• 978 Of~he GuN...PowoxR:.-T a.au 0 ~. "S;;;;;s: tum, Alas for 11mermtvires; fo many wayes doew~ 'Z!enerulltadpartum:ThankesbetoGod, thatNontrallt vtres. 1 , Firft for · ,that 'Vires, by it felfe:that, defeated it was. z. Then, for renerunt adpartu~ &n~nera~~t vires, together: thatit profpercd fo long, and yet defeated it was; thi;w:""~nt with an iterum dieD. 3•Then, that without any lwa oratimmionour pans. £ 4 h ete any onours, and againfi fo great a levie oftheirs, ofI know not howman~ 11 out and procejions, and all for thepro{pmus fuccejfe ofa bufi!Jejfe knDnme to nM!b~t~· Superim.4. And,tomake it terque quAterqllt,that we faw them cometumbli»g~t . e that made full account to have feene us}lieup. wne Thatwewerede/iveredfromadangerfone ; broughtto fonarrowa 0 • ; we notpraying, nor fo much as oncethinkingon.- ematter, but deliveredasit ~e~~:; ~raj._!,~.!·; "dreamt : Our[elves not onelydelivered from, but they that fo{ought ours ddivmd 11 their owNedeftraaJen ;6rought n1tforth, but were themfelves IJrought(orthtoiudals end, the end ofall trait~rs : and theirchiltlren;not brought our, btlt, as <. 71 """'"·Pul– led out ofthewDmheoftheceUar, peece and peece, and never faw theSunnealive 01 the S11nne them; pitty it lhould. ' >T&e!leafo•s Shall I now tell you a reafon or two, why, ']{on erant virespariendi? •oneout ~~~~·"""' ofpariendi, •the other, fromNon erant vires• . 1 Why ther r. Thispo1riendi wasjndeedperetmdi;theIJringing fmh a quantity·ofpowder, the notfoffiudtl perilhing ofa n:hote Parliam'ent~ They were_not; but, put cafe they had come forth(it ~;;f;~~s. ts well, we aremcafe, to put th1s cafe) certamly, they had beeneBenoni's,Sqnsqffor. ! sam.~.~!· nw, to this wholeland; IchAbod'sright, ourglory hadhenego11e cleane. For what a face of a Commlll-f11eAlth had here beene left-: Exclajiv(; they came adpArltlm: if, iNclufive they had, their in&tufivehad beene ourexclt~ji'IJ(; We hadbeenejhot ojf,arrd that out ofthis life and this world, every one. renerNnt,ifthey hadcomedpartum; ifthey,adp•rtum, weadperniciem.Nmmmt vim : If there had,thefevires had beene 'Ziirm to us, and theirpo1riendi ourpmundi. Ifthofe childreNhad notbeeneloft_, ma· fty f•thers had beene loft; many 'bildrenhad lofi theirfathers;and many wives their hushands. There had beene agreat IJirthofOrph•nes andWidowes, brought fonhat once.What manner ofbirth lhould this have beene, firfi in it felft: ;then to us I la it[elfe : we faid, for Yipers, there lhould be nojlrength, to deliverrhem. Were not the(e ripers f the w~mhe, they lay in, mufi have beene renr, fo'r them to comeforth: were they not thebroodo(YiJers i' What talke you ofariper, that fometime (itmay be).flingsachildto death: or an elder /;gdy, ifit be not looked to intime~ Whatare ripers, to them, that at on~, would (lOt have}lung, but have{ent "P· and tome i11 peeces, aKing, a~eene,a Prilice, and I know not howmany ofthe '1\ghle~, Clergze, Commons; all the Ejatei ofa RiAir~te, awholeCoilntrty; theitowneCotmtrey,aliat . one blafi-: We faid, for Mmjlers, there lhould be nojlreng~h to deliver them. Thefe were fuch m~»Jlers, as not inchrijlendome alone, but, even mAfrike(rhat mother of mo11jlers) theTurkes, andMoores, and all that heard ofit, we~eamazed, thateverthe earth lhould beare fuch a IJroor/ of mifcreants. For, they lhoul~ not (as chtldren)have triedat their !Jirth, butroaredas devils; or, as ifall the infernaUfuries had broke out ofhdl together. Let this ferve :it was fo out ofmeafurebad, as it was too bad,ever to·belmught. What marvell then, ifnature lhrunke in and would give no ftrtNgth, for fuch ahirthas that. . . 2. Shall I tell you another,whynoner4ntvires i' I will: it is fomewhata firange one, but itis raifed out ofthe words of the Text, and it is aIJirtiJbomcoflat.e, an? ~hrifttlltdby the name ofaNDn erant vires, that you may know, they bea-km, .thiS :andthat: And fo (I hope) it comes not out of feafon, fince forrhat chtlds fake,th.s(l bope)fared never awhit the better. . 1 . You cannot but remember aclatlje not long finceprinted;andfo(asrcwere), lhildebut lately borne,aCardin&lschili.itis(lmeanethe Tenetlatetaken up at ~pme.) That,all is now to goe, all chrijliAnity tofiand or fall; byfuNt, Oif/011 {nntvzm: , The old Chriftians neverknewofany fuchhirthas this : IdfRit,quia deerant vtrts, faith thc~4Tiliflllf{! As much ~o fay as,ifthey now in thefe dayes,be fo as they ;ae:r~
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