His plainness in Apparel Singularity His proper Speech Rudeness His Scripture-Language Canting His Sobriety a cheat for Custom His being at a Word a decoy for Trade His Industry Worldly-mindedness His Hospitality Flesh-pleasingness In short such true Christians have been imprisoned because they cannot take up Arms and also for fear they should and if they answer their Adversaries they say it's Nonsense or Equivocation so that his Virtues are accounted Vice by such Professors as delight only in the form of Godliness more than the power thereof After this manner the Papist used to disapprove of the Sobriety of the Waldenses of whom Reinerius a Popish Author so writeth Now the Protestants of the National Church make use of the name of these suffering Waldenses to help to plead for their antiquity equal with the Papists that is from the Apoâ—â—â—s time which makes them never the truerâ—â—ristians considering the great Apostasie that first spoiled the simplicity of Truth and keeping up the Heathenish Learning and Traditions of men Col. 2.8 20. Yet did God here and there raise Witnesses for the Truth in all this dark night who for the most part were persecuted by them that upheld the shell of Religion or outward Ceremonies and neglected the substance God's spirits teaching in their hearts as at this day So that if this good Spirit of God was but truly obeyed it would lead people to be Witnesses in measure of the Saints condition recorded in the holy Scripture experimentally for imitation of the Saints practices before God's Spirit lead in each heart has been and is the door of Apostasie Man in his own Strength and Wisdom hath been too apt to do and act as to Worship that which God doth not require or command him Deut. 5.32 Isa 1.12 That the Lord said Matth. 15.9 But in vain they do worship me teaching for Doctrines the Commandments of men Now Reader if thy desire is to be truly led to build upon no other Foundation besides the Rock Christ Jesus mark well these Scriptures following and the Lord give thee an obedient Heart viz. For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unriâ—â—teousness of men who hold the Truth in unrighteousness Because that which may be known in God is manifest in them for God hath shewed it unto them But unto every one of us is given Grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ for as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lye and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide We have also a more sure Word of Prophesie whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the Day-Star arise in your hearts 2 Pet. 1.19 Rom. 1.18 19.8.14.10.6 7 8. Heb. 8.10 12. Eph. 4.7 At that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee O Father Lord of Heaven and Earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto Babes Matth. 11.25 1 Cor. 1.27 29. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the World to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weak things of the World to confound the things which are mighty That no flesh should glory in his presence 1 Cor. 4.18 19. Let no man deceive himself If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world let him become a fool that he may be wise For the Wisdom of this World is foolishness with God c. These things are as a sealed Book to all the Wit Learning Study and mans reason until he come to bow his mind to the measure â—â—â—e Spirit or Grace of God in his own heart â—â—om whence these Scriptures with others were given forth For the Scripture is given by Inspiration of God c. 2 Tim. 3.16 For what knoweth the things of a man save the Spirit of a man which is in him even so the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God But he that is spiritual discerneth all things c. 1 Cor. 2.11 14 15. For to be carnally minded is Death but to be spiritually minded is Life and Peace Rom. 8.6 Gal. 5.16.6.5 This I say then walk in the Spirit and ye shall not fulfil the Lusts of the Flesh For every man shall bear his own burthen James 4.17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and doth it not to him it is sin Prov. 18.10 The Name of the Lord is a strong Tower the Righteous runneth into it and is safe Veritati adhaereto Stick to the Truth Vniformity in Religion how attainable according to true Christianity and also something of the fruits of Imposition upon Conscience for religious Opinions Humbly submitted to the consideration of Superiours By William Mather WHereas it is professed by all the Professors of Christianity at this day that the way and manner of their Religions or Opinions is according and not contrary to the Scripture of Truth Now to create peace amongst all the Churches and to unite in harmless Love that they may all build only upon the Rock Christ Jesus Mat. 7.25 If it shall please God so to open the Eyes of the Magistrates in every place by his Grace in their hearts the sure foundation Eph. 2.8 to so order it That the Minister or Teacher in each Congregation for Worship shall read the holy Scriptures only unto their hearers all waiting upon God in his fear to worship him in Spirit and in Truth John 4.24 So that if any thing be revealed by Gods Spirit by way of Interpretation Edification or Prayer to another that sitteth by let the first hold his peace 1 Cor. 14.30 31 32. So will God be in the midst of those that are thus gathered together in his Name Matth. 18.20 so as none in Man's Wisdom speak but only as God's Spirit shall give utterance though it be through the least Member accounted of in the Church 1 Pet. 4.10 â—or what confusion and bâ—â—â—shed hath come upon the World for several ages by reason of mans setting up ways of Worship Articles of faith c. when our Saviour hath already done it Matth. the 5 6 and 7. Ch. c. For when an Arch-bishop required Joh. Fox the Author of the Book of Martyrs to subscribe to Articles of Faith he pulled out his Greek Testament saying I will subscribe unto nothing but this So that none except Jews and Atheists but will subscribe to God's Book according to the primitive practice of the Saints to worship God in Spirit And for this Liberty of prophesying and Interpretation of the Scriptures only by the same Spirit that gave them forth the ancient Fathers so called have pleaded for as Jacobus Acontius After I have alledged saith
he what I had to say for my Opinion if the rest shall not allow of my Judgment I ought to give over defending of it and cease to be troublesome to the Congregation concerning the same but I ought not to be compelled to confess that I have erred for so I should sin against God That we may wrestle with God saith he by daily prayers to grant that we may have the use of this so soveraign and saving Liberty so profitable to the Church c. Oh that people would but lay aside self-interest then may they see how they are falln from the true Worship of God by setting up Man's Reason as Judge in spiritual matters out of which Apostasie there is no Redemption till people come to own and obey the sufficiency of God's Grace in their heaâ—â—s their only Teacher â—â—it 2.11 12. which bears Witness against all sin God having said unto the Apostle Paul My Grace is sufficient for thee 2 Cor. 12.9 And Paul committed the Saints to the Grace of God generally in his Epistles The Teachers in England do so likewise in words to their hearers And Kings also acknowledge it is by Gods Grace they are Kings Therefore it is the one thing needful and was Maries choice and it is the same at this day unto all that are willing and obedient to the guidance thereof in the whole course of their Lives which hath several other names in the Scripture as Light Word Spirit c. but is but one eternal pure Substance Enlightning every man that cometh into the World John 1.9 And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution 2. Tim. 3.12 Then it seems that Persecutors were ever blind 2 Cor. 4.4 Though they may read That Faith is the Gift of God And whatsoever is not of Faith is sin Rom. 14.23 Notwithstanding many thousands have been murthered or Martyred since the Apostles time or beginning when men began to force their Faiths upon the account of opinions in Religion upon such as had faith in Christ Jesus Act. 10.35 Heb. 12.1 Acted and done by such as professed themselves to be Christians or some faith in God even to the shame of the name of Christians amongst both Jews and Turks Some they have cut in pieces in cool blood some burned to death Bellies ripped open whilst alive some buried alive roasted upon Spits boiled to death with several other Torments some hanged and some baâ—â—â—â—ed in New-England in â—â—â—age some thousands it Old-England have been excommunicated and imprisoned some imprisoned to death some banished some knock'd on the Head whole Families undone all their goods taken from them only because of their meeting together most peaceably to worship God in Spirit and in Truth as God requires John 4.24 Which is hard-Measure to be inflicted upon such Christians as lives peaceably with all men Rom. 12.18 upon such as was always willing and still are to Give unto Cesar or civil Magistrate the things that are Cesar 's Mat. 22.21 and unto God the things that are Gods The things which may be said to be Gods or of God is to worship and serve him in Spirit and in Truth as aforesaid to live in his fear by departing from iniquity and to seek after the good of all men to live in all Christian virtues to do unto all people as we would be dealt with Matth. 6.12 which cannot be performed by any but as they obey the teachings of Gods Spirit in peoples hearts the Leader into all good the same that made David wiser than all his Teachers Psal 119.99 Isa 30.20 Heb. 8.11 and is a swift witness against every evil thought word and deed in every Conscience Obedience to which makes people happy for ever 1 Sam. 15.22 But what person soever pretends that Conscience or the Light therein is his guide and acts any thing destructive to Civil Society as Theft Murther or Adultery or are Traitors or Plotters or Drunkards or Cheats or Vagabonds or Mischievous Persons Gâ—â— 5.19 20. To all such the Ch istian Magistrate will be a terror and a praise to them that do well Rom. 13.3 if they be of Christs Religion for he did not compel his Brethren after the flesh to his Religion John 7.5 Yet did he and his Apostles bear a Testimony against all fair-sayers and hypocrites in Religion and left the Civil Magistrates to punish all open wickedness to which agreeth King Charles the 1st in the Collection of his Speeches pag. 91 123. In point of Consciencious tenderness I have often declared how little I desire my Laws and Scepter should intrench on God's Soveraignty which is the only King of mens Consciences nor do I desire any man should be further Subject unto me than all of us may be subject unto God And in his advice to the then Prince of Wales now King of England c. Your Prerogative is best shewed and exercised in remitting rather than exacting the rigour of the Laws there being nothing worse than Legal Tiranny c. But saith Christ Jesus Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them I will liken him to a wise man which built his house on a Rock Matth. 7.24 And doeth them mark that dost thou love them that hate thee c. The God of Israel said the Rock of Israel spake to me he that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God 2 Sam. 23.3.21.15 Now the Jews accounted the appearance of Christ Jesus in the Flesh as low and too mean for them saying is not this the Carpenter's Son and despised him Matth. 13.55 Even so do too many called Christians at this 〈◊〉 account his 2d coming 〈◊〉 â—â—iritual appearance too low and mean for them to bow unto that is his Light or Grace in their hearts which reproves for Sin calling it a dark Light or the Light of a Natural Conscience and a misguiding Light c. accounting it not sufficient to save from the evil of the World and so make merry over and crucifie afresh the just Spirit or Witness of God in their hearts by wilful kicking against it Pro. 4.18 John 3.20.16.8 Rom. 3.24 Tit. 3.7 Rev 1 5.3.14 But blessed be the Lord God there is a small remnant in this day that are come to witness in their hearts that little Stone Dan. 2.34 44. cut out of the mountain without hands which shall grow and fill the whole Earth with Righteousness and lay every Idol in the dust notwithstanding all the Opposition Art Wisdom or Violencâ— of men or Devils God will arise more and more in his spiritual appearance in the hearts of People until he hath conquered the enemies to Righteousness and the Glory of the Lord cover the Earth as the Waters cover the Sea and happy will all they be that meet him timely by turning from the evil Imaginations of their hearts and submit to his Grace the way to him for he is worthy to reign and rule in every heart and
9 is 72 set down 2 under 8 and carry 7 and work as the other Line Lastly add up the two Lines saying 3 set it down then 2 and 8 is 10 set down a Cipher and carry 1 then 1 that I carried and 5 is 6 and 4 is 10 set down a Cipher and carry 1 saying 1 and 5 is 6. 23 times 100 is 2300 A Pattern to mark Linnen by One pound 2 ounces 12 penny weight Troy is equal to 16 ounces or one pound Averdupois Or 1 l. Averdupois is equal to 14 â…— ounces Troy One ounce Troy is 5 shillings Silver 8 grains Troy is one shilling in Gold If the Date of the year when an antient Book was printed or a man born in the year of our Lord 1616 what is his age this year 1681. Do this by Substraction from 1681 take 1616 rests 0065 Say take 6 from 1 that I cannot do but must borrow 10 to put to the 1 makes 11 then again 6 from 11 and there remains 5 now one that I borrowed and 1 is two so two from 8 and there rests 6 then 6 from 6 and 1 from 1. A Table shewing the Length of the longest artificial day in any place of the World having the height of the Pole  Day Poles height H. M. 0 12 0 6 12 20 12 12 42 16 12 58 20 13 12 24 13 30 27 13 42 30 13 56 32 14 06 34 14 16 35 14 22 36 14 28 37 14 34 38 14 38 39 14 44 40 14 52 41 14 58 42 15 04 P.h. H. M. 43 15 12 44 15 18 45 15 26 46 15 34 47 15 42 48 15 52 49 16 0 50 16 10 51 26 20 52 16 30 53 16 42 54 16 54 55 17 8 56 17 22 57 17 36 58 17 52 59 18 10 60 18 30 P.h. Days H. M. 61  18 54 62  19 20 63  19 50 64  20 24 65  21 10 66  22 18 ½ 66  24 0 67  20 0 68 42 1 16 69 52 16 25 70 64 13 46 71 74 0 0 72 82 6 36 73 89 4 58 74 96 17 0 75 104 1 4 76 110 7 27 77 116 14 22 78 122 17 6 79 127 9 55 80 134 4 58 81 139 31 36 82 145 6 40 83 152 2 6 P.h. D. H. M. 84 156 3 3 85 161 5 23 86 166 11 23 87 171 21 47 88 176 5 29 89 181 21 58 90 181 6 39 The use of this Table Suppose the height of the Pole at London be 52 Degrees how many hours is the longest day Look for 52 in the first Column and against it is 16 hours 30 minutes the length of the longest day Of the four Quarters of the Earth In Europe is Old England c. In Asia is Jerusalem c. In Africa is Egypt c. In America is New England c. Some remarkable times since Adam Year of the World  1 Adam created the 6th day 130 Seth born 395 Methuselah lived 969 years 930 Adam's age 930 years 1656 Noah's Flood 1948 Abraham born 2108 Isaac born 2287 Joseph in Egypt 2046 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed 2047 Circumcision instituted 2843 London built 2369 Job's time 2433 Moses and Aaron in Egypt 2552 Israelites murmur for Water 2591 Joshuah died 2919 David born  Solomon 7 years and an half in 3012 building the Temple 3029 Rehoboam Solomon's Son 3278 Hezekiah's good Reign 3405 The Captivity 3932 Virgin Mary born Year of Christ  1 Christ born 30 Christ baptised 33 His Resurrection 60 Paul carried to Rome 68 Jerusalem destroyed 92 First of the ten persecutions 304 The last of the ten 665 Printing first in England 1128 Mens hair like Womens 1605 Powder Treason 1607 Bible translated 1665 A great Plague at London 1666 87 Parishes in London burnt 1678 Popish Plot. 1681 A great Dearth A Register of the sufferings and Martyrdom of the Prophets and Apostles according to the Testimony of Scripture and other Historical Records Isaiah was sawn asunder with a wooden Saw Jeremiah was often persecuted and imprisoned yea he was thrown into a deep Dungeon where it is said he stood in the mire to the head and at length was stoned to death in Egypt Ezekiel was slain in Babilon by the Duke of the People Daniel was thrown among the hungry Lions yet the Lord preserved him The three Children were thrown into the fiery Furnace but the Fire did them no harm Micah was thrown down and his neck broken Amos was smitten with a Club on the Temples of the head and so brained Zachariah was stoned to death John the Baptist was beheaded of Herod the Tetrarch Stephen was stoned to death James was beheaded by Herod Agrippa Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downwards under Nero. Paul was likewise beheaded at Rome under Nero. Andrew was crucified by Aegeâ—â— King of Edessa James Alphaeus was thrown down from on high and brained with a Club. Thomas was slain at Calamina a City of Judea he was run through with a Dart or Spear Philip was crucified at Hierapolis in Asia Bartholomew was slain in Judea it is said his Skin was pulled over his ears and after all beheaded Matthew was run through with a Sword in Aethiopia Simon was crucified Jude was slain John was scourged and often persecuted it is said that Domition the Emperor caused him to be thrown into a Tun of scalding Oil yet took no harm Matthias was knockt on the head with an Ax and afterwards beheaded Mark the Evangelist had a Rope tied about his neck by which he was drawn through the Streets of Alexandria until his flesh was rent in pieces and in the end he was burned to ashes Barnabas had a Rope tied about his neck by which he was pulled to the Stake and burned He that is born after the Flesh persecuteth him that is born after the Spirit as it is at this day and so it will be until he Christ Jesus reign in the hearts of people through their obedience to his Grace in which Grace the Righteous know his Reign and the Government is upon his Shoulders in their hearts for he is worthy for ever and ever An exact way to measure round Timber by one that can multiply Co. F. Parts 10 0 055 11 0 066 12 0 077 13 0 093 14 0 108 15 0 124 16 0 141 17 0 159 18 0 179 19 0 200 20 0 221 21 0 243 22 0 267 23 0 292 24 0 318 25 0 343 26 0 374 27 0 403 28 0 433 29 0 465 30 0 497 31 0 531 32 0 566 33 0 602 34 0 639 35 0 677 36 0 176 37 0 756 38 0 798 39 0 840 40 0 884 41 0 929 42 0 974 43 1 021 44 1 070 45 1 119 46 1 169 47 1 220 48 1 273 49 1 327 50 1 381 51 1 437 52 1 496 53 1 552 54 1 612 55 1 671 56 1 732 57 1 795 58 1 860 59 1 923 60 1 988
their Land Deut. 18.12 14. Lev. 19.26 Therefore what man of sense will believe that all the Art of earthly men can procure one thing out of earthly things that may be but as the quantity of a pease that shall have power being put into a pound or two of melted Lead to change it into most fine Gold or that this one thing shall have also power as an outward Medicine to cure all diseases in the Bodies of the wicked that they may get strength to be wicked still But most happy is he that above all searching he seeketh after and waiteth upon God that he may give unto him that white Stone and in it a new name written which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth Rev. 2.17 Now before I conclude I shall recite some of the words of two of these Philosophical Writers as Geber and Villa Nova Saith Geber For wheresoever we have spoken plainly there we have said nothing but where under Riddles and Figures we have put something there we have hid the Truth Villa Nova saith The Alchymists of latter time are for the most part mockers and whiles by Sophistications they seek rather to seem wise than to be they deceive the yielders to them but the ancients not profiting according to their own Covetousness have wrapped up this Art in Riddles shewing rather their own Ignorance than Science c. Eph. 5.11 And have no fellowship saith the Apostle with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them Eph. 4.17 18. Yet the word Philosophy has signified a love to Wisdom and the way to holy Living and not vain and impracticable things See Pythagoras his works and the Speech of Palamedes at his Execution manifesteth that some of them sought after Righteousness For saith he I never hurt or injured any but on the contrary have advantaged all that conversed with me to my utmost ability communicating what good I could gratis and not for gain O that all called Christians was but come so far into a righteous Life as this Palamedes who was called a Heathen as his Speech declareth then would England be happy and all other Nations Note that if William Lilly and the rest of the Astrologers do not study to be acquainted with the seven Planetary Angels of the Magicians why did he write thus viz. For though Philosophy and Philosophers teach us that Comets have a matter or Ethereal Substance of which they are created yet those learned men wanting Angelical conversation are deceived Above all things saith he let the Artist rather judge by the strength of his reason guided by Art upon the Configurations of the Planets than by ill digested Aphorisms c. Nor are the secundian Intelligences viz. what Angel then governs to be omitted in Consideration for the judging of future Events c. There is in the Art of Astrology saith â—â—e which some ignorant persons are pleased to villifie Arcanum quoddam equivalent To prophesie c. Woe to the rebellious Children saith the Lord that take Counsel but not of me and that cover with a covering but not of my Spirit that they may add sin to sin Isa 30.1.9.6 Josh 9.14 But the most sure word of Prophecy is by Astrologers neglected 2 Pet. 1.19 Many also of them which used curious Arts brought their Books together and burned them before all men and they counted the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of Silver so mightily grew the World of God and prevailed Act. 19.19.20 A Rule for a Baker When the Bushel of Wheat is worth 3 s 4. the peny wheaten Loaf weighing 20 ounces what shall the peny Loaf weigh when Wheat is 5 s. the Bushel How much Cloath of 3 Quarters broad will serve to line 9 Yards of 7 Quarters broad Of the right placing of points in Writing Comma Semicolon Colon Period Interrogation Admiration Continuation Perenthesis A Comma is the most frequent point and of least force it is to be set when the least stop of the voice is as But when the Husbandmen saw the Son they said among themselves this is the Heir come let us kill him c. When there is a stop somewhat bigger set or as They that would destroy me being mine Enemies wrongfully are mighty Then I restored c. When the sense and sentence is perfected and full then write as Pray without ceasing In every thing give thanks Quench not the Spirit After a Question asked set this as Whose Ass have I taken Whom have I defrauded After a wondring admiring or crying out set this point as O wretched man that I am O death where is thy sting When you must divide a word at the end of a Line and with a part of it begin the next Line then at the end of the Line where the first part of it is you are to set down this point or when by way of Elegancy two or more words are put in one as Self-love A Perenthesis is when some words may be left out and yet the sentence perfect as I know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing Of the Globe of the Earth the Pole-Stars and some hints of Dialling THe Globe of the Earth on which we dwell is supposed to be 2 third parts water or Sea and the other third part Land and two third part inhabited Seeing the Earth and Water is coâ—pared to a Globe or as a round Ball being in the Air by the wonderful work of God That it so remaineth held up by Gods hand only appeareth by what follows that is to say There is two fixed Stars called the two Poles of the World the North Pole and the South Pole opposite one to the other the Earth being in the middle or betwixt them and a Line supposed to be held from the one to the other Star The Sun Moon and Stars moves round them and the Earth continually The Sun giving Light to one place of the Earth at all times * The People in New England and New Jersey are rising out of Bed when we in England are at Dinner so that we differ six hours in time the Sun making the day c. for mans outward sight to guide him in outward things and to refresh the Earth as the Son of Righteousness Christ Jesus causeth his Spiritual Light to shine in the hearts of all men to light them out of Darkness or Sin Joh. 1.9 Luk. 1.78 So that all earthly things presseth to this Earth upon every part thereof to the middle or Center from whence they sprung Now to make it more plainly to appear Suppose I draw a crooked line to represent some part of the Earth upon which we dwell in England and extend a doted Line to see which of the two Stars or Poles is above our dwelling or Horizon so called Now he that travels 60 miles Northwards the North Star will be a degree higher or Southwards the contrary but altereth not to go Eastward or Westward directly
all these perfections absolutely united which brings forth that comely Grace and highest perfection which Art aims at and the Artizan strives after Here the beauty of created things is called the highest perfection or Grace which is only due to God's Power or Grace in the Soul W. M. This Grace saith he proceeds not from any rules of Art but from the excellent Spirit of the Artificer it is eaâ—â—er attained by Observation not called by God to such works though Bezaleel and Aholiah were called to make curious works in Gold in Silver in Brass and in Silk for the Tabernacle Ex. 31. W. M. and a good Judgment than learned by precepts as Quintilâ—an in his Institutions lib. 11. cap. 1. learnedly observes And this Grace is most graceful when it flows with facility out of a free Spirit and is not forced or strained out with Labour and toil which quite spoils and kills the Life of the work Now this facility springs from Learning Study and exercitation Art and Nature must concur to the Constitution of this Grace Art must be applied discreetly to those things which we naturally affect and not to things which we loath lest we miss of that Glory which we seek after Oh the sading Glory of this Worlds Wisdom Art Learning c. that takes all to itself c. W. M. Thus saith the Lord Let not the wise man glory in his Wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his Might let not the rich man glory in his Riches but let him that glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord which exercise Lovingkindness Judgment and Righteousness in the Earth for in these things I delight saith the Lord. Jer. 9.23 24. Painting the Face one of the Marks of of a Jezebel 2 Kings 9.30 for she painted her Face and tired her head when she heard of Jehu's coming like the Proud ones of our day VVIlliam Salmon in his Book before-mentioned saith some may wonder that we meddle with such a subject as this is 1 Cor. 3.20 viz painting the Face curling colouring and poudering the hair Answer And so they may well that a man of so much knowledge in several things should encourage the practise of so much vanity Ephes 4.17 But let such know saith he the painting of a deformed Face and the licking over of an old withered wrinkled and weather beaten skin are proper appendices to a Painter since a single deformity in the Body begets a complication of miseries in the mind c. Exod. 4.11 Answer Then Jezebel must learn of the Painter to paint her Face being she is so wicked to think it a great misery of mind not to be or seem to be more beautiful than God hath made her and he tells these sâ—lly Women viz. it shall put admiration into the beholders and fix them in a belief that you are the first Fruits of the Resurrection where's the washing of Regeneration Titus 3.5 Again though some think the Poets did not much amiss to fancy the Creature hatcht in Hell by reason it brings with it such a torrent of dejections c. Ans Is not this sad that such censures should be given of the Creature as being hatcht in Hell if it want some outward beauty to pleaâ—e the lust of the Eye c. 1 John 2.16 Again saith he by this means your sparkling Glories shall fire Platonick Lovers so that none though as cold as Saturn shall be able to resist your actuating flames but shall force the stoutest heart to a Sacrifice to Love Answer Behold here 's a Sacrifice to a painted Image or Face and an incouragement to be like unto the Daughters of Zion that were haughty and that walked with stretched forth necks and wanton Eyes c. whom the wo was against Isai 3.16 Again saith he but it may chance that some Saint or another may condemn your hearts for evil because you strive to make your faces good and may like your infide the worse because your outside may look so well Ans There is that in his heart that tells him that no Saint will like Jezebels painting but if no Saint do personally condemn them the witness for God in their hearts doth condemn them when no Eye seeth when they are spending their time in decking their outside when within they are full of rottenness neither do they by this painting make their Faces good as he saith but evil to allure and draw men to Sacrifice to such love as the Harlot in Prove 7. Who said to the foolish young Man I have perfumed my Bed c. Come let us take our fill of Love c. Let not thine heart decline to the ways of a painted Woman though she hath Riches go not astray in her paths O young Man Her House is the way to Hell going down to the Chambers of Death c. Again yet with Benjamin saith he refuse not the many messes of pottage nor the many changes of Raiment although one might well enough serve your turn but receive them from the hands of Joseph though all the rest of the Brethren be angry Ans Here he pleads for the many changes of Raiment though he offend his Brethren 1 Cor. 8.13 which was one of the sins of the Daughters of Zion Isa 3.22 And one great sin in this Nation when the poor want and though Joseph did to shew the dear love he had to his only Brother Benjamin give unto him more than the rest of his Brethren we do not read that he received them to become sparkling in Glory for outward beauty to win any hearts from God to Sacrifice to vain and foolish love but rather was for the cloathing of a meek and quiet Spirit which is of great price with the God of Heaven 1 Peter 3.4 1 Tim. 6.8 Again saith he avoid not Company for want of Beauty when art affords an innocent supply but with confidence crucifie that evil conscience which forbids the use of a little oil to make a chearful countenance and the drinking of a little wine to make a merry heart Ans Here he incourages Women not to be shame-faced contrary to the Apostle 1 Tim. 2.9 But to be confident Phil. 3.19 And to Crucify saith he that evil conscience Complexion makers so called by God such Artizans who mask Men and Womens Faces with paintings false complexions he compareth such to Juglers or Sorcerers who bewitch the senses and minds of Men by changing the Forms of things making them appear otherwise than indeed they are see his Civ Ec. Rites lib. 4. c. 10. which forbids the use of oil c. to plead for paint for the Face and so puts darkness for light and light for darkness in going about to Crucifie and call that an evil conscience that forbids Jezebels paint and attire that their mouths may be smoother than oil to deceive the simple Prov. 5. So taking no care to have oil in their Lamps to
three pound of Hony is one quart 33. Melt the Wax in water and press it out strongly then melt it in fair water and skim it clean then cover it with cloaths till it is cold that the Wax Cake crack not Common-ground the Poors Right more than the Rich. IT is a sad age in which we live that rich earthly minded men should seek to keep the poor people always very poor The Cattle upon the thousands of Hills are mine saith the Lord which God intended for the poor as well as others even for a general good And besides the large Common-grounds in England the Rich keep from the Poor in a great measure which properly is their right or so much thereof to keep their Families from want but not to live in idleness for some Christian spirited people did in former ages give Land as common unto the Poor but we too often see how that Rich men by force take it from them That many Lords of Towns so called and other rich Commoners had rather hinder themselves in some things that they may lord it over the poor and hinder a general Improvement of Land than to benefit the poor by letting them enclose a small part of a Common to maintain their Families though the poor may have friends raised to give the value of it in Mony but are rather for having a Law to maintain them very poorly by collections whenas the Poor might improve Common-ground for a general good and pay taxes Such oppression on the poor is no fruit of a Christian Spirit which is to do unto the poor as they would be dealt with if they were in the poors condition The Nation being big enough to maintain ten times as many people I suppose as are now in it by a Christian Industry and the Laws put in execution against Drunkenness and other the abuses of good things the which is of the greatest concern that the Magistrats ought to look after And the Poor as well as others ought to learn the Apostle Paul's Lesson that is to be content in all conditions which Paul said he had learned Philip. 4.11 Then will none of the poor in a contentious angry Spirit strive to get in ground enclosed from the Common but rather patiently wait upon God until he shall be pleased to open the hearts of men in outward Power to grant them their Birth-right and to become sharers with them of the Earth that all may seek a General Good and not so much for a private Interest then will there be a Blessing upon all their Labours so as none covet to have more than is needful to spend it upon their Lusts and pleasures for which Sin the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth doth and will more and more send his Judgments upon the Inhabitants of the Earth except they speedily repent by yielding obedience to the Grace of God in their hearts which will not consent to one Sin Exod. 23.6 Prov. 22.22.23.16.29.14 Rob not the poor because he is poor neither oppress the afflicted in Judgment for the Lord will defend their cause and spoil the Soul of those that spoil them Thou shalt not overthrow the right of the poor in his sute A King that judgeth the poor in truth his Throne shall be established for ever There are multitudes of Examples to be given that shew the wonderful Mercy and Love of God to such as have been assistant to the Poor which hard hearted men take little notice of but for brevities sake I shall but mention one remarkable passage as I found it in Richard Burton's Historical Remarques p. 63. Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in Exchange-Alley London In the Reign of K. Henry the Third was a great famine in England about the year 1245 whereby the Poor miserably perished for want of Bread The Authors of those times relate this story very credibly to shew how displeasing Unmercifulness and want of Charity is in the sight of God several poor People plucked the Ears of Corn while they were green in the Common fields meerly to keep themselves from starving at which the owners being much offended desired the Priest of the Parish to curse and excommunicate them all the next Sunday But one of the Company adjured the Priest in the name of God to exempt his Corn from the Sentence saying That it pleased him well that the poor being pinched with Famine had taken his Corn and so commended what was left to the blessing of God The Priest being compelled by the importunity of others had no sooner begun the Sentence but a sudden Tempest of Thunder Lightning Wind Hail and Rain interrupted him whereby all the Corn fields thereabout were laid waste and destroyed as if they had been trodden under Foot with Cart and Horses yea no kind of Fowl nor Beast would feed upon it But this honest tender hearted man found all his Corn and Ground though mingled among others altogether untouched and without the least harm Prov. 14.31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor Those may be said to rob the poor as throw down Cottages by taking the Commons from them making great Parks to keep Deer and other Cattle c. laying house to house and field to field that neither work nor place may be left for the poor Isa 5.8 And enclosing whole Parishes in England in these few years whereby the poor have been forced to remove and lose their right but many such Great men have come to want for so doing God having blasted their Estates and have felt God's Judgments for the same I shall forbear to name the Persons The same blasting hath also come upon many that have bought up corn in times of scarcity to withold it from the poor by great prices which is well known to many in this year 1681. as in ages past And do not they also rob the poor that take away the Gleanings of the Grain in the common fields from the poor whether it be by the Farmer or such others as are not really poor But some may say Who are the poor that thou writes of I Answer He or she that hath nothing but wearing Apparel and he that hath a Wife or a Wife and Children and works hard for 8 d. or 10 d. a day and hath not above 60 l. value in Land or Money Lev. 19.9 10. When ye reap the harvest of your Land saith the Lord ye shall not reap every corner of your field neither shalt thou gather the Gleanings of thy harvest But thou shalt leave them for the poor and Fatherless and Stranger I am the Lord your God Matth. 5.3 Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven saith our Saviour Christ Therefore whosoever first seeks the Kingdom of Heaven all other things shall be added Matth. 6.33 Psal 37.16 and 25. I have been young saith David and now am old yet I have not seen the
l. 2. Anno Chr. 69. Theodore l 3. c. 11. sozomenus lib. 5. cap. 19.20.21 was utterly overthrown by Earth-quakes and Thunderbolts from Heaven and neither of them could ever since be repaired the concurrence of which two miracles evidently sheweth saith T. G. that the time was then come when God would put an end both to Jewish Ceremonies and Heathenish Idolatry that the Kingdom of his Son might be the better established Notwithstanding many called Christians do still build outward Temples setting them East and West as Solomons Temple when Gods Temple is in an humble and contrite Spirit Isa 57. see page 267. How to make Soap called Ball Soap that will be white TAke 4 or 5 Bushel of the ashes of Fearn the Fearn having taken no wet nor too ripe Wood Ashes one peck and three pecks of Lime put these into a tub that hath holes in the bottom stopt with spickets on these holes lay straw in the tub then put boiled water to the Ashes and the next day let the water run out boil this water in a furnace about 24 hours or until it be thickish that it will receive tallow put in the tallow being shred by degrees stirring it continually with an Iron Ladle and if it thicken fast put in tallow faster and faster for fear it burn for then all is spoiled then stir it with a wooden spade being so thick that the Ladle will not do it let the fire then slake but stir it still which is as much as a man can well do then take it out as fast as you can into a cloath that lies in a tub wrap it up that it cool not too fast take it out by hand-fulls and weight it into quarterns or half pounds and work them into Balls so make a bigger or lesser quantiry How to make Starch for Linnen TAke the Bran of the finest Wheat steep it in water 2 days then let the water run through 2 or 3 fine Sieves then put the water in a broad Earth dish and set it in the Sun or over a gentle heat of coals until it be dry and it is fit for use Here followeth the form of a Test which may be necessary for all men to subscribe publickly before a Justice of Peace once a year or nearest Justice which will prove as binding as an Oath can be and being some people cannot in good conscience break Christs Commands who hath Commanded not to swear at all Mat. 5.34 35 36 37. James 5.12 their yea or nay may serve which will secure the Government as well if not better than all Oaths if all could swear as the late times may witness for he that is found to be a plotter against the King let his Religion be what it will there is a law in England to hang him then that law keeps the Government safer than all Oaths c. I. A B. do solemnly and in good conscience in the sight of God and Man acknowledge and declare that King Charles the Second is lawful King of this Realm and all the Dominions thereunto beloging and that neither the Pope nor See of Rome nor any else by their Authority have right in any case to depose the King or dispose of his Kingdom or upon any score whatever to absolve his Subjects of their Obedience or to give leave to any of them to Plot or Conspire the hurt of the Kings Person his State or People and that all such pretences and power are false pernicious and damnable and I do further sincerely profess and in good Conscience declare that I do not believe that the Pope is Christs Vicar or Peters lawful Successor or that he or the See of Rome severally or joyntly are the Rule of Faith or Judge of Controversy or that they can absolve Sins nor do I believe there is a Purgatory after Death or that Saints should be prayed to or Images in any sense be worship'd nor do I believe that there is any Transubstantiation in the Lords Supper or Elements of Bread and Wine at or after the Consecration thereof by any Person whatsoever but I do firmly helieve that the present Communion of the Roman-Catholick-Church is both Superstitious and Idolatrous and all this I do acknowledge intend profess and declare without any equivocation or reserv'd or other sense then the plain and usual signification of these words according to the real intention of the Law-makers and the common acceptation of all true Protestants signed A B. Obj. They object saith R. B. that Christ did swear and we ought to imitate him Ans I answer that Christ did not swear and albeit he had sworn being yet under the Law this would no ways oblige us under the Gospel Hier lib. Ep. part 3 tract 1. Ep. 2. R B. Apol p. 394. 398. as neither Circumcision or the Celebration of-the Paschal Lamb concerl ning which Hierom saith al things agree not to us who are Servants that agreed to our Lord c. The Lord swore as Lord whom no man did forbid to swear but unto us that are Servants it is not lawful to swear because we are forbidden by the law of our Lord. Yet lest we should not suffer scandal by his example he hath not sworn since he commanded us not to swear And saith Pythagoras let no man call God to witness by an Oath no not in Judgment but let every man so accustom himself to speak that he may become worthy to be trusted even without an Oath Quintilianus takes notice that it was of old a kind of Infamy if any was desired to swear but to require an Oath of a noble man was like an examining him by the hangman This Doctrine of Christ is so strictly laid down as that no room is left for the least objection as is evident in these very words Swear not all But above all things my Brethren swear not c which was the Judgment of many Martyrs in Q. Maries days and before see Eusebius Relations Justin Martyr Ap. 2. Tertullian Ap. cap. 32. Clemens Origen Athanas in pass cruc Dom. Christi Chrysostom in Genes homil 15. Idem homil in Act Apost cap 3 Beda in Jac. 5. Anselmus in Matth. 5. Waldenses Viclevus Erasmus in Mat. 5. and in Jac 5. A multitude more witnesses might be produced whose faith was against all swearing see R. Barclays Apology aforementioned see p. 273 in this Book Some Copies to write by VVHoso loveth Instruction loveth Knowledge but he that hateth reproof is brutish Every Child is known by his doing whether his work be pure and whether it be right foolishness is bound in the heart of a Child but the Rod of Correction shall drive it far from him With-hold not Correction from thy Child for if thou beatest him with the Rod he shall not die A wise Son maketh a glad Father but a foolish Son is the heaviness of his Mother A Child left to himself brings his Mother to shame The Father of the Righteous shall
year when it begins 27 Date of an old lease how cast up 58 Distance and the heigths of places found by a Quadrant 50 Distance found by latitude 95 168 179 180 Day longest in all the World 59 Distance in Miles from London and bearing distance to most great Towns 97 183 Distance between some Shire Towns 99 Division a Rule so called 194 171 Deafness and the common cause 101 Dropsy the signs thereof 103 Diet drink very safe 103 Divinations 10 sorts forbidden 252 Davids Mournings who can sing 257 Dialling a secret thereof 150 Days all to be kept holy 306 Dropsy in the beginning 103 Dogs biting 129 E Earth the 4 quarters 61 Earth and Water as a Globe 144 Eye the nature of it 119 Eye-Salve 123 Eyes stiff blood-shot or bruised 123 Eyes clogged with humors 122 Eyes of a Horse sore 121 Ear what to put therein for an Imposthume 120 Expences what by the year 213 Embalming the Egyptians way 265 Epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans 268 Executors who may be 296 Effigies of Persons to burn no sign of a Christian-Spirit 270 Eclipse of the Sun and Moon 226 227 F Figures any number to read 24 Fractions single their value 42 Fractions how to reduce them 43 Fundament pained 107 Fluxes dangerous 110 Fortune-telling by the hand 221 Feasts that Christ allows of 304 Furniture what superfluous 305 Fatness to keep from it 378 Feavers 125 G Glass-windows how measured 28 206 208 Globe of the Earth in Gods Hand 144 Gaging of Vessels 29 361 Gold and Silver weights 58 34 Globe or Bullet to measure 38 Goods to find their Price 32 212 Gunters line the use 195 206 Godfathers so called 267 Glâ—anings of the field to whom 287 Goods are free-hold as well as Lands 295 Gangrene in the flesh 386 Geometrical Problems 161 H Hour of the day by a staff 100 And by a Quadrant 148 Health how to preserve it 130 House on fire what to do 264 Hearbs to preserve their Juice 110 And whether hot or cold c. 258 Headach 129 110 Hardned in evil a few words 269 Head scabby or scal'd 380 Heat of the stomach 376 I Islands their Compass in Miles 155 Interest upon Interest 85 Idols 216 236 238 243 241 Jacobs promise unto God 234 Iron to souder it 289 Inkblack 53 and red 290 Inventary of Goods 302 Judgments of God on persecutors 325 Itch 370 Jaundies yellow 378 Imposers upon Conscience a few words 329 L Letters for reading 1 Letters for writing 344 Letters numeral 27 Letters writeen and not sounded 19 Letters great when to write them 23 Letters c. how to copy them 199 Linnen how to mark it 57 Leafes and Annuities to purchase 93 Leap-year how to find it 157 Line of Cords and line of equal parts 164 Longitude and latitude of Cities 179 Land of several shapes 36 Links to reduce into poles and acres 45 Law-terms with advice 293 Lands passed 10 manner of way 296 Latin names for Mony and days 297 Laws against Gods Law are void 299 Latin Bible how to English it 387 Lead-plaister 376 Land how to measure any parcel thereof great or small by a Chain and Multiplication very useful for the new Planters in America c. 47 177 Levil ground how known 185 Lime water to dry sores 375 Latin words divided 394 M Mat. the first 14 verses divided 5 Mens names divided 7 Million how much it is 46 Middle of the day to know 46 Multiplication 193. 187 42 54 Measures in a mile 27 Measures in an acre 27 Martyrdom of the Prophets and Apostles 63 Measuring of paving tyling c. 186 Mother fits 382 105 Medicines good for Men are for Beasts 363 Medicines how to change them 364 Medicines that purge gently 113 Medicines that purge violently 114 Matthews Pill so called 124 Mineral Kingdom so called 263 Musick outward not for Christians 266 Magna Charta of England 295 Moloch the Idol described 303 Mead how to make it 365 Melancoly black the signs 382 Mother-fits the signs 372 Melilot Salve 374 Mouth sore 381 386 May-Pole what to write thereon 345 Mony cast up by Counters 398 Moons Influence 407 Moons Eclipse 226 O Observations for a Countryman 116 Oaths no safety to Magistrates 273 Obstructions the signs 371 383 Outward pains 384 P Poles to reduce into acres 46 Price of Goods how known 32 212 Pain in the side c. 106 129 Purge very safe 115 Physick for the Poor 124 Pearl in the Eye 121 Purge for a Countryman 127 Painting the Face poudering the Hair c. 245 Plot ground on paper 177 166 164 Pole stars 59 144 Philosophers Stone 132 262 Planets 7 their Characters 230 Pleasant Pictures 241 238 Phylacteries what they were 335 Pills to work upon any humor 367 Purge if it work too little c. 369 Pleurisie 106 385 Physical Characters 384 Protestants not now for persecution 325 Purge in a Feaver 369 Q. Quadrant how to make it 148 R. Reduction 197 168 34 Rot in Sheep 112 363 Rood of Grace so called 236 Respect of Persons 256 Rickets 377 Ringworm 371 Rupture 372 S Stops or points in writing 142 Scripture hard words divided 11 Substraction 193 36 58 Square quarters in a solid foot 43 Sun rising and setting 80 Stars V. Wings opinion of them 95 Scurvy the signs thereof 102 Stone 108 379 Sciatica 109 Spitting how caused in a Feaver 369 Swelling sudden 110 Syrups how to make and keep them 111 Sneezing pouder 112 Sheep for the Rot in them 112 Surveying of Land 37 47 186 Soothsayer somewhat described 224 Sight dim 124 Senses are five 155 Steeple how to measure it 161 Square Rule how to prove it 164 Sea-mens Guide 153 146 183 Shires and Parishes in England 201 204 Square of round Timber to find 207 362 Speech of one called a Heathen 138 Secret writing called Transhand 213 Suns Eclipse the manner of it 227 12 Signs their Characters 230 Saul and the Witch 253 Sepulchres or Tombs 265 Swearing at all forbidden 273 A Story remarkable 285 Salts of Hearbs how to make them 368 Soap or white Ball Soap 338 Scurvy 103 371 372 379 Sweating the way thereof 385 Surfeit water 373 Spuare to divide 401 Sores very foul 374 Syrup of Roses purging 376 Sin the cause of sorrow 235 250 264 Stars not to resolve Christians doubts 139 Stitches and pains in the sides 129 Seecp procured 125 Starch to make 339 Shortness of breath 378 T Timber square to measure 28 211 Or having 5 6 or 7 equal sides 160 Round Timber 28 66 210 Tyling to measure 40 186 Town-Taxes to rate them 157 Times Remarkable 61 Taylers Rule 141 Throat sore 109 Terms provoked 108 Tables for a Shop-keeper 191 212 Tyde Table 228 Titles given to Persons and Places 255 Tythes no Gospel maintenance 272 Tyrant his 4 works 288 A Test better than Oaths 339 Terms the signs 383 Triangles how to divide them 402 403 434 Tooth-ach 127 Throat sore 373 V Vertuous Womans price 250 Vniformity in Religion c. 313 Vrine the signs thereof 102 Vniversities in the World 203 Vrine how to Provoke it 105 Vlcers in the Bladder or Kidneys 129 W Words divided into Syllables 3 Womans names divided 9 Words alike in sound yet unlike in their signification 21 Weights and Measures their difference 34 58 Walls how to measure them and to reduce into standard measure 29 30 Wood-Book and to value Wood 70 Wood-ground how to measure it 177 Water whether it can be conveyed 185 Wound-drink 104 Whitloe or take Orpin bruised 109 Web in the Eye 120 Wounds Vlcers and Inflammations c. 129 Weather the signs thereof 233 Wars not to be by Christians 290 A Will with Advice 300 296 Worms 381 369 Witnesses to the Truth from p. 313 to 330 Wind in the stomach 373 Y Yard square what it may hold 41 You why spoken to one Person 291 FINIS Errata PAge 23. l. 3. read Quary of Glass p. 57. Suppose the cross line out p. 67. against column 36. r. 716. p. 75. l. 26. r. Heathen p. 115 22. r. dram p. 117. l. 5. r. sow p 126. l. 16. r. Hellebore one ounce p. 156. l. 8. r. Scotland 18000000. p. 248. Margent l. 2. r. Godwyn p. 262. l. 30. r preferring p. 188. against N 18. r. 8. 14½ against N. 25.6 6. ½ against N. 35.4.9 ½ p. 318. l. 7. r. kind p. 29. l. 9. about Ganging r. the amenndmets in p. 361. Some other small errors not noted in the Errata have escaped the Press which the understanding Reader may easily correct with a Pen. FINIS
say do not this or that to day These words are used Gen. 30.27 I have learned Experience saith Laban that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake Again Gen. 44.5 Is not this the Cup in which my Lord drinketh and whereby he divineth That is proveth or maketh trial or experience what manner of men ye are The Heathen people were very superstitious in these observations some days they counted unlucky others lucky as our Astrologers do now some unfortunate to begin Battle and some days unfortunate to marry and as they were superstitious in observing unlucky signs as they called them so likewise in the means used to avert the evil portended The means were either words or deads thus if an unlucky bird so called or such like came in their way they would fling stones at it And of this sort is the scratching of a suspected Witch which at this day amongst the simpler sort of people is thought to be a means to cure Witchcraft By words also they thought to prevent the evil signified by such signs when they say This evil light on thine own head Vid. apud Theophrast Character D. Kinchien radic My people ask Counsel at their stocks and their Staff teacheth them for the Spirit of Fornication hath caused them to err and they have gone a whoring from under their God Hos 4.12 Ezek. 21.21 Lev. 18.26 31. Eccles 24.5 6 7. The manner of the Moons Eclipse THe word Eclipse is as much as to say as to want light and to be darkned or in part hidden from our sight When the Sun and Moon are opposite one to the other diametrically and the Earth in the very midst between both that is when a right line drawn from the center of the Sun to the center of the Moon passing through the Center of the Earth for the Body of the Earth and water being thick and not transparent casting his shadow to that point which is opposite to the place of the Sun will not suffer the Moon to receive any light from the Sun from whence she borroweth her light as the Astronomers write And note that every time she is at the full she is opposite to the Sun and yet the Earth is not at every such full diametrically betwixt her and the Sun for then she should be Eclipsed at every full which indeed cannot be unless she be either in the head or tail of the Dragon so called being two opposite places in the Skies or Heavens Now the Moon is Eclipsed in part when the Sun the Earth and the Moon be met in one self diametral line but the Moon is declining either on the one side or the other But note that the Eclipses of the Moon may be universal because the Earth is far bigger than the Moon and thereby able to shadow the whole Body The manner of the Suns Eclipse THe Eclipse of the Sun is when the Moon is betwixt the Sun and the Earth which chanceth in a conjunction or new of the Moon and yet not in every conâ—unction but when it falleth in one of the two opposite parts of Heaven called the head or tail of the Dragon which may chance as is said before either totally or in part totally in respect of those parts of the Earth whereon the Shadow directly falleth for seeing the Moon is far less than the Earth she cannot shadow all the Earth and therefore the Eclipse of the Sun cannot be universal but yet to some part of the Earth it may be total or dark to some partly and to others nothing at all A Tide Table shewing the time of full Sea in the principal Havens in England or near thereunto Names of Havens H. M. Points of the Compass Quinborow Southhampton Portsmouth 0 0 South North Redban Aberden 0 45 s w by w n e by e Gravesend Downs 1 30 s s w n n e Dundee St. Andrews Scilly 2 15 s w by s n e by n London Tinmouth Hartelpoole 3 0 s west n East Barwick Ostendfount 2 45 s w by w n e by n Frith Leith Dunbar Narbe 4 30 w s w e n e Foymouth Gernsey Lizard 5 15 w by s e by n Foy Lin Humber Way Dartmouth or Plimouth Antwerp 6 0 East West Bristol Lanion Foulness 6 45 e by s w by n Bridgewater Texel Milford 7 30 e by e w n w Portland Peterport Hague 8 15 s e by e n w by n Orkney Pool Orwel Shelens 9 0 s East n w Deep Lux Lenoyes Needles 9 45 s e by s n w by n Bolyn Dover Harwich Yarmouth 10 30 s s e n n w Callis Rye Winchelsey Calsho 11 15 s by e e by w The Vse of this Table Add the Hours and Minutes right against each Haven to the Moons coming to the South and the whole result will be the time of the Tide or high water By this Table you may see what point of the compass the Moon is in at the time of the Tide or full Sea The Moons coming to the South is found in an Almanack The Characters of the seven Planets Saturn ♄ Jupiter ♃ Mars ♂ Sol ☉ Venus ♀ Mercury ☿ Luna ☽ The Characters of the 12 Signs Aries ♈ Taurus ♉ Gemini ♊ Cancer ♋ Leo ♌ Virgo â™ Libra ♎ Scorpio â™ Sagitarius â™ Capricornus ♑ Aquarius â™’ Pisces ♓ To find what sign the Sun or Moon is in What sign is the Sun in the 6th day of September 1681. First find the day of the month by an Almanack and right against it is 24 d. 0 m. in â™ the Moon at the same time is in 17 d. 25 m. in â™ Do so another time Circles of the Sphere Note that the aforesaid 12 signs in the Zodiack so called are only as a supposed Circle or Circles divided into 12 equal parts in the Firmament whose breadth is about 23 d. 30. m. on each side of the equinoctial Line towards the two Pole Stars the whole Circumference or round the World of this Circle is 360 Degrees and every Degree upon the Earth is 60 miles Secondly Every one of these 12 Signs are divided into 30 Degrees and every Degree into 60 Minutes c. Thirdly The outmost side of this Circle or Circles towards the North Pole is called the Tropick of Cancer one of the said 12 signs the which when the Sun is in about the 11th of June the days are at the longest Fourthly And the other side of this Circle next the South Pole is called the Tropick of Capricorn the which when the Sun is in about the 11 of December the days are at the shortest Fifthly In the middle of this Circle or Circles or Zodiack may be said to be the equinoctial Line into which when the Sun cometh about the 10 of March and the 10th of September the days and nights are equal throughout the World Lastly The Sun is a whole year in passing through all these signs and the Moon in one Month and that neither of them come so near
the two Pole Stars as 60 Degrees which makes that the Earth is so very cold against them as in Greenland so called where there is Ice all the year being only inhabited by wild Beasts and Fowls in abundance Signs of Rain 1. SUn rising seems bigger 2. Sun rising with a Circle 3. Setting in a black Cloud 4. Sun or Moon looking pale 5. Sky red in the morning 6. Often change of the Wind. 7. No dew morning or night 8. Many small Clouds North West at Evening 9. Wind long in the South 10. Few Stars seen 11. Moons Horns thick at rising 12. Stars seem bigger 13. Many Stars and Wind East in Summer Signs of fair Weather 1. The Sun looks bright 2. Mists in the Water 3. Rain-Bow after Rain Signs of Frost 1. Many Stars and the Wind East Signs of Wind. 1. Sun and Moon look red 2. Sky red in the morning 3. Murmuring of Wind in the woods 4. Shooting of Stars 5. A Circle about the Moon at the Full. These Signs of the Weather are not so fallible as Astrological Predictions And People sometimes are saying we want Rain and sometimes fair weather all signs fail Oh! But the greatest want is the want of Obedience to the Talent or measure of Gods Grace in every heart that would lead People into Temperance in all things in fruitful seasons and out of that mind that seldom thinks that they have Apparel Meat Drink and Furniture good enough and that makes waste of any of Gods good Creatures as too many do when the poor wants * Jacob vowed that if God will be with him and will keep him in the way that he goes and will give him bread to eat and raiment to put on he will give the tenth unto the Lord Gen. 28.20 22. Even â—o will the seed of Jacob at this day give the Tenths or more if need be of the increase of Godâ— Blâ—ssings upon their outward Estate unto the Lord that is unto the poor and Fatherless and Widdows that wants relief Mat. 25.40 2 Cor. 9.7 So that now if it shall please God to cause a Famine it is but just upon many who regard not nor lay to heart the many warnings and threatning Judgments that hangs over our heads which God hath shewed to many in the midst of many Mercies yet but few regard with their whole heart to seek after Righteousness by departing from iniquity in the fear of the Lord because Sin is the chief cause of sorrow that comes upon Man and Beast and makes the Earth to mourn Oh that People should still resist the strivings of Gods good Spirit as in every Age Gen. 6.3 that would lead them out of all evil into favour with God Deut. 28.2 3 4 5. Are people willing to forget that the sins of the people have in all ages brought Gods Judgments upon them Which makes the Righteous rejoyce because many will learn Righteousness when Gods Judgments are in the Earth Isa 26.9 Though the Righteous in some outward things bear a share of the Judgment yet have they true Content Peace and Joy being redeemed from the Earth and all visâ—ble things so as to set their hearts upon them 1 Kin. 8.35 36 37. Zeph. 1.3 Deut. 28.47.32.4 Jer. 30.15 Psal 5.12.38.25 Prov. 11.10 An Image called The Rood of Grace IN the beginning of the Reformation in King Henry 8th's time one Cromwel was greatly in favour with the King and was made one of his Privy Council c. He brought to light and suppressed many Popish Idolatrous Images and other superstitions of the Church of Rome for which they sought his death which the King afterwards lamented c. One Rood of Grace or Image wherein a man stood inclosed with a hundred Wires within the Rood to make the Image goggle its Eyes nod its head hang the Lip move and shake its Jaws according to the value of the gift offered if it were a small piece of Silver then would he hang a frowning Lip if it were a piece of Gold then should his Jaws go merrily Thus were poor peoples Souls seduced and their Pockets pick'd by these Idolatrous forgers until Cromwel caused the said Image to be carried publickly to Pauls in London where the People tore it in pieces Then in Queen Maries time Daughter to the said King Henry the 8th Bishop Bonner put out a Mandate to the Priests within his Diocess commanding that comely Roods or Images should be again set up in all Churches c. the same injunction was published in other Diocesses for at Cockram in Lancashire the Parishioners and Wardens had agreed with a Carver to make them a Rood to set up in their Church at a certain price which the Carver did but the Rood being made of an ugly grim Countenance they disliked it and refused to pay the Workman that made it whereupon by Warrant he brought them before the Mayor of Lancaster who was a favourer of the Protestants and a man against Idols when they came before the Mayor he asked them why they did not pay the man according to their agreement they replied they did not like the grimness of its Visage saying they had a man formerly with a handsome Face and they would have had such another now Well said the Mayor though you like not the Rood the poor mans labour has been never the less and it's pitty he should lose but I tell you what you shall do pay him the Money you promised him and if it will not serve you for a God you may make a Devil of it at which they laughed and so departed How pleasant Pictures become Idols in the Heart AN Image or Idol saith Paul 1 Cor. 8.4 is nothing c. that is it is nothing to thee but if thou set it in thy Heart and affectionate it or any other Picture thou bows to it and this is Idolatry Thou shalt make thee no graven Image saith God neither any similitude of things that are in Heaven above neither that are in the Earth beneath nor that are in the Waters under the Earth thou shalt not bow down to them c. Exod. 20.4 5. Though we make them say some people we do not bow to them or worship them Answer If thou art covetous after them and hast inordinate affection to them thou hast set them in thy heart and this is Idolatry Ezek. 14.2 Col. 3.5 And worships and serves the Creatures more than the Creator c. Rom. 1.25 Set your affections on things above not on things on the Earth Col. 3.2 My Son give me thine heart and let thine eyes observe my ways Prov. 23.26 So that he that has given his heart to God his affections will not be set upon liknesses for so his mind may be drawn from God who is to have the whole heart We may read that the Heathens did wonderfully adore the likenesses of things c. yet being no example to a Christian whose heart and Treasure is only in God and