so that as one of the Ancients speaks of the Discipline used in the Primitive times, that it was, Futu•i Judicij Praejudicium, it looked like the Day of Judgment when any that did Iniquity were Cast out of the Lords holy Kingdom here on Earth. It is a Celebrated saying, and a true one, That Church-Discipline is the Throne in which Christ Reigns. It is reported concerning the Learned Bu•e•, that when he was informed how the Discipline of Christ was practised in Bohemia, he fell into Tears, considering how defective the Churches in Germany were in that point. We may fall into Tears, considering how the power of Discipline i• fallen in our Churches. Some Scandalous practices which not only the Waldenses, but the Reformed Churches in France, and in •••land, have in their Discipline declared to be Censurable Evils, ⟨p. 69⟩are now indulged in some Churches in New-England. Look into Pulpits, and see if there is such a Glory there, as once there was? New-England has had Teachers very Eminent for Learning, & no less Eminent for Holiness, & all Ministerial accomplishments. When will Boston see a COTTON, & a NORTON, again? When will New-England see a HOOKER, a SHEPARD, a MITCHEL, not to mention others? No little part of the Glory was laid in the Dust, when those Eminent Servants of Christ were laid in their Graves. Look into our Civil State: Does Christ reign there as once He did? Is there that Glory in Courts as once there was? Is not our House in diverse parts of this Land, in some danger of falling for want of Pillars to support it? Look into Towns: How few do we find that are a Glory to the places where they live? When Vacancies are made, it is a difficult thing to find persons fit to make up those Breaches. And almost every where 'tis so, whether in our Ecclesiastical, Military, or Civil State. So that wha• our Great Hoo••r long since predicted, that the People of New-England ⟨p. 70⟩would be punished […] the want of Eminent Men to manage Public affairs, bo•h in Church and State, is in part sadly verified already. How many Churches, how many Towns are there in New-England, that we may Sigh over them, and say, The Glory is gone! Look into Families: Are there not those which once were Glorious ones because of the Religion which flourished in them, which now are not so. How many Children or Grand-Children […] there in New-England, of whom it may be said, as in Judg. 2.17.
so that as one of the Ancients speaks of the Discipline used in the Primitive times, that it was, Futu•i Iudicij Praejudicium, it look'd like the Day of Judgment when any that did Iniquity were Cast out of the Lords holy Kingdom here on Earth. It is a Celebrated saying, and a true one, That Church-Discipline is the Throne in which Christ Reigns. It is reported conc•rning the Learned Bu•e•, that when he was informed how the Discipline of Christ was practised in Bohemia, he fell into Tears, considering how defective the Churches in Germany were in that point. We may fall into Tears, considering how the power of Discipline i• fallen in our Churches. Some Scandalous practices which not only the Waldenses, but the Reformed Churches in France, and in •••land, have in their Discipline declared to be Censurable Evils, ⟨p. 69⟩are now indulged in some Churches in New-England. Look into Pulpits, and see if there is such a Glory there, as once there was? New-England has had Teachers very Eminent for Learning, & no less Eminent for Holiness, & all Ministerial accomplishments. When will Boston see a COTTON, & a NORTON, again? When will New-England see a HOORER, a SHEPARD, a MITCH•L, not to mention others? No little part of the Glory was laid in the Dust, when those Eminent Servants of Christ were laid in their Graves. Look into our Civil State: Does Christ reign there as once He did? Is there that Glory in Courts as once there was? Is not our House in diverse parts of this Land, in some danger of falling for want of Pillars to support it? Look into Towns: How few do we find that are a Glory to the places where they live? When Vacancies are made, it is a difficult thing to find persons fit to make up those Breaches. And almost every where 'tis so, whether in our Ecclesiastical, Military, or Civil State. So that wha• our Great Hoo••r long since predicted, that the People of New-England ⟨p. 70⟩would be punished 〈…〉 the want of Eminent Men to manage Publick affairs, bo•h in Church and State, is in part sadly verified already. How many Churches, how many Towns are there in New-England, that we may Sigh over them, and say, The Glory is gone! Look into Families: Are there not those which once were Glorious ones because of the Religion which flourished in them, which now are not so. How many Children or Grand-Children there in New-England, of whom it may be said, as in
