HE is a perſon of a more exerciſed faith than underſtanding; one governed by Inſtinct, not Intellect; and who (like thoſe of old) never thinks he has enough of the Deity; till beſide himſelf: You may call him if you pleaſe, a perpetual motion, or a reſtleſs whirligig, ever Turning from bad to worſe; or the Ignis fatuus of Divinity, carried about with every wind; leaſt conſidering whence it cometh, or whether it goeth; as even ſuch likewiſe, is every one that is born of him: It may be thought, the Prophet had ſomewhat like him in his eye, in that wheel (of his) within a wheel; for of himſelf he never was, but ill-ſplit from another; like thoſe imperfect, dough-bak'd Creatures produced by the Sun on the banks of Nile; ſo that his generation is founded in Corruption, and his extraction of the ſame Parentage with Monſters, not intended, but produced. His Principles are like the Chaos; a confuſed lump of every thing and nothing; or a Gallimofry of negatives; nor this, nor that, nor t'other, but what he is no man knows, no, not the Angels in Heaven, nor himſelf to boot; this only excepted, that he is more party colour'd than Joſeph's Coat, and patch'd together of more pieces than a Taylor's Cuſhion; Nor is his practiſe much unſuitable to his principles; he puts on Religion as a Cloak, not a G • rment, and varniſhes his Impoſtures with Holineſs to the Lord: Thus Abſalom pretends a Sacrifice, when his buſineſs is Rebellion; and Herod a Worſhip▪ when his deſign is Murther; not with much wonder Machiavel the Florentine hath taught him, he that would gain by deceit, muſt firſt acquire a credit, by (at leaſt) a ſhew of integrity; and he that would practiſe upon the people, muſt follow the old rule of Finge Deum— ſuch Influence have ſolemn looks, and verily, verily, upon the multitude, who have little elſe to paſs them for men, but ſpeech and figure: Hence it is that he puts off his Tinsel for Standard, and the Maggots of his own brain for divine Inſpiration; That he obtruces his Enthuſiaſmes for Viſions, and juſtifi • s Homer, that even ſuch dreams are of God. That he takes a holy pride to himſelf, and ſays to the reſt of the world, ſtand off; that he calls the common infirmities of Mankind, Crying ſins, National ſins; Bow-dyed ſins, and his own Mormo's, but ſlips, and failings; that he can ſee no ſin in Jacob, nor iniquity • n his Iſrael of God. That he ca • ls them the only Holy, only Choſen, only Godly, only precious, only ſpiri • ually-diſcerning people. That he puts a diſcriminating Schibolleth on others; as Formaliſts, Carnaliſts, dry-Moraliſts, wither'd Fig-trees, outſide men, negative-Holineſs-men, Opus-operatum-men, will worſhippers, Laodiceans, and what not. That he talks of nothing but new light, and Propheſie, ſpiritual Incomes, In-dwellings, Emanations, Manifeſtations, Sealings, and the like gibberiſh and canting. To which alſo the zealous twang of the Noſe, adds no ſmall efficacy. That he runs Counter to all things in power, and treads the▪ Antipodes to every thing commanded, and for no other reaſon, but becauſe commanded: for it may be obſerved, that the Lords Prayer, was not ſo abſolutely thrown out of the Kirk, till recommended by its own directory: In ſhort, That he calls ſubjection in matters of Religion, a tying up the ſpirit, and all Injunctions, even in things indifferent, a manifeſt invading the Sanctum ſanctorum: And now the • reat cry is perſecution for Conſcience; nothing in his mouth, but deſtitute, afflicted; and (the common Corollary) but not forſaken. Alas, alas, the habitations of Jacob are ſwallow'd, and the places of the Aſſembly taken away: A bow is bent againſt the daughter of Judah, and the breach of the Virgin of Sion is like a great Sea, whereas on the other hand, let him be but as in the years paſt: and that Sun once more ſhine on his Tabernacle. This ſucceſs new modeſs his Conſcience, and like (Aaron's rod) he ſwallows up every thing that lies in his way: Even Princes muſt lay their hands on their mouths, and the Nobles not ſpeak again to his words: The Poor diſtreſſed is become Hogan Mogan, and the Servus ſervorum, Dominus dominantium: The little flock claims a Kingdom in condigno, and the choſen generation ſets up for a Royal Prieſthood. In ſhort, this little Horn takes a mouth to himſelf ſpeaking mighty things, and his language is, Overturn, Overturn, Overturn. And now he makes his Doctrine ſuitable to his Text, and owns above-board, that Dominion is founded in Grace, not Nature: That the goods of this world, are properly the Elects: That himſelf and his Hyperdolins, are the only Iſraelites, and all the reſt Aegyptians: That the new Jeruſalem muſt be propagated, as the ſecond Temple was built, with the Sword in one hand, and the Trowel in t'other; or as the Abbot (in Hen. 3ds time) gave it in abſolution to the Earl of Leiceſter, Gladium ſpiritualem ſine gladio materiali nihil poſſe. What ſhall I add? He declares that quis ſuſcitabit eum? was perſonally meant of his Tribe: And yet this man has his followers, and theſe of the honorable Women too, not a few; for (to ſay truth) his converſation is much after the rate of that before the Flood, the ſons of God among the daughters of men: Devotion in all places, whether true or falſe, being moſt natural to that Sex: 'Twas the Devil's policy to our firſt Parents, for well he knew that to beguil Eve, was the ready way to hook in Adam. And thus he proves a ſtumbling block to the Wives; and a rock of offence to the Husbands. In brief, like the Dragon in the Apocalyps, his tail draws a third part of the ſtars, and caſts them to the Earth, the reaſon is obvious, Fortitudo ejus in lumbis ejus, & virtus umbilico ventris: But to proceed, his profeſſion is like his Allegiance, a meer (Fucus) yet, ſo well laid on, one (at firſt ſight) could not but ſwear 'twere natural: His Common-place, Polyanthea, and Concordance, and the height of his School-Divinity, the Aſſemblies Catechiſm: His Prayer, a Rapſody of holy hickops, ſanctified barkings, illuminated goggles, ſighs, ſobs, yexes, gaſps, and groans, not more intelligible than nauſeous: However (to give him his due) he Prays moſt heartily for the King, but with more diſtinctions and mental reſervations, than an honeſt man would have taken the Covenant: From hence (as out of the third Heaven) he falls by head and ſhoulders into his preachment; which what other is it, than a wild career over hill and dale, till the afternoon Chimes ſtop him; 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 ; Thump upon thump, yelp upon yelp, doctrine upon doctrine, rule upon rule, reaſon upon reaſon, text upon text, proof upon proof, direction upon direction, motive upon motive, ſign upon ſign, token upon token, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little: effect upon effect, and uſes more than innumerable; and here likewiſe he crys up obedience to Magiſtrates, but with ſuch a Salva gloria Dei, that he had better let it alone: as alſo that they ought to be defended by their Subjects, in defence nevertheleſs of the true Religion, of which himſelf muſt be Judge. And for his Grace at meat, what can I better compare it too, than a Canterbury rack, half pace, half gallop; ſo his, an odd hobbling ſhuffle, between a Grace and a Prayer, and a Prayer and a Grace: Laſtly, as to his vertues, (for it cannot be denyed, but he has ſomewhat of that which Tully calls, adumbrata virtutum ſpecimina) I wiſh it might be ſaid of them, that they were other than mask'd hypocriſie, the Poet hit it: Da justum ſanctumque videri, Noctem peccatis, & fraudibus objice nubem: And like an apt Scholar, he has gotten his leſſon by heart, and can wrap the Philiſtin's ſword in a holy Ephod; from whence elſe is it▪ that he can crave a bleſſing to the deſign, though never ſo ungodly; and give thanks for the ſucceſs be it never ſo wicked: That he will not ſwear, but can diſpence with the profitable ſin of lying: That he will not be drunk (to be ſeen of men) but yet can take a brotherly rouſe in a corner: That he walks as though he had made a Covenant with his eyes, and yet ſi uxor non vult aut non ſi poſsit, veniat ancilla, is wholſom Doctrine with him: That he is a zealous obſerver of the Sabbath, and yet can make leſs Conſcience of ſchiſm than a ſurplice: That he crys, Vae mihi ſi non Evangeliza vero: and yet allows no impoſition of hands, but broken pates: That he abhors Idols, and yet can commit Sacriledge, which, what is it? than to burn the Idol with a coal from the Altar: That he exhorts (his beloved) to conſtancy under perſecution, and yet, come wh •• will he can lick himſelf ſo whole, 'Twill be hard to tell where he had been hurt. In ſhort, that he is a perfect Samaritan, for let the Gentiles prevail, and he is of the race of Iſhmael; and let the Jews get the upper hand, he had Abraham to his Father: To conclude, he is a gloworm that ſhines beſt in the night of ignorance, one whoſe Faith has eaten up his Charity: One that has torn the ſeamleſs Coat into raggs, and tack'd them together to cover his nakedneſs: one that having forſaken, the fountain, has hewed to himſelf but broken ciſterns: one that ſwallows all things unchewed, and brings them up again as raw and undigeſted: one whoſe eys are at the end of the earth, and yet would be thought not to miſtake his way. In ſhort, one that has an excuſe for every thing that he ••• ld not do, and a (ſalvo) for every thing he ſhould do: 〈…〉 this by Scripture: Adeo nihil eſt quod S. Scriptura Torqueri non poſsis, modo Torqueatur ▪ In a word, he is one of whom it may be ſaid, as Heraclius of the bow, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 ; and but that I find him ſo well cut out by Horace, I had not yet taken off my hand from ſo everlaſting an Argument, Malaquem ſcabies, aut morbus Regius urget Aut Fanaticus error▪ aut Iracunda Diana; Veſanum tetigiſſetiment, fugiunt que — Qui ſapiunt— And not without reaſon; for though his diſtemper lies not in too much learning, yet to my unenlightned underſtanding, he ſpeaks not the words, either of ſoberneſs or truth, but darkeneth Counsel by words without knowledge.