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Intercession for the People when God's Judgments are abroad 't is we that must with Faith and Courage stand in the gap when Wrath is gone out from the Lord and the Plague is begun Numb 16. 48. 'T is we that must be always ready to give a reasonable account of our Hope and with undaunted arguings urge the Doctrine and Faith of Christ to some now a days a Stumbling-block to others Foolishness 1 Pet. 3. 15. against the growing oppositions of Atheism Heresie and Prophaneness 'T is we that must Preach plain practical Truths to the people with the Rules and Fundamental Reasons of Obedience Justice Sobriety Charity and all this in easie and familiar yet powerful Applications not in Rhetorical Harangue or Affectation of Speech and Gesture which doth but make the ignorant gape and tickles the Ears of the more knowing producing perhaps a plausible perswasion in the one but scarce true Christian Edification in either and better becomes the old Roman Rostrum than the Christian Pulpit And since the unreasonable Prejudice of people seems now adays to make it almost necessary we should endeavour to obtain the Custom and Habit of talking to them in a familiar way of converse as it were salvâ majestate verbi and if it may be wholly without Book 'T is true that when the Preachers Eyes and Gestures are pointed directly to the Auditory they are the more likely to give their regards and attentions to him but again 't is strange to me that these silly Souls should fancy that the effects of a nimble Invention and unsteady cursory Effusion to be more the Word of God than the best of a mans sober thoughts squared exactly by the Holy Scripture in Methodick Writing Matters of Controversie we ought wholly to decline for besides that 't is easie to prate where there is none to oppose the people would be kept more obedient and safe if they could altogether be kept ignorant that there is any opposition in any kinde to the truth of our Doctrines besides what necessity is there of telling them to their dangerous amusement what is wrong as long as we continue them in the right Belief and practice of what we know to be true and right But now I better think on 't since our Schismatical Dissenters Compass Sea and Land to make one Proselyte Mat. 23. 15. and indefatigably take all opportunities by partial and detracting misrepresentations to tell their own Tale first to our no small disadvantage it might be perhaps of some good consequence if our Loyally-affected Ministers would take frequent Occasions not in their publick Pulpits but in their ordinary familiar Communications with their Parishioners to explain and enlarge upon such Points of Publick Duty and sound Belief as these few following that the good People might be disabused from the insinuating Cheats and Impostures of these deal-board Mountebanks and disswaded from giving their Money for that which is not Bread Isai 55. 2. I. That the Power and Authority of Kings is from God II. That Prerogative is accountable to none but God Psal 51. 4. But Property and Priviledge in many cases forfeitable to the Crown III. That to Depose Kings for fear of Arbitrary Government is as unjust as to suppose a man feloniously-affected and so hang him afore-hand lest he should Steal or Murder IV. That to draw Arguments from Precedents and conclude de facto ad jus is as unjust a proceeding in Politicks as 't is often in Law V. That to fear Arbitrary Government or its Tyrannical Effects in a King of Great Britain is to suppose a Moral Impossibility VI. That the Kingly Government of these Realms as 't is contemper'd with the Rights and Liberties of the Subject is the happiest Policy in the world VII That Major singulis minor universis is bad Logick and worse Divinity 2 Sam. 18. 3. VIII That 't is unlawful upon any pretence whatsoever for the Subject to take up Arms against the King IX That Rebellious Innovations always end in Confusion and Anarchy and redress of Grievances that way hath proved worse than the Disease X. That the Church of England as now by Law establish'd retains the true Catholick and Apostolick Faith XI That our Gracious Sovereign is in all Causes Ecclesiastical as well as Temporal Supreme Governour XII That a Subjects wisest and surest way is to adhere to the Establish'd Religion in these Kingdoms without the least Cavil or Dispute if he believes he may be saved therein XIII That no pretence of scruple whatsoever without plain proofs and demonstration can excuse any Subject from the positive Commands to absolute Obedience in all things Lawful or Indifferent XIV That Separate Meetings and Fanatical Conventicles have been known lurking-holes and refuges of Romish Priests and Jesuits and of consequence Nurseries of Actors upon the Stage of Rebellion XV. That upon an exact review we have great reason to conclude our present divisions to belong to a Principle very different from that of Scruple and Tenderness XVI That Ambition and Avarice are the two great Wheels of the Devils Chariot XVII That when our grand Adversary designs most Mischief he always hangs out the white Flag of Religion XVIII That Liberty of Conscience commonly proves Licence to be Seditious XIX That our Dissenting Zealots who plead for it most have been observed to grant it least XX. That the People of this Nation are acquainted with much more than they should know and much less than they should practise XXI That we can never have peaceable days as long as Bulkers and Coblers are Preachers and Couranters XXII That Vox Populi is not always Vox Dei Mat. 27. 22. XXIII That the Stool of Repentance and illegal Impositions of Oaths on King and People is a greater piece of Arbitrary Tyranny than French Monarchy or Kissing of the Pope's Toe XXIV That the Kingly Government of this Nation is equally inconsistent with Popery and Presbytery XXV That the Power and Riches of the King is the Peace and Prosperity of the People XXVI That 't is impossible for Peace and Godliness to continue long in Church or State under a general Toleration of Schismatical and Factious Opinions in matters of Religion Mat. 12. 25. These short Aphorisms I presume to insert by way of Essay only and as imperfect Hints of what wiser Heads and abler Judgments may do in stronger and more suitable Applications to the good People of this distracted Kingdome But before I wholly leave this point it may be worth while to observe by what an ignorant silly Mistake the dull Teachers in our Separate Assemblies conclude of the Power and Prevalency of their Doctrine from the sullen cloudiness of Countenance and tumultuous disorder it causes in the Passions of their Female Anditory rather than from any Serenity and clearness of Minde and Understanding For I have very good grounds to believe that all this noise hath left the Intellect untoucht and that it hath not in any degree