would now and then curse it lov'd to read Romances and Song Books But poor Conscience being stifled in a little time he gave content to the whole Family in that he could mumble over a few Prayers out of a Book And that in rhe second place he could Bowl drink Healths be Drunk and cry God damn him with any of them and there was indeed never a one in all the Family that hated True Godliness more than he for he made songs of him and scoffed jeered and derided him continually and made himself and others merry with his mean low and distressed condition and also stirr'd up all the Neighbourhood to find fault and quarrel with all those who were friends and true lovers of him Godliness now perceived he was like to have but cool Entertainment at this House having waited at Riches Gate till his patience was almost worn out began to think of a removal and to Travel to some other place but before he took his final farewel he was resolved to speak his mind freely to him thereby to leave him without any kind of excuse whatsoever and therefore addrest himself to him after this manner being at door ready to depart Godli Well Riches I see now very plainly you did but flatter me when you began to hearken to your poor Steward Conscience in order to the letting me into your House for evident it is you are grown far worse than before and have blinded his eyes by entertaining another who calls himself by my name instead of me but before I do depart I will shew you the great danger you are in and the cause of it the truth is you have got such a Crew of lose base and deceitful Servants that they will utterly undo you and bring upon you the eternal ruine of your poor soul which I design'd by my coming to you to save and make happy for ever for indeed whether you will believe it or no there was never any who entertained these graceless Villains and enemies of God but were for ever ruin'd by them at last nay and not only eternally hereafter in the World to come but many times externally here in this World therefore I advise you to do what you can to get rid of them and I will help you to far better Servants in their stead For first of all can you think it will be safe for you to keep Presumption still in your House since there is scarce a more deceitful and bloody Wretch in the World how many thousands of poor souls hath he impudently destroy'd by causing them to presume on the mercy of God and the death of Christ and yet live in Sin Pride and Covetousness and in a vile manner hating and contemning me that is to say True Godliness Doth not God say it is harder for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven and yet you are perswaded by him to think it is an easie thing and doth not the Scripture say Except your righteousness do exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of God And yet he tells you that by doing a few good deeds or by giving a little of your great abundance to the Poor your state is good enough whereas many of the Pharisees did as to acts of Charity exceedingly out-do you nay doth not St. Paul say Though he gave all his goods to feed the Poor and his Body to be burned yet without Charity that is to say true love to God and Godliness he was nothing and yet you though you slight and contem God and Godliness are taught to presume on God's Mercy who hath notwithstanding positively said concerning you and such as you are He that made them will not save them and he that form'd them will shew them no favour Isa 27.11 And then as touching your Servant Vnbelief he is such a bloody and devouring Monster that he hath sent Millions to Hell by hindring them from believing what God hath said in his Word touching his Grace and Clemency to the truly penitent and of his wroth and vengeance to the Impenitent and unbelieving Soul he will not suffer you to believe nor give credit to that word If any man loves the World the love of the Father is not in him 1 John 1.15 Nor to that word neither Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God John 3.3 And he that believes not shall be damned Mark 16.16 And many like dreadful Sentences which he will not suffer you to regard nor give the least credit to and thus he teaches you to make God a Lyar for he hath said you shall without Repentance be damned and perish in your sins but he says ye shall be saved though ye live in your sins Thirdly as to what Ignorance says of getting Pardon of Sins for a piece of Money by sending for a Popish Priest he deserves to be cheated of his Soul that will hearken to such a blind Sot who can forgive Sin but God Shall any believe that Pardon which is the gift of God can be bought with Money Sure his Holiness never learn'd this Doctrine of St. Peter whose Successor he says he is for St. Peter said to such a one as thou art Thy money perish with thee Acts 8.20 Fourthly As concerning Pride whom you entertain and hug in your bosom as a sweet and beloved Friend he hath been the ruine of many Souls likewise nay and not only Men but Angels also for 't is thought he was the principal Agent who wrought their eternal destruction and from Heaven cast them down to Hell and of Angels of Light made them Devils But Sir pray remember that word Pride goes before Destruction and a haughty Spirit before a Fall What became of the great King of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar for entertaining this Fellow was it not Pride that brought him down with a vengeance and turned him a grazing to eat straw like Oxen Dan. 3.4 Moreover what became of Herod the Great who was so fond of this Companion Did he not bring God's heavy wrath upon him in such a fearful manner that a blessed Angel was sent to smite him with Death immediately and he was eaten of Worms Acts 12.23 Have you not read that the day cometh which shall burn as an Oven and all the proud and all that do wickedly shall be stubble Mal. 4.1 This haughty Villain Pride is one of those seven things as Solomon shews which God hates Prov. 6.16 If you will not Riches be perswaded from hence to turn him out of your House even take what will follow Fifthly Vain-hope I know is one that hath kept up your spirits and spoke peace to you all along but he is fitly so called for he will leave you like a deceitful false-hearted and treacherous Friend when you come to fall into distress You hope to be saved and so did many thousands that are now in Hell but alas what
qualities of the Soul removed and heavenly habits infused in their room or in a gracious conformity disposition and affections of the heart to God cleaving to all truths made known to us to find the powerful influences of the Gospel and Spirit of Christ upon us whereby our Souls are brought into the Image and likeness of his death and resurrection this is True Godliness 't is not a bare living up to the natural principles of morality nor a simple knowledg of the letter of the word or an historical notional or dogmatical knowledg of the sacred Gospel and the precepts thereof but in a faithful living up to the supernatural principles of Grace and the Gospel discharging our duties with as much readiness and faithfulness towards God as towards man so that our conscience may be kept void of offence towards both It consists in forsaking of every sin and not only to leave it but to loath it as the greatest evil and to cleave to God in sincerity of heart valuing him above all who is the chiefest good and from a principle of divine love willingly subjecting to all his Laws and appointments Godliness makes a man say with the Psalmist whom have I in Heaven but thee c. Non amat Christum amat aliquid plus quam Christum saith Austin he loves not Christ at all that loves him not above all He that entertains True Godliness is as much for the Work of Religion as for the wages of Religion Some there be who serve God that they may serve themselves upon God but a true Christian desires grace not only that God would glorifie him in Heaven but that he may glorifie God on Earth He cries Lord rather let me have a good heart than a great Estate though he loves many things besides God yet he loves nothing above God This man fears sin more than suffering and therefore he will suffer rather than sin He is like a Palm-Tree he alwaies flourishes best when he is prest down most This may serve in the second place to discover what the inward life and power of True Godliness is Thirdly That you may have a compleat and perfect knowledg of him it may not be amiss if I describe or give you the character of his form and external parts together with the very fashion he continually wares or goes in First Then know ye that the form or external parts of True Godliness are very comely and beautiful and no marvel it is so seeing he was form'd and fashioned by the wisdom of the only wise God our Saviour the works of whose hands being all glorious but this viz. the formation of Godliness being one of the chiefest highest and most admirable contrivances of his eternal wisdom must of necessity excel in glory sweet odour and amiableness his form and external beauty therefore is such that he needs no humane artifice to paint or adorn him or any waies to illustrate or set off his beauty and sweet comeliness of his countenance for there is nothing defective as to his Evangelical and Apostolical form as he came out of his great Creators hands and as there is nothing from head to foot that is superfluous more than needs or might be spared so every line and lineament Veins Nerves and Sinews of him are in such an exact and admirable order placed that is to his beauty there can be no addition Every one therefore that goes about to take from add to or alter any thing touching the form of True Godliness mars instead of making and defiles instead of beautifying besides God hath strictly forbid any thing of this nature to be done no man is to set up his Post by the Lor'ds Post Add thou not unto his Word lest he reprove thee and thou be found a liar viz. by fathering that upon God which is none of his do not the Papists call those superstitious and vain Ceremonies us'd in their Church by the name of God's Worship and what is this less than the putting a lye upon him besides it reflects upon the wisdom of God to attempt to change or alter any thing of the form of Godliness as if he did not know best how and in what way or after what manner he himself would be worshipped But must be beholding to man for his help wisdom and rare contrivances touching many things that are by the Papists called decent and necessary also doth it not reflect upon the care and faithfulness of God insomuch that he should not himself take care to lay down in his blessed word many things which are very necessary to be added to the form of Godliness which man's care and wisdom is fain to supply Therefore from hence all may perceive that True Godliness never alters his Physiognomy nor changes his countenance he is the very same and not altred in the least from what he was in the Primitive Time nay and there is indeed nothing in the world he hates more than those pompous Garbs superstitious Vestments and other Fooleries that are used in the Popish Church as Crossings Crysoms Salt Spittle Oyl and Holy Water with divers other ridiculuous Cereremonies which are so numerous they are too tedious here to reckon up therefore take heed you do not take the counterfeit form of Godlineness for the true Form for as there is a counterfeit Godliness so there is a counterfeit form of Godliness which the counterfeit or false Godliness alwaies wares it is also needful to note one thing more lest you are deceived viz. you must be sure to receive the power of Godliness with his form for his form without his inward life and power will do you no good 't is but as the Body without the Soul or the Shell without the Kirnel or the Cabinet without the Jewel neither ought any to slight his form for you may remember what the Apostle speaks of the form of Doctrine and of the form of sound Words for as the true faith must be held fast so must the profession of it also you may 't is true meet with a Shell without the Kirnel but it is rare to meet with a Kirnel without the Shell Having thus briefly given you the description both of the inside and outside power and form of True Godliness We shall proceed to Treat of his Pedigree and shew you whose Off-spring he is you by his name may easily read from whence he descends and learn what a Noble Patronage he is of he is indeed High-born the great and glorious Off-spring of the Lord Jehovah the Almighty Prince of Heaven and Earth the King of Kings and Lord of Lords the universal Monarch of the World whose Kingdom ruleth over all and as this is his Noble Extract and renowned Descent so likewise he is alwaies in high esteem and favour with his glorious Prince for there is none no not one in Heaven or Earth that he loves and takes more delight in than in True Godliness
Age therefore gave him this following general Reply and departed Godliness Father Old-age it grieves me to find you thus blind and hardened in your evil waies and the rather because I see your enemy Death also standing with his Sword drawn here at your Door ready to enter in and Hell is at his heels Alas Death who now shakes his Sword over your head will soon sheath it in your heart What will you do who contemn True Godliness through Ignorance when you come to stand before God in Judgment there is but a little airy breathings between you and Eternal Burnings it 's better to have your eyes open on Earth to bewail your Sins than to have your eyes open in Hell to bewail your Sufferings though you will not let me in now who would make you happy yet you will not be able e'er long to keep Death out who will make you eternally miserable 'T is sad you will not see your danger till you cannot escape your danger As I now stand at your Door saying Open to me but am not let in so you e'er long will say Lord Lord open to you but you shall be kept out for none but those who receive me into their Hearts on Earth shall be received by Christ hereafter into Heaven Those who contemn Godliness here shall be condemned for their ungodliness hereafter Your poor deluded Soul who thinks its state so good without Grace and Regeneration will find it bad e'er long under wrath and condemnation For except a man be born again he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God John 3. 3. This is the day of Gods long-suffering but quickly will come the day of your long-suffering for He whose mercy you have abused while you live will let out His Vengeance against you to Eternity when you die much to the same purpose he spoke to him and with abundance of sorrow left him to perish in his sins How sad's the case of frail and mortal man Whose time is short its length is but a span In Youth he 's proud Ambition then so Raigns That he true Grace and Godliness disdains Virtue is then contemn'd 't is Vice which he Doth make his choice but yet does hope to be When Old-age comes another man for know He would have Heaven but not let the Earth go But when he 's old sin in him 's grown so strong He 's more adverse to Grace than are the Young Take heed you don't upon Old-age depend Least he deals by you like a Traiterous Friend CHAP. VII Shewing how True Godliness in his Travels chanc'd to fall into a certain Island where he met with a great number of cruel Enemies who conspired together to take away his Life and the Life of his Servants but their Grand Plot failing they contrived many Sham-plots to cast the whole Intreague upon his own Friends and Servants together with True Godliness's sad and grievous Lamentation TRue Godliness having Travelled as you have heard up and down in the World for many years and suffered divers hardships and grand Affronts and abuses at last came by the gracious Providence of God into a small Isle neither did he Travel alone but like a High-born Pirnce though in a state of Exile he had some Servants to attend and wait upon him who loved their Master as their own Souls yea and above their natural lives their Names were Heavenly New-man Innocency Humility Sincerity Temperance Sobriety Faithful New-obedience Hope-well True-love Blessed Experience Excellent Knowledg Christian Courage Vehement Desire Godly Zeal with many more Now after he had been for some considerable time in the said Island and had through his sweet and Heavenly and peaceable carriage got himself many Friends and Favourites having lived many years in good credit and esteem amongst them and no body thought or dreamt he had been in the least danger But in process of time on a sudden there being a little before arrived in the same Isle a great number of out-landish-men called by some Mahometans but their right name it seems was Babylonians being Natives of a great City that bears that Name * Now divers strange ridiculous Orders of men they had amongst them and all cruel enemies to True Godliness But one Order of them proved more subtile and implacable than the rest called Loyalatites being as 't is said the Spurious Off-spring of one Ignatius who were men of such base Spirits that they were content to become meer Pimps and Panders to a great Whore endeavouring alwaies to allure Kings Princes and mighty men to commit Fornication with her and if they could not effect that then they perswade Subjects to cast off their Allegiance to their Spiritual and Temporal Soveraign and to own the Usurpt Power and Jurisdiction of their Master the King of Babylon Now these men remembring what a great enemy True Godliness had been to them in the same Isle in former times and how he had forc'd them to pack up their Trumpery and be gone nay and not only so but also found that he had got a great number of the Inhabitants of the said Isle to side with him against their beloved Mistriss and great Goddess â—â—ana which they feared might stand in the way of her mounting the Saddle once again they maliciously and traiterously made a devellish Conspiracy to destroy True Godliness and all those who favoured him and to set up false and counterfeit Godliness in his stead and indeed so far they had proceeded in this hellish design that by the help of some deluded souls they had brought over to their party had not the all wise God who alwayes took care of his precious Darling Godliness by his most eminent and oâ—er-ruling Providence defeated the Conspiracy and discovered the Conspirators Godliness with his Servants and all his poor Friends would doubtless have had the greatest blow that he had met with for many Ages before but they being betrayed by one who seem'd to adhere to their Party who was privy to their horrible bloody and detestable intention having unknown to them a kindness for True Godliness and his dispised Friends and Servants whereupon the whole Island was inraged against these cruel Babylonians and called a Counsel together to search into the bottom of their Hellish design and so it happened that divers great Lords who had been poysoned with their bloody and detestable principles were found in the Conspiracy and were Attainted for High Treason for though their great design was to destroy True Godliness yet they as it seemed consulted also to destroy the Prince of the Country and all who were true Favourites of Godliness And in the conclusion one of the Lords in the Conspiracy had his Head cut off and divers of the Loyalatites or Ignatius's Off-spring were drawn hang'd and quartered Now one would have thought this eminent hand of God's Vengeance against them might have deterred them for ever attempting the ruine and utter overthrow of True Godliness any more
but they having an implacable hatred against him because they know he is an utter enemy to all Treasons Idolatries Superstitions Murthers Fornications Witch-crafts and all other horrible Crimes and cursed Abominations of their unchast defiled and bloody Mistress in a clandestine way endeavoured to bring True Godliness and many of his Friends and Favourites into Contempt and thereby set all the Inhabitants of the Isle against him which Designs of theirs was managed divers manner of waies and though some of their Stratagems were happily discovered yet some others of them too far prevailed amongst the generality of People who God knows Naturally are adverse to him having as you have heard grievous Enmity in their Hearts against him Now True Godliness perceiving how the Inhabitants of the said Island were Corrupted partly by these Babylonians and partly by other evil Impostors and Seducers whose Errors greatly prevailed and how generally People of all sorts were drawn away by the subtilty of Appollyon and the Pollution and Treachery of their own Hearts to all manner of Vice and Ungodliness he being by this means brought into great Contempt began to be very sad considering what a brave Isle for Grace and Holiness it had formerly been nay and that which added to his Trouble was those great Divisions and Animosities that were amongst those who Professed themselves to be his chiefest Friends together with the consideration of the great Evils and Enormities of their Lives for it was come to such a pass that it was hard to discern the Professor as they were called from the Profane Pride Covetousness want of love and zeal to him abounding wonderfully amongst the generalty of them so that he evidently saw that he was grievously slighted disowned and neglected almost by all sorts whatsoever and that the favour and countenance which most people shewed him was but from the teeth outwards and that they not heartily and cordially love and delight in him Moreover he perceived also that there was a grand Conspiracy carrying on by Apollyon and his Emissaries in many Countryes where he had been formerly countenanced and that the Babylonians were in great hopes to get counterfeit Godliness set up in his stead began to make a grievous lamentation after this manner Godliness's Lamentation HOW shall I express my grief or utter my complaint O the sorrow that seizes on my Soul I that am the noble Off-spring of the universal Monarch of the whole World the true Favourite of Heaven the true interest of all Nations Kingdoms and Common-wealths a fit companion for Princes and all the noble ones of the Earth the only benefactor of all Mortals that continually seeks the good and eternal felicity of their Souls who strives to deliver them from Wrath and Judgment and to stop the destroying Angel from executing vengeance Should this day be thus slighted villified censured and stigmatized and have all manner of cursed and detestable evils and abominations laid to my charge Foâ— First I am charged with Heresie an horrible crime indeed but 't is no other than I was of old times accused with But what is the Heresie What my Doctrine is is shewed in the first chapter of this Book to which I refer the reader but I may say with St. Paul After that way which they call Heresie so I teach men to worship the God of their Fathers and not to believe any thing but what is written in the Old and New Testament Counterfeit Godliness 't is true may be justly charged upon this account whose errors are capital as hath been evinced again and again by many worthy Protestants Secondly I am accused to be a common Disturber a meer Make-bate setting one man against another the Father against the Son and the Son against the Father the Mother-in-law against the Daughter-in-law and the Daughter-in-law against the Mother-in-law dividing Cities Towns and Villages setting Neighbour against Neighbour O how doth this wound my heart Was ever any dealt with as I am Shall such things as these be fathered upon me I do this day protest and declare before God and all the World I am abused and unjustly charged for I am for Peace Unity and Concord and alwayes do teach it I abhor Strife and Contention and every evil work and have endeavoured to bring all men to live in love one with another but if it fall out at any time where I am received that the Father is set against the Son and the Son against the Father or one Neighbour against another 't is not I that am the cause of it but that cursed enemy Pride Vnbelief and Sensuality that is in the hearts of the adverse party they having espoused the interest of Apollyon my grand Enemy and alas it will be so unless I could connive at or bear with those cursed evils which are in the hearts of men But can it be supposed that Virtue should wink at or side with filthy Vice or True Godliness allow of and indulge men in Ungodliness or Truth joyn or close in with Error Alas should I do this I should lose my very being and be no more what I am for as 't is impossible for Light to have fellowship with Darkness or Christ to have concord with Belial so 't is for me to allow of or bear with any of the evil enormities of the children of men should my Children do it they would at that very instant cease to be my Children therefore let all the World bear me witness this day that I clear my self of those foul crimes and calumnies that I am charged with And further to vindicate my self I call in my old friend Saint James pray hear what he hath to say about the horrible charge brought against me St. James pray speak to this great case from whence come that Strife Wars and Contention that is in the World Am I the cause of it James From whence come wars and fighting among men Come they not hence even of their lusts that war in their members Ye lust and have not ye kill and desire to have and cannot obtain c. If you have bitter envyings and strife in your hearts glory not lie not against the truth mark that this wisdom descendeth not from above but is earthly sensual devillish O blessed St. James thou hast cleared me for I True Godliness am the Truth whosoever receives me receives the Truth the Doctrine of Truth and the Truth of Grace But pray St. James go on Where envying and strife is there is confusion and every evil work But the wisdom that is from above is first pure then peaceable gentle easie to be entreated full of mercy and good fruits without wrangling and without hypocrisie It is enough I alwayes teach men and women who embrace me to be holy peaceable gentle and easie to be entreated full of mercy to hate hypocrisie and all the deeds of the flesh Therefore take notice if any who are called by my name or profess love
Content Hast thou God for thy God Christ for thy Saviour the Holy Spirit for thy Comforter and yet not Content Nay doth God Christ and the Holy Spirit dwell with thee and yet not Content Hast thou received True Godlinesses glorious Retinue into thy house to abide with thee to enrich thee strengthen thee to comfort thee and make thy life sweet to thee and yet not Content Are thy sins pradon'd thy soul justified hast thou Union and Communion with the Father and Son and yet not Content Is thy Name writ in the Book of Life shalt thou dwell with God and Christ for ever is Heaven thy Inheritance art thou an Heir of a Crown and Kingdom that fadeth not away and yet not Content Nay let me tell thee all these things and many more are absolutely thine with Contentment Come are thou willing to possess them to make them thy own and to enjoy them for ever yea or no if thou wouldst be sure of them then get Contentment to dwell with thee for Godliness with Contentment is great gain 1 Tim. 6.6 It doth not say Godliness without Contentment but with Contentment 'T is this glorious Prince it appears who puts thee into the sure possession of all true happiness and yet not Content Thirdly Ponder saith Consideration upon the excellency of Contentment for a Saint never looks like himself acts like himself acts like a person of such Rank and Quality a person who hath received so many glorious and excellent Graces and Priviledges but when in all conditions he is therewith contented Fourthly Ponder saith Consideration upon the Evils of Discontent Oh what dishonour doth it bring unto God! what reproach to True Godliness and what great wrong to thy own Soul Fifthly 'T is below thy Christian Relation saith Consideration to be discontent It was the Speech of Jonadab to Amon why art thou being a King's Son lean from day to day But that was as one observes for a wicked Cause he saw his Spirit was troubled for otherwise he was fat enough 'T is below thy Relation to God who is thy Portion thy Shield thy Sanctuary thy Father David thought it no small matter to be a Son-in-Law to an Earthly King and art thou the King's Son of Heaven and Earth and yet not content 'T is beâ—ow thy relation to Jesus Christ What art thou the Spouse of Christ a Member of Christ the Brother and Friend of Christ an Heir with Christ and yet not content 'T is below thy relation to the holy Ghost Is he thy Comforter Guide Witness Strength and art not content 't is below thy relation to the holy Angels who are thy Guard thy Attendance thy Friends thy Watchmen Hast thou Millions of those glorious Spirits to minister to thee to fight for thee keep thee in all thy wayes and yet not content 'T is below thy relation to the Saints and heavenly family Art thou brought home then to sit down with them to partake of all the sacred priviledges of God's House with them and to have a share in all their prayers and yet not content 'T is below the high and sovereign dignity thou art raised to Art thou born from above a Prince a Favourite of Heaven an Heir of both Worlds and yet not content Sixthly 'T is below those Graces Divine helps and endowments thou hast received Art thou in the Covenant of Grace Has God tyed and bound himself by promises and holy Oath to help thee uphold thee and keep thee from falling and yet not Content Is thy Eternal Estate secur'd art thou made sure of Heaven and yet discontented Lastly Consider all thy affictions troubles and sorrows are nothing in comparison of what other Saints have met with nay to those Jesus Christ met with himself for thy sake and art not content besides are they not less than thy sins deserve and yet not content nay and all those hard things thou meetest with God will cause to work for thy good and yet not content all the bitter things thou art ever like to meet with will be in this World nothing but sweet hereafter and yet not content all thy troubles will be soon gone they are but for a moment besides they are intermixt with much sweet and yet not content nay and all thy sorrows will be turned into joy and all tears will be wip'd off from thine eyes and yet not content No sooner had Consideration laid all these things and many others of like nature before him but lo to his eternal joy Contentment came in and was immediately gloriously welcomed by Godlinesses heavenly Retinue yea it cannot be imagined what rejoycing now there was in poor Thoughtful's house it would do also ones heart good to see how the scattered powers of the enemy were forced to fly into holes Apollyon himself was fain to pull in his horn Despond was vanquished cursed Disquiet and Murmur could find no more place in his house O this to him was the day of dayes Upon this perceiving Glorious Content with Triumph was entred into his house to dwell with the rest of True Godliness's heavenly Retinue and that there was now nothing wanting to make his life life comfortable here and happy hereafter he fell a singing of sweet Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving to God A sweet Hymn of Praise 1. True Godliness is come to me And with him also lo I see His glorious Train who will attend My precious soul unto the End No day like this hath ever bin Content with Triumphs enter'd in 2. I love thee and admire thee too What Work remains thou'lt help me do My chiefest business it is done Possess the house which thou hast won The fruits of Conquest now begin Content with Triumphs enter'd in 3. What 's this don 't boast what can it be Remains there still an enemy Have I o'er come all deadly foes And shall this Old-man me oppose The fruits of Conquest now begin Content with Triumphs enter'd in 4. I shall I 'm sure be rid of thee And then how happy shall I be When Godliness in me doth reign Alone with his most glorious Train And not a foe dares once appear O then what Triumphs shall I hear 5. Can man on Earth more happy be I Peace possess I Glory see God and Christ with me do dwell I 'm sure of Heaven sav'd from Hell The fruits of Conquest now begin Content with Triumphs enter'd in FINIS BOOKS Printed for and are to be Sold by John Dunton at the Black Raven in the Poultrey over against the Stocks-Market London Note Those Books that are mark'd with a Hand are lately Printed Folio A General Martyrology containing a Collection of all the greatest Persecutions which have befaln the Church of Christ from the Creation to our present Times wherein is given an exact Account of the Protestants Sufferings in Queen Maries Reign whereunto is added the Lives of 32 English Divines famous in their Generations for Learning and Piety and most of them