As He concerning Himself the same we may say of Reformation in His Name It comes not to send peace but a Sword to set men at variance one against another a Matth. 10.34,35 It comes to send fire on the earth It doth not give peace but rather divisions b Luk. 12.49.51 Wee may record our Lords words with trembling and yet every faithfull soule can rejoyce too Every kingdome divided against it selfe is brought to desolation c Mat. 12.25 Certainly our divisions are not a destructive signe not a signe of desolation but a signe of good to all that are good Our kingdome is not divided against it selfe rather one kingdome divided against another The Kingdome of Darkenesse against the kingdome of Light And the clearer this light the more manifest the opposers of it Againe these Divisions are of an uniting nature they tend to unitie and setting us in joynt againe Now they that feare the Lord speake often one to another Mal. 3. and amongst them there is a firmer union then ever Now the wicked are folden together as Thornes Nah. 1.11 they make a tumult now as once they did a little before they became as dung for the earth Psal 13.10 they are taking craftie counsell against His people and consulting against His hidden ones What followes now As once it was and ever will be in such distractions and seeming confusion in persons and things strong prayers are put up against these adversaries Now the godly give themselves to prayer and they cast not away their confidence saying Psal 2.6 yet God is good to Israel yet have I set my King upon My holy hill of Sion Yet the Lord Christ He is King and His kingdome shall bee advanced and his enemies shall He dash to peeces like a potters vessell by those very meanes by which His enemies would dethrone Him not suffering Him to beare rule in the world Fourthly in Respect of IIII. The Sects and Sectaries among us Doe they appeare A sure and certaine signe that God is appearing in His Glory Lastly in respect of and that is the chiefest Respect and hath in it the quintessence of all in Respect of V. Those honours for I take the Doctors word willing to goe as contrary to him as he goes to the sacred Scripture the Word of truth Those honours that have beene done this present yeare to the service of God truely called so and so indeed Can they point us to a time our enemies themselves being Judges when the day of the Lord The servants and service of the Lord have beene more honoured then the former and this present yeare Many Parliaments have done worthily but this hath exceeded them all in their honours done to the service of God And now I have said this I have said all For honour God and His service and what would we have more Thankes be to God for their much zeale and diligence this way And God grant they may abound yet more in their zeale for the worke of the Lord and in giving honours to His Name Amen SECT XX. God hath wrought wonderfully for His Church this present yeare The Citie writes the remarkables upon the Pillar with a pen of Iron she nameth the Pillar and dedicates the same ANd now after this contention this is easily cleared to the world that some notable things have bin done this present yeare also for and in behalfe of the Church The Citie then may goe on and write the remarkables of this yeare also What remarkables These which the adversary allowes her Alas what are these but distractions and feares wars and rumours of wars Yes something else which are these That the adversary conceived chaffe and brought forth stubble That their owne breath as fire did devoure them Esa 33.11 That the lips of a foole have swallowed up himselfe Eccles 10.12 That the adversaries plotted and plotted and the Lord brake their snares and discovered their plots That the adversary girded himselfe and girded himselfe Esa 8.9,10 it is twice repeated And the Lord brake him to peeces so often and more for it is thrice repeated and this yeare fulfilled in our eyes The adversaries tooke councell together but the Lord brought it to nought they spake the word but it did not stand Vers 10. How so it followes for God is with His people All this must be written first for thus it was done Then the Church will write according to her adversaries allowance all the forementioned for they followed close at the heele very Paradoxes all along things managed by an Almightie hand for her weale against all sence and reason She writes her distractions for these united her her feares for these quieted her violent deeds against her peace and dignitie these awakened her and set her people upon their Watch-Towers devouring words these in stead of swallowing up preserved her and so the poyson of Aspes embalmed her name for ever This must be recorded to all Generations The Church can go on and write what the Lord will do in after times That she cannot you will say Yes she can for she holds fast the confidence a Heb. 3.6 That by the greatnesse of Thine arme her enemies shall be as still as a stone b Exod. 15.16 He who hath wrought that and this the former yeare This and that this present yeare He will doe yet more He will make the adversaries of his Church to be as still as a stone Hee that brought His Church out of Egypt did not forsake them at the Sea To thinke now that the Lord will make a stand here and lift up the right hand of His adversaries were to forget the yeares of the Right hand of the most High Psal 77.10 these wonderfull yeares by-past Such a thought were to provoke the Lord as they did at the Sea even at the Red Sea But I will not call off our thoughts from what the Lord hath done That men may know that thou whose Name alone is Jehovah art the most high over all the Earth Psal 83.18 Now then the Citie will name this Pillar What can she call it but a Pillar Yes it must have a more proper Name as anciently it had when the Lords of the Philistims were discomfited it must be called EBEN-EZAR hitherto hath the Lord helped us 1 Sam. 7.12 Maugre the Malice and rage of the adversary yet HITHERTO Notwithstanding the power and policie of the enemy yet HITHERTO the Lord hath helped us Over this Wall that is not high enough over this Hill and that Mountaine through that gulfe and those straites All along backwayes and crooked pathes hard by the dennes of Lions and mountaines of the Leopards hath the Lord brought His Church HITHERTO Blessed be His Name Therefore she will Dedicate this Pillar also To whom Not to man not to his wisedome nor to his might though yet she will give as much to Man as he is
lovers yet returne againe to Me saith the Lord My righteousnesse is neere my salvation is gone forth and mine armes shall judge the people What then Isay 〈…〉 Then the Isles shall waite upon Me and on my Arme shall they trust I have digressed I have beene upon the defiling of Images and their Ornament which is the hardest worke in the world if it hath taken up more space here then was expected it could have done it was that it might take up more roome in the heart I must remember I am closing the treatise which I cannot doe before I have resolved according to my promise a second doubt SECT XVII The heart deceives us in point of Ornament that which must be defiled is but in Name so The Citie in place of an Idoll will raise up a Pillar and write thereon the former yeares deliverances Concerning this present yeare there is a great question wherein shee will bee resolved in the next Section MAn is much mistaken in point of Ornament that which he counts pleasant to his eyes and to bee desired defiles him and must be defiled But it is our infirmitie and more I may say our Death that we account that an Ornament which is our shame if that be taken from us our Idol I meane or an offer made that way we are ready to whine and can say almost as he did and what have I more Judg. 18.24 O the darkenesse that is in our minds The vaile spread over our hearts not yet taken away but of this enough And yet O that a deceived heart might beguile us no longer It was a good answer the man of God gave Amaziah making question about the Talents the Lord is able to give thee much more then this 2 Chro. 25.9 more then our ease that will slay us More then our Bargaine for a penny a day that will prove but poore wages though it be a Bishopricke More then the glory of this world for a cloud will come and overshadow it More then Kingdomes here below which have no foundations or if any then like that foundation the foote hath standing upon the waters Therefore these must bee shaken as the kingdomes before them which have beene shaken and broken to pieces but the Kingdome of Heaven cannot be shaken Heb. 11.10 Heb. 12.28 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fluctuo tanquam in Salo seu maristans Wee cannot but know all this if wee will shew our selves men Therefore let the Idoll fall let his Ornament be defiled whether without and before the eye or within the house of my imaginary let it goe and bee defiled the Lord can give us much more a Peace which may be interrupted but can never be taken away A glory which may be eclipsed here below but shall shine forth to all eternitie An inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven 1 Pet. 1. I would sharpen this point and make it keene in the heart of the Idols the Kings enemies and ours Let us then aske our selves this question seriously soberly and sadly Is it peace 2 King 9.22 We must then make answer What peace So long as our Idolls are so many It is a conclusion of experience as ancient as the time when man was first created upon the earth That false gods and a true peace could never stand together If they be entertained the true God will depart consider wee then of the matter and then make our choyse Is not the presence of God more then the presence of ten Idolls Is not He an Ornament the beautie of holinesse Is not His grace the Ornament of beautie Let our Idoll goe and this God will come else not for what agreement betwixt Him and Idols But if they goe out He comes in A good Exchange and as full of comfort our wonder will be why we did not yeeld sooner why we maintained warre so long so long loved death why wee were so unwilling to let in Peace and so way is made to give full satisfaction to the doubt what they shall doe for an Ornament and to the heart of the Citie The Crosses good friends and neighbours doe pine after the Idoll and they demand of me if the Crosse must be taken away and the Ornament of the Images defiled also which upon due consideration of the premisses the stoutest adversary in the world dares not deny What then shall be done for the Cities ornament 2. That which is fully to the minde of the Citie and to the heart of the righteous there The greatest Reason in the world that a Citie so famous that hath done so worthily quitted her selfe so like her selfe hath so magnified her office hath stood up for God for His truth obove all the Cities in the world great reason I say that this Citie should have an Ornament she may expect to be dealt with nobly and honorably at this point so she shall be be put to her owne choyce and then we know what she will choose She will prepare a Pillar write upon it how the Lord hath befooled his adversaries the former yeare how He was above them in all wherein they dealt proudly Exod. 18.11 breaking yoakes and snares and turning the wisedome of Achitophell into Foolishnesse how He magnified His free grace exalted His right hand did valiantly was glorious in wisedome triumphed in power was marvailous in working when He caused His people to passe under the rod so brought them into the bond of the Covenant Ezech. 20.37 Then they will write the Bishops warre so they called it the beginning the progresse the close all is wonderfull All the Chronicles in the world Hebrew Greeke Latine English c. cannot yeeld us a story which will run paralell with this That two great armies came from their places stared each other in the face for some moneths together and so stood in open defiance one against another in as great a contrarietie of wills and affections each to other as are the Angells in heaven to the Devils in hell and yet before the yeare was up turned backe to backe and so departed without shedding one drop of blood betwixt them O wonderfull yes truly Ezech. 23.32 But the wonder must be raised higher yet that a people prayed against exclaimed against proclaimed enemies rebells c. for it containes much should in the same place and time of the yeare be prayed for in our Congregations bee stiled and enacted our Brethren loyall faithfull subjects to God and their King so they were indeed O wonderfull yeare that workes of a God who onely doth wonders SECT XVIII Touching this present yeare a Doctor tells us that God hath done little or nothing for his Church but rather much against her The Preachers conclusion and respects are weighed at the Sanctuary and found light And a conclusion contrary thereunto is set downe and proved to be in divers respects agreeable
a Divell in Hell a Prince in the Ayer a partie on earth and a king over them which is the Angell of the bottomlesse pit so long Reformation will find a mightie opposition what the gates of Hell can make And if Reformation be so opposed as that which destroyeth defileth Idolls then it is quickly read how reformers are accounted of Eccles â— 9,10 The thing that hath beene it is that which shall be and that which is done is that which shall be done and there is no new thing under the Sunne Is there any thing whereof it may be said See this is new It hath beene already of old time which was before us They that have beene employed in Temple-worke and in defiling of Idols they have ever beene accounted factious seditious rebellious those that would turne the world upside downe Acts 17.6 I must adde c. for there is a great deale more yet we read all in these words Behold they belch out with their mouth Psal 59.6 what are their words very Swords are in their lippes they would slay the righteous man therewith for they call him by their owne name Exulem me de suo nomine vocat Cicer. Paradox and that is a devouring name as bad as can be their tongue is as an arrow shot-out Jer. 9.8 which malice ever drawes to the very head as Jehu drew his bow with his full strength 2 King 9.24 But none of all that is strange The righteous are not troubled at it their patience can digest more then this besides their Lord and master hath beene so reproached and Matth. 10.25 If they have called the Master of the House Belzebub How much more shall they call them of his houshold But what shall we thinke Can Reformation goe on Shall Idols be defiled even now Shall these Refiners prosper There is some resolution given hereunto as followeth SECT XV. Notwithstanding the contempt that is cast upon Reformation and Reformers yet both shall goe on and prosper I Will beginne with Questions and Answers Quest Shall this worke of defiling Images for that I call Reformation shall it goe on Answ Yes sure God wills and commands Images to be defiled and it must be done Quest At this time Answ There I am at a stand I cannot certainly tell that I thinke so but in Gods time it shall be done which time the Father hath put in His owne power Act 1.7 But the righteous they that walke in the truth that 3 Joh. 3.4 doe faithfully whatsoever they doe may say as their Brethren before them Neh. 4.2 our worke is Reproached and we are despised They may say so indeed but it is a very good signe that the worke goes on Idols shall be defiled even now It is I say as comfortable a signe as can be wished the divell and his party have great wrath Revel 12.12 therefore wee know they have but a short time Obj. But in a short time they may doe a length of mischiefe An. True but they are held short in a chaine which the Lord holds in His hand and they cannot proceed an inch farther then He lets it forth And a great good signe it is they shall not proceed much farther because the Almightie hath them in His fetters And they feele themselves checkt and curbed-in as a wilde bull in a net But they thinke their tongue is their owne and at liberty therefore they say as once they did Ob. What doe these men will they fortifie themselves Neh. 4 2. An. Yes that they will in the Lord and power of His might Eph. 6.10 for wisedome and strength are His Dan. 2.20 And He is a good Lord a strong hold in the day of trouble and He knoweth them that trust in Him Nahum 1.7 The adversary mooks on Ob. Will they make an end in a day Neh. 4.2 An. No nor in a yeare neither Temple worke the defiling of Idols there goes on more slowly then Romes work doth yet we know the proverbe and that Romes Leaven hath not sowred the whole lumpe yet and experience tels us that the heires of the beard or head wax not white altogether One Idoll is smitten now another to morrow in good time they shall all be defiled The adversary goes on much cast downe as formerly in their owne eyes for they perceive that the worke now also as then is wrought of our God Neh. 6.16 and is so firme and stable that a Fox cannot break it downe with all his cunning they must adde the strength of a Lyon to it too and therein is their hope Ob. That these feeble men shall not be able to goe on An. Thus the adversary reproached anciently the servants of the Lord who went on the better and more comfortably though indeed they were then and are now but a feeble folke so are the Conies too yet make they their houses in the rockes Prov. 30.26 A feeble folke that have the munition of Rockes for their defence and a Redeemer that sainteth not nor is weary They may doe great things for Hee is mightie and strong The Lord of Hosts is His name He shall throughly plead His cause That He may give rest to the Land and disquiet the inhabitants of Babilon Esa 33.16 40.26 Jer. 50.34 Againe we say their strength may well be wasted in all this time but they have a continuall influence and supply from the Spring head the God of their strength to whom they have a continuall recourse for as the waters neare them run from the fountain every morning and returne to it every night so doe they receive from God and returne to God so they renew their strength like Eagles and goe from strength to strength with the increase of God for as was sayd when they be at a low ebbe then they slow upward to their fountaine and spring head whereas these scorners are like waters wee observe running from the spring head and never returne againe and they are feeble men indeed but let them say what they have devised Ob. That these feeble men shall not be able to carry on the work and beare up any longer against the tide of opposition and contradiction of tongues so some say and vaunt too and good men feare An. I will answer first as Master Jewell whose face did shine in every mans eye but his owne in a case not unlike I have no skill saith hee in the wicked mans Almanack Gods will be done It is His cause whatsoever shall happen and His Name be blessed for ever for what He hath done But so vaunted the heathen against the faith of Christ Ad certum tempus sunt Christiani postea peribunt redibunt Idola redibit quod erat autea Verum tu cum expectas miser infidelis ut transeant Christiani transis ipse sine Christianis August In Psal 70. See Apâ—l pag. 26. These Christians are but for a
to the mind of God and understanding of the Godly THis will suffice for the former yeare and fill up two Columnes of the Pillar But what hath the Lord done for His people this present yeare which may now be recorded with rejoycing We must answer what ever adversary or friend saith to the contrary Great things therefore must the Citie continue the Records for behold mercies after mercies and loving kindnesses have followed loving kindnesses as the waves of the Sea It is asked where are they for hearke what a great Clerke saith and a Master in Israel Things are as they were nay much worse reformation of corruptions hath beene endeavoured with much zeale and diligence yet the end not attained Nay in some respects it is so farre set backe that in my understanding the state of Religion hath never beene worse since the first reformation then this present yeare What respects these follow in respect of first the greatnesse of destractions which have divided us all one from another then Secondly multitude of Sects and Sectaries c. Thirdly dishonours done to the service of God with so much scorne and scandall to Religion that in forraigne parts they question whether all this time we have had any so abruptly he breakes off Upon easie search we may finde these words towards the end of a Sermon printed very lately at Cambridge I must ponder them whether they hold weight at the Sanctuary whether the Doctor speake according to his charge as the Oracles of God 1 Pet. 4.11 I say I must doe it for it is much against my spirit to fill up this yeare with Ciphers to make it a Leape yeare as if God had done nothing this yeare worthy to be written upon the Pillar the Citie stands charged to raise up now to the glory of her God We take then a second view of the Doctors words he saith Obj. Notwithstanding the much zeale of our Nobles and worthies he meanes and diligence things are much worse then they were Answ Here is a confusion indeed for here is much zeale and as much diligence and yet things much worse I hope things are but in an appearance so but I answer the much zeale first where that is there will be much diligence I will be pretty confident the Doctor doth not fault the zeale as too much But as the man of God a Master and Seer in Israel greatly affected with the House and Cause of his God hee would have commended the reformers zeale the more if it had beene much more more hot and boyling against the light Prophets and treacherous Priests their Idols and Idoll services That is his meaning we hope and we must deale tenderly therewith as with the eye and conscience and give the fairest interpretation thereof That it grieves him to the heart that the successe answers not that the end is not attained the filthinesse is not carried out of the Temple nor are those Priests cast out thence nor are their Idols defiled But touching all this he can consider and comfort himselfe in these words That as God hath accepted a zeale for the building of His house though nothing was done there 1 King 8.18 so will He accept much zeale for the reformation of corruptions there though the end bee not presently attained Surely the Lord takes it kindly that it was in the hearts of the reformers to do yet more for Gods house and to shew much zeale there Let reformers quit themselves in point of zeale and deligence that they have laboured in singlenesse of affection and uprightnes of heart then though their end should faile and the time should be deferred yet they shall not faile of comfort Men must part their care so as to take upon them onely the care of dutie and leave the rest to God They must make good their ends and the meanes they have used in confident assurance that God will make good the issue and turne all to the best And this is a comfortable consideration even now for they that have given all diligence about Temple worke have not lived to see the end attained And hee that had shewed much zeale there thought verily that his very zeale for God and His house would occasion his death Good man he thought himselfe left alone upon the earth 1 King 19. and O that his good Lord for whom hee was so jealous would take away his life and not leave his soule among Lions for them to teare the Cawle of his heart so dismaid and heartlesse have good men beene sometimes when they have beene upon Temple-worke contending for God against Baall and his Priests But note wee this here That never any man from that time to this day did comment upon Elijahs zeale saying It was too much and he was served in his kind that would contend with Princes and beare up against winde and tide No man was so mad and left of his wits and destitute of understanding that would blame the Prophets much zeale and diligence for God and His House when he was in his fainting fits No There is no other use of all this but that which the Apostle makes for the comfort of all those that have much zeale and are jealous for the Lord of Hosts Heb. 10.35,36 Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of reward For yee have need of Patience that after you have done the will of God ye might receive the promise This is the Cordiall Reformers must take after they have taken much paines and have beene very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts when yet things in appearance seeme much worse In the second place I must answer those men who may be charitable men too yet not acquainted with the Doctors Zeale about Cloysters and Cloyster-men those Abbies and Abby-lubbers who eate the fat and drinke the sweet caring for the body onely and no farther what betides to the precious soules I say not acquainted with the Man and his known zeale concerning these places and persons they may read the Doctors words backwa d as if the much zeale of the Reformes grieved the Doctor more then the end not attained And that is it which pincheth others also and so they lay the blame upon much zeale that things are worse worse To these men I answer I hope not so things doe but seeme so to be in a worse condition then formerly but suppose they are so shall we blame Reformation or Reformers for this their much zeale and diligence God forbid If there bee any want as sure there is in the best man living it is want of zeale and of double diligence for the service of God which we shall never call the Liturgy The want if any is this that they have not wrought through worke in Temple-worke and for the cause of God That they have not carried out the filthinesse out of the temple which is the prime and chiefe worke ever and cast out those
light and treacherous Priests out thence Zeph. 3.4 who have polluted the Sanctuary and have done violence to the Law that is all the want which is want of zeale not too much zeale Be it knowne unto the world that these Reformers cannot bee too zealous though exceeding zealous for the Lord hath beene to them exceeding gratious and the adversary is exceeding proud and the Churches friends exceeding cold the Churches straights are exceeding great the Priests and their services have been and are exceeding abominable and the zeale of Church-men exceeding cold I sayd not well there zeale cannot be cold I meane these Church-men for the most part have no zeale at all for God but their zeale boyleth and runnes over against God Mal. 3.4 and those pleasant offerings which God hath commanded must and will have when all is done Therefore must Reformers now suffer themselves if they will shew themselves in any proportion answerable to be eaten up with an Holy zeale for the house and houshold of God The greatnesse of the provocation the excellency of the object the weight of the occasion beares out the soule not onely without blame unlesse from wicked and vile men but with great praise in such extasies of zeale seeming distempers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 12.11 Non amat qui non Zelat Aug. It is the glory of a Christian to be boyling in spirit to be carried with full sayle and as it were with the Spring tide of affection so long as the streame runnes in the due channell And if there bee great occasions for great motions then it is fit the affections should rise higher as to burne with zeale to be sicke of love to be more vile for the Lord as David to be counted out of our wits with Saint Paul hereby to further the cause of Christ and the good of soules It was a quicke answer that Luther gave Erasmus he told Luther you are too hot Luther Bee it so Erasmus in your judgement but the judge of all the world who hath loved mee with a love as strong as death for whose cause I am exceeding zealous will not tell me one day Martin thou wast too hot But it is to be doubted He will say rather Erasmus thou wast too cold Away with these midling men dangerous persons who say others have too much zeale because they have none at all Master * On Rev. 3. ver 15 16. Mediocritas hic est pessima nihil in te mediocre esse contentus sum totum summum totum perfectum de sidero Jero Ep. 15. ult 181. Vide Lact. lib. 6. ca 16. Min. Felix p. 25. line 36. in folio Brightman lessons them very well so doe two or three more they shall doe well to observe it that they may prevent a curse a spuing out I can but point to the Margin adding this to the line Blessed be God for those Governors of Israel who were the more forward in the cause of God the more backward others were that offered themselves willingly among the people And blessed bee God for the people that offered themselves so willingly also And for their zeale which shamed the Priests for it is much but the Lord encrease it yet more and make it yet more hot and more boyling in and for the cause of Christ for He is worthy How ever it fareth with the world it shall bee well with them for the hearts of all that are good are towards all such that have offered themselves willingly And which is their securitie the eyes of the Lord are towards them for good who would stand up for His cause against a crooked and perverse generation It shall be well with all such though they be smitten vvith the tongue and hand both yet it shall be well The Lord will remember all those for good Amen Now vve goe on In my understanding the state of Religion hath never been vvorse since the Reformation then this present yeare so the Doctor saith 1. I say first he answers himself in my understanding saith he he is but one man his understanding must not be a Standard vvhereat to measure the judgement of other men in so high and daintie a cause vvherein the glory of God is so much concerned Thousands there are vvho unde stand themselves as vvell as he vvho know it to bee cleane contrary 2. Seemeth the state of Religion never vvorse than now at this present time Yes So it vvas in ancient time know vve not this of old vvhen Israel vvas in Egypt They had never a vvorse opinion of their state then vvhen it vvas beginning to mend Then they vvere comming out of their furnace I say then vvhen they thought themselves plunged deeper in Then they exclaymed against Moses O how they sparkled and kindled against Moses just as vve doe against our Nobles and Worthies hee had done them the greatest vvrong and disservice that could bee done Why so Because Moses vvould bring them out of Egypt But vvho murmured so vvho vvas so uncivill The ignorant multitude True they did complaine of their blessings and murmured vvith meate in their mouth But upon enquiry you vvill finde that Aaron and Mirian murmured these strove also The Brother and the Sister contended and chid vvith Moses and if sisters chide vvith their brothers they will chide bitterly Adde vve hereunto What vvas intimated before and must needs cause a seeming confusion in things The Church-mans Idols are smitten at then vve must expect that he vvill rage as they did vvhen Stephen assured them touching the alteration of things the casting out of beggerly rudiments and how they had persecuted their brethren and Teachers Act. 7.54 When they heard these things they were cut to the heart and they gnashed on him with their teeth VVe goe on as followeth So farre things are set backe 1. I answer first by questioning how farre backe Things are not set farther backe this yeare then as they have beene alwayes and ever vvill be vvhile Reformation comes on It pluckes downe first and casteth forth the rubbish and all this vvhile behold nothing but ruines Truely every mans Tabernacle as well as Davids if raised according to right order and rule must be raised out of ruins Certainly the building never vvent up before it vvent first backe and fell downe even to the ground and into ruins Touching this more anon 2. I aske againe are things set backe Certainly no that is a deceit the Doctor is quite mistaken Things doe not goe backe vve go backe The hearts of the children of men pull back the more strongly the more Reformation drawes on and vvith the more strength If Reformation comes on my heart drawes backe mightily and I cannot thinke I stand single in the vvorld My heart may be an embleme vvherein to behold the Cloyster and Colledge both I say againe things goe not backe Reformation is not set backe vvee turne backe like a deceitfull bow and the more