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A67748	Englands unthankfulness striving with Gods goodness, for the victory as Abaslom [sic] strove with David, whether the father should be more kinde to the son; or the son more unkinde to the father. Or, enough (being wel weighed) to melt an heart of adamant. By R. Younge, florilegus. In reference to Leviticus 19.17 and Isaiah 58.1. In reading whereof, reflect upon your selves; hearken to conscience; and what concerns you, apply it to others, as David did Nathans parable, 2 Sam. 12.1, to 8. And Ahab the prophets, 1 King.20. 39, to 43. Want of application makes all means ineffectual; and therefore are we Christians in name only, because we think out selves Christians indeed, and already good enough.	Younge, Richard.	1643 (1643)	Wing Y152; ESTC R218135	77,968	74

the 〈◊〉 is knowne by the fruit whe●…es it be good or evill as our Saviour shewes Mat 7. 16 17 18 20 and ●…2 33. Yea Unbelievers may be knowne from Christians by their want 〈◊〉 fruit We more then suspect want of sap in the root of a Tree if we ●…de barrennesse in the Branches If either it have bad fruit or no fruit 〈◊〉 is but a dead saith And the true ●…od of grace is cease to doe evill 〈◊〉 to doe well E●…ay 1. 16. 17. For as grace enters into the heart sinne ●…oes out like aire out of a Vessell when wine is powred in Therefore ●…dmit thou wert a negative Christian and couldest not be charged with any ●…of this that I have proved against thee much the better when thou 〈◊〉 reprobate to every good worke The Fig-tree was cursed not for bearing ●…ll fruit but because it bare no good The evill servant was not bound ●…nd and foot and cast into prison for wasting his Masters goods but for not gaining with them And those Reprobates at the last day shall be 〈◊〉 depart into everlasting fire not for wronging or robbing of any bu●… not giving not comforting Wherefore as thou hast heard thy sinne commission laid open so now I will doclare unto thee thy sinnes of 〈◊〉 sion which also would be minded 2. Thou braggest and thankest God with that Parisee Luke 18. That thou art just and payest men their dues but art thou holy like●… and dost thou pay God his dues also Art thou effectually called and 〈◊〉 come a new creature by regeneration being begotten and borne a new of 〈◊〉 by the immortall seede of the Word and the Spirits powerfull working 〈◊〉 it Is thy heart circumcised or rather hath God taken away the stony 〈◊〉 out of thy flesh and given thee a new heart and put a new spirit into 〈◊〉 even his owne spirit whereby thou hast union and communion 〈◊〉 Christ and partakest of the divine nature Dost thou finde an appr●… change wrought in thy judgement affections and actions to what th●… were formerly Art thou changed and renewed in every part pow●… and faculty Is thy understanding enlightned thy minde renued thy 〈◊〉 changed thy affections sanctified c. Hath the Old-man changed w●… the New-man worldly wisedome with heavenly wisedome ca●… love for spirituall love servile feare for christian and siliall feare 〈◊〉 thoughts for holy thoughts vaine words for holy and wholsome word●… fleshly works for works of righteousnesse c. as if thou wert cast int●… new mold even hating what thou formerly lovedst and loving what th●… formerly hatedst For as without this new birth there is no being saved as 〈◊〉 Saviour himselfe affirmes Ioh. 3. 5. So he who thinks he is borne a ne●… and finds not a palpable change in his judgement affections and actio●… does but deceive himselfe 3. Art thou more knowing then the men of the world as havi●… the light of Gods spirit and the Eye of faith above them Art thou bro●… out of darkenesse into marvell●…us light Are thine eyes opened to 〈◊〉 the wonders of Gods Law is that Vaile or Curtaine which was forme●…drawne over thy heart 2 Cor. 3. 15. 16. taken aw●…y by 〈◊〉 and th●…turned from the power of Satan unto God Dost thou receive the Word wi●… all readinesse not as the word of men but as it is indeed the word of 〈◊〉 And hath it wrought in thee mightily hast thou found it by experien●… to be quick and powerfull sharpe c. as it followes Heb. 4 12. Even excelli●… all other Bookes as Wheate doth the Cha●…fe Hath the Law which is 〈◊〉 just good spirituall not onely convinced thee of sinne but so cleared 〈◊〉 sigh●… that thou canst now discerne sinne in every thought word and ac●… on of thine Dost thou see thy selfe out of measure sinfull as 〈◊〉 guilty of all manner of concupisence as having broken every one of th●… righteous precepts Exod. 20. more times and waies then thou hast hi●… on thy head Not being able of thy selfe to thinke a good thought 〈◊〉 that all the powers of thy soule and Members of thy body are wholly ●…nd originally corrupted Dost thou see thy sellse as guilty of Adams sinne 〈◊〉 being in his loynes as any Heire is lyable to his Fathers Debt And 〈◊〉 knowledge that thou broughtest a world of sinne into the world with ●…hee and deservedst to dye so soon as thou didst begin to live That thine ●…standing is darkned and dulled thy judgement blinded thy will 〈◊〉 thy memory disordered thy affections corrupted thy reason 〈◊〉 thy thoughts surprized thy desires intrapped and all the facul●…ies and sanctions of thy soule no better then poysoned That of thy 〈◊〉 thou 〈◊〉 not onely weake but even dead to what is good moving ●…o more then thou art moved That thy best workes are faulty all thy ●…nnes deadly thy nature corrupted originally That thou art swift to ●…ll evill but to all good immoveable 4 A●… thou ashamed of thy former conversation Dost thou bewaile ●…nd mourne bitterly for all thy sinnes actuall and originall of omission and commission secret as well as knowne lesser as well as greater evill thoughts vaine and unprofitable words as well as sinfull actions Yea as well for the evill which cleaves to thy best workes as for thy evil works grieve for thy unprofitableness under the meanes of grace being more sorry for offending so good a God then for that it doth or might bring thee shame or punishment in this life or in Hell Dost thou finde thy selfe in a lost condition confessing that thou hast deserved all the plagues of this life and that which is to come And groaning under the burden of sinne dost thou utterly dispaire of all helpe in thy selfe Doth it make thee solicitously careful in the use of all meanes to attaine faith in the promise of Gods mercy made in Christ as finding no rest untill thou gettest some assureance vehemently hungring and thirsting after and earnestly praying for the pardon o●… sinne waiting on the Lord with patience Dost thou hate sinne thorowly and universally Art thou grieved for the abominations that are done by others to the dishonour of God and slander of Religion or the ruine of mens soules Dost thou account spirituall judgements as the blindnesse of mens minds hardnesse of their hearts c. more woofull then any temporall judgement the world is so sensible of and troubled at 5 Dost thou often and upon all occasion go to God in prayer praying by the power of the spirit in Christ●… 〈◊〉 and with the understanding also according to 〈◊〉 w●… An●… a●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of thy sins and 〈◊〉 dost thou chiefly pray for the pardon of sinne the 〈◊〉 of grace and for the assistance of Gods spirit that thou maist more ●…mely believe more soundly repent more zealously doe more patiently su●…er and more constantly persevere in the practice and por●…ession of every duty striving against deadnesse of spirit and distractions as an

course of his so just and so long continued proceedings Yea he binds it with an Oath that whomsoevr he redeemeth out of the hands of their spiritual enemies they shall worship him in holinesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of their lives Luk. 1. 73 74 75. 1 Pet. 2. 24. Which Scriptures sufficiently shew that they who in life wil yield no obedience to the Law shall in death have no benefit by the Gospel Nor ought any indeed to profess Christ or once to name him wit●… their mouths except they depart from iniquity 2 Tim. 2. 19. 5. The which Scriptures if they be true and they fall short of the Devils that deny it Iam. 2. 19. what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godlinesse as the Apostle speaks 2 Pet. 3. 11. And yet most men live as if the Gospel were quite contrary to the rule of the Law as if God were neither to be feared nor cared for as if they were neither beholding to him nor stood in aw●… of him both out of his debt and danger yea as if there were no God to judge nor Hell to punish nor Heaven to reward And which mightily aggravates their sin and will add to their torment let some Boanerges be sent unto them with a message from God it fares with them as with the Adder no charming can charm them The strongest commands the loudest denunciations of judgements the shrillest and sweetest promulgations of mercies will do no good upon them For while they are in Dal●…lahs lap and lie sleeping like Drones by the hearth of hell they think themselves as safe as if they were in Abrahams bosom Their Adamantine hearts will neither yield to the fire nor to the hammer admit of no impression yea let them hear of never so many judgments they tremble and rele●…t no more then the seats they sit on or the stones they tread on Even the declaration of sins denunciation of judgements description of torments and the like no more stir them then a tale moves one in a dream their sup●…ne stupidity is no more capable of excitation then the Sea Rocks are of moti●…n or the Billowes of compassion which would make one even tremble to think of it CHAP. II. 1. But what is the reason why men make no more use of these Predictions of this warning but that as neer as can be computed one of two are lascivious or voluptuous two of three drunkards ●…n Gods account nine of ten cruel unjust persons nineteen of twenty swearers twenty nine of thirty Athiests thirty nine of forty ignorant wretches forty nine of fifty covetous ninety nine of an hundred open or secret enemies to the power of Religion and contemners of holinesse For certainly what God in these three particulars hath revealed in his Word cannot be unknown to any among us that hate not the light for every house almost hath a Bible and Christ hath continued his Gospel amongst us now neer upon an hundred years with such supply of able Ministers that no Nation under Heaven may compare with us 2. I might give you many reasons of this as that they were born stark dead in sin and they thank God they are no changelings that they are as good as their Fore-fathers or those among whom they live and they neither desire to be better nor wiser yea it were a ridiculous singularity so to be That the custome of sin hath brawned their hearts and blinded their minds That they 〈◊〉 as Satan their God 2 Cor. 4. 4. and Father job 8. 44. and King or Prince Eph. 2. 2. would have them to do That they will either not hear the Word for I think I may say that one half of the men and women in the Kingdome come not once a year within the Church-doors I mean the poorer sort that do not know they have soules It were good they were compelled to hear the Word preached for the wicked like sullen children would not forsake their play for their meat but for the Rod of Correction And many Saints in heaven might now confess that they had not known God but for the Laws First compulsory means brought them to the feast whereof once tasting they would never leave it Compel them to come in c. Luk. 14. 23. Or if they do hear the Word and understand it in some measure they will not apply it to themselves That they will not receive the truth in love that they might be saved are therefore given over to strong delusions to believe lies That they will not by any means that Christ can use understand be converted and saved therefore they shall not understand nor be converted nor saved Isai. 6. 9 10. Matth. 13. 15. That they harden their own hearts whereupon their hearts are more hardned That because they will not regard nor retein God in their thoughts God gives them over to a reprobate minde Rom. 1. 28. That because they will not take the Spirits counsel the Spirit gives them up to walk in their own counsels Ier. 9. 14. That they wil believe Satan rather then God therefore God delivers them up to Satan so to be deluded that the light of the glorious Gospel shall not shine unto them 2 Cor. 4. 3 4. Eph. 2. 2. 2 Thes. 2. 9 10. 1 Tim. 4. 7. That they are not as they ought and as it was in the Primitive times cast out of the Church and all Christian society by excommunication as dirt into the street 1 Cor. 5. 4 5. 1 Tim. 1. 20. Rom. 16. 17 18. 2 Thes. 3. 6. 1 Tim. 6. 5. 2 Tim. 3. 5. That they do as their flattering False Prophets teach them That they think they have as good hearts as the best and therefore follow that deceitful guide That they are not ver●…t in the Scriptures at least they understand not the spirituality of the Word nor have they the Spirit to convince them of sin But I have largely handled these upon other occasions wherefore I will passe them and onely give you this one and I pray minde it 3. Wicked men and such are all natural and unregenerate persons whether loose Liberlines or rich worldlings or civil Iusticiaries or formal hypocrites or profound humanists or cunning Politicians are so blockish and void of spiritual understanding that they will not believe what is written till they feel what is written nothing will fully confute them but ●…re brimstone Sin shuts their eyes and only punishment can open them Nor will they once think of Heaven till with that rich man they are tormented in the flames of hell but even that rich man that had so little care of his own soul during life when he was in hell-torments took care for his Brethrens not out of charity but because as he had by his perswasion ill example bin the occasion of their greater sin so they by continuing in those sins should be the occasion of his more grievous torment

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that ●…t were just for God when th●… hast done thy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dost thou who●…y 〈◊〉 lie upon the assi●…nce of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all good co●… from him●… and 〈◊〉 all glory 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to him and endeavour acc●… din●…ly to ho●…ur a●…d 〈◊〉 hi●… 〈◊〉 thy ric●… wisdome power 〈◊〉 what other g●…s 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Wh●…n th●… 〈◊〉 done any 〈◊〉 amiss D●… 〈◊〉 accus●… thy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…y th●…g well D●… thou give all 〈◊〉 praise to God of whom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 th●… 〈◊〉 thou holdest 6. These things th●… 〈◊〉 and a●… commanded to doe th●… should be thy though●… 〈◊〉 and actions But are they alas no no●… them ever troubled thee o●… once ●…d into thy though●… Thou 〈◊〉 be a good civill morall honest Hypocrite o●…●…dell but none of th●… graces grow in th●… ground of thy heart Yea thou cou●…est the 〈◊〉 these but as the the ●…hing of M●… and Cu●… But thou shalt once 〈◊〉 and dea●…ly pay for it either with teares or 〈◊〉 that Christians Christians bou●…d to shi●… ou●… as lights by a holy conversation to glorifie God and 〈◊〉 others And that onely to refraine evill except thou hatest i●… also 〈◊〉 dost the contrary good is to be evill still because honesty witho●… pi●… is but as a body without an head Yea without a Soule And that when the ●…uth of obedience and power of 〈◊〉 is wanting there is no difference be●…een an 〈◊〉 and an 〈◊〉 a circum ●…sed Hebrew and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ised Philistine 〈◊〉 baptized english man and an unwashen Turke except that such a Christian is in 〈◊〉 ●…ar 〈◊〉 condition then the worst of 〈◊〉 because 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 against me●…y the abundance of meanes and many wa●…ings which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…or ordinary disobedience in the time of 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Christs call in the abundance of means is a great deale 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the commission of greater sinnes in the dayes and places of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 when and where the like me●… are wanting 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 15 2●… and 9. 41. Jerusalem is said by our 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Sodomites in Hell Now if we ju●…ie 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they were never convinced that Christ was the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from God to re●…me the world 〈◊〉 wee shall be love 〈◊〉 H●…ll th●… either the Sol●…s or the Jews For we are so much the worse by how much we might and should have been better CHAP. XVII 1. BUt least 〈◊〉 have not yet spoken enough to convince and shame thee I will shew what a Christ●… th●… 〈◊〉 All thy Religion is either superstition or 〈◊〉 or Hypocrisie as I could l●…ely and plentifully demonstrate And i●… were a good deed to set downe or 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 or all thy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and superstitious 〈◊〉 which thou 〈◊〉 childishly 〈◊〉 confidence in and tell the 〈◊〉 of the●… And I could find in my heart to doe it but a touch will be sufficient having already said more th●…n enough were it spoken to one not 〈◊〉 and inco●…gible 2. To pa●…y the most and give you one instance of ten Instead of serving God 〈◊〉 spirit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all that are wise hearted doe live and believe and 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 and hope and feare and love and worship God in such 〈◊〉 as his Wor●… prescribes thou servest God by the precepts of men and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 displeasure as thou breakest their traditions Yea th●… 〈◊〉 more zealous for a bare vizard of Discipline then for soundnesse of Reformation or Doctrine Or all for Ceremonies and circumstance not at all for substance An apparant Hypocrite thou lookest to small things as the Cross Surpl●…e Holy doyes c. which are but the commandments of men and overlookest the great things of Gods L●…e as the Sabboth the ●…st and second Commandement the due administration of the Word and Sacraments But O simple soule that art not able to make a difference between Gods Lawes and 〈◊〉 ●…aditions But like that Foole thou thinkest thy self as fast bound with a Rush as with a Rope Yea thou didst when time was honour the Prela●…es more then thou honoredst God and stoo●…est more upon their Ecclesiastical C●…ous then his divine command is and fearedst more their High Commission then thou fearedst Hell Thou art worse then those Hypocrites the Scribes and Pharisees who made conscience and were very punctuall in tything of Mint Annis and Cummin while they neglected the weightier matters of the Law as judgement ●…nd mercy and fidelity without any straining of their consciences For Mint and Annis and Cummin were injoyned by God himselfe as well as those greater matters Yea thou dost worse then straine at Gnats and swollow Camels stumble at strawes and leap over blocks For thou art more severe against the breach of an Holy-day which had its rise from I●…ollatrous Heathens and Papists and not from Gods Word especially Christmas day then for the breach of the Sabbath And makest farre more conscience of keeping Holy dayes then of keeping those dayes holy The precept of Lent thou more strictly observest then any in the Decalogue Neither should it be better here then it is in Rome where the Iewes enemies to the very name of Christ doe live in peace but the faithfull Christian●… are burned mightest thou and such other formal Hypocrices as thou art have their wills 3. Againe thou thinkest thy selfe sanctified by outward performances and preferrest outward priviledges before inward graces being like those Hypocrites Jer. 7. 4. who injoying the Oracles of God and having received the cognizance of circumcision could boastingly cry ou●… the Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord when they even hated the Lord of that Temple Esay 66. 3. 4. Thou hast a forme of godliness but in that thou denyest the power thereof thou art the worse for it Thou drawest ne●…re unto God with thy mouth and honourest him with thy lips but because thy heart is far from him ●…hou art stiled an Hypocrite both by Esay Chap. 29. 1●… and our s●…viour Ch●…ist Mark 7. 2. to 14. Math. 15. 7. to 10. And well thou deservest to 〈◊〉 stiled for there is as much difference betweene thee and what then pretendest and thinkest thy selfe to be as there was between David and Michaels Image of Goats hair 4. Againe thou art notoriously superstitious for wanting the true feare of God and the feare of sinne which would dispell all other feares thou art grievously and perpetually perplexed and troubled with false fond and foolish feares As for instance Thou most fordidly and slavishly fearest and obervest the flying of fowles the signes of Heaven the crossing of an Haire the croaking of a Rave●… the howling of a Dog the dreaming of dead friends perhaps eating of an Egge in Len●… or flesh on a Fryday racks thy Conscience Childermas day the Salt sel or falling toward thee or stumbling at a Threshold presages strange things to thee Or not crossing thy bre●…st before thou

4. 4. 2 Tim. 2 26. Ephe. 2. 2. 3. Nor can the Devill put you upon any worke or service like this For herchy viz. in making Religion contemptible you detain many from entring into a religious course stagger many who have made some progresse in the way keep many from doing the good which they would or appearing the same which they are beat many off from their profession harden many and make them resolve against goodnesse intentionally slay many with death eternall and so advance his Kingdome exceedingly and as much as in you lyes both block up the way to Heaven 〈◊〉 open a flood-gate to all manner of prophanesse 5. I grant that you know it not 〈◊〉 as those four hundred of Ahabs Prophets in whom this ev●…ll spirit spake did not know that Satan spake by them 1 King 22. 22 Neither did Iudas know when he eat the sop that Satan ●…nt ed●…o him and put it in●…o his heart to b●…tray Christ Ioh. 13. 2. Neither do Magistrates when they cast the servan●…s of God into prison once imagine that the Devill makes them his Iaylors but he doth so whence that phrase of the Holy Ghost The Devill shall cast some of you into prison Revel. 2. 10. They are his instruments but he is the principall Au●…r Neither did Aranias and Saphira once thinke that Satan had filled their hearts or put that lie into their mouthes which they were strucken dead for Act 5. Yet the Holy Ghost tells us plainly that he did so vers. 3. Nor our Grand mother Eve in Paradise had not the least suspition that it was Satan which spake to her by the Serpent Nor Adam that it was the Devils min●…e in her mouth his heart in her lips when tempted to eat the forbidden fruit Nor did Dav●…d once dreame that it was Satan which moved him to number the people 1 Chron. 21. 1. Much lesse did Peter who so dearly loved Christ imagine that he was set on by Satan to temp●… his owne Lord and Master with those affectionate words Master pitty●… thy selfe For if Christ had pittied himselfe Peter and all the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 perished Yet he was so which occasioned Christ to answer him Get thee behind me Sata●… Mat. 16. 22. 23. Yea poore ignorant 〈◊〉 you are so far from knowing it or being acquainted with Satans ●…iles Ephe. 6. 1●… 〈◊〉 though you fight under Satans Banner against Go●…s people ye●… y●… 〈◊〉 your selves to be no●…Sata●…s but Gods servants Ye●… you think●… you do●… God good service in it as the Holy Ghost 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iob. 16. 2. Gal 1. 13. 14. Phil. 3. 6. 6 Yea worse then that you shall never know it but goe on i●… thinking your selves 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 goo●… 〈◊〉 w●…ile you are indeed very A●…ists and Devils You 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and persecu●…e the conscion●…ble an●… 〈◊〉 the●…●…o the death eve●… for the grac●…s of Gods spirit which shines in them and yet cou●… your selves Relig●…ous untill you he●…rken more to wh●…Go●… speakes in his W●…d 〈◊〉 to the ●…ter Untill you are led by a be●…er guide 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cust●… or example or carnall reason or good inuentions or the dictates of your deceitfull heares For all these will deceive you untill you have th●… 〈◊〉 a●… grace to apply to your selves what is delivered unto you out of the word For till then as a Childe when he beholds his owne face ●…n a Glass he think●… he sees another Chil●… face and not his owne so will it fa●…e with you touching what I have hitherto said Yea the whole B●…ble all the Sermons you here the check●… of your ow●…e consciences and the m●…ions of God spirit will be altogether ineffectuall as you know they have proved hitherto which is the reason that you trust your selfe so m●…h an●… know your selfe so little CHAP. XX 1. FOr notwithstanding you are guilty of all I have laid to your charge whereof one sinne is soule Ma●…her which will cost you deare one day either in tears or in torment No man under Heaven thinks better o●… himselfe For as M●…cha could d●…ingly say Now I know that the Lord will 〈◊〉 good unto me seeing I have a Levite to my Priest Or as those Hypocrites before spoken of Jer. 7. 4. could applaud themselves for their outward work●… and priviledges Esay 66. 3 4. So wilt thou most shamefully though tho●… dost even renounce both Christ and thy Baptizme in persecuting him an●… all that sincerly professe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as I have abundanly showne 2. True as the pretended M●…her that stole away the live Childe 1 King 3. 16. to 28. prosessed before King Solomon a●… great love to it and pleaded as hard for it as the naturall M●…ther could d●…e and yet so little did sh●… care for it that she wa●… content to have 〈◊〉 divi●…d which shewed plainely that love of strife and envy to the true Mother prevailed 〈◊〉 with her then true affection to the thing striven for so thou pretendest as gre●… love to Christ and the true Religion as their best and truest friends 〈◊〉 when it comes to the tryall they have no greater enemy For for matter of Reli●…ion thou art much like the ancient Romans whom a sensualist would have taken to be very religious and conscionable for they al●…ed of ●…he service of all Gods and to that end built a Temple to all Gods ●…alling it Pan●…beon yet it was evident they were not because they would ne●…er ad●…it of the true God to wit Jehovah So thou and in indeed all 〈◊〉 at large art very religious For thou wilt conforme to any Religion the State shall establish were it Popery it selfe as when super●… and 〈◊〉 were ●…dvanced in England by Queen Mary did not ninteen or rather ninty nine parts of the Land conforme to Popery And would they not doe the like now if the streame should turne yes it is more then probable they would And indeed men that scoffe at the power of godlinesse are for any Religion so they may injoy their i●…ities D●…n 3. 7. 3. Let none object their suffering since the Parliament and how constant they are to their principles For I grant t●…y are as stiffe as a stake as immov●…le a●… a R●…e in their resolution against Reformation That they will ●…ick as close to their wicked and s●…stitious Custo●…s as Clay to a Cart wheele Yea th●… a●…e m●…e 〈◊〉 t●…Sa●…n for the most part then Christs s●…vants are to him But if ever a meere ei●…ill man suffer for his faith in Christ and for 〈◊〉 sake 〈◊〉 have my head cut off No they will rather worship a ●…alse wi●…h the Israelite●… Exod. 32. 4. O●…a golden Image with the Cha●…deans D●…n 3. 7. I know divers will say not for want of ignorance in the Scripture if these honest moral men go not to Heaven Lord have mercy upon us And yet Chri●… s●…aith except the most ri●…hteous of them have another righteousnesse exceeding their owne they shall never come th●…re Mat. 5. 20. Yea he