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A briefe treatise declaring the true noble-man, and the base vvorldling. By Walter Sweeper minister of Strowd
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Sweeper, Walter.
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1622
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STC 23526; ESTC S113865
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A BRIEFE TREATISE DECLARING THE TRVE NOBLE-MAN AND The base Worldling 1. SAM 2.30 They that honour me I will honour and they that despise me shall be despised By Walter Sweeper Minister of Strowd LONDON Printed by WILLIAM IONES dwelling in Red-crosse sstreete 1622. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE WILLIAM EARLE OF PEMBROCK and Philip Earle of Mountgomerie Grace mercie and peace from God the Father through Christ * ⎠* MY good Lords I had intended to haue presented to your honorable Ladie-mother now at rest with God the first fruits of my labours in this kind containing a iust defence of Gods truth and the credit of Dorts Synod against some of Arminius his schollers here at home who will not be reclaimed by the graue sentence of that late Councell nor affrighted with the strange death of their maister but as Arrius his followers after his fearfull death did labour to scatter his errors farre and neare so do these with vs. But your Honours may obiect to me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To which I answer that partly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and partly the importunitie of some enemies did draw me forth both by preaching and printing to assay to stop the mouthes of gainsayers Now I humbly offer to your Lordships view the true Chhristian Noble-man who by the Spirit of Adoption calleth God Abba Father Rom. 8.15 and which Iob stiles Christ Iob 19.25 Goeli My redeeming kinsman and with Isay Isa 5.1 Dodi My neere kinsman Your Honours may best challenge this little Treatise as your owne right because that I gained the greatest part of my litle learning through my acquaintance with your honorable fathers house and family where you had a most religious and truly noble breeding and education by the zealous care of your pious and truly religious father and Ladie Bathshebah neglected not to teach her yong Lemuels humane and diuine knowledge Prou. 31.1 2. Your truly noble fathers house for state and gouernment somewhat resembled Salomons Court 2. Chron. 9.4 where Shebaes Queene obserued the meate of his table the sitting of his seruants and the attendance of his ministers And your famous Wilton house like a litle Vniuersitie was a more excellent nurcerie for learning and pietie then euer it was in former times when King Edgars daughter Editha had her residence and regencie there so that Popish S.F.E. had no need to seek the restoring of it to its former vses Wilton house had in it that godly learned Phisitian and skilfull Mathematician M. Doctor Moffet my most worthy and kind friend it had in it great Hugh Sanford learned in all arts sciences knowledge humane and diuine vsque ad miraculum whom I euer obserued as Horace did his Maerenas euer before him singultim pauca locutus from whom I neuer departed without some profit To passe ouer Gerard the Herballist M. Massinger and other Gentlemen schollers Neuer noble house had successiuely deeper Diuines namely Bishop Babington B. Parry M. Connā M. Walford M. Parker M. Bigs In this noble House Babingtons rules of pietie and honestie swayed swearing was banished yea the house-keepers and inferour seruants well knew and practised the grounds of Religion as Ierome commendeth the ploughmen of Palestina for their Halleluiahs These were the Trophees of your fathers house he honoured God and God honoured him and you his seed enioy the blessing whereas the seed of the wicked lo ijqqare le holam shall not be famous for euer Isa 14.20 The seed of the righteous shall be great or strong in the earth Dor iesharim ieuorach the generation of the vpright shall be blessed Psal 112.1 2. Wisedome with an inheritance is good saith Salomon Eccles 7.12 God hath blessed your Honours with a goodly heritage Psal 16.6 The price of wisedome is in your hands Oh let your hearts be to it Prou. 17.16 To whom much is giuen of them much is required Luk. 12.48 You cannot say with the Poet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nor with Vlysses in Homer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Serue the Lord with ioy of heart for the aboundance that hee hath giuen you Deut. 28.47 Let your houses not be like Eugenius Tertius Bernards scholler his house recipiant faciant bouos Oh let the vnfained faith as Paul speakes to Timothy 2. Tim. 1.5 that dwelt in your good father dwell in you The Lord blesse your Honours and increase in you all the graces of his holy Spirit for his Christs sake in whom I rest Your Lordships most humble seruant Walter Sweeper THE TRVE NOBLE-MAN The Text Prou. 12.16 The Righteous is more excellent then his neighbour but the way of the wicked seduceth them THE three bookes of Solomon are by some compared to the three parts of the Temple the Prouerbes to the large Court made for the assembly of all the people wherein Christ walked Ioh. 10.23 Ecclesiastes to the holy place where the Priests serued the Lord Luk. 1.9 and the Canticles to the most holy place whereinto the High priest onely went once a yeare Leuit. 16.12 Though this b granted yet the authority and credit of this booke is no whit disparaged but may well answer the beautifull gate of the Temple Acts 3.2 being giuen by diuine inspiration as all other Scriptures 2. Tim. 3.16 And Solomon wrote not this booke by any priuate motion but as he was moued by the Spirit of God 2. Pet. 1.19 20 21. And the title Mishle in the Hebrew much commen deth to vs the excellencie of this booke coming of Mashal to rule excell or speake graue sentences or dark parables Ezek 20.49 Memashal Meshalim hu Doth he not speake parables and it is as much as Kurieuein princely to rule Rom. 6.4 or authentein to exercise authenticke authoritie 1. Tim. 2.12 because these sentences both in regard of their diuine matter and forme do far excell other writings of this kind The Ethicks O Economickes and Politickes of all Heathen Philosophers must giue place to these A great part of these Prouerbes were copied out by Hezekiahs seruants Prou. 25.1 A good patterne for religious Courtiers Now whereas Solomon wrote 3000 parables and 1005 songs 1. King 4.32 God in his gracious prouidence hath reserued to the vse and edification of his Church onely these few holy Prouerbs with Ecclesiastes and the Canticles suffering the other bookes of humane wisedome whereof we reade 1. King 2.41 to perish and not willing to clog the Church with many bookes And therefore many things done by Christ are omitted Ioh. 20.30 because otherwise the world would not containe the bookes that should be written Ioh. 21.25 And as we reade Eccles 12.12 There is no end of writing bookes and much reading is a wearinesse to the flesh If you will know the summe and scope of this booke it is to teach man the holy knowledge of God diuine dutie and morall precepts of ciuilitie Prou. 1.1 2 3 4. For pietie doth not ouerthrow the duties of ciuilitie