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A10995	Twelue prophetical legacies. Or Twelue sermons vpon Iacobs last will and testament recorded by Moses, in the 49. chapt. of Genesis: containing his bequests and blessings, bestowed vpon his twelue sonnes. ... Preached by Francis Rollenson, Bach: of Diuinitie, and sometimes fellow of S. Iohn the Euang: Colledge in Cambridge.	Rollenson, Francis, ca. 1565-1630.	1612 (1612)	STC 21265; ESTC S116140	213,059	329

their owne strength So it is his will pleasure in our spirituall skirmishes to permit Sathan to ouercome vs that groaning vnder his hellish yoke and the burthen of sinne wee might by the consideration of our owne infirmities be moued to flie onlie vnto him for succour by humble and deuout prayer For it is not sufficient for a spirituall Souldier to bee arme● with the brest-plate of Righteousnes the Shield of Faith the Helmet of Saluation and the Sworde of the Spirite but hee must (c] Eph. 6.18 pray alwayes with all manner prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watch thereunto with all Perseuerance God permitteth the diuell to goe vp and downe and to compasse the earth therefore it concerns vs to watch and he Roares continually as a Lyon greedy of his pray and therefore it behoueth vs to pray that GOD would assist vs with his Grace and breake the jawe-bone of this fierce Lyon and his cruell whelps Feruent prayer is the strongest and most powerfull Exorcisme that can bee vsed to giue Sathan the repulse It is reported by the Herbalists Rēb Dod●● that the perfume made of the roote of Lysimachion will driue Scorpions and Serpents out of a house and we reade in the booke of Tobit (d) Tobit 8.3 that Tobias with the perfume made of the heart and liuer of a Fish by the direction of the Angell Raphael did put to flight the euil spirit which loued Sara the daughter of Raguel and killed those which came to her Such like is deuout prayer It is that (e) Exod. 30.34 sweete perfume burnt vpon the golden Altar wherewith GOD is delighted and Sathan affrighted but yet the smell of it is neither pleasing to God nor of any vertue to repell the diuell vnles it be burnt vpon the golden Altar Which Altar of pure golde is (f) Apo. 8.3 CHRIST IESVS in whose Name alone wee must pray because hee is our onely Mediatour and Aduocate If then in his Name wee implore assistance and aide against our spirituall enemies (g) Mat. 7.7 it shall be giuen vs for so hath our blessed Sauiour promised saying (h] Ioh. 16.23 Verily verily I say vnto you whatsoeuer you shall aske the Father in my Name hee will giue it you Lastlie though Gad was subdued for a Time yet hee ouercame at the last So the Church of GOD and euery member thereof which fighteth vnder the banner of CHRIST though they bee lyable to the fierie dartes of Sathan for a little while that thereby God may bring them to the knowledge of him and his great power to humilitie and to prayer yet they shall triumph and haue the victorie in the ende as our Sauiour saith to his Apostles (i) Ioh. 16.33 In the world yee shall haue trouble but bee of good comfort I haue ouercome the worlde And in another place he saith The Prince of this world shall bee cast foorth So then though the life of a Christian bee a Warfare vpon earth and though (k) Apoc. 12.7 the Dragon and his angels fight against Michaell and his Angels that is to say against Christ the (l) Iosu 5.14 Captaine of Gods Host and his Souldiers yet they shall not preuaile but being ouercome be cast out euen into the earth or the bottomelesse pitte The consideraton hereof bindeth vs to giue thāks vnto GGD which giueth vs (m] 1 Cor. 13.57 victory through our Lord IESVS CHRIST The reason then of our victorie is because athan and all the euill spirites are the captiues of Christ so that they can doe nothing against Man but by permission as appeareth by diuerse places in the word of God For it is written in the book of Genesis that (n] Gen. 3.15 God hath put enmitie betwixt the Serpent Man insomuch as the serpent shall seeke to bruise or wound the heele of man but the man shall breake his head These wordes doe speciallie belong to Christ the seede of the woman who by his death Passion hath (o] Rom. 1● 20. troden Sathan vnder his feete (p] Col. 2 15 hath spoyled powers principalities hath made a shewe of them openly and hath triūphed ouer thē in the same Crosse but generally they are to be applied to euery Christian Gad or Souldier who by the power of his Redeemer vanquisheth at the last his Aduersarie the diuell breaketh the head of the old Serpent The like may be shewed out of the prophecie of Isaiah who saith (q) Isa 27.1 In that day the Lord with a sore great mightie sword shall visite Leui●than that piercing Serpent euen Leuiathan that crooked serpent he shall slaye the Dragon that is in the Sea Here the diuell is compared to Leuiathan or the Whale in regarde of his great strength and his attributes bee Piercing and Crooked Hee is called a piercing Serpent because his kingdome stretcheth farre and neere and a Crooked Serpent because hee is full of guile and subtiltie And yet (r] Iob. 41. Though he be so fierce that none dare stirre him vp though his Teeth be fearefull round about though the maiestie of his scales be like strong shieldes and are sure sealed so that no wind can come betweene them though his neisings make the light to shine and his eyes be like the eye-lids of the morning though out his mouth goe lampes sparkes of fire leape out though out of his nostrils comes a smoke as out of a boiling pot or caldron though his heart be as hard as the nether milstone and though the mightie be affraide of his maiestie he cares neither for sword speare dart nor habergeon beeing King ouer all the children of pride yet God drawes out this monstrous beast with an hooke cast into his nose and pierceth his iawes with an angle and with his sharpe and mightie sword hee visites him this Sword this hooke this angle is Christ the wisedome and power of God who by his death hath put to death The dragon that is in the sea (s) Origen Hom. 8. in Iosu The Crosse of Christ then as S Origen saith is a Victorious Chariot in the vpper part whereof Christ sitteth as a triumphant Conquerour and in the lower part of it the diuell is drawne as a captiue and is made an open spectacle of ignominie and reproach hence it comes to passe that the diuell and his angels by sufferance may assault wound and ouerthrowe the elect for a time euen as the Gadites being Israelites and of the seed of Abraham were ouercome by an host of men but they doe neuer vtterly vanquish the children of God because they doe euer rise vp againe in armes and at the last by the helpe and grace of Christ triumph ouer Sathan and his whole armie for Christ as he professeth hath such care ouer them that he suffereth none of them to perish or to be taken out of his hand And the Apostle saith That God is

the branches of the tree that God shewed Moses it turneth bitternesse into sweetnesse and an ill disposition into a good inclination be ye wise therefore ô ye parents and learne by Iacobs example to crush kill the Crocodile in the shell to roote vp weedes before they be stemmed and to beate downe sin in your children before it be ripened come to its full growth Custome in sinning is the nurse of necessitie saith Bernard nay it is another nature saith the Philosopher therefore be cautelous and warie to preuent this inconueniencie by due correction Iacob reproues his sonne and his Eldest sonne this his action condemneth such parents as are like vnto the Image of Diana in the Iland C●ios which was so artificially carued that on the one side being looked vpon it seemed to smile but on the other to frowne so we haue some which will pamper and make too too much of their eldest sonnes ouerlooke their vices and continually smile vpon them but make no difference betwixt seruants or slaues and their youngest euer checking controuling and deiecting thē with their frownes hence it comes to passe that very often the Hieroglyphicke of the Ape is verified in them which is this Pyer in hierogl A shee ape painted with two young ones one embraced in her armes and the other lying at her feete and the motto is Inuisus haeres The enuied or the hated ape proues to be the heire and the reason is because with ouermuch cockering shee killes him whom she loues so doe parents with their eldest sonnes but let vs heare the good aduise of S. Ambrose (h) Amb in gen 37.9 The father ought to take heed saith he if he haue more children then one that he shew not himselfe more louing to one than another for so may he easily marre that child which he fauoureth aboue the rest sith by reason of his fathers good will he will soone take a libertie of sinning further the rest of his brethren wil be easily inflamed with hatred or enuie against him I wish therefore that all earthly fathers would be like our heauenly father who chastiseth whom he loues and correcteth euery sonne that he receiueth In the vision of the maiestie of God which Iohn sawe (i) Apoc. 4.3 he that sate vpon the throne was to looke vpon like a Iasper stone a Sardine the Iasper is greene and is the embleme of Mercy the Sardine is red like blood and is the figure of Iustice of this complexion should all carnal parents be if their children be vertuous and religious then let them be cherished that kind vsage and clemencie may stirre and spurre them vp to perfection but if like Reuben they follow lewd courses then let them curb them and restraine their intemporancie with correction and seueritie Secondly Reuben is punished with the losse of his Birth-right priesthood and kingdome fortie yeares after his fault was committed and though Iacob was the Herald to proclaime this curse yet God was the primarie cause and author of it wherein wee may learne That the Reuenge of sinne though it be late yet it is euer certaine (k) Dan. 7.9 though God Sit vpon his Throne yet his throne standeth vpon wheeles his Sitting portendeth delaie but the wheeles shew that he will come to iudgement though it be said that after the fall of Adam God walked in the garden (l) Gen. 3.8 which motion is slowe yet he came with a voyce which was heard farre off so doeth he now with vs which are the children of Adam before he vtter his Vbi es where art thou he walkes or makes delay to see if his adiournying and long suffering will worke any repentance in vs and his voyce is this Except you repent you shall all likewise perish but at length hee comes and when he comes hee rides vpon the winges of the wind and sitteth betweene the Cherubins the Wind imports Swiftnesse and the Cherub as Aquinas interprets the word fulnesse of knowledge so then his long stay breedeth in him no forgetfulnesse of our sins hee hath a catalogue of them all in this booke are all our offences written though it be long before hee come yet when he comes he comes swiftly and his feete are like (m) Apo. 1.13 fine brasse burning as in a furnace of so hard and hot a temper that at his appearance the heauens melt like wax and with his onely touch the wicked are bruised in peeces like a potters vessell Gods long sufferance should be in vs all a motiue to repentance but it is the very seed of securitie and the impunitie of sinne daily committed groundeth this perswasion in our hearts That there is no God or if there be Tush the Lord sees not Oh let not our mercifull fathers loue and kindnesse be so mistaken you that are like the Idol of Dagon halfe fish halfe flesh I meane Christians in Name but Atheists in life and conuersation go to the Heathen writers Orpheus and Socrates and they will both teach you that there is a God goe to the schoole of Reason and it affoords you this conclusion Hee that made the Eye shall he not see and he that planted the eare shall he not heare and haue but recourse to former examples and daily experience and they will signifie thus much The punishment of sinne though it bee late yet it is euer certaine Thirdly Reuben for a little short pleasure lost his Birth-right all his dignitie Hence we are taught that one momentanie delight may depriue a man of many great blessings For as God hath (n) Cam. 5.14 Hands like wings of golde set with the Chrysolite full of liberalitie and bountie to bestow his fauours where hee discerneth any sparkes of goodnes so hath hee a Hand wherein there is a Fan and a Sword to cut off the vnrighteous and diuide them from his graces God gaue to Salomon more then hee desired (o) 1. Reg. ● both Wisedome wealth and CHRIST bequeaths vpon the Crosse to the penitent Thiefe more then he requested (p) Luc. 23.43 the Fee simple and full possession of Paradice whereas his wish was but a Memento Lord remember mee when thou commest into thy Kingdome Loe here is bountie but of the contrary part where he finds in stead of Salomons discretion and the Thiefes contrition vanities adoration then he closeth his handes and withdraweth his fauour if Esau prise a messe of pottage before his Birth-right Esau shall loose his Blessings and become the seruant of Iacob if the rebellious Israelites long for the flesh-pots of Aegipt they shal be debarred from entrance into the land of promise and if Reuben follow the Flesh (q) Gen. 27.4 and forsake the Spirit Reuben must lose his Birth-right Priesthood and kingdome Thus doth one temporarie pleasure rob a man of manie excellent blessings Goe to then yee garish daughters of Zion walke with wauering Eyes minse it as yee goe and keep