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A36543	The Christians zodiake, or, Twelve signes of predestination unto life everlasting written in Lattin by Ieremie Drexelius.; Zodiacus Christianus locupletatus. English	Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638.	1647 (1647)	Wing D2168; ESTC R38850	91,238	264

The Christians Zodiake or TWELUE SIGnes of Predestination unto Life euerlasting Written in Lattin by Ieremie Drexelius LONDON Printed for William Willson Anno Dom 1647 Inward Light Frequēti● Sacram Patience tribulation ●●mes deedes Love of enemies propensed over will to Apreporatio to Death Renouncei● Worldly thing● Frequenting Sermons Self Contempt Detestation of Sins past Moderation of our passion● The Author to the READER J Present thee here pious Reader with 12 signes of Divine Predestination collected at spare houres out of the sacred Scrip●ures and holy Fathers which for the helpe of memorie beare each one their Device or Impres in the ●ront of them This Glasse ●f thou shalt take daily into ●hy hands to dresse thy self ●herein and diligently ●ark how many of these ●ignes thou discoverest in thy selfe whether all or none one or but a few thou wilt be able if thou alterest not thy course to give a near conjecture in whether booke thy name bee written either of Life or Death which bookes are for the present shut up not to bee opened till the last Generall day when those who shall not be found recorded in the book of Life shall be cast into the dreadfull lake of Fire whereas those whose names are registred in Heaven shall participate of a joy which neither knowes a Measure nor an End Series Signorum I. 1. THE first signe of Pred stination is An internall light which beares for it's Device a burning Taper The Motto is Thy Word is a Lanthorne to my feet and a light unto my paths Psal 119. II. 2. A re●dinesse to dye The Device A dead mans Scull The Motto I desire to be disso●ved and to be with Christ Phil. 1. III. 3. Frequentation of Sacraments Device The sacred Eucha●ist The Motto He that eateth of this bread shal not dye Joh. 6. IV. 4. Contempt of world●y things The Device A bare Altar dispoy●ed of all its ornamen●s The Motto is But what things were gain ●o me those I counted losse for Christ Ph l 3.7 V. 5. Patience in the midst of long affliction The Device A Rose tree The Motto You are blessed who weep now for you shall laugh Luke 6. VI. 6. Frequenting of Sermons Device A Fig tree The Word is The wise man shall increase his wisedome by hearing Pro. 1. VII 7. Almes deeds bestowed with a tender affection The Device A Balsome tree The Motto God hath committed the care of his neighbour to every one Eccl. 17. VIII 8. Selfe contempt The Impres The Cypresse tree The Motto Unlesse you become as little infants you shall not enter into the kingdome of Heaven Mat. 18. IX 9. Love of our enemies The Device Two thwarted Lances combined with an Olive wreath The Motto bee not vanquished by evill but by good conquer evill Rom. 12. X. 10. Detestation of our passed sinnes The Device A rod and Scourge The Motto I will come presently to thee and remove thy candlestick out of its place unlesse thou doe rep●nt Apoc. 2. XI 11. Propension of ou● w ll o Good The Device An Anchor The Motto I have inclined my heart to fulfill thy statutes for ever Psal 119. XII 12. Moderation of our passions or the victory of temptations The Device A strung Lute The Motto Thy desire shall bee subject unto thee and thou shalt master it Gen. 3. The Coronides of the Zodiake Is a short discourse of the scarcity of the Predestinate Embleme j Inward Light Thy Word is a Candle unto my feete a Light unto my pathes Psalme 119 V. 105 The Christian Zodiake The first Signe of Predestination Is a Burning Taper The Motto Thy word is a Lant●orne to my feet and a light unto my paths Psal 119 BY the burning Taper is set forth that internall Light Psal 119. which so farre forth shewes us Gods benefits the worlds vanity lifes shortnesse sins filthinesse the fading shadowes of all pleasures that whosoever begins to see them breaths after heaven and cryes with the Kingly Prophet Psal 41. My soule thirsteth for the strong God for the living God When shall I come and appeare before the presence of God Psal 4 88. There be many that say who will shew us any good Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us and in this light of thy countenance will we walke 1. A Master to teach us there is within us the light of Reason which God of his bounty deriving from his own countenance hath placed in the better part of man and this light doth not onely distinguish us from beasts but makes us like unto God This light imprinted in mans understanding is an indelible Sermon which teacheth us not to doe that to another which wee would not have done to our selves inasmuch as we can hope for from anoth●r none otherwise tha our selves have done to others W th what measure ye mete it shall bee meted to you againe Luke 6. Hence it is that wee must neither violently nor deceitfully impaire either the goods of others or their chastity This light shewes us all the creatures and though darkly G●d himselfe the ●reator having all things perfect most blessed eternall sufficient for himselfe and all others the beginning middle and end which dwells in the light that none can approach unto in his works and gi●ts no lesse amiable than powerfull whose Will and Work are the same he w●ich is al mercy and goodnesse yet an holy severe incorrupt Iudge and not to be flattered He which is all Iustice whose shape and greatnesse is beyond expression whose like n ither may wee see nor conceive that at any ti●e we shall see All pleasant and beautifull things compared with him be no better than meere darknes and a poore shadow which lovely transcendant beauty delights in nothing more than to be beloved This light manifests unto us the wor●s of our Creator the interchangeable rule of day and night the star-bright eye of the Heavens Maiesty the long iournies of Sun and Moon earths fruitfull wombe the spatious compassings of Rivers the dreadfull Lordship of the Sea the severall kinds of living creatures and the increase of fruits All which God made without hands or any labour onely he willed that they should be made and they were made Also this light of Reason and Faith shewes mans chiefest happinesse to consist in this if as much as is possible hee become like his Maker for like unto like is ever acceptable and surely no livelier image is there than that which is most like him whose image it is But this shall be not here but in another place in another world in the land of ●he living Nondum apparuit quid erimus c. It is not as yet apparent s i th St. John what wee shall be Iohn 2. onely this we know that when he appeares we shall become l●ke unto him in that wee shall behold him truly as he is From the thought of this seconded by refulgent light the will

O volubility O inconstancy of ours more variable than fortune it selfe which when it ceaseth to be good onely by degrees at least becommeth bad Prov. 11. Impius facit opus instabile The worke of the impious is unconstant and wavering But on the contrary the pathes of the just are like a resplendant light Procedit Prov. 4. crescit usque ad perfectum diem which gains of the skie encreases to a perfect day The Predestinate have such a horror from any sin as they wholly break of all commerce with it thy know how dangerous a thing it is to dally in this manner with Almighty God to repent us of one sin to day and to morrow to commit others to repent afresh They never remember without hearty sorrow on what guilty tearmes they once stood with Almighty God not forget how hamously then they offended him which is our onely efficatious way to obtaine grace and favour of Almighty God who then forgets himselfe offended by us when we with sorrow remember our offence Embleme XI Propension of our Will to good I haue inclined my heart to performe thy statutes alway euen unto the end Psal 119 V. 112. The eleventh signe Of Predestination IS the propension of our will to good whose Device is an Ancho with these words Inclinavi cor meum ad faciend as justificationes tuas in aeternum propter retributionem Psal 119. I have inclined my heart to fulfill thy Lawes for ever c. This inclination of our mind doth then declare it selfe when one shall have firrmly resolved with himselfe never although it imported the losse of his life and all he had to defile his conscience with any deadly sin Psal 118. ●uravi statui custodire judicia iustltiae tuae I have resolved and sworn sayes the royall Prophet to observe the judgements of thy righteousnes St Iohn Quod si cor nostrum c. Iohn 5. If our owne hearts reprehend us not then we may confidently have our recourse to God Father Lewis of Granado affirmes that it is a signe of all others the most evident of reprobation when one doth easily and without any sense of sorrow fal into mortal sin He is but too far gone in wickednes who will not so much as seriously desire to returne to good whereas to be willing to become good is a great part of goodnesse For the predestinate as they would nothing which is evil so would they nothing but what is pleasing to God Wherfore with St. Paul every houre and moment they are crying out Acts 9. Domine quid me vi● facere O Lord what would you have me to doe th●re is nothing which for your sake I will refuse nothing which I shall esteem too hard or difficile nothing so painfull or grievous but in having you for help and guide I will with my sufferance overcome it all Psal 39. and there where my ability comes short I will supply with the ardency of my desires where my feet connot carry me I will mount upon the wings of my cogitations and as the Heli●trop to its beloved Son so I O Lord w●l wholy conv●rt my will to thine In capite libriscriptu● est de me ut facerem voluntatem tuam In the beginning of the book it is written of me that I should doe thy will It hath been mire onely desire O my Lord c. I have obtained to place thy Law in the middest of my heart in the middest of my memory my understanding and my will St. Bernard one ever ready prest for to obey the Divine will pauperimus ego sayes he non habeo nisi unum minimum voluntatem meam non dabo illam ad voluntatem illius qui toto se totum me comparavit Miserable and needy wretch as I am I have but one mite this Will of mine and shall I not bestow that upon his Will who to redeeme me wholly did wholly give himself Without doubt it is most just and reasonable that the Divine Will should be the Author and a rule to ours Constitui conformavi voluntatem meam divinae c. I have resolved say●s Epictetus to confo●me my Will to the Divine Will Wil he visit me with sicknesse then be it so that I enterprise any thing I will undertake it then that I possesse any thing his pleasure be it that I forgoe it behold I am prepared finally that I should dye I am content And who now when I am thus resolved can inforce mee to an thing against my willl more then they can God himselfe Thus much had a Heathen conceived of these verities who onely lived in the blind night of ign●rance and what a shame then were it for Christians in the cleare Sun-shine of Christianity not to behold as much as he Fiat volunt as tua thy Will O Lord be done in earth Matth. 1.3 as it is in heaven Wherefore accing●mini estote filii pote tes ut pugnetis adversusnationes c. arme your selves and be mighty s●ns that you may fight against these nations against the frequent assaults of vices but as it shall be the will of heaven so be it done The first Paragraph IN Cities according to the principal clock the common ones use ordinarily to be set and why likewise should not the wills of every man conforme themselves like little clocks unto the great celestiall one onely the Will of Almighty God Sicut fuerit voluntas in coelo sic fiat As the Will shall be in heav●n so let it be It is incredible how ●ratefull unto God is such an act as this God congratulated with himselfe as for some extraordinary happinesse Inveni David filium lesse virum secundum cor meu● qui faciet omnes voluntares meas I have found David the sonne of l●sse a man according to mine owne heart who performes my will in every thing God had long sought for such a man he layd wayt for one of that mind and disposition who in all occurrences should propose unto himselfe no other aime than the performing of his wil and having found such an one even like one overjoyed our most bountifull father cryes out I●veni qui faciet omnes voluntate● meas I have found him who will doe my will in every thing And t●is was the reason why the Son of God was so exact himselfe in fulfilling his fathers will Descendide coelo non ut faciam voluntatem meam sed voluntatem ejus Iohn 6. q i misit me I have descended from h aven not to doe mine owne will but the will of him who sent me From the rule of this direct and soveraigne Will they are but too farre swarved who not onely not obey at a beck but ever stir not for its absolute command Prov. 14. Sapiens timet declinat a malo stultus transilit confidit the wise man feares and so escapes evill whilst the foole is confident and boldly leaps into