--------------~~w~~~a_d_u~?~~----------- 1 men, orwhatfeekeyee? Heregro'!i" that wealth, whichyee goe but to fpend I abroad: Hereisthatfweet peacewhtch the refr ofthe world admires and envies: A Here is that gracious and well-temperedgovernment, whic~ eo Nation under Heavenmaydare onceoffer to parallel: Here all hberall Arts ratgne and triumph : And forpleafure, either our earth, or our fea yeelds us all rhofe dainties, which rheir native Regions enjoy but fingle. Lafr!y, here Heaven frandsopen, which to many other partS is barred on rhe <;>ut-fide with ignorance ~or mi!beleefe. And !hail our wanronnetfeconremne all thiS bounty of God111nd carry us to feeke that which we !hall finde nowhere butbehitfde us, but within us? Shall the affeaion of forne frivoloustoyesdraw us away from the fruition of thofe folid comforts, which are offered us within our ownedoo'res? Howmany ofours, whom their jufroffenceharh cafr out ofthe bofome of their Counrrey, compare theirrxile with death, andcan fcarce abide to bid,that breath welcome, which they are forced to draw in a foraice aire; and though freedomeof confcience enrert~ine •hemnever fo liberallyabroad, yet refolve either to live or dye ar borne; and doe we fuffer our folly to bani!b us from thofeconrentments, which they are glad wredeeme with the hazard of their blood? are wee fo little in our owne bookes, that wee can be content to purcbafe outlandilh fuperAuities, with the mifcarriage ofour foules, with tbo danger ofmUcarriage, withthelikelihoodofdanger? Arewefofoolilh, that whiles we may fweetly enjoy the fetled cfrareofour Primogeniture,wee will needs bring upon our !elves the curfeof Rubm, to runne abroad likewater; whofe quality iris, not eafily to be kept within the proper bounds; yea, the curfeof Cain, toput our felves from the fide of 'Edm, into the land of Nod, thlt is, of dernigration? None of rhe lea!l c imprecations, which David makes againfr Gods enemies, is, Mall.! them Ilk.! unto a 1Pheek, o Lord. Motion is ever accompanied wirb unquiemeffe, and both argues, & caufes imperfellion, whereas the happy efrate of heaven is dcfcribed by refr; whofe glorious fpheres in the meane time, doe fa perpetually move, that they are never removed from their places. It isnot the l!"'fr part either ofwifdomeor bappinetre, eo knowwhen we are well. Shall we not belhameleffelyuntbankfhll, ifwe cannot fing the nott ofthat great ChorifrerofGod, My lot isfalneto me itugood fl"Ound? Hath norrhemunificence ofGod made this Iland as it were an abridgment of this whole earth, in which he bathcontrived (thoughin a letre letter) all the maine and materiallcommoditiesofrhe greater world; anddoe we make aprifon where God meanta Paradife? Enjoy therefore (happy Couorrey-men) enjoy freely Godand D your felves; enrich your felves wirb your owneMines, improve rhofe bletTed opportunities which God bathgiven you, to yourmutual! advantage; and carenorro be like any bur your (elves. SECT XXIII. ANd ifat any time thefe unworthy papers may fall betwixt the hands ofmy SoveraigneMafrer, or any ofhis grave and honourable Minifrtrs ofState, let the meanneffe of fo weake andobfcure folicirors prefume to commend thismatter to their dcepeft confideration,and out ofan honefr zealeof thecommon E fafety, fue to them for a more fuill refrrainr ofthat dangerous liberty, whereof toomanyarebold tocarvetothetnfelves. Who can beignorantofthofewife and whole!Ome lawes,which are ena/led already to this purpofe?orofthofe careful! and jufrcaurions, wherewith the licences ofTravell are ever limited? But what are we the better fur Godsowne !awes,without execution?Orwhat are limits unto the lawleffe )Good lawesarethe hedges ofthe Common-wealth: jufr difpenfations are as gates, or friles in the hedge. Ifevery fuagler may at pleafure cafr open agap in this fenceoftheState, wbatarewe thebetter furrhis quick-fer, then ifwe Jay open to the common?Who fees not how f.uniliarly our yong Recufanrsimrnediady upon theirdifclofing,are fent overfur their full hatching and making? It•/y,Sp•ine,Art•iJ, andnowoflateFmueitfelfe providesnefts, and perches, and me\Ves for tbde birds
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