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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61076	Reason against rage being some animadversions upon a late scurrilous libel, prefix'd to a sermon preach'd nine and thirty years ago; and dedicated in these words, (viz.) to Mr. Serj. Powlett, recorder of the City of Bristol, and Mr. Robert Yate, mercht. Together with an occasional discussion of some particulars relating to persecution, and liberty of conscience. To which is subjoyn'd, a brief application, made by way of advice, humbly offered to all the inhabitants of the City aforesaid. By Thomas Speed.	Speed, Thomas, b. 1622 or 3.	1691 (1691)	Wing S4906; ESTC R220758	23,658	33

the Houshold of Faith you must be of the Houshold of Infidels and if not of the Houshold of God then necessarily of the Houshold of the Ungodly And what the certain future Portion of each of those shall be is worthy your serious and timely consideration before the Sands of your brittle Glass of Life are all run out As to the Scoff ye bestow upon the Holy Ones let me tell you that ye do thereby express your disdain of that which is the most beautiful Badge of a true Christian I will charitably suppose that you all wear the outward Livery of Christian Profession and consequently are all pretenders to the Kingdom of Heaven But you must know unless ye be found clad with the clean Robe of Holiness the present Object of your scorn your certain doom will be to be shut out thence for ‖ Heb. 12.14 without Holiness no man shall see the Lord. No unclean thing shall ever enter into his Kingdom There are none but Holy Ones in Heaven and I much doubt whether they that scoff at them here would make suitable companions to them there Those glorified Souls are perfectly holy and their Work to eternity will be holy sounding out * Rev. 19.1 Rev. 4.11 Hallelujahs Glory and Honour to the Lord their God So that it remains with me as a doubt if Scorners and Scoffers at Holiness were thrust into Heaven their Natures not chang'd whether either the Exercise or the Company of that heavenly Host would be well-pleasing to them When Christ shall come attended * Mat. 25.31 32. with the holy Angels sitting upon the Throne of his Glory † Acts 17.31 to judge the World in righteousness he will then divide all Nations that shall appear before him but into two sorts ‖ Mat. 25.33 Sheep and Goats holy and unholy and if it shall not then be your Lot to be found among the number of the Sheep the Holy Ones to whom he will * Ver. 34. say Come ye blessed of my Father receive the Kingdom prepared for you that sad and irreversable Sentence will then be pronounced upon you Ver. 41. Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels You proceed on to acquaint your Reader with the several sorts of Dissenters who voted for the Serjeant and his Fellow-Candidate viz. Presbyterians Independants Anabaptists Quakers c. Animad But why did you omit to make mention of the several hundreds of sober Churchmen who also as I am informed voted for them Doubtless ye mention'd these Voters of several Sects as matter of reflection upon the two Candidates But your sober and prudent Readers will be otherwise minded when they shall duly consider that to be of or to be called by the Name of either of those Sects is no stain at all upon any mens reputation whilest their outward Profession is accompanied with a good Life Could you have said and that truly that few or none voted for them but lewd and dissolute persons Men of debauch'd Principles and Practices men of vicious Conversations Drunkards Swearers Unclean Persons Envions Men Haters of God and Goodness Persecutors of their Neighbours for Conscience-sake Men of Turbulent Spirits always affecting Domination over others never satisfied but when they can have their Feet upon the Necks of their Fellow-Citizens and the Whip in their hands to make † Psalm 129.3 long Furrows upon their Backs for Non-conformity I say could you truly have represented the Voters for the two Candidates to the World under these black Characters it might have look'd at least as some ground of doubt whether they had not been men alike qualified But your exposing them only as men of different Perswasions in matter of Worship not fixing on them any of the evil Qualifications before-mentioned instead of sullying the Reputations of the two Candidates thereby you have certainly tho' against your wills done them great honour Besides which you have tho' not designedly published the Dissenters to the World to be Men that did express a great deal of good nature by voting as they did in that they laid aside all inward animosity against those from whom they Dissent and waving all persons that were of any one of their particular respective Perswasions did unanimously joyn with many scores of their Fellow-Citizens to chuse two Persons of known good Reputation in the City which are of the Communion of the Church of England And did they in so doing do that which they had no right to do Have you Sirs and any select number of Citizens a Priviledge by Patent to chuse Representatives for the City to sit in Parliament with the exclusion of all others Had not these men of your indignation Liberties and Properties both Religious and Civil to lose as well as you and your domineering Associates And is it not then equal and reasonable that they should pitch their choice on such Men whom they in their judgment thought most capable and heartily ready to preserve them You go on and say that the Dissenters appeared at the Election both such as were within the City and near you and from afar off as if they had been summoned by the Spirit Animad Hear you Sirs it 's possible I may not have opportunity to have another reckoning with you whilest I live therefore let me prevail with you not to despise my counsel if I advise you That how bold soever ye make with Men you beware I say beware of casting your scoffing Squibs at the Spirit I have not heard nor do I believe that any man pretended to be so summoned to appear at the Election 'T was doubtless love to their Civil and Religious Intrest not any particular Summons from Heaven that prompted them to their appearance But rather than not throw out the dregs of your Venom against the Men of your displeasure you would not spare to upbraid them with appearing by the Spirit hoping that it might pass for a black Character upon them in the judgment of your Society of Scorners Whereas in truth you have in so doing only published your selves to be Men both of unclean Hearts and of polluted Lips You may vaunt it and brave it out among irreligious Men such as your selves hoping to be esteemed witty in deriding the Spirit and Men for its sake But know that the living God with whom ye cannot contend and prosper whose Spirit it is * Gal. 6.7 will not be mock'd but will severely reckon with you for this your Prophaneness Do you believe the holy Scriptures you give me great ground to doubt it if I may judge of your Faith by your Works If you do Pray remember what the Author to the Hebrews hath left upon Record who having spoken of such who had done despite unto the Spirit * Heb. 10.29 31. presently adds this word of terrour as a future standing caution to all that should do the like saying It is a fearful

Murther and Adultery in the matter of Vriah and Bath-Sheba ‖ 2 Sam. 12.13 'T was this that kept Joseph chast by which he withstood the Temptation of his unchast Mistress And although he might probably have committed folly with her with much security from punishment by his Master and with worldly Advantage from his Mistress yet hearkening to the Counsel of this his inward Guide he gave a repulse to the Tempter saying * Gen. 39.9 How shall I do this great Wickedness and sin against God Some of the Ancient and Pious Philosophers knew this though by another Name calling it their ‡ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Synteresis which filled their Souls with a continual aversation to that which was evil and a proclivity to that which is good Let this Synteresis which according to the Scriptures we call the Measure of * Rom. 4.7 God's Grace his Holy † 1 Cor. 12.7 Spirit the ‖ Joh. 1.9 Light of Christ Jesus in Man's Conscience Let this I say be your daily Monitor Let it be in your Hearts as a flaming Sword to stop you in the way to that which is evil and as a continual prompter of you to all acts of Holiness Be diligent in searching the holy Scriptures Bestow your vacant hours rather upon them than upon Plays and prophane Interludes And particularly let me recommend to you the frequent and serious reading of the second third and fourth Chapters of the Proverbs of Solomon That which beautified Timothy's Childhood will no less grace your Youthful Years And that knowledge which was able to make him * 2 Tim. 3.15 16. wise unto salvation can if with honest and humble hearts ye wait for Divine Instruction do the same for you Be constantly upon your watch knowing that the Enemy of your Soul's peace is continually near you Live so as that Death may not surprize you at unawares But that if summoned in the flower of your Age you may be able cheerfully to give up and say Lord we are ready And if you are spared until gray Hairs become your covering ye may reflecting upon your by-past Lives lay down your hoary heads in peace Remember O remember that the end of the just man's Race only is Peace † Isal 37.37 Isa 26.7 which is not to be obtained but by walking in the just man's path that leads to it which is Vprightness Let no man deceive you nor deceive your own precious Souls I intreat you ‖ Gal. 6.7 Such as you sow such you shall certainly reap If you sow to the flesh to worldly pleasures and vanity ye shall reap to your selves sorrow and anguish But if ye sow to the Spirit to Righteousness and Holiness ye shall reap the Fruits of Peace and Joy unspeakable The worst of men which hates a good man's life will yet covet the * Numb 23.10 good man's end But let me close my friendly Counsel to you with this great Truth That if you would die the righteous man's death you must indispensably live the righteous man's life or you will assuredly deceive your own Souls Finally When all Ranks and Orders of Men Old and Young High and Low Magistrates and People shall live in the faithful discharge of their Duty of Fear and Service towards God and of true Love and Forgiveness one towards another Then shall the City of Bristol justly be stiled as Jerusalem of old once was the † Neh. 11.1 holy City the ‖ Psal 48.8 City of our God the * Isa 1.26 City of righteousness the faithful City And now that Holiness to the Lord may be written upon her Gates that Mercy and Truth may ever be found within her Walls and Righteousness and Peace within her Borders † Amos 5.24 That Judgment may run down in her Streets as Waters and Righteousness as a Mighty Stream That that doleful Lamentation which Christ with Tears once took over languishing Jerusalem may never be justly taken up over the City of Bristol saying ‖ Mat. 23.37 38. If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy Peace But now they are hid from thine eyes That the bright Sun-shine of Heaven's Bounty and Blessings both Spiritual and Temporal may never be eclips'd over her That all her Inhabitants from the least to the greatest may know the Lord their Redeemer And that they may fully understand those things which do concern their Happiness in this World and their Eternal Happiness in that Kingdom which shall never have an end is the hearty and fervent Prayer of Your Faithful Friend and Fellow-Citizen Thomas Speed FINIS