Eugenia's tears for Great Britons distractions, or, Some slender observations reflecting on those sad…Evgenia's teares for Great Brittaynes distractions, or, Some slender observations reflecting on those sad…

thou only O Lord which involvest the waters in a garment, and commandest the outrageous Sea to keep its bounds (to whom all nations are but as the dust of the balance, or the drop of a Bucket, who holdest the wind in thy fist and madst the shadow to go backward) canst stay the unruliness of those head-strong enemies, which have thus over-spread thy Church; O refine and purge thy floor, cleanse this spittle of dis•eased opinions; there is but on way, on truth; let not heresy prove error in the fundamentals of Religion; but settle those great and long-continuing altercations about the best form of holiness, and show that high Assembly which way assiduously to agitate such rules as may be most commodious to unite our present distractions; that so succeeding posterity may say our modern reformation hath been exact to the oppugning of superstitious errors, sweetly to enchant and allay our Schisms; and (concluding a timely peace) to fill this little point of the world, with as pure a devotion, as requisite obedience; that so there may be no longer difference amongst the Herds-men, whilst the Canaanites are yet in the Land, and the adversaries of the truth are mingled amongst us, who make ⟨p. 17⟩our discords their sweetest harmony; & that no scoffing Ham, or deriding Ismael make music of our miseries; let them speedily be covered with the cloth of silence, least it be told in Gath, & published in Askelon, ¹and the daughters of the Philistims triumph and rejoice that the beauty of Israel is slain, & the mighty are fallen; & that leaving off that old humour of loving new things; & that maiden-like religion (who are first won by those by whom they are first wooed) whilst some Sacrifice their reverence to one admired Preacher, others adore this affected Pastor, whilst some are of Paul, others of Apollo (affecting a shining appearance) Gods ordinance is neglected, his word had in respect of persons, and it be justly said, ut omnium rerum, sic literarum quoque intemperantia laboramus, that as by our contempt we seem too much abounding with all earthly blessings, so have we surfeited (through our intemperance) with the plentiful enjoyment of our heavenly Manna;

thou onely O Lord which involuest the waters in a garment, and commandest the outragious Sea to keepe its boundes (to whom all nations are but as the dust of the ballance, or the drop of a Bucket, who holdest the winde in thy fist and madst the shadow to goe backward) canst stay the unrulinesse of those head-strong enemies, which have thus over-spread thy Church; O refine and purge thy flore, clense this spittle of diseased opinions; there is but on way, on truth; let not heresie prove errour in the fundamentalls of Religion; but settle those great and long-continuing alercations about the best forme of holinesse, and show that high Assembly which way assiduously to agitate such rules as may be most commodious to vnite our present distractions; that so succeeding posterity may say our moderne reformation hath beene exact to the oppugning of superstitious errours, sweetly to inchant and allay our Schismes; and (concluding a timely peace) to fill this little point of the world, with as pure a devotion, as requisit obedience; that so there may be no longer difference amongst the Heards-men, whilst the Cananites are yet in the Land, and the adversaries of the truth are mingled amongst us, who make