in England you Lords and Ladies and you great Gentry have the most reason to be eternally damned you go best fare best lie best and have least to do of any in the world you need not care for your honours it will be honour enough for to serve Christ and they that honour me them saith Christ will my Father love and honour Iohn 12. 26. but Lords and Ladies look for shadows and neglect the substance the substance of honours is to honour Christ and to be a servant to Christ yea this is honour indeed a Crown to your honour and that little thing you call your honour And therefore David cryed thy servant Lord thy servant Lord making that and that alone his joy and glory but for a man to be the Son of such a Swearer Lyar Belly-god Heathen or Idolater yea to be the Son of such or such a Flatterer moneyed rich or landed man in comparison of being the Son the Saint and the Servant of God a faithful Covenant keeper and a man 〈◊〉 of God in his Generation But as for those that have God in their mouths power in their hands onely honour and profit in their eyes let them and their names rot yea let the next Generation utterly forgâ—â— those that love not our Lord Jesus but seek themselues and have no heart to do to the uttermost for God Christ Saints Souls and Nations but of all Nations I still say this is the sinfullest if you consider the love light means and mercies which still we sin against and of all sinners in this Nation great men and great professors that are nought are the greatest sinners and of all professors the richest are the greatest and yet of all rich and great professors gifted professors in some sense are the greatest that do nothing in the Church of Christ but bury their talents and their souls also in the World the love lusts and pleasures of the World nevertheless many of these may and shall be saved because his mercy endureth for ever and his Covenant he will and shall keep with all the seeed of Abraham and David Psal. 88. 3. 4. But O ye seed of Abraham Isack and Iacob mind this text and what your duty is to such a living loving giving faithful Covenant keeping God But when Money-bag the Usurer was called to the Bar it was asked him what he thought of Money and what was the best improvement of it he cryed eight eight or six in the hundred now as things stand t is better than to buy Land for that is never paid for so long as the world lasts if the the Tax so long continue a penny well got and a penny well spent is better than a pound of another mans he that gets a little by birth right moderate industry faith and prayer gets well but he that gets much by right or wrong or continual setting his heart upon the world is but a fool or worldling at the best I knew a man that got a great estate and he goâ— it from a small and low begining but he got nothing but money for few loved him and as few missed him and when he dyed he gave but one grunt and cryed I am sick and by and by dyed with the Curtains drawn to him and he that 〈◊〉 as is likely besides what the Devil had gave two or three mourning Suits and so buried him handsomely but if a man bury himself or soul with these self soul deceaving cares and pleasures of this cursed and bewitching World which lies altogether in wickedness and under condemnation yea the whole World doth so upon the matter 1 Iohn 5. 19. he may be raised again though not to glory that which every man sowes be shall reap here or hereafter When Dives was in Hell he thought upon his brethren but when a Citizens Heir comes to be a Spark he seldome thinks upon the old fool that goes there for the money which he so profusely spends or the portion of his daughter yea few of these upstarts think upon the old folks that go to the Devil if a man should be hang'd for anothers mans stealing it would be sad but if a man be damn'd for another mans vain glory pride gaming carding ranting or whoring it is much more truly some make no better use of that estate than this or to piss again the wall that for which many are damn'd I will not say how many but I beleeve above an hundred every year within the walls of London If a man steal for another suffer and be hang'd it is sad as I said before but to be eternally damn'd is much more and it may be onely to make him a fine Gentleman a fine Fool a swearing Gentleman and a brave Spark but the old fool hath no carriage in him and the old mother must scarce be known where she lives by the fine daughter if the Ministers of London could preach themselves and many of their hearers out of this cursed damning sin of Covetousness it were a gallant thing some talk was of the Jewes and the coming in of the Jewes but if the Devil be more covetous than many Gentiles Priests and Citizens I am mistaken for a Belly god to mind his gut and a filthy swearer his ungodly lust is a common thing but no Swearers Drunkards Whores or Harlots in the World have their hearts so much going after any sin in the World than some noted Ministers and professors that are called Saints have after this cursed sin of Covetousness they talk of Faith and preach you must live by Faith others write Sermons all the year about frequent meetings and enter into fellowships many of them but Money Money is their God and for Money they will chop and change cheat and lye and make any man a Saint I knew two great men that were about last year near St. Martins canonized for Saints one was worth forty thousand Pounds and the other an hundred but the Devil is Money and in Money if that will make a Saint I will never beleeve he goes to Heaven that does no good gets a great estate and makes no profession at all of Christ the waies Saints and servants of Christ say you what you will to please fools friends and kindred yet a little money and it may be mourning If a man should look into the sepulchre of a man newly buryed it would be a loathsome business but if a man look into the lives of many rich men which Ministers make Saints in their funeral Orations it might be said the man was more a fool a beast a muck worme or at best a civil Gentleman or an ignorant Christian rather than a Saint truly I know nothing so much as three things that make a Saint faith in the blood of Christ union with the person of Christ and receaved measure of sanctification from the Spirit of Christ and these three things with chearfulness thankfulness fruitfulness or holiness make a brave Saint
THE TRIAL OF THE LADIES HIDE PARK MAY DAY OR The yellow Books Partner LONDON Printed and are to be sold by Mr. Butler in Lincolns field near the three Tun Tavern by the new Market place May the first 1657. THE TRIALL OF THE LADIES MADAM MAY it please your Honour you may well remember I was last May to wait upon you in the Park there were many Gallants and many lookers on and many will be there again but some of our old friends will scarce come by reason of the late Act and the County Generals but however if you please we will take the ayre and the observation of the day once more there will be old vyeing for the honour of it but in my mind the silver Coach carried it the last year however we will be as plain as may be and as private too but do you hear the news about the late Triall and the Lords and Ladies that are likely to be damned with other great Sinners the Trial was at Hell all it is to be feared there was at the Trial twelve Apostles four Patriarchs four Prophets and Evangelists in all twenty and four these were of the Jury Mercy and Justice sate that day and it is well for some that Mercy sits every day he waits and pleads too for the worst of Sinners however take heed of abusing it the Persons called to the Barre were Mr. Wilfull and Mr. Careless Monsieur Aulymoade de France and Mr. New-come-over Mr. Kill-devil that sweares the new oaths there was the Lady Hoyden and Mrs. Looseness Mrs. Tittle-tattle and Mrs. Never-give-over the Lord Never-be-good and his Lady were both damned Mr. Duell the Lord Heathen and the Lady Christless are in great danger Money-bag the Usurer Hard-heart the Sinner and Shine-shooes the Citizen are all turn'd over Mr. Inside and Mr. Counter and many rich Roundheads whose God is their Gain their Shop and their Belly Alderman Chinck and Deputy Tell-money old Mr. Hugster and old Mr. Starve-many Mr. Swear and Lye and Mr. Cheat-many Parson Flatter and Parson Bitter Doctor Nothing the Orthodox Divine and many Common Prayer Men are all upon their Triall Captain Cut-throat and Collonel Get-all late Mr. Wagstick and Now-we-will-be-quiet These and many Gallants are upon their Trial and if they miss damning they will be at Park the next May day Mrs. Never-repent will go as long as she lives Mrs. Silver-stuff Mrs. Jewell will be there Mrs. Rant-about sweares stares and spends all and the poor Man sells all for a Whore the Lord Belly-god the Lord Lye-a-bed Mr. Sack-pot and Mrs. Lemmon and Mr. Butterfly Mr. Camester and Mr. Gallop will be there to the delight of many Ladies but the Lord abhorres them all in their present courses but the Jury being called and the Malefactors at the Barre Solomon made a great speech the sum and substance was Vanity of vanities all is vanity old Father Abraham that was called out of Ur Gen. 11. 31. pleaded much for some of these saying they might be his Seed notwithstanding all their wickedness and that the promise was not to him as a single person but even to as many as the Lord our God should call and said he I have called my son out of Egypt and my servants from among the Heathens Hosea 11. 1. But Elias cryed out Fire Fire Fire Luke 10. 54. Stay stay said Abraham I waited long for the Promise and God waits longer for the Sinner Forty years he was grieved with one Generation Psalms 95. 10. and many years he waits still and if any of these will yet repent they may enter into his rest Heb. 3. 19. True his works were finished from the foundation of the World but our Salvation is but then begun when we once begin to look unto him who cries Look untome O all ye ends of the Earth and be saved for I God and not man Isa. 45. 22. I cryed out of the belly of Hell sayes David I sayes Ionas out of the belly of the Whale Io. 1. 17. 2. 2. and the Lord heard me and peradventure Neneveth may be spared and there may be a seed among this Generation of Vipers yea who knowes but some of these at the Bar God will have mercy upon and give them repentance never to be repented of who are yet far from any thing of that nature A Lord or Lady may as well be saved as another Man it is true the poor receive the Gospell and not many rich not many mighty not many noble 1 Cor. 1. 26. but who will say that none do that are mighty rich and noble and if so let us hope the best O but sayes Saint Timothy they that live in pleasure are dead while they live 1 Tim. 5. 6. yea said St. Iohn but the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and live Iohn 5. 25. There were other speeches Isaiah made a long one saying God had laid on Christ the iniquity of us all and received from Christ satisfaction for us all but that will never do you any good sayes Peter unless with me you do repent that ever ye crucified or with me denied the Lord of life and glory Acts 3. 19. Paul cryed refreshing comes from repenting and repenting from beleeving and if you do not beleeve in the Son of God and the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world Ioh. 1. 29. ye shall be all damned saith Iohn 3. 36. And said David I made hast to turn my feet unto thy Statutes in some things there is more hast than good speed but in beleeving and repenting there is great danger to delay a day I delayed said Lot and I had like to have been burnt it happens in an hour what it doth not in seven years again yea the Floud came and Christ will come in an hour when they look not for him Matt. 25. 50. If Christ should come on a May day there would be a brave show indeed and a great scuffle for all his holy Angels comes when he comes and some Saints Iude saith thousands and I beleeve thousands of thousands yea ten thousand times ten thousand vers. 14. What do you talk of that day saith the old Worldling and the young Gallant God take me this is not a time to preach when we are in our sports said a Spark the last year and swore a great oath be gone with your godly Book but it is good preaching every day and to be looking for his coming long looked for will come long lookt for comes at last and is nearer now than ever Behold the Iudge stands at the door Iames 5. 9. yea he comes as a thief in the night blessed is he that watcheth Revel. 16. 15. The Lords Son hath been long in France and the Lord Christ comes as a man from a far Country so he saith himself Luke 19. 12. But these Princes of the world that hath power in their hands and these Gallants that have pleasure in their eyes
too late to get grace Matt. 23. 38. Luke 13. 26. he may go like a wretch to Hell and in Hell say would to God I were out I see the Embleme of a surety a fool leaping with his head into the great end of an Horn but being got to the little end he could not get it back how many such foolish ones are there now at Hide Park that leap into the Devils lap of sinful pleasure then into the pan of sufferings sometimes in their bodies and sometimes in their consciences and lastly into the fire of Hell I saw a brave Coach go up Ludgate-hill with a golden Arse and I saw them stand still at Saint Peters Pauls Wharfe but Saint Peter and Saint Paul were never troubled with such kind of hearers as go thereabouts Three things spoyle young Ladies marrying too soon ill edication and such kind of Parsons that preach little or nothing to any purpose let a heart be broken betimes for sin and it will be saved in time from sin death hell and eternal burnings yea Christ will love that Lady with an everlasting love that will love him when she is young and he poor and poor Christ is as poor now as ever and it is as poor a business to be a servant unto Christ as ever I knew it if a man should pluck a Bible from his pocket among some they would be ready to laugh but if a man should look into a Bible and seriously consider what will become of them it would make one weep why weeps my Lord cryed Hazael to Elisha 2 Kings 8 12. to think what evill thou shalt do And to think what some shall suffer for an hundred thousand millions of years for a moments pleasure and all your lives are no more yea the longest life of you all is but a moments time in comparison of eternity O Eternity Eternity when I think on thee how is time ages worlds swallowed up like tittle fishes by the Whales here one Generation comes whilst another goes but all moulters into Eternity like flesh to dust I truly saies my Lady but all this we never think on why then you think your selves to Hell or you go for want of thinking unto Hell but can you think your selves back a man or woman never act so beneath themselves as when they cry they did not think of it or consider of it non-consideration is the cause of most mens damnation what should the Devil mind you of Hell as he does you of your lusts sins and pleasures it were the way to loose you and spoyl his own Kinkdome I am sure God minds you Christ loves you and hath washed or would have washed you in his own blood Revel. 1. 6. and yet you mind not the faithful Ministers tell you this and every line in the Scripture tells you that unless you do beleeve unless you do repent unless you be regenerate and become new creatures in some measure you shall be damned with all the Devils in Hell as sure as God lives in Heaven Iohn 3. 3. 36. and before next May day some of you may yea it may be before next Christmas and when men are serious be not you light and vain I am upon damnation and preaching damnation to the Gallants yea and to all you careless Gallants in general that are now in Hide-Park in the midst of all your Gold and Glory bravery and brave delights of the day that ye remember the night wherein no manocan work as Christ speaks Iohn 9. 3. And therefore for all this great boasting and vyeing for the honour and glory of the day I say for all this you must come to die and to Iudgement and upon pain of damnation I tell you this yea the Lord tells you that if you still goe on to neglect so great Salvation as is freely tendered to you despising his Grace his Love and his Son and the delight of his soul our onely most and ever glorious dear and blessed Redeemer God blessed for evermore Rom. 9. 5. who hath a thousand Crowns to give unto you and a thousand pardons more than you need or ten thousand sinners greater than you were they in the world yet I say Christ stands with these Crowns and Pardons for you if a man should stand with a Rainbow round about you yea if a God should stand with a Rainbow round about you yea if a thousand Gods although there be but one should stand with a thousand Rainbows round about you all it were not half so much as a God and Christ and a God with Christ in his arms a bleeding dying living longing loving Christ for some of your Souls and although Christ would as fain have you as any in the world and as much embrace you and reward you as any in the world yet I say that notwithstanding all this if you shall despise him and think to do below as Angels once did above namely to be above God he will fling you down to Hell and the darksome holes and dens in Hell do not deceive your selves you may seek pleasures here and find ease in Hell but never find sinners may find sinners and old companions may find each other yea some of you may do so but the Devils will find you all torments while God finds wrath and you guilt yea the Devil will find power though you cannot death yea an exquisite torture to torment sinners for evermore if an ugly Collier should but breath upon you it would make you sick but if the Devil come to sit and blow upon you this will make great change for some of you young Gentlewomen that the Sun must now scarce shine on and what a Hell will this be to go from golden Coaches and beds of Downe to fiery Litters and beds in Hell to fry and roare with ugly Devils in burning flames for evermore O for Gods sake consider this all ye that neglect God or despise God and Heaven for a moments lust And if there be not a Heaven and an Hell a reall place where Angels sing and Saints rejoyce Devils roare and sinners fly yea something that is equivolent unto this in the other world burn your Bibles for a cheating Book for they have deceived me and many thousand more but if the Scriptures be a Truth and the very words of God as certainly they be they are so searching into the consciences of every man that seriously looks into them that he must needs confess this truth Heb. 4. 12. then I say I know nothing of the Scriptures if you are not much more likely to be with them that fry and cry and houle at the grates of Hell than any sinners in the world yea you and all you that do nothing but court sin and complement your time and daies away For of all sinners in the world English sinners are the worst and the least to be excused because they enjoy the most mercies means and light of any under Heaven and of all sinners