V3g Ghap.34. ,14n Expef:tion upon the Bo&of J , B. Verf.a9;. Would it not have made trouble, toSpill the blood of thou- fands?Was it not an attempt to make trouble,to attemprall thefe things which would probably, that I fay not certainly, have been the rtfue of that plot, if it had fucceeded ? Let us therefore praife the Lord, who was pleafed to prevent it, and fayd ir fhall.not be They did every thing tomake trouble,but make trouble;they did every thing, but profper in their defigne : They took fecretcoun- fell, they took oaths, yea they took the Sacrament to afire the fecrecy of thofe counfels and oaths. All this they did cowards the making of trouble, yet they could not;: God fayd at that time let England be in quietnefs, and therefore, only, thofeRomi(h Emiffaries and incendiaries could not make trouble. Again, .Ifwe confider the prefent feafon wherein we live, . usa confirmation of this truth, Godbath givenus quietneffe for fome yeares ; andhath he not preferved this quietneffe hitherto* againft all thofe both perfons and things thatwould have made trouble ? ifGodhadnot confirmed our peace, we had been in trouble longbefore-this time, but yet our peace continueth, yet it continueth.; and is it not wonderful) that it fhould continue, if we confider. Pita, The fms of the nation which arethe feed of trouble, efpecially thofe two generali . fins, firf't, unthankfullneffe for our peace ; Secondly, our ill improvement of ir. How have many a- bufed their peace tonurfe up their pride,wantonnefsand vaniy ! and beingdelivered from the feareofmen, have even caí}off the feare of God ! what juft caufe is there , that we fhould bofe that peace which we have ufed fa ill , , and have almofc turned in- to a warre with God himfelfe! yet hitherto the Lord hathlgiven England quïetnefs, and nonecouldd make trouble. Secondly , Ifwelook upon thedivifions, both inopinion, and affection, that are found amongus, is it not awonder that yet we havepeace l ifGod hadnotgzvenquietneffe, doubt)effe thefe dif- ferences, of which weare.fo.fadlyfull,hadfilled us with trouble !Ong gbefore this tine: Thirdly, While we confider the differentintereftswhich have been abetted and hotly purfued by ,too many in this nation, is it not marveilous in our eyes, that ourpeace is continued ! divided intereffs makegreateft difíances, & open thole breaches through which' troubleufually enters upon anation, When a people are of one
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