An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…

Thirdly, That men should so vilely desert those whom they §3have chosen and trusted who have been faithful, those Worthies in Parliament, who have ventured their lives for them, basely and unworthily now to desert them; it is one of the greatest judgments of God upon the hearts of men, and therefore upon a nation that ever was. If they complain of them now, they would much more have complained of them if they had complied; suppose the Parliament had made up a patched reformation and a crazy peace that upon any occasion we had bin in danger to have had war broken out again, would not the people of the land have cried out of their unfaithfulness? But now they venture themselves and labour so hard for a sound peace, therefore to be deserted? An unworthy generation, a generation that we have cause to fear is become the generation of Gods wrath and the people of his curse. People are affected according as success is, we complain of those in Parliament because of some difficulties that are in the work, yet if they had not done what they did they would have complained much more. So of Ministers, sometimes Ministers speak and stir up people because their consciences tell them they should be unfaithful to their country and to the cause of God if they did not; now they cry ⟨p. 12⟩out as they did of Luther, that they are the trumpets of sedition and rebellion; whereas on the other side if they should say nothing, then people would have cried out that they had betrayed their Country and that they were not so faithful in their places as they should, therefore people were so bad as they were. Thus hard it is for God or man to please people.

Thirdly, That men should so vily desert those whom they §3have chosen and trusted who have been faithful, those Worthies in Parliament, who have ventured their lives for them, basely and unworthily now to desert them; it is one of the greatest judgments of God upon the hearts of men, and therefore upon a nation that ever was. If they complain of them now, they would much more have complained of them if they had complyed; suppose the Parliament had made up a patched reformation and a crazie peace that uppon any occasion we had bin in danger to have had war broken out again, would not the people of the land have cried out of their unfaithfulness? But now they venture themselves and labour so hard for a sound peace, therefore to be deserted? An unworthy generation, a generation that we have cause to fear is become the generation of Gods wrath and the people of his curse. People are affected according as success is, we complain of those in Parliament because of some difficulties that are in the work, yet if they had not done what they did they would have complained much more. So of Ministers, sometimes Ministers speak and stir up people because their consciences tell them they should be unfaithful to their country and to the cause of God if they did not; now they cry