EPlST. YL 7.77 - {o the end of obfetvation is the informingofothers: for, what is our knowledge if A [mothered in our fdves, fo as it is not koowne to more~ Such fecret delight can content none but an envious nature. You have breathed many and cold ayres, gone farre, feene much, heard more, obfcrved alL Thefe two yeares you havefpem in imitation of NtftNcb•dnrzzATs feven; conver!ing w1th fuch creatures as Paul fought with atEphef"'· Alas! what a face, yeawhat a back ofa Church have you feene ~ what manners ~what people~ Among!!: whom igo?rant fuperfl:itio~ !lrives with clofe Aiheifme, treachery with cruelty, one OlVell w1th another; wlule Truth and Vertue doe not fo much as give any challenge of refilbnc.. 1\etwniog once tO our England after this experience, I imagined youdoubted whether you were on earth,or in heaven. Now then (ifyou will heare me, whom you were wont) as you have B ob!erved what you have fccne, and written what you have obfcrved ; fo, publi01 whatyou have written: It'lball be a grateful! l,abour, to us, to pofl:erity. I am deceived, if the fickkneffe of the JI.•Jfi•• fiate have not yeelded more memorable matter of hi!lory th<n any other in our age, or perhaps many centuriesofour predecetfors. How {ball I thinke,but that Go<) fent you thither before thefe broiles, to be the witnelle, the regi!ler offo famous mutations~ He loves to have thofe ju!l evills, which hedoth in onepart ofthe world, koownetothewhole,and thofeevils, which men doe in the "ight of their f<erecy, brought forth into the Theater oftheWorld; that the evill of mens !inne being' comparedwith the evill of his punifbment; may ju!lifie his proceedings ; and condemne theirs. Your worke fi1all thus honor him, c be!idesyour fecond fervice, in the benefit of theChurch. For whiles you difcourfe oftheopen tyranny ofthat Ruffian Ntr• Job, liajili"'; the more fecret, noletfe bloo. dy plots of Boris; the ill fucc~ffe ofa.fiolne Crowne, though fer upon the head ofan ' hQrmeletfeSonne; the bold attempts and mifetable end of :tfal/i,, yet afpiring cl)allenfce; the perfidioufnetfe ofa fcrvile people, unworthy ofbetter governors 1 the mi cariage of,wickedgovernors, un\Vort~y ofbetter fubjeds 1 the unju!l ufurparions ofmen,ju!l(tho late)revenges ofGod, cruelty rewarded with blood,wrong claimes with overthrow, treachery with bondage; the Reader with fome fecrct horror, fi1all draw-in delight, and with delight in!lrudion: Neither know I any Relation whence he lhall take out a more ea!ie leffon of ju!lice, ofloyal!y, ofthankfulne!fe. But above all,let the world fee and commiferate the hard eftate of that worthy and noble Secretary ,BuchiDskl. Pooregentleman! hisdi!lreffe recals ever tomy thoughts D u£fops Storke, taken among!!: the Cranes: He now nourilhes his haire,under the difplealure ofa forraine Prince1 At once in durance and banilhment. He ferved an ill ma!leq bur, with an honefi heart, with cleane hands. The ma!lers inju!lice doth no more infed a good fervant, then the truthof the fervant can juftifie his ill ma!ler. Abad worke-man may ufe a good infirument : andoft-times a cleane napkin wipeth a foule mouth. It joyes me yet to think, that his piety, as it ever held friendfhip in beaven, fo now it wins him frknds in this ourother world : Lo, even from ourlland uoexpeded deliverance takes a long l!ight; and ble!l'eth him beyond hope; yea rather, from heaven, byus. That God,whombe ferves, will be knowneto thofe rude and fcarce humane Chriftians, for a protedor ofinnocence, a favoureroftruth, a rewarder ofpiety: The mercy of our gratious King, the compallionofan honourable E Counfellor, the love ofa true friend, and (which wroughtall, and fet all onworke) the graceofour good God, lhall now loofe thofe bonds, and give aglad welcome to his liberty, and awilling farewell to his di!lrelfe, He lhall (I hope) live to acknowledge this; in the meanetime, I doe for him. Thofe Ruffian affaires are not more worthy ?fyourr<cords1 then your love to this friend is worthy ofminr. For neither could th1s large fea drowneor quench it, oortime and abfence (which are wont 10 breeda lingring confumptionoffriendlhip)abate the heate <i>fthat affedion which his kmdnetfe bred·, religion nourilhed. Both rarenelfe, and wonh lball commend this true-love;which (to fay true)hath beene now long out offalhion. Never times yeelded more love; . but, not more fubtle. For, every man loves himfelfein another, !ov.s the e!late 10 the perfon : Hope ofadvantage is the load!lone that drawes the Iron h<arrs ofmen; not venue, not defert. No age afforded more paraftres, fewer B b friends;
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