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A40385	Northern memoirs, calculated for the meridian of Scotland wherein most or all of the cities, citadels, seaports, castles, forts, fortresses, rivers and rivulets are compendiously described : together with choice collections of various discoveries, remarkable observations, theological notions ... : to which is added the contemplative & practical angler ... / writ in the year 1658, but not till now made publick, by Richard Franck ...	Franck, Richard, 1624?-1708.	1694 (1694)	Wing F2064; ESTC R20592	173,699	348

to encounter the Philistines Theoph. That Authority that tolerates Solomon to have Wisdom the same Authority concludes Saul inquisitive after Witches Arnold Admit it does what then that Power that gives Life a Being is indisputably more noble than the thing that has Life God created the World and by Wisdom animated it with Life so that Life shines every where in every Individual this is manifest to every Man and every Creature that breaths in the Creation Theoph. This I agree in but I can't reconcile my self to your Opinion that Solomon and Saul's Case run in parallel Lines Lucifer and Michael though Stars of the first Magnitude yet they paid not equal Adoration to their sovereign Superiour Arnold I don't question but you will grant that nothing has Life of it self but from something else that 's eminently superiour That the World is governed by Divine Providence and that every Beginning is destinated to Death in time Theoph. All this I grant what infer you from thence Arnold I infer and observe you are somewhat too severe in censuring Saul's Sin by the Rule of your Judgment unpardonable Now for one Man to take upon him to judg another he betrays his Rashness because his Judgment is not infallible Theoph. I know where it pinches you 'll hinge upon Mercy Arnold I must tell you that God is a merciful Judg whose Mercy as recorded is above all his Works and a Mystery so sacred and secretly conceal'd that Angels themselves dare not pry into it How then shall Man discover this admirable Arcanum of Mercy when lock'd up in the secret Cabinet of Heaven Let us not assume such previous Conjecturals but rather consult and expostulate Death since Death is the Wages and the Reward of Sin Man and the World terminate in the Arms of Death because they alike consist of elementary Principles But Death will be found the Extinguisher of Life except that Life that 's lighted by the Torch of Regeneration that Life will outlive the second Death Theoph. But you 'l agree in this that a vicious Man living and reigning in Sin all the Days of his Life his Life may be taken for a living Death Arnold I 'll comply with any thing except Censoriousness for that end trumpet not Solomon's Praise too loud lest the Eccho resounding ecchoes Ostentation On the other Hand not to hope an Indemnity for Saul we straiten God's Mercy which is infinitely boundless So let 's leave it to the Judg of all the World for if the World be left to determine this Case she 'll denounce a false Judgment because of her Partiality Nay she may be suspected uncharitable too and such are we if Children of the World because subject to err by the Rule of Instability Theoph. You bear hard upon me yet I 'm loth to give up the Cause there 's little or no Difference in the length of our Weapons but this I 'll say so drop the Argument Solomon was an Oracle of Wisdom and Learning and the blazing Star that shin'd in Ierusalem And Saul was a King and the first King in Israel but then he was that King God gave in his Wrath which was soon after removed for David stood in Saul's way Arnold So did Vriah in his when inamoured on his Wife Theoph. But David was a Prophet and a Man of God and Saul was censured for his impious Exorcisms as if the Tincture of Regeneration was obliterated in him Arnold God forbid that the Sting of Sin should be so venemous a Poison that no Antidote can cure it Did not the Lord of Life die to conquer Sin and Death and Hell in every Believer Let us be so charitable as to parallel Saul with Sampson who had his Dalilah as Saul had his Endor Here we read that David found Repentance after the Prophet's Reproof And Sampson had his Satisfaction upon the Lords of the Philistines These two had their Pardon feal'd before Death and fain would I be so charitable to conclude so of Saul Theoph. Ay but Saul's Fault is writ in Capital Characters Arnold That 's instituted for our Admonition and the Reformation of succeeding Generations Theoph. O Arnoldus the Generations to come will abominate this that inflames it self to set the rest of the World on fire Arnold Then let them burn and consume one another for Lust and Pollution augment the Flames Theoph. Do not all the Nations and Kingdoms about us exhaust their Treasures to indulge themselves and devote their Services to the Hypocrisy of the Times Arnold It 's rare to a Miracle to find Faith amongst Men especially such as daily expose Conscience to the wreck of Opinion And he that makes a God of his Belly devotes all his Services to his luxurious Appetite Thus Men as by Machination traduce one another into the Devil's School to brazen themselves against the Modesty of a Blush lest Sin should be thought to be shame-fac'd And others raking up the Embers of Revenge fire themselves by quenching the Flames Theoph. So let them But what 's all this to our Angling Design Arnold Stay a little till we come to the Water-side In the mean time I have a Question to put and that 's this How comes it to pass that the Hinge and Poize of Politick States move and turn about with such rapid Motions that Kingdoms and Potentates are dash'd in pieces Theoph. The Naturalist we see him consult Natural Causes and the Judicial Astrologer Planetary Events but the more Religious devotes himself to the Providence of God Is there not a Time for Frost and a Time for Hail a Time for Rain and a Time for fair Weather a Time for Revolution Dissolution and Death and all these Times and various Changes are exercised by him that holds the Poize and Ballance of Government That Naturalist therefore that concludes a Divinity in Celestial Influences does but grope in the dark and the Astrologer pins his Faith upon other Mens Sleeves Arnold You tread upon the Heels of my former Assertion Theoph. What if I do I hope not to hurt you The Prince of this World rules in the Air insinuating himself into the Heart of Man from whence comes War and the Rumours of War as Rapine Ravages Murder and Blood Does not Pride strut up in the Face of Piety and Hell presume to justle Heaven And can Good and Evil think you run in parallel Lines No Arnoldus I perswade my self this Age lives within one Step of Destruction were it not upheld by an Almighty Providence Arnold O the Subtilty of Man's Heart that nothing but Arrows from the Almighty can reach it Theoph. He that reads his own Heart without a Perspective reads all the World but to know God is Life eternal and that 's more than the World knows because wanting the Key of Knowledg Arnold Man is like a Ship in a turbulent Sea where every Wave threatens him with Death and every Gust of Wind one Step to his Grave How mindful therefore ought

come to fee her Arbours and Aviaries so naturally dress'd up in the Shades of the Forest and perfum'd with Fragrancies from the redolent Meadows of Trent besides the pleasant Prospect it has into the cultivated Fields in the fruitful Vale of Belvoir then would you say that Nottingham is the Magazine for Cheshire and Lancashire and the daily supply of those Mountainous Parts in the Peak of Derby-shire These are those Ports where the Angler and Ingenious never yet entred without sober Accommodation let us therefore first consult the Virtuoso's of the Rod afterwards sweeten our Ears with Rhetorique from Apollo Th. As you have given us a fair and large Character of Nottingham so have you been as copious in your practical Experiments of Angling and brought to Test the undeniable Assertions of Truth not imaginary Fragments nor Romantick Fictions stoln or suggested by plundring Plagiaries Now every one knows that Ignorance emulates Art and Impiety above all things abominates Devotion Tradition also that truckles under Forms and Hypocrisy and Flattery are Time's Apostates But Science and Experience are the confirmation of Eye-sight and Truth the Standard of Divine Speculation By these we proportion the Measures of Vertue which is found by him that treads the Tracks of Wisdom and wades through the profound Depths of Patience for as he that devotes himself to a solitary Life lives a Life most congruous to Devotion so he that devotes himself to Piety lives a Life analogous to Contemplation For what signifies the Court but to remonstrate the Prince his Magnificence and the Palace but to heighten his Enjoyments On the other hand where Humility is celebrated to Piety there Content dwells every-where in an humble Breast and Humility and Penitency like Links concatinate content themselves with the garb of a Cottage Thus we may read the State of the World but that which I always approved of as the best State was to seek the Blessings of Content in every Condition Then welcome Woods Rocks Rivers Groves Rivulets nay it 's possible the very Shades of a Forest in some measure answer to the Comforts of Life and Life answers to the Ends of the great Creator Consider therefore that the Soul 's great Diadem is Christ and Christ by Wisdom and Sanctification every Christian knows is God And who but God created this stupendous Creation and drest up this imbelish'd Fabrick of Heaven and Earth when he made the Majesty of his Invisibility visible and placed Man in this sublunar Orb to conduct and manage his Fellow-creatures But Man imprudently transgressing in not answering the glorious Ends of his Divine Creation in Obedience to the Commands of the Sovereign Decrees of God the Almighty discharged him the Soveraignty of Government so exil'd him from the glorious Sun-shine of Paradise Of whom if you please let us have an account But I wonder at one thing to me it 's a Paradox Ar. What 's that Th. You writ your Book in 58 and spread the Net to 85. Ar. What if I do I lived in the Reign of five Kings and in the Time of four great Worthies Th. Was O. P. one Ar. I leave that Bone for you to pick. But this I assert that great English Hero was exemplary in Piety eminent in Policy prudent in Conduct magnanimous in Courage indefatigable in Vigilancy industriously laborious in Watchings Heroick in Enterprize constant in Resolution successful in War one that never wanted a Presence of Mind in the greatest Difficulties all the World owns him for a great General that influenced all Europe gave Laws to all neighbouring Nations and disciplined France with English Arms. Th. These are great Encomiums Was the Lord R. one Ar. That great Man of Worth and Honour was truly Vertuous the Patriot of his Country and the Glory of the Court beloved of the People and a lover of Piety who left Legacies of Love to the surviving Natives when he sealed his Death with noble English Blood Th. Was Col. A. S. one Ar. That great Soul was too great for the World whose Life in a manner was a continued Death signified by those Trophies of War he carried about him He died but to teach his Country-men the easy Methods of honourable Dying to the astonishment of Mankind and foreign Ambassadors Th. Was Alderman C. one Ar. That brave and worthy Citizen to his eternal Praise sealed London's Magna Chart a with a Christian Exit and a Voice from Heaven Therefore put no more questions for the Aenigma is explained but begin where you left off so let us conclude Th. Then I 'le only desire a Description of Man Arnoldus his Meditation Ar. Adam as an Angel in the Shades of Paradise typified his Creator then it was that this mortal State seemed Immortal and Man because a Signature of this admirable Creation was made to live by that Life that made him for it was the Will of the Supreamest that made him to shine a Ray of the Majesty upon him and generate in him the glorious beauteous Ray of Himself But this was done when the Divine Majesty made Man absolute Lord and commissioned him Conduct over all the Creatures So that Adam was now a Divine Substitute because the Divinity had divinely inspired him and stamp'd the Impress of his Royal Signet upon him the lively Emblem and Character of Himself whereby to demonstrate in him a Sovereign Power over all the Families of Creatures that God had made and by Wisdom bless'd in this stupendous Creation So that you may read Adam was made in the Likeness of his Maker but he begot in his own Likeness This was once the blessed State of Adam and a regenerate State to be born again in Spirit is the same with us now for Primitive Purity can never be blotted out by National Impiety Nor shall Age nor Time nor Death it self vacate the Lustre and Glory of Christianity for as the Donation of Purity is the Royal Act of him that 's pure and lives for ever so the Piety of Christianity shall out-live all Ages to the utmost Limit and Period of Time Where note the Primitive Times have liv'd till now and that that begot Time in the Bosom of Eternity is Christ in us the Hope of Glory Why then do Christians violate their Faith Does it become us to enslave it by Lust A proud Faith is as great a Contradiction as an humble Devil The glorious Hope we have of Paradise incites and invites Believers to the Duty of Repentance and Repentance leads on to a humble Submission to cruciate our selves and this temporal State that naturally resigns upon every Assault of Death for all complicated Elements melt into Obscurity Shall the Clay rebel against the Potter that moulds it Shall Man resist his Maker that made him Shall the Vice of the Times vote against Heaven and Impiety provoke us to mutiny against the Deity Must we learn no Language but Oaths and Imprecations and denounce no Dialect but the Rhetorick of