A Cenfore ofTravel/. A refp<ll: eo his Saviour. A (I: hough perhaps thisc<;gimion working (as it commonly doth)remifl'ely, caufeth nor any fudden alrerauon mour Traveller, bur (aswe fay ofCorners and Edipfes)hath his etfec1: when thecaure i; fol"ltotren. Ne1l?er_isrhere any one moreappatenr ground of rhar luke-wlfmc mdrtfercncy, whtch JS fallen upon our times, rhan the ill ufe ofourwandrings: for our Travellers being the middleranke ofmen , and therefore either followers of thegreat, or commanders of the meaner fort , cannot want convenience of difiufing this temper of ea(e unto both. SECT. XV. ALL thismifchiefeis yet hid with a formal! profeffioo, foas every eye cannot finde it : in others it dares boldly breakc forth eo an open revolt. flow many in our memory, whiles with Dinah rbey have gone forth to gaze, have lofr their lpirituall chafriry, and therewith both the Church and themfelves? Howmany(like unto thebrookecedron) run fromHierHf•l"': through the vale of]thofaphat, and <nd rbeir cour(e in rbedead (ea? APopifll writerofour Nation(as himfelfe thought) Rob. Poi.az not unlearned, complaining ofrheobfiinacy ofus hercticks,de(paires ofprevailing, "''"'P"f"'" becaufe be finds it to be lo~g ago fure-prop~efied ofus in the Bookeof theChroni- ;.:',::f:Z~'",. des, At ;U, prot<ftantet aHdm oot11mmt. It IS well that Prorefranrs were yet heard f<'-"· P of in the old Tefiamem, as well as Jefui<es; whofename oneoftheir owne bygood ',,.,,.·•4· c hap bath found, Nu_m. 2 6. ~4· Lik7as ~ra[tmn found Friers in Sr. ~~~~~~-time, itJter ~;,~;~:.~{.~~.:z flllfaJ tratru. But It were better, Jfthts m3QS word \Vere as true astt tstdle. Some Gu[tr cc1:rr.z. ofourshaveheard to their cofr, whofe loffe joyned wirh rhe griefeof the Church, L""""•'·'P. .' anddifhonourofrheGofpell, we have fufficienrly lamented. Howmanyhavewe ~·~·:;" :·: knowne frrickenwith thefeA.fpes, which have diedOeeping? Andin trmh, who· "';fop;::,;, focver !hall confiderrhis open freedorne of the meanesoffeducemenr, mufr needs f"~u lit.,imwonder that we have lofi nomore; efpecially, ifhe be acquaintedwirh rhofe two P'""· maine helps ofour Adverlaries, importunity, and plaufibi]iry. Never any Pharifee was (o eager to!Jl'lke aProfelyte, as our late fall:orsofRome : and ifthey be fo hot fer upon this fcrvice, as to compafl'e fea and land to winne oneof us, !hall we befo madasto pafl'e both their (ea and land to cafr our felves into the mouth ofdanger? D No man ferterb fOot upon their coofr, which may not pre(ently fingwirh the Pfalmifr,7'heJ come ahokt "" til:e Bw. It fareswith them a• with tho(cwhich are infected wirh the pelh1encc, who (they fay) are carried with an itching defire oftainting others. When ibey have all done, this they have gained , that if Satan were nor more bufie and vehement than they , they could gaine nothing. Bur in the rneane time-, there is nothing wherein I wi!h we could emulate them, bur in this hear of diligence and violent ambition of winning. Pyr!Jm did not more envy rbe valonr ofthofe old Romane fouldiers, which be readof, in theirwounds anq dead faces, thanwedoethebufie audacity ofrhe(e new. The worldcouid not fiand before us, ifour truth might be but as hotly followed as their fal!hood. Oh that ourGod, who(e cau(e "lemainraine , would enkindle our hearts wirh the fire of holy zeale , E but (o much as Sathan bath inflamed theirs wirh the fire offury and faaion. Oh that he would!hakeus out of this dull cafe , and quicken ourOacke fpirits unto his Ol~nework'e. Atife ONorth, andcomeOSourh, andblowuponourgarden, tharrhe fpi~sthdreofmay flowfotth. Thc(e furers will take no denial!, but are ready (as the fa!hion was to doe wirh rich matches ) ro carry away mens foules wherherrheywillorno. We feetheproofcoftheir importunity at home: No bulwarke oflawcs, nor barres ofJLlfiice ( though madeof three trees) can keepe our rebanilhed fugitives from returning, from intermedlin~>:. How bave rheir •ll:io~s f.id in the he:Jring of the world, that fince heaven will not heare rhem, they' wrlltry what hell can doe? And ifthey dare befo bufie in our owne homes • where theywoulq(eemefomewhar awed withthedangerof Jufiice; what (thinkewe) wrll they nor dare to doe in their owne territories, where they havenor free fcope Kkk only
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