Sermonro. Ofthe GuN,P own E.R,T a & ASON~ lOO I ever lhould. Yet rhis wasYeurs (Sir) like to have beene. Too much o<Jdes this. And this for the lot, that was call. Now for the Partiu, of) whom this M call. There, furc I am, \vehavethe van· ~- TbeP.nio•; rage. ,The Parties, in rhe Text, who werethey, but~ forr ofpoore fcattered Iewes o•.,.boin, ofthe captivity, in a {!range _countrey farrc from their owne, and in their enemies !lands. Farre otherw1fe was tr wuh us, here. Nocaptzves we, but aflouriflung Kingtlome, as any under heaven. Not in any fvrren part, ours; bur,ar home in ourowne 11arive foile. · Ir h~d been fomewhar,for Ajfuer&,to takeaw~y fo many lives at once; bur, hi~ raptivesrhey were, he might doe wirhthem, what he would,in rigour of Law: fo) tlieir end had beene by l•wfuU autharitie. But,in ours, no colour, no lhadow'of any Law; but, a fUO!l barbarousrrechery againfi all L!w,borh ofG o D and man.Alas, the Iewesthey had neither Prince nor Peercs, they were noState. What talke I of them~ I lhould wrong our felves much, ro !land onrhis any longer. . This for r~pan wham. Now,hy wham, the lots were call. For,ir was our lot to !- Thel'>nics; have our Haman, too. The Lot-m•Jler, and the Plat-maffer, I hold themHama11s, BJwbcol. · both. Bur fir!l, whererhey had but one, we hadmany. And then, theirs nothing to ours. Haman was, ro rhe!ewes, ajlranger inN,ttian, for he was an Agagite: A {Iran,- Clup.j.•' gerinReligian, for he was an Heathin man• . Ours were no flrangers in Nation; rhe ' fameNattolf,thatwe. NoTt~rkes,orlnftdels, burprafefingthefame CH 1t Is r, that we; and better than we (they f.1y;) for, right Catholtkes, they; and not chrijlians, bur (which is moreth~n Chrirtians) Ie{t~ites, fome ofthem. Better, for an Ifradtte, to fuffer at the hands of an£gyptian, than of an lfrae!itchis hrother, as MD· Ei:od.H3~ fes told them. Better, at the hands of the rmcirmmcifcd, than of the people of -- · Go o. The!ewes, rliey had perilhed, by the hand ofan Alten, and aPugan; Ifour lot had beene fo, ir had beene rhe lelfe unhappie. Bur, our lot it was,' robe[hot rho· row wirh our owneordnance : I • s u ~ ro have blowen up C H" I s r ; and one chrijliAn man to have committed fuch a butcherly barbarous aCl:, upon another (nay, many oth~rs) fuch an aCl:, as never was heard of among the Heathen, ro the eternall !laine ofaflthatprafef!e C Ha 1 s r. . Wicked Haman is his Epithete: Too good forrhofe, that, nor onely as 3 brood ofCh,p:*.6; Yipers,foughrtognaw our the howels of their awnedamme (which Hamanrieverdid;) bur, in fuch fort,did ir,as all rhe malice of man,calling !Q ir the malice ofthe DiveU, could never invent the like. But, a degenerate chriflian is the worll: 1 man; and the worGman is the •varjl creatt~re, ofall others. And what might be the caufe ofall this~ It feemes, rhc fame in both. Hamans 4 , Tlie ca.ft was, becaufe that he wanot worjhippedhy c.7vt:ardachei. And, in ours roo, If we aske ere'''"'· ' -q11a numinelafo, J2&dvedolrns,we lhall finde, irwas much rothar, Even the not Clup.••f, worjhipping ofone no whir leffeproud,than Haman. And here,they will falllhorr too. For, in our, Mardachei mujlfafl downe,and kif!e hisfeet; which,Haman in all his pride never required. , . , Bur, it were h:trd ro ddtroy an wholeNation, for no other caufe, but that one man ofrhem woulCl not make him a legge. ·Wee mull nave fome other than this, fomebetter prerence mufl be had, fure. SO> have all evill things, one thing for rbe ·'•ufe, another for the talour.Ingood, oae ferves for both.Sure, in effect, the fame was that of ours, rhat here was fuggelled byHaman. Thefe fame !ewes (fairh hee) C.hap.d; I hey art apeople with a Religion&y th(m(elvts: As much ro fay (with us) as, A fon of Heretikes they be, rhe world were well rid of rhem; it makes no triarrer, up with them all. Bur then, here comes a difference againe, to make ours rheworfe. Ham•n ma(le it bur a matter of policie, It isnot'for the Kings profit ta{tijfer them. Ours made it no ibidem; leffe than a matter of Religion. Religionwas ac the flake; A c~fe ofmeerecon(mnce: !lot to doe any thing, but rhe OrAcle confulred firll:;the FAther iravinciafl,whoex tripade refolved it for fuch. And, as ifhe h1d had ~11 ourlives in hts hand, anfweredin llo other flyle, thatl did A.f!um«, Chap.II I.Ver. XI. Depopt~lufac, quodlibet, As for Sfff 3 d~ . '
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