';r.M:"' . , =wd5;;%z\b{ ‘ d~E~‘7T’:3'R.+» 0 p§1*§x ti Pfalfies vfed in our Englifll ' LYTVRGIE ‘ ‘ OGETHER WITH A-. RE-ASON WHY THE CHv'1xcH did chufe t/acfizmu, T By I01-IN“I‘30YS Do€tor ofDim'nz'tie. The {ccqnd part explaining the Pfalmcs dppoynted to bee read on A/dcenfirm and W/Jizfimday. V ‘ Dedicated vnto my louing and Worthy friends % I eff Clare-Hall in Caméridgo. | 7 L 0 N 13 o N, Printedby EDWARD GR’IFEI.N, » « for William Afiley. I 617. _..~ «mt .* D ‘ ; ri~'‘’eT;):'.i2=Is3T8tt/'.<=. ,~ E . SI Mornizzg ‘Pmgyer. V P s A L M B\ 8. 0 Lord our Gotternottr , haw excellent is th} all the » world, 5(C. \ - J_ I the Seat. i =2 HI 8 H ymne (beloucd) isamedita~ A tion of Gods excellent goodnetfe 7‘ _A&~_' § and glory lhining in all his Crea- f 1’ a tutés, in man efpecially , whom he 37 " mindeth, and wflteth, andarowneth as Lord and King ouer the rail, putting _‘ 4/I thing: in /uhieftian zmdcr htécfeetc, M 411 the huff: afthefitld, all thefoule: of the ttjre , all the J fifhe: afth: Sea, and whag/attter walkcththraugh the path: 0 . f Gods excellency manifelleth it felfc [0 much in this vniuerfe , that there be fo many won-ders,.as there be vvorkes of his hands. Iwillinfifl in Hue things onely , to wit in \ ~ ‘ ‘ Magnitude. Multitude. The Creatures Varietie. Vertuc. t Beautic. Concerning the firfi, I fay 4 can meajm-e the ércadth of the long and fo large, . e.',‘e;3>§’." ‘<2. \ l t with the * wife man , ‘W/90 earth and the depth ? it is To mm: in % that all the corners of it are not yet B knowne- % 3 Etfhfiafiitfl 4 4‘ .g__. 14-? -vvw——a.. -7...- . ,r—v.‘..——,. v r-yusrwx 1 4 J L’ , Mite I ' . firious Antiquary hath in three feuerall volumes accu- Hakluit. " c Cap. 40.7.! 2. . d dyad Hiero. 57310‘; e Demoeritm, Empedocles. f Jpud Conra- duns Gumpelliii in explicatiane - grufiiouis an Qrgudtemu J: Dec mtiom: . logicafint 1r_/Em pandmpag. I7. Bermrd fer. E: mflici caba- rgutia ‘ukule- mm clanorqu e-iglutinorum. z.cl2ro.6.x8. ._._.. —v r- _ A ______»...,,.. -1:-Am»".a.:.-. .,~.:..‘£-...t...'_....u.'......A...._....__..l v~ )>‘_:v:,;,J "‘._ ., . . Y . Afrenfiaa rt, ;m»,rg;rt,e». iklnowne time the moli exquiiite Cofmograghersfi, and gaduenturous nauigators. A 5 very learned and indu- rarely difcourfed ofvojagcr, trafiiquex , and difcwerier of ' our Exegli/% nation made 5] land éfea, to the remote quar- ter: oft/ac Mr:/:1 , at any timefinee the birth cf C bri/3 were t/zejeare 1 6oo. 8: yet we {iill heare newes of new found lands. Now the whole fuperficies of the earth as well vncouth as difcouered, is but a little point (as A {holo- gers afhrme) in comparifon of heauens ample circum- ference, beingagreat dealeleife then the leafl {iarre a- imong many thoufands in the firmament. Confider then (0 my foule) how great God is, how exce//mt 12:2: ‘ mime. The water is great, but earth happily greater then the water, and heauen douhtlelle a great deale greater then both , and yet God is infinitely greater then them all, /9:3‘ glory (faith our text) /hint!/v aéoue the heaven: : he (quoth C 1'/aiab) according to the tranflati on ofd Aquila; mcafrtrex the water with /ark littlef;}gger, mark: earth with whole world before him isibut rt! adrcp aft/ac marxiag Jew tlaatfallet/a expat: t/aegraimd, Wild. 1 1. I 9. lworlds (as ° {ome Philofophers imagined abfurdlj ) yet God would fill them all, and be comprehended of excellently , ‘Dem cfl circular mim cmtmm cj? vzzbig, cir- camfrrema were ‘uufiyrmm. As God is good without qua- dior irgferno, ldtior term, mart‘ dzf':¢fiar,.nu_/.‘ga4m qfl,c§* wi- que 2/}, , _ Virgo deigenetrix, quem term no» cap‘: orb}, in mafl Clmjit viflerafafiw lmm. What then is man, or the {on of man, that he lhould hit three finger: , and the Zwmem with his fpém : my the J I wil afcend yet a little higher,iF there lhould be many‘ ’ none. The thrice great 5 Mercury to this purpofe faith _ lity,fo great without quantity. 9 A/rior eflcaela, prafm g r dare prelumptuoufly to define the greatnes , and limit the qlmzrtttmof his Creator. 0 Lord thefheauen of A heauens cannot containe thee , how then is any barren e i [ brainej ". r;;:>—. ‘v ' -~ '~. ““< " ». '. 5 "‘ ’ W v ' 4 t ._ . ""‘ ‘- v t. test. W‘ * .» 5.:-' E ,_ 2 1 4 . .‘\ 4/ten:/ire: merniizg i . braine able to learch out thy fulnelle, as S.si.e1ugiufli;e ‘ fweetly, qua irzte/lefbs dem}: mpit barre , gm’ ipfim. ,‘,,¢,/15." élum/aura qua mm wilt eapere non dem: capit? Vain worm leaue to s write , and learns heere with our Prophet to i ‘wonder, Lord our Geuernaur , bow excellent it t/9] name in 45:17: world , thug ‘ «em. . \ 2. Concerning the Creatures Multitude, God him- {elfe diuided the whole world into heauen and earth, Gen. 1. I. and the hofls of his creatures in both, are be- yond all number. To marfhall them in order,and to he- gin at noriariém euen with -things heere below , who can number the creatures vnder the earth, on the earth , a- as gold, filuer, pretious fiones, lead, bralfe, coale5 Tin, '&c. are diuers in name, diuers in nature, but all put to- _ ._gether infinite in number. Vpon earth it is impollible for the diligent fecretaries of nature to tell exafétly the ‘ very kindes of all hearbs, of all flowers, ofall plants , of ’ all trees, of all beafls, perfect and imperfet°t , walking, \ crauling, creeping vpon a 1‘ thoufand hils , and a milli- on of mountaines. and if the genera be thus infinite, ‘then indiuidam much more :for it would palle the skill about the earth. I demand as Iefus the {onne of Simela, Ecclef. I . 2. who can number t/Jefand aft!” .5443 néy,What man is able to number the filh of the Sea, the which are might increa/E like the fife, beafls of the field , and birds of the ayrebring forth but one or two youngones if they be big, or if they belittle {ome three or foure,other hue or fixe, a few ten, none vfually aboue twenty , but dreds at one time , in the great and wide SM (faith our l 9“ Pro phCt)t/sere be things creeping iunumeraile‘, ébtivfmll meelgreat éea/II. ¢ B2‘ t/set /sqflfet tbjglorj about the. }.vea- ‘ bout the earth. the rnettals 8: other things vnder earth, % of all the cunning Arithmetici-ans in the world to count i the particular blades of graffe that grow but in one field “ fo many, that the Patriarch 1. Iacaé prayed his children we filh as experience teacheth, euery day bring forth hun- i Let i De Trim't.li5. ' 5.c¢p.x. k Pfizhge. to. I Ger).'48. I 6., 111 3%’. 104.. 25. V V A“ by aftgpfion iaiéjmoraiagprayer. ‘ . Let Vs afcend, and can/ider t/ac‘/sentient, and there W6 final} findc that the {iarrés are i for number infinite : i 1 :1 Gen‘ 1 5.5. “Locke zzp into I:etmm(faid the Lord to father Aém/mm) A andtelltbeflarre: zftlazm ctmfz’, And Genef. 22. I 7. I wt"/'( tfiwltipl} Ila] [cede M tlaeflarret of /seamen, that is, excee- 3 ding1y,great1y, infinitely : fo the number offiarres is % often vied in holy Bible for a boundleife number, as . ‘ . 0 Deut.Io.zz. ° 3/“ Lflrdthj god hath made thee to: the/ferret of /amzmt A» t» in multitude, and N ehemiab 9. 2 3. than did]! myltipg ’ i ' . their children like tlaeflarrc: aflaeaamaand Nahum 3. I 6. than 194]} encreafe-doth} marcilmnt: aéamrtlae/}tzrr’e: of Imi- a men, and whatfoeuer Afirologers afl-irmeto the contra» ry, the. Text is plaine, that t/aeflarret of heme» cameo: 6e neméred, nor tlaefamd aftlae [ea meafmred, ierem. 3 3. 22. So the glorious Angels aboue the heauens are num- berlelie, we read Match: 26, 5.3. ofmoe then tvvelue legions of Angels, and Dan. 7. Io_that thoufand thou- r ~ L . i P S“ Bmed’; {ands minifler vnto God, and that P ten thoufand thou- ¥ ' .57“, pm,-,,, , {ands {land before him : and <1 Janina/5 avovveth out of O in 1»-. , 7)iony/Em, that the number of Angels exceedeth all the , t ‘}:’“":- 1‘W9- materiallethings created in the world 5 his reafon I con-. ‘ .4!‘ -30. felie i feemeth vnreafonable, the thing: ‘which are more perf2c°i,mttfl in the manner they may) exceeds’ the . , e more imptrfefl, to wit, either in maggnitztde or mt:/titude : : r S I A but this to wit (as 0ne‘"notes) is without wit, ibrthat as A T altelitraéi D h [h . ofAngds.c.4_ *‘ ‘mm: use ie st‘ ere ‘cu confequently bee many M Lxods,wh1ch1s agamfi faith : and many funnesa which , is againfi philofophjnyca, more precious Hones then (1np4,._,_ * other againii experience. Yetl thinke with 1' Hierame c l’bifi;p.~ .that.’~'Dtmiel, and‘S. “Iafmwhen they idefine famed“- s . u ./1poc.5.u. at terminate number of.—Angeis,’ accommodate them- feiues to that ordinary phrafc ofone certaine numbers 4 % . for fome very great vnknowennumber : and therefore 34 105 2553- ‘Job faith, Ittlaere am} number in bi; armies .9 as who V M‘’'’‘’’- "”- 2 would fay they beinnumerab1e,to wit vnto vs men,not . l7.c4. ,' . .. A . ,,,,5]}0; 2;‘. mm God or in themfelues, as Y Gregor} the great acum- Q » vrugra. 4 1)’: Stépemamm cmmm ammeru»: infimtm C6” definzt.z¢4.€~’f- ‘is? A if . :7. if r " ll‘: " e fcenflon day ‘maritingprzzjer. limiter :~z/it mi "' Dee e nnmeméi /12, e e /zcmimém inm- P ~ - a q 4‘ . o o \ o meraézlza demaxfiretnr. Irthena Kings dignity Conllil m t the 3 multitude of his fubicéts, and a fathers honour in " the multitude of his children, how wonderful! and ex- K cc/{mtia ad: name in at/like world, as hauing fo many feruants and fonnes as there be beails of the fieldfifowles of the aire, fill) in the fcayholls of his creatures in hea-r» uen and earth: thefemultitudes ofcreatures euidently ihew the mofl infinite perfeétions of the creatour, For feeinghee would bee knovx en of man by the wozkes of ' his hands, and no one ltinde of mettallor mould , plant or tree, beat} or bird could aptly reprelenthis incom- prehenfible greatneile and goodnetle, it was neeelfary ‘ that helliould multiply the creatures,“ imparting iome / thing of his excellency to euery thing, that as wee may know the true value of a double ducket, or of {crime o~ A ther great pcece of go1dc,by diuers little peeces offiiuer and bratfe coyne: it) we might fee (faith 5 Patti/‘E13’ czar- tcrmzllpower and G ad-bead in the creation aft be war/d,éeir:g _¢‘0nffdercd in /9:3: worker. ' V Coniider then 6 my foule the bmuenmuen the warke: of /:z}5fing¢r:,t/as mom: and I-/Jeflazrrer which /4: bath ordai- ned. Con (3 tier w/mt man :3, and tioefomse afmamhow the withglor] and war/Iyip. Confider all ficepeand ox.-)2, and tin: t'>ea[1’.s' oft}Jc_fic1d,fow[e3 azndfi/EH, and w/mtfieucr wal- {et/7 tbarow the path: aft/aeflmk. E uery day (but on the Sabbath efpecially, being primarily hallowed for the ation of the worldzand wheras the creatures are 3 {lum- bling blockes vnto the {oules offooles, andtainare to thefeet ofvnwife, nuke them a ladder whereby thou mayflafcend to the Creatonand haue thy conuerfation in heauen. I£thou feet‘: abag of filuer, or a wedge of golde, thinke on Chtills holy blond, ofe greater value then either o1de,or filuer, or any precious (lone, flied for thy fake, for thy (in, ifthou forfake thefethings of . B 3 , l ' number ofthc Lord is windfall of/aim, andvi/itrila /aim: Md 57‘0”’’“'’ /9 195?” L ,C Gm.2.g. . Exod :o.n.” d W! at’. 14.10. , c fame purpofe) confide: how c.x°cv//ant C/‘ad 2'4 in the cre- ., the (For he that X can tell the ilars, and call them all by thtirnames Plal. I47. 4. is able likcvvife tore}! the number and names ofhis Angels. 3 ’Pro».x4.z8. A 9 b PLom.I.zOt e x.'I>et.t.x8. 1. §.. 4...: »l g s dfiegfiondaymarhing pmyer.g i i y the world and follow him. If walking abroad in thy f ~ g - a ground thou bletle God for blelhng thee with afaire 1 . e i a lot andgoodly potlellions heere, remember that lI]l1'€*'_ I r 2f I.fP:et:,!.4» ritance which fll1‘lIDOl'C3.ll, ands cannot bee (haken. 2% H4’-"'— *8‘ Ifthou thinke on the kingdomes of this world, remem- , ber,if thou sstruely beleeue, that thineis the.kingd.om of, i: A - . A i hfea-uen,as being prepared for thee by Godthe Father, g » i i‘ and purehafed ibrthe-e by God the Sonne, and .all-"ured e ' to theeby God the holy Gholl. , i i A s 3. The Variety of the creatures is yet more wondet— ' l Full and excellent , for it is not hard with one 6:: the fame . _ ’ e A feale to. make diners like formes and impreflions, or ‘ ‘ A with one and the fame {lamp to print diuerfe likelet-‘ ' “ e _ tegs, but with one andthe fame molde infinitely to vary the figures imprelled (as Alm_ightyGod did in the cre- \ by ation ofallthings) is a work mollabfolutely diuine and K e by , admirable. For as there be diners kindes of creatures, ‘ " i ‘ euen fo the —creatures of the "fame kinde are diners, dif. feringin failiion and outward forme for much, as that a- mong (0 many thoufand of pebbles vpogt the fea banck it is impollible to finde two Hones in alliiltings alike, or t among many ‘ beards ofcattle, two goats, or two hot- ’ ies, or two hogges in’ all like, or in a whole market a (though owlmogo nonqifimilim runne for a prouerbe) e . two «egges in all alike, or among an innumerable holl of men two lo like, but that you \, may know them each y y . g _ ,, from other, if notby complexion and fiature, yet by hi 5' y F e , . ; fioyce, gate, geflure, looke, yea by writing of one fhort i ‘ i‘ it me. . a - I ; h :.c,ar.xss.4x,e_‘ ’ A Concertai-ug the glorious lights of heauen, h P413! ' 3 {filth expr.etTely,jthat there :3: anatlvcrglarie oftlsefmnemtd, anotéertfglory aftbc moane, dnddiiatlrerglony a_f:befi4rre.t, dndthat eneflazrre difleret/9 from another ing/079'. -50 the ’ _ y blelled Angels, albeitthey bee moe then tvvelue Legi- '1 " ip4,«,,;.,7,,.,/9, 0n§:3I1 Army which is beyond number, yet i Aqrrinrzzr ' ' 5-o.art.4-. g afijrmes thatall of them are differing one from another. _ mvrrfolritm indirridxmli pmmrra, jédctrktm/peczficaformazfolx; T l i “ (fait 1 '1?‘ ' ‘ ‘lwm ml .-‘forithe Béwiiagiandebbing offomepart of the +.._ . ;% (faith be) there bee di-huers orders of A ngels, anddiuers gdegrees ‘eoftihezfameot‘d:er,primi, inedy, vlrimi. §fay.with k‘Paul_. 0 the deepnejfeafthe riches of the wzfl Home and‘ kumvledgee of God, 1 in whom are bid all the tune. éfnrek afimi/dame dndkgsowledge : andfing without Pro- phet, 0 Lard our Gouernour, /my wonderful! 1;: tie} mime uen , where thou art to thy Saints all £3 a/1:/azqgs. 1. Co1‘.15.2 8.- e T 4. e Touching the; creatures vert creatures, em Itahriiaézgaizas op"e7“fé?a=!§:7fi2nCgn£5,- ‘rat minar mm. /2‘: magma. Te‘begihne vkiieh the fea, haw re (hqfioth tr Thais)‘ vvhiizh ié-wQ1aderf7u~ll.ine all things’, is mofi won. derfully won*d%erfu1I"in the {ea zthey thaf: gee dovvne to the {ea in (hips, and ‘occu py their bufinelfee in great wa4 rers, behoid (faifh \OU_I‘.°”P1‘Oph€t) the wozkes of the Lord», andehis wondersienetlmedeepe, For at/oak ward t/4:. florm]»wikde%4rifl"t'b,‘; 4wz‘lz'j"rL-t‘»1'a“z>,&9 the wazm'~t]aereof,»et*/1:] ééqdrréed vpe :o‘Abem»,¢n4 downe ag::i?i€§t4 the deep, r/eke}: nae; téfianéflaféaggzgéng gm d>}4ns€efi'1m3fi3andare aittbcir , Conf-iderthen,6nry“f:.a‘afia igzgesauiaieeth‘esporypm%apo1iu- E J,,,.;;,.,,,_ 1,5,- I “eie‘;’1n*,__th€'1if‘tI"e"f)rE71¥3:h‘3Qf‘I‘roibegér‘ifif’§5fe"te}Iingtem- fup.cap.9, M ’- _.,;;., -.B 4; _LP¢fi$=5 . ‘ ‘.-\ . t Vlaifiqa. cap. Io; .15 u 2\{_4t. I:ij?,lz'h. g’.‘-‘ti. 1... X Hr-:e4m.Iih,3. c’d[>.9. y lih. de imm- do vniuerfa . 2 14m. 3.5!, 3 Io/2.3.8. i Afeezr/ion day mornmgpmyer. pefls, and the Cmh a Very Conny-catcherin gaining her prey. All of them, as S. e/fmlarafe telleth vs, aft‘- * Thalajfometre-more flrange then Geomezm, meafuring out their peculiar habitations in the pathes of the {eas, , and eontainingthenrfelues alway within the fame. B ut among an the wonders of the deepe, giue mec leaue to recommend. vnto your confideration e{pecial- ly two, namely the great Leviathan, and the little Re- mera: the Letriathan is, defcribed by Ieh in his 4 I . chap. them, hrét neezing: make the fight to fhine, and hi: ejer are /the the t7.-—lzd.t of the morning, out of/:1’: mmthgae /amps’, mid/‘liar/gee of fire leap: aut,_fma/ge cammeth out of/21': mflril: 45 out ofa hoflmg pot or ca/draw, &C. And in conclulion he faith, in earth there :2: no creature like him, he heholdeth all high thing:, and (2: a K ing auer all the children ofp ride, Now for the Remara which is but halfe a foot long, “ Plmie reports, and prod uceth heereof examples alfo, thatit is ableto {lay the greatefi (hip vnderfaile, when Mimi/Ia (faith he) fimlc efl contra tat impetus we were: ire mt. uigia. Let vs land, and we {hall findeon earth euen the worfi of all the creatures to be very good for fome pur- pofes according to their kindes, as X 5‘, Aménfe pitbily, ezlia efui , alia air’; nafimzmr ofiri : the ground neither hrcedes nor bear-es any thing; but it is good for meat or medicine to man or beaft, or both. Y ¢4',;g,,,, Silniue v- fed to lay, that there is no bookefo weakly written, but that-it containeth one thing or other which is profita- ble. The whole world is a great bookeinfo/is, and all the creaturesare-chara6iers,and out of the leaf! ofthefe A letters it is ealie to fpell, as it were, God: excellent mime. Whole volumes are written of the vertu es of the Load- winde h/omth where it Its/ieth, Aflfidfbflfl hearefz’ the found V“ theretf} hm canfl not tellpwhence it camimet/7, and whitherit 4_. The Z1/Iaiefly of his [mice is like/r'ra;1g {hie/dx, and are fire i fealed, onezét jet to anatherthat no winde can come hetweene . a-sthe vvindes are roaring, and the waues raging, hec p Hone, 1 Haw gre/Ira matter A little fire kind/eth ? 3 The t . geeth _ y Jfienfiafi morningpraycr. neck. It is {o boillerousand violent, that it rootes VP tall trees, and throwes downe {lrong towers, and (as I haue read in " bookes, and heard of '3 trauellers) able to remooue mountaines : for in the territories of ‘Bieme a village called Ifzéome, by teafon of an earth-qualgea bout the yeere 1583. was ouerwhelmed and coucred with earth lo deepe, that at this day, the ground vnder which it lieth hidden, istilled and fowen with come, neuer flayed till it met with this obliacle, vvhertfit Wroughtio Grange an effeft. A T The vertues of heatbes and flowers are fo {ouc- raigne, that the herball affords amedicine for euery kinde of malady that infclleth our bodies, euery plant and tree hath his ieuerall excellency, dThe oliueftree hath his fatnelle, the figge-tree his fweetneile, the cedar his tallnelle, the oake his firmneile, and the vine his fruitfulnelle. If Iwould fpeake of beails and birds, I neede not tell you that the leaf! of them, and moi} im. perfeéi is exce1lent.The flies {oule (faithefluguflin) doth excell the glorious {unnes body, the teeth of the moth are (0 wondetfull as the tuskes of the Boare, the thighs ofthe {lender Gnat not in feriour in tli-eir frameto the thighes of the huge Elephant, the wings of the Butter- iilie may comparetfor exquifite forme, with the wings ofthe Grilion or Eagle. fsazmm telleth vsthat foure {mall things in earth are full ofwifdome; The Pifmires a people not flroag, jet prepare the} their merit infirmmer : t/2: Comyeriapeop/etnot mfglylj, yet émlgt-they their /aozgfarizr I , tberoéke : the ‘C/‘m/Eopper hath no King, jetgoe rlyejfacrt/J: 49 5} hand: :t/ac Spider take:/9 bold wit/9 19:7‘ hzmdr,tmd :3‘ in *9 7 King: palaces. And lo the diligent and witty, 3 53' ee * proues himfetfe a great A rchiteét in building his cham- bers high and low {Q cunningly : The bl" lea {eemeth la .. kinde of Phyficién vntoother,.by‘lettitigblood inthc . a fpring, L 1» Brildihdé Sage: efi tabs‘ Troiafmt, and this earth came from an high I ‘ mountaine diilant from the {aid village aboue an En- . glilh mile, rowling ouer avalley of that breadth, and man‘ czfian/[089 mm. tizrasi Drum pgr [I 41.14 treat. grain Cdp.4, c 13:: are Ifaari Cafatdvotzi. ; Cl Itsig 9.9,. 6 U5. de dim. hm animahzu comm Manic’). J C4’; 4 , {Prom 30.2.4. it 0' Lafintttius caf9.1O. l1C.clim 611- lieitg zzinm 1' ts L7nc'omio Pzrli 5' ('15. £_‘ / .1-3 a'éfal/hjizpimz. ‘ \ ‘_t i Elia» dc -ydricz inf)’ lib. I .- k Hexem.Z!75. 6. Cdpoqo A lEP1fl.l 68.gu4 7 eff ad Emzomb . .:a’nn.Tom.a.fo1. III. is I fm 1%-.=gI;:paf— J Vliotis ofthe sminde‘, Iii‘). 6,, pag._>,x"t."“ '” . .._....—_«-.........._ ......-.».—- .- 170. A‘ is .,.7_“‘«- --. .—._ Aft't§rgfaé¢"ziay nmvrnih¢g.prayer. fpring,the..i Goats in eating ditany, the Deere‘ in eating iuie,Phyficians vnto thetnfelues : {O the M oufe in for» {akin g a ruinous houfe ready to fall 3 feemeth a‘ kinda of Wizard og_Proghet : {o the Hour: din following the Hare feeméih ta kinde ofLogician, for when hee com-r meth vnto away that is parted into three pathes, hee doth as it werc“Syllogi(licallyt'hus argue himfelfe (faith 1‘ '/Imlrrofe) either the game is gonethis way, or that way, or elfe in the middle way : but neitther this way, not that, ergo doubtleile in the middle path. 1 S2 Ba/2‘! to conuince the boailing oFEmromz'm the He- reticke, who vaunted that he knew God and his Dini- nity, bids him, ifhe can, anfwer thefe demands concer- ningthe poore Emmet,.a contemptible, beafl, as being little in body, bafe in 1' ubliance. a It Whether it breatheth or no 2‘ 2. If thofe little dovvne the backe nature extendeth a chainepliable to turningortbending? 6. Whether thorow _the ch‘aine' patfeth avvhitej marrow ? ‘ 7.VVhether the iinowv it bath a liuei‘ or no? 9. Whetherin the hue: a recepta- cle ofcholler? 1 o, Whether an heart? 1 1. tWhether kid‘neyes.? g 12. tV\,fh_ether arteries ? I 3?.» Whether veins? :4. Whether skinnesia 15. Whether ‘atraucrfe or mid- riffe ? 16‘. Whether is it bare or hairy? 17. iVVhe"ther tingle or clouen footed? 1? 8. How long liuethtitz I 9; AF-‘ terythat manneris it begotten? gzjo. How longdwel: Iéthit inrhie wotnbe at ‘ 2 x .Vvhy doe nt$t,allii¢§‘°i‘¢I?€2‘ but _ {ome fl-ieLan’d-foniescre‘eite ? Thefe q;uefliQfisA'are‘1_!1@OO- ued by Biytv/I./A‘t0UCl'}1‘_l1g_{l‘l(f iinall Etnrnets body, butten times more (faith ‘“one)n1ight be demandedabout the ‘fenfitiue 1-GU15, i O” Lord our Gouernour, how {upe‘r_ex- lentils t',b){gl.fory abguetheheapgeng, “ify,’n’a'me bee ~ %rtih;u$Ye_XCel‘l'entihthen1<§a‘n€[i';Ofi'l‘iy”Cfé'attifes creepifig ‘ I a t i VVho . . -......‘,_. .. .. -. _. fvpon earth ?. ..¢, _..:.u.~_“.'...'_‘.;.._-:.._.;.;,.¢., , , Corps be vpheld with bones? t 3.Iftho{e f"mall_rnem‘berst be linked with finewes, 'o rc‘hained with firings? it If = thofe finewes bee fortified with mufcels? 5. Whether membranes impell the re1"lofthe"bod_v ? 8. Whether? ',,. '~ 4. -.-. r.~t- ,, _ ,. .. " _~.r ‘ -~\;:. use ,~;;.‘-‘» . ' i Q '1 l ’ " T laf:fié23‘e'¥¢,77wor:2iz¢g prajerti i It i admire fufficiently the »$’]mpzztb;ieJ and An- tiprgt/ai::_oF the ‘em=eatur.es,“as the mortal). hatred between ~ ;t~heflflorfe;a13dthe B eare, the Swan and Eagle, the leiler birds and Owle, Mullet and Pike, Conger and Lam- ptey. Who can any way diuine why thetefhould bee {tU2Chi1‘1'€C0iIClll3bl€ vvarres among the fenfelell"ercrea- tures,as betvveenetthe Oake and Oliue,Vine and C ele- worth ',y againe , betweene the Colewortheand wilde ‘ M argeram, as alfo betvveene Hemlocke and Wine, for Hemlacke éfijd to ée payfon zmto mm,m:dItf/me poyflm zmta Hemlaclge: or what reafon can be rendred of the mutual] agreement inter Lillmm fir Aziium, becweene Lillies and Garlicke : or why fome trees are Io coupied in a kinde ofnlarriage, thatif the male bee not planted "in. aeneere place, the femalewill euer be barren. ° 0 Lord /aow ma- fold mat/2} wo7':'q:.r, ix mfdome be/Y‘ than made them 4/], the earthrfis full of thy riclaex. induyflry the. moft excellent Arts-and noble Sciences ‘ bane beene inuented, afwe1_lTheorica11as Praélicall: Arts Theorical], are either real] or ration.all,a~m-ong the 'reals,how wonderfull are the l\'1athemat1l(t)1tdt:erll'ull and ex- cellent almighty God is in beauty; from whom all rhefe beauties are deriued. Vaine men ignorant of God ima- gined the fire, or the winde , or the fwift ayre , or the C0‘-"53 0f i116 Harms, or the raging water, or the lights of }- heaven to begouernours of the world and Gods :f 1311* W - alt ll lat Ecclofia it. . 9.8. 4 ._.< ’ __ "\;,,{f.‘:‘?-l J: ‘ i hflfen/Z025! d‘a}morningpr.tjier.ll t kaowue haw mtecla more excellent be is that made them ; for A t/aefirflmetlaar aféeaezt} created them 4/]. If his name bee thus excellent in the world, where we fee him onely but in a ° glatle, to wit,-in the g1aIl"e of his creat»urcs,and in the glalfe of his Scriptures : then ‘how fuper—excellent will his beauty feeme when as wee lhall enioy his prefence face to face, beholding him in his Angels, in his Saints, in his Some, in himfelfe 2 When wee lhallin his king- dome {it with him at his table, we (hall aboundantly be _ P {atisfied with the fulnelle of his houfe, andfilled with theriuers of his pleafures. How beautifull and amia- I blefhallerour dwelling be vpon Gods holy mountaine, y where the firmament wee now behold adorned with Sunne and Moone, and fiarres lhining more glorioufly then all the precious [tones in the wor;d,{hal be nothing elfe but the nether fide of the pauement of our pallace. Out aft/we mouth qf 7/er} 945:: and fire/(ling: : Thefe words as qfome thinke containe an obieétion , I fGad: vxceflent mtmefill the whale zaéorld, and if his glory 6: /eta. {me the lmmem, how commeth it to ypaife that all men * acknowledge it not 2 Anfwer is made that the Lord wil A not be praifcd by the proud who prefume too much vpon their owne flrength and vertue; but 5] '5’ WW’? gfmry halve: and/zecflingx, euen fuch as are become * lit- tle children, and as it were 5 fooles for Chrifls fake: the humble and meeke, according to that of C hri ll, Math. men of 1/nderfiandingymd lea/2‘ opened:/new were 6a6e:.And Mean]; 3 1. 16, Heme ye never read, otetqf the mouth: of A fiche: and_/uckling: than leaf} perfited prdtfi? Where‘Di- {zines obfeme that by 645:: is meant fuch as In the worldseye feeme bafe , {uch humble confelfors as the wggldly wife repute children and fool t: for by the‘ eipfeaiching offillysFilhermen,almighty‘% _<'¥_didflillrhe ~ . i, seem: ‘ . I 1. 2;. I give thee thanks’: 0LFatl:er , Lore! of beam» and 1 eltrtlz, éeeemfe thou be]? bid tlaefe thing: from the wife, and ‘ faith the “ vvifeman,Tl2augl: the] baelfuelv pleafitre in ;l;ir W“ ~ éemet] am they t/aaetght them god: , 1:: $9314 :1», have “ ""f"- '3'3~ i 0: ‘ 2. P ‘Pf?zl.36.8. ii .‘ q Rem; r MAL] 8.3‘ _ f 1 €or.x4.!o, t-H£I4rim, 7 Jretim, idem _ M afleme. Strigelim. . *Tilmam‘nlac.“ ’ _‘ Afienfimday warning prayer. L 7‘... u Ee,,mm; enemy and manger 3, that is ,i X hee confounded the \Wif* V x lCor.I.’I9. dome of the profound Philofophers and great difpbf‘ ‘ X ters of the world, he {et them all at am» ,»z.-,,«,;,£o that their “ vndetflanding was hid,El'ay 2 9;; 4,.and while they pro- feiled thetnfelues to be wife they becatne fooles, Ron}. W Y 30,; M,,.,,,,_ 1.2 2. {o fimple ’ women , and vnlearned 1 llripimgs in fbl.!734.1858. the dayes of (Qeene Marie did Hill the perfecistitag e- % ‘3 3 91- , nemy, that is flop his mouth in {uch fort, that hee had i :73?‘ ‘"4’ nothingmalny times to lay , but may with the keretécke; , ti 4 jigat for the bcretieke, knocking them dcwm’ with taxes of "a Church cm emnfztorjfintcncfr. 3 £'ufi'éz'm_ telleth oflrange fiory ham,-F0‘ how an1d10t, that is , a man of {mall witte, and leile .;:’l_1t“:fi‘“' “ knowledge difputing with a fubtle Philofophet , an e. ' ' gregions enemie to Chtifl and his faith, in fine brought l him t_o;{uch apoynt, that hee could not chufe, but ac- — I knowledge the power of God in his words, and to giue y place to truth :a great many iudicious Bilhops alfeéted this viftory before, but none could effeft it, vntill it j plgaged the Lord out of the mouth of a wry éaée to per- ’ i f: z2r:’pm:'/e. ‘ _‘ 5bC5"17f;’fé 1 E b Other Do&ors'expound the words of Chtifhvrged - *out ofthis text of §a5e;'in yeeres, and fo Chrifl C ell'e- ’ _,' ., where faithm the like fenfe, I tell jaw, tladt if'tlnfefio:4ld MCMO 4:1 3 ‘ . ' M.“/,e 3,15, 0 baldtlmr p:ace,ti{efl_oa:: mrldcrse : for when ordinary s g Lu}\.l9.4o. meanes are yvanttng, hee can byniiracles extraotdina- ' ' ~ , ry petfefi his praife. 30 form Dluipes vnderfland this . 'verfe, _ l ’ ‘ . 3 E05,,“ 4 Infimmm, re: mint, tmmzfarmoniém laofiem Heflm. i (imterzk, 6' lingmejirnpliczk art: necaw. Or as Theodore Bead, = W . . gm matmm ex -am pendant, 4 ‘ . Blinguespueri (dzflu miraéile) oire: . 4 lumen/ow, .m¢mm%’tzmm mute on Atmtxr. ‘e o cumin; ° A 8 Ifthe Prophet fl-iould ha ue (aid, the Lord needs‘ - not eloquent tongues ofexquifite Rhetoricians to fer .v V forth his power 8: ptouidence in the vvorld,becau{e the » mouthes ofvcry babes and {ucklings are futlicient ‘:0 - ma e _._4i|I I -v _-4 ‘ " ' ‘ x r ’ e_ 2 , ' ‘“ .__ ' ‘kw it ‘.1 .._ .: 7 ‘.._._ ;.._. \\A 44/mi:/2'0}: day maf2zifigl‘2rayer§ V .: if/_l‘~. , V. ,..,,... .,,_, V _ .—-....>_.,~.,v_,,,v,,,._.‘,.._..,¢. J - i t \ . make perfe& his praiie. For the ffxcfging of huhes, 8 and /jyaakgng ofinfimtr, are both euident demonfimtions of glgigflrength and excefltnt name. F or who ran ghtth e babe tofucke, or the dumbe to fpeake, but hee which is the Lord ozer Gamrrsatzr : befi dethefe two pregnant inflam- ccs, *1 all things in t gouetmnent of children are foil of wonder, efpecially their bad parents indulgmt care to nourilh them, and atfeétionate loue to humour them ; for albeit their cryings are troublefo me in the night,and their vncleanelinelfe loathfome in the tiay, yet parents i are content to {offer all that, and with a kinda of plea— {me to feruetheim in the loweft oflice. The which oc- l calioned our bleffed Sauiour to fay, Match. 7, 3 1. If ]e which are mifl, aflbordyazr childreh »g0odg1")‘i'!, how much i péiareejhalljaur father in 'he4wcngi%egaod thingxta, them that ~ wkehzm? . b The tranflation of Ahmezm, initiumfécg/ii, cannot be fo good as thatof Chrifl, Matth. z 1. x 6. perfect/Z: : s 'for(asi zuartine Racer well obfetues) Almighty God begins higpower 8: protuitdence towards infants in their mothers wombebefore they be flriplings or fucklings in the world : he(faith our bl-"rophct elfewhere)'Bchaldr , theirfuhflance, yet he-ing imperfefi, and all their mewhcr: are written insthh haake, which 4'4} 6} dz} were fafhioned, when me; tfiheirei mt»: none of them. 0 Lord my mine: are thine, my home: are that hid from thee,‘ thaw hajl cottered me: in my mother: womhe, thou h I he mztdefscretlj, yet feare- fu/1'],4nd wanderfal/j marzsgllam are th} worker, 5 Lord our gamrmmr, in the curious framing of children vnborne, l but when once they be brought foorth into the world , and beginne to fuel-re and fpeake, thou doefl lejftthlz/% andconfirme thfflrong pmifc hy their mouth, were the con- fafion nfzhe chem} arzdatgferzger . W s The Diuell in the iudgementof S. In Plierom is this enemy mzdamnger : enemy in enticing men to finne, and 4%.; A - ,_ then manger in playing the hang-man and executioner, t in the puniflatingof fin. *1 Other happily better expound i '~ _ C this . ?'Ktmf. A ;g dhetze (ya. it Enter. i In ioc. k P/3vlJ39.Is { l Vulgar lztin rmfmflv‘. Buctr confir- mafli. Munfierfum 1 dafli, id efl, /falzilem declct-' rafli. 1 M6. Stephdfi. q’9* Ageflim. m In let. idem .4:/mnaflm €57 Hef__y.d7im apmi ' flgellium in lot. (7 Iacoh. de- Valentizt in let. n Bauer. Stcutlzm. L, Afmz/I-"aim marnzhgpréyer. holy prouidenee, who fay that Gods excellent name ya gouernes notgthe whole world, and that the heauens r ‘ are not the workes of his fingers. Thele wretches are t . and praife, like the Giants in olde time. ' s ‘fix’ maniém magnzét refcindere caelum s Aggrefli, fixpenfg; Iauem detmder: rcgmlt. t s 0 K0. Stephan. And they be called Mangers, 0 in that they perfecute y Agetlim in 106- the friendsof God,according to that ofour 9 Prophet, A P PM-44' ‘5- thou makell vs to beeaby-word among the heathen, “ ‘ and that the people lhake their heads, my confufion is daily before me,and the fhame of my face hath couered ‘ ‘q Bum‘. ,y,;m,_ their iowpe quarrell, and not Ieauing vengeance to the . that will outof a reuengefull humour recompence to i his neighbor euill for euill, and not giue place to wrath is an enemyto God, asabreaking into Gods office, who r Det3t.; 2. 3;. faith in his word, rvengcjtznce 13.: mingaad I willrepagfltitb .’7H¢.b.Ie.36o: the Lord. Atheifls and Heathens acknowledging no i God: or elfe eonceiuingif there bea God, that he cares not for the things of this world, reuenge their owne ;_ A a caufe: but Chriflians ( who Eng, 0 Lord am‘ Gem-mmr, ‘ Kama 2,12,. haw excellent :2: thy name imp:/It/aye world) mufl ‘ouercome ‘ euill with goodnelle, and fo much as in them is, haue peace with all men. See E pit}. 3. Sund. after Epiphany. Bath: and Suckling: abundantly confound auengers," by their hurnblenelle and harmelefnetle : for they be- t ing iniured, take not any reuenge, but onely make Complaint either to their father or mother : heereby ~ make our caufe ltnowen vnto God ourfather in heauen, and the Church our motheron earth : according to this . this ofAtheills, impudently denying Gods high and i called enemies to God, as fighting againfi his power ~ me, for the voice of the llanderer and blafphemer, fer ‘ . l - t , R05. 5,,P,,m_ A the memte @‘ aucngc'r.0r termed auengcrxflas reuengmg * ; Lord, to whom alone it belongeah, Rom. 1 2. 1 9. hee . . e 1: r P¢t.3.9. "teaching other of greater yeeres not to render‘ will for V , euzll, or rebuke for rebuke 5 but that wee lhould onely *- It '1 1 €or.I4.2o.'i {enfe “ S. Pazrlexhorteth vsto bee like children, not in 7 W‘ . V77. _ vnderflandin/g3__:. p I ‘ Efpecially ~fl{ , \ \_. ‘ 4.. ¢___ A/Zen me 314} morning myer. \¢.>_...__ - vnderlianding, but as concerning malicioufnelfe like to little children,.z'm»:acmzia: d- ignaflrmtid, being neirher enefmie: in doing ether wron g, nor rmengcrrin requitin g wrong done to themfelues. See Goliaelloni ./‘l4:'c!mge!m,u lda fl . L s " ‘ ébrl wifl can/izfer the benaenr} or as 3‘ other tranllati. ons, according the Hebrew, t/9} /mmx, as hauing his 7 feat, and as manifefling hirnielfe toblelfed foules and Angels ‘in heauen, and to vs men in glory from hea. uen, efpecially Pfal. 19. 1. I Thell14. 16. “ Orthe hea- uens are his, as being the worker of bzlsfingm, created and ordered by him,and in calling them his ':z*orée:,and ' the workes of ézéfingerr, hee doth infinuatebtharthey be noble, curious, and exaétlylwrought, and therefore <2 when lconfider the heauens in order Io wonderfull, in trirne Io beautifull,in time (0 durable : dchen 61. ord s I am conflrained to fay, what is bafe, forry, fraile man, that thou art mindful! of/aim, or t/éefonne of man, that t/you w'fi:eflglaim*‘? ‘ it had beene fufiicient for thee to lhew thy glorious excellency {hining in the lmmenr, men in the moan: and/iarrcr nékic/2 t/you /mfl ardained ; thou needefl not go come io low as man,or his pofierity, which is duff and allies. 5Heere then obferuetvvo ‘points, g i ’ "1. Thebafenetie ofma*n,inthe claufewlm ‘_giu:’Mn?. 4 ‘ 2. . The dignity ofrnan, in that the Lord is "mindefévll of/Jim, and mfitetia him, ma_ king him onely lawer than 9/{age/5' l. and Lord omr all the re}? tf his free: ‘ A ‘L !Is7':.r,', « Concerning the former, in this fenfe the word Man s is often vfed elfewhere, for fo 8 . PaulR012':. 9 2 o, But, 0'm:m, w/ad: art than, who pl;-em/I agairfl Cjaci ? as if:-Thee ' « lhould haue fayd ( as Qprian once to Demetrian‘) wt D6212)! (.‘0‘¢5I}.2ofc'a\o-gr P0fll‘5,t6I;D.(3tm ant: cotgnofi-ggconfider how gbafe thy,{eli'e arr,in re{pe‘r°r of God, 44 cla; in the lazmd of gt/ac potter" : and then I éhinke thou wilt not enter into C 2 difpute ‘V *-—v-7. e Gencua L I Manfler, Vaztalvlm, Vulgar Latine and our larger tranfl: in _' Enghih. 4 y Pj7zl.u.4. 2 ]5f¢itt.X8..IO.‘ a Bellxrmin. Wilrex, b_ Placzfitos rig- g uiora gm: pro. in xjs mmeiém izrttjex opera. I947; M,‘ gm: digizo.‘ -‘ mm dzflin 6'11. one. c The aducrb ’ Qmay beta-A ', ken {orguamlo l {o wcllas guoniam, Smtclzm in lat, . So our latter, " tranflarion 3; . the Geneua, when I conjz‘a'cr. ‘ d Bucer. Mollerm. Calvin. gloife. f Caflodams. l l - x. I. efcenfiairtidaj ezarning Prayer; L l ’g./1?}: 14.13‘. lhpfiide Uri» in ‘ :16}. ID. V Bmer . .. Mufiulm. L'a¢luin.in lot‘. . ./llt"er¢'d¢.H_do driani 67" k In Her.-fur2’i:, I Cyprianfcr: dc bane fatienn tit, Idem ‘Plato in Jxiatho @- ..4ugufl:[er.° 3 I adfiwztres in cream. :11 Bernard J‘: ‘co;:fi.4er4::i:l'r 2.. » 1 “P-9- ; n Pramptuariio’ Iampart: 1. peg: 2. 0 Cap.3.mcdi- Mt. p I0f2‘p77tu4n.. “'3“'i‘A»""‘3~I.-c.: ' ‘ {eel y man. According to this acception oftheworde hided his Page to put him in minde euery morning that ‘Troy: that any man is miferable , let it {ufiice (quoth Z aroaflg: onely laughed at his birth,and yet hee {round dilpute with thy Creator : {o when the men ofLima_m'a would haue vvorlhipped the bleiled Apoliles for gods: 3 Paul and Barmzba»: anfwered and faid; why doc you thele things , wear: mm men,/uéicfifta the lag paflions that]:-éc .- So S.‘Pe:er in thelike cafe to Corncltm A éts 1 o. 2 6, I m]fc{f: an 4 man. So Damid in the very next Pfalme at the lali V€r{6,'Put them 0 Lord in feare, that the Heat: hen may know themfelucst to be éut men. The‘ word as here,{o there is Enofb , 1' lignifying a fory and /11.47:, it is reported that I’lw’/1'; K. evf/Macedon comman- /Je mu 4 man, that is, (as ‘€p15lc*rw the Philofopher told Hadrian the Emperour) infae/icimfi: méula, calamitati; falmla, the map ofrniferies , and as it were the Tale of A/Icmmnderl) - that he i s a man , andik Seneca to the fame purpolefiztemczmqzrc mifemm 2/islcrir, /oaminewfciatl and : therefore the 1 firfl voyce that is vttered by the new borneinfant is crying, hereby Prophecyingthat hee is 3 comeinto a world fu;l of care and calamities. m Home tdelmr qeod lmmofit, eméeficn: quad nurlmjmplarmsx qmd natmflt , mzrm:4£¢n: spice‘/it corparcfiagi/i manta fleriliz matter ‘enough of {arrow both at his death, and in his wholelife, To {peake more diliinfily , man is called i ‘earth in one verfe thrice,lercm. 22. 2 9,: 0 cart}: , earth, ezzrtla, hear: the word: of the Lord, that is , as 9 Bernard and other haue confh-ued it, « W Wrocreation. Earth by -< Suiientation. V [Corruption - Earth by procreation , For the firfi man is called ‘A- dam, F that is,red.carth, ‘oft/ac 4'21]? inf the ground Mata?’ be #14”. G811-2.7. and the Patriarch A‘Zwzbngza acknowled- gingthc bafeues of histbeginning {aid mm the Lord, 14”’ 9”‘ 45¢” 434 a/bet, Gen. 18. 27. Now "God made [hi5 1 ‘ ' ‘ ‘ . ‘ '* ' " ‘ ‘ ‘ :_.>";:“~:~-..‘—'1::'~;.~ ”§;"I..“-. r. — .v'1v,\'r_-:7. _. ,.:—.,‘.\, av- . ~. a (Ia/tfw/ia».daylma:ming }>r.zjei.i this earth of which hee made man of nothing,*accor- mm, amdttlze Earth, <1 he made notthis heauen and earth of an other heauen and earth, but hee Created both , as ihauing nothing but nothing wherewith, and whereby to build this goodly frame: and fo confequently proud man in re{pe<°c of his materials is brought vnto no- thing, as our Prophet in‘ another place , man 2': like 4 thing tfnmgbt. and 5. PM! Galat. 6. 3. Ifawj tmm frame to /simfelfe that he irfitmetking, when 19:: it nothing ,_}bee a'e~ ceitmla /simfelfe in his imagiflation. Adam bcgat Cain: and A5:/I, Gen.4 Cain fignifieth oileflion, Aéel ‘ mourning, or? vanity, to teach vs r “ that the poileflion-s of mcnare vexation and vanity, yea vanity ofvanities,and extreame vanity,Ec_cle{. 1 . 2. and as Adam begate ionnes like to himfelfe, fohis fons alfo {onneslike to themlelues, of a X loathfome excre- ' ment, carried in thofe members of the body which are 3’ lelle honourable, 1 couered and madefearefully ,. brought forth into the world with intolerable paine , fo vile, To foule, 1 -at pater imam acczfit magi: qmim mta /imiglir ozidmmr, I {pare to {pealte what I haue read, and euery wife efp ecially midwife knovveth, onel y giue me ‘leaueto cry out with our Prophet, Wlant 2': mm: ;? 2 Man is earth, in rcfpeéi of (1-zfienrarion , and that rzztione vaiéixs c5» -uefiimr , in regard of aliment and in- dumentgmeattand apparel}. Iris truly {aid by thePhi- “lofophers, ex quilt»: canflamm , cxgfdem nutrirmar, ele- mmtafrmt alimmta, wéiincipimmaccipimm. All meates for our bodies in health, all medicines for the fame be- ing ficke areearth and earthly. We feed on thethings of earth , and walke on earth , and fleepe on earth. As . for apparell and ornament , wee borrowvvool of the Iheepy, hay;-e of the C ammellfrlke of the worme,musl< plume from euery bir.d,‘fem,ething from euery Crea- C 3 J ‘ture, ‘ -~<~-..;.:4 - =‘ ._ .' _ t.~’ ' , . :~~;;a.§no'r‘>_'.»;2.»*4’X;'_/-",5'.':--§a;..;.q #4: 3‘ _a_ , , . '.“«-O»:-43_ ‘L‘«i',$;’.§.‘.‘.‘;_»‘y.‘.V'-.r _;_“'__n V cling to thetext, In the beginning god created the Herr . of the mountain: Cat; furres of the heafis, and-feathem . of the foules, like vnto e/ffapx Crow, hauing fome :L~.e¢..l_\.‘hI‘.M.£9J.u .u.:e&g.:. gM:.¢A. —§".£.—r.”.*';..:. as‘.nJ'.'* :'t.",‘,-4 ‘+ ~,»f~. , . ~ ‘ 7 -- , _ L,‘ _ _§' - ,1’, I. :1 See Bcllamle 4fi‘enf1'on( 9235;. xi: czd drum grad. 1.cap.;. t‘ PM-: 44-4- F Iafep/7:14 121%.. /74p.cczp.3, t (‘alujn Germ, u Ifidorus ‘bale?!/z‘3_ x Lem':,;5',;4 Efay 64.6. ‘Y I Cor.!z.2.3. . 3 . . a'P1m‘::rclv.com. a'e «more prclis. i y y Bmkmder M Diuines obferue, that the yeares ofmen are tearmed , 43 “time gem: in holy Scripture dayes, asrrbe. dates: qf Nae , the date: If . ,,m~,-_ 3,, ._,,fi¢,_ Lat,t1ae daie: afEliu gbecaufe they ltued but a few dates, 90. 14. as the Patriarke s Jacob , few and euill haue beenetlae‘ §"I”I- 5 -‘*""fl‘>'- dam of my ‘Pz‘l(grim;r‘ge.h And the C/oronicleiare tearmed we ix‘; ~ ‘- =- ,-s- ‘-«*~'-‘.‘- .- ,3‘ ,. , i variety of coloured leaues adorned, beafis with houes L and homes and other goodly weapons are well armed: ab Their hou- fillies with handfome {ca-les are comely b couered: C on- f“[a1"‘l=§’ (“iii ly mamvnhappy bafe man is borne to nothing but beg- , ‘ 35; ifijerg : gery and rafcality , fo that wee may {iill exclaime with «~1¢dW-1,1, {€31.33 our Prophet, what is man ? thatno wind 3 As man in refpeét of his beginning and procee- b<'— ding is earth,eue_n fo duil and earth in his end ; for the fig 4”. ‘m’ Lord himfelfe denounced , 4 out ‘of it nmfl -I/you ark», r defortumt. . n then he {hall be term 4 uremia, becaufe euery one lhall ‘fl 5""? 19- tread on him, a eliuing Dog is betterthen a dead Lion, . ° E“"'fl9‘4' euery’T/aerfim will iniultouer Heéior , and euery fcrub ’ run vpon Ac/2:’//er, euery Child is ready to manglethe thong oake when it is falien,and he that durfi not look Cceficr in the face, is now hold to pull him by the beard. Q ur bodies are not onely houfes ofc1ay,Ioé.4. I 9. but asthey be eartlal},_{o méermcler, 2 .Cor. 5. x. {ct vp this day, and happily taken downe the next. And therefore f Tbeodorm I06. 2.17. r . , , g G4,,,.47.9_ of men, who hued not many yeares , but afcw dates, for aiter all their glorious aft s , ( occuérzit cum patriém, A L chre) is the conclulion in the fiorie, the end ofiome 1 1I1 lrvfir‘ mflmfil l l i V‘ I Afcenan dizy tnarhhtg yrajer. l nelle, according to his quality : as he may {ow his fields for prouifion of ordinary bread, fo may hee plant or- ‘ chards of great delight,and eat the fruit ofthem,he na 2:)’ l vfe wine to glad his heart, and oyle to a make him a cheerefull countenance, Pfal. 104.. 1 5'. Lafily. though man in refpe& of his mortality be: called earth andtz/her, yet his blelied Sauiour {hall at the lail day raife his i vile bodie out of the duff, and make it like his glorious body : though in this world a littlewhile lower than Angels, at_the refurrefiion of the dead, hee lllall bee k M the Angel: ofhecmen :‘ Almighty God is mindefull ofhim, and fo mindefull as that he 222/5- ted him, and that not onely by his Prophets and Prea- chers as it were his Proxies, but in his owne pet {on hee became‘ flelh and dwelt among vs, hee fo viiited man extreamely ficke to death, as that bee ‘*1 redeemed /rim»: and deliuering him out of the hands of all his enemies, he crowned him with hammr andglar . And heere let vs obferue why the Church alotted this Hymne for this high and holy Feail, to ad oar Gotsemar by Chriils ‘1 afcending vp on high and leading captiui- ty captiue,fet hitglarie ahane the heauemfor Chrifi is the charaéter of his rfon and brightnefle of his. glory, Hebr.t1. 3. Chri alfo doing extraordinary workes of I mightand mercy, had his pragfe perfited 5] the mouth of halve: aadfi¢c.Qlia_g:,Matt. 2 1. I6 . and albeit in the daies of his flelh, hee °humbled himfclfc, and? as hauing a mortal] and a pallible bodie, was a little deale (at Icafl in his 01 paflion alittle Y while) lower than gflngelx 3 yet God was alway mindefisll of him, and wfited him , and crowned him with honour dndglarie. For what: he had tri- ‘ umphed ouér death, hell, and the graue,God gaue him 5 all power in heauen and earth, bee made him Lard 05137‘ the worker afhé: hdndx, amdpat allthing: infIt5i6’€7i0fi ‘Under hi: feet, as S. Paulexpounds this I-Iymne, Heb.z. 6 7. 8. and 1. Cor. 13. 27. what is dmlgogica//] meant byj7mjp6 and ¢x‘:r:,éeafi: oftbefield, in tlaefea, See 8 . Avg”/7””: E:i:fiJ.'Z:. 4'1? M «$- 1! E mfg }m,D .Im'ogm't, Bcllarmin, Iescolv do zmlm, gqncérard in lac. I7 L Adam in his integrity‘ was made L 0rd ouer the beafi ofthe field, fowles ofthe aire, fifh in the fea, by right of 1 his =creation ;«end the {onnes ofddam haue no true title to the things ofthis world, but in rightbof their recrea- tion. As Chrifl is “lame ofpz/It/Jingaeufin fo they which are engrafted in him are before God owners of all things. He that hauing lofi Gods Image 3 puts» on the new man (which after God is created in righteoufnelfe and true holineile) bath in Chrifl, and for -Chrifi all ‘ thing: £nfz4é:':£Zz‘on wder bixfeet, all/zeepe and axe», all éeaflx and éirdx, and wbatfoeuér walkth tbarow the pat/1:: oftlaefiw, euen all are his, and hee Chrifls, and Chrifl Gods, as the blelfed Apollle fweetly, I Cor.3.zz.2 3. -4 - c.=---nus»-4-.,.u..ui ~ ‘-7' “ ‘ W w; vi-",sp.”<".“-.‘~ «Va» . * . . _ a I t Gen.!.z6. u Hebe‘) 3 g X Epbefl4.2,4.. vy Treataeltiuge 4'<,> It-4. Thelma». A... «Hm _..n—. 4.. .2‘; 7'2": .,,', -' " ». aw. ~ ‘ '~ ' — . -. . . . ~ V, PsAL;13; mite»; /6411 dwell in thy Taéemacle, or nvbafm re/l fvfroiz t/J} holy /Jill? t \ e THis Pfaltne is YJ)J?mawxZ;, a Pfalme of docftrine, A wherin our Prophet fets downe the true charaéter ofa found Chriflian or Cathnlique, feeking God in the Church on ea_$rthe,6; feein’gGodjn the kingdom of heat- % Lien :‘itis deliuered in forme ofa Dialogue between the i Ptophet and the Lord,& fo confequently confifiin g of F-W790 /Zmli dwell in Y‘ h I ' whatisaskedé‘ tI2)Té5ernacle? (‘D,mi¢‘{5i‘qu¢fi-ion . 1 Who f/M11 reffwfaon inthe firfi verfe L tby/7013/ bill? wherin obferue 3 Ofwhomitis asked, and thatis not any man, but God himfelfe, ‘ Lord who flaall &c. Gad: «anfwer in the refi of the Pfalme , ihewing by what remarkable notes 7: liuely member of the Church is difcerned. §VPrigI2t thought; ’ two parts. 1 " ' Fdeceiner. flanderer. tmcelzreaker. Vfllfero <3 In-ibcrdl‘ worker of on tber (W111 4 owinfl ['15 a O knesglobour. war’ I»/i in decde. 1 Tm: in Word. "in himfelfe, as being no - I V generall, verfe 2. 5 }.. l } 1‘ -.~ .._ h "efchewin will gd hmorepatticular W <«.a.v ca... ~ E“ _ re‘ oi-f‘2g‘2iin_/t’ his neiglabaur. (Low; inbis avme e7'€-‘- _ I Louglytoward all other In . Gods houfe,m.~zlg£ng mm” oftbem thtfcare the Lord- ‘ doitlg good, _, bung hindeting it {'0 far as he can. ~ in othcr,en_tert4iuing "°f4I./1" 5% Or r —a—f e________,... ‘ A____,-—-v-—o-"',"‘—.".- he dilcerned from the children of "this World. T C '.};g‘fen]i'o)ada)i'ir7sérnir1gfrayer, 1 a Or more briefly, the {econd Vt,rma;ae‘,a1:ia;. ties of the firfi table concerning piety toward God, and therefl all duties ofthe fecond table touching Charitie , toward our neighbours. Lam’ who/ball] the difguifing and counterfetting of - bhypocrites sin all ages, occafioned happily this gmare: for as C 8, Paul fpcakes,al1 are not I/me! wlric/2 are of Ifnr. :1, a great many liuing in the Church are not of the C a Church, according to that of the Doctors vpon this place, d malt! /rm: corpora qué non fiznrfide, °mm’ri no. mine cyzri nanfmzt rmmine, Wherefore ‘.Z)tmid heere per» ceiuing that {undry people were Ihuffled. into Gods ta- bernacle like goats amongthe lheepe, and tares among the come, being Iewcs ‘outwardly but not inwardly, deceiuing other often, and fometit-r-re themfelues alfo 1 vtitha bareprofellion of religion and falle opinion of true piety gcommeth vnto God (as to the fearcher and trier of the hearts of men, acquainted with all fecrets, and befl vnderftandrng 8 who are hts ownc) faymg vi)- to him, OLord,forlo.much as there is (0 much vn- foundnelle and hypocriliet raigning among thofe that dwell in thy tabernacle, profclling thy word, and ire, quenting the places ofthy worlhip: l befeech thee molt humbly to declare to thy people fome tokens and cog~ nizances by which a true fubieéft of thy kingdome may ltleere then obferue that an extemall prmicflion of the faith,and outward communion with the Church of God is not fufhcient vnto faluation, vnlelle we lead: an zmrarrupt life correfpondent to the lame, doing the thing )w'atc'l1 is right, and -/freaking the , truth in our heart‘. And ‘C th’g{ef‘0‘re ghg (illy Papifl is exceedingly cdeceiued in re~ ‘ lying fo much vpon the Churches out~fide,tQ wit,vpon ” the fa ccellion of R omane Bilhopsvpon the multitudes ofRomane/ Catholiques, vpon the power and pompe oftheRomane Synagogue, crying as the Iewesin old: time, k» The temple qftlse Lord, the temple of:/2: Lard,our ._..¢._ ___..‘ V ‘.4 "‘ "‘ Church A .,_ X a Melanfl/ion, . Strzgtlim. Tileman. 5 Caluizz , C I{r2m.9.6. Ll I-Iiertsm. e Trrrrecrermtt. fI{am.z.z8. g 2..Tim.z.r9. I h IJ':'R€ X6¢8a i Calmh, l. m BM dforzl " Parmm; letter to the town: of Pydldeno ’ :1 Relation of. r religion Stet. l .43’ 0. PI4tihl3$ Tilemzm. p Steucbm. Genebrad. Bctfarmin. q ,/!.qgz.4/233:1. C/jryflifl. Em/iym. M 01lc‘fl£6'. Tretnetllitt/5. 1° vExai.39.3 2.. l {hallneuer tell vpon his holv hill, and this gtifertion is lM4t..7 zx.2.z_ l ’ ‘ - ml: irztlyj name, and dams great wonder: in thy name, mm’ ' 2/ale): my [profit/fa tmtta t/my flying, Iknazvjwz not, depart " from meejeg iyorfirx t2fi7tzigm't}’; Confider this all-yee ~ ' 4 which are‘Chrillia‘nsm inlip onely, but not inlife, ma‘- ' ‘uniiitunt§*;‘a‘ndTthut*1! other interpret: both ofthc Church ; .bet'ng an imr_nouable I eat was a figured?-the Church tfif Aftéirfiaiz mowing érajer. ' l Church is the Temple of thelford. The carnal! and T carelelTeGofpe.lleris deceiued alfo, placing all his reli- e gionin thefortznall ohferluation ofoutwardferuice,~for /{new C/"aa',hz2‘ in their worker the} a’:m'c /aim, and {O many who {eeme to foiourne in Gods Tabernacle fora time, exprellely confirm ed" by-‘l?Chrill himfelfle, N at war} we (flailh-he)":/jdtfizitblwtta 'r;'éé>Loza,’,lLurd, //Ball enter into the IC-ingdomte of /did!/1677, :53: be: that dot/9 the will my fittber which it in /aedmw. Matty /715:1! fa} Wm me in that e:!a},Lard, Lam’, /mm we not prop/acflw! in tin}: name, andcafi oat di- king 3 *1 maske of religion, or rather a very vizard with eyes, and mouth, and nofe fairely painted and propor- tinned to allpretences and purpo{es..; Q thinke on this all Lyee they forget God, bee that dwelleth’ on high, and béhfoldsthe things hjeere b“ellow,{lu fel-"ersl none to rt/1’ vpon . I t/aztmaunmirze of/723 /yalizceflé-,‘ but fuch as watlke vprig/atly, daitag it/mt which it iufl, andflaezzfing tlmt wéic/2 135 true. «€oncemi’ng the parts of this quefhon, I finde that fome 0 Din”-ines ex-pound both members of the Church triumphaht : but Ifubfctibe to <1 their iudgement who conllrue the lid} part of the m-i1ita‘nt,land the fecond of the triumphant :for the Prophet alludethvnto the ma- terfall Tabernacle called in holy Scripture‘, the 7125:)‘- mzcle ‘ofth?’-3CiégfegMi0n, andto the mount Moriah where the °'I7i:mpleT*lwa9 placed 2. Chron; 3. Iythe 0115 wherofas being a portable and mooueable houfe, vvasta type ofthe-Church militant vpon earth, 6: the other as i11‘>heauen.- Hay theft (8: yet Hotl, but Angk- mmer: wréall -Cbrijiianzkg regal’ lz!tkéi]z‘,l according E0 . L ‘ that of 3. Pvzzzl, Tit. 1.1 6; In zatardt/ye}: profijjé that they flme, t méermzcle, for our bodies are not onely “tabetnacles, ' i fthis houfe of Y clay,mortiFyingtheirzeatthly members, y lo}; 4.: ‘9 c i and“ vling the world as if they VfCClitnOt.'_ 5 edmoéim Z €°—’°/fl 3 5- . _ dallrighteoufiieliezt bee ledrmimorwpt/tfia °WhlCh'°f ‘l M4"”=3'I5- p /ii: mama} to éiting. vffli-6, but employed his talent to the ’bell’3vfe5 railing the dead; and curing the difeafed with- - \ Afienjion 72sag*izin -. Y ' . In t P . W t l thet who dwell 1n the! tents of vn~ 3 7’f41-34- 1!- r‘ doth efpecially manifefl himfelfc ,‘ andtreueale his glp: s L bf his Father in maielly) defe-rue to be called the mom- L «bifie there ,. for mfixoept-4 mm: he home of water and of m Mm 2‘ 5,. V M; cling; no fi:;:_7;.c‘p2fi[é€_ Gad, nothing which :3‘ amcleamel ' ' isno deceit, or conceit of doing euill. If any deli re to c/mm.in lac. a tainc,they reflfi&mtheir14haurt,Apoc.14. I-;.and for l . 1 A 5 fielhruwa-nagg Heaven is note‘ mountaine rmely , be: 2119 we ,1”. - * godlines. - That is k an holy place where the Lord doth openly k g,m;,,'_§._ manifell his prefence : butin the highefl heauen hee 3 ry,er o heauen is the hill ofhis holines. i If mount Thd-I her a er the transfigu ration of Chrifl, and prefence of God theremanifeficd is for that caufe called by S. 1 Pe- 1 2 pm .18. ter the hat} mountain: , how much- more doth the hea- ' * ‘ net: of heauens, where Chrifi (itteth at the right hand mine of God: /Jalihet. . . l , » . e . 2. .Heauen~ is an [M1] hill in refperft ofthofe which a-‘ ‘ thef irits, he cdtmat mtersinto the fingdame of G ad, '1 W'a'th- n Heh. xz.14. /h.41'¢’hhlAuepoh[efl1”aninth: half Cit)‘, Reuel. 2 I .2 7. This hill ‘ % as Diuine 0 ‘Tim termed it,is Campy: verimm wherein A O .,4pud Stex;-Jl ref! vpon this high and holy rnouutaine, hee mufg as it followcth in our -text , lead an zmcorrupt lift, doing the thing that is right, ahdfieafiag the truthfiam hi; heart. a L The word dwelling imports tell and eternity : rell,all mcniagaeithis Tabernacle areborne to trauell and trou- ble, hut when once they dwell vpon that holy moun-A that caufe the kin gdome of heauen is often termed by Pam! in his excellent P Epigéf to the Hebrews the refl of P c,,P_ 4‘ Wm Gad. And our Prophetintlf isfenfe faith in 1 16,PlEaln1 x. g-s.8.9.xe.n ~ " ‘Bib ‘ “ . ‘ verf. 7. Tame mm thy refl 0 my fade, and the glorxouggl B<~’fi1«E~tl>:m. * Pldcia'm in lac. Angels are faidete conuey the foules oi fuch as diein’ the Lord into the ’ bofome of Ahmhtm, infi-nu ating gt Lug :5”, D 3 hereby l ..m.,,-Tv1»:;;;.s.2..;..:;4},..t;-:_i.\-.;g.L;l.‘.Z;§.i:t __ M, i _ ,_ ,_ « . ’ . . -A ’ » %3,,... w'~,:.*4‘I2‘Ql_Vj'fi_7£~":V:v_‘,‘ K‘ _ 7 V 1 _-‘.3 I‘ ‘ g :4 . _ ’ . . zC0’,4..i7o ' u 7’[3il.i6;1z'. ‘ ix -2' Cor'.S.5- "t I -‘Pen; 4.. Jr , I .ChUl’Ch Militant on earth, 3: the Church triumphant 1 In this wee-foio_urne as Pilgtimes, X abfent from God ’, in that being remoued from this earthly tabernacle we. _ ' here the vexation oflpirit, there refliznto our foules.,‘. Hitherto concerning the two members of theaque-, ~ ; g * ioyntly, for both parts are to beconllrued of the fame y I 0, A2 Jz‘rI4rl#\.1e.37.' 1 Luke 13 . 2.4.- s‘: hereby,that they tell vpon Gods holy hill as in the l‘10_- forne and atmesof a moi’: indulgent F athcr. Andithls tell is a continuall Sabbath, as we confelle in our Cr€'€ an werlafling lz'fa,whereGold giueth all his an ‘ eternall VV eight, and an F incorruptible crowne ofglory ., s where faith our“ Prophet , there are pileafuresand fulnelle of ioy for euermore. g c - l « . Heere then obferue the great difierence betwixt-the . in iheauen. This a rent ofwarre, that amount of peace: this a valley of tearesand trouble ,’ that axkinsgdorne of happines and glory : this our way, that our Countrey. dwell with God. H ere is the combat, there the crown. 3, {lion feuerally : now let vs in a word treat of them alfo party. H ee who {hall one day become a dweller vpon. the holy hill. is firfi a foiottrner in Gods taherna‘cl~e, and heel which is a foiourner in?Giods tabernacle, (hall ~alfo dwell vpon the holy hill.‘ Touching the firli,‘ all men delire with Y I>’4!amm,itodiethe death ofthe righ- teous,but few doe care to lead the life of the righteous. All men would haue glory a but few hunger and thirll i=°fil‘:l' ' after grace. All men with the {Otis of‘ Zebedem, would be glad to be greferred into Chrills kingdo'me,.but few men are co i exit to drinke of his cup._ All men ex pee’: reli vpon th ‘ themfelttes as i 9.. -<: grimes inhis tabernalcle; ' — N ow the Sacrifipture telletihvs plainel V':tha"t Wcecan-T-c: it i not enter into Gods kingdom e,v_:nlell"eweatconte3tid and‘: g‘ llriue for entrance, ‘tlae (-madame ofbeaaenfizfiélrath zzia-i V lame, and the violent méz: it 3} farce, gMar..1 1.1 2.. is cal-3 led a b trimfiirg /aidiiz t/imfieid, but we cannot obtain this . 1 ,5: Man 3.44, \ hillof God, but_alas.few hchaue. _ "treal'ure,vnleH»’e we fel all that we haue to buy that liel?-.. t '. c i ‘ ' :3 . ‘T’ —v-v ..,r...3¢.gv.-u-ova-.r 74.» ..v.‘ .. -BHL. r .ri-:5 ~‘~. 1'4 fpirit and turne the grace G of Godintowantonnes, and 6» ~ . . -. '* »~ ,«..- . _. . Q‘ :_¢¢_,f ‘.5./v._. -«V, ,-«, ‘ :._‘57?5, M ,‘»_J;..-. ‘j’; my . ; .. Afienfigxralaj sprigs. It is called his *~‘ daypeaniy, bar none {hall hane this hire, . but fuchtasehauebeeine.ahonr-arein this vineyard. it is calledhis dgt»-mt flapper, but none {hall eat of hi s meate, . lit at table which embrace the prefent world. I t is , . called his ‘lay , but none {hall enter into that ioy‘, but fuch as haue well imployed his talents committed to their charge. It is called his ‘price, but none lhall attain a y to it, but fuch as :r‘_finne to the races end for it. It is cal- ~ 3 led a 3 Crowns, but none. {hall enioy that crowne but 1 tfuch as fight and continue faithfull vnto the death, A pac.z.1 0, hi]: i: atme/ajing, we éedmd with C /mfl, we found member ofthe Church militant lhal in due time becomes member of the.Chur'ch triumphant. I know 3 therehelriranjr hypocriresin the world , who for a time crotid into“God%s' tabernacle, and dwell‘ In-ma;t“es.a-1 . mongthe godly: but becanfethey doe notfacere, but ; fingeife Iaflitiam as zl/lelmzfllaan vponthe place, feruing ‘ i Gods.t’ruth=onely to fetuetheir owneturne, theirkend is‘damnat,ion,and.rheir lo“”istheir.fl1ame: for asv - right nien-of an vncorrupt hlser vfe the world, that they may the better enioy Gotlxtcuen {o hypocrites on the world stand fo confequentlyskno. wonder if luch idle .= flraglers in Godstabernacle (which harden their hearts ; and harken not to hisvoice) bedepriued of entring in- . f to his rel}. I-lerethen a-diliinélion is necellary , {ome e f men are lhufflinginmatess other during their lines let. ; led tenants in Gods houfe, lwandring liars in Gods fir~ a “ mament, wauering hypocrites in Gods tabernacle car- ried about with as/euery vvinde of doélrineyqnienchathe D4 f: ..’:','»-"¢'*r’»‘ ‘ .,."-"45 2» 1 .Z‘‘‘ . '. _» .r:.,.,;,': ».'.‘;.vj2C:g;‘:~_ , r _ , ,~ . ' f/m/lalfa km with him, If we [II fir, nvefba/!4lfotmz'g;re with it laim«:oth'erwife.no combat, no crownegno -llriuin ,no G _‘ maflery gno wandringinGodstabernacle; nore ing a his holyhill; T . e A l e t_ Concemingtheat fecondspoint, the way to heauen is "by the gates ofthe Church , hee therefore which is a e G M«t:._ zeal cl £r4§\eI4-.16. e Ma_l.z$.avI. if ICM 9.24’. g _zl.Tz‘m.4.8. h z.Tz'm: z.u. contrary vfe Godthat -theyrmay. more freely enioy the i (‘:zlm'ml.M'_ol. lerm. it Thilzfig . 19 l Iude 1’.erf,' 13. m £pIJef4.14, V \. . I1 E_1eIar.t1.z4 o P[2zlt6,t2.. p‘He1a. u..t.‘ q Km 8.18 . r z.C_or.4.I7 F M4t.4. I 7. v t: M4t.I3.?fr. 1.8.~zO._2.l.2.:. 25'... 3 200,4 xI.ukez3.4.3.' K . #._.. Afcenflon day pfayef. ii fo the blacltnetie Ofdarl<.€l1€Sf0l‘«Cu—€I‘ is referued vnto , them as S. Imle fpeakes in his Epiflle, verf. I 3. but inch as arefaitltfull and‘ obedient fubieéis in the kingdome . ofgtace tothe end, lhall in the end be made Saints and inheritots in the kingdohae ofglory. temne the momentary vanities of this yrefent world, 3CCOUDflDgilC more then extteameemadnes if for the temporary 11 pleafures offinne we lllduld 1ofethe° ful- nes ofioy that endures for euermore. 2. to P run with inuincible patience the race that 18 {ct before vs , as be- worthy the 1' eternall weight of glory, that {ball bee re. uealed. ' R a i t The preaching and prefling of this one point is fo necetfary that Chtifl our heauenly Doeior began his fitli {ermons (as S. ‘ Matthew reports) with amendjaur line: for :19: kingdom: qf Herman it at /Mud. And inthe progtetie of his teaching moi! of his ‘ parables were cotttpofed oft/ye kingdom: of /Jeaum. And inthofe forty .t/sing: which apps.-rtaiae to the kingdom: ofG'.aJ, as S. Lab’ recordeth, Aéts t. 3. by which it doth appeare that this argument was the beginning ;..middle, and end of all his preaching cle. Now the happines of heaven is {et foorth in the holy Scripture by foure names efpecially. t Paradife, fo " Tm! {aid he was taken exp into Pam- dzfl, fo 7* Chrifi on the Ctolle to the penitem theefe, ta dz} I/aaztflmlt éc with me in: Pamdife. ‘ So 3. Iain”, A poc. 2.7. the tree oflfe it in the middefl afzlge Pgradgfla afGod. 2. Houie,.lohn I4, 2. In mjféubérs boufie tar’: ma/mic’ ~V mamfiom, . 3. City, Heb. I 2.22 . Teiare came to :19: Cit} aftlae li- _ tiing Gadtée celcfliat/I Hierufélem, ' ’ 4. Kingdome; Mat. 5'-.3. B/efedare the pear: in Spz'- V » 7'5-bf?!’ t‘/Jcir:»i.t,~tb¢kiu‘gdome cf/aezmem .. '1 if in g atiitred that the light ‘I affliéiions of thislife are not daies al"terh’is refurte&ion,lae /parka to /91': difivlples aft/an/e— ti [0 long as h€...fOiOut'1I€£l in Gods tabetna- l ._....‘, Z The meditation of this doéitine may teach I .to con- L F.., s It: ~. ~ Aft’)!/fiat) dd} moriiingprayer. “flit is called a Paradgfi: as abounding with vnt"peai.‘ , ,, , . 1 -.V" ‘)1 £ . r r;om.a;37. g I Jlfcfrai}, 1' I__(’cian in the Church militant, enduring rhercrolli n V ,Saint.in the Ch.l11‘.Ch'§tri.um phafit mgr: t‘/Mn a’n~Ewp)eror': Afl§enfi¢n'day~mor‘ning prayer.“ polfeflion. ‘As theblelfed ‘ A poflle callezh cue _ _ pau- cntlywm t/we 4v~¢vnqwrwr;= fiufifl for we may call CWY For the goodrhings in earthly kin gdomes are tempo- ral! andénaonmentaroie, but the happineife ofheauen is e~ ternall, andneuer fading away. Moreouer Kings and Emperors enioy p_ow_.er intermingled yyirrhoninfirmity: honour ixxternfinglcd ,v,\"i.th” infamy, wealth int€rm1'ng' vexario:n_offpxri:.‘ A King is offo great authority , that PI Ma‘t.8.9. i pm.r49;.s'.=, T ‘k 'P]Zxlm'2., 3. ‘ A o mzkefdq/ajlate; t/mg &r:a@ dawn: pg.armjtainer,mzd wallrymd F . r'?»1¢rf- .‘? fifmft/? ram ”?’eg0.‘5'.,::’3.”,‘.1,k’5"”.'g0.€f}J‘: and We ‘€- n ~;.99UrrWiIbig11°min¥- rForm&n.xtirmes» i.l1’;aAr€_b€m*'3inf(l 4 fiaeake a’e;f«u5?e 3,. 319: 14'. 1W) is sames toiparfe th.a£rt.h€ V fiam tlagmg, In a mutinje the Souldiers often command ~ o Frheifi€9*mnan.dersrand mark: ceiptiu.e their capraines. ; _ yiprore, th¢grca.refi Emperors haue been : andgrdegraded , yéa d\epriuedoof;life,by their We/Ziur; Domitian, Heliogqéalur and infinite mos, both ; eaghen a A :591B¢1;Qr§;§s:th¢imnf1..—r; % »— bouhdancfig thatrtheyacpunnmeirsyearelrf*r¢u€n=U€$5 r 5 , not as yeornen byrhe fcorcgg, or as Qgnrlemenov by the % . milxlion S, ,.Ye_t theirgzgraines grggglo 1QH_g§; t!'1a.n.cheirr;wri;1gs if he éid his sfuéziaéfr kill, the} kill, ifbefcz] flaw, tlaeyfprzre: I f be éid/mz'te,tIae} fmita: be 52°61 them make defo/amt/9c‘}' _ amber, , cam;-,. qgrgii/gr; qoagznrpgb I 3 4144' mm a t/aim/, dye tlrir, med 5:: doth it. §vH4m.-m‘t I gppwcr ta cmczfie thee ( {aid Pi» {late vnto _C/arzfl) qndpawgn ta loo/E zbee, Iohn -I 9.1 0. but this power isointermingled vvithjnflrmity, and this ho- L people: 5 éigrd ingrip Claaérzer , ~ér¢4kz'zr_g‘t/cairn éone: afat2rdcr,ran;{ caflijng arm} the cbrd: of imperiallrauthority rVai_'fa1sr~1E=xam ples heercof, rlu/an vCc€fA2f',f. Nn:a,;ga1é4, 1 .' . ‘A v .r,rChriflian:rand Inan.y.f_o well offrhc-befii Fe synoagea - _, i f araueor;:rr¢s‘:rrruch:a. hUfidf€d3:‘0r. as Lords by1é1rha7 rhoufands ;; bunt by the = fimflwrort» chri-r \ led‘ with want, plqgfurfis;intermingled with anguifh .& ' 3 :::f;hE Pritsgte rCofgrs»: nf rheirf0.11O3NeIs ate—fq . ° ‘ “ ’ ‘" full; , “§!,." > . - . .; ._. ..r_a_.*.L...'_..rL . empty. Now that man is not foupoore thathathalit. ‘ eoncernes thecommon good. B'ef»:&i:(.'$ (faith17>;w!) i importunity. . — V. thllt, that their comlmen Exchekerégaremany {_.__-— times -tile‘, as heethat defires much, leandewants a great deals. Beificiesiit iséanatgument ‘ofpouertyethait the mofii high. : and mighty -Princes haue part" of their niaintenancet their due by the lawes of nature, and rules ofgrace: for ithatig to bee fupported by the common purfe which gm ieédufi‘ bf wrath am'[_}'',' 6:42? nlflzfiar confciencefak; .§.far». jziflert, attendin alwozies vpon I/7:2: var] thing. Render it her- farie to M their dr4é,t'riéx4te, to whom tfiéme it dye, C uflorm i;heir' want'se'in’ithé4tni’€ldéfi i>_£at1l their ealth. ~ ‘ 7 3 ‘ i .. ; So the pl‘ea‘fi1tes‘ of ~ePr'it1cesiare mingled ivvith éfflie flions as ‘well inward as outward, {icknes of body,vex- ation offpirit, torment: ofconfcienee. N on im Corona gap»: cirmndatfimt ztniimmfallicitudo, their crovvne fits hot defer to their heads then care to their hea{ts;;n.:Au— gzzflux Ctefzzr told his wife Livia that hee‘fear;ed both fo- t litude and multitude, Meruendum e/2‘ lejfe fine cujiodia , f ed multa magi: mflade: memendi:ini7m'ci cmé5mole/lifmzt, « f 6'4 M150 i Wdta magzlr. "It is a fearefiil-I thing for a Prince . to be without ihis'egué1rd,2§nd1'yet a guard is’. often a great portunity; ye: friends arelmore troublefometiwith their e 0 Blmédm nomm honé:,*wal4flert{itm, exim: «agar, L V. ‘gym tmnc wile Iamit, max valazfe pig“ .1 But73fuCh*ase'r‘efi v~por‘1‘G,ode holy»‘hiIli,tenioyigood . from the ineanefi ofthe people. This I confelle to be % £55} tvmfe ye pat] triéxgte ta‘ isrzgber pewerx, i M being G ad: M to w/:am=C'uflome : Honour, ta whom Honour, &c, L and yet . t«hits‘;euit‘lently-fl;e_wes-that niatgzétisficent Empierorfshaue» = Zdeafle more fearefull, enemies are trbtibleifthey getiop- i ithiiigéiwltithlaite pure1ygoo‘d , -hotioiutfzwithdufigno-"' hiinie; riches withoutdny wen‘: iai and-fileafure without " ’any‘woe :Afor* albeit the wicked repute themtia this. ' ' 9 1 Car 4,13. earthly tabernacle the‘ P t/erjfmmoftlae worlakyet ‘at the laftdeytfeeihg them‘ arcend the nary‘ mounta’ittea- they " {hall ‘.3 l I"\om.z 3,5, In Clarg-foft‘.b‘6’. 55. ddpojmlum aAntioc.' ’ n Zilbbilimin vim Augufli £Dioni51i6,5§, 0 Pomlinm ct. l . fwd ./Iugufl. 1 "ii W7’-36-v : 44 l ‘T .-r A fi:erg/ion day marningprajér. q W:fl.§.g.tA6 r I Co:-.Ig.18. if .4pac.:.I.4.. t Camden. rtp~ p4rat.annal.;:,6 A u Plrrrirlm. ’ I G4Idt.‘l.I 5. y Tilemau. "z M ollerm T:-emel. ' ofall holinesand happines; N ow two reafons may be , {hall <1 change their mindes and fay , mefaolr: kadwjz i ty) that he would now {end her to refl and raigne vpon l Gods high and holy throne. i. {peakiof the party to whom it is propounded,Lord wlao! . t name of the Church, and in comparifon ofthemfelues in irierflerz, ejfceming their life mrrdnrr , and their and with’ out need , for how can they want any thing when as God is vnto them all things , euen P 4/[in at/1. Pleafure withoutyany croiTe,for Gad /54:7 wipe f 4:’! mm-rfram their dwelling, Plalm. 91.10. When t Anna Balm that verm- ous and bleiled Lady had receiued a tneilage from her Soueraigne Lord King Henry the 8, that fheemuli ac- cording to iudgement gi uen,in Rant] y prepare her {elfe for death : anfwercd mildly, that {he gauehim humble thankes for all his gracious fauors beliowed vpon her, of a M arqueile his (Qeene, but efpecially (feeing hee could not on earth aduance her vnto any greater digni- Thus much as concerning the parts of this high and weighty queflion. It followeth in the next place that I [Z14/ldwd/15°“ he that wil vndertalre to teach other llrould haue firli a good tutor him l‘elfe,»‘wherefore the Prophet contfults heere not with X fleih and blond, but with al- * mighty God the Colleélor ofhis Chuz-ch,and the giuer rlendcied why ‘Erma! in this quefiien appealeth vote the or . l 1. Thathe may not be Y deceiued himfelfe, 2. That his doélrine may be 1 receiued ofother. The iudgementof men whether the.y~deIiuer their opinion concerning themfelues or other is very deceit- full and vncertaine, Touching themfclucs, how many hypocrites among the Pa pills efpersially boall of the as for making her ofa meane woman a Marquelle, and r am /sorrow‘: hm now they rrreim aglvriam bngdome, and a . % érarrrrfrzli crew»: at the Lam’: /rand. Aboundance witl1- V eyer, no crzifl /be/1 /rapper: mite t/arm, arpldgzze came aye their 4 Su- hold all other .heretiek_es or fchilinatickes : :_when as in ' very», - —- , -;o~4.~...: ._ -=4.....u'naug-e.«.4'~aMaiél‘I- ~‘~’ " «-,-2?. ’_..., .1’ :2 _:-.752 , a. ‘ .4,/‘ d [tit/inn 4; m ofmittg prayer; C . 45 — F 4' " ‘ ’.;*~-. ~*—'+er.-'v.,- . V . ~ - ' . -¢*..iv..~‘..-4 ,- «.. ~; 5" ~ .-- ~,~~,.- -r» -— .- 7 very deed they bee limbes of Antichtift , and nothino . letle then the true members of the Cathoiique Church ' of Chrifl. Their Priefls allnme [0 much authority that r as S. ‘Hierome fpeakes in the like cafe , fm dextm doce- ‘ ‘'°‘’’’''‘'’’ 5/2”‘ * dn't,j'm]Imflr.4, nalm.-t dtfl'1:,9!2[0 ration: dzfwtare, fiodf, “f-3%"°m-5- .]:rtece]f0r::fequi. The people liltewife being blindfoul. [0 J2 ' ded are content to beleeue as the Church beleeueth,al- beitthey know not what the Church beleeueth, the C to 1‘ faith of Rome was in the daies of the Primitiue Church exceedingly renovx ntdbthroughout the whole 5 m””°"8' world : but new Rome is To farre vnlike old Rome that we may well exclaime with C Ouid, ’ H :14 qmmtizm been N ioée, N 1195: dz:/iahzt ad i//4, 4 Now is thefaithfull City become an harlot, yea the° mother of vvhoredornes and ahhominations vp- 6 “'P"°"7'7' e \ on earth, an habitation off Deuils, an holdoffoule fpi. .f .Apoc.t8.z: Li rits, a Cage ofeuery vncleane and hatefull bird. It was V ‘full of iudgement, and iullice lodged therein, but new A y _ they bemurtherers , her Princes rebellious and compa- f ‘IXIODS of theeues’, herfilueris become drolle, and her wine l11lXEWlthW2.f€l‘. t ’ Happily {ome willobieel, albeit hypocrites often dcceiue themfelues as vtellas other,yet thegodly dwel. ling in Gods tabernacleknow that they be thefons of 5 . ~ the moll high, andthat they lltall one day refl vpon his § , holy hill , according to thatof 8 r7’4al,‘E:eamine}aur. g ,¢,,,..,3,.5 3 _ felmr wbrtbaryoa are in t/at Fm:/a or no 5 know ye notyaar r omrefelrrer, bowtlmt Icfm ('/iri/5‘ zit injou, except ye éte re- ' proéat: ? Ant'we_r is madethat thcfpirit of man is not a- ' ‘ ' 3 ble to make this true certificate without the fpiritof » .; God, as thehfame Apoflle teaeheth elfevt here, t/jclbirit h Rom: 3-'16 ; -3‘ cernfiet/9, or wit»: 1]": :2 with ourfiiritt that we are t/Jefamm l C ‘ 0 God. - A - . . fThe hart of man is alvvaies i will, and often k'deceit- ;§',;:Z-$.63’, full , and therefore boall not of thy good conkience withoutthe witnetle of the {pirit 2 forlhmlbcliire his I conuerfion had mfained zeale of a falfe re1igio-n,Ga1at ‘{ i I 1-. 14.. c Metet.ltlz.6. dEfr1y.t.7.I. . 5' + .4 i 43 l Afienfian day merrringprajerr nun.--xnnm 1. 14. and the Laodiceans had a countetfet zeal: of a f ‘true religion, Apoc.3.r 5. if thou be the form: ofGod, thou art led by the fpirit of God‘: if led by the (pint, then thou liueil after the {pirit : if thou liueli after the fpirit, then thou bringell foorth the fruits of the fpirit, Lone, I oy, Peace, Long-fufiering &c. for the fpirit is holy, the {pirit offanétity, firll he makes thee, then af- {ures thee to be the fonne of God. Ifwee lead an encor- mpt lzfc, doing that wbigb is right, and/gizeaking that which :2: tmefrsm our heart, the fpirit Certifieth our fpirit, that we now fiioarne in ad: Taérrrracle, and that we {hall in 1 fine refl "upon his bag mauntaine. For by thefe characters - ~ ,1, ;p.;.,,;o, ofa found Chrillian,our “‘calling and eleétion is made lure : but on the contrary, fuch as are malicious,hauin g a tongue ready to report, and an eare open to receiue /Innderrtagainjl 4 naigbéour : {uch as are couetous giving out their manic: ta vfirr}, and taking reward: xgain/t‘ the in- ‘ a norm: : fuch as make no confcicnce to lie, to break oath “ L ~ and word, fwedring to their éret/arenmnclyct dz/dppajnting :/am .- albeit they dreatne of thefpirit (yet while they liue thus after the flelh) bee neuer lodged within their heart. The fond opinion of theiriu flification and ele- ction arifeth only from their owne conceit, and Satans H a « deceit, S ee Epill. Sund. 8. after Trinity. A , Thewiclted then are deceiued in thinking, that they ' -I {hall one day tell vpon Gods holy hill, and the godly . cannot be fore but by the witnelle of Gods owne fpirit, 51 * fo that in this quellion wee mull euer haue recourfe to God, and fay with our Prophet, Lard,w/10 (Imfire/2 am‘. As the iudgem ent of men is deceiuable touching them- felues : lo moi} erroneous concerning other. For wic- ked -men out of their malice cenfure corruptly , and godly men out of their charity iudge vncertainely : the wicked hold the true members of the Church to bethe itfcumme of the world, and off-fcowring of all things: ’ 3 low“. *1 excommunicating them, and perfecuting them from . i ‘ city to city, thinking that they doe God acceptable fer- utce ‘ 1 942.5. zz. , __%__' V Wifd. 5. 4.. ° hating them eucn with a perfect hatred,as ‘‘ «aa-.'u.n-1.uuIn_.a&ah- .. .4. .. ..........nA-.a-..«_ _._ _.. . ;;;r ’ _ ' 47 . _-..' V A X ._ ._ _ 1‘ ’ utee when asthey martyr them. Inaword, they count - r their life madnetfe, and thetrend without honour, A W ‘4Afienfiénidajiflrningprayer. ‘ 1 . , _ , _ _ O Ioh.l7.x4_, N bemgmthe world, not oftheworld ; pilgrims in this earthly tabernacle, rather then inhabitants or fettled t. . dwellers, acco/¢ non /méitatorc: term(quoth P Antlvrafe. P 06 Abraham i, Father Aérabtzm at Gods appointment forgat his owne "‘I""~“‘-"'7' kindred, and departed out of his owne country to the. g gromifed land, Gen. 1 2. 4,. [0 the fonnes Ofzférablflb, I rneane the faithful], Gal. 3. 7. albeit they foioume vp- g g on earth, haue their conuerfation in heaucn, Phil. 3.20 the Church is Chrifls ‘* daughter and darling, rloue and 9 ?’f3*’-.'45-I4- r ‘ doue, {landing at his right hand in a veilure of golde '3‘: wrought about with diuerfe colours. N ow that the ‘ ' ° King her husband may bane pleafureinher beauty,ll1e iforfaketh her owne peopleghnd fathers houfe, PfaI.45, 1 I .cleauing onely to Chrill, as being one with him, e- pi uen fleih of his flelh, and bone of his bone, Ephe. 5.30. and therefore no wonder if Caine murther Aéel, ii-”Efam g \ lr, perfecute Iacoé, ifithe {cede of theferpent maligne the r ' {cede of the woman, if the children of the Diuellhate the fonnes of God, as being Antipode: one to the other, oppofite both in condition and country. '~'_Fer‘ w/mt t 1 60,5“ ,_ concord hat /9 Cbrz:/3 with Be/1'41, and what communion bat/9 light with darkneflie, and at/rat_fcI1aw/Inp /aatla rz"g/atronfnejfet _ with Wnrigbt£aufntJ,@‘ w/mt agreement between the temple 4/ of God, andtke “tent: afvngodlineffe. As wicked men out ’ Pf4l.84..11, of hatred cenfure good men corruptly, fo good men out of charity fentence wicked men erroneoufly : for the godly iudge euery baptized infant to be regenerate ' (as our common Catechifme teacheth vs) a nmnéer of Clm;/3, 4 claildc afG9d, audit: inberitonr of the K ingdame aflmuen. In the iudgement of charity they hold eue- =K ti profetfed member of the vifible Church, a member ofthe Church inuifible, elefted, called; iufiifieda fan’ éiified. In generall they know that many he callcd,hut . few x'Ch0fCD!,._and[ha[ many which are profeliours 3- ix Man 22-.I4- ‘ mong « ._'v—vu-5,. -rr,-F‘ '1'.» I .' .4‘ 7.._._.. / . . . . ' v‘* .';.~’._*.. ~ , -1 ’ 134*’ .. _."—g;.'-a.';_l'4\$LAA1..4§‘\KK";‘fl.;£>£1.J«;.i2ku.bfl.inthiA‘ 5:tu4‘>.v.‘ ’ . . » V -_ >1 -— _ _ — i. u , _ .~....~-.‘..:z-.... >- ....-.v-;_‘._».,,_ ._ _ -_ .- _ _ . _., ,, A ,,»,..v _ ‘L -V 3 . , / _ . . ' 8 1 ’ mongv.s,.are not 3' of vs ; and yet in particular they <30 7” ‘ ‘"5"’ '9' t not yea they dare not 1 iud e much leife conclemnfi Z Luke6.37. . ’ ’ _ ’ ° ' _M,,,,;,_,,,_. . this or thatpartyabeforetbetnne. The falfe hyp0C{1f¢ a 1 Cor.4, 5. A in doing that which is right, and in (peaking that wl11€h ‘ ' is true, may feemeiuil in oureyes,and -yet be moi} abo- ’ minable before God : for he may fpeakethe truth, and ‘ t « yet not firam /9:3 heart 5 and hee may doe that which is - 1 right, and yet not for rightcoufliieflc‘ /like 5 being as the t b 01:41.}/Ieta. 1* Poet pithily, ,f.«.z£Za pim @-{celemtm eadcm. Wee be- e A-1:I:.3. 4 hold the man, but not his minde : his worke, not his will :his fat‘! not his faith : his ac"tion., not his end. So that the iudgement of Charity belongs properly to ' men,but the iudgement of certainty to God onely, to whom all hearts are open and no lecrets hid. 566 G0- fpellq. Sund. after Trinity. \/Vherefore beloued fee- ing we areto {land to the iuclgement ofGod, and not of men zlet vs vncellimtly labour to approue our lclués notfo much vnto men as to the Lord who trieth our hearts , 1. TheiT. 4. 4. Secondly , the , Prophet in this quellion appealeth vnto Gods Oracle, 1 that his anfwer might bee teceiuedwithout exception : E“: Mm: 3.19. forc Godis not as man that he {hould lie,~neither as the d ,_ T,-,,,, H9, {onne of man that he llnould repent : he bell d knoweth Le fxad.32..3z. his owne, writingtheir namesinhis ‘ booke from the p « F Man =5-3 7-» beginning, and F {eparating the fheepe from thegoats . a in the vxotlds end. From hencewe may leamethat the. l’ « ' 4 bell anfwers in queflions ofreligion,are from Gods ho- a ly word, which is a lanthorne to our feet, and a guide ml 1 to our ‘pathes, a 3 perfeét law, 11 profitable to teach, im- ii z Tp’”‘9z5_ ' prooue,’ correcft, in {true}, that the man of God mag be . t ' futnifhed abfolhtely vnto all good workes. The ro-‘ \ phets iznderithe law flood vpon this proofe principal- ! " ‘ i ly, Thmfait/9 the Lam’ : and Chrill in the Gofpell, It is i V, 1%“ 13. l_ 3W‘i"¢.fi. Hdficjiee not read .9 Te: fume heard. And the fa. F — ,,,-,g_ 48.; I thers in olde time,‘ Audi, non a'icz°t,Domztm, am, Ragattah lerlaeadoret.‘ Mt Vincentma, amt Hilarim, mt Auguflinm, /addict’: D} t ~J MI. 1.6. x.ca.7. mirtw. So the mofl religious Emperour 1‘ (‘onflmme ‘,;_ - ' , admoni{hetl__l ‘ ildfécrg/2'07: day. mérniflgjrrajer. . A 4.,‘ ...4-- . In ..pF .4}; ‘ V t day hzainingprajei. thofe heauenly infpired Scriptures, as inlhufting vs . fully what to beleeue in diuine things. 5o1S.H;/my pronounceth him an Amic/Jrzfl and Amz_t/acm4,w ho will 1' not haue his faith to bee tried and examined by the ' Scriptures onely. So m C/arjfii/lame, the facred bookeis a mod exact ballance, fquare, rule of diuine Lawes. So fome learned men among the" Papifis, and by name 0 Gerfon and Picm .x’£»Iz'r.2m2xelaz confelle that an Idiot, a woman, a childe, are better to bee beleeued alleadging the Scripture ; thena whole Cnunfell and the Pope himfelfe determining without Scripture. So lhould e. uery good Chriltian appeale from vnwritten traditions vnto the written truth, in all controuerfies of religion and cafes ofiizonfcience hauing recourfe P to the Law, to the Teflimonie, {ajing with our 9 Prophet, 1 will /ycarken what the Lord, will concerning me,Lardwk-o_//M/z'J/oioztrx, Lhrd who/be/1 dwell ? A l He that /cadet/:1 an interrupt, life] Heere two queflions are mooued. 1. Why Damid delcribes afound men‘- t her of the Church, and inheritour of heauen, by works rather then by faith, leeing the Kingdome of heauenis promifed vnto faitb,and the profefhon thereof al{o'ma- keth one a member of the vilible Church. 2. Why a- mong all the fruits of faith almofi innumerable, hee makes choyce ofthofe duties efpecially V\ hich concern our neighbours. - , Tothe firli anfwer may bee, that in this and in all 0- ther places of holy Scripture, where good workes are commanded or commended in any, ’ faith 18 euer pre- fuppofed , according to that A poflolicall axiome, Gvlaatfoener 22: mt of faith :1; flnmf, without mee (faith our without faith in him it is impolfible to pleafe God,Heb. 1 1. 6.fide.r efl apemmfimzex, as ‘ Pam/inm Wittily, Fm?/J (as *1 our Church fpeal