say This is not fairly done To rip up this our misery in the sight of the Sun And as it were for to rejoyce or'e us in this our fall Nor do you put a helping hand to any of us all Answ To this I Answer It is just the measure is your own For the Saints blood some of you drank as lately hath been shown Your mighty men but lately were Merchants of Babylon And dealt in Slaves and Souls of men Alas your City 's gon For tho in Scarlet deckt with Gold with pretious Stones and Pearls And in Fine Linnen cloathed were and lived then like Earls Yet now your Ships and Companies of Sailers which did Trade Within the Sea of Babylon did weep and wail and said Alas alas that great City wherein we rich were made Is like a Mill-stone cast i' th Sea thus God doth us degrade Wherefore O Heaven or'e her rejoyce ye Prophets also too With the Apostels for God hath on her revenged you And your Crafts men with all their Craft no more in her be found Nor yet at all shall there be heard a Mill-stone for to sound Thy Candle-light for evermore exstinguished shall be The voice of Bridegroom and of Bride be heard no more in thee For that thy Merchants they still were the Great Men of the Earth Which by their Sorceries deceiv'd all Nations of their Breath For that in her was found the Blood of Prophets and of Saints And all that were slain on the Earth which brings on her heart-faints Therefore we which in Heaven dwell with voice and one accord Continual Halilujas sing Salvation to the Lord. With Glory Honour and Power let 's praise the Lord of Heaven Whose Judgements just and righteous be he to the Whore hath given For why she did corrupt the Earth with her vile Fornication Gods Servants blood for Vengeance cryes on her abomination Now blood unto her God hath given for that it is her share Yea she is worthy of the same ' cause Saints blood she 'd not spare Object But some may say Why do you thus apply these things to them When you also now Sufferers are which come of Jesses Stem Answ For Answer though we may be slain for the good Word of God And for the Testimony held which we have from the Lord As those Souls under th' Altar which unto the Lord did cry For Vengance on those dwelt on Earth and answer'd Ye must lye Vntil the rest of your fellow-servants and Brethren to Which witnesse bear unto my Name be kill'd as well as you For thus 't was under the fifth Seal the Angel open'd when The Moon was blood the Stars did fall and Sun was hid from men What from the Earth can we expect when Blood 's the light of heaven But Persecution with effect when Stars to it fall even But by the way Observe under the Altar Souls do lye The which the Sacrificer kills and there he doth them tye And so Obedience was lost which was better than any Of all the Sacrifice they made though offer they did many For their Oblations they were vain Incense abomination Nor did God this require of them they being Sodoms Nation When they spread forth their hands to God he fast did close his eyes And though they many Prayers made God did them all despise Their New Moons and their solemn Feasts Assemblies like a flood The Lord had no regard to ' cause their hands were full of Blood It was Jerusalem also that did the Prophets kill And stoned those to them were sent and with blood did fulfil And though they said they would not be partakers with their Fathers In this same bloody Tragedy yet Saints blood they still gather But desolate there House is left Gods Glory from it 's gone For that they have contemnd the Sun which on their Moon hath shone Wherefore they shall not henceforth see the true Light till they say Blessed is he that cometh in the Lord Gods Name alway Object But some of these Objected have against us saying we Have not so much gain-said oppos'd those in our places be So that we cannot choose but think you very flatterers are And as the common Proverb is Your Friends at Court you spare For that it hath observed been the men most godly were Their Congregations you did haunt and ' gainst them rave and tear As then so now those that are bad ' gainst them no word doth spring But those that zealous were and good you made their Churches ring So that we cannot but suppose the Bottom doth design Some Machavillian Policy to be acted in time And if that this be nothing so why do you not still go Into those great Assemblies now the Reason let us know Answer For Answer hereunto I say What man is there so mad To spend his time in the threshing of Bushes They 'r as bad For if one would go vilifie the worst of men there 's nought In them to use the Proverb old that worth a Rush is thought Or who is he that will look for Grapes on the thorny Twiggs Or is there any one that doth of Thistles gather Figgs So that they have no cause to say That we against them were When as that we a threshing went we did not rave or tear For certainly you may suppose we did judge there was Corn Which prompted us to come and thresh and winnow in your Barn And if the grain it did cling fast the chaffe and straw unto The Threshers do not discommend tho they did it undo And though at first the best Corn's made out of the Straw to spring Yet do not you the Thresher blame if it to th' rest they fling For good full Corn it doth rejoyce when Threshers come thereto ' Cause then it knows it shall be put Gods own will for to do And though it be but Oxen which this Corn out do tread Yet by the same they food must have and not be muzzelled It is because Corn's hard and tough that Instruments made be With sharp hard Teeth because plain Tools from the Straw can't it free So those that good and godly were we did them not contemn But what was done was Gods visit did you to us commend For you were counted the lost Sheep of the House Israel Therefore count us not Enemies because Gods Truth we tell And by enquiry you did find of Gods Message worthy Though still we see you hardned be and us reproach daily In the time of Elias though there Widows were a many He to Sareptha's Widow 's sent of others not to any Also in Israel there was much Leprosie on man Yet none at all were cleansed but Naaman the Syrian So that if God did send to cleanse you of your Leprosie Then charge not the Messenger with Machivel-Policy Nor with the Prophet do find fault that doth preserve your store When in great Famine that you were he shew'd you where was more Moreover you may see those men
be freed from sin or death this Doctrine they do preach Whereby we all our Life-time have been kept in misery They also boldly do affirm that Paul he then did lye When unto God he did give thanks which was his strength and stay For that he had deliverance through Jesus Christ the Way And though Paul in his Agony did ask the question so From this Body of sin and death Who shall deliver Who This question it was only writ ' cause he would answer make Who was the alone Deliverance and for whose onely sake For none such tender pitty had to the poor wretched man To bind his wounds and 's wants supply but th' good Samaritan Who poured oyl into his wounds set him on his own Beast And brought him unto Christs own Inne the place of all Souls Rest With Wounds bound up and Charges paid this Love the Lord doth send With Stock laid in for future time what the poor Soul should spend Now shall not Paul when he is cleans'd and other Leapers to Return and give to God the thanks to whom alone t is due With David also come and tell what for his soul is done And that no Condemnation is in Jesus Christ Gods Son For they now walk not after flesh another Law they have The which of Spirit is and Life that doth their poor Souls save And this doth also set them free from Flesh Law Sin and Death And makes dry Bones together come for God sends for his Breath Which is the Gospel-Power of God which those Ministers hide Whose minds the God of this World blinds lest he should be espide Thus they go forth and People tell from sin they can't be freed Whilst on this side the Grave we are So their Lord's Lord indeed So making void the mighty Power of the Emanuel Who came to save People from sin Lyes of him they do tell As if his Hand were shortned and weakned were his Power Or that the World the Divels were for to rule every hour Whereas all Power in Heaven and Earth unto the Son is given And he must surely Raign on Earth though's Enemies have striven Him to oppose yet if not here Oh where shall Gods Son Raign For all his Enemies Death and Hell shall every one be slain For he must Rule till these be brought under his feet then shall The Son his Kingdom re-assigne and God be all in all So stop your mouths you Messengers that are Satanical For the Lords Christ is come to Raign his Rule must be your Fall And all your mighty Captains to which are of his Empire For Dragon Beast False Prophet to shall be cast in the fire For the Lords Christ came to destroy all the works of the Devil That Righteousness E'relasting may be brought from all that 's evil And if he were not to destroy his works in this world wrought What other World doth he work in that any out have sought When he his Messengers and Works are all cast in the fire What Works can he or they then do that any can desire 'T is also in this wicked World Gods Grace Salvation brings Teaching us worldly Lusts to shun and each ungoly thing And in this present world to live godly and soberly And to relieve in Righteousness the fatherless thereby The Widow likewise to visit this is Religion pure From the Worlds spots thus to keep clear the Devil can't endure And if all this you can't believe take your own evidence Of your own Doctrine the result and Catachistick sence Whereby this Truth it is confirm'd ' gainst all to be the same Where Children they are taught to say what 's promis'd in their name That the Devil and AL his works they must and will forsake And AL the Pomps and Vanities of this world leave to take And AL the sinful Lusts also of the Flesh which do rise ALL these they must be now forsook that did their hearts surprize And these not only to be left but they Gods Word must keep And his holy Commandements all their Life not in sleep This Christian Article of Faith they must fully believe Though they themselves their works destroy yet this to learn they give Oh is no here Babel built now anon pull'd down again This is the Dialect they speal of Sounds this is the strain Object But some may say For all this yet Paul in his flesh did feel A Prick Buffeting of Satan and this God did not heal Answ All this is true in his Warfare Pricks in the flesh he may And Buffetings of Satan to who sought him to destroy For when that â—e a Souldier was of Satan on his side He then with might did Persecute Christians could not abide And like his Master went about roaring for to devour And Letters had from the High Priest to take all in his Power And said himself He was e'en mad ' gainst all on God did call He went from house to house and did them unto Prison hall Now all this time there was no cause Satan should buffet Saul Till that he had his Champion lost and was convert to Paul And now who otherwise can think but Paul bufft'ed must be by his old Master that he serv'd now they do not agree Moreover must not Paul now have the measure he hid give And now the Wheel's upon him turn'd till the Lord him relieve So this no evil was in Paul nor ought that was unjust Though to the Lord he three times sought ' cause he did on him trust This seeking to the Lord did shew who had the power and might And that himself was but weakness 't was God must for him fight The Answer was he should not Fear sufficient was his Grace Him to defend and Courage give his Enemies to face He now must be a Souldier for his new Master t is right Therefore with Pricks and Buffets to his old Master doth fight Against him in temptation in raising of his mind To glory in the things he saw to which before he 's blind But by the Shield of Faith he did defend himself from evil And quenched hath the fiery darts cast at him from the Devil And Gods Light Armour on he put with the Sword of the Spirit The Helmet of Salvation to all 's Free here is no Merit So with this Armour and Weapon Paul did fight a good fight Against the Devil kept the Faith by Gods Pow-er and Might And by this Faith he did resist the Devil and made him fly And in this Faith the Victory got also a Crown thereby The which the Righteous God will give unto his Souldiers all That under this his Banner fight and on his Name do call So all may see that this was not an evil then in Paul But Souldiers marks of Jesus Christ the which we must bear all And his seeking thus unto God is as a sucking Child That seeketh for its Mothers Breast that is tender and mild And when the Child had suckt its
the Sun with its most glorious beams In its large Womb hath swallowed up her pale and glimmering Streams By which he Body is made dark this all may plainly see And when it gets before the Sun then an Eclipse will be Yea this also may be minded because it is most clear The Sun is ne're Eclipsed but when th' Moon is in its Sphere And the Earths Body also is as dark as is the Moon For when it gets before the Sun the Moon 's Eclips'd full soon Thus Nature hath these outward Signs that in their Sphears do run For the Earths Body doth Eclipse the Moon and She the Sun These outward Signs of Heaven were discern'd by men of old Who yet the Mystery did not see being all led blind-fold Because the God of this World had their minds wholly blinded Lest that the Gospel-Light should shine and they by it be led And though the Hypocrites of old Heavens outward could discern Yet did not know true Bethlehem where Gods own Seed was born Of these Figures the Prophets did of old make use you see When they told where the World was set in mans heart there to be So he that to God is a Friend must have the World cast out From this same place where it is set else Truth it will not sprout And this the cause of the Eclipse that man comes not to know Neither beginning nor the end of him God doth not show The works that he at all times doth they being heavenly Because of this total Eclipse that on his heart doth lye So that the Moons dark Body 's of to us no use at all The Sun reflecting not thereon by the Earths Interval This made the Seers which of old with shame confounded were For they no Answer of God had because they Preacht for hire Yea for money they did Devine and Judged for reward Thus building up Sion with blood no sight had of the Lord. The dark Moon here is turnd to BLOOD tho it pretend to build The glorious Mountain of the Lord have hereby Saints blood spill'd And yet for all this seem to lean themselves upon the Lord As if no evil she had done but in heart did accord This hard-heart Earth was still the same of which the Lord so long Complain'd of in the Wilderness it grieved him so strong To day to day for forty years oh this was all the noise But their hard hearts they could not hear the sounding of his voyce This Earth this Lust this Will this Fesh they being of one nature Are those that keep the glorious beams from shining on the Creature But now the Day of God is come expel those Mists he will Which do his Sun-beams over-cast that shine would on his still For though a man have outward eyes be they never so clear Yet if that Night do him oretake he is little the neer And as it is in outward Earth this is the cause of Night Having a Body thick and gross its self hinders the Light This Judgement was on th' Prophets which with their keen Teeth did bite ' Gainst those that put not in their mouths in War prepare to fight Therefore Night should be unto them they shall no Vision have Not so much Light as to devine how they themselves may save And down o're them the Sun shall go are Prophets of that day Yea darkness shall oretake them all who make not God their stay They therefore shall cover their Lipps for tho they call and cry They shall no answer have from God ' cause in the earth they lye These were also the Belly-gods whose glory was their shame For that they Earthly things did mind and therefore were to blame And this likewise was that also which Demas did embrace Who for this present world did forsake both Truth and Grace These were the false Teachers of which Peter did so fore-tell Should Heresies damnable bring that swift destruction fell Upon them in their great glory for that they should deny The Lord Light Life that thus bought them so in dark Death shall lye Yea these are they through Avarice and fained words should make Merchandise of the People too this darkness they did take And following these pernitious wayes is the sole reason why Truths way is evil spoken off to th' Light they 'l not come nigh So this is Moon Eclips'd you see the Earth and the hard Heart And now before this Cloud be gone these things must feel the smart For that the World and things therein must all be burnt with fire And be removed from his place in the Day of Gods ire But what is that which doth Eclipse the Sun The Moon I 've said When it is turned into Blood then doth it the Sun shade And makes his Body to look black and shine as if it were For all its great and glorious beams but a Sack-cloth of hair This was the time that Joel did prophesie of and say When Sun was dark then Moon was blood this should precede Gods day And 't was fulfil'd when the sixth-Seal was opened for loe A mighty Earth-quake then was seen which many well do know For then the Stars of Heaven fell unto the Earth their place Because they were untimely Figgs they staid there but a space For by this mighty Wind and Storm which God among them sent He shook off what untimely was tho glorious things were ment And now the Earth not only doth but also Heavens shake Because Gods Day is at the door they tremble do and quake For this first Earth and Heaven too which Man could not sustain Are both together shaken now their Form doth not remain Therefore this Heaven departed is even as it were a Scrole For all their glorious fained words together when t is rowl'd And every Mountain and Island which glory in their graces Are by this Storm and mighty Wind remov'd out of their places And they that were Kings of the Earth Great and Rich Men also With chief Captains and mighty Men with Bond and Free-Men go And hide themselves within the Dens yea on the Mountains call And on the Rocks for to hide them or upon them to fall These are the Presbyterian Moon which in the Night was Light But when to Persecution fell then all was Blood and spight But now their Kingdom shaken is and they are made to quake Having their Measure measured back this makes their own hearts akâ— This makes their Stars their mighty Men down from their heaven fall Rather than they will drink this Cup that is mixed with gall And so what Antichristian was in Way and Form before And Covenanted then against the same they now Adore Thus now their Valiant Captains do from Heaven daily slide Their Rich and mighty Men also in Rocks and Mountains hide From the Light Face of him that sits upon his Fathers Throne And from the Wrath of the Lamb which they often made to grone Object But some may now Object and
that zealous were indeed At the first threshing did spring forth and are reserv'd for Seed The which the Promise is unto and it inherit shall Because in him they did believe and answered his Call And they will testifie also the Threshers they did well Though they sharp Instruments did use 't was good to them befel For seeing they were hungry Souls Heavens Bread tho it be bitter Now they were just a coming forth of Egypt was the fitter And as for being Flatterers or that at Court have favour Our Sufferings they will testify in Court we have no savour Nor ought on Earth to appeal to but that we lye down still And suffer all for Christ his sake for this we know's Gods will Also in this we do rejoyce that we with him partake Both in his Sufferings and his Death this Baptim's for his sake And as for your Idol flattring with us there 's no such thing As Cap or Knee or Worship which makes Courts against us ring And cause we can't it to them give no favour they do show Yea unto us they do not right as most of you do know And as for our not going now oh that would you disgrace Should we cry out on Anti-christ who you say's in your Place No no if that Anti-christ doth this your Church now possess Against him then you should declare t is your part now we guess And that he might not never more arise much less to stand You made the People Covenant against him through the Land With Hands lift up to Heaven high that God he would record This Solemn League and Covenant you have made to the Lord. And yet are picking upon us to do your drugery Must we fulfill your Covenant and for 't in Prison lye Then may you say we 're Fools indeed and Busie-bodies too To meddle in others matters where so little thanks is due But if that you have vowd a Vow defer it not to pay For God in Fools no pleasure takes t is true what I do say But from us this Proviso take With no Weapons contend But Heart and Tongue with Gods own Breath and Spirit he doth send For Creature-killing-Weapons they are Antichrists own Arms And you will never overcome by any such like Charms But now with us Gods Standard's set and Goshans Land is known Where Light to Israel doth shine as I before have shown Sor if inward Egyptians will true Is-ra-el-ites turn This House of God still open stands for them to come and Learn More than all Egypts Sorcerers or her Magicians Can teach because t is very clear Gods Power transcendeth Mans. Now the Lord hath deliverance sent to his Daughter SION That dwelleth with the Daughter of MYSTERY Babylon For among natural bruit Beasts there is no Mystery With outward Sheep and inward Wolves the Mystery here doth ly For Foxes Lyons Wolves and Bears there shape doth them discover What spirit t is doth lodge in them so doth their Voyce moreover Shew forth and also warning give to Man and Beast beware Lest on them they do make their prey being caught in their Snare These Beasts in their earthly Nature act right within their Sphere Though tyrannizing or'e the rest keeping them all in fear But when these alter Voice and Shape what sphere run in they then Having Sheeps-cloathing with Lambs voice they then devour Men. 'T was the strict Sect of Pharisees and Writing Scribes also That Jesus Christ call'd Hypocrites ' gainst them denounst his wo. Calling them Fools Serpents Blind-guides and Vipers Children to And also Painted Sepulchers such names he counts their due The reason of 't if you would know Matthew doth it repeat Their Burdens Scourgings Devourings tho they got Moses Seat Their Câ—…ing and Pretences too Long Prayers they did make And 〈…〉 Tombes and Sepulchers these courses they did take 〈…〉 Sons and Fathers Prophets kill'd Wise Men and Christ also 〈…〉 scourged in their Synagogues and much Blood spite from mo Something as to the ORDER in our Meetings wherein we do not Respect Persons for which the Spirit stirs up to Persecution THese Meetings and Assemblies are such as James doth us tell Where Gay-cloathing had no respect nor did Gold-rings excel For in our Meeting-Place there 's no chief seats kept but those That do the vilest rayment wear may sit as doth gay cloathes For we dare not commit this sin Mens persons to respect Lest while before him we appear our Service he reject Advantages we do not seek that we may men admire Nor can we fawn on them for ought or bid them sit up higher For we be those that do believe no honour do receive Nor dare we ought to others give God never gave us leave But honour do we in the Lord all men it is their due But when men seek it to themselves we give it not thereto For no man hath that which is good or ought that 's honourable It is no more than Crumbs that fall from Gods Almighty Table Why should the Riv'let boast it self which by the Fountain's fed And what hath Man to glory in who beggs his daily Bread For 't is of Grace all that we have his Gifts we live upon Therefore to him let 's Praises give yea unto him alone Moreover should we honour give to men which they count civil We know'ts a snare and we must shun appearances of evil Did not this vanity help much to hasten Herods doom When th' People cryed The voice of God and not of man is come This honour to himself he took 't was a temptation And sought the glory to himself the which was Gods alone So with an Angel he was smote God vengeance on him took And with Worms then he eaten was on this to us is spoke For he a Persecutor was this only doth afford With hands stretcht out to vex the Church he killd James with the Sword And because he did see it pleas'd the Jews he did proceed And apprehended Peter too all Truth thus out 〈◊〉 weed But when to God Prayer was made for Peter God did hear And by his Angel did him from Blood-sucking Herod clear And for his Pride and Cruelty in recompence God paid And brought his Judgements upon him as I before have said These are the Hamonites of old which in themselves do say Who shall the King or the People honour but us alway But see what he unto himself as honour thus did crave Was given unto Mordecay whom he ordain'd his Slave The Gallows-measure he had made for to hang Mordecay Was measured unto himself for thus the King did say For when the King once knew the thing h'said Hang him thereupon Thus on proud wicked mens Heads fall Gods Judgements many a one This was the man that thought it scorn Ones blood to seek alone But all his Brethren the Jews must be kill'd every one And though but one commit th' Offence not to his Pride to bow Yet all the rest must suffer for 't
us still We could not rest but we must rise till we did know his will If for our zeal you us condemn Samuel must stand our Friend To speak for us when that God will to Jesses house him send Who there for us will make excuse for this our Ignorance When he did judge God annointed with his outward eyes glance For the Lord said he should not look on outward countenance Nor on the height of the stature though it was Jesses Branch For by that way God doth not look neither by it doth chuse For what accords not with his heart that still he doth refuse Here Samuel took the first-born Son for Gods Annointed sure But Countenance nor Stature doth answer to God the pure So second third and all seven past before Samuel But no answer from God he had of them as he could tell So being at a stand he said are here all thy Children David unworthy counted was to be with his Brethren Yet by the Lord annointed is whatere of him is sed For Gods Spirit on him is pourd Sure mercies of David Thus you see all the seven Sons disowned by their Maker But this same last Sheep-keeping lad because he was a Quaker All here may see that God doth chuse the heart that is upright Which tremble doth at his own Word is pleasant in his sight So we can say in truth of heart when God did first us call And we ran in the several wayes yea some have run them all In something we did answer him that pleasd him we do know That he never left calling us till his Truth us did show So the Last way some did profess was no Form but Seeking By Babylons fall they all did cease but now is found the thing The MESSIAH that doth restore Israel that was lost The which hath suffered much Shipwrack is cast upon our coast So the sure Mercies we have found the Christ the first the last The Spirit of the Living God which was in Ages past Christ by the flesh was Davids Son he being his Off-spring But yet in Spirit was Davids Root for David calls him King Here answerd is the great Question that doth with Truth accord How Jesus Christ not only was Davids own Son but Lord This is the King that God hath set upon his holy Hill That shall the Pot-shards of Earth break that bow not to his Will God being a Spirit his Son is so and so of right is Lord. Who was and is and ever shall be King with one accord His Day Christ said Abram did see tho some him for 't did scorn The Everlasting Father was though Isays Child new-born This was the Scepter which was not from Israel to depart The inward Israel indeed who 're Circumcis'd in heart This Law giver 'tween Judas feet yea nearer in his womb Who never shall from his depart until that SHILO come This was the Spiritual meat and drink this was the store the stock Of Israel that followed them to drink t is Christ the Rock Yea this the Rock of Ages is it was and shall be so Generations Foundation no other shall they know So now that former fickle State in which we wore wavering Being wholly unsatisfied until we had our King But now our Lord and King is come and in our hearts doth raign And hath our Enemies Sin and Death in 〈…〉 eat measure slain So I again to you do say do not upbraid us more With such a fickle wavering state as you have done before When in dead Forms and outward Priests which perish with using We neither handle touch or taste with you any such thing Wherefore your outward visible Signs must all of them give place According to your Liturgy 't is inward spiritual Grace The which now in the heart doth raign of many in this Nation For outward Shaddows were but till the time of Reformation But now the good things they are come Christ Body is discern'd And Gods Kingdom of Righteousness of Joy and Peace is learn'd The which in Meats and Drinks doth not consist as many think For in this Kingdom we afresh with Christ this fruit do drink And therefore all your Washings then that divers were and many With all your worldly Elements that doth not perfect any For the Body Christ hath prepard to do thy will O God For that thy People willing be in this days Power O Lord. And now may'nt I say Glory to as well as Englands Form The Father Son and holy Ghost in it I see no harm And that in the beginning 't was I also say the same So it shall be world without end Praise to his Holy NAME His Name 's but one and yet to him there many Names are given According as he Ministers to us here under Heaven And here on Earth Three record bear tho Three in ONE agree And answer Heavens record to as Branches of ONE Tree Some more SCRUPLES clear'd NOW for the opening of the Truth which is our strength c stay In answering of Objections to this same some may say Object Oh! here 's a Table richly deckt Oh here are dishes store Oh! is all this but one Small Mite and from a Widow poor Though here are many good Dishes they have not the right place Nor in good Order Vsherd in oh this doth spoile the Grace For there are sometimes Dishes come the which should last be brought And this Course will not it admit of this some will find fault Though we confess the meat be good and on the Table store But Sauce here is not sutable to sight it is but poor Answ My Answer this noâ—… â—…nquet is for them full Stomack have But bitter things for hungry Soules which newly come from grave But yet in it ought sweetness find O this is all my aim To praise the goodness of our God for his Love in the same And seeing meat is on the Board if it be'nt rightly set Let others take the pains that can the Dishes places â—…it Now for my part when I did taste any dish that was good I presently brought him to board to others for their food If in Feasts they first best Wine bring and after that that 's worst Yet Christ when he makes Water Wine the last's as good as first So these Traditions we do not in our minds much admire So hungry Souls with Righthousness be fed is our desire Object Tautologies O some may say be here I do them find Which are Dishes of one like meat this doth not please the mind Answ My Answer is 't was meat I lov'd that I often did eat And so for 't should not be reprov'd for giving of my meat This way Prophets and Apostles did use with Line on Line Thus putting Saints in remembrance by stirring their pure mine And that 't was not grievous to them the same thing for to write Yea those things which they did believe and had thereof the sight Object But now again for to return and