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._THat the thank§ of this houfe be given to ‘Dr.

_ Gaudeiz , for'his great pains in carrying on the
Work of Preaching and Prayer, before"the Houfe,
at St.Margaret Wfflminfier , yefierday , being fat
apart by this Hou e for a day of F afiing, and Humi-

" liation. And that he bedéfired to Print his Sermon,
and is to have the fame priviledge in Printing the

fame that ever any otherhad ,if_in thcfilike kind.

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I Lord than fizcrifice, ~ ' \'
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. themfelveglabeve all that 'Wewre'WC’aJlledC0d'if:-tb‘eBfi- .
filh Honollrlglnd Authority’; advrzncing ltbeir lmzjufl

and mercilefs ambition fo lfig/a,t}mt at lafl it fiellig wt
5} one fig zmtc[.v,a: it’: own '1reigbt,l A and that  con-
fix Ion‘ ’taz2“liz'c'bi ‘God broaggiit n-pon~'tb.:§[é Babel-builders‘,
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the law and eflater   of its Countryrnen 5 it: cement,  

the blood both of King:, Prieflr, and. People.

;S. ‘I he graciom and (gloriot/4oGoel, who alone doth ~~

- Wonders, hath hy the Iufiice, Mercy and Humility‘ o

of the twé’ Honjexp of Parliament (added to the znqfl
renowned Generals hnrnhle 'wtlour,<anol loyal cou-

rage ) foon nzaele Nehufian of thofe brazen Ser-r
pent: anolIololr which were made up of fubtiltyanol ’

hypocrifie, violence and impudence‘. 4

. 7.. In a few clay: even before I could print what I
had preached we have liveol to fee that holy Motto-
ztnolejr the Kings’ Arms made good 5 Exurgat D€U59
diflipentur inimici : Let God arife and his enemies

‘ eflaall be fcattered-, Pfizl. 68.1. ‘T he royal  Dieu 
mon Droit) God and my right, hath like Mofes his
Serpent olevonreel the -Serpent: and rody of thoje M4?‘

gicianr , ‘who nl/itrpetl all" ethingy, yet nothing more
few anol  than that Infiription Deus no-

 with 1145 when indeed had neither

his Word, nor the Laws of-the land with then: .- with.»

the like vain and arrogant oflentation eliel Dionyfiusi
hoa_{to})f the goal; good will and approbation, when
it

after» fizcrilegiono pillaging one of their Templ-es,

he had a weryfair gale of Wind to carry him andhif

hoot} hozne eh} p/ea. L p _
§-. Certaz'nlj,. nothing eionsore remote from Gods

gracious prefence, and the power of godlinefs than  

that hrntal power, and inordinate might , which if
earrieol. on with penal profperities and fucccfles, hut
withonteany right, he «to» Law and Jufiice, which are
;tAh'e only rule: and boundaries of good eonfcience,

 the fonl and life of all righteous Governments ’

p-.'.20z':el—.

[irange verflal;

The Epifile Doedicator§’»; 1  
void of which the Qthét 7'6‘ hat ( cadaverofapotefi;
eiajj a‘ patielcan/{aft ef prevalent ufurpation, which
ftiizhg in, the Noflril: ofeG'od and all good men.  

5S.‘ But You even You are thofé True Worthies,
who hjyourjuft, loyalazzel/humble agnitionhofi Md ’
fubmiflion to the King: lawful Authority , haw
wade ,Mercy and truth meet together, yea righte-
‘oiulhefs and peaceekifsezlch other -' To» have fulfil-
led in the aflirmative that old azzolih amhiguaw mrfé ‘
(which I remember to have heai~ol,ma;z,1 year: hefgre
our flzcltrouhler) which end: with Nullusg In which
Negative the time-fer-zziizg Afirologallcers and other;
/trongl} fancied, theyfozmd a fatal period ofthe Bri- _
tilh Monarchy, at leafi of the-Stuartizm royal Family,
0 how rzmfiit make thofe Divinersmaid, to fee(what
I longago hoped would he the rizeaiziag 0f it  that
King who war made and efteemeol as Nullus, C a per-
fécuted, expulfécl, anclas much as lay} iii humane ma-
lice, a nullified King) to flee him reign as ficrely azzd
glorioujly as any of thojé royal Preolecejflzrc clicl, who
under the<;emhlezm of other word: made up that
' §. To which jbheaigiz an interpretation aazeltevenht,
there wanted not fame providential oinens and Iig- c
naturesg ac fir;/i that {tar which appearecla little af-‘ M“, ,,_.,_ v
ter noon on the day of the King: birth, of which there chemo ,6$c.
were many eye'wz'trzejE.r in‘~ Lbndon anal WePtminPcer,_
Next we're thofe meddals of {ilver whichzvere then coy;
ned,with this Irzfiriptim,'H;1c’cenusAngl.orurn nu1li,to
denote that Prince to he the Nonfuch, who alom? that
the glory to he horn Heir apparent e to theflzh ~three

, Britifh Kiingdomss "N-or way his fz:g.zza.l 'i17T¢[l3‘YWd‘tl0fl i

afteri Worflerffight‘ a fazalletpleelge ‘ofaedr fpe.cial
, L a 2   ‘ Pm.

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‘pro%te&ioln, ow/Jofc ufual iézetyfiodefdre to Euilld up to mi} _
[unwanted height’ and czonfpicuity of glory ., ltbere‘ '
w/Jere be lo}: t/aeedeepefl foundation‘ of earthly laf-I

fliéfiofip  ’

.. §. ‘I coizfefs’ I camzotxfigfifciefztbx (witrlv you 41,13?

good mm  admire the woizdevjfief revolutions med‘

intricate ridles of God: providenceg pzzIzi_/Zviog 7:5‘-

 for» our firzi, yet relieving-w 'wercz'fz4//)1 fioiiz

our fit erizzgst We are yet in exta‘cies of -jQy,a¢zd-
Wonder, 224 tbof: that dreams ha;-d‘ly-lyeljcqjmg the
' fimnge 9‘ midcgferved ‘and L zmcxpeéfed’ dif}5e77flzti-”
om“ 0fiG’0d l‘023°dI"d 7/4’ -3 772 W/lift‘/.9 be rlmt/J vzkzde tbot pre-—
c7'oz;:' {lone zv/sic/J fame builders refit/Z»;/3 to-become?

t/Jed C0Tn€I‘, 15?? C3"p'i't3l", ‘and crown {lone -of the

builclingz, the only‘ center and {liability of t/‘mt; A
Arch, in .93/lfiiolfi t/Je 1'0)‘-"::1ll}’ czezdfozgep 15.3 '0} and

hope: ofjail ¢gL)o<l"SL1bjc£7‘.'s, zmdltr/ze Engliih Prote-
~ftantsedoA zézeet a77dfz'x'.*‘ V l W *

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deft/JeB'a1n‘11€r"0f the 'moffhigh'C0cl to oomplimf

your ‘religiom, lo}/.41, jnfl'emd vmli;/zizt Conn/elys 5701",.

    Tl11‘On'C3 dfitl 0”}. cjlvzt
right: 772 7 mt/3, Mercy, and Peace 5 but 6,15, ta dmjre

 rep.-zir the Temple, tj/9_e Churchgmd Houfe gfthe -
l1vIng,C0d, w/vofeewzferable clzldpidationr, dndfo?“

did rulnes be doélrine, devotion, difcrpline,“o1‘d€I'
*"”"Z”g0lVemmeml""e fi“75s t;~’4t_)’0¢'t czzmzot but pit]

. tofize all things fttcred cqvered with dufl ;. and Mel
 ]l4’z"m'flerj'lof «tbe'Cim‘rcb both ' Bifhopg  and pre5by-l‘ ' ‘
ters aliizofl buried with tfil: Nzbbzfly of {among 3 Con-

fulions; dilfentions and. defpxclenecies. -

f  cozzfej} thi;..Cburc:%¥zpork ozzglrt ( .1: the Kingdbifi »
of 67031,) Atobel z':z< every good Cbrz;/iz'a'2z: iiztcrzti-Le
' ' do ' 4 \   on V

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.935,’ _(m'iz2o‘olottbti»‘itiizam: med 2': /iii: }’.<91et}”J“)W. Bttt yon etrej

not t-oibe blamed, 6) on} ufzfécgfiaizable feveritie ,  F  

on topoitzt of execution ,/ you‘ fiIfl*~dPfli6d your film,
Mitt/.ve ,pre_[ént- ‘elzflref: of our tz'oze~:  ajfizirey , to L
fettlé and fec‘ar«é«z1:‘to the Inain , “t’i_50fé‘7’f}5iiZgJ“‘ 2vl5z'c.5
belonged to yom~"cz'22z'l riglrty,   amlo N‘otioie.zl’peace.~
Thee exigergts or extreamitiezs ~ofw/bier’) , not bearing

V any delaj/ey, dofzeflfcieiztb/jifliffleyoizi; z}zde:zvoi*; ,; to
preferve the flaip of the State , wifiic/2 the Church "

is imbarqued , which beiioge almqft» Skip‘-w’racét~ and V
finefiing, it had been 4 very prepofierous zeizl , to
/.7617)? leflitbe rueflel to‘/:zz22e~ contendjed with the Rocks
laizdt‘-Sands , by It fup€1‘d€V0utfiiiligC11c€ to ;ofave;i
tbe eluding , or good; iizit 3, Alex we i‘€’.'lC!,'bC«"‘.°,7¢ 22211615 to

fe-eé_ for (l reformed Ckttrc/9 , 1'22--it rit;5iz£’d- State. ‘

\T/mr difcreet zzizeilorclerljfdilzgeizce took‘ L the rig/it
1ncthod’5“tinma./{ing rt:/,1;r_}’or religion, by-=ei«z2il.iee:1&icc;

izor izeeelyoztfearit/3e elz'6fate'r;.- ifrownesf -and ceizfitres of ‘

my A11;1fi;1rchL1{»Tes’,' w’/pofl: -‘piety like Jacobs /tzig/Jtlioioe 7
to /mvefupplaizted t/mi  zzeceflizry .mz:;l I59iZ£’f2E‘I701,’iCJ",’5
qfrefioringiour civil lawoyzizd royal atttr’3orz’t} ,6} no/Jic/3
om" Religion, zu.Crz_'ft’i~_aiz and refi;Mz‘.eci_,-zmri 6efl“ePca-» 

biiihéd.“ - E  

At o- g$.- ‘I/)3‘ fetliizg§or:-iirefiriiziizgofigeligioze3tin eezrl‘l‘,‘Z'.t.r,'% t ’

duties and devotions ‘, di1flCip1.l11_€. «mt; deecncicsf
toget/oer with in order, ziizel Government, z": 4 work
I’.-"L7'Z!i(.‘/J reqtzirei izotoizly time. , lmt4tlmit ilczfttre which

if/tttef:1ded'wi%}J'a'iC&l1nE imd  pofhzycj of-civil‘
zt‘zf?'Tz.ireri ‘: ‘./lien .CzV1}Z}Z0f-lilftild God: Temple tiil t/oey /1408'
flrfi wofbed tbeir b.mol'c‘aizd‘pttrged the land  einn0i-

cc zit» biood. N5 przmleizt piety. cm t.6I.l2k._filCI€f 4-fioivzze

4 ,1 we e;2;i'e’;~e.‘1i'z, oo;-tr .4 meet fe.zfoiz  C/Jttroltreforzna -‘ ‘

1. ¢ '

The Epifile‘ Deciicato’-ry.  

i"tio‘n 3,.Itwonld anl} fit tbojewzfie _n2ig£»t’/aepe»

beli  their parties do apiniongin t.r‘oL1bi€id,~ W312?! 33*‘?
gnawing l the-zr jirejeéfs and-model: tale’ lefl‘ e‘onf1fi"r
rent will: the true   interefl; and prl/line welfizre of fl'i1‘i
Church and State; donlatlefi t£ney,rnnfl_lraoe made i

flrzznge work of Church and reformation ,;l9efore
ever the] bad owned, and rflored t/.»e A14 fier-builder,
the King, 22260 is fnpreeznz Goverrnour of it nnder
Cbrl/l‘, as te-all extern order andigAn-t/eerie}; Webepe
and pray, that God will flzortlyggzive bot}; by Majefly,

his Parliaments and bi: loyall pegopleai fiwb refl M >

W ezzerjflde ,_ A; may be neoflizzpt for tlrofe fézcreel and

ferien: Concernments of the Church 43,51 trye

Religion, which reqztire ufiice , _ 4; to we rig/rtxv

ef Chrifi and /32': Church, boil.) Bifhops, Preibyters
and People 5 Secondly the} require mercy, 4; to that

reznrflen, needereztien. and eondeflention, in things‘ .

not neee/far}, to the lzeing and well. being of religion,

which either tender eonfciencey, or wenlgg, ént /Jumble i A ,

and bezrnzlejfr Clmzflianx. do ziesynire , yea and expeéf,

. ngreeableto Cbrij/lscnre of b7'i.r‘lz'ttle ‘ones, and the A- 
pq/lle: regard tr) zzfeaé ebretlrregfl 3 yen ‘and 23-56; Kingx it i 
gmczony exprefllen: toncbzng /J23‘ regard to _/ire/3‘, that o l

tbeynm} neg be needlefi/_ ofiended , firpercgiliezg/[},gi dc-
fplfédg 07' 'r1g0r0,uflY  in matters  are
neither offizitb ner morality. ‘ 
3?. Lafil}, Religion: coinpofures reqnireskzn u.nfeein-
ed h.q;n11.1ty, ezndfielf denying? 4, the proper ,.”1e,
and ineafiere , and of all Cbnrefi-work, tivezt not/sing
77”} fwell W’: leyond the plumline of verity and
charity .-« 075197‘ 4*7id\d€6’6’fi€}' 9 ufe and ed-ification,
either int/a-ed fubfiances, or cir'cum-fiancee offieligian,
Wryet in the eontreverfier ofit. §. In

The Epifillc Dedicatory:

.§. ‘In all which blefleel co-nnflrl: eznol endeazzonm,
there will be need and nfiz ofthe a_/]§_/lance of the by?
head; , the honeflefl henrtyg and the fofiig/Z hand:
which the Chnrch of E nglanol afiordss not only in the
Nobility and Gentry , the Lords and Conznzon: , bnt
alfonnzong the Clergy , who are no doubt the Angel:
or Intelligence: moflproper, for thofi: motion: and that

_/jihezzre of Religion. y -

But we hope by the good hand efonr good Goal, tip-
on his? Mojefly and your loyal connfeli: , fiorethe befl of
blejfingr, o.wzfeeonfiitntion524/zolniell orelereol admi-
nflration of religion , bothwae Chrifiian and refornzeol,
which will be the greatefi glory and ./Znbi-lity of all
efletes. , As you have given to Cefar the things that
are Cefars _. fa no doubt yon will be rea,dyo Ice. give
to God the things that7 are Gods; In .1WbiC£’.jflfl
and humble retrz'b'ntion':_, you will both fhew mercy to
many thonfltncl: of foul: , and obtain merciesfbr yonr

owns for which end: nryon have the prayer: onol thank: ‘

of all worthy perfomr, . you fhall never want znine ,

  whofefreeeloine infpeolgjng and writing I pref nine your

fennel nzinolx canwbeetr, as ahhofing to keep your Mini-
‘fler: like Pareto in a cage, or at no great oz hitrge, A/hon!)

for the plenfnre to hear thenzpenlgg Tonrhonor -z':,‘t/mt e h

you hear and know, and do thewillof G061-3 (if? ’Wl9Z'€.l+'.e
thatyon may enjoy  eternal revoorcl:,;;c the Prayer of

Your humble fervant .
in Chrifi,

   gom>.E.7\c.

May 1:.
1659. ‘

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‘dGodsgreat Demonfirations and Demands,

Set forth in

A Sermon preached at a Solemn Fafl;

April 30. 1660. before the Honorable Home
of Commons, Upon  

t M ICAH 6. 8.‘
/mo f/Jerved tbee, 0 mm , trim:
is good; and aw/mt dotb the Lord
requife oftlvec, out to do Ii:/Zicje, to
love Moro}, ‘and to.m:l.( bumo/J
wit/J t/21 God .3

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3 - = A e ,-__+»Am not fo ignorant of my infirmi-
_.. ii}; ties, (Right Honorable and Be-
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loved) asto have adventured on
for) great a province , before ‘ To
, " noble an Afizmblj, in {Mb 3115111"
1 5 portqnt time , _'and on (0 fhort
 e e ’ dwarninggif my obedience to Gods
call in your commands had not fwayed more with
me than any confidence of my‘ own figfiiciency ,
‘Whofc greatefi ambition is. to walk /Jzmzbly wit/1 III}
God in the arizplqfi flervioc: I were able £0 do for his

gloty,'hiS'.C/iflrcbespeace, and my‘ Countries welfiire.
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confident :yo.u'wi}I not mifcarrya nay} am fure you
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fin-'e;0r L/ofiezzigzz caizflel/Jsztiozzg  Law! and G9-
_]]>el, jzzflice and Mercy are joynéd with humility;
in thei~_e,,your inwlard peace oflzconfcience nolefé
than yourneoutwarde com'forts,otogee'the1" with ‘youth
honor and all our f-aFetiesare conjoyned;o ‘ .Beware
you mifiakenot blazing 1neteors'of7”partiaI and
fiznatick intere/2;, for the fixed Pcars of,our_ firme-

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hath done againfl others, and "cut you off b aefure
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gdifien‘ape'rs, which are to ‘be {mitten no moreeby
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mrgeon’, but withthe néomzds of fuch enekziergand
‘cruel, orzeagaas leek to cut us‘ofi.fi'_o1n b‘eing a Rafi??-
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very precious and fovcraign, wherewith to prefent

you, who are by a miraeulow Providence, and the
apzfé candid? of 4 modern Heroe , called by God,
andehofen by men to be our P/Jyfitiem: Not that
I am to teaeb Senator: mfdomg but I know you Wifl
not difdain to learn of God; for from the tree of

; life, his holy Word, together with the tree of .égzozvi

[edge of good and evill, (your “own expe _"' _ ce) this
divine balfom is diftilledg T ‘n

I .There is a jzgflice of expiation, to break off our
fins by repentance, which 18 Debitum'Deo évanime

a- debt to God and our fouls. - ‘

2. ‘A juflice of conepenflztion , by meet repairing
our publiyue injuriess which is Debitmn em, a debt
due to _a lgood men. n  

3. A jxgflice of Vindication, to confirm ou'rlaW5
by infiiéiing-fueh juftpenaltie: and xeftraints asfomfi
mens infolencies have deferved, which is debituw
impz’i:,. a debt you owe to wicked” men, yea to 31
men,*%hat they may hea_r and fear, and do no m0l‘¢

prefimzptieeujbz. _ g‘ - . _
Secondly, Yet left we fhould be terrifiedilie
name ofjufiice only(which no men have more caufe
to dread,than thofe who once cried londefl _7u/lice,
jafliee) there is the 4114} o Mercy, as to all fucb
moderation, compafliove an teezdcmefi’, «by way 0
pardon, inelempnitj and oblivion, inorder to clofe
and compofe our breaches (for pneflat motor" com’
ponere fluéfm) a‘s,may not only be{} {gig with out
pitty and comp.’1Hion to the publique, but mo be‘

comethe humanity of Countrioten, and the ebafitj ‘

of Cbrifliam to each. other, without any reprozwh
tothc ju_/Zice.,.pie.t} and berm of the Nation-

 

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i and never more than inthofe-of our own Coun— "

  that God fhould go along. with you 5 you muft not
‘only (no: totorfidaigere, fled (ii in ni/iilum reclz'gerc,.

l ' prefimzptz'om)‘the more blefl°ed_'you Will be: ofGocl5

G ad: a great. Demon/Zyratiam andifltmandrli  

e n Thirdlyffhere is added the root and crown of a.ll€~ e
vcrtuerand grace: , Humiléfya which nnakesf you  
furefi of Gods acceptation and lzerzediéfim 5 as to,
all your counfels and acftions, your fafiings and
prayers, -your facred and civil endeavors: ~ For H»?
milit} is the {alt whleh muft be mingled with \every
Sacrifice, a Tweet perfume that mufla attend every»:
Olzldtiozz 5 being the glory of allhumane and divbze. it
Perfiéfigng, the fecurity of 3'25/lice, and fanéfuary of
./Herc}; fol‘ from pri~de, and inordinate mluin ‘of ‘
mens felves 5 come all   thofe ambitious di(§on-
tents and contentions, for getting more than men n a
have, or indeed dieferve,of. glue and power‘; hence
they are betrayedttoall thofe cruelties and.con-
fufions», WhiC'h;We have not only read and heard-,
but toour col}. bothfeenand felt in bmmme gzfiizirx-,

try;   . _   e r
3f.» IF’you.- intend’ to zvzzlkavit/Ii‘ God, and hope

as Calvin on the place) den}, but fo far utterly rc-
notmceand annihilate your felves, as not to truftx

in or to feel: your felves, but ythe1,'.;,,°e,,‘g 0051;; they

lefs you lean‘to your own eunderftandings, and Prov.;3.q.
the more you   @£§'\Jl’:(§m(.4¢1d> the divine '
diétates of juflice, fllercy, and Humility ( without
Phariifaick lzoazflingr, popular compljirzgr, and Popifh

and the greater-blefling to your ‘Country. i

The Lord will be with wbile joufillow /aimi-n 1 Chmmw V
thefeaholytwaysof jaflice, Mercy  bgmiliy»  but I‘ '
 you purfue.  v4zirz‘a:, you Wil1l“=for—fakie 36131
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P‘€fl1'0«>’¢4't€- and p¢r1>ialintere~/21, mzjufi and cruélcomr ‘

fits; if -.,your. h€‘<lf_.ts  P/Mroalug) be lifted 37:}? f1‘
gainlt.God, and above your brethren, “youalfo will

be intangleld in the n}'9ila'emefi.'gf ,9”, ‘your ciaariéi F

Wavbeelr Willebe talgenrofi-'5 you will drive h‘eavi1Y§
and atlaft engage your -{elves and all of as in 3
deeper feaof blood (if deeper can be) to th¢l1t'
' t€l‘ muine of .lo-ureliefamzed Relz'gz“o72,~ andour juflly
endeared, but-.eafHi€te.d.“ Country, which is t.he'-nefl Of
our pofier.-ity.; L  ‘\ ..  -     J :
_§. Giveme leave therefore (0 ye Hmlyo qur
T ribe: I. and Cbel-f of ‘our Familiar) to beef eak 5'09‘:
W-x‘-’.»t9»7~ attention C asfjot/m-nz did the-amen 0 ~ Seeker? )
Hedrken ta me, at/mt Godtmzzj /.:éa2,*@:2n'to: Jam .5 they
arelolioine Re‘7)el4tz'om, not humane iyzventionfthat

TI offer - to you 5 if you turn away from /aezzrirzgoafl

I’ro\{.2.3.9, d0f'.71g t/Jeflz few, clear, and 72666/]3zr} comimmdf 0
God, your prayers and fafts Will be abéwinablgyouli

The way of
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canfidt:z_ti.on.r cvnfnfilo}2ir~,v and your afiion: ,Wil~l‘b¢ " ”

W€1l< 'z4t¢j3t.cc_«5’=3»j9:£ as; ihj urious ' to7God3 1 your feIV¢55

and otherse._e   e ,  L A, . :    

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fword, o pxtflz'on; and wwnfu ,'  and firfwriflga,

l deatia and de[[>az’_r-3~ 'if»we~reti1rned" to the City; 0.‘

but looked to our *f0i‘mer":7'e29uf&leI7z,. to oirr €XC5f

» lent, laws, and corzflitzttiorzs in Church andS~tate,‘if:W€s
confifckztivrzj, plunder, feqmfflrzttiaiz,   'd<af)t.'ru(§‘idZzl 5_ 

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menstnew'einventio.n‘s, and wdlefi'}w’veltie:3 djtwas
not only finful ‘confufion but jbre Voppyfgflian, and 609‘;
tinual ex/Jan;/iiug of our eftat-es and :honors,'-’ befidé

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f} eeIy,.as l3b:zef£.:7¢é)e;4‘r%é1sr,g'o1azcl.(3'/:1flfi2z;2:%; ;a11,;our
facred , and civil, our :tempo;fal_and et.er;nal1intes
re.fl:s’*i!ire1f<*:'\..a“1a“Adffi°1_ll._’? Ewe *’at*‘fiak¢.  :c>tiam;%z‘%mc \
mibila merzterig, our b(')d.ie;s"=a‘nVd‘=. f0u1s:5.our. Pérfons
and p0Pc¢t‘i;§iés are engag_ed 5: yea, and the’Ark
oFGod'?tt5‘o}‘  Religioagi as?réFormec_l:nid'Chri~ .
*9’. ’ In all * thefe refpe&s5A.‘iéurTeye§ and hearts. are
next God%paflionately.towardfyo;i5 W6 have many  
ycarsbeé_n~ folifijitous‘, With-'_thaI; aatzéolgcgk. Qggiiag,
W46o;zvz"ll’ Hus.‘ ‘.anj~gbad4?’«fW‘¢ 'have “long. looked‘
for the promifed   good t%/.a2it“giri,%: }ofr‘>a;glériqzz4'G/azgrcla, ‘
of :1 flaurf/hing and féttie>d18t’a’teButour  iniquities I _  
have Withheld the’m.fi<on':n_ us: Here the Lord hath °"7"7'
{hevi?edLy0u‘i,n*:iWérd%é€_wba;:'is".%g@od -3 Bammz
Ecclefiee  pa'tri4e,'¥tokfbieniitga;{i;9i¢€5j\go0d‘fir;‘flmlst
a‘2ml ltodiesg ~ for C5-m‘ c/9 and ¢ state 5 I forzsoveratign and

§ 1 Av‘ V’
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% .S’z2!;j频It'$~,'%%for ric}3‘a%nd %'p0o'-r, for graéztiand fwall, for

‘their * felve: and th%e'n: poj?e1*i1;}.‘3,'f_(Jr ziisil and religi.
or/as!‘-iéztefeflr , for iteijnpoml zmél:étvéma{ii:vizn§1;é¢7:_zentV: 5
namely, To -do_ jz‘4fli£je,' rte _lo‘~ije-iL‘aé1;);e;'$'q,';“14?2g5§ 16
bumbbr iwi_tb-‘rymr Gvd  ‘ Anon: evil? ifirlfc from
either our want offlice or ‘mefl:j,0T%li¢}‘5 from
our %L;n;mmfi«¢, .¢z.iz’cluzrit»2zié1ea;72ef.‘4',’«’ifid drrvgwc};
which know,sjn_ot h_oW to be eigher thank f_ul.and
~contcnt.-?‘b'ej‘b§*e’TJG“oei‘§  ‘ 'iU0W31‘d
men  -        A- %
     Thé asa aTfu11*aixd'libc:ral‘foui>tain_; hath Partition
7' % __   1 many

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S}, C, . Godsgreat flcmonflrationr and Demands.
"‘  many emzmatiorzr like the River: that watered th¢
‘‘ gardt/:'ILOf‘;.Gi0‘d._.;  a  1 V = . . ' i
F 1. We have the main head or {'ource,tbe Lard; A
e i2. The great cillem or receptacle, ‘T/rec 0 mm-
g. The  trizt fiuezzta ) ‘ three grand Derivations
~ -or Pcreams.   g f e A ’ y —
~Firfl,' Ofdoizzg jzgflice. Secondly, Of loving Mercy-
Thirdl-y,-eofwal/{ing /11022121} witb Gad.
 All are clear, copious and comprehenfive {ub-
ieéls of our meditation, difcourfe and praélice.
For I . In mm’ juflitia armies oirtuter; 2. I22 um: mtflf‘
ricordial oiiiner lzéatitudiner. 3. Iii mm’/m'm1'lz'taI6
M,,d,_:,_7_ owner gl‘dfi<8_ stall graces are in humility, all blef-
‘ fednelrcs in fllewing Mercy, and all moral verttucs
  in.»]uPcie,e5 for—every,vi_ce and {in is an injury I0
God ,' ‘ourfelvesor others.‘ ' A i  
Nor have we God herein our Inflr~u€ter only, but
alfo our Cpcsya‘ wae,«'J¥«;[m ) great example 5 for we
Chriflians ferve not only jzgflzrmnomymm, &» be—
rzzlgiz-aria’ 1"atre2_2z,<fi:d  /mizzilezzg Dem/2) a jail Lord
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thing: 'alone'.upo:z ‘cart/J’, to dwell "with, the Sons of
men, efpeclally Wlththe /?’!?I2l2le_42zdcorztrite fiiritfi ,
o yea, the Lordflf glory‘, in order ‘to fave us’ from
”"‘-’*3- the Fad efleélrs of our pride, ‘lmt/2 /m/rzl2led Iaimfilf
event to the death of the crofig and is it time for us
gnlfi'1l worms to be proud, unjufl, and,unmerci-
ll -. ' . j - . A i ‘
§- The”!/’€_ are four pa’rts~_to be _ fet forth, a
I. ‘Q tuna-«'m: , The Demonifh-iator or Shewcr 5
Tire Lard. i t i
  2; Toimtollvmig-curve, :Or.'t/ling: iD.emon_/irdted, 3'11/3505;»
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L _Me;»cj and Humility 5 indeed the  t1'11~z--"7:>n  3,5019

‘made, Thee 0 man. \ a

‘glut; ofmarz. ‘ r z   s
r 3. gs $wuJl=ixvvi'd:5 _To whom th1sDcmonfh-ation is

4. ‘1r£m’Jt.£:;,The manner of demonltration, how
Godfiewetb togazzd requiretb ofman t/safe‘: tbingr. _
§. It is not my defign to handle each of them af-
ter that amplenefi which thefe fubieéts may bear
or deferve, nor will the time and after duties per-
mi.t: .but- only to make fuch lhort rermtrquer and
touches of them, as may not fo much teach you‘
(Who are knowing in all the will of God, as to
jufiice and Mercy, Law and Gofpel) but only [fir 
up your pure and holy mind: to be not krzewerr, or
be-arer: 0721], but deer: alfoef f/J16 will of God, that
you may be blefled of God and man; and Saviour:
indeed, not Deceiver: and Deflroyers of your {elves ‘ '
and your Country- r   V 7 ‘ y ’ The dcmom
§. I begin With the firfi, The Demon./Zrator, Who, fltator.
‘Ike Lord. s Here two things are to be confidered,
Firfi, aiooglfllr-, the rife or occafion of this demon{tra-
don» 1.? “”5¢’7?'°"3 "-’2‘l"4’¢ or -iftomsid , thfi Credit and
authority of r the Demonfirator.
g. F irfi, The ‘Occafion, putting the Lord upon ‘T5Ic°““5m
this Way of remonfirating, to inculcate thefe ( re-
quz;/Zta é- diéfata  old leffonsgr this you will
fee in the foregoing wor’ds,ver/‘I6,7.Where we may
obferve thevaunting queftions,“ and prefumptuous /
pofltulations. of a company of fbrmal Hypocrite: ,
who demand. (in Dei dedecw @“ legit conmmelirwz)

' to, the reproach of God and his Laws ,4 what he

would haye to pleafe hin.1;?,Bur2zt§'~ofi"erirzgr-or Ziizrerri
of oyl, or if need ‘be,the% very‘ firjl-barns they will

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' {Pare nothing but their fins. ’

I Samayag.

If‘. 58! 3.

l , Gods great EemonflratianriandflDem¢mJr : 

be lat-any coft to appeafe him, part with any  /

§. Thus they quarrel with God,

Law of’God5 as tho-lie devout Balmflaex in I/5959
who are ‘not afhamed to ask, WI.) have we fifkd

  and afiliffed oztrfozzls? When they had not flpfifled
' with any fin, nor loofed any bands of oppre 1011-

§. We may obferve as in Scripture, fo‘ in all 0"’

, and. -juRili5 
themfelves with Saul, that they had fulfil/ed 35‘

late experiences, that no men are more fi¢perci1"« '

ow {elf-jufiifiers, and imperious retorters upon ,

and man, than thofe who are molt defeétivfi 1?
their duties to bothg they are angry that God,”
angry, and unfatisfied that he isrnot fatisficdwfib

their Hypocritical clmfi"zmdformalz'2.‘}5 they plead '53‘ 

norance when wilfully blind 5 and ask for kg?“

‘ o when they {hut their eyes 5 they would know‘Wh’f.,l; i

to do, when they do not what the

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y know.

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the Pbanjée ) ~ are; audacious and frontlefs HY?”
crites, asif their ways were equal, and Gods 1”"
equal 5 as if God were blameable, and themffmi
blamelefs: 0 what coil and pains will they -b‘

at to reform Religion, Laws, Liberties, Chlifci‘

and State When, they aim to be the moiiirrqlligg
aw "Depraz2er:, and licentious oppreflbrs of _

Q the Temple,tbe Temple , tftbe Lord l Ohis jiei74f‘.’?
zvorjbip and Minifferss When they rob God: :4?
{troy -his ciamb, and debaee his jmmflerya 95?,‘

do not To much err as [ye and di/flzmble in file“. V

hearts: They, brag of precious .lz'12ertz'e:, whfi”
they bring In both flavzzerjand licemfiggfgefr: Thee,’
boafi_of gr€at'R€_'fo('m1t;io72:s, whentheyiarc .

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gflfaygflor igxcceffele nv‘v;h1‘l.e téhey follow Providencer, %   
3; eye  P 3f -. gtrzpt 7'35‘,-. andkn(i)wn.eL.3Ws5 ‘ ;-.___ '1
the e prefcribe to uc new Saints ( 4;z(og‘;;fZ%g;,,r,,,,'..
ft’?!   1f{0<;)f12,:rroW aeloorrz for their Wild 
  _1ce , t «e e ta /. 2g of firccefler, which are their‘
racits, when ‘they look not to their corzféienceri
\r1fh1Ch are as empty rrzfmgers  they talkof Reli.
%1on, :nd I(]}€g§€& Ccl.1v1l.]uft1ce 3 they are large.
94”? t9 0“ 9 311 firzé?-[mzgded towarfismeng
ifieflihall have ~.einoiug}l;. of pray-mg, Ereachmgs -and
a mg prov: e ' tiey may my I   . L d
cruelly Zppref? their Brethren anjbetteg. ufitrp 3 « an
ifg. Yet will they‘ p¥€t€nCi'-, 'If/.§ati:n9z'll God },,we
 more? w/.3: dot/J /Jeiyet £‘0IflPl/1771:? When they have V
woth weaned if/aemfélver and. him ‘too _\fv1th the
‘capes of their formal fervlces and va1neobla‘-
t1ons.-   e   i i  
% God_,here (as elfewhere) fharply retorts upon F .
‘them’ ye need not 0 far 0 on in 51-5 '3°'”“" 3
and caiuel-lmndedo Hypogriter, )toe1ieYa1*n tiarat-Gijzzaiilil 
have grzercy and not flzcriflceig ’ -that aéedierzcearrzaralt, "134 1-17.
is betterthan burnt oflerirrgs zéeirerr2‘0»r‘n'l%;~e that‘(com# ;,“"“' '""""'
._ . _.  . ‘ .. 0126.50
pa-rat1ve1y)-eGodehath not required etbefia tbzrzg-r -at
your bandit,‘ notfoIely,‘r  chiefly; that heis fie];
and ‘fitrfiarted arid overlddenysilth thefee fordid
and-i olzlartiam , n_othi‘pger'1se? cordial to him,
it  . humble r ‘hearts 5 elm‘-itr§ble¢lva72c1‘r»,e~ and ju/E,
410721.}  .  .fi 
§. He rerquireth not To much the outward coft,  
pomp and ceremoziyfiof .Re1igiona asthat equal pi--.

 

God: great flemonflmtiom and flemtmlt.

pt} and piaw e nit}, ‘which is jufi‘ t9 G0d and mans
Thus in vain o fome Papifis highly urge and prO‘- 
digally infifl of the excefiive‘ coft they befiow on
their 'Religz'on,When they applaud, yea almofl adore °

the Pnpalpride and ufitrpation, perfifiing in Mthat the
«sacriledge andinjur} they do toGod and man,by de-
nying the plenary daéfriner, and damztiom of Chrifi
in the .S'acra;'zzent: to all czmzmu7zz'cant:,and in their
communicating fomething of wmflaip and merit
to the creature , beyond what the divine glory

- and jealoufie fet forth in the Word of ' God doth

permit. 2   .
§. Not that God‘ loves a ‘lazy or «a penurious,
a -bide-[wound and illiberal Religion, which fecks to

. ferveVGod of that which cofts us nothingg much-

leis doth he approve thofe facrilegiom rgbberier,
which are pretended for his glory, and the advan-
tages of his fervice : No, he is neither a covetvw nor
a cruel Gods he gives all things, and is content
every ‘one in Church and State lhould enjo their

own, What ever by right (that is by Law > belong?

to them.   p  
9' Fmmitbe °CC3_fi°n Of this i/ypocriticalinffilext)’
(the WW’ {Wm} or,1nquifitiveneFs,Whichthey fella‘

cioufly ufe, asif folicitous tocontent him, the Lord

himfelf by the Prophet inculcates ‘not theDeuterI-'
now}, -but the .Hec4tonto7zomj, that law of ju{liC€a
«rnercy and humility, which he had an ‘hundred
tunes repeated by .Moj2:. and   the I"rop7.ve‘t.¢ -to the
jean,-sas the _CéuJl0:ci¢, principal pleafure ofithe Lord,

beyond all Holacziufl: and rHecatomibr, all rivers of
'oyl, and facrifices of the firfiborng _God who i9

'4(oa}ui¢.,-as Diozzyfiw callshim) allefliencewholly
« i i ~ éfubllaflccn

‘Gods (great Demcmflratiansandr ffleméznds. ' ,9‘;
fi1bfta‘nce, or l'elf-fubfiftence ‘, without any lhadow '
o1-aaccident,— Cannot delight ‘ for much in any fuch
fhadowsand leavésof ccremonious fervice with
which themofl barren Fommlzfl: may; abound, as
in thofc ‘real fruits and fiplid eflééfs ofEquity5 Cha-
irityand Sanélity, with -which as none "but they truly
godly doabound, lb whoever brings, thefe to God
from a pure and devoted bumble bear: , is more

’ Welcome with two mite: or a little weal, then 0:

there are with all their luxurious cofilinefs 5 of \
all <wh1chthe very Heathens had pregnant‘ cons»
ceptions to offer to the-(gods.

a --,--—-j’:/wt, fizfqs azzimi, flzzzéfofqs recefl"m' 
Mentir, évincadfum ge7zerqfi2 peffz/4 /Jwzefla ,
»H¢ec cedo utadmoaveam ‘1‘emplz3.r.z§~ far:-e litaéo.

a l §.. 2. We are ;_to conliders/the  ciu3ev17'¢> credit _;_ Thlmcfit
and zmt/.mrz'ty of this Demaflflrator, which makes his and authority:
words both for the truth and goodnefs of them "“lf¢D*‘=‘

. . . . niflnfirztor.
(aftnmsvwm)-:mOll"WOI‘tl'lytO=ebC:'561260661, reaewed,
and olze}Ied5 ‘fince-he-is the mall wife Godyin and

from whom are all treafuresiaf wzfdom, intellectu-

al, moral and political. - He is ;the-~;great.et_ernal ‘
and.1nexhaufledfbm2t4in of all power and order,

  natural, -civil and fpiritual -5. the Fdt,.!€I‘l—‘vlQ_f’l7-igtlt-5'3.

the infallible Teacher , the tstwerézigzzt Diéfator 9
(4334: amusing) the great Law-giver, whole will is
th€ higheft Reafon, and his »Word the m0fiunal-- e
terable. truth 5 We -have -theft: lively Orac‘l€£.0f‘
~3'u_/lice, Jllercy and Hmizilizjr ,  from jupirer as

e .1!/./irzos pretended got from Egeria, as Nzmzzz 5 Or

4fla’z'zzerwz, as .Solwz—5 or A,_polZ/0, -its Ljrcztrgwas 01‘ “film
Wfi6ft»tzo.w? :

 

Pi'zl.;-4. 10.

Ira“;  . ‘
’   fi5;‘i¢iomMm»¢gfi¢g;,,-‘as jyzzlvorzzetg or from faataflffik, ..
E-;2t}Jz§fi';1fmr,=_aS:EzzA1z4tickygbut from that King Ifflf A . 4
«morml, the only wiféfiadg Whoihath the autliority , ._
of hothlord and Father, the l:t1fllClCI1Cy-Of iirzfih '
nity,’ and the exemplmgy Ideas‘ in him of all_ perf  

feéfiomg that beingtin him_ to the highefiig101:yQ£

 of Gacl..z1c we , .£e_gz'mzz"7zg sf-mfalm ,» mm! to depart *

lGod: great 51321220}:/irationnzmi Demandl.

;goodnefs,-o which hefheweth to us, and requxreth

of  in his Law 5 This is he that teacheth manwif‘ 

dom. L. _ . .. - W .
35. 2.He is not II’101‘€«<a1:9<'w_ar.*r@-'-s than waaarifipaa

and loveto in;/Zrutil mankind inthe way that is lJ€fi7
for him, and in thofe Laws Which are molt jufl
and eqnal, mjoft eafie and 'z.»feful, moft comely and
honorable, fo'r‘aI’l conditions, fingle and focial, ub-

lique and private, Sazxemigfz and Subjezff, for MW e, 

giflratet and flxIz';‘zz'/fer, for C/mrcb and State 2 This is 4
he who teaeheth man  Way of emi‘nen_cy, that
one great and fimdamental leffon, Thatftlwe fem‘

j5'0#t~:>evil;iI“uzza1ei_2;‘lai2dirtg.i "Hei gave to the cw?
the knowledge 1,0'f-iilflhisi. laws ,. I

but ‘political and morals thofe are mafia“ 99?, 91’

magmz moralia, in eomparifon of which the cere4  

mon1es~WCre but tmanfient lhadows, and beggaihf
elements, as} the Aifiaofile (peaks;

or materially, but   relatively; as referring to the”
Impofers authority, - and thofe-better 'tl_1ings 

which they were emblems or types 5  w‘erei35  

heavy burthené , 7 {O but temporary dz/}e7zflzt:z'am;3i

during the poedagogy or miaority of Religion,.f”il!5;,~t
whiichi“
Evan‘-‘

the ‘betterages ( or Worlds) fhould«’c_0me, e in

 

m7az‘2i'i@-i)‘ '
able by his’ wifglom, than willing by’ his indulgence ,

not only cereznoinfai »

._   -Statute:1‘tb4t,»w€7'3, 
  got gaod, that:1s,fnot abfolutely. ‘and in thcinfiz-Ives

.V ‘i Gad: ¢gre4:\flemoiz/irationsaizdffleynands.e
Ev’-angelica}  Q’  and. Huéeziiitfy , lhouldé‘

, mDfi..;fi1llyLi be not lqnely demfonllraized froml the
moral law , -but alfo from the glbrious example of T

thee-ejulliceeof  fatisfied and his mercy procu-
red,‘  the hurnxllatxonof 11/1eflE4;r_,~l the ’conde*feen- ~

~ tion  erucifi.x~izm' of the Son of ‘God; "

5?. 3; 'l“heL()rd /mtlaflrewed tbee, thefe Caiezsac/IQ

Jzasiza) moffinfallibleeand immutable rules OF‘ ‘

flice, fl/./efrcy,‘ :md- Humilziy, who is ( émga¢a7.@;%'W.,-

‘ iJ‘m'x'I'I1S'7Q vocwftacaicnc lag v0(.t5HLJ"I2c2i11¢€i.D..tl'il€-_jl1fl€?fi’ ’~e")§aié?éri5

and the exaélell obferver of our obediencqandicbnél
formity to thefe laws 5 mother matters of cer'_e-
mony and fervice, ‘hem not fofevere ‘and rigid ,

but gratioufly difpeenfe.th', V upcin‘man'§/I occéilions, "as 9

of neceffity and infirmity, of prepotent; cuflom ,
difufe and prejudice 5 but"ix_1-1he_i grand points of
Iufiiee, Mercy, and .Hz:I;2ilit}',“—th~e=re is no difp.en-
fatio.n;orI remifliong "nollmahn can,‘ ~:aS;to t'he;fe,W be
at any time*umzble«,'i if heibe‘ n'o"t\ mzwililingfi hje‘re’
impotency is iwpiét} 5 God lh‘i<9t.ly ’ obferves all wil-
full. and prefiewptuow tvanfgrezffzlony , "and will be
the avenger of them; not is he to be deceivedfiori
fatisfied with anyforinal e'X'cul‘”es and preteiztiomj
ufedl by  hypocrite}, ‘who OfE«r€'C£flfl i;1{l?ead’of‘
good went, no more than he can be efcaped’ pr ‘re-’
refilled by  Ijranniclite 'po'Wer‘ and   in-

I folenc’ies,. when mé1keth1i¢2q_i:z:]2'ti07z fiortlrefie .520?

t0rz'0‘k4* orizzfliami Inf I ufiicleg jllefizrji 3“ Sand‘ ffilizfizilitj/3
which are the fum1narie5s.‘of'%i:1_Il good Lilwsgiflfld
t-he feminariesof allpietyj grace and eerme 5“ 901‘
{hall thefe ‘Words of God, yvhich drop like t/avéirgt-59¢
aged ge:é_tlede7w.from heilven leturn 2  Vaiin , Fbut
willlbefivifi ia2ime,§’e:? 3g‘ai21::1’c7~ :myrfouIe,i whofe Im-

<re'z7zeefi« A

\9l5;

‘\

 God; great‘fDemanj?ratz'an: 4mI‘Demam1f: 

' remzef? prefagestit isvzig/3'to€z£1:{tiflg and bnrfiiflgiii F0?
thefe laws and leffons (as from Mount .3‘-imzz) ‘are  
with thunder and lightning; Gods demogzfiratzoflfi
are not only true but terrible, armed with amm‘

* patency, never to bebafled, ipregnantly ihewed bi’ -
their own perfpicuity, and-powerfully exaéted by
the divine _/éverit}, who will carry himfelffi~ow4r(1f \
I} orcontrarily, and as I may fay, with an uncan-
dejZ‘enicling.beigbt, and divine fiiffiaefs againlt tholi?

I’ that are not /m-7121716 in his fig/at, refifiing the proud: A
and Withdrawing mercy fivwz the mercilefyg yea 1'5‘
quiring the juftice of pmzzj7Jment on w, becaufe _tl16
juftice of iobedience-is not dame by :14. I/deo em?!’
patimztr juflitiam 212}; mm agimw, as St. Bernard

 fpeaksg for this is ythe eternal vengeance fiill in‘
culcated in hell (as Virgil expreffeth) A

Dzfcite juflitiam moniti, @« rze temnite divas.  
While the Furies with their flaming iron whip: Cflt‘
gellzivfirreis 63- fiagrantilvw) do compel’ WiCk€di .
and unjufi men to fuffer that juflice which they r6‘ '
fufedto do~to God, to Man, to themfelves and
others. i . A
But I have done with the firfi general 5“ in which
I.-obferved the occafion and authority of this DC‘
monfiration. W -. t. ’ s - ~ '
 §. Secondly, Inow come to the('r3 Cnwémer, 0!?
,ge,,_‘;1,c Ssadhzwtiyevov) thing demonflrateds the grand.leff0‘l1
;}hi*gjd°~TK‘“' which God iteacheth fo clearly and conflantly' f0
“"°J' all “ men “at all times, lthefe are denoted und€1'
thefe three grand heads; Iuflice, Menyand,H1¢*
mility, - ” A l    T %   s
Thefe are confiderable. ‘I. Conjzméfim, joyntly-. * 
2. Dz’w]iw, feverally , in their united and drlimfi
afpeéis. A i I.C0f1“

l

MiG.-uh great Deznaufiratiam and Dgmarids.

-gr. Confider them together,’ and they afford us
fix things confiderable. » ’

917%

L Firf-1, The paucity of thefe C magmz waizdata ,i

_or flwmzia ragga’/ita. _) grand Clémaficls 2 The Lord

lays but a‘ fiézv it/Jilig-I upon kw’; Trianfimt ozmzia, ai

fizc:-ed Trinity ‘qffreceptr from thefizcreaf T rinitfof

Izzflice, Mercjand Humility, from the divine W2}-1

dam, Power and Maje/Zy.

s Thefe make up that manila fiicrtzw) holy pen- it

«dent or jewel,‘ which Is the greatefi ornament _o_F

/mmme nature, and bleffing of all Societiex, con-
iiliing but ofhthree gemrg but they are paragon;
of great price; for what is brighter than the in-
vincible \Dz‘amo2zcl offfuflice, which is fcizztil/4 Q‘,
a f park of God, as pearI’s,are drops, and Diamonds
{parks of the Sun? what more beautiful than the

entle Sap/Jire of Iblercj P what more amiable than
the modefi Emraald af HJm2z'litj,.3 V A I i

A 55. The paternal indulgence of God is pleafed to
give us, in his teaching us lhort leflbns, ca};¢pmd,'.t

or/4’ C"omzfelr, and holy Epitame: of his will and our‘

duty. . «

5!. At firfl he priggounded but (deem; 96754) ten
commands in the Deéalogue, -which is. a filmma-
ry of all ‘I Ecological and M0241 Infiitutionr: After

a hetreduceth thefe to a narrower compafs, of l07}i)zgf4

tie Lord ti.) God, and thy anegigblaor .45 nth}  3 

isélomgn, Tojféar Gbd and keep his Commandment: 5 - ‘  L y ‘
cbnfi makes up all in one grandfcntence, of do‘ ‘Is  j~ 7'~

ing as we would be done zmto 5 WM-‘DCC the Empcfol‘
Swarm tookhis famous Matias the Ap0fi1¢ St-P431.’
brings all points and lines of the Law: and Go[])el:

u‘rcumferem~e'to this one center, Love, as the fugil-

M:-t:h.zz.4..

I-8,  i Glad?‘ greatficmenfirqtibkt mid flifieinandrgl
T ling of allinone word. Nor doth he permit if?‘

moth] tOj'Val‘y  that  pains zisvs")  \

fa,-1;; ofwmfdx, the faith once delivered to the Saints,
which he had tanght him, as a Ihort creed or fum-
mar}: ( no doubt) of Cbriflian doafrme, which other-
Where is exprefied in éeleiving with the heart, and
co72fe_[/Eng the Lord Iefw ‘wit/J t/Je mom‘/25 F0 in th‘-‘3
end of the pommandment, which is C/.vzzrz'tj , Out
of :1 pure /J€art,and a good confiience, ;tnd"faz't/J. W’
famed 5 So inexcuihble are they who refufe to learn

'of‘God5 Whofe commandments are neither grie- ~

(nous not nufnerous, but cond ef cendin g to the weak‘
" eff capacities , and frallefl memoriesg to ’w‘h1,Cha

 ever is neceflhry in religion,is.eafie to be leaf‘ ,

nod and retained. , ea .

35. For fecondly, as theparticular heads are few
in number, to very fiort in the difcourfe: Tome
points may by long cmtiom be (like gold) mal1€'
ated and extended to Inch greatlatitudesof dif‘

filzjéeckl ex'prq[/5072:, as make them very comberfonf-3 . 

étslthekioliitnéssof our times, both in Dogmajick, 1’ 0'
lemick, and Pr46‘r’z'c*k_ Divinity do Witnefsg whilfi’
the fuperfluity of mans Wit and eloquence gloyies
to find out many iutiertfiérzr, definitionséind CH5
ftinélions, even in plain ’ things; i *wir€ad%1-giving tre-

ligioninto fine tlvreadrg and driving the folid #53?

Of  88 t0 Faith  Rgpcfitancea 
‘G'od_,and ozzrrzeigbbovirxto elieaf guild", Ch0pping,.aI1é

hewirrg, and mating the lpmsrs of ;wimom ‘W0 

{mall chips andithin fhavings‘; tnuubtiefi —‘(a's 

  mt/4 writes to Arébep. Warr/mm ) the Church”.0f’

Chrifl Was never in a more happy eflate, than Whéeg
. was (mm  lirewflimo fjwzizoiv cmztenta) b0‘
‘i     — contentfi

may (as thefammarj qlgtllenefigwas, or piety to
1 . , 2

Ggadsegreat Jfiéagtan/Ztatiarrt £912 .i§eha£jfs~,*
.co,ntentec‘l witheand kept in the cotnpaljsi-of that‘

gm‘: fbort Creed, which we call the Apomes, and ‘

s which Was.yetfonC:c fhorterthan nowit is. -

Thirdly, But, commonly brevity is attended with
o5fi'ztrz'zy 5 -Brew’! eflélaboro, oljiwrm fiois (hort i and
concife expfeflions many times Wrap things up , as
it Were, in clouds; whereas Laws ought -toibe
meridizma lamina, tazzquam foli: radiirfirripte, fo

  clear, as none need complain; fo legible that he

that run: may read tbema and fo indeed arethelie
divine demonfirations in the Text,” Wherethe wif-
dom ofGodreconci1eth brevity and per_/fiicuit} to-
gether (as Pliny {peaks of Trajan: uniting “Sove-
raignit} and Liberty, by an happy itemper of Govern-
ment or‘Empire, which neither diininilhed hisown
jufi Prerogative, as a Prince, nortoppreffed the
peoples legal immunities as bar Sulajeéirj fo the

Lord‘, defigning thefe Laws for all forts of peo-  
. ple, fitsthem for allcapacitiesinitfueh away, that

the very Lube: and _(imple one‘: may learn, §1nd'un~-
derfl'an_d,and  them, As? :r><\¢ yéysc min; gin zg ¢4.3wUm's: -
Laws tfaith Plato) ought to be as common and
cat/mlickin their expreflions, as they are in’ their

injunflion or obligation, that none may pleed ig-

norarzce, either by the prolixity or obfcurity, _ bynthe

ennormious number, or by the tedious length of

them.  » . . - ' ‘F
Fourthly, We may; obferveethe order and (‘nua-

i   tion of the particulars; Firtt, §"flfi?'t‘e- Secondly;

Mergz. Thirdly, Humility; 1hereis(ascdlz)in‘*—«and
‘others obferve) an (:;cveg9r.urr3'¢e;W) 1I1Y€l‘ting0§fh¢
Brittany and order dueto that dignity whiclivbar

God

j"'~.a

9”   ’

Gag; gr‘-4: D.er:;on{imtien:zmd Demand3..

God) jufily requires before that of juflice; toward 
lllflflzj yegtlthis-is zplaeed firflr, as H103 0bV10U5‘f°r e -

mans advantaeges andidifcerningghough not as mo“

.e1jninenti11-_. nature; as if the Lord more minded F
the. welfzlniei of mankind 1 than his own fervice shill‘?
portuning firft for jufiice and Mercy,‘ and J:1iIfOf

lvmizéle walking with /aim./"elf; not but thatreliglon  

towardC~o.d is and ought to be the chief intentioizf;
but f7'z;fliee‘iand Mercy may go before in the executi-
oigefpecially in cafe of eminent a.'imger~and: dzflrcfi"p1'1"
vate and publiCk5hcre(nece_[]z'ta: pel/it S(t[)hdf1tlfl)th€
Sacrifice, Slrew-bread and 841/190”: yeild to neceflitya
not immoral; God will have Jufiice and Mercy
rather then lmrzzt-ofleringss yea in cafes of firea
lhipwraek, or ' ficlgzefi’, and like exigencies of life
and fafetys it is venial to break offfizflingr, pm}-

ing-fg preaching;-, and. Cflfilfiillfllifdtliligtdt tI.veeLord!  

Table, in order to fave others-or our fe.lves..
§. As in private fo in publick cafes, when things
arefupon a precipice or extremity , _the firft care may

be of the mm, next of the ;C}irg'[{ia2z*5 to cure the .t

commorzweale urgent pdroxrfrezi , and then the-

C/mrebe: e/Jroizicli diflemperyg which was David! ‘

method,’ who firfi compofed the eityil dijbrderx,
which war had occafioned , before he :1
bring the Ark to its ref}, and eftablifh the {blem-
nitits of religious fervices.‘ It is certain as Optate

tw obferves) that the Church is imbarqued'in the
Commonwealg. and though the ladin "be better
worth and more to be valued then the (hip; yet»
there will be an ill account of the fir , if the latter-

be not fecured from great leak: , and» defperate

rocks of War and (edition, which to prevent ignore?

only

pplied t0 -I g

y y God: great; Dyeiman/fratianys 4n2IBzn*;};‘m{,.
only a. merry‘ jufily dire t6 akmljnd, A bat‘ an aec'ept2{—

‘ ble’ flrvice to God; He were a very prepoflerou: Zealot '

and ridiculotu-Divine, whoin the exl ents of plea-.
ritick pains, and prefentyfaintiazgx of Pirifsa would
impofe upon heart-Eick Patients his [mg pm).e,»,5
orrtedioufly obtrude godly difcauyjéy, ‘;md'othe,
g/,9/Z1] calm/221:, rather than give Way to the 10],}.
ltiwzr or Clyrztrgeom. skill and application: ,i for
blood-letting oricordialsg this were to ac} the part
not of a piousand prudent Covzféflzfgbut of a de-
wlttand imprudent Executioner.   
yr. It is certain {as Minutiza F celix obliervesy
Apud no: C/Jri ianaraquo gm:/fig religiafigrn ea jufijor)
among goo Chrnftlzms, the bet} areamofi readv
to were}, and exaéieli in juliice. Yea revcrena
Calvin obferves on the place, Iazjuflitia erga bow}.
ac: efl certzflimum impietatir argumentumg although
men may do many iufi things, and yet have no mm

Iteliéiotzs yet in juflice toward men is(as Leprofie on

the orehead) a certain token of zrrengim toward

God.
35. They are found lyarr to God and man, ' and‘

will be deceitzerr, yea dawner: of their own fouls: ,

who pretend to build Religion and Ilefbrrnation on

the mine:  Iu_/lice and Civil Ldwr, by flzcriledge, ‘

and m'oIence,by robbery and rapine—5 thcytrult in I}-
ing word: which cannot profits who ‘Real’, and mur-
der,‘ andlye, and {wear falfely, and yet come, and
fland before God in bis‘ /Maj}, and fay We are'deli-
vered to do all tbefia abomiuatioflrs thefe are the
projefis of I01»: of Leyden and his‘ eompliees, ‘full
of Entbufiaflick folly and" fury; men cannot be

holyimen with Iolm. paptg/2,  nor devout with Car-
' . ‘ y neliw,

92:‘

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11011. Q. 1,0.

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  Gods? grtdt ‘ibiemén/Ifzztieam «ind flemalmlff‘ A
tazevliz/1, -»unlefs;eth€y';ibe. juft With»l30tl1 5 iandihlffi
how can theybe jnfi to God whom they ha/ve 110?

i_feen,=, if they beunjufi to man no/20:72 they bavefieiél -

as St; I aim fpeaks of loving God I hencethe blefieil

God puts the remlring to C¢j2zr the thi~ngs.fthat* aft?
  'C¢efZ¢r:, before the rendring to God the things thfi

are Gods; not aswto the dignity or duty of Oil?

~o12eclz'emf'e, -but as to the evident-e and outward t¢' _

[timony of out inward fubjefiion to God, by that
Which is Qut'Wai~d to our lawful Superiarr, who 3?‘

‘ * in Gods fiend, havving both power and commiffi-'

Tito 2° I31

fia1~vable_, becaufe indeed they are infepartabfie wheré i

on from God, and" in ferving of whom , in things
1awful,«xvefer2;ctl2eeLord;t -  T ‘ t 4  I ‘s i
55. After‘. the   like method is that of the Apa/31?:

which tellsus, that the graeeof Goclthat bringeth T W 7

falvation, teacbetbw  to l'z"zje rz'g6t¢azgfl}r,’~neXtfi‘
r{2crl},hiLand then godlily in this prefent Worlds the
Exit and pregnantefi: infiances of pure Religion ml
zmdefilcd are fir-Ptto mamznd then to Gods notbtlf
lfhatithe root bfpiety, and out. C-lofet-religion to God
is before the fiwit; of Iuflibe and .Merc}I,but th0{e\aI'€
more liiddeéz, and thcie moi} mazzzfejied, {o as men

may fée ourgggd works, and glorzfie our be.¢¢}ezzl}'i

Fatlzer. % . L W
Fifthly, Nor isthe ’jim¢§fure of thefe three 73105‘.

they are fincere 3 This is ( fizmfia é» indivizilun trim)

aéne holy and undivided Trinizyrg where one ‘is;nall will

be 5; the root of I1umilz% the leaf gems, and
the fruit.ofimflice5 if men he prmditthey will he
cruel a=nd’covetous, void of Mercy and Jnftice t0P~
Soifthey be zmjufi  unolxaritalileg. i may C013‘

elude tliem:to}bAetWimhout Tlauzvzilétjtgr ‘ tthefe t/WV    

3l'C

Gan?!’ grégw Saemaaflixatiims ‘gnmamgncly.    

are ash-me; which united bear Witnefé to Gad, 

own Cot1fciene7e' andtithers ‘Pflroud ‘men are prone:
to envy others, to overevalue}tfhemfel-ves, and to

nfefiuch-unjuft n_1ea‘ns.as.mziygra'tifie their inord'i- V
nateeappetitesi, fui-table t to 'th'ei.r high opinions of?

men to unjuft Aaéfions.‘

rthemfelvesg proud, and foiunjufitthgqg
Sixthly .1.md iamy, we  

hrs betray

  
  

them 5 The Lord hdth {héweei5L%vélJ4t13f'gaad 5 joyng.
ly and tfeveralfy , abfoiutely and refpec°tively,‘to

.311 men at al-ltimes, in all occafionsiand conditions

w°7m :s;*z4&aM>o3v aim-3‘-3:7) in private and ipublick-(‘tsp
tions, for Church ‘and State, in War and peace,

 ,; in revenge ‘and reftitution, forifouis, bodies, and—:e_
A ‘ eftates, for {elves and othersg good to begingcom.

tinueand iI1C1"€1"tfC£lii ~bleflz’é2g:, that mankind can».
fdefirc toenjoyeiin thisilifeg for liberty, honor ,
peace and plenty‘, joyned with piety; thefe are
( diviizifliwa 6“ awaerziffim %bo2zztt)iprofitable anti
pleafaint- as Weflias rnoft‘ nec?efi”ar"y.—.   

' 1.- Without Igfiive there canibe no goocf inthe
greateff plénty, Which either expofeth1to..injitur}5,2
otprofpters"byerapine-aqd“’viiGi’ence; r  ‘A   e

2.’ VVi§’i ho1it h’ re: ilstfno‘--geiieif or: fiukzcorrfl

in the many. miferies to which hufi1_an.e_ -infitmitiess.
and our mortal Rate is‘ fubjeét,  4 ' ‘

- g

3. ‘~Without Hzzwilift neither 'iiEq11ify*fi0T Chairitye “

profit us, or“ plea e —God~5 when they areaas

the vertuieseof H+e;ifbe;2:t,m'o%:1ie%ihfro:j2 Ptsariiflilfizpowpee

and“ love iofjiapplagfe, than  {€‘flC€‘ ‘Of Chi’-‘_Y E0 mefla
pr olezwtz’one.to Gods thefe I11?_‘Y h‘~‘V€ ‘heel? T ?W‘_"d
from men, but 'neithcreg:7ea7d.I10T’.g1f64't : ‘bf-C3“fi'= P90‘

. Portia

  _ o  m:;o;*
' 33z'31anr); common eplthlte Qr_.::'.P1‘e(&;1c3te to 3]] ’

965“

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4 7  sgreate qfnognflragtion: and Demands.
portionable to what they fow , either fomd10*-‘

l3ypocritic2il,.or incompleat and partials While mg“. i

lufis and paflions either tranfport them beyond 3

~. or keep them Chart of that true and purefountam    

of living waters, which While they For!‘-ake,' to fol-
low broken czflerm, and unfaithful pits, they Can‘
not Fail ‘tj, ’ ffer evil“at laft, becaufe they do I!0t
follow at 5‘ ‘good which God hath {et £0 free and
full before thems Et idea miferi quid malig they are
not milferable for Gods defeéls , as if he had de‘

 

creed them to be lb, or denied them the way Of

being, doing and enjoying good 5 but becaufe
they do or eafily may know the way , and workiw
and rewards that are good, but will not 5 Maximd

par: /gmlitanc impotentiefluit ex volrmtate 5 the molt ’

if not all of our immoral and {inful infirmities, ow
from our want of will rather than of skill. God is

not wanting to teach us the good we lhould chufc '

and dog but we are wanting to chufe and do the
good he evidently teacheth us; we cannot com-
plain of Gods not convincing #5’, but  complain!
l_iuflly.0f our not com lying with, and converting to
his conviétion. e l

9'. Thus I have confidered thefe three things

joyntlyg now we may look on them difiinét or {Ct
verally. s  

F irfl, In the fubjeél or fubfiancc, fpirit and quine
tefl'énce of a each of them,. juflgcg, Mercy and Hu-
mility.     " i ’ ‘

Secondly, In the predication or addition to each;

to do Juflice, to love Mercy, to’ walk humbly with  

thy God. . ,
.5. F irfl, Lets take a fummary View of the fubjeéi
« ' i 01‘

- might hiive f‘Oirt§d113dttet,feh0ugh toLhavet entcr~ ~

~

‘ (but in fucba {hart };z;;2;;my:,t asmay Qnlytakc the

‘Pticeus lrefis in judicature‘~,jnotfpeculative, or
tteC_-fifnefs: to all, Here Wea.ret to tenq

‘. When indeed (Id tmztum pofitmw quad jztre paffir
mm eév in mtxinm potefitia minima debet eflIe..lz'§~

Gm}: grbest 5'9cmo2;flratIz'9mand fifiemaws. b 9., 5. - 
o1v"ft1%bf?;‘n¢§toF gaclxg ngiotby .the,wa§,r of cawafiwaz’  V
'}'il&ce?_§,7A- ?wfhe1*e1n'wt%’t3}3é threc.'_: Ptreachcrs‘ of A :th1s~ day

ta'ined"b0thf tl1ci,r= Ifitéditationi and t‘ your attciztiazzg

a;y,g.s;m,   thetopmoft  faiye/gt figit of.cach,. and

lea ve the other large /M-z)2:‘J"£ or 'Ui72t3agétQ}yO'i1riQbWi1‘
ggithcrilwg. b . ' ~ 1 H ' H‘: ‘  '4" V  .

J §.bThc-tfitfi is‘DEJ1'J7J, juidicim, zp?+iw«,«Tnch ju- , ,,,/gm,

habituai and dilhpofitive juflicbegbut %_t'1"a nfitiV‘(§,.decz:fi7ve

jufiitccbg formfl: jztflitia ,Q Which fgem an Izmfard

principle brings forth the fruits of Jufiicic or R.1gh-  
' uirc as Pila-t I03 19.23.

did Of «try!/J, I/Vbdt 72¢ fz1fl*z'cc ? W t I
5S. 1. Some xneazfure itby-their pongert, by'th‘etg.,,fl. v_.?}~.,:.tlu-
zc-:1’ .

lengthof their (word, and ftrengthof their..arm__;

ce/ztia. A‘ The befl' and valiantefl ‘mtenttnteither can
1101‘? Will dtatought but What they ’1awfi1lly Amays
they COUDISI <ai‘J‘noovaiJb'mnv) tunjufl: things 
fible. H _   ‘ t « -
«$59 2» Others me:1.fi1re'jzz[23ice by the*i1‘W~i“55tP4fll"  . ’,
om, lzgfly, i11tereIts,(§~cL qz¢}'cq:z?d tlib‘etlicetf(mer4{Iat
voblzmtatwz i2;éperiiFl7f;7;zit_e: pammt)\‘ What’ {CW-C3 the"
ambition,‘ and coxretoufnéfs; or"tthei1‘bl‘€VC“ge and
envy, or;the?r Fa6’tiori or ptzrfiality", t‘ms is juit with L
th€m_thO-ughljflver‘ Lmlzm/fi1l.~ 9' , * ~ 4 ¢
1 55. Ther/e‘ are that meafurebtijufiice by t_beirfanf
cies and imagin-.1‘ci0z1s, by their dream-s :m_d .Enth1}’-’
figifms, -by their%prc[i1111¢d~gjif1I‘ Md dgrdficla 33 “f‘
theyhad at right and merit to all they can gctathcit .
T 1 .5 t  they.

Cosh "great ;'Da.'3.'anflmt‘ians andi (Demand:
they are the only ilfraielites, who have Gods com-
miflion to fpoil the Egyptianrg that all things are
theirs, becaufe they challenge Chrift to be theirs;

that civil dominion is founded in grace, and ju-

» fiice is to be meafiired only by faith and afirance of

falmtizm, of —which themfelves will be the onely
Judgesa thefe .ate.t‘he paultry pretentiom of foxy?‘
‘Hug/ler: of Religion, and devout Beggzzrr, who Wl*tii"

the Bbgrifies, Euc/site! and C’irc:mzcellia¢m~ , find it '

eafier to devour others by long prayer: afid preach-
ingr,-or (ifthefe will notdo) byfig/m';¢g_, than to get‘
their own-iliviag by honefi indufiry. ‘

e 5. 4. There are that me-afure Jufiice by zzeceflitys
as if necgeflity juftified all its commands, and gave‘
€ll€Ci:§I‘Ua't§.t0 all‘ laws ': Ties true in form: publick
exigencies, private rights mufi yield to publick ne-
ceflitiess yet fans to make jufi compenflation, :15
re: the tide of necefllty is retired : but there is
‘z*a0in1mora?l neceflity to be allowed. Nullum pee»

e¢tam'necefi?zriuw is no fin  ueceffary unlefs there be i

a neceflity to be damned. '

 tyi. The firft fallacy‘ of meafirringl Juflice by for-
eible power and poffeflion, is .1 giant ormonfler
ariling from the earths The feeondewhich mew
yfatres. gain 17} godlirzfl and godlirzefi by gait: ‘, or
propound-say necellity of dlojng 33.5.1‘ ¢}_.,,,¢ gggd um}

i come tberelygare Meteor! which rife from an higher

region indeed, but they are both. alike prodigioltf
‘to any Church or State where they appear, and

prove very’ pcflzilentialftro:1nanki.ndin.both xcfpeéis F
4 civil andlacred. ' ‘

§. My anfwer (then) to the ‘ggejiioaz, What}:-
like is? mufl beno other than that, which of 01:11
  :1 1.

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all wife men and the Apofile gives‘, tlxat is,’“:rg
feeder or prferve to ever} one their dives Juflifia cg?
qua firm: mfg; tri/wit. Id fimmscuiqg qzaoddelritmzzs
I d debitumqxod ti D60 @‘_itd‘-titre! dt_‘Zt7¢IIZi3 {wt lege de-
flgmztum 3 that is a mans-owtiand due whim which '
is either by God 01'' Nature given, or is by Laxv affié
-gned to him. A « e s
g. The Platonzfl: anfwer wellto this (2% '51: 32v 7:‘?
J‘l"(¢l695 §vvoi.gv'  “5I’|'?¢{>W’3 33713609. 17‘-‘J3! Airyxnri 3:36;‘ 7-} )§
3-5311; spasaz». :9 a':«»‘m») what is   jtzft 2% Time which is
according to law 5% 'W}mtz2rlazvfirl .3 1"I'hat which is
M tiamtl 5Wflaat is rational? that which is‘ clévines What-t’
is Divine? that which is befi and eferzmlgmoli Worthy
of Godtand imoft ufefiil for mankind. ” - - "
  55. jujiice is to he confidered in three ma tbirsgxs {mmm
firli inits fountain and. ori'gin~al<,- the wi'fd4om’a ' °
will of God, which is the exaéleli mealiire, and
infallible rule of jufliee. init felf; fufiicit qfladDeza
voluit, as Salviar: F peaks 3 valunftérs Deijimzma ratio
6» lexfiupremaa not only in the divine‘ nature, as the
Arch-type of all perfé6fz'0m‘, but in tl10fC'1“€V€‘latlOHS'
of it to Angels 8; mankindgeithier by thofe, xoirau hum:
comma»: Aprirzsipler of reafim‘,-s to which allmen (in
their wits} mull: and will sconfentg, which are(lex
nan)’ the law‘ written immr heart: 5% asit Werethe Roam.
common law of all mankind (jwi=gmtiuew)i or by
thofe further exprefs mandates Which  gives
to any either by immediate xevekttion, or by {inch
credible derivatiuns of it to othersfor the ti':tditi'-
onof his. Word, by fpeech orwriting, ashis wifdom
thinks fit tonic.   I
J i 39. Heneearc gvad lam" qf C-butch aItv§3tatt‘€_, of
civil atid neligiouseonccrns derived-:  By thefe‘-all
u ‘   E .2 t are

e Gaclixcigrezzt §3en§o.*:/iratiionx ma fflamanzli. 5    W

lull ice i-n t-he

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the 141W"-5 O1‘ lafllys ’{uChnrec?ompe72ce:"£gr€ rnadcto A
' ¢V¢I‘y man by 1*€:Wz1.rdo1* j‘pu'nifh'z13en1:d. as his aéfiom

’1aff'cc?nzke
cihzn.

'. Gm}; gear£Z3e27;;s:'2f?ra:‘2}9z§:»ana1flcmsztdr.

are tried and confirmed av: goéd find jig/Z —, -zgnddnc-‘
cordingly-‘ought rd) ’be.:€Pcabliihcdn as valid by cz'w'l

f2mélio22*0r confcntg» by thefe uli mat.,te1‘s of ~co'm’;m:ta-

tivé or dzfiributiave juflice are difpcnfed. which ci-
thcz‘ exchange for fu'Cl1co7i2pe77fati0m as are mu~
tually agreedupon , according as one mrmts, and
another abounds in any thingg or elfe {uch dimi-
butions are adjudged to any nasare grounded on

d0113€Tif3 (T3ith€1‘g7Q0d 0r"bztd, in: refc:~c—ncc-to the
pubvlickwelfizre, for the encouraging of 2>;ell'd(9ing;’.
Olf fitpprefliizg ofer/il.’ A 7 ‘

5° Here thfifilarals loan?‘ 0f‘G0dd‘b,inds all men al-

J wa}:;5— the .I’olz7tz'cal;‘lazm of _Gcd._bind no further

than that propartiozz of moral jltflice, pier}, and
prudeazcewhich .appears« in them, according asnthe
P-4.U"n3.H,¢1-fi3n5€ -Ofrtimfs, zmclnperfom,» and aéfiom
x_1:<,-z'1_'y{ b€5;-in Whichddthe nco11fentan‘d' fialwzi/fion';of
31¢ i77,7‘1_jO7' part, OF; fr12<:n,.'._(>1f n,la;zg:ruflam, (27252 /Aettled
canfiitutiom in any‘ relay ‘nave rhefodrcaof zz law,
and are a. rt-11:’: of P€)_ljtic‘k~fi¢fiz'-ce5 P;-Ovjded ;t—}+,ey
bllld '10 UQt-11m.griI¢2272o2'a.l,()1' —i;4rcl;g;'a;;,;=   »  ~

1‘ ~

. ;gSt:c0ndly ,— ‘j‘»14fl‘i'9‘at:,i.8 L7éon{idcmb1e:*;in’ tEe.n gfmd

cifiezrnémd C013?‘€1‘Vnélt0ry"n*(assrhévbmzzeie;$'g§z' inthc d
-S’:=m5'I'I:z1rj, Wblch fervéd the Temple with water) n J

Whi_Ch is the Séveraign and dkcggébrive paroer in every
3O.C?€tY.3l1<_1 Pchty, as. It Isicircuxnfcfibed 
tzdngd 1n<1ts- ‘proper bomzdr, ‘amid pcéxlizzfl-'l‘?'¢;zit:‘5
IhIS;ls the center of Order; -‘ZJ:ri1‘}«,:§‘uf£icc. Md Peace
polztzcés thls dividing and daflling ag-ainfi it felfby
ncrefdi‘ and Po"mpe}2.," by-Senate an Peaple , .by‘I<'.z'ng

% Pa.rlz'awezzt,n by :'Emp'er.mr 1 ax1d?"Ele(§far.é,  tall J    ‘

fhcc,

V G_o’J5.cgre2z1'§’)€~m:2lr.;;?rdtloI25.:212d@ema:22d:."2 by 29 <

“*?e$e0’d€* and P»eaae.are   defiroyeds me Ieézlifeim
tbxs links all :, there mufl be~a fixed ;5’overaz'g;2t}_u.;j_.- '
def God , to Whofa ]{;,1f’£iCe emd<1’ozvcr. ,p4m;,;0,,,;;
jallhmufl fubngit according to law; eo,,t€/gammy ‘ii; I
th1S_1‘U1‘1 all thmgs to confufiom, as.our_ fadgex-pe;-i-‘
ence.hatb.taugh%t us: Here eitherfrizzce, 01‘'State \
or Peer: of People, may feverally have thelsom:
raigzzty of jufiice, under feveral politics or forms
ofgovernmcntg or there may be fizch :1 tempem-
Vmmt) bothas to legiflatim, jurifdifiion, _:'1I.ld'exéc’;,..
tiozz 0flLaws by legal power, as may befi relieve
peoplebin their ~ grievances by Parliamentary repre-
flzrztzzti-z2e.r5 and beflt judge: of differences by {worn-
ffzrelgger, ;.a1«1d~ befi. Execute all legal fezzzterzcex and ole-
cree: by an‘e‘e27zi72mtepan‘er. in a S022elrdig7z'e.dPri72ceT,l
Khzgol‘ Emperor, which is befi for all rzji-lzte.;5 and

fuch-is ti-1at_ admimble co_rsrfl‘itu‘ri<:n“*CfzSovez-zzign

Mgzjgzfiy, in-;*Eagllmal, =.;f.,r.c111_u ewvbieh-, 13.11 La_ws.lare e._7,z-. %

,;&;,~';1;Z by W hichi t;}1»i.7%y'.‘a:1‘e-'55-.°lcl¢re:c_z';,;;  W:-it b iwb icb

th€y.,;%1‘e juffly and e efirééfzzaflj executecl; inchxfiveof.

and ad'£i«p'tCd CO 811'jMJql}li€Yqfl5 Cf ?I{7';.‘2-g.‘,_ 'Lo.rd_r.a)1d
Catmizomt.  . A b l  .‘ . ll - _ .»

   inthfi-.Pi1DiU‘$/l7?d‘€0I2" Izuflicefn :31:
aliz..3i-‘, ofail :fiI‘“b01‘d7’7Izlt_.€ I1lx1ag‘7f'Zratea',-Tt'hr0uegb.5W+biCh, °-’-“5“3"‘3-
{aszlzloaolzizz tbe beige): itflows Frbméhc chief ‘jl7;‘[i,‘z'-t 1 i
lciarielretotbe verypetety-Confizzbley, for-the xeiie ;cf', '

a*}l_,for_t,3i.:3fpeopIc, whicheare as partsand mem-

eme   le '91“ 161% ,h0nora‘ble) ofithat Bod} Politicé,
accoridlp‘-g—a‘s’the.LaW dqthe adjudgerto every one

their due; the meafureofbal-l.is either (fefia ratiq)

right ,:_ Reafim, 01'.j2w"rzz=sci~;‘ptrmz,tht:- holy S_eri:pture,.

OI‘e..<lexb z‘err?;)s thé law of 9. the _La5n“d, .t0._w:hich all

gujc ~f};.bj<+&‘cg1 awzfézitisl  12¢ jvfiwbolooks .

 

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, ;3'°~ .‘,
Iufiicc l:oGo:i

Ma1.)’.6,

S civcs,

Oil-1 crs.

GM: greet ‘Demanfiratiom arid bmands.

to. tihefe‘ 5  wiflivgbt fubmits to them, and‘“ex-  

aéily obfervcs them.

§. 1. There isia juflice due torGod above all, ‘OH 4 4

which his command: in the firft table are foundeda

To cum/Jiziz, love, fear,re~Uerence,4dore,admire, 0,7273. L T

tmfl in, depiemrie on, in and erzjoj him its the file
preme good : If I be a F ether or Mafler, where 75‘
my fear ? ‘A - V

r §. 2. There is .1 7:;/rice due to our jéleer, inclu-

flit}, _[2zn6Ez'ty,i dfld fbbriet}, to keep up the (tityngtormti) \ _ L

Imperial power of Reafan and Igeligim, above that

('._5x&'1,o¢17'nc'¥J su$v ) ‘Democracy and Armrcltj ‘Of: ;
lufis and pafliam which fight and rebcll againfl God

and the Foul 5 here every verme  a Imam‘/.2 or fruit
of ‘}:gflz'ce,~ as every 'zzice.is’ an 2&0: habit. of In‘
jig/lice C 3;! 7rom'p"v a'€JInmv.i ai'ycpcov,airam1upf a3Ao7u‘w, 2lSClem-
Alex. out of the Plfltvflifll obferves)‘ every finful
and bzordimtte pafiorior aéiion, either comes fhott,

or ihoots beyond,br wide of Jultice, which con:

fifts in. themedium, as in a like or puiut irzdivifilyfe.

; §. 3. ‘There is ealfoqjzg/lice to others, void of 311’
fiaud or force; of which as the Word of Godin
geizeral, and the Lawsof every Polity in flmcidz , fo
the diéfater of every mans awn. reg/‘uni’, his duly.

_ reformed, and welt campaflzzsi cargfcience, are dome-

fltick Diéiatorr C iv’:-u 6291'»!-ode mr7r3M‘ JImm'm Emu‘:
9.6; ,1 as .s}ne_/iw obferves ) God has made eve
mans rational Will the Mozzitar of juflieeg hence
men area} law in many things to themfelves, ‘

‘ their «owa~t/.rought.r  accufe or excufé their 4¢‘.3‘iam~3

hence unilufl men, who ad} by fund orfiwe, though
never fo fuccefsfuhyet are(¢'mvta»w«£zz,ma. 8: u'mm5; mt)

flzgf‘-condemned, a& Without any Apnlagie 5' Prim:
_ ' . e

l   Gad: great fiénhorzflmtions dizd fiemianvgi. 9 3% ,;

qzjaiec nltio, quad fé ‘Jmiice enema rzaaeizr abfblvituis
And ‘Example qzwdmnqs waloicommittitur ip_/2' D7]?
plicet ‘autoris every  doer, as he is his own "
greateft tempter and T rzzytor 5 To he will be his own
f tmmzoner, aecufer, ;witne;_f5'; “ tormegtter and Executi-
oners C perm awzzir inordimztm :4ni;;m..r) as St.
Aufiin : So jofépbr [aret/Jrezziaceufie themfeives
firft as guilty of their‘ {trot/o'er‘: Hood 5 they mutt
needs be fooner or‘ later C Magvr-mzflabib‘) terrors I
to theinfelves, who areby their unjuflt degling;-in-
jurious to others, and; terror to the land of tjbe 1;’,
«wing by their oppreflions. Butl have done with
  the Theory of juftice, in its Source, Derivations
' and ‘Praétiques. _L  
Icome now to the fecond 'mainfP‘aflulate or a.'e'-- \
; wand of Godg mercy , Ton ‘.‘ 3Aa;@'.{71i'$?-14=uce‘:_ : wife-A3 Dcmnds
: 7‘iCOI‘did', or‘ lzerzighimi as itiis'vari0u‘lly re_ndred5 mic-"'
This is divinfflirmzm in divinitafla 65“ ,Jl£fl2d.I2IflZ‘I7IZlIiz'
in bumatnitate opus: .Merc7 i‘Sthe‘mofl_ orient gem in ‘
the Crown of Gods attrilmtex, and the greatefi or- ‘
mzmegzt 44 walla: reliqfofbumane mztzz-reglt is the glo-L ExQd_ ,4_ 
ry afGod 10' pa]?  oflerztex, to pardorz fin: , to tem--i ’ ‘ l
per the rigor of his Juli-ice : to fupply defiéfxt, to
help infirmities, and to fave thofe fnners in his
excesedinggreat mercy , whom he might hzrve con-
demned in the extrézzzitie of his Jufiice. *
5- BY me"? God iisftfi 'w'5?0r‘a ,6?’ fl’iPfi’ Wjara ‘.
as it were greater t/M72 himfelf, and :1 canqasror 0
/n'mj'élf‘, A olezzycir qfbimfilf, iandta {ider with our‘
iutereaflrg Allour hopes and happincfs are founded‘
upon, and boundup inthe mercy of Gad; which is p{a]_m3.8’
above all his W0.rks_andours :' In this fatherly be-A

 all our bleflings ‘are contained 5 1101‘ are W3
A A capa-

'G(fl. *1’. :1’.

i z
3e

BT33. 1 .6

=Gqd: great: ‘13en:o};fi~nt:ion5ta;2:VJ._D::mmd:..

J capable as St. Iiemardfpeaksa ‘of any othe;fi;ni:_rit, s

than that is. made._up.of. Gad}. mercy 3 .. whichtis per?

h gzmztive-and pleniirj, beyond defert and défire ,“ ‘(O
sample, that none 18 denyed it , upon the tearmes

Qfferedg Nor can it be ever.ex.hau{tedfor it indures

for-eVC1‘i'5 yea audit is pecLi1iar;tt)s mankind aboive

the Angels. F  ..

.   5:. From this great patteth dficiazls may to fucli
worthlefs wretcbe: as We are, fprings this demand, ,

and dertionfiratiion , by whieli God r_equiresus. to
be m’er'cifu1as~hc our /Jeggtveuly fat/éer is merciful 5 ‘to
imitate God in this, which is not more neceflhry {O
-others..,_,- than our felves, fince no man can fhewfo

much mercy to others, as he either wants, or hath.

11ecez've:lbi2r2]a7:lf~ t.  .' * "

. l .

M Ma. e e- Mercy in God 19:1 pérfiéfiou of gooclmfr , by

11 Man

Provfzc. ,8.

which he moderates the flzverity of hi; jyfligg 3 to..-

ward finfulmankind , yet without any diminution ”

or blemifh of his Juftice , fince ‘it is by the {'ufFering

lufiice: hathno .ciai.1fe% .tO.ca:}:zplai22.~ , . .

o‘€zmg;a<ro‘ra:isfiea,tthatwhile mew} ire,-ojcexza,    

__§.i‘j)/Ieric} in man,; is anefzfirei dim ,5 by Whiéh he
lays to heart the m1f”ery of another , and is difpoa
fed to r_eheve~them. Pr1vate~mercies flow from a

tender, ifoft, 8: compafiionate heartfenfibie of-God,

mercie: toitfilfiwhich command it to recéde in ma.
ny things from the rzgar of jfufliae, an_c1.W-hat of
rightit might either exaft of, or'1nflié’t on another;

No habit bringsus nieerer ta ‘God, or makes the face‘.
of man {hinewith a tliviner beam gf Glory, being A
th:e_efiab1iiher of Princes Thrones‘, .w.hieh are 'fup-- A

portedibysjufiice and Mercy. s s  Q . _
. 5?, In publique fran/aéfiqafr, Cwhofes weight muff’-

  ‘what

'Wh3t1Y€S upon 9 7113.6-lgcezéiqzge bf fufliceg)  doth i.

V“ /Gods‘ greatiflamoizfliratiiahs and }@e913i2d:.'   933

‘..

notoverthrow uihce , or divert it out ofthe way

-of recflitude (which islGods High".-way) but onely

-fmootlzs the pat.hs,.'a,ndioylsv;the wheels); and (up.

"plies the ioynts, that jufiiee goes on withlefs cry '

‘ Paflianr, fail not that zveiare not), canfimaed. Saith

and complaint, Mercy do-th not take a-wayetheo ed:g¢
Or point the of fivord of juflice, but only that ‘rt1l¥
and cancker Which, makes it Wounds Fefier too deep.
 6. Mereytis aninfeparable.attendantF to humane
Jufliceg, yeajand to the Divine,i-nthisiworld"where
God pztnlflaet/J lefs and later than we deferveg and
whatever isflmrt of/yell i./Mzertjl 5 It is £vecaufeibi:coim- L” j
0'3‘: Ii‘; ’
3]€r‘:2Izi.zbin his bitterefl lz1I.1!£’fi’t1'Iig-'
3. VVliere Jufiice falls lieaviefi on mens .Iiae: and
8334163," for the enormity of their-fins", yet there is
‘a beam of mercy to be fhown them, as’ to their
fut; , by our prayers fortheir repentance arid 5pars
don of God -3, the t/aiefozz tbe“cféf:, juftly fufferfng
(as he iconfeflied) forhis mzfdeedri, yet tilled of the

I Divine mercy mixed with that bitter cup. '

e S5.This. mercy, benignit}, moderation and compaflie
an, (of which you have had a large and good ‘ac-'

count" in the Former exercife) is a debt 5 orjzg/hag;

, we owe to others,as much as we defi1’e it our felvesa Much.‘ 13.17.
and it iisirhere feafonable , where eoinmon F error:
Md infiruitie: , or vulgar {implicit} and credulit], or
<?_ajineJ}i and {2aquacz'oufnéf3~ do imitigate the ma3
lace , by miflake of doing jufiice, A oriofreformitig
the Publique {late ( as in the filly peoples cafe,“ who
followed Abfbloni in his popular rebellion')having rq ‘ 5»..;li,,_l mu
great a friend and wife: Vcounfillon 4.: Ahcbitoxpbealetoi

delude them Errabant _/Zed bone animv-5<;th€y mfflt
é -— a F’ l   well

  

« God:"great Demonflmiom mzdDemand:.

dwell, though they did ills Here jufiice ought tolook

more at the mace  the heart5 than the iniqflit]
of the faét 5 As that IS true (comittunt eadew diverfv
erim_iIza'fat_o5 fo die/ewfl afefiu) men do the fame-’

— -things from dzflrerent de_/ignexoand pfinciplerg fomfi

 3‘.
311d 1‘. I4. '

out of meal to Jufiice, reformation and religion:  

others outof faétion, Ambition, Courteoztfizex, En-VY
aI_1d_Rebellion. ‘ » ‘i - " J
g §o’_ AS comwoa: inflragitie: , epidetrtick error: , and
yojpularfdelufionx, domake way for mercy , fo a,lf0

multitudes of offenders. Chrlft had compa_/[Ion M A

the multitude: more then once 5 not only quiz WW3‘

:1‘ , but quid malts’ 5 to make promifcuous ma{TaC_l:€5 T

and brwock: of them , when it is in the ‘power A0.
fluflices toptmt:/Zv or fpare I/sew , is barlmrou} and in-
fiuwane : I t was :1 word of Clelltellcj Worthy of Ce-
farr great mind , at the 1’/Jarjltlicm lmttel , Pmitt

rivilm :. Spare   our Covzntrizxcr: and fellow 0515‘ A

few. _ _ ,
4 I2 Multitudes of Ofiénderr are heft punifhecl if!
their Ring-‘leaders,’ fettcrs, % and agitatom ; whofe
filfferings due #19 their malice , are not more jufl and
neceflhry for the publique,theIi remiflions are to th43
(WW) many, W_h_0 do at: It were to craizvdup 
flue , that thef plmomts armes 5. It cannot well ex-

ert its power‘ upon them. Too much b1ood-1e;:ing

is as dangerous, as fome may be neceffary .;_ for

564111.». e ‘ ' ‘ 
§.So alfopeuitém‘: are objeéis ofmercyswho fo con-

fefla and deplore their former errors, and o.&'enccS3

that they give "great hopes of future campenfiztimtli’ l

by the revenge they take of tbemfelvei. Pena 

' 122:: (Item peecafle Iuwitet Greg.:M. when more

afhamc

_._._j._..

God: gredt ’Demengfltdti_’m:5 and Dtimartdsl  9'3;
aihamfd for their fin-L,‘ ‘then afiraid of their punithéi  
l‘nent,. thefe are objeéis of mercy and moderation;
efpecrauy if there ibeany thing to plead for their
excufe, as Free from the great ofence: and prqfimr
flea:/inning; , as in point ofmilfidmrtbgr and deg/?i~“D‘
flute villan}, of which God hath {aid thine eye-flrail  
not pittj , nor t/3} bandfgiézreg leafi the Land be de~
filed with blood, oriidolatry. 3 he 

5‘-' Here it is crtidelzk avér_';‘ér:'c&rdi4 , (iv fl:glit4ecle-
werztia , to {pare fuch , Whofe impunity Would 110!
hot onely feem to leflkn the enormity of their {i11l_S,
bxflt expofe the publique to infinite hazards’ : in g1~
vlng encouragement by fuch cruel pin; and foolzfi
Clemenzys In fome Cafes, fever: jufiice is the great-
CQ-nxercj to the pubIique,that men may bear and féar
rand do no more fir prefimrpttmtfljs #8 Crfldeli £5“
Jfltewpgfliva. mzferccordia i plefiatur reffnlvlicd 5
Tboufimd: af1'm¢ocertt.r.are ofi? pvmzflied, when Fomc
Few ficcizzorom accents are fpared 5 Their impuni-
ty becomes many times the publique fin and p:mz'j7y-
menf, and the Nationis make Gad-father , or dry
'f'l¢rfi_ b not punifhin Izthofe fins , of which it
Alilmy a ‘ 0:5 to havefin the Father or doer.  
_ §- Yet are there but few -cifer, wherein fizmrmiw
J41!‘ ifrequireds although that aying ‘be true ingrzmd
lad publiqae: coma-yu, which are the polar points
and hinges of civil peace ,. ‘fig: ijafiitia mat cuelums
let Jufiice be done What evercome of it -5 Yet it is
as true In molt cafes,which are capable ofanir r.emif- ,
fonand moderation, Fiat juflifia,ruet 64813185  '
Lord) iilouldfi  txtremzt to rmzrkw/lat 1°: done p{a_._m,.,
404]}, who can alaide it --3 without Gods mercy to, "
115 a and ours to our lzretbren the‘~ofi'enders , our
  A F 2 heaven

3.6%

l Goa’: great .’Dcmen/iratians and .’D:maml:. i‘
 g‘ ' ‘

lfmés "f‘3' thofe 1.. that GJEW I10 ITJCICY; i 

 §. Delje: alfo , as to execution of f7‘zg/lice, C 85?
David ufed to joab and others,). are publique meri-'
cies many times , when the faéiious influence of"cri4-A
minour men is {o great and popular that they cannot
atipr_efent_bé putzz:/bed without endangering the pub-7
liquepeace. T _ . A i, ' _ - 
i ,6. But I have done with this ficotzd particular,  
which God requires, as to mercy :, which whofo
fhews. to others, Ihews it to himfclfg for of all

_ things we do well, the works of mercy {hall not go‘

.. 1 unrewarded.  
3_Hum1lxty.,

heaven is lof:-it 5 ;u’dgment Without trsercy (‘hall be t0?" .

%m-,h.,,.c. ‘Thirdly, Humility is required 5 which is a molt?

moji C/.vrz;/fiat: grace , nolels than :1 molt 222.2221} -ver-"

me, becoming all men. I. In the fcnfe of their‘

  6019112107! iizfiiwzitier, andmartal condition. 2. In the

\ confcience of their man}: fim, and dtjérzved xzxiferieaa
3. In the reflexion uponitheir ,12tj£Ja6fiom,' full of .

faili lg  defecfisg beficles their unproficiency as

to‘C'od Wlgenthey i have_d0ne all. i . - .
5. i Here nothing becomes mgniaiore,or more fets off i
E what he doth,‘ than the detiefl flmdmv ofbw/21'/it}; "

both toward all ¢;zarzz'g'7.»d,w7ho are of the fame met-

talsmould zindtnake W.it:lt~l:i1n -3 and Inward G'od,tO.
whomhc ows all he ¢z's',;',-or 6.117.), or agenda; for i

‘What_hatl1_ he in rmtz./21:‘ or. prarw'a'e?m"e_' in foul; body
or eftate, rvbic/,1/Je bat/nzot received? ‘ is it ’ ‘- ‘

I  qa 7-:

§- 1’?_idc,.delh5oys.;1n£l fowres all the good even
-“i of jufiice and .Merc}'tl1a_t any man doth; . It thath "
its firfiyatern fromth: .Dew'_l, who byiipride‘ fell :
from the I-Ieamn of z‘-'2:".:flt’d Aizgelr, to the Hell of v
“damned: fiiritr: Humility hath God for the great 

i _ « example,

 

K

, Godseitgrftaa. omawuzons andeI3eing}:l&z’g.‘ 9;,

example , no lefs than ']t1ftiee‘and “Mercy have; 
this we draw nearefl:.to  and‘areYfitt'efi ._to‘”ae-L
cord with him; by this we are partakers of the
ediztine nature, of C/Jrffiy Spirit , graces , and 
wgrdy," _  _ . i i ‘Q \ ‘ ‘ .
. §. Pride; (whichisLitsow12iIdolrand Idolater) its
amt. Carver and C'o1rz_fbrtcr,« "hath its reward onely
from ‘it felflor the vainiworld 5.fo_r Grid rejtfletb the
proud»; and thy muflfbel fare to   be defiroyed-am/.39
dd]/J dg1ifl_[1Go . i L r    A‘ A 
§.-Hellis the pitewd prz:/‘on ' ofpmtd gdngclrtanali
mm’: 3 the firfie( ai'rwmI’&e w’v.¢‘n'ru:r-if‘ they keptnot *‘3¢'~'~M.
fbeirfldtion or ranks’ but lifted up'7 themfelv3s1to' W

i be like tot/Je majfbigb, beyond what vvas due to-

them: The feeond, becaufe as P/m'r0.2b and Nelw '
tbadnezzar, they rob Godof his glory", bothasito L
the juflicei which foqbears t..O'd{fl7‘0j.fb_€I7'l as they \ \
defcrved, ,and- as to that Mercydv/sic/.» 3:45 econférred
upon-them beyond anymerit in them." fr t A
¢Seeondly,AsI have thus briefly confidered thefe 'I":'~.:’f:_:71rc<?0
‘I/mac .$'ul2je&':, flice, Mercy and Humility in :t3he1‘n-r_°{;’c';‘i‘;
{elves 5— fol am with like brevity to confider thepire-~"'  

l~ ‘alienate: or gain»: applied to each of them. ‘

I. To doju/iice. Firfl, 'M4teriV;zll}/, as to theme- Hm  M
rit of tbeicgznférgtnd iperfin, W   ‘ c>a:-2;c;:.;.m:=

, Secondly, Regulm-l}‘r,ieais to the?’ Law pt,efC*r_ibed  ‘~:__°;‘1‘§f’-‘~‘=~
by God or man, not by Privatceopigyien, prefm2zptz'-  
mor paflim. ' - “   ” i   ‘ " .
_ Thirdly, Ant/Joritativel}, by due order and come

_ \ miffion derived to t‘/Jee, from the lawful fnpreme‘

power so 9- or however all men mull. h'~lV€ the iI20W‘6i'

jrirzcipley  defires’ for juflic? -3’ yet the doing ér‘

Cxecutingaof it isnot given t0‘~5*‘1l: but 03113’ thclféh
4.   ' e ” to

I  O
.4 . ..

‘Rims. 13.4.

 I‘. I4‘

  ~Godigreat Damosflmiaits anélpcmandy. V
to‘ mfijayiice    committed ‘by the

  and swims C;/9r1yi:'que:flion;*mu{fbe asked e

before aman does juliice, W/Jo‘ lmkmade me It.-
judge or Ruler? A man may be veryflxnjsg/i inpu-
nilhing the greateff and mofi notoriow Aofidertl,
1vitI5o_att.ddeiaat.borit}derivedto Iain.‘ . j  . _

 -. Fourthlygbo jnflicegfirnclitcrs as to the inward

‘ fiarmf, f principle, .orcpnfcience, for jyzzee‘ flzkc, not‘

for ambition asoglrfolqm, or ‘reward, or rwerzge, or

 g1om8<c. A Judge may give a juff fénteme before

o_map, ‘ and yet  mtjafl  iefiyrc God, whffl

- : he dothiwhat isfiufl rtmtcridlj, but not rI:e?rtt4lb',35

 ‘C :70

Exodqx. 21.
ar.d2.;.3,

to MS Cnd and defign 5 in doing Jnflice men mull 15¢

ljiazcere  bot agere) make it their ( 69;») bufinefs  

for Gods fake 5 or from a’ good confcience5 for
gtdgemm is‘ t/re Lardr, as .Mq/E: tells the El-,
ers.   ‘   » , o A
5. Do ‘cc ,_ aéficé, eflefiualil 5 not only
tlvink and z:§z"tate;:'o1t{ult, vote, deciee, enaéi and
declare, ortalkund plead, and zdifpute, and cavil
or ;-omtclnd, bring forth the fiwitw .v_f’rigbte_a:;_/3
nee , thatall may feethem, and enjoy the benefit

0 them; jufi Laws made and never executed  V

as ‘good feed {own upon barren ground , which
never comes up beyond flraw and zpiide oat»-.e    

6. Do  u¢3vNw:3:,«Impartial{y Ciwmméfias)
in all things, toallperfons, poor and rich, not pp-
prefling the rich becaufe his fleece is large , not

the pour beczufe‘ his flrcngch is (mall, and friends

few : xflqnundicitwr, qllid aeqvmt loge: Mtnilw-fa .38

I/arro obfcrvese: Jufiice muff be firefight or right, '

without warping, as equal and indi erent to all,
blind new tab: pedbixg though Eagle-eyed‘aS*t.0 thfi
¢8.ufc and rule. '

4.1» L

 God: great Demonfirmmmgpmnas.
W 7. Do it fireetliljg  finch icifcé, when

the efiefix of jufliee are not em! but Izezteficial 5
Pelayst of Iufiice are fog/far dcmals , and {'0 long un-
Jufi," whenit is in the power of 4 Judge: or Erince,
01‘ Mdgzfirate to _d0iit5 30 afar}  fo unjuii, "as that
which makes advantages by dilzgtoiy jufliée: f“I_n
penal efi’e&'i- of Jufiice , there dilatoij execution:
may  more bmial, and tolerable, gbecaufe they
are mixture: of were} , and reprieve: in order to
Rpmtance sifor which God gives us the great pat-
tern, in his giving us {pace to repent, a being {'0

wto excute vengeance on us, though daily pro-
voked by us.

8. Do itpnyivc (not a’x;:€oJ‘:w'-K, in rigor, but) in
5’Ca;/Fire, judgement and ropdrtion, as they {aid of
GM (92% «£9 ;w;mg~e3) G _ is an meat}? Geo.v:et,rz'_tian,
fiiuly mea uring anfl weighing, or pondering :62 4:71‘-
Qri: of a Itnen, and proportioning his judgement:
1'0 them; foought men to dernean themfclves in
Joingeju ice. célmel , as in thecool of tbe daj,Wii:i1-
Ontp minor tran_fia2rt.Per2't judicium qmmz re: mm-

i .€t'-xfnajfifiéfzgm ° the eyes of judgement are. blinded,

 thejni 3101’ any pqfizvonx art:/é-‘, either prefu-.
dlfating the perfm‘ for t e _gcaufle,g or the c4n_/3: 110:‘.
the Pepfin, _ . ' . ii" i ._ .
g 9. we juj2ice,nq;u3I11x5¢, with humanity, itt} and
_  afliontothe perfon, in the iggreateff everities
3g§inf{,, and jufieff deteflationé Of ilqeire m:; ]u-
Ce among men, much more‘ amcang -_ hriflians,
 have noteonfy -wtlnerd,  31rO vi/Eera, 3an_>e~Ii
1!! well as How: 5 Ingennous ]u_fi;'ice dole: ‘quatiér

fogitur efléggfarox) is affliéied Whetlcoflipelyieci to,

zg1:a‘p.ng{bmec: 5 and’ feels the‘ firdfies “it igiie: ,

C011‘

we

PIKL 1°‘o

in

‘ . 1,’

Hofcfl I 1.8-

Godsgrqiat flamazzflmtimzdsen and f13e»*m;I:.

4 conde-Lr_1n‘ing;_ the Iizdgegtov. cowmzjizzjgtimg, ,_w hen he

C0nd€IDD¢.0th€FS-‘I0 miferj athis t€l3Ci‘€rne{_is or 

perarpent it learns fro1ncGod,:Who deplores when A

heféizecuteth , or dénoitrzcetb his j:_;dgemm.t:‘5 ;Abi¢'

_ilmvel_": are turned within him; .% iiwhjen he isforced IO
_ give oven hispeople to,the dcflrayerxcss hence are i

his many firewaruiggx, ~ ibzportuning; and i[21¢2fo':iec/Aging;
ofmell ,'t,0ifl}’€~,.*fi‘0II! the wrath too came; 46' _lUI.’j;wI.ll

je ,c1:"e.?e'§~c. and How _/73411.1 gives }{ozi ever. to be 45 Ada '

gmd Gomoirabfiii i L .

was/J a72c1Zeb_oi;2ze,.?,%   ,m;zkef.i. t/gee as Xadow
Secondly. To lavefifliehcy  fiait the 

 ’:‘:’°’ :3‘ ‘obfcrmlzle, That‘ jzgflice inufi fiifl be done before

.Mercy,5. elfe it is a$_Ver_}',.p1j€p_Lflerow._'i,ito exclude A

jufiice to make’  fo§,Mnercy ,1____as1‘t  prefum;a_z‘u-
ow. to do’ unjufilj jundér ' pretence‘ of {hcwing
Mercy. e      ' 

5:. Like the defign of Conic rnens’ cruel'charity
to ‘getiean efiateeiibyjaglli imjurious Ways , in order

  to .dfo_vsjorkis';of‘chgr,ity,fogbtgildi ;f€lt1.%A1I1i1cI.-i'hoi1ife ,
'Ii_k¢‘-.j the-{giving i2l;i1s_.o1fT1¢gacies‘ Lbefote ewe pay our ‘

‘debts.-V. L. . .~ . 41>? ._ « , ..
~ §_._ Such Sacrifices are éb,o"min'a,ble;t'o God; we:
muftnot rob the Exchequerof. ]:uflice,'e to put in;p__

the Corban oripaor wait: boxof the fa—nc’tuary- i_ i
g. 2.. We may obferve the empbafz); of the word

put to _Merc}, beyond that is toi,]Aiufiic?e5 this muff,

be done asa war/géiand t,\3Sk,i which is enjoynede us 5.

But the eother Meic}, ‘In_Lne{’c’vjbeee '%1ovedandv‘d¢lighxed3
in :,- ]ufizf;cfée’is aj;iia]netqW’?’!i7?.ré‘*- 4lz"e2zm, f”a‘,11e¢cii'-‘I
fary,‘ but 'fh’~ang‘e_and unwelcome work, ‘compared
to Mefcygin this a‘lfo we ha)/e,the prec,edenet.of_§
"h? .559??? 1i..€9i[l*6.l7e’€fi,’.i“5e~ s,W.i.19f‘3 r i‘f£'.’5’¢e'%.aI ,PI¢.8 {hie ..3.¥?d 
\~ *~.»\ ;:_ »/.2 L .1  ‘i ...=s  3.  xiv 7‘ -....~»  -,-M _ L

I Gods. great fiemonflfatians and  l V
delight isiin fhewlng mercyg. whereithere isahy ca.
*P3C“Y5 bnthis executionsof jufiice, are as It were

9  "E

' "=1 Preflweandsdzjbesfiupon him; not that he is not y

i;zffm'.tely jufi ‘to all ‘  extentsof juftice, ibifiit he

V is fl!p€f7'flfl‘J7i'te[}i werc'ifael,fo as to fer ‘even lmzmdxgfto "

"the infinity of hi; jufi-ice, which as :1 confinning fire

Would in it moment have deftroyed they Whole‘c_re-
‘3t1On“oflapFed finful natures, if Mercy had not in-

°terc'et-ied. 4 A   ~ 5. I I

 ~ 55-‘ This Aj]’e€£i'on of ‘Love is conioned to“ Mercys:_Mrrcynmfib:
Fifi}, As (resin flzainabilis‘) a thingln itsfelf mofi l°"‘d'
lovely and defirable, one ofthe brightefi beams of

s thcldivltie beauty. Secondly, Astthat whichismofi

l2e.mt.ffi;l and comely for mzmkindg efpecially the Co.‘.j tn.

' eChu‘rch of G0,d,ancl- children ofitheiri hcaVenly'Fa--
Cher, iw ho are commanded to put on, as tbe_sse£cc”t' pf.’
G0d,- bowels of merry : Boweli: fih as to the inward

Pfinciple or lo,_ve of it, and putting -them 0:15:13 to
élltward zmznifizflation in good V3lGl‘l~1S,WhlCll are the
Foyalefi robes and ’ric"hefi o1*nam_ents of Cbrffliurzr.

” 3 Love mercy, as that wliiclx is nzoft beneficial

_ #0 our {elves arid others too 5i‘He that (‘news mer-  

Cy to others,..’ fhews it to his own fouls. by way of re-
Ufid It returns into his own bofom _:, sMercy is that ‘
Which .1llnee'd,l an tiefirt: in their di.f_h‘efs,»Ia1_1‘ have

failed ol"_,,lat1d#7’fecei_ved from God;

  Love it inobedience to Gods commands, and
lflslmitation of his divine peyfiaiomg among which

\' “Qt any is rs cotntnended to us   as-this 5 Not be ye
' Wzfeand (lion-g ,' and infinite   and great, as your

 F atberi but meféifizl. What 'M¢t.5. 48/
Isiput Be yemerczlfal , ‘iss'1:’;_;§_. 6.2’-6.“Be ye perfcfi,

i 6% as yif(m mu miferic‘orali'a" amt: per/%6iime:)this
_f_\ _ I — - ‘ .

. one

  G acts‘ great §>er:san{i:4tionsa2:a' i3emana’:

/one prefeélion of mercy included all. .
e 5. Love -mercy (in augmentum gmt-Ike) for the
advance of all grace: , forthis is th-ecompafs orna-
Amzre, which makes the richell foyl of a Chrillian
foul 5 as a man fows mercy liberally, (0 he {hallreap
graces. ~ L s ‘

  42.‘.

, 6.L0ve mercy in orngzmenltuvi religiani: Cbrzfiiant,
- ‘ the bell trial of the beji religion is_.th-at which abounds
mofi with mercy , as the true God , who _is optima:
gzaxiww , is greatefi L] laisgoodzzefs , and beftin his
;_-Kgngs ,3, 3', mercifulmzj}. The Kix1gsofIfi~4eZa1‘e elieemed mer-
e. eciful Kin-gsflg as mercy Is the molt }.'1M32d7l€.3 {(1 the
molt Prirzcelj quality , becaufe the Clivineft endow-
‘ment. Cmelt}. is one of the highefl fcandals of
  Chrifiianity ,, which makes 11422212: of Lyons, and
tames the feircell tempers. I   '

.7. Love mercy (n;*emarpr0p:'i.éce £;.rd£genii:e 22213 s

feriaz) 1iememb.ring that {in whieirz expofeth thee
to nuifefy, and that mreflitytthou hailzof Gods mercy,
yeagand thewant thou mayll have of man: 5 For no

fiateof mortality, is fofixedly happy , but it xnaye

be ( as jab Was) the &jeé’c of pitty, xvhich the Tra-
gedies of ourtimes have evidenced» in the };ighcfi-s
nature; voluit dew, utfléi qzzz_'/Ejsfit rrt6zz[izme'm-zifi:rz1-
qardiaz, as a St, _"7'ero7i2_ tels us5%tl1cyi tha'ti flow, 1nQfl'-~
.with1'nercy, lhallbe filled/tmofl Withit. »   
- 8. Love mercy (fit, filem Augwe7ztu_z;:_glorioe)
in order to confirrne hope , ‘andix‘1tcj1‘eafe 11;} re-
nmrdof Glory , there is no better evidence" ofja
gmciom /.rcar-toandan excellezztfijiriit 5'  this mer-
ciful propevzfitj, even 'eI‘1L1t‘|,1F3l~»111€Fl,hWl_1iQh have molt“
bumanity, are leaf’: d iflant from the Kingdom of beg-
men; there wantsibuttfifithin Chrillg. (who is the
. _   6   i highefl

Gad: great ’13emor:/2i2:t!om‘id>i47 frbmaan 9 43
,- higheft infiance , and .g2~a,n"d exemplareof divine’ —
‘ Inercy, to raife  the groffer allayes pf mzmmlf0fi-
 J3 cqiiiepafiion Vand gentlerzej}, to thenpure Elixir
_9e ¢€h:1t*g1'ace% Ofmerczifltl-mindedrztefl", WhiCh_COd I
1‘€q1%1i:‘eS,'_ and which denotes a Div-ine and /maven-T
c1('_/[Jo/zitiong doubrlefs the mite: of me.»-,6}; which  
vie {}1ie'</:2 here to dthers«F01<.Chrifis fake’, wiile be
i i‘€pa<,red with Talemt: in heaven , not {hall a icnpof

~ a

Cold Water bezmreirarded. t   t % i e in
  in 3. To Walk humbly , the .LXX.renderit; '37"a:gg?_o9t 3, r,,..,.¢1«(
334: mpaygeg mu’: @ec;t ”: to be re9.dy and‘ prepared to go humt.:lyw§th
?2’ithG0id5’and the 1:zzti2z—m2Ig.:‘3z}miliare fe mvz6nlan- Eh’ <’°‘{‘ A
idcis the wouis imply. W _ i i . e  '
ii I. A"fifeer301ne and familiarity of cozzverfiztiorz,
j'Whiic}:e;.a:m0t be had unlefs two are agreed; not
cm  be anyiagreement with  except
Wh:::*e-‘thee heart is humble. Qqd refifl: “the ‘ proud,
I _ Cqzzin: wag;-cditur_cuz22 deo tawzqtiamé hofii: eacparte ad-
?16Ifiz ) who doth not walk with God, but agaitlft
iehinii, 35 (335 Thatjufile: , afldults, encort72ter.r, t and
fig/.§t.r againft him " 
 2. Walking as it is a focial and friendly motion,
  'fo»_ it is pxjogreflive and parellel, in a wayofconfbr-
‘ Tilltyi, not contrariety , when we keeppace with
_ God , neither out-rmimiugehis word 1)" :1 precipitallt
._"V=1mv:nnef's,;_tand over-righteoufne S of 013!‘ 0W‘?!
t lrnag§n:_tion§,»inor yet {olagging behinde aS;*We1%0fe
, God, ‘not-iiyet {fraying to the right or left hand di-

. L iV.€tticleS;, of p1'oph:mnefs ‘or fi;p€l’fl'itlOll ,..of de-
 -JI>d:fE Gt prefiazhption, but Keeping clofe iWiith7.Ged,i
 Mvhb Ema; o,2z.t’be_proz:cl’}¢f£z'r?i‘é2j’g:. becaufethey arefiill
 ;§tdif%a_nee frbm him , ibneflway or other-   .

_ ’.i - 3» J Ast‘ an . hiinflfle main is“ _on.eIy‘ = fit for Gods
 ' A ’ G '2 prefence

 

44 

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21146;.-,2.

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  God}: grid: ®ema#]7rem5am~aadflemahdr.T‘
pretence, .and‘co1mpanye‘, to the motel 5: mm mikr
with  the more he will grow _Z%zt2/zélg, iwhien
he fees what an inconfiderable ‘nothing himfclfis,
Nibilo ni/Jiliw, lefsthen nothing; at lvir very fiefl

efiate ctltaget/aer vzmitys at his Worfl o;zel}»d/1'22, /sell
and wzjerj, fit company for~none but Diz-elr, and '

that fatal fentence, Gaye curjéd 5 nothing in merits,
nothing in graces, nothing in guifts; nothing in
duties , ‘T on" firm:/4 z'22digerztz';z,nwve are altogether
defeét and emptlinefs , till grace fills us , and Chrifi
fupplies us; Welhall eafily vanilla and difigvpear as to

all felf conceit , and pride of heart, when once we ti

afl-iociiate with Gods then Abraham and job abhor

themfelves in duff and allies," (a both eminent e

iperfons, the one the great Father oft/:e_f4z‘tZfi,[3- the

- other the great pattern of patieme") lo’ j‘.zcab, lefé,

then the lealt cf God: werc7°e.r5 and St. P4111 who
ewalsnot inferi-our to the c/zief./Ipajllex, and lahou1‘ed
more abundantly then ':-my one of them , ‘ yer: -fums
uphis all in  this, 7‘/.m‘zg25 I -4732 rzotlrizzg, elieeming
Ckrgfl tobe-allin all to him.‘ ' ‘ ' l

14. Walk lWfl!5{}"((‘2l7?7Z Deo quiz: D623, 6» 9,5“ mm)
becaufe with God , and with thy God; a 30;; and
.S':‘¢l r/'66? will know himfelf l‘)_el“t 'When with 3‘ King
and Father , Who is‘ their own 5 howeyerl they may
earry themfelves high to others their-'betters yet
t’_1o»tto='tho{'ea ‘, » whofe nee; relation and high xiaerit
icommandobfervance. If thethought of‘Godg ex-
*cellency:d_ot_h not abafe usinour own eyes, i‘3?e1§_thle
confideration of his eondefcending :9 usaito be ours
in (0 many undeferved izzercier , and figgw;  to‘ a
trzmfceizdemy of defert, T and mzrequftalale it obligati-
om , this will deplzmz’e"uis , and pull dowfiall high
a a i imagi-

God: great flcmaeflraiionreeaiiéi @:er'2w:é’:i.i i A 51 4 5- A

l immzginatiom-in tizsyilvis §gnioranee*‘ioF%'Coidi_. ahd

diltance from him ; which make us To concieiteéli of
our felves ,, a {park or flat cannot gloryin the light .
ofthefun.   ’ 1  be it it ' ’

2 5.Efpeci:zlly when we remember {C/;ni‘rniIémé :’le:¢)7z9

b {$1 bumilidfum Cbrz:/him pro 7201913‘) 

our /nmzlyled Saviour for us -3 the fight and fenfeof
Chrifi oath}: cmfi, for our fakes, will make us afha~
‘med of one proudf/aoag/3-t or high.-look, 3which»is not
tolerable in anytefizitee, in the greateflt  and
graces, ‘the belt endowments, ‘and highelt fuccefies,
wherein we are but inftruments , and feconds, not
principals; And in the 'greatef’c zzfiiiéfiom , when we

‘8f€_<buf7lf[Z'5ll_‘7'>1‘1'.10fi humbled and debafed by Gods

providencejtisvery ilefittable then to bofl gindfziell -

with thoughts of repim'¢2g\ and ‘mm-7;2nrz';2g againfl i

Cod , as if he injured us, or treated us unwor-

thy ofns. N0, here to be humble, istobe filentmc‘, :,..“_ 
and fi,§,,;;,:[fg'topr;)2 , to proflfzzte zztnfiody feet; to‘ .

; accept oft/me pumflamerzgand own it as fmm a Father,

Who chaltifeth us, that we may not be condemned,
Witl_1.the world 5 humility difarmsi God, -and« is a
falvefihield and cordial, in the wgorft eflate, which
is then belt for us when we grow’ ’moreil1u‘rnb1ei,i

by f3Spr1'de -isamoth-or curled , that blalts all ,A even the

belt we are , ti-njoy or do , Az'z'eiz.ztz'ng God from us ,_

and driving away his good‘ .s‘pz'r7‘ti,-_ ‘ when it finds us
ém-emnflnds and worfliippers. *It*is but  toleave

usto -the fieavenbf our'«0w‘#:fiam‘v7et3i, and tdbt fatife

fiedwézb m wuzeafim.  _ in  i  

‘   Cid ,   ‘ll3€‘VVS, afld F0 whomthis
' whom he requires  'g1e:"tt  and due D¢m°I‘-M:i-

- .- onadd -
“cs 5 Theo e"”’”' i L “ “ mand‘i=mczdc.

God: grant Qmoaflrafiom and Déma:i1dt.i

~ I. T0,j.r:alltieman1g’v¢d*ivégaieral, as creatures ‘caf-i.
pable to know good and evil,-;,jufl andmnjufl, and
:u:.eoi*dingly to chute and do as they ‘are direéled‘

’ , fi*omthe'inward diéfaterof rig/at reaféze, and thofe

f¢.°.lf-convincing principles which are "within their
own can €i€}2€‘€.I'.» , . ~ ‘.1   r    = 1
2. To tbee omamnore

to God and man, ,.,«,,    

A ; 3.. ‘I/nee "0-111411,.-'ln«-l'l1.y A
lionand power are put into thy hand, -whether few

, or Gentile, great orfmall, rich or poor, Prince or

I

Of Kings and
S we a‘gnMa'
g;{’.r;ztc~.

13.: M52!‘-

Peafant, Lords or Commons, Prieft or people; no
man is unconcerned in thefe De.-2:m2,’2.>~az‘z‘azz:; to"
every one God fays as Nztt/Mu did to David, Thou.
art the man.  i ~ ~ i ~ . ‘

gs. Goderequiresfinflice, Mercy and Hzmilzltj of
theeo Kz'n_g, whqfittefl’ on the tbrme of Maia 1*,’
who at t in Gadrflead, as his I/icegererxt, 2 k3 J of
71262-ta‘l,Dez't}5 honored with the name, and veiled

with the power of God, and much more with the

imitalimz: of the divine, excellwciex of ytfflioe and

.fl:I€f£:]T_OW'3I'd man, as tH1mtilz'tj.t0SVa1‘d God-2;? i W

Slmlt tlwierleigné becaufie tbaulclafiffl ;;1y;fé1f‘;,, cgdfgrif
and art campafid about mrt/I guard: 3 »-.'1)'z‘,;l 3,91%;
 Fdtbfr 610  and mercy, zzfid 1-beg it may well:

with him : HejI;dged~t12e-mu/? aftbei peer and needy,“

217-d_5710I_fbIiff'0 lgzmv me, flzit/J five L-ord? ’I’t'aou,evod
. :i  thou

efpecially, who en joyefl?
the fight of God: War-din the pile and bofbfit 09
the Church, where the rigbteow-precept: and nerci-.,
fix! command: of God are more ’cvid ently Tet forth,‘
by laws repeatedg, «by «examples multiplied," by,
judgement: and ‘reward: proportioned to wmens
works 5% none here can plead igriarauce of duty both,

tparticular Ration, as OCC3-‘f

God: great ‘5D'¢m0f1g’itdIi0fi3dfld -flemands.

«thou, 0 King art to féarhzn who is King of King:

4156} Lord of Lordgtbigbcr than the lvig/Jefl 5 the ‘ter-
ror af Ijtzmty, who pulleth Prince: fie»: their fiat,
am? pouret/.1 corztemptupen all their glarjs thy fureft
policy. is true piety, and the befi reafon of State
is this pure Religion 42zulundefz’Iec1,evex1 to dojuflice,
to low Mercy, and walk humbly wit]: that God by
w/Jam King: nzigiz, Wbo/2' throne: are not to be eflzcl»

947 A

11;//Jed Without 3u_[ii'ce, Mere} and Hzzmility 5 Nor ca-If -

they be injured (0 much by any as by themfelves-;.

their Pride before God, like Nelauc/mdnezz./tr: and ‘

Eelflaamarx, will abafe them 5 and their opprefiion
fffitbeir people , will mofl: opprefs themfelves at
at . i . ‘
Secondly, Of ‘1’/Jee «'5 nvzfe ware, and migbt}'(.‘omI-
filler, who art efieemed by \others’and‘:r;thy {elf as
a great State Izzlfelligemse-3 digging deep for coun-
fels, ‘and wrapping up thy {elf in the darknefs of

- thy cloudy projefis and defigns :, thou -who glori-

efl in thy Oraeular Policies as Acbitopbel.-‘, and

‘ 1 difdainefi to be nonplnfl in thy uufilom, or defeated

inthy defigm: Of thee the Lord5re'quires to give
no comgflfl but fuch as is-.it,1fl', iuor todcereee other
than rig/Jtcoztadccreet :.  agitate nothing in Coil!!-
cgi/.r of Shzte. and Parliailzehttz by f&p'4l_I‘-t»ialiI:}2,é fafiion,
and oppre'flion,; to ifinifterrende andunjuft _inte—
refis eitherof Prince of people ts ~beeaufe the Lord

e fittetb-» 412474;,-. Serzatorr:,‘and will Caufe a jufl de-

OF Coun(cl-
i'.;1'$‘e’_‘§ c.

crce without mercy to be executed upon‘ thofe A »

who either cxecutexor decree am-igbteot/4 and cruel
Thirdly, Of 'Ibee;0 _,’u5ordinate-Iudge- an_d'Ma~
giflrategz  to gre¢t;l;a¢v;wsand elegant: Headers, the

  «   A V ' Lord

Of Magi.
firatcs. .

  ‘   Gad: .<giea2’Dem9r:fl3rmioazs quad ifleandndx; \

L0rdir‘£;pr;ir’es not to ~:tsIi11~:}taftic_¢*; 311:0 s gel! , andei
Judgement to mravuvvcd has riot to" jadge‘fm~ remdrflg,’
or penfcrt «the caufe of any, either for fear or-fz‘-1
-tmivr, or for ref'pe&of perfonss, not to make'plea-
dings of Law to be as gim. and ff-mre; to izzrzaccrzt
fimplicit}, by a_fizllaciaw'_/bp/ozflrj, and d7'la’tory.if?:-
lazy, Wl]lCl1—I‘Ol)S tbe*Clients purfe, as the bullies
andbrambles do the (beep of his fleece, when he
feeksa and hopes for fhelter from them   «
5i, No temporal advantage can counterpoifes the
detriment and danger which uniultand mercilefs
aéiions bring upon ethofe who willingly offind
agaiinli.“ the laws oF- the jufi and mertcifial God 3 and
thereby incur eternal damnation, deferving robe
bce_l€):~.\Vlthr1fianyflripe: ,% becaufe they know the:
willof God, and do it not. St. Bernard: IP19!!!‘
~to all judges is , omnia judfcata reju/dzcaéuntur,
What comes lhort in manskmeafltre, or Weight of
_°7‘zJiz'ce 5 {hall be madeup by Gods eternal» reeom-s
l3!:nc6§.:-  ,6;   s  ‘ 4 -» -
of‘ Hi ' {to   ”"z’-‘iflzt and  72111713
md lc:‘é0.(:; who hafi.-powcrteglh thy llindtb five O1‘ deflro}: 9 to
m.51».¢, ' kill poormen ,:and lay» wall fimccd Citiex, of thee
God requires julhoe. and mercy ,Whl(.’hTmuflf be thee
1lI€afur€StOfW£(5'—flS well as of Pegreg, 1-.h¢,~¢ aw
(jam £8111’) laws of rigbteoufnef: and woderativn,

which God exaftsiill war:-5 even defenfive , which ,

feem tl)€,‘0fl¢ly W313 that canebe  F01‘. {fire
to make war without Tome precedent nrtlyrutmd 
jury;  very :'n)'uu'ur. ..   b_t1t"
right mull be looked at , where the lives offlmeh.arc-
concerned 5 jufiieeialnot (to. be t.tneafi1re_d~ by the
fr.-xgtb effmnv{3‘.—nt;the.  of thy 
.3)";  , ' -

'01‘

I God: gm: Dégteéfirdtiem aiihl ctimmafi.  M

Or the numbers? thy Soldiem ' but by the Law:  
GM, of Natiamancl of ever} polity ;" The Juflefii
am, muft not by paflionate tranfpartr he carryed
9}? tdunjuft, exorbitant 3 and cruel ‘oppreflions,
either to barmlej} and unarmed people, or to imme-a
, derate demand: 3 in point ofreveng and compen-
fation , much lefs to build ambition: Balaels, and co-
. ' vetom confifiationr, uponothers ruinera The‘ Sol-
diers had their leflmof 3'0/m Baptz’/3, What to do,
when they had fo much grace as to ask the queflioaa, _
they are not commanded to lay down their Armcsg wk‘ “' 
but to do violence to no mamévc. A
5. Of thee Om:m,(~God requires Jufiice, mer-
cy and hurnility) whofe prolperity either in violent or Pije mag

Or injuriour ways‘, have made thee rich andgreat, or Pf°‘P°i'°us- A

who increafcft thy eliate by that, which is not thine
in equity and confcierrce, who tnakefi no fcruple.
Of Extértidrz, rapizze, racking rents , hfaclrilgaige ,« op-
preflim, and rigorous extertiam; who hall built thy,
nefi on high, and feathered it withthe Cfjzoilgeitheri
Of thy Neighbours and ‘I emzazzt: , or 01 Church and
State , of the Crown  Crofier, where cheap pur- "\
chafes ,"' ,.Witnefs to ydur_F2;ces,i and upbraid Both
lvyarr and fellers of the injafiice of the bargeim, thou;

  even thou, mult fo repent by rnaking“refiitz>ttion of

 unjufl acqm_'fZtiom,?_ as Inay'make thee capable Of

'  2' -‘*5"¢‘W.

God;'pa.2fdoia,, wh'0~vv‘illVnot be mocked bylame and

. Cmckt titles; norernaybe rolfibed, w‘ith’outjmak-i'ng
the curfe threatned to light-tori fuchiniur-ious & pre-

f§1mrptLiOuS finI1ie,rS,i who neitheerfiiar God nor reve-,

_r_'e nee irrangthough great, and='ric—h,a'ndi ma_‘tiy,thou'gh
§I(eiii*i‘r  €'_'oAz¢m“z'l.r,-i arid fAr’mie:’,}‘:{rid’%§vlio>le'~1\letia2e.si

= r3égg[;pi?e to ‘do éiizjetfily 5”“ yet Wine  be aj fwifiz
° C T ‘ H i Witnefs

5,3  l Goal: yea: ®enma2flretz'om and flemczmls‘;
lwitnefs againft them, and bring his ]uI’ci_ce upon»
them. » t  p   s
3 6. -OFthee.O godly gull, and holy claegd, who
0 Minite ' ‘

‘i E: Ch , - - _ _ .,
" t c L“ ofdoingfomthmgs, both mjzzflzlndcrzeel, in order

“to do good ,  aclwmce jiziflice, to glorzfie G0d,.tQ
reform Q‘/were/J and State ;, as it‘ thesrezzfom and inte-
- refl: of both Religion and jzeflice did; i"om__etimes
want zmjzzfl proeeedingf, (as pills to keep them in
health ) which /Irgfzfider pleaded by Way of Iran},

‘Cf pleadelt an hy»pocrit1eal7zonplr/4, and a Hate necejfit}

toethofe who impatient of exaét juflice,’ forced L.
. him for-ntimes to deviate fromit, by their popzzlczr

_ peevlflmefi 3 he told them he did it (aw flw‘ «:9 vrazy;o:'J‘@4
., cméaemra (3: vroméxecrxi aJluLid£ J‘i'5w.'z-'ni;) in order to the pub-
lick good : God will difcover thefe impudent fal-

lacies, and fo punifh the prefimzptiozzof doing evil,"

that good may come thereby , that all men {hall

{hall hear and fear, and cozzfefft/Jere 73' at Gael that

t ‘ juelget/J the eczrtiv, when they {hall fee vengeance to

overtake thef e men, ‘and the iniquity of their heels
to compafs them about. ‘ ' t

9’. Better to follow Godscounfel by doingjnflice,

~th0ugh‘We perilll With Lazarus on .4 dung-bill, and

1 fuffer the l-aft Ptrokes of humane jufiice in this World,

. than to fall under Gods eternal and I inexcxable Iu-

flice, Which Will Grip’ thee of all the goods thou

getteli , and bring upon thee 2’_;zfi'm'tely more evil

. than that, which by unjufi and Wickedmeans thou

fiiughtefl to efcapes there is no neceflity (fcelem X

feeleribz/Jtueri) to make evildeed: good by doing
worfers it is the Devils harclning Maxi.1n to damn
fouls by defferatigng as. if atheif lhould plead’
neceflary, to kill that {nan whom  hatl1,,_,,1:o3—_

'   ‘ « t   i “be ,

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\

Godsgreat Z3emoxfirat’ie;zs and Demarzds.‘ A 95:
bed ,’ left he/ be pnrfued and taken by" him. _ _
J p“ .7. Of thee,O]14"z';zifler of the Church and Pzzflar ofgf";:§::f”8
' foul;/at God requires, firfi to dojuftice to thy bro-— )9 '
t/Jerof the fame tribe and calling, by notintruding L
Ihyefelfi into his work; againtt right and" reazfbzz and
law/, that thouirnayft have :1 plea or pretence to the
proiitsof : his living, and fo thou mttyfl feed thy {elf
byfeedizzg anotberrflockagttinfi his willswhen Jufticei
T€quires us notonely to eat our own bread, but to_
(10 our town bufinefs ,‘ and’ not ( eikxcvrtcemvxvfiieiv 
to Vfurp on anothers either emolument or em-
‘ployment , which they are able and willing to per-‘
forrne.   ' pp \
‘ 0fthee,OC£mrcb-¢;zzm,great 81 fma11G0d requires 
thisjtiiiice, to God, to Chrif’t,t0ythe Church,to peo-_
p1esfOuIs,‘"'to the holy word and worihip of God,

’ to the truth ofD0€trine , tn the folemnity of his

fervice-, to the ‘neceflityiof mens f0uis,_ by feed- ‘

1 ing them with nvkoltzféwefiod , by giving them their I
' portionin due flmflm , bynot denying; the children

their breqld, fer fear of dogs eating it 3 byadmi-,
inlihing the bleiied S/z€7‘aI72£’7ZtJ‘ dui y and reverentiy,
according as‘ the Church, in which thou _ ferveft,
-.ha.th appointed thee,n0't fetting up and urging thy

 1 Own fémciestand whiwfrzyy, ti ;l10V€i7}zveflti021:‘an<i
. . fl‘72z'J/irzzzzticzzl‘partialitie:,. thyZ1‘m72a;zetr4cliriazz:,and

u‘mut/aezztick; becaufe zzficétikolick objematiom , c in-
“7{i€ad“of Cbrzflr 7'22,/.*7‘;*?'r‘e.*.z'.oz.2.r, not fo ibyzttlditmtiing

pc3‘t"‘the [h':td7oW70f {cine decent and innocent rite‘:

or circurnftances and cerézminieer in religion, as to in
flY'ff0I,;I3 ti'1€_.'?ff}’i1)',.07’d8I‘,;£?ctf'Iiz0.'{}7_z1I1d auilaogrit}: of

’ i e the Whole £1/sz!,-c/.~i, by a fiiperciiiousg uniuft and '

Alnercilefi f_e§\'/e‘1*ityy , ‘ Wili-Cii'fi-l'v'O1‘S:.t0O_ 11"1uCh of pride,
4 ~ H 2 L   and

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~   V  God: cgrtatflemenfltations and flemands.
. y and felf conceit , hereby fhaking and overthrow-
'  ing the faith of many poor fouls, who are ignorant,

weak and inftable,by the pertfirlmtiam thy pragma-
tique and popular aétivity gives them.

~ _ 8. Lalily of thee , 0 whole Palcyiimz , O C/mrc/J
and State ,   O my native Comszty , and Nation, both

a inthylatitude and diffi1{ion,and in thy ParlzTa;;ze;zt4-

1} Epitome, or reprefentation 5 of thee the Lords
requires not only to do jujlice, but to fhew mercy l

I there, where is the crymgeft injufiice and cruelty in

théworldg There isa voyce from abroad and at

" home, which crys (Ora mzferere labarmzz T mztaruw,
‘ A r miflzrere mzimi non digmzfizrentir) 0 do not approve,

fconfirmy oradopt that pride,injuPcice and cruelty of
' fame; ions of Belial, who lifted up thernfelves above

llthat is called Godg all Law: of Goal and 772472,

‘T ~'aHo d.u_ty.to their betters and Superiors.

 I "  Ifwhat hathbeen donein.this forely allliéied

'§‘a_‘nClAabUl‘€d ‘nation, ‘wi_th’expen_ce of to much blood

.  treafures, twiithfo much‘ terror¢i7.zclext19atJ«iga;z-
‘ " ‘¢3’:“iWell“and worthily done 5 1t Wlll he -an a&

  fcrtlplesofconfcience which We haves ofthofe fears a  

of'yo"1ir]uftiee‘to‘a{l‘ert it,and of your Mereyato abs.
{olve other of us poor fcrupulous fouls of .1,-hofe

  and jealoufies, left the Nation lying under (0 great

t.f;“m_.,jmapy be expofedl to Gods forefi judgements, e
, t'efvyen toan utter vafiatlon. ~ -

5?. But ifoitoappear to your wifdom, piety, Juftice
and M'e:rcy,._ toha've« been a violent and zmpamlleld

prefizbiptuom wickecfizefgf ofunjuft cruela *

ty,= 2§n‘dvm0fiCruel-injuflices In which was neither

p "r‘)z.dttiér nor f(2r;72‘el.I’jen‘tiail of ]ul'tiee,‘.l under-the fari-
o ;mality ofehigh julj’tiC'e 5% if men hav-e.kill€.d and  

'5

  v Gad: great Eamon/Zlraziozz:;4nd@:m4m1j;
fened, and taken poffeflion , even the {poi} and

griceof l2leod:, I doubt not but you will fo far re-
m€mb€I‘ God: Demanflratiom and deiimrzdr, as to
do fuflice to God, to your Gamer}, to your Lgjpy,
t0;y:0ul‘ Superior, to Soveraignpower, to the Whole

r Nation, and to all mankind, as to teflifie a ju-it ab-

h0rreI}Ce and perfiaéi detefiation of thofe things ,
to Whlch as you would not . have been Fat/Jere, fo

al laying among Statzflr to excufe t_he*1r,,excfezet,rici-.e
my and deviationr, from the exaft rzqlef’ of jzfliee;
C l\~’u//tum magnum ex-emplxmt jufiitie taliqzm 7'72-

‘ jig/Zitiag lam {me We have ‘known magnum exem-
plfm injuflitie fine aliqmz juflitiaa a tranfcend-ent  

in uftice, which had not any grains of jufiilee in

  it) in the vindication of which, I dor~<not fozurge‘

the rigor ofjuflice, as not to require aIf0fu‘ch‘tem—-
perament of mercy , as .rnaydiltinguilh between
the flower and the bran, the vile and preciaw, the
pertinaeiom and eniterztg fuch as finned with ma-
litiouswiekednells), with an high hand, andethole
that were only carried dovyn the rapidtorrezzt and,
llrong deluflom of times. A   . ,  
‘L sf; There isyet one injizmce of doing jafiice, and

_/bem’ngeMerey,to the whole Nation, which I cannot

; ‘ but. recommend to; my Country, and to yolkthe
 Fafberr of-our families; and head: of our T ribefi
 -Whichis in reference to the flml: of mm} peer
 people, thatina land-of pleat} they may not. be fiz-

pzififaed, for Want of able and ineluflriow: ,Predc/.v_er:,n
which cannot be had‘ or expefied * (whatever. vet»

bal feverities are pretended of Reformation 3 Of —

Religion, and propagati();13,,;of the Gofpel) Unlefb‘
. l W“ _"_~   n I thfrfi

‘ I beleive you will not be Godfatberr. It isan ufu-. ., .

 

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Goal: gregittiflemonflrrttioizs adds Dezzzflzcilr. 
there be fome way found, by the wifdom, piety;
honor. and bounty of the Nation, of P771203, Par/i4~
meat and People, ‘for the competent ”l(zi7ite”d7z€e of‘
fuch Minifiers as may do the work ofaod, and-
take care of men: foul; : with v_Vhat Iuflice or‘
Mercy can you exaét afu/Z tale ofbricéx from poor
1’:/Iizzayierr when they have no /lrzzm? Alas, when {hall
the feandal._of living: n_ot worth fifty,~ or thirty,
or twenty pounds a year be taken away by "the ge-
néroffgl, juflice, liberality and mercy» of England P-
Hoxiz many years tax , how much treafure hath
been {pent , to maintain   Soldiers and a\War’,. of
which the publick hath no fr'm't butthofe of tears,
opprefliozz and repentance 5 me thinks it fhould not
feem' much to allow we fear: tax to be‘ gathered

in {omen convenient time , by which to begin a‘

banck or t1‘e_a{ury ( an certzriuzrz/Zzmmz) for the ma-
king fome. augmentzxztio/1: and purohafes of Impro-

priatiom to poor linings: One good Foundation laid «

for {o great and gcodra work, tmanyaotheri {upen-
fim8mrestW9uldlea’fily be addedby the piety, mg -
dam . andtclmrit}eithe1‘y of the publick or of the pri-
Viltei and 127Ell'd7',/]‘)0.fé61p€)y.0.7I.!'.   _

,6. If this may not be put upon the account of

juflice to be done-to the‘ Crizzrab and Clergy ofgmg-_ y

lzmdin eompenfation oftliemany idimintitions, de-
p1’C(1l£lt1OI)Sa_n(2l mdigmttes, which they have of line, ~
or long {inee fizllcained,  the policiej; power: or

fuperflitionsrofi later times; yet Ibefeecj] you1oo]a_; t

upon itas :1 {ignal and eminent 36% of Jmrcj : for
which thoufands of paoripeople ‘in the Countries
(22:/20 perfl for want of égzotvlcdge, having 220“ Pro-
’ pbetvzor jdeerzmzwzg tlreriz) W1lllJlefs_Godand y_outo
many generationso e ‘ 7 t ;f.And

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Gods great flenmz/lratiozzmmil Dem meals.

 ,5. And {ince God hath bya molt miraculous re,

turn of mercy, brought you thus Fat to the morn-

ing of your redemption from civil flavery and Op-‘ .

prellion, where we ivere under Clmzm czzrfc to be

fervants of fervants. O bethink your felves, Whe- i

ther it be not worthy of your‘-munificent piety and‘
gratitude to offer fome oblation of tliankfiilnefs
as :1 peace-ofierirzg and Euchariltical monument to
God and his Church 5 but I may not fo Far dii7truf’t
your rzoblezgefi, as to urge you too far in this thing,
which is rd much its own Orator,and‘Wherein many
thoufimds bothMinil‘ters and ‘people are filently
and humbly importune for your favour in To great
a concern of Church and State, yea of mensfouls
eternal Welfare.  

The Fourth and laft General Head is (76 nae) the 4,Tl=fg1a:-
nl,-YO. 0 S

manner of Gods flaehving and requiring thefe duties

  of all forts of men, in all occafions, times, in all
dealings and adminiftrations, in the whole temtre of
it/aeir canverflztion, to God and men, , ClVll and re-

ligious. _

I formerly gave an account of t.='Jz3' , which Will
excufe me if I here briefly infift on fome main heads
Onl .    

,  God hath lhewed it to mankind (in p1'i;rcipi;8'
internir) in thofe inward priciplera of right Ifedfvfl,
and that ftandard of Juftice which 18 ("ct up 111 each
mans own beart,belides the Clm2.ce7'}' 0f M876)’ 5 bmh
whichhe cannot but defire in hxsown ’ czzfi:5 yea he
expeéts and exaéf: /mmility, revtrrcnce and fubmlfi

Demz ultra-

tl} go

refpeét ftom th-ole that are his defcendcnts and in- ‘

feriors, efpecially if many way: obliged t0 hlflfa bY
undeferved favou_rs;,,fo as every mam" 043?” *0‘
award God. 9- P74?“

9 5'4

‘ £55,   "Gad: great Eamon/irations and flameridri.

, 2. Pmceptalr flripture, by the Letters pat-tents of‘
the holy Scriptures, whereof no man in the light of
Religion w/Jicbjlvzvzer in the Cburc/J can without {in
be ignorant; becaufe no leflbns are ealierto be
learned, and let out in greater c/mraéferr, or text
letters, both of the ten Commcmclmeiztr and the
Gofjrel, than thefe three of Jqflice, Men)» and Hu-
mility. Nor is any man meet to learn or obferve the
more abflrufe my erier of Cbriflizmitjg ” Who doth
not firfi apply to t efe plain moral: of /nzmanity, and
native Divinityg in which initruftions who to pro-
fited mofl among the Jews or Gentiles, and lived
accordingly ,- were molt capable veffels of Gods
A Mercies, although they had not fuch an explicite
' faith in the ./Mefliaé-,as we Chtiflians are now obliged
to, asa condition of the Evangelical Covenant. ’
3. God hath {hewed us thefe demonflrations ,
’ rzzagizir exemplaribm, e§-exemplies by the greatefi

exemplars oflvalj mm inall degrees, in the befi: ,

of Kin s, and vvifefi of Counfellors, yea in his bleli
fed {cl ~ and his S022 our Lord jefw Clmfl, in-whom
Iufiicewae fatzlrfiecl, ‘ Mercy Ilxfagmfied, and Humi-
lity mofl exalted for amm:_z'zm'tatz'o;z 5 To thefe are
added the great example: of his judgenients on
thofe Whofe exorbitant lufl: and pal/Eons, for-
getting God and themfelves , prefiimed to ‘do be?-
yond thefe lmzmd: and pre/}rz'pti.e;z.r', which tlfe

Divinelzrjlice and Man; had {er to mankind, run- ~

ning out to zzioleazce and cruelty, in order to gra-

tifie their pride: On the othea tide, God hath by F

many lrle/fiug: on Prime and Peeple , manifefied his

approbation of their umjr, when conform to thofe 

grand .Pf€C€'pt.s,which fiipprefs firlt all private ex-
tra vagancics

HT 7111} do require.

“Gad: 

(_t.;'-.3 vafia néieé 'humil_ity,ah&;‘al.}.f;>nbiiL‘i§ q:ppr.'&lTm,nS ,
-hyiju ice, mixed’ u>é‘tb.mert3¢; -no§man»li1;tt~-isfehump
ble can be unhaippygnor }any. people orjPrinCei mile-
rable, who keeptow fiufiicg ahd tnercy‘,except‘ in Imm-
tyzly cafla: fo1jtriqlof_ the1'r-faj-t/:_ .,; paticmé, :.m.d co/.2:
fiazzcjo, vvhic‘h’art_elf0_u1}c_imo{’c in thofcg (ifincrt Q11e1y)
-who are mofi exfidued with pr2»c;p1e:,a,nd W6hted_.,as
to :7u_[iice; {oto the prafiice ofmercy, and hzwzility.
* 5:. Lafily God hath fhewed and required thefe
things(czgm g}'avi‘i7iternzinatiozie pcém,§}1a0t lightly-sad
m'96itraril},'but with great earmjinefi,‘ and fteqxxcriti
olateyizztiovz, threatning pzmz'j7:ment , ‘anfWe§table% to
the mrgle6‘r','and executing vengeance on the pre'_fi;;;¢p‘-
itéfll, I101‘ LllfitheyiiLaW5.0f(t§¢n14§eni3¢ J'zx5u:ur.ns_),_.dzigr-;
{m.l'}iL1'fl’1.Li‘.€, to day loyalty , to morrow ‘.Tre4fBIt,[tehti‘§ 4
‘Week lawvflll cuidz juft , enexttweekl .il1ega‘.l.m:~ld;mI1er
jufi; like :1 Lerbiarirgle, ‘but  are fl2mdz:ro_lr,fi'x_eél
in“G0d3 imm11table4.j'z.¢/iice, inercy,and exc£Il’c’i2tfl1a¥
jeflj,.WhiCh int) men at any ‘time mayidifpenfe, w~it_h-
-‘athnori can they be difpenfed with,as to’ GCds;'j'ud.g;-i
~rnents,if they break them. ' L A
re ‘gs. But it is now time for me t'0 reieive y;")ur_ at-_
‘t‘em‘z'.oirz% Withthe variety: of fi£C€c’fléf!. p:1in<_+si_5
tinely I Crave your Chriftian*pi1ti,enc;e f0 far,—i~aes-t.o
gzxzef me leave; - td make fame zfitxch i1npr.0z\z>e1i1€I.=3£'€3f
1   is Text; 3:15 1‘h_c?igirdnd0CCafién.:f¢mii7p1‘€f{€.flti fallezkfi

" sf; You are allthis day, asthe: Reprefisntativeyh of 8PP'i<==rir~n
th'é:“.(.'M2 "ii: if this Nationlmet _before the ,L0rds °"~WcS'
tOij‘Zé[Z5i111‘cii?};’ra}/,. to humble and zzfiIz'6fyO11i‘ f.0uls,_ IO,
cotif’efs:yedur‘fins, and the finsof ypur~peQpI.€_.a3‘f

_nion'gi Whiehinione are mére cryingm hezaven _Q'1f
V€Hgea_tice ,‘ then the mint of jufiice , mercy find

" ii i Q humi-

  3
‘Si.

  ash great flefidnflrdtionr arm’ flemamls

' humility 5 forpride5 ambition, cevetezzfrzefn, cruelty,

and »o[}1pr.efli0n, the land hath I1n0r1rned- thefe many
years andthetmore deploredlgg becaufe it hath

  {uttered by all thefe pefl: of Church and State, under

the name ‘and preterzfiom of lbltillilifjl , fanétit} ,
liberty and equity. It Was a {mall matter for us to
be miferable by theinfblenc} of fome men 5 but we’
were commanded,  their hypocritical and cruel
mocking to beleive our {elves to be an happy, and
free people 5 iI_1_ :1 glorious and reformed way of Ree-
ligion ,’ laws and liberties-   5

;<. Itisa faying of that great orator , as acute ‘as

l true(Totiz1«.r izejufiitiee tmllzz efl mpit4lz'or,quezm'eorztm,

-qui qzmm maxim? fallmfzt, itzz tzwzerz agtmt, fit -z2ir_i
lzoni -vz'elezmtur.') No men are 141‘lOI‘€_£’7’I'f}2I‘7Itl-l!}’Z'7z_/"zt_/3,
than thofe, Whowhen they molt deceive and opt’-
prefs, yet then’ boaft of theirjuflice andpiet}.
§. What haveheen the effeéis of fame mens ju-
flice, mercy and humility, all the Englifh, yea Britifh
world hath feen, and your {elves have filt 5 ?-to
Whomhave Tome mens faéiiousfand Piramtickbm
more fhewed.any7tokens of thefe vertues, except to
t/Jemfizlver, and their complices? to others who are
yerfbm far more rigbteourthen themfelves, their ve-
ry ‘mercie‘s‘h2t.ve beenereeelg and their highefi ‘ju-
{lice the higheft injuries to the publique 5 indeed it is
of the Lords mercys that we have not been all.con._-

“fumed 5 thata remnahtis efcaped to fee the Salva. 5

tion of the Lord-, in the land oftheliving. Qwith
What pride 5 petulancy, lhaughtinefs and difdain,

‘ have , mean men and vile pe2fbmicarriedfthem- ‘

f elves againlt the honorablefar their better: and fa.
periorr, ‘yea a;g/ainft the Whole better and flldjeflj of

this .

 God: great flemakflrritians 4524! @¢‘m,§,£,,;,,

’ t’hisNation;l howha‘ve we feen fervantsridin   an

b.01.‘_/2?//¢tt.:é..‘, and I’rim‘e.;r'going on Foot! this is t eh!
humilityg. they have flattered both Prince and Peo.

plein their fore di-fireflies, as if they would;-elievg t  

them, Wi1€I11tl1Cy' proved atlaft Phyfitizms of no
value , miferable comforters ,. very fevere exzaél.

orsg and tragicaldefiroyerss This is their mercy; '
They" have fubvertedi alllaW,* order, and ‘ govern-

ment 9 troubled the fbuntaines , cut of’? the cons-

r duitsyzlnd inverted all the courfe of civilsjufiiceg
and eccle{i;1{hcaltauthor1ty5 as well as unity this is v

their Jufiice.

-r j§. C§anaNation'be lick of its health, and Weary

ofits haplpinefs, or thusdaylyand bitterly com-

plain, if ir;injoy.ed fuch a glorious ftate of Jufticeg i
and mercy,by the humility.and-fanétity .of-itséc-'over~  
iizaurr‘, eisfome‘ have pretended? ‘Why dot"-hthe

:who1elaynd_cry out oflmrt/new and bleed]/Jebzla of its
oppreflm and exaétorsr, of its.endlefslt.mub«1es and
terrors? if ourieflatewerefo fetledeand bleflied, as
fome men have told us '3 Why, as Droz7zedarie.r,
dotheyevery month‘ fo itraverfe their way: , .=de-

‘ firoying What they build ii‘, and building What they

deftroy , like fo many foolii-eh buyilders rlj izt’:-is: Pcrange,
that neitherlthefe Baaldmr not their affes which Mr-
rythem, intbe ways, "and after evvageslof’ iaziqzzitj,
can yet fee the Angelof the Lord, with atdmvvn

T fvvordo ftoppingtheirvvays *all1avvsofGod‘:md'

man, ,‘al~l.good;«mens votes, and ‘prayers, are r againft
their.madneis', pride, prefumption, geruelty , h-yt-
pocrity and injuftice,  *vvh'ich they have brought
fha‘mleeanddifl1onozur'r,,- fa blot and great; reproach,
uponrathefiation and the reformedsfieligim. e

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1006?: 'gi'ti1t®oe1}2l952/ilrdtticzas and flemlznis;

:  5?. You have enough to do /aoizorable rand ivart/3})
to undoyvvhat fomelmen have done am1f‘s,‘to‘re€ti‘—.

fie tl1eir_crool~';ed nefs, to bring to the flazmlzzrd of 71¢-7

flice and rule of mercy ., vvhat their injurious cru elty it

;md~_vv.antonvvickeclnefs have‘: pjervertedt.:md. die

ftrzifl‘-ed 5 as theirpr.icle, a;;zbiti02z,‘2in'd'iwz:ri(/its lzzflr

h:1vtedriv'lenttl1em'. I . ~ t. i i

- ;S._Y:our vvork is not only ::1s;'_‘7'of}m_b, to fall dovvn
-beforettke Lord, as. ye. do thislidtay,‘ but to Arifiz and
to do the work of God , of tlieetéi/Jzz2~cr}2, ‘and of the
istate, fvvith juflice, mercy.zmrlqhiirnility 3 For if
you {till fall forfirifei-4’ndoppi~e]];z‘o;z, to finite vv-ith
the fiit of wz'cké[alnéfi,' and to bind heavy burdens
-on us,’ your vvéill be fonndmzockerr of God as i others
have been;_,j-your pray.ers.:Vvi.llo obeaturnyied tint-or fin,

and youi"coL'infels vvill tut/\n to confufionue   ; ~

* g.-The appeal: and petition: of all honefl:-rniiiiiiedi

people (mxt Goa’) are to your prudence, juitice and
charity,«that’yo‘u vvould judge betvveen the da'ugb-
rterotfyaur pimple,“ 4 Land hertfhamelefs ray<ifhers,;;her
eruelvvound ers, and endlelfi oppreffors. i 

5S. : Threeantientl and ' fometimes flourilhing
Kingdomes , and the -adjacent Do;m'-'m'om7c';1l1 to
you for mercy, and you cannot fl1'evv'.then1 greater
mercy ,4 then to-do thenrjui-‘ti'ce', in reftoring them
to their Formerrha-ppy governments, and excellent
vConfiitutio'ns. . T e e ‘ -

r .756. All ‘efialtes of Soveranityp Niébil-itynr gentry,

'C=lerg/y,Co1nmonalty eafl.lonpo?niyour.«fory jgflrjcerand ’
mere}; fo the .poor.zmd rlch 5; the City and Coune .

trv  {O God liimfelfg and ryour“Sav.iour ,: to true
Rieligion and its novv fo‘ deformed Reformation,
Io your .ov“Vn‘ and. your pofterities interefisx, do

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cl ayly impor t’uné~ 5  it rvfvill be your juftice and “met”; .-i

cyto ‘them all and) 2us,no‘t to bringrupon all our ih eacls i ,

thetguilt ofrthatlinnocentblood , which the cute}-
ty,prideand irnjnitrce of fome menhavelhed,
even, the blood of ’VV.ar in a time Aofpeace , and‘

after along Treaty, When God makes inquifitiorr

f'orth'is’blood , let him not find it,  avenge it

upon you and your Children,by your not expiating,

deprecating and deteftin-g of that fin, with infinite  ‘

T horrorand‘abhorence3 to leave it unexamined and

unpunilhed is everyday to contxrafi the guilt l of ‘ a
new -regicide. '   \ ‘ e

  5?. The Soveraign fountain of honor,c1‘.vil power,
and fecular authority in Church and State,ealls for,

and expeéis yourjuflice, where it hath been iniu-t
le ;

red; your Mercy, Where uynrelieved 5 your humb
fubjeétion, Where duly eftablifhed. T ’
9’. The Houfe .-of Peer: cannot lrbut own your ]u—~

{fie-e,iModePty' and "Humility , in removing thofe 

obftruétions ;whi'chi fome ‘mens pride and injurious‘
infolency had for many years put in the Way of that
Houfe, = which was ever one of th_e highelt points of
this;Kingdo.ms Wlfdorn, -Honor, liability andhap-
pinefs‘. l ..   r it i‘ '   'y_
5?; The Houfé of Czmm_¢om alfo, and whatever
becomes‘ the dignity I, and freedom of a Parlia-‘
ment of England, calls to your Juftice and Mercy,
to redeem that almoft facredsemzte ( than which L

, initsfull conflitution, the World3¥h‘adnot any thing, i

more auguft : and   venerablets‘ When Lo1‘.dsiSpir_itual'
and Texnporzxlg ewhen the Gentry and ‘Cornrnorns,
all concurred to advance next the, glory QF God,

the rnajefiy of this Empir’e,- and‘ rh~e.Throne of its

"Sove-

52,  G’oa': greet fleman/lrations and Demands;  
  3 Soveraigng) to redeem. th_is( I fay) from rhofe
' abominable defolations of tumultuary and military
infolencies which for many years have made that  
houfe 3 Charnel houfe, or a kind of Augean liable,
fulfl‘ of all faélion , L fury and and ifimatick filthi-
ne 3. t
;f. Our C/mrclv and Religion, our E2:/bop: and Pref?  
' lzjterr, our Migifzler: and Mirzfiry, all call’ to your Ju-
ftice and Mercy to redeem them from popular de-
pendencies, Mfr-'om_ vulgar im pudence and ufurpationg
at leaf} to relieve them from thofe Harp}/c’.r_ which
have clriven them togznd defiled them with (0, many
fhameful diforders, diVifi0ns”and'di{traC’cions unbe-
eoming men, much more Chrifiians and Minifters“,
who are pretenders to" “Reformation. . t.

55. The_faz/201}! Uuiverfitier, and all Nmflrrier of   '
good literathre implore your juflice and Me1:cy,'to
‘defend thefe eyes of the Nation, from thofe bird:
afprey, foraign and domellick vulture_s,- whicihhhopei
when thefe are pulled out, to feize upon theblimf

' and deformed Naiimz, with greater freedom ofiRo-
 fitper:/iitioiz , and famztick ‘Z)[2zrp4tz'g;g 3 who
i gape to devour allthat islefr of the civil or facred

patrizizonjg QfGCdé, ,Or the Kings, the Churches or p  

the Crowns portron. 4  
  3?. We have once ‘again ( by Gods wonderful
n1ercy,taind hisblefiing upon ozze great be;-oick and
fledd} foul) got the windaf the jfqfiliticé , Angbgpe
tz:/lick and fazzxtick defigm, who have abnfed us‘
with their’ long wiles; O lofe not the advantages
which God hath given you to bring your Church
  and Country into a fair and lmpp} /mézen, after {'0
, many tempefis rzézdg-agi-mtioézreiof infinite lqfi and 1642'.-‘
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God: great Q‘3emanflratieizii diiiz’ r)émmz:;’

5:. -There are many holy _Duties, and C/5rz'_'/r’izzn p

Riterwhich call for your Jufticeand Mercyg, the

two bleffed Sdcramefit: which have a long time

 

been either wholly defpifed, or prophaneryabured,     T

or very partially ufed 5 The Lord: Prayer allio, the

Ten Commaiedmemfr and the Creed, all {acted and -

wholefom forms, of excellent ufe to the people of
Cbrifl: flock, but defpifed and" negleéted by Fome ~
of their fuperciliow Pegflorr, ~ to the great detri-.p "

ment of true Religion and abatement of piety;
thefe expect-your exemplary Juftice, to refiore them
to their primitive and Cat/Jolick /mzer, which will
be a mercy to the whole Nation, which by extern-
porary novelties and crude -varieties in Re1igion,hath
been wholly deprived of all thofe priftine forms
of liturgical devotion; by which the generality of
Chriftians were befi informed and molt affefied, as

to ‘the grand fimdamentalr of Rneligiozzs Sure it is

but the erffeét of crafty or crazy brains, étoucleny us
alliufe of Our Fat/aerin Englilh, becau-fie We gave

over the Pater izofierr, the Ave iiflmrier, and other

prayerswhich were in Latin, and To of little ufe to
the vulgar. It was once thought a bleflingto have
prayers and holy duties in a langruage which People

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tan to make people forget thofe things which they    

i could eafieft remember and belt underfland.

95 Lam)’, There are many prevalent and epide-

micaili flm of Sacriledge, Prop/Jane/3’, irreverem‘-e,.

'P€’”j7””J’> 74]?’ fwedringa Duelling, 'Z);2cleam2e[s’and all
wamzer oflicentiew difcoveries ofAt}:ezfm and ineli-

i_ gi-072 which call for your jiufiice to -fin-pprelis ethemfor‘ ’
;-they are the c;ru'elleI:t enemies of Church and State?
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