! ~o Vadir? !arre, and not fuffer a channellof the Seo to flay it from the prefence of amore A bountifull patronage. SECT. XIV. BUt let us grant thefe faculriesfo fixed upou any Narion,rhar all our wacermun necetfarily be ferchr at their Well ; and-adile untor!)efe a few wafte compte· ments, and mimicall courrdies, which nmft needs be pur into the matchofour ordinary rravell : and now let us fir downe, and fee what we paid for this frock, and counrour winnings: What mufi ourcomplear Traveller fiake downe for thisgood· ly fumirure of his Gentry ? If nor lotfe, danger; danger ofthe befi parr, ifnorall: adouble danger; ofcorruption ofreligion, and depravation ofmanners; both ea· pitall: And canwe thinke rhefe endowments fo precious, that they fhould be worth fetching upon fuch an hazard ? Will any man (nor delperare) run into an infeCted houfe, to riflefor a richfuir? Will any man pur his finger intoafiery crucible, ro pullout gold? It iswittily taken ofChryfojlome,when our Saviourfaid~Neexeatirin mmN~J~<; that he fa yes nor, Go forth into the deC1rr, and fee, bur beleeve not; but giv., an abfolute prohibitionofgoing forth at all, that they might beour ofdanger of mifbeleefe. Tufh, idle and melancholicke feares, fay fome of our Gallants: Wherefore ferves dilcrerion, but to fever good from ill? How ea lily may awife man pull aRofe , and nor pricke his hand ? How freely may hedip in this ftreame, and nor bedrowned? Little doe thefe.per<mptory refolvers know, either rhein· c Gnuative power ofevil!, or the treachery of their owneheart in receiving it, or the importunityof deceivers in obtruding it. They are theworfe for their travel!, and perceive it nor. An egge coveredwith fair, asour Philofophers reach us, bath rhe mrar of it confumed whiles the fhell is whole : many a one receives poiCon, and knowesnotwhen herookc it. No man proves extreamely evill onrhe Cuddcn. Through many inCenfible declinations doe we full from venue; and at the firft are fo gently feazed by vice, that we cannot beleeve our accufers. It ismifchiefenougb, ifthey can bedrawneroa leffe dillikeofill; which now by long acquaintance is growne Co familiar to their eyes, that they cannot thinke it fo loathCome, as at the firft view. TheCociety ofwilfilllidolaterswill nowdownewith them, nor wirhour eaCe; 2nd good meanings begin to be allowed for the cloakesofgrotfe fuperfiition. D Fromthence they growm • favorable confirul.lion of themif-opinions of the ad· verfe part, and can complaine of thewrongful! aggravations of Come contentious Cpirirs : and from thence (yet lower) 10 an ind•ffcrent conceit of Come more poli· tike pofirions and proctifes of rhe Romanills. Neither is there their relf. Hereupon enfues an allowance ofComeofrheirdochines, rhar are more plaufible, and letfe important; and withal! acenCureofus that are gone too f.me from Rome. Now the marriageofEcclefiafiicall perfons begins to ditlilre them :the daily and frequent confignation with the crotfc is not tono purpoCe: The retired life ofrhe religious (abandoning the world forfoorh) favours of much mortification; and Confeffion givesno fmall eafeandcontentment 10 rheCoule. And nowby degrees, Popery begins to be noill religion : If there cannot be a£1lfcfireof mif-devotion kindled in E them, it is enough, ifthey canbe cooled in their loveof truth ; which howcommonlyit fals out amongft us, I had rather experience n.ould fpeake, thanmy felfe. I Some there .re that by • Cpirituall ADtiperijlaJis have growne hotter in rheirzeale, I by being encompatfedwith the outward coldof irreligion and error, who asth.ey owenotthisgracetorhemfelves, Coarerheymorefur wonder than imitation. If 1 1 Dl~tid found aguard in theLions den,fhal another pur h!mCelfe thither for ~e~ter? And if Ptltfwalk'rupon rhepavernenrofrhewarer, d1drbe reftoftheDJic•ples \ frep forth and follow him ? That ~alianr Champion ofChrifi ( fince we are.!illlen upon his name) wbodurfidrawhiS fword nponawholetroupe, afrerall hJSptotellationsofbis infeparableneffe from hisMa!ler , was yet infelted with rhea~re~f theHighPrieftsHall: andwhileshebut warmed himfelfeat that fire, cooledmhJS . reCpell:
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