A Cenfore ofTravel/. A birds, with the fame confidence, wherewith we breed our owne at home ; which when they are oncewell acquainted with theR.omane lure, are fent b.ckeagain lit forthe prey. And as for tbofeof our ownc feather : whereasthe libertyof their m veil is bounded chieflyWith this double charge: one, that they have no converfation or conferencewith Jefuires,or other dangerous perfons; theOther,thac they patre nor inro the dominions ofthe Kings enemies:both thefe arefo commonly neglected, as if they were intended only fora verball formality; yea, as ifthe ProhibitiOn meaat to teachmenwhat they fhould doe. Every ofour Novices bath learned tomakenoditfcrenceofmen; and dare breathe in the poyfonousayreof IlaiJit felfe, and touch the very pommell of the chaire of pefiilence. It is this licentious freedome (which we mif-callOpen heaned ingenuity) that undoes us. Doewe nor fee the wary clofenesofour Adverfaries, whichwill not fo much as abide oneofour B books (a mute folliciror) to harbourin any oftheircoalls? Howmany oftheltaliao orSpanilh Nobleffe have we knowne allowed to venture their education in our Courts or Univerfities? Doe they lie thus atthe locke, and doe we open our brefr, aud difplay our umes, and bid an enemy frrike where he lifr ? Since then wehave no more wit or care, then to be "illingly guilty of our owne lhame ; oh thac the handsof Ci1preame Aurhority would be pleafed to lock us within our ownedoores, and to keepe the keyes at tbmowne girdle! And (rofpeake trmb)to what purpofe are th'ofe frrait and capita!J inhibitionsof rhe returne ofour f.lltious fugitives into this kingdome , ifwhiles the wicket is fhut upon them, that they lhould notcome to us, the Pofierne be open to us, that wemay goe to them ? As all inrercourfe is C perilous, fo that ismoll which is byour own: provocation. Here yet they dare but iurkein lecret, and take only fame fudden fnatches at awe•ke prey, like unto evening wolves, that never walke forth but under th'. cloake ofthe night; but in their owne rertitories, they can!hewtheSunne their fpoiles, and thinke this all worthy ofgarlands and tropbees. Herewe have;mafiives to fecure our flocks: there the prey goes firagling alone to the mouth oftheirdennes,without protection,without amfiance, andoffustobedevoured. Yeewhom thechoiceofGodhath madethe great Sbepheardsofhis people, whofe charge it is to feed themby government,fuffernot their fimplicity tobetray their lives unto the fangs ofthefe cruell beallsJ· but chafc themhome rather, from tbewilfull forch oftheir owneperdition, an !hwt them upcogetherin your firong and fpacious folds, that they may be at once fafe, D and yee glorious. SECT. XXIV. LAfily, forthofewhom necefl'ary occafionsdrawforrhoftheirownecoafis, (thatwemay havedone with tholi! which likefooli!hPapifis goeonpilgrimagero fee another blocke better dreifed rhen at home) letme fay torhem, as Sinmm that prophetical Monk faid totbe pillarswhich he whipped before the earthquake; Stand fall, for ye !hall be lhaken. And therefore,as theCrane,when !he is rollyagainft an high wind, dothballace her felfe with fione! in her bill, that !hemay cut theayre with more fieddines; fo let them carefully fore-infirul:t and poife themE felves with the found knowledge ofthe principles ofR.eligion, that theymay not be carried about with every windof dol:trine : Wheretoifthey adde but thole leffons which they are caughtby the State, in their letters ofpaffagel'heremay be hope they fball bringbacke the fame foHles they carried. It wasatlea!t an inclinal'ion to a fall, that Evttooke boldnell'e rohold chatwith the Serpent. And as fubtill Lawyers defire nomoreadvantage in the quarrell which theywould picke at conveyances, then manywords : fo neither doe our adverfaries. Whiles our eares areopen, and our tonguesfree, they will hope well of our very denials. Error iscrafty, and oucof thepower ofhis Rhetoricall infinuatiotis, oft-times carries away probability from truth. I remember in that famousEmbaffieofthree Philofopherswhich A thews fent toRome,Critol4~n, DiogtNu, andCarneadet, there fallin~ out maH.yoccaGons of difcourfe , wife Cal• perfwaded the Senate to a fpeedy difmiffion of thofe(otherwile
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