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book_n	virtue_n	young_a	youth_n	71	3	8.3324	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14670	Salomons sweete harpe consisting of fiue words, like so many golden strings, toucht with the cunning hand of his true skill, commanding all other humane speech: wherein both cleargie and laitie may learne how to speake. Preached of late at Thetford before his Maiestie, by Thomas Walkington Batchelour in Diuinitie, and fellow of S. Iohns Colledge in Cambridge.	Walkington, Thomas, d. 1621.	1608 (1608)	STC 24971; ESTC S119399	35,733	88

Ierusalem the earthly Eden of pleasure the navil of the world the cathedrall sea of God Many excellent things are spoken of thee O thou citie of God so we may say of Salomon many glorious titles are giuen to thee O thou man of God Diuerse singular men haue had other names for their excellencie as Origen was called Adamantius Iohannes Constantinopol for his mellifluous eloquence was called Chrysostome Basil was called Magnus Gregorie Nazianz. for his worthie disputations in diuinitie was called Theologus Thus he that was Saul before his conuersion as Sheol or hell was after called Paul that is mirabilis wonderfull or os tubae the mouth of the trumpet of the Lord though there be no great substance in that But King Salomon as a man specially graced with rarest parts has sundry excellent and worthy names as first Salomon that is a peacemaker then Iedidah that is beloued of the Lord then Ithiel that is God with me then Agur that is gathering together and so in the same sense here in this booke and in this place is he tearmed Coheleth or Ecclesinstes or the preacher because like the sound of Aarons golden bells he calls the flocke of Iesus Christ together by his heauenly pleasant words The Hebrew word Coheleth is here of the feminine gender as the learned know as if he called himselfe the shee preacher or the woman preacher Because as some say he writ it when he was satur annis very aged when they began to wax dark that looke out by the windows when all the daughters of singing were abased when his Almond tree began to flourish the grashopper was a burden to him when his siluer corde was lengthened and the golden ewre broken when he was as Nazianz. speakes of Eleazar 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 gray-headed and graue-witted when his day declined and the shadowes of his euening began to be stretched out when his manlike strength once failed him when he was by age as weake as woman the weaker sex at the very brink of death then he writ this booke and calls himselfe the woman preacher which confirmes the former assertion of the Hebrues that this was his last booke his palinodia his sweet recantation like the swanne on the bankes of Maeander Cantator cygnus funer is ipse sui who sings the sweetest when her death is nearest that this was his penitenciarie more then auricular confession therefore seemes he in this Autumne of old age to scoff at his yong April yeares nay almost all his former daies which were much like this backward spring without buds and blossomes of heauenly vertues and therfore cryes out in this booke Reioyce O young man in thy youth and let thine heart cheere thee in the daies of thy youth and follow the lust of thy heart as I my selfe haue done but presently least he might peraduenture being in a losse run himselfe breathles in a false sent ouer the craggie and steepie waies of sinne he windes his dreadfull horne to check him backe againe he lets him see after this his comicall plaudite a tragicall and lamentable plangite after mirth a doolefull end he comes in with a terrible But which serues as a peale of ordinance or a thunderclap to rouse him out of his dead slumber of iniquitie he brings in a But to curbe and stint him like huge bankes to limit his boundlesse Ocean But know that for all these things God will bring thee to iudgement which I my selfe seeing and hauing tasted the pleasure of sinne for a season especially with these my alluring concubines that haue wofully drawne me from Almightie God haue thought it very requisite to set an euerlasting memento mori before thy face to put thee in mind of the second death the endles death of the soule in hell fire which by a diuine accident those outlandish women making almost my pore selfe as outlandish euen an aliant from the commonwealth of Israel haue caused me happily to doe and therefore am I Coheleth as a woman preacher Others say he calls himselfe the shee-preacher as hauing respect to his chiefe and heauenly part his soule or hauing a reference to wisdome comprized in his soule the cynosura or polestar to direct al his speach and action as if thus he had saide Marke now what Salomon the preacher saies yet not what Salomon but what his very soule and wisedome harbouring in his aged brest by long experience what it can say to the throwing downe of Dagon this gilden idol Vanitie which all the world adores list with an attentine eare what sage aduise deliuers what a learned lecture of mutabilitie curiositie mortalitie it reads and therefore is he Coheleth or the shee-preacher Oh you you that are in eminent place that daily conuerse with Salomons golden throne ye pines of Ida ye cedars of Lebanon ye okes of Basan ye that lie on downy pallets on beds of Iuory with the princes of Israel ye that feede on the dew of Hermon on mannah Angels food here take your sweete repose sit you downe heare with me feede a while in a spirituall contemplation consider what I say and the Lord Iesus giue you vnderstanding see how this mightie Monarch casts away his Princely ornaments deuests himselfe of his royall robes his stately Parlament weeds indeed but as weeds in regard of spirituall flowres of heauēly habiliments see how he leaues his ●haire of state as it were rapt vp into the third heauens of all spirituall thoughts he humbly turnes Clergy-man betaking himselfe vnto the pulpit to preach and all to teach thee a spirituall meditation humiliation conuersion and that thou beeing conuerted to God shouldst conuert others vnto God O how beautifull vpon the mountains are such louely feet that come with the glad tidings of saluation from the Lord. He that is an earthly King acts the King of Heauens embassadour thus he humbles and yet honours himselfe We read of a worthy historie in Pol. Virgil. Canutus sometimes happy king of this our happy Isle beeing flattringly cald of some of them that were nie him King of kings to disprooue this their too hie a title he sate him downe vpon the shore of Thames hard by the flowing water vpon a garment wrapt on a heape and after a little pause many wondring what he intended he thus spoke vnto the billowes Proud waues I commaund you to cease your flowing who no sooner hauing vttred the speech but the rebellious waues set him wetshod see saies he ye call me King of kings and alas I haue no power to forbid this silly waue after he going to Winchester raught of his golden diademe and with his owne hands impald the head of Christs statue with his Crowne and neuer would weare his crowne after howeuer this were in too superstitious a zeale yet he shewed his great humilitie Our blessed Salomon here was like vnto this Canutus for humble demeanour he