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A16342	Two sermons preached at Northampton at two severall assises there The one in the time of the shrevalty of Sir Erasmus Dryden Baronet. Anno Domini, 1621. The other in the time of the shrevalty of Sir Henry Robinson Knight, anno Domini, 1629. By Robert Bolton ... Published by E.B.	Bolton, Robert, 1572-1631.; Bagshaw, Edward, d. 1662.	1635 (1635)	STC 3256; ESTC S106258	56,433	110

to civill honesty and conscionable dealing with our Brethren none shall ever see the LORD Thirdly I meane not the superstitious Puritane who out of a furious selfe-love to his owne will-worship and sencelesse doting upon old Popish customes thinkes himselfe to be the onely holy devoid man and all forward professours prophane You shall heare a knot of such fellowes speake Esa. 65.5 Come not neere to me for I am holyer then thou Fourthly I meane not the Pharisaicall Puritane characterized to the life Luke 18.11 12. Who being passingly proud of the godly flourish of out-side Christianity thinkes himselfe to be in the onely true spirituall temper and whatsoever is short of him to be prophanenesse and whatsoever to be above him to be precisenesse Now these kinds are true Puritanes indeed for they thinke themselves to be the onely men and all others hypocrites whereas poore soules they were yet never acquainted with the great mystery of grace but are meere strangers to that glorious worke of conversion pangs of the new birth wrastling with inward corruptions breaking their hearts and powring out their soules every day before GOD in secret open heartednesse and bountifull doles to distressed Christians and the poore members of CHRIST selfe denyall heavenly mindednesse walking with GOD c. Fiftly I meane not the true Catharists pestilent heretikes about the yeare of our LORD 253. See Hos●cent 3. lib. 3. cap 8. pag. 163. c. See Epiphapa pag. 222. See Euseb. Hist. Eccles lib. 6. cap. 42. pag 79. See Hos. Cent. 4. lib. 2. ca. 25. pag. 173. c. See Hos. Cent. 4. ibid. pag. 17. They were also called Novatians of Novatus their Authour but Cathari from their opinions and profession who wickedly denyed to the relapsed reception into the Church upon repentance c. and called themselves pure Sixtly I meane not the African Donatists about the yeare of our LORD 331. who were also called Circumcelliones Circuitores Paermeniani Montanistae Montenses Seventhly Not the furious Anabaptists of our times who are as like the ancient Donatists as if they had spit them out of their mouth Eightly Not the giddy Separist Ninthly Nor the unwarrantable Opinionist quâ talis as ungroundedly disopinionated I speake thus because I am perswaded good men may differ in things indifferent without prejudice of salvation or just cause of breach of charity or Disunion of affections If I see the power of grace soundly appeare in a mans whole carriage and a constant partaking with GOD good causes and good men he shall for my part be ever right deare unto my heart though he differ from me in some indifferent things By Puritanes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 then I meane onely such as IESVS CHRIST his owne mouth stileth so Iohn 13.10 and 15.3 The same word is used here but in a more blessed sence that Eusebius hath to describe equivocally the cursed Sect of the Novatians You are all pure or cleane saith CHRIST by the word which I have spoken unto you I meane then onely CHRIST 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whom the powerfull worke of the Word hath regenerated and possessed with purity of heart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. holinesse of affections and unspottednesse of life to whom he promiseth blessednesse Matth. 5.8 Blessed are the pure in heart And to whom alone his beloved Apostle promiseth the blessed vision of GOD in glory 1 Iohn 3.3 Now that the name of Puritanes which is as you may conceive by that which hath beene said a very equivocall terme is put upon such as these in contempt See Disc. of True Happines pag. 193. and reproach is more then manifest by a thousand experiences and by the testimony of a great Doctour at Saint Pauls Crosse. And yet I date say the greatest opposites to these derided wayes of purity if he dye not like drunken Nabal would upon his bed of death give ten thousand worlds And I prove it out of Bish. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Abrahams Tryall pag. 72. to have lived as one of them And through the name of Puritane by a malicious equivocation they strike at the very heart of grace and the power of godlinesse Puritanos Puritanos inclamant vociserätur at per puritanorum latera orthodoxam vu●nerant veritatem Secondly I adde thorow the sides of this Nickname they have laboured to wound and lay wast the truth of our blessed Religion as pure as any since the Apostles time c. Heare what I heard Doctor Abbots Professour there complaine of at Oxford Act. What Doctor Hackwell saith of Carrier Thus those whom we call Papists he calls temperate Protestants and those whom we call Protestants he calls State Puritanes Epist. Dedicator He concludes it by good consequent that by Carriers assertion Harlwell against Carrier pag. 104. our greatest Bishops our wisest Counsellours our gravest Iudges and our Soveraigne himselfe must be accounted the great masters of Schismes And now I come to tender my counsell to men in Authority and all those who are or may be hereafter put into any place preferment or publicke employment over their brethren that they may governe righteously and make the people rejoyce In the first place let them be sure to get possession of IESUS CHRIST and assurance upon good ground that the all-sufficient GOD is their owne Else say or doe what ye will men will be ambitious covetous sensuall they will hunt after preferments profits honours precedency or whatsoever will adde to their outward happinesse But plant once the eye of faith in the face of the soule which will utterly darken with its heavenly brightnesse the eyes of sence and carnall reason as the presence of the Sunne obscures the starres and then and then alone and never before we shall be able to looke upon the world set out in the gandiest manner with all her baites and bables of riches honours favours greatnesse pleasures c. as upon an unsavoury rotten carrion For all true Converts desire and endeavour and have in some good measure the world crucified to them as they are to the world IESVS CHRIST embraced in the armes of their faith so fills and satisfies the soule that so they may please him they are at a point for any worldly preferment except it comes fairely by good meanes and his allowance Here then it will be very seasonable to give some light for tryall whether you have IESUS CHRIST already or no if not how to get him for both which purposes know that that blessed LORD of life is brought into the soule by such saving workes of the Spirit such degrees and acts as those described in my booke of Comforting afflicted consciences Secondly Let them enter into their Offices Benefices preferments high roomes in GODs name I meane not by money or any wicked meanes not by Symony bribery flattery temporising not by any trickes over-reaching undermining supplanting competitours imployment in any vile service not by any basenesse or iniquity at

against that I have said he must turne Atheist and prove Scripture is false and that there is no GOD no heaven no hell which would be a brainelesse and bootelesse taske of the most desperate and prodigious incarnate Devill upon earth Secondly 2 Vse For Instruction to teach us whensoever we have any power to dispose of any place or preferment to bestow any office and Benefice c. and whensoever we are called to give our voyces in the election of any Magistrate or other man to be publickely employed for the good of the Country any way let us ever be sure to cast our eye upon the worthiest and without all feare or favour or faction impartially and resolutely to pitch upon him who as we are perswaded in our consciences is most able and is best furnished with those properties which GODs Spirit requires in a Ruler mentioned before And let friend kinsman neighbour favourite money letters Land-lord Lord or any man alive say what they will if the Land-lord or Lord or whosoever take the right way and stand for the best sticke to him and welcome and blesse GOD for so good a guide Let the current of the times runne never so boistrously a contrary course let the event and successe be for thee or against thee as GOD would have it c. thou shalt have more honour and comfort in doing as the holy Ghost directs and as an honest man should then if thy voyce were able to purchase for thee the riches of both the Indies or advance thee as high as heaven And furthermore consider if thou shouldst have thy hand in the preferment of any wicked and unworthy man to a place whether thou hast not thy hand also in some sort in all the miseries and mischiefes which may fall out and follow upon his ill discharge of the place Doe you not thinke for the purpose if a Patrone should preferre corruptly to a living an idle dissolute Minister a selfe-preacher temporizer enemy to GODs people c. that he should not in some measure be accessary to the blood of all those soules which should perish by the default and under the cruell hand of such a negligent unconscionable fellow Vse 3. Thirdly For Exhortation to all Rulers and whosoever take into their hand the raines of Government over others in any kind that they would be righteous that they would first furnish themselves with Imputed 2. Morall 3. Religious righteousnesse with those seven-fold fore-mentioned endowements in a good Magistrate That they may behave themselves as GOD would have them which that they may comfortably and conscionably doe let them take good counsell and amongst many other directions doe as I now advise Let them 1. Get IESUS CHRIST 2. Enter into their places purely in GODs name 3. Be illightned directed and quickned to a thorow and constant discharge of them principally by the divine light and heavenly motions of GODs holy truth 4. Keepe ever a cleare conscience both in respect of their personall walking and right managing all the particulars of their publicke charge 5. Have an eye still upon that last and dreadfull Tribunall at which they must shortly give a strict account for all things done in the flesh But here before I enter upon the particulars give me leave to prevent an exception remove a scruple which may perhaps arise already in some mens hearts and so dull their attention and blunt the impression of the ensuing points What may some say here is nothing but IESUS CHRIST pure preferment holy truth divine light I know not how many kindes of righteousnesse cleare conscience sad fore-thoughts of the last day c. All for any thing I see tending wholly to Puritanisme I thinke he would have us all so * A derivative from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from whence comes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 n my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 extitis rēdred 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the septuagints Ioh. 4.17 righteous that we should turne Puritans c. Before I speake to the point let me tell you that I am right glad that I have now in mine eye such an honourable noble judicious and understanding Auditory who I know will doe me right were there now before me a number of drunkards whore-masters deboist swaggerers scorners of Religion sensuall Epicures Stigmaticall scurrill jesters O how would they take on stampe and play the Bedlams how they would rage raile and cavill though by the mercy of GOD they should be no more able to overthrow by any sound reason what I say then to remove the mightiest rock when they are reeling drunke either with wine or malice Now upon this occasion let me acquaint you with the truth about this unhappy imputation ordinarily laid by Protestants at large upon the power of godlinesse Now a dayes See Nazian pag. 552. and 308. every boisterous Nimrod impure drunkard and selfe-guilty wretch is ready with great rage to fly in the face of every professour with the imputation of puritanisme if he doth but looke towards Religion labour to keepe a good conscience in all things he is presently a Puritane and through this name many times by a malicious equivocation they strike at the very heart of grace As M. G. well said See Boys post pag. 579. and power of godlinesse at GODs best Servants and the Kings best subjects For there is none of them all but in their sence with all their hearts they would be the stricktest Puritanes in a Country upon their beds of death I meane that their consciences should be enlightned and they not sealed up with the spirit of slumber like drunken Naball for a day of vengeance But let none here out of humour malice faction or mistake straine and wrest for I meane not First the naturall Puritan intimated Prov. 30. 12. There is a generation c. You shall finde many of these especially among the common and ignorant people charge them with sinne in generall and they will confesse and yeeld but descend to particulars and you can fasten nothing upon them they are true Iusticiaries presse one of these with the first Commandement and how he stands in his carriage towards it oh he is infinitely free he never served any GOD but one c. with the second Images I never worshipped any Images in my life I defie them c. They are excellently layd out in their colours and to the life by that reverend man of GOD pag. 343 c. Master Dent in his Plaine mans Path-way to heaven They are a kind of people who yet lye in the darknesse of their naturall ignorance and dung of their owne corruption and yet with their owne testimony confirme themselves in a great opinion of their owne integrity Secondly I meane not the morall Puritane who thinkes himselfe as safe for salvation by the power of civill honesty as if he were already a Saint in heaven whereas it is cleare Heb. 12.14 without addition of holinesse