,picture3 ,facsimile of the ,frontispiece to the first edition of the ,holy ,war1 engraved by ,robert ,white4 ,the portrait of ,bunyan drawn on vellum by the same artist1 and preserved in the ,cracherode ,collection1 furnished the basis of the full-length portrait1 and also of the sleeping likeness prefixed to the third edition of the ,pilgrim's ,progress1 #afgi ,,john ,,bunyan ,,life ,,and ,,death ,,of ,,mr ,,badman ,,and ,,the ,,holy ,,war #a;a 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,text ,,edited ,,by ,,john ,,brown1 ,d4,d4 ,picture3 ,decorative graphic ,,cambridge3 at the ,university ,press #aije 99 99 99 99 99 ,,cambridge ,,university ,,press ,,warehouse1 ,c4 ,f4 ,,clay1 ,,manager4 ,london3 ,,fetter ,,lane1 ,e4,c4 ,glasgow3 #ej1 ,,wellington ,,street4 ,picture3 ,decorative graphic ,leipzig3 ,f4 ,a4 ,,brockhaus4 ,new ,york3 ,,the ,,macmillan ,,company4 ,bombay and ,calcutta3 ,,macmillan ,,and ,,co41 ,,ltd4 99 99 99 99 99 ,all ,rights reserved ,,note ,the ,life and ,death of ,mr ,badman was published by ,john ,bunyan in #afhj1 two years after the ,first ,edition of the ,first ,part of ,the ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,in the opening sentence of his preface he tells us it was intended by him as the counterpart or companion picture to the ,allegory4 ,but whatever his own intentions may have been1 the ,public of his own time seem to have declined to accept the book in this capacity4 ,indeed1 another writer1 who signs himself ,t4 ,s41 undertook to complete ,bunyan's ,allegory for him1 in a book in size and type closely resembling it1 and entitled ,the ,second ,part of the ,pilgrim's ,progress 4 4 4 exactly ,described under the ,similitude of a ,dream4 ,it was printed for ,jho4 ,malthus at the ,sun in the ,poultry1 and published in #afhc4 ,so far as is known1 only one copy of this book is now in existence1 the copy which was formerly in the library of the poet ,southey and now in that of the ,baptist ,union4 ,upon this ,bunyan seems to have changed his purpose1 so far as ,the ,life and ,death of ,mr ,badman was concerned1 and on the first of ,january1 #afhe1 published the story of ,christiana and her ,children as his own ,second ,part of ,the ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,the work before us1 therefore1 now stands apart by itself4 ,in its composition ,bunyan seems to have been greatly influenced1 so far as form is concerned1 by a book which his wife brought with her on her marriage1 and which1 as he tells us in his ,grace ,abounding1 they read together4 ,it was entitled ,the ,plaine ,man's ,pathway to ,heaven3 ,by ,arthur ,dent1 ,preacher of the ,word of ,god at ,south ,shoobury in ,essex4 ,the eleventh impression1 the earliest now known1 is dated #afji4 ,both books are in dialogue form1 and in each case the dialogue is supposed to be carried on through one long day4 ,bunyan's ,mr ,wiseman1 like ,dent's ,theologus1 holds forth instructive discourse1 while the ,mr ,attentive of the former1 like the ,philagathus of the latter1 listens and draws on his teacher by friendly questionings4 ,there is not in ,bunyan's conference1 as there is in ,dent's1 an ,asunetus1 who plays the part of an ignorant man to come out enlightened and convinced at last1 or an ,antilegon1 who carps and cavils all the way2 and there is not in ,dent's book what there is in ,bunyan's1 a biographical narrative connecting the various parts of the dialogue2 but the groundwork of each is the same--a searching manifestation and exposure of the nature and evils of various forms of immorality4 ,bunyan's book came out in #afhj1 and was published by ,nathaniel ,ponder1 who was also the publisher of ,the ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,a third edition appeared in #afif1 but as no copy of the second edition is known to exist1 no date can be assigned to it4 ,in #afhd ,johannes ,boekholt1 a publisher in ,amsterdam1 obtained leave of the ,state to issue a ,dutch translation1 with the title ,het ,leven en ,sterben van ,mr ,quaat4 ,this edition was illustrated by five copper-plate engravings1 executed by ,jan ,luiken1 the eminent ,dutch engraver1 who also illustrated ,the ,pilgrim's ,progress the following year4 ,in #aghb a ,welsh version1 translated by ,t4 ,lewys1 was published at ,liverpool with the title3 ,bywyd a ,marwolaeth yr annuwiol dan enw ,mr ,drygddyn4 ,a ,gaelic version also was published at ,inverness in #ahbd1 entitled ,beath agus ,bas ,mhr ,droch-duine4 ,the present edition has been reprinted from a copy of the first issue1 lent by the ,trustees of the ,bunyan ,church at ,bedford1 and the proofs read with a second copy of the same issue1 in the library of the ,british ,museum4 ,for convenience of reading1 as in other issues of this series of ,,cambridge ,,english ,,classics1 the old type forms of j1 s1 u1 etc4 have been made uniform with those in general modern use2 but neither the spelling 7including the use of capitals and italics #a;b7 nor the punctuation has been altered1 save as specified4 ,effect has been given to the errata noted by ,bunyan himself1 and printed on page #ae of this issue4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the text of this edition of ,bunyan's ,holy ,war #a;a is a careful reproduction of the ,first ,edition of #afhb4 ,it is not certain that there was any further authentic reprint in ,bunyan's life-time4 ,for though both in the ,bodleian and the ,british ,museum there is a copy purporting to be a second edition1 and bearing date #afhd1 it is difficult to resist the impression that they are pirated copies1 similar to those of which ,nathaniel ,ponder complained so bitterly in the case of ,the ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,for both paper and typography are greatly inferior to those of the first edition2 some of ,bunyan's most characteristic marginalia are carelessly omitted2 ,bunyan's own title--#8,the ,holy ,war made by ,shaddai upon ,diabolus for the regaining of the ,metropolis of the ,world'--is altered to the feebler and more commonplace form--#8,the ,holy ,war made by ,christ upon the ,devil for the ,regaining of ,man'2 and1 further1 when a new edition was issued in #afif1 the alterations and omissions of #afh #d were ignored1 and a simple reprint made of the first edition of #afhb4 ,j4 ,b4 #i ,october1 #aije4 ,picture3 ,facsimile of title page of first 7#afhj7 edition of ,the ,life and ,death of ,mr4 ,badman ,,the ,,author ,,to ,,the ,,reader ,courteous ,reader1 ,as ,i was considering with my self1 what ,i had written concerning the ,progress of the ,pilgrim from this ,world to ,glory2 and how it had been acceptable to many in this ,nation3 ,it came again into my mind to write1 as then1 of him that was going to ,heaven1 so now1 of the ,life and ,death of the ,ungodly1 and of their travel from this world to ,hell4 ,the which in this ,i have done1 and have put it1 as thou seest1 under the ,name and ,title of ,mr4 ,badman1 a ,name very proper for such a ,subject3 ,i have also put it into the form of a ,dialogue1 that ,i might with more ease to my self1 and pleasure to the ,reader1 perform the work4 ,and although1 as ,i said1 ,i have put it forth in this method1 yet have ,i as little as may be1 gone out of the road of mine own observation of things4 ,yea1 ,i think ,i may truly say1 that to the best of my remembrance1 all the things that here ,i discourse of1 ,i mean as to matter of fact1 have been acted upon the stage of this ,world1 even many times before mine eyes4 ,here therefore1 courteous ,reader1 ,i present thee with the ,life and ,death of ,mr4 ,badman indeed3 ,yea1 ,i do trace him in his ,life1 from his ,childhood to his ,death2 that thou mayest1 as in a ,glass1 behold with thine own eyes1 the steps that take hold of ,hell2 and also discern1 while thou art reading of ,mr4 ,badmans ,death1 whether thou thy self art treading in his path thereto4 ,and let me entreat thee to forbear ,quirking and ,mocking1 for that ,i say ,mr4 ,badman is dead2 but rather gravely enquire concerning thy self by the ,word1 whether thou art one of his ,linage or no3 ,for ,mr4 ,badman has left many of his ,relations behind him2 yea1 the very ,world is overspread with his ,kindred4 ,true1 some of his ,relations1 as he1 are gone to their place1 and long home1 but thousands of thousands are left behind2 as ,brothers1 ,sisters1 ,cousens1 ,nephews1 besides innumerable of his ,friends and ,associates4 ,i may say1 and yet speak nothing but too much truth in so saying1 that there is scarce a ,fellowship1 a ,community1 or ,fraternity of men in the ,world1 but some of ,mr4 ,badmans ,relations are there3 yea rarely can we find a ,family or ,houshold in a ,town1 where he has not left behind him either ,brother1 ,nephew or ,friend4 ,the ,butt therefore1 that at this time ,i shoot at1 is wide2 and 'twill be as impossible for this ,book to go into several ,families1 and not to arrest some1 as for the ,kings ,messenger to rush into an house full of ,traitors1 and find none but honest men there4 ,i cannot but think that this shot will light upon many1 since our fields are so full of this ,game2 but how many it will kill to ,mr4 ,badmans course1 and make alive to the ,pilgrims ,progress1 that is not in me to determine2 this secret is with the ,lord our ,god only1 and he alone knows to whom he will bless it to so good and so blessed an end4 ,however1 ,i have put fire to the ,pan1 and doubt not but the report will quickly be heard4 ,i told you before1 that ,mr4 ,badman had left many of his ,friends and ,relations behind him1 but if ,i survive them 7as that's a great question to me7 ,i may also write of their lives3 ,however1 whether my life be longer or shorter1 this is my ,prayer at present1 that ,god will stir up ,witnesses against them1 that may either convert or confound them2 for wherever they live1 and roll in their wickedness1 they are the ,pest and ,plague of that ,countrey4 ,england shakes and totters already1 by reason of the burden that ,mr4 ,badman and his ,friends have wickedly laid upon it3 ,yea1 our ,earth reels and staggereth to and fro like a ,drunkard1 the transgression thereof is heavy upon it4 ,courteous ,reader1 ,i will treat thee now1 even at the ,door and ,threshold of this house1 but only with this ,intelligence1 that ,mr4 ,badman lies dead within4 ,be pleased therefore 7if thy leisure will serve thee7 to enter in1 and behold the state in which he is laid1 betwixt his ,death-bed and the ,grave4 ,he is not buried as yet1 nor doth he stink1 as is designed he shall1 before he lies down in oblivion4 ,now as others have had their ,funerals solemnized1 according to their ,greatness and ,grandure in the world1 so likewise ,mr4 ,badman1 7forasmuch as he deserveth not to go down to his grave with silence7 has his ,funeral state according to his deserts4 ,four things are usual at great mens ,funerals1 which we will take leave1 and ,i hope without offence1 to allude to1 in the ,funeral of ,mr4 ,badman4 ,first1 ,they are sometimes1 when dead1 presented to their ,friends1 by their compleatly wrought ,images1 as lively as by cunning mens hands they can be2 that the remembrance of them may be renewed to their survivors1 the remembrance of them and their deeds3 ,and this ,i have endeavoured to answer in my discourse of ,mr4 ,badman2 and therefore ,i have drawn him forth in his featours and actions from his ,childhood to his ,gray hairs4 ,here therefore thou hast him lively set forth as in ,cutts2 both as to the minority1 flower1 and seniority of his ,age1 together with those actions of his life1 that he was most capable of doing1 in1 and under those present circumstances of time1 place1 strength2 and the opportunities that did attend him in these4 ,secondly1 ,there is also usual at great mens ,funerals1 those ,badges and ,scutcheons of their honour1 that they have received from their ,ancestors1 or have been thought worthy of for the deeds and exploits they have done in their life3 ,and here ,mr4 ,badman has his1 but such as vary from all men of worth1 but so much the more agreeing with the merit of his doings3 ,they all have descended in state1 he only as an abominable branch4 ,his deserts are the deserts of sin1 and therefore the ,scutcheons of honour that he has1 are only that he died without ,honour1 and at his end became a fool4 ,thou shalt not be joyned with them in burial4--,the seed of evil doers shall never be renowned4 ,the ,funeral pomp therefore of ,mr4 ,badman1 is to wear upon his ,hearse the ,badges of a dishonourable and wicked life2 since his bones are full of the sins of his ,youth1 which shall lye down1 as ,job sayes1 in the dust with him3 nor is it fit that any should be his ,attendants1 now at his death1 but such as with him conspired against their own souls in their life2 persons whose transgressions have made them infamous to all that have or shall know what they have done4 ,some notice therefore ,i have also here in this little discourse given the ,reader1 of them who were his ,confederates in his life1 and ,attendants at his death2 with a hint1 either of some high ,villany committed by them1 as also of those ,judgments that have overtaken and fallen upon them from the just and revenging hand of ,god4 ,all which are things either fully known by me1 as being eye and ear-witness thereto1 or that ,i have received from such hands1 whose relation as to this1 ,i am bound to believe4 ,and that the ,reader may know them from other things and passages herein contained1 ,i have pointed at them in the ,margent1 as with a finger thus3 ,picture3 ,graphic of hand with finger printing right ,thirdly1 ,the ,funerals of persons of ,quality have been solemnized with some suitable ,sermon at the time and place of their ,burial2 but that ,i am not come to as yet1 having got no further than to ,mr4 ,badmans death3 but for as much as he must be buried1 after he hath stunk out his time before his beholders1 ,i doubt not but some such that we read are appointed to be at the burial of ,gog1 will do this work in my stead2 such as shall leave him neither skin nor bone above ground1 but shall set a sign by it till the buriers have buried it in the ,valley of ,hamon-gog1 ,ezek4 #ci4 ,fourthly1 ,at ,funerals there does use to be ,mourning and lamentation1 but here also ,mr4 ,badman differs from others2 his ,familiars cannot lament his departure1 for they have not sence of his damnable state2 they rather ring him1 and sing him to ,hell in the sleep of death1 in which he goes thither4 ,good men count him no loss to the world1 his place can well be without him1 his loss is only his own1 and 'tis too late for him to recover that dammage or loss by a ,sea of bloody tears1 could he shed them4 ,yea1 ,god has said1 he will laugh at his destruction1 who then shall lament for him1 saying1 ,ah6 my brother4 ,he was but a stinking ,weed in his life2 nor was he better at all in his death3 such may well be thrown over the wall without sorrow1 when once ,god has plucked them up by the roots in his wrath4 ,reader1 ,if thou art of the race1 linage1 stock or fraternity of ,mr4 ,badman1 ,i tell thee before thou readest this ,book1 thou wilt neither brook the ,author nor it1 because he hath writ of ,mr4 ,badman as he has4 ,for he that condemneth the wicked that die so1 passeth also the sentence upon the wicked that live4 ,i therefore expect neither credit of1 nor countenance from thee1 for this ,narration of thy kinsmans life4 ,for thy old love to thy ,friend1 his wayes1 doings1 c4 will stir up in thee enmity rather1 in thy very heart1 against me4 ,i shall therefore incline to think of thee1 that thou wilt rent1 burn1 or throw it away in contempt3 yea and wish also1 that for writing so notorious a truth1 some mischief may befall me4 ,i look also to be loaded by thee with disdain1 scorn and contempt2 yea that thou shouldest railingly and vilifyingly say1 ,i lye1 and am a bespatterer of honest mens lives and deaths4 ,for ,mr4 ,badman1 when himself was alive1 could not abide to be counted a ,knave 7though his actions told all that went by1 that indeed he was such an one37 ,how then should his brethren1 that survive him1 and that tread in his very steps1 approve of the sentence that by this ,book is pronounced against him8 ,will they not rather imitate ,corah1 ,dathan1 and ,abiram's friends1 even rail at me for condemning him1 as they did at ,moses for doing execution8 ,i know 'tis ill pudling in the ,cockatrices den1 and that they run hazards that hunt the ,wild-,boar4 ,the man also that writeth ,mr4 ,badmans life1 had need to be fenced with a ,coat of ,mail1 and with the ,staffe of a ,spear1 for that his surviving friends will know what he doth3 but ,i have adventured to do it1 and to play1 at this time1 at the hole of these ,asps2 if they bite1 they bite2 if they sting1 they sting4 ,christ sends his ,lambs in the midst of ,wolves1 not to do like them1 but to suffer by them for bearing plain testimony against their bad deeds3 ,but had one not need to walk with a ,guard1 and to have a ,sentinel stand at ones door for this8 ,verily1 the flesh would be glad of such help2 yea1 a spiritual man1 could he tell how to get it4 ,acts #bc4 ,but ,i am stript naked of these1 and yet am commanded to be faithful in my service for ,christ4 ,well then1 ,i have spoken what ,i have spoken1 and now come on me what will1 ,job #ac4 #ac4 ,true1 the ,text sayes1 ,rebuke a scorner1 and he will hate thee2 and that1 ,he that reproveth a wicked man1 getteth himself a ,blot and ,shame2 but what then8 ,open rebuke is better than secret love2 and he that receives it1 shall find it so afterwards4 ,so then1 whether ,mr4 ,badmans friends shall rage or laugh at what ,i have writ1 ,i know that the better end of the staffe is mine4 ,my endeavour is to stop an hellish ,course of ,life1 and to save a soul from death1 7,jam4 #e47 and if for so doing1 ,i meet with envy from them1 from whom in reason ,i should have thanks1 ,i must remember the man in the dream1 that cut his way through his armed enemies1 and so got into the beauteous ,palace2 ,i must1 ,i say1 remember him1 and do my self likewise4 ,yet four things ,i will propound to the consideration of ,mr4 ,badmans friends1 before ,i turn my back upon them4 #a4 ,suppose that there be an ,hell in very deed1 not that ,i do question it1 any more than ,i do whether there be a ,sun to shine2 but ,i suppose it for argument sake1 with ,mr4 ,badmans friends2 ,i say1 suppose there be an ,hell1 and that too1 such an one as the ,scripture speaks of1 one at the remotest distance from ,god and ,life eternall1 one where the ,worm of a guilty ,conscience never dyes1 and where the fire of the ,wrath of ,god is not quenched4 ,suppose1 ,i say1 that there is such an ,hell1 prepared of ,god 7as there is indeed7 for the body and soul of the ungodly ,world after this life1 to be tormented in3 ,i say1 do but with thy self suppose it1 and then tell me1 ,is it not prepared for thee1 thou being a wicked man8 ,let thy conscience speak1 ,i say1 is it not prepared for thee1 thou being an ungodly man8 ,and dost thou think1 wast thou there now1 that thou art able to wrestle with the ,judgment of ,god8 ,why then do the fallen ,angers tremble there8 thy hands cannot be strong1 nor can thy heart endure1 in that day when ,god shall deal with thee3 ,ezek4 #bb4 #ad4 #b4 ,suppose that some one that is now a soul in ,hell for sin1 was permitted to come hither again to dwell2 and that they had a grant also1 that upon amendment of life1 next time the dye1 to change that place for ,heaven ant ,glory2 what sayest thou1 ,o wicked man8 would such an one 7thinkest thou7 run again into the same course of life as before1 and venture the damnation that for sin he had already been in8 ,would he choose again to lead that cursed life that afresh would kindle the flames of ,hell upon him1 and that would bind him up under the heavy wrath of ,god8 ,o6 he would not1 he would not2 the sixteenth of ,luke insinuates it3 yea ,reason it self1 awake1 would abhorr it1 and tremble at such a thought4 #c4 ,suppose again1 that thou that livest and rollest in thy sin1 and that as yet hast known nothing but the pleasure thereof1 shouldst be by an angel conveyed to some place where with convenience1 from thence thou mightest have a view of ,heaven and ,hell2 of the ,joyes of the one1 and the torments of the other2 ,i say1 suppose that from thence thou mightest have such a view thereof1 as would convince thy reason1 that both ,heaven and ,hell1 are such realities as by the ,word they are declared to be2 wouldest thou 7thinkest thou7 when brought to thy home again1 chuse to thy self thy former life1 to wit1 to return to thy folly again8 ,no2 if belief of what thou sawest1 remained with thee1 thou wouldest eat ,fire and ,brimstone first4 #d4 ,i will propound again4 ,suppose that there was amongst us such a ,law1 7and such a ,magistrate to inflict the penalty17 ,that for every open wickedness committed by thee1 so much of thy flesh should with burning ,pincers be plucked from thy ,bones3 ,wouldest thou then go on in thy open way of ,lying1 ,swearing1 ,drinking and ,whoring1 as thou with delight doest now8 ,surely1 surely1 ,no3 ,the fear of the punishment would make thee forbear2 yea1 would make thee tremble1 even then when thy lusts were powerfull1 to think what a punishment thou wast sure to sustain1 so soon as the pleasure was over4 ,but ,oh6 the folly1 the madness1 the desperate madness that is in the hearts of ,mr4 ,badmans friends1 who in despite of the threatnings of an holy and sin revenging ,god1 and of the outcries and warnings of all good men2 yea1 that will in despite of the groans and torments of those that are now in ,hell for sin1 7,luk4 #af4 #bd4 #bh47 go on in a sinfull course of life2 yea1 though every sin is also a step of descent1 down to that infernal ,cave4 ,o how true is that saying of ,solomon1 ,the heart of the sons of men is full of evil1 and madness is in their heart while they live1 and after that they go to the dead1 ,eccles4 #i4 #c4 ,to the dead6 that is1 to the dead in ,hell1 to the damned dead2 the place to which those that have dyed ,bad men are gone1 and that those that live ,bad men are like to go to1 when a little more sin1 like stollen waters1 hath been imbibed by their sinful souls4 ,that which has made me publish this ,book is1 #a4 ,for that wickedness like a flood is like to drown our ,english world3 it begins already to be above the tops of mountains2 it has almost swallowed up all2 our ,youth1 our ,middle age1 ,old age1 and all1 are almost carried away of this flood4 ,o ,debauchery1 ,debauchery1 what hast thou done in ,england6 ,thou hast corrupted our ,young men1 and hast made our ,old men beasts2 thou hast deflowered our ,virgins1 and hast made ,matrons ,bawds4 ,thou hast made our earth to reel to and fro like a drunkard2 'tis in danger to be removed like a ,cottage1 yea1 it is1 because transgression is so heavy upon it1 like to fall and rise no more4 ,isa4 #bd4 #bj4 ,o6 that ,i could mourn for ,england1 and for the sins that are committed therein1 even while ,i see that without repentance1 the men of ,gods wrath are about to deal with us1 each having his slaughtering weapon in his hand3 7,ezek4 #i4 #a1 #b47 ,well1 ,i have written1 and by ,gods assistance shall pray1 that this flood may abate in ,england3 and could ,i but see the tops of the ,mountains above it1 ,i should think that these waters were abating4 #b4 ,it is the duty of those that can1 to cry out against this deadly plague1 yea1 to lift up their voice as with a ,trumpet against it2 that men may he awakened about it1 flye from it1 as from that which is the greatest of evils4 ,sin pull'd ,angels out of ,heaven1 pulls men down to ,hell1 and overthroweth ,kingdoms4 ,who1 that sees an house on fire1 will not give the ,allarum to them that dwell therein8 who that sees the ,land invaded1 will not set the ,beacons on a fame8 ,who1 that sees the ,devils1 as roaring ,lyons1 continually devouring souls1 will not make an ,out-cry8 ,but above all1 when we see sin1 sinful sin1 a swallowing up a ,nation1 sinking of a ,nation1 and bringing its ,inhabitants to temporal1 spiritual1 and eternal ruine1 shall we not cry out1 and cry1 ,they are drunk1 but not with ,wine2 they stagger1 but not with strong drink2 they are intoxicated with the deadly poyson of sin1 which will1 if its malignity be not by wholsom means allayed1 bring ,soul and ,body1 and ,estate and ,countrey1 and all1 to ruin and destruction8 #c4 ,in and by this my ,out-cry1 ,i shall deliver my self from the ruins of them that perish3 for a man can do no more in this matter1 ,i mean a man in my capacity1 than to detect and condemn the wickedness1 warn the evil doer of the ,judgment1 and fly therefrom my self4 ,but ,oh6 that ,i might not only deliver my self6 ,oh that many would hear1 and turn at this my cry1 from sin6 that they may be secured from the death and ,judgment that attend it4 ,why ,i have handled the matter in this method1 is best known to my self3 and why ,i have concealed most of the ,names of the persons whose sins or punishments ,i here and there in this ,book make relation of1 is1 #a4 ,for that neither the sins nor ,judgments were all alike open2 the sins of some1 were committed1 and the ,judgments executed for them only in a corner4 ,not to say that ,i could not learn some of their names2 for could ,i1 ,i should not have made them publick1 for this reason4 #b4 ,because ,i would not provoke those of their ,relations that survive them2 ,i would not justly provoke them1 and yet1 as ,i think1 ,i should1 should ,i have intailed their punishment to their sins1 and both to their names1 and so have turned them into the world4 #c4 ,nor would ,i lay them under disgrace and contempt1 which would1 as ,i think1 unavoidably have happened unto them had ,i withall inserted their ,names4 ,as for those whose ,names ,i mention1 their crimes or ,judgments were manifest2 publick almost as any thing of that nature that happeneth to mortal men4 ,such therefore have published their own shame by their sin1 and ,god1 his anger1 by taking of open vengeance4 ,as ,job sayes1 ,god has strook them as wicked men in the open sight of others1 ,job #cd4 #bf4 ,so that ,i cannot conceive1 since their sin and ,judgment was so conspicuous1 that my admonishing the world thereof1 should turn to their detriment3 ,for the publishing of these things1 are1 so far as ,relation is concerned1 intended for remembrancers3 ,that they may also bethink themselves1 repent and turn to ,god1 lest the ,judgments for their sins should prove hereditary4 ,for the ,god of ,heaven hath threatned to visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children1 if they hate him1 to the third and fourth generation1 ,exod4 #bj4 #e4 ,nebuchadnezzars punishment for his pride being open1 7for he was for his sin1 driven from his ,kingly dignity1 and from among men too1 to eat grass like an ,ox1 and to company with the beasts17 ,daniel did not stick to tell ,belshazzar his son to his face thereof2 nor to publish it that it might be read and remembred by the generations to come4 ,the same may be said of ,judas and ,ananias1 c4 for their sin and punishment were known to all the dwellers at ,jerusalem1 ,acts #a4 ,chap4 #e4 ,nor is it a sign but of desperate impenitence and hardness of heart1 when the offspring or relations of those who have fallen by open1 fearfull and prodigious ,judgments1 for their sin1 shall overlook1 forget1 pass by1 or take no notice of such high outgoings of ,god against them and their house4 ,thus ,daniel aggravates ,belshazzars crime1 for that he hardened his heart in pride1 though he knew that for that very sin and transgression his father was brought down from his height1 and made to be a companion for ,asses4 ,and thou his son1 ,o ,belshazzar1 sayes he1 hast not humbled thy heart1 though thou knewest all this4 ,dan4 #e4 ,a home reproof indeed1 but home is most fit for an open and continued-in transgression4 ,let those then that are the ,offspring or relations of such1 who by their own sin1 and the dreadfull ,judgments of ,god1 are made to become a sign1 7,deut4 #af4 #i1 #aj47 having been swept1 as dung1 from off the face of the earth1 beware1 lest when ,judgment knocks at their door1 for their sins1 as it did before at the door of their ,pregenitors1 it falls also with as heavy a stroak as on them that went before them3 ,lest1 ,i say1 they in that day1 instead of finding mercy1 find for their high1 daring1 and ,judgment-affronting-sins1 ,judgment without mercy4 ,to conclude1 let those that would not dye ,mr4 ,badmans death1 take heed of ,mr4 ,badmans wayes3 for his wayes bring to his end2 ,wickedness will not deliver him that is given to it2 though they should cloak all with a ,profession of ,religion4 ,if it was a transgression of ,old1 for a man to wear a ,womans ,apparel1 surely it is a transgression now for a sinner to wear a ,christian ,profession for a ,cloak4 ,wolves in ,sheeps ,cloathing swarm in ,england this day3 ,wolves both as to ,doctrine1 and as to ,practice too4 ,some men make a ,profession1 ,i doubt1 on purpose that they may twist themselves into a ,trade2 and thence into an ,estate2 yea1 and if need be1 into an ,estate ,knavishly1 by the ruins of their ,neighbour3 let such take heed1 for those that do such things have the greater damnation4 ,christian1 make thy ,profession shine by a ,conversation according to the ,gospel3 ,or else thou wilt damnifie ,religion1 bring scandal to thy ,brethren1 and give offence to the ,enemies2 and 'twould be better that a ,millstone was hanged about thy neck1 and that thou1 as so adorned1 wast cast into the bottom of the ,sea1 than so to do4 ,christian1 a ,profession according to the ,gospel1 is1 in these dayes1 a rare thing2 seek then after it1 put it on1 and keep it without spot2 and 7as becomes thee7 white1 and clean1 and thou shalt be a rare ,christian4 ,the ,prophecy of the last times is1 that professing men 7for so ,i understand the ,text7 shall be1 many of them1 base2 7#b ,tim4 #c47 but continue thou in the things that thou hast learned1 not of wanton men1 not of licentious times1 but of the ,word and ,doctrine of ,god1 that is according to ,godliness2 and thou shalt walk with ,christ in white4 ,now ,god ,almighty give his people ,grace1 not to hate or malign ,sinners nor yet to choose any of their wayes1 but to keep themselves pure from the blood of all men1 by speaking and doing according to that ,name and those ,rules that they profess to know1 and love2 for ,jesus ,christs sake4 ,john ,bunyan4 ,books lately ,printed for and ,sold by ,nathaniel ,ponder at the ,peacock in the ,poultrey1 neer the ,church4 ,biblia ,sacra1 sive ,testamentum ,vetus1 ab ,im4 ,tremellio ,fr4 ,junio ex ,hebro ,latin redditum4 ,et ,testamentum ,novum ,theod4 ,beza ,grco in ,latinum versum4 ,argumentis ,capitum additis versibsque singulis distinctis1 seorsum expressis4 #ab4 1 ,or1 ,a ,declaration of the ,glorious ,mystery of the ,person of ,christ1 ,god and ,man4 ,with the ,infinite ,wisdom1 ,love and ,power of ,god in the contrivance and constitution thereof4 ,as also of the ,grounds and ,reasons of his ,incarnation1 the nature of his ,ministry in ,heaven1 the present ,state of the ,church above thereon1 and the ,use of his ,person in ,religion4 ,with an ,account and ,vindication of the ,honour1 ,worship1 ,faith1 ,love1 and ,obedience due unto him1 in and from the ,church4 ,by ,john ,owen1 ,d4,d4 ,divine ,breathings3 or a ,manual of practical ,contemplations1 in one ,century3 ,tending to promote ,gospel-,principles1 and a good ,conversation in ,christ4 ,comprizing in brief many of those great ,truths that are to be known and practised by a ,christian4 ,by ,t4,s4 ,youth's ,comedy1 or the ,souls ,tryals and ,triumph3 a ,dramatick ,poem4 ,with ,divers ,meditations intermixt upon several ,subjects4 ,set forth to help and encourage those that are seeking a ,heavenly ,country4 ,by the ,author of ,youth's ,tragedy4 ,a ,treatise of the ,fear of ,god3 shewing what it is1 and how distinguished from that which is not so4 ,also ,whence it comes4 ,who has it4 ,what are the ,effects4 ,and ,what the ,priviledges of those that have it in their hearts4 ,by ,john ,bunyan4 ,the ,tragical ,history of ,jetzer3 ,or1 a ,faithful ,narrative of the ,feigned ,visions1 ,counterfeit ,revelations1 and false ,miracles of the ,dominican ,fathers of the ,covent of ,bern in ,switzerland1 to ,propagate their ,superstitions4 ,for which ,horrid ,impieties1 the ,prior1 ,sub-,prior1 ,lecturer1 and ,receiver of the said ,covent were ,burnt at a ,stake1 ,anno ,dom4 #aeji4 ,collected ,from the ,records of the said ,city by the ,care of ,sir ,william ,waller1 ,knight4 ,translated from his ,french ,copy by an ,impartial ,pen1 and now made ,publick for the ,information of ,english ,protestants1 who may hence learn1 that ,catholicks will stick at no ,villanies which may ,advance their ,designs1 nor at any ,perjuries that may ,conceal them4 ,with an ,epistle1 wherein are some soft and gentle ,reflections upon the ,lying1 ,dying ,speeches of the ,jesuites lately ,executed at ,tyburn4 ,the ,second ,edition4 ,the ,pilgrims ,progress from this ,world to that which is to come3 ,delivered in the ,similitude of a ,dream4 ,by ,john ,bunyan4 ,this fourth ,impression hath the ,authors ,picture and many ,additions4 ,there is now in the ,press1 and will be suddenly published1 ,an ,exposition on the #f1 #g1 #h1 #i1 and #ajth ,chapters on the ,hebrews3 ,being a ,third ,volume4 ,by ,john ,owen1 ,d4,d4 ,,errata4 ,page #abg4 line #h4 for amated read amazed1 p4 #adi4 l4 #ae4 for herbaps r4 perhaps1 p4 #afb4 l4 #c1 #d4 for diababolical r4 diabolical1 p4 #bhg4 l4 #i4 for1 for r4 so1 p4 #cjd4 for reputation r4 repentance4 ,,the ,,life ,,and ,,death ,,of ,,mr4 ,,badman ,presented to the ,world in a ,familiar ,,dialogue ,betwixt ,mr4 ,,wiseman1 ,and1 ,mr4 ,,attentive4 ,wiseman4 ,good morrow my good ,neighbour1 ,mr4 ,attentive2 whither are you walking so early this morning8 methinks you look as if you were concerned about something more than ordinary4 ,have you lost any of your ,cattel1 or what is the matter8 ,attentive4 ,good ,sir1 ,good morrow to you1 ,i have not as yet lost ought1 but yet you give a right ghess of me1 for ,i am1 as you say1 concerned in my heart1 but 'tis because of the badness of the times4 ,and ,sir1 you1 as all our ,neighbours know1 are a very observing man1 pray therefore what do you think of them8 ,wise4 ,why8 ,i think1 as you say1 to wit1 that they are bad times1 and bad they will be1 untill men are better3 for they are bad men that make bad times2 if men therefore would mend1 so would the times4 ',tis a folly to look for good dayes1 so long as sin is so high1 and those that study its nourishment so many4 ,god bring it down1 and those that nourish it to ,repentance1 and then my good ,neighbour1 you will be concerned1 not as you are now3 ,now you are concerned because times are so bad2 but then you will be so1 'cause times are so good3 ,now you are concerned so as to be perplexed1 but then you will be concerned so as to lift up your voice with shouting2 for ,i dare say1 could you see such dayes they would make you shout4 ,atten4 ,ai1 so they would1 such times ,i have prayed for1 such times ,i have longed for3 but ,i fear they'l be worse before they be better4 ,wise4 ,make no ,conclusions1 man3 for he that hath the hearts of men in his hand1 can change them from worse to better1 and so bad times into good4 ,god give long life to them that are good1 and especially to those of them that are capable of doing him service in the world4 ,the ,ornament and ,beauty of this lower ,world1 next to ,god and his ,wonders1 are the men that spangle and shine in godliness4 ,now as ,mr4 ,wiseman said this1 he gave a great sigh4 ,atten4 ,amen4 ,amen4 ,but why1 good ,sir1 do you sigh so deeply8 is it for ought else than that for the which as you have perceived1 ,i my self am concerned8 ,wise4 ,i am concerned with you1 for the badness of the times2 but that was not the cause of that sigh1 of the which1 as ,i see1 you take notice4 ,i sighed at the remembrance of the death of that man for whom the ,bell tolled at our ,town yesterday4 ,atten4 ,why8 ,i trow1 ,mr4 ,goodman your ,neighbour is not dead4 ,indeed ,i did hear that he had been sick4 ,wise4 ,no1 no1 it is not he4 ,had it been he1 ,i could not but have been concerned1 but yet not as ,i am concerned now4 ,if he had died1 ,i should only have been concerned for that the world had lost a ,light3 but the man that ,i am concerned for now1 was one that never was good1 therefore such an one who is not dead only1 but damned4 ,he died that he might die1 he went from ,life to ,death1 and then from ,death to ,death1 from ,death ,natural to death ,eternal4 ,and as he spake this1 the water stood in his eyes4 ,atten4 ,indeed1 to goe from a death-bed to ,hell is a fearful thing to think on4 ,but good ,neighbour ,wiseman1 be pleased to tell me who this man was1 and why you conclude him so miserable in his death8 ,wise4 ,well1 if you can stay1 ,i will tell you who he was1 and why ,i conclude thus concerning him4 ,atten4 ,my leisure will admit me to stay1 and ,i am willing to hear you out4 ,and ,i pray ,god your discourse may take hold on my heart1 that ,i may be bettered thereby4 ,so they agreed to sit down under a tree3 ,then ,mr4 ,wiseman proceeded as followeth4 ,wise4 ,the man that ,i mean1 is one ,mr4 ,badman2 he has lived in our ,town a great while1 and now1 as ,i said1 he is dead4 ,but the reason of my being so concerned at his death1 is1 not for that he was at all related to me1 or for that any good conditions died with him1 for he was far from them1 but for that1 as ,i greatly fear1 he hath1 as was hinted before1 died two deaths at once4 ,atten4 ,i perceive what you mean by two deaths at once2 and to speak truth1 'tis a fearfull thing thus to have ground to think of any3 for although the death of the ungodly and sinners is laid to heart but of few1 yet to die in such a state1 is more dreadful and fearful than any man can imagine4 ,indeed if a man had no ,soul1 if his state was not truely ,immortal1 the matter would not be so much2 but for a man to be so disposed of by his ,maker1 as to be appointed a sensible being for ever1 and for him too to fall into the hands of revenging ,justice1 that will be always1 to the utmost extremity that his sin deserveth1 punishing of him in the dismal dungeon of ,hell1 this must needs be unutterably sad1 and lamentable4 ,wise4 ,there is no man1 ,i think1 that is sensible of the worth of one ,soul1 but must1 when he hears of the death of unconverted men1 be stricken with sorrow and grief3 because1 as you said well1 that mans state is such1 that he has a sensible being for ever4 ,for 'tis sense that makes punishment heavy4 ,but yet sense is not all that the ,damned have1 they have sense and reason too2 so then1 as ,sense receiveth punishment with sorrow because it feels1 and bleeds under the same1 so by ,reason1 and the exercise thereof1 in the midst of torment1 all present ,affliction is aggravated1 and that three manner of wayes3 #a4 ,reason will consider thus with himself2 ,for what am ,i thus tormented8 and will easily find 'tis for nothing but that base and filthy thing1 ,sin2 and now will ,vexation be mixed with ,punishment1 and that will greatly heighten the ,affliction4 #b4 ,reason will consider thus with himself4 ,how long must this be my state8 ,and will soon return to himself this ,answer3 ,this must be my state for ever and ever4 ,now this will greatly increase the torment4 #c4 ,reason will consider thus with himself2 ,what have ,i lost more than present ease and quiet by my sins that ,i have committed8 ,and will quickly return himself this answer3 ,i have lost ,communion with ,god1 ,christ1 ,saints and ,angels1 and a share in ,heaven and eternal ,life3 ,and this also must needs greaten the misery of poor damned souls4 ,and this is the case of ,mr4 ,badman4 ,atten4 ,i feel my heart even shake at the thoughts of coming into such a state4 ,hell6 who knows that is yet alive1 what the torments of ,hell are8 ,this word ,hell gives a very dreadful sound4 ,wise4 ,ai1 so it does in the ears of him that has a tender ,conscience4 ,but if1 as you say1 and that truly1 the very ,name of ,hell1 is so dreadful1 what is the ,place it self1 and what are the ,punishments that are there inflicted1 and that without the least intermission1 upon the ,souls of damned men1 for ever and ever4 ,atten4 ,well1 but passing this2 my leisure will admit me to stay1 and therefore pray tell me what it is that makes you think that ,mr4 ,badman is gone to ,hell4 ,wise4 ,i will tell you4 ,but first do you know which of the ,badmans ,i mean8 ,atten4 ,why was there more of them than one8 ,wise4 ,o1 yes1 a great many1 both ,brothers and ,sisters1 and yet all of them the ,children of a godly ,parent1 the more a great deal is the pity4 ,atten4 ,which of them therefore was it that died4 ,wise4 ,the eldest1 old in years1 and old in sin2 but the sinner that dies an hundred years old shall be accursed4 ,atten4 ,well1 but what makes you think he is gone to ,hell8 ,wise4 ,his wicked life1 and fearful death1 specially since the ,manner of his death was so corresponding with his life4 ,atten4 ,pray let me know the manner of his death1 if your self did perfectly know it4 ,wise4 ,i was there when he died3 ,but ,i desire not to see another such man 7while ,i live7 die in such sort as he did4 ,atten4 ,pray therefore let me hear it4 ,wise4 ,you say you have leisure and can stay1 and therefore1 if you please1 we will discourse even orderly of him4 ,first1 we will begin with his ,life1 and then proceed to his ,death3 ,because a relation of the first may the more affect you1 when you shall hear of the second4 ,atten4 ,did you then so well know his ,life8 ,wise4 ,i knew him of a ,child4 ,i was a man1 when he was but a boy1 and ,i made special observation of him from first to last4 ,atten4 ,pray then let me hear from you an account of his ,life2 but be as brief as you can1 for ,i long to hear of the manner of his death4 ,wise4 ,i will endeavour to answer your desires1 and first1 ,i will tell you1 that from a ,child he was very bad3 his very beginning was ominous1 and presaged that no good end1 was1 in likelyhood1 to follow thereupon4 ,there were several sins that he was given to1 when but a little one1 that manifested him to be notoriously infected with ,original corruption2 for ,i dare say he learned none of them of his ,father or ,mother2 nor was he admitted to go much abroad among other ,children1 that were vile1 to learn to sin of them3 ,nay1 contrariwise1 if at any time he did get abroad amongst others1 he would be as the ,inventer of bad words1 and an example in bad actions4 ,to them all he used to be1 as we say1 the ,ring-leader1 and ,master-sinner from a ,childe4 ,atten4 ,this was a bad ,beginning indeed1 and did demonstrate that he was1 as you say1 polluted1 very much polluted with ,original ,corruption4 ,for to speak my mind freely1 ,i do confess1 that it is mine opinion1 that ,children come polluted with sin into the ,world1 and that oft-times the sins of their youth1 especially while they are very young1 are rather by vertue of ,indwelling sin1 than by examples that are set before them by others4 ,not but that they learn to sin by example too1 but ,example is not the root1 but rather the ,temptation unto wickedness4 ,the root is sin within2 for from within1 out of the heart of man proceedeth sin4 #bj;a #bj;b ,wise4 ,i am glad to hear that you are of this opinion1 and to confirm what you have said by a few hints from the ,word4 ,man in his birth is compared to an ,ass1 7an unclean ,beast7 and to a wretched ,infant in its blood3 besides1 all the first-born of old that were offered unto the ,lord1 were to be redeemed at the age of a month1 and that was before they were sinners by imitation4 ,the ,scripture also affirmeth1 #ba;a that by the sin of one1 ,judgement came upon all2 and renders this reason1 for that all have sinned3 nor is that ,objection worth a rush1 ,that ,christ by his death hath taken away ,original ,sin4 ,first1 ,because it is ,scriptureless4 ,secondly1 ,because it makes them incapable of ,salvation by ,christ2 for none but those that in their own ,persons are sinners1 are to have ,salvation by him4 ,many other things might be added1 but between persons so well agreed as you and ,i are1 these may suffice at present3 but when an ,antagonist comes to deal with us about this matter1 then we have for him often other strong ,arguments1 if he be an ,antagonist worth the taking notice of4 #ba;b ,atten4 ,but1 as was hinted before1 he used to be the ,ring-leading ,sinner1 or the ,master of mischief among other children2 yet these are but ,generals2 pray therefore tell me in ,particular which were the sins of his ,childhood4 ,wise4 ,i will so4 ,when he was but a ,child1 he was so addicted to ,lying1 #ba;c that his ,parents scarce knew when to believe he spake true2 yea1 he would invent1 tell1 and stand to the ,lyes that he invented and told1 and that with such an audacious face1 that one might even read in his very countenance the symptoms of an hard and desperate heart this way4 ,atten4 ,this was an ill beginning indeed1 and argueth that he began to harden himself in sin betimes4 ,for a lye cannot be knowingly told and stood in1 7and ,i perceive that this was his manner of way in ,lying7 but he must as it were force his own heart into it4 ,yea1 he must make his heart #ba;d hard1 and bold to doe it3 ,yea1 he must be arrived to an exceeding pitch of wickedness thus to doe1 since all this he did against that good education1 that before you seemed to hint1 he had from his ,father and ,mother4 ,wise4 ,the want of good ,education1 as you have intimated1 is many times a cause why ,children doe so easily1 so soon1 become bad2 especially when there is not only a want of that1 but bad ,examples enough1 as1 the more is the pity1 there is in many ,families2 by vertue of which poor ,children are trained up in ,sin1 and nursed therein for the ,devil and ,hell4 ,but it was otherwise with ,mr4 ,badman1 for to my knowledge1 this his way of ,lying1 was a great grief to his ,parents1 for their hearts were much dejected at this beginning of their ,son2 nor did there want ,counsel and ,correction from them to him1 if that would have made him better4 ,he wanted not to be told1 in my hearing1 and that over and over and over1 ,that all ,lyars should have their part in the ,lake that burns with fire and brimstone2 and that whosoever loveth and maketh a lye1 should not have any part in the new and heavenly ,jerusalem3 #bb;a ,but all availed nothing with him2 when a fit1 or an occasion to lie1 came upon him1 he would invent1 tell1 and stand to his ,lie 7as steadfastly as if it had been the biggest of truths17 that he told1 and that with that hardening of his heart and face1 that it would be to those that stood by1 a wonder4 ,nay1 and this he would doe when under the rod of correction which is appointed by ,god for ,parents to use1 that thereby they might keep their ,children from ,hell4 #bb;b ,atten4 ,truly it was1 as ,i said1 a bad beginning1 he served the ,devil betimes2 yea he became a ,nurse to one of his #bb;c ,brats1 for a spirit of ,lying is the ,devils ,brat1 #bb;d for he is a ,liar and the ,father of it4 ,wise4 ,right1 he is the ,father of it indeed4 ,a ,lie is begot by the ,devil1 as the ,father1 and is brought forth by the wicked heart1 as the ,mother3 wherefore another ,scripture also saith1 ,why hath ,satan filled thy heart to lye1 #bb;e c4 ,yea1 he calleth the heart that is big with a lye1 an heart that hath ,conceived1 that is1 by the ,devil4 ,why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart1 thou hast not lied unto men1 but unto ,god4 ,true1 his lye was a lye of the highest nature1 but every lye hath the #bb;f same ,father and ,mother as had the lie last spoken of4 ,for he is a lier1 and the ,father of it4 ,a lie then is the ,brat of ,hell1 and it cannot #bc;a be in the heart before the person has committed a kind of spiritual ,adultery with the ,devil4 ,that ,soul therefore that telleth a known lie1 has lien with1 and conceived it by lying with the ,devil1 the only ,father of lies4 ,for a lie has only one ,father and ,mother1 the ,devil and the ,heart4 ,no marvel therefore if the hearts that hatch and bring forth ,lies1 be so much of complexion with the ,devil4 ,yea1 no marvel though ,god and ,christ have so bent their ,word against lyers3 a lyer is weded to the ,devil himself4 ,atten4 ,it seems a marvellous thing in mine eyes1 that since a lye is the ,offspring of the devill1 and since a lye brings the soul to the very den of ,devils1 to wit1 the dark dungeon of hell2 that men should be so desperately wicked as to accustom themselves to so horrible a thing4 ,wise4 ,it seems also marvellous to me1 specially when ,i observe for how little a matter some men will study1 contrive1 make and tell a lye4 ,you shall have some that will lye it over and over1 and that for a peny #bc;b profit4 ,yea1 lye and stand in it1 although they know that they lye3 yea1 you shall have some men that will not stick to tell lye after lye1 though themselves get nothing thereby2 ,they will tell lyes in their ordinary discourse with their ,neighbours1 also their ,news1 their ,jests1 and their ,tales must needs be adorned with lyes2 or else they seem to bear no good sound to the ear1 nor shew much to the fancie of him to whom they are told4 ,but alas1 what will these lyers doe1 when1 for their lyes they shall be tumbled down into hell1 to that ,devil that did beget those lyes in their heart1 and so be tormented by fire and brimstone1 with him1 and that for ever and ever1 for their lyes8 ,atten4 ,can you not give one some example of ,gods ,judgements upon lyers1 that one may tell them to lyers when one hears them lye1 if perhaps they may by the hearing thereof1 be made afraid1 and ashamed to lye4 ,wise4 ,examples6 why1 #bc;c ,saphira and his wife are examples enough to put a stop1 one would think1 to a spirit addicted thereto1 for they both were stricken down dead for telling a lye1 and that by ,god himself1 in the midst of a company of people4 ,but if ,gods threatning of ,liers with ,hell-fire1 and with the loss of the ,kingdom of ,heaven1 will not prevail with them to leave off to lie and make lies1 it cannot be imagined that a relation of temporal ,judgements that have swept liers out of the ,world heretofore1 should do it4 ,now1 as ,i said1 this ,lying was one of the first sins that ,mr4 ,badman was addicted to1 and he could make them and tell them fearfully4 ,atten4 ,i am sorry to hear this of him1 and so much the more because1 as ,i fear1 this sin did not reign in him #bd;a alone2 for usually one that is accustomed to lying1 is also accustomed to other evils besides1 and if it were not so also with ,mr4 ,badman1 it would be indeed a wonder4 ,wise4 ,you say true1 the lier is a ,captive slave of more than the spirit of lying3 and therefore this ,mr4 ,badman1 as he was a lier from a ,child1 so he was also much given to #bd;b pilfer and steal1 so that what he could1 as we say1 handsomly lay his hands on1 that was counted his own1 whether they were the things of his fellow ,children2 or if he could lay hold of any thing at a ,neighbours house1 he would take it away2 you must understand me of ,trifles2 for being let but a ,child he attempted no great matter1 especially at first4 ,but yet as he grew up in strength and ripeness of wit1 so he attempted to pilfer and steal things still of more value than at first4 ,he took at last great pleasure in robbing of ,gardens and ,orchards2 and as he grew up1 to steal ,pullen from the ,neighbourhood3 ,yea1 what was his #bd;c ,fathers1 could not escape his fingers1 all was ,fish that came to his ,net1 so hardened1 at last1 was he in this mischief also4 ,atten4 ,you make me wonder more and more4 ,what1 play the ,thief too6 ,what play the ,thief so soon6 ,he could not but know1 though he was but a ,child1 that what he took from others1 was none of his own4 ,besides1 if his ,father was a good man1 as you say1 it could not be1 but he must also hear from him1 that to steal was to transgress the ,law of ,god1 and so to run the hazard of eternal ,damnation4 ,wise4 ,his ,father was not wanting to use the means to reclaim him1 often urging1 as ,i have been told1 that saying in the ,law of ,moses1 #bd;d ,thou shalt not steal3 ,and also that1 ,this is the ,curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth1 for every one that stealeth shall be cut off1 c4 #be;a ,the light of ,nature also1 though he was little1 must needs shew him that what he took from others1 was not his own1 and that he would not willingly have been served so himself4 ,but all was to no purpose1 let ,father and ,conscience say what they would to him1 he would go on1 he was resolved to go on in his wickedness4 ,atten4 ,but his ,father would1 as you intimate1 sometimes rebuke him for his wickedness2 pray how would he carry it then8 ,wise4 ,how6 why1 like to a ,thief that is found4 ,he would stand #be;b gloating1 and hanging down his head in a sullen1 pouching manner1 7a body might read1 as we use to say1 the picture of ,ill-luck in his face17 and when his ,father did demand his answer to such questions concerning his ,villany1 he would grumble and mutter at him1 and that should be all he could get4 ,atten4 ,but you said that he would also rob his ,father1 methinks that was an unnatural thing4 ,wise4 ,natural or unnatural1 all is one to a ,thief4 ,beside1 you must think that he had likewise ,companions to whom he was1 for the wickedness that he saw in them1 more #be;c firmly knit1 than either to ,father or ,mother4 ,yea1 and what had he cared if ,father and ,mother had died for grief for him4 ,their death would have been1 as he would have counted1 great release and liberty to him3 ,for the truth is1 they and their counsel was his ,bondage2 yea1 and if ,i forget not1 ,i have heard some say1 that when he was1 at times1 among his ,companions1 he would greatly #be;d rejoyce to think that his ,parents were old1 and could not live long1 and then1 quoth he1 ,i shall be mine own man1 to do what ,i list without their controul4 ,atten4 ,then it seems he counted that robbing of his ,parents was no crime4 ,wise4 ,none at all1 and therefore he fell directly under that ,sentence1 ,whoso robbeth his ,father or his ,mother1 and saith it is no transgression1 the same is the companion of a destroyer4 ,and for that he set so light by them as to their ,persons and ,counsels1 'twas a sign that at present he was of a very abominable spirit1 #bf;a and that some ,judgement waited to take hold of him in time to come4 ,atten4 ,but can you imagin what it was1 ,i mean1 in his conceit 7for ,i speak not now of the suggestions of ,satan1 by which doubtless he was put on to do these things17 ,i say what it should be in his conceit1 that should make him think that this his manner of pilfering and stealing was no great matter4 ,wise4 ,it was1 for that1 the things that he stole1 were small2 to rob ,orchards1 and ,gardens1 and to steal ,pullen1 and the like1 these he counted #bf;b ,tricks of ,youth1 nor would he be beat out of it by all that his ,friends could say4 ,they would tell him that he must not covet1 or desire1 7and yet to desire1 is less than to take7 even any thing1 the least thing that was his ,neighbours1 and that if he did1 it would be a transgression of the ,law2 but all was one to him3 what through the wicked ,talk of his ,companions1 and the delusion of his own corrupt heart1 he would go on in his pilfering course1 and where he thought himself secure1 would talk of1 and laugh at it when he had done4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,atten4 ,well1 ,i heard a man once1 when he was upon the ,ladder with the ,rope about his ,neck1 confess 7when ready to be turned off by the ,hangman7 that that which had brought him to that end1 was his accustoming of himself1 when young1 to pilfer and steal small things4 ,to my best remembrance he told us1 that he began the trade of a ,thief by stealing ,pins and ,points1 and therefore did forewarn all the ,youth1 that then were gathered together to see him die1 to take heed of beginning1 though but with little sins1 because by tampering at first with little ones1 way is made for the commission of bigger4 ,wise4 ,since you are entred upon ,storyes1 ,i also will tell you one1 the which1 #bf;d though ,i heard it not with mine own ,ears1 yet my ,author ,i dare believe3 #bf;e ,it is concerning one old ,tod1 that was hanged about ,twenty years agoe1 or more1 at ,hartford1 for being a ,thief4 ,the ,story is this3 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,at a ,summer ,assizes holden at ,hartford1 while the ,judge was sitting upon the ,bench1 comes this old ,tod into the ,court1 cloathed in a green ,suit1 with his ,leathern ,girdle in his hand1 his ,bosom open1 and all on a dung sweat1 as if he had run for his ,life2 and being come in1 he spake aloud as follows3 #bg ,my ,lord1 said he1 ,here is the veryest ,rogue that breaths upon the face of the earth4 ,i have been a ,thief from a ,child3 ,when ,i was but a little one1 ,i gave my self to rob ,orchards1 and to do other such like wicked things1 and ,i have continued a ,thief ever since4 ,my ,lord1 there has not been a ,robbery committed thus many years within so many miles if this place1 but ,i have either been at it1 or privy to it4 ,the ,judge thought the fellow was mad1 but after some conference with some of the ,justices1 they agreed to ,indict him2 and so they did of several felonious ,actions2 to all which he heartily confessed ,guilty1 and so was hanged with his ,wife at the same time4 ,atten4 ,this is a remarkable ,story indeed1 and you think it is a true one4 ,wise4 ,it is not only remarkable1 but pat to our purpose4 ,this ,thief1 like ,mr4 ,badman1 began his ,trade betimes2 he began too where ,mr4 ,badman began1 even at robbing of ,orchards1 and other such things1 which brought him1 as you may perceive1 from sin to sin1 till at last it brought him to the publick shame of sin1 which is the ,gallows4 ,as for the truth of this ,story1 the ,relator told me that he was at the same time himself in the ,court1 and stood within less than two yards of old ,tod1 when he heard him aloud to utter the words4 ,atten4 ,these two sins of lying and stealing were a bad sign of an evil end4 ,wise4 ,so they were1 and yet ,mr4 ,badman came not to his end like old ,tod2 ,though ,i fear1 to as bad1 nay1 worse than was that death of the ,gallows1 though less discerned by spectators2 but more of that by and by4 ,but you talk of these two sins as if these were all that ,mr4 ,badman was addicted to in his ,youth3 ,alas1 alas1 he swarmed with sins1 even as a ,begger does with ,vermin1 and that when he was but a ,boy4 ,atten4 ,why what other sins was he addicted to1 ,i mean while he was but a ,child8 ,wise4 ,you need not ask1 to what other sins was he1 but to what other sins was he not addicted1 that is1 of such as suited with his ,age3 for a man may safely say1 that nothing that was vile came amiss to him2 if he was but capable to do it4 ,indeed some sins there be that ,childhood knows not how to be tampering with2 but ,i speak of sins that he was capable of committing1 of which ,i will nominate two or three more4 ,and1 ,first1 ,he could not endure the #bh;a ,lords ,day1 because of the ,holiness that did attend it2 the beginning of that ,day was to him as if he was going to ,prison1 7except he could get out from his ,father and ,mother1 and lurk in by-holes among his ,companions1 untill holy ,duties were over47 ,reading the ,scriptures1 hearing ,sermons1 godly ,conference1 repeating of ,sermons1 and ,prayer1 were things that he could not away with2 and therefore if his ,father on such days1 7as often he did1 though sometimes notwithstanding his diligence1 he would be sure to give him the slip7 did keep him strictly to the observation of the day1 he would plainly shew by all carriages that he was highly discontent therewith3 he would sleep at ,duties1 would talk vainly with his ,brothers1 and as it were1 think every godly opportunity seven times as long as it was1 gruding till it was over4 ,atten4 ,this his abhorring of that day1 was not1 ,i think1 for the sake of the day itself3 for as it is a day1 it is nothing else but as other days of the ,week3 ,but ,i suppose that the #bh;b reason of his loathing of it1 was1 for that ,god hath put sanctity and holiness upon it2 also because it is the day above all the days of the week that ought to be spent in holy ,devotion1 in remembrance of our ,lords ,resurrection from the dead4 ,wise4 ,yes1 'twas therefore1 that he was such an enemy to it1 even because more restraint was laid upon him on that day1 from his own ways1 than were possible should be laid upon him on all others4 ,atten4 ,doth not ,god by instituting of a day unto holy ,duties1 make great proof how the hearts and inclinations of poor people do stand to ,holiness of heart1 and a ,conversation in holy duties8 ,wise4 #bi;a ,yes doubtless2 and a man shall shew his ,heart and his ,life what they are1 more by one ,lords-day1 than by all the days of the week besides3 ,and the reason is1 because on the ,lords-day there is a special restraint laid upon men as to ,thoughts and ,life1 more than upon other days of the week besides4 ,also1 men are enjoyned on that day to a stricter performance of holy ,duties1 and restraint of worldly business1 than upon other days they are2 wherefore1 if their hearts incline not naturally to good1 now they will shew it1 now they will appear what they are4 ,the ,lords ,day is a kind of an ,emblem of the heavenly ,sabbath above1 and it makes manifest how the heart stands to the perpetuity of ,holiness1 more than to be found in a transient ,duty1 does4 ,on other days a man may be in and out of holy ,duties1 and all in a quarter of an hour2 but now1 the ,lords ,day is1 as it were1 a day that enjoyns to one perpetual ,duty of ,holiness3 ,remember that thou keep holy the ,sabbath day1 #bi;b 7which by ,christ is not abrogated1 but changed1 into the ,first of the week17 not as it was given in particular to the ,jews1 but as it was sanctified by him from the ,beginning of the world2 and therefore is a greater proof of the frame and temper of a mans heart1 and does more make manifest to what he is inclined1 than doth his other performance of ,duties3 ,therefore ,god puts great difference between them that truly call 7and walk in7 this day as holy1 and count it ,honourable1 #bi;c upon the account that now they have an opportunity to shew how they delight to honour him2 #bi;d in that they have1 not only an ,hour1 but a whole ,day to shew it in3 ,i say1 he puts great difference between these1 and that other sort that say1 ,when will the ,sabbath be gone1 that we may be at our worldly business4 #bi;e ,the first he calleth a ,blessed man1 but brandeth the other for an unsanctified worldling4 ,and indeed1 to delight ourselves in ,gods service upon his ,holy days1 gives a better proof of a sanctified ,nature1 than to grudge at the coming1 and to be weary of the holy duties of such dayes1 as ,mr4 ,badman did4 ,atten4 ,there may be something in what you say1 for he that cannot abide to keep one day holy to ,god1 to be sure he hath given a sufficient proof that he is an unsanctified man2 and as such1 what should he do in ,heaven8 that being the place where a perpetual ,sabath is to be kept to ,god2 #cj;a ,i say1 to be kept for ever and ever4 ,and for ought ,i know1 one reason why one day in seven1 hath been by our ,lord set apart unto holy ,duties for men1 may be to give them conviction that there is enmity in the hearts of sinners to the ,god of ,heaven1 for he that hateth ,holiness1 hateth ,god himself4 ,they pretend to love ,god1 and yet love not a holy day1 and yet love not to spend that day in one continued act of holiness to the ,lord3 ,they had as good say nothing as to call him ,lord1 ,lord1 and yet not doe the things that he says4 ,and this ,mr4 ,badman was such an one3 he could not abide this day1 nor any of the ,duties of it4 ,indeed1 when he could get from his ,friends1 and so #cj;b spend it in all manner of idleness and profaneness1 then he would be pleased well enough3 but what was this but a turning the day into night1 or other than taking an opportunity at ,gods forbidding1 to follow our ,callings1 to solace and satisfie our lusts and delights of the flesh4 ,i take the liberty to speak thus of ,mr4 ,badman1 upon a confidence of what you1 ,sir1 have said of him1 is true4 ,wise4 ,you needed not to have made that ,apology for your censuring of ,mr4 ,badman1 for all that knew him1 will confirm what you said of him to be true4 ,he could not abide either that day1 or any thing else that had the stamp or image of ,god upon it4 ,sin1 sin1 and to do the thing that was naught1 was that which he delighted in1 and that from a little ,child4 ,atten4 ,i must say again1 ,i am sorry to hear it1 and that for his own sake1 and also for the sake of his ,relations1 who must needs be broken to pieces with such doings as these3 ,for1 for these things sake comes the wrath of ,god upon the ,children of disobedience3 #cj;c and doubtless he must be gone to ,hell1 if he died without ,repentance2 and to beget a ,child for ,hell1 is sad for ,parents to think on4 ,wise4 ,of his ,dying1 as ,i told you1 ,i will give you a ,relation anon1 but now we are upon his ,life1 and upon the ,manner of his ,life in his ,childhood1 even of the sins that attended him then1 some of which ,i have mentioned already2 and indeed ,i have mentioned but some1 for yet there are more to follow1 and those not at all inferiour to what you have already heard4 ,atten4 ,pray what were they8 ,wise4 ,why he was greatly given1 and that while a ,lad1 to grievous #ca;a ,swearing and ,cursing3 yea1 he then made no more of ,swearing and ,cursing1 than ,i do of telling my fingers4 ,yea1 he would do it without provocation thereto4 ,he counted it a glory to ,swear and ,curse1 and it was as natural to him1 as to eat and drink and sleep4 ,atten4 ,oh6 what a young ,villain was this6 here is1 as the ,apostle says1 a yielding of ,members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin1 #ca;b indeed6 ,this is proceeding from evil to evil with a witness2 ,this argueth that he was a black-mouthed young ,wretch indeed4 ,wise4 ,he was so2 and yet1 as ,i told you1 he counted1 above all1 this kind of sinning1 to be #ca;c a ,badge of his ,honour3 ,he reckoned himself a mans ,fellow when he had learnt to ,swear and ,curse boldly4 ,atten4 ,i am perswaded that many do think1 as you have said1 that to ,swear1 is a thing that does bravely become them1 and that it is the best way for a man1 when he would put authority1 or terrour into his words1 to stuff them full of the sin of ,swearing4 ,wise4 ,you say right1 else1 as ,i am perswaded1 men would not so usually belch out their blasphemous ,oaths1 as they do3 they take a pride in it2 they think that to swear is ,gentleman-like2 and having once accustomed themselves unto it1 they hardly leave it all the days of their lives4 ,atten4 ,well1 but now we are upon it1 pray shew me #ca;d the difference between ,swearing and ,cursing2 for there is a difference1 is there not8 ,wise4 ,yes3 ,there is a difference between ,swearing and ,cursing1 ,swearing1 vain swearing1 such as young ,badman accustomed himself unto4 ,now vain and sinful swearing1 #ca;e ,is a light and wicked calling of ,god1 c4 to witness to our vain and foolish attesting of things1 and those things are of two sorts4 #a4 ,things that we swear1 are1 or shall be done4 #b4 ,things so sworn to1 true or false4 #a4 ,things that we swear1 are1 or shall be done4 ,thou swearest thou hast done such a thing1 that such a thing is so1 or shall be so2 for it is no matter which of these it is that men swear about1 if it be done lightly and wickedly1 and groundlesly1 it is vain1 because it is a sin against the ,third ,commandement1 which says1 ,thou shalt not take the ,name of the ,lord thy ,god in vain4 #cb;a ,for this is a vain using of that ,holy and ,sacred ,name1 and so a sin for which1 without sound ,repentance1 there is not1 nor can be rightly expected1 forgiveness4 ,atten4 ,then it seems1 though as to the matter of fact1 a man swears truely1 yet if he sweareth lightly and groundlesly1 his ,oath is evil1 and he by it1 under sin4 ,wise4 ,yes2 a man may say1 #cb;b ,the ,lord liveth1 and that is true1 and yet in so saying1 swear falsly2 because he sweareth vainly1 needlesly1 and without a ground4 ,to swear groundedly and necessarily1 7which then a man does1 when he swears as being called thereto of ,god17 that is tolerated of the ,word3 but this was none of ,mr4 ,badmans swearing1 and therefore that which now we are not concerned about4 ,atten4 ,i perceive1 by the ,prophet1 that a man may sin in swearing to a ,truth3 ,they therefore must needs most horribly sin1 that swear to confirm their ,jests and ,lies2 and as they think1 the better to beautifie their foolish talking4 ,wise4 ,they sin with an high hand2 for they presume to imagine1 #cb;c that ,god is as wicked as themselves1 to wit1 that he is an ,avoucher of ,lies to be true4 ,for1 as ,i said before1 to swear1 is to call ,god to witness2 and to swear to a ,lie1 is to call ,god himself1 to witness that that ,lie is true4 ,this therefore must needs offend2 for it puts the highest affront upon the ,holiness and ,righteousness of ,god1 therefore his wrath must sweep them away4 ,this kind of ,swearing is put in with lying1 and killing1 and stealing1 and committing ,adultery2 and therefore must not go unpunished3 #cb;d ,for if ,god will not hold him guiltless that taketh his ,name in vain1 which a man may doe when he swears to a truth1 7as ,i have shewed before17 how can it be imagined1 that he should hold such guiltless1 who1 by ,swearing1 will appeal to ,god1 if ,lies be not true1 or that swear out of their frantick and ,bedlam madness4 ,it would grieve and provoke a sober man to wrath1 if one should swear to a notorious lye1 and avouch that that man would attest it for a truth2 and yet thus do men deal with the holy ,god3 ,they tell their ,jestings1 ,tales and ,lies1 and then swear by ,god that they are true4 ,now this kind of ,swearing was as common with young ,badman1 as it was to eat when he was an hungred1 or to go to bed when it was night4 ,atten4 ,i have often mused in my mind1 what it should be that should make men so common in the use of the sin of ,swearing1 since those that be wise1 will believe them never the sooner for that4 ,wise4 ,it cannot be any thing that is good1 you may be sure2 because the thing it self is abominable3 #cc;a #a4 ,therefore it must be from the promptings of the spirit of the ,devil within them4 #b4 ,also it flows sometimes from hellish ,rage1 when the tongue hath set on fire of ,hell even the whole course of nature4 #cc;b #c4 ,but commonly ,swearing flows from that daring ,boldness that biddeth defiance to the ,law that forbids it4 #d4 ,swearers think also that by their belching of their blasphemous ,oaths out of their black and polluted mouths1 they shew themselves the more valiant men3 #e4 ,and imagine also1 that by these outrageous kind of villianies1 they shall conquer those that at such a time they have to do with1 and make them believe their lyes to be true4 #f4 ,they also swear frequently to get ,gain thereby1 and when they meet with fools1 they overcome them this way4 ,but if ,i might give advice in this matter1 no ,buyer should lay out one farthing with him that is a common ,swearer in his ,calling2 especially with such an ,oath-master that endeavoureth to swear away his commodity to another1 and that would swear his ,chapmans money into his own pocket4 ,atten4 ,all these causes of ,swearing1 so far as ,i can perceive1 flow from the same ,root as doe the ,oaths themselves1 even from a hardened and desperate heart4 ,but pray shew me now how wicked cursing is to be distinguished from this kind of swearing4 ,wise4 #cd;a ,swearing1 as ,i said1 hath immediately to do with the ,name of ,god1 and it calls upon him to be witness to the truth of what is said3 ,that is1 if they that swear1 swear by him4 ,some indeed swear by ,idols1 as by the ,mass1 by our ,lady1 by ,saints1 ,beasts1 ,birds1 and other creatures2 but the usual way of our profane ones in ,england1 is to swear by ,god1 ,christ1 ,faith1 and the like3 ,but however1 or by whatever they swear1 ,cursing is distinguished from ,swearing thus4 ,to #cd;b ,curse1 to ,curse profanely1 it is to sentence another or our self1 for1 or to evil3 or to wish that some evil might happen to the person or thing under the ,curse1 unjustly4 ,it is to sentence for1 or to evil1 7that is1 without a cause73 ,thus ,shimei cursed ,david3 ,he sentenced him for and to evil unjustly1 when he said to him1 ,come out1 come out thou bloody man1 and thou man of ,belial4 ,the ,lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of ,saul1 in whose stead thou hast reigned1 and the ,lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of ,absalom thy son3 and behold thou art taken in thy mischief1 because thou art a bloody man4 #cd;c ,this ,david calls a grievous ,curse4 ,and behold1 saith he to ,solomon his ,son1 thou hast with thee ,shimei a ,benjamite1 which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when ,i went to ,mahanaim4 #cd;d ,but what was this ,curse8 ,why1 ,first1 ,it was a wrong sentence past upon ,david2 ,shimei called him ,bloody man1 man of ,belial1 when he was not4 ,secondly1 ,he sentenced him to the evil that at present was upon him1 for being a bloody man1 7that is1 against the house of ,saul17 when that present evil overtook ,david1 for quite another thing4 ,and we may thus apply it to the #cd;e profane ones of our times who in their rage and envy1 have little else in their mouths but a sentence against their ,neighbour for1 and to evil unjustly4 ,how common is it with many1 when they are but a little offended with one1 to cry1 ,hang him1 ,damn him1 ,rogue6 ,this is both a sentencing of him for1 and to evil1 and is in it self a grievous ,curse4 #b4 ,the other kind of ,cursing1 is to wish that some evil might happen to1 and overtake this or that person or thing3 ,and this kind of ,cursing1 ,job counted a grievous sin4 ,i have not suffered 7says he7 my mouth to sin1 #ce;a by wishing a curse to his soul2 or consequently1 to ,body or ,estate4 ,this then is a wicked cursing1 to wish that evil might either befall another or our selves3 ,and this kind of cursing young ,badman accustomed himself unto4 #a4 ,he #ce;b would wish that evil might befall others2 he would wish their ,necks broken1 or that their ,brains were out1 or that the ,pox1 or ,plague was upon them1 and the like3 ,all which is a devilish kind of cursing1 and is become one of the common sins of our age4 #b4 ,he would also as often wish a ,curse to himself1 saying1 ,would ,i might be hanged1 or burned1 or that the ,devil might fetch me1 if it be not so1 or the like4 ,we count the #ce;c ,damme ,blades to be great ,swearers2 but when in their hellish fury they say1 ,god-damme me1 ,god perish me1 or the like1 they rather curse than swear2 yea1 curse themselves1 and that with a ,wish that ,damnation might light upon themselves2 which wish and ,curse of theirs1 in a little time1 they will see accomplished upon them1 even in ,hell-fire1 if they repent not of their sins4 ,atten4 ,but did this young ,badman accustom himself to such filthy kind of language8 ,wise4 ,i think ,i may say1 that nothing was more frequent in his mouth1 and that upon the least provocation4 ,yea he was so versed in such kind of language1 that neither #ce;d ,father1 nor ,mother1 nor ,brother1 nor ,sister1 nor ,servant1 no nor the very ,cattel that his ,father had1 could escape these ,curses of his4 ,i say1 that even the bruit ,beasts when he drove them1 or rid upon them1 if they pleased not his humour1 they must be sure to partake of his curse4 #ce;e ,he would wish their ,necks broke1 their ,legs broke1 their ,guts out1 or that the ,devil might fetch them1 or the like3 and no marvel1 for he that is so hardy to wish damnation1 or other bad curses to himself1 or dearest relations2 will not stick to wish evil to the silly ,beast1 in his madness4 ,atten4 ,well1 ,i see still that this ,badman was a desperate villain4 ,but pray1 ,sir1 since you have gone thus far1 now shew me whence this evil of cursing ariseth1 and also what dishonour it bringeth to ,god2 for ,i easily discern that it doth bring damnation to the soul4 ,wise4 ,this evil of ,cursing ariseth1 in general1 from the desperate wickedness of the heart1 but particularly from1 #cf;a #cf;b #a4 ,envie1 which is1 as ,i apprehend1 the leading sin to ,witchcraft4 #b4 ,it also ariseth from ,pride which was the sin of the fallen ,angels2 #c4 ,it ariseth too from ,scorn and contempt of others3 #d4 ,but for a man to curse himself1 must needs arise from desperate ,madness4 ,the #cf;c dishonour that it bringeth to ,god1 is this4 ,it taketh away from him his ,authority1 in whose power it is onely1 to ,bless and ,curse2 not to ,curse wickedly1 as ,mr4 ,badman1 but justly1 and righteously1 giving by his ,curse to those that are wicked1 the due ,reward of their deeds4 ,besides1 these wicked men1 in their wicked cursing of their ,neighbour1 c4 do even ,curse ,god himself in his handy work4 ,man is ,gods ,image1 and to curse wickedly the ,image of ,god1 is to curse ,god himself4 #cf;d ,therefore as when men wickedly swear1 they rend1 and tare ,gods ,name1 and make him1 as much as in them lies1 the avoucher and approver of all their wickedness2 so he that curseth and condemneth in this sort his ,neighbour1 or that wisheth him evil1 curseth1 condemneth1 and wisheth evil to the ,image of ,god1 and consequently judgeth and condemneth ,god himself4 ,suppose that a man should say with his mouth1 ,i wish that the ,kings ,picture was burned2 would not this mans so saying1 render him as an ,enemy to the ,person of the ,king8 ,even so it is with them that1 by cursing1 wish evil to their neighbour1 or to themselves1 they contemn the ,image1 even the ,image of ,god himself4 ,atten4 ,but do you think that the men that do thus1 do think that they do so vilely1 so abominably8 ,wise4 ,the question is not what men do believe concerning their sin1 but what ,gods ,word says of it3 ,if ,gods ,word says that ,swearing and ,cursing are sins1 though men should count them for ,vertues1 their reward will be a reward for sin1 to wit1 the damnation of the soul4 ,to #cg;a curse another1 and to swear vainly and falsly1 are sins against the ,light of ,nature4 #a4 ,to ,curse is so1 because1 whoso curseth another1 knows1 that at the same time he would not be so served himself4 #b4 ,to ,swear also1 is a sin against the same ,law3 for ,nature will tell me1 that ,i should not lie1 and therefore much less ,swear to confirm it4 ,yea1 the ,heathens have looked upon ,swearing to be a solemn ,ordinance of ,god1 and therefore not to be lightly or vainly used by men1 though to confirm a matter of truth4 #cg;b ,atten4 ,but ,i wonder1 since ,curseing and ,swearing are such evils in the eyes of ,god1 that he doth not make some ,examples to others1 for their committing such wickedness4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,wise4 ,alas6 so he has1 a thousand times twice told1 as may be easily gathered by any observing people in every ,age and ,countrey4 ,i could present you with several my self2 but waving the abundance that might be mentioned1 ,i will here present you with #cg;c two2 ,one was that dreadful ,judgment of ,god upon one ,n4 ,p4 at ,wimbleton in ,surrey2 who1 after a horrible fit of ,swearing at1 and ,cursing of some persons that did not please him1 suddenly fell sick1 and in little time died raving1 cursing and swearing4 ,but above all take that dreadful ,story of ,dorothy ,mately an ,inhabitant of ,ashover in the ,county of ,darby4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,this ,dorothy ,mately1 saith the ,relator1 was noted by the people of the ,town to be a great ,swearer1 and ,curser1 and ,lier1 and ,thief2 7just like ,mr4 ,badman47 ,and the labour that she did usually follow1 was to wash the ,rubbish that came forth of the ,lead ,mines1 and there to get sparks of ,lead-,ore2 and her usual way of asserting of things1 was with these kind of ,imprecations3 ,i would ,i might sink into the earth if it be not so1 or ,i would ,god would make the earth open and swallow me up4 ,now upon the #bc4 of ,march1 #affj4 this ,dorothy was washing of ,ore upon the top of a steep ,hill1 about a quarter of a mile from ,ashover1 and was there taxed by a ,lad for taking of two single ,pence out of his ,pocket1 7for he had laid his ,breeches by1 and was at work in his ,drawers27 but she violently denyed it1 wishing1 ,that the ground might swallow her up if she had them3 ,she also used the same wicked words on several other occasions that day4 ,now one ,george ,hodgkinson of ,ashover1 a man of good report there1 came accidentally by where this ,dorothy was1 and stood still a while to talk with her1 as she was washing her ,ore2 there stood also a little ,child by her ,tub-side1 and another a distance from her1 calling aloud to her to come away2 wherefore the said ,george took the ,girle by the hand to lead her away to her that called her3 ,but behold1 they had not gone above ten yards from ,dorothy1 but they heard her crying out for help2 so looking back1 he saw the ,woman1 and her ,tub1 and ,sive1 twirling round1 and sinking into the ground4 ,then said the man1 ,pray to ,god to pardon thy sin1 for thou art never like to be seen alive any longer4 ,so she and her ,tub twirled round1 and round1 till they sunk about three yards into the ,earth1 and then for a while staid4 ,then she called for help again1 thinking1 as she said1 that she should stay there4 ,now the man though greatly amazed1 did begin to think which way to help her1 but immediately a great stone which appeared in the ,earth1 fell upon her head1 and brake her ,skull1 and then the ,earth fell in upon her and covered her4 ,she was afterwards digged up1 and found about four yards within ground1 with the ,boys two single ,pence in her pocket1 but her ,tub and ,sive could not be found4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,atten4 ,you bring to my mind a sad story1 the which ,i will relate unto you4 ,the thing is this2 ,about a bow-shoot from where ,i once dwelt1 there was a blind ,ale-house1 and the man that kept it had a ,son whose name was ,edward4 ,this ,edward was1 as it were1 an half-fool1 both in his words1 and manner of behaviour4 ,to this blind ,ale-house certain jovial companions would once or twice a week come1 and this ,ned1 7for so they called him7 his ,father would entertain his guests withall2 to wit1 by calling for him to make them sport by his foolish words and gestures4 ,so when these boon blades came to this mans house1 the ,father would call for ,ned3 ,ned therefore would come forth2 and the villain was devilishly addicted to cursing1 yea to cursing his ,father and ,mother1 and any one else that did cross him4 ,and because 7though he was an half-fool7 he saw that his practice was pleasing1 he would do it with the more audaciousness4 ,well1 when these brave fellows did come at their times to this ,tippling-house 7as they call it7 to fuddle and make merry1 then must ,ned be called out2 and because his ,father was best acquainted with ,ned1 and best knew how to provoke him1 therefore ,he would usually ask him such questions1 or command him such business1 as would be sure to provoke him indeed4 ,then would he 7after his foolish manner7 ,curse his ,father most bitterly2 at which the old man would laugh1 7and so would the rest of the guests1 as at that which pleased them best7 still continuing to ask1 that ,ned still might be provoked to curse1 that they might still be provoked to laugh4 ,this was the mirth with which the old man did use to entertain his guests4 ,the curses wherewith this ,ned did use to curse his father1 and at which the old man would laugh1 were these1 and such like3 ,the ,devil take you2 ,the ,devil fetch you3 ,he would also wish him ,plagues and ,destructions many4 ,well1 so it came to pass1 through the righteous ,judgement of ,god1 that ,neds ,wishes and ,curses were in a little time fuelled upon his ,father2 for not many months passed between them after this manner1 but the ,devil did indeed take him1 possess him1 and also in few days carried him out of this world by death2 ,i say1 ,satan did take him and possess him3 ,i mean1 so it was judged by those that knew him1 and had to do with him in that his lamentable condition4 ,he could feel him like a live thing goe up and down in his body1 but when tormenting time was come 7as he had often tormenting fits7 then he would lye like an hard bump in the soft place of his chest1 7,i mean1 ,i saw it so17 and so would rent and tare him1 and make him roar till he died away4 ,i told you before1 that ,i was an ear and eye witness of what ,i here say2 and so ,i was4 ,i have heard ,ned in his ,roguery1 cursing his ,father1 and his ,father laughing thereat most heartily2 still provoking of ,ned to curse1 that his mirth might be encreased4 ,i saw his ,father also1 when he was possessed1 ,i saw him in one of his fits1 and saw his flesh 7as 'twas thought7 by the ,devil1 gathered up on an heap1 about the bigness of half in ,egge2 to the unutterable torture and affliction of the old man4 ,there was also one ,freeman1 7who was more than an ordinary ,doctor7 sent for1 to cast out this ,devil2 and ,i was there when he attempted to do it4 ,the manner whereof was this4 ,they had the possessed into an out-room1 and laid him on his belly upon a ,form1 with his head hanging over the ,forms end2 then they bound him down thereto3 which done1 they set a pan of ,coals under his mouth1 and put something therein which made a great smoak2 by this means 7as 'twas said7 to fetch out the ,devil4 ,there therefore they kept the man till he was almost smothered in the smoak1 but no ,devil came out of him2 at which ,freeman was somewhat abashed1 the man greatly afflicted1 and ,i made to go away wondering and fearing4 ,in a little time therefore that which possessed the man1 carried him out of the ,world1 according to the cursed ,wishes of his ,son4 ,and this was the end of this hellish mirth4 ,wise4 ,these were all sad ,judgements4 ,atten4 ,these were dreadful ,judgments indeed4 ,wise4 ,ai1 and they look like the ,threatning of that ,text1 7though chiefly it concerned ,judas17 ,as he loved cursing1 so let it come unto him2 as he delighted not in blessing1 so let it be far from him4 ,as he cloathed himself with cursing as with a garment1 so let it come into his bowels like water1 and as oyl into his bones4 #dj;a ,atten4 ,it is a fearful thing for ,youth to be trained up in a way of ,cursing and ,swearing4 ,wise4 ,trained up in them6 that ,i cannot say ,mr4 ,badman was1 for his ,father hath oft-times in my hearing1 bewailed the badness of his ,children1 and of this naughty ,boy in particular4 ,i believe that the wickedness of his ,children made him 7in the thoughts of it7 goe many a ,night with heavy heart to bed1 and with as heavy an one to rise in the ,morning4 ,but all was one to his graceless ,son1 neither wholsom counsel1 nor fatherly sorrow1 would make him mend his ,manners4 ,there #dj;b are some indeed that do train up their ,children to swear1 curse1 lye and steal1 and great is the misery of such poor ,children whose hard hap it is to be ushered into the world by1 and to be under the tuition too of such ungodly ,parents4 ,it had been better for such ,parents1 had they not begat them1 and better for such ,children had they not been born4 ,o6 methinks for a ,father or a ,mother to train up a ,child in that very way that leadeth to ,hell and ,damnation1 what thing so horrible6 ,but ,mr4 ,badman was not by his ,parents so brought up4 ,atten4 ,but methinks1 since this ,young ,badman would not be ruled at home1 his ,father should have tryed what good could have been done of him abroad1 by putting him out to some man of his acquaintance1 that he knew to be able to command him1 and to keep him pretty hard to some employ3 ,so should he1 at least1 have been prevented of time to do those wickednesses that could not be done without time to do them in4 ,wise4 ,alas1 his ,father did so1 #da;a he put him out betimes to one of his own ,acquaintance1 and entreated him of all love1 that he would take care of ,son1 and keep him from extravagant wayes4 ,his ,trade also was honest and commodious2 he had besides a full ,employ therein1 so that this young ,badman had no vacant seasons nor idle hours yielded him by his ,calling1 therein to take opportunities to do ,badly3 but all was one to him1 as he had begun to be vile in his ,fathers house1 even so he continued to be when he was in the house of his ,master4 ,atten4 ,i have known some ,children1 who though they have been very ,bad at home1 yet have altered much when they have been put out abroad2 especially when they have fallen into a ,family1 where the ,governours thereof have made conscience of maintaining of the ,worship and ,service of ,god therein2 but perhaps that might be wanting in ,mr4 ,badmans ,masters house4 ,wise4 ,indeed some ,children do greatly mend1 when put under other mens ,roofs2 but1 as ,i said1 this naughty boy did not so2 nor did his badness continue1 because he wanted a ,master that both could and did correct it3 ,for his #da;b ,master was a very good man1 a very devout person2 one that frequented the best ,soul-means1 that set up the ,worship of ,god in his ,family1 and also that walked himself thereafter4 ,he was also a man very meek and merciful1 one that did never overdrive young ,badman in business1 nor that kept him at it at unseasonable hours4 ,atten4 ,say you so6 ,this is rare3 ,i for my part can see but few that can parallel1 in these things1 with ,mr4 ,badmans ,master4 ,wise4 ,nor ,i neither1 7yet ,mr4 ,badman had such an one27 for1 for the most past1 #db;a ,masters are now a days such as mind nothing but their worldly concerns1 and if ,apprentices do but answer their commands therein1 ,soul and ,religion may go whither they will4 ,yea1 ,i much fear1 that there have been many towardly ,lads put out by their parents to such ,masters1 that have quite undone them as to the next world4 ,atten4 ,the more is the pity4 ,but pray1 now you have touched upon this subject1 shew me how many wages a ,master may be the ruin of his poor ,apprentice4 ,wise4 ,nay1 ,i cannot tell you of all the wayes1 yet some of them ,i will mention4 ,suppose then that a towardly ,lad be put to be an ,apprentice with one that is reputed to be a ,godly man1 yet that ,lad may be ruined many wayes2 that is1 if his ,master be not circumspect in all things that respect both ,god and man1 and that before his ,apprentice4 #a4 ,if #db;b he be not moderate in the use of his ,apprentice2 if he drives him beyond his strength2 if he holds him to work at unseasonable hours2 if he will not allow him convenient time to read the ,word1 to ,pray1 c4 ,this is the way to destroy him2 that is1 in those tender beginnings of good thoughts1 and good beginnings about spiritual things4 #b4 ,if he suffers his house to be scattered with profane and wicked ,books1 such as stir up to lust1 to wantonness1 such as teach idle1 wanton1 lascivious discourse1 and such as has a tendency to provoke to profane drollery and ,jesting2 and lastly1 such as tend to corrupt1 and pervert the ,doctrine of ,faith and ,holiness4 ,all these things will eat as doth a canker1 and will quickly spoil1 in ,youth1 c4 those good beginnings that may be putting forth themselves in them4 #c4 ,if there be a mixture of ,servants1 that is1 if some very bad be in the same place1 that's a way also to undo such tender ,lads2 for they that are bad and sordid ,servants1 will be often 7and they have an opportunity too1 to be7 distilling and fomenting of their profane and wicked words and tricks before them1 and these will easily stick in the flesh and minds of ,youth1 to the corrupting of them4 #d4 ,if the ,master have one ,guise for abroad1 and another for home2 that is1 if his ,religion hangs by in his house as his ,cloak does1 and he be seldom in it1 except he be abroad2 this1 young beginners will take notice of1 and stumble at4 ,we say1 ,hedges have eyes1 and little ,pitchers have ears2 and indeed1 #dc;a ,children make a greater inspection into the ,lives of ,fathers1 ,masters1 c4 than oft-times they are aware of3 ,and therefore should ,masters be carefull1 else they may soon destroy good beginnings in their ,servants4 #e4 ,if the ,master be unconscionable in his ,dealing1 and trades with lying words2 or if bad ,commodities be avouched to be good1 or if he seeks after unreasonable gain1 or the like2 his servant sees it1 and it is enough to undo him4 ,elies ,sons being bad before the congregation1 made ,men despise the sacrifices of the ,lord4 #dc;b ,but these things by the by1 only they may serve for a hint to ,masters to take heed that they take not ,apprentices to destroy their ,souls4 ,but young ,badman had none of these hinderances2 #dc;c ,his father took care1 and provided well for him1 as to this3 ,he had a good ,master1 he wanted not good ,books1 nor good ,instruction1 nor good ,sermons1 nor good ,examples1 no nor good fellow-,servants neither3 but all would not doe4 ,atten4 ',tis a wonder1 that in such a ,family1 amidst so many spiritual helps1 nothing should take hold of his heart6 ,what6 not good ,books1 nor good ,instructions1 nor good ,sermons1 nor good ,examples1 nor good fellow-,servants1 nor nothing do him good6 ,wise4 ,you talk1 he minded none of these things2 nay1 all these were #dc;d abominable to him4 #a4 ,for good ,books1 they might lie in his ,masters house till they rotted for him1 he would not regard to look into them2 but1 contrary-wise1 would get all the bad and abominable ,books that he could1 as beastly ,romances1 and books full of ,ribbauldry1 even such as immediately tended to set all fleshly lusts on fire4 ,true1 he durst not be known to have any of these1 to his ,master2 therefore would he never let them be seen by him1 but would keep them in close places1 and peruse them at such times1 as yielded him fit opportunities thereto4 #b4 ,for good ,instruction1 he liked that1 much as he liked good books2 his care was to hear but little thereof1 and to forget what he heard as soon as 'twas spoken4 ,yea1 ,i have heard some that knew him then1 say1 that one might evidently discern by the shew of his countenance and gestures1 that good counsel was to him like #dd;a little-ease1 even a continual torment to him2 nor did he ever count himself at liberty1 but when farthest off of wholsom words4 ,he would hate them that rebuked him1 and count them his deadly enemies4 #c4 ,for good ,example2 which was frequently set him by his ,master1 both in ,religious and ,civil matters2 these1 young ,badman would laugh at1 and would also make a byword of them1 when he came in place where he with safety could4 #d4 ,his ,master indeed would make him go with him to ,sermons1 and that where he thought the best ,preachers were1 but this ungodly young man1 what shall ,i say1 was 7,i think7 a ,master of ,art in all mischief2 he had these wicked ways to hinder himself of hearing1 let the ,preacher thunder never so loud4 #a4 ,his #dd;b way was1 when come into the place of hearing1 to sit down in some corner1 and then to fall fast asleep4 #b4 ,or else to fix his adulterous eyes upon some beautifull ,object that was in the place1 and so all ,sermon-while1 therewith be feeding of his fleshly lusts4 #c4 ,or1 if he could get near to some that he had observed would fit his humour1 he would be whispering1 gigling1 and playing with them1 till such time as ,sermon was done4 ,atten4 ,why6 he was grown to a prodigious height of wickedness4 ,wise4 ,he was so1 and that which aggravates all1 was1 this was his practice as soon as he was come to his ,master1 he was as ready at all these things1 as if he had1 before he came to his ,master1 served an ,apprentiship to learn them4 ,atten4 ,there could not but be added 7as you relate them7 ,rebellion to his sin4 ,methinks it is as if he had said1 ,i will not hear1 ,i will not regard1 ,i will not mind good1 ,i will not mend1 ,i will not turn1 ,i will not be converted4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,wise4 ,you say true1 and ,i know not to whom more fitly to compare him1 #de;b than to that man1 who when ,i my self rebuked him for his wickedness1 in this great huff replied2 ,what would the ,devil do for company1 if it was not for such as ,i4 ,atten4 ,why did you ever hear any man say so4 ,wise4 ,yes1 that ,i did2 and this young ,badman was as like him1 as an ,egg is like an ,egg4 ,alas6 the ,scripture makes mention of many that by their actions speak the same4 ,they say unto ,god1 ,depart from us1 for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways2 ,again1 ,they refuse to hearken1 and pull away their shoulder1 and stop their ears2 yea1 they make their hearts hard as an ,adamant-stone1 lest they should hear the ,law1 and the words that the ,lord of ,hosts hath sent4 #de;c ,what are all these but such as ,badman1 and such as the young man but now mentioned8 ,that young man was my ,play-fellow when ,i was solacing my self in my sins3 ,i may make mention of him to my shame2 but he has a great many fellows4 ,atten4 ,young ,badman was like him indeed1 and he trod his steps1 as if his wickedness had been his very ,copy2 ,i mean1 as to his desperateness3 for had he not been a desperate one1 he would never have made you such a reply1 when you was rebuking of him for his sin4 ,but when did you give him such a rebuke8 ,wise4 ,a while after ,god had parted him and ,i1 by ,calling of me 7as ,i hope7 by his ,grace1 still leaving him in his sins2 and so far as ,i could ever gather1 as he lived1 so he died1 even as ,mr4 ,badman did3 but we will leave him1 and return again to our discourse4 ,atten4 ,ha1 poor obstinate sinners6 doe they think that ,god cannot be even with them8 ,wise4 ,i do not know1 what they think1 but ,i know that ,god hath said1 ,that as ,he cried1 and they would not hear1 so they shall crie1 and ,i will not hear1 saith the ,lord4 #de;d ,doubtless there is a time a coming1 when ,mr4 ,badman will crie for this4 ,atten4 ,but ,i wonder that he should be so expert in wickedness1 so soon6 alas1 he was but a ,stripling1 ,i suppose1 he was1 as yet1 not ,twenty4 ,wise4 ,no1 nor ,eighteen neither3 but 7as with ,ishmael1 and with the ,children that mocked the ,prophet7 the seeds of sin did put forth themselves betimes in him4 #df;a ,atten4 ,well1 he was as wicked a young man as commonly one shall hear of4 ,wise4 ,you will say so1 when you know all4 ,atten4 ,all1 ,i think here is a great ,all2 but if there is more behind1 pray let us hear it4 ,wise4 ,why1 then ,i will tell you1 that he had not been with his ,master much above a year and a half1 but he came #df;b acquainted with three young ,villains 7who here shall be nameless17 that taught him to adde to his sin1 much of like kind2 and he as aptly received their ,instructions4 ,one of them was chiefly given to ,uncleanness1 another to ,drunkenness2 and the third to ,purloining1 or stealing from his ,master4 ,atten4 ,alas poor ,wretch1 he was bad enough before1 but these1 ,i suppose1 made him much worse4 ,wise4 ,that they made him worse you may be sure of1 for they taught him to be an ,arch1 a chief one in all their wayes4 ,atten4 ,it was an ill hap that he ever came acquainted with them4 ,wise4 ,you must rather word it thus4 ,it #df;c was the ,judgement of ,god that he did2 that is1 he came acquainted with them1 through the anger of ,god4 ,he had a good ,master1 and before him a good ,father3 ,by these he had good counsel given him for ,months and ,years together2 but his heart was set upon mischief1 he loved wickedness more than to do good1 even untill his ,iniquity came to be hateful2 therefore1 from the anger of ,god it was1 that these companions of his1 and he1 did at last so acquaint together4 ,sayes ,paul1 ,they did not like to retain ,god in their knowledge2 #df;d and what follows8 wherefore1 ,god gave them over1 or up to their own hearts lusts4 ,and again1 ,as for such as turn aside to their own crooked wayes1 the ,lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity4 #df;e ,this therefore was ,gods hand upon him1 that he might be destroyed1 be damned2 because he received not the love of the ,truth that he might be saved4 ,he chose his ,delusions and ,deluders for him1 even the company of base men1 of ,fools1 that he might be destroyed4 #df;f #dg;a ,atten4 ,i cannot but think indeed1 that it is a ,great ,judgment of ,god for a man to be given up to the company of vile men2 for what are such but the ,devils #dg;b ,decoyes1 even those by whom he drawes the simple into the ,net8 ,a ,whoremaster1 a ,drunkard1 a ,thiefe1 what are they but the ,devils baits1 by which he catcheth others8 ,wise4 ,you say right2 but this young ,badman was no simple one1 if by simple1 you mean one uninstructed2 for he had often good counsel given him3 but if by simple1 you mean1 him that is a ,fool as to the true ,knowledge of1 and ,faith in ,christ1 then he was a simple one indeed3 for he chose death1 rather than life1 and to live in continual opposition to ,god1 rather than to be ,reconciled unto him2 according to that saying of the wise man2 ,the fooles hated knowledge1 and did not choose the ,fear of the ,lord3 #dg;c and what ,judgement more dreadfull can a fool be given up to1 than to be delivered into the hands of such men1 that have skill to do nothing1 but to ripen sin1 and hasten its finishing unto damnation8 ,and therefore men should be afraid of offending ,god1 because he can in this manner punish them for their sins4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i knew a man that once was1 as ,i thought1 hopefully awakened about his ,condition2 yea1 ,i knew two that were so awakened2 but in time they began to draw back1 and to incline again to their lusts2 wherefore1 ,god gave them up to the company of three or four men1 that in less than three years time brought them roundly to the ,gallows1 where they were hanged like ,dogs1 because they refused to live like honest men4 #dg;e ,atten4 ,but such men do not believe1 that thus to be given up of ,god1 is in ,judgement and anger2 they rather take it to be their liberty1 and do count it their happiness2 they are glad that their ,cord is loosed1 and that the reins are in their neck2 they are glad that they may sin without controul1 and that they may choose such company as can make them more expert in an evil way4 ,wise4 ,their ,judgement is therefore so much the greater1 because thereto is added blindness of ,mind1 and hardness of ,heart in a wicked way4 ,they are turned up to the way of ,death1 but must not see to what place they are going3 ,they must go as the ,ox to the slaughter1 and as the ,fool to the ,correction of the ,stocks1 #dh;a till a ,dart strikes through their ,liver1 not knowing that it is for their life4 ,this1 ,i say1 makes their ,judgement double1 they are given up of ,god1 for a while to sport themselves with that which will assuredly make them mourn at last1 when their flesh and their body is consumed4 #dh;b ,these are those that ,peter #dh;c speaks of1 that shall utterly perish in their own corruptions2 these1 ,i say1 who count it pleasure to ryot in the day-time1 and that sport themselves with their own deceivings1 are1 as natural bruit beasts1 made to be taken and destroyed4 ,atten4 ,well1 but ,i pray now concerning these three ,villains that were young ,badmans companions3 ,tell me more particularly how he carried it then4 ,wise4 ,how he carried it6 why1 he did as they4 ,i intimated so much before1 when ,i said1 they made him an arch1 a chief one in their ways4 ,first1 ,he became a ,frequenter of #dh;d ,taverns and ,tippling-houses1 and would stay there untill he was even as drunk as a ,beast4 ,and if it was so1 that he could not get out by day1 he would1 be sure1 get out by night4 ,yea1 he became so common a ,drunkard1 at last1 that he was taken notice of to be a ,drunkard even by all4 ,atten4 ,this was ,swinish1 for ,drunkenness1 is so beastly a sin1 a sin so much against ,nature1 that ,i wonder that any that have but the appearance of ,men1 can give up themselves to so beastly 7yea1 worse than beastly7 a thing4 ,wise4 ,it is a ,swinish vanity indeed4 ,i will tell you another ,story4 #dh;f ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,there was a ,gentleman that had a ,drunkard to be his ,groom1 and coming home one night very much abused with ,beer1 his ,master saw it4 ,well 7quoth his ,master within himself17 ,i will let thee alone to night1 but to morrow morning ,i will convince thee that thou art worse than a ,beast1 by the behaviour of my ,horse4 ,so when morning was come1 he bids his man goe and water his ,horse1 and so he did2 but coming up to his ,master1 he commands him to water him again2 so the fellow rid into the water the second time1 but his masters horse would now drink no more1 so the fellow came up and told his ,master4 ,then said his ,master1 ,thou drunken sot1 thou art far worse than my ,horse1 he will drink but to satisfie nature1 but thou wilt drink to the abuse of nature2 he will drink but to refresh himself1 but thou to thy hurt and dammage2 ,he will drink1 that he may be more serviceable to his ,master1 but thou1 till thou art uncapable of serving either ,god or ,man4 ,o thou ,beast1 how much art thou worse than the horse that thou ridest on4 ,atten4 ,truly ,i think that his ,master served him right2 for in doing as he did1 he shewed him plainly1 as he said1 that he had not so much government of himself as his horse had of himself1 and consequently that his beast did live more according to the ,law of his nature by far1 than did his man4 ,but pray go on with what you have further to say4 ,wise4 ,why1 ,i say1 that there are #di;a four things1 which if they were well considered1 would make drunkenness to be abhorred in the thoughts of the ,children of men4 #a4 ,it greatly tendeth to impoverish and beggar a man4 ,the ,drunkard1 says ,solomon1 shall come to poverty4 #di;b ,many that have begun the world with ,plenty1 have gone out of it in ,rags2 through drunkenness4 ,yea1 many ,children that have been born to good ,estates1 have yet been brought to a ,flail a ,rake1 through this beastly sin of their ,parents4 #b4 ,this sin of ,drunkenness1 it bringeth upon the ,body1 many1 great1 and incurable ,diseases1 by which ,men do in little time come to their end1 and none can help them4 ,so1 because they are overmuch wicked1 therefore they dye before their time4 #di;c #c4 ,drunkenness1 is a sin that is often times attended with abundance of other evils4 ,who hath woe8 ,who hath sorrow8 ,who hath contention8 ,who hath babblings8 ,who hath wounds without cause8 ,who hath redness of the eyes8 ,they that tarry long at the ,wine1 they that go to seek mixt wine4 #di;d ,that is1 the ,drunkard4 #d4 ,by ,drunkenness1 ,men do often times shorten their dayes2 goe out of the ,ale-house drunk1 and break their ,necks before they come home4 ,instances not a few might be given of this1 but this is so manifest1 a man need say nothing4 ,atten4 ,but #ej;a #ej;b that which is worse than all is1 it also prepares men for everlasting burnings4 ,wise4 ,yea1 and it so stupifies and besotts the soul1 that a man that is far gone in ,drunkenness1 is hardly ever recovered to ,god4 ,tell me1 when did you see an old drunkard converted8 ,no1 no1 such an one will sleep till he dies1 though he sleeps on the top of a #ej;c ,mast1 let his dangers be never so great and ,death and damnation never so near1 he will not be awaked out of his sleep4 ,so that if a man have any respect either to ,credit1 ,health1 ,life or ,salvation1 he will not be a drunken man4 ,but the truth is1 where this sin gets the upper hand1 men are1 as ,i said before1 so intoxicated and bewitched with the seeming pleasures1 and sweetness thereof2 that they have neither heart nor mind to think of that which is better in itself2 and would1 if imbraced1 do them good4 ,atten4 ,you said that drunkenness tends to poverty1 yet some make themselves rich by drunken bargains4 ,wise4 ,i #ej;d said so1 because the ,word says so4 ,and as to some mens getting thereby1 that is indeed but rare1 and base3 yea1 and base will be the end of such gettings4 ,the ,word of ,god is against such wayes1 and the curse of ,god will be the end of such doings4 ,an ,inheritance may sometimes thus be hastily gotten at the beginning1 but the end thereof shall not be blessed4 ,hark what the ,prophet saith2 ,wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness1 that he may set his nest on high4 #ej;e ,whether he makes drunkenness1 or ought else1 the engine and decoy to get it2 for that man doth but consult the shame of his own house1 the spoiling of his family1 and the damnation of his ,soul2 for that which he getteth by working of iniquity1 is but a getting by the devices of ,hell2 ,therefore he can be no gainer neither for himself or family1 that gains by an evil course4 ,but this was one of the sins that ,mr4 ,badman was addicted to after he came acquainted with these three fellows1 nor could all that his ,master could do break him of this ,beastly sin4 ,atten4 ,but where1 since he was but an ,apprentice1 could he get ,money to follow this practice1 for drunkenness1 as you have intimated1 is a very costly sin4 ,wise4 ,his ,master #ea;a paid for all4 ,for1 7as ,i told you before7 as he learned of these three ,villains to be a ,beastly ,drunkard2 so he learned of them to pilfer and steal from his ,master4 ,sometimes he would sell off his ,masters ,goods1 but keep the ,money1 that is when he could2 also sometimes he would beguile his ,master by taking out of his ,cashbox3 and when he could do neither of these1 he would convey away of his ,masters wares1 what he thought would be least missed1 and send or carry them to such and such houses1 where he knew they would be laid up to his use1 and then appoint set times there1 to meet and make merry with these fellowes4 ,atten4 ,this1 was as bad1 nay1 ,i think1 worse than the former2 for by thus doing1 he did1 not only run himself under the wrath of ,god1 but has endangered the undoing of his ,master and his ,familie4 ,wise4 ,sins go not alone1 but follow one the other as do the links of a ,chain2 he that will be a drunkard1 must have money either of his own1 or of some other mans2 either of his ,fathers1 ,mothers1 ,masters1 or at the high-way1 or some way4 ,atten4 ,i fear that many an honest man is undone by such kind of servants4 ,wise4 ,i am of the same mind with you1 but #ea;b this should make the dealer the more wary what kind of ,servants he keeps1 and what kind of ,apprentices he takes4 ,it should also teach him to look well to his ,shop himself1 also to take strict account of all things that are bought and sold by his ,servants4 ,the ,masters neglect herein may embolden his servant to be bad1 and may bring him too in short time to rags and a morsel of ,bread4 ,atten4 ,i am afraid that there is much of this kind of pilfering among servants in these bad dayes of ours4 ,wise4 ,now1 while it is in my mind1 ,i will tell you a story4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,when ,i was in prison1 there came a woman to me that was under a great deal of trouble4 ,so ,i asked her 7she being a stranger to me7 what she had to say to me4 ,she said1 she was afraid she should be damned4 ,i asked her the cause of those fears4 ,she told me that she had sometime since lived with a ,shop-keeper at ,wellingborough1 and had robbed his box in the ,shop several times of ,money1 to the value of more than now ,i will say2 and pray1 says she1 tell me what ,i shall do4 ,i told her1 ,i would have her go to her ,master1 and make him satisfaction3 ,she said1 she was afraid2 ,i asked her why8 ,she said1 she doubted he would hang her4 ,i told her1 that ,i would intercede for her life1 and would make use of other friends too to do the like2 ,but she told me1 she durst not venture that4 ,well1 said ,i1 shall ,i send to your ,master1 while you abide out of sight1 and make your peace with him1 before he sees you2 and with that1 ,i asked her her ,masters name4 ,but all that she said in answer to this1 was1 ,pray let it alone till ,i come to you again4 ,so away she went1 and neither told me her ,masters ,name1 nor her own3 ,this is about ten or twelve years since1 and ,i never saw her again4 ,i tell you this story for this cause2 to confirm your fears1 that such kind of servants too many there be2 and that ,god makes them sometimes like old ,tod1 of whom mention was made before1 7through the terrors that he layes upon them7 to betray themselves4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i could tell you of another1 that came to me with a like relation concerning her self1 and the robbing of her ,mistress2 but at this time let this suffice4 ,atten4 ,but what was that other ,villain addicted to1 ,i mean1 young ,badmans third companion8 ,wise4 ,uncleanness4 #eb;b ,i told you before1 but it seems you forgot4 ,atten4 ,right1 it was ,uncleanness4 ,uncleanness is also a filthy sin4 ,wise4 ,it is so2 and yet it is one of the most reigning sins in our day4 ,atten4 ,so they say1 and that too among those that one would think had more wit1 even among the great ones4 ,wise4 ,the more is the pity3 for usually ,examples that are set by them that are great and chief1 #eb;c spread sooner1 and more universally1 then do the sins of other men2 yea1 and when such men are at the head in transgressing1 sin walks with a bold face through the ,land4 ,as ,jeremiah saith of the ,prophets1 so may it be said of such1 ,from them is profaneness gone forth into all the land2 that is1 with bold and audacious face1 ,jer4 #bc4 #ae4 ,atten4 ,but pray let us return again to ,mr4 ,badman and his companions4 ,you say one of them was very vile in the commission of ,uncleanness4 ,wise4 ,yes1 so ,i say2 not but that he was a ,drunkard and also ,thievish1 but he was most arch in this sin of ,uncleanness3 ,this ,roguery was his ,master-piece1 for he was a ,ringleader to them all in the beastly sin of ,whoredom4 ,he was also best acquainted with such houses where they were1 and so could readily lead the rest of his ,gang unto them4 ,the ,strumpets also1 because they knew this young ,villain1 would at first discover themselves in all their whorish pranks to those that he brought with him4 ,atten4 ,that is a deadly thing3 ,i mean1 it is a deadly thing to young men1 when such beastly queans1 shall1 with words and carriages that are openly tempting1 discover themselves unto them2 ,it is hard for such to escape their ,snare4 ,wise4 ,that is true1 therefore the ,wise mans counsel is the best3 ,come not near the door of her house2 #ec;a for they are 7as you say7 very tempting1 as is seen by her in the ,proverbs4 ,i looked 7says the ,wise man7 through my casement1 and beheld among the simple ones1 ,i discerned a young man void of understanding1 passing through the streets near her corner1 and he went the way to her house3 ,in the twilight1 in the evening1 in the black and dark night4 ,and behold1 there met him a ,woman1 with the attire of an harlot1 and subtle of heart2 7#ec;c she is loud and stubborn1 her feet abide not in her house4 ,now she is without1 now she is in the street1 and lieth in wait at every corner47 ,so she caught him1 and kiss'd him1 and with an impudent face said unto him3 ,i have peace offerings with me2 this day have ,i payed my vows4 ,therefore came ,i forth to meet thee1 diligently to seek thy face1 and ,i have found thee4 ,i have decked my bed with coverings of ,tapestry1 with carved works1 with fine ,linnen of gypt3 ,i have perfumed my bed with ,myrrhe1 ,aloes1 and ,cinnamon2 come let us take our fill of love untill the ,morning1 let us solace our selves with loves4 #ec;b ,here was a bold ,beast3 ,and indeed1 the very eyes1 hands1 words and ways of such1 are all snares and bands to youthful1 lustful fellows3 ,and with these was young ,badman greatly snared4 ,atten4 ,this sin of ,uncleanness #ed;a is mightily cried out against both by ,moses1 the ,prophets1 ,christ1 and his ,apostles2 and yet1 as we see1 for all that1 how men run head-long to it6 ,wise4 ,you have said the truth1 and ,i will adde1 that ,god1 to hold men back from so filthy a sin1 has set such a stamp of his ,indignation upon it1 and commanded such evil effects to follow it1 that were not they that use it bereft of all ,fear of ,god1 and love to their own health1 they could not but stop and be afraid to commit it4 ,for1 besides the eternal ,damnation that doth attend such in the next world1 7for these have no ,inheritance in the ,kingdom of ,christ and of ,god1 ,ephes4 #e47 the evil effects thereof in this world are dreadfull4 ,atten4 ,pray skew me some of them1 that as occasion offereth it self1 ,i may shew them to others for their good4 ,wise4 ,so ,i will4 #a4 #ed;b ,it bringeth a man 7as was said of the sin before7 to want and poverty2 for by means of a ,whorish woman1 a man is brought to a piece of bread4 ,the reason is1 for that an ,whore will not yield without hire2 and men when the ,devil and ,lust is in them1 and ,god and his ,fear far away from them1 will not stick1 so they may accomplish their desire1 to lay their ,signet1 their ,bracelets1 and their ,staff to pledge1 #ed;c rather than miss of the fulfilling of their lusts4 #b4 ,again1 by this sin men diminish their strength1 and bring upon themselves1 even upon the ,body1 a multitude of ,diseases4 ,this ,king ,lemuel's ,mother warned him of4 ,what my ,son1 said she1 and what the son of my womb1 and what the ,son of my ,vows3 ,give not thy strength unto women1 nor thy ways to that which destroyeth ,kings4 #ed;d ,this sin is destructive to the ,body4 ,give me leave to tell you another story4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i #ed;f have heard of a great man that was a very unclean person1 and he had lived so long in that sin1 that he had almost lost his sight4 ,so his ,physicians were sent for1 to whom he told his to ,disease2 but they told him1 that they could do him no good1 unless he would forbear his ,women4 ,nay then1 said he1 farewell sweet ,sight4 ,whence observe1 that this sin1 as ,i said1 is destructive to the ,body2 and also1 that some men be so in love therewith1 that they will have it1 though it destroy their body4 ,atten4 ,paul says also1 that he that sins this sin1 sins against his own ,body4 ,but what of that8 he that will run the hazard of eternal ,damnation of his ,soul1 but he will commit this sin1 will for it run the hazard of destroying his ,body4 ,if young ,badman feared not the ,damnation of his ,soul1 do you think that the consideration of impairing of his ,body1 would have deterred him therefrom8 ,wise4 ,you say true4 ,but yet1 methinks1 there are still such bad effects follow1 often1 upon the commission of it1 that if men would consider them1 it would put1 at least1 a stop to their career therein4 ,atten4 ,what other evil effects attend this sin8 ,wise4 ,outward shame and disgrace1 and that in these particulars3 #ee;a ,first1 ,there often follows this foul sin1 the ,foul ,disease1 now called by us the ,pox4 ,a disease so nauseous and stinking1 so infectious to the whole body 7and so intailed to this sin7 that hardly are any common with unclean ,women1 but they have more or less a touch of it to their shame4 ,atten4 ,that is a foul disease indeed3 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i knew a man once that rotted away with it2 and another that had his ,nose eaten off1 and his ,mouth almost quite sewed up thereby4 ,wise4 ,it is a ,disease1 that where it is1 it commonly declares1 that the cause thereof is ,uncleanness4 ,it declares to all that behold such a man1 that he is an odious1 a beastly1 unclean person4 ,this is that strange punishment that ,job speaks of1 that is appointed to seize on these workers of ,iniquity4 #ee;c ,atten4 ,then it seems you think that the strange punishment that ,job there speaks of1 should be the foul disease4 ,wise4 ,i have thought so indeed1 and that for this reason3 ,we see that this ,disease is entailed as ,i may say1 to this most beastly sin1 nor is there any disease so entailed to any other sin1 as this to this4 ,that this is the sin to which the strange ,punishment is entailed1 you will easily perceive when you read the ,text4 ,i made a covenant with mine eyes1 said ,job1 why should ,i think upon a ,maid8 ,for what portion is there 7for that sin7 from above1 and what ,inheritance of the ,almighty from on high8 ,and then he answers himself2 ,is not destruction to the wicked1 and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity8 ,this strange ,punishment is the ,pox4 ,also ,i think that this foul ,disease is that which ,solomon intends1 when he saith1 7speaking of this unclean and beastly creature7 ,a wound and dishonour shall he get1 and his reproach shall not be turned away4 #ef ,a ,punishment ,job calls it1 a ,wound and ,dishonour1 ,solomon calls it2 and they both do set it as a ,remark upon this sin2 ,job calling it a strange punishment1 and ,solomon a reproach that shall not be turned away from them that are common in it4 ,atten4 ,what other things follow upon the commission of this beastly sin8 ,wise4 ,why1 often-times it is attended with ,murder1 with the murder of the ,babe begotten on the defiled bed4 ,how common it is for the ,bastard-getter and ,bastard-bearer1 to consent together to murder their ,children1 will be better known at the day of ,judgement2 yet something is manifest now4 ,i will tell you another story4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,an ancient man1 one of mine acquaintance1 a man of good credit in our ,countrey1 had a ,mother that was a ,midwife3 who was mostly imployed in laying great persons4 ,to this womans house1 upon a time1 comes a brave young ,gallant on horseback1 to fetch her to lay a young ,lady4 ,so she addresses herself to go with him2 wherefore1 he takes her up behind him1 and away they ride in the night4 ,now they had not rid far1 but the ,gentleman litt off his horse1 and taking the old ,midwife in his arms from the horse1 turned round with her several times1 and then set her up again2 then he got up1 and away they went till they came at a stately house1 into which he had her1 and so into a ,chamber where the young ,lady was in her pains3 ,he then bid the ,midwife do her ,office1 and she demanded help1 but he drew out his ,sword and told her1 if she did not make speed to do her ,office without1 she must look for nothing but death4 ,well1 to be short1 this old ,midwife laid the young ,lady1 and a fine sweet ,babe she had2 ,now there was made in a ,room hard by1 a very great ,fire3 so the ,gentleman took up the ,babe1 went and drew the coals from the stock1 cast the ,child in1 and covered it up1 and there was an end of that4 ,so when the ,midwife had done her work1 he paid her well for her pains1 but shut her up in a dark room all day1 and when night came1 took her up behind him again1 and carried her away1 till she came almost at home2 then he turned her round1 and round1 as he did before1 and had her to her house1 set her down1 bid her ,farewell1 and away he went3 ,and she could never tell who it was4 ,this ,story the ,midwifes son1 who was a ,minister1 told me2 and also protested that his mother told it him for a truth4 ,atten4 ,murder doth often follow indeed1 as that which is the fruit of this sin3 but sometimes ,god brings even these ,adulterers1 and ,adulteresses to shameful ends4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i heard of one1 7,i think1 a ,doctor of ,physick7 and his ,whore1 who had had three or four ,bastards betwixt them1 and had murdered them all1 but at last themselves were hanged for it1 in or near to ,colchester4 ,it came out after this manner3 ,the ,whore was so afflicted in her conscience abort it1 that she could not be quiet untill she had made it known3 ,thus ,god many times makes the actors of wickedness their own accusers1 and brings them by their own tongues to condigne punishment for their own sins4 ,wise4 ,there has been many such instances1 but we will let that pass4 ,i was once in the presence of a ,woman1 a married woman1 that lay sick of the sickness whereof she died2 and being smitten in her conscience for the sin of ,uncleanness1 which she had often committed with other men1 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i heard her 7as she lay upon her ,bed7 cry out thus3 ,i am a ,whore1 and all my ,children are ,bastards3 ,and ,i must go to ,hell for my sin2 and look1 there stands the ,devil at my beds feet to receive my ,soul when ,i die4 ,atten4 ,these are sad storyes1 tell no more of them now1 but if you please shew me yet some other of the evil effects of this beastly sin4 ,wise4 ,this sin is such a snare to the ,soul1 that unless a miracle of ,grace prevents1 it unavoidably perishes in the enchanting and bewitching pleasures of it4 ,this is manifest by these1 and such like ,texts4 ,the ,adulteress will hunt for the precious life4 ,whoso committeth adultery with a woman1 lacketh understanding1 and he that doth it destroys his own soul4 #eg ,an ,whore is a deep ditch1 and a strange woman is a narrow pit4 ,her house inclines to death1 and her pathes unto the dead4 ,none that go in unto her return again1 neither take they hold of the path of life4 ,she hath cast down many wounded2 yea many strong men have been slain by her1 her house is the way to ,hell1 going down to the ,chambers of ,death4 #eh;a ,atten4 ,these are dreadful sayings1 and do shew the dreadful state of those that are guilty of this sin4 ,wise4 ,verily so they doe4 ,but yet that which makes the whole more dreadful1 is1 ,that men are given up to this sin1 because they are abhorred of ,god1 and because abhorred1 therefore they shall fall into the commission of it2 and shall live there4 ,the mouth 7that is1 the flattering ,lips7 of a strange woman is a deep pit1 the abhorred of the ,lord shall fall therein4 #eh;b ,therefore it saith again of such1 that they have none ,inheritance in the ,kingdom of ,christ and of ,god4 #eh;c ,atten4 ,put all together1 and it is a dreadful thing to live and die in this transgression4 ,wise4 ,true4 ,but suppose1 that instead of all these ,judgments1 this sin had attending of it all the felicities of this life1 and no bitterness1 shame1 or disgrace mixed with it1 yet one hour in ,hell will spoil all4 ,o6 this ,hell1 ,hell-fire1 ,damnation in ,hell1 it is such an inconceivable punishment1 that were it but throughly believed1 it would nip this sin1 with others1 in the head4 ,but here is the mischief1 those that give up themselves to these things1 do so harden themselves in ,unbelief and ,atheism about the things1 the punishments that ,god hath threatned to inflict upon the committers of them1 that at last they arrive to1 almost1 an absolute and firm belief that there is no ,judgment to come hereafter3 ,else they would not1 they could not1 no not attempt to commit this sin1 by such abominable language as some do4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i heard of one that should say to his ,miss1 when he tempted her to the committing of this sin1 ,if thou wilt venture thy ,body1 ,i will venture my ,soul4 #eh;d ,and ,i my self heard another say1 when he was tempting of a ,maid to commit uncleanness with him1 7it was in ,olivers dayes7 ,that if she did prove with ,child1 he would tell her how she might escape punishment1 7and that was then somewhat severe17 ,say 7saith he7 when you come before the ,judge1 ,that you are with ,child by the ,holy ,ghost4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i heard him say thus1 and it greatly afflicted me2 ,i had a mind to have accused him for it before some ,magistrate2 but he was a great man1 and ,i was poor1 and young3 so ,i let it alone1 but it troubled me very much4 ,atten4 ',twas the most horrible thing that ever ,i heard in my life4 ,but how far off are these men from that ,spirit and ,grace that dwelt in ,joseph6 ,wise4 ,right2 when ,joseph's ,mistress tempted him1 yea tempted him daily2 #ei;b yea1 she laid hold on him1 and said with her ,whores forehead1 ,come lie with me1 but he refused3 ,he hearkned not to lie with her1 or to be with her4 ,mr4 ,badman would have taken the opportunity4 ,and a little to comment upon this of ,joseph4 #ei;c #a4 ,here is a ,miss1 a great ,miss1 the ,wife of the ,captain of the ,guard1 some beautiful ,dame1 ,i'le warrant you4 #b4 ,here is a ,miss won1 and in her whorish ,affections come over to ,joseph1 without his speaking of a word4 #c4 ,here is her unclean ,desire made known2 ,come lie with me1 said she4 #d4 ,here was a fit opportunity4 ,there was none of the men of the house there within4 #e4 ,joseph was a young man1 full of strength1 and therefore the more in danger to be taken4 #f4 ,this was to him1 a ,temptation1 from her1 that lasted days4 #g4 ,and yet ,joseph refused1 #a4 ,her daily ,temptation2 #b4 ,her daily ,solicitation3 #c4 ,her daily ,provocation1 heartily1 violently and constantly4 ,for when she caught him by the ,garment1 saying1 ,lie with me1 he left his ,garment in her hand1 and gat him out4 ,ay1 and although contempt1 treachery1 slander1 accusation1 imprisonment1 and danger of death followed1 7for an ,whore careth not what mischief she does1 when she cannot have her end7 yet ,joseph will not defile himself1 sin against ,god1 and hazard his own eternal salvation4 ,atten4 ,blessed ,joseph6 ,i would thou hadst more fellows6 ,wise4 ,mr4 ,badman has more fellows than ,joseph1 else there would not be so many ,whores as there are3 ,for though ,i doubt not but that that ,sex is bad enough this way1 yet ,i verify believe that many of them are made ,whores at first by the flatteries of ,badmans fellows4 ,alas6 there is many a woman plunged into this sin at first even by promises of ,marriage4 #fj;a ,i say1 by these promises they are flattered1 yea1 forced into a consenting to these ,villanies1 and so being in1 and growing hardened in their hearts1 they at last give themselves up1 even as wicked men do1 to act this kind of wickedness with greediness4 ,but ,joseph you see1 was of another mind1 for the ,fear of ,god was in him4 ,i will1 before ,i leave this1 tell you here two notable storyes2 and ,i wish ,mr4 ,badmans companions may hear of them4 ,they are found in ,clarks ,looking-glass for ,sinners2 and are these4 ,mr4 ,cleaver 7says ,mr4 ,clark7 reports of one whom he knew1 that had committed the act of ,uncleanness1 whereupon he fell into such horror of ,conscience that he hanged himself2 leaving it thus written in a paper4 ,indeed1 7saith he7 ,i acknowledge it to be utterly unlawful for a man to kill himself1 but ,i am bound to act the ,magistrates part1 because the punishment of this sin is death4 #fj;b ,clark doth also in the same page make mention of two more1 who as they were committing ,adultery in ,london1 were immediately struck dead with fire from ,heaven1 in the very ,act4 ,their bodyes were so found1 half burnt up1 and sending out a most loathsom savour4 ,atten4 ,these are notable storyes indeed4 ,wise4 ,so they are1 and ,i suppose they are as true as notable4 ,atten4 ,well1 but ,i wonder1 if young ,badmans ,master knew him to be such a ,wretch1 that he would suffer him in his house4 ,wise4 ,they liked one another even as #fj;c fire and water doe4 ,young ,badmans wayes were odious to his ,master1 and his ,masters wayes were such as young ,badman could not endure4 ,thus in these two1 was fulfilled that saying of the ,holy ,ghost3 ,an unjust man is an abomination to the just1 and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked4 #fj;d ,the good mans wayes1 ,mr4 ,badman could not abide1 nor could the good man abide the bad wayes of his base ,apprentice4 ,yet would his ,master1 if he could1 have kept him1 and also have learnt him his trade4 ,atten4 ,if he could6 why he might1 if he would1 might he not8 ,wise4 ,alas1 ,badman ran away #fa;a from him once and twice1 and would not at all be ruled4 ,so the next time he did run away from him1 he did let him go indeed4 ,for he gave him no occasion to run away1 except it was by holding of him as much as he could 7and that he could do but little7 to good and honest rules of life4 ,and had it been ones own case1 one should have let him go4 ,for what should a man do1 that had either regard to his own ,peace1 his ,childrens ,good1 or the preservation of the rest of his servants from evil1 but let him go8 ,had he staid1 the house of ,correction had been most fit for him1 but thither his ,master was loth to send him1 because of the love that he bore to his ,father4 ,an house of correction1 ,i say1 had been the fittest place for him1 but his ,master let him go4 ,atten4 ,he ran away you say1 but whither did he run8 ,wise4 ,why1 to one of his own trade1 #fa;b and also like himself4 ,thus the wicked joyned hand in hand1 and there he served out his time4 ,atten4 ,then1 sure1 he had his hearts desire1 when he was with one so like himself4 ,wise4 ,yes4 ,so he had1 but ,god gave it him in his anger4 ,atten4 ,how do you mean8 ,wise4 ,i mean as before1 that for a wicked man to be by the ,providence of ,god1 turned out of a good mans doors1 into a wicked mans house to dwell1 is a sign of the ,anger of ,god4 #fa;c ,for ,god by this1 and such ,judgements1 says thus to such an one3 ,thou wicked one1 thou lovest not me1 my wayes1 nor my people2 ,thou castest my ,law and good ,counsel behinde thy back3 ,come1 ,i will dispose of thee in my wrath2 thou shalt be turned over to the ungodly1 thou shalt be put to school to the ,devil1 ,i will leave thee to sink and swim in sin1 till ,i shall visit thee with ,death and ,judgment4 ,this was therefore another ,judgment that did come upon this young ,badman4 ,atten4 ,you have said the truth1 for ,god by such a ,judgment as this1 in effect says so indeed2 for he takes them out of the hand of the just1 and binds them up in the hand of the wicked1 and whither they then shall be carried1 a man may easily imagin4 ,wise4 ,it is one of the saddest tokens of ,gods anger that happens to such kind of persons3 ,and that for several reasons4 #fb;a #a4 ,such an one1 by this ,judgment1 is put out out of the way1 and from under the means which ordinarily are made use of to do good to the soul4 ,for a ,family where ,godliness is professed1 and practised1 is ,gods ,ordinance1 the place which he has appointed to teach young ones the way and fear of ,god4 #fb;b ,now to be put out of such a ,family into a bad1 a wicked one1 as ,mr4 ,badman was1 must needs be in ,judgment1 and a sign of the anger of ,god4 ,for in ungodly ,families men learn to forget ,god1 to hate goodness1 and to estrange themselves from the wayes of those that are good4 #b4 ,in ,bad ,families1 they have continually fresh ,examples1 and also incitements to evil1 and fresh encouragements to it too4 ,yea moreover1 in such places evil is commended1 praised1 well-spoken of1 and they that do it1 are applauded2 and this1 to be sure1 is a drowning ,judgement4 #c4 ,such places are the very haunts and ,walks of the infernal ,spirits1 who are continually poysoning the ,cogitations and ,minds of one or other in such ,families1 that they may be able to poyson others4 ,therefore observe it1 usually in wicked ,families1 some one1 or two1 are more arch for wickedness then are any other that are there4 ,now such are ,satans ,conduit-pipes2 for by them he conveighs of the spawn of ,hell1 through their being crafty in wickedness1 into the ,ears and ,souls of their ,companions4 ,yea1 and when they have once conceived wickedness1 they travel with it1 as doth a woman with ,child1 till they have brought it forth2 ,behold1 he travelleth with iniquity1 and hath conceived mischief1 and brought forth falshood4 #fb;c ,some men1 as here is intimated in the ,text1 and as was hinted also before1 have a kind of mystical1 but hellish copulation with the ,devil1 who is the ,father1 and their ,soul the ,mother of sin and wickedness2 and they1 so soon as they have conceived by him1 finish1 by bringing forth sin1 both it1 and their own damnation4 #fb;d ,atten4 ,how #fc;a much then doth it concern those ,parents that love their ,children1 to see1 that if they go from them1 they be put into such ,families as be good1 that they may learn there betimes to eschew evil1 and to follow that which is good8 ,wise4 ,it doth concern them indeed2 and it doth also concern them #fc;b that take ,children into their ,families1 to take heed what ,children they receive4 ,for a man may soon by a ,bad boy1 be dammaged both in his ,name1 ,estate1 and ,family1 and also hindred in his ,peace and peaceable pursuit after ,god and godliness2 ,i say1 by one such ,vermin as a wicked and filthy ,apprentice4 ,atten4 ,true1 for one ,sinner destroyeth much good1 and a poor man is better than a ,lier4 ,but many times a man cannot help it2 for such as at the beginning promise very fair1 are by a little time proved to be very ,rogues1 like young ,badman4 ,wise4 ,that is true also1 but when a man has done the best he can to help it1 he may with the more confidence expect the ,blessing of ,god to follow1 or he shall have the more peace1 if things go contrary to his desire4 ,atten4 ,well1 but did ,mr4 ,badman and his ,master agree so well8 ,i mean his last ,master1 since they were ,birds of a ,feather1 ,i mean1 since they were so well met for wickedness4 ,wise4 ,this second ,master1 was1 as before ,i told you1 bad enough1 but yet he would often fall out #fc;c with young ,badman his ,servant1 and chide1 yea and some times beat him too1 for his naughty doings4 ,atten4 ,what6 for all he was so bad himself6 ,this is like the ,proverb1 ,the ,devil corrects ,vice4 ,wise4 ,i will assure you1 'tis as ,i say4 ,for you must know1 that ,badmans wayes suited not with his ,masters gains4 ,could he have done as the ,damsel that we read of ,acts #af4 #fc;d did1 to wit1 fill his ,masters ,purse with his badness1 he had certainly been his ,white-boy1 but it was not so with young ,badman2 and therefore1 though his ,master and he did suit well enough in the main1 yet in this and that point they differed4 ,young ,badman #fc;e was for neglecting of his ,masters business1 for going to the ,whore-house1 for beguiling of his ,master1 for attempting to debauch his ,daughters1 and the like3 ,no marvel then if they disagreed in these points4 ,not so much for that his ,master had an antipathy against the fact it self1 for he could do so when he was an ,apprentice2 but for that his servant by his sin made spoil of his ,commodities1 c4 and so damnified his ,master4 ,had 7as ,i said before7 young ,badmans wickedness1 had only a tendency to his ,masters advantage2 as could he have sworn1 lied1 cousened1 cheated1 and defrauded customers for his ,master1 7and indeed sometimes he did so7 but had that been all that he had done1 he had not had1 no not a wry word from his ,master3 ,but this was not always ,mr4 ,badmans way4 ,atten4 ,that was well brought in1 even the ,maid that we read of in the ,acts1 and the distinction was as clear betwixt the wickedness1 and wickedness of servants4 ,wise4 ,alas6 men that are wicked themselves1 yet greatly hate it in others1 not simply because it is wickedness1 but because it opposeth their interest4 ,do you think that that ,maids master would have been troubled at the loss of her1 if he had not lost1 with her1 his gain3 ,no1 ,i'le warrant you2 she might have gone to the ,devil for him3 ,but when her master saw that the hope of his gain was gone1 then1 then he fell to persecuting ,paul4 #fd;a ,but ,mr4 ,badmans master did sometimes lose by ,mr4 ,badmans sins1 and then ,badman and his master were at odds4 ,atten4 ,alas poor ,badman6 ,then it seems thou couldest not at all times please thy like4 ,wise4 ,no1 he could not1 and the reason ,i have told you4 ,atten4 ,but do not bad ,masters condemn themselves in condemning the badness of their servants4 #fd;b ,wise4 ,yes2 #fd;c in that they condemn that in another which they either have1 or do allow in themselves4 ,and the time will come1 when that very sentence that hath gone out of their own mouths against the sins of others1 themselves living and taking pleasure in the same1 shall return with violence upon their own pates4 ,the ,lord pronounced ,judgment against ,baasha1 as for all his evils in general1 so for this in special1 because he was like the house of ,jeroboam1 and yet killed him4 #fd;d ,this is ,mr4 ,badmans ,masters case1 he is like his man1 and yet he beats him4 ,he is like his man1 and yet he rails at him for being bad4 ,atten4 ,but why did not young ,badman run away from this ,master1 as he ran away from the other8 ,wise4 ,he did not4 ,and if ,i be not mistaken1 the reason #fe;a why1 was this4 ,there was ,godliness in the house of the first1 and that young ,badman could not endure4 ,for fare1 for lodging1 for work1 and time1 he had better1 and more by this ,masters allowance1 than ever he had by his last2 but all this would not content1 because ,godliness was promoted there4 ,he could not abide this praying1 this reading of ,scriptures1 and hearing1 and repeating of ,sermons3 he could not abide to be told of his transgressions in a sober and ,godly manner4 ,atten4 ,there is a great deal in the ,manner of reproof1 wicked men both can1 and cannot abide to hear their transgressions spoken against4 ,wise4 ,there is a great deal of difference indeed4 ,this last ,master of ,mr4 ,badmans1 would tell ,mr4 ,badman of his sins in ,mr4 ,badmans own dialect2 he would swear1 and curse1 and damn1 when he told him of his sins1 and this he could bear better1 #fe;b than to be told of them after a godly sort4 ,besides1 that last ,master would1 when his passions and rage was over1 laugh at and make merry with the sins of his servant ,badman3 ,and that would please young ,badman well4 ,nothing offended ,badman but blows1 and those he had but few of now1 because he was pretty well grown up4 ,for the most part when his ,master did rage and swear1 he would give him ,oath for ,oath1 and ,curse for ,curse1 at least secretly1 let him go on as long as he would4 ,atten4 ,this was hellish living4 ,wise4 ',twas hellish living indeed3 ,and a man might say1 that with this ,master1 young ,badman compleated himself #fe;c yet more and more in wickedness1 as well as in his trade3 for by that he came out of his time1 what with his own inclination to sin1 what with his acquaintance with his three companions1 and what with this last ,master1 and the wickedness he saw in him2 he became a sinner in grain4 ,i think he had a ,bastard laid to his charge before he came out of his time4 ,atten4 ,well1 but it seems he did live to come out of his time1 #ff;a but what did he then8 ,wise4 ,why1 he went home to his ,father1 and he like a loving and tender-hearted ,father received him into his house4 ,atten4 ,and how did he carry it there8 ,wise4 ,why1 the reason why he went home1 #ff;b was1 for ,money to set up for himself1 he staied but a little at home1 but that little while that he did stay1 he refrained himself #ff;c as well he could1 and did not so much discover himself to be base1 for fear his ,father should take distaste1 and so should refuse1 or for a while forbear to give him money4 ,yet even then he would have his times1 and companions1 and the fill of his lusts with them1 but he used to blind all with this1 he was glad to see his old acquaintance1 and they as glad to see him1 and he could not in civility but accomodate them with a bottle or two of ,wine1 or a dozen or two of ,drink4 ,atten4 ,and did the old man give him money to set up with8 ,wise4 ,yes1 above two hundred pounds4 ,atten4 ,therein1 ,i think1 the old man was out4 ,had ,i been his ,father1 ,i would have held him a little at staves-end1 till ,i had had far better proof of his manners to be good2 7for ,i perceive that his ,father did know what a naughty boy he had been1 both by what he used to do at home1 and because he changed a good ,master for a bad1 c47 ,he should not therefore have given him money so soon4 ,what if he had pinched a little1 and gone to ,journey-work for a time1 that he might have known what a penny was1 by his earning of it8 ,then1 in all probability1 he had known better how to have spent it3 ,yea1 and by that time perhaps1 have better considered with himself1 how to have lived in the world4 ,ay1 and who knows but he might have come to himself with the ,prodigal1 and have asked ,god and his ,father forgiveness for the villanies that he had committed against them4 #ff;d ,wise4 ,if his ,father could also have blessed this manner of dealing to him1 and have made it effectual for the ends that you have propounded2 then ,i should have thought as you4 ,but alas1 alas1 you talk as if you never knew1 or had at this present forgot what the bowels and compassions of a ,father are4 ,why did you not serve your own son so8 ,but 'tis evident enough1 that we are better at giving good counsel to others1 than we are at taking good counsel our selves4 #fg;a ,but mine honest neighbour1 suppose that ,mr4 ,badmans ,father had done as you say1 and by so doing had driven his son to ill courses1 what had he bettered either himself or his son in so doing8 ,atten4 ,that's true1 but it doth not follow1 that if the ,father had done as ,i said1 the son would have done as you suppose4 ,but if he had done as you have supposed1 what had he done worse than what he hath done already8 #fg;b ,wise4 ,he had done bad enough1 that's true4 ,but suppose his ,father had given him no ,money1 and suppose that young ,badman had taken a pett thereat1 and in an anger had gone beyond ,sea1 and his ,father had neither seen him1 nor heard of him more4 ,or suppose that of a mad and headstrong stomach he had gone to the ,high-way for money1 and so had brought himself to the ,gallows1 and his ,father and ,family to great contempt1 or if by so doing he had not brought himself to that end1 yet he had added to all his wickedness1 such and such evils besides3 ,and what comfort could his ,father have had in this8 ,besides1 when his ,father had done for him what he could1 with desire to make him an honest man1 he would then1 whether his son had proved honest or no1 have laid down his head with far more peace1 than if he had taken your ,counsel4 ,atten4 ,nay ,i think ,i should not a been forward to have given advice in the cause2 but truly you have given me such an account of his vilianies1 that the hearing thereof has made me angry with him4 ,wise4 ,in an angry mood we may soon out-shoot our selves1 but poor wretch1 as he is1 he is gone to his place4 ,but1 as ,i said1 when a good ,father hath done what he can for a bad ,child1 and that ,child shall prove never the better1 he will lie down with far more peace1 than if through severity1 he had driven him to inconveniencies4 ,i remember that ,i have heard of a good woman1 that had 7as this old man7 a bad and ungodly #fh;a son1 and she prayed for him1 counselled him1 and carried it ,motherly to him for several years together2 but still he remained bad4 ,at last1 upon a time1 after she had been at prayer1 as she was wont1 for his conversion1 she comes to him1 and thus1 or to this effect1 begins again to admonish him4 ,son1 said she1 ,thou hast been and art a wicked ,child1 thou hast cost me many a prayer and tear1 and yet thou remainest wicked4 ,well1 ,i have done my duty1 ,i have done what ,i can to save thee2 now ,i am satisfied1 that if ,i shall see thee damned at the day of ,judgment1 ,i shall be so far off from being grieved for thee1 that ,i shall rejoyce to hear the sentence of thy damnation at that day3 ,and it converted him4 ,i tell you1 that if ,parents carry it lovingly towards their ,children1 mixing their ,mercies with loving ,rebukes and their loving ,rebukes with ,fatherly and ,motherly ,compassions1 they are more likely to save their ,children1 than by being churlish and severe toward them3 but if they do not save them1 if their mercy doth them no good1 yet it will greatly ease them at the day of death1 to consider2 ,i have done by love as much as ,i could1 to save and deliver my child from ,hell4 ,atten4 ,well ,i yield4 ,but pray let us return again to ,mr4 ,badman3 ,you say1 that his ,father gave him a piece of money that he might set up for himself4 ,wise4 ,yes1 his ,father did give him a piece of money1 and he did set up1 #fh;b and almost as soon set down again3 for he was not long set up1 but by his ill managing of his matters at home1 together with his extravagant expences abroad1 he was got so far into debt1 and had so little in his shop to pay1 that he was hard put to it to keep himself out of prison4 ,but when his ,creditors understood that he was about to marry1 and in a fair way to get a rich ,wife1 they said among themselves1 ,we will not be hasty with him1 if he gets a rich ,wife he will pay us all4 ,atten4 ,but how could he so quickly run out1 for ,i perceive 'twas in little time1 by what you say8 ,wise4 ',twas in little time indeed1 ,i think he was not above two years and a half in doing of it3 but the reason #fi;a is apparent2 for he being a wild young man1 and now having the bridle loose before him1 and being wholly subjected to his lusts and vices1 he gave himself up to the way of his heart1 and to the sight of his eye1 forgetting that for all these things ,god will bring him to ,judgment2 #fi;b and he that doth thus1 you may be sure1 shall not be able long to stand on his leggs4 ,besides1 he had now an addition of #fi;c new companions2 companions you must think1 most like himself in ,manners1 and so such that cared not who sunk1 if they themselves might swim4 ,these would often be haunting of him1 and of his shop too when he was absent4 ,they would commonly egg him to the ,ale-house1 but yet make him ,jack-pay-for-all2 ,they would be borrowing also money of him1 but take no care to pay again1 except it was with more of their company1 which also he liked very well2 and so his poverty came like one that travelleth1 and his want like an armed man4 ,but all the while they studied his temper2 #fi;d he loved to be flattered1 praised and commanded for ,wit1 ,manhood1 and ,personage2 and this was like stroking him over the face4 ,thus they ,collogued with him1 and got yet more and more into him1 and so 7like ,horse-leaches7 they drew away that little that his father had given him1 and brought him quickly down1 almost to dwell next dore to the begger4 ,atten4 ,then was the saying of the wise man fulfilled1 ,he that keepeth company with harlots1 and a companion of fools1 shall be destroyed4 #fi;e ,wise4 ,ay1 and that too1 ,a companion of riotous persons shameth his father2 #fi;f ,for he1 poor man1 had both grief and shame1 to see how his son 7now at his own hand7 behaved himself in the enjoyment of those good things1 in and under the lawfull use of which he might have lived to ,gods glory1 his own comfort1 and credit among his neighbours4 ,but he that followeth vain persons1 shall have poverty enough4 #fi;g ,the way that he took1 led him directly into this condition2 for who can expect other things of one that follows such courses8 ,besides1 when he was in his ,shop1 he could not abide to be doing2 ,he was naturally given to ,idleness3 ,he loved to live high1 but his hands refused to labour2 and what else can the end of such an one be1 but that which the wise man saith8 ,the ,drunkard and the ,glutton shall come to poverty1 and drowsiness shall cloath a man with rags4 #gj;a ,atten4 ,but now1 methinks1 when he was brought thus low1 he should have considered the hand of ,god that was gone out against him1 and should have smote upon the breast1 and have returned4 ,wise4 ,consideration1 good consideration was far from him1 he was as stout and proud now1 as ever in all his life1 and was as high too in the pursuit of his sin1 as when he was in the midst of his fulness2 only he went now #gj;b like a tyred ,jade1 the ,devil had rid him almost off of his leggs4 ,atten4 ,well1 but what did he do when all was almost gone8 ,wise4 ,two things were now his play4 #gj;c #a4 ,he bore all in hand by ,swearing1 and ,cracking and ,lying1 that he was as well to pass1 as he was the first day he set up for himself1 yea that he had rather got than lost2 and he had at his beck some of his ,companions that would swear to confirm it as fast as he4 ,atten4 ,this was double wickedness1 'twas a sin to say it1 and another to swear it4 ,wise4 ,that's true1 but what evil is that that he will not doe1 that is left of ,god1 as ,i believe ,mr4 ,badman was8 ,atten4 ,and what was the other thing8 ,wise4 ,why1 that which ,i hinted before1 he was for looking out for a rich ,wife3 #gj;d and now ,i am come to some more of his invented1 devised1 designed1 and abominable ,roguery1 such that will yet declare him to be a most desperate sinner4 ,the thing was this3 ,a ,wife he wanted1 or rather ,money2 for as for a woman1 he could have ,whores enow at his whistle4 ,but1 as ,i said1 he wanted ,money1 and that must be got by a ,wife1 or no way2 nor could he so easily get a ,wife neither1 except he became an ,artist at the way of dissembling2 nor would dissembling do among that people that could dissemble as well as he4 ,but there dwelt a ,maid not far from him1 that was both godly1 #gj;e and one that had a good ,portion1 but how to get her1 there lay all the craft4 #ga;a ,well1 he calls a ,council of some of his most trusty and cunning ,companions1 #ga;b and breaks his mind to them2 to wit1 that he had a mind to marry3 and he also told them to whom2 ,but1 said he1 how shall ,i accomplish my end1 she is ,religious1 and ,i am not8 ,then one of them made reply1 saying1 ,since she is ,religious1 you must pretend to be so likewise1 and that for some time before you go to her3 ,mark therefore whither she goes daily to hear1 and do you go thither also2 but there you must be sure to behave your self soberly1 and make as if you liked the ,word wonderful well2 stand also where she may see you1 and when you come home1 be sure that you walk the street very soberly1 and go within sight of her3 ,this done for a while1 then go to her1 and first talk of how sorry you are for your sins1 and shew great love to the ,religion that she is of2 still speaking well of her ,preachers and of her godly acquaintance1 bewailing your hard hap1 that it was not your lot to be acquainted with her and her fellow-,professors sooner2 and this is the way to get her4 ,also you must write down ,sermons1 talk of ,scriptures1 and protest that you came a wooing to her1 only because she is ,godly1 and because you should count it your greatest happiness if you might but have such an one3 ,as for her ,money1 slight it1 it will be never the further off1 that's the way to come soonest at it1 for she will be jealous at first that you come for her ,money2 you know what she has1 but make not a word about it4 ,do this1 and you shall see if you do not intangle the ,lass4 ,thus was the snare laid for this poor honest ,maid1 and she was quickly catched in his pit4 ,atten4 ,why1 did he take this counsel8 ,wise4 ,did he6 yes1 and after a while1 went as boldly to her1 #ga;c and that under a ,vizzard of ,religion1 as if he had been for ,honesty and ,godliness1 one of the most sincere and upright-hearted in ,england4 ,he observed all his points1 and followed the advice of his ,counsellers1 and quickly obtained her too2 for natural parts he had1 he was tall1 and fair1 and had plain1 but very good ,cloaths on his back2 and his ,religion was the more easily attained2 for he had seen something in the house of his ,father1 and first ,master1 and so could the more readily put himself into the ,form and ,shew thereof4 ,so he appointed his day1 and went to her1 as that he might easily do1 for she had neither father nor mother to oppose4 ,well1 when he was come1 and had given her a civil ,complement1 #gb;a to let her understand why he was come1 then he began and told her1 ,that he had found in his heart a great deal of love to her ,person2 and that1 of all the ,damosels in the world he had pitched upon her1 if she thought fit1 to make her his beloved wife4 ,the reasons1 as he told her1 why he had pitched upon her were1 her ,religious and personal ,excellencies2 and therefore intreated her to take his condition into her tender and loving consideration4 ,as for the world1 quoth he1 ,i have a very good trade1 and can maintain my self and ,family well1 while my wife sits still on her seat2 ,i have got thus1 and thus much already1 and feel money come in every day1 but that is not the thing that ,i aim at1 'tis an honest and godly ,wife4 ,then he would present her with a good ,book or two1 pretending how much good he had got by them himself4 ,he would also be often speaking well of godly ,ministers1 especially of those that he perceived she liked1 and loved most4 ,besides1 he would be often telling of her1 what a godly ,father he had1 and what a new man he was also become himself2 and thus did this treacherous ,dealer1 deal with this honest and good ,girl1 to her great grief and sorrow1 as afterward you shall hear4 ,atten4 ,but had the maid no friend to looke after her8 ,wise4 ,her ,father and ,mother were dead1 and that he knew well enough1 and so she was the more easily overcome by his naughty lying tongue4 ,but if she had never so many friends1 she might have been beguiled by him4 ,it is too much the custom of young people now1 to think themselves wise enough to make their own ,choyce1 and that they need not ask counsel of those that are older and also wiser then they3 #gb;b but this is a great fault in them1 and many of them have paid dear for it4 ,well1 to be short1 in little time ,mr4 ,badman obtains his desire1 #gc;a gets this honest ,girl and her money1 is married to her1 brings her home1 makes a ,feast1 entertains her royally1 but her ,portion must pay for all4 ,atten4 ,this was wonderfull deceitfull doings1 a man shall seldom hear of the like4 ,wise4 ,by this his doing1 he shewed how little he feared ,god1 #gc;b and what little dread he had of his ,judgments4 ,for all this carriage1 and all these words were by him premeditated evil1 he knew he lyed1 he knew he dissembled2 yea1 he knew that he made use of the name of ,god1 of ,religion1 good ,men1 and good ,books1 but as a stalking-,horse1 thereby the better to catch his game4 ,in all this his glorious pretense of ,religion1 he was but a glorious painted ,hypocrite1 and hypocrisie is the highest sin that a poor carnal wretch can attain unto2 it is also a sin that most dareth ,god1 and that also bringeth the greater damnation4 ,now was he a whited ,wall1 now was he a painted ,sepulchre2 #gc;c now was he a grave that appeared not2 for this poor honest1 godly ,damosel1 little thought that both her peace1 and comfort1 and estate1 and liberty1 and person1 and all1 were going to her burial1 #gc;d when she was going to be married to ,mr4 ,badman2 ,and yet so it was1 she enjoyed her self but little afterwards2 she was as if she was dead and buried1 to what she enjoyed before4 ,atten4 ,certainly some wonderfull ,judgment of ,god must attend and overtake such wicked men as these4 ,wise4 ,you may be sure that they shall have ,judgment to the full1 for all these things1 when the day of ,judgment is come4 ,but as for ,judgment upon them in this life1 it doth not alwayes come1 no not upon those that are worthy thereof4 ,they that tempt ,god are delivered1 and they that work wickedness are set up3 #gc;e ,but they are reserved to the day of wrath1 and then for their wickedness1 ,god will repay them to their faces4 #gc;f ,the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction1 they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath2 who shall declare his way to his face8 and who shall repay him what he hath done8 yet shall he be brought to the grave1 and remain in the tomb4 #gc;g ,that is1 ordinarily they escape ,god's hand in this life1 save only a few ,examples are made1 that others may be cautioned1 and take warning thereby3 ,but at the day of ,judgment they must be rebuked for their evil with the lashes of devouring fire4 ,atten4 ,can you give me no examples of ,gods wrath upon men that have acted this tragical wicked deed ,mr4 ,badman4 ,wise4 ,yes2 #gd;a ,hamor and ,shechem1 and all the men of their ,city1 for attempting to make ,god and ,religion the stalking-,horse to get ,jacobs daughters to wife1 were together slain with the edge of the sword4 ,a ,judgment of ,god upon them1 no doubt1 for their dissembling in that matter4 ,all manner of lying and dissembling is dreadfull1 but to make ,god and ,religion a ,disguise1 therewith to blind thy ,dissimulation from others eyes1 is highly provoking to the ,divine ,majesty4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i knew one that dwelt not far off from our ,town1 that got him a wife as ,mr4 ,badman got his2 but he did not enjoy her long3 for one night as he was riding home 7from his companions1 where he had been at a neighbouring ,town7 his horse threw him to the ground1 where he was found dead at break of day2 frightfully and lamentably mangled with his fall1 and besmeared with his own blood4 ,atten4 ,well1 but pray return again to ,mr4 ,badman1 how did he carry it to his wife1 after he was married to her8 ,wise4 ,nay1 let us take things along as we go4 ,he had not been married but a little while1 but his ,creditors came upon him #gd;c for their money3 ,he deferred them a little while1 but at last things were come to that point1 that pay he must1 or must do worse2 so he appointed them a time1 and they came for their money1 and he payed them down with her money before her eyes1 for those goods that he had profusely spent among his ,whores long before1 7besides the portion that his ,father gave him7 to the value of two hundred pounds4 ,atten4 ,this beginning was bad2 but what shall ,i say8 'twas like ,mr4 ,badman himself4 ,poor woman1 this was but a bad beginning for her1 ,i fear it filled her with trouble enough1 as ,i think such a beginning would have done1 one1 perhaps much stronger than she4 ,wise4 ,trouble1 ay1 you may be sure of it1 but now 'twas too late to repent1 #ge;a she should have looked better to herself1 when being wary would have done her good2 her harms may be an advantage to others1 that will learn to take heed thereby2 but for her self1 she must take what follows1 even such a life now as ,mr4 ,badman her ,husband will lead her1 and that will be bad enough4 ,atten4 ,this beginning was bad1 and yet ,i fear it was but the beginning of bad4 ,wise4 ,you may he sure1 that it was but the beginning of badness1 for other evils came on apace2 as for instance3 it was but a little while after he was married1 #ge;b but he hangs his ,religion upon the hedge1 or rather dealt with it as men deal with their old ,cloaths1 who cast them off1 or leave them to others to wear1 for his part he would be ,religious no longer4 ,now therefore he had pulled off his ,vizzard1 and began to shew himself in his old shape1 a base1 wicked1 debauched fellow1 7and now the poor woman saw that she was betrayed indeed27 now also his old ,companions begin to flock about him1 and to haunt his house and ,shop as formerly3 ,and who with them but ,mr4 ,badman8 and who with him again but they8 ,now those good people that used to company with his ,wife1 began to be amated and discouraged2 #ge;c also he would frown and gloat upon them1 as it he abhorred the appearance of them3 so that in little time he drove all good company from her1 and made her sit solitary by herself4 ,he also began now to go out a nights to those ,drabs #ge;d who were his ,familiars before1 with whom he would stay somtimes till midnight1 and sometimes till almost morning1 and then would come home as drunk as a ,swine2 and this was the course of ,mr4 ,badman4 ,now1 when he came home in this case1 if his wife did but speak a word to him1 about where he had been1 and why he had so abused himself1 though her words were spoken in never so much meekness and love1 then she was ,whore1 #gf;a and ,bitch1 and ,jade2 and 'twas well if she miss'd his fingers and heels4 ,sometimes also he would bring his ,puncks home to his house1 and wo be to his wife when they were gone1 if she did not entertain them with all varieties possible1 and also carry it lovingly to them4 ,thus this good woman was made by ,badman her ,husband1 to possess nothing but disappointments as to all that he had promised her1 or that she hoped to have at his hands4 ,but that that added pressing weight to all her sorrow1 was1 that1 as he had cast away all ,religion himself1 so he attempted1 if possible1 to make her do so too4 #gf;b ,he would not suffer her to go out to the ,preaching of the ,word of ,christ1 nor to the rest of his ,appointments1 for the health and salvation of her ,soul3 he would now taunt at1 and reflectingly speak of her ,preachers2 #gf;c and would receive1 yea raise scandals of them1 to her very great grief and affliction4 ,now she scarce durst go to an honest ,neighbours house1 or have a good ,book in her hand2 specially when he had his companions in his house1 or had got a little drink in his head4 ,he would also1 when he perceived that she was dejected1 speak tauntingly1 #gf;d and mockingly to her in the presence of his ,companions1 calling of her his ,religious ,wife1 his demure ,dame1 and the like2 also he would make a sport of her among his wanton ones abroad4 ,if she did ask him 7as sometimes she would7 to let her go out to a ,sermon1 he would in a currish manner reply1 ,keep at home1 keep at home1 and look to your business1 we cannot live by hearing of ,sermons4 #gf;e ,if she still urged that he would let her goe1 then he would say to her1 ,goe if you dare4 ,he would also charge her with giving of what he had to her ,ministers1 when1 vile wretch1 he had spent it on his vain ,companions before4 ,this was the life that ,mr4 ,badmans good wife lived1 within few months after he had married her4 ,atten4 ,this was a disappointment indeed4 ,wise4 ,a disappointment indeed1 as ever1 ,i think1 poor woman had4 ,one would think that the ,knave might a little let her have had her will1 since it was nothing but to be honest1 and since she brought him so sweet1 so lumping a ,portion1 for she brought hundreds into his house3 ,i say1 one would think he should have let her had her own will a little1 since she desired it only in the ,service and ,worship of ,god3 but could she win him to grant her that8 no1 not a bit if it would have saved her life4 ,true1 sometimes she would steal out when he was from home1 on a ,journey1 or among his drunken companions1 but with all privacy imaginable2 #gg;a and1 poor woman1 this advantage she had1 she carried it so to all her ,neighbours1 that1 though many of them were but carnal1 yet they would not betray her1 or tell of her going out to the ,word1 if they saw it1 but would rather endeavour to hide it from ,mr4 ,badman himself4 ,atten4 ,this carriage of his to her1 was enough to break her heart4 ,wise4 ,it was enough to do it indeed1 yea it did effectually do it4 ,it killed her in time1 yea it was all the time a killing of her4 ,she would often-times when she sate by her self1 thus mournfully bewail her condition3 #gg;b ,wo is me that ,i sojourn in ,meshech1 and that ,i dwell in the tents of ,kedar2 my soul hath long time dwelt with him that hateth peace4 #gg;c ,o what shall be given unto thee1 thou deceitful tongue8 or what shall be done unto thee1 thou false tongue8 ,i am a ,woman grieved in spirit1 my ,husband has bought me and sold me for his lusts3 ',twas not me1 but my ,money that he wanted3 ,o that he had had it1 so ,i had had my liberty6 ,this she said1 not of contempt of his ,person1 but of his ,conditions1 and because she saw that by his hypocritical tongue1 he had brought her not only almost to beggery1 but robbed her of the ,word of ,god4 ,atten4 ,it is a deadly thing1 ,i see1 to be unequally yoaked with ,unbelievers4 ,if this woman had had a good ,husband1 how happily might they have lived together6 ,such an one would have prayed for her1 taught her1 and also would have encourages her in the ,faith1 and ways of ,god3 ,but now1 poor creature1 instead of this1 there is nothing but the quite contrary4 ,wise4 ,it is a deadly thing indeed1 and therefore1 by the ,word of ,god his people are forbid to be joyned in marriage with them4 #gg;d ,be not1 saith it1 unequally yoaked together with unbelievers2 for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness8 and what communion hath light with darkness8 ,and what ,concord hath ,christ with ,belial8 or what part hath he that believeth with an ,infidel8 ,and what agreement hath the ,temple of ,god with ,idols8 #gh;a ,there can be no agreement where such ,matches are made1 even ,god himself hath declared the contrary1 from the beginning of the world4 ,i 7says he7 will put enmity betwixt thee and the woman1 betwixt thy seed and her seed4 #gh;b ,therefore he saith in another place1 they can mix no better than ,iron and ,clay4 ,i say1 they cannot agree1 they cannot be one1 and therefore they should be aware at first1 and not lightly receive such into their affections4 ,god has often made such ,matches bitter1 especially to his own4 ,such matches are1 as ,god said of ,elie's ,sons that were spared1 to consume the eyes1 and to grieve the heart4 ,oh the wailing1 and lamentation that they have made that have been thus yoaked1 especially if they were such as would be so yoaked1 against their light1 and good counsel to the contrary4 ,atten4 ,alas6 he deluded her with his tongue1 and feigned reformation4 ,wise4 ,well1 well2 she should have gone more warily to work3 #gh;d what if she had acquainted some of her best1 most knowing1 and godly friends therewith8 what if she had engaged a ,godly ,minister or two to have talked with ,mr4 ,badman8 ,also1 what if she had laid wait round about him1 to espie if he was not otherwise behind her back than he was before her face8 ,and besides1 ,i verily think 7since in the multitude of ,counsellors there is safety7 that if she had acquainted the ,congregation with it1 and desired them to spend some time in prayer to ,god about it1 and if she must have had him1 to have received him as to his godliness1 upon the ,judgment of others1 rather than her own1 7she knowing them to be ,godly and ,judicious1 and unbiassed men7 she had had more peace all her life after2 than to trust to her own poor1 raw1 womanish ,judgment1 as she did4 ,love is blind1 and will see nothing amiss1 where others may see an hundred faults4 ,therefore ,i say1 she should not have trusted to her own thoughts in the matter of his ,goodness4 ,as to his ,person1 there she was fittest to judge1 because she was to be the person pleased1 but as to his ,godliness1 there the ,word was the fittest ,judge1 and they that could best understand it1 because ,god was therein to be pleased4 ,i wish #gi;a that all young ,maidens will take heed of being beguiled with flattering words1 with feigning and lying speeches1 and take the best way to preserve themselves from being bought and sold by wicked men1 as she was2 lest they repent with her1 when 7as to this7 repentance will do them no good1 but for their unadvisedness goe sorrowing to their graves4 ,atten4 ,well1 things are past with this poor woman1 and cannot be called back1 let others #gi;b beware1 by her misfortunes1 lest they also fall into her distress4 ,wise4 ,that is the thing that ,i say1 let them take heed1 lest for their unadvisedness the smart1 as this poor woman has done4 ,and ah6 methinks1 that they that yet are single persons1 and that are tempted to marry to such as ,mr4 ,badman2 would1 to inform1 and warn themselves in this matter1 before they intangle themselves1 but goe to some that already are in the snare1 and ask them how it is with them1 as to the suitable1 or unsuitableness of their marriage1 and desire their advice4 ,surely they would ring such a peal in their ears about the unequality1 unsuitableness1 disadvantages1 and disquietments1 and sins that attend such marriages1 that would make them beware as long as they live4 ,but the bird in the air1 knows not the notes of the bird in the snare1 untill she comes thither herself3 ,besides1 to make up such marriages1 ,satan1 and carnal ,reason1 and ,lust1 or at least ,inconsiderateness1 has the chiefest hand2 and where these things bear sway1 designs1 though never so destructive1 will goe headlong on3 and therefore ,i fear1 that but little warning will be taken by young ,girls1 at ,mr4 ,badmans wives affliction4 ,atten4 ,but are there no disswasive arguments to lay before such1 to prevent their future misery4 ,wise4 ,yes3 ,there is the ,law of ,god1 that forbiddeth marriage with unbelievers4 ,these kind of marriages also are condemned even by irrational creatures4 #a4 ,it is forbidden by the ,law of ,god both in the ,old ,testament and in the ,new4 #a4 ,in the ,old4 ,thou shalt not make ,marriages with them2 ,thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son1 nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son1 ,deut4 #g4 #d1 #e4 #hj;a #b4 ,in the ,new ,testament it is forbidden4 ,be ye not unequally yoaked together with unbelievers2 ,let them marry to whom they will1 only in the ,lord4 #hj;b ,here now is a prohibition1 #hj;c plainly forbidding the ,believer to marry with the ,unbeliever1 therefore they should not do it4 ,again1 these unwarrantable ,marriages1 are1 as ,i may so say1 condemned by irrational creatures1 who will not couple but with their own sort3 ,will the ,sheep couple with a ,dog1 the ,partridge with a ,crow1 or the ,feasant with an ,owl8 ,no1 they will strictly tye up themselves to those of their own sort only3 ,yea1 it sets all the world a wondring1 when they see or hear the contrary4 ,man only is most subject to wink at1 and allow of these unlawful mixtures of men and women2 ,because man only is a sinful ,beast1 a sinful ,bird1 therefore he1 above all1 will take upon him by rebellious actions to answer1 or rather to oppose and violate the ,law of his ,god and ,creator2 nor shall these1 or other ,interogatories1 ,what fellowship8 what concord8 what agreement8 what communion can there be in such ,marriages8 be counted of weight1 or thought worth the answering by him4 ,but further4 ,the dangers #hj;d that such do commonly run themselves into1 should be to others a disswasive argument to stop them from doing the like3 for besides the distresses of ,mr4 ,badmans wife1 many that have had very hopefull beginnings for heaven1 have by vertue of the mischiefs that have attended these unlawfull marriages1 miserably and fearfully miscarried4 ,soon after such marriages1 ,conviction 7the first step toward heaven7 hath ceased2 ,prayer 7the next step toward ,heaven7 hath ceased2 ,hungrings and thirstings after salvation 7another step towards the ,kingdom of ,heaven7 have ceased4 ,in a word1 such marriages have estranged them from the ,word1 from their godly and faithful ,friends1 and have brought them again into carnal company1 among carnal ,friends1 and also into carnal ,delights1 where1 and with whom they have in conclusion both sinfully abode1 and miserably perished4 ,and this is one reason why ,god hath forbidden this kind of unequal marriages4 ,for they1 saith he1 meaning the ungodly1 will turn away thy son from following me1 that they may serve other ,gods1 so will the anger of the ,lord be kindled against you1 and destroy you suddenly4 #ha;a ,now mark1 there were some in ,israel1 that would1 notwithstanding this prohibition1 venture to marry to the ,heathens and ,unbelievers3 ,but what followed8 ,they served their ,idols1 they sacrificed their ,sons and their ,daughters unto ,devils4 ,thus were they defiled with their own works1 and went a whoring with their own ,inventions4 ,therefore was the wrath of the ,lord kindled against his people1 insomuch that he abhorred his own ,inheritance4 #ha;b ,atten4 ,but let's return again to ,mr4 ,badman2 had he any ,children by his wife8 ,wise4 ,yes1 seven4 ,atten4 ,i doubt they were but badly brought up4 ,wise4 ,one of them loved its ,mother dearly1 and would constantly harken to her voice4 ,now that ,child #ha;c she had the opportunity to instruct in the ,principles of ,christian ,religion1 and it became a very gracious child4 ,but that child ,mr4 ,badman could not abide1 he would seldom afford it a pleasant word1 but would scowl and frown upon it1 speak churlishly and doggedly to it1 and though as to ,nature it was the most feeble of the seven1 yet it oftenest felt the weight of its ,fathers fingers4 ,three of his ,children did directly follow his steps1 and began to be as vile as 7in his youth7 he was himself4 ,the other that remained became a kind of mungrel ,professors1 not so bad as their ,father1 nor so good as their ,mother1 but were betwixt them both4 ,they had their ,mothers ,notions1 and their ,fathers ,actions1 and were much like those that you read of in the ,book of ,nehemiah2 ,these children spake half in the speech of ,ashdod1 and could not speak in the ,jews ,language1 but according to the language of each people4 #ha;d ,atten4 ,what you say in this matter1 is observable1 and if ,i take not my mark amiss1 it often happeneth after this manner where such unlawful ,marriages are contracted4 ,wise4 ,it sometimes doth so1 and the reason1 with respect to their ,parents1 is this3 ,where the one of the ,parents is godly1 and the other ungodly and vile1 7though they can agree in begetting of ,children1 yet7 they strive for their ,children when they are born4 #hb;a ,the godly ,parent strives for the child1 and by ,prayers1 ,counsel and good ,examples1 labours to make it holy in body and soul1 and so fit for the ,kingdom of ,heaven2 but the ungodly would have it like himself1 wicked and base and sinful2 and so they both give instructions accordingly3 instructions did ,i say8 yea1 and ,examples too1 according to their minds4 ,thus the godly1 as ,hannah1 is presenting her ,samuel unto the ,lord3 but the ungodly1 like them that went before them1 are for offering their ,children to ,moloch1 to an ,idol1 to sin1 to the ,devil1 and to ,hell4 ,thus one harkeneth to the ,law of their ,mother1 and is preserved from destruction1 but as for the other1 as their ,fathers did1 so do they4 ,thus did ,mr4 ,badman and his wife part some of their ,children betwixt them2 but as for the other three that were as 'twere ,mungrels1 betwixt both1 they were like unto those that you read of in ,kings1 ,they feared the ,lord1 but served their own ,idols4 #hb;b ,they had1 as ,i sail1 their ,mothers ,notions1 and ,i will adde1 ,profession too1 but their ,fathers ,lusts1 and something of his ,life4 ,now their ,father did not like them1 because they had their ,mothers tongue2 and the ,mother did not like them because they had still their ,fathers heart and life2 nor were they indeed fit company for good or bad4 ,the ,good would not trust them because they were bad1 the ,bad would not trust them because they were good1 viz4 ,the good would not trust them because they were bad in their ,lives1 and the bad would not trust them because they were good in their ,words3 ,so they were forced with ,esau to joyn in affinity with ,ishmael2 to wit1 to look out a people that were ,hypocrites like themselves1 and with them they matcht1 and lived and died4 ,atten4 ,poor woman1 she could not but have much perplexity4 ,wise4 ,yea1 and poor ,children1 that ever they were sent into the world as the fruit of the loyns1 and under the government of such a father as ,mr4 ,badman4 ,atten4 ,you say right1 for such children1 lye1 almost under all manner of disadvantages3 but we must say nothing1 because this also is the sovereign ,will of ,god4 ,wise4 ,we may not by any means object against ,god3 yet we may talk of the advantages1 and disadvantages that ,children have by having for their ,parents such as are either ,godly1 or the contrary4 ,atten4 ,you say right1 we may so1 and pray now1 since we are about it1 speak something in brief unto it1 that is1 unto this2 ,what advantage those ,children have above others1 that have for their ,parents such as indeed are ,godly4 ,wise4 ,so ,i will1 only ,i must first premise these two or three things4 #hc;a #a4 ,they have not the advantage of ,election for their fathers sakes4 #b4 ,they are born1 as others1 the children of wrath1 though they come of ,godly ,parents4 #c4 ,grace comes not unto them as an ,inheritance1 because they have ,godly ,parents4 ,these things premised ,i shall now proceed4 #a4 ,the children of ,godly ,parents are the children of many ,prayers3 they are prayed for before1 and ,prayed for after they are born1 and the ,prayer of a godly ,father and godly ,mother doth much4 #b4 ,they have the advantage of what restraint is possible1 from what evils their ,parents see them inclinable to1 and that is a second mercy4 #c4 ,they have the advantage of ,godly instruction1 and of being told which be1 and which be not the right ways of the ,lord4 #d4 ,they have also those ways commended unto them1 and spoken well of in their hearing1 that are good4 #e4 ,such are also1 what may be1 kept out of evil company1 from evil ,books1 and from being taught the way of ,swearing1 ,lying1 and the like1 as ,sabbath-breaking1 and mocking at good men1 and good things1 and this is a very great mercy4 #f4 ,they have also the benefit of a godly life set before them doctrinally by their ,parents1 and that doctrine backt with a godly and holy example3 and all these are very great advantages4 ,now all these advantages1 the children of ungodly ,parents want2 #hd;a and so are more in danger of being carried away with the error of the wicked4 ,for ungodly ,parents neither ,pray for their ,children1 nor do1 nor can they heartily instruct them2 they do not after a godly manner restrain them from evil1 nor do they keep them from evil company4 ,they are not grieved at1 nor yet do they forewarn their children to beware of such evil actions that are abomination to ,god1 and to all good men4 ,they let their children break the ,sabbath1 swear1 lye1 be wicked and vain4 ,they commend not to their children an holy life1 nor set a good example before their eyes4 ,no1 they do in all things contrary3 ,estranging of their children what they can1 from the love of ,god and all good men1 so soon as they are born4 ,therefore it is a very great ,judgment of ,god upon children to be the ,offspring of base and ungodly men4 #hd;b ,atten4 ,well1 but before we leave ,mr4 ,badmans wife and children1 ,i have a mind1 if you please1 to enquire a little more after one thing1 the which ,i am sure you can satisfie me in4 ,wise4 ,what is that8 ,atten4 ,you said a while ago1 that this ,mr4 ,badman would not suffer his wife to go out to hear such godly ,ministers as she liked1 but said if she did1 she had as good never come home any more4 ,did he often carry it thus to her8 ,wise4 ,he did say so1 he did often say so4 ,this ,i told you then1 and had also then told you more1 but that other things put me out4 ,atten4 ,well said1 pray therefore now go on4 ,wise4 ,so ,i will4 ,upon a time1 she was on a ,lords day for going to hear a ,sermon1 and ,mr4 ,badman was unwilling #hd;c she should3 but she at that time1 as it seems1 did put on more courage than she was wont2 and therefore1 after she had spent upon him1 a great many fair words and entreaties1 if perhaps she might have prevailed by them1 but all to no purpose at all3 ,at last she said she would go1 and rendred this reason for it2 ,i have an ,husband1 but also a ,god2 my ,god has commanded me1 and that upon pain of damnation1 to be a continual ,worshipper of him1 and that in the way of his own ,appointments3 ,i have an ,husband1 but also a ,soul1 and my ,soul ought to be more unto me1 than all the world besides4 ,this soul of mine ,i will look after1 care for1 and 7if ,i can7 provide it an ,heaven for its habitation4 ,you are commanded to love me1 as you love your own body1 and so do ,i love you2 #he;a but ,i tell you true1 ,i preferr my ,soul before all the world1 and its ,salvation ,i will seek4 ,at this1 first1 #he;b he gave her an ugly wish1 and then fell into a fearfull rage1 and sware moreover that if she did go1 he would make both her1 and all her damnable ,brotherhood 7for so he was pleased to call them7 to repent their coming thither4 ,atten4 ,but what should he mean by that8 ,wise4 ,you may easily guess what he meant3 he meant1 he would turn ,informer1 and so either weary out those that she loved1 from meeting together to ,worship ,god2 or make them pay dearly for their so doing2 the which if he did1 he knew it would vex every vein of her tender heart4 ,atten4 ,but do you think ,mr4 ,badman would have been so base8 ,wise4 ,truly he had malice1 and enmity enough in his heart to do it1 onely he was a ,tradesman2 also he knew that he must live by his neighbours1 and so he had that little wit in his anger1 that he refrained himself1 and did it not4 ,but1 as ,i said1 he had malice and envy enough in his heart #he;c to have made him to do it1 only he thought it would worst him in his trade3 yet these three things he would be doing4 #a4 ,he would be putting of others on to molest and abuse her friends4 #b4 ,he would be glad when he heard that any mischief befell them4 #c4 ,and would laugh at her1 when he saw her troubled for them4 ,and now ,i have told you ,mr4 ,badmans way as to this4 ,atten4 ,but was he not afraid of the ,judgments of ,god1 that did fly about at that time8 ,wise4 ,he regarded not the ,judgment nor ,mercy of ,god1 for had he at all done that1 he could not have done as he did4 ,but what ,judgments do you mean8 ,atten4 ,such ,judgments1 that if ,mr ,badman himself had taken but sober notice of1 they might have made him a hung down his ears4 ,wise4 ,why1 have you heard of any such persons that the ,judgments of ,god have overtaken4 ,atten4 ,yes1 and so1 ,i believe1 have you too1 though you make so strange about it4 ,wise4 ,i have so indeed1 to my astonishment and wonder4 ,atten4 ,pray1 therefore1 if you please1 tell me what it is1 as to this1 that you know2 and then1 perhaps1 ,i may also say something to you of the same4 ,wise4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,in #hf our ,town there was one ,w4 ,s4 a man of a very wicked life2 and he1 when there seemed to be countenance given to it1 would needs turn ,informer4 ,well1 so he did1 and was as diligent in his business as most of them could be2 he would watch a nights1 climb ,trees1 and range the ,woods a days1 if possible1 to find out the ,meeters1 for then they were forced to meet in the ,fields3 yea1 he would curse them bitterly1 and swear most fearfully what he would do to them when he found them4 ,well1 after he had gone on like a ,bedlam in his course a while1 and had done some mischiefs to the people1 he was stricken by the hand of ,god1 and that in this manner4 #a4 ,although he had his tongue naturally at will1 now he was taken with a faultering in his speech1 and could not for weeks together speak otherwise1 than just like a man that was drunk4 #b4 ,then he was taken with a drauling1 or slabbering at his mouth1 which slabber sometimes would hang at his mouth well nigh half way down to the ground4 #c4 ,then he had such a weakness in the back sinews of his ,neck1 that oft times he could not look up before him1 unless he clapped his hand hard upon his forehead1 and held up his head that way1 by strength of hand4 #d4 ,after this his speech went quite away1 and he could speak no more than a ,swine or a ,bear4 ,therefore1 like one of them1 he would gruntle and make an ugly noyse1 according as he was offended1 or pleased1 or would have any thing done1 c4 ,in this posture he continued for the space of half a year1 or thereabouts1 all the while otherwise well1 and could go about his business1 save once that he had a fall from the ,bell as it hangs in our ,steeple1 which 'twas a wonder it did not kill him3 ,but after that he also walked about1 till ,god had made him a sufficient spectacle of his ,judgment for his sin1 and then on a sudden he was stricken and dyed miserably3 and so there was an end of him and his doings4 ,i will tell you of another4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,about four miles from ,st4 ,neots1 there was a ,gentleman had a man1 and he would needs be an ,informer1 and a lusty young man he was4 ,well1 an ,informer he was1 and did much distress some people1 and had perfected his ,informations so effectually against some1 that there was nothing further to do1 but for the ,constables to make distress on the people1 that he might have the ,money or ,goods2 and as ,i heard1 he hastened them much to do it4 ,now while he was in the heat of his work1 as he stood one day by the ,fire-side1 he had 7it should seem7 a mind to a ,sop in the ,pan1 7for the ,spit was then at the fire17 so he went to make him one2 but behold1 a ,dog 7so say his own ,dog7 took distaste at something1 and bit his ,master by the ,leg2 the which bite1 notwithstanding all the means that was used to cure him1 turned 7as was said7 to a ,gangrene2 however1 that wound was his death1 and that a dreadful one too3 for my ,relator said1 that he lay in such a condition by this bite1 7as the beginning7 till his flesh rotted from off him before he went out of the world4 ,but what need ,i instance in particular persons1 when the ,judgement of ,god against this kind of people was made manifest1 ,i think ,i may say1 if not in all1 yet in most of the ,counties in ,england where such poor ,creatures were4 ,but ,i would1 if it had been the will of ,god1 that neither ,i nor any body else1 could tell you more of these ,stories3 ,true stories1 that are neither ,lye1 nor ,romance4 ,atten4 ,well1 ,i also heard of both these my self1 and of more too1 as remarkable in their kind as these1 if ,i had any list to tell them3 but let us leave those that are behind to others1 or to the coming of ,christ1 who then will justifie or condemn them as the merit of their work shall require2 or if they repented1 and found mercy1 ,i shall be glad when ,i know it1 for ,i wish not a curse to the ,soul of mine ,enemy4 ,wise4 ,there can be no pleasure in the telling of such stories1 though to hear of them may do us a pleasure3 ,they may put us in mind that there is a ,god that judgeth in the earth1 and that doth not alwayes forget nor deferre to hear the ,crye of the destitute2 ,they also carry along with them both ,caution and ,counsel to those that are the survivors of such4 ,let us tremble at the ,judgements of ,god1 and be afraid of sinning against him1 and it shall be our protection4 ,it shall go well with them that fear ,god1 that fear before him4 ,atten4 ,well ,sir1 as you have intimated1 so ,i think we have in this place spoken enough about these kind of men2 if you please1 let us return again to ,mr4 ,badman himself1 if you have any more to say of him4 ,wise4 ,more6 we have yet scarce throughly begun with ,any thing that we have said4 ,all the particulars are in themselves so full of badness1 that we have rather only looked in them1 than indeed said any thing to them3 but we will pass them1 and proceed4 ,you have heard of the sins of his ,youth1 of his ,apprentiship1 and how he set up1 and married1 and what a life he hath led his wife2 and now ,i will tell you some more #hh;a of his pranks4 ,he had the very knack of ,knavery2 had he1 as ,i said before1 been bound to serve an ,apprentiship to all these things1 he could not have been more cunning1 he could not have been more artificial at it4 ,atten4 ,nor perhaps so artificially neither4 ,for as none can teach ,goodness like to ,god himself1 so concerning ,sin and ,knavery1 none can teach a man it like the ,devil1 to whom1 as ,i perceive1 ,mr4 ,badman went to ,school from his ,childhood to the end of his life4 ,but pray ,sir1 make a beginning4 ,wise4 ,well so ,i will4 ,you may remember that ,i told you what a condition he was in for ,money before he did marry1 and how he got a rich ,wife1 with whose ,money he paid his debts3 ,now when he had paid his debts1 he having some ,moneys left1 he sets up again #hh;b as briskly as ever1 keeps a great ,shop1 drives a great ,trade1 and runs again a great way into debt2 but now not into the debt of one or two1 but into the debt of many1 so that at last he came to owe some thousands2 and thus he went on a good while4 ,and to pursue his ends the better1 he began now to study to please all men1 and to suit himself to any company2 he could now be as they1 say as they1 that is1 if he listed2 and then he would list1 when he perceived that by so doing1 he might either make them his ,customers or ,creditors for his ,commodities4 ,if he dealt with honest men1 7as with some honest men he did7 then he would be as they2 talk as they1 seem to be sober as they1 talk of ,justice and ,religion as they1 and against ,debauchery as they2 yea1 and would too seem to shew a dislike of them that said1 did1 or were otherwise than honest4 ,again1 when he did light among those that were bad1 then he would be as they1 but yet more close and cautiously1 except he were sure of his company3 ,then he would carry it openly1 be as they2 say1 ,damn'em and ,sink'em1 as they4 ,if they railed on ,good men1 so could he2 #hi if they railed on ,religion1 so could he3 if they talked beastly1 vainly1 idlely1 so would he2 if they were for drinking1 swearing1 whoring1 or any the like ,villanies1 so was he4 ,this was now the path he trod in1 and could do all artificially1 as any man alive4 ,and now he thought himself a perfect man1 he thought he was always a ,boy till now4 ,what think you now of ,mr4 ,badman8 ,atten4 ,think6 why1 ,i think he was an ,atheist3 ,for no man but an ,atheist can do this4 ,i say1 it cannot be1 but that the man that is such as this ,mr4 ,badman1 must be a rank and stinking ,atheist2 for he that believes that there is either ,god or ,devil1 ,heaven or ,hell1 or ,death1 and ,judgment after1 cannot doe as ,mr4 ,badman did2 ,i mean1 if he could do these things without reluctancy and check of ,conscience2 yea1 if he had not sorrow and remorse for such abominable sins as these4 ,wise4 ,nay1 he was so far off from reluctancies and remorse of ,conscience for these things1 that he counted them the excellency of his ,attainments1 the quintessence of his ,wit1 his rare and singular vertues1 such as but few besides himself could be the ,masters of4 ,therefore1 as for those that made boggle and stop at things1 and that could not in ,conscience1 and for fear of ,death and ,judgement1 do such things as he2 he would call them ,fools and ,noddies1 and charge them for being frighted with the talk of unseen ,bugbears2 and would encourage them1 if they would be men indeed1 to labour after the attainment of this his excellent art4 ,he would often-times please himself #ij;a with the thoughts of what he could do in this matter1 saying within himself2 ,i can be religious1 and irreligious1 ,i can be any thing1 or nothing2 ,i can swear1 and speak against swearing2 ,i can lye1 and speak against lying2 ,i can drink1 wench1 be unclean1 and defraud1 and not be troubled for it3 ,now ,i enjoy my self1 and am ,master of mine own wayes1 and not they of me4 ,this ,i have attained with much study1 great care1 and more pains4 ,but this his talk should be only with himself1 to his wife1 who he knew durst not divulge it2 or among his ,intimates1 to whom he knew he might say any thing4 ,atten4 ,did ,i call him before an ,atheist8 ,i may call him now a ,devil1 or a man possessed with one1 if not with many4 ,i think that there cannot be found in every corner such an one as this4 ,true1 it is said of ,king ,ahaz1 that he sinned more and more2 and of ,ahab1 that he sold himself to work wickedness2 and of the men of ,sodom1 that they were sinners exceedingly before the ,lord4 #ij;b ,wise4 ,an ,atheist he was no doubt1 if there be such a thing as an ,atheist in the world1 but for all his brags of perfection and security in his wickedness1 ,i believe that at times ,god did let down fire from ,heaven into his ,conscience4 ,true1 ,i believe he would quickly put it out again1 and grow more desperate and wicked afterward1 but this also turned to his destruction1 as afterward you may hear4 #ij;c ,but ,i am not of your mind1 to think that there are but few such in the world2 except you mean as to the ,degree of wickedness unto which he had attained4 ,for otherwise1 no doubt1 #ij;d there is abundance of such as he3 men of the same mind1 of the same principles1 and of the same conscience too1 to put them into practice4 ,yea1 ,i believe that there are many that are endeavouring to attain to the same pitch of wickedness2 and all them are such as he1 in the ,judgment of the ,law2 nor will their want of hellish wit to attain thereto1 excuse them at the day of ,judgment4 ,you know that in all ,science1 some are more arch than some2 and so it is in the art1 as well as in the practice of wickedness3 some are two-fold1 and some seven-fold more the children of ,hell than others1 7and yet all the children of ,hell17 else they would all be ,masters1 and none scholars in the school of wickedness4 ,but there must be ,masters1 and there must be ,learners2 ,mr4 ,badman was a master in this art1 and therefore it follows that he must be an arch and chief one in that mystery4 ,atten4 ,you are in the right1 for ,i perceive that some men1 though they desire it1 cannot be so arch in the practice thereof as others1 but are 7as ,i suppose they call them7 fools and dunces to the rest1 their heads and capacities will not serve them to act and do so wickedly4 ,but ,mr4 ,badman wanted not a wicked head to contrive1 as well as a wicked heart to do his wickedness4 ,wise4 ,true1 but yet ,i say1 such men shall at the day of ,judgment1 be judged1 not only for what they are1 but also for what they would be4 ,for if the thought of foolishness is sin1 #ia;a doubtless the desire of foolishness is more sin3 and if the desire be more1 the endeavour after it must needs be more and more4 #ia;b ,he then that is not an artificial ,atheist and ,transgressor1 yet if he desires to be so1 if he endeavoureth to be so1 he shall be ,judged and condemned to ,hell for such an one4 ,for the ,law ,judgeth men1 as ,i said1 according to what they would be4 ,he that looketh upon a woman to lust after her1 hath committed adultery with her already in his heart4 #ia;c ,by the same rule1 he that would steal1 doth steal2 he that would cheat1 doth cheat2 he that would swear1 doth swear2 and he that would commit adultery1 doth do so4 ,for ,god ,judgeth men according to the working of their minds1 and saith2 ,as he thinketh1 so is he4 ,that is1 so is he in his heart1 in his intentions1 in his desires1 in his endeavours2 and ,gods ,law1 ,i say1 lays hold of the desires1 intentions and endeavours1 even as it lays hold of the act of wickedness it self4 #ia;d ,a man then that desires to be as bad as ,mr4 ,badman1 7and desires to be so wicked have many in their hearts7 though he never attains to that proficiency in wickedness as he1 shall yet be ,judged for as bad a man as he1 because 'twas in his desires to be such a wicked one4 ,atten4 ,but this height of wickedness in ,mr4 ,badman1 will not yet out of my mind4 ,this hard1 desperate1 or what shall ,i call it1 diabolicall frame of heart1 was in him a foundation1 a ground-work1 to all acts and deeds that were evil4 ,wise4 ,the heart1 and the desperate wickedness of it1 is the foundation and groundwork of all4 ,atheism1 professed and practicall1 spring both out of the heart1 yea and all manner of evils besides4 #ib;a ,for they be not bad deeds that make a bad man1 but he is already a bad man that doth bad deeds4 ,a man must be wicked before he can do wickedness4 #ib;b ,wickedness proceedeth from the wicked4 ',tis an evil tree that bears evil fruit1 men gather no grapes of thorns2 the heart therefore must be evil1 before the man can do evil1 and good before the man doth good4 ,atten4 ,now ,i see the reason why ,mr4 ,badman was so base1 as to get a ,wife by dissimulation1 and to abuse her so like a ,villain when he had got her1 it was because he was before by a wicked heart prepared to act wickedness4 ,wise4 ,you may be sure of it2 for from within1 out of the heart of man proccedeth evil thoughts1 ,adulteries1 ,fornications1 ,murders1 ,thefts1 ,coveteousness1 ,wickedness1 ,deceit1 ,lasciviousness1 an evil ,eye1 ,blasphemy1 ,pride1 ,foolishness4 ,all these things come from within1 and defile a man4 #ib;c ,and a man1 as his naughty mind inclines him1 makes use of these1 or any of these1 to gratifie his lust1 to promote his designs1 to revenge his malice1 to enrich1 or to wallow himself in the foolish pleasures and pastimes of this life3 ,and all these did ,mr4 ,badman do1 even to the utmost1 if either opportunity1 or purse1 or perfidiousness1 would help him to the obtaining of his purpose4 ,atten4 ,purse6 ,why he could not but have ,purse to do almost what he would1 having married a wife with so much money4 ,wise4 ,hold you there2 some of ,mr4 ,badmans sins were costly1 as his drinking1 and whoring1 and keeping other bad company2 though he was a man that had ways too many to get money1 as well as ways too many to spend it4 ,atten4 ,had he then such a good ,trade1 for all he was such a bad man8 or was his ,calling so gainfull to him1 as alwayes to keep his ,purses belly full1 though he was himself a great spender8 ,wise4 ,no3 ,it was not his ,trade that did it1 though he had a pretty trade too4 ,he had another way to get ,money1 and that by hatfulls and pocketfulls at a time4 ,atten4 ,why ,i trow he was no ,highway man1 was he8 ,wise4 ,i will be sparing in my speech as to that1 though some have muttered as if he could ride out now and then1 about no body but himself knew what1 over night1 and come home all dirty and weary next morning4 ,but that is not the thing ,i aim at4 ,atten4 ,pray let me know it1 if you think it convenient that ,i should4 ,wise4 ,i will tell you3 ,it was this1 he had an art to ,break1 #ic;a and get hatfulls of money by breaking4 ,atten4 ,but what do you mean by ,mr4 ,badmans ,breaking8 you speak mystically1 do you not8 ,wise4 ,no1 no1 ,i speak plainly4 ,or1 if you will have it in plainer language1 'tis this3 ,when ,mr4 ,badman had swaggered and whored away most of his wifes portion1 he began to feel that he could not much longer stand upon his legs in this course of life1 and keep up his ,trade and ,repute 7such as he had7 in the world2 but by the new ,engine of ,breaking4 ,wherefore1 upon a time1 he gives a great1 and sudden #ic;b rush into several mens debts1 to the value of about four or five thousand pound1 driving at the same time a very great trade1 by selling many things for less than they cost him1 to get him custom1 therewith to blind his ,creditors eyes4 ,his ,creditors therefore feeling that he had a great employ1 and dreaming that it must needs at length turn to a very good account to them1 trusted him freely without mistrust1 and so did others too1 to the value of what was mentioned before4 ,well1 when ,mr4 ,badman had well feathered his ,nest with other mens goods and money1 after a little time #ic;c he breaks4 ,and by and by it is noysed abroad that ,mr4 ,badman had shut up ,shop1 was gone1 and could trade no longer4 ,now1 by that time his breaking was come to his ,creditors ears1 he had by ,craft and ,knavery made so sure of what he had1 that his ,creditors could not touch a penny4 ,well1 when he had done1 he sends his mournfull sugered letters to his ,creditors1 to let them understand what had happened unto him1 and desired them not to be severe with him2 #id;a for he bore towards all men an honest mind1 and would pay so far as he was able4 ,now he sends his letters by a man #id;b confederate with him1 who could make both the worst1 and best of ,mr4 ,badmans case3 ,the best for ,mr4 ,badman1 and the worst for his ,creditors4 ,so when he comes to them1 he both bemoans them1 and condoles ,mr4 ,badmans condition3 ,telling of them1 that without a speedy bringing of things to a conclusion1 ,mr4 ,badman would be able to make them no satisfaction1 but at present he both could1 and would1 and that to the utmost of his power3 and to that end1 he desired that they would come over to him4 ,well1 his ,creditors appoint him a time1 and come over2 and he1 mean while1 authorizes another to treat with them1 but will not be seen himself1 unless it was on a ,sunday1 lest they should snap him with a ,writ4 ,so his deputed friend treats with them about their concern with ,mr4 ,badman1 first telling them of the great care that ,mr4 ,badman took to satisfie them and all men for whatsoever he ought1 as far as in him lay1 and1 how little he thought a while since to be in this low condition4 ,he pleaded also the greatness of his ,charge1 the greatness of ,taxes1 the ,badness of the times1 and the great ,losses that he had by many of his customers1 some of which died in his debt1 others were run away1 and for many that were alive1 he never expected a farthing from them4 ,yet nevertheless he would shew himself an honest man1 and would pay as far as he was able2 and if they were willing to come to terms1 he would make a composition with them1 7for he was not able to pay them all47 ,the ,creditors asked what he would give8 #id;c ',twas replyed1 ,half a crown in the pound4 ,at this they began to huff1 and he to renew his complaint and entreaty2 but the ,creditors would not hear1 and so for that time their meeting without success broke up4 ,but after his ,creditors were in cool blood1 and admitting of second thoughts1 and fearing lest delays should make them lose all1 they admit of a second debate1 come together again1 and by many words1 and great ado1 they obtained five shillings i'th' pound4 #id;d ,so the money was produced1 ,releases and ,discharges drawn1 signed1 and sealed1 ,books crossed1 and all things confirmed2 and then ,mr4 ,badman can put his head out of dores again1 and be a better man than when he shut up ,shop1 by several thousands of pounds4 ,atten4 ,and did he do thus indeed8 ,wise1 ,yes1 once1 and again4 ,i think he brake twice or thrice4 ,atten4 ,and did he do it before he had need to do it8 ,wise4 ,need6 ,what do you mean by need8 there is no need at any time for a man to play the knave4 #ie ,he did it of a wicked mind1 to defraud and beguile his ,creditors3 he had wherewithall of his ,father1 and also by his ,wife1 to have lived upon1 with lawfull labour1 like an honest man4 ,he had also when he made this wicked ,break 7though he had been a profuse and prodigal spender7 to have paid his creditors their own to a farthing4 ,but had he done so1 he had not done like himself1 like ,mr4 ,badman2 had he1 ,i say1 dealt like an honest man1 he had then gone out of ,mr4 ,badmans road4 ,he did it therefore of a dishonest mind1 and to a wicked end2 to wit1 that he might have wherewithall1 howsoever unlawfully gotten1 to follow his ,cups and ,queans1 and to live in the full swinge of his lusts1 even as he did before4 ,atten4 ,why this was a meer ,cheat4 ,wise4 ,it was a cheat indeed4 ,this way of breaking1 it is else but a more neat way of ,thieving1 of picking of pockets1 of breaking open of shops1 and of taking from men what one has nothing to do with4 ,but though it seem easie1 it is hard to learn1 no man that has conscience to ,god or man1 can ever be his ,crafts ,master in this ,hellish art4 ,atten4 ,oh6 ,sirs6 what a wicked man was this8 ,wise4 ,a wicked man indeed4 ,by this art he could tell how to make men send their goods to his shop1 and then be glad to take a penny for that for which he had promised before it came thither1 to give them a ,groat3 ,i say1 he could make them glad to take a ,crown for a pounds worth1 and a thousand for that for which he had promised before to give them four thousand pounds4 ,atten4 ,this argueth that ,mr4 ,badman had but little conscience4 ,wise4 ,this argued that ,mr4 ,badman had ,no ,conscience at all2 for ,conscience1 the least spark of a good ,conscience cannot endure this4 ,atten4 ,before we go any further in ,mr4 ,badmans matters1 let me desire you1 if you please1 to give me an answer to these two questions4 #if;a #a4 ,what do you find in the ,word of ,god against such a practice1 as this of ,mr4 ,badmans is8 #if;b #b4 ,what would you have a man do that is in his ,creditors debt1 and can neither pay him what he owes him1 nor go on in a trade any longer8 ,wise4 ,i will answer you as well as ,i can4 ,and first to the first of your questions4 ,to wit1 ,what ,i find in the ,word of ,god against such a practice1 as this of ,mr4 ,badmans is4 ,answ4 ,the ,word of ,god doth forbid this wickedness2 and to make it the more odious in our eyes1 it joyns it with ,theft and ,robbery3 ,thou shalt not1 says ,god1 defraud thy neighbour1 nor rob him4 #if;c ,thou shalt not defraud1 that is1 deceive or beguile4 ,now thus to break1 is to defraud1 deceive and beguile2 which is1 as you see1 forbidden by the ,god of ,heaven3 ,thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour1 nor rob him4 ,it is a kind of theft and robbery1 thus to defraud1 and beguile4 #if;d ,it is a wilely robbing of his shop1 and picking of his pocket3 a thing odious to ,reason and ,conscience1 and contrary to the ,law of nature4 ,it is a designed piece of wickedness1 and therefore a double sin4 ,a man cannot do this great wickedness on a sudden1 and through a violent assault of ,satan4 ,he that will commit this sin1 must have time to deliberate1 that by invention1 he may make it formidable1 and that with lies and high dissimulations4 ,he that commits this wickedness1 must first hatch it upon his bed1 beat his head about it1 and lay his plot strong3 ,so that to the completing of such a wickedness1 there must be adjoyned many sins1 and they too1 must go hand in hand untill it be compleated4 ,but what saith the ,scripture8 #if;e#if;f ,let no man go beyond1 and defraud his ,brother in any matter1 because the ,lord is the avenger of all such4 ,but this kind of ,breaking is a going beyond my ,brother2 ,this is a compassing of him about that ,i may catch him in my net2 and as ,i said1 an art to rob my ,brother1 and to pick his pocket1 and that with his consent4 ,which doth not therefore mitigate1 but so much the more greaten and make odious the offence4 ,for men that are thus wilily abused cannot help themselves1 they are taken in a deceitfull net4 ,but ,god will here concern himself1 he will be the avenger1 he will be the avenger of all such either here or in another world4 ,and this1 the ,apostle testifies again1 where he saith2 #ig;a ,but he that doth wrong1 shall receive for the wrong that he hath done1 and there is no respect of persons4 #ig;b ,that is1 there is no man1 be he what he will1 if he will be guilty of this sin1 of going beyond1 of beguiling of1 and doing wrong to his ,brother1 but ,god will call him to an account for it1 and will pay him with vengeance for it too2 for there is no respect of persons4 ,i might add1 that this sin of wronging1 of going beyond1 and defrauding of my ,neighbour1 it is like that first prank that the ,devil plaid with our first ,parents1 #ig;c 7as the ,altar that ,uriah built for ,ahaz1 was taken from the fashion of that that stood at ,damascus1 to be the very pattern of it47 ,the ,serpent beguiled me1 says ,eve2 ,mr4 ,badman beguiles his ,creditors4 ,the ,serpent beguiled ,eve with lying promises of gain2 and so did ,mr4 ,badman beguile his ,creditors4 ,the ,serpent said one thing and meant another1 when he beguiled ,eve2 and so did ,mr4 ,badman when he beguiled his ,creditors4 ,that man therefore that doth thus deceive and beguile his neighbour1 imitateth the ,devil2 he taketh his examples from him1 and not from ,god1 the ,word1 or good men3 and this did ,mr4 ,badman4 ,and now to your second question3 ,to wit1 ,what ,i would have a man do1 that is in his ,creditors debt1 and that can neither pay him1 nor go on in a trade any longer8 #ig;d ,answ4 ,first of all4 ,if this be his case1 and he knows it1 let him not run one penny further in his ,creditors debt4 ,for that cannot be done with good conscience4 ,he that knowes he cannot pay1 and yet will run into debt2 does knowingly wrong and defraud his neighbour1 and falls under that sentence of the ,word of ,god1 ,the wicked borroweth and payeth not again4 ,yea worse1 he borrows though at the very same time he knows that he cannot pay again4 ,he doth also craftily take away what is his ,neighbours4 ,that is therefore the first thing that ,i would propound to such3 ,let him not run any further into his ,creditors debt4 #ih;a ,secondly1 ,after this1 let him consider1 #ih;b how1 and by what means he was brought into such a condition1 that he could not pay his just debts4 ,to wit1 whether it was by his own remisness in his ,calling1 by living too high in ,dyet or ,apparel1 by lending too ravishingly that which was none of his own1 to his loss2 or whether by the immediate hand and ,judgment of ,god4 ,if by searching1 he findes1 that this is come upon him through remisness in his ,calling1 ,extravagancies in his ,family1 or the like2 let him labour for a sence of his sin and wickedness1 #ih;c for he has sinned against the ,lord3 ,first1 in his being slothfull in business1 and in not providing1 to wit1 of is own1 by the sweat of his brows1 or other honest ways1 for those of his own house4 #ih;d ,and secondly in being lavishing in ,dyet and ,apparel in the ,family1 or in lending to others that which was none of his own4 ,this cannot be done with good conscience3 it is both against reason and nature1 and therefore must be a sin against ,god4 ,i say therefore1 if thus this debtor hath done1 if ever he would live quietly in conscience1 and comfortably in his condition for the future1 let him humble himself before ,god1 and repent of this his wickedness4 ,for he that is slothfull in his work1 is brother to him that is a great waster4 #ih;e ,to be slothfull and a waster too1 is to be as it were a double sinner4 ,but again1 as this man should enquire into these things1 so he should also into this4 ,how came ,i into this way of dealing in which ,i have now miscarried8 is it a way that my ,parents brought me up in1 put me ,apprentice to1 or that by providence ,i was first thrust into8 or is it a way into which ,i have twisted my self1 as not being contented with my first lot1 that by ,god and my ,parents ,i was cast into8 ,this ought duly to be considered4 #ih;f ,and if upon search1 a man shall find that he is out of the place and ,calling into which he was put by his ,parents1 or the ,providence of ,god1 and has miscarried in a new way1 that through pride and dislike of his first state he as chose rather to embrace2 his miscarriage is his sin1 the fruit of his ,pride1 and a token of the ,judgment of ,god upon him for his leaving of his first state4 ,and for this he ought1 as for the former1 to be humble and penitent before the ,lord4 ,but if by search1 #ii;a he finds1 that his poverty came by none of these2 if by honest search1 he finds it so1 and can say with good conscience1 ,i went not out of my place and state in which ,god by his providence had put me2 but have abode with ,god in the calling wherein ,i was called1 and have wrought hard1 and fared meanly1 been civilly apparelled1 and have not directly1 nor indirectly made away with my ,creditors goods3 ,then has his fall come upon him by the immediate hand of ,god1 whether by visible or invisible wayes4 ,for sometimes it comes by visible wayes1 to wit1 by ,fire1 by ,thieves1 by loss of ,cattel1 or the wickedness of sinful dealers1 c4 ,and sometimes by means invisible1 and then no man knows how2 we only see things are going1 but cannot see by what way they go4 ,well1 ,now suppose that a man1 by an immediate hand of ,god is brought to a morsel of ,bread1 what must he do now8 #ii;b ,i answer3 ,his surest way is still to think1 that this is the fruit of some sin1 though possibly not sin in the management of his calling1 yet of some other sin4 ,god casteth away the substance of the wicked4 ,therefore let him still humble himself before his ,god1 because his hand is upon him1 and say1 ,what sin is this1 for which this hand of ,god is upon me8 and let him be diligent to find it out1 for some sin is the cause of this ,judgment2 for ,god doth not willingly afflict nor grieve the children of men4 ,either the heart is too much set upon the world1 or ,religion is too much neglected in thy ,family1 or some thing4 ,there is a ,snake in the grass1 a ,worm in the gourd2 some sin in thy bosom1 for the sake of which ,god doth thus deal with thee4 ,thirdly1 ,this thus done1 let that man again consider thus with himself3 ,perhaps ,god is now changing of my ,condition and state in the world2 he has let me live in fashion1 in fulness1 and abundance of worldly glory1 and ,i did not to his glory improve1 as ,i should1 that his good dispensation to me4 #ajj;a ,but when ,i lived in full and fat pasture1 ,i did there lift up the heel3 ,therefore he will now turn me into hard ,commons1 that with leanness1 and hunger1 and meanness1 and want1 ,i may spend the rest of my days4 ,but let him do this without murmering1 and repining2 let him do it in a godly manner1 submitting himself to the ,judgment of ,god4 ,let the rich rejoyce in that he is made low4 #ajj;b ,this is duty1 and it may be priviledg to those that are under this hand of ,god4 ,and for thy encouragement to this hard work1 7for this is a hard work7 consider of these four things4 #ajj;c #a4 ,this is right lying down under ,gods hand1 and the way to be exalted in ,gods time3 when ,god would have ,job embrace the ,dunghill1 he embraces it1 and says1 ,the ,lord giveth1 and the ,lord hath taken away1 blessed be the name of the ,lord4 #ajj;d #b4 ,consider1 ,that there are blessings also that attend a low condition1 more than all the world are aware of4 ,a poor condition has preventing mercy attending of it4 ,the poor1 because they are poor1 are not capable of sinning against ,god as the rich man does4 #c4 ,the ,poor can more clearly see himself preserved by the providence of ,god than the rich1 for he trusteth in the abundance of his riches4 #ajj;e #d4 ,it may be ,god has made thee poor1 because he would make thee rich4 ,hearken my beloved brethren1 hath not ,god chosen the poor of this world1 rich in ,faith1 and heirs of a ,kingdom which ,god hath promised to them that love him8 #ajj;f ,i am perswaded1 if men upon whom this hand of ,god is1 would thus quietly lye down1 and humble themselves under it1 they would find more peace1 yea1 more blessing of ,god attending them in it1 than the most of men are aware of4 ,but this is an hard ,chapter1 and therefore ,i do not expect that many should either read it with pleasure1 or desire to take my counsel4 ,having thus spoken to the ,broken man1 with reference to his own self2 ,i will now speak to him as he stands related to his ,creditors4 ,in the next place therefore1 let him fall upon the most #aja;a honest way of dealing with his ,creditors1 and that ,i think must be this4 ,first1 ,let him timely make them acquainted with his condition1 and also do to them these three things4 #a4 ,let him heartily1 and unfeignedly ask them forgiveness for the wrong that he has done them4 #b4 ,let him proffer them all1 and the whole all that ever he has in the world2 let him hide nothing1 let him strip himself to his raiment for them2 let him not keep a ,ring1 a ,spoon1 or any thing from them4 #c4 ,if none of these two will satisfie them1 let him proffer them his ,body1 to be at their dispose1 to wit1 either to abide imprisonment their pleasure1 or to be at their service1 till by labour and travel he hath made them such amends as they in reason think fit1 7only reserving something for the succour of his poor and distressed ,family out of his labour1 which in ,reason1 and ,conscience1 and ,nature1 he is bound also to take care of37 ,thus shall he make them what amends he is able1 for the ,wrong that he hath done them in wasting and spending of their ,estates4 ,by thus doing1 he submits himself to ,gods rod1 commits himself to the dispose of his ,providence2 yea1 by thus doing1 he casteth the lot of his present and future condition into the lap of his ,creditors1 and leaves the whole dispose thereof to the ,lord1 #aja;b even as he shall order and incline their hearts to do with him4 ,and let that be either to forgive him2 or to take that which he hath for satisfaction2 or to lay his body under affliction1 this way or that1 according to ,law2 can he1 ,i say1 thus leave the whole dispose to ,god1 let the issue be what it will1 that man shall have peace in his mind afterward4 ,and the comforts of that state1 7which will be comforts that attend ,equity1 ,justice1 and ,duty17 will be more unto him1 because more according to ,godliness1 than can be the comforts that are the fruits of ,injustice1 ,fraudulency1 and ,deceit4 ,besides1 this is the way to engage ,god to favour him by the sentence of his ,creditors2 7for ,he can entreat them to use him kindly17 and he will do it when his ways are pleasing in his sight3 ,when a mans ways please the ,lord1 his enemies shall be at peace with him2 #ajb;a ,and surely1 for a man to seek to make restitution for wrongs done1 to the utmost of his power1 by what he is1 has1 and enjoys in this world1 is the best way1 in that capacity1 and with reference to that thing1 that a man can at this time be found active in4 ,but he that doth otherwise1 abides in his sin1 refuses to be disposed of by the ,providence of ,god1 chuseth an high ,estate1 though not attained in ,gods way2 when ,gods ,will is1 that he should descend into a low one3 yea1 he desperately saith in his heart and actions1 ,i will be mine own chooser1 and that in mine own way1 whatever happens or follows thereupon4 ,atten4 ,you have said well1 in my mind4 ,but suppose now1 that ,mr4 ,badman was here1 could he not object as to what you have said1 saying1 ,go and teach your ,brethren1 that are ,professors1 this lesson1 for they1 as ,i am1 are guilty of ,breaking2 yea ,i am apt to think1 of that which you call my ,knavish way of breaking2 to wit1 of breaking before they have need to break4 ,but if not so1 yet they are guilty of neglect in their ,calling1 #ajb;b of living higher1 both in ,fare and ,apparrel1 than their ,trade or ,income will maintain4 ,besides1 that they do break1 all the world very well knowes1 and that they have the art to plead for a composition1 is very well known to men2 and that it is usual with them1 to hide their ,linnen1 their ,plate1 their ,jewels1 and 7'tis to be thought1 sometimes ,money and ,goods besides17 is as common as four eggs a penny4 ,and thus they beguile men1 debauch their consciences1 sin against their ,profession1 and make1 'tis to be feared1 their lusts in all this1 and the fulfilling of them1 their end4 ,i say1 if ,mr4 ,badman was here to object thus unto you1 what would be your reply8 ,wise4 ,what6 ,why ,i would say1 ,i hope no ,good man1 no man of good conscience1 no man that either feareth ,god1 regardeth the credit of ,religion1 the peace of ,gods people1 or the salvation of his own soul1 will do thus4 ,professors1 such perhaps there may be1 and who1 upon earth can help it8 ,jades there be of all colours4 #ajc;a ,if men will profess1 and make their profession a stalking-,horse to beguile their neighbours of their estates1 as ,mr4 ,badman himself did1 when he beguiled her that now is with sorrow his wife1 who can help it8 ,the ,churches of old were pestered with such1 and therefore no marvel if these perilous difficult times be so4 ,but mark how the ,apostle words it3 ,nay do wrong and defraud1 and that your ,brethren3 ,know you not1 that the unrighteous shall not inherit the ,kingdom of ,god8 ,be not deceived1 neither ,fornicator1 nor ,idolaters1 nor ,adulterers1 nor ,effeminate1 nor abusers of themselves with ,mankind1 nor ,thieves1 nor ,covetous1 nor ,drunkards1 nor ,revilers1 nor ,extortioners1 shall inherit the ,kingdom of ,god4 #ajc;b ,none of these shall be saved in this state1 nor shall profession deliver them from the censure of the ,godly1 when they shall be manifest such to be4 ,but their profession we cannot help3 ,how can we help it1 if men should ascribe to themselves the title of ,holy ones1 ,godly ones1 ,zealous ones1 ,self-denying ones1 or any other such glorious title8 and while they thus call themselves1 they should be the veryest ,rogues for all evil1 sin1 and villany imaginable1 who could help it8 ,true1 they are a scandal to ,religion1 a grief to the honest hearted1 an offence to the world1 and a stumbling stone to the weak1 and these offences have come1 do come1 and will come1 do what all the world can2 but wo be to them through whom they come2 #ajc;c let such professors therefore disowned by all true ,christians1 and let them be reckoned among those base men of the world which by such actions they most resemble3 ,they are ,mr4 ,badmans ,kindred4 ,for #ajc;d they are a shame to ,religion1 ,i say these slithy1 rob-,shop1 pick-pocket men1 they are a shame to ,religion1 and religious men should be ashamed of them4 ,god puts such an one among the ,fools of the world1 therefore let not ,christians put them among those that are wise for heaven4 ,as the ,partridge sitteth on eggs1 and hatcheth them not1 so he that getteth riches and not by right1 shall leave them in the midst of his dayes1 and at his end shall be a fool4 #ajc;e ,and the man under consideration is one of these1 and therefore must look to fall by this ,judgment4 ,a professor6 and practice such villianies as these6 such an one is not worthy to bear that name any longer4 ,we may say to such as the ,prophet spake to their like1 to wit1 to the rebellious that were in the house of ,israel4 ,goe ye1 serve every man his ,idols3--,if ye will not hearken to the ,law and ,testament of ,god1 to lead your lives thereafter3 but pollute ,gods holy name no more with your ,gifts1 and with your ,idols4 #ajd;a ,goe professors1 ,goe2 leave off profession1 unless you will lead your lives according to your profession4 ,better never profess1 than to make profession a stalking-horse to sin1 ,deceit1 to the ,devil1 and ,hell4 ,the ground and rules of ,religion allow not any such thing3 ,receive us1 says the ,apostle1 we have wronged no man1 we have corrupted no man1 we have defrauded no man4 #ajd;b ,intimating1 that those that are guilty of wronging1 corrupting or defrauding of any1 should not be admitted to the fellowship of ,saints1 no nor into the common catalogue of ,brethren with them4 ,nor can men with all their ,rhetorick1 and ,eloquent speaking prove themselves fit for the ,kingdom of ,heaven1 or men of good conscience on earth4 #ajd;c ,o that godly plea of ,samuel3 ,behold here ,i am1 says he1 witness against me1 before the ,lord1 and before his ,anointed1 whose ,oxe have ,i taken1 or whose ,ass have ,i taken1 or whom have ,i defrauded1 whom have ,i oppressed1 #ajd;d c8 ,this was to do like a man of good conscience indeed4 ,and in this his ,appeal1 he was so justified in the consciencies of the whole ,congregation1 that they could not but with one voice1 as with one mouth1 break out joyntly and say1 ,thou hast not defrauded us1 nor oppressed us4 #ajd;e ,a ,professor1 and defraud1 away with him6 a ,professor should not owe any man any thing1 but love4 ,a professor should provide things1 not of other mens1 but of his own1 of his own honest getting1 and that not onely in the sight of ,god1 but of all men2 that he may adorn the ,doctrine if ,god our ,saviour in all things4 ,atten4 ,but #aje;a suppose ,god should blow upon a ,professor in his ,estate1 and ,calling1 and he should be run out before he is aware1 must he be accounted to be like ,mr4 ,badman1 and lie under the same reproach as he8 ,wise4 ,no3 #aje;b ,if he hath dutifully done what he could to avoid it4 ,it is possible for a ,ship to sink at sea1 notwithstanding the most faithfull endeavour of the most skilful ,pilot under ,heaven4 ,and thus1 as ,i suppose1 it was with the ,prophet that left his wife in debt to the hazarding the slavery of her children by the ,creditors4 #aje;c ,he was no profuse man1 nor one that was given to defraud1 for the ,text says he feared ,god2 yet1 as ,i said1 he was run out more than she could pay4 ,if ,god would blow upon a man1 who can help it8 and he will do so sometimes1 #aje;d because he will change dispensations with men1 and because he will trye their ,graces4 #aje;e ,yea1 also because he will overthrow the wicked with his ,judgments2 and all these things are seen in ,job4 ,but then the consideration of this1 should bid men have a care that they be honest1 lest this comes upon them for their sin3 ,it should also bid them beware of launching further into the world1 than in an honest way by ordinary means they can ,godlily make their retreat2 for the further in1 the greater fall4 ,it should also teach them1 to begg of ,god his blessing upon their endeavours1 their honest and lawfull endeavours4 ,and it should put them upon a diligent looking to their steps1 that if in their going they should hear the ,ice crack1 they may timely goe back again4 ,these things considered1 and duely put in practice1 if ,god will blow upon a man1 then let him be content1 and with ,job embrace the dunghill2 let him give unto all their dues1 and not fight against the ,providence of ,god1 7but humble himself rather under his mighty hand17 which comes to strip him naked and bare3 for he that doth otherwise1 fights against ,god2 and declares that he is a stranger to that of ,paul2 ,i know both how to be abased1 and ,i know how to abound2 every where1 in all things1 ,i am instructed both to be full1 and to be hungry1 both to abound1 and to suffer need4 #aje;f ,atten4 ,but ,mr4 ,badman would not1 ,i believe1 have put this difference 'twixt things feigned1 and those that fall of necessity4 ,wise4 ,if he will not1 ,god will1 ,conscience will2 and that not thine own only1 but the ,consciences of all those that have seen the way1 and that have known the truth of the condition of such an one4 ,atten4 ,well3 ,let us at this time leave this matter1 and return again to ,mr4 ,badman4 ,wise4 ,with all my heart will ,i proceed to give you a relation of what is yet behind of his ,life1 in order to our discourse of his ,death4 ,atten4 ,but pray do it with as much brevity as you can4 ,wise4 ,why8 are you a weary of my relating of things8 ,atten4 ,no4 ,but it pleases me to hear a great deal in few words4 ,wise4 ,i profess not my self an artist that way1 but yet as briefly as ,i can1 ,i will pass through what of his ,life is behind2 and again ,i shall begin with his fraudulent dealing 7as before ,i have shewed with his ,creditors1 so now7 with his ,customers1 and those that he had otherwise to deal withall4 ,he dealt by deceitfull ,weights and ,measures4 #ajf ,he kept weights to buy by1 and weights to sell by2 measures to buy by1 and measures to sell by3 those he bought by were too big1 those he sold by were too little4 ,besides1 he could use a thing called slight of hand1 if he had to do with other mens weights and measures1 and by that means make them whether he did buy or sell1 yea though his ,customer or ,chapman looked on1 turn to his own advantage4 ,moreover1 he had the art to misreckon men in their ,accounts whether by weight1 or measure1 or money1 and would often do it to his worldly advantage1 and their loss3 ,what say you to ,mr4 ,badman now8 ,and if a question was made of his faithfull dealing1 he had his servants ready1 that to his purpose he had brought up1 that would avouch and swear to his ,book1 or word3 this was ,mr4 ,badmans practice2 ,what think you of ,mr4 ,badman now8 ,atten4 ,think6 ,why ,i can think no other but that he was a man left to himself1 a naughty man2 for these1 as his other1 were naughty things2 if the tree1 as indeed it may1 ought to be judged1 what it is by its fruits2 then ,mr4 ,badman must needs be a bad ,tree4 ,but pray1 for my further satisfaction1 shew me now by the ,word of ,god1 evil of this his practice3 and first of his using false ,weights and ,measures4 ,wise4 ,the evil of that6 why the evil of that appears to every eye3 the ,heathens1 that live like ,beasts and ,bruits in many things1 do abominate and abhorr such wickedness as this4 ,let a man but look upon these things as he goes by1 and he shall see enough in them from the light of nature to make him loath so base a practice2 although ,mr4 ,badman loved it4 ,atten4 ,but shew me something out of the ,word against it1 will you8 ,wise4 ,i will willingly do it4 ,and first we will look into the ,old ,testament3 #ajg;a ,you shall1 saith ,god there1 do no unrighteousness in ,judgment1 in mete-yard1 in weights or in measures1 a just ,ballance1 a just ,weight1 a just ,ephah1 and a just ,hin shall you have4 #ajg;b ,this is the ,law of ,god1 and that which all men according to the ,law of the land ought to obey4 ,so again3 ,ye shall have just ,ballances1 and a just ,ephah1 c4 #ajg;c ,now having shewed you the ,law1 ,i will also shew you how ,god takes swerving therefrom4 ,a false ,ballance is not good2 a false ,ballance is an abomination to the ,lord4 #ajg;d ,some have just ,weights but false ,ballances1 and by vertue of those false ,ballances1 by their just ,weights1 they deceive the ,countrey3 #ajg;e ,wherefore1 ,god first of all commands that the ,ballance be made ,just3 ,a just ,ballance shalt thou have4 ,else they may be1 yea are1 decievers1 notwithstanding their just weights4 ,now1 having commanded that men have a just ,ballance1 and testifying that a false one is an abomination to the ,lord1 he proceedeth also unto weight and measure4 ,thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights1 a great and a small2 #ajg;f that is one to buy by1 and another to sell by1 as ,mr4 ,badman had4 ,thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures1 a great and a small1 7and these had ,mr4 ,badman also7 but thou shalt have a perfect and a just weight2 a perfect and a just measure shalt thou have1 that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the ,lord thy ,god giveth thee4 ,for all that do such things1 7that is1 that use false ,weights and ,measures7 and all that do unrighteously are abomination to the ,lord4 ,see now both how plentiful1 and how punctual the ,scripture is in this matter4 ,but perhaps it may be objected1 that all this is old ,law1 and therefore hath nothing to do with us under the ,new ,testament4 7,not that ,i think you1 neighbour1 will object thus37 ,well1 to this foolish objection1 let us make an ,answer4 ,first1 he that makes this objection1 if he doth it to overthrow the authority of those ,texts1 #ajh;a discovereth that himself is first cousen to ,mr4 ,badman3 ,for a ,just man is willing to speak reverently of those commands4 ,that man therefore hath1 ,i doubt1 but little conscience1 if any at all that is good1 that thus objecteth against the ,text3 but let us look into the ,new ,testament1 and there we shall see how ,christ confirmeth the same3 ,where he commandeth that men make to others good measure1 including also that they make good weight2 telling such that doe thus1 or those that do it not1 that they may be encouraged to do it2 ,good measure1 pressed down1 shaken together1 and running over1 shall men give into your bosom2 for with the same measure that ye mete withall1 it shall be measured to you again3 #ajh;b ,to wit1 both from ,god and man4 ,for as ,god will shew his indignation against the false man1 by taking away even that he hath1 so he will deliver up the false man to the ,oppressor1 and the ,extortioner shall catch from him1 as well as he hath catched from his neighbour2 therefore another ,scripture saith1 ,when thou shalt cease to deal treacherously1 they shall deal treacherously with thee4 ,that the ,new ,testament also1 hath an inspection into mens ,trading1 yea even with their weights and measures1 is evident from these general exhortations4 #ajh;c ,defraud not2 lye not one to another2 let no man goe beyond his brother in any matter1 for ,god is the avenger of all such3 whatsoever you do1 do it heartily1 as unto the ,lord1 doing all in his name1 to his glory2 and the like4 ,all these injunctions and commandments do respect our life and conversation among men1 with reference to our dealing1 trading1 and so consequently they forbid false1 deceitful1 yea all doings that are corrupt4 ,having thus in a word or two shewed you1 that these things are bad2 ,i will next1 for the conviction of those that use them1 shew you1 where ,god saith they are to be found4 #aji;a #a4 ,they are not to be found in the house of the good and godly man1 for he1 as his ,god1 abhorrs them2 but they are to be found in the house of evil doers1 #aji;b such as ,mr4 ,badmans is4 ,are there1 saith the ,prophet1 yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked1 and the scant measure that is abomination8 #aji;c ,are they there yet1 notwithstanding ,gods forbidding1 notwithstanding ,gods tokens of anger against those that do such things8 ,o how loth is a wicked man to let goe a sweet1 a gainful sin1 when he hath hold of it6 ,they hold fast deceit1 they refuse to let it goe4 #b4 ,these deceitful ,weights and ,measures are not to be found in the house of the ,mercifull1 but in the house of the ,cruel2 in the house of them that love to oppress4 #aji;d ,the ,ballances of deceit are in his hand1 he loveth to oppress4 #aji;e ,he is given to oppression and cruelty1 therefore he useth such wicked things in his calling4 ,yea he is a very cheat1 and as was hinted before1 concerning ,mr4 ,badmans breaking1 so ,i say now1 concerning his using these deceitful weights and measures1 it is as bad1 as base1 as to take a purse1 or pick a pocket2 for it is a plain robbery1 it takes away from a man that which is his own1 even the price of his money4 #c4 ,the deceitful ,weights and ,measures are not to be found in the house of such as relieve the belly1 and that cover the loyns of the poor1 but of such as indeed would swallow them up4 #aji;f ,hear ye this1 ye that swallow up the needy1 and that make the poor of the land to fail1 saying1 ,when will the new ,moon be gone that we may sell corn1 and the ,sabbath that we may set forth ,wheat1 making the ,ephah small and the ,sheckle great1 7making the ,measure small1 and the ,price great7 and falsifying the ,ballances by deceit1 that ye may buy the poor for silver1 and the needy for a pair of shooes1 and sell the refuse of the ,wheat4 ,the ,lord hath sworn by the excellencie of ,jacob1 surely ,i will not forget any of their works4 #aji;g ,so detestable and vile a thing is this in the sight of ,god4 #d4 ,god abominates the thoughts of calling of those that use false weights and measures1 by any other term than1 that they be ,impure ones #aaj;a or the like3 ,shall ,i count them pure 7saith he7 with the bag of deceitful weights8 #aaj;b no by no means1 they are impure ones1 their hands are defiled1 deceitful gain is in their houses1 they have gotten what they have by coveting an evil ,covetousness1 and therefore must and shall be counted among the impure1 among the wicked of the world4 ,thus you see how full and plain the ,word of ,god is1 against this sin1 and them that use it4 ,and therefore ,mr4 ,badman1 for that he used by these things thus to rook and cheat his neighbours1 is rightly rejected from having his ,name in1 and among the catalogue of the godly4 ,atten4 ,but ,i am perswaded1 that the using of these things1 and the doing by them thus deceitfully1 is not counted so great an evil by some4 ,wise4 ,whether it be counted an evil or a vertue1 by men1 it mattereth not2 you see by the ,scriptures1 the ,judgment of ,god upon it4 ,it was not counted an evil by ,mr4 ,badman1 nor is it by any that still are treading in his steps4 ,but1 ,i say1 'tis no matter how men esteem of things1 let us adhere to the ,judgment of ,god4 ,and the rather1 because when we our selves have done weighing and measuring to others1 then ,god will weigh and measure both us and our actions4 ,and when he doth so1 as he will do shortly1 then wo be to him to whom1 and of whose actions it shall be thus said by him3 ,tekel1 ,thou art weighed in the ,ballances1 and art found wanting4 #aaj;c ,god will then recompense their evil of deceiving upon their own head1 when he shall shut them out of his presence1 favour1 and kingdom1 for ever and ever4 ,atten4 ,but 'tis a wonder1 that since ,mr4 ,badmans common practice was to do thus1 that some one or more did not find him out1 and blame him for this his wickedness4 ,wise4 ,for the generality of people1 he went away clever with his ,knavery4 ,for what with his ,ballance1 his false ,ballance1 and good weight1 and what with his slight of hand to boot1 he beguiled1 sometimes a little1 and sometimes more1 most that he had to deal with3 ,besides1 those that use this naughty trade1 are either such as blind men with a shew of ,religion1 or by hectoring the buyer out by words4 ,i must confess ,mr4 ,badman was not so arch at the first2 #aaa;a that is1 to do it by shew of ,religion2 for now he began to grow threadbare1 7though some of his brethren are arch enough this way1 yea and of his sisters too1 for ,i told you at first that there was a great many of them1 and of them good37 but for hectoring1 for swearing1 for lying1 if these things would make weight and measure1 they should not be wanting to ,mr4 ,badmans ,customers4 ,atten4 ,then it seems he kept good ,weights1 and a bad ,ballance2 well that was better than that both should be bad4 ,wise4 ,not at all4 ,there lay the depth of his deceit3 #aaa;b ,for if any at any time found fault1 that he used them hardly1 and that they wanted their weight of things2 he would reply3 ,why did you not see them weighed8 will you not believe your own eyes3 ,if you question my weights1 pray carry them whether you will1 ,i will maintain them to be good and just4 ,the same he would say of his scales4 ,so he blinded all1 by his ,ballance4 ,atten4 ,this is cunning indeed3 but as you say1 there must be also something done or said1 to blind therewith1 and this ,i perceive ,mr4 ,badman had4 ,wise4 ,yes4 ,he had many ways to blind1 but he was never clever at it1 by making a shew of ,religion1 7though he cheated his wife therewith37 for he was1 especially by those that dwelt near him1 too well known to do that1 though he would bungle at it as well as he could4 ,but there are some that are arch villains this way2 they shall to view live a whole life ,religiously1 and yet shall be guilty of these most horrible sins3 ,and yet ,religion in it self is never the worse1 nor yet the true professors of it4 ,but as ,luther says1 ,in the name of ,god begins all mischief4 ,for ,hypocrites have no other way to bring their evils to maturity1 but by using and mixing the ,name of ,god and ,religion therewith4 #aab;b ,thus they become whited ,walls2 #aab;a for by this white1 the white of ,religion1 the dirt of their actions is hid4 ,thus also they become graves that appear not1 and they that goe over them1 7that have to do with them7 are not aware of them1 but suffer themselves to be deluded by them4 ,yea1 if there shall1 as there will sometimes1 rise a doubt in the heart of the buyer about the weight and measure he should have1 why1 he suffereth his very sences to be also deluded1 by recalling of his ,chapmans ,religion to mind1 and thinks verily that not his good chapman but himself is out2 for he dreams not that his chapman can deceive4 ,but if the buyer shall find it out1 and shall make it apparent1 that he is beguiled2 then shall he be healed by having amends made1 and perhaps fault shall be laid upon servants1 c4 and so ,master ,cheat shall stand for a right honest man in the eye of his ,customer1 though the next time he shall pick his pocket again4 ,some #aab;c plead ,custom for their ,cheat1 as if that could acquit them before the ,tribunal of ,god3 ,and others say1 it came to them for so much1 and therefore another must take it for so much1 though there is wanting both as to weight and measure3 but in all these things there are ,juggles2 or if not1 such must know1 #aab;d ,that that which is altogether just1 they must doe4 ,suppose that ,i be cheated my self with a brass half-,crown1 must ,i therefore cheat another therewith8 if this be bad in the whole1 it is also bad in the parts4 ,therefore however thou are dealt withall in thy buying1 yet thou must deal justly in selling1 or thou sinnest against thy soul1 and art become as ,mr4 ,badman4 ,and know1 that a pretence to custom is nothing worth4 ',tis not custom1 but good conscience that will help at ,gods ,tribunal4 ,atten4 ,but ,i am perswaded1 that that which is gotten by men this way1 doth them but little good4 ,wise4 ,i am of your mind for that1 but this is not considered by those thus minded4 ,for if they can get it1 though they get1 as we say1 the ,devil and all1 by their getting1 yet they are content1 and count that their getting is much4 ,little good6 ,why do you think they consider that8 ,no3 no more than they consider what they shall doe in the ,judgment1 at the day of ,god ,almighty1 for their wrong getting of what they get1 and that is just nothing at all4 #aac;a ,but to give you a more direct answer4 ,this kind of getting1 is so far off from doing them little good1 that it doth them no good at all2 because thereby they lose their own souls2 ,what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world1 and lose his own soul8 #aac;b ,he loseth then1 he loseth greatly that getteth after this fashion4 ,this is the man that is penny-wise1 and pound-foolish2 this is he that loseth his good ,sheep for a halfpennyworth of tarr2 that loseth a soul for a little of the world4 ,and then what doth he get thereby1 but loss and dammage8 #aac;c ,thus he getteth1 or rather loseth about the world to come3 ,but what doth he get in this world1 more than travel and sorrow vexation of spirit1 and disappointment8 ,men aim at blessedness in getting1 ,i mean1 at temporal blessedness2 but the man that thus getteth1 shall not have that4 ,for though an ,inheritance after this manner may be hastily gotten at the beginning1 yet the end thereof shall not be blessed4 ,they gather it indeed1 and think to keep it too1 but what says ,solomon8 ,god casteth it away4 ,the ,lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish1 but he casteth away the substance of the wicked4 ,the time1 as ,i said1 that they do enjoy it1 it shall doe them no good at all2 but long to be sure they must not have it4 ,for ,god will either take it away in their life time1 or else in the generation following1 according to that of ,job3 ,he1 the wicked1 may prepare it1 but the just shall put it on1 and the innocent shall divide the silver4 #aac;d ,consider that also that is written in the ,proverbs3 ,a good man leaveth an ,inheritance to his childrens children1 and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just4 #aac;e ,what then doth he get thereby1 that getteth by dishonest means8 why he getteth ,sin and ,wrath1 ,hell and ,damnation3 and now tell me how much he doth get4 ,this1 ,i say1 is his getting2 so that as ,david says1 we may be bold to say too3 ,i beheld the wicked in great prosperity1 and presently ,i cursed his habitation3 for it cannot prosper with him4 ,fluster and huff1 and make a doe for a while he may1 but ,god hath determined that both he and it shall melt like grease1 and any observing man may see it so4 ,behold1 the unrighteous man in a way of ,injustice getteth much1 and loadeth himself with thick ,clay1 but anon it withereth1 it decayeth1 and even he1 or the ,generation following decline1 and return to beggery4 ,and this ,mr4 ,badman1 notwithstanding his cunning and crafty tricks to get money1 did dye1 no body can tell whether worth a farthing or no4 ,atten4 ,he had all the bad tricks1 ,i think1 that it was possible for a man to have1 to get money2 one would think that he should a been rich4 ,wise4 ,you reckon too fast1 if you count these all his bad tricks to get money3 ,for he had more besides4 #aad;a ,if his customers were in his ,books 7as it should goe hard but he would have them there2 at least1 if he thought he could make any advantage of them17 then1 then would he be sure to impose upon them his worst1 even very bad ,comodity1 yet set down for it the price that the best was sold at3 like those that sold the ,refuse ,wheat1 or the worst of the wheat2 making the ,sheckle great1 #aad;b yet hoisting up the price3 ,this was ,mr4 ,badmans way4 ,he #aad;c would sell goods that cost him not the best price by far1 for as much as he sold the best of all for4 ,he had also a trick to mingle his comodity1 that that which was bad might goe off with the less mistrust4 ,besides1 if his customers at any time paid him money1 let them look to themselves1 and to their ,acquitances1 for he would usually attempt to call for that payment again1 specially if he thought that there was hopes of making a prize thereby1 and then to be sure if they could not produce good and sufficient ground of the payment1 a hundred to one but they payed it again4 ,sometimes the honest ,chapman would appeal to his servants for proof of the payment of money1 but they were trained up by him to say after his mind1 right or wrong3 so that1 relief that way1 he could get none4 ,atten4 ,it is a bad1 yea an abominable thing for a man to have such servants4 ,for by such means a poor customer may be undone and not know how to help himself4 ,alas6 if the master be so unconscionable1 as ,i perceive ,mr4 ,badman was1 to call for his money twice1 and if his servant will swear that it is a due debt1 where is any help for such a man8 he must sink1 there is no remedy4 ,wise4 ,this is very bad1 but this has been a practice1 and that hundreds of years agoe4 ,but what saith the ,word of ,god8 ,i will punish all those that leap upon the threshold1 which fill their masters houses with violence and deceit4 #aae;a #aae;b ,mr4 ,badman also had this art2 could he get a man at advantage1 that is1 if his chapman durst not go from him1 or if the comodity he wanted could not for the present be conveniently had elsewhere2 ,then let him look to himself1 he would surely make his purse-strings crack2 he would exact upon him without any pity or conscience4 ,atten4 ,that was ,extortion1 was it not8 ,i pray let me hear your ,judgment of ,extortion1 what it is1 and when committed8 ,wise4 ,extortion #aae;c is a screwing from men more than by the ,law of ,god or men is right2 and it is committed sometimes by them in ,office1 about ,fees1 ,rewards1 and the like3 but 'tis most commonly committed by men of ,trade1 who without all conscience1 when they have the advantage1 will make a prey of their neighbour4 ,and thus was ,mr4 ,badman an ,extortioner2 for although he did not exact1 and force away1 as ,bailifs and ,clarks have used to doe2 yet he had his opportunities1 and such cruelty to make use of them1 that he would often1 in his way1 be ,extorting1 and forcing of money out of his ,neighbours pocket4 ,for every man that makes a prey of his advantage upon his neighbours necessities1 to force from him more than in reason and conscience1 according to the present prizes of things such comodity is worth2 may very well be called an ,extortioner1 and ,judged for one that hath ,no inheritance in the ,kingdom of ,god4 #aae;d ,atten4 ,well1 this ,badman was a sad wretch4 ,wise4 ,thus you have often said before4 ,but now we are in discourse of this1 give me leave a little to goe on4 ,we have a great many people in the ,countrey too that live all their dayes in the practice1 and so under the guilt of ,extortion3 people1 alas6 that think scorn to be so accounted4 ,as for ,example3 #aaf;a ,there is a poor body that dwells1 we will suppose1 so many miles from the ,market2 and this man wants a ,bushel of ,grist1 a pound of ,butter1 or a ,cheese for himself1 his wife and poor children3 ,but dwelling so far from the ,market1 if he goes thither1 he shall lose his dayes work1 which will be eight pence or ten pence dammage to him1 and that is something to a poor man4 ,so he goeth to one of his ,masters or ,dames for what he wanteth1 and asks them to help him with such a thing3 ,yes1 say they1 you may have it2 but withall they will give him a gripe1 perhaps make him pay as much 7or more7 for it at home1 as they can get when they have carryed it five miles to a ,market1 yea and that too for the ,refuse of their ,commodity4 ,but in this the ,women are especially faulty1 in the sale of their ,butter and ,cheese1 c4 ,now this is a kind of ,extortion1 it is a making a prey of the necessity of the poor1 it is a grinding of their faces1 a buying and selling of them4 ,but above all1 your #aaf;b ,hucksters1 that buy up the poor mans ,victuals by whole-sale1 and sell it to him again for unreasonable gains1 by retale1 and as we call it1 by piece meal2 they are got into a way1 after a stingeing rate1 to play their game upon such by ,extortion3 ,i mean such who buy up ,butter1 ,cheese1 ,eggs1 ,bacon1 c4 by whole sale1 and sell it again 7as they call it7 by penny worths1 two penny worths1 a half penny worth1 or the like1 to the poor1 all the week after the market is past4 ,these1 though ,i will not condemn them all1 do1 many of them1 bite and pinch the poor by this kind of evil dealing4 ,these destroy the poor because he is poor1 and that is a grievous sin4 ,he that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches1 and that giveth to the rich1 shall surely come to want4 #aaf;c ,therefore he saith again1 ,rob not the poor because he is poor1 neither oppress the afflicted in the gate2 for the ,lord will plead their cause1 and spoil the soul of them that spoile them4 ,oh that he that gripeth and grindeth the face of the poor1 would take notice of these two ,scriptures6 ,here is threatned the destruction of the ,estate1 yea and of the ,soul too1 of them that oppress the poor4 ,their ,soul we shall better see where1 and in what condition that is in1 when the day of ,doom is come2 but for the ,estates of such1 they usually quickly moulter2 and that sometimes all men1 and sometimes no man knows how4 ,besides1 these are ,usurers1 yea they take usury for victuals1 which thing the ,lord has forbidden4 #aag;a ,and because they cannot so well do it on the ,market-day1 therefore they do it1 as ,i said1 when the market is over2 for then the poor falls into their mouths1 and are necessitated to have1 as they can1 for their need1 and they are resolved they shall pay soundly for it4 ,perhaps some will find fault for my medling thus with other folks matters1 and for my thus prying into the secrets of their iniquity4 ,but to such ,i would say1 since such actions are evil1 'tis time they were hissed out of the world4 ,for all that doe such things1 offend against ,god1 wrong their neighbour1 and like ,mr4 ,badman doe provoke ,god to ,judgment4 ,god knows1 there is abundance of deceit in the world6 ,wise4 ,deceit6 ,aie1 but ,i have not told you the thousandth part of it2 nor is it my business now to rake to the bottom of that dunghill3 what would you say1 if ,i should anatomize some of those vile wretches called ,pawn-,brokers1 that lend ,money and ,goods to poor people1 who are by necessity forced to such an inconvenience2 and will make1 by one trick or other1 the ,interest of what they so lend1 amount to thirty1 forty1 yea sometimes fifty pound by the year2 nothwithstanding the ,principal is secured by a sufficient pawn2 which they will keep too at last1 if they can find any shift to cheat the wretched borrower4 ,atten4 ,say6 ,why such ,miscreants are the pest and ,vermin of the ,common-,wealth1 not fit for the society of men2 but methinks by some of those things you ,discoursed before1 you seem to import that it is not lawful for a man to make the best of his own4 ,wise4 ,if by making the best1 you mean1 to sell for as much as by hook or crook he can get for his comodity2 then ,i say1 it is not lawful4 ,and if ,i should say the contrary1 ,i should justifie ,mr4 ,badman and all the rest of that ,gang3 but that ,i never shall doe1 for the ,word of ,god condemns them4 ,but that it is not lawful for a man at all times1 to sell his commodity for as much as he can1 ,i prove by these reasons4 #aah;a ,first1 ,if it be lawful for me alway to sell my commodity as dear1 or for as much as ,i can1 then 'tis lawful for me to lay aside in my dealing with others1 good conscience1 to them1 and to ,god3 but it is not lawful for me1 in my dealing with others1 to lay aside good conscience1 c4 ,therefore it is not lawful for me always to sell my commodity as dear1 or for as much as ,i can4 ,that #aah;b it is not lawful to lay aside good conscience in our dealings1 has already been proved in the former part of our discourse3 but that a man must lay it aside that will sell his commodity always as dear or for as much as he can1 is plainly manifest thus4 #a4 ,he that will 7as is mentioned afore7 sell his commodity as dear as he can1 must sometimes make a prey of the ignorance of his chapman3 #aah;c but that he cannot doe with a good conscience 7for that is to overreach1 and to goe beyond my chapman1 and is forbidden1 #a ,thess4 #d4 #f47 ,therefore he that will sell his commodity1 as afore1 as dear1 or for as much as he can1 must of necessity lay aside good conscience4 #b4 ,he that will sell his commodity always as dear as he can1 must needs1 sometimes make a prey of his neighbours necessity2 #aah;d but that he cannot doe with a good conscience1 7for that is to goe beyond and defraud his neighbour1 contrary to #a ,thess4 #d4 #f47 ,therefore he that will sell his commodity1 as afore1 as dear1 or for as much as he can1 must needs cast off and lay aside a good conscience4 #c4 ,he that will 7as afore7 sell his commodity as dear1 or for as much as he can1 must1 if need be1 make a prey of his neighbours fondness2 but that a man cannot doe with a good conscience1 #aai;a 7for that is still a going beyond him1 contrary to #a ,thess4 #d4 #f47 ,therefore1 he that will sell his commodity as dear1 or for as much as he can1 must needs cast off1 and lay aside good conscience4 ,the same also may be said for buying2 no man may always buy as cheap as he can1 but must also use good conscience in buying2 #aai;b ,the which he can by no means use and keep1 if he buyes always as cheap as he can1 and that for the reasons urged before4 ,for such will make a prey of the ignorance1 necessity1 and fondness of their chapman1 the which they cannot doe with a good consceince4 ,when ,abraham would buy a ,burying-place of the ,sons of ,heth1 thus he said unto them4 ,intreat for me to ,ephron the son of ,zohar1 that he may give me the cave of ,machpelah1 which he hath1 in the end his field4 ,for as much as it is worth shall he give it me4 ,gen4 #bc4 #h1 #i4 #aai;c ,he would not have it under foot1 he scorned it1 he abhored it3 ,it stood not with his ,religion1 ,credit1 nor ,conscience4 ,so also when ,david1 would buy a field of ,ornon the ,jebusite3 ,thus he said unto him3 ,grant me the place the threshing-floor1 that ,i may build an ,altar there unto the ,lord4 ,thou shalt give it me for the full price4 #aai;d ,he also1 as ,abraham1 made conscience of this kind of dealing3 he would not lie at catch to go beyond1 no not the ,jebusite1 but will give him his full price for his field4 ,for he knew that there was wickedness1 as in selling too dear so in buying too cheap1 therefore he would not do it4 ,there ought therefore to be good conscience used1 as in selling1 so in buying2 for 'tis also unlawful for a man to goe beyond or to defraud his neighbour in buying2 yea 'tis unlawful to doe it in any matter1 and ,god will plentifully avenge that wrong3 as ,i also before have forewarned and testified4 ,see also the #aai;e text in the margent4 ,but1 ,secondly1 if it be lawful for me always to sell my commodity as dear1 or for as much as ,i can1 then it is lawful for me to deal with my neighbour without the use of #abj;a charity3 but it is not lawful for me to lay aside1 or to deal with my neighbour without the use of charity1 therefore it is not lawful for me always to sell my commodity to my neighbour for as much as ,i can4 ,a man in dealing should as really design his ,neighbours good1 profit1 and advantage1 as his own3 ,for this is to exercise ,charity in his dealing4 ,that ,i should thus use1 or exercise charity towards my ,neighbour in my buying and selling1 c4 with him1 is evident from the general command3 ,let all your things be done in charity3 #abj;b ,but that a man cannot live in the exercise of charity1 that selleth1 as afore1 as dear1 or that buyeth as cheap as he can1 is evident by these reasons4 #a4 ,he that sells his commodity as dear1 or for as much money 7always7 as he can1 seeks himself1 and himself only2 7but charity seeketh not her own1 nor her own only #abj;c37 ,so then1 he that seeks himself1 and himself onely1 as he that sells 7as afore7 as dear as he can1 does2 maketh not use of1 nor doth he exercise charity1 in his so dealing4 #b4 ,he that selleth his commodity 7always7 for as much as he can get1 hardeneth his heart against all reasonable entreaties of the buyer4 ,but he that doth so1 cannot exercise charity in his dealing2 therefore it is not lawful for a man to sell his commodity1 as afore1 as dear as he can4 ,thirdly1 ,if it be lawful for me to sell my commodity1 as afore1 as dear as ,i can1 then there can be no sin in my ,trading1 how unreasonably soever ,i manage my calling1 whether by ,lying1 ,swearing1 ,cursing1 ,cheating2 for all this is but to sell my commodity as dear as ,i can3 but that there is sin in these1 is evident1 therefore ,i may not sell my commodity always as dear as ,i can4 #abj;d #abj;e ,fourthly1 ,he that sells1 as afore1 as dear as he can1 offereth violence to the law of ,nature3 #aba;b for that saith1 ,doe unto all men1 even as ye would that they should doe unto you4 #aba;a ,now1 was the ,seller a ,buyer1 he would not that he of whom he buyes1 should sell him always as dear as he can2 therefore he should not sell so himself1 when it is his lot to sell1 and others to buy of him4 ,fifthly1 ,he that selleth1 as afore1 as dear as he can1 makes use of that instruction1 that ,god hath not given to others1 but sealed up in his hand1 #aba;c to abuse his ,law1 and to wrong his neighbour withall3 which indeed is contrary to ,god4 #aba;d ,god hath given thee more skill1 more knowledge and understanding in thy commodity than he hath given to him that would buy of thee4 ,but what6 canst thou think1 that ,god has given thee this1 that thou mightest thereby make a prey of thy neighbour8 that thou mightest thereby goe beyond and beguile thy neighbour8 ,no1 verily2 but he hath given thee it1 for his help2 that thou mightest in this1 be eyes to the blind1 and save thy neighbour from that dammage1 that his ignorance1 or necessity1 or fondness would betray him into the hands of4 ,sixthly1 ,in all that a man does1 he should have an eye to the glory of ,god1 #aba;e but that he cannot have that sells his commodity always for as much as he can1 for the reasons urged before4 ,seventhly1 ,all that a man does1 he should doe in the ,name of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ2 #aba;f that is1 as being commanded1 and authorized to doe it by him3 but he that selleth always as dear as he can1 cannot so much as pretend to this1 without horrid blaspheming of that ,name1 because commanded by him to doe otherwise4 ,eightly1 and lastly1 ,in all that a man does1 he should have an eye to the day of ,judgment1 and to the consideration of how his actions will be esteemed of in that day4 #aba;g ,therefore there is not any man can or ought to sell always as dear as he can3 unless he will1 yea he must say1 in so doing1 ,i will run the hazard of the tryal of that day1 ,if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour1 or buyest ought of thy neighbour1 ye shall not oppress one another4 #abb;a ,atten4 ,but why doe you put in those cautionary words8 ,they must not sell always as dear1 nor buy always as cheap as they can3 doe you not thereby intimate that a man may sometimes do so8 ,wise4 ,i doe indeed intimate that somtimes the seller may sell as dear1 and the buyer buy as cheap as he can2 but this is allowable only in these cases3 ,when he that sells is a ,knave1 and lays aside all good conscience in selling2 or when the buyer is a ,knave1 and layes aside all good conscience in buying4 ,if the buyer therefore lights of a ,knave1 or if the seller lights of a ,knave1 then let them look to themselves3 but yet so1 as not to lay aside conscience1 because he that thou dearest with doth so3 but how vile or base soever the chapman is1 do thou keep thy commodity at a reasonable price3 or if thou buyest1 offer reasonable gain for the thing thou wouldest have3 and if this will not do with the buyer or seller1 then seek thee a more honest chapman3 ,if thou objectest1 ,but ,i have not skil to know when a pennyworth is before me3 ,get some that have more skill than thy self in that affair1 and let them in that matter dispose of thy money4 ,but if there were no ,knaves in the world1 these objections need not be made4 ,and thus1 my very good neighbour1 have ,i given you a few of my reasons1 why a man that hath it1 should not always sell too dear1 nor buy as cheap as he can3 but should use good ,conscience to ,god1 and ,charity to his ,neighbour in both4 ,atten4 ,but were some men here1 to hear you1 ,i believe they would laugh you to scorn4 ,wise4 ,i question not that at all1 for so1 #abb;b ,mr4 ,badman used to doe1 when any man told him of his faults3 he used to think himself wiser than any1 and would count1 as ,i have hinted before1 that he was not arrived to a manly spirit that did stick or boggle at any wickedness4 ,but let ,mr4 ,badman and his fellowes laugh1 ,i will bear it1 and still give them good counsel4 ,but ,i will remember also1 for my further relief and comfort1 that thus they that were covetous of old1 served the ,son of ,god himself4 ,it is their time to laugh now1 that they may mourn in time to come4 #abb;c ,and1 ,i say again1 when they have laughed out their laugh2 ,he that useth not good conscience to ,god1 and charity to his neighbour1 in buying and selling1 dwells next dore to an ,infidel1 and is near of kin to ,mr4 ,badman4 ,atten4 ,well1 but what will you say to this question8 #abc;a 7you know that there is no settled price set by ,god upon any ,commodity that is bought or sold under the ,sun2 but all things that we buy and sell1 do ebbe and flow1 as to price1 like the ,tide37 ,how 7then7 shall a man of a tender conscience doe1 neither to wrong the seller1 buyer1 nor himself1 in buying and selling of commodities8 ,wise4 ,this ,question is thought to be frivolous by all that are of ,mr4 ,badmans way2 'tis also difficult in it self3 yet ,i will endeavour to shape you an ,answer1 #abc;b and that first to the matter of the question2 to wit1 ,how a ,tradesman should1 in ,trading1 keep a good conscience2 7,a buyer or seller either47 ,secondly1 ,how he should prepare himself to this work1 and live in the practice of it4 ,for the first3 ,he #abc;c must observe what hath been said before1 to wit1 he must have conscience to ,god1 charity to his neighbour2 and ,i will add1 much moderation in dealing4 ,let him therefore keep within the bounds of the affirmative of those eight reasons that before were urged to prove1 that men ought not in their ,dealing1 but to do ,justly and mercifully 'twixt man and man2 and then there will be no great fear of wronging the seller1 buyer1 or himself4 ,but particularly to prepare1 or instruct a man to this work3 #a4 ,let the ,tradesman or others consider1 that there is not that in great ,gettings1 and in abundance1 which the most of men do suppose3 ,for all that a man has over and above what serves for his present necessity and supply1 serves only to feed the lusts of the eye4 ,for what good is there to the owners thereof1 save the beholding of them with their eyes8 #abc;d ,men also1 many times1 in getting of riches1 get therewith a snare to their soul3 #abc;e ,but few get good by getting of them4 ,but this consideration1 ,mr4 ,badman could not abide4 #b4 ,consider1 that the getting of wealth dishonestly 7as he does1 that getteth it without good conscience and charity to his neighbour17 is a great offender against ,god4 ,hence he says1 ,i have smitten mine hands at thy dishonest gain1 which thou hast made4 #abd;a ,it is a manner of speech that shews anger in the very making of mention of the ,crime4 ,therefore1 #c4 ,consider1 that a little honestly gotten1 though it may yield thee but a dinner of herbs at a time1 will yield more peace therewith1 than will a stalled ,ox1 ill gotten4 ,better is a little with righteousness1 than great revenues without right4 #abd;b #d4 ,be thou confident1 that ,gods eyes are upon all thy wayes1 and that he pondereth all thy goings1 and also that he marks them1 writes them down1 and seals them up in a bag1 against the time to come4 #abd;c #e4 ,be thou sure that thou remembrest1 that thou knowest not the day of thy death4 ,remember also1 that when death comes1 ,god will give thy substance1 for the which thou hast laboured1 and for the which perhaps thou hast hazarded thy soul1 to one1 thou knowest not who1 nor whether he shall be a wise man or a fool4 ,and then1 what profit hath he that laboureth for the wind8 #abd;d ,besides1 thou shalt have nothing that thou mayest so much as carry away in thine hand4 ,guilt shall goe with thee1 if thou hast got it dishonestly1 and they also to whom thou shalt leave it1 shall receive it to their hurt4 ,these things duly considered1 and made use of by thee to the preparing of thy heart to thy calling of buying or selling2 ,i come in the next place to shew thee how thou shouldest live in the practick part of this art4 ,art thou to buy or sell8 #a4 ,if thou sellest1 do not commend2 if thou buyest1 do not dispraise1 any otherwise1 but to give the thing that thou hast to do with1 its just value and worth2 for thou canst not do otherwise knowingly1 but of a covetous and wicked mind4 ,wherefore else are comodities over-valued by the ,seller1 and also under-valued by the ,buyer4 ,it is naught1 it is naught1 says the buyer1 but when he hath got his bargain he boasteth thereof4 #abd;e ,what hath this man done now but lyed in the dispraising of his bargain8 and why did he dispraise it1 but of a covetous mind1 to wrong and beguile the seller8 #b4 ,art thou a seller1 and do things grow dear8 set not thy hand to help1 or hold them up higher2 this cannot be done without wickedness neither2 for this is a making of the sheckle great3 #abe;a ,art thou a buyer1 and do things grow dear8 use no cunning or deceitful language to pull them down3 for that cannot be done but wickedly too4 ,what then shall we do8 will you say4 ,why ,i answer3 ,leave things to the providence of ,god1 and do thou with moderation submit to his hand4 ,but since1 when they are growing dear1 the hand that upholds the price1 is1 for the time1 more strong than that which would pull it down2 ,that being the hand of the seller1 who loveth to have it dear1 specially if it shall rise in his hand3 therefore ,i say1 do thou take heed1 and have not a hand in it4 ,the which thou mayest have to thine own and thy neighbours hurt1 these three ways3 #a4 ,by crying out scarcity1 scarcity1 beyond the truth and state of things3 especially take heed of doing of this by way of a prognostick for time to come4 ',twas for #abe;b this for which he was trodden to death in the gate of ,samaria1 that you read of in the book of ,kings4 ,this sin has a double evil in it4 #a4 ,it belieth the present blessing of ,god amongst us3 and1 #b4 ,it undervalueth the riches of his goodness1 which can make all good things to abound towards us4 #b4 ,this wicked thing may be done by hoarding up1 when the hunger and ,necessity of the poor calls for it4 ,now that ,god may shew his dislike against this1 he doth1 as it were1 license the people to curse such an hoarder up4 ,he that withholdeth corn1 the people shall curse him1 but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it4 #abe;c #c4 ,but if things will rise1 do thou be grieved2 ,be also moderate in all thy sellings1 and be sure let the poor have a pennyworth1 and sell thy ,corn to those in necessity3 #abe;d ,which then thou wilt do1 when thou shewest mercy to the poor in thy selling to him1 and when thou for his sake1 because he is poor1 undersellest the market4 ,this is to buy and sell with good conscience3 thy buyer thou wrongest not1 thy ,conscience thou wrongest not1 thy self thou wrongest not1 for ,god will surely recompense thee4 ,i have spoken concerning ,corn1 but thy duty is1 to let thy moderation in all things be known unto all men1 the ,lord is at hand4 #abe;e ,atten4 ,well1 ,sir1 now ,i have heard enough of ,mr4 ,badmans naughtiness1 pray now proceed to his ,death4 ,wise4 ,why ,sir1 the ,sun is not so low1 we have yet three hours to night4 ,atten4 ,nay2 ,i am not in any great hast1 but ,i thought you had even now done with his ,life4 ,wise4 ,done6 no1 ,i have yet much more to say4 ,atten4 ,then he has much more wickedness than ,i thought he had4 ,wise4 ,that may be4 ,but let us proceed3 ,this ,mr4 ,badman1 added to all his wickedness this1 ,he was a very proud man1 a ,very proud man4 #abf;a ,he was exceeding proud and haughty in mind2 ,he looked1 that what he said1 ought not1 must not be contradicted or opposed4 ,he counted himself as wise as the wisest in the ,countrey1 as good as the best1 and as beautiful as he that had most of it4 ,he took great delight in praising of himself1 and as much in the praises that others gave him4 ,he could not abide that any should think themselves above him1 or that their wit or personage should by others be set before his4 #abf;b ,he had scarce a fellowly carriage for his equals4 ,but for those that were of an inferior ranck1 he would look over them in great contempt4 ,and if at any time he had any remote occasion of having to do with them1 he would shew great height1 and a very domineering spirit4 ,so that in this it may be said that ,solomon gave a characteristical note of him1 when he said3 ,proud and haughty scorner is his name1 who dealeth in proud wrath4 #abf;c ,he never thought his ,dyet well enough dressed1 his ,cloathes fine enough made1 or his ,praise enough refined4 ,atten4 ,this ,pride1 is a sin that sticks as close to nature ,i think1 as most sins4 ,there is ,uncleanness and ,pride1 ,i know not of any two gross sins that stick closer to men then they4 ,they have1 as ,i may call it1 an interest in ,nature2 it likes them because they most suit its lusts and fancies3 and therefore no marvel though ,mr4 ,badman was tainted with pride1 since he had so wickedly given up himself to work all iniquity with greediness4 ,wise4 ,you say right2 ,pride1 is a sin that sticks close to ,nature1 #abf;d and is one of the first follies wherein it shews it self to be polluted4 ,for even in ,childhood1 even in little children1 ,pride will first of all shew it self2 it is a hasty1 an early appearance of the sin of the soul4 ,it1 as ,i may say1 is that corruption that strives for predominancy in the heart1 and therefore usually comes out first4 ,but though children are so incident to it1 yet methinks those of more years1 should be ashamed thereof4 ,i might at the first have begun with ,mr4 ,badmans ,pride1 only ,i think it is not the ,pride in ,infancy1 that begins to make a difference betwixt one and another1 as did1 and do those wherewith ,i began my relation of his life3 therefore ,i passed it over1 but now1 since he had no more consideration of himself1 and of his vile and sinful state1 but to be proud when come to years2 ,i have taken the occasion in this place to make mention of his pride4 ,atten4 ,but pray1 if you can remember them1 tell me of some places of ,scripture that speak against pride4 ,i the rather desire this1 because that pride is now a reigning sin1 and ,i happen sometimes to fall into the company of them that in my conscience are proud1 very much1 and ,i have a mind also to tell them of their sin2 now when ,i tell them of it1 unless ,i bring ,gods word too1 ,i doubt they will laugh me to scorn4 ,wise4 ,laugh you to scorn6 the ,proud man will laugh you to scorn1 bring to him what ,text you can1 except ,god shall smite him in his conscience by the ,word3 ,mr4 ,badman did use to serve them so that did use to tell him of his3 and besides1 when you have said what you can1 they will tell you they are not proud1 and that you are rather the proud man1 else you would not judge1 nor so malapertly meddle with other mens matters as you do4 ,nevertheless1 since you desire it1 ,i will mention two or three texts3 ,they are these4 ,pride and arrogancy do ,i hate4 ,a mans pride shall bring him low4 ,and he shall bring down their pride4 ,and all the proud1 and all that do wickedly shall be as stubble1 and the day that comes shall burn them up4 #abg ,this last1 is a dreadful ,text2 it is enough to make a proud man shake3 ,god1 saith he1 will make the proud ones as stubble2 that is1 as fuel for the fire1 and the day that cometh shall be like a burning oven1 and that day shall burn them up1 saith the ,lord4 ,but ,mr4 ,badman could never abide to hear pride spoken against1 nor that any should say of him1 ,he is a proud man4 ,atten4 ,what should be the reason of that8 ,wise4 ,he did not tell me the reason2 but ,i suppose it to be that which is common to all vile persons4 ,they love this ,vice1 but care not to bear its name4 #abh;a ,the ,drunkard loves the sin1 but loves not to be called a drunkard4 ,the ,thief loveth to steal1 but cannot abide to be called a thief1 the whore loveth to commit uncleanness1 but loveth not to be called a ,whore2 ,and so ,mr4 ,badman loved to be proud1 but could not abide to be called a proud man4 ,the sweet of sin1 is desirable to polluted and corrupted man1 but the name thereof1 is a blot in his ,scutcheon4 ,atten4 ',tis true that you have said3 but pray how many sorts of pride are there8 ,wise4 ,there are two sorts of ,pride2 #abh;b ,pride of ,spirit1 and ,pride of ,body4 ,the first of these is thus made mention of in the ,scriptures4 ,every one that is proud in heart is abomination to the ,lord4 #abh;c ,a high look1 and a proud heart1 and the plowing of the wicked is sin4 ,the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit4 ,bodily pride these ,scriptures mention4 ,in that day the ,lord shall take away the bravery of their tinckling ornaments about their feet1 and their cauls1 and their round tires like the ,moon1 the chains1 and the bracelets1 and the mufflers1 the bonnets1 and the ornaments of the legs1 and the headbands1 and the tablets1 and the ear-rings1 the rings1 and the ,nose-jewels3 #abh;d ,the changable suits of ,apparell1 and the mantles1 and the wimples1 and the crisping pins1 the glasses1 and the fine linnen1 and the hoods and the vails4 ,by these expressions it is evident that there is ,pride of ,body1 as well as ,pride of ,spirit1 and that both are sin1 and so abominable to the ,lord4 ,but these ,texts ,mr4 ,badman could never abide to read1 they were to him as ,micaiah was to ,ahab1 they never spake good of him1 but evil4 ,atten4 ,i suppose that it was not ,mr4 ,badmans case alone even to maligne those ,texts that speak against their vices3 ,for ,i believe1 that most ungodly men1 7where the ,scriptures are7 have a secret antipathy against those words of ,god that do most plainly and fully rebuke them for their sins4 #abh;e ,wise4 ,that is out of doubt1 and by that antipathy1 they shew1 that sin and ,satan are more welcome to them than are the wholesome instructions of life and godliness4 ,atten4 ,well1 but not to goe off from our discourse of ,mr4 ,badman4 ,you say he was proud3 but will you shew me now some symptoms of one that is proud8 ,wise4 ,yes1 that ,i will3 ,and first ,i will shew you some symptoms of ,pride of ,heart4 #abi;a ,pride of heart1 is seen by outward things1 as ,pride of ,body in general1 is a sign of pride of heart2 for all proud gestures of the body flow from ,pride of heart3 therefore ,solomon saith2 ,there is a generation1 ,o how lofty are their eyes1 and their eye-lids are lifted up3 #abi;b ,and again2 ,there is that exalteth their gate1 their going4 #abi;c ,now these lofty eyes1 and this exalting of the gate1 is a sign of a ,proud heart3 for both these actions come from the heart3 for out of the heart comes ,pride1 in all the visible appearances of it4 #abi;d ,but more particularly3 #a4 ,heart ,pride is discovered #abi;e by a stretched out ,neck1 and by mincing as they go4 ,for the wicked1 the ,proud1 have a proud ,neck1 a proud ,foot1 a proud ,tongue1 by which this their going is exalted4 ,this is that which makes them look scornfully1 speak ruggedly1 and carry it huffingly among their ,neighbours4 #b4 ,a proud heart1 is a persecuting one3 ,the wicked through his pride doth persecute the poor4 #abi;f #c4 ,a prayerless man is a proud man4 #abi;g #d4 ,a contentious man is a proud man4 #abi;h #e4 ,the disdainful man is a proud man4 #abi;i #f4 ,the man that oppresses his neighbour is a proud man4 #abi;j #g4 ,he that hearkeneth not to ,gods ,word with reverence and fear1 is a proud man4 #abik #h4 ,and he that calls the proud happy1 is1 be sure1 a proud man4 ,all these are proud in heart1 and this their pride of heart doth thus discover it self4 #abil #abim ,as to bodily #abin pride1 it is discovered1 that is1 something of it1 by all the particulars mentioned before2 for though they are said to be symptoms of pride of heart1 yet they are symptoms of that pride1 by their shewing of themselves in the ,body4 ,you know diseases that are within1 are seen oft-times by outward and visible ,signs1 yet by them very signs even the outside is defiled also4 ,so all those visible signs of heart-pride1 are signs of bodily pride also4 ,but to come to more outward signs3 ,the putting on of ,gold1 and ,pearls1 and costly array2 the pleating of the hair1 the following of fashions1 the seeking by gestures to imitate the proud1 either by speech1 looks1 dresses1 goings1 or other fools baubles1 7of which at this time the world is full7 all these1 and many more1 are signs1 as of a proud heart1 so of bodily pride also4 #acj;b ,but ,mr4 ,badman would not allow1 by any means1 that this should be called ,pride1 #acj;c but rather neatness1 handsomness1 comeliness1 cleanliness1 c4 neither would he allow that following of fashions was any thing else1 but because he would not be proud1 singular1 and esteemed fantastical by his neighbours4 ,atten4 ,but ,i have been told1 that when some have been rebuked for their pride1 they have turned it again upon the brotherhood of those by whom they have been rebuked3 saying1 ,physician heal thy ,friends1 look at home1 among your ,brotherhood1 even among the wisest of you1 and see if you your selves be clear1 even you professors3 for who is prouder than you professors8 scarcesly the ,devil himself4 ,wise4 ,my heart akes at this answer1 because there is too much cause for it4 #acj;d ,this very ,answer would ,mr4 ,badman give his wife1 when she 7as she would sometimes7 reproved him for his pride3 ,we shall have1 says he1 great amendments in living now1 for the ,devil is turned a corrector of vice3 ,for no sin reigneth more in the world1 quoth he1 than pride among professors4 ,and who can contradict him8 let us give the ,devil his due1 the thing is too apparent for any man to deny4 ,and ,i doubt not but the same answer is ready in the mouths of ,mr4 ,badmans friends2 for they may and do see pride display it self in the ,apparel and carriages of professors2 one may say1 almost as much1 as among any people in the ,land1 the more is the pity4 ,ay1 and ,i fear that even their ,extravagancies in this1 hath hardened the heart of many a one1 as ,i perceive it did somewhat the heart of ,mr4 ,badman himself4 ,for mine own part1 ,i have seen many my self1 and those ,church-members too1 so deckt and bedaubed with their ,fangles and ,toyes1 and that when they have been at the solemn ,appointments of ,god1 in the way of his ,worship1 that ,i have wondred with what face such painted persons could sit in the place where they were without swounding4 ,but certainly the holiness of ,god1 and also the pollution of themselves by sin1 must needs be very far out of the minds of such people1 what profession soever they make4 ,i have read of an ,whores forehead1 #aca;a and ,i have read of christian-shamefacedness2 ,i have read of costly array1 and of that which becometh women professing ,godliness1 with good works2 #aca;b #aca;c but if ,i might speak1 ,i know what ,i know1 and could say1 and yet do no wrong1 that which would make some professors stink in their places2 #aca;d but now ,i forbear4 ,atten4 ,sir1 you seem to be greatly concerned at this1 but what ,i shall say more8 it is whispered1 that some good ,ministers have countenanced their people in their light and wanton ,apparrel1 yea have pleaded for their ,gold1 and ,pearls1 and costly array1 c4 ,wise4 ,i know not what they have pleaded for1 but 'tis easily seen that they tolerate1 or at least wise1 wink and connive at such things1 both in their ,wives and ,children4 ,and so from the ,prophets of ,jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land4 #aca;e ,and when the hand of the ,rulers are chief in a trespass1 who can keep their people from being drowned in that trespass8 ,atten4 ,this is a lamentation1 and must stand for a lamentation4 ,wise4 ,so it is1 and so it must4 ,and ,i will add1 it is a shame1 it is a reproach1 it is a stumbling-block to the blind2 #aca;f for though men be as blind as ,mr4 ,badman himself1 yet they can see the foolish lightness that must needs be the bottom of all these apish and wanton extravagancies4 ,but many have their excuses ready2 to wit1 their ,parents1 their ,husbands1 and their breeding calls for it1 and the like3 yea1 the examples of good people prompt them to it3 but all these will be but the ,spiders webb1 when the thunder of the ,word of the great ,god shall rattle from ,heaven against them1 as it will at ,death or ,judgment2 but ,i wish it might do it before4 ,but alas6 these excuses are but bare pretences1 these proud ones love to have it so4 ,i once talked with a ,maid1 by way of reproof1 for her fond and gaudy garment4 ,but she told me1 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,the ,tailor would make it so3 when alas1 poor proud ,girle1 she gave order to the ,taylor so to make it4 ,many make ,parents1 and ,husbands1 and ,taylors1 c4 the ,blind to others1 but their naughty hearts1 and their giving of way thereto1 that is the original cause of all these evils4 ,atten4 ,now you are speaking of the cause of pride1 pray shew me yet further why pride is now so much in request8 #acb;b ,wise4 ,i will shew you what ,i think are the reasons of it4 #a4 ,the first is1 #acb;c ,because such persons are led by their own hearts1 rather than by the ,word of ,god4 ,i told you before1 that the original fountain of pride is the heart4 ,for out of the heart comes pride2 it is therefore because they are led by their hearts1 which naturally tends to lift them up in pride4 ,this pride of heart1 tempts them1 and by its deceits overcometh them2 #acb;d yea it doth put a bewitching vertue into their ,peacocks feathers1 and then they are swallowed up with the vanity of them4 #b4 ,another reason why professors are so proud1 7for those we are talking of now7 is because they are more apt to take example of those that are of the ,world1 than they are to take example of those that are ,saints indeed4 ,pride is of the world4 ,for all that is of the world1 the lusts of the flesh1 the lust of the eyes1 and the pride of life1 are not of the ,father but of the world4 #acb;e ,of the world therefore ,professors learn to be proud4 ,but they should not take them for example4 ,it will be objected1 ,no1 nor your saints neither1 for you are as proud as others3 ,well1 let them take shame that are guilty4 ,but when ,i say1 professors should take example for their life by those that are saints indeed1 ,i mean as ,peter says3 ,they should take example of those that were in old time1 the saints2 for saints of old time were the best1 therefore to these he directeth us for our pattern4 ,let the wives conversation be chast1 and also coupled with fear4 ,whose adorning1 saith ,peter1 let it not be that outward adorning1 of pleating the hair1 and of wearing of gold1 or of putting on of ,apparel3 but let it be the hidden man of the heart1 in that which is not corruptible1 even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit1 which is in the sight of ,god of great price4 ,for after this manner1 in the old time1 the holy women also who trusted in ,god1 adorned themselves1 being in subjection to their own husbands4 #acb;f #c4 ,another reason is1 #acc;a ,because they have forgotten the pollution of their ,nature4 ,for the remembrance of that1 must needs keep us humble1 and being kept humble1 we shall be at a distance from pride4 ,the proud and the humble are set in opposition2 7,god resisteth the proud1 but giveth grace to the humble47 ,and can it be imagined1 that a sensible ,christian should be a proud one2 sence of baseness tends to lay us low1 not to lift us up with pride2 not with pride of ,heart1 nor pride of ,life3 ,but when a man begins to forget what he is1 then he1 if ever1 begins to be proud4 ,methinks it is one of the most senceless and ridiculous things in the world1 that a man should be proud of that which is given him on purpose to cover the shame of his nakedness with4 #d4 ,persons that are proud1 have gotten ,god and his ,holiness out of their sight4 #acc;b ,if ,god was before them1 as he is behind their back2 ,and if they saw him in his holiness1 as he sees them in their sins and shame1 they would take but little pleasure in their apish ,knacks4 ,the ,holiness of ,god makes the ,angels cover their faces1 crumbles ,christians1 when they behold it1 into dust and ashes3 #acc;c and as his ,majesty is1 such is his ,word2 ,therefore they abuse it1 that bring it to countenance pride4 ,lastly1 #acc;d ,but what can be the end of those that are proud1 in the decking of themselves after their antick manner8 why are they for going with their ,bulls-foretops1 with their naked shoulders1 and ,paps hanging out like a ,cows bag8 why are they for painting their faces1 for stretching out their necks1 and for putting of themselves into all the ,formalities which proud ,fancy leads them to8 ,is it because they would honour ,god8 because they would adorn the ,gospel8 because they would beautifie ,religion1 and make sinners to fall in love with their own salvation8 ,no1 no4 ,it is rather to please their lusts1 to satisfie their wild and extravagant fancies2 and ,i wish none doth it to stir up lust in others1 to the end they may commit uncleanness with them4 ,i believe1 whatever is their end1 this is one of the great designes of the ,devil3 and ,i believe also1 that ,satan has drawn more into the sin of uncleanness1 by the spangling shew of fine cloaths1 than he could possibly have drawn unto it1 without them4 ,i wonder what it was1 that of old was called the ,attire of an ,harlot3 certainly it could not be more bewitching and tempting than are the garments of many professors this day4 ,atten4 ,i like what you say very well1 and ,i wish that all the proud ,dames in ,england that profess1 were within the reach and sound of your words4 ,wise4 ,what ,i have said1 ,i believe is true1 but as for the proud ,dames in ,england that profess1 they have ,moses and the ,prophets1 and if they will not hear them1 how then can we hope that they should recieve good by such a dull sounding ,ramshorn as ,i am8 ,however1 ,i have said my mind1 and now if you will1 we will proceed to some other of ,mr4 ,badmans doings4 ,atten4 ,no3 pray before you shew me any thing else of ,mr4 ,badman1 shew me yet more particularly the evil effects of this sin of ,pride4 ,wise4 ,with all my heart1 ,i will answer your request4 #acd;a #a4 #acd;b ,then3 ',tis pride that makes poor ,man so like the ,devil in ,hell1 that he cannot in it be known to be the ,image and similitude of ,god4 ,the ,angels when they became ,devils1 'twas through their being lifted or puffed up with pride4 ',tis pride also that lifteth or puffeth up the heart of the sinner1 and so makes him to bear the very image of the ,devil4 #b4 #acd;c ,pride makes a man so odious in the sight of ,god1 that he shall not1 must not come nigh his ,majesty4 ,though the ,lord be high1 yet hath he respect to the lowly1 but the proud he knows afar off4 ,pride sets ,god and the ,soul at a distrance2 pride will not let a man come nigh ,god1 nor ,god will not let a proud man come nigh unto him3 ,now this is a dreadful thing4 #c4 #acd;d ,as pride sets1 so it keeps ,god and the ,soul at a distance4 ,god resisteth the proud2 resists1 that is1 he opposes him1 he thrusts him from him1 he contemneth his person and all his performances4 ,come in to ,gods ,ordinances1 the proud man may2 but come into his presence1 have communion with him1 or blessing from him1 he shall not4 ,for the high ,god doth resist him4 #ace;a #d4 #ace;b ,the ,word saith1 that ,the ,lord will destroy the ,house of the proud4 ,he will destroy his ,house2 it may be understood1 he will destroy him and his4 ,so he destroyed proud ,pharaoh1 so he destroyed proud ,corah1 and many others4 #e4 #ace;c ,pride1 where it comes1 and is entertained1 is a certain forerunner of some ,judgment that is not far behind4 ,when pride goes before1 shame and destruction will follow after4 ,when pride cometh1 then cometh shame4 ,pride goeth before destruction1 and a haughty spirit before a fall4 #f4 #ace;d ,persisting in pride makes the condition of a poor man as remediless as is that of the ,devils themselves4 ,and this ,i fear was ,mr4 ,badmans condition1 and that was the reason that he died so as he did2 as ,i shall shew you anon4 ,but what need ,i thus talk of the particular actions1 or rather prodigious sins of ,mr4 ,badman1 when his whole ,life and all his actions1 went as it were to the making up one massie body of sin8 #ace;e ,instead of believing that there was a ,god1 his ,mouth1 his ,life and ,actions declared1 that he believed no such thing4 ,his transgression said within my heart1 that there was no fear of ,god before his eyes4 #ace;f #ace;g ,instead of honouring of ,god1 and of giving glory to him for any of his ,mercies1 or under any of his good ,providences towards him 7for ,god is good to all1 and lets his ,sun shine1 and his ,rain fall upon the unthankful and unholy17 he would ascribe the glory to other causes4 ,if they were ,mercies1 he would ascribe them 7if the open face of the providence did not give him the lye7 to his own wit1 labour1 care1 industry1 cunning1 or the like3 if they were ,crosses1 he would ascribe them1 or count them the offspring of ,fortune1 ill ,luck1 ,chance1 the ill mannagement of matters1 the ill will of neighbours1 or to his wifes being ,religious1 and spending1 as he called it1 too much time in ,reading1 ,praying1 or the like4 ,it was not in his way to acknowledge ,god1 7that is1 graciously7 or his hand in things4 ,but1 as the ,prophet saith2 ,let favour be skewed to the wicked1 yet will he not learn righteousness4 #acf;a ,and again1 ,they returned not to him that smote them1 nor did they seek the ,lord of hosts4 #acf;b ,this was ,mr4 ,badmans temper1 neither ,mercies nor ,judgment would make him seek the ,lord4 ,nay1 as another ,scripture sayes1 he would not see the works of ,god1 nor regard the operations of his hands either in mercies or in ,judgments4 #acf;c ,but further1 when by ,providence he has been cast under the best ,means for his soul1 7for1 as was shewed before1 he having had a good master1 and before him a good father1 and after all a good wife1 and being sometimes upon a ,journey1 and cast under the hearing of a good ,sermon1 as he would sometimes for novelties sake go to hear a good ,preacher27 he was always without heart to make use thereof3 ,in this land of righteousness he would deal unjustly1 and would not behold the majesty of the ,lord4 ,instead of reverencing the ,word1 #acf;g when he heard it preached1 read1 or discoursed of1 he would sleep1 talk of other ,business1 or else object against the authority1 harmony1 and wisdom of the ,scriptures4 ,saying1 ,how do you know them to be the ,word of ,god8 how do you know that these sayings are true8 ,the ,scriptures1 he would say1 were as a ,nose of ,wax1 and a man may turn them whithersoever he lists3 one ,scripture says one thing1 and another sayes the quite contrary2 ,besides1 they make mention of a thousand imposibilities2 they are the cause of all dissensions and discords that are in the ,land3 ,therefore you may 7would he say7 still think what you will1 but in my mind they are best at ease that have least to do with them4 ,instead of loving and honouring of them that did bear in their ,foreheads the ,name1 and in their ,lives the ,image of ,christ1 they should be his ,song1 #acf;h the matter of his ,jests1 and the objects of his slanders4 ,he would either make a mock at their sober deportment1 their gracious language1 quiet behaviour1 or else desperately swear that they did all in deceit and hypocrisie4 ,he would endeavour to render godly men as odious and contemptable as he could2 any lyes that were made by any1 to their disgrace1 those he would avouch for truth1 and would not endure to be controlled4 ,he was much like those that the prophet speaks of1 that would sit and slander his mothers son2 #acg;a yea1 he would speak reproachfully of his wife1 though his conscience told him1 and many would testifie1 that she was a very vertuous woman4 ,he would also raise slanders of his wives friends himself1 affirming that their doctrine tended to lasciviousness1 and that in their assemblies they acted and did unbeseeming men and women1 that they committed uncleanness1 c4 ,he was much like those that affirmed the ,apostle should say1 ,let us do evil that good may come3 #acg;b ,or like those of whom it is thus written3 ,report1 say they1 and we will report it4 #acg;c ,and if he could get any thing by the end that had scandal in it1 if it did but touch professors1 how falsely soever reported2 ,oh6 then he would glory1 laugh1 and be glad1 and lay it upon the whole party3 ,saying1 ,hang them ,rogues1 there is not a barrel better ,herring of all the holy ,brotherhood of them3 ,like to like1 quoth the ,devil to the ,collier1 this is your precise ,crew4 ,and then he would send all home with a curse4 ,atten4 ,if those that make profession of ,religion be wise1 ,mr4 ,badmans watchings and words will make them the more wary and careful in all things4 ,wise4 ,you say true4 ,for when we see men do watch for our halting1 and rejoyce to see us stumble and fall1 it should make us so much abundance the more careful4 #acg;d ,i do think it was as delightful to ,mr4 ,badman to hear1 raise1 and tell lies1 and lying stories of them that fear the ,lord1 as it was for him to go to bed when a weary4 ,but we will at this time let these things pass4 ,for as he was in these things bad enough1 so he added to these1 many more the like4 ,he was an #acg;e angry1 wrathfull1 envious man1 a man that knew not what meekness or gentleness meant1 nor did he desire to learn4 ,his natural temper was to be surly1 huffie1 and rugged1 and worse2 and he so gave way to his temper1 as to this1 that it brought him to be furious and outrageous in all things1 specially against goodness it self1 and against other things too1 when he was displeased4 #ach;a ,atten4 ,solomon saith1 ,he is a fool that rageth4 ,wise4 ,he doth so2 and sayes moreover1 ,that anger rests in the bosom of fools4 #ach;b ,and truly1 if it be a sign of a ,fool to have anger rest in his bosom1 then was ,mr4 ,badman1 notwithstanding the conceit that he had of his own abilities1 a ,fool of no small size4 ,atten4 ,fools are mostly most wise in their own eyes4 ,wise4 ,true4 ,but ,i was a saying1 that if it be a sign that a man is a ,fool1 when ,anger rests in his bosom2 ,then what is it a sign of1 think you1 when ,malice and ,envy rests there8 ,for to my knowledge ,mr4 ,badman was as malicious and as envious a man as commonly you can hear of4 ,atten4 ,certainly1 malice and envy flow #ach;c from pride and arrogancy1 and they again from ignorance1 and ignorance from the ,devil2 ,and ,i thought1 that since you spake of the pride of ,mr4 ,badman before1 we should have something of these before we had done4 ,wise4 ,envy flows from ,ignorance indeed4 ,and this ,mr4 ,badman was so envious an one1 where he set against1 that he would swell with it1 as a ,toad1 as we say1 swells with poyson4 ,he whom he maligned1 might at any time even read envy in his face wherever he met with him1 or in whatever he had to do with him4 ,his envy was so rank and strong1 that if it at any time turned its head against a man1 it would hardly ever be pulled in again3 ,he would watch over that man to do him mischief1 as the ,cat watches over the ,mouse to destroy it2 yea1 he would wait seven years1 but he would have an opportunity to hurt him1 and when he had it1 he would make him feel the weight of his ,envy4 ,envy is a devilish thing1 the ,scripture intimates that none can stand before it4 ,a stone is heavy1 and the sand weighty1 but a fools wrath is heavier than them both4 ,wrath is cruel1 and anger is outrageous1 but who can stand before envy8 #ach;d #ach;e ,this ,envy1 for the foulness of it1 is reckoned #ach;f among the foulest ,villanies that are1 as adultery1 murder1 drunkenness1 revellings1 witchcrafts1 heresies1 seditions1 c4 ,yea1 it is so malignant a corruption1 that it rots the very bones of him in whom it dwells4 ,a sound heart is life to the flesh1 but envy the rottenness of the bones4 #aci;a ,atten4 ,this ,envy is the very ,father and ,mother of a great many hideous and prodigious wickednesses3 ,i say1 it is the very #aci;b ,father and ,mother of them2 it both besets them1 and also nourishes them up1 till they come to their cursed maturity in the bosom of him that entertains them4 ,wise4 ,you have given it a very right description1 in calling of it the ,father and ,mother of a great many other prodigious wickednesses3 for it is so venomous and vile a thing1 that it puts the whole course of ,nature out of order1 and makes it fit for nothing but confusion1 and a hold for every evil thing4 ,for where envy and strife is1 there is confusion1 and every evil work4 #aci;c ,wherefore1 ,i say1 you have rightly called it1 ,the very ,father and ,mother of a great many other sins4 ,and now for our further edification1 ,i will reckon up some of the births of ,envy4 #a4 ,envy1 as ,i told you before1 it rotteth the very bones of him that entertains it4 ,and1 #aci;d #b4 ,as you have also hinted1 it is heavier than a ,stone1 than ,sand2 yea1 and ,i will add1 ,it falls like a ,mill-stone upon the head4 ,therefore1 #c4 ,it kills him that throws it1 and him at whom it is thrown4 ,envy slayeth the silly one4 #aci;e ,that is1 him in whom it resides1 and him who is its object4 #d4 ',twas that also that slew ,jesus ,christ himself2 for his adversaries persecuted him through their envy4 #aci;f #aci;g #e4 ,envy was that by vertue of which ,joseph was sold by his ,brethren into ,egypt3 #aci;h #f4 ',tis envy that hath the hand in making of variance among ,gods ,saints4 #aci;i #g4 ',tis envy in the hearts of ,sinners1 that stirres them up to thrust ,gods ,ministers out of their coasts4 #h4 ,what shall ,i say8 ',tis envy that is the very ,nursery of whisperings1 debates1 backbitings1 slanders1 reproaches1 murders1 c4 ',tis not possible to repeat all the particular fruits of this sinfull root4 ,therefore1 it is no marvel that ,mr4 ,badman was such an ill natured man1 for the great roots of all manner of wickedness were in him1 unmortified1 unmaimed1 untouched4 ,atten4 ,but it is #adj;a a rare case1 even this of ,mr4 ,badman1 that he should never in all his life be touched with remorse for his ill-spent life4 ,wise4 ,remorse1 ,i cannot say he ever had1 if by remorse you mean repentance for his evils4 ,yet twice ,i remember he was under some trouble of mind about his condition3 #adj;b ,once when he broke his legg as he came home drunk from the ,ale-house2 and another time when he fell sick1 and thought he should die3 ,besides these two times1 ,i do not remember any more4 ,atten4 ,did he break his legg then8 ,wise4 ,yes3 ,once1 as he came home drunk from the ,ale-house4 ,atten4 ,pray how did he break it8 ,wise4 ,why upon a time he was at an ,ale-house1 that wicked house1 about two or three miles from home1 and having there drank hard the greatest part of the day1 when night was come1 he would stay no longer1 but calls for his horse1 gets up1 and like a ,madman 7as drunken persons usually ride7 away he goes1 as hard as horse could lay legs to the ground4 ,thus he rid1 till coming to a dirty place1 where his horse flouncing in1 fell1 threw his master1 and with his fall broke his legg3 so there he lay4 #adj;c ,but you would not think how he #adj;d swore at first4 ,but after a while1 he comeing to himself1 and feeling by his pain1 and the uselesness of his legg1 what case he was in1 and also fearing that this bout might be his death2 he began to crie out after the manner of such2 #adj;e ,lord help me1 ,lord have mercy upon me1 good ,god deliver me1 and the like4 ,so there he lay1 till some came by1 who took him up1 carried him home1 where he lay for some time1 before he could go abroad again4 ,atten4 ,and then1 you say1 he called upon ,god4 ,wise4 ,he cryed out in his pain1 and would say1 ,o ,god1 and ,o ,lord1 help me3 but whether it was that his sin might be pardoned1 and his soul saved1 or whether to be rid of his pain1 ,i will not positively determine2 though ,i fear it was but for the last2 #ada;a because1 when his pain was gone1 and he had got hopes of mending1 even before he could go abroad1 he cast off prayer1 and began his old game2 to wit1 to be as bad as he was before4 ,he then would send for his old companions2 his ,sluts also would come to his house to see him1 and with them he would be1 as well as he could for his lame leg1 as vicious as they could be for their hearts4 ,atten4 ',twas a wonder he did not break his neck4 ,wise4 ,his neck had gone instead of his leg1 but that ,god was long-suffering towards him2 he had deserved it ten thousand times over4 ,there have been many1 as ,i have heard1 and as ,i have hinted to you before1 that have taken their ,horses when drunk1 as he2 but they have gone from the pot to the grave2 for they have broken their necks 'twixt the ,ale-house and home4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,one hard by us also drunk himself dead2 he drank1 and dyed in his drink4 ,atten4 ',tis a sad thing to dye drunk4 ,wise4 ,so it is3 ,but yet ,i wonder that no more do so4 ,for considering the heinousness of that sin1 and with how many other sins it is accompanied1 #ada;c as with oaths1 blasphemies1 lyes1 revellings1 whoreings1 brawlings1 c4 it is a wonder to me1 that any that live in that sin should escape such a blow from heaven that should tumble them into their graves4 ,besides1 when ,i consider also how1 when they are as drunk as beasts1 they1 without all fear of danger1 will ride like ,bedlams and mad men1 even as if they did dare ,god to meddle with them if he durst1 for their being drunk3 ,i say1 ,i wonder that he doth not withdraw his protecting providences from them1 and leave them to those ,dangers and ,destructions that by their sin they have deserved1 and that by their ,bedlam madness they would rush themselves into3 only ,i consider again1 that he has appointed a day wherein he will reckon with them1 #ada;d and doth also commonly make ,examples of some1 to shew that he takes notice of their sin1 abhorrs their way1 and will count with them for it at the set time4 ,atten4 ,it is worthy of our remark1 to take notice how ,god1 to shew his dislike of the sins of men1 strikes some of them down with a blow2 as the breaking of ,mr4 ,badmans legg1 for doubtless that was a stroak from heaven4 ,wise4 ,it is worth our remark indeed4 ,it was an open stroak1 it fell upon him while he was in the height of his sin3 ,and it looks much like to that in ,job2 ,therefore he knoweth their works1 and overturneth them in the night1 so that they are destroyed4 ,he striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others3 #adb;a ,or as the ,margent reads it1 in the place of beholders4 ,he layes them with his stroak in the place of beholders4 ,there was #adb;b ,mr4 ,badman laid1 his stroak was taken notice of by every one3 his broken legg was at this time the ,town-talk4 ,mr4 ,badman has broken his legg1 sayes one3 ,how did he break it8 sayes another3 ,as he came home drunk from such an ,ale-house1 said a third2 ,a ,judgment of ,god upon him1 said a fourth4 ,this his sin1 his shame1 and punishment1 are all made conspicuous to all that are about him4 ,i will here tell you another story or two4 ,i have read in ,mr4 ,clark's ,looking-glass for ,sinners2 #adb;c ,that upon a time1 a certain drunken fellow boasted in his ,cups1 that there was neither ,heaven nor ,hell2 also he said1 ,he believed1 that man had no ,soul1 and that for his own part1 he would sell his soul to any that would buy it4 ,then did one of his companions buy it of him for a cup of ,wine2 and presently the ,devil in mans shape bought it of that man again at the same price2 and so in the presence of them all laid hold on this ,soul-seller1 and carried him away through the ,air1 so that he was never more heard of4 ,in pag4 #adh1 he tells us also3 ,that there was one at ,salisbury1 in the midst of his health drinking and carousing in a ,tavern2 and he drank a health to the ,devil1 saying1 ,that if the ,devil would not come and pledge him1 he would not believe that there was either ,god or ,devil4 ,whereupon his companions stricken with fear1 hastened out of the room3 and presently after1 hearing a hideous noise1 and smelling a stinking savour1 the ,vintner ran up into the chamber2 and coming in1 he missed his ,guest1 and found the window broken1 the ,iron barr in it bowed1 and all bloody3 ,but the man was never heard of afterwards4 ,again1 in pag4 #adi4 he tells us of a ,bailiff of ,hedly3 ,who upon a ,lords ,day being drunk at ,melford1 got upon his horse1 to ride through the streets1 saying1 ,that his horse would carry him to the ,devil3 and presently his horse threw him1 and broke his neck4 ,these things are worse than the breaking of ,mr4 ,badmans ,leg1 and should be a caution to all of his friends that are living1 lest they also fall by their sin into these sad ,judgements of ,god4 ,but1 as ,i said1 ,mr4 ,badman quickly forgot all1 his conscience was choaked1 before his legg was healed4 ,and therefore1 before he was well of the fruit of one sin1 he tempts ,god to send another ,judgment to seize upon him3 ,and so he did quickly after4 ,for not many months after his legg was well1 he had a very dangerous fit of sickness1 insomuch that now he began to think he must dye in very deed4 #adc;a ,atten4 ,well1 and what did he think and do then8 ,wise4 ,he thought he must go to ,hell2 this ,i know1 for he could not forbear but say so4 #adc;b ,to my best remembrance1 he lay crying out all one night for fear1 and at times he would so tremble1 that he would make the very bed shake under him4 #adc;c ,but1 ,oh6 how the thoughts of ,death1 of ,hell-fire1 and of eternal ,judgment1 did then wrack his conscience4 ,fear might be seen in his face1 and in his tossings to and fro3 ,it might also be heard in his words1 and be understood by his heavy groans4 ,he would often cry1 ,i am undone1 ,i am undone2 my vile life has undone me4 ,atten4 ,then his former atheistical thoughts and principles1 were too weak now to support him from the fears of eternal damnation4 ,wise4 ,aie6 they were too weak indeed4 ,they may serve to stifle conscience1 when a man is in the midst of his prosperity1 and to harden the heart against all good counsel when a man is left of ,god1 and given up to his reprobate mind3 #adc;d ,but alas1 atheistical thoughts1 ,notions and ,opinions1 must shrink and melt away1 when ,god sends1 yea comes with sickness to visit the soul of such a sinner for his sin4 ,there was a man dwelt about #ab miles off from us1 that had so trained up himself in his atheistical ,notions1 that at last he attempted to write a book against ,jesus ,christ1 and against the divine ,authority of the ,scriptures4 7,but ,i think it was not printed37 ,well1 after many days ,god struck him with sickness1 whereof he dyed4 ,so1 being sick1 and musing upon his former doings1 the ,book that he had written came into his mind1 and with it such a sence of his evil in writing of it1 that it tore his ,conscience as a ,lyon would tare a ,kid4 ,he lay therefore upon his death-bed in sad case1 #add;a and much affliction of conscience3 some of my friends also went to see him2 and as they were in his chamber one day1 he hastily called for ,pen ,ink and ,paper1 which when it was given him1 he took it and writ to this purpose4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i1 such an one1 in such a ,town1 must goe to ,hell-fire1 for writing a ,book against ,jesus ,christ1 and against the ,holy ,scriptures3 ,and would also have leaped out of the window of his house to have killed himself1 but was by them prevented of that3 so he dyed in his bed1 such a death as it was4 ',twill be well if others take warning by him4 ,atten4 ,this is a remarkable story4 ,wise4 ',tis as true as remarkable2 ,i had it from them that ,i dare believe1 who also themselves were eye and ear witnesses2 and also that catcht him in their arms1 and saved him when he would have leaped out of his chamber-window1 to have destroyed himself4 ,atten4 ,well1 you have told me what were ,mr4 ,badmans thoughts 7now1 being sick7 of his condition2 pray tell me also what he then did when he was sick8 ,wise4 ,did6 he did many things1 which ,i am sure he never thought to have done1 and which1 to be sure1 was not looked for of his wife and children4 ,in this fit of sickness1 his ,thoughts were quite altered about his wife2 ,i say his ,thoughts1 so far as could be judged by his words and carriages to her4 #add;c ,for now she was his good wife1 his godly wife1 his honest wife1 his duck1 and dear1 and all4 ,now he told her1 that she had the best of it1 she having a good ,life to stand by her1 while his debaucheries and ungodly ,life did always stare him in the face4 ,now he told her1 the counsel that she often gave him1 was good2 though he was so bad as not to take it4 ,now he would hear her talk to him1 and he would lie sighing by her while she so did4 ,now he would bid her pray for him1 that he might be delivered from ,hell4 #ade;a ,he would also now consent1 that some of her good ,ministers might come to him to comfort him2 and he would seem to shew them kindness when they came1 for he would treat them kindly with words1 and hearken diligently to what they said1 only he did not care that they should talk much of his ill spent life1 because his conscience was clogged with that already2 he cared not now to see his old companions1 the thoughts of them was a torment to him3 and now he would speak kindly to that child of his that took after its mothers steps1 though he could not at all abide it before4 ,he also desired the prayers of good people1 that ,god of his mercy would spare him a little longer1 promising that if ,god would but let him recover this once1 what a new1 what a penitent man he would be toward ,god1 and what a loving husband he would be to his wife3 what liberty he would give her1 yea how he would goe with her himself to hear her ,ministers1 and how they should go hand in hand in the way to heaven together4 ,atten4 ,here was a fine shew of things2 ,i'le warrant you1 his wife was glad for this4 ,wise4 ,his wife6 ,aie1 and a many good people besides3 it was noysed all over the ,town1 #ade;b what a great change there was wrought upon ,mr4 ,badman2 how sorry he was for his sins1 how he began to love his wife1 how he desired good men should pray to ,god to spare him2 and what promises he now made to ,god in his sickness1 that if ever he should raise him from his sick bed to health again1 what a new penitent man he would be towards ,god1 and what a loving husband to his good wife4 ,well1 ministers prayed1 and good people rejoyced1 thinking verily that they now had gotten a man from the ,devil2 nay1 some of the weaker sort did not stick to say that ,god had began a work of ,grace in his heart2 and his wife1 poor woman1 #ade;c you cannot think how apt she was to believe it so2 she rejoyced1 and she hoped as she would have it4 ,but1 alas6 alas6 in little time things all proved otherwise4 ,after he had kept his ,bed a while1 his distemper began to abate1 and he to feel himself better1 so he in little time was so finely mended1 that he could walk about the house1 and also obtained a very fine stomach to his food3 #adf;a and now did his wife and her good friends stand gaping1 to see ,mr4 ,badman fulfill his promise of becoming new towards ,god1 and loving to his wife3 but the contrary only shewed it self4 ,for so soon as ever he had hopes of mending1 and found that his strength began to renew1 his trouble began to goe off his heart1 and he grew as great a stranger to his frights and fears1 as if he had never had them4 ,but verily1 ,i am apt to think1 that one reason of his no more regarding1 or remembring of his sick-bed fears1 and of being no better for them1 was1 some words that the ,doctor that supplied him with ,physick said to him when he was mending4 ,for as soon as ,mr4 ,badman began to mend1 the ,doctor comes and sits him down by him in his house1 and there fell into discourse with him about the nature of his disease2 and among other things they talked of ,badmans trouble1 and how he would cry out1 tremble1 and express his fears of going to ,hell when his sickness lay pretty hard upon him4 ,to which the ,doctor replyed3 #adf;b ,that those fears and ,out-cries did arise from the height of his distemper1 for that disease was often attended with lightness of the head1 by reason the sick party could not sleep1 and for that the vapours disturbed the brain3 ,but you see ,sir1 quoth he1 that so soon as you got sleep and betook your self to rest1 you quickly mended1 and your head settled1 and so those frenzies left you4 ,and was it so indeed1 thought ,mr4 ,badman2 was my troubles1 only the effects of my distemper1 and because ill vapours got up into my brain8 ,then surely1 since my ,physician was my ,saviour1 my ,lust again shall be my ,god4 ,so he never minded ,religion more1 but betook him again to the world1 his lusts and wicked companions3 ,and there was an end of ,mr4 ,badmans ,conversion4 ,atten4 ,i thought1 7as you told me of him7 that this would be the result of the whole2 for ,i discerned by your relating of things1 that the true symptoms of conversion were wanting in him1 and that those that appeared to be any thing like them1 were only such as the reprobates may have4 ,wise4 ,you say right1 for there wanted in him1 when he was most sensible1 a sence of the pollution of his ,nature2 he only had guilt for his sinful actions1 the which ,cain1 and ,pharaoh1 and ,saul1 and ,judas1 those reprobates1 have had before him4 #adg;a ,besides1 the great things that he desired1 were1 to be delivered from going to ,hell1 7and who would willingly87 and that his life might be lengthened in this world4 ,we find not by all that he said or did1 that ,jesus ,christ the ,saviour was desired by him1 from a sence of his need of his ,righteousness to cloath him1 and of his ,spirit to sanctifie him4 #adg;b ,his own strength was whole in him1 he saw nothing of the treachery of his own heart2 for had he1 he would never have been so free to make promises to ,god of amendment4 ,he would rather have been afraid1 that if he had mended1 he should have turned with the dog to his vomit1 and have begged prayers of ,saints1 and assistance from heaven upon that account1 that he might have been kept from doing so4 ',tis true he did beg prayers of good people1 and so did ,pharaoh of ,moses and ,aaron1 and ,simon ,magus of ,simon ,peter4 #adg;c ,his mind also seemed to be turned to his wife and child2 but alas6 'twas rather from conviction that ,god had given him concerning their happy estate over his1 than for that he had any true love to the work of ,god that was in them4 ,true1 some shews of kindness he seemed to have for them1 and so had rich ,dives1 when in ,hell1 to his five brethren that were yet in the world2 yea he had such love1 as to wish them in ,heaven1 that they might not come thither to be tormented4 #adg;d ,atten4 ,sick-bed ,repentance is seldom good for any thing4 ,wise4 ,you #adg;e say true1 it is very rarely good for any thing indeed4 ,death is unwelcom to ,nature1 and usually when sickness and death visit the sinner2 the first taking of him by the shoulder1 and the second standing at the ,bed-chamber door to receive him2 then the sinner begins to look about him1 and to bethink with himself1 ,these will have me away before ,god2 and ,i know that my ,life has not been as it should1 how shall ,i do to appear before ,god6 ,or if it be more the sence of the punishment1 and the place of the punishment of sinners1 that also is starting to a defiled conscience1 now rouzed by deaths lumbring at the door4 ,and hence usually is sick-bed ,repentance1 and the matter of it3 ,to wit1 to be saved from ,hell1 and from ,death1 and that ,god will restore again to health till they mend2 concluding that it is in their power to mend1 as is evident by their large and lavishing promises to do it4 ,i have known many1 that1 when they have been sick1 have had large measures of this kind of ,repentance1 and while it has lasted1 the noyse and sound thereof1 has made the ,town to ring again3 but alas6 how long has it lasted8 oft-times scarce so long as untill the party now sick has been well4 ,it has passed away like a mist or a vapour1 it has been a thing of no continuance4 ,but this kind of ,repentance is by ,god compared to the howling of a dog4 ,and they have not cried unto me with their heart1 when they howled upon their bed4 #adh;a ,atten4 ,yet one may see1 by this1 the desperateness of mans heart3 #adh;b for what is it but desperate wickedness1 to make promise to ,god of amendment1 if he will but spare them2 and yet so soon as they are recovered 7or quickly after17 fall to sin as they did before1 and never to regard their promise more4 ,wise4 ,it is a sign of desperateness indeed2 yea1 of desperate madness4 ,for surely1 they must needs think1 that ,god took notice of their promise1 that he heard the words that they spake1 #adh;c and that he hath laid them up against the time to come2 and will then bring out1 and testifie to their faces1 that they flattered him with their mouth1 and lyed unto him with their tongue1 #adh;d when they lay sick1 to their thinking1 upon their death-bed1 and promised him that if he would recover them they would repent and amend their ways4 ,but thus1 as ,i have told you1 ,mr4 ,badman did4 ,he made great promises that he would be a ,new man1 that he would leave his sins1 and become a ,convert1 that he would love1 c4 his godly wife1 c4 ,yea many fine words had ,mr4 ,badman in his sickness1 but no good actions when he was well4 ,atten4 ,and how did his good wife take it1 when she saw that he had no ,amendment1 but that he returned with the ,dog to his vomit1 to his old courses again8 ,wise4 ,why it #adi;a broke her heart1 it was a worse disappointment to her than the cheat that he gave her in marriage3 ,at least she laid it more to heart1 and could not so well grapple with it4 ,you must think that she had put up many a prayer to ,god for him before1 even all the time that he had carried it so badly to her1 and now when he was so affrighted in his sickness1 and so desired that he might live and mend1 poor woman1 she thought that the time was come for ,god to answer her prayers2 nay1 she did not let with gladness1 to whisper it out amongst her ,friends1 that 'twas so3 but when she saw her self disappointed by her husbands turning ,rebel again1 she could not stand up under it1 but falls into a languishing distemper1 and in a few weeks gave up the ,ghost4 ,atten4 ,pray how did she dye8 ,wise4 ,die6 she dyed bravely2 full of comfort of the faith of her ,interest in ,christ1 and by him1 of the world to come3 she had many brave ,expressions in her sickness1 and gave to those that came to visit her many signs of her salvation2 the thoughts of the ,grave1 but specially of her ,rising again1 were sweet thoughts to her4 ,she would long for ,death1 because she knew it would be her ,friend4 ,she behaved her self like to some that were making of them ready to go meet their ,bridegroom4 #adi;b ,now1 said she1 ,i am going to rest from my sorrows1 my sighs1 my tears1 my mournings and complaints3 ,i have heretofore longed to be among the ,saints1 but might by no means be suffered to goe1 but now ,i am going1 7and no man can stop me7 to the great ,meeting1 to the general ,assembly1 and ,church of the first-born which are written in ,heaven4 #adi;c ,there ,i shall have my hearts desire2 there ,i shall worship without ,temptation or other impediment2 there ,i shall see the face of my ,jesus1 whom ,i have loved1 whom ,i have served1 and who now1 ,i know1 will save my soul4 #adi;d ,i have prayed often for my husband1 that he might be converted1 but there has been no answer of ,god in that matter2 ,are my prayers lost8 are they forgotten8 are they thrown over the barr8 ,no2 they are hanged upon the horns of the golden ,altar1 and ,i must have the benefit of them my self1 that moment that ,i shall enter into the gates1 in at which the righteous ,nation that keepeth truth shall enter3 ,i say1 ,i shall have the benefit of them4 ,i can say as holy ,david2 ,i say1 ,i can say of my husband1 as he could of his enemies4 ,as for me1 when they were sick my cloathing was of sack-cloth1 ,i humbled my soul with fasting1 and my prayer returned into my bosom4 #aej;a ,my prayers are not lost1 my tears are yet in ,god's bottle2 ,i would have had a ,crown1 and ,glory for my husband1 and for those of my children that follow his steps2 but so far as ,i can see yet1 ,i must rest in the hope of having all my self4 ,atten4 ,did she talk thus openly8 ,wise4 ,no2 this she spake but to one or two of her most intimate acquaintance1 who were permitted to come and see her1 when she lay languishing upon her death-bed4 ,atten4 ,well1 but pray go on in your relation1 this is good3 ,i am glad to hear it1 this is as a cordial to my heart while we sit thus talking under this tree4 ,wise4 ,when she drew near her end1 she called for her husband1 and when he was come to her1 she told him1 #aej;b ,that now he and she must part1 and said she1 ,god knows1 and thou shalt know1 that ,i have been a loving1 faithful ,wife unto thee2 my prayers have been many for thee2 and as for all the abuses that ,i have received at thy hand1 those ,i freely and heartily forgive1 and still shall pray for thy conversion1 even as long as ,i breathe in this world4 ,but husband1 ,i am going thither1 where no bad man shall come1 and if thou dost not convert1 thou wilt never see me more with comfort2 let not my plain words offend thee3 ,i am thy dying wife1 and of my faithfulness to thee1 would leave this ,exhortation with thee3 ,break off thy sins1 fly to ,god for mercy while mercies gate stands open2 remember1 that the day is coming1 when thou1 though now lusty and well1 must lye at the gates of death1 as ,i do3 ,and what wilt thou then do1 if thou shalt be found with a naked soul1 to meet with the ,cherubims with their flaming swords8 yea1 what wilt thou then do1 if ,death and ,hell shall come to visit thee1 and thou in thy sins1 and under the ,curse of the ,law8 ,atten4 ,this was honest and plain3 but what said ,mr4 ,badman to her8 ,wise4 ,he did what he could to divert her talk1 #aea;a by throwing in other things2 he also shewed some kind of pity to her now1 and would ask her1 ,what she would have8 and with various kind of words put her out of her talk2 for when she see that she was not regarded1 she fetcht a deep sigh1 and lay still4 ,so he went down1 and then she called for her ,children1 and began to talk to them4 ,and first she spake to those that were rude1 #aea;b and told them the danger of dying before they had grace in their hearts4 ,she told them also1 that ,death might be nearer them than they were aware of2 and bid them look1 when they went through the ,church-yard again1 if there was not little graves there4 ,and1 ah children1 said she1 will it not be dreadful to you1 if we only shall meet at the day of ,judgment1 and then part again1 and never see each other more8 ,and with that she wept1 the ,children 7also7 wept2 so she held on her discourse3 ,children1 said she1 ,i am going from you1 ,i am going to ,jesus ,christ1 and with him there is neither sorrow1 nor sighing1 nor pain1 nor tears1 nor death4 #aea;c ,thither would ,i have you go also1 but ,i can neither carry you1 nor fetch you thither2 but if you shall turn from your sins to ,god1 and shall beg mercy at his hands by ,jesus ,christ1 you shall follow me1 and shall1 when you dye1 come to the place where ,i am going1 that blessed place of ,rest3 and then we shall be for ever together1 beholding the face of our ,redeemer1 to our mutual and eternal joy4 ,so she bid them remember the words of a dying mother when she was cold in her grave1 and themselves were hot in their sins1 if perhaps her words might put check to their vice1 and that they might remember and turn to ,god4 ,then they all went down2 but her #aea;d ,darling1 to wit1 the child that she had most love for1 because it followed her ways4 ,so she addressed her self to that4 ,come to me1 said she1 my sweet child1 thou art the child of my joy3 ,i have lived to see thee a ,servant of ,god2 thou shalt have eternal life4 ,i1 my sweet heart1 shall goe before1 and thou shalt follow after2 if thou shalt hold the beginning of thy confidence stedfast to the end4 #aeb;a ,when ,i am gone1 do thou still remember my words1 love thy ,bible1 follow my ,ministers1 deny ungodliness still1 and if troublous times shall come1 set an higher price upon ,christ1 his ,word and ,wayes1 and the testimony of a good conscience1 than upon all the world besides4 ,carry it kindly and dutifully to thy ,father1 but choose none of his ways4 ,if thou mayest1 goe to service1 choose that1 rather than to stay at home2 but then be sure to choose a service where thou mayest be helped forwards in the way to heaven2 and that thou mayest have such a service1 speak to my ,minister1 he will help thee1 if possible1 to such an one4 ,i would have thee also1 my dear child1 to love thy ,brothers and ,sisters1 but learn none of their naughty tricks4 ,have no fellowship with the unfruitfull works of darkness1 but rather reprove them4 #aeb;b ,thou hast ,grace1 they have none3 do thou therefore beautifie the way of salvation before their eyes1 by a godly life1 and conformable conversation to the revealed will of ,god1 that thy ,brothers and ,sisters may see and be the more pleased with the good wayes of the ,lord4 ,if thou shalt live to marry1 take heed of being served as ,i was2 that is1 of being beguiled with fair words1 and the flatteries of a lying tongue4 ,but first be sure of godliness4 ,yea1 as sure as it is possible for one to be in this world3 trust not thine own eyes1 nor thine own ,judgment2 ,i mean as to that persons godliness that thou art invited to marry4 ,ask counsel of good men1 and do nothing therein1 if he lives1 without my ,ministers advice4 ,i have also my self desired him to look after thee4 ,thus she talked to her children1 and gave them counsel1 and after she had talked to this a little longer1 she kiss'd it1 and bid it go down4 ,well1 in short1 her time drew on1 and the day that she must die4 ,so she #aeb;c died with a soul full of ,grace1 an heart full of comfort1 and by her death ended a life full of trouble4 ,her husband made a ,funerall for her1 perhaps because he was glad he was rid of her1 but we will leave that to be manifest at ,judgment4 ,atten4 ,this ,woman died well3 ,and now we are talking of the dying of ,christians1 ,i will tell you a story of one that died some time since in our ,town4 ,the man was a godly old ,puritan1 for so the godly were called in time past4 ,this man after a long1 and godly life1 fell sick1 of the sickness1 whereof he died4 ,and as he lay drawing on1 the woman that looked to him thought she heard ,musick1 and that the sweetest that ever she heard in her life1 which also continued untill he gave up the ,ghost3 ,picture3 ,take note symbol now when his soul departed from him1 the ,musick seemed to withdraw and to go further and further off from the house1 and so it went untill the sound was quite gone out of hearing4 ,wise4 ,what do you think that might be8 ,atten4 ,for ought ,i know1 the melodious ,notes of ,angels1 that were sent of ,god to fetch him to ,heaven4 ,wise4 ,i cannot say but that ,god goes out of his ,ordinary ,road with us poor mortals sometimes4 ,i cannot say this of this woman1 but yet she had better musick in her heart than sounded in this womans ears4 ,atten4 ,i believe so2 but pray tell me1 did any of her other children hearken to her words1 so as to be bettered in their souls thereby8 ,wise4 ,one of them did1 #aec;b and became a very hopefull young man3 but for the rest ,i can say nothing4 ,atten4 ,and what did ,badman do after his wife was dead8 ,wise4 ,why even as he did before1 he scarce mourned a fortnight for her1 and his mourning then was1 ,i doubt1 more in fashion than in heart4 ,atten4 ,would he not sometimes talk of his ,wife1 when she was dead8 ,wise4 ,yes1 when the fit took him1 and could commend her too extremely2 saying1 she was a good1 godly1 vertuous woman4 ,but this is not a thing to be wondred at3 ,it is common with wicked men1 to hate ,gods ,servants while alive1 and to commend them when they are dead4 ,so served the ,pharisees the ,prophets3 ,those of the ,prophets that were dead1 they commended2 and those of them that were alive they condemned4 #aec;c ,atten4 ,but did not ,mr4 ,badman marry again quickly8 ,wise4 ,no1 not a good while after3 and when he was asked the reason1 he would make this slighty answer1 ,who would keep a ,cow of their own1 that can have a quart of milk for a penny8 #aed;a ,meaning1 ,who would be at the charge to have a ,wife1 that can have a ,whore when he listeth8 ,so villanous1 so abominable did he continue after the death of his wife4 ,yet at last there was one was too hard for him4 ,for1 getting of him to her upon a time1 and making of him sufficiently drunk1 she was so cunning as to get a promise of marriage of him1 and so held him to it1 and forced him to marry her4 #aed;b ,and she1 as the saying is1 was as good as he1 #aed;c at all his vile and ranting tricks3 she had her companions as well as he had his1 and she would meet them too at the ,tavern and ,ale-house1 more commonly than he was aware of4 ,to be plain1 she was a very ,whore1 and had as great resort came to her1 where time and place was appointed1 as any of them all4 ,aie1 and he smelt it too1 but could not tell how to help it4 ,for if he began to talk1 she could lay in his dish the whores that she knew he haunted1 and she could fit him also with cursing and swearing1 for she would give him ,oath for ,oath1 and ,curse for ,curse4 ,atten4 ,what kind of oaths would she have8 ,wise4 ,why damn her1 and sink her1 and the like4 ,atten4 ,these are provoking things4 ,wise4 ,so they are3 but ,god doth not altogether let such things goe unpunished in this life4 ,something of this ,i have shewed you already1 and will here give you one or two ,instances more4 ,there lived1 saith one1 #aed;d in the year #aeea4 in a city of ,savoy1 a man who was a monstrous ,curser and ,swearer1 and though he was often admonished and blamed for it1 yet would he by no means mend his manners4 ,at length a great plague happening in the ,city1 he withdrew himself into a ,garden1 where being again admonished to give over his wickedness1 he hardned his heart more1 ,swearing1 ,blaspheming ,god1 and giving himself to the ,devil3 ,and immediately the ,devil snatched him up suddenly1 his wife and kinswoman looking on1 and carried him quite away4 ,the ,magistrates advertised hereof1 went to the place and examined the ,woman1 who justified the truth of it4 ,also at ,oster in the ,dutchy of ,magalapole1 7saith ,mr4 ,clark7 a wicked ,woman1 used in her cursing to give herself body and soul to the ,devil1 and being reproved for it1 still continued the same2 till 7being at a ,wedding-,feast7 the ,devil came in person1 and carried her up into the ,air1 with most horrible outcries and roarings3 ,and in that sort carried her round about the ,town1 that the ,inhabitants were ready to dye for fear3 ,and by and by he tore her in four pieces1 leaving her four quarters in four several high-wayes2 and then brought her ,bowels to the ,marriage-feast1 and threw them upon the ,table before the ,maior of the ,town1 saying1 ,behold1 these dishes of meat belong to thee1 whom the like destruction waiteth for1 if thou dost not amend thy wicked life4 ,atten4 ,though ,god forbears to deal thus with all men that thus rend and tare his ,name1 and that immediate ,judgments do not overtake them2 yet he makes their lives by other ,judgments bitter to them1 does he not8 ,wise4 ,yes1 yes4 ,and for proof1 ,i need goe no further than to this ,badman and his wife2 for their railing1 and cursing1 and swearing ended not in words3 ,they would fight and fly at each other1 and that like ,cats and ,dogs4 ,but it must be looked upon as the hand and ,judgment of ,god upon him for his villany2 he had an honest woman before1 but she would not serve his turn1 and therefore ,god took her away1 and gave him one as bad as himself4 ,thus that measure that he meted to his first wife1 this last did mete to him again4 ,and this is a punishment1 wherewith sometimes ,god will punish wicked men4 ,so said ,amos to ,amaziah3 ,thy wife shall be an ,harlot in the ,city4 #aee ,with this last wife ,mr4 ,badman lived a pretty while2 but1 as ,i told you before1 in a most sad and hellish manner4 ,and now he would bewail his first wifes death3 not of love that he had to her ,godliness1 for that he could never abide1 but for that she used alwayes to keep home1 whereas this would goe abroad2 his first wife was also honest1 and true to that ,relation1 but this last was a ,whore of her ,body3 ,the first woman loved to keep things together1 but this last would whirl them about as well as he3 ,the first would be silent when he chid1 and would take it patiently when he abused her1 but this would give him word for word1 blow for blow1 curse for curse2 so that now ,mr4 ,badman had met with his match3 #aef;a ,god had a mind to make him see the baseness of his own life1 in the wickedness of his wives4 #aef;b ,but all would not do with ,mr4 ,badman1 he would be ,mr4 ,badman still3 ,this ,judgment did not work any reformation upon him1 no1 not to ,god nor man4 ,atten4 ,i warrant you that ,mr4 ,badman thought when his wife was dead1 that next time he would match far better4 ,wise4 ,what he thought ,i cannot tell1 but he could not hope for it in this match4 ,for here he knew himself to be catcht1 he knew that he was by this woman intangled1 and would therefore have gone back again1 but could not4 ,he knew her1 ,i say1 to be a ,whore before1 and therefore could not promise himself a happy life with her4 ,for he or she that will not be true to their own soul1 will neither be true to husband nor wife4 ,and he knew that she was not true to her own soul1 and therefore could not expect she should be true to him but ,solomon says1 ,an whore is a deep pit1 and ,mr4 ,badman found it true4 ,for when she had caught him in her pit1 she would never leave him till she had got him to promise her ,marriage2 and when she had taken him so far1 she forced him to marry indeed4 ,and after that1 they lived that life that ,i have told you4 ,atten4 ,but did not the neighbours take notice of this alteration that ,mr4 ,badman had made8 ,wise4 ,yes2 and many of his ,neighbours1 yea1 many of those that were carnal said1 #aef;c ',tis a righteous ,judgment of ,god upon him1 for his abusive carriage and language to his other wife3 for they were all convinced that she was a vertuous woman1 and he1 vile wretch1 had killed her1 ,i will not say1 with1 but with the want of kindness4 ,atten4 ,and how long ,i pray did they live thus together8 ,wise4 ,some fourteen or sixteen years1 even untill 7though she also brought somthing with her7 they had sinned all away1 and parted as poor as ,howlets4 #aef;d ,and1 in reason1 how could it be otherwise8 he would have his way1 and she would have hers2 he among his companions1 and she among hers2 he with his ,whores1 and she with her ,rogues2 and so they brought their ,noble to ,nine-pence4 ,atten4 ,pray of what disease did ,mr4 ,badman die1 for now ,i perceive we are come up to his death8 ,wise4 ,i cannot so properly say that he died of one disease1 #aeg;a for there were many that had consented1 and laid their heads together to bring him to his end4 ,he was dropsical1 he was consumptive1 he was surfeited1 was gouty1 and1 as some say1 he had a tang of the ,pox in his bowels4 ,yet the ,captain of all these men of death that came against him to take him away1 was the ,consumption1 for 'twas that that brought him down to the grave4 ,atten4 ,although ,i will not say1 but the best men may die of a consumption1 a dropsie1 or a surfeit2 yea1 that these may meet upon a man to end him3 yet ,i will say again1 that many times these diseases come through mans inordinate use of things4 ,much drinking brings dropsies1 consumptions1 surfeits1 and many other diseases2 and ,i doubt1 that ,mr4 ,badman's death did come by his abuse of himself in the use of lawfull and unlawfull things4 ,i ground this my sentence upon that report of his life that you at large have given me4 ,wise4 ,i think verily that you need not call back your sentence2 for 'tis thought by many1 that by his ,cups and his ,queans he brought himself to this his destruction3 he was not an old man when he dyed1 nor was he naturally very feeble1 but strong1 and of a healthy complexion3 ,yet1 as ,i said1 he moultered away1 and went1 when he set a going1 rotten to his ,grave4 ,and that which made him stink when he was dead1 ,i mean1 that made him stink in his ,name and ,fame1 was1 that he died with a spice of the foul disease upon him3 ,a man whose life was full of sin1 and whose death was without repentance4 ,atten4 ,these were blemishes sufficient to make him stink indeed4 ,wise4 ,they were so1 and they did do it4 ,no man could speak well of him when he was gone4 #aeg;b ,his ,name rotted above ground1 as his ,carkass rotted under4 ,and this is according to the saying of the wise man3 ,the memory of the just is blessed1 but the name of the wicked shall rot4 #aeg;c ,this ,text1 in both the parts of it1 was fulfilled upon him and the woman that he married first4 ,for her ,name still did flourish1 though she had been dead almost seventeen years2 but his began to stink and rot1 before he had been buried seventeen dayes4 ,atten4 ,that man that dieth with a life full of sin1 and with an heart void of repentance1 although he should die of the most ,golden disease 7if there were any that might be so called7 ,i will warrant him his ,name shall stink1 and that in ,heaven and ,earth4 ,wise4 ,you say true2 and therefore doth the name of ,cain1 ,pharaoh1 ,saul1 ,judas1 and the ,pharisees1 though dead thousands of years agoe1 stink as fresh in the nostrils of the world as if they were but newly dead4 ,atten4 ,i do fully acquiesce with you in this4 ,but1 ,sir1 since you have charged him with dying impenitent1 pray let me see how you will prove it3 #aeh;a not that ,i altogether doubt it1 because you have affirmed it1 but yet ,i love to have proof for what men say in such weighty matters4 ,wise4 ,when ,i said1 he died without repentance1 ,i meant1 so far as those that knew him1 could judge1 when they compared his ,life1 the ,word1 and his ,death together4 ,atten4 ,well said1 they went the right way to find out whether he had1 that is1 did manifest that he had repentance or no4 ,now then shew me how they did prove he had none8 ,wise4 ,so ,i will3 ,and first1 #aeh;b this was urged to prove it4 ,he had not in all the time of his sickness1 a sight and sence of his sins1 but was as secure1 and as much at quiet1 as if he had never sinned in all his life4 ,atten4 ,i must needs confess that this is a sign he had none4 ,for how can a man repent of that of which he hath neither sight nor sence8 ,but 'tis strange that he had neither sight nor sence of sin now1 when he had such a sight and sence of his evil before3 ,i mean when he was sick before4 ,wise4 ,he was1 as ,i said1 as secure now1 as if he had been as sinless as an ,angel2 though all men knew what a sinner he was1 for he carried his ,sins in his ,forehead4 ,his debauched ,life was read and known of all men2 but his ,reputation was read and known of no man2 for1 as ,i said1 he had none4 ,and for ought ,i know1 the reason he had no sence of his sins now1 was because he profited not by that sence that he had of them before4 ,he liked not to retain that knowledge of ,god then1 that caused his sins to come to remembrance3 ,therefore ,god gave him up now to a reprobate mind1 to hardness and stupidity of ,spirit2 and so was that ,scripture fulfilled upon him1 ,he hath blinded their eyes4 ,and that1 ,let their eyes be darkned that they may not see4 #aei;a ,oh6 for a man to live in sin1 and to go out of the world without ,repentance for it1 is the saddest ,judgement that can overtake a man4 ,atten4 ,but1 ,sir1 although both you and ,i have consented that #aei;b without a sight and sence of sin there can be no ,repentance1 yet that is but our bare ,say-so2 let us therefore now see if by the ,scripture we can make it good4 ,wise4 ,that is easily done4 ,the three thousand that were converted1 7,acts the second17 repented not1 till they had sight and sence of their sins3 #aei;c ,paul repented not till he had sight and sence of his sins3 the ,jailor repented not till he had sight and sence of his sins3 nor could they4 ,for of what should a man repent8 ,the ,answer is1 of ,sin4 ,what is it to ,repent of sin8 ,the answer is1 ,to be sorry for it1 to turn from it4 #aei;d ,but how can a man be sorry for it1 that has neither sight nor sence of it4 ,david did1 not only commit sins1 but abode impenitent for them1 untill ,nathan the ,prophet was sent from ,god to give him a sight and sence of them2 #aei;e and then1 but not till then1 he indeed repented of them4 ,job1 in order to his ,repentance1 cries unto ,god1 ,shew me wherefore thou contendest with me4 ,and again1 ,that which ,i see not teach thou me1 ,i have born chastisement1 ,i will not offend any more3 #aei;f ,that is1 not in what ,i know1 for ,i will repent of it2 nor yet in what ,i know not1 when thou shalt shew me it4 ,also ,ephraims ,repentance was after he was turned to the sight and sence of his sins1 and after he was instructed about the evil of them4 #aei;g ,atten4 ,these are good testimonies of this truth1 and doe 7if matter of fact1 with which ,mr4 ,badman is charged1 be true71 prove indeed that he did not repent1 but as he lived1 so he dyed in his sin3 ,for without ,repentance a man is sure to dye in his sin2 for they will lie down in the dust with him1 #afj;a rise at the ,judgement with him1 hang about his ,neck like ,cords and ,chains when he standeth at the ,barre of ,gods ,tribunal1 and goe with him too when he goes away from the ,judgment-seat1 with a ,depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire1 prepared for the ,devil and his ,angels2 and there shall fret and gnaw his ,conscience1 because they will be to him a never-dying worm4 #afj;b ,wise4 ,you say well1 and ,i will add a word or two more to what ,i have said3 ,repentance1 as it is not produced without a sight and sence of sin1 so every sight and sence of sin cannot produce it3 ,i mean1 every sight and sence of sin cannot #afj;c produce that ,repentance1 that is ,repentance unto salvation2 repentance never to be repented of4 ,for it is yet fresh before us1 that ,mr4 ,badman had a sight and sence of sin1 in that fit of sickness that he had before1 but it dyed without procuring any such godly fruit2 as was manifest by his so soon returning with the ,dog to his ,vomit4 ,many people think also that ,repentance stands in ,confession of sin only1 but they are very much mistaken3 ,for ,repentance1 as was said before1 is a being sorry for1 and a turning from transgression to ,god by ,jesus ,christ4 ,now1 if this be true1 that every sight and sence of sin will not produce ,repentance1 then ,repentance cannot be produced there where there is no sight and sence of sin4 ,that every sight and sence of sin will not produce repentance1 to wit1 the godly repentance that we are speaking of1 is manifest in ,cain1 ,pharaoh1 ,saul and ,judas1 who all of them had sence1 great sence of sin1 but none of them repentance unto life4 ,now ,i conclude1 that ,mr4 ,badman did die impenitent1 and so a death most miserable4 ,atten4 ,but pray now1 before we conclude our discourse of ,mr4 ,badman1 give me another proof of his dying in his sins4 ,wise4 ,another proof is this4 #afj;d ,he did not desire a sight and sence of sins1 that he might have repentance for them4 ,did ,i say he did not desire it1 ,i will add1 he greatly desired to remain in his security3 and that ,i shall prove by that which follows4 ,first1 he could not endure that any man1 now1 should talk to him of his sinfull life1 and yet that was the way to beget a sight and sence of sin1 and so of repentance from it in his soul4 ,but1 ,i say1 he could not endure such discourse4 ,those men that did offer to talk unto him of his ill-spent ,life1 they were as little welcome to him in the time of his last sickness1 as was ,elijah when he went to meet with ,ahab1 as he went down to take possession of ,naboths ,vineyard4 ,hast thou found me1 said ,ahab1 ,o mine enemy8 #afa;a ,so would ,mr4 ,badman say in his heart to and of those that thus did come to him1 though indeed they came even of love1 to convince him of his evil life1 that he might have repented thereof1 and have obtained mercy4 ,atten4 ,did good men then goe to see him in his last sickness8 ,wise4 ,yes3 ,those that were his first wifes acquaintance1 they went to see him1 and to talk with1 and to him1 if perhaps he might now1 at last1 bethink himself1 and cry to ,god for mercy4 ,atten4 ,they did well to try now at last if they could save his soul from ,hell3 ,but pray how can you tell that he did not care for the company of such8 ,wise4 ,because of the differing ,carriage that he had for them1 from what he had when his old carnal companions came to see him3 ,when his old ,campanions came to see him1 he would stir up himself as much as he could both by words and looks1 to signifie they were welcome to him2 he would also talk with them freely1 and look pleasantly upon them1 though the talk of such could be none other but such as ,david said1 carnal men would offer to him1 when they came to visit him in his sickness3 ,if he comes to see me1 says he1 he speaketh vanity1 his heart gathereth iniquity to itself4 #afa;b ,but these kind of talks1 ,i say1 ,mr4 ,badman better brooked1 than he did the company of better men4 ,but ,i will more particularly give you a ,character #afa;c of his carriage to good men 7and good talk7 when they came to see him4 #a4 ,when they were come1 he would seem to fail in his spirits at the sight of them4 #b4 ,he would not care to answer them to any of those questions that they would at times put to him1 to feel what sence he had of sin1 death1 ,hell1 and ,judgment3 ,but would either say nothing1 or answer them by way of evasion1 or else by telling of them he was so weak and spent that he could not speak much4 #c4 ,he would never shew forwardness to speak to1 or talk with them1 but was glad when they held their tongues4 ,he would ask them no question about his state and another world1 or how he should escape that damnation that he had deserved4 #d4 ,he had got a haunt at last to bid his wife and keeper1 when these good people attempted to come to see him1 to tell them that he was asleep or inclining to sleep1 or so weak for want thereof1 that he could not abyde any noyse4 ,and so they would serve them time after time1 till at last they were discouraged from coming to see him any more4 #e4 ,he was so hardned1 now1 in this time of his sickness1 that he would talk1 when his companions came unto him1 to the disparagement of those good men 7and of their good doctrine too7 that of love did come to see him1 and that did labour to convert him4 #f4 ,when these good men went away from him1 he would never say1 ,pray when will you be pleased to come again1 for ,i have a desire to more of your company1 and to hear more of your good instruction8 ,no not a word of that1 but when they were going would scarce bid them drink1 or say1 ,thank you for your good company1 and good instruction4 #g4 ,his talk in his sickness with his companions1 would be of the ,world1 as ,trades1 ,houses1 ,lands1 great ,men1 great ,titles1 great places1 outward ,prosperity1 or outward ,adversity1 or some such carnal thing4 ,by all which ,i conclude1 that he did not desire a sence and sight of his sin1 that he might repent and be saved4 ,atten4 ,it must needs be so as you say1 if these things be true that you have asserted of him4 ,and ,i do the rather believe them1 because ,i think you dare not tell a lie of the dead4 ,wise4 ,i was one of them that went to him1 and that beheld his carriage and manner of way1 and this is a true relation of it that ,i have given you4 ,atten4 ,i am satisfied4 ,but pray if you can1 shew me now by the ,word1 what sentence of ,god doth pass upon such men8 ,wise4 ,why1 the man that is thus averse to repentance1 that desires not to hear of his sins1 that he might repent and be saved2 is said to be a man that saith unto ,god1 ,depart from me1 for ,i desire not the knowledge of thy wayes4 #afc;a ,he is a man that sayes in his heart and with his actions1 ,i have loved strangers1 7sins7 and after them ,i will goe4 ,he is a man that shuts his eyes1 stops his ears1 and that turneth his spirit against ,god4 ,yea he is the man that is at enmity with ,god1 and that abhorres him with his soul4 #afc;b ,atten4 ,what other signe can you give me that ,mr4 ,badman died without repentance8 ,wise4 ,why1 he did never heartily cry to ,god for mercy all the time of his affliction4 #afc;c ,true1 when sinking fits1 stitches1 or pains took hold upon him1 then he would say as other carnal men use to do1 ,lord help me1 ,lord strengthen me1 ,lord deliver me1 and the like3 ,but to cry to ,god for mercy1 that he did not1 but lay1 as ,i hinted before1 as if he never had sinned4 ,atten4 ,that is another bad sign indeed2 for crying to ,god for mercy1 is one of the first signs of repentance4 ,when ,paul lay repenting of his sin1 upon his bed1 the ,holy ,ghost said of him1 ,behold he prayes4 #afc;d ,but he that hath not the first signs of repentance1 'tis a sign he hath none of the other1 and so indeed none at all4 ,i do not say1 but there may be crying1 where there may be no sign of repentance4 ,they cryed1 says ,david1 to the ,lord1 but he answered them not2 #afc;e but that he would have done1 if their cry had been the fruit of repentance4 ,but1 ,i say1 if men may cry1 and yet have no repentance1 be sure1 they have none1 that cry not at all4 ,it is said in ,job1 ,they cry not when he bindeth them2 #afc;f that is1 because they have no repentance2 no repentance1 no cryes2 false repentance1 false cryes2 true repentance1 true cryes4 ,wise4 ,i know that it is as possible for a man to forbear crying that hath repentance1 as it is for a man to forbear groaning that feeleth deadly pain4 ,he that looketh into the ,book of ,psalms1 7where repentance is most lively set forth even in its true and proper effects17 shall there find1 that crying1 strong crying1 hearty crying1 great crying1 and uncessant crying1 hath been the fruits of repentance3 7,but none of this had this ,mr4 ,badman1 therefore he dyed in his sins47 ,that ,crying is an inseparable effect of repentance1 is seen in these ,scriptures4 ,have mercy upon me1 ,o ,god1 according to the multitude of thy tender mercies1 blot out my transgressions4 ,o ,lord1 rebuke me not in thine anger1 neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure4 ,have mercy upon me1 ,o ,lord1 for ,i am weak4 ,o ,lord1 heal me for my bones are vexed4 ,my soul is also vexed1 but thou1 ,o ,lord1 how long3 ,return1 ,o ,lord1 deliver my soul3 ,o save me for thy mercies sake3 ,o ,lord1 rebuke me not in thy wrath1 neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure2 for thine arrows stick fast in me1 and thy hand presseth me sore4 ,there is no soundness in my flesh1 because of thine anger1 neither is there any rest in my bones1 because of my sin4 ,for mine iniquities are gone over mine head1 as an heavy burthen1 they are too heavy for me4 ,my wounds stink and are corrupt2 because of my foolishness4 ,i am troubled1 ,i am bowed down greatly1 ,i goe mourning all the day long4 ,my loyns are filled with a loathsom disease1 and there is no soundness in my flesh4 ,i am feeble1 and sore broken1 ,i have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart4 #afd;a ,i might give you a great number more of the holy sayings of good men1 whereby they express how they were1 what they felt1 and whether they cryed or no1 when repentance was wrought in them4 ,alas1 alas1 it is as possible for a man1 when the pangs of ,guilt are upon him to forbear praying1 as it is for a woman when pangs of travel are upon her to forbear crying4 ,if all the world should tell me that such a man hath repentance1 yet if he is not a praying man1 ,i should not be perswaded to believe it4 ,atten4 ,i know no reason why you should3 for there is nothing can demonstrate that such a man hath it4 ,but pray ,sir1 what other sign have you1 by which you can prove that ,mr4 ,badman died in his sins1 and so in a state of damnation8 ,wise4 ,i have this to prove it4 #afd;b ,those who were his old sinfull companions in the time of his health1 were those whose company and carnal talk he most delighted in1 in the time of his sickness4 ,i did occasionally hint this before1 but now ,i make it an argument of his want of grace3 for where there is indeed a work of ,grace in the heart1 that work doth not only change the heart1 thoughts and desires1 but the conversation also2 yea conversation and company too4 ,when ,paul had a work of grace in his soul1 he assayed to ,joyn himself to the ,disciples4 ,he was for his old companions in their abominations no longer3 he was now a ,disciple1 and was for the company of ,disciples4 ,and he was with them coming in and going out in ,jerusalem4 #afe;a ,atten4 ,i thought something when ,i heard you make mention of it before4 ,thought ,i1 this is a shrewd sign that he had not grace in his heart4 ,birds of a feather1 thought ,i1 will flock together3 ,if this man was one of ,gods children1 he would heard with ,gods children1 his delight would be with1 and in the company of ,gods children4 ,as ,david said1 ,i am a companion of all them that fear thee1 and of them that keep thy precepts4 #afe;b ,wise4 ,you say well1 for what fellowship hath he that believeth with an ,infidel8 ,and although it be true1 that all that joyn to the godly are not godly1 yet they that shall inwardly choose the company of the ungodly and open profane1 rather than the company of the godly1 as ,mr4 ,badman did2 surely are not godly men1 but profane4 ,he was1 as ,i told you1 out of his element1 when good men did come to visit him1 but then he was where he would be1 when he had his vain companions about him4 ,alas6 grace1 as ,i said1 altereth all1 heart1 life1 company1 and all2 for by it the heart and man is made new3 and a new heart1 a new man1 must have objects of delight that are new1 and like himself3 ,old things are passed away2 ,why8 ,for all things are become new4 #afe;c ,now if all things are become new1 to wit1 heart1 mind1 thoughts1 desires1 and delights1 it followeth by consequence that the company must be answerable3 hence it is said1 ,that they that believed were together2 that they went to their own company2 that they were added to the ,church2 that they were of one heart and of one soul2 #afe;d and the like4 ,now if it be objected that ,mr4 ,badman was sick1 and so could not goe to the godly1 yet he had a tongue in his head1 and could1 had he had an heart1 have spoken to some to call or send for the godly to come to him4 ,yea1 he would have done so2 yea the company of all others1 specially his fellow sinners1 would1 even in every appearance of them before him1 have been a burden and a grief unto him4 ,his heart and affection standing bent to good1 good companions would have suited him best4 ,but his ,companions were his old ,associates1 his delight was in them1 therefore his heart and soul were yet ungodly4 ,atten4 ,pray how was he when he drew near his end8 for ,i perceive that what you say of him now1 hath reference to him1 and to his actions1 at the beginning of his sickness8 ,then he could endure company1 and much talk2 besides1 perhaps then he thought he should recover and not die1 as afterwards he had cause to think1 when he was quite wasted with pining sickness1 when he was at the graves mouth4 ,but how was he1 ,i say1 when he was 7as we say7 at the graves mouth1 within a step of death8 when he saw1 and knew1 and could not but know1 that shortly he must dye1 and appear before the ,judgment of ,god8 ,wise4 ,why #aff;a there was not any other alteration in him1 than what was made by his disease upon his body3 sickness1 you know1 will alter the body1 also pains and stitches will make men groan2 but for his mind he had no alteration there4 ,his mind was the same1 his heart was the same4 ,he was the self-same ,mr4 ,badman still3 not onely in ,name but ,conditions1 and that to the very day of his death3 yea1 so far as could be gathered to the very moment in which he died4 ,atten4 ,pray how was he in his death8 was ,death strong upon him8 or did he dye with ease1 quietly8 ,wise4 ,as quietly as a #aff;b ,lamb4 ,there seemed not to be in it1 to standers by1 so much as a strong struggle of ,nature3 and as for his ,mind1 it seemed to be wholly at quiet4 ,but pray why do you ask me this question8 ,atten4 ,not for mine own sake1 but for others4 ,for there is such #aff;c an opinion as this among the ignorant3 ,that if a man dies1 as they call it1 like a ,lamb1 that is1 quietly1 and without that consternation of mind that others shew in their death1 they conclude1 and that beyond all doubt1 that such an one is gone to ,heaven1 and is certainly escaped the wrath to come4 ,wise4 ,there is no ,judgment to be made by a quiet death1 of the ,eternal state of him that so dieth4 ,suppose one man should die quietly1 another should die suddenly1 and a third should die under great consternation of spirit2 no man can ,judge of their eternall condition by the manner of any of these kinds of deaths4 ,he that dies quietly1 suddenly1 or under consternation of spirit1 may goe to ,heaven1 or may goe to ,hell2 no man can tell whether a man goes1 by any such manner of death4 ,the #afg;a ,judgment therefore that we make of the eternall condition of a man must be gathered from another consideration3 ,to wit1 ,did the man die in his sins8 did he die in unbelief8 did he die before he was born again8 then he is gone to the ,devil and hell1 though he died never so quietly4 ,again1 ,was the man a good man8 had he faith and holiness8 was he a lover and a ,worshipper of ,god by ,christ1 according to his ,word8 ,then he is gone to ,god and ,heaven1 how suddenly1 or in what consternation of mind soever he died3 ,but ,mr4 ,badman was naught1 his life was evil1 his wayes were evil2 evil to his end3 he therefore went to ,hell and to the ,devil1 how quietly soever he died4 ,indeed there is1 in some cases1 a ,judgment to be made of a mans eternal condition by the manner of the death he dieth4 #afg;b ,as suppose now a man should murder himself1 or live a wicked life1 and after that die in utter despair2 these men without doubt do both of them goe to ,hell4 ,and here ,i will take an occasion to speak of two of ,mr4 ,badmans ,brethren1 7for you know ,i told you before that he had ,brethren17 and of the manner of their death4 ,one of them killed himself1 and the other after a wicked life died in utter despair4 ,now ,i should not be afraid to conclude of both these1 that they went by1 and through their death to hell4 ,atten4 ,pray tell me concerning the first1 how he made away himself8 ,wise4 ,why1 he took a knife and cut his own ,throat1 and immediately gave up the ,ghost and died4 ,now what can we judge of such a mans condition2 since the ,scripture saith1 ,no murderer hath eternall life1 c4 but that it must be concluded1 that such an one is gone to ,hell4 ,he was a murderer1 a ,self-murderer2 and he is the worst murderer1 one that slays his own body and soul3 nor doe we find mention made of any but cursed ones that doe such kind of deeds4 ,i say1 no mention made in holy ,writ of any others1 but such1 that murder themselves4 ,and this is the sore ,judgment of ,god upon men1 when ,god shall1 for the sins of such1 give them up to be their own ,executioners1 or rather to execute his ,judgment and ,anger upon themselves4 ,and let me earnestly give this ,caution to sinners4 ,take heed1 ,sirs1 break off your sins1 lest ,god serves you as he served ,mr4 ,badmans ,brother3 ,that is1 lest he gives you up to be your own ,murderers4 ,atten4 ,now you talk of this4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i did once know a man1 a ,barber1 that took his own ,raisor1 and cut his own ,throat1 and then put his head out of his ,chamber-window1 to shew the neighbours what he had done1 and after a little while died4 ,wise4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,i can tell you a more dreadful thing than this3 ,i mean as to the manner of doing the fact4 #afh;c ,there was about twelve years since1 a man that lived at ,brafield by ,northampton1 7named ,john ,cox7 that murdered himself2 the manner of his doing of it was thus4 ,he was a poor man1 and had for some time been sick 7and the time of his sickness was about the beginning of ,hay-time27 and taking too many thoughts how he should live afterwards1 if he lost his present season of work1 he fell into deep despair about the world1 and cryed out to his wife the morning before he killed himself1 saying1 ,we are undone4 ,but quickly after1 he desired his wife to depart the room1 ,because1 said he1 ,i will see if ,i can get any rest2 so she went out3 but he instead of sleeping1 quickly took his ,raisor1 and therewith cut up a great hole in his side1 out of which he pulled1 and cut off some of his guts1 and threw them1 with the blood up and down the ,chamber4 ,but this not speeding of him so soon as he desired1 he took the same ,raisor and therewith cut his own throat4 ,his wife then hearing of him sigh and fetch his wind short1 came again into the room to him1 and seeing what he had done1 she ran out and called in some ,neighbours1 who came to him where he lay in a bloody manner1 frightfull to behold4 ,then said one of them to him1 ,ah6 ,john1 what have you done8 are you not sorry for what you have done8 ,he answered roughly1 ',tis too late to be sorry4 ,then said the same person to him again1 ,ah6 ,john1 pray to ,god to forgive thee this bloody act of thine4 ,at the hearing of which ,exhortation1 he seemed much offended1 and in angry manner said1 ,pray6 and with that flung himself away to the wall1 and so after a few gasps died desperately4 ,when he had turned him of his back1 to the wall1 the blood ran out of his belly as out of a boul1 and soaked quite through the bed to the boards1 and through the chinks of the boards it ran pouring down to the ground4 ,some said1 that when the neighbours came to see him1 he lay groaping with his hand in his bowels1 reaching upward1 as was thought1 that he might have pulled or cut out his heart4 ',twas said also1 that some of his ,liver had been by him torn out and cast upon the boards1 and that many of his guts hung out of the bed on the side thereof4 ,but ,i cannot confirm all particulars2 but the general of the story1 with these circumstances above mentioned1 is true2 ,i had it from a sober and credible person1 who himself was one that saw him in this bloody state1 and that talked with him1 as was hinted before4 ,many other such dreadful things might be told you1 but these are enough1 and too many too1 if ,god in his wisdom had thought necessary to prevent them4 ,atten4 ,this is a dreadful ,story3 and ,i would to ,god that it might be a warning to others to instruct them to fear before ,god1 and pray1 lest he gives them up to doe as ,john ,cox hath done4 ,for surely self-murderers cannot goe to ,heaven3 and therefore1 as you have said1 he that dieth by his own hands1 is certainly gone to ,hell4 ,but speak a word or two of the other man you mentioned4 ,wise4 ,what8 of a wicked man dying in ,despair8 ,atten4 ,yes1 of a wicked man dying in despair4 ,wise4 ,well then3 #afi;a ,this ,mr4 ,badmans other ,brother was a very wicked man1 both in ,heart and ,life2 ,i say in ,heart1 because he was so in ,life1 nor could anything reclaim him2 neither good ,men1 good ,books1 good ,examples1 nor ,gods ,judgements4 ,well1 after he had lived a great while in his sins1 ,god smote with a sickness of which he died4 ,now in his sickness his ,conscience began to be awakened1 and he began to roar out of his ill-spent ,life1 insomuch that the ,town began to ring of him4 ,now when it was noysed about1 many of the ,neighbours came to see him1 and to read by him1 as is the common way with some2 but all that they could doe1 ,picture3 ,take note symbol could not abate his terror1 but he would lie in his ,bed gnashing of his teeth1 and wringing of his wrists1 concluding upon the ,damnation of his ,soul1 and in that horror and despair he dyed2 not calling upon ,god1 but distrusting in his ,mercy1 and ,blaspheming of his ,name4 ,atten4 ,this brings to my mind a man that a ,friend of mine told me of4 ,picture3 ,take note symbol ,he had been a wicked liver2 so when he came to die1 he fell into despair1 and having concluded that ,god had no mercy for him he addressed himself to the ,devil for favour1 saying1 ,good ,devil be good unto me4 ,wise4 ,this is almost like ,saul1 who being forsaken of ,god1 went to the ,witch of ,endor1 and so to the ,devil for help4 #agj;a ,but alas1 should ,i set my self to collect these dreadful ,stories1 it would be easie in little time to present you with hundreds of them3 ,but ,i will conclude as ,i began2 ,they that are their own ,murderers1 or that die in ,despair1 after they have lived a life of wickedness1 do surely go to ,hell4 ,and here ,i would put in a ,caution3 ,every one that dieth under consternation of spirit2 that is1 under amazement and great fear1 do not therefore die in ,despair3 ,for a good man may have this for his bands in his death1 and yet go to ,heaven and ,glory4 ,for1 as ,i said before1 ,he that is a good man1 a man that hath ,faith and ,holiness1 a lover and ,worshipper of ,god by ,christ1 according to his ,word1 may die in consternation of spirit3 for ,satan will not be wanting to assault good men upon their death-bed1 but they are secured by the ,word and ,power of ,god2 yea1 and are also helped1 though with much agony of spirit1 to exercise themselves in ,faith and ,prayer1 the which he that dieth in ,despair1 can by no means doe4 ,but let us return to ,mr4 ,badman1 and enter further ,discourse of the manner of his ,death4 ,atten4 ,i think you and ,i are both of a mind2 for just now ,i was thinking to call you back to him also4 ,and pray now1 since it is your own motion to return again to him1 let us discourse a little more of his quiet and still death4 ,wise4 ,with all my heart4 ,you know we were speaking before of the manner of ,mr4 ,badmans death3 #aga;a ,how that he dyed very stilly and quietly2 upon which you made observation1 that the common people conclude1 that if a man dyes quietly1 and as they call it1 like a ,lamb1 he is certainly gone to ,heaven3 when alas1 if a wicked man dyes quietly1 if a man that has all his dayes lived in notorious sin1 dyeth quietly2 his quiet dying is so far off from being a sign of his being saved1 that it is an uncontrollable proof of his damnation4 ,this was ,mr4 ,badmans case1 he lived wickedly even to the last1 and then went quietly out of the world3 therefore ,mr4 ,badman is gone to ,hell4 ,att4 ,well1 but since you are upon it1 and also so confident in it1 to wit1 that a man that lives a wicked life till he dyes1 and then dyes quietly1 is gone to ,hell2 let me see what shew of proof you have for this your opinion4 ,wise4 ,my first argument is drawn from the ,necessity of repentance3 ,no man can be saved except he repents1 nor can he repent that sees not1 that knows not that he is a sinner1 and he that knows himself to be a sinner1 will1 ,i will warrant him1 be molested for the time by that knowledge4 #aga;b ,this1 as it is testified by all the ,scriptures1 so it is testified by ,christian experience4 ,he that knows of himself to be a sinner1 is molested1 especially if that knowledge comes not to him untill he is cast upon his death-bed2 molested1 ,i say1 before he can dye quietly4 ,yea1 he is molested1 dejected and cast down1 he is also made to cry out1 to hunger and thirst after mercy by ,christ1 and if at all he shall indeed come to die quietly1 ,i mean with that quietness that is begotten by ,faith and ,hope in ,gods mercy 7to the which ,mr4 ,badman and his brethren were utter strangers17 his quietness is distinguished by all ,judicious observers1 by what went before it1 by what it flows from1 and also by what is the fruit thereof4 ,i must confess ,i am no admirer of sick-bed repentance1 for ,i think verily it is seldom #aga;c good for any thing3 but ,i say1 he that hath lived in sin and profaneness all his dayes1 as ,mr4 ,badman did1 and yet shall dye quietly1 that is1 without repentance steps in 'twixt his life and death1 he is assuredly gone to ,hell1 and is damned4 ,atten4 ,this does look like an argument indeed2 for ,repentance must come1 or else we must goe to ,hell-fire3 and if a lewd liver shall 7,i mean that so continues till the day of his death71 yet goe out of the world quietly1 'tis a sign that he died without repentance1 and so a sign that he is damned4 ,wise4 ,i am satisfied in it1 for my part1 and that from the ,necessity1 and ,nature of repentance4 ,it is necessary1 because ,god calls for it1 and will not pardon sin without it3 ,except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish4 ,this is that which ,god hath said1 and he will prove but a fool-hardy man that shall yet think to goe to ,heaven and glory without it4 ,repent1 for the ,ax is laid to the root of the tree1 every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit1 7but no good fruit can be where there is not sound repentance7 shall be hewn down1 and cast into the fire4 #agb;a ,this was ,mr4 ,badmans case1 he had attending of him a sinfull life1 and that to the very last1 and yet dyed quietly1 that is1 without repentance2 he is gone to ,hell and is damned4 ,for the ,nature of repentance1 ,i have touched upon that already1 and shewed1 that it never was where a quiet death is the immediate companion of a sinfull life2 and therefore ,mr4 ,badman is gone to ,hell4 ,secondly1 #agb;b ,my second argument is drawn from that blessed ,word of ,christ1 ,while the strong man armed keeps the house1 his goods are in peace1 till a stronger than he comes3 but the strong man armed kept ,mr4 ,badmans house1 that is1 his heart1 and soul1 and body1 for he went from a sinfull life quietly1 out of this world3 the stronger did not disturb by intercepting with sound repentance1 betwixt his sinful life and his quiet death3 ,therefore ,mr4 ,badman is gone to ,hell4 ,the strong man armed is the ,devil1 and quietness is his security4 ,the ,devil never fears losing of the sinner1 if he can but keep him quiet3 can he but keep him quiet in a sinfull life1 and quiet in his death1 he is his own4 ,therefore he saith1 his goods are in peace2 that is1 out of danger4 ,there is no fear of the ,devils losing such a soul1 ,i say1 because ,christ1 who is the best ,judge in this matter1 saith1 his goods are in peace1 in quiet1 and out of danger4 ,atten4 ,this is a good one too2 #agc;a for doubtless1 peace and quiet with sin1 is one of the greatest signs of a damnable state4 ,wise4 ,so it is4 ,therefore1 when ,god would shew the greatness of his anger against sin and sinners in one word1 he saith1 ,they are joyned to ,idols1 let them alone4 #agc;b ,let them alone1 that is1 disturb them not2 let them goe on without controll2 let the ,devil enjoy them peaceably1 let him carry them out of the world unconverted quietly4 ,this is one of the sorest of ,judgments1 and bespeaketh the burning anger of ,god against sinfull men4 ,see also when you come home1 the fourteenth ,verse of the ,chapter last mentioned in the ,margent3 ,i will not punish your daughters when they commit ,whoredom4 ,i will let them alone1 they shall live and dye in their sins4 ,but1 ,thirdly1 ,my third argument #agc;c is drawn from that saying of ,christ3 ,he hath blinded their eyes1 and hardened their hearts2 that they should not see with their eyes1 nor understand with their hearts1 and be converted1 and ,i should heal them4 #agc;d ,there are three things that ,i will take notice of from these words4 #a4 ,the first is1 ,that there can be no conversion to ,god where the eye is darkned1 and the heart hardened4 ,the eye must first be made to see1 and the heart to break and relent under and for sin1 or else there can be no conversion4 ,he hath blinded their eyes1 and hardned their hearts1 lest they should see1 and understand and 7,so7 be converted4 ,and this was clearly ,mr4 ,badmans case1 he lived a wicked life1 and also died with his eyes shut1 and heart hardened1 as is manifest1 in that a sinful life was joyned with a quiet death2 and all for that he should not be converted1 but partake of the fruit of his sinfull life in ,hell fire4 #b4 ,the second thing that ,i take notice of from these words is1 ,that this is a dispensation and manifestation of ,gods anger against a man for his sin4 ,when ,god is angry with men1 ,i mean1 when he is so angry with them1 this among many is one of the ,judgments that he giveth them up unto1 to wit1 to blindness of mind1 and hardness of heart1 which he also suffereth to accompany them till they enter in at the gates of death4 ,and then1 and there1 and not short of then and there1 their eyes come to be opened4 ,hence it is said of the rich man mentioned in ,luke1 ,he dyed1 and in ,hell he lifted up his eyes3 #agd;a ,implying that he did not lift them up before3 ,he neither saw what he had done1 nor whither he was going1 till he came to the place of execution1 even into ,hell4 ,he died asleep in his soul2 he dyed bespotted1 stupified1 and so consequently for quietness1 like a ,child or ,lamb1 even as ,mr4 ,badman did3 this was a sign of ,gods anger2 he had a mind to damn him for his sins1 and therefore would not let him see nor have an heart to repent for them1 lest he should convert1 and his damnation1 which ,god had appointed1 should be frustrate3 lest they should be converted1 and ,i should heal them4 #c4 ,the third thing that ,i take notice of from hence1 is1 ,that a sinfull life and a quiet death annexed to it1 is the ready1 the open1 the beaten1 the common high-way to ,hell3 there is no surer sign of ,damnation1 than for a man to dye quietly after a sinfull life4 ,i do not say that all wicked men1 that are molested at their death with a sence of sin and fears of ,hell1 do therefore goe to ,heaven1 7for some are also made to see1 and are left to despair 7not converted by seeing7 that they might go roaring out of this world to their place37 ,but ,i say1 there is no surer sign of a mans ,damnation1 than to dye quietly after a sinful life2 than to sin1 and dye with his eyes shut2 than to sin1 and dye with an heart that cannot repent4 ,he hath blinded their eyes and hardened their heart1 that they should not see with their eyes1 nor understand with their heart2 7no1 not so long as they are in this world7 lest they should see with their eyes1 and understand with their heart1 and should be converted1 and ,i should heal them4 #agd;b ,god has a ,judgment for wicked men2 ,god will be even with wicked men3 ,god knows how to reserve the ungodly to the day of ,judgment to be punished3 #agd;c ,and this is one of his wayes by which he doth it4 ,thus it was with ,mr4 ,badman4 #d4 ,fourthly1 #agd;d ,it is said in the ,book of ,psalms1 concerning the wicked1 ,there is no bands in their death1 but their strength is firm4 ,by no bands1 he means no troubles1 no gracious chastisements1 no such corrections for sin as fall to be the ,lot of ,gods people for theirs2 yea1 that many times falls to be theirs1 at the time of their death4 ,therefore he adds concerning the wicked1 ,they are not troubled 7then7 like other men1 neither are they plagued like other men2 but go as securely out of the world1 as if they had never sinned against ,god1 and put their own souls into danger of damnation4 ,there is no band in their death4 ,they seem to go unbound1 and set at liberty1 out of this world1 though they have lived notoriously wicked all their dayes in it4 ,the ,prisoner that is to dye at the ,gallows for his wickedness1 must first have his ,irons knock't off his legs2 so he seems to goe most at liberty1 when indeed he is going to be executed for his transgressions4 ,wicked men also have no bands in their death1 they seem to be more at liberty when they are even at the ,wind-up of their sinfull life1 than at any time besides4 ,hence you shall have them boast of their ,faith and ,hope in ,gods ,mercy1 when they lye upon their death-bed2 yea1 you shall have them speak as confidently of their salvation1 as if they had served ,god all their dayes3 when the truth is1 the bottom of this their boasting is1 because they have no bands in their death4 ,their sin and base life comes not into their mind to correct them1 and bring them to repentance2 but presumptuous thoughts1 and an hope and faith of the ,spiders 7the ,devils7 making1 possesseth their soul1 to their own eternal undoing4 #age;a ,hence wicked mens hope1 is said to dye1 not before1 but with them2 they give up the ,ghost together4 ,and thus did ,mr4 ,badman4 ,his sins and his hope went with him to the ,gate1 but there his hope left him1 because it dyed there2 but his sins went in with him1 to be a worm to gnaw him in his conscience for ever and ever4 ,the opinion therefore of the common people concerning this kind of dying1 is #age;b frivolous and vain2 for ,mr4 ,badman died like a ,lamb1 or as they call it1 like a ,chrisom child1 quietly and without fear4 ,i speak not this with reference to the strugling of nature with death1 but as to the strugling of the conscience with the ,judgment of ,god4 ,i know that ,nature will struggle with death4 ,i have seen a ,dog and ,sheep dye hardly3 ,and thus may a wicked man doe1 because there is an antipathy betwixt nature and death4 ,but even while1 even then1 when ,death and ,nature are strugling for mastery1 the soul1 the conscience1 may be as besotted1 as benummed1 as senceless and ignorant of its miserable state1 as the block or bed on which the sick lyes3 ,and thus they may dye like a ,chrisom child in shew1 but indeed like one who by the ,judgment of ,god is bound over to eternal damnation2 and that also by the same ,judgment is kept from seeing what they are1 and whither they are going1 till they plunge down among the flames4 ,and as it is a very great ,judgment of ,god on wicked men that so dye1 7for it cuts them off from all possibility of repentance1 and so of salvation7 #agf;a so it is as great a ,judgment upon those that are their companions that survive them4 ,for by the manner of their death1 they dying so quietly1 so like unto chrisom children1 as they call it1 they are hardened1 and take courage to go on in their course4 ,for comparing their life with their death1 their sinful cursed lives with their child-like1 ,lamb-like death1 they think that all is well1 that no damnation is happened to them2 ,though they lived like ,devils incarnate1 yet they dyed like harmless ones4 ,there was no whirl-wind1 no tempest1 no band1 nor plague in their death3 ,they dyed as quietly as the most godly of them all1 and had as great faith and hope of salvation1 and would talk as boldly of salvation as if they had assurance of it4 ,but as was their hope in life1 so was their death3 ,their hope was without tryal1 because it was none of ,gods working1 and their death was without molestation1 because so was the ,judgment of ,god concerning them4 ,but ,i say1 at this their survivors take heart to tread their steps1 and to continue to live in the breach of the ,law of ,god2 yea they carry it statelily in their villanies2 for so it follows in the ,psalm4 ,there is no bands in their death1 but their strength is firm1 c4 ,therefore pride compasseth them 7the survivors7 about as a chain1 violence covereth them as a garment4 #agf;b ,therefore they take courage to do evil1 therefore they pride themselves in their iniquity4 ,therefore1 ,wherefore8 ,why1 because their fellows died1 after they had lived long in a most profane and wicked life1 as quietly and as like to ,lambs1 as if they had been innocent4 ,yea1 they are bold1 by seeing this1 to conclude1 that ,god1 either does not1 or will not take notice of their sins4 ,they speak wickedly1 they speak loftily4 ,they speak wickedly of sin1 for that they make it better than by the ,word it is pronounced to be4 ,they speak wickedly concerning oppression1 that they commend1 and count it a prudent act4 ,they also speak loftily3 ,they set their mouth against the ,heavens1 c4 ,and they say1 ,how doth ,god know1 and is there knowledge in the most ,high8 ,and all this1 so far as ,i can see1 ariseth in their hearts from the beholding of the quiet and lamb-like death of their companions4 #agg;a ,behold these are the ungodly that prosper in the world1 #agg;b 7that is1 by wicked ways7 they increase in riches4 ,this therefore is a great ,judgment of ,god1 both upon that man that dyeth in his sins1 and also upon his companion that beholdeth him so to dye4 ,he sinneth1 he dyeth in his sins1 and yet dyeth quietly4 ,what shall his companion say to this8 ,what ,judgment shall he make how ,god will deal with him1 by beholding the lamb-like death of his companion8 ,be sure1 he cannot1 as from such a sight say1 ,wo be to me1 for ,judgment is before him3 ,he cannot gather1 that sin is a dreadful and a bitter thing1 by the child-like death of ,mr4 ,badman4 ,but must rather1 if he judgeth according to what he sees1 or according to his corrupted reason1 conclude with the wicked ones of old1 ,that every one that doth evil1 is good in the sight of the ,lord1 and he delighteth in them2 or where is the ,god of ,judgment8 #agg;c ,yea1 this is enough to puzzle the wisest man4 ,david himself1 was put to a stand1 by beholding the quiet death of ungodly men4 ,verily1 sayes he1 ,i have cleansed my heart in vain1 and have washed my hands in innocency4 ,psal4 #gc4 #ac4 ,they1 to appearance fare better by far than ,i3 ,their eyes stand out with fatness1 they have more than heart can wish2 ,but all the day long have ,i been plagued1 and chastned every morning4 ,this1 ,i say1 made ,david wonder1 yea1 and ,job and ,jeremiah too3 ,but he goeth into the ,sanctuary1 and then he understands their end1 nor could he understand it before4 ,i went into the ,sanctuary of ,god3 ,what place was that8 why there where he might enquire of ,god1 and by him be resolved of this matter3 ,then1 says he1 understood ,i their end4 ,then ,i saw1 that thou hast set them in slippery places1 and that thou castest them down to destruction4 ,castest them down1 that is1 suddenly1 or as the next words say1 ,as in a moment they are utterly consumed with terrors3 which terrors did not cease them on their sick-bed1 for they had no bands in their death4 ,the terrors therefore ceased them there1 where also they are holden in them for ever4 ,this he found out1 ,i say1 but not without great painfulness1 grief and pricking in his reins3 so deep1 so hard and so difficult did he find it1 rightly to come to a determination in this matter4 ,and indeed1 this is a deep ,judgment of ,god towards ungodly sinners2 it is enough to stagger a whole world1 only the ,godly that are in the world have a ,sanctuary to go to1 where the ,oracle and ,word of ,god is1 by which his ,judgements1 and a reason of many of them are made known to1 and understood by them4 ,atten4 ,indeed this is a staggering dispensation4 ,it is full of the wisdom and anger of ,god4 ,and ,i believe1 as you have said1 that it is full of ,judgment to the world4 ,who would have imagined1 that had not known ,mr4 ,badman1 and yet had seen him die1 but that he had been a man of an holy life and conversation1 since he died so stilly1 so quietly1 so like a ,lamb or ,chrisom child8 ,would they not1 ,i say1 have concluded1 that he was a righteous man8 or that if they had known him and his life1 yet to see him die so quietly1 would they not have concluded that he had made his peace with ,god8 ,nay further1 if some had known that he had died in his sins1 and yet that he died so like a ,lamb1 would they not have concluded1 that either ,god doth not know our sins1 or that he likes them2 or that he wants power1 or will1 or heart1 or skill to punish them2 since ,mr4 ,badman himself went from a sinfull life so quietly1 so peaceably1 and so like a ,lamb as he did8 ,wise4 ,without controversie1 this is an heavy judgment of ,god upon wicked men2 7,job #ba4 #bc7 one goes to ,hell in peace1 another goes to ,hell in trouble2 one goes to ,hell being sent thither by his own hands2 another goes to ,hell1 being sent thither by the hand of his companion2 one goes thither with his eyes shut1 and another goes thither with his eyes open2 one goes thither roaring1 and another goes thither boasting of ,heaven and ,happiness all the way he goes3 ,one goes thither like ,mr4 ,badman himself1 and others go thither as did his ,brethren4 ,but above all1 ,mr4 ,badmans death1 as to the manner of dying1 is the fullest of ,snares and ,traps to wicked men2 therefore they that die as he1 are the greatest stumble to the world3 ,they goe1 and goe1 they go on peaceably from ,youth to old ,age1 and thence to the ,grave1 and so to ,hell1 without noyse3 ,they goe as an ,ox to the slaughter1 and as a fool to the correction of the ,stocks2 that is1 both sencelesly and securely4 ,o6 but being come at the gates of ,hell6 ,o6 but when they see those gates set open for them3 ,o6 but when they see that that is their home1 and that they must go in thither1 then their peace and quietness flies away for ever3 ,then they roar like ,lions1 yell like ,dragons1 howl like ,dogs1 and tremble at their ,judgment1 as do the ,devils themselves4 ,oh6 when they see they must shoot the ,gulf and ,throat of ,hell6 when they shall see that ,hell hath shut her ghastly ,jaws upon them6 when they shall open their eyes1 and find themselves within the belly and bowels of ,hell6 then they will mourn1 and weep1 and hack1 and gnash their teeth for pain4 ,but this must not be 7or if it must1 yet very rarely7 till they are gone out of the sight and hearing of those mortals whom they do leave behind them alive in the world4 ,atten4 ,well1 my good ,neighbour ,wiseman1 ,i perceive that the ,sun grows low1 and that you have come to a conclusion with ,mr4 ,badmans ,life and ,death2 and therefore ,i will take my leave of you4 ,only first1 let me tell you1 ,i am glad that ,i have met with you to day1 and that our hap was to fall in with ,mr4 ,badmans state4 ,i also thank you for your freedom with me1 in granting of me your reply to all my questions3 ,i would only beg your ,prayers2 that ,god will give me much grace1 that ,i may neither live nor die as did ,mr4 ,badman4 ,wise4 ,my good ,neighbour ,attentive1 ,i wish your welfare in ,soul and ,body2 and if ought that ,i have said of ,mr4 ,badmans ,life and-,death1 may be of ,benefit unto you1 ,i shall be heartily glad2 only ,i desire you to thank ,god for it1 and to pray heartily for me1 that ,i with you may be kept by the ,power of ,god through ,faith unto ,salvation4 ,atten4 ,amen4 ,farewell4 ,wise4 ,i wish you heartily ,farewell4 ,,margin ,,notes ,general note4 ,when ,mr4 ,badman was printed much of the text was annotated with notes in the margins4 ,these are unlike our modern footnotes in that they may apply to a range of text rather than at a single point4 ,however1 in this ,project ,gutenberg e,text it has not been possible to reproduce the margin notes as such and hence they have been turned into footnotes4--,,dp4 #a;a ,not included in this ,project ,gutenberg e,text as we have already released 8,the ,holy ,war40--,,dp4 #a;b ,in this ,project ,gutenberg e,text italics have been dropped as they are excessive but otherwise the text1 complete with capitalisation1 punctuation1 spelling etc41 is as in the edition transcribed4--,,dp4 #bj;a ,original sin is the root of ,actual transgressions4 #bj;b ,mark #g4 #ba;a ,job #aa4 #ab4 ,ezek4 #af4 ,exod4 #ac4 #ac4 ,chap4 #cd4 #bj4 #ba;b ,rom4 #e4 #ba;c ,badman addicted to ,lying from a child4 #ba;d ,a ,lie knowingly told demonstrates that the heart is desperately hard4 #bb;a ,the ,lyers portion4 ,rev4 #ba4 #h4 #bg4 ,chap4 #bb4 #ae4 #bb;b ,prov4 #bb4 #ae4 ,chap4 #bc4 #ac1 #ad4 #bb;c ,joh4 #h4 #dd4 #bb;d ,the ,devils ,brat4 #bb;e ,acts #e4 #c1 #d4 #bb;f ,the ,father and ,mother of a ,lie4 #bc;a ,mark4 #bc;b ,some will tell a ,lie for a ,peny profit4 #bc;c ,an ,example for ,lyers4 ,acts #e4 #bd;a ,a ,spirit of ,lying accompanyed with other sins4 #bd;b ,badman given to pilfer4 #bd;c ,badman would rob his ,father4 #bd;d ,exod4 #bj4 #ae4 #be;a ,zech4 #e4 #c4 #be;b ,jer4 #b4 #bf4 ,how ,badman did use to carry it when his ,father used to chide him for his sins4 #be;c ,badman more firmly knit to his ,companions than either to ,father or ,mother4 #be;d ,badman would rejoyce to think that his ,parents death were at hand4 #bf;a #a ,sam4 #b4 #be4 #bf;b ,badman counted his thieving no great matter4 #bf;d ,the ,story of old ,tod4 #bf;e ,young ,thieves takes notice4 #bg ,old ,tod began his way to the ,gallows by robbing of ,orchards and the like4 #bh;a ,badman could not abide the ,lords ,day4 #bh;b ,why ,badman could not abide the ,lords ,day4 #bi;a ,god proves the heart what it is1 by instituting of the ,lords day1 and setting it apart to his service4 #bi;b ,gen4 #b4 #b4 ,exod4 #ca4 #ac1 #ad1 #ae1 #af1 #ag4 ,mar4 #af4 #a4 ,acts #bj4 #g4 #a ,cor4 #af4 #a1 #b4 ,mar4 #b4 #bg1 #bh4 ,revel4 #a4 #aj4 #bi;c ,isa4 #e4 #h1 #ac4--;,could not see where this fits in the text4--,,dp4 #bi;d ,chap4 #ef4 #b4 #bi;e ,amos #h4 #e4 #cj;a ,heb4 #d4 #i4 #cj;b ,how ,badman did use to spend the ,lords ,day4 #cj;c ,ephes4 #e4 #f4 #ca;a ,badman given to ,swearing and ,cursing4 #ca;b ,rom4 #f4 #ac4 #ca;c ,swearing and ,cursing a badge of ,mr4 ,badmans honour4 #ca;d ,difference betwixt ,swearing and ,cursing4 #ca;e ,what ,swearing is4 #cb;a ,exod4 #bj4 #g4 #cb;b ,a man may sin in swearing to a truth4 ,jer4 #e4 #b4 #cb;c ,he that swears to a ,lie1 concludes that ,god is as wicked as himself4 #cb;d ,zech4 #e4 #c4 ,jer4 #g4 #i4 ,hos4 #d4 #b1 #c4 #cc;a ,six ,causes of vain ,swearing4 #cc;b ,jam4 #c4 #f1 #g1 #h1 #i4 #cd;a ,how ,cursing is distinguished from ,swearing4 #cd;b ,of ,cursing1 what it is4 #cd;c #b ,sam4 #af4 #f1 #g1 #h4 #cd;d #a ,king4 #b4 #h4 #cd;e ,how the profane ones of our times ,curse4 #ce;a ,job #cj4 #ca4 #ce;b ,badmans way of ,cursing4 #ce;c ,the ,damme ,blade4 #ce;d ,badman would curse his ,father1 c4 #ce;e ,badman would curse his ,fathers ,cattel4 #cf;a ,job #ae4 ,eccles4 #g4 #bb4 #cf;b ,four causes of ,cursing4 #cf;c ,the dishonour it brings to ,god4 #cf;d ,jam4 #c4 #i4 #cg;a ,swearing and ,cursing1 are sins against the light of ,nature4 #cg;b ,gen4 #ca4 #cg;c ,examples of ,gods anger against them that ,swear and ,curse4 #dj;a ,psal4 #aji4 #ag1ah4 #dj;b ,a grievous thing to bring up ,children wickedly4 #da;a ,badman put to be an ,apprentice4 #da;b ,young ,badmans ,master1 and his qualifications4 #db;a ,a bad ,master1 a bad thing4 #db;b ,how many ways a ,master may be the ruin of an ,apprentice4 #dc;a ,children are great observers of what older folks doe4 #dc;b #a ,sam4 #b4 #dc;c ,badman had all advantages to be good1 but continued ,badman still4 #dc;d ,all good things abominable to ,badman4 #dd;a ,good counsel to ,badman like ,little-,ease4 ,prov4 #i4 #h4 ,chap4 #ae4 #ab4 #dd;b ,how ,badman used to behave himself at ,sermons4 #de;b ,the desperate words of one ,h4 ,s4 who once was my ,companion4 ,he was own bother to ,ned1 of whom you read before4 #de;c ,job #ba4 #ad4 ,zech4 #a4 #aa1 #ab1 #ac4 #de;d ,zech4 #g4 #ac4 #df;a ,gen4 #ba4 #i1 #aj4 #b ,king4 #b4 #bc1 #bd4 #df;b ,badmans ,acquaintance4 #df;c ,a ,sign of ,gods ,anger4 #df;d ,rom4 #a4 #bh4 #df;e ,psal4 #abe4 #e4 #df;f #b ,thess4 #b4 #aj1 #aa1 #ab4 #dg;a ,prov4 #ab4 #bj4 #dg;b ,the ,devils ,decoys4 #dg;c ,prov4 #a4 #bi4 #dg;e ,this was done at ,bedford4 #dh;a ,prov4 #g4 #ab1 #ac4 #dh;b ,prov4 #e4 #aa4 #dh;c #b ,pet4 #b4 #ab1 #ac4 #dh;d ,badman becomes a frequenter of ,taverns4 #dh;f ,a ,story for a ,drunkard4 #di;a ,four evils attend drunkenness4 #di;b ,prov4 #bc4 #bj1 #ba4 #di;c ,eccles4 #g4 #ag4 #di;d ,prov4 #bc4 #bi1 #cj4 #ej;a #a ,cor4 #f4 #aj4 #ej;b ,the fifth evil the worst4 #ej;c ,prov4 #bc4 #cd1 #ce4 #ej;d ,an ,objection answered4 #ej;e ,habak4 #b1 #i1 #aj1 #aa1 #ab4 ,ver4 #e1 #ae4 #ea;a ,badmans ,masters ,purse paid for his drunkenness4 #ea;b ,a ,caution for ,masters4 #eb;b ,badmans third companion addicted to ,uncleanness4 #eb;c ,sins of great men dangerous4 #ec;a ,prov4 #e4 #h4 #ec;b ,chap4 #g4 #f1 #g1 #h1 #i1 #aj1 #aa1 #ab1 #ac1 #ad1 #ae1 #af1 #ag1 #ah4 #ec;c ,signs of a whore4 #ed;a ,the sin of ,uncleanness cried out against4 #ed;b ,what evils attend this sin4 ,prov4 #f4 #bf4 #ed;c ,gen4 #ch4 #ah4 #ed;d ,prov4 #ca4 #a1 #b4 #ed;f ,a ,story for unclean persons to take notice of4 #ee;a ,more evils attend this sin4 #ee;c ,job #ca4 #a1 #b1 #c4 #ef ,prov4 #f4 #cc4 #eg ,prov4 #f4 #bf4 #eh;a ,chap4 #bc4 #bg4 ,prov4 #b4 #ah1 #ai4 ,chap4 #g4 #be1 #bf1 #bg4 #eh;b ,prov4 #bb4 #ad4 #eh;c ,ephes4 #e4 #e4 #eh;d ,desperate words4 #ei;b ,gen4 #ci4 #aj4 #ei;c ,of chaste ,joseph4 #fj;a ,many are made whores by promises of ,marriage1 c4 #fj;b ,clarks ,looking-glass for ,sinners1 ,chap4 #b4 ,pag4 #ab4 #fj;c ,badman and his ,master abhor one another4 #fj;d ,prov4 #bi4 #bg4 #fa;a ,young ,badman runs away from his ,master4 #fa;b ,he gets a new ,master like himself4 #fa;c ,a sign of ,gods anger upon young ,badman4 #fb;a ,demonstration of ,gods anger towards him4 #fb;b ,gen4 #ah4 #ah1 #ai4 #fb;c ,psal4 #g4 #ad4 #fb;d ,jam4 #a4 #ae4 #fc;a ,it concerns ,parents to put their ,children into good ,families4 #fc;b ,masters should also beware what ,servants they entertain4 #fc;c ,young ,badman and his second ,master cannot agree4 #fc;d ,acts #af4 #af4 #fc;e ,reasons of their disagreeing4 #fd;a ,acts #af4 #ag1 #ah1 #ai1 #bj4 #fd;b ,ro4 #ad4 #bb4 #fd;c ,bad ,masters condemn themselves when they for badness beat their ,bad servants4 #fd;d #a ,king4 #af4 #g4 #fe;a ,why young ,badman did not run away from this ,master though he did beat him4 #fe;b ,why ,badman could bear his last ,masters reproof better than he could the first4 #fe;c ,by what means ,badman came to be compleated in his wickedness4 #ff;a ,badman out of his time4 #ff;b ,he goes home to his ,father4 #ff;c ,he refrains himself for ,money4 #ff;d ,severity what it inclines to4 #fg;a ,we are better at giving then taking good ,counsel4 #fg;b ,this is to be considered4 #fh;a ,a good woman and her bad son4 #fh;b ,mr4 ,badman sets up for himself1 and quickly runs to the lands end4 #fi;a ,the reason of his runing out4 #fi;b ,eccle4 #aa1 #i4 #fi;c ,new companions4 #fi;d ,mr4 ,badmans temper4 #fi;e ,pro4 #bi4 #c4 ,chap4 #ac4 #bj4 #fi;f ,pro4 #bh4 #g4 #fi;g ,pro4 #bh4 #ai4 #gj;a ,pro4 #bc4 #ba4 #gj;b ,his ,behaviour under his decays4 #gj;c ,how he covered his decayes4 #gj;d ,badman is for a rich ,wife4 #gj;e ,badman has a godly ,maid in his eye4 #ga;a ,he seeks to get her1 why1 and how4 #ga;b ,he calls his ,companions together1 and they advise him how to get her4 #ga;c ,badman goes to the ,damosel as his ,counsel advised him4 #gb;a ,badmans complement1 his lying complement4 #gb;b ,neglect of ,counsel about marriage dangerous4 #gc;a ,badman obtains his desire1 is married1 c4 #gc;b ,his carriage judged ungodly and wicked4 #gc;c ,mat4 #bc4 #gc;d ,the great alteration that quickly happened to ,badmans wife4 #gc;e ,mala4 #c4 #ae4 #gc;f ,expectation of ,judgment is for such things4 #gc;g ,job4 #ba4 #cj1 #ca1 #cb4 #gd;a ,an example of ,gods anger on such as have heretofore committed this sin of ,mr4 ,badman4 ,gen #cd4 #gd;c ,after ,badman is married1 his ,creditors come upon him1 and his wives ,portion pays for that which his whores were feasted with before he was married4 #ge;a ,now she reaps the fruits of her unadvisedness4 #ge;b ,now ,badman has got him a wife by ,religion1 he hangs it by as a thing out of use1 and entertains his old ,companions4 #ge;c ,he drives good company from his wife4 #ge;d ,he goes to his ,whores4 #gf;a ,he rails at his wife4 #gf;b ,he seeks to force his wife from her ,religion4 #gf;c ,he mocks at her ,preachers4 #gf;d ,he mocks his wife in her dejections4 #gf;e ,he refuses to let her go out to good company4 #gg;a ,she gets out sometimes by stealth4 #gg;b ,her repentance and complaint4 #gg;c ,psal4 #abj #gg;d ,the evil of being unequally yoaked together4 #gh;a #b ,cor4 #f4 #ac4 #gh;b ,gen4 #c4 #ae4 #gh;c ,deut4 #b4 #dc4 7,this doesn't exist but is as given in the text4 ,,dp7 #gh;d ,good counsel to those godly maids that are to marry4 #gi;a ,a caution to young women4 #gi;b ,let ,mr4 ,badmans wife be your ,example4 #hj;a ,deut4 #g4 #d1 #e4 7,rather unnecessary footnote4 ,,dp7 #hj;b #a ,cor4 #g4 #ci4 #b ,cor4 #f4 #ad1 #ae1 #af4 #hj;c ,rules for those that are to marry4 #hj;d ,if you love your ,souls take heed4 #ha;a ,duet #g4 #ha;b ,psal4 #ajf4 #ce1 #cf1 #cg1 #ch1 #ci1 #dj4 #ha;c ,badmans ,children that he had by this good woman4 #ha;d ,nehem4 #ac4 #bd4 #hb;a ,how the ungodly ,father and godly ,mother doe strive for the ,children that ,god doth give them4 #hb;b #b ,king4 #ag4 #hc;a ,the advantages that ,children have1 whose ,parents are both godly4 #hd;a ,the disadvantages that the ,children of ungodly ,parents have4 #hd;b ,job #cj4 #h4 #hd;c ,a contest betwixt ,mr4 ,badman and his wife4 #he;a ,ephes4 #e4 #bh4 #he;b ,with what weapons ,badman did deal with his wife4 #he;c ,mr4 ,badmans heart discovered as to its enmity against the friends of his wife4 #hf ,mark #hh;a ,new discourse of ,mr4 ,badman4 #hh;b ,mr4 ,badman plays a new prank4 #hi ,mr4 ,badmans perfection4 #ij;a ,how ,mr4 ,badman came to enjoy himself4 #ij;b #b ,chron4 #bh4 #bb4 #a ,king #ba4 #be4 ,gen4 #ac4 #ac4 #ij;c ,job #ba4 #ag4 #ij;d ,there are abundance like ,mr4 ,badman4 #ia;a ,pro4 #bd4 #i4 #ia;b ,he that would be bad is bad4 #ia;c ,matt #e4 #bh4 #ia;d ,pro4 #bc4 #g4 ,mat4 #e4 ,rom4 #g4 #g4 #ib;a ,a bad heart makes a bad man4 #ib;b #a ,sam4 #bd4 #ac4 ,mat4 #g4 #af1 #ag1 #ah4 #ib;c ,mar4 #g4 #bj1 #ba1 #bb1 #bc4 #ic;a ,mr4 ,badman had an art to break1 and to get money that way4 #ic;b ,how he managed things in order to his breaking4 #ic;c ,he breaks4 #id;a ,mr4 ,badmans suger words to his ,creditors4 #id;b ,badmans friend4 #id;c ,what ,mr4 ,badman propounds to his ,creditors4 #id;d ,they at last agree1 and ,mr4 ,badman gains by breaking4 #ie ,there is no plea for his dishonesty4 #if;a ,an answer to two questions4 #if;b #a4 ,question4 #if;c ,levit4 #ai4 #ac4 #if;d ,the hainousness of this sin4 #if;e #a ,thess4 #d4 #f4 #if;f fair warning4 #ig;a ,colos4 #c4 #be4 #ig;b ,fair warning again4 #ig;c ,he that designedly commits this sin is like the ,devil4 #ig;d #b4 ,question4 #ih;a ,how those that are ,banckrupts should deal with their consciences4 #ih;b ,good advice4 #ih;c ,rom4 #ab4 #aa4 #ih;d #a ,tim4 #e4 #h4 #ih;e ,pro4 #ah4 #i4 #ih;f ,good counsel again4 #ii;a ,how to find that thy decay came by the ,judgment of ,god1 or by thy miscarriage4 #ii;b ,another question4 #ii;c ,pro4 #aj4 #c4 #a ,pet4 #e4 #f4 #ii;d ,lam4 #c4 #cc4 #ajj;a ,good advice again4 ,deut4 #cb4 #ae4 #ajj;b ,james #a4 #i1 #aj4 #ajj;c ,consider four things4 #ajj;d ,job #a4 #ba4 ,chap4 #b4 #h4 #ajj;e ,psal4 #di4 #f4 #ajj;f ,jam4 #b4 #e4 #aja;a ,honest dealing with ,creditors4 #aja;b ,pro4 #af4 #cc4 #ajb;a ,jer4 #ae4 #aj1 #aa4 ,pro4 #af4 #g4 #ajb;b ,a heavy blot upon ,religion4 #ajc;a ,if ,knaves will make profession their cloak to be vile1 who can help it8 #ajc;b #a ,cor4 #f4 #h1 #i1 #aj4 #b ,tim4 #c4 #a1 #b1 #c1 #d1 #e4 #ajc;c ,matt4 #ah4 #f1 #g1 #h4 #ajc;d ,let such be disowned of all good men4 #ajc;e ,jer4 #ag4 #aa4 #ajd;a ,ezek4 #bj4 #ch1 #ci4 #ajd;b #b ,cor4 #g4 #b4 #ajd;c ,mar4 #aj4 #ai4 #ajd;d #a ,sam4 #ab4 #c4 #ajd;e ,ver4 #d4 #aje;a ,a question4 #aje;b ,an answer4 #aje;c #b ,king4 #d4 #a1 #b4 #aje;d ,hag4 #a4 #i4 #aje;e ,god does sometimes blow upon his own people4 ,how they should doe at that time4 #aje;f ,philip4 #d4 #ab4 #ajf ,more of ,mr4 ,badmans fraudulent dealing4 ,he used deceitful weights and scales4 #ajg;a ,levit4 #ai4 #ce1 #cf4 #ajg;b ,of ,just weights and measures4 #ajg;c ,ezek4 #de4 #aj4 #ajg;d ,pro4 #bj4 #bc4 ,chap4 #aa4 #a4 #ajg;e ,the evil of deceitful ,balances1 ,weights and ,measures4 #ajg;f ,deut4 #be4 #ac1 #ad1 #ae1 #af4 #ajh;a ,the ,old and ,new ,law commands all men to be honest and upright in their weights and measures4 #ajh;b ,luke #f4 #hh4 #ajh;c ,pat ,scriptures for our purpose4 #aji;a ,where false weights and measures are to be found4 #aji;b #a4 ,with evil doers4 #aji;c ,mic4 #f4 #aj4 #aji;d #b4 ,with the merciless and ,oppressors4 #aji;e ,hos4 #ab4 #g4 #aji;f #c4 ,with such as would swallow up the poor4 #aji;g ,amos #h4 #d1 #e1 #f1 #g4 #aaj;a #d4 ,with impure ones4 #aaj;b ,mic4 #f4 #aa4 #aaj;c ,dan4 #e4 #bg4 #aaa;a ,how ,mr4 ,badman did cheat1 and hide his cheating4 #aaa;b ,good ,weights and a bad ,ballance a deep piece of ,knavery4 #aab;a ,mat4 #bc4 #aab;b ,a cloak of ,religion to blind ,mr4 ,cheats ,knavery4 #aab;c ,some plead ,custom to cheat4 #aab;d ,deut4 #af4 #bj4 #aac;a ,they get nothing that cozen and cheat4 #aac;b ,mar4 #i4 #aac;c ,prov4 #aj4 #c4 ,jer4 #ae4 #ac4 ,chap4 #ag4 #c4 #aac;d ,job #bg4 #ag4 #aac;e ,pro4 #ac4 #bb4 #aad;a ,more of ,mr4 ,badmans ,bad tricks4 #aad;b ,amos #h4 #aad;c ,another art to cheat withall4 #aae;a ,zeph4 #a4 #i4 #aae;b ,servants observe these words4 #aae;c ,of ,extortion4 #aae;d #a ,cor4 #f4 #i1 #aj4 #aaf;a ,who are ,extortioners4 #aaf;b ,hucksters4 #aaf;c ,pro4 #bb4 #af1 #bb4 #aag;a ,deut4 #bc4 #ai4 #aah;a ,whether it be lawful for a man to make the best of his own4 ,proved in negative by #h reasons4 #aah;b ,good conscience must be used in selling4 #aah;c ,we must not make a prey of our neighbours ,ignorance4 #aah;d ,nor of his ,neighbours ,necessity4 #aai;a ,nor of his ,fondness of our commodity4 #aai;b ,we must use good conscience in buying4 #aai;c ,gen4 #bc4 #h1 #i4 #aai;d #a ,chron4 #ba1 #bb4 #bd4 #aai;e ,levit4 #be4 #ad4 #abj;a ,charity must be used in our dealings4 #abj;b #a ,cor4 #af4 #ad4 #abj;c #a ,cor4 #ac4 #abj;d ,ephes4 #d4 #be4 #abj;e ,there may be and is sin in trading4 #aba;a ,matt4 #g4 #ab4 #aba;b ,a man in trading must not offer violence to the ,law of nature4 #aba;c ,job4 #cg4 #g4 #aba;d ,we must not abuse the ,gift we have in the knowledge of earthly things4 #aba;e #a ,cor4 #aj4 #ac4 7,don't see where this fits into text4 ,,dp7 #aba;f ,an eye to the glory of ,god in all we should have4 #aba;g ,colo4 #c4 #ag4 #aba;h ,acts1 #bd4 #ae1 #af4 #abb;a ,levit4 #be4 #ad4 #abb;b ,badman used to laugh at them that told him of his faults4 #abb;c ,luke4 #af4 #ac1 #ad1 #ae4 ,chap4 #f4 #be4 #abc;a ,a question4 #abc;b ,an answer4 #abc;c ,preparations to be a good dealer4 #abc;d ,eccle4 #e4 #aj1 #aa4 #abc;e #a ,tim4 #f4 #g1 #h1 #i4 #abd;a ,ezek4 #bb4 #ac4 #abd;b ,pro4 #ae4 #ag4 ,chap #af4 #h4 #a ,sam4 #b4 #e4 ,pro4 #e4 #ba4 #abd;c ,job #ad4 #ag4 #abd;d ,eccles4 #e4 #ac1 #ad1 #ae4 #abd;e ,prov4 #bj4 #ad4 #abe;a ,amos #h4 #e4 #abe;b ,a ,judgment of ,god4 #b ,king4 #g4 #abe;c ,pro4 #aa4 #bf4 #abe;d ,isa4 #eh4 #f1 #g1 #h4 #abe;e ,philip4 #d4 #e4 #abf;a ,mr4 ,badman a very proud man4 #abf;b ,of pride in general4 #abf;c ,pro4 #ba4 #bd4 #abf;d ,pride sticks close to nature4 #abg ,pro4 #h4 #ac4 ,chap4 #bi4 #bc4 ,isa4 #be4 #aa4 ,mal4 #d4 #a4 #abh;a ,proud men do not love to be called proud4 #abh;b ,two sorts of pride4 #abh;c ,pro4 #af4 #e4 ,chap4 #ba4 #d4 ,eccle4 #g4 #h4 #abh;d ,isa4 #c4 #ag1 #ah1 #ai1 #bj1 #ba1 #bb4 #abh;e ,wicked men do hate that word that reproves their vice4 #abi;a ,signes of a proud man in general4 #abi;b ,pro4 #cj4 #ac4 #abi;c ,pro4 #ag4 #ai4 #abi;d ,mar4 #g4 #abi;e ,in particular4 #abi;f ,psal4 #aj4 #b4 #abi;g ,psal4 #aj4 #d4 #abi;h ,pro4 #ac4 #aj4 #abi;i ,psal4 #aai4 #ea4 #abi;j ,ver4 #abb4 #abik ,jer4 #ac4 #ag4 #abil ,chap4 #dc4 #b4 #abim ,mal4 #c4 #ae4 #abin ,of outward pride4 #acj;a #a ,tim4 #b4 #b4 7,don't see where this fits in the text4--,,dp7 #acj;b #a ,pet4 #c4 #c1 #d1 #e4 #acj;c ,mr4 ,badman was not for having pride called pride4 #acj;d ,professors guilty of the sin of pride4 #aca;a ,jer4 #c4 #c4 #aca;b #a ,tim4 #b4 #i4 #aca;c #a ,pet4 #c4 #a1 #b1 #c4 #aca;d ,jer4 #bc4 #ae4 #aca;e ,ezra4 #i4 #b4 #aca;f ,pride in professors a shame and stumbling-block to the world4 #acb;b ,why pride is in such request4 #acb;c #a ,reason4 ,mar4 #g4 #bb1 #bc4 #acb;d ,obad4 #c4 #acb;e #a ,joh4 #b4 #af4 #acb;f #a ,pet4 #c4 #a1 #b1 #c1 #d1 #e4 #acc;a #c ,reason4 #acc;b #d ,reason4 #acc;c ,isa4 #f4 #acc;d #e ,reason4 #acd;a ,the evil effects of the sin of ,pride4 #acd;b #a ,evil effect4 #a ,tim4 #c4 #f4 #acd;c #b ,evil effect4 ,psal4 #ach4 #i4 #acd;d #c ,evil effect4 #ace;a ,jam4 #d4 #f4 #ace;b #d ,evil effect4 ,pro4 #af4 #be4 #ace;c #e ,evil effect4 ,pro4 #aa4 #b4 ,prov4 #af4 #h4 #ace;d #f ,evil effect4 #a ,tim4 #c4 #f4 #ace;e ,a general character of ,mr4 ,badman4 #ace;f ,psalm4 #cf4 #a4 #ace;g ,a brief relation of ,mr4 ,badmans ways4 #acf;a ,isa4 #bf4 #aj4 #acf;b ,isa4 #i4 #ac4 #acf;c ,isa4 #bf4 #aa4 #acf;d ,psal4 #bi4 #e4 7,cannot see where this fits in the text4--,,dp7 #acf;e ,pro4 #ag4 #f4 7,cannot see where this fits in the text4--,,dp7 #acf;f ,isa4 #bf4 #aj4 #acf;g ,mr4 ,badmans judgment of the ,scriptures4 #acf;h ,good men ,mr4 ,badmans song4 #acg;a ,psal4 #ej4 #ai4 #bj4 #acg;b ,rom4 #c4 #g1 #h4 #acg;c ,jer4 #bc4 #aj4 #acg;d ,when the wicked watch1 ,gods people should be wary4 #acg;e ,badman an angry1 envious man4 #ach;a ,pro4 #ad4 #af4 #ach;b ,eccle4 #g4 #i4 #ach;c ,whence ,envy flows4 #ach;d ,pro4 #bg4 #c1 #d4 #ach;e ,envie the worst of the four4 #ach;f ,gal4 #e4 #ai1 #bj4 #aci;a ,pro4 #ad4 #cj4 #aci;b ,envy is the father and mother of a many wickednesses4 #aci;c ,jam4 #c4 #ad1 #ae4 #aci;d ,some of the births of ,envy4 #aci;e ,job4 #e4 #b4 #aci;f ,matt4 #bg4 #ah4 #aci;g ,mar4 #ae4 #aj4 #aci;h ,acts #g4 #i4 #aci;i ,isa4 #aa4 #ac4 #aci;j ,acts #ac4 #ad4 7,cannot see where this fits in the text4--,,dp7 #adj;a ,a rare thing4 #adj;b ,mr4 ,badman under some trouble of mind4 #adj;c ,mr4 ,badman brake his legg4 #adj;d ,he swears4 #adj;e ,he prays4 #ada;a ,it has no good effect upon him4 #ada;c ,how many sins do accompany drunkenness4 #ada;d ,acts #ag4 #cj1 #ca1 #cb4 #adb;a ,job #cd4 #bd1 #be1 #bf4 #adb;b ,an open stroak4 #adb;c pag4 #da4 #adc;a ,mr4 ,badman fallen sick4 #adc;b ,his conscience is wounded4 #adc;c ,he cryes out in his sickness4 #adc;d ,his ,atheism will not help him now4 #add;a ,a dreadful example of ,gods anger4 #add;c ,what ,mr4 ,badman did more when he was sick4 #ade;a ,great alteration made in ,mr4 ,badman4 #ade;b ,the ,town-talk of ,mr4 ,badmans change4 #ade;c ,his wife is comforted4 #adf;a ,mr4 ,badman recovers and returns to his old course4 #adf;b ,ignorant physicians kill souls while they cure bodyes4 #adg;a ,gen4 #d4 #ac4 #ad4 ,exo4 #i4 #bg4 #a ,sam4 #ae4 #bd4 ,matt4 #bg4 #c1 #d1 #e4 #adg;b ,the true symptoms of conversion wanting in all ,mr4 ,badmans sence of sin and desires of mercy4 #adg;c ,exo4 #ai4 #bh4 ,acts #h4 #bd4 #adg;d ,luke #af4 #bg1 #bh4 #adg;e ,of sick-bed repentance1 and that it is to be suspected4 #adh;a ,hos4 #g4 #ad4 #adh;b ,a sign of the desperateness of mans heart4 #adh;c ,deut4 #a4 #cd1 #ce4 #adh;d ,psal4 #gh4 #cd1 #ce1 #cf1 #cg4 #adi;a ,mr4 ,badmans wifes heart is broken4 #adi;b ,her ,christian speech4 #adi;c ,heb4 #ab4 #bb1 #bc1 #bd4 #adi;d ,her talk to her friends4 7,don't see how this relates to the text4 ,,dp7 #aej;a ,ps4 #ce4 #ac4 #aej;b ,her talk to her husband4 #aea;a ,he diverts her discourse4 #aea;b ,her speech to her children that were rude4 #aea;c ,rev4 #g4 #af4 ,chap4 #ba4 #c1 #d4 #aea;d ,her speech to her darling4 #aeb;a ,heb4 #c4 #ad4 #aeb;b ,ephes4 #e4 #aa4 #aeb;c ,her death4 #aec;b ,one of her children converted by her dying words4 #aec;c ,mat4 #bc4 #aed;a ,mr4 ,badmans base language4 #aed;b ,he marryes again1 and how he got this last wife4 #aed;c ,what she was1 and how they lived4 #aed;d ,clarks ,looking ,glass4 #aee ,amo4 #g4 #af1 #ag4 #aef;a ,he is punished in his last wife for his bad carriages towards his first4 #aef;b ,he is not at all the better4 #aef;c ,none did pity him for his sorrow1 but looked upon it as a just reward4 #aef;d ,badman and this last wife part as poor as ,howlets4 #aeg;a ,mr ,badmans sickness and diseases of which he died4 #aeg;b ,badmans name stinks when he is dead4 #aeg;c ,pro4 #aj4 #g4 #aeh;a ,that ,mr4 ,badman dies impenitent is proved4 #aeh;b #a ,proof that he died impenitent4 #aei;a ,isa4 #f4 ,ro4 #aa4 #aei;b ,no sence of sin1 no repentance proved4 #aei;c ,acts #b4 ,chap4 #i4 ,chap4 #af4 #aei;d ,psal4 #ch4 #ah4 #aei;e #b ,sam4 #ab4 #aei;f ,job #aj4 #b4 ,chap4 #cd4 #cb4 #aei;g ,jer4 #ca4 #ah1 #ai1 #bj4 #afj;a ,job #bj4 #aa4 ,prov4 #e4 #bb4 #afj;b ,matt4 #be4 ,isa4 #ff4 #bd4 ,mar4 #i4 #dd4 #afj;c ,every sight and sence of sin cannot produce repentance4 #afj;d #b proof that he died impenitent4 #afa;a #a ,king4 #ba4 #ag1 #ah1 #ai1 #bj1 #ba4 #afa;b ,psal4 #da4 #f4 #afa;c ,how ,badman carried it to good men when they came to visit him in his last sickness4 #afc;a ,job4 #ba4 #ad4 #afc;b ,jer4 #b4 #be4 ,zech4 #g4 #aa1 #ab4 ,acts4 #bh4 #bf1 #bg4 #afc;c #c ,proof that he died impenitent4 #afc;d ,acts #i4 #aa4 #afc;e ,psal4 #ah4 #ad4 #afc;f ,job #cf4 #ac4 #afd;a ,psal4 #ea4 #a4 ,psal4 #f4 #a1 #b1 #c1 #d4 ,psal4 #ch4 #afd;b #d ,proof that he died impenitent4 #afe;a ,acts4 #i4 #bf4 #bh4 #afe;b ,psal4 #aai4 #fc4 #afe;c #b ,cor4 #e4 #ag4 #afe;d ,acts4 #d4 #cb1 #cc4 ,chap4 #b4 #dd1 #de1 #df1 #dg4 #aff;a ,how ,mr4 ,badman was when near his ,end4 #aff;b ,he died like a ,lamb4 #aff;c ,the opinion of the ,ignorant about his manner of dying4 #afg;a ,how we must judge whether men dye well or no4 #afg;b ,when we may judge of a mans eternal state by the manner of his death4 #afh;c ,the story of ,john ,cox4 #afi;a ,of dying in ,despair4 #agj;a #a ,sam4 #bh4 #agj;b ,psal4 #gc4 #d4 7,don't see where this fits into the text4--,,dp7 #aga;a ,further discourse of ,mr4 ,badmans death4 #aga;b ,he that after a sinfull life dies quietly1 that is1 without repentance1 goes to ,hell4 #a ,proof #aga;c ,sick-bed repentance seldom good for any thing4 #agb;a ,luke #ac4 #a1 #b1 #c1 #d1 #e1 #f1 #g4 #agb;b #b ,proof4 #agc;a ,peace in a sinfull state is a sign of damnation4 #agc;b ,hos #d4 #ag4 #agc;c #c ,proof4 #agc;d ,joh4 #ab4 #dj4 #agd;a ,luk4 #af4 #bb4 #agd;b ,rom4 #b4 #a1 #b1 #c1 #d1 #e4 ,acts #bh4 #bf1 #bg4 #agd;c #b ,pet4 #b4 #agd;d #d ,proof4 ,psal4 #gc4 #d1 #e1 #f4 #age;a ,job #h4 #ac1 #ad4 #age;b ,a frivolous opinion4 #agf;a ,when a wicked man dyes in his sins quietly1 it is a ,judgment of ,god upon his wicked beholder4 #agf;b ,ver4 #f4 #agg;a ,ver4 #h4 #i1 #aj1 #aa4 #agg;b ,vers4 #ab4 #agg;c ,mala4 #b4 #ag4