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A SERMON. 263penance ztPaals-Cro (feybut at the fame time I heardthat many of his rankc in the City laboui'd to have.him dif-knighted firft, before he fo pubhkely difgracedtheir Order. Me thinks all well-minded fhouldbe fo minded.2. The other is to my Lords the Judges. My reve- 'Dutks ofrend and noble Lords, give me leave to clothe the ^U'k"'thoughts ofthe Country in a word or two.We muchrejoyce in you,and bleite G o d for yoii,as men oftingular& known integrity, fpecial friendsiothe GofpellofjEsvsChr I sT,and a great honour and happinclTeto thefe parts, and heartily pray that wemiyhold you ftill : and therefore my intreaty unto yourLordfhips is, that you would couragioufly advanceforward,and do like your felves,& nobly ftill.Drawoiit your drcadfuU fwords againft the torrents of Belial,asl^4i//Vcalsthem,which even threaten a deluge;andbeyourfclvcsas mighty torrcnf^, armed bothwith juft and holy lawes,and the godly refoIu:ion ofyour own noble fpirits,to beareback,and beat downthe common, crying^and r:iigning fins ofour Country.In a word, be unto the opprefled& innocent as arefuge from the ftorme, but as a terrible tempeft uponthe face ofevery humane bead, and fon of Belial,And O that you could help us,that Gods people ^if^fi-^^^might not perifh fi-o/want ofbread : is it not a pitiful! ^'^^^"'thingjthat in fuch a deare yeare fpecially,it fhould bealmoft as hard a worke to get downe a wicked alehoufe,asto win Dunkerke ? That Maulfters fhouldfnatch(asitwere)the grainefrom the mouths ofthepoor in the market placc,to uphold thefe hel-houfcs,thefe nurcericsofthcDivell5thatMagiflrates fhouldbe fo unmerciful], j^s neither for Go d s fake, nor the