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A44826	The benefit of a well-ordered conversation as it was delivered in a sermon preached June 24th. 1682. On a day of publick humiliation. As also a funeral discourse upon the three first verses of the third chapter of Isaiah; occasioned by the death of the worshipful Major General Denison; who deceased at Ipswich, Sept. 20. 1682. By Mr. William Hubbard. To which is annexed an Irenicon or a salve for New-England's sore: penned by the said major general; and left behind him as his farewell and last advice to his friends of the Massachusets.	Hubbard, William, 1621 or 2-1704.; Denison, Daniel, 1613-1682. Irenicon.	1684 (1684)	Wing H3208; ESTC W9576	81,919	262

why should we not be ravished to be there to joyn as Atoms to their unity as rayes to the body of the light To shew us the way from aloft those Torches of the night gallantly shews us their twinkling baits They shine not to us but to shew us the way of their azure vaults as being the only place of our repose Manchester al Mondo It is matter of complaint with the Prophet Isaiah That the Righteous perish and no man layes it to heart and that merciful men are taken away none considering that the righteous are taken from the evil to come peradventure in those times men need for piety and vertue were taken out of the World as a presage of approaching evils from which God would exempt those his faithful Servants yet is it added for their comfort that they shall enter into peace resting in their beds for as their Death is called a Sleep so are their Graves likened unto Beds in which perfumed with the Odours of their Saviour merit they rest in quiet till the great day of refreshing come FINIS Irenicon OR A SALVE For NEW-ENGLAND'S Sore By Major DANIEL DENISON Printed in the Year 1684. To the Reader THe Excellency of the work of making or maintaining peace may be gathered from the great reward promised by our Saviour to all such that they shall be called the Children of God And although it be a Duty principally incumbent on the Counsellers and Embassaders of peace yet such is the necessity thereof oft times even in the best times of the Church that may encourage any one and discourage none that may have an opportunity of dealing therein It is recorded of old that not only Bezaleel and Aholiab attended to the work of the Tabernacle who were immediately inspired and called of God to that service but that all who were wise in heart willingly offered themselves thereunto on which considerations it need be the less wondred at that the Worthy Gentleman who Penned the following Essay applied himself to such a Service for promoting the peace of this our Jerusalem Although his proper Work and Imployment lay in another Spheare Holy David himself that was a Man of War and expert in that Service famous for his skill and success therein makes this Declaration for himself That he was for Peace though others when he spake were for War And indeed they were commanded of God to offer terms of Peace to the worst of their Enemies all save the Cananites that were under the Anathema before they enterprized a War upon them Great have been the mischiefs and miseries of Dissention and Strife in the later as well as former Ages of the Church which oft times have ended in a kind of War As in Germany the controversie between the Lutherans and others about the Lords Supper was called Bellum Sacramentale Every one having a share in the common Bottom whereon we are all Embarqued it is great pity any endeavours should be omitted to prevent a Shipwreck They who being advanced above others by the eminency of their Wisdom and Experience as well as by the Dignity of their Places have a peculiar advantage above the rest to foresee Dangers approaching and cannot do a better service to their Neighbours than to give them timely notice of the evils impending and of the surest wayes to prevent them He must need be very dull of understanding who doth not observe how in our Constitution Difference in Church matters are like to have no small influence upon our Civil Affairs especially when it is ready to come to siding and making of Parties Paul tells the Corinthians while one says he is of Paul another he is of Apollos they are carnal and walk as men It is a too apparent symptom of a spirit of Dissention prevailing when men are denominated or known by others to be of this or that Party although they should not so speak of themselves As for the manner of handling this Subject by the Author If the Writings of very learned and judicious men treating thereof be consulted withal it will appear that he hath as discreetly laid open the malady growing upon us and laid down as exact and compendious a method for a suitable Medicine as any other that hath medled therewith It was the Observation of Solomon the wisest of men and seconded by the experience of all future times that only by Pride cometh Contention as it is written by a very learned Pen And that emulation about wisdom wealth and holiness have put the whole Earth into combustion This is the root of bitterness to all other evils of self-love malice and envy of all which Covetousness is an inseparable companion and is either chief in the first enterprize or over-rules in carrying on all wayes of commotion A Disease when first discovered may easily be cured as Physitians tell us If that be our case at this time the Receipts propounded in the ensuing Discourse seem very proper and if seriously applied may with Gods blessing be a great help to bring a sober people into a meet posture for obtaining the desired blessing of Peace which the God of all Grace grant unto this poor People which have with great cost labour and hazard travailed so far to enjoy It is the Apostolical Blessing to them that are of one mind and live in peace That the God of Love and Peace shall be with them Irenicon FOr the Divisions of Reuben were great thoughts of heart The manifest Distempers in our Israel cannot but affect the hearts of all her Children and call for present help shall Desolation and Destruction the unavoidable consequents of such Divisions come upon her and shall none of her Sons that she hath brought forth take her by the hand to guid her into the wayes of her peace is the Disease incurable is there no Balm in Gilead is there no Phisitian there I am no Practitioner in that Art but that ardent affection which opened the mouth of the Dumb Child to the saving of the life of his Parents hath drawn from me these rude and simple Proposals which if propounded according to Art might be sanative and healing I would not be an Emperick though short of a Physitian I had rather be accused to want skill than good will to help in a Case so dangerous want of leasure and ability may secure you I shall not be tedious what I have to offer to consideration you will find under these Heads 1. What our present Maladies are intended in this Discourse 2. What might be the Occasion thereof 3. The Danger 4. The blameable Causes 5. The Cure 1. The Distemper if my Rules fail me not is originally a Cathexie or ill habit of the Body the Spring and Fountain of many dangerous Diseases and lethal symptoms which if arising from the constitution the cure is hopeless if from external Accidents though dangerous yet not remediless Among the manifold symptoms of this Disease I apprehend none more threatning our

excellent spirit the Hebrew is of a Cool i. e. Sedate Composed temper not too much over heated with the fire of Anger Be not hasty saith he also to go out of the presence of him who hath power to do what he pleaseth David was too sudden in his determination about Mephibosheth case thou and Zibah divide the Land before he had taken so much time as to hear the allegations on either side Audi alteram partem i. e. hear the other side was a maxime of wisdom in antient time So was that also Secundoe cogitationes sunt meliores or second thoughts are better David had leisure enough afterward to repent of his sudden rash command to Joab to number the people The next or shortest way to the end is not always the best and safest It is better sometimes to march about to gain the wind than to fall directly upon the Enemy as David at Baal-Perazim So 't was said Charles sir-named the wise King of France overcame our Edward the third by Policy and Deliberation which his Father could not do by all his power 8. Wisdom teacheth men to govern their passions our passions both of love and hatred are violent and must be restrained else they may endanger the whole man Solomon calls them Fools who suffer anger to rest in their bosom He that lets the Sun go down upon his wrath may be like to have the Devil for his Bed-fellow saith one Samson's violence in his love makes him lose his life and his liberty in the issue many do by their Souls as the Mariners did by their Ship wherein Paul sailed for so losing Rudder bands of Reason they spread the Sail of all their power and endeavours and to commit themselves to the winds and waves of their passions which violently drive them upon the Rocks or Sands where they suffer Ship-wreck of all that is Embarqued Abigail who had been the prudent Wife of a rich Fool wisely reproves David for his passion who at other times was counted wise as an Angel of God 9. Wisdom makes men humble and lowly of heart in imitation of him in whom are hid all the Treasures of wisdom as well politically as spiritually for so our Saviour convinces the Pharisees of their folly as well as pride in taking the uppermost seats at the first hand as they come into the Feast whereas if they had wisely taken lower Seats at first they might with honour have been advanced whereas afterwards some of them were forced with shame to give place to their betters Wise men cannot but see great reason to be humble because a double promise is annexed thereunto both by being advanced by God himself and of being taught by him also Therefore seeing God himself hath made humility the way to honour he is not a wise man that shall refuse to walk therein A poor and wise Child is preferred before an old and foolish King that is too high to receive an Admonition A wise mans head will never be broken by a reproof Out of the Prison the wise Joseph and David cometh to Reign when he that may be is born Heir to a Kingdom becometh poor by his Pride as did Absalom and Amaziah 10 Wisdom makes men confident and bold as well as Righteousness because they trust in the Lord and build upon the sure Foundation of his Word who is the Rock of Ages Hence are they called wise Builders that build on this Foundation as they are also called wise Virgins that lay such foundation of their hopes as will bear them up in times of greatest dismaying for such shall not be afraid of evil tidings because they are fixed in the truth trusting in the Name of the Lord. If these be properties of a prudent Man the greater must their loss needs be who have lost a Commander Counsellor Companion Husband Father Friend or Benefactor so qualified which losses God sometimes brings upon an unthankful World to punish them for ingratitude and upon his people to teach them to live by Faith and not to lean upon broken Reeds of humane wisdom and power God doth not need the wisdom of a Solomon or counsel of an Achitophel or policy of a Machiavel to govern the World by although he doth sometimes diffuse here and there more radiant beams of that excellent quality to make others imitate their Examples and Virtues It still may be an enquiry a virtuous or prudent Man or Woman who shall find their price is about Rubies for wisdom is Gods special gift not an acquirement of our own endeavours therefore we must ask it of God VSE See what cause of lamentation is before us We have been sadly bereaved of Men of such Worth as is expressed in the Text many of excellent endowments in other respects are yet great strangers to Prudence which is a lamentation and should be for a lamentation There are but few men born into the World in any age in whom all these desirable qualities are eminently met together And none in these parts of the World if that be not too great a word to say in whom so many or more of such honourable endowments were joyned together in such a degree The greater is our sorrow who are now met together to solemnize the Funeral of a person of so great worth enriched with so many Excellencies which made him neither live undesired nor die unlamented nor go to his Grave unobserved Former Ages of the World knew not how to bestow Elogies high and large enough upon those whose wisdom transcended the reach of ordinary Mortals or whose Heroick and worthy Acts either in time of War or peace rendred them so useful and beneficial unto others Hence David call'd upon the Daughters of Israel to weep over Saul and Jonathan who clothed you in Scarlet with the like lamentation doth the same David lament over Abner the Captain of the Host Is there not a Prince and a great man faln this day in Israel so in a sense may it be said here A great man is fallen in our little Israel And David himself while he lived was honoured as the Angel of God for his wisdom although his exiquies were attended with a less degree of mourning because of the illustrious Wisdom of his Successour that began so early to appear to the dazling the eyes of all beholders before his Fathers Sun was quite set The Globe of the natural World made up of Heaven and Earth is a fit resemblance of the state of the Moral or Rational World and the transaction of Affairs therein where some men are as far exalted above others as the Heaven is above the Earth for what makes the visible Heavens so conspicuous and glorious above the opake dark body of the Earth beneath but the bright glittering Stars with which it is bespangled some of which are continually setting beneath as others are ascending above the Horizon yet may it safely be said that if all the Stars of the first magnitude were