Sermon 6. Ofthe GuN~Pown & R~T Rli'.ASON. had not, it might have beene imagined, that thefe fuurcno_vifimahadbe~ne to come upon them only; tbatjeare not Go n: That there b:no m1fiaking,in the referem:eto whom, it is exprelly fer downe, utrt~~[que H~mm ;_It IS>_ upon both ofthem; one, as well as the other: as well ofthofe,that fault~~ their dune toward rheKing; as thofe, that are void ofthefeare of Go n. And agame, :Is well thofe, that medle or make • as thofe, with whom theymedleor make; theplottm themfelves. Both ofrhem, i~ the fame condemnation : Both come to the l:1medeftruaron• So, as wee finde Go ti and the King joyned, inonefe•re, at the firfi; So, here, finde we againetbc trefpaii. fers againfi either, wrapped up in onedeftmBioN, at the lafi. E.uin_4mone end,t~triuf-. 'i 11 eofthemboth. And, fuch end may ever come of fuch begmmngs. 955 And thus (now) heknits up all, .,.;;T~ ~ A'J~ .;~'"'""'~~''• Be tbiJ fjolcen even to yo~> rtr; tb•t be wife. For,SAlomon's owne fonne (indeed) was novery wifeman. So, it might The conclufla. feeme (perhaps) to be given to him (this counfell) and fuch as hee was none of the f.~t:~b~t~ff,~ wifefi: Fooles may not medle; W#(e men may. Now (commonly) they be no fooles; - want no wit ; they thinke, they beareabraine,that medle in rhefe matters•Therefore, is this addition; to 'lhew, that howwife foeverthey take themfelves, or he they never [offli[e, it may wellbecome them, to rake this advice here. H .re qu~que fapienti•. /;m: it concernes them too. There was one, as wife; as ever they will be; whofe counfell (in his time) was holden as the oracle of Go n: Yet, this great wifeman, for medling in rhis~ contrary '· S•m. ~~ ~~\, to ir, proved but a fook, and made up the number ofthofe that came tO thts imtime. ly, and rmknowneruine 4nddeftmc1ion. And now, where he is, we know; what hee fulfers, we know not. It was Achitophel, I meane. . And firange it is, that is obferved ofhis name. For, Tophelis afoote: And, Achi isa cot~fin germaneat thelea!l:, if it be not neerer. So, as wife as he was, his name was ominous, and gave him to be (as heproved)germanmftulti; awi'fe man; but, of whomafoolemight have claimed kindred : As, ofhim, he might; and, ofall, hee may, that mr:dle as he did. This .A.chitophet, as wifeashetakClS himfelfe; he lhullbe thewifer ifhe take this couofell. . ~ . . . .. ~. . ' . . ' . Wehave done W•th theTt.':t, now: The Day will hold us yet a little. For, the The Applli>< Day fubfcribesprobatNm eft to'this Text, and fers a feile to ir. . ';,0".'0""~ Thusitfoa!lbe(faithS•lomon.) But, wasitthus~ Aske the Day, and it \'vill "' aske you,was it not thus~ was not thisScriptitre this Day fulfilled, not in our eares,but Luke 4 .•!! in our eyes (indeed inboth~ ) Was there not an execution-ofthis fentence upon it ~ - - · Did not Salomon !hew himfelfe to be; not ondyawifeman, but a Prophet, and tliat atrue ene ~ This Day was delivered, and brought forth certaine fonncs :'You liaVi: heard what theFdthcr hath faid to his fonnes; will ye liaya little and heare, what rhe fons will fay to their Father; take his counfell or no. No : thefe footleS were wifer,than their Father; faw deeper (as they thought) inro the matrer, than S~lomoli; thought not him wife enough,to advife them. Not him; but gor them an heape ofnewFa– thers,that gave them orher manner counfell; even to trie a conclufion withSalom811;. upon this Text• . Will yeeheare fome newDivinitie; how fotne Fatherr here with us courifelled their ghofily children: theFatfttrsof theSocietie, their fonnes of the Societie, the wicked Societie ofthis day~ You !hall fee rhe Text turn;d round about; cleanecon~ ..., trane. MJ Sonnetfeare Gon a11dthe Pope (fo is cbe rtewedition:) arid as tor rhofe th:if wo~ld fainechangethings here, doe, medlewith them, fay Salomonwhat he lift. Ecct M.luh,t_t;4i; J ?ndJor Salomone, Loe agreater thilll Salomoli (you know whete.) He (as, yet, it flands tn the gloife robe feene) made this Booke ofPrsverfJSauthemicall,by citing it: and, as he !lladeitJ can unmake it againeat hispleafure~ Norhlrtg in ic lhall binde you. Here1s tilecoun(ell cro!fed. - · . .. · · Oooo 4: But
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