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A96877	A relgious treatise upon Simeons song or, instructions advertising how to live holily, and dye happily. / Composed at first for the use of the truly pious Sir Robert Harley, knight of the honourable order of the Bath but since published by Timothy Woodroffe, B.D. Pastor to the church at Kingsland, in Herefordshire.	Woodroffe, Timothy, 1593 or 4-1677.; Rowe, John, 1626-1677.	1658 (1658)	Wing W3472A; Thomason E2119_1; ESTC R210138	91,617	274

יהוה A Religious TREATISE UPON Simeons Song OR Instructions advertising how to live holily and dye happily Composed at first for the use of the truly pious Sir ROBERT HARLEY Knight of the Honourable order of the Bath But since published by Timothy Woodroffe B. D. Pastor to the Church at Kingsland in Herefordshire Job 42.5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine eye seeth thee London Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the three Crowns at the lower end of Cheapside over-against the great Conduit 1659. Christian Reader WEe having perused this ensuing Treatise bearing the Title of SIMEON'S SONG and being desired by the worthy AUTHOR to prefixe a line or two we can do no less then give it a kiss of peace and send it away recommending it to thee for a sound and savoury discourse and such as wanteth not a pleasant quickness to hold on thy appetite and we do believe that all who love the Lord and wait for the consolation of Israel that their eyes may see his salvation will upon perusall find it answer their time and pains and will then judge as do JOHN ROWE S. WOOD. TO THE Much Honoured Collonel Edward Harley Son and Heir to THE Renowned Sr ROBERT HARLEY Knight of the Honourable Order of the BATH Much Honoured Sir LEt my boldness crave your favourable acceptance to Epistle you and put your name in the frontispiece of this precursor to your Fathers happy departure ●hose tendency was to be serviceable unto his celestial transfiguration This Epistle is an historicall Narrative of him who was a worthy pattern of much goodness in life and therefore said to your self and others of his own flesh and blood Children I have taught you how to live and now I do teach you how to die his name but mentioned was and is as a pretious ointmēt poured out your religious fixedness in these changeable times your discreet zeal for the advanceing of your Lord Master's kingdom with your unfained love to the truth more then all arguments besides indigitated to me that yours must be the patrociny especially when I shal add the interest which you had in such a Fathers heart who is now departed from among the living and yet still lives with the Lord hee had great things in reversion held in capite from heavens magna charta and is now gone to take the plenary possession of them Whil'st Sir ROBERT HARLEY lived I dare say his enemies being Judges he much studied the art to live well and as years and weaknesses towards his dissolve did approach hee studied as much the art to dye well for his aim and end was to live in Jesus and to dye in Jesus to whom to live was Christ and to whom to dye was gain This blessed servant of the Lord was much ashamed that hee had lived so long before he lived to God but this he did also viz. most religiously sincerely bless God in my hearing that for forty years or thereabouts before his death his soul was fixedly resolved to live to God who I doubt not but he is blessing God with SIMEON that he departed in peace in a good old age and full of grace Ignobled greatness had no value in his heraldry he well foresaw that a Saint hath the richest co●t and that nothing in heaven or earth doth so honour and enoble a family or person as true Religion as God in Covenant as Christ in chief therefore saith Christ to his Church since thou wast pretious in my sight thou hast been honourable and so long shall an house stand before the Lord and their Almond tree ●ud and flourish observe O you Gent●y and the Lord Jesus will put the rod of power and authority into such hanas for else w●at is birth but a dunghill flower or parentage but a filthy cloth and all the titles of honour and embellishments of the worlds glory but sublunar and stained vanities all whose tendency is towards the dust But to be a son of grace and a true believer is more true honour then to bee Theodosius the Emperour this was the judgment of good old SIMEON in this Book Your religious Father I hope none will call this flattery was eminently known to be a Worthy indeed one of the Gospels great Worthies heavens favorite Christ's friend and Christ his friend for whose sake he cheerfully forsook all and exposed himself and all that he had on earth to the fury and malice of his and Christ's enemies and said oft in evill times hee would trust God with all Seneca said wel to Polibius Salvo Caesare non est de fortuna conqueri So this noble Patriot would not did not murmur and complain when brought very low nor durst he implead or pass an hard sentence against God under any check of providence but say God is good his will is best and blessed bee his name thus he acts dependance on Jehovah and his faith in the sure mercies of David then hee prays and looks up looks up and prays again he praies waits waits praies he hears believe then he humble his soul with fasting renewes his covenant with his God so keeps up his confidence mean while searcheth his soul after secret lurking corruptions if he could find any way of wickedness allowed in him that he might lay aside every weighty the sin which doth so easily beset us and run with patience the race that was set before him looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross despised the shame is set down at the right hand of God Heb. ●2 1 2. It 's abundantly known he was of a publick spirit and layd out himself beyond his strength to bee doing good at every call of providence not only in a Parlament●ry way wherein religious Sir ROBERT HARLEY was ever chosen by his country to be one in Gospel or Church-work within his sphere and capacity he had an inlarged and a pious heart together with a liberall hand however he did streighten himself and his and eng●g his credit that hee might shew bowell-kindness to the despised but faithfull ministry of the Gospel and to the indigent members of our Lord Christ not onely in his native country but even to pereg●ines exiles And since I have touched the Ministry his love to all the worthy labourers in the Lord's Vineyard is much known where-ever himself was well known and for his Country Hereford City and County must not bee silent to praise God for him whose pious care for their spirituall good hath excelled since they do enjoy many faithfull able and painfull Ministers mostly by his choice bounty and liberality who else in all probability had layen waste and old as many other places do or else had been under seducers not teachers of sound Doctrine under Idol shepherds dumb doggs and ignorant leaders who are destroyers not builders

flesh 1. Jo. 2.16 the lusts of the eyes and the pride of life with troubles of divers kinds with discontents every moment under the emptinesse of the creature the groaning creature which we do too much rely upon besides what troubles what wants what feares what doubts what losses what crosses is every day filled up withall what malice and envie from the men of the world for godlyness sake if but in appeareance Ps 35.19 What slanders lyes and mischievous reports shall be vented and sent abroad to blur and cloud a gratious conversation As David complaines of mischiefe divised and contrived against him a poor innocent without any cause on his part What unrighteousnesse oppressions what self-seekings what vain-glory confusions divisions what rendings of Christs seameles coat enough to make any good Simeons heart to ake and his eyes like the pool of Heshbon to stand full of tears of water and under all these abominations as branches of the curse together with the vanity all things are exposed vnto even the unreasonable creatures do groan yea Rom. 8.22.23 the whole creation groaneth together under its vanity and the dear servants of God cannot but be very sensible and be willing to draw forth their desires after that glorious liberty and happier condition laid up for them in the safe hands of Simeon's Lord. Nay this good old man had learned under what vanity all things below Christ did groan how far from home they were and under how perillous and sojourning a condition How obvious they lay to the grudgings of the worlds Naballs and how their ears are daily beaten with the barkings of balaamitish curs who drive designes to set the world their earthy god above Jesus Christ these things ran much in Simeons heart Besides the personall evils and sufferings of decrepit old age of languishing sickness under a world of bodily infirmities the seizure of mortall diseases which do ascertain death not to be farr of And although we know that we must dye yet wee know not how soon The pinching pains and incessant dolours of a worn-out decaied body at the best but of a crazy constitution supported like an old house with the propps and buttresses of art and nature ready every moment to fall about our ears making us wish in the morning Deu. 28.67 would God it were even and at even would God it were morning All which laid to heart makes blessed Simeon desire to dye and live no longer but to dye in the arms of mercy no matter how soon to wish to sigh to groan and heartily to long for a principle of faith and hope to depart in peace Good old Simeons desire is the desire of restlesness after that which is above all desirable even rest and salvation in Heaven with the people of God who rest from their labours Rev. 14.13 and their works follow them Ah soul had'st thou but a sweet taste of this blessed rest remaining to the people of God! Heb. 4.9 Gal. 5.22 hadst but the fruits of the Spirit in any gracious measure thou wouldest bid all adieu and couldest willingly part with all on earth such as honour pleasures profits friends neerest and dearest relations with all thy earthly interests and contentments yea with all thy lands revenues and life it self and wouldest sigh and groan within thee as old Simeon did after the fuller enjoyment of thy Lord and dearest Christ waiting for the adoption to wit the redemption of thy body 3. A desire of Contentment 3. a desire of contentment Rev. 12.1 Good old Simeon hath enough of life Rev. 12.1 being clothed with the Sun hee can now tread the moon under his feet And as Saint Paul have a low esteem of all things beneath Christ Phil. 3.8 and can say Psa 116.7 as David Return to thy rest O my soul for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee And hence doth gracious Simeon desire to acquiesce in his Lord and to dye by his statutum est who is life it self to possesse him possessing whom he is assured to possesse all things therefore said well-contented Simeon Lord let me be translated hence in thy good time to be inseperably with thee to all eternity 4. of Admiration 4. A desire of admiration Simeon might well admire the glory and excellency of that Salvation on which his eye of faith was so fixed and stand amazed Malac. 4.2 at the raies of this Sun of righteousness which shines not into every soul and saith Oh! the pretiousness of this salvation which is so attractive as to draw out my soul out of my body my soul and body out of this present evill world but for blessed ends blessed be thou my Lord that I may worship thee in Heaven as the four beasts did and the four and twenty elders when they fell dow before the Lamb And sung a new son saying Revel 3.9 thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation Blessing honour glory and power be unto him and unto the Lamb for ever and ever So much in answer to the two Questions 1. What this sight is 2. What this desire of Simeon is Reasons why all Christ-seeing Simeons may desire to dye Because old Simeon found himself delivered from the curse of the first Covenant Gen. 2.14 which was eternall death as it holds proportion with the blessing in Paradise eternall life and he found himself delivered from the wrath to come by him who was to dye and to destroy him that had the power of death Heb. 2.14 Job 33.24 He found himself delivered from going down into the pit death was in it self the sentence of the law and the recompence of an offended God but old Simeon found the jaws of death broken and this beast of prey now becomes unable to hold him no more then it was able to hold Jesus Christ and therefore all Simeons may insult in their death over death and say Hosea 31.14 used by the Apostle 1. Cor. 15.55 O death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory the sting of death is sin the strength of sin is the law but thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Death doth deliver us from and periodize all wrongs vices infirmities bodily pains and labours all the piercing cares of this life and all vain pleasures As after Noah had been tossed but one year upon the waters Gen. 8.4.20 how glad was he to land on Mount Ararat so old Simeon after many years wearisome days and nights fluctuating on the waters of worldly perturbations O how glad was the good old man of a resting place where he could say hîc ero salvus as the long sick man did write upon his grave stone hîc ero sanus Reason 2 Because