
of
his
life
,
so
also
must
they
go
share
with
him
in
his
sorrows
,
as
he
,
so
they
likewise
must
suffer
,
when
the
Bridegroom
is
gone
,
the
Children
of
the
Bridegroom
must
weep
as
well
as
fast
.
For
what
can
be
more
rude
and
unhandsome
,
what
can
we
stile
more
unbecoming
and
undecent
,
than
to
see
the
head
crowned
with
Thorns
and
the
Servants
enwrapped
with
softness
?
To
see
our
Jesus
in
his
Agony
,
and
Good-Friday-apparel
,
and
our selves
in
our
jollity
,
or
Easter
Robes
?
To
see
Christ
toyling
under
the
burthen
of
the
Cross
,
and
we
dancing
in
our
Sports
?
To
see
him
drinking
Vinegar
and
Gall
,
and
we
pleasing
our
foolish
appetites
?
To
see
Christ
of
his
Cross
make
a
Ladder
to
ascend
his
Throne
of
Glory
,
and
we
to
stand
here
with
folded
arms
?
To
see
him
travailing
through
Briars
and
Thornes
,
and
we
unwilling
to
tread
on
any
thing
but
Roses
?
Is
not
this
as
incongruous
as
to
see
Princes
walking
on
their
feet
,
and
Servants
riding
on
Horseback
?
Is
not
this
as
great
a
disunion
,
as
to
see
the
Master
in
Russet
,
and
the
Servant
in
Purple
,
faring
deliciously
every
day
?
If
therefore
we
desire
to
spell
out
our
names
amongst
his
Servants
,
we
must
learn
Christs
Cross
over
,
and
not
be
ashamed
of
his
Livery
,
the
Purple
Robe
,
but
must
tread
the
path
marked
out
with
that
bloud
shed
for
our
Redemption
.
For
observe
that
Dilemma
of
Christ
,
and
you
'll
see
there
are
no
thoughts
this
Cup
should
pass
from
us
,
He
that
will
save
his
life
,
shall
loose
it
;
and
he
that
will
loose
it
shall
save
it
.
Accept
of
what
part
you
please
,
there
is
a
life
to
be
lost
,
an
Hell
either
here
or
hereafter
,
But
who
is
more
stupid
to
the
extreamest
misery
,
than
he
who
will
ruinate
his
grounds
for
Heaven
,
to
gain
a
little
clay
on
earth
?
and
who
is
more
wise
and
fortunate
then
he
,
who
will
lose
his
life
for
him
?
because
when
Christ
shall
appear
attended
with
Myriads
of
Angels
,
the
vast
Retinue
of
Coelestial
Courtiers
,
he
will
confer
rewards
according
to
the
deeds
.
'T
is
reported
that
a
Famous
Captain
should
say
to
a
Souldier
dying
with
him
,
Hadst
thou
done
nothing
worthy
repute
,
but
remained
obscure
all
thy
life
time
,
yet
here
is
honour
enough
,
that
to
day
thou
dyest
with
thy
Master
.
What
honour
and
glory
then
is
conferred
upon
thee
,
poor
dust
and
ashes
!
when
God
picks
thee
out
as
the
most
couragious
of
his
Souldiers
to
fight
in
his
defence
?
If
he
hath
reserved
pleasures
unspeakable
for
them
who
barely
love
him
,
what
Lawrels
and
Crowns
are
prepared
for
them
,
who
love
him
unto
death
?
Where
is
thy
courage
therefore
O
Christian
?
where
is
thy
spirit
?
when
thou
repinest
at
whatever
God
lays
on
thee
of
this
sad
nature
?
dost
thou
do
well
to
be
angry
?
Ransack
and
search
into
the
bottom
of
thy
soul
,
and
see
what
it
is
which
troubles
thy
repose
.
'T
is
to
wean
thee
from
the
love
of
the
World
,
't
is
to
make
thee
reform
and
lead
a
new
course
of
life
,
't
is
to
try
thy
patience
and
love
to
him
,
to
see
if
it
be
so
entire
that
nothing
can
draw
thy
affections
from
him
.
'T
is
out
of
pure
tenderness
and
kindness
to
thy
soul
,
that
God
sends
thee
afflictions
in
thy
body
,
crosses
in
thy
state
,
yes
,
every
sad
accident
is
applyed
by
that
wise
Physician
of
Heaven
,
to
eat
out
the
proud
Flesh
of
our
corrupt
nature
,
for
he
doth
not
afflict
willingly
,
and
grieve
the
Children
of
men
;
He
is
as
it
were
grieved
himself
that
he
is
constrained
and
driven
to
make
use
of
this
medicine
,
to
heal
us
of
our
more
deadly
wounds
and
putrified
sores
.
Is
it
not
an
argument
of
my
insensibility
,
to
complain
of
him
who
nips
and
pincheth
me
,
to
raise
and
awaken
me
out
of
a
deep
Lethargy
?
and
is
it
not
to
awaken
us
out
of
the
Lethargy
of
Sin
,
that
God
pincheth
us
with
hardness
?
And
what
a
great
influence
would
it
have
upon
our
lives
?
How
would
it
blunt
and
dull
the
edge
of
evils
?
what
a
mighty
salve
and
cure
to
a
mind
discomposed
by
sorrow
,
seriously
to
consider
,
Heaven
is
not
only
concerned
therein
,
but
they
proceed
even
from
the
hand
of
that
God
,
who
in
the
midst
of
Judgment
thinks
of
mercy
;
and
like
a
mild
and
compassionate
Father
,
pitieth
his
child
when
he
is
correcting
him
.
For
if
thou
knowest
this
and
remain
impatient
,
go
to
the
Beasts
,
consult
Tygers
and
Lions
,
who
will
be
beaten
of
their
Masters
and
not
repine
.
He
who
extended
my
Arteries
and
Veins
;
he
who
said
unto
me
live
,
when
I
was
but
in
the
Embryo
,
still
in
my
bloud
;
'T
is
he
who
made
me
,
that
strikes
me
,
he
who
moderates
the
World
,
that
thinks
it
convenient
to
afflict
me
.
And
what
,
Shall
I
fight
against
my
God
,
and
contend
with
my
Maker
?
shall
I
dare
to
struggle
with
him
,
who
can
look
me
into
nothing
?
yet
this
,
and
much
more
do
I
when
I
remain
impatient
under
the
heat
and
Toyl
of
the
day
of
sorrows
.
To
prevent
which
we
must
stedfastly
resolve
to
strengthen
our
courage
in
bearing
our
afflictions
.
First
,
With
an
unruffled
and
quiet
mind
;
we
must
not
in
the
least
murmure
,
though
we
pass
through
the
Solitary
Wilderness
in
the
saddest
and
most
deserted
condition
,
if
it
will
conduct
and
lead
us
to
the
Land
of
Canaan
,
we
must
not
be
weary
of
our
burthen
,
but
strive
to
support
it
with
the
most
serene
temper
of
spirit
,
least
otherwise
,
we
should
dare
to
charge
God
foolishly
.
But
then
again
in
the
second
place
we
must
also
express
our
thankfulness
to
God
that
he
hath
thought
us
worthy
to
suffer
for
the
name
of
Christ
extolling
and
praising
him
that
he
hath
made
us
miserable
.
For
as
the
General
places
the
stoutest
men
opposite
to
the
hottest
services
,
and
sharpest
encounters
,
not
that
he
ows
them
a
spite
or
bear
them
a
grudge
,
but
to
manifest
the
confidence
he
reposes
in
their
Man-hood
and
to
lead
them
to
triumph
.
Yes
,
and
this
is
the
method
of
our
heavenly
Father
to
pick
out
the
best
spirited
of
his
Servants
,
and
the
chiefest
of
his
Darlings
,
that
he
may
crown
them
with
the
most
noble
triumphs
,
and
to
conduct
them
to
the
greatest
honours
.
Let
others
therefore
shrink
at
the
sharp
combats
of
the
World
,
let
them
cowardly
faint
under
the
strong
opposition
of
their
adversaries
;
but
as
for
me
,
saith
the
undaunted
Christian
,
the
more
enemies
I
encounter
,
the
greater
will
be
my
Crown
,
the
harder
the
labour
the
more
noble
my
reward
;
when
my
enemies
encrease
I
'll
call
new
bloud
into
my
veins
;
let
them
overpower
me
with
their
multitudes
,
I
will
overcome
them
by
my
courage
;
let
them
come
about
me
like
Bees
,
and
encompass
me
in
on
every
side
,
yet
in
the
name
of
my
God
,
I
will
destroy
them
.
Blessed
by
my
God
,
that
I
am
the
man
appointed
to
fight
the
Lords
battels
;
that
he
hath
begirt
me
with
perils
and
encircled
me
with
afflictions
;
I
have
vowed
and
am
stedfastly
purposed
to
behave
my self
so
couragiously
that
(
humanely
be
it
spoken
)
it
shall
not
repent
him
of
his
choice
.
Blessed
be
my
God
,
that
I
am
ranked
amidst
the
first
of
Christian
Souldiers
;
that
he
looks
upon
me
poor
and
sinful
wretch
that
I
am
,
capable
of
such
glorious
atchievements
;
Iet
others
then
swell
with
fatness
,
but
O
my
God
,
let
me
be
chastened
every
morning
;
let
others
come
in
no
misfortune
,
but
oh
!
scourge
me
and
and
lash
me
in
this
World
,
that
I
may
not
be
tormented
in
that
which
is
to
come
;
let
me
eat
my
Garlick
and
Onyons
in
this
Aegypt
,
that
I
may
feed
on
the
Grapes
and
Pomegranats
in
the
Land
of
Promise
;
let
me
here
feed
upon
husks
,
that
I
may
be
refreshed
with
the
satted
Calf
at
the
Supper
of
the
Lamb.
Amen
.
And
thus
you
have
seen
the
Righteous
in
trouble
like
the
Israelites
in
exile
,
but
now
the
Lord
like
Moses
comes
to
deliver
them
:
hitherto
God
seemed
to
sleep
,
as
Christ
in
the
Storm
:
but
now
he
rebukes
the
Tempest
,
and
the
obedient
waves
bow
themselves
,
into
a
Calm
,
for
though
,
great
are
the
troubles
of
the
Righteous
,
yet
the
Lord
will
deliver
him
out
of
all
.
Consult
but
the
Old
Trrnslation
,
and
you
will
find
the
words
in
the
present
tense
.
Eripit
eum
ex
omnibus
illis
.
Which
Phrase
is
frequent
and
obvious
among
the
Promises
in
Holy
Writ
,
to
intimate
unto
us
the
speed
and
certainty
of
the
things
promised
.
God
will
not
leave
his
Children
in
endless
miseries
,
they
may
wander
many
years
in
the
Tents
of
Kedar
,
where
there
is
nothing
but
blackness
and
darkness
,
not
the
least
glimmering
of
joy
,
yet
still
he
will
bring
them
at
length
to
the
Mountains
of
joy
and
gladness
.
Thus
the
Prophet
assureth
us
,
He
gives
them
beauty
for
ashes
,
the
oil
of
joy
for
mourning
,
and
the
garments
of
gladness
for
the
spirit
of
heaviness
.
'T
is
the
method
of
Heaven
to
place
mourning
before
joy
,
as
Night
before
Day
:
I
will
smite
,
and
I
will
make
whole
,
First
the
punishment
,
then
the
blessing
.
Who
would
have
thought
when
the
Israelites
were
Forty
years
in
the
Wilderness
they
should
ever
have
came
into
the
Land
flowing
with
Milk
and
Honey
?
Who
would
have
thought
,
when
Jonah
was
cast
into
the
Sea
,
to
have
met
him
again
preaching
at
Nineveh
?
who
would
have
thought
when
Nebuchadnezzar
was
grasing
in
the
Forrest
to
have
seen
him
again
governing
in
Babel
?
who
would
have
thought
when
Joseph
was
on
Prison
,
to
have
seen
him
advanced
Lord
over
Pharaoh's
house
?
who
would
have
thought
when
Job
was
in
the
Dunghil
,
that
he
should
be
happier
and
richer
then
before
his
misfortunes
?
These
are
the
great
acts
of
mercy
,
which
make
the
faithful
sing
with
Miriam
,
the
Lord
hath
triumphed
valiantly
,
O
thou
mighty
God
of
Jacob
didst
deliver
them
.
Nay
,
thus
he
brought
Jacob
from
Exile
,
thus
he
delivered
St.
Peter
from
the
hands
of
King
Herod
,
and
all
the
expectation
of
the
Jews
.
Why
art
thou
then
afraid
O
my
Soul
,
and
why
art
thou
so
disquieted
within
me
?
O
still
put
thy
confidence
in
God
for
he
will
deliver
thee
.
When
Herod
sent
forth
his
Troop
of
Horse
to
slay
the
poor
innocent
Infantry
of
Bethlehem
,
to
the
end
he
might
destroy
him
who
was
born
King
of
the
Jews
,
tydings
came
at
last
to
Mary
and
Joseph
in
Aegypt
,
that
he
was
dead
,
who
sought
the
young
Child's
life
.
Even
so
,
when
our
Banishment
and
Sickness
,
bondage
and
scarcity
are
fully
compleated
,
Tydings
shall
come
that
our
troubles
are
dead
,
Moses
The
Lord
,
the
Lord
Strong
,
Merciful
and
Gracious
,
Slow
to
Anger
,
but
abounding
in
Goodness
and
Truth
.
The
same
hand
that
woundeth
,
cureth
,
it
is
God
who
maketh
the
wound
and
bindeth
it
up
,
He
smiteth
,
and
the
powder
of
his
mercy
maketh
it
whole
.
Had
David
put
a
stop
and
period
at
troubles
,
discoursing
of
nothing
but
Rods
,
than
might
have
the
Righteous
have
complained
I
have
cleansed
my
heart
in
vain
,
but
as
there
is
a
flux
and
reflux
of
the
waters
of
the
Sea
,
so
are
there
the
ebbings
as
well
as
the
flowings
of
sorrows
,
here
lies
Joseph
in
the
Prison
,
and
Jeremiah
in
the
Dungeon
,
Job
in
ashes
,
Jacob
in
the
Field
,
David
in
the
Wilderness
,
and
Abraham
in
Exile
,
Daniel
in
the
Den
,
and
the
three
Children
in
the
Furnace
,
but
at
last
comes
the
year
of
Jubilee
and
the
Prisoners
of
hope
are
no
longer
in
Chains
,
Upon
which
account
they
are
stiled
Prisoners
of
hope
,
because
they
may
confidently
rely
upon
God
to
deliver
them
,
for
rather
than
Elijah
shall
starve
,
the
Ravens
shall
feed
him
,
rather
then
Jonah
shall
drown
,
a
Whale
shall
swallow
him
up
,
if
the
Glutton
be
cruel
and
pitiless
,
doggs
shall
be
kind
and
compassionate
.
For
can
a
Mother
commiserate
the
trickling
tears
of
her
crying
Infant
,
and
will
the
Father
of
mercy
be
obdure
to
thee
?
are
the
tears
of
an
infirm
Lazaro
so
eloquent
and
Rhetorical
that
they
will
force
compassion
from
the
beholders
eyes
,
and
will
not
thy
wounds
seconded
with
the
intercession
of
a
crucified
Jesus
move
the
God
of
Heaven
?
doth
he
cloath
the
Lilly
and
the
Rose
which
neither
spinn
nor
toyl
with
such
beauty
and
glory
,
and
will
not
he
adorn
thy
head
with
hallowed
flames
?
which
was
environed
with
Thorns
,
for
the
maintaining
of
his
Truth
and
Religion
?
hath
not
God
promised
to
deliver
thee
and
will
he
break
his
Vows
?
Is
not
a
martyred
soul
a
friend
of
Gods
?
and
is
he
wont
to
forsake
his
Favourites
?
did
he
not
once
speak
peace
unto
thee
?
and
is
it
usual
for
him
to
recall
his
words
?
Nay
,
in
a
word
,
did
not
he
smile
upon
thee
,
when
thou
wert
in
the
greatest
agonies
,
and
are
his
smiles
deceitful
?
Rest
satisfied
therefore
,
and
quiet
thy self
with
the
rich
expressions
of
his
love
,
and
full
assurance
of
obtaining
the
promise
to
set
with
Abraham
Isaac
and
Jacob
in
the
Kingdom
of
God
.
We
are
not
healed
so
soon
as
we
are
bruised
,
but
our
deliverance
is
deferred
for
a
while
to
see
how
patiently
we
demean
our selves
waiting
the
Lords
leisure
,
as
it
is
said
of
the
Prophets
Vision
,
though
it
tarry
,
wait
for
it
,
for
it
will
most
assuredly
come
,
it
will
not
tarry
,
and
so
in
the
text
,
he
will
not
suffer
the
Righteous
to
fall
for
ever
.
Whilst
the
Righteous
are
in
trouble
they
seem
as
it
were
in
a
trance
,
dead
for
a
while
,
but
at
length
they
shall
come
forth
as
Lazarus
from
the
grave
;
mourning
may
endure
for
a
night
,
but
joy
cometh
in
the
morning
,
how
shall
this
therefore
content
the
afflicted
soul
,
that
he
shall
be
delivered
when
made
perfect
through
tribulation
!
How
may
this
cordial
revive
a
wounded
and
drooping
spirit
,
making
it
to
burst
forth
in
the
expressions
of
David
,
By
this
I
know
that
thou
favourest
me
,
for
my
enemies
dont
triumph
over
me
.
When
old
Eli
heard
the
sad
threatnings
of
God
against
him
,
the
destruction
of
his
Family
,
the
loss
of
the
Priest-hood
,
the
cutting
off
both
his
Sons
in
one
day
,
all
which
were
afflictions
of
the
heaviest
nature
,
neverthe
less
the
sole
consideration
that
it
was
the
Lord
,
Let
him
do
what
seemeth
him
good
.
If
an
excess
of
joy
be
ever
allowable
,
certain
it
is
when
we
fall
into
divers
temptations
of
tryal
,
otherwise
,
Mirth
what
meaneth
it
?
and
laughter
it
is
madness
.
Is
the
Lilly
less
fair
,
or
the
Rose
not
so
odoriferous
and
fragrant
,
when
environed
with
thornes
?
neither
is
the
Spouse
of
Christ
his
Church
,
less
beautiful
and
comely
,
because
she
is
militant
and
always
in
warfare
.
Why
art
thou
then
afraid
O
my
Soul
,
or
why
dost
thou
repine
at
adversity
?
especially
since
God
hath
laid
it
as
the
foundation
,
at
least
medium
,
to
eternal
felicity
?
art
thou
poor
?
alas
!
how
canst
thou
want
if
God
be
with
thee
?
or
the
rich
,
what
have
they
in
possession
when
God
is
afar
off
,
St.
Paul
tells
us
how
the
Hebrews
with
joy
sustained
the
rapine
of
their
goods
,
What
is
it
therefore
which
troubles
thy
repose
?
dost
thou
bewail
the
loss
of
a
Parent
,
Relation
or
Friend
?
Oh
consider
with
thy self
,
he
was
not
born
to
live
always
and
perhaps
like
the
Righteous
,
was
snatched
away
earlier
from
the
evil
to
come
.
Moreover
,
If
you
truly
love
God
(
as
who
cannot
but
love
that
which
is
nothing
but
essential
purity
it self
)
How
canst
thou
be
afflicted
at
the
dissolution
of
a
man
?
since
if
he
perish
not
to
God
,
he
perish
not
to
thee
,
and
we
must
not
be
sorry
as
men
without
hope
.
Why
art
thou
then
so
sad
,
oh
my
soul
,
and
why
art
thou
so
disquieted
within
me
?
dost
thou
groan
under
the
pressures
of
an
infirm
constitution
?
remember
with
thy self
we
should
not
covet
to
enjoy
life
,
but
according
to
the
tenour
of
its
grant
,
we
breath
under
constellations
which
by
their
variety
of
influences
create
variety
of
humors
and
distempers
;
and
if
this
be
convenient
for
the
good
of
the
universe
,
shall
not
private
respects
and
particular
interests
give
place
thereunto
?
shall
I
murmur
against
my
God
in
grumbling
at
my
sickness
?
or
rather
,
ought
I
not
thankfully
accept
it
as
a
present
from
the
most
merciful
and
benign
parent
,
ordained
either
as
a
chastisement
of
my
sins
,
or
tryal
of
my
vertue
?
and
blessed
is
that
sickness
whose
pains
lead
to
salvation
,
blessed
is
that
war
which
ends
in
everlasting
peace
.
What
is
it
then
which
makes
thee
thus
disconsolate
?
do
the
Walls
of
a
Prison
affright
thee
?
lift
up
thy
eyes
unto
the
Hills
,
and
view
those
immense
spaces
above
the
Heavens
designed
as
a
praemium
of
thy
Restraint
;
for
the
deprivation
of
a
little
fresh
air
,
and
some
other
contentments
depending
on
liberty
,
what
spiritual
entertainments
mayst
thou
hope
to
enjoy
,
when
Angels
are
recorded
to
have
accompanied
not
only
St.
Peter
,
but
also
Paul
and
Silas
in
the
Prison
;
there
thou
art
free
from
envy
and
detraction
,
,
opprobries
and
calumnies
;
for
where
is
that
malice
?
Oh!
where
is
that
cruelty
will
rage
upon
the
prostrate
?
however
where
is
that
wise
Marchant
who
Trafficks
for
so
rich
a
Pearl
,
so
great
a
purchase
,
and
will
not
venture
something
on
the
score
of
persecution
?
Courage
then
,
O
my
soul
,
and
welcome
the
vexations
of
hunger
,
cold
,
bonds
and
imprisonments
,
whips
or
scourges
,
ship-wrecks
or
nakedness
,
the
perils
of
the
Sea
,
City
or
Wilderness
,
as
boni
genii
,
good
Angels
sent
from
God
to
minister
for
them
,
For
what
saith
the
sincere
Christian
,
faint
in
the
day
of
adversity
?
How
can
I
want
comfort
in
the
midst
of
adversity
and
trouble
,
With
what
confidence
therefore
will
I
rely
upon
my
God!
I
will
pride
my self
in
my
Chains
,
and
will
not
be
troubled
at
diseases
,
for
though
this
Sickness
may
be
unto
the
first
,
yet
not
unto
the
second
death
.
I
will
not
flatter
the
Judge
out
of
fear
what
man
can
do
unto
me
,
for
whoso
putteth
his
trust
in
the
Lord
shall
be
safe
.
No
,
I
will
valiantly
resist
the
temptations
of
the
three
Cardinal
enemies
of
my
Salvation
,
the
World
,
Flesh
and
the
Devil
;
let
my
Friends
tempt
me
like
Job's
Wife
,
let
my
Flesh
flatter
me
like
Eve
,
let
my
Persecutors
bribe
me
like
Balak
,
let
them
who
suffer
with
me
revolt
and
abandon
me
,
yet
,
like
Joshua
I
will
still
serve
the
Lord
,
How
great
were
the
troubles
of
Joseph
,
yet
the
Lord
did
deliver
him
out
of
all
?
how
many
were
the
afflictions
of
Abraham
,
how
many
were
the
sorrows
both
of
David
and
Job
,
yet
thou
O
my
God
didst
deliver
them
,
and
therefore
thou
canst
and
wilt
deliver
me
,
for
thou
art
my
Castle
and
strong
Tower
of
defence
,
Oh!
hast
thee
to
deliver
me
,
that
my
enemies
may
not
triumph
over
me
,
yet
if
thou
dost
not
,
I
will
follow
the
examples
of
Shadrach
,
Meshach
and
Abednego
,
and
will
not
do
evil
to
escape
danger
.
For
shall
I
shrink
at
this
,
when
Christ
hath
done
so
much
for
me
?
Oh!
the
blewness
of
the
stripes
,
and
ghastliness
of
the
wounds
!
Oh
the
pricks
of
the
thorns
and
piercings
of
the
Nails
!
all
which
and
much
more
he
patiently
submitted
to
,
to
excuse
me
from
the
misery
I
had
justly
deserved
,
and
what
shall
I
deny
my
Saviour
sopoor
a
kindness
,
so
small
a
request
,
as
to
do
something
for
him
,
who
hath
done
all
things
for
me
?
shall
he
give
me
his
heart
and
his
bowels
,
and
shall
not
I
return
him
the
same
?
Is
there
a
flame
in
him
,
and
no
spark
in
me
?
no
reflecting
of
a
Sun-beam
?
or
repairing
of
the
Stream
into
the
Ocean
?
No
with
Hester
,
if
I
perish
,
I
perish
,
for
I
am
purposed
to
observe
his
righteous
judgments
.
If
my
Purse
suffer
,
my
mony
doth
but
perish
;
if
my
body
be
imprisoned
,
my
pleasures
do
but
perish
,
if
sickness
attend
me
,
Lord
,
if
thou
wilt
,
thou
canst
make
me
whole
.
In
whatsoever
state
or
condition
therefore
I
am
,
as
Holy
David
so
will
I
comfort
my self
in
the
Lord
my
God
,
To
Whom
with
the
Father
and
Holy
Spirit
,
be
all
Honour
,
Glory
,
Might
,
Majesty
and
Dominion
now
and
for
evermore
,
Amen
.
GODS
LOVE
TO
LAPS'D
MAN
.
John
3.16
.
For
God
so
loved
the
World
that
he
gave
his
only
begotten
Son
,
that
whosoever
believeth
in
him
,
should
not
perish
,
but
have
ever
lasting
life
.
SUCH
was
the
unexpressible
goodness
of
God
,
how
holy
men
of
God
spake
as
they
were
taught
being
moved
by
the
Spirit
of
the
Holy-Ghost
,
such
were
Isaiah
,
Jeremiah
and
others
;
sometimes
by
dispatching
unto
us
those
immaterial
Embassadors
of
his
,
the
Holy
and
Blessed
Angels
,
on
their
Embassies
of
love
to
mankind
,
that
he
might
reconcile
them
unto
himself
,
and
at
last
bring
them
to
Glory
.
But
in
this
latter
Age
of
the
World
,
he
hath
spoken
unto
us
by
his
Son
,
he
hath
vouchsafed
a
mercy
of
such
a
quality
and
noble
extent
,
it
cannot
but
incite
the
most
dull
and
fordid
spirit
to
a
pious
commemoration
of
the
Nativity
of
this
Mediator
betwixt
God
and
Man
,
especially
,
if
we
reflect
on
our
own
unworthiness
,
the
nobility
of
the
Person
,
or
on
this
as
the
only
means
for
lapsed
Mans
recovery
to
his
Primitive
,
nay
,
to
a
better
state
of
happiness
,
then
that
which
our
First
Parents
enjoyed
.
Upon
which
account
our
Holy
Mother
the
Church
,
hath
appointed
this
day
for
that
solemn
purpose
,
that
all
devout
Christians
should
meet
together
to
celebrate
the
Birth
of
our
Redeemer
,
and
to
return
our
praises
and
thanksgivings
to
God
,
for
his
unspeakable
love
to
Mankind
in
sending
his
Eternal
Son
,
to
assume
our
nature
and
to
teach
,
and
give
examples
of
holy
life
,
and
at
last
to
die
for
them
,
rise
again
,
and
ascend
to
Heaven
.
All
on
this
one
design
,
that
every
person
in
the
World
,
that
shall
receive
and
obey
him
,
shall
be
rescued
from
eternal
death
,
and
then
made
partaker
of
everlasting
life
.
For
this
gift
of
his
only
begotten
Son
,
is
a
mercy
of
such
a
weight
,
that
we
cannot
sufficiently
admire
and
esteem
it
.
We
with
the
Husband-men
in
the
Parable
,
did
evilly
entreat
the
other
Messengers
he
before
sent
unto
us
,
He
now
therefore
sends
us
his
Son
,
saying
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
they
will
reverence
my
Son
.
Amongst
the
constellation
of
all
the
Glorious
Attributes
of
God
,
none
shine
with
a
more
Orient
Lustre
,
than
that
of
his
Mercy
;
This
is
his
Benjamin
in
which
he
takes
the
greatest
pleasures
,
and
most
refined
delight
.
Insomuch
,
that
he
would
not
manifest
himself
unto
us
in
the
Thunder-claps
and
Lightning-flashes
of
Mount
Sinai
,
but
in
the
Mount
of
Olives
,
a
Mount
of
peace
and
sweetness
,
for
,
he
so
loved
the
World
that
he
gave
his
only
begotten
Son
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
that
every
one
believing
on
him
,
and
receiving
him
,
should
not
perish
,
but
have
everlasting
life
.
In
which
words
I
consider
.
First
,
The
impulsive
or
efficient
cause
of
Mans
Redemption
,
the
love
of
God
,
God
so
loved
.
Secondly
,
the
persons
to
whom
he
express'd
this
love
,
the
World
,
God
so
loved
the
World
.
Thirdly
,
The
Instrument
or
Person
by
whom
this
Reconciliation
was
wrought
,
the
only
Begotten
Son
.
Lastly
,
The
end
or
design
of
this
Gift
.
that
whosoever
believeth
in
him
,
should
not
perish
,
but
have
life
everlasting
.
We
begin
with
the
First
,
The
word
God
is
variously
taken
in
Holy-Writ
,
thou
shalt
not
revile
the
Gods
,
So
again
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
He
is
a
Judge
amongct
the
Gods
;
I
have
said
ye
are
Gods
.
Sometimes
the
word
is
used
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
falsly
,
when
they
are
erroneously
stiled
by
this
name
,
and
reputed
as
God
,
as
the
Heathen
Idols
,
who
were
the
Workmanship
of
men
,
and
thus
it
is
used
by
Moses
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Turn
ye
not
unto
Idols
,
nor
make
to
your selves
Molten
Gods
,
and
so
likewise
by
holy
David
,
For
all
the
Gods
of
the
Heathens
are
Idols
,
but
it
is
the
Lord
who
made
the
Heavens
.
But
the
word
God
is
taken
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
in
a
true
and
right
sense
,
when
it
is
either
used
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
for
the
whole
Sacred
Trinity
,
as
that
of
St.
John
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
God
is
a
Spirit
,
and
so
again
by
St.
Paul
,
If
God
be
for
us
who
can
be
against
us
?
Where
is
not
meant
any
particular
single
Person
,
but
the
Whole
Trinity
,
or
Three
Persons
together
.
And
so
when
it
is
used
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
when
one
only
of
the
Divine
Persons
are
signified
,
and
St.
Paul
useth
it
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
I
thank
God
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
,
and
so
again
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
.
This
is
life
eternal
that
they
know
thee
,
the
Only
True
God
,
and
whom
thou
hast
sent
Jesus
Christ
.
Where
by
the
word
God
is
not
meant
all
the
Three
,
but
only
the
first
Person
the
Father
.
So
also
St.
Luke
useth
it
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
The
Church
of
God
which
he
hath
purchased
by
his
own
bloud
;
So
again
by
St.
John
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
God
manifested
in
the
Flesh
,
in
both
which
places
is
only
meant
the
Second
Person
,
the
Son
.
So
also
St.
Luke
,
use
it
in
another
place
only
to
signifie
the
Holy-Ghost
,
Thou
hast
not
lied
unto
Men
,
but
unto
God
.
By
the
word
God
in
the
Text
is
chiefly
understood
the
Father
,
for
though
it
may
be
applyed
to
all
the
three
Persons
,
yet
because
God
the
Father
is
the
Fountain
of
action
,
he
is
most
properly
understood
by
this
term
,
both
in
this
and
also
in
some
other
places
of
Scripture
,
as
that
of
the
Apostle
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
When
the
Fulness
of
time
was
come
,
God
sent
forth
his
Son
,
made
of
a
Woman
,
made
under
the
Law
,
God
sending
his
own
Son
in
the
likeness
of
Sinful
Fiesh
.
Nay
,
Our
Saviour
himself
was
so
far
from
a
scribing
this
action
solely
to
himself
,
that
he
doth
not
disown
his
mission
,
that
he
received
his
authority
from
his
Father
to
come
into
the
World
and
save
Sinners
.
Thus
you
may
may
hear
him
declaring
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
I
am
not
come
of
my self
,
but
he
that
sent
me
is
true
,
whom
ye
know
not
.
And
thus
you
have
had
the
various
readings
of
the
word
GOD
in
sacred
History
,
and
the
definition
according
to
St.
John
is
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
God
is
love
,
and
what
Justice
is
it
for
all
men
to
conclude
the
same
.
For
our
Creation
was
an
act
of
the
Almightys
,
which
proceeded
not
from
any
constraint
,
and
tye
of
necessity
,
but
from
the
abundant
freeness
and
generosity
of
his
Spirit
.
He
should
not
have
needed
,
unless
he
had
pleased
to
mould
us
into
Shape
,
and
form
us
into
Creatures
.
What
worth
or
merit
can
be
alledged
,
miserable
dust
and
ashes
that
we
are
?
whereby
we
might
claim
a
prerogative
or
Title
to
a
Being
.
Alas
!
it
was
undeserved
;
nevertheless
he
did
it
without
force
or
compulsion
,
which
was
an
Illustrious
Act
of
his
free
grace
and
bounty
,
yet
farr
excelled
by
that
much
more
eminent
one
,
in
the
Redemption
of
us
from
the
slavery
and
servitude
of
sin
and
Satan
,
yes
,
and
re-instating
of
us
in
a
better
condition
,
then
that
which
our
First
Parents
so
justly
forfeited
.
To
love
us
before
we
were
,
I
confess
is
great
love
;
but
to
love
us
when
we
had
rendred
our selves
vile
,
yea
,
and
worse
then
nothing
,
what
can
it
be
stiled
,
but
the
heighth
of
love
?
To
love
us
in
our
non-entity
is
an
Embleme
of
a
most
Noble
Spirit
,
but
to
love
us
after
our
monstrous
ingratitude
,
I
cannot
express
it
,
the
exceeding
riches
of
his
glorious
and
merciful
grace
;
For
man
by
his
own
default
had
lost
his
Original
Righteousness
and
was
trappand
by
Satan
of
all
those
blessings
God
of
his
special
favour
intended
to
bestow
upon
him
.
We
were
so
far
from
meriting
this
grand
mercy
,
the
gift
of
his
only
Begotten
Son
,
that
we
had
provoked
him
in
the
highest
measure
immaginable
,
and
cast
all
his
commandments
behind
us
.
What
can
we
therefore
conceive
should
move
him
to
give
us
his
Son
?
surely
not
any
loveliness
,
or
attractiveness
in
us
.
We
were
not
such
amiable
and
beautiful
Creatures
,
as
to
cause
a
God
to
descend
from
the
Battlements
of
Heaven
,
and
subject
himself
to
the
miseries
of
humane
nature
;
but
his
mercy
and
wonderful
goodness
alone
which
caused
him
to
be
invested
with
the
garments
of
flesh
,
and
our
Restauration
to
happiness
is
to
be
attributed
to
nothing
but
the
free
Bounty
and
grace
of
God
.
For
Sense
or
Reason
cannot
scruple
so
evident
a
demonstration
;
especially
,
if
we
consider
against
whom
we
thus
transgressed
,
whose
Law
it
was
we
thus
contemptuously
trampled
upon
:
whose
I
pray
was
it
?
but
the
Law
of
the
great
Legislator
himself
?
Did
we
not
Rebel
against
the
Supream
Governour
of
Heaven
?
and
Sin
against
him
,
who
spreadeth
out
the
Firmament
like
a
Curtain
,
and
limiteth
the
Sea
,
that
it
shall
pass
no
further
.
How
doth
the
Prophet
stile
him
,
Wise
in
Counsel
,
wonderful
in
judgment
,
and
admirable
in
the
execution
of
his
unsearchable
Will.
He
is
essential
purity
it self
,
He
abhorreth
iniquity
with
a
perfect
hatred
,
and
utterly
detests
against
every
thing
that
is
unjust
.
Yet
still
it
was
against
him
that
we
offended
,
who
is
cloathed
with
righteousness
as
with
a
garment
,
and
holiness
as
a
Breast-plate
;
It
was
him
whom
we
provoked
and
consequently
forfeited
all
natural
right
and
possibility
,
to
happiness
;
Yet
stand
still
all
ye
that
fear
the
Lord
,
and
see
what
glorious
things
he
hath
done
for
our
souls
,
Behold
,
how
his
restless
love
could
never
be
at
quiet
until
it
had
employed
his
Omniscience
to
contrive
means
and
expedients
to
reconcile
both
his
Justice
and
Mercy
,
in
reconciling
Sinners
to
himself
.
Nay
,
and
this
merciful
design
by
the
Incarnation
of
his
Son
,
He
prosecuted
in
a
way
so
worthy
of
himself
,
and
highly
advantageous
unto
Man
,
that
the
Angels
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
are
ardently
desirous
to
pry
into
them
.
How
did
this
make
St.
Paul
to
cry
out
Suam
commendat
erga
nos
charitatem
Deus
,
God
commendeth
his
love
towards
us
,
in
that
whilst
we
were
Sinners
,
Christ
died
for
us
,
that
is
,
when
we
wanted
all
motives
to
invite
,
and
had
nothing
but
our
misery
to
cry
aloud
in
the
Ears
of
God
for
pity
and
compassion
.
It
is
an
usual
expression
,
when
we
see
one
in
a
deplorable
condition
,
to
say
,
his
poverty
or
misery
speaketh
in
his
behalf
,
but
this
is
more
eminent
surely
in
our
case
,
and
it
was
our
misery
was
so
prevalent
with
the
Almighty
,
as
to
give
us
his
Son
to
save
us
,
when
all
expectation
and
hope
of
Salvation
was
taken
away
.
And
how
did
this
Son
express
his
love
to
Mankind
,
even
as
the
Apostle
tells
us
,
He
being
in
the
form
of
God
,
thought
it
no
Robbery
to
be
equal
with
God
,
but
made
himself
of
no
reputation
,
and
took
upon
him
the
form
of
a
Servant
,
and
was
made
in
the
likeness
of
man
,
and
being
thus
arrayed
as
a
man
he
humbled
himself
,
and
became
obedient
unto
death
,
even
the
death
of
the
Cross
.
The
sense
of
which
is
,
that
it
was
beneath
so
great
a
love
,
to
love
at
a
less
rate
then
death
it self
,
and
from
the
supereminent
heigth
of
glory
,
to
stoop
to
the
extreamest
of
indignities
being
abased
to
the
bottom
of
abjectedness
,
that
we
might
be
exalted
to
the
contrary
extream
.
O
Eternal
Fathet
of
mercys
!
thy
love
and
goodness
is
unmeasurable
and
thy
tender
mercys
are
over
all
thy
works
,
what
a
large
portion
hast
thou
given
us
of
thy
love
?
that
to
us
a
Son
is
Born
,
to
us
a
Son
is
given
Thou
hast
not
dealt
so
with
any
other
creatures
,
as
thou
hast
done
with
man
,
on
whom
thou
didst
stamp
thine
own
Image
,
cloathed
him
with
immortality
,
and
constituted
him
Supream
over
the
rest
of
the
Creation
.
Nay
,
so
great
was
thy
goodness
O
God
,
that
when
we
had
lost
our selves
by
departing
from
thee
,
we
should
still
be
found
of
the
,
in
sending
thy
Son
,
to
save
and
restore
them
that
were
lost
.
Lord
what
is
man
?
that
thou
shouldst
so
regard
him
,
or
the
Son
of
man
that
thou
shouldst
thus
respect
him
?
with
all
thankfulness
and
praise
we
remember
this
day
,
we
extol
thy
love
,
and
the
humble
descent
of
the
Son
of
thy
love
,
Christ
Jesus
.
Oh
grant
that
he
may
be
conceived
in
the
heart
of
every
one
of
us
,
that
by
the
operation
of
the
Holy
Spirit
Christ
may
dwell
in
us
and
we
in
him
;
Oh
let
that
Spirit
which
was
in
our
Saviour
,
inspire
our
hearts
continually
,
with
devout
affections
towards
thee
,
that
we
may
love
thee
beyond
what
our
tongues
can
express
,
or
hearts
imagine
,
and
so
joyn
cheerfully
with
that
Coelestial
Chorus
,
who
are
still
giving
honour
,
blessing
,
power
,
glory
and
dominion
to
thee
for
ever
and
ever
for
this
thy
unspeakable
love
to
Mankind
in
giving
thy
only
begotten
Son
,
that
all
may
have
everlasting
life
.
And
so
I
descend
from
the
efficient
cause
of
Mans
Redemption
the
love
of
God
,
to
the
parties
whom
he
thus
loved
,
and
they
come
under
a
two-fold
Consideration
,
their
Quality
and
Quantity
.
We
begin
with
the
First
,
God
so
loved
the
World
.
By
WORLD
may
be
understood
the
whole
compages
of
all
Beings
,
because
every
creature
by
the
Passion
and
Resurrection
of
our
Saviour
received
almost
a
new
life
,
and
was
in
some
measure
delivered
from
the
bondage
of
corruption
.
But
by
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
in
the
text
is
especially
signified
all
Mankind
and
people
in
the
World
.
Thus
St.
Mathew
useth
it
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Wo
unto
the
World
because
of
Offences
.
Yes
,
thus
our
Saviour
himself
interpreted
it
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
the
World
cannot
hate
you
,
but
me
it
hateth
;
where
is
meant
the
People
or
Inhabitants
of
the
world
.
After
the
same
manner
Satan
is
frequently
stiled
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
the
Prince
of
the
World
,
because
he
rules
and
governs
in
the
affections
of
men
,
and
enthrones
himself
in
their
hearts
.
But
indeed
Expositors
are
various
in
their
constructions
thereof
,
some
translate
it
,
Sic
Deus
hominem
dilexit
God
so
loved
the
little
World
Man
,
some
,
hominem
ad
imaginem
Dei
factum
,
Man
made
after
the
Image
and
Similitude
of
God
,
others
,
hominem
lapsum
,
et
mundanum
,
fall'n
and
worldly-minded-man
,
all
which
Translations
contribute
to
extoll
and
magnifie
the
wonderful
Love
of
God
.
For
,
is
it
not
worthy
our
admiration
to
see
light
and
darkness
enter
a
League
?
To
see
the
torrid
and
frigid
Zone
unite
and
embrace
each
other
?
To
see
JEHOVAH
and
the
Gods
of
EKRON
,
the
Ark
and
Dagon
reconciled
?
to
see
the
God
Israel
and
Baal
meet
together
,
and
the
Prophets
of
the
Lord
,
and
Sons
of
Belial
kiss
each
other
.
Yet
all
these
was
fall'n
man
,
compared
to
him
who
is
nothing
but
purity
it self
;
yet
still
,
how
does
he
court
this
depraved
and
sinful
creature
to
a
reconciliation
?
Shall
we
not
envy
his
honour
,
and
admire
his
love
,
who
will
lay
down
his
life
for
the
sake
of
a
righteous
man
?
shall
we
not
then
be
rapt
with
wonder
,
when
we
consider
the
Immensity
of
the
Divine
Love
to
laps'd
man
,
to
see
the
eternal
Son
of
the
Most
High
God
,
descend
into
the
lower
parts
of
the
earth
,
and
in
a
manner
,
embrace
a
Dunghil
,
nay
beyond
that
,
to
expose
and
submit
himself
to
the
cruel
stroke
of
the
most
ignominious
death
,
that
he
might
snatch
sinful
man
from
a
lamentable
downfal
,
and
mount
him
from
a
miserable
earth
,
to
the
Regions
of
Immortality
and
Bliss
.
Herein
is
love
,
O
thou
great
and
All-seeing
eye
of
Heaven
,
what
moved
thee
to
glance
so
favourable
a
countenance
on
us
miserable
sinners
!
what
moved
thee
to
send
so
kind
an
Embassage
of
peace
to
us
vile
worms
!
to
us
who
were
unworthy
thy
compassion
,
though
never
so
earnestly
implor'd
,
to
us
,
who
had
deserved
thy
wrath
more
than
thy
smiles
,
thy
Thunder
and
Lightning
,
thy
indignation
and
anger
,
but
not
the
least
drop
of
thy
mercy
!
How
comes
it
to
pass
,
thou
inexhaustible
Fountain
of
Love
,
thou
showr'st
down
thy
goodness
upon
us
in
so
plentiful
a
measure
?
't
was
thy
mercy
O
God
,
Oh!
praised
be
that
mercy
,
which
saved
us
from
destruction
!
't
was
thy
pity
and
compassion
,
not
our
tenderness
to
thy
Laws
,
which
sheltred
us
from
thy
fury
!
't
was
thy
love
and
goodness
alone
,
Oh!
for
ever
magnified
be
that
love
,
which
induced
thee
to
be
so
bountiful
unto
us
!
with
all
thankfulness
and
reverence
,
O
God
,
we
desire
to
join
with
those
Sons
of
Glory
and
bright
Morning
Stars
in
singing
(
according
to
our
abilitie
and
power
)
Glory
be
to
God
on
High
,
for
his
unspeakable
love
in
giving
his
only
begotten
Son
,
that
whosoever
do
believe
on
him
,
should
not
perish
,
but
have
eternal
life
,
for
thou
sent
not
thy
Son
into
the
World
to
condemn
the
world
,
but
that
the
world
through
him
might
be
saved
.
Oh
that
men
would
therefore
praise
the
Lord
for
his
goodness
,
and
declare
the
Wonders
which
he
doth
for
the
Children
of
Men.
Which
is
no
more
then
Justice
,
and
our
bounden
duty
to
perform
;
for
if
we
consult
what
we
are
by
nature
,
what
shall
we
conclude
our selves
,
but
Children
of
wrath
,
the
finful
Offpring
of
disobedient
Adam
,
made
obnoxious
to
the
worst
of
deaths
,
before
we
were
entituled
to
life
,
by
sinning
against
God
without
whose
Reconciliation
we
cannot
but
perish
.
For
though
it
is
true
,
Man
at
his
first
creeping
into
the
World
,
was
placed
in
the
Regions
of
felicity
,
and
favoured
as
one
of
the
Darlings
of
God
,
yet
,
was
he
not
as
quickly
disobedient
to
the
commands
of
his
Creator
?
how
justly
therefore
was
his
Crown
forfeited
,
and
he
deprived
of
all
that
happiness
God
had
conferred
on
him
,
when
he
was
banished
Paradise
,
and
in
the
sweat
of
his
brows
to
earn
his
bread
?
And
if
he
fell
,
so
did
we
,
by
being
in
his
Lovns
,
for
since
the
advantages
of
that
blessing
God
promised
him
,
if
obedient
,
had
respect
to
his
Posterity
,
then
certainly
the
curse
,
which
was
the
consequence
of
his
disobedience
,
did
not
relate
to
his
particular
interest
alone
,
but
was
of
universal
influence
,
and
he
propagated
infection
to
the
last
,
and
utmost
of
his
Posterity
.
From
our
First
Parents
therefore
we
derive
a
curse
,
whose
Legacy
bequeathed
us
was
sin
and
damnation
,
and
all
Man-kind
were
Joynt-heirs
of
the
same
Inheritance
,
the
wrath
of
an
incensed
God
.
Thus
holy
David
confesseth
it
,
in
sin
did
my
Mother
conceive
me
,
and
in
iniquity
she
brought
me
forth
.
Now
what
had
been
the
wages
of
this
sin
,
but
eternal
death
?
what
had
been
the
fruit
which
they
plucked
from
the
Forbidden
Tree
,
in
the
disguise
of
an
Apple
,
but
everlasting
ruine
?
had
not
the
wonderful
mercy
of
God
found
out
an
expedient
to
salve
his
Justice
and
save
us
?
For
had
he
not
dealt
thus
graciously
with
his
Creatures
,
what
could
we
have
in
reason
expected
,
but
to
have
been
swept
away
in
the
Deluge
of
Divine
indignation
?
that
he
should
have
dipt
his
Arrow
in
the
Poyson
of
that
Serpent
which
gull'd
and
mocked
us
,
and
exhaust
(
were
it
possible
)
his
whole
Magazine
of
Thunderbolts
;
that
he
should
have
girded
his
Sword
upon
his
Thigh
,
and
take
Vengeance
upon
us
,
making
us
to
suck
the
Lees
and
dreggs
of
that
intollerable
potion
reserved
for
the
Sons
of
Perdition
.
This
was
the
fruit
flourishing
on
the
Tree
of
Knowledge
;
this
was
that
miserable
plight
,
and
woful
condition
into
which
we
had
brought
our selves
;
we
had
deserved
the
worst
of
Gods
fury
,
by
breaking
our
bands
and
Covenant
with
him
,
Stand
still
therefore
all
ye
that
forget
God
,
and
admire
his
goodness
and
tell
me
,
if
there
be
any
God
like
unto
our
God
,
or
any
Father
like
unto
our
heavenly
Father
,
who
forbore
to
enter
into
the
Armory
of
his
wrath
,
or
to
affright
us
with
the
furrows
of
a
contracted
brow
;
for
notwithstanding
we
were
born
Heirs
Apparent
to
calamity
without
end
,
yet
loe
he
sent
his
only
begotten
Son
to
cut
off
the
entail
.
We
have
sinned
O
Lord
,
and
dealt
wickedly
,
but
this
Lamb
of
thine
,
what
hath
he
done
?
that
he
should
be
thus
battered
and
bruised
,
wounded
and
bloudy
,
to
save
us
from
the
Stripes
we
had
justly
deserved
?
how
great
was
thy
love
to
us
to
send
him
,
who
was
in
Heaven
with
thee
,
to
us
on
earth
in
the
likeness
of
sinful
flesh
.
Oh!
what
charming
love
was
this
!
how
pretious
are
the
thoughts
of
it
to
us
,
Grant
then
O
Merciful
Father
that
the
perfect
Image
of
this
thy
Son
may
be
so
formed
in
our
hearts
,
that
we
may
live
the
life
of
Christ
,
serving
him
in
righteousness
,
and
holiness
all
the
days
of
our
Pilgrimage
here
.
that
we
may
not
defeat
the
ends
of
his
death
,
but
strive
to
compleat
the
joy
of
our
Lord
.
To
which
end
we
see
God
spared
not
his
Son
,
but
a
Manger
is
his
Cradle
,
behold
the
Bread
of
life
appointed
for
the
Provision
and
nourishment
of
our
souls
,
he
came
to
fetch
home
the
lost
Sheep
,
and
to
cure
and
heal
the
infirm
and
weak
.
He
came
not
to
call
the
Righteous
,
but
Sinners
to
Repentance
.
And
what
shall
we
rob
our selves
of
our
share
in
this
so
glorious
an
enterprise
?
shall
we
ruinate
the
purposes
of
Christ
in
delivering
us
out
of
that
misery
,
wherein
we
were
so
unhappily
plunged
.
For
had
not
the
Father
sent
him
on
that
errand
,
how
had
we
been
broken
in
peices
,
like
a
Potters
Vessel
;
Whips
,
Scourges
and
Scorpions
,
had
been
our
portion
,
had
not
a
Rod
sprung
from
the
Root
of
Jesse
,
to
save
Sinners
from
the
lash
.
Let
us
then
return
our
thanks
to
this
Redeemer
of
Israel
and
say
,
O
blessed
Jesu
!
who
about
this
time
was
born
of
a
pure
Virgin
,
we
return
thee
our
praises
and
thanksgivings
,
for
that
thou
would
be
pleased
to
subject
thy self
to
the
miseries
of
flesh
,
that
flesh
might
be
capacitated
for
the
joy
of
eternal
bliss
;
It
was
our
gluttony
O
Bread
of
Life
,
which
caused
thee
to
hunger
;
our
intemperance
O
fountain
of
living
water
,
which
caused
thee
to
cry
out
,
I
am
athirst
;
thou
wert
made
as
we
are
,
that
we
might
be
made
as
thou
art
,
with
all
the
powers
and
faculties
of
our
souls
and
bodies
we
return
thee
all
honour
and
praise
,
singing
with
the
heavenly
quire
,
All
glory
,
power
and
dominion
be
ascribed
to
the
Lamb
and
him
that
sitteth
on
the
Throne
for
ever
and
ever
Amen
.
And
so
I
descend
in
the
Second
place
to
consider
their
quantity
whom
God
so
loved
,
that
he
gave
his
only
begotten
Son
for
them
,
God
so
loved
the
World
.
He
did
not
give
his
Son
for
some
choice
and
select
persons
only
,
the
glorious
Son
of
Righteousness
,
did
not
dart
his
radiant
beams
on
the
Land
of
Goshen
only
,
but
he
arose
with
healing
in
his
wings
over
the
superficies
of
the
whole
earth
,
that
all
mankind
might
receive
benefit
by
his
influence
.
For
by
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
in
the
text
is
meant
all
the
world
both
Jew
and
Gentile
,
and
so
St.
Paul
useth
it
saying
,
that
God
was
in
Christ
reconciling
the
World
unto
himself
;
the
whole
Creation
,
or
all
the
Gentile
World
,
in
opposition
to
the
Jewish
Enclosure
,
not
all
the
creatures
absolutely
,
but
all
men
of
all
sorts
,
particularly
,
those
Gentile
Idolators
mentioned
by
the
same
Apostle
,
whom
he
stiles
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
you
who
were
alienated
and
strangers
to
God
,
hath
he
reconciled
to
himself
,
for
he
sent
him
into
the
world
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
to
save
all
men
that
were
lost
,
to
ave
all
men
that
were
lost
,
to
heal
the
smarting
sores
,
not
of
some
few
polluted
souls
only
,
but
of
all
descended
from
the
loyns
of
Adam
.
For
by
Adams
offence
God
had
concluded
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
all
things
,
all
his
posterity
under
the
guilt
of
sin
;
For
though
the
mercy
of
God
and
the
Merits
of
our
Saviour
hath
so
confirmed
and
established
the
Angels
in
their
Stations
of
glory
,
that
it
is
impossible
for
them
to
fall
and
slide
away
,
yet
this
cannot
be
said
to
be
by
Redemption
,
but
by
Christs
gratious
uniting
them
to
God
,
so
that
I
conceive
the
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
cannot
refer
to
them
,
but
only
to
men
,
because
Christ
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
did
not
come
to
take
hold
of
,
reduce
or
reconcile
the
Angels
,
but
only
mankind
,
for
the
Angels
in
Heaven
never
fell
,
and
therefore
what
need
had
they
of
a
Reconciliation
?
so
that
the
Apostle
only
endeavours
to
explain
to
us
,
that
Christ
is
the
universal
Redeemer
of
Man-kind
,
of
the
Gentiles
as
well
asof
the
Jews
,
which
is
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
an
act
of
free
undeserved
mercy
,
imputable
to
nothing
but
Gods
meer
grace
.
For
by
our
Original
depravation
we
became
prone
to
do
evil
,
and
are
not
able
to
think
a
good
thought
,
insomuch
the
most
righteous
of
the
Sons
of
men
had
need
of
a
Saviour
,
to
make
an
Attonement
and
Expiation
for
them
.
For
the
Royal
Prophet
informs
us
,
God
looked
down
from
Heaven
,
and
none
did
good
,
no
not
one
.
Shall
the
disease
then
he
epidemical
,
and
common
to
all
,
and
shall
not
the
cure
be
the
same
?
shall
Eves
transgression
be
capable
of
ruining
and
destroying
all
?
and
what
hath
not
Christs
all-healing
bloud
virtue
enough
to
save
all
?
Is
God
a
respecter
of
persons
,
or
if
we
do
well
shall
we
not
be
accepted
?
is
not
he
willing
that
all
should
come
to
salvation
?
why
do
the
Church
stile
Adams
sin
an
happy
sin
,
if
our
Redemption
and
the
Merits
of
Christs
Sacred
Passion
was
not
extended
to
all
,
even
the
greatest
criminal
and
highest
offendor
,
if
he
seek
the
Lord
while
he
may
be
found
,
and
call
upon
him
whilst
he
is
near
?
For
as
by
the
offence
of
one
,
death
came
upon
all
men
unto
condemnation
,
even
so
by
the
righteousness
of
one
the
free
gift
came
upon
all
men
unto
justification
of
life
,
whence
it
is
clear
the
remedy
brought
to
us
by
Christ
,
reached
as
far
as
the
disease
.
How
doth
St.
John
entitle
him
a
Sun
which
giveth
light
to
every
one
that
cometh
into
the
World
.
There
is
none
overshadowed
with
so
dismal
a
Cloud
of
sins
,
who
may
not
(
if
they
will
)
take
in
the
rays
of
his
mercy
;
the
blackest
soul
may
find
the
bloud
of
Christ
ready
to
cleanse
her
stains
and
exchange
them
for
a
pure
die
of
innocencie
,
if
she
can
with
a
sincere
heart
and
tongue
cry
out
,
Have
Mercy
upon
me
O
God
.
For
by
the
bloud
of
Christ
is
conveyed
to
all
men
a
capacity
of
Salvation
;
but
if
they
neglect
so
great
Salvation
,
and
afterwards
come
to
perish
,
it
is
through
their
own
default
in
misusing
his
gracious
endearments
,
and
proving
refractory
to
his
commands
.
For
this
is
a
faithful
saying
,
and
worthy
of
all
acceptation
,
that
Christ
Jesus
came
into
the
World
to
save
sinners
,
Sinners
indefinitely
,
without
the
exclusion
of
any
.
And
so
again
,
He
tasted
death
for
every
man
,
and
is
risen
again
for
their
Justification
,
that
is
,
as
verily
as
all
men
have
sinned
by
contraction
of
the
guilt
of
the
first
man
,
so
by
the
merits
of
the
Man
Christ
Jesus
,
they
are
justified
freely
by
Gods
grace
,
if
they
do
not
fall
off
from
the
mercy
of
the
Covenant
,
by
prevaricating
the
conditions
of
it
.
For
through
his
bloud
he
hath
conveyed
notice
to
all
men
,
that
they
are
the
Sons
of
God
,
that
they
are
the
Heirs
of
eternity
,
Coheirs
with
Christ
,
and
partakers
of
the
Divine
Nature
,
meaning
,
that
they
are
so
by
the
design
of
God
,
and
the
purpose
of
the
manifestation
of
his
Son
,
he
being
unwilling
any
should
perish
,
but
that
all
should
be
saved
.
Such
was
the
unmeasurable
love
of
Christ
that
he
would
have
all
men
to
be
saved
,
without
exception
of
City
or
Country
,
Nation
or
Language
,
without
exception
of
the
ungodly
,
enemies
,
nay
,
without
exception
of
them
that
perish
,
for
it
is
to
give
them
a
space
to
repent
in
,
that
he
is
slack
(
as
some
men
count
slackness
)
concerning
his
promise
.
But
alas
!
in
our
late
years
of
Rebellion
when
men
pretending
to
fight
the
Battels
of
the
Lord
,
took
up
the
Weapons
of
the
Divel
,
and
under
a
pretext
of
the
Lords
cause
entered
a
solemn
league
and
covenant
and
swore
Allegiance
to
the
Prince
of
Darkness
,
then
also
began
to
flourish
their
doctrine
who
say
,
that
God
designed
many
Souls
to
Hell
before
they
had
a
Being
and
Existence
upon
earth
,
insomuch
they
were
incapacitated
to
work
out
their
salvation
,
their
sentence
of
condemnation
being
already
past
in
the
predeterminate
counel
of
God
,
then
began
men
to
flatter
themselves
that
they
were
the
only
Children
of
God
,
the
Saints
that
should
inherit
the
earth
;
and
none
but
they
the
true
people
of
Sion
,
who
were
the
espousers
of
their
fantastical
opinion
and
perswasion
,
judging
all
others
to
be
held
as
Reprobates
in
the
eyes
of
God
because
they
were
so
in
theirs
.
Then
was
broached
that
opinion
of
a
converting
grace
and
irresistable
power
,
as
if
God
would
urge
men
to
salvation
,
and
make
them
happy
without
any
endeavours
of
their
own
,
if
they
did
but
rely
on
Christ
and
his
Merits
for
the
payment
and
satisfaction
.
Which
Doctrines
are
of
so
pernicious
consequence
,
that
,
First
it
renders
the
Cross
of
Christ
foolishness
.
For
wherefore
did
God
give
us
his
Son
?
wherefore
did
he
die
,
rise
again
,
and
ascend
to
his
Father
?
to
what
purpose
was
all
that
wast
of
bloud
which
he
shed
in
our
behalf
?
if
men
were
absolutely
decreed
to
salvation
or
reprobation
from
all
eternity
?
to
what
end
did
Christ
come
into
the
world
,
when
as
without
consideration
to
his
sufferings
or
the
merits
of
his
death
and
passion
his
Father
had
predetermined
from
eternity
such
a
number
for
the
pleasures
of
Heaven
,
and
so
many
for
torment
without
end
?
If
it
be
thus
,
then
is
Christ
dead
in
vain
,
because
the
Father
might
have
effected
this
without
putting
his
Son
to
the
expences
of
his
bloud
to
redeem
us
.
If
it
be
thus
the
Father
had
no
great
love
for
his
Son
,
to
put
him
to
such
cruelties
and
hardships
,
not
having
any
cogent
or
absolute
necessity
.
Nay
,
if
this
doctrine
was
true
,
it
would
blemish
the
wisdom
of
Heaven
,
for
if
he
had
resolved
to
save
some
and
damn
others
from
eternity
,
he
might
have
done
it
without
the
contrivance
of
that
device
of
reconciling
us
to
himself
by
the
death
of
his
Son
,
because
that
was
intended
only
to
satisfie
his
Justice
and
manifest
his
mercy
,
and
what
need
of
that
if
we
consent
to
a
predetermination
?
But
then
Secondly
,
As
it
renders
the
death
of
Christ
insignificant
,
unnecessary
,
so
if
this
be
true
,
then
is
our
preaching
vain
.
For
to
what
end
serve
all
the
commands
,
instructions
,
calls
,
counsels
,
admonitions
and
reproofs
of
the
Gospel
?
for
first
,
they
are
unnecessary
to
those
who
are
elected
,
since
if
they
be
fully
perswaded
that
they
are
decreed
to
salvation
from
eternity
,
what
need
they
trouble
themselves
about
it
,
when
they
know
they
shall
be
brought
in
(
in
Gods
due
time
and
pleasure
)
by
such
a
converting
grace
and
power
as
cannot
be
resisted
by
them
.
And
as
the
Gospel
is
useless
to
these
,
so
in
the
Second
place
to
those
who
are
reprobate
,
for
if
they
be
fully
perswaded
thereof
,
to
wit
,
that
they
must
inevitably
perish
,
do
they
what
is
possible
to
prevent
and
avoid
it
,
why
should
men
beat
the
air
,
in
labouring
to
perswade
them
to
that
which
both
the
persons
to
be
taught
,
and
the
persons
teaching
,
are
fully
persuaded
can
never
be
effected
by
them
.
Nay
further
,
let
us
suppose
a
man
doubtful
of
his
state
,
yet
if
he
consent
to
this
doctrine
,
is
not
the
conclusion
as
if
he
should
say
,
if
I
be
of
that
number
God
hath
determined
from
eternity
to
save
,
I
shall
be
saved
,
though
I
do
what
seemeth
good
in
my
own
eyes
,
for
at
some
time
or
other
,
which
I
am
as
yet
ignorant
off
,
he
will
force
me
from
my
sins
,
and
compel
me
to
obedience
by
such
a
power
as
cannot
be
resisted
by
me
;
but
if
it
be
my
hard
lot
to
be
put
in
the
Catalogue
of
reprobates
,
let
me
be
never
so
industrious
to
work
out
my
salvation
,
let
me
wear
the
ground
with
my
religious
knees
by
my
constancy
in
praying
;
let
me
pine
my
body
to
a
Skelleton
by
the
austerities
of
fasting
and
humbling
my self
before
God
;
let
me
be
never
so
religious
never
so
devout
,
yet
still
I
must
be
fuel
for
that
fire
prepar'd
for
the
Devil
and
his
Angels
,
because
it
was
decreed
so
from
eternity
,
and
is
more
unalterable
than
the
Laws
of
the
Medes
and
Persians
.
This
is
the
fruit
which
springs
from
so
corrupt
a
root
,
and
the
very
case
of
Ludovicus
,
that
learned
Italian
,
for
he
was
so
miserably
infected
with
this
principle
that
no
arguments
and
reasonings
could
convince
him
of
its
error
,
till
perceiving
himself
indisposed
,
and
already
fallen
into
the
Neighborhoods
of
sickness
he
sends
for
the
Physician
,
who
(
made
acquainted
with
his
opinion
)
answered
him
in
his
own
stile
,
if
he
should
live
,
he
should
live
,
without
trying
the
experiments
of
his
art
and
skill
,
the
Patient
ruminating
on
his
words
at
last
was
convinced
in
his
Conscience
,
that
as
means
were
to
be
applied
for
the
restauration
of
health
;
so
likewise
for
the
salvation
of
the
soul
.
Away
then
with
this
deluding
phantasie
,
which
is
the
parent
of
nothing
but
those
Twin-Sisters
of
darkness
,
presumption
and
despair
;
and
let
us
endeavour
to
justifie
God
in
his
saying
that
his
will
is
,
that
all
should
be
saved
;
But
alas
!
how
hath
the
luxuriant
fancies
of
Geneva
,
endeavoured
to
poyson
this
sweet
truth
by
saying
,
that
is
not
meant
,
that
God
would
have
every
soul
to
be
saved
,
but
two
or
three
,
more
or
less
out
of
every
order
and
occupation
.
But
St.
Peter
(
better
illuminated
than
those
pretenders
to
the
Spirit
)
hath
fully
answered
their
cavil
,
he
is
unwilling
that
any
one
should
perish
,
and
so
again
God
himself
hath
sworn
,
that
he
delighteth
not
in
the
death
of
a
sinner
.
But
perhaps
some
may
contest
that
if
it
be
the
intention
and
will
of
God
,
that
all
should
be
saved
,
how
comes
it
to
pass
so
many
fall
short
and
miss
of
the
reward
(
designed
by
God
)
glory
everlasting
?
I
answer
,
The
Holy
Scriptures
have
recorded
Gods
will
to
be
two-fold
,
his
Absolute
,
and
his
Conditional
Will.
The
former
God
used
when
he
framed
the
goodly
Structure
of
the
World
,
and
said
,
let
there
be
light
,
and
there
was
light
;
let
there
be
a
Firmament
and
there
was
a
Firmament
?
So
likewise
,
when
he
created
those
incorporeal
intelligencers
,
the
Angels
,
he
spake
the
Word
and
they
were
made
;
he
commanded
and
they
were
created
.
This
is
the
absolute
and
only
irresistable
Will
of
God
.
But
in
matters
relating
to
the
Salvation
of
Men
,
he
made
use
of
the
Second
,
his
Conditional
Will.
And
those
Conditions
were
three
.
The
First
was
in
Paradise
,
eat
not
,
and
thou
shalt
live
;
but
how
soon
did
we
forfeit
this
Covenant
by
an
hankering
and
prurient
desire
after
the
Tree
of
Knowledge
?
The
Second
was
under
the
Law
,
do
this
and
thou
shalt
live
.
And
here
though
the
spirit
was
never
so
willing
,
yet
so
many
were
the
weaknesses
and
infirmities
of
the
flesh
,
that
we
groaned
under
its
weight
and
were
not
able
to
perform
it
,
until
Christ
the
fulfiller
of
the
Law
came
to
ease
us
of
its
burthen
;
and
then
he
made
a
third
and
new
agreement
with
us
under
the
Gospel
,
and
that
is
,
believe
on
the
Son
of
God
,
and
thou
shalt
be
saved
.
To
the
performance
of
which
he
hath
afforded
such
powerful
aids
,
and
encouragements
,
that
we
may
observe
the
tenour
of
his
Laws
,
and
live
for
ever
.
For
the
ways
are
ways
of
pleasantness
,
and
all
its
paths
are
peace
.
But
if
we
will
not
observe
his
Laws
,
but
break
our
bonds
asunder
,
we
justly
forfeit
our
right
in
Christ
,
and
may
charge
God
foolishly
,
but
thank
our selves
for
damnation
.
For
though
our
Creation
was
the
work
of
Omnipotency
alone
,
yet
the
salvation
of
our
souls
can
never
be
effected
without
our
endeavours
.
He
hath
opened
a
fountain
for
us
to
bath
in
,
but
if
we
refuse
to
wash
and
be
clean
,
who
is
to
blame
for
the
continuance
of
our
Leprosie
?
Nay
further
,
he
doth
not
only
to
our
Justification
add
the
invitations
of
his
grace
and
holy
Spirit
to
dispose
our selves
for
it
,
promising
to
ease
and
refresh
such
as
are
weary
and
heavy
laden
with
the
burthen
of
their
sins
,
but
positively
declares
he
stands
at
the
door
of
our
hearts
,
knocks
and
solicites
to
enter
,
but
if
we
will
not
suffer
the
King
of
glory
to
come
in
,
may
not
he
justly
defie
the
World
to
object
the
least
fault
and
blame
on
his
side
,
since
he
hath
done
to
his
Vineyard
whatever
could
be
thought
requisite
to
make
it
thrive
and
prosper
?
and
if
they
finally
perish
,
(
as
I
shall
shew
more
at
large
by
and
by
)
are
they
not
the
authors
of
their
own
perdition
by
their
rejecting
those
abundantly
sufficient
graces
he
hath
offered
them
to
accept
?
So
that
in
the
extremity
of
their
misery
they
will
be
forced
to
confess
,
thou
art
Righteous
O
Lord
,
and
thy
judgments
are
just
.
But
some
further
object
,
that
though
the
satisfaction
Christ
made
was
sufficient
for
the
whole
World
,
yet
(
say
they
)
it
was
not
effectual
,
that
is
,
(
I
conceive
)
he
did
not
intend
all
should
participate
of
the
benefit
thereof
.
And
what
is
this
,
but
(
by
the
worst
kind
of
enclosure
)
to
circumscribe
his
All-sufficient
goodness
?
to
set
banks
and
shores
to
that
unlimited
Ocean
of
mercy
which
cannot
consist
with
the
wisdom
and
goodness
of
Christ
;
for
if
he
paid
a
full
and
plenary
satisfaction
for
the
offences
of
all
men
,
was
it
not
as
easie
and
more
agreeable
to
his
mercy
to
communicate
the
benefits
to
all
,
than
to
appropriate
them
only
to
a
few
and
little
parcel
of
men
?
Any
in
the
shape
of
a
man
would
censure
it
a
meer
delusion
,
for
the
King
of
Great
Britain
to
proclaim
himself
Redeemer
of
all
the
captivated
Christians
under
the
Tyrany
of
Ziim
and
Ochim
,
Turks
and
Infidels
,
if
he
should
send
over
Ransom
large
enough
for
all
,
yet
afterwards
cashiere
the
poor
Captives
hopes
of
liberty
,
by
interpreting
himself
,
though
I
proclaimed
and
sent
sufficiently
for
all
,
yet
I
meant
Redemption
only
to
a
few
.
Would
not
this
renew
our
griefs
and
augment
our
sorrows
?
and
if
it
was
so
with
God
,
what
anxieties
and
fears
,
what
troubles
and
scruples
would
it
move
in
our
minds
,
whether
we
were
the
persons
whom
the
King
delighted
to
honour
?
for
if
we
conceited
we
were
the
Children
elected
by
God
,
and
God
had
resolved
from
eternity
to
save
us
,
what
licence
would
it
give
to
our
unbridled
desires
by
presuming
too
much
on
the
Patience
and
long-suffering
of
God
,
when
we
believe
we
cannot
be
dis-inherited
from
being
Coheirs
with
the
Son
of
God
,
and
so
make
us
neglect
the
working
out
our
salvation
,
knowing
that
our
labour
is
in
vain
,
because
before
we
were
,
God
had
determined
we
should
not
miss
of
our
Diadem
of
glory
.
But
blessed
be
God
,
no
mans
state
is
fixed
,
or
unalterable
,
before
he
hath
a
Being
,
much
less
from
eternity
or
before
the
foundations
of
the
earth
were
laid
,
nay
,
now
we
have
a
being
,
it
is
possible
to
pass
from
the
state
of
death
to
the
life
of
grace
.
'T
is
true
when
we
are
cut
off
from
the
Land
of
the
living
,
and
are
arrived
at
our
long
home
,
then
our
condition
and
the
decree
of
God
is
unchangeable
,
for
where
the
Tree
falleth
there
it
lyeth
.
They
that
die
in
peace
shall
arise
in
glory
with
the
King
of
Peace
;
and
they
who
die
in
their
sins
shall
be
raised
,
't
is
true
,
but
receive
small
comfort
from
the
Sun
of
glory
,
for
they
shall
be
banished
from
his
presence
.
Let
this
consideration
rouze
us
from
the
Lethargy
of
sin
,
that
we
may
work
whilst
the
day
of
salvation
lasteth
,
before
the
night
cometh
,
when
no
man
can
work
.
What
we
do
,
let
us
do
quickly
,
for
though
the
marrow
may
seem
to
swell
in
our
bones
,
our
bloud
hot
and
boyl
in
our
veins
,
though
we
pride
our selves
in
the
strength
and
flower
of
nature
,
yet
still
,
is
not
our
time
in
the
hand
of
God
?
who
can
tell
what
a
day
may
bring
forth
?
Seeing
then
God
hath
expressed
so
high
a
Love
to
us
,
let
us
not
turn
his
grace
into
wantonness
,
for
he
that
believeth
on
him
that
sent
me
,
saith
Christ
,
hath
everlasting
life
.
And
St.
John
tells
us
,
He
is
the
Propitiation
for
our
sins
,
and
not
for
ours
only
,
but
also
for
the
sins
of
the
whole
world
.
This
was
an
Act
of
Oblivion
,
out
of
which
none
was
excepted
;
He
came
to
revoke
the
general
Sentence
,
the
Decree
gone
out
against
all
men
,
For
as
I
live
,
saith
the
Lord
,
I
have
no
pleasure
in
the
Death
of
the
wicked
,
but
that
he
turn
and
live
.
He
hath
set
before
us
life
and
death
,
Oh!
let
us
choose
life
,
that
we
may
live
for
ever
,
and
let
us
put
up
our
Prayers
and
say
:
O
Almighty
and
most
Merciful
Father
,
we
adore
thy
Mercies
and
admire
thy
Love
to
the
Word
in
the
Gift
of
thy
Son
.
O
blessed
Jesu
!
how
worthy
is
thy
Love
to
be
had
in
reverence
over
all
the
World
!
for
thy
voluntary
susception
and
affectionate
suffering
such
horrid
and
cruel
Tortures
:
the
Waters
of
bitterness
entred
into
thy
soul
,
and
the
Storms
of
Death
,
and
thy
Fathers
Anger
broke
thee
in
pieces
:
What
shall
we
do
,
who
by
our
sins
have
tormented
our
dearest
Lord
?
What
contrition
and
tears
can
sufficiently
express
those
sad
accidents
which
they
have
produced
?
Lord
have
Mercy
upon
us
,
Christ
have
Mercy
upon
us
,
and
pity
our
distress
:
And
seeing
thou
hast
done
so
much
for
our
Souls
,
only
speak
the
word
,
and
thy
Servant
shall
be
whole
.
Suffer
us
not
to
neglect
that
great
Salvation
which
thou
hast
purchased
for
us
:
Dispose
us
by
Love
,
Thankfulness
,
Humility
,
and
Obedience
to
receive
the
benefits
of
thy
Incarnation
and
Passion
.
Enflame
our
Affections
more
and
more
towards
thee
and
God
the
Father
,
whose
goodness
was
not
contented
in
barely
loving
us
,
but
to
love
us
so
,
as
to
give
us
thee
the
only
begotten
Son
of
God
.
And
so
I
come
to
the
Organ
and
Means
by
which
our
Redemption
was
effected
,
the
gift
of
his
only
begotten
Son
:
Wherein
we
consider
both
the
Action
he
gave
,
and
the
Gift
it self
,
His
only
,
&c.
We
begin
with
the
Action
.
And
first
,
He
gave
it
gratis
,
freely
,
and
of
his
own
accord
;
for
he
was
omnipotent
and
could
not
be
constrained
by
any
force
,
all
Creatures
depending
on
him
alone
,
It
was
not
therefore
any
compulsion
,
but
love
only
,
which
was
so
generous
as
to
transport
it self
up
to
Heaven
,
and
assault
the
Divinity
in
its
Throne
,
drawing
from
thence
the
Eternal
Son
of
God
.
2dly
.
God
so
loved
the
World
,
that
not
only
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
but
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
he
delivered
him
;
and
so
St.
Paul
useth
it
,
He
spared
not
his
own
Son
,
but
delivered
him
up
for
us
all
.
He
was
delivered
up
to
the
malice
and
fury
of
evil
men
,
and
thence
delivered
up
to
the
ignominious
death
of
the
Cross
.
3dly
.
Nay
God
did
not
only
deliver
him
up
,
but
also
sent
him
,
For
,
saith
the
Apostle
,
in
this
was
manifested
the
Love
of
God
,
because
he
sent
his
only
begotten
Son
into
the
World
.
4thly
.
And
to
augment
his
Love
(
if
perfection
will
admit
of
addition
)
This
Mission
is
the
more
to
be
accepted
by
us
,
because
it
was
by
way
of
commutation
and
exchange
for
us
;
Commutavit
filium
suum
unicum
,
He
exchanged
his
only
begotten
Son
.
It
was
the
Worlds
Price
was
set
to
sale
,
and
how
dearly
did
he
purchase
it
?
What
reason
then
have
we
to
spend
every
moment
of
our
Life
in
loving
,
praising
,
and
glorifying
him
?
And
when
we
contemplate
these
admirable
contrivances
of
his
Wisdom
and
Mercy
,
can
we
do
less
than
say
;
O
God
what
shall
we
return
thee
in
requital
,
or
wherewith
shall
we
appear
before
thee
?
When
we
would
praise
thee
,
an
Abysse
of
Majesty
exhausts
in
a
moment
all
Encomiums
,
and
our
adorations
what
are
they
before
thy
Divine
Essence
?
Could
we
render
our selves
uncreated
in
deference
to
thee
the
Fountain
of
all
Beings
,
it
were
a
poor
Homage
to
thy
ineffable
Greatness
:
Nay
could
we
annihilate
the
World
,
and
bring
all
Creatures
into
their
old
postures
of
nothing
for
thy
Glory
,
yet
what
is
this
compar'd
with
what
thy
immensity
might
justly
expect
?
But
while
we
labour
with
our
Poverty
,
finding
nothing
created
worthy
thy
acceptance
(
Oh
astonishing
Mercy
!
)
behold
the
perfect
oblation
of
thy
Son
,
which
thou
hast
given
us
,
the
prodigious
Effect
of
thy
Love
.
Him
we
offer
unto
thee
,
and
through
him
we
hope
to
be
accepted
:
None
can
speak
our
Gratitude
,
but
that
word
,
who
can
only
satisfie
thy
Justice
:
Since
by
this
Gift
the
very
Treasury
of
Heaven
was
emptied
for
a
time
,
and
the
Earth
enriched
with
that
pure
Sacrifice
wherewith
thou
wert
well
pleased
;
and
the
Odour
thereof
draws
upon
mankind
a
continual
Floud
of
Mercies
.
This
is
a
Sacrifice
O
God
,
thou
wilt
not
despise
;
him
we
offer
unto
thee
,
and
with
him
our selves
and
all
that
we
have
,
beseeching
thee
to
accept
of
us
for
the
sake
of
thy
Son
,
who
was
offered
up
for
us
all
.
And
so
I
come
to
consider
the
Gift
it self
,
His
only
begotten
Son
.
Son
,
is
a
Name
by
which
men
oft
endeavour
to
express
their
endearments
and
affection
to
us
:
Thus
when
Cushi
told
David
of
his
Sons
unfortunate
,
though
just
,
O
my
Son
Absalom
,
my
Son
,
my
Son
;
and
refused
to
be
comforted
for
his
death
;
nay
he
wished
death
had
been
subject
to
a
mistake
,
and
took
him
instead
of
this
rebellious
Viper
,
who
sought
the
usurpation
of
the
Kingdom
and
Death
of
his
Parent
.
And
if
a
Son
was
so
dear
to
David
,
how
dear
must
he
be
unto
God
:
And
consequently
,
what
a
Noble
and
Royal
Gift
must
this
be
of
our
Heavenly
Father
?
It
had
been
too
great
an
Honour
to
have
dispatched
unto
us
the
meanest
Servant
in
his
Heavenly
Court
to
visit
us
;
or
if
he
had
deputed
an
Illustrious
Seraphim
to
proclaim
to
the
World
,
That
He
,
who
is
King
of
Kings
,
the
Great
God
of
Heaven
and
Earth
,
would
be
reconciled
to
his
Rebellious
Subjects
:
Should
we
not
have
been
startled
at
the
news
of
such
a
Message
?
How
much
more
then
,
when
he
sends
his
Son
,
the
Prince
and
Soveraign
of
the
Heavenly
Host
to
be
had
in
no
reputation
,
and
take
upon
him
the
form
of
a
Servant
.
But
then
2dly
.
It
was
his
own
Son
,
and
not
anothers
;
He
was
not
an
Adopted
Son
,
who
raised
himself
by
his
merits
to
the
Title
of
the
Son
of
God
,
as
Photinus
and
his
Followers
would
have
perswaded
the
World
;
but
he
was
God
of
very
God
,
and
Light
of
very
Light
:
Or
was
it
his
Son
by
Nuncupation
and
name
only
,
as
others
did
imagine
,
but
his
own
Son
,
for
otherwise
we
destroy
our
belief
of
the
Trinity
,
and
conclude
the
Father
,
Son
,
and
Holy
Ghost
,
not
three
Distinct
Persons
but
Names
.
Therefore
3dly
.
Here
is
Love
in
its
Zenith
,
the
Son
in
whom
his
soul
was
well-pleased
;
Nay
,
his
only
begotten
Son
.
This
is
that
great
Mistery
the
Apostle
speaks
of
,
God
manifested
in
the
Flesh
;
Yet
still
this
immense
Being
,
hath
,
out
of
his
Infinite
Bounty
,
given
us
the
dear
production
of
himself
,
coeternal
,
consubstantial
,
and
equal
,
to
the
Father
in
respect
of
his
God-head
,
though
inferiour
to
the
Father
as
touching
his
Man-hood
;
God
and
Man
,
a
Problem
,
whose
solution
puzzleth
all
the
Reason
humanity
possesseth
a
Riddle
which
cannot
be
unfolded
but
by
Faith
.
Did
we
not
behold
it
through
that
Perspective
,
but
employ
our
reason
to
consider
it
,
we
should
as
soon
conclude
to
the
Suns
Union
with
a
Clod
,
or
a
Thoughts
Corporeity
,
as
to
believe
immortality
incarnate
,
spirituality
turn'd
body
,
and
the
infinite
Ocean
of
goodness
in
so
small
a
Vessel
.
The
composure
of
the
World
,
and
the
variety
of
Creatures
,
was
the
effect
of
an
Almighty
Power
,
that
Man
should
be
made
after
the
Image
of
God
;
wonderful
enough
,
but
that
God
should
be
made
like
Man
,
is
much
more
admirable
.
'T
was
a
greater
demonstration
of
his
Omnipotency
,
that
God
should
be
made
a
like
Creature
,
than
his
formation
of
all
Creatures
.
Immortality
put
on
Mortality
,
and
Incorruption
dressed
in
the
garments
of
Corruption
.
We
read
that
the
Ark
of
the
Covenant
was
overlaid
with
Gold
,
whilst
Shittim
wood
was
in
the
midst
,
which
was
to
Typifie
Christs
Humanity
decked
and
adorned
with
his
God-head
.
A
Mystery
so
fruitful
in
Miracles
,
that
natural
Reason
cannot
comprehend
them
.
Nature
was
stopt
as
to
the
result
of
an
humane
subsistence
,
in
whose
place
was
intimately
applyed
the
Personality
of
the
Divine
Word
,
and
this
infinite
subsistence
was
adorned
with
graces
,
virtues
,
and
privileges
superiment
.
Dost
thou
wonder
to
see
the
Sea
divided
and
stand
upon
an
heap
;
come
here
then
and
admire
this
boundless
Ocean
contained
in
the
narrow
Vessel
of
a
Virgins
Body
?
Dost
thou
wonder
to
see
the
Bush
in
the
midst
of
hungry
Fire
and
not
consumed
,
behold
a
Virgin
,
the
Mother
of
a
Son
,
and
yet
her
Virginity
spotless
and
undefiled
?
Dost
thou
wonder
to
see
a
Moses
preserved
in
a
Cradle
of
Bull-rushes
,
behold
the
King
of
Heaven
in
a
Manger
?
Was
it
strange
to
see
the
Sun
go
back
on
the
Dial
of
Ahaz
,
how
marvellous
then
is
it
,
to
see
the
true
Sun
,
Light
of
very
Light
,
under
a
small
cloud
,
and
the
most
glorious
Candle
of
Heaven
put
under
a
Bushel
?
Dost
thou
wonder
the
Bread
of
Life
became
Flesh
,
look
into
the
Sacrament
of
his
Supper
,
and
see
how
he
can
turn
his
Body
and
Bloud
into
Bread
and
Wine
to
nourish
the
Souls
of
Men
?
Dost
thou
wonder
at
the
Wisdom
of
Solomon
,
lo
a
greater
than
Solomon
is
here
.
How
did
the
Wisdom
of
God
become
foolishness
for
us
,
and
the
Word
it self
speechless
?
And
He
who
is
our
God
,
is
He
not
also
our
Brother
?
Rouze
up
thy self
then
,
O
my
dull
and
sordid
soul
,
mount
up
thy self
even
to
the
Heavens
above
,
slighting
the
things
of
the
World
,
as
dross
and
dung
,
if
compar'd
with
the
honourable
Title
of
being
the
Son
of
God
.
Many
an
express
had
been
sent
unto
us
from
the
Court
of
Heaven
by
those
winged
Embassadours
,
the
Angels
,
But
,
Oh
infinite
mercy
!
He
now
sends
his
Legat
à
latere
,
his
Son
from
his
bosom
,
expecting
he
would
be
more
honourably
treated
by
us
:
But
alas
!
how
did
we
entertain
him
?
'T
is
true
he
had
his
brows
encircled
with
a
Crown
,
but
it
was
of
Thorns
.
'T
is
true
,
he
was
a
King
,
but
annointed
with
his
own
bloud
;
or
as
the
Evangelical
Prophet
stiles
him
,
a
King
of
sorrows
:
'T
is
true
,
he
had
a
Purple
Robe
,
but
it
was
of
derision
.
'T
is
true
,
he
had
a
Bed-chamber
,
but
it
was
a
Stable
;
't
is
true
,
he
had
a
Cradle
,
but
it
was
a
Manger
to
compleat
the
saying
which
was
written
,
The
Oxe
lodged
with
his
owner
,
and
the
Ass
and
the
Master
were
content
with
the
same
Crib
.
Was
he
an
Isaac
,
a
Son
of
Laughter
,
or
rather
,
vir
dolorum
,
a
man
of
griefs
?
Was
he
clothed
in
his
dress
of
Majesty
?
or
did
he
disguise
himself
in
Purples
and
Furrs
,
that
he
might
enjoy
ease
and
govern
all
the
Nations
of
the
Earth
?
or
rather
,
was
he
not
clothed
with
shame
and
dishonour
?
Did
not
Heav'n
,
nay
the
God
of
Heav'n
descend
to
Earth
,
that
Earth
might
ascend
to
Heaven
.
Thy
Fore-head
was
furrowed
with
Thorns
,
O
blessed
Jesu
,
yet
thou
wouldst
not
frown
:
We
did
chain
those
Arms
,
which
thou
didst
stretch
forth
to
embrace
thy
Enemies
,
and
those
who
continually
provoke
thee
to
wrath
;
thy
Bowels
of
tender
compassion
yearned
towards
them
,
who
were
ready
to
rake
into
thine
with
their
bloudy
hands
;
Oh!
most
compassionate
Son
of
the
most
merciful
Father
!
What
shall
we
render
unto
thee
for
all
thy
mercies
?
How
shall
we
pay
our
acknowledgements
?
whom
shall
we
love
?
to
whom
shall
we
resign
our
Wills
and
ways
,
but
unto
thee
,
and
the
Father
of
mercies
who
hath
not
thought
the
gift
of
his
Son
too
great
to
confer
upon
us
?
Oh
blessed
Incarnation
!
oh
happy
day
!
never
will
we
forget
thee
,
but
entirely
devote
our selves
to
his
service
and
worship
,
who
hath
this
day
called
us
to
be
his
Son
by
adoption
,
settle
our
affections
and
confirm
us
in
this
our
resolution
,
that
by
the
influence
of
thy
Holy
Spirit
we
may
obtain
the
end
and
purpose
of
thy
Incarnation
,
everlasting
.
Which
is
the
last
to
be
considered
.
And
the
words
are
easie
to
be
understood
,
for
by
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
is
meant
whosoever
shall
receive
and
obey
the
doctrine
of
his
Gospel
,
and
frame
his
life
according
to
the
rules
thereof
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
shall
not
perish
but
be
rescued
from
eternal
death
,
and
made
partaker
of
eternal
life
,
but
on
the
contrary
,
if
we
disown
him
,
and
reject
his
rules
,
we
shall
receive
no
benefits
by
the
merits
of
his
death
and
Passion
,
for
though
Heaven
should
become
a
desart
,
yet
he
will
not
people
it
with
persons
refractory
and
disobedient
,
but
the
sentence
of
the
first
Curse
shall
not
be
repealed
,
but
still
hold
valid
and
of
force
;
for
if
they
will
work
their
own
destruction
by
refusing
to
lay
hold
on
Christ
,
this
inconveniency
happens
unto
them
,
not
from
the
inefficacy
of
Christs
satisfaction
,
or
a
defect
of
his
commiseration
,
they
deny
him
by
whom
they
were
bought
.
He
purchased
the
souls
of
the
whole
World
,
but
if
they
will
not
accept
of
such
a
Ransom
by
believing
on
him
,
and
regulating
their
wills
,
by
his
will
,
they
may
be
damned
though
he
was
offered
up
a
Sacrifice
for
them
;
thus
the
Apostle
tells
us
,
thy
Brother
perish
for
whom
Christ
died
.
For
he
died
for
all
,
yet
those
only
receive
the
priviledges
thereof
,
who
believe
on
him
by
their
obedience
to
his
word
.
For
though
the
Sun
was
placed
in
the
Firmament
of
Heaven
,
that
the
whole
World
might
be
cherished
by
the
influence
of
its
heat
and
light
,
yet
how
many
are
there
to
whom
it
is
not
much
beneficial
;
for
are
there
not
some
of
so
reserv'd
and
melancholy
a
disposition
,
that
they
are
more
affected
with
darkness
,
upon
which
account
they
creep
into
Grots
and
Holes
to
hide
themselves
from
the
glory
of
his
Beams
.
In
like
manner
,
light
came
into
the
World
,
and
was
offer'd
up
for
the
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
Catholick
good
of
all
,
but
some
loving
darkness
rather
then
light
,
keep
themselves
baricadoed
from
his
benign
influence
resisting
the
light
of
faith
,
for
otherwise
he
should
not
perish
,
but
have
everlasting
life
,
Paul
,
he
is
the
author
of
eternal
salvation
unto
all
them
that
obey
him
.
The
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
shut
up
against
none
,
though
some
are
so
unhappy
as
to
exclude
themselves
,
for
they
are
so
far
degenerated
into
Brutes
,
that
neither
the
dreadful
apprehensions
of
an
angry
God
,
a
consuming
fire
,
or
Worm
that
never
dyes
can
frighten
them
into
obedience
,
or
can
the
invitatory
Charms
of
Holy
things
allure
them
thereunto
,
or
lastly
,
can
the
modest
shame
of
a
base
and
ignoble
action
move
them
;
for
like
ill-distempered
bodies
they
convert
all
wholsome
food
into
their
own
corrupted
humours
,
saying
unto
God
depart
from
us
,
we
desire
not
the
knowledge
of
his
ways
:
who
is
the
Almighty
that
we
should
serve
him
?
or
what
benefit
accrues
to
us
,
if
we
pray
to
him
?
First
.
they
abhor
the
knowledge
of
his
ways
and
commandments
,
because
they
are
contrary
and
speak
against
their
works
.
Secondly
,
They
refuse
submission
to
his
power
,
perswading
themselves
he
is
not
Almighty
,
because
sentence
is
not
executed
speedily
,
but
he
is
Merciful
,
Long-suffering
and
Gracious
.
And
then
lastly
,
They
will
not
pray
unto
him
,
because
they
would
ask
that
which
is
so
repugnant
to
his
supreme
wisdom
and
goodness
,
that
they
know
he
will
not
answer
their
petitions
.
So
that
in
short
,
it
is
through
themselves
they
perish
and
come
not
to
bliss
and
glory
,
because
they
decline
the
presence
of
God
,
shutting
up
all
the
avenues
of
faith
and
charity
,
through
which
he
should
come
in
unto
them
.
For
God
hath
engaged
his
word
not
to
be
inexorable
,
and
the
Creator
hath
protested
and
sworn
that
it
is
far
from
his
thoughts
to
delight
himself
in
the
destruction
of
his
Creature
.
For
can
the
charity
of
a
grave
and
sober
person
upon
earth
pray
for
the
conversion
and
salvation
of
all
Nations
,
and
what
?
shall
the
charity
of
Christ
be
limited
,
or
will
they
ravish
him
of
his
goodness
?
No
,
verily
,
he
would
have
none
to
perish
,
but
upon
their
submission
,
he
will
embrace
them
with
the
arms
of
his
mercy
,
receive
them
for
his
own
Children
by
Adoption
,
give
them
the
blessings
of
eternal
life
,
and
make
them
partakers
of
his
everlasting
Kingdom
.
Seeing
then
this
was
the
end
and
drift
of
Christs
Incarnation
;
seeing
God
hath
dealt
thus
graciously
with
us
,
what
manner
of
persons
ought
we
to
be
in
all
holy
conversation
and
godliness
?
How
ought
we
to
esteem
and
love
him
,
who
so
esteemed
and
loved
us
,
that
he
thought
not
his
life
and
bloud
too
dear
for
us
?
How
ought
we
toesteem
our selves
,
since
God
hath
thought
us
worthy
to
be
esteemed
of
him
?
Let
us
remember
,
this
and
know
that
we
are
men
.
How
ought
we
to
take
heed
that
we
neither
spot
or
soil
that
flesh
wherein
God
hath
manifested
himself
.
For
what
are
we
the
better
that
God
hath
given
us
his
Son
,
if
there
be
not
a
mystical
Incarnation
in
our
hearts
,
and
his
Nativity
our
spiritual
Birth-day
,
that
being
born
anew
,
Christ
may
dwell
in
us
and
we
in
him
.
Was
it
not
his
purpose
to
be
like
us
,
that
we
might
be
like
him
?
was
he
not
born
of
a
poor
Virgin
,
to
teach
us
to
be
meek
and
lowly
?
did
he
not
take
upon
him
the
form
of
a
Servant
,
to
teach
us
we
must
not
Lord
it
over
them
who
are
beneath
us
?
How
little
did
he
value
the
pomp
and
grandeur
of
the
World
,
to
set
our
affections
on
things
above
?
how
contented
was
he
in
a
mean
condition
,
to
teach
us
not
to
take
care
for
to
Morrow
?
How
courteous
was
he
to
the
meanest
Clients
,
to
teach
us
humanity
and
brotherly
kindness
?
how
liberal
was
he
of
doing
good
,
to
teach
us
to
be
diligent
in
relieving
the
necessity
of
the
Indigent
?
How
patient
was
he
in
suffering
the
the
mockeries
and
scoffs
of
the
ruder
multitude
,
to
teach
us
not
to
pay
evil
for
evil
?
how
patient
was
he
amidst
the
sad
tortures
and
pangs
of
the
Cross
,
to
teach
us
not
to
repine
at
the
chastisements
and
corrections
of
Heaven
?
How
little
did
he
fancy
the
applauses
of
men
,
to
teach
us
not
to
court
popularity
,
or
be
fond
of
the
praises
of
men
?
How
absolutely
did
he
resign
up
his
Will
to
the
Will
of
his
Father
,
to
teach
us
in
every
state
to
say
,
Thy
Will
be
done
on
Earth
as
it
is
in
Heaven
?
In
a
word
,
how
did
he
lay
down
his
Life
in
full
hopes
of
a
glorious
Resurrection
;
to
teach
us
to
say
:
Though
after
my
Skin
worms
destroy
my
Body
,
yet
in
my
Flesh
shall
I
see
God
whom
I
my self
shall
behold
,
and
not
another
.
These
are
the
Beauties
of
Jesus
to
be
equally
admir'd
and
practised
by
us
:
This
is
a
Transcript
of
the
Deity
,
which
we
must
carry
always
in
our
hearts
;
for
by
the
copying
of
it
,
Christ
knows
who
are
his
.
Let
us
then
endeavour
to
follow
our
Exemplar
as
close
as
we
can
in
these
steps
of
his
Holy
Life
:
Let
us
not
slight
that
Love
which
is
gone
to
prepare
us
a
place
in
his
Fathers
House
:
Let
us
make
all
things
conspire
to
proclaim
his
Glory
:
Let
us
conceive
Christ
in
our
heart
by
our
believing
and
hearing
his
word
;
and
let
us
bring
him
forth
in
our
life
by
giving
all
diligence
to
practice
and
perform
it
.
Let
us
look
on
the
Mercy
of
this
day
as
an
hopeful
assurance
,
that
God
will
never
end
his
Love
and
good
Will
towards
Men
,
till
he
hath
brought
us
thither
,
where
Jesus
is
.
Let
us
earnestly
beseech
him
to
guide
us
in
those
steps
,
whereby
he
did
ascend
from
Earth
to
Heaven
.
Let
us
desire
him
so
earnestly
to
subdue
our
Wills
to
His
,
that
it
may
be
our
Meat
and
Drink
to
perform
his
Heavenly
Pleasure
.
Which
,
that
it
may
be
more
effectually
wrought
for
the
Eternal
Interest
of
us
all
;
let
us
fall
down
and
say
in
sincerity
of
heart
:
ALmighty
God
,
who
hast
given
us
thy
only
Begotten
Son
to
take
our
Nature
upon
him
,
and
as
this
day
to
be
born
of
a
pure
Virgin
:
Grant
,
thas
we
being
regenerate
,
and
made
thy
Children
by
Adoption
and
Grace
,
may
daily
be
renewed
by
thy
Holy
Spirit
,
through
the
same
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
;
To
whom
with
the
Father
and
Holy
Ghost
,
be
ascribed
all
Honour
,
Glory
,
Might
,
Majesty
and
Dominion
,
now
and
evermore
:
Amen
.
FINIS
.