~ VECA'D.Il. I you like to live, where they would bur d1e. They lhall COf!lf?rt us, for you: they A lhall once lland up again£! you: Whtle they would rather dremrhe hear of that fire, . E.r.JJtPllco!· ltd!,tiiiC;Ur.· l r.Jgc, rhen live in the darkndfe of their errors; you rather die in the Egyptian darknell"e oferrors then live in the pl<af<nt light ofTruth : yea, I frare, rather in another fire, then this Light. Alas! what fhall we looke for of you~ Too late rcpentance,orobllinateerror~Both mifcrable. A Sfir., or a StaphJIIIJ ~ Your friends, your ftlfe fhall wifh youratherun. borne, then eirher. 0 thou which art the great Shephrard, great in power, great in mercy,which leaveil the ni~etie and nine ro reduce one, fetch home, ifrhy will be, this thy forlorne charge : fetch him home,drive him home to thy Fold, though by fhame, though.by death. Let him once recover thyChurch, thou him,it is enough. Our common Mo· B rber I know nor whether more pities your loffe, '" difdains thus robe robb'd ofa fan· not forthe need ofyou; but her owne pietie, her own love.For,how many troops of ,be11er informed foulcs hath lhe everyday returning into her lap;now breathing from their late Amichrillianifme, and embracing her kne<s upon their owne~She laments you, not for that fhe feares lhe fhall milfe you, bur for that fhe knowes you fhall want her. See you her reares, ond doe bot pitie your felfe, as much as fheyou. And from your Mother; rodefcend to your Nurfe: Is this the fruit offuch education!Was nor your youth fpent in a focietie ofcomely order, llri~ government, wife !awes, rcli. gious care it was ours; yet let me prai!e ir, to your fhame) as may jullly challenge (afterall brags) either Rhtmts or Dow•J, or if your ]cfuirs have any other den more cleanly, and more wonhy of ollenration~ And could you come our, frefh and un!ca- c foncd, from the middell ofrhofe lair waves~ Could all thofe heavenly fhowers fall be !ides you; while you, l1ke aGtde~ns fleece, want moillure! Shall noneofthofe divine principles, which your youth feemed to drink in, check you in your new errors~ AilS! how unlike are you to your fdfe, ro your name~Jae~h wrellled with an Angell, and prevailed : you grapple bur with a Jefuit,and yeeld.Tar~bfupplanred his brother: and E(au bath fupplanted you. Tacob changed his name fora better by a valiant refi. fiance: you by your cowardly yeelding,have loll your owne.Iac•b llrove with God, for ablelling : I feare to fay it, youagainft him, for a curfe; for, no common meafure ofhatred or ordinarieoppofition,can ferve a revolter.Either you mull be defperarely violem, or fulpetled. The mighty Oneof Ifrael (for hecan doe it) raife you fallen, returne you wandred, and give you grace at !aft to !hame rhe Devill, to forfake your D llepmother, to acknowledge your true Parent, to farisfie theWorld, to fave your owne foule. Iforherwife,l will fay ofyou,as I mm; ofhis Ilraelires(ifnor rather with m!Jre indignation) MJ foult fba!lwupt ID{tcrtt for J""' revolt, a~d mint l]tJ jhJI dr~p J1wnt twtt, bua•(t lnt •ftht L~rds fl"k is tarried.,.,., uptivt. To my Lord and Patron, the Lord D E N N y Baron ofWaltham. E P r s T. I I. of 1h1 e~nttmpl •flht ,..,tJ, I E My Lord: my tongue, my pen,and my heart,are all your fervants: when you cannot heare me through dillance, you mull foe me in my Letters. You are now in the SenateoftheKingdom<, or in the concourfe ofthe cicie, or pernaps (though morerardy) in the royal! fa'e oftbe Court. All of them, places fir for your place. From all thde, l<t me call off yourmind 10 her homeabove 1 and in the middcft ofbulindle, lhew your reil: If! may not rather commend, then admonilh, and bdor<-handconfeffe my counfdl fuperfluous, becaufe your holy forwardnelle hath prevented it. You can afford tbefe, bur halfeofyour fclfe: The better part is better befto~Yed : Your fou!e is llill retircd,and rcferved. You bavelearned to vouch- ) _ • fafe .
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