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Eldersflofffldekl, 110W“ happily alremlbled *
in Parliamc~nlt,Gracc,Mercy, P636-£',Vnitic, 
Vnanimitic, Wifdomc, Courragc,
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 Oil Noble Smategblclfed be (3 od tlmfl
‘ '    vdfat/your, and our Iaflma, his blefllcdo
 1. ,.,,,  llzzfirtmgwt   of this your happie af-
V   fembling. And,wl1at word Zl/lordemi
fem to Hef;‘er' in that deplored cllatc of Gods‘
coplc,let  be bold soAtra1ysf¢rrc to yo,u,in the
ikc ca Fe : Wba lrzwwethwbitber you are come t‘agé»—
tbcrffirfw/2 4 time at tévm’ The Mite,which here I"
prcfume to offer into the rich TVCK?/;IViC ofyoul" *
gram: womesyis Ifiwcls Puff; Apoorc Media
ration (concciucd formcrly,but brought forth in
this Scafon, I hope , in d good iiowre) which '
though it be: out of my pcnutie, for want of
better mcanes of Exprcffion, yet fpringctb it
from the fupcrabundamic ‘pi  Zlcalcmand
hcartifit wcll—-wilhing. And  Faffbcing per.-
formed by Iofbua, and the Elders 9’ (fine!) vpon
l_I/nu-/s difcomfiturc : I knew not to whom more
fitl ’:t0rflCom?“£md it, than to Youa our Royall
19 m4,and Nob}: Elder:1¢ffi'M_/mow alfemblcd A '
in oil: imir<:;Body rcprc cnmtiue ofthis goodly I
Cbflrcblflndrfiifitfio All this Fdfiwas about the
trcfpalI‘clol5«mm~.A¢/94;: : Bug if our Iflraql heme
manydvbm in ity flag 'mW&;m§€d:isM‘herc of
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T5? Epiff/c.  

  Ifiwelx I-‘afi. Yet not a F433‘ alone. =1: isibutthc~
‘ Preparative to the Purgaciue ratio», as here; nor
as Ieztlaels P437, to dcuourc Na£vatl1r.iVii::)w.d .-
But [fig-!.¢p4fi‘, to preferuc Gad: Vineyard, by
purging out thc Trauivier oflflael,“ This trouble:-r
was Ac/Jam, but vnkn own to Ioflma 6.: the Elderg
till Found out by Diuinc Law‘. And are the Trom-
élerx of our {fiwl A (0 con.cea1ed, as wet mscd
Diuinc loft‘: to diicouszr them 3 Yet if fey hfiohd

wa ms not his Dim-‘ms, theft of his Lott, fuch,aé  

2 c,¢.,,,_zM0 of whom the good Kinglabcflwaplrat faidtofhis
geopic, Brliexchbzk hPro}z/my, fl flafl’ yer przyfier.

am the lcafhand »VnW0rthic{'E of all Gods Pro»

phcts. And fomc mu Pr fpcakcjlca-R the crying of
thc{‘en1"c‘icI‘{‘e Siam: {humid con-uincc vs of m-—

faithful! cowardifc. Nor are wcto Iooke after

"' czztraordinaric Commiflions, as the Prim: of '

OId,vnlcfTc we had extmordinarie Irxftions.
The Ward 13 were vs.’ O at of this Word is my
M eflége dircfied to you, 0 Iwum, andfilda rs ~a_vf'
;/mel. And this Word ‘it is,which mufi d ireé}: yam
at this time in the finding out of the ‘Traaé/er: 
Ifiwejl. Now A;/aw trouévlm’ lfracl in twca fpeciall
M,,7_, 2_ rc*fp'eé‘.s : Firfl, " Imdiuiding God   from Tlfrawl:
Iofi_v7~z,~¢°m- Secondly, "' In dividing Mae! fr“omhh‘thchmMt1cs.
  Thus all Dividers a1*L*‘Trc2zz[vZc'r: of .{fi'4cl.Ahnd to
diuifion is , thcfe two ‘Heads mayhall the Aclmns, 7‘ram’2lcr:Aof
3,f‘,“3d;f,}'f’L";§f:‘}: ;y}4el,bec r("duced."— Now fomfin uch as they are
many, and :1 mightic Confederacic .2 our Iq/Ina;
and th: Eldeazngfizfiael now aflhnblcd, and Fat}
.ioyncdtogctl1er, are cmely all-mgetlwrhh able to

mphc with thcm. Nor flaall it be anwfirfndicc ta  

your

The Epffilc.
that =F:£rsgdome,ofRaZzgz'an,and (sf Vs as1LButyou1‘ V

1iberal1Subfidies aw giuchfor that end. Irue. '

-But-(pardcm {till xtiy rndiencffé: 51 fpcakeinet as 2
Sum. mm ,to Aaduifc fuch a graue Sc2mt:,but as a
poorer Wat:/mm «y‘iIfi~a:Z,Ato petition tathcr)fo4m~
thing muff he added. What can cit!1ctMqazey, or
MeH,or Zvlwzzfiaaz do.,{<‘) long as Ac/was trouble.

1];l1c1 ft T/Jere :3‘ 473456117 fid thing in the midi? cf s

time, 0 Jflae! ( ‘faith the Lord ) T /am muff
notfiflmd éefbra t/aim enemies, rrymill ye take away 

4 1:/ye‘ 4-ctmifgd A thing flaw arzzongyw. "liills this be:

donchqiael muifk not look: to profper. We need
no better ¥Vmf1‘:1nt.,th€nG0d3 owns Word fort it.
It is yiouttwzfgédamzg to Follow it, icait thcfcamaa
mite; preuailc outer vs. And the vtmoitcxttraniin 7
tie of the {fate of things calls vpon you to docit
infiantly; It drawcs acirclc about your A[em._

H)7,aSth.'1t brauc Rom.-we didwith his Staffs about '

King Mitbrgdafes, notto flirts, {qr fieppc oumh it,
till I o/Zmm and Ifiatelaf danger, t/at zzccmfid thing,
bi‘: rcmoucd. [his impatient (I fpeake no more,
than what you allknew farrc bctttr than I) to a- A
hide the expcétation o£'an~_othcrParlz4rm:m ..- you
far: all things are in {uch 2.Prec_1picc, and Itfraclat
fa dangcroufly fick, as if you thcgreat Colicdge
ofPhyfitians dcpzart without curing of it, all will
haue occafioti to d«-::cme»thc. kcafcdcfpcératc, and A,
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Dijfolution ,     AP/p_rfit.i4:a doc mcr. 1
ci ally and mime,  A to his Omnipotent A»

hand. Fotthc A¢hansg§h'é Tmublcrsof 1/rap/, A

hafleuthflimineoftalh  4
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7%: Epijflex;

_yoi1r‘grauc wifedomes to take a Precedent, for 4

your daficr Proccffe in this maine%Bufincffc, om;
of Gods ho! r Ward,a.nd from the King and Pco.

npk: of Mac . King Afagand his People being

about agreat Workc cf Rcfirmarion, ~ for their
better God-fpecd, They enter into acmmantta
flake we Lord God of their Eatbei: with all their
He.:zrz‘,__ and wit}: all Vtbeir Soul: .- 7724: wbafltuar
mzzlabatféekc the Lord God qfgfracl, /bauld 1?:
put ta deatlv, w/21":/yer fmll or greatmbitber am»
or woman : And they [mm were the Lord Awixb 4

10:14’ -voyccgcmd wit}: (}mutz'ng,and wit}: Trumpets, A

and with Comet: .- And all IIldd}J*ftl'Q}/,£’¢d at the
(iMtb,fm' I/my 64 :1 fmrm with ufltbeir (mud, 4:141

fivgét him with their whole dc;/ire, Md /7: ma

flmwl qftlmn: Am! tbewLordgaue then: re}? round

about. This worthy céxaxnplc I onely name to-W

gourapprchcnfiuc wifdomcs, praying from the
otmmc of my heart, thatyou would put it in
fpccdy cxccut.ion,as the ground-works of what»
focuer gemd wee may hope or cxpcét by the
meanes of this Noble Meeting. Thus vpon fuch
A folcmne gr ncrallCo#:Izd4fl94fca1cd by particular
facrcd 0.42/lb -ofmch Memlwr of the Three Eflatfi-.c
in Parliammt, the Kimg,tl1c NoHc.s',and_thc Houfi
ofcammom, gcith 31‘ no diuidmg Acbam vvillbcc
found lurkmg amengyou 5 or if any._,thcy will
uh: more eafily be diitounrcd, and fa d'vi:fCal'dC_d¢
Then in Gods Name gov on,£md prof'p£jr.Onely
lct Iq/Imp, andlfmeis 51427.5 gee in{cpax':1b1ytq~
gather -5 Let new the Ac/ms fac°rioz1,by thqir pm
uia whifp cringe; diiuidc rbgxng by w*nmleingdi%
“  A 3 3 ~

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‘Epz'fi‘lé;’  
afl”c&fions.For ifdc/mm may but come between’
they will put both into extremities; For as Daz-
uzid [aid to 1045 and Ah‘/bai. T! are taalmrdfar

wage Sauna: Vgfzzmiab: So the Acbm-fa&io*a.'

may prone too hard for our Dduidjor our Iaflam
nbmfithoutthc ioynt afliflance ofyou the Eldem
¢_af'1fi4:l. ALike?theVGuz'j’mn«fa6tionin I*‘mm:e,who“
were too“ hard for King Henry the Third. V In

fuchacafe thcnit is ncccffzric, thm: thaflldmy
fli'ckc"clofc tolafla ya, to free gfmel“out of
Hm:k.&‘er42ha.nds.% It is .S'o[amam ad uicc, who was A

the w.i£cfiKing*s fitkéaway the esrlifl W? Klflgy

and /1126 ‘T brow [/3411 be eflzélg/bed in rz'g/atcoafrzcflm
And the Wz'6km’rhcre he compareth to the Drcf}, '1
which being takcn from the Siluer, were f/24/1.
ram _fbmb afVr.fl'1°lf&r Me‘ Fz‘m:r;This Drafligrhcfc j
Wic/e:d,“a1'~‘°¢5 the Acbam, who (0 long as they are '

before the King, in will be hard for his Térme to
be efihzé/gjbed in rzg/Bm:«fl2c[2'.Now to take rhcm
aw;ay»*( I..fi:y~).the help: of you the Elder:* isncm
ncfllttily ‘required. And A doth not the King call
yam Téegreat Cammil qfV:,andfq/Mr.Kz'ngdam 2
And your Co:mc:lI,Was it cuer Ammc neccflizric,

then now, ;whe1*ciathc Traaéler: gf (flu; mug

— a1§nnw&.gotuenrha~v«ppcr~han.de

AA Goad God, ¢ what: faowcrfull Inchameré bé  

thefc Aobanx, that profhme they can perfwade
the Wor1d,they arcloylwafix fa {fefi friacndsgw hen

rhtywould mofl diuidc him frt5>mA* théz/dér~s~~% 9'"

Ifimel  'I_'p~ perfwadc,they louc dhc Hendgkvéghkn
they fccke mpull it from the Body 4’ Toapcmmdc
they are fo r the King , when t%hcy~§afi5t"c>“fi«-rip

V ‘ A» A him

75/): E:

himiiofhis bcfl: Suéiefl: .? To pcrfwadegthcyarc

forth: Sl2e.:y»laerd,when againfi hisS79ee}a: .9 To
pcrfwadz“, they honour the Father, when thcy

would let him againfi hisiliouingclzildrcn, and i

loyall Family ? What ‘A a Paradox is ‘Thai 3
Wherein did. _Hu/7742' more approuchimfclfc the
King: Frimd, than by hisprudcnt fruftraiting of
ficbztoy/acls traitcrous Coxmfi*fl,and fo,rcconcilii1g
and ircu-sizing the reuolted Subiefi: to their true

Saaerazgme ? What needed pofling,and;p§cking  ~

of Parliamemfi-E!c€tions, if all they that falfcly

pretend as faithfull Scruice to the Kixg,as Htlflmi  

7 did Iaudnblyto Aéfilon, were as faithf'uIliScr. A

A ua1;1tsioand’Fvi¥”e"i”1/kiflstowtbexing, '”a9~H1lflm' was no

Dimidf Are any afraid, lc-aft the Kin€f°t‘Lie c
people fhauld chufefuch as are Popifhly a c.
&ed,oroF faéiiousi Spirits I.’ But fuch will {hand
mofl: for the Kings fupply es» They pretjénd i F0.
Butwho doe more hincicr or preiudicc the kihg
in his ncccflhric and Rqynll Suéjidarz? Szpplyex,
then fuch Faflours *3 The Lord Icfus Feperatc
fuck factions Faé’tou«rs,,and mifcrc.-ant M grcbants

both froril the mug mid Kingdom»;  ._Ifi‘~d€I,, that '

to this Noble Aflemély of leg/lmaand tho Elder:

maygxue and receiuc reciprocal! and mutual!

3'uppm:~ interchangeably : Icflnm thcflmd, rc-
cciuingfrom the infcriom _grz‘ncz‘p4IZP4r(4; plcfi-5
zimimurinumanr       i‘oaabyme”ma:mmmd
Vimfl wpiqvits »: And Jfrziel the nod}, receiving
from I0/Ma their Head 2 d-ucmotion proportio-

mable to the ca pacific Qficach Member conueye

ed by tfic mmm mm

A 4 ~ pre-

A  9,  ,  
,* ‘i fWaetl'y‘ *gofi’c:rn1z-mg:

fa: Epiffilci
prcferuing, and protefling, that ("0 the Wholccmj
gmhcr. may imreafi with t/ye imareq/E 9/” end,
There is 2 Founmim: of an vnexh-auilcd Golden;
Mine in the Bowl: of all Tmehearted 

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gflaelitex, which, as the Kings fauouf, lilci:‘:”il :
{ .Smme—lmzme.r,_ begets it m them, _l:o vpmnlall?fi‘t‘
occafions-they will be ready jm bold:-n fir:-smr-cs



ahundantly to fupply their Noble ltfbllfl. Hm >

needs noAmm’.m2-S/me: to dig and three it,nm-

A/epzuforchc the 2€arzmzel*"l\/fcrccmaries Sward to rip~ir,as 0. cc
Warras of the: »

, Imfl _;“._..,¢ 0 t of the CaptiL1e-.mve:. B0:-veils : But it will

which cmltie fret ly flqwefrom Loyall 1394:! to their Royall-V

‘£‘;‘:(u-“,l2',.,:‘;E In/Is»¢e«. And now, 0 Noble Wm or!/mm 
W‘ d with lmaw the Bass come not more loadcn witb~Ho~
§§;;;.,$f“”‘ my to the Hiuc, then you at this time with iml
V A largcd affections to minificr abundant fupply to

your Icflum/3. Doe -it on Gods Name braucly,

and‘ like your Fclues. ‘I-am :1 pooreSchallar,q;nd

am ready to R211 my richcfl treafurc-,m y Bookcs,

ratherthcn Iq/721145 (hall want. Anddoeit fo,as,,
by. Gudslblcfling vpon Ioj7ma,& you.thc Ela'c:‘r:,
and {o vpon vsall by you, many Parlzmerm
may bcfcalled, ' wherein you may teftific ( if oc-
cafion require  the copious and percnnious
T'r:afi:rc of your louc and loyaltic in the like
kind. How is that 4:. I. mean: not,Sp4ringly,but
as Arzmmb like a .Prim'e.g:zuc to Ki;2g~lDau~id. Fun:
Vera, Iiéerd/im: fimdamz mm /746:1’. But%Ilmr*ane
( pardon my Zcalc, " hich makes me thus bold
to fpc-akc ) inlthc gt’ "nine and namrall Gwim of
yourtcndcrlouc a:nd’can:forthc fafetic and fa...
curitieof' our Royall mm, of thqcrawxe, of

  A the

>|<Dcuz-.%.13.

‘Tbe Epz:/21:;

But who might thofc Ac/Mm be ? Your wifi.-.'.
domes cannotbc ignorant of them: yet hccaufc
they"aré«oa myflicall knot of Jmiguity, and” ham:
cxcc_cd'ing1fyinfinuated themfclucs into the good
opinionoof many 31 humbly crane l::’auC,that by
the diuinc Lot of Gods word, I may a little dd?

couerthflng‘ AI1Av/mm (as I fetid) 'areWDz'w'a’ers : 4

firft, bastwcene Gm’ and og/mg-1: and fecondly ( 15
:2 confcqtlencc thereof) betwcenc Ifmel them-
fisluesg andrhatocfpeciaily, xvhoilcthcy mainc+~ly~
labour todiuidc the Hem’ from the Bad}; Io/firm
from the Elder: aflflvtel; And (faiah Chrifl) A
Kingdame diaided dgainfi it filfl’, cmrzot flazfld.

Thcfc A’céwm:,whichtroublc ourlfracl, are of A

fimdry forts: as firft, lefiritcfs and Scmimzr}
Pricfls. Thcfi: aréfhc tying-oo1<:'a-c3izjg'Acly;:zm.~  Of‘
fuch the Lord faith in Demeroztwny, than becaufc
they *'IEducc the pmple from G'0d,t11€’y {hall be

pm‘ to death. 'Fh‘e;{e, as they diuidr::oGado fromvs
hir§f‘rza.zntir,,f~'oothey d«iuidc': ~tl1~+a .$‘t1!z:"ec‘3‘.v mm the

% '2! . ~o This ivak Won‘fto"b&: Trei:z]3n;;.'  ’ri70*§*¢ :1‘
daycs it would pom: for good R?/zgiam A " 5 A  V
The fccond kinda“ of Aclzam t%x'0ublEng Ifiael,‘

3*

arco1a’ol: 5% if Acbmzr wedge, and B'.¢6yl'm}fl~:i
mew troubled all %I‘{11*;§«*i*lwof,' as oaniacetnjééifitiif
howmuchmore Popifhs Maire’ {half wee lad:
lietnreme two apiniori: ? =betwcei1c Gad] ml 34.11 ?
Eitlzergoe aflér t/:3 Lqrdmanelyjfmdeede /9&5: find;
M344! 6: He,_  go: o#q{yH"4fler Mm, fixid Elm/9%.

King Afltfparcd notjhisr dwL1c Moihcfs Gram;

and-V Idol, butb~fakc‘!IhCl‘1'1~~dVi‘)WnE,y(z‘a £5: for their

cauolc depofcd her from her Roegemy. Oh for {lie
o c

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Mu
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'1‘12e”Epxj£Zt. %
liko zeaic for God .! Bucccrtatinlyif thclit Idol:
and Mafl-6'5, Imgt: and Popifh Trumpefics be
. not {pet-d4i1yabo1i4fl'ttd,rl2oon ca 2;]! natyoraypcr, Yo
t1fiael,t mar I’/lewd éeflre thine Enemie:.t Down:

4 "therefore with Popifh Idols, O Iqflaua, and the

Elders oflfiael, whiochtccafi‘: not to cry ofout Ia-
frafilmf, Dmvm witb it, down: with it, cm}: to the
grmmd. Spatcnot theft: mm of Baéylm, that
dare perkc vpfo meets to God: Arie, thrtatning
to {boulder it out of doorcs. But you know what
*bcfcl1tht: Philifiins Dagm; and you may resmtem-
her what befall the Romifh Dagon in thi‘? Black?»
fiiersvpon their qf Nvueméer. 5;) iealous is
our God, I-{cc cannot brookca cm-x*iuall. But
iome, hauing becnc Prptcfiant: formerly , in
which Religion they were baptized, comming
"afierwards to be inuc-igled to Popcry,and there"-1
upon making a folemtnc vow“-, fcalcd~(as they call
it) with the Sacrament (ft/re Almr, neucr to altbr
this their new dmmznt, rmkc ~fi.1c,l1’a con fcicnce
ht:-rc-of, as it it ftood not with faith and honcfly
't0”breakc~it. Bt1tdOC~th'C?y~n0t know (vnléflé Po.

pery hath altogotlier ~b1~ihdttd’~thc"ir eyes) that A

may {itch COLl‘(‘[m['1C‘3 or ”va$vé:t ought neither to
be» made,n”0r much ltzflé tobc kept, which haue
any commcicty or relation to Idolatry? Dom
not our Precantrafi to Chm]? in our Baptg/‘me, to
fbrfizkettbe Dimeélémd 451/229 w‘o'rke.c, ftuflrate and
make void all fccond contrafls with Anti:/Jr:/2‘,

For the Farting vp ofldalatry, one main: work of
V the Dizzell «'3 Nothing therefore: ought too im-

“peach our Chriflian Rclolution and zca1c,in the
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caflnceriflg ofchqfc Trawler: Ifiwszl   A
, ~~ A tl1ird(brt'of.u4M2a¢zx are Nezma/i2zerx;b.ut*
«fo,as.VtI1crBias4of their *affcé2cions, whetlfis ,az-rd:
etmtncs thé1n=roundm -Pnp:ry«%.‘Tfxcfe are to much

theimore pernicious plagues m Imwl, in that

made: the fcemeiyvailc and Matron «like habit af _
fkfi 5%’/mrc/2 cy‘Efig/Md, they  labour 1:0 br1' ng4Ain A

that o¢ld"Bzz£vy!oIzz?f/1flrzz,wpet%izovodwinktftbat we
fhould all reacknowlcdgr: her For A our Mother.
. ‘ n . TI 3- . 1* r '

,,,r which is 1-mAAs mqy appuarexn 3 5:321:21: Books of Ifrzzzatc
fi1«_:h rrequcfi: %I.;A)c’zwzf1a.:.2.v(1o callctd) pubI~1{hCd« by Aut¥1arz;y% :the*:
If?;‘f,“;§‘f,,‘;‘;f°‘" maijme {hope 1:he:‘~1'cof; Vallalong, bjcing 't0:t'€d~l1C€
m__a1:e it their vs al1to.onc Church, and t11~:2x:non$e otimr, but
 (forfaoth) the fixo/jcazt./Bali/ac. i(?.2’;r/A.~':r’*::{) of Roam.
baigcoum-in Bmtlmc w‘h0}C: 21:1}/ierze of 1nzqzaztzef‘0Idg-QJXAVP
thelr 1%t‘9;72ag/7,? " ' ‘

I h0o,,_emmh men‘-ein,, would rcqguirc a- mom mrticulgxr vufblw

ea;-fimplc fiflx. ding, j['l1c ‘[c Neutralizew, or Pap‘2fl2%Armz'fli4m,
Acr Armrzizm Pgpffls, or what ye will, vnder the
name ofthcCI1_urchVofE2xg1aml dare Vent any
~g%rqnIi#i4»:!2«¢rafI?-  inafieokc 1m1¥pri0t¢=.;d
bygaut/aoriay  tO0«_, there{“ is this moi}; b~lafph«::.—
* Gods cter- 1-no%ussArminianherefic. *‘ that 156” 13' dgovdmfl?

““.1.=‘“,*-‘I 1’*1*'=“‘:A oéiefliue zlw/76¢ Creature) whit/J in order o}’1\f4tttm
fed V3/111,1’ ro-— ' ‘ ‘ ‘

uidcnce.VVifla~ I3‘-,0'?€6¢61¢’Wf!’f’1¢A7 «m%mr exervifi 0' 644$ wi/1;. 

$35; gfigr , rh9s.bymccITa1'y cemfcquencc rmkingmc arm-
,mdm;,g,_. 3’ tuma Gad, h“au1ngVa /éqlfméwzg 1ndepends:m,_bL2t
:1;-i;::}=Itef>]r31f11_2tc9I1Ce on cly upon Gods bare Pnflmzce, vpon whxch,

oucrtumed by   t‘h3t'_.[i5P757f?“ ”f"”W-‘aG0d5

an /1-"”»~‘*-'13!” wi11,heahangcVch the B::ing,and mu I-bci..=:g of all

-'1,.3c2  .  
{§aclc,cr;;{mt the C’rezz:ures. Andthtsa fort and confedcracy

‘Vim ab‘-“E3 Of Ac/mm hauc gottcnfilch :3 high band, t-hatno

~"e.I.'...,  .. 
mom Buakckmay bi: ffitour, 15:” xtbc dxjcfiiy agaxnfi

' 'Pc:.pe1ty

 

H _ ‘T56 £}>z':“$‘Ie§

Popery and Arminiénifine ;fl01“ againft Plopcry
in fpeciall, but wexth fomc! qualificatzong v or ~In;...

‘gredi¢nr,~fui:h“as ch.is~:—: Tlaatlxbeérifiuiréwfllxome, l

ltlraugb /9::/mile rizamfwrrbitpfsg jet4lt‘d«¢ru£ mlwmh.

;And bygthis*‘cie11ic:el: they doe,likc’Bala.mi, 
tily preuailbg anclthat with great lanes,‘ Scholars
and Aorhers," to7Mx‘aw V5 to -folmc1fr.ien‘dly»comi~  

merlcc and V_fcorrc{p0lndcnce =w=iuh;..tlm&; 

And they afe growrrc:fo.llh1uclL£ltl;munrob2l“.canti-
dent, becaufe tlmyl hauc Autbarity in:thcir:hand,4
“either to approue, or.prohzb1t ,what‘ Bohkslthcy

. lift. Whe1'cas,.iftl’1e‘ way.m;c.re:.Qpcn5‘:rs‘fmvrm:é~»
 lly,~frcely“4ml.l “Bookcls *..;l3y:xmI%:€voé9~.ixyg*;;agla:in& 4 4
A  Popery“ and her confcdétarmydnmifliamyitlmir

Nemtralizing Ac/gam,~asl'fo.many;()wlcs5would

  flyjnto tl;x¢ir’d;1fl<c~iC‘&lmsnot ablc:'to‘“yv.i?it§hflanldl
V A ‘§he‘{7u';1bcaqzcs ‘ofthcz Tm!/1. Lefiqt vlve».:ilop'c; alncl
* pray,‘ thatlnflum ancltbe EZdarx+cf(fi*ael-cwilftalle

fuch orcle.r,.that inllcadlof Papa/2 and Armiizidflz

lBaw(*e.r, Ortbadax bookes may be frccly publiflla

cd by Azzrbairity. And luffcr men to‘ fpcakc,l O
noble Sag;-s ofIli:aeI (I am for God, & my King,
for Religion, and my Country) if y@ul«O Ia/bm,
and th€lElder5 qfl/ml purge notoutthcfc pcfli.
lenc..Ac.w:,orlclofl”cr.cli;j t%l1t:ilr,wiugs, they muff
nccdéubring vttcr conf"ufion}vpon' this State, cm

it be long. They cla,i»ly‘crecpclinto hig'h‘fauour '

in Cgurc; they preuailc mightily  their plauli-
,blc*;infm1milag; lhtloxxcatxnggflztttcry. '~I’hc}' goe

~al$x2ut.ga5nlac1?m> he‘t,0/ea fimakes) to make ([2:

King g[.fld’.'With.; t lair IJVHJ; 717heirTh«:amcsa:ial

4

  '1"hcbmms.a:c,lthat Iaingglare pm’-taker: qf’ Gods

B 3 own:

mun: Omujvattncy; thouglithisbt a (§iuinc1«z4 .-
4m’£m,incommunicabIc4 :0 any Creeaturc: That,

 ‘_Miz+e tjwh £«:Tm- Rfalewr Medium. 91/'¢t€é7«iag=tbc

.G*a«¢,;=p‘r the Kifig la? right 2." As if rightrwprt .nm: L
gajoundcd vpon iuftica.*.as't.hc%Ru1c of in ‘ffaelccz
flaWayAIujz‘_iar. and where is my}; :3: 01* as if the
fcwiccywhich we perform  045  svxvrcw not
.%boufld¢d v”pon;;fGodsA A&Lawt.s;,, 'wl;1iCh »~“a,:f€ holy,

A 4It4fl,and%gorod.' Yha, God imeitlaer commands,

nor accepts any other feruicc at our hands, but
fuck a'shis‘Law prcfcribcs. And thus our icmice
bflfflmffiilf/}.n§1d.,ft¢¢f0Ml5l!m Yet with: fuch Jikc
glofings theythinkc . that ! Prziicgvzléw p/atgfi
> It/irir HM «vltima lam  V M A x A,

. Great Pomztate: tlmf ta applaxdfl ¢_   4 ‘
  m*.Mv)r.rtskan itmiitt/stud.        ,v:.:
752,1: Nmtdbethcyflufla nu»: oxirly tmprmch thcfit
things to‘ the face of‘ the Court, but darcra‘I{'o
ipublifh in Print-this» their fhamc ta, the open
¢vihwA the mmldg not winhmungmmz 

A

bbt:h.tiO“G {oz1 andAth@King;  g x   A. ‘,  , 
 Now the LardA'Igfw dcliucr our good and
gm5ci0us1oj7mzfro%m theft Acbms, ghatbis flvect
di{po{ition.maynd.no4t«'1pc ipc%hantc:d Awizhf.their Sy -
tjrmvfmgss ,. I-ie‘rcin«thb_i4>?’Im Comagp and zculc
of you time :Eldc4rspWflfrac "is rcq-mined... Tahranza
tl1e{.éWA:'/mn:fi*om M: "King and his tlzrom//9411 5);

M ejlzzélg//Bad in rigétaazfigflé.

:: v Many athcrbrianchcs of ‘rl'1euAcI1a4n%4-4fa&ion
thftiifif are-whom yéhr Mfdomcs can ‘more cafily
find out.Butthe méflcr-pecccof-‘g your wifdomc
is,to fin-donmfany fuch Monflcnk to be found
~ %   . In

#9

in Reram mtamz) where the maine Root and Haadqdf
all thrsfc éramclm and memlrerst lurketht. That mm:

V be diggcd and Rock: Vp~gV clft: if it bctbut >prum:d,%

it will but fptout the th~iC‘é€f. If they got: on thus,
Gods fcarcfull iudgcments mufl needs ”fall~ hcauyt.
vpim this Land : Ifwc bel::ke—zmrme,an;dhi1tt'enu
aottragerfir the tr-M17, the Lord wilI"flme‘rv: but afh? Rent-3.3 .15”;
month. But God forbid, that bzfc: cowatdtifc fhduld‘% 4
fitfifct Gods Tm‘:/7,Relzg2o¢25Kirxg,Cronmglfiwgddfiné, «
C/mrolgeuery mothers forittté:~oFvs;to}Béb757 A2a‘§7a"clé‘e-
oftra‘ittrous:Aclmi5 (and To 4m"any«wort~hiés‘4«ifi“Iii”:
rad, dcfccndssd of the m:agnanimioust blond “ of
the heroicke true-bred Englz//y,« to looks on with
their thumbs vndch  thcirtgirdlcs) b€itra%;d_—‘intbtt7~t1te
P3:‘WCS'Of=thC‘ Bum/2, '&@hEatéd‘ &nwfe%i§E13ér:fiéfl5t0 “
their facc,thattth4e~wsh«o1c £taté,as=unernan;.m’at3f cake
vp that laying imhc Poet, Prudémg fl‘iex:;viu;1»J,»z:i.
dmfg’}ptr¢:d.  that (I fay)‘ t2«‘—traiterom 21634711.
Bor*whs5‘fti»cuavVatwttaitotstte * *d”d$'i§‘xz1i~th;«.<m‘ui¢thc
Relzgfam afl f   ;«’ttf-wf1etetart‘:‘thej ”’K¥izg: Tfifbzié is
firmclyeffalvli/726d, tvdhéthcrthtey betdti-raft Traitors
to the State; Ilcaue to ‘your A Wifcdomés to'tii1c?¥ge:
bl1tEhiSfI»dHf§ boi'd!yafH‘rg‘ne -’l7taitc5jl1rs%they are by
nencifaty canrequenqeg»bc‘t:a§ring‘x«sx1:w6=mt:»a~ae:.
mics‘; Handsgby making GodoutEn‘ém“y,% as too mtéé
ny difaflretr-ttsiinflances hatte prouedgand as Aclnms.
infiancc in; this Bcaoke wili plainlylhow.’  A 
In the namt: of'God therefore, 0 ye nt<?>blb’w7btt-”=
thics cf If;at~1, quit your fcltzcs likfif men. God hath
nmv put :31‘ ” ptécious ‘uppotttm%ity'irito your hands 5,
The: I.a>td;fl’11ctjugthcn you tolayfafl hold Trpon it,
and ii; pg husband it, thatthc iffuc may be’: to his
‘ ‘ ' A   I ~ A glotic,

  

§

 T 2'12, Epiffk.

3:

g‘1ory,to the-prefcruation-of our royallléfiéua, and

you his loyal}: Calunfel, and ofalllltlhc Ifracl ‘of God; I
M M Net to:importunc your wxfcdomes furtl1er(vn~  
lc-ffc for pardon of my importunity 5 wherein yct l

y_p<u1- noble proptfnfity will not lexfily brookee to be

— importuned ro.pard~ouerr0rs of ze-ale: and true all

-feftionl) I will oneI5,v»cr_a~ue lcaucl(for éonclufion)
to apply 5;. Aag.p1'ayct%_r1ln the ficgelofHz’ppo.» Nazm-5
ii: me /20; ;:myorc flofirm €4[4f73i#dtt3' Dmw ragarcgvg

 fiqm ciaitgztczgg  lboféiéya lcjrmndmtam /z7&er4rg'

dligm-’tt¢r,awz41iud-ei videtzxrgfmafirkas Ad pmfln.
s-wdamfuam walrwtaitgnfirtcsficiat, autlcerté 7»:
mad: /101: fcculo adfi accqziaw‘. lllWha'ch' I Englifh
thus; lmprayer ta Gad 2'24 this time q’ /flute/5' £414-
mity :35, tlw ‘cit/J67} if "nauldlplgafi bimlfto dc/flier and

flee Churcb and sat: flow eairmmttcflting A-A  
clyamj, »orfi«'a:£;erw:fl: lvefife litgafad, Matl,/7: wamld 2'21. "
camgcl, 5_I3f6fI,!4flf5 to preyfim Ink will, éyflandjng '
vvpflcemragiozfiwfirlt/J: trzmé N #2: «very /afl, of :51/E

rm fate 1vouM~.recci#¢ we in  fiinfilfi out -of 1 :3-
wrméed mildat/wax Imayw Elia: to léel a~ mifiw/e
fizeéialtar cftlae nrpfilfl wrgskeafmfwed native Cum.
my-ll», ; Yet I howbcttcn, aiild the belt things, while
I0/Z124 and tire» Ela'§r;.r pf Jfigd iwoynvc fwcctt1~yl%l»at0gc-
thcr in a mufuallll and inlfctparablc fympathy for the

A weal: or wogpfflfmpl, ’im1}tat§ng R/5:14 and {flat}:

§=.'Za'er.r hem ghxwglgpqr, asl<,followcth in this infu-
mg Tract;      "    . ,
   ‘VV 'm;¢lrbel»,oj2‘¢;;»a;a;z;a;,,;e:Iaum&z¢ ,
L   dndfairlgflflfirrrant of dud
ll Hcmxy Burton.

«Mir *

    

10111.7. 6, &c.  

- Q‘/{Md £2//yam rent /9;’: Cloat/9e.r;z’9*c. ’.  

    
 

S a IE‘-olemne Fm‘! is verie pretious, when
     iduely an_cl dut1f.izl%lye;p_erf‘ormed .-. Somzhen
,  ;    ’ otherw1fe,v:r1e perxllous. That our F4}!

~ 1...’, 7"; .5.“ ~  may proue no Ieffe acceptable to God;
- W-‘_ 3‘ ‘:''.'I,‘.'-’.,.,-.' then profitable and comfortable to our
 "‘~“*j_§ felues, wee cannot haue a more exact Pre-

   

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-5"’  -'.::~:.in*.~' -:.:.'~.==h.':?’.'%-'

 
   
 

then IofZ:tm,With the Elder: of I flml. * V A ‘ \r
e/ind I of/Bud rent /2:3" Clwzt/Jc:,€§~'c.Fr0m tI1is”Ver{'e,to.thc:
end of’ the Chapter, are contained theft: generals :‘ Firfl,
Ioflzm’s A6}, with the Elder: of Jfr-4:1,“ to the tenthtvcrfg,
Second1y,Gocls charge and direction to Ia/$444, fiom that ta,
the fixtecnth Verfe. Thirdly,tIof}3mt"s execution of it; ftdxin
thence to the Iafi Ve1'f£:.t Fourth1y,The fucceffe thereofilaid
down fixifl in the Radicall : So the Lord mrmdfiom the
ncfl} of I11?! 4zn‘gcr,VC1‘I:'26. Then in a particular Branch and
Fruit,Ifiwtcl’: tziflorie, (Zhap..8. t he % . H ¢ c h -
Firfls, For Inf/yzm/is Aét zt I’t’i-s a vcrie fizd‘ humiliation , and,
may well Hand For a iuPctP1:1tFortnc of a Solemne and Religi-
ous Faft,in all the Parts and appertincncies of it, as we {hall
fee antmc. But befbxfc We enter into this Hanfi» of mmming,
the vce1'ic firlt wcmd in our 'I'cxt,as the Porch, ixiuiteth VS tq

pawl-,p<>inti11g vs haclw, tlooke vponthe pccafion cf this

great and grieuous hhurrii1ia”tion.eA’ml Iafimz, five. Or as fomc

T1'anflati0l1S,T]am I o_/721-M, (five. Or as the Vulgar Lati_11e,fZ5’;:t A
I0_/171441,  All comes to one 37ec1<oniI1g.I1: 1811 word of (;o- I

C, % “ herence;

A h cedent for our imitation and tin£h*u&it0tl'1,

..._. V; J

hercncemith what went im mediatly beFore,iiamely,Tfmc>Z's‘

diicomfiti-ire, the occafion of lo/Iamlfs difcoinfoi't.

But what might the Difcomfiture hee,‘to moue fo great 2-.
Mourning 2 _ surely three it/Joftfitnd imyieltte: had brauelry v 21..
dertaken to afléiult and fiirprile the Citie Ai : But the y were
fhamefiilly repulfed with the loffe of fixe and thirtie men.
Alas l Is this fo great a matter to moue the moi‘: couragioiis
G€I]CfallI0/72913}? to rent his Clortt/:2c.r ? _Yea, and thofesage
,Elder.r a'f1fi~2¢él with him? Farre bee it. _Si_ich gefhire may
ieeme fitter fbr ignoble and imbellious Spirits’, then For the
braue ‘I ofmahaiicl the graue Rulers of I flde/. It might feeme
to haue befeemecl Io/Famzh rather to haue buckled on his Are
mouigtheii to haue rent I913 Cloat/Jar; to march into the Field
then to lye on his Face ; to fill vpon the I§.iiemie,then vpon
the Earth; to bee powclring the Enemies pate with his
Steele,then his OWl1CI10blC Head with Dull. What wae the
Iofl_' e of‘ fixe and thirtie men P, A lEflea—biting in comparifoii.
And the lofle might be imputed_ei_ther to the dilproportion
of the numb er , 3 ooo to a whole City,.or to the cllihdtlflntage
ofgrouiid ;for they of Aiimot Ifivzcl in t/flefioizzgdawne: Or
to the pride o'F‘thofe gooo, puffed vp for t ieir parts,with

the late conquefi: of Icric/co, perhaps prefumiiig, that, as of‘

Ieric/90, To the We//er of Ai would p_reiE;i1tly Fall downe, imcl
giue them pofihllioii : Or to  ilrait anti extreinitie of the
Enemies, now put to the lait pinch ,_ which might redouble
their courage and llrength,to fight it out clelijc3mt€ly,fich iii
fight rather then in flight was lafetie : ()r_ if in i1eitlier,hei‘t
to dye brauely in the bed of Honour,‘ it is tlieirz. lait light.

Now the likelieit way to curt? all this, \V5lSfiT)1‘I0/Z7rM}Jl.',0g

giue afrefh afI'auIt,to dauélé lazér F1’/e.r.al‘1(l his Forces to regain

Ifi~ael’s' lo{Te‘.l , Yea,foriIa//Em}: thus to deieel liinulelfe vpon;

fo flight afi oeCafion,migl1t feeme to argue him of an abiecft
and degeiieroiis Spirit ,nc>t beieeming the Captaine of Gods

“ People ; it might alfo prouola e the C47awz’m'rc'.r the more in-

folently— to triumph,"iF in thole dayesthere had beene but a

to the .Enemie.
“ But

Jazitelurking among Ifi*ael:Tém;s,to fend feeret intelligence

« (3)

But the Noble Yofimz faw more in this 1' mall dilhomfituiic
then lb;For f.?rfl,thCr—ugh but 36 of the lfiaélucx were flaine,
yet to fllojbualb, the lite of one lfiwelite was more precious,
than 1 cooo of" the Vncircumcifed. Yea,haue not Heathen
Captzunes fltevvtd the like affitfiion to their Citizens P I 1:
wa:;.Peric1w' glorie on his death»-bed .,that he neuer caufed any
of his (jitizcrns to wcare mournir..g attire. And the great
Scipio, Vx,.'l”iL£1l”;C was told by one, that he might win inch at
Citie, if he would expofe but 300 of his men to lofle : An-
fvt.zered,he l1atirm:l';er preferue one Citizen, then kill :1 Icon
Enemies. Ancrl that noble efluguflm [Zefu-,hela1‘ing of the
ouerthrow of his 1% omme Arrnie in germ»; beyond the
Rim», to thelollb of three Le_gia;z.r,l'16e was fo afferfled with  
it,that he rent his I111pei'iall3R_ol;es, tore his Hayre,and vio-
lently beat his Head againft the l—Wa1l, ofitenp v-ttering this
vofyce ina mourncfull tone ,l ,Q:_a'ntili redde Le-giane.r,For the
de eat vgtas through the default (though not Falfhood ) of
gflzginrilzjm Farm the Generall; who yet had fo much Karma
fpirit left in him, as rather then hee would fee his Mailers
Face,with verie defpight he ended h1s1if'e in the Field. Now
iFEthnieke Princes were fo tenderly taffeéted For the lofl'e of‘
their Citize'ns,why not Iofbzm./9 much more P IF a‘7G'recivm or
Roman Citizen were fo deare to their Empero‘rs,how much i
more an Tfiacliteto lofbzmh ? But if] 0//omzb and the Elder:
were fo affeéted for the Ioffe offo few lja'mclite:,what would
they haue been,if many thoufaindsof Gods p¢Oplc,l1acl been
I‘ oiled by, the Enemie 2* How neerly would it ehaule touched
themg, if the whole Inheritance of theier’Brethren», i the two
Tribes and a halfe beyond fl ordan, had beene taken away by
the Heathen ? We fee here what 1-. ind of fport, lcafure,pa--
flime,Iaflmn7/2 and Ifi?Ael’s Elder: vfed , info ‘final :1 difcomfi4~

A i turc of Gods people. The * feelxxenot now with fame vhfeav
: fonable * madd mirth ,as t  hearingof a Pl4},or feein ofa lcclaa»

flafaakc-,to ceniure downe the Spirit ( as it were) ofalitt he fad I
Melancholy I: But themfelues are .4 Hour: in Q molt Tragtc}<c_

  iSecondly*,N§t onclygdhadloflztgeir mt“; vpmi 
2  

1 Sam,4.

 » *9
‘.  H." w

(4) *
all the Tribesand Troopes of Ifiml had loft their’ hearts,"
For thereupon the A beam of the people me/t'td,; and ém-mm:
M %waV;ur.~ T-hey who but a little before were as L 0113, are
now :beqoiu1e.1ike a fort of Sheepe. A fearefiillcon ition,and

8  Of‘ Diuinet diiértiozl ;, For as A/[oflzr filial, azfiavféau/d"
one clmfé ax tézaafiznd, and ma pm: ten tlamflma’ to fiiig/yr, except

tv/aeirfi Rackg /Md flsuld t/yew, and the Lord /and féut them “up .5’
Euen as Sheepe in a Pen,eafieto be taken. VV hat if the Ene-
mie had taken courage, and vied this opportunitie,inl/z‘~zzel’s
congfiernation E‘ High time then for 10f’5W/TS P1‘Ofh‘21ti0n to
interpofe it felfe. Prayers and teares were now (as alwayes)
1/3226! ’s beft Weapoz1s.. ‘ ; t i V

 3‘ Third1y‘,5I'his repulfe was greatly to lfiwefs reproach 5.110
fi1'1all;touch tOi?£1_l;0./512458 good heart; 0 Lord ( fiiith he) w/mt

_/5d/.{ 1 _/2;}, when Iflwel turner/9 their 54¢‘/{gar before their Erzmziw 2?

N ow might the Heathen begin to be of another mind, that
{final was not inuincible : and therefore might conf‘edcrarc:
ggainflc lfivaegaiid r¢fo1ue,as once the 1’/aili§Iim=:,;vp»o11 at for-
mer defizati giuen to lfimelg Zkflrong, and quit yowrjéluex like
mm, 0 ye Pbififlimx. '

 Fina11y,that which aboue all moued Ia/Imali and the £2'der:«

 tohtunbleithenmfelues, wastthe Gloric of Ifmefs God ,.

13OWfl!;fl‘er).::§~¢iAby«l/‘mal’s repulfe. For now the Heathen V

 fay, we 13 mm tlweir God 3' Now the ‘1%'N.i'liteJTthfm~
fiélues might  to doubt  the truth of Gods ptomiiE:s,,
whetemypon th1soccafion,iuch an interruption and breach

W33  Was that which troubled Iafliwmhat he {aide

 3;_kV,b4t.2gs§.ltv1l3¢g;da;: '2'/21!!) t:@|'great’1Vétthr? V€ffl9f,a.Th€f‘c
 of la/bxmk”s mourning. , i  V ’

   what might be the caufe of this‘Difcoinfitu1«e , ‘I 

ctmfienlation Of’ M Ijiwl 3 Was 1 it Mme fizslfic  Brethnen
mw,@gfl:t11er11P .()t fame fitcret corh.>lyii1g‘oreomp1ottin 

 “V   9f¢   i Or lbme trechttriei thecldieft: Caijttaimi
bemqaymg ‘the, Yalxamzof lflw1?_Orh£bme cmmke:   

wshcme ,_1‘arre_be«aa:'t,» Bmasvmrt .1  It was’,(fi'¢a1?”s~fitineWf
71:16’ C’/atlahm of fiffl‘d.*.’/V committed A 17“reff4_fl’E* in the acaugefidi
 “Ff”? flfkwflieg tbmwfad
I  o   * T 0f

(5)
25;,» Lord ml: k;'ndled4g4in.f?¢tbe Clyildreni qf Ifimwlj Tfiis 
feeme no lefle flzrange to caufe Ifim-l’s Difcomfiture ; then}:
flight,to occafion Iafbam/:1 to fall on the Earth.But I fiwcl had

* tranl}g,refl‘ed . Why lfiml .? Wasit not Acban alone 2 Again,

what was,»4clmn’s nfinne? Any more then the taking ofa
Baéilomjb Garment, 2 oo Shekels of Siluer, and a Wedge of
Gold of 5 o Shekels E‘ And was it not of the fpoyle offericho.-7‘
And was not Ac/9'4n~a Prince in Iflael, of the Regall T riée .? i

V Might not his Perfon challenge To ‘much of the Ipoyle, at

leait For his il1areP Might not to great aPerfonag defire to re-
leriie fuch aBaéylané/ER’:/ique for aMonument Pflow 1'0 great
afiin then E? If fome partat IeaPc, of thofe 3000 fent againft

¢A'i had beene Id olate1°s;ahd the Chiefetaine a fecret fiiend
to the (lzmmniter, Ifiwzel might, not without caufe,hauefi1f-~
peeled fome difalhfous ifl"ue.iAs ifa Protefiant-—State,{hould.

aamong. Pr_ote{lant--Subieéls ( vvhereof itjghath~enow) lend

Pllopifh-Idolaters For Soulcliers and Captains againilaforain
Enemie of the Popifh-Religion, Were It not caufe fufficient
(if nought elfe) to defeat and fiuflrate the whole Expedition;
and to {end the fcatterccl and defeated Armiehome againe
with no lelle lhame, then lofle Much more if Idols doe,
not as Ac/14%, lurke at home , but dare with open Face perkc
vp, as ‘lkzgan, cheelie by iowle, by god: Afrke. Yet Aclmrfs
one lurlxing finne was prouocation fufficient to caufe lflwel
to tame their éazclgqr. How fo 9 For the Lord had giuen a fpe-«
eiallfiriét charge to the contm~ry,that nomanl fl:lou1cl15e~fer1_ie
ought of Icrica tohis‘ proper we“; all muftbeeldenawedto
theeFix=e;o11ely the Gold and Siluer confecrated to Gods~T.<z-l
écrmtcle. o Therefore no fmallfinne,which Gods feuere cont?
mand. aggrauates. Saul had a ‘fairc pretence of? relenxing

. ,,{.g§ag,ax1d the  rbe fdrrhgthe fiaoyle of dylnndécfiel, I smd ,’.__

prewnding“thcmfi)1m5’#mfic¢;ll.llbutit excufcd mot‘his rebelli-
on 111 difobcying Gods Commanclementfor the internecion
of  ; yea; its toll: him his K ingdam-. ” » ' A ; ~ l 
. Y7ta,; butthough Aal:.m’s (in were lo g1‘eat,:yet"*lt‘wa’s~fisA
 'w How doth lfhmél  withfiii 3‘ * What
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accmfed thing” if S ball but the Itm’ge' qf all #1? world docr;:gb:_?
Shall Ifiwl he culpable For one mans oslfence P Fdrre an it.
Nay,more then that,this {in of Aclma was Iecret, bid from
Iaflma/a,and the Elder; of I fieacl. ‘Indeed if they had lmown of

it,and not punilhed it,they had made thcmfclues acceffaries, .

and {'0 culpable of it. The whole Triéc of1S’miam.£n{a memo-
rable and remarlxeable example) cameito er extinrit( except
a 6 co the poore reninant of * itiany thouland s ) onely liar
conniuing and countenancing a few Son: of Belize! in gtéwzli,‘
who had abuied the Lmitc: wife. Let Iffacl read the whole
Storie,ancl learne to abhorre fuch coiuntenanceixig, {itch con--
niuencie of H11 in the Son: of B elm! . lt was in ti/9of2= d.az]e.r,7aiv/.ven
we was no K ing-in If W16‘/.y So it was the lefle marL_1ell, that
open crying finnes being countenancech and "walking vnder
Prote-ftion (as then of a whole Tribe) {hould plainly argue,
there wasm King in lfiael. An open fin then_,though but ‘of
one Acbami vnpuniflued, might withfoine colour ofreafon

be laid toiuuolue Ifi-4:1 in the fame ingagement with the
’ Author and Ac.°cor of it : But Aclwrs fin was as yet concea-
l led fromlfl-ad, they knew not of it, muchlefl‘ e conniued at

it,Ieail of all countenanced it. Indeed we read,that Sacrifice
was ofl’ered euenfor times” of I gnorance. And we know by
-experience, that an Impoftuine bred within the 303;, vn-
knowne, vnfelt, is no lei!‘ e dangerous to the Whale, if not
more ,then a'noutwa’rd l<nown_Gangreene,or Cancer. How
1' oeuer,w“e fee here,,that For Acl:zm’s finne, lfiml is counted :1
Tranfgreflbt : Yea,AAll Ifi-aelfmartsforiit. A ' t l

y y Here is then by the way aipoint of inllruélion For‘ Ifiwacly,
that one Aclaan’sf {in is enough to trouble, to endanger vi}!
«If2‘~acl( fccret though it were) till it be remoued. Nor oes

this example alone. Iam'zt£n'm,Kting S:ml’s Son,for butta ing

;a little Hang» wiih the tipqf I913 Rqd,ancl that in his greatneé ‘

ceKitie,ignorant of any the“ Kings command to the contrary,

caufecl Gods Oracle‘ to be-filent, a figne of Gods difpleafizrc y

againfl I [ma]. Rachel, hauing ltolne away her Fathers I daft,
( not For any zcale of depriuing her Father of the meanes of

" his Idolatry, but rather out of a blind loue to her old I dol-l

acquaintance

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zlcquaintance how did lhee indanger the W hole Family of
I;1ca£3l1Cr I-lusband, wlule Laban  zeale of his falfe Gods G“"‘3 i”
(the moft furious and bloody zeale of all other)purfi1ed him

with all his power, but that the Lord interpofed himfelfe

b y aI‘nOI1lt(1':-1‘lti.‘CllTL'2111‘lC-? Agai1fle,i=t?liile thefe Idol: lurked fizill

in L1co&’s l"lOL2ii3,Vl1l~.,l1'OWl'1C ( gtrod man) to him ,was not he

and all his in dsiiger of his B1'uth(’;‘1‘ €fim‘s inueterate hatred

and armed m:.~lice,now marching againlt him,but that Gods

mercie came l3U2‘»V(2€l1€ , crow1'iit1f.-;Iacaé with the name ofGen_3 2.
. final, which he had lb lioutly and deuoutly * wrazfiled For, I-10111.1 2.4.
telling him ,* that as he had prmmlled with goal, fo he lhould t
with Men,- hereby arming him with affiirsnce againlt his

Brother ?. But you W ill fay , this was vpon an old quarrell.

True. t Yet Rac!ael’s Idols might helpe to reuiue it. For

(pbferue it) lm,-ab had no lectirity from dangers,tillhishoufe

was purgtd ofluch l.’cuflFe. For‘ no l"ooner was this brunt ii

ouer, but a third danger encounters him,to wit,the quarrell

of the Sjc/n-mite: and their Confizderates againft Ifmeland

his Familylt was Foule on both fides ; but the ltirking Idols

in*lacoé’s Houfe I dare be bold to fay) miniltred either fire

or F-:well,to caufe it burnt: the fiercer. Note the i'lTue well.

N14.-mob purpofing with his l"amily to goe and ereél an Altar at Gen--3 4-553 5
Cgctlacl, there to worlhip the, Lord in puritie, without mi:t-
lCL1Yt;‘;firll2p‘ll1'g€tl1 his Family ofall their 1 dolr. i Then, then, Gene 5 _5_
1 fily ,:-.1ncl'n0t before, '77:: fiazre o_f't/ac Llordfiv/Z vpon the (iris:
rawzd:zéazzt,t.l2at they purfued not the Sons of I4caé.Till this

time, we fee, lfiazel had no rcll, noriEcuritie from his Ene-i

mies. How rnuchi more is this verified of liich fizigwhen it
is once come to :1 head and fitll height? For the purpofe. Kin H
‘vVl2;it R.cigl1C was wet more Famouflypeaceable, then that 1, Ki,,1,,,
oF,Sl:!omon ? Yet in his old age,do"t-ing on his Idols,by reafbn 1 1cin.1q..z1
rot‘ his lhizinge w iuc-s,how did this trouble Ifiuzcl ? God began

to pmfiuie the glorit: of that peaceablc: Kingdome,by railing

vp iiinclry utluerfaries to vex“him.-Ancl Re/aoéa/zm his Son in-

lilling in his Fatliers Peeps of Idolatry (his Mother being an
Ammam're{]2~)and adding to his "Fathers little Fingerhis own
I.(t»in.es,t0 his Rods his owns SCOrPiOn3,VV3.3 thc.caul'e of‘ an

7 r it ~ r l " incurable

incurable rent in Ifi-neZ,oF an irreuocable defe Etion of the ten
Trié-ex, and of the fpoyle of the Tn-afm of the Lord: laoufé,
and of all thofe goodly Golden ,’UeflEl.c and vtenfils of the
Temple by the King of o/£g)rpt,tl'10ugh from thence Salomon
had mariedl his wife. 80 little confidence is there in mariage-«

league and alliance,fpecially ow here Idolatry is the leaf} flick-» i

let. A In a word, in the Law of Zllofl-.r, if a man committed

Murther in {bedding innocent blood, the whole Land Pcood  

lguiltie of it, till it were expiated by the death of him that
 i illfcl it, Numlb.y3 5 . 3 3 . i 

.1,,,,,;,,,;’,-C 45 3 1, But how llandsthis with reafon or equitie,th2lt o§1€ mans
- mlgm; Enfi fin ingages a whole Land P Yes,ver1e well. For euerie King-

rertlerldum ¢/I‘: dome is a body politicke; And one member Gangreend,en-
“;,‘:__ dangers the whole body, if it be not preuented ; and better
rent potim gtlie incurable member be cut of. Bctter,;faith lclyrifktlmt one
‘WW. 9”?’ . mamécjr pen:/£,t/sen the whole had} 5: cm’? into hellfire. Again ,fi n
l’’”’‘'’’ is of' a Leprous natui e,1't quickly {preads ouer the whole.
This being well wcighed,it concernes éuerie Child of I f»

mel to apply it to him {elflto finite vpon his thigh ,to examin

his confcience,to' find out the traitor~fi11,Aclaam's fin_,to wit, l

the cloffe, or open raigning fin, the lime of'maintenance,yof
courfe,of' cufl:ome,of habite,the {in of rebellion and contu-
macie,which elfe betrayes himfe1f'e,ancl Ifi-ac! with him.
Secondly,this Ihoulcl llir vp the whole Smtcwlicn they fee
6: feele,that nothing profpereth,bnt all things go backward
with Ifiwtel, to humble themfelues in Sackcloth 8: allies, and
withall. to fearch out the Aclmmand purge out the lime that
trouéletla§lfi~ael. For till then,no peace ,no profperity Forlflml.
Thirdly, this lhould teach all true Iflaelite: to condole the
tranfgreflions ofothers,asw herein themfelues are fo deeply
u t . ~ inter‘1'efled : when"* thy neighbour: /oaufl: :3 an fire , it concerns;
-Pdrzes rum l n - - - l
J,,,,x,-,,,ym mm 1‘/:fM.'nt’erc{y to qticnc/21;. And we are indangered not onely by
Tim: rm re: vicinitie and neighborhood of nature and ioc1et1e,but muc

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‘£"’#r- mom if we become Accejfloric: of‘ others fin, either by not»

Ereuenting it whenwe may ,or not laboring for their remedy

yprayer or perfwafion ; or much more, by countenancing, 1 L 1,
applauding,& approuingigor alfo in not cutting it o&'(when _

y no otheryremecly will remoue it)with lflraclx fivord of I zt/lice.

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*1 n the hi} place 7/me! may gath er~hy*t‘h.is --one ezémple of
-vi’ Cbm7,iI'l what Rate it Ha ndeth. For tfonee/dclmn: fin,and
that vnknow me to '7'[-reel, pron ed (0 difa-firous, {O dangerous:
then how lamentable is the eortditioneof Ifiael, when the
Land is fu110f3AC'I9a”-‘sand the {ins of thofe cflrlmns not {'0
fhamefaflqas to feel: to hide themfelues in corners, but dare

difplay themfelues -vpon the openrtheater ? Such as lay, with

our zeqrggue mil! Wetpreuaile , our lips are aurawne, who £6 Lord

Act: or 715 ?Such as fit in the Chaire affc~0rn'er.r_Such as fin with a.

high hand; [mm prmilegio. Then it is high time for Iaflmaz
and. the Eldcrmf Ifmcz to rent thei“r«cIothcs,to fafl and pray,
and more then that too, as we {hall fee anon.
Proceed we from Aclaam fin, the Caufegto the efFe£’t,I/1
nzel’s di'{comfiture, the occa fion offaflzmfs difccmfort, with
the E!a’e7': oj ?jT'rm[ .- flcban now perhaps ( ifhis guilty cob‘?
fczlenee gave him leaue ) was a tfleepe in his ‘few, as Iamw in
the Ship, or hislufl: exetcifed h*'s eyes in heholding of his
new Babylonufla garment, his old and Silucr IVedge.r, the
while his innocent brethren {muted For it-. But Iaflywt and
the Eldew of]/5’azel,gu1'dt‘d by another Spirit,then of fupine
zmdcarele {Te fenfualityt, were now in the deeper ofhumiliati-
on for Ifiael, and that vpon fo fmall an oecafion in com pari-
fon,eand to fee to. V ‘ A  
Here is then smother Ieffon for 2/'mcl,to know 8c atcknotva
ledge it for the greatcPc happinefle, w hen in their afhiétion,
or fo,they have fuch at Icflazm and E1ders,compaffionate and
tender. hearted towards their peop1e,:md fuch as are heartily
atheéied with, as chiefly, the lcafthhrepttoach done to ;7/“mefs
God, Fottthetleafl damage or defpight done to Gods 1_ fmel hy
the enemy~0f both.Such was lfmel: happinefle herc.Yea. fuch A 4
was t.Ii“g‘y,+.~r.rI1appinefl1e,when,nextto ‘Plato-'czo}—.2,Iqfi?pI:r was {m;lVG'et2.q.t.4.‘;JA '
ouejr them, before whom the King eaufed to be proclaimed ,
153776610’:-WhiQh is tender tF.c::be:r'.'the tbcft Tithis, befttefltintg the
(jot1ernot'e of Ifrzzei; Such wats ‘.2')m4ids afihfii xé, ¥J£?F":.()tI10LlrnS ’~~‘3-ml Ir 3 7+
for S andfozmtb -an, and 1/hzcls difcomfiture by the 1719:‘/i...
_/}’ir2c5,Vp0n the t-,2'7»Iaw2t¢zz'a2c.v ofGi1'[2m, Ytta how was 'D.:z'L’id.'
touched ’onelj{ bot adifgrace his iérumzts (M fi:¢1‘L'de froth the
I t  living

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King oFAmmon,Wh0ml1c hadlfem: in kindncffc to congratu.-.

late: PNor wasit an imbellious Iorrow,lbut {uch as becamc
the Kingof Ifiazel to ev<prefll~ in a noble rmenge. Alfo this»

King Dozmd. when through his dclhlxlr, his people were

plagued. whacan humble fpi:-it,and fatherly affcélion did he.

cxprcffe towards (homo, when he {said to the Lord:Loe,l bane

firmed and done wiclggdly, 9M H36/3’flJt?€p¢’. what baucrkzy do72c?:'
Let Iil9&.?2€ Imam! 1 pm)’ that be akgairl/3 mgand agairg/E 24g)'F¢zrfaer: .
Igwfé. Vnder fuch 19/Efbhvnderiihch In ma/:,and Elders ,vn- 
dcr ihch Dam'd:;Ifmel howfoeucr afl3lié‘tcd,l_yet céinor pa-riili

Filij zflamm lacI:1.rymm*14m perire mm pojfimt. The Sam offirc/a

cjompajfiomzte F other: can nemr periflx. There is wet hope for do
Yfiael vn"d»::r fczch a §’oflazm,anr.l E»’a’«:*rI.}’/inzel was on-ucr caried.
captiueabut vndet Wicked and cruclll Ido.la-trons Kings.A pi.‘
 a,.nd“’wc1lalt¥eo€tédll Prlinlcc, being as a. noble Head, which»
oucr lrteeping aboue water, preferues the Badggthough vnderl 

water. from finking. - 4 4
And now well doth it become all Iaflmu, and Rulers of

Gods people, to ba thus tenderly afi}:é‘tcd with the good»,

or will of Iflael ? For firft, as th ey are next vnco and vndcr

Qod imzheir power and foucraignty ouer his people zfo in V

thcir’1aj'lm..z like affcélions they doc moi‘: neerclyiimitz-Ito.
God himfislfe, of whom it is faid, Effl)‘ 63 . ‘ 9. ?n 4!: xlmmf-4
fiiéfionr be was aflifhd. Agaline, Princes and Rulers, though
they be by Calling and Ofilce called gods, yet in nafurc they

are M'ml,andflm/I die [pkg mm, as King David fiiith; they _
are ofrheflune mould _and mct::al,l of their people, to knit:
themina fimpathy oi?ai:l'<:6‘cion to them. Tlwrefbnelevlenl~l

Cbrzfl rbc Sonmeaf Gad tookc our .7.\Qm:rc‘, with the infir-

micics of it, that he might be a merczfulli Hz;_gIa~7’rz'ej? , andr.
hauing experience in our temptations, he miglatfmoam‘ them '

I/Mt are tempted. As thacnoblc Hmtbm Quccenc {aid ?\{9n_z;q...
mm mazli, mzféris ./ixccttrrerc difio : blawingzvxperzc-nae of mi.

[cry any /317%, 1 mar»: hereby to fiwciaurzlae mr/Embft. Princes» A
are alfo called 1’m‘re.r Pa:ri.£,Fa¢tber.r oft/oeir C'oz:ntrc_’y,Wh0fé~

Szzljicfis are not more their Sernmztx in dulcstic, when their
Some: in louc-.Al{o Shephcards of tho People. A-mdtlzc

good.
blijcp, l 

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I '3}Jz..’p'i!Felfv'vi Finder wpltlae ltrotcn, ficlqgx azaftlae laffljbeupe, land’
5‘5‘?"i?4‘gJf~it Iwmean bi’: baa‘/ea re~iq)'(:ial;g,l ea,,lP«;'ince3 are Codi;
A 4e~mant_sand St*ewam':,l whole chiele offiee it is to maieutaine

afncl v-indicate the llohtm r of their Lord.’ 'Lafl1y,hew ineerei.
ll cloth the weale‘er woe of the Subiefh touch the Prmcel‘?
iorit is his owne weale orwoe. Ifbut the Foat,”irthe mofl
tt»inf*7erio«ur lmember,be pained, the Head  and by feeleth

7~it,' as its ow ne pains; it-floopeth to helpc it ;i as euen wife-
«dome would ,_ tlae Hmdefliould rather regard the-..comm0di—
wry, then obieét the diflanee. If the Fm bee in fettets, the

«Plead cannot be free.‘ . e ~ i

v   It is I/Emmi: oflice then alwayes toepray for fuch 5'9]-’Iaua;,

that fuch gracious aimed pieusvrinces may euee raigne euer

them. Scconclly, Ifiwl mufi be carefmll to walke worthy of Prou;z8m,

e*fucl1Iaflm.u, il;9«;.Ktl1 for the obtaining, and the lon_g"enioying
»oFthen’i. Thigtdly, if foflwa and the Elder: offfrul bee thus

moved cum for the leaft calamities oftheir 5brethren; A then
how ought our whole 1 (me! to be affe:&ed with the lda’il§' and
heauy calamities of Gods people, onely divided from vs in
diilanee of place_.,not in difiet~ence ofparticipati-é with Chrifl:

«out Head 3 Fourthilyahaiuing finch laflzum 8c Eld"er.r~,~who,]ike
wgoed Farbergare tenderly affefited with thc~eleafl cailamityef

Gods petrple : how thanldiullouiglut wlee t0 l‘JU1t0 God for

ether-i1,ancl to exprefle this our thanl<l7ulene(Te in all pious 0&3-

ccs, and liberall benefieenee, that n0t.hlt‘;~.g be lacking either
for ernamen-t re theitprincelike port, 0”!‘ lmqch more for the A
neceliary? fupperlt ofthe Crewne arid iKi’ng’lleme “P mtihcillaft

-‘place, if I flmrl me rtcleiuetd farre ;;remrr‘(»iptu1r.:st, and re-

»proac'hes, then now Ifmal had (lane, lfiael hzzdi need to be fa
.mucl‘l the motelmmbled, ifpo(l1ble,thenl1ere lqflgua and the

afilders we&~e.An_cll‘o~lm1-itch ofthe '0cmfian}m.0uing 'Iaflma with
“the Elcleteef 1]"?/tel’ that we h't:m‘5*-lethetnfelttc*s‘.*lell  V " it

Come wyc now‘ to their  it felfeffhéteiniconfidertwo
thingsl. 1%.; The~{CircumPt:mees. 2. The fi1bi’c:«1neCt: ofit. The
Kl-t‘CLIn‘1{ianCeS' are three. 1 . Of tlxeperfone, +tl‘}clA5iQI‘B, Ia-
flam: and H06‘ Elclerrl ef I fiaf/. 2 . Of the.p1ace,*$Me/iorct}:e.x!Nt.§’

lief the Lord. 3. . Ofithc tim‘e,rvnr£I1lt'lf: eucfttides. The fabflanoe

D 2.  elf

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of the asé-Yconfilis’ partly o‘l'“A6-‘tion andibehauioar, :1nd’p'2irtl‘y"
of fpeech.'I'.herc A€’tienor behauiour W1$4‘EhrCCfOld1‘I .’I‘l:.ey:

ram their c'la¢zr{/ac: : 2 .iTbe/y fell to the m rt/1 -upon their fine: :

3,719.2} pat dnfi czplozztloeir heads. All this wr,6. '1-"innit fpeech.
isla pray ct, or zealous and“ humble expolhilation with God,

«rm-. 7,8,9. All which being ioyntly confidtred, they repre-.

' fem vnto vs an exact p attern and plat fotme of a folemne and: '

publike Fm‘. Which will the better appea'te,l ifwe a little

open euety peace :1 part. A 4 _
Firfi, for the Petfons. Ioflmefor his pcrfon was of»cmi-
nent gifts and graces. He was one of the Twelut, that were
lent to View the Land.ofCa:man,one of the Twmthat incou,-
raged the people to goe takehpollefiion, contrary to the dif-

COl;li’3:g€m€i"1tS ofthe other. T m.He onely was-twitlh /14'cf¢.c in t

the holy efl/[ozmt tliofeforry ulajas. amdforty fllg/J55.‘ He  as 3

man molt zealous of Gods glory, in his pure wotihip and:«'
lieruice. So thatxn his pious and pithy exhottation to the
'pcople,('b4p.z4.tafmrc the LW’d,z‘0](INt6’ /aim lf2flfiCcfit:y,ar1d

in tmt/9,, to abandon tlacirfirange god: : he concludeth, in cafi;

they wouldngt, faying; Axfar mtgatmxl my lmufe, We ':.:':'.’1fernc~

the Lord. Yeaihe made a Couenant with the people to put.

away their 1401: and Image.f,»tl~10llc flrdrzge god: 5 fat them 3,.

Statnte and 0rdimmca,('b:tp. 244,2 5. He ercéied alFota.tStam
for a Mon’ument,and witneife for perpetuity vnto Pofitrity.
A mofi excellent Precedent for Princes he was, fith the one-
ly rule of his Regiment was the word of God , the wifcfi:
Councellour of Kings, if they would haue their akfairest to
ptofper.As Ia. 1.11.8. He tooke not his Precedent from his

’ predeceffot «J14 ajirx. though he were a wife and. a good mam

A  but foifarre as he was regulatecl by the onelytule of Gods r‘

word. The wifeft Politicians may foulely ctte in their go...
netnment. whofc Ptecedents-may prone the more perillous
to their followergwwhenout of an admiration and high opi-
nion of their wifedome, they withall fwzllowlldowne their
g‘.'f3£:iII errours, ldigeliing them as corrn pt blond into all the

veitnes 0f.thCboa:'ypo/ztéc/(3 .- but they that follow Gods Word

s:aninotetre.Ihis mtadeDam§d wafer thmhis item: bers_.zl:c;z t/M

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at_qt'al,then bi; c:9cm3t':.I°/ I I 9. 98.121 a Wotd,Ia_/75:14-‘is name‘-”
ted of any fault in Scripture as euen Mo/2.: and ,/jgran wet e,

Againe,for his Office and Calling, he was n./‘Ho/es Succcfi.
for, appointed byGocl to leacl his people into the poflefsion
of the promi/Ed land. Herein a1fo,accord’ing to his name, ?c/ya.
_{hiMIa,o-I‘ F9;/‘I15, which ifignifieth ‘at Smtiaur, hat: was a Type of
fcfzupclmf-Lwho condluélps his people into the heauenly Ca-
naammofes and V1 mm wcreldefeétiuc and fa.ulty,for which
eaufe they mlglilt not conclu€t the people into'Cmmizn; which
is 21112: a my {?ter*y;fignif;~jng,th'at the Law,thofe Legal! 8: Le-
uitimll obfl2ruiaz;ce’s were dcfeétiue, tandlb could not bring:
Ifivutcl into Cmumm po{¢fe{'s_ion : onely 70fl3mz, which is fefm»,

(in whom no fault is Fe-und,notecl in Scripture-,t1o:1nore then
f’rIcZcr5i‘F3dech‘s genealogy, to make him aType of Ghrills e-
temall Ptiei‘t-hood; thou.g-hneeither faflazm, aspa man, was
void of all fin-ne, not Mela-bg’adecb..t.twithout Parents) loflamz
(I fay) ap liuely type of Itfm fbrzfhwas he, that mull put

V Gods people in the polleléion of the promifed land. This is

that flelaojlma here who humbleth himfelf, and with him the
Elder: oflfiacli whetherthey were the ehiefe ofthe Tnlm,
or 0ftl1€.‘Familie.v of I frm"1,or elfe thofe 70 . Exam mentioned

l E xod. 2.4.1 . The chiefe oflfmcl they were,without quefti-
on . Andi theText '1-aith,Hc (CO‘VVlC?0flJ#c1__,l amd tbeiEl::ler.s of

I/‘rate! ioyntly. I
Here, by the way,is a notahleflzmhleme, and patterne of

\ a Well goucrncd (late. Where fcflvmia the prime Gouernour,
V g€;ICS not alone mhls i Counfels and Aéhons,ibut hath his E1-

dew: with himfiuen Salomamfor all his wifdome,hadja graue

‘ Senate offage El-deprs,Whofe Counfcll ifhis {brine Rcliaboanw
[had not tot1a«kei1,preterring his braue )’0l}l(E'I‘S, before the '

' gmue Elders,ihis Kinggdorne might long ll3lIl<..‘ florilhtd.

Wc,ll,what did yufzsm and the Elders oflfrgzcl here P Firth
“Tl;c=y, 2*{mt~tlicir clmtllsex. To fignlfie the ram: mg of their /mzmx.

30 M12 .1 3.1? ('72: your ldc'az7'rt_.,«:md I10! }'ax:rgazr'r¢:¢s*72t.c_ And the it
Cerez:1-10n}‘ of retiring the clam .59.: w:;=,s not lightly to he v{ecl,..

_l:>ut in c.=,f'eJGocl$ Glory or l\l.n*n’eiiii1ff.:x'ed, as New. 14.6. 0..

" j1JM.a1':d C’ata’t:‘3 prim: :i.;;—i~r clmzt bu ivvhm their fellh W-fpies lied:

D 34 by

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slay their mifrelpmtdifisom-aged'tl1c pco;plc, caufing them to
lcliilrull Gods l.woz~ld, and lP:-omifc. The like cafc41's lwrc. Sc.
.1condl5> ,"7’1!'c*jyfc*»/he the earth on t‘h€i7'fiz_c‘e.r;im.pofting Mlltipcn-
M dious albjeélioza Full ofzezilcg lasllvtrcrly regarlclhlcflle of their

-dignity.or perfims, ‘carelelle what beca-me of thc*m; lb tranfl

A -ported were they with zelalc for Gods Glory 5 and People.

— Tl'3irdly,Th.cyp.m‘ dull vparzrlmr heads", in ‘fignc of gréarefl

llsumiliation, “as mad men, on Whom theeayrlrh or mould is

_ca.{‘c for buriall. Hefreuntoadde chc Othei‘Cl1*'Cumfialn'Cc'S,; as of

:the i:imc,lh0w long,»Vmr'll the em*mide,tl1ciullt tcrme of a fo-
ilcmn c’ F as‘? : as alfo of the placcaflcvforc the Ark: cyfthe Lord,
«the type of Gods prcfence in his Sanéluary, befomthrz Mar.
4:}./mt, the place of publicke Whorlhip‘ :‘tc.:getl1er with thcir
hfcmrelnlt Ilnuoc21tion,& zealous praycrto God: ‘and 12:; in fum,
.We haue afizll F afl,in all the intirc and mains parts olit. A
Lee then, what 2 noble Precedent oftrm. piczty is here ex;

lxilbited I0 Gods people ! And doth not our Royall /afiolm the
-like P what lZ1ith- the ‘Proclamation .9 %Notc tlxe_ words well .-
122 thisl Fa]! his Mdiefl} in -his rqydfl ‘3°c7fo2:z, and with ht} arm
fazmify, and }*a}all"Houjhold, Willgfiie am cxamylc to the rcflaf
/J1?! peep!-%’l. Yea, That the piom and ralxgiom canfidcrariam,

fr1—an1ely of clcliuerances pa.fl:', of difizficcrs prefbnt, and dan-

.g-ars iminam) hkzhel /b Wrought in the Princelylhmrt afthe
11'.’ ing: moi} wccc/lcwt e,/"7/[ms'e§?_y,, that he hath not awry ha?! Are-
ll:.r;om_/2* to tl§a~t‘gr:arl and ‘fDim’m- (/"14mfefl] , who is the King of
,1‘? :'»;g.r,z'n his pmmtc a’éwoti0r2.r,tb implore lm merry, and (323011?
.2rx9lh;l'n'fi/1‘-’[/"c'azr2oi /azfer ‘Maple; hm accardmg ‘to the example Vqffltll

gazvdl .$;'i:.;g:w £22 fo~>_*:m‘r azgeJ*," iii 14:: tibmj o‘ hqmmdn cwlamlticx,
‘which elqI¢2!l[)'*c'o?2t‘t'/7l6*,h?0th Prlinm Md p’tvple‘;r%o rdmfiiana’ djb-
‘. /33.». me, agenv-ralig 42:24 at pnhlzclzp Fafl_,c'j~c. 80 run the words.

‘Which wcllobfmxl-zd, what ho cfull fruits fluall not‘ £i1ch a.

h Fasjl pmdud»:%,w'llc;z1 tlwfirlfléc‘ § tllmlrco-l’,euen Prayer: and

"l’7‘6m"r'¥’5. :1~lrebr.1gun tolbéfolwxlxle bjzjour Royall §‘ofl:‘tm P Add
tl‘n)1'1gl1 in’tli:it ‘his precluding, & jpriuatc praélifc he féemctli
to go alone: :4 flat for the mark gram: and religious ldtme of
_.l0lc:z112‘1izi*r1gthereof; inllmrzjlllolltlmc E Id: rs off/racé, his men:

[E xaéllfifllt ;:;5.?1' :»zic'§I;‘y hl3¢tf96‘0?:;/ll/£',6d l with his rhttv7’€'i72l"19{{72ap:~,
V  A " ~ ll  Which

Which‘ our noble faflamz, and his reuerend Efdem, To fa-rte as
they in this Fali: imitate Ioflnm andtthe Elzldrx of?/ma]. {ole}:
om Ifiaztl imicate them. Then doubt we not on Lmplcfull,
tvelfare to attend and fucceed this Pathwhtteino Iqflgm; with
the Elder: 0] Ifiwztl lead vs the way in linceriity oftheitheatt,
and in the prccedencie of their piousexamplc:s,And note one
faite prooic and fruit of our late generall Faft, vpon the 1%-
condof Azz_g&_«fl,for the Country.‘ Thatvety day the heauens
hogan to re firaine their vnkindily influence of exec (iiue vn.
fealonahle famine thrt-atning wet, the Lord Clearing vp his
cloudy countenance in the face of the Cl1t‘iQ£3llln€_Sl(i'C, faire
weather continuing from thatgday, to bring vs in a ioyfull

and 111011 pl€ntlfull’lJ£lFl}€‘Q',_tO the lfcrgret Qfall ingratefullmi. .

fers and regratiing cornlm-olongers, butioy ofall g()(}d'hcarts,
The very like change of weather fell vpon the Vet y day of
tilt‘.  Y€Ct‘£S F»'{fl,WlilCh b€‘g23.fl With the C01-£7't,and Lorm/an
Fa§2‘.‘I'hus God in plealfed to g'rac.e out Fafls, the wing how
much he is delighted with true humiliation. ‘ A

Now, by the example of I oflme , and the Elder: of Ifmel
here, we are taught how to keepe a right and religious Fnfi

to the Lord. Firli, as they rem theirgozrmentx, fr) wee ihould ~

ourlsmrtr with deepe contritAion,az-idgodly forrow, for

Godsdilhonour,difpleafutre, and I final: .dil?:omfiture5. And’ ‘
ifeL1er,n0wcan£i: there new rent out lmzrts, for Iftzzf/J‘

fearfull rem.r,both in Clmrclaand Stazrc. Thefe great S(J'l9£fi'fl£’.F

and Ram: are heft cured and clofed againe,by this one ofthe 9

Heart. A lfour hearts prone rec/{#5, {mite we them with Mo.

~ /2’: Rod, by the application of ¢/‘aloft! Law, that {o being;
ram“ and cleft a funder, there may ifliie out floods of lining “

waters oftepentarsce flowing from aliuely faith, which

may {apply and clofl: the clefts and chaps of our parched

IfiW’4.

A Secondly,as Iaflorm's,fo our F210; m-uli be wirhtxceeding V"

‘ hiamiliation of foule and lpirit, yea men to the duli, and that 5
renouncingout fisluesas dead men, in whom is no helpe or
'6 hOp€‘.°.‘,bCin-g££S_ it Wart‘: buried Vndcr-§i_;t0u.r3dg as loflma vndct

1_._ghe_du_[i", whxchhc cefttvpoxiiliietlzmde. Wemufi gee out of

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eur félfuee, as the foul: eutof the body, flying to God, who
emtl«ylc::m Free vs from our euils, felt or l’:-ared,

Thirdly, our fall mull he —conflant as -IajIum's emu‘/I the
cmnizzg. ~ the day ofour Fm‘? :3; a bob’ dig to the Lord, to be
wholy fpent inla religious abliincnce, as from  our ordinary
fwd, (0 from anytpleafure, or profit of our owne. The Lord
reproues Ifrazcl for t-hisfaying ;Bc}:a[d,z'72 the day ofjrmr 
_yo..rz fimle l;]mjm=t,cmdc:eeE2‘ a1t‘yo:¢r'1al9ozzr5,Wcimufl fox heare
all kind of fo0d,~or rcpafi tilt’ the euentide. So did Ntniue/Jiby

it the-Kings commandement; 1022.3 ,8.

Fourthly , the fpeciallplace wherein to celebrate our Fafl,
is the placei appointed for pal?/iljglvorflaiji. Iofi2zm’s humilia-
tion was érjforc the Area aftlse Lard.Our priuate houfes hauc
their vie for priuleate -deuotions : but in the time of pm‘I1z'ck1;'
Sara-iceieigadwInoz%f,nWl1er€at~WC muff,‘ if we maybe pre-
=fent_, ourpreien-t-dcuotions at home are ofnol other vie, but
t0.b1'ing..1.cmffi’,isflca:d of'a £2./cflirzg, -While the I’td91ic'Iq,’ ./‘Vi-
aivzfiry is neglefled ,or contemned. . And wet in the ‘Publicize
~0m/z‘mmcc,Godd0th more nmztniieil his ‘I’rc/encein the com-
xnuni-cation ofhis graces,then inour prmzzc Famwlie: : yet,
by commending the 1"1t5[,z7c l\‘_§‘, I exclucle not the: Prim:-zc .- but
met the ‘]~‘rm.tte mufi: glue place to the Pail»/nlqei The Yllazy
.o_f‘zmr Fzzfz‘, as alfoiotherthe Lard: Szzlsbatbs, allowes fome

time to be {pentin our primate Families, for theitduties of t

«we day, as thoie vacant hourcs hpth before, betweene, and

i1l'EC1‘ the PzzlJlvicl{a‘Seruice  : but the Pub/icky Worfloip mufi in
noeafe he inemached vpon by our priuate ideuotione, much

,lt‘ii7.: by our Worldly affetiree, 01'aH'e5li0ns :at tlflat wee mull;
be no lcfie .i-nflant in comming», then conllant in conti ing,

:50 did 14:11am.-before the Lord: .:A’rl:,e.- Yea in fome places,

ipecially in the Cmmtrej‘, where their Cbszwlecs are greater,
zmdthcC(')I‘1g1‘€§;£5.t‘i0nS lelier, being alfo vponha W01-lting

day, zthtl in hit:-hell time, iftlzey bee :tccommo<,l:ir.ed lint

:1‘:-e~aclier.9,:ig:~eeixzg l7pOt‘1it,tl1Cl5}E.{l maybe wholly fpentin

L.l'ie U/MIVC/9,11-‘ltl‘1t3}m/9116‘/(6 C'or:grrgatt'0fi. Nut that there is

-IT1Ut'€f vertuein t«he_€/aurclo.1a=azl:, or Pentax, or I’:/Mrs, than
it} r:1ut*_p7*:zz¢2'ze i‘;fr:>.z:_,f:=:, 0r_ /cl/cat: ; but the 1’azl1z’ir;@ Ordvhaxee

is

before priuate deuotions.

(1  '
pfifieét beauq q"Holim'_L{fi', eucr to be pr I'M.
F1Pc1y,a Religicma Fafi mufi euer be ioyned 
and fitment ‘Prayer to gad,either for remouin prcffent euils,
or preuenting Future : or elfe in.thankfgiuing A br b&1efitsre-

ceiued anti exiioyed .

»

i A I.afi:1ii,a1I»t11ismu£tbe

is the moi‘:

\

done in finceritybf  es 

fight and preience of God ; all hypocritiicallianid Pharifgitélhl
Wl

vf.-ules remoued from vs. Thus I"a/Ima’s humiliation,

the 1-ild_cr.c qf'}_'/iml, was écfivre t/ac e"/45‘k§ aft/.7: Lard. A 
iPrcf7;cc‘ afgad. Su(5ce it i onely to ngunc theft: things,
bxfiefc.‘ r§11€sand”dire£tions for out Fafl. A .i ' ;;;  it   ~

Oneiy infifi we vpon two pointsh,as‘mofi tequifite to
prefent purpofe.The firit is,That in our Tflélickq I’afl,.God
doth efpecially look; ‘v pan the Hm_rt,i that it be Iingle and fi_n-
cete without hypocriiie. Nothing is more abomitiable in

the fight of God, than an hypocriticall Fa]? : Twhjch thc

more folemne,the hypocrifie IS the more iniolently arid au-- »

dacioufly impious , as daring to play mac/Q-_-/00/121457 with
God vpon the open Rage. Such was Isabel: Fafl, a - very
packe of hypocrifie ; who to ‘colour andcouer her craFt,; and
crue11couetou{i1efl'e,to compaffe Jfiazbotbs Vimzywdafhe Pm-

i claim: (Forfooth) a folemne F-4/53 hauing her fizlfi witncflé 

a readindfe, ihborncd to accuie innocent Ifiabotb, faying,

‘T/air mam é1.1{5/aerzeed God, and the King. W ho wouldt not

i;pagine,that this Faft tt'as.ratl1gt to expiatci*1\(;nlvatb.r imagj.

nary blu§}5lmgy,t11c11 to fatiate ‘ezfbah-1uit,for his hereciiitaty

Vineyard P iaumg that it was not {'0 eéfie a matter fCI'7tI¢‘«2.fl~

fie! and e/{I245 by iubtile hy ocrlfie tic) impale vp0n,‘no met,

their creclulous Simples. T e vale of:h_ypcc1‘ifie i§ x1Qt.For he-~
euery onesweare. Jezebel and «-A595 were .pa1pab1ya11dm:)-

, toriouflyevvick ed , which,wi11i1ie t1"t:y.gQ.fli10l1t to hide vnder
  1‘-Iy
to M

cords ofa wqn;ans~1awle{i'e lufl, arrwncdivizith 241155; ,Si‘z‘gm-2,

ocrifie, the. A doe but dance inn. n€t.O€tQ0~fi'I1ai'i. 2. nhreatl
old {itch a [h as Zflzéatlyx Vineyard ,without theiflrong

with the awfiilnefle wherecxfihehadta it.tsl1f¢‘.‘t 
.99;ycr:gqur: offltgéarl/2: City tobeté ka'e.,;aI1dxonfetq;:itl:
W A T a

I Kingal.

~ (I 8)

 aflnirues. Farre vnlike  Ia_;6?m4,yuax1d"Eldci's oflfldcl here ,
in their FaPc. But c/Ibab: Kingdome was the 1‘ euohcd Mo»

1 latrous Haufi: of Jfl-zzel. N o n1ar_uakiIc'-ifrluey yw<~:1‘c no la {fir ah»
 furdly hypocriticall, then grofi ely prophanc- But let not I u--
 dahfinnflt Yes,Imz.zI:'2 alfo was b€‘c01nc an I1;'p<t»c1jitc.  In the
5 8. of£_‘;2zy Lh¢ Lordybxds the‘ Prophet, “Cay aloud, fluzre /mt,
 QP.-‘t/g)'I"ZJO]6’é’ /zég at trmnpet, cwdfécw ngy pcapla ty eir tm¢g,C
V" gréfifam, éwd ‘t/ac’/agtgfé af Jacob t/aeirji:-_wc:. Wlaat ffmm 9
1 Hypocrifie f-kands1n t11cfo1*eFrox1t,v;.2 .~ V W he re in Ijpeciaily
did they play the hypocrites? I 11 their Fafling, 713.2. W/acre.

fore? bgme‘:wcfafi‘cd, féy 1‘h€}’,t27761yt/905!/E’¢i.'/L1 mt? (jvc. The LOM‘

anfvxfhersgz/e. 5. I: it/2:51: zz fa,/ti, that I lJoZfl6’ claafin? A day fin» 4
‘ imm to rgfflifl /91? flu/e? i; it to éow down: /Jzlr /Jmd 43 4 K511/‘F12!/Z7
and tb fiireqzdfackc/otlyyflfld ""/79¢-‘J fwzderl2im?hI»Vilt thou ca/I tbi:
find rm czccepméle drgly tow the Lord .7 I: Nizot t/air the fzfl
that Ilyzzue cbofiw, To [org/E‘ t/as épzrzdy. qf ;;a,'c1{¢d;,,¢jp’ to wiydog,
the /Jeézzéy lzxzrrbeflx, and to Zctyzbc 0pprcf{]2’dg0cfl'c’c, azrzd t/mt yea
yy érc4k:;:*rke yopzkq? Cfc. A re/{Q-iapzy P2;/z‘z:I1c11 is to [cafe t/M band;
of wicégdmflé -: but H ypocrg/1'c Eaiicneth tlmn this more by

faflin .

' y A ~iH%\vfo P For fin}, of an hypocriticall F4]! comes 110
may 5, 8.3 . » gqgd , Gofi 7'egm'dJ' 1t nor, a_s the people com p1L1i1'1Cd . Yea,
9131.5 5,, 3. filth y€Damd, J f I regard wxckga';2q(]Ie m my /mart, t/ac Lam!

igmill nut /amrle me. And ‘Pf;-zl. I 7. I . Hem: the :32‘ /at, 0 Lord.

. attendvntq my cry ; giue care zmtah my prayer, t fiat’ gas;/9 

brgat-vffzzined fipgr. Implying, that dif Simulation with God

‘ hath no plea for acceptanée. Yea, on the co11trafy,a$ i.tl1ar~
 dens a man in cuill, fo it hafiens grcatcrx‘ i11gige1ne11ts ; cfpc...

. ciailly in a” folcmne Faft‘ ; it tuxjnes cucn our prayer: inrafigm-,

A and bringcth a mrfi: infleadyafa éleflfng 5 as 1',,m5 fimmd’ by

« ha1iin.g on his brothers garment, h and pretemdingrto he 13...

fat. . Though neuer any d.ifsimL1Iarion {pad 17:) xhxzéil, as that
of Iacaéx. And not without caufiz. For the: blcfisirmg hclcm-rcd
to him, by :1 double right : By Gods donzition and def: "fie-
ment,and by urchafc fiom 1:"f‘a;k;fo that,in. truth and c: 6%
Iacolgwas 6‘ .«m,to witflthe Eldcrbrotbcr; to vlvhom fllé 1515f,-
/ing offiirtbrsgbt Vbclongcd.W This  the Way.'“—But fizlfig...
A A {' ‘ hartccl

harted hypocrifie is eucr difafirous. and vnhappy. . él ;e.An
no reformation can be expected ofa folcmne hypocrite, but
full greater obfirmation in euill : So hee cannot hope ofhany

a good from God 5 . or if her: doeihis. laapc {hall per-ifla, as Iqé

iaith. i 1 ~. .
But c-fl/9:45: humiliation and fafling, though hypocriticall

yet obtained Fauour of God. i e ’ 05i"&~

.  True ; But what fauour Po He obtainedttli~eRepri2mll of:h_is 9/4-flfw

punilhment for the time, l but not the ‘Pardon of his finne,
nor confequentlv exemption from iudgement.Gods tempo-
rall, or temporary fauour to an hypocrite, {heweth how
much he delighteth in a {incete heart. Blithe/{baby was paid
home at 12.9; for all his hypocrifie and iimpiety. for as‘ ouhee
had _ fwallowecl downe at a morf ell " 1\Qzbotl:: ” ’0£ne;wzrd,
whereofifor all his humiliation, and crouching, hee neuet
made, nor euer meant Reflimtioz2,w hile hedisfigured his Eice
in a counterfeit Fag/1‘.-So at Rzzmotlq gzlqdd, the Lords e/{rrwow
hit him home ,and thatin the fame place ,w here Nqboth was
flaine,ancl that alfo in e/I/aaé: dg.’:g:¢z'fi»d attire, whereby heé
thought to haue ii‘L1ih'ated the truth of./1.-rzcmlys prophecy.
V'v’ell might .44/7o‘1é—b-y hVypc)crilie4 committhe euill of fin vn-;
feene ofmen,hut he could not thereby auoicl the euill%‘of9%t1-%,¢$-V
nilhment,fcene of God ,for all lair; difguifing. W to   
This may teach V3 in our humiliation to looke Well to
our hcarts,how they {land afltétt cl . he ancient Hm:/sen v-
ftd to loolxe into the Entmlx of their Sacrifice, whether they
were found or no. Ca;/Ear obferuing his SflC7"tfi€€ to. xivant a
Heart, tooke it Ear an ill preihge,as it proued. That which
thgy did in Supc;ffirio;z,lct Ch1‘1ii;ia1'lS‘i13.L1'€il‘l rcligiom Oéfr...
mtiomnamely to lt‘.ol«.e well to their Hmrt,iF found and (in...
Core: : elii: , liich afiicrifict: hozlcs no good. PV/acreforc i: there

i 4 psfice in thefoole: /sand to [my wzfdom, azndlae wantxdi lmzrta,
Prou. 1 7.1 6. e r W to l

.fl¥<s%ndenocau0I1ft°f¢f9¥1n¢ it: Thi.§§$o,?r”“/fa 1191?‘ f0?"

v Now an ill affeélcd Hezzrtiu our Ifiafl-fitcrzfice, is either a »
w.ilF.ill ignorance ofour finne ; or,1Fwe know it, &L1bl'l‘»O1‘I1¢
inipcnitencgl, hauing no thought orpurpofe, much leife CiC-¢}-

E 2 m;7..r.*,

‘ »
v’

I 

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 hp: finfiic, but, in fmm-, and zmtxa firm. Iaflm *5;
héérrgifid tfhbfildérx of was not fo. They were igno-
ijatfit“in&cTc:“cl of 1?i£'bdflJ’;fil1n€; but not wilfully or willingly.
Béfidesfithey had known: it, »hc>v‘v ready would they heme
bgeny: to purgc,or to punilh it 2 As we flialllir aftcrwalrcls.
Othérwflé, thleir Sdcfzfldé had Wanted a fiezm‘, and lb woulc
hang-: proucd or procured a greater plague ‘vnto Ifhwl. But
in 'th€ii? hu'rh1~1i—atio11 they w-‘ere no way guilt‘ of e/Io/mm
finne; nor as AL-1th'oni's,nor as ”a”ccefl'ories, cit er by appro-
 coliniuing «, or patronizing of it. They dealt {irr-
cerel .

r T ii-scond, and lafl: fpeciall point coniidcrable in In-»
fixm"i;A(fl,is,tl1at as Iaf7;zm’S, ii) our Ezff, lhould be Holy ta
{be ”a11"(ifbr’t*/7“: Lard. W/och Jflfirflcd, ye fizflcd not to 
éiattb ybizl~fi*luér,Zzzc/1.7.5.  ("ought tllunfélnes, their
OWHE wealth and welfare. N0 godzzmcrzrj. 5'/armld Joe no}
l§é2ii‘.é,_7é~.c .?.Efz2y 58.;, That which Iaflmzz and the Elder:

i T “of ibught; was principally god: glory, wI1icI1fi1lF.:1'ed

in if/Patel: difcomfiture. As war. 9. c/‘ffld w/mt wilt than 6163:.‘
zfifto ibxifreair Ifitmc .? It was not their ownc ‘]’rqfit,o1' pri-
uiirb c*nds,11or ‘7°alz'cy,but ‘Pic’t],tI'1at moucd them to this hu-
miiiation.
V (21511 Tcifiliw gloriam qmer£r,4cqm’rir [ham :
fltgifitdrhfélinxglariam qtaerit, pérdit 6}‘ ‘Dd.

He}: that fiseketh Gods gvloryoonely, procurcth alfo his W

owner; ‘
_g§éé that ffelaeth his owner glo1'y alone ,. Ioofcth alfh
5'. A
f the righr fecLing_ of Gods glory in our Fd/7%. i s to
_p}1t%:th#eh Meavnc-*3 in prachic. As, To remou_e the 1I1‘lpCCl1-
ments,gcnerally,al1 mans Parfimd/1_/?nne.r;pa1‘,t1CuIa1-[ya .§*;;m—..
flakes, as Idolntryand Herqée,‘ which clirc;€tIy firikc at Gods
glory,and ruixiare Iflm/;:1S alto Woppr flian and zanzsay, which
fuinatt:‘Kin‘g‘o?é‘m?:. Wxthall, To cflablilh the 1:1'u<~': Rtlzgian,
with Iuoflicc.‘Di/lrfiutiae and Carreéliae : f0 13 Gods Jjfiwlg V
fomthe K ing: T}:’rbkez:}?4éli(Z2¢d.. A V . % A %
Many may the caufes be ofl‘frl:iZr;F'@’1‘,~w'}lc1-col‘);/b;;;¢ and
»' i W Ubfl

A (2 1‘) V .
the Elder; cannot be ignorant. Yet,if there were no more,
9/ifchutfix fih alone, though concealed, is caufe enough. But
how 1ha1lAcImn with his priuy pailiated Fm, be fbund out?
'1 his is Gods part in the next wo1*c'~l;s,*va.I o.   1
1r"1‘om tl”1ilslv“e1'ie t6 the 7.6 is eofitaiistd eta: Lords Chrzrgle
to Io/Jgxzzz, Get thee ‘Up; llwhzrcfira ~!)rcj/? itlabiu ¢‘)5ml-vpo» tin of
)f;’i+m-I Iaarbfimed. 0%.! It may fecme Iirange«tha:t God I  ould
hid Ilafbmz ~li11‘CcaiE3 his {b1‘1'oWi13'g , aliecigilig Withall the
fcattfe. Iflaelsfinne, I F lfiwl 13£1tl‘l5fi11t3ed', the ratheit lhatre
Ia_/Imp: and the Elder: cauf e to coiitinue thei‘r Fd§‘?ihg- and
Pmjer. _ But we are not to take this charge, as at cheoke.
For the hotel did not i-titemipt fIo{.721m".$-(i€'u0t~i0i‘1_,' till the e-
uentide, the time ofcoiiifiott afizit Farrow. So that being
“ata Fail period  'r:’%ai)*'aiz7i[t that doe to »-thy grant mm .3)
the Lord takesthe i‘1il1"Cf':",l aal’1éiii1tiTvvei*”s Ibjhxa, 1b, as Ia_/but
‘mi ht  partaktr of‘that he p Cyed   'For'.«— ‘Otliewvife Ia/luau
nn.§tlae,.;E’ldcr: might haue fafte l and Ptayed long envough,
with fmal1fi‘uit,ii' the Lordsfpeech hixtillot Ptept in. I Some:
thing ell}: inult be done l:»e'fides~ a Fag/?A,bef’ore it Will~goe”Wcll .
with Ifiwzcl. - » i y
But was not I 0/79m1’$ -Prayer and Fafling auaileable ? Was
the not a holy and avertuoiis Prince? And doth not the afi-
"éhmllferuent prayer cfa rigbtcam mm: azzmile mac/2 ? Againe,
was not I aflzzm a Type of Icfm Cbrijif And are not the pray»
ers of Icfixz: eflicétuall? Can God be angry with his People,
forwhom Iefw prayeth P This is Ifraels confidence, eucn

Iam.§.I6-

ours, that we haue I e_/Ba entrcel into the heauenly Canaan,.

there taking pc-iTe{sio11,tl1ete making Into-rceflianfor 22:. Can
any thing then bcticle vs, but good 2’ If our Icfm pray, can
We his I final pt ti 1'11 ? God forbid . Yet fomething is requi-

red on I fine]: part,t‘o be made partakers of C/irwiprayerx,  

to bring the blefsiingtl1e1'eoFdowne vnto vs. Ifiwlhacl the

0r4c1e.rofGod_,his Ar-kej,hisf'pecia1l ‘Prcfc-nae, a noble Ia- M

[law and Elder: ptayi-mg fbr them : yet fomething was lack-
ing on I fiwel: part. I aj*‘hzm,I‘cfm may pray fin: Ifmel, yet If-3
mel “be in peril} logfperiihing, ‘
l IlIi&elfinnei1;=ifaitH‘ithe l‘lLord~tol Io(Z:mr; ~}Vher{fir¢' 3;»)?

it . it 8 3 _V on

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if lfiael haue finned. But,

1 Ioh.zl.x .. i

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lzck.I4..3 .

Vcrfc I 6.

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thou r/amvpozi to] face ? get too»: 7212.

A I F lfluzol l1atl‘1fi1u'1cd,’lfi*:zcl hath an o/éfolooczte wit}: the 122..
tiger, l .C/an:/3 t/no _}"l;g:lJf€’0it__1, and [Jo £5 t"/'oo.;‘Y’ropiti.ztion for
all mrfinnex. What more  required? yes,f0n1e1;l11ng, For,
we ooifoflootorfinnox, be xofaitlgfull and mflitofivrgizto '22: our
finite: ,and to oloanfc w flan; all Ufl7‘3;glJI:0l{/ilcflz’. If : fluzél con-
feflie his linne.Without this, not 1a;Jm'.~,~ F4fi‘i.o_g and Tnzycr
“ will auaile. Indeed our lo/51m’s prayer, C/91%’: prayer for ':f_
A me], is an effcchiall meaiies to worke true Fxzitla, and to pro-

d 'du_ce Repentanooiii a fincere con fiolsion offinnes vntofizlmm;

on. And therefore Ioj7atza’.r prayer is not {pent in vaine, but
is a Fore-runner inducing and conducing to the Canfifj7o;:,
and {b to the P ttrgztion of I fiuol: /fflifc. M

A s The point hence is : That all  Fnft‘iI¢g,Pr4§yer,Ht¢mi~
ili:tition,‘fDmotio}z, isto no pxtopafi to premnr pla xxx,‘ om‘ mt/oar
to provoke ozndprocuro them, it be nomttcn diwit/2 tmc Re.‘-
pmmrzoo, and t/Jorow Reformation of Hi aels _/Erma. W/you you
fjrroad fort/9 your }2otnd.r(faitl1 the Lord) Iwi/I /aide mine cyo:

rfiom you w: yea) W’/am Joe»  mam] proycrx, I will not

Imam.-. Will not mmgy pmjrerx ferue the tunic? “ No, not a

 Beodrmve of Tromrx.“ \/Vhy? Tomr-bmzdmre fix/Z olood.
.In pra;*cr,1’m'o, not Bloody /aamir, mzzf} éc lg? op. (Bod

weighs not pifiyeiss by their ‘Plwolizy , but l)y_”Ll2(‘;’I1'PI.<r!;-

 ty. Andthis ‘I-‘wiry; 18 not in a neatc concritcnatiou of Scrip.

ture phrafes, or formes loF1’pecch,butin fiiith and afl'c:&i<:~1')s
of a pure heart. In Ezwlniclx time Ifi-ac! had let vp 4:2 ‘do/1:);
rlgcirlgmm. some Idol!-jimzc, or other. Any ls. elouecl oizr/mg,
habi1ual.l fnne,is an Ida/[fit 72/2 in the I2oort.How much more
the lOuGOfi¢.lOlS,1111cl I nflagestlic mfelucs ? W'e‘..l, what of’

_d this? Tl‘1eLo1‘dtl'1ere faith : T/aoug/a Noah, Daniel, and

10b woro in t. o (mod, 1141 [Mo flair/2 the Lord, the} [ball d¢li-

Wz4'o7‘:m°ir/aor Soxzmr nor Domrg/aror.c. Wljy P The ido/lm-ufi-t 22};
M t/7c lymrzf. » = % ‘ , l  A ' l i

 'l A VVliat:le1e11 doththe Lord require in 1fiuzol.rfFofl? Surely
.; Ifrozo/.1‘ pul>licl~.e and folc:mi:.e Fafl requircth a publicke arid
« folc“11jmc R(fi".>1'Ii1£itiOl‘l(1f’M'4c[J'” liune, loo! 3 . I 2. Tzxrocgveo
- *1/_z2_to mo,» Mi‘/2 4/! your ly:.art,4nd witV4f1vf4:7i’r:g,%%‘h4Igd Wit/9 ivy.

rive»

C=3) 7

‘ping. «mi Wt’? moflffiiflgséc. Sttchhwrts clontin heathen A
niueb’: Faj7.~ 7 /ac Iiing cm/Edt'o 5:-,proclx.imcd"t1aroug/J Ninié-1°“-3-7*

116311 ([77 the decree oft/Je K izzg and J91}: NPEICJ) Lot izeitbcr
mam nor éeafh /Jae-‘rd iearjflackg, grezt nor  all, old noryong
ta?_/H’ 4-my t/aiflgg ézt let Im an and [7c.{/3 5: ‘cok.¢e7‘ed ‘nvit}Jt._/aclg-;

“cloth, (014 0:)’ Wig/7t_i!j 7'mt'o God 4' Ycrx, let""H1emrtur;w‘tw- ‘
V 17 oizefi-om /91»: ¢_°i4i;7 zmgr, mdfiom tine "U,io!m"?ce' rI9;;t‘*125 int:/Mir
/zvmwb. '” * ?  't K5  -‘ L

‘ "Is this the condition required “in If? 4:1: Fa)? ? .‘Oh then*,
what a terror and horror 15 1t for !fi~.:c;l,\v hen in the folexmlc

V Fafi‘, not out-:&1y royme'wcm»; friutie fin‘t1e‘f$11ot1o<§1«t into,

to be purged aricl punifhcd,‘ btit bpén,‘cri75?¢fén,fi'zrIet&+co1bti- E W X

red finnes gfoe dzécfigalrcd for _.:!uc{ "-_y, to no other end ‘, but that
as Rome; ixnagcs at 8;/fer," afier thtsir mourning fin. biacige
all the Lc11t)t1fi€y may prmg out in a fixller V igour and 1111-

' Peer ; vfing a 31%/i‘ gas the R0f(‘:d'0t1'1E11€ bo1froxvcd§tearc%s:. or
] draw of the fib1c‘n1ght,-, <.tot'cau1.e rt‘hCTfi1i!.‘€1~"« a11dv'fi‘€~fl1er

morning glofllz. % A » . tr » 1 %
Yet 1'1c1'<:*1s comfibrt tothe true Tfmel of God .‘ W11att1f

A” e/{cb.«n:f_”n1.s be not cxpiatedtt? 1ha11al1lfrare[perifl1:" ‘God
fO1‘bid; S19" 1/ not the Ifldgeqfa/l flrrcavorfd doe-riglatt?’ tBu1;;jf‘

Ifnwl be pcrtalx c 1: Ofe/{C/:rm.r finnc, Ifiruel mufiz "perifih W'it=I1

‘ xfb/ot.m.Truc; but I ma; fxftetb, T f5‘?-26! pm yet/9; (0 I a]7amt,{'o the
 -Eldetrx. Vvlwatifiimxay in lfhzcl‘ play the h *pQcrites.inCt‘11eir

R3]? 5’ yet curry 2\{9 ch, Daniel, and ‘ob fafiing and praying

 with and for Ifiw cl, tihall be prcfcruecl. Ioflma  the Eldtrs
' tot‘zfi.ze1£11}ing,praying, fhould hhaue” héenc preferuedj (who
«Curr elfc had pczrifhed) thoufih Ad: my finne had not beene

5‘

9 £1111‘ ed,fo it had not beenct

_ rough their dcfitlllt. In Ifiaél:
it 1en,1ct;11l trutt V'Ifi4£lite.r' comfort thcmfelues,‘ tlf firfi

 "thcy be purgtjd thcmIé1u¢s,b renewin their eoueiaahti~w~ith
 God, and it’ tI.1eyt"c;‘«ry "miglmrly to Got For the purgauonro

Aclam;r fixtxleawhatfexeuegwhdfoeuer it is,that tf0[lb1Cthv1_f-
mel : ~110\x/focruicrh Acl:.xn:%finnc«1'c€meti11e vnpurged ,to the pe— _
rill of‘ Y}?*Acil,i ygt the lkémr offucll (ballnot [we in raging in 151:: M313 ' ‘ 7*

*Lord.A Turbo al{yt1=fi/aifi;i7o"oLa?ol.tmalgaamz:ptbz@’1cwelr, héwvill
L figure them do‘ «mm flmrctb hi: awm fame, that feruetlalaim.

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Tbgn f&a[£jerotWKt?(i§ithitl1¢Lercl) «wad difiwme éctwmzna I/rm

{ ll  172$ g]ql‘6’0uW amir/zewrickgd-: betwame /Jim vtbuzt flrgerb God; and

Jzjm tlarttfemttil lain: not. i
Butwhat was Acbanx finne ?_ It is laid downs, verfc I I .
and laid tbliilfiaclx chargc,as before. ljhzel barb/inned, and

. Jbcy  Wanfgrcfléd my catimmnt, which I commanded t/arm :

~ t/9551 /mu: Vcmn ta/{gn 9f; the awmfid thing, and /2433 atgfla
flolne, and olzfll-mlvledal/5, and they /mm: put it mm qmong
ylaeir owncfiufié. So Aclmm finne was Sfl6‘I‘i/edgt‘, T/2jcfi,‘D;f.
‘ fimyjgtion, Mingling the accmfid {hing with Ifiaels /hufil’.
'I‘~hi,s~ 2r1cwrfi:dtbing was a SB-c~'.l:rlom772 garment, gut w¢dge 9f
gqldlaf l§o.fbekql.r,4nd 2iO0.fl9ek¢_9/.r of Silver. It is called Ac-

our ed,in a threcfblcl refpeél: : firPc,becaufc it was Bnéjloni/J9 >
and [J¢mmm’ti/7: Ihxfl-'e,aéomin4é/e to Ifr‘~4cl. Secondly, bccaufe ‘

the  had exprefly Forbidden I fiwcl to make or meddle
~»wi;th itfor their owne priuate vfe. Thirdly,bccaufe: mccllccl
“,"Withall againfl the Commanclcmcnt, and intcrmecllcd with
I_fi-aelsjlajfi-,it caufcd I fiuzcl to be arcurfid, and all they make
in hand ,1/¢. I 2 . Far t/acrgfiare (faith God) the c/Jilalrm qf I frael
meld wt ffand iéqfirc trlagzr enmiar, 5:.-caufie thy were accmjéd ,-
1 (14F$jf}.I¢'P'?37l’/[I56 with you an} more, exec-1: t J: aI:_/fray it/ac gtcczarfl-cl
l .fbingfi-aml4mang}a;¢. i
iflcmthen we mi ht take Voccafion to fp<:al«;e ofthe finncsh
V ofA§46r£ledge,a12d1i1C kinda Qfjizwedprophane thefi',oF hy...
) ¢ c.r;ifie,and dif‘Si.mulati011, ofnfingling cgcecraélcit/airzgx with
§i0’xaalsflt¢fi2= : but it might iprouc tctlious. Onely fix: :1
"‘itQl1Ch by%t;~l1eway_, Ii/'2‘~;z:lmaylear11c «thus marsh: tlaat,’IF§}3c
1‘ fiealing 0fa..B4l9]1a2gi/I3 garment were fo hainous :  had
Nxbeene tlictntlze lzvriuging in of jlldloltatrous Reliqfler, wiclm i all
.lm,“‘i)i’[07,?‘.g9.$§?qL11-j.)8{gC7l\ :fumicm€,i to fat vp the liflnéy/?~

i imi<#n.i1i¢1ig¢§min I/3:491; .i‘n;,  allb imhad bcgnc’ done up:

ifecrctly , gas c/‘ft/.7:§z;1.r 1B46y1om'//3 gaimmt, ( which mi ht
. "}IlKT.1'CfO1?€~lh3LI€ fécxncd ii to ;€:"£Cul'e _Ifi~4:l,) but o;2e;:1_'y, in
«#11:;/{gl.?¢ €f,2~‘/76‘ ‘Wm, lilac  mud ‘.,C'a,".iéi in “ the open

Emu?‘ 1fit.w£rcili).laa,in9uS%$oi&¢al<’:,p,rlui1ya wed I-*3-'ge”li1d..
iii_a.md3filu§:r,of1Mm&llzsr9.lu¢;l;~in._t;@mpatéifi>n, zwlficilm qugll

itwere Stcrilcigtyyel the Tefiernacle of t799‘Lord7 Wat  
yet poficmd at‘ them: What then had it became, cucn with 3
high hand ofsitrrdedge and S}umn'e,in euerie hcerner and high
w4mm'»e=o.f‘1fiml,  tb.tab”ifftd cheat  ofwhist Ptéfliix
and Patrimonieththe onbciy Lauitciiinll Inheritance For his Aa.;..
flr-},tot the great dcfolation ofmany thoufand Soultsiin I/3-ad?
What if If:-ac!» herein had been: guiltic? How would they

  ‘ have -weighed filcb flallwt flared wedge: in the ’Bdl1dntH_¢'orVfl|¢

Smsélrurie 2"; Whatehafintre wjould they bade found it, to 
déamred [3  fa‘n'£h'fi'ed, and after the mm 13 to have an-
guireafl ’ "  be
A Againe,iFpne Achan's diffimulation were {'0 haitmus;,ho*w
then had the conditionbof Ifimel btenc, if her faitcflEace,antI
mofl bcautifulle Body had beene couered one: with bjpaargfie,
as w ith a Lrprofie, for that fivm the crew»: of the head to the fol:
cf’ the fact, there bad hen noflmndpnrt? In a word,If% it were
imputed to Ifiuel for fuch a haynoxffin, that Adam» mingled
the Baéjlaviflagarnefat with Ifreclxflufllgthcn haw had {[72:31:-
cafc f*tood,iFBal:}lwi/I2 lee: had been: by prodigious .At-ban’:
mingled among I finely pure mine, if Canaaniti/B Herc/z'e:”ha3
hecne not oncly put with, but before, yea for, end in Read of
Ifi~ul’s mbfi prceiousflufizghetpurefl Dofirinex ? If thefl: had
been If:-act's fins,no maruell if they had caufcdhlfiaefs atfairct
to Fate (0 ill ; no maruell if they hadeau fed I frgtefs Go!) to
eflrangehhimfelfc from Ifmel, and to tztke the Cnuaaniie: part
againfl her ;”no maruell if they had qauied Ifiml to bee con-
tcnmcd of the Cqna4ni!eJ,to whom (hue was wottt.tto‘hcii;et-3
rib1e,and account‘.cdin‘uincib‘it; r:oFma"rt1clltif b they bhtdtcmtfeii
G o D not to gm: out with Ifracla Ariuitflto fuffer his Trait}
to bee trampled on,yca to threaten vttcr defolation and dereli-
&ion,as Vetf I 2 .  .   W t 7 Ir
Is I /Peel’ s cafe no better P Poorc If?4:l,wb;tt wilt thou doc?
Fafl mdpry P It ist’high“time indeed it bP3}‘ Ifidel lwatbflfiuned.
But yet the Lord bids*I‘q/¥:m,and the  bf Ifiwel 't& tifctvpm
from their ptoflratitms,-hecaufe I maz had firmed,’ A ‘fgfb.

I-’or,as wee hauefliewcti Jomcthingelfc is rtquirgd b  tdfig E

P¢fl,to purge "I/§+4eI’s fnu1t.b VV‘hat}ibsb thit"P‘TbébLordfli€ifvcth, e
V ?   A. . F

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1431 in

I  1 3.l,&c. j ‘Up, faufhfierbq pcaylt, am! flay, flinfilnffit yaw
'fi.-[rm agaixfl to marrow .- Far (hm /hit/1 t/at Lot d God of lfmel,
bar: an4qc;5rfi4,.¢(:ing in the mid:/r’ qf thee,  Ifiwl gyhdll
94::/I wt/Md 5!¢fi!*‘#:t/9iN¢ WlWi“«W€*’1J‘lv’*'@ Mr W at-
cfmffad tlqgxgfiomt amangJau.Iu the warming I/Mrtfirr a 1: (71411! [M

£rau£_fif,(j*c.  itflmfl 6_a.,tIaat haltbdt is takcn with the ace 4

tflrfidltbiug, (77411 fie éurnt tvitb_fire, hr, and all! that be l.mtb,a’7p-
cg¢pfi,@'lc.Itn thefc words of OD{~to Io[I2uab,is fit-Pt {ct down
the catgfc of I]}.¢el's clifcomfitq;c,tb:;acmrJ&dtbing:$ccondl5z,
Thnill .;(.Zlqt1.c‘li.tl0n of Ififacl, vmill‘thiJs'lthca.u1E:*bc tcmoucd ; m
flandiug for them éefiarc their Encmiex. Theft we hauc already
handled. Thxrdly, A dirc6’ticm to Ia/imalafor the finding out of
the Drlmqzxcut , anal for: his ptmiflxmtnt : H: and Ink, muaflall
pm/72.. tlfigoutthlyt, I/mall m-ufc be flznrYz‘g‘ied,to fitthtzm for the
Emtcqttbn, ll lTli1is,Sam&z‘fi‘catian_wa§ partly cxttrrmll and can-g»

mafgizxli in the body, by nm(Z2.mg their Clan-zrhcx, or tabflincncc

from A plcalbrcs ; partly imcrmzll, by Faith and Rcpcmmwcx,

fignific=.d by the; extarna/I. A Tlar: wotc-l alfoin the Original}, fiat

;a{fit,[i.gt1iFying,alfo,tp pfcpdrcgsol that the IfitaaIitt¢:%w%c st:

iqo,wt_lto p,gcparc_tl1ClnlClttCs’;'lnliollnfilltylér the cxacuttan of a

notable peccc gaf Iuflicgwhcrcin all the people was to hat-zc a

hand. Before they were toinq-uirc into, and punllh anothcm

finnes, thtiy mufi firfl purge thcmfclucs of their own: finncs.

As  in thc'Go{pcl, cohccrtzing the Adultcrous wo-

man,to thofc that accufcd her, He among you that :2: without

fz‘n,qa/I tbcfirfl/7am! at her: So that they that are to cafl a Pconc
at J6‘/MI1,lT1l)fl firfl be fanflificd and clcanfcd from their Gus,

byAfzithand;tcpcntat1cc. Alfo in thisthcit Smafhficarian they

might §cvn;dc:rflood,tq. h_3}1¢'COlnfn¢h1dCd thcnnfclucs anclthc

caulc to God with praycr,, tth%AatGod wquld find out For them

the Traufilcr of lfrul, that he would blcifc and tlircé} Lh'¢lLdt

for that end; A '  4 “ A

  %An_dherc is algood:lcfl'on for all luaggcx and I m<cr:,nx'1c§ E3c~

afcumwcrx of Itgflictr. in matters pf lifiv agwldoqxla, that may bag ;
flaflaficdfirfi thctitfclucs  faith,and-repentance, bcfotclhty l A

/paflt: their Vardzfif :3 others. t V

Othcryvife, lvithoytChisfinfiaficatiorialld tlucgt<'tpatrat‘ioz:,l
‘vi’ 5
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for men to tuttyh vponthe cenfuting ahd puhifhingyof-othgn
'45 tam-s,is‘ the-way to btihg Gddsdimfpleafitrelvpoti them feluei.
 haue‘afam~ouocxat'ti1plehetcofinfthe Ifiadite: themfeltids

% when they were to take tetten e ypon the Tribe ofBem‘amm, 1fidg-I9-20-
for that Foulc'Tfét$’t committed y 3 few Son: of Belial vpon the
tL«m'.t«¢: xvz'f:,but much more (which aggrauated the faét be-

yo!-.1d‘m¢afil_1f”C) fore the ‘Beniamite:not=ont1ynotpuhifi1invgof
”i?t,but"eountenan‘cingtand defending it. That the refit‘ ofwtbe

Triéelr ‘all combined asxam man to ptmiih fuch an vnheard-of
impietimandtin folencie,eucn in their brethren the Bcfiidrltflel,
no doubt, was both laudable with men, and accoptablewith
tyGod.Tufotnttch as they ‘cfot7:fult‘in.gwithQod;had_hisJdirc”6%:ion Ind 20
and approbation. V. ‘Their CO!1fU1tiUg' with God \}vasgo6Ei “and S’ '
requifitc,and the euely way to {peed well in their entergarizc,
Yet ( which is to bee wellnotcd  they profpetedhot againft
‘3awi4min,ti‘ll they had "throughly Samflzfiéadythemftlueé. For
fitfi,Theit confulting with Gody,vvas not vvhether t»hey={houId
got: vp agaittfi 3¢'ni4mz'n, or no; but Ptauingtrefolued one it
among them{'clues,thcy aske of G odjwbicb of the Trtbeslbdfl
go: -up  ? Here was yet no due S auflzficativhn of [finial to
prepare them to the Batte1l,andfo‘ they fped accordingly; for
the fitfl day, the ioyut ‘T n62: loft mo and tfirentie tltauflaud
claafiw men. A {careful} difcomfiture. Wtl1,they tcfidforéettthc
Battcll the fccond day,but withatll ooe :tlitt1emo‘re‘watil to
worke, thcn 't)cfote. T hey weep: Z;-fare an Lardtvntill men,
wh“u:h was a good. pecce of a ptzblitkc Fay/1'. And good teafon
they had to wet-pe,th:tt had lofl fo many‘ of the T lmufauqlmnd
Wartlaicx of .ffme-I. But this as yet was but‘ a catnall weeping;
Yet they mfie camafi-11 of the Lord, fzying. Shall lg» vptagaino
to (mm!!! again]! the (Ilrildren of Bcninmin my Eratber? And
the Lord/)u'd.Goa' 72p againfl him. Yet for fall this; Ifiuul 7 was
foylcd the fecoud, day, and lofi ‘againe 1 smotmaa.  Why?‘
Did not the Lord bid them groc P Yes 3 For the Lord would be
auenged on the ohflinatc Teniamittx. How then came the
Triécx to be beaten ngaine P Surely as yet they had not duely

* S unit: fled thcmfé lue 3; So that. though the Lotdbad their) '50:,

yegbecattfc they had notSauEl:ified‘t;hemfelues,the Lord at y 6|:
. A 1 

makes

_   - us)
malccstlacmno Promifcofgnod fwc¢clT;¢.But iryontbisfccanil
‘&f“I£_%C£’t«h'€n=»u(1[‘[ the flildrcn  lfimfl. and Al! t/yqpuple lmu
gup,.¢nJ calm into ab: Hmfc of the lLord,ud wepgandfu thera-
lufbr: Ibo Ldrd ; Audfaflcd that day mrill “Elvis”, and nyfcrwl
karat ofi}ring:,4ndp:ace ofirilng: hfiara tbeLord.Thiss is to the
lpurpofc indeed . A Herc is_a fccondl Fa/3,110:-cmcly pul2l:ck_c,but
gcmr-«ll, of ad the Children oflfwul, and all :5: papylq, of all
aigcuand faxes, and notomly tbc Swo»rd~mcu,lnn¢ll men of
Warmc . They com: to the Houfc of Gad, they we:pc,:bq ficfl
till FMI1. yea clan oflér éumt ofiringr, and peace ofirings. All
whicbjtogc that was a d ac and orderly Saniizfiaumlon of-[frat],

  H when l;O~tli¢l'f)W«’6fl'Iig ai1d_fs1/Hug .thf1.y added flurntafircringx,
"  and Peacé off-3'r:'ug:', whereby xzlwcy made their avttoncmcnt and

peace with G0d,fm: all {.l1£l»l.<0Wl1l€ finncs. Well, hauing thus
Saméfrfied thcmfclues, what followcth? They withall uh!
uwnfifi of the Lord, wim/Jar tbejflxouldgas vp a:g4ine,¢x_g;¢iz:_;‘?
Btvimvin,orfin~’ccafle.Slll it was Ifiwlh confiant coutfc to .1311;
(Emu/all of the Lord in all their cntcrprizcs, to calm their Gul-
ud with them.And now the Lord not oncly bids them gee,
A c giucth them his cxprclfc Promifc to dcliucr ‘Bminmin me
their bud:,which he did not bcfore. I E is not enough to 45kg»
aanyéll of God, but to obtain: his Faumrl and Pramifi for
goo; flwd in our vnd<:rzal<in;gs.And we: are fure of his blcfiing
vpoa vs,lf firfi our cntcrprizclbc iufl; and warrantablegas this
of lfimfa was {And if withall it be vndertakcm with a good‘
Confciencc, fccking therein the gloric of God prixncipally,
haulng fitfl humbled our félucs before him,cc>nfulc¢d with the“
Gracia cf 51?! Word, offered him Burnt afaringx and Pawn‘

ofir:'vg:=,, by renewing our Faith and Repentance, to be: lat:

peace w ilh God. «All this donc; we hauc goal on murfida, his.
Blcfling and Promifc attcmds our Entcrprizcs: Ndw Ifiml,
being firfl throughlyfauflifi-¢l,goe on,and profpcr in the exe-
cmionlof In/lit: vpon their rcfra6iaric,and too too auclacioufu,
ly, infolcmly impious Bra-tlurm, as wee fee in the rcfllaf tlw
Chaptcr. A J .

Would Ifm-I then proceed well, and pmfpcr in their cxcu
cution of Iuflicc vpon chef: that trouble 136-cal P >1 M*a:l nmfis

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be Sgnéigfigdfirfl fiomhcu; own: fins by Faflingv and Hztgygrg
by F4it!=.afldRvn¢"*4W¢,bYW"f“’*5!w1Y‘i¥h~GQD» hymen;
his Glari-1inAall. -;;Tla¢l1~Ifl’N€ligG€r9Wfl3§€1 12to’fpcr%;?thc dayit
thine. Othcrwifn,§;Ifi'acl doth but puzzle and pcrplcx hcrwfclfc
With follicinoumiaduflrieusghut vnfucccifefulfvndmakings.

_Evuc_L1,_pb_fii11at¢  gcflt.=thc.Jb€»£t¢Ii.€5f:;his:bctfiefiEm» W M 

 

;br»:rp,fqe1<i’n.gVhis reformaxianybcfom*;they»m§n«:ducly  ‘
ficdwtakc%aiuf’«;mucngm a-t"r‘:.  ” ~  ‘

“*,  -W-...-~i% . ~14 '7)-1”~ ’ V‘ 
A ’ Now [ml,:‘hou FafieR,thou p.zayc.£%;Athou.w:§pefi,~thou

lamcntcfl‘ chy*+vnhappy fucccfleé an &_1§xn@; aminab,;mad ~;~ V, thou ‘ ’

wouldgfl faim Ahame ctlrgd th¢1:naiAnVe;s¢u¢.Fc»(nnsrtha£u'imaginc;fi_a)V

and inane pxjccim-ed»~%thii1»¢%«£2wn:c pcacmangd Jcomcnxmhm 

chm: hafl labouxcci,Aia;4véin¢:mhy%b¢fir«pamppfea«and~inrmd§
men ts For Ifraclfs goqdhaucbpcnc fmflrntcp But examine the

caufc of aflgthiszp Haflxlnoubtfimfwfi3$i¢mI)mSanflg5'rd,wheu 

i chine Mar»: mcv.mfl‘tmbk1d.? Ymyfiugmycdirdu moufincd;
 dqfircd ax%1ea£%~a§felV¢znj‘:ncP4/1%: yaurrau «mud-ififit F

you therein» {ache :Gfid,« glmk rfijrfi  <~Y%¢Ia.“ Bu: did you oficxv

your Pa-an ofi':r£ng’:, "{ccking;yq‘uwt peace with Gqdin the put.

gntiemof your own¢;finnesT,Vcum thcrfixmcs which nova little.

mmublulfianl? What:wbec't~ho12c 2“ In {pcciall,S4criJ¢dgc and

Syuoumthc great Acotrup ten ofClmrcb Aatxdkclggim. The 0nd:

hath {wept away the maintenance from M£ui[f&r:%: The o-thcr  

hath turned fllintfltrs into Mercbamx : And both togcthcr ‘  .%   
caufc Propbaqyiug: nfa/vlr,thc People to pm‘/7:v,and Idolatry to  A
fprcad it flzlfc. The Author: and Affbrt of wthg?fc,arc Ifi’-ul’s V
Acbarmcnmugh to alienate God fmm his Pen 1c,‘»Bmyou%

were about good Lawes to cure their maladies, 0 fan: as the '

iniquitic of‘ the times would fuffer -L; by refloring at leaf! fame-“

par: of the long detained Portion of Titian,‘ Gad: awn: lube. -

ritaxw, which might bc fomc competent pittance to maintain z

a painful!‘ Ming/}ar%-rz;%An;d by rc.finair>ing*1( if pofliblc") the Le...

prafie of Swami: from taitnigag chr fma1l~ mnnam: pf the Lt-»
it

uiricall Béd},knfi%arm¢d nc.c{ y fhould Enforce eithcrhoncfi

men to purchafc the Church wixh Mony,or toMpermi£~Tb:::mt, A
and Kabéa-rs to poll‘: (Tc a»ll,mm'ng into the S/t:epe.f3ld auatluiv

aw}. "Th'1symuym£d at. And whydid in not fucccedwcll?

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1c%AAwwamoug:oth¢r C‘b‘in’gs’thot-1g!nt of'. Vvhac; ifit A bad b{:_:2n¢
pgqfvwijeiy ,t‘1io%iigh :4 pfgbut cotic1%u:d4:d  and ¢tja€:f§f‘%d,!jet akmb rig;
bu’: kc.»-I-“ar.«,c:aH; ‘mHer~ things V?" mimiamm *1/55}; gm; ééfié a-em;
indéfch Jd:£Q£»gweflfiegun;%é buy?! done? 3% he Heathééa began
. .a£yvay‘ca their greatteforma$tio{is%at1d V¢l1Aterpriz¢s4wic+h Gobwjj
Vdmd L “ yéwere firfi %fmrRa{[§ian,;4 ch£’n&f0rthVe jkapufific/ge;  Qmin
,,I,4.- 3,13...  ~R£!ig£:bénovh¢po:tc:;da ]rwpWv;4?m4Ciuiix: dug}: 1; iaich ongé
give; of H cathcn..Roma. Our Cm": mgr iuc{gUd*-W living: in 5: rzswd
afl:r;Ralgia§.f-V A%Ié£v=frinjcip£um. M3/a, {an the .P'o:t.% And

 cgptak nffilrdte rntI:,(§‘»c.  Should not I all inpch more?

DI:.d:~ tbe1‘%ASIdan£mite leafs any athing,by~ fen‘.-uin»g the Prépbér

tfirfl of%7Vhct‘»Ab4wnrIdfdIl  flI¢ata;% fmd@poom »k:-cmn:uf1t  of Qyle ‘in

abet‘ Cru/2,uo“tvdith11*apding*hcr prcfantcixtrcmi-rim? Ye a, bath

in nor: l1(§*tfiC‘8nZZ‘i‘€fi'tf cfuvflamc of‘APdgrtian§e»:::im‘$England,

cucr téh begin not anely to tr;-at,but to conclude ofiand Tattle

the State; of R:&‘gio»,bcfomd1attcr.v;* of m,uw.-aw came to be
hhndlcd?  we rcuoluc‘th;tV dkuuw Of thofgan eimt tiujncsdf

 efigrpmn darkhqcffcg andvighmihtc, intomphrifcan bf thq

prcfcm re fplcndcnt light Mslfiml, vwe%flw1_lA find therein ‘fuch

nbblcflcps of piatic towardsflvod in £111‘: kind,as maywinakc:

our Ifiwel to blufhl, if it doe not kindle anfcmulaus zcalc of

imitaoiam in a pgralléll at the 1ca[rf.Lé“t mcT.for~ the pmpovfc here:

Dcfim (,{.~th¢ infer: thcwordiv of‘ that precious Bifl1op“Iawc#.«‘—A%%Nc‘?t/in 14? it‘

Apology,P.6. gfaith he )fi1flmnge A matter tafl:eEac.’e!’:'a,/t‘icaIl matter: dc»
‘3 1+ D’ .’ ' P‘ and in ‘Tarliament. Read the Laws: aflflng Inns, I(z‘x_g
 Primed Alfi:cd,I<'-i'.;g iEdward,Kz'ng Athclfianc, Kin Edmumll, ‘King
Ed ar4%VJCingCdmutc ; me! ‘ya flmfl find, hr at par gvdly Afom.
fatgerx rt‘: Prince‘: «dram: of? I/5'13 Realm} jfiflllkf «mwclajfivfld
to :ntr??at‘q" matter: of Peumgor Warrc, or atbarmfig tauabing

the cbmmon St4t:,'6efor4 all comrouerfiarofRel{gianr,aad mufer

,, Ecclefidflim/1 b.¢dl2mr: cmupltrdcd. King Canutc in In’! Par/rm
méntbaldan at WitaclzcflcrcrpwCl1riHnnzts--day, dfler may
Ldrmx and Order: m1a¢dé5t6tml2ing the Faith,tIu«kuping of H 011..

d.m'.r,A pufilri-k_a prarmg /eufniflj of the Lord: Wraycr, raceiuiitg V

tlrv Communion time: in the jaerg, the manner andfarmc
of ‘flaptzfmc, Fasflitgg, Am! other mattrrs of Rflgioa; in
ifbcfmd 2‘./mzcaf faith I/mu %: Inn flrquimr Iuflituria Jaguar

Smcularirfm.

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W S¢cularixn§.No2b fallawrb an V0rde}fir%Timp;»mfi Lqwcx, A 

‘ ’- Tim: we fée ( faith the good Bifl1Dp)tba1f%flp;4 gull}. Catbg.
Iiclgp-Prince: in old time: Vtlyongb¢.it%t1aair du%t-£q,éefire_ 41:’ athcr
¢;fa;re:¢qfghaV camnoamw:a:1v.;firfi, t0»d3\f.6'!?!i?3.¢4Lf1?!?*f¢¢T’ AK»-
lzg:‘an,aud that mm  !"M,=P*e}’lV[{5l m€fll5 bf t/w&%R9a1me.    T

 V Such were thc*vanci&mflt 'Mnce:AAa1ad V£ldm,ofthis.Kingdome
in times pat}. ‘Thcir care of Religion in‘ thc fisfi placci:-1 ghcir

A 12¢;-Immem ,was the on&V1Ay~wa.y¢t@,% bring o_z1.x%heb¢c»£é*x:,[u c-c;c:fl ”c

fonwtheir Cimili %afi’ai1'es.? ‘v’Vherci.r3'_ ;;7.‘lfo t1ae r"c1,;¢1;‘c11d»; Pr¢lgma;

furthered allgood .%€t6 l>Vy%ch.eir;Aco,1;u£e11, v»fl;cmcquircd,%.aI- Pm 3 _Within
though they had not xuegatiuej veic-es in¢I}ar1ig}neL1%€;as Bfiifhop“ 2 lanes of the
Iemliin thc forcfaid placguand alfo Bifhbp B_ilfan_i,\i ‘1 his Book: trid-

of C briflian Snéz’:é'fzon,mzd Anticbrrfflan Reé‘c1[i_prgd'Q plginly

flacw ;J.'l:: Pa2rléamc‘m,:~of%thzls Lamd hating cam bad rim perm: ,

M null in matter: of K;¢‘ligg0_}v,flJ of C_iI>tJl1p§licic,to cfl}I51i{7:‘gp0d
andwbolfome Lamtfar éatlz. .Not that our *P4r{ia.w:nr: hand

powmto make New Article: of the Fairly, ,»to%eV(’cablifl1.;;u‘lp,:

-Relagian they pleafb ; but iris iuthcir p ower,y:a andtheirf du-
tiexoogtaldng the grardcf Gadfor their gnid a11d%;rt1lc,<t;<>_cfi,a. ., £_
b1i,fl1w~tHcvtrt1cJlc!{g‘im taught therein, and to abohfh allfalfc

1{clzgiai2: coufrarie t1:crcfi nco.VVhcrdxhgnfhould a 7>ar(:'4mcn t
begin;,bur:with¢ Gad,buwvi:h Religion, if cucr thcy loo;1gc%t_haAt‘

G OD. {hould %%iuc a happy fucccifc to their ciui1l afl'airwes

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therein ? EfpC(:i‘a_ ythc Parliament: offng fg our tit11cs,§§:h§1_'giq
the clouds of~Pclag,ian hcrcfie, moun§i11§ta.thc top of V.n1qn%s_
aicrk-im.1g_iiaatioAx1, bycafling a falfc Q13 dqw vpon the .pur4:
D oéhincs of“ t bur do of €nglm_xd,dcriu:dy'11to‘ vs from the
Eanmminex 9fScrz % r:,bAy:Aihc Conduit: Ofthc,_p%I'1m§cK:f&rmer:
Ra/{g iamand contimlerd vmzo Vs cue: fincfc by thc.vnintcrrup-
ted Pxpa: of the mofl learxyedand illufiwricus Martyr:,?9rclat:,
and Deffanrx of our C/aurb/a,would bring our Meridian Irgbt
oikhcs Gofbel,to a mv7lx‘gbt”-,vby intcrminglingwitb is. the./Egfp -
than fig: of the ('l;mrc/mf Rome. Sacha}! if,ou_r I’arliamMt:
wouleiflpaiirc the ruifiarcd 8difiaa.of:th¢£«pu5!§¢k:, lct,tAhcm
begin to m,%ake~ dgoodj, and fltV_ct‘1gtb€l1_LhC main-cxP H147: and
Faundmion whcrcon it fiandcghgaxmd that ‘is‘,God.;-h T:mple;R¢li-
3Jau,which through vndcLrmVin’xngjPion;r; is ihre.wdlyJA flaakcfii,
V   A  A w o 

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‘who go: about ta etc& the Tower ef Bahi in Read thereof.
M1 the Name of'GOD ll'tIietcfote (pardon my boldnefle : ifwe
fitquld not fpte9.ke,r6efloue.r mmld my ; yet I take not vpou me
to teach the E/Jar: oflfi-at-I ; they can bcfl iudge af’nr«I:a¢ 1/4};
and the [wrdg iue them vnderflanding in all tbiu_g:)whcn{ocu¢x
the Elder: of ffivtel {hall meet again: in }?arliam:nr(and Itrufi
God will put it into the Heart of out’ In/bub in due time to
fummon a 'Purlz‘aumnt Fer the glory oFGOD,amd the good of
lfnu.-I)! ttufl to fee both Ia{btmb dndtb: Elder: aflfiael agree
intone, inethe llfirli place, tolefiablilh the   ReIg'gianafCbr:'j¥,fo
long at happily hitherto wowed 8: maintained in the Church
0fEr:g/4h'd.Thc eflabllllumecnt whc rcoftmccelfatily dependeth
vpou the abolil-‘hment oftwo maine rmum of Ifi-nal,to wit,
azefnridbrijfian Idolutamand flrminim Her: .. Whilst thele
 flandgttetlet let Ifritel laolte for any goo .‘ To omit many
godly K big: of I fi-at-l,as Ieloajbapbat.Ezra-cb:}¢In,Ia/?nb,who dc-
flroying 1dolatry,profpeted : Rcmarkeable is the example of
A{.¢,who in rooting out of Idnlatrhfparcd not his own Mo.
tlacr~Mutb4b,ren:ouing her from being .Q:ecr:e_,becaufell‘l1c
had made 4:: Idol in an Grove, and Afiul tut davélu lurr Ida+l_,aud
flamped z't,4nd lrurnt itlnfomuch asliing Jfltprajjured in.War,
and his Land badpence to the; 5 jar: of hi: Reigne, vntill he
made aL:‘n_guc with the Kiwgfafsyrimnot relying on the Lord,
5116' btinglteptolued bi Hdmmi the Star, Input him iupnfin,
éhtlllépprcflid pmafr epnple.‘ Again:-g fa long as utrminian
Bookcs are vnputged, and the ‘hath vnpriuilcdged to pail}:
abroad,yout ‘Parliaments, O {frat-l,eannot ptofptrffo the re-
pufitiofl of theft, if youadd out of cum: lmpropriatian a
lit _ ‘tin: maintettanceito it-_l1c lmimflmif you cafligatc Symon]
(ifpn {fible)by ldmlél Wfifivand gbdly rcfitiétions better execu.
ted : if with thefe ttfotmations you conclude your Firfl Srjflan
bffiarliamentgwithout any mixture of your own ciuill matters,
all rather gtieuanecs (hall Fall molafna,as the Val: oflcaficba at
the *}6yce: of the Rarmrharues : Otlr In/Izaak {hall be honored
with .‘9»Md.an¢ flteame; of V Laue and duticfiowing fmmtthc
‘hearts of the: heft Stibicfis in the Worlld, out of whafle Oatic
Bowelsllthc Kingof England may dig richer Mtttalt, than th¢
'l V 'Kin5

(3 3 A3’
King of Speinecan out of nllhis Indiex. The Kingoffnglendr

Subieéls will,for 'ioue,fweat his Maiefiie more Gold, then all r
in the King ofspaieeeipoore Slauesean for fearedig out of the
Bowel: of their fenflelfe Mother-earth : This donc,I fay,what

can be reaiyrocaliy dcfiredt either of the Suibieftx by the King,
or of the dug by his S:lbe'eEZ':,that Quail not hauc a full conflu-

ence, each flriuinv to fatisfie other with all iwiflied contents

5

meme? Gods Caufe being firfl acquitted, and our Maker. .

Church of England afifertéed to her own ancient aibalielq Te-
umugthen la/lam and the Eldemand all Ifrael with them (hall

i from th eir Celcfliall Fatbergand their Spirituail Mather receiuc
{itch a blefling, as {hall be ad mired of all their Friendr, euuied i

of all their Enemies.

  And you Lady L2/letrapolzie of Ifiwel, the mama City, the i

Darling Mount Sian,when you fend your Agent» Burgefe: to
ioylne  !fr.Lel: grgatb J!fli'fl{‘_l]3 ati you goozléefi to haueglpart
in t e e mgr ereo : e er wa e to an e eyour c ucs
and reforme your Cut}-Argent. Search them out ; you neeci
not Lanthorns for it.‘ Your ion: at Iiberalitie to the Cvjotfelgnd
to the Mihgfig thereof,both at home at abroad,cannot be 93-
ralleld by any Church in an age. Onely your Aelmnir, as {a
many Cionds,eeiipi'e the g orie,and (otherwife)the vnfieined
be autie thereof. A little lease» (ye know) leauenetln the whale
lampe. Pm-‘ge it cut tberefbre, that}: may be [altogether 4 new
lumpe. Their we heartily defire,euen your per]: lane. i n y 7
Now then,O 1fir4el,you haue had your F415,}: are we/bell,

hyeere fanfihfied, ye are iuflified from your own particular line

by your Faith tcflified by your repentancefic the truth of your
repentan cc teflifieel by your reformation; now youarc Clcarc
and cit.-nne,but not all. In the next piace,ye are to find out the
u!eb4»:,that tremble Ifiael, ieafl ye be all wrapped in Aqbanr
fin.So did Io(Im4 and the Elder: of Ifiunl ; after their “own: hu-
miliation, after their'Sa‘u&e’fie4tien of the people, the vcrie

‘ next morning early they goe about to finxdeout the ‘Treuller of

Ifiael.   by y A ' i , _ I‘ y

i Firfi note Ie[lm.a's diligence and vigiiancie with the Elder:

and ‘People of Ifi-ael toexecutc Iufiicc. Thy ref: earlyyiiii the
. ‘ i G   - morning,

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mamiv ,..And good rcifbhtbelacr is dangerous in fizch caies ;'*
itmig ’t_haue hafined many ha confequcnces ;,f"or now the
naw1y« flicflaed nCmmnim1nightthauc- won time: to confede~t
rate ,and‘bg1t1¢lnagaitnft Ifiw/, while Gods clifpleafurtt ‘W£‘.8 not.
remained; ,-VBc.fid,es,dc1ay and negle it in doing I uftice brings

t the; Iudgi-rs wtchm the compaflit of Acccfllarics,

, For as he that preuents not a fin in anothrcr when he may,
commits it :  So he that punuheth 11: not , when he may and

oughtficfizznds it,& xnaktzs it more his own.Bnt prudent and * 

pmuident Ia/éuab, with the Elder: ‘of Ifhzcl, and the P-czople,
pretyent the dangtu‘ of delay : 772.9: r.jIfl= earl)’ in the m/:2r2zi;zg.
But ho vv,doe they got: againft the fcrntinic: to find out the

T Trozaéier’ qf Ifiuzcl F e/fol.-mn with his Bméylzmi/7:: garmc::t,at1d

Weaigqr, we1'e1L11*king. in tht: Tmt,amo11g the Thom/land: aflfl.
aw!» He   his. S wnilodgc atnd~Thcftfotciean1y,hy
his eliffixnulation, as no man was priuietto it,to accufk him.
‘Who then {hail find him out? YcS,th¢ Lord takes this taskc
vpon hix11,.€m=d wimm: t11crI=:c>1fd malxcs t1ac:iha1icl51,wImt pla cc:
for iurkillg 5*  6”. me ham firgmen t!9¢nN:ma qfnour G’m:1.?am’

V balofiwz/12 1 am: ta? .ffl7’)'~< fimngagad: S/14”,‘ W c;a;infi.m~1a

flaixtoxt ft Hr /och ltzmvérrlz tbeficm: of tr/it }ABW"t,1;;1it11r.Dflf£iJs,a
But by what 111:canc;*s d0t1‘1Go;d IE*;uf'ch out e/{ch/mm E‘ A By 3
 S€.ad1ni1'ab1c tn€az1e.s,cuc11 by.L.w* 5 A thing of it 1«'::1F:
 fl.;~C%fl§lS&ll~§C‘ contingcsnt t1atutfe,ycr.whicl1 the alledifpofzng
Gpd,can cpxwmtld. ta produce the  certaine tffeéts of
his 0Wl1..WiILV Thugs by Lot he nlefted ,.S’aml For Kingfl,an1c.>ng
 the 2” $120,: of I /it tel, fimn atnotag all this Fmm/z5c.r of Bcnia;
%Z4i{4»afC¢!L1*§h§1t+FW3é:c! hiici altwiy bi Gods affigtmntcm an-A»
Jhlilihg Tb}lS by 130$ WW5 ;.10?¢M ;.Saw!?'.s SD£1I1€i',fbL1I1d A
fQ1?~bm‘tht3I~W1g: at 1itt1€H£?M)'« _ Yctatn  cam make the
I*§;JwJ:§§ MQF  Ayrq to rcueztlc the rnofi hidden finne.
'* Wc#11,nI a,/Z2144/9 fbllowingthet Lords direftion, finds out “fl*
 by Lot. This dpne,notc lq.’7mra12’.9 hcha.:.1iou1‘to :2/sfc/.mn,,
Ycrfi 19%.!-.V/’1{y Saéggzkta /pm} t/a:e,n_g('oric tg we Lgrd God of 1}-r
rxzclmndma/gs‘ confifian warn /Jim,  re/Z me‘ 2zazv,22v/mt t/you hm“?
4{0W:55d‘5’”WfiW4:nM.1a/baa/a here like: a tender hearted Fa-
t 116: vfetll afathetly comp::l1at.ion to Aclms, M4 .$‘cm.-.. He

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breakés not out into fiiddcm an gt: r and poaiflio-11,? nb\ivAAto addve
more terror to /17c_'b‘é:t7§’§.CiQg,1fCiC11CC,O1ftofhfiw  grcmncfle
of his ‘own Amrloormo. Efllj what titted flfitboritia and 
[jog-;;1%mcc{ §,1vi.th_iIi_1p0tE;nt hafiife pzrfficil P Audit isthe gédtké
5o»-oo.«m», notthc: rough Wind,’t1121t Cauféfh the ¢fi’ehder” tb
lay afide the Cloakc of di_flimulation.Itis the (jontooi-millq 0!:
mild mercie,not the hard flraflkg? of the'Hozmmor; that diil
{blues the Adozmzmtino /oootrt» ‘ It is tih'€_AVVa15IIi€.l7i7:4! dfliiliilig
iAr1trcatie,notth«: Prof} of a fi‘9w;1i11g’b1'0W, that k:aufe;“h~ the
Tc} obdurareiconfciencc to r;o§s=lt,a‘11d drop i11tc)T‘z“mr'~o:; 'iItMvC7a§
thcfofi: {till v oiccynot the VVhirI-Wincl ,& Ea1'th+quakc,that
cauicéd Eliza to ootoor /ozoffozco wit}: /92;: momtlo.  .S‘o;z,'was the

i'i:‘3:*1n1ic*f’c Rozclqéfoi‘ lo//Zimzb to’ Vfc-2', wherebyigentlyirbidmwi 

«Confc oflioniifrom Ao/M”-For 10/lam}: War Pom P4m'ce,thé Fa-A-
thcr ofilfivool Gods people, the affeétiozi whctreof héé pLf€§
not ofl-‘,whi1e now he puts on the office 0? Judge; Mercy ma
Trzor/o pro{Ero4e t/oo King (faith Solomon) and /2t$J‘*77Kvror’1c “:3 72};-

iholdon wit/9.fl*f€7"6i¢ : Aflfercie own’ Tmt:/7. are the two Supporter:
ofnhe If tiiflglli Ar{2ms7.TI16 I-I61-be Bofilfaiptopér Emélomo For

a prom) gently Pcroalat on the hand ,‘ yecjlds a pléfant fineil :. .
but cruiht v on it,v11fauoric. ‘ A A A A A I A A ‘

c/'1/Q .S’on,iaith‘Iof5vfIm}J.What then P gone, I proz} tloae, gloria
to t/oo Lord God oflfi21ol,oznolma@co’nfiflfai7z ‘wire /oi}r:‘,t§"c;Thé

 firfi thing that Io/ooolo fé3f:iit‘S;‘iS'"thC glorio of the Lori! God of

Ifiwzel. How ? By .Jc1Jan’s Co11féflion.' How fhoiu1dtha’torc-
idoundito Codxg/mo .9 Yes : three waycs in Ac/mn .- Fi_1jPc,By
fhewing the Lord to be iuft and trucim ifinéiin hirh é>u‘t~.thus
miraculoufl y by Lat; wslmiic _A'AclaomconfeflE*d' iimfcltfettti 
the man thus diuinely pointed out. = Secondly, By a Fiifhfilll,
l1L1mbl<:,a11d pemtcgnt ccmfiifzozl of i1iéfi11':1ga;i1‘1PC God 8: his
People, to the c-nd,God might g1o1‘ific his (Mércio iii pzirdoc‘
ning 11i.<.=~.S'oulo, though his Iafiioo in " p1mifhin* hisfiooly.
’1‘1111'd1y,tha»t(3;o,ds aé’c in W4ol’.I~; difcorn fiture m i gfit appe*a1‘c4
to aI1th¢gwo1'1c1_»tol1c Vpon~iui’ccau{E:.i “  i ii  i 
New A dotsh I0/@141) A i'1t‘.‘1'C" 1”i€1nit Aolozm to‘ mail. rs; his primate A

Ax¢z‘ic;11'L27€co2z_féflrio7¢t:c> the 1’rio§2”. F01‘ F0 xfcb/yzz7z’s {in li~ad12e-. 

uer ccvzncé to light 3) but 11:tdi“iigone cloflii’-2 mantlcci V"ndci't1'.ze
A 3 M  2 ~4yt0[6’

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Stole and Seal: of Cargfiflian. Solhacl God loll his glorie two
wayes : Firll-, By Achaws griuatc confeflion, in (lead of a
publicke :. Secondly,By talugg his Aéfilutionfiom a ‘Pricfl,
which none can giue,but Go onely. Tll1eref‘ore,f”aith I o/Mm,
Giueg/M4710 the Lam’ §ad of lfi*t«!e'l, 6- 72141;; (:onf2flIan'vntoHim.

Herc note,that a publicke fin-ne 1-null haue a publicke con-

w fcfsion to Gods glory. ll

Oéiefi‘. But Ac/mmtfinne was priuate. e
oflnfl Though 7 were more priuately committed ,yet by
being publikely.punifhecl by the diuine hancl,God had now
branded it for a publicke finne. Thus did God make Dauidjr
finne publicke by an exemplary ptlniflnnent, which he had

1 53,,“ 2,, 1,, committed priuately. And therefore to glori fie God in the

publicke confefsmn oFit,how many Pmitefltiall 7’ qlmw did
‘David pen and lcaue recorded 5 as monuments o his owne
fi‘2tilty,and Gods mercy. 4
Well : vpon I9jIpm".~; Ettherly cxhortation, Aclwz malt cth
confefsioz1 C>l’‘all,'Uc‘.2O.2lI . This was the way for eflk:/M22 to
fincle Mercy with the Lord,eL1en in the midll of inflict.
Vpon Ac1mmC'anfifi?m, Ia/lam prefently fends,and finding
all to be true, he and all Iflaga-I {peed them to the .x~ac:qrian,
for the niakin vp ofiffimlx breach agzzin. Note l:xere,tluougl1
Iojbzm tendre him,as a fizther the lbmne, yet this l1isyaffi:ttei—
on to Ac/:42: did not make Ia/Zxmto fbrget he was a Iua'gc,to
doe iuflice in lo weighty a caufe, that {'0 highly cmuccrned
Gods glo ,and I_/5'4:/.r good;yea although e/mm» were one
ofthe Tr:?c:-rafall, namely of‘ Iuda, flagrant ‘7’rinc'e in 1fi'.zc'l T:
yet im . atrial iullzice mtxftproceed againll l1im,fbr the expia-Q
tion o that finneg which mmév/ed Iflml": 1"nl'om11ch as Io]/ma
faith vnto him: Why /mfl than trattlrled m .3 The Lord A [Ball
trouéle t/9:: ct/1:? dry. ” T ‘ ' A
A me, -notethe feueritie of luflice in the punifh mcnt <5‘:
A ’S fin; not only himlelfe, but /9229" 50:11‘ 635' 13%;!‘ lJtcr‘.r,}*'JL§1
Oman and xlflhx,/9/3 .5’/scape and Tent, mdall that /am law b 5 were 6}
the Commandment of the Lordflaned with Storm I2’; all (metal,
Ancllvurhcd witbfire in the Vale; of Ac/ear; lb called ,lvpon‘ that
occafion in perpctlmm m’ zmmézriam, The Valley qf 7'5"o!tH’c ;

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becaufe hehacl troubled Ifmel.Nor may this-lpeece of lufiicc
feeme vniuPc.Firl‘t,becauf e Gad commaiidpd it.And Sballuor VMJ 6,,
ti)‘: lgdge ofall the world doerig/it .5‘ Hi; iudgements arr: qften

ficret, éut miner vaiafl. Yea,5rea{on mak es for the approtung
oFit.For he that by » his fine frouibleal all tlfi~4el<,&: brought them
in dan t er of dePcf.uL‘tion_, did he not iullly pull deitruétion»
vpon iim]E=lfi:,i& his whole loan]? a, to be executed by all lfmel 
Nor goeth this example alone. V The like wee lee executed
vpon Claamléyand his company,Num6. 16.» Here an end their
ofe/{clmne,and his finne. a A A
What Follow es 2’ A happy Sum-fll-For Iflwell For,verf.26»
No fooner was the heape of {tones ra-ifed ouet Ac/wim, but
Gods Fauour,lil«e the Stmfrom vnder a thicke cloud breaks
forth afrefh to Ifraels comfort. Sq (faith the Text) the Lord’
mrnedfi-om t/aefiercemjfle of/715‘ anger. Andfor proofe hcr eof,
‘ye haue H‘raels»v1€tory euer Ai, Ch. 8.And that by a'Stmm-~
gem of‘theLard:owne deuif-in ,to take away from the Gim-
mmmm all couc_eit,tl'1at: lfrael fled away atthe firlt fortfeare, it
but ‘rather in pollicy to intiee themout af'terwarcls,anc-l fo Vt-
terly with more eafe to defiroy them : as jtlteflmder may ob-
ferue bylflvu-It fecond H yin gofpurpofeto inclofe the/Jiam.
'Whence note firft, that itratagems in warre are law Full,
as to flye for aduantage,to lye in ambufh,& the like :-yet not
to lye For acluantage.Faith once made rmilt be ylkept withthe
6'/:w_24:zm:tc.r,as 1,0/53114 did. with the igibeonitex 5 though they i
were iultly made I five-Ii-[layers and dmdgcx, for their fialfc 1°“?-99»
dealing, pretending to come-fitom no;mt7:y,1'11e\,vi1;g their
mould} [mad and £14 (_l:ooe;r,i as i‘7’apg'/he make oitentation of “
their mouldy pretended A221-iqm't)’r~. So that onelythe league
withthe _C]z'ée;mite:»ftood fi1'me(thoL1gl1 with qualification-,
as is noted) becaufe both it was done of i E norance(the Lord
motheizgg forecotifultetl, a dangerous an ClllgI'3C€fi1lltl1iI:F
fer lftacl,to» enter into léagm'.r',& not may catmfell~oft/9': Lor )
and alfo it was done not by I ofbzm» alone, but all the Prince:
and Eider: of I fmel with him ratified it, with common con-
fent and Oat!» And it was the more fitme, beeaufe they be-3 A _
comming lfimclx feruants ,we1'e thereby brought ofnecelfity. ‘
to lze ®fIfl‘aeI.r Relzgiom. l i ‘ Againe,

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  Againcgndte From the Lords.S'tmtAgem fox Ifi*4¢’l.t viélory,

l't~hatlw1ae11 lfiwlpléefit/v the. Lem’: he met oncly giutth them

powcr. e=l>umr.udi?r1c¢ alfp and gezdlypoflicy t0 dfialfi With.
 pgexcpme then“ enemte3.“‘ 11:13 a bad fign,e,anc1 hédes lite
tlegeoel to Ifiwl, when lfirmltnzmagetlzl notetlxeireaffairestby
good eounfell. ‘ It was one of the cnrfé: of Elie: houfe, tihat
thereihould mt be (maid  inémfiut lfimcl is ejtmr in goocl
fi3§311fl;€_€L1i9i¢d4l3Y ’grat1€ c<l)t111&1l! A14: is a:I0l<<:n of Gods
blefsing vpon lpftael : QtherAwi{?: of a cutie: Fae,  per-
vdcwfvzklr ‘Dem, ho: prim demmtat. And a Wm: 12; to that land,
whole Rulcrxflrc c/aildrm,   as the wgfir man fitith,

Ina \VOILl,J-QQVV lfzgacl p1*ofpereth, w l1itl1e;:foetze1° their
..45’?:‘z72iax} matfcll 2; Nmy,t1jat Ac/Jan: fifl5\&7hiC1l‘trafiA£'!ed lfiael,
iS;p11.1‘g_€dQL1;I;‘: Nmwthat the flaéjbmfigwmtg with the
Rclicxkr of'[}mmmix:'/72 I dam»; is purged with fire, as Rama
wasc wont to purge lfiuzclr Saint:,at1clMartyr::Now ,that the
galdwzhmqd e offacrilcdg;  expiated by a kil1de%tofre§h'tut:3o:::'

Nmv ,dotf1 gadgaefort/ajaéitb I/Mel: Armin" : New mgy 
me! Ely, wbpldly, Eamr at%‘fl)eAta;,~dg}Mpcntur inimiai, Pcamping
it, not in their (Eyre, ut in their Colomzr: Now,lefl’e Nmicx
by .S'm,lefl"e e/J"rmic'.r by land {hall be terrible to the Enemia,
which befotje 1‘€tu1fnCfdtll1QlnC1'l1 tl‘-l¢;3i_)_"f derifion : Now flmll
one of lfirael Ag/ygzfié a rbonfimd, gmdh ma pmtgrmnet than/and+ pa
flzgbi : For I/mt; .Kackg_i5 not oar Rack:-,e qmgs our emmiw them-sh
fllyexézmg Iudgex. A , A e A » L he V ' 4
Thus haue wefeetle Ifraels Fajt‘, and Ifraels F 452‘. Ifiraels
difcomfituren1e>ued I oi/Ymz, and the £’la/er: of'lfi'ael to a Fall:
thcil‘ *F4fl,fop1Q11fly péfifqfnlfid, ee~mot1ed:tl1e Lord to» fiirre
themyp to remoue the Cfdgfioflfimyflx mmélc: the zmfé be-—
in? remoued,xmclerI£i*ael[p1*ofpercmsin alltheir cur .rprizes‘.
T M I flaw! doa,z~I.w I flag! ham-; W hich the God pf lfi~;z:lgra11t

A to his Iflvzel, fer the 1.Ir]‘1"l.¢.i‘CC4f’SiA§)I‘1 of Ifl-ma-I: Io/Mm, at C/‘ad:

fight lmrm’-,het1ex1 X9515» Cgf/ariff, to Wllczlb-1X1 w iththe Iwrlzcr; zulcl"

t11f31r,&pig~,£z,zlo2gca Tcrféfli aml We étwgfltultug god heretldred ’

Ifi~ael,as mofl ducyall ltoncm at1tl*‘glho'1*y,pevver :md»~prai{E:,l
dlgmty and ClOm1I11Ql1, for eu,ctm01'e, Q21 mm...  ~ ‘ ‘A

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