An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

First, That the Alteration in Religion is a very difficult business, ¹it cannot be expected but the hearts of People will stir much upon the Alteration of Religion, though it be from worse to better, yet the hearts of People will stir very much at first. When the Reformation was first from Popery here, what a stir was there? they were presently ready to take up Arms in Cornwall; What ad• was there for the Book of Common Prayer, so that the King was fain to write to them, That it was no other than the sum of what they had before, only translated into English, with some Amendments. And certainly the casting out of Prelacy hath caused a great deal of trembling, a great ²ado there is, How hard it is to get but any rotten tooth out of a mans head, it costs a great deal of pain and trouble. Though the Wars were undertaken for the ⟨p. 425⟩³maintenance of our Liberties, as we are Subjects, and Men, and for the Civil-Right we have to our Religion also; but yet we see that the very thoughts of any kind of change in matters of Religion whatsoever it be, it causes the hearts of men to be up, and shake, and to be unsettled, it's a matter of great moment the change in matters of Religion, and therefore requires much Prayer where it is changed, though from the worse to the better. If it cause trembling when it's changed from the better to the worse, it will likewise cause trembling where it is changed from the worse to the better; and therefore it requires that all the Godly should join all their strength together, against those that would oppose their strength against it.

First, That the Alteration in Religion is a very difficult business, ¹it cannot be expected but the hearts of People will stir much upon the Alteration of Religion, though it be from worse to better, yet the hearts of People wil stir very much at first. When the Reformation was first from Popery here, what a stir was there? they were presently ready to take up Arms in Cornwel; What ad• was there for the Book of Common Prayer, so that the King was fain to write to them, That it was no other than the sum of what they had before, only translated into English, with some Amendments. And certainly the casting out of Prelacie hath caused a great deal of trembling, a great