Ch-P.3. oelatidti ofthe evith any grievous forrow ofmonde, whether it arife out ofanf pun Lac:;-- like calamity, or elfe out ofa mans own private and home-bred warm grief. Neither is there any man, though-placed in neverfo high dig- vain gle nitie,that canquit himfelfe free from this wretchedneffe. Whence rious it is, that the Kings in the Tragedies, are brought in fo often,lament- Laodicea. ing,and calling themfelves by the name of wretched men. Such a kinde of infelicitie didofold lye heavily upon the Angel of Laodscea, and is lying as hard upon our Engli/h Angel at this day. How can that be, will fome fay, whereas no publike nor outward ca- lamine doth preffe him ? TheHely Ghaf$ fpeaketh ofa private and in- ward grief, as appeareth by the glorying of this Angel, which could have no place in a common forrow and heavinef e. Now this in- ward griefis that which doth miferably torture the Englifbb Angel. For what (tinging Both he feel within his breft , who :burneth and boileth with an unfatiable delire of riches and honours, and yet cannot by any means have his luft fftifhed ? Or at leafl, who cannot quietly and fecurely enjoy thofe things whichhe hath gotten, as thewhich many godly and learned men do inveigh agáinft, moft feverely , and vehemently ; and not that onely , but they do alto demonftrateout of the truth ofGods word, that fuck kinde of digni- ties as thefe, are unbefeeming the Miniflers of Chrift , and can- not hand together with the faithfulneffe of Paftours andRifbops ? How,muff it needs k, that fuch difturbers and interrupters of his bliffe, fnould bevery unwelcome, chiefly, feeing this opinion con- cerning the Hierarchy is now favouredmuch of the people, and mul- titude, yea, and the Nobilitie, hathnow ofa long time finelt out this Rat, and is fufficiently informed in this truth?Ifa mancould lay open the breaft of this Angel, he might fee.out ofqueltion, his very heart eaten up with -this confirming carke , and anguifh of minde, howfoever all things be jolly and jocund without,and their Com- mon-Wealth matters flourifh , with a happie calme to their hearts delire. Neither doubt I but the Angel himfelf will confeffe, that I have touched him to the very guide, and that I,have rifled and grated upon the moft inward thoughts and affe cions of his heart with thefe words. This Angel is pityfull and miferable, in regard ofother men, not to the wicked Papits, who would not content themfelves to fee him vexed with inward griefonely, but to the Godly brethren, bothat home, and in other Countreys, who being voidof all partiality,do fce,and to their grief takeknowledge of the wretched & w®full e ate ofthe Bi/bops,& of the ref' ofthe Clerie, V that
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